The battle was over, the allies were victorious. The allies started cheering, crying and shouting as they saw Kay´s and Darjeeling's tanks passing by.

All of the school met together in Ooarai, they wanted to make the celebration there so they could see Miho one more time before every school goes into their respective ships. All the schools started talking with each other.

Maho decided to stay alone watching the image of Mika and her. Until Erika sat next to her and started talking

"Commander… It was an honor to fight with you" Erika said

"You don't need to be so formal when we aren't training" Maho said as she smirked

"Sorry" Erika apologized

"May I have your attention please" a woman said through a speaker

"We will start the ceremony for the representation of the battle of El Alamein" A man said "When you hear your name please stand up and come to get your present" he finished

The announcers called a lot of girls and boys to give them a present or a "condecoration" for the actions they did in battle.

"Nishizumi Maho?" The announcer called. Maho stood up and went to get her condecoration "For your bravery and for not retreating we give you the Iron Cross" the announcer said before being interrupted

"May I ask Itsumi Erika to come and get the present with me?" Maho asked

"Itsumi Erika" The announcer called, putting the Iron Cross to both German commanders.

"Now let's give the presents to St. Gloriana" The female announcer said making all of the schools started cheering

"Rosehip and Rukuriri" The male announcer said "for your bravery and for sacrificing yourselves to protect your friends" the announcer said giving both girls a present.

"Assam and Orange Pekoe" The female announcer said "for helping the wounded during the battles" the announcer gave both crew members a pin that symbolized the Red Cross.

"Now… Before we finish let's give a loud cheer to ANZAC High School who finally got into Sensha-Do after being banned 10 years ago" The male announcer said, "also I wanted to call the daughter of the soldier Richard Bishop, that man saved my life back in Afghanistan… Now he is resting in peace" The ex-soldier said before he started crying

"Please, Lucy Bishop from ANZAC High School, come to get your present" the female announcer said

Lucy started walking as tears started to run down through her cheeks, apart from getting the condecoration for saving a life, she got a small sculpture of a medic dragging a wounded soldier from the battlefield.

After the ceremony all the schools stayed together to have dinner. Even Kuromorimine stayed, after all they arranged to meet with Miho and with Maho's mother.

"Are you expecting someone else to come?" Erika asked

"No, but that girl seems pretty familiar…" Maho said as she approached the girl with long brown hair.

"Excuse me mi…" Maho said to the girl before she turned around "Mika?!" Maho said surprised

"Yeah… You didn't recognize me did you?" Mika giggled

"Nope, it's that I never thought I would see you without your Kantele or your usual clothes, what are you doing here?" Maho asked to the Finnish girl

"I'm waiting for my sister, she said that she was coming with Miho" Mika answered

"Oh" Maho answered

"Did you miss me?" Mika giggled a bit

Maho answered by hugging the Finnish girl and giving her a kiss of her forehead

"Did that answer to your question?" Maho asked giving her girlfriend another kiss on the forehead

"Yes…" Mika said as she was blushing

"Um, Commander" Erika said in an awkward tone

"Oh…" Mika said blushing even more

Maho also started blushing, she forgot that Erika was watching them. She saw in the distance Miho who was waving at her alongside Alice. Maho just smiled and went to say hi to her little sister.

"You are back!" Miho said as she hugged tightly her bigger sister

"Yeah… Miho let go I can't breathe…" Maho said making Erika giggle "Looks like Erika wants a hug"

"I missed you…" Miho said to both Maho and Erika

"And we missed you too" Erika smirked and she hugged back Miho

"Maho…" Shiho said

"Yes?" Maho asked making eye contact with her mother

"Congratulations…" Shiho said to her daughter as she tried to intimidate Mika

"Thanks…" Maho said before being hugged by her mother

Mika went to a small shopping center with Alice so they could talk.

"So…" Mika said as she saw her little sister

"I… I miss…" Alice tried to tell her bigger sister that the misses her at home, she wants her to come back home with her and Chiyo

"Alice… You know that I can't, but if you want to during holidays, Christmas and New Year I can go and visit you both" Mika said

With Kay and Darjeeling:

Kay and Darjeeling were talking with some members from Anzio and Kuromorimine about the funny and the most incredible moments of the trip.

"Darjeeling, can you come with me?" Kay asked

"Sure" Darjeeling answered

Both girls went into a small park and hid behind a tree so nobody could see them, Kay and Darjeeling started kissing each other, Darjeeling pushed Kay away a couple of times after she heard someone coming towards them.

"Kay… Stop" Darjeeling said

"Something wrong?" Kay asked as she saw her girlfriend

"I heard someone coming here" Darjeeling said as she saw a pair of girls who were also coming towards the small park.

"Wait… Aren't those Assam and Lucy?" Kay asked

"Yeah… What are they doing here?" Darjeeling said coming closer

So… What are you going to do now?" Assam asked to the Australian soldier

"I think I will stay here in Japan, I really like it here" Lucy answered

"I wanted to tell you that congratulations for winning a condecoration…" Assam said "Never knew your father saved a life" Assam continued

"He saved 3 lives, but the other two died due to the blood loss" Lucy said

"Hey… This might sound weird but" Assam said and started blushing "You know, since the day that you considered my name as cute I felt a bit in love with you, I don't know if you feels the same it's just that I…" Assam continued

Lucy didn't say anything she just pushed Assam towards a large kiss, Assam was scared and wanted to push Lucy. But after a bit she finally calmed down. When they broke the kiss they looked at each other in the eyes, giggled and gave a short kiss on their lips

"Finally!" Kay said as she came with Darjeeling

Both girls couldn't stop blushing, they even couldn't talk from the embarrassment.

"It isn't that bad!" Kay said "Alisa now starts annoying me because I'm lesbian" Kay continued giggling making Darjeeling giggle as well

With Erika and Maho:

"What are you planning to do now?" Erika asked to her commander

"Maybe I will stay a pair of days here in Ooarai, after all I arranged a date with Mika for tonight" Maho said "You?"

"I will go back to our school, or maybe to Pravda. They invited me to spend a pair of days there" Erika answered "And don't get too romantic with Mika tonight" Erika winked and giggled as she left towards the airport.

At first Maho didn't understand what she meant, she finally understood it when she asked it to Mika.

With Lucy and Sophia:

Sophia and Lucy were both sitting together as they texted their respective families to tell them that they came back and told them that they were going to stay a pair of days in Ooarai.

"So… You finally kissed Assam huh?" Sophia asked as she winked to Lucy

"Yeah…" Lucy answered as she saw again the sculpture of the Australian medic

"I never thought you were a lesbian, I always thought you liked boys" Sophia said as she texted her boyfriend

"I never told anyone that I liked girls, even my cousin that spends all the time with me never knew that I was a lesbian" Lucy answered as she blushed

"Oh… Anyways I thinks this belongs to you now" Sophia said as she gave Lucy a beret

"And this?" Lucy asked confused

"Well, after the trial for treason we decided to overthrow Christian from his charge and we decided to put you in his place" Sophia answered "So now you are my vice-commander!" Sophia continued before she hugged Lucy

Lucy didn't say anything, she hugged Sophia before her commander finally left leaving her alone