Chapter 3 – Replacement up!

Yesterday… Yeah… I don't know what changed inside of Yoshika but… Damn… She was… incredible… And it's nice to finally spend some intimate time together with my beloved…

Toshiro woke up early in the morning. Since the room didn't have a window, only a stained-glass porthole in the door, letting in a little light, he had to strain his vision a bit to see Yoshika.

"Oh look at you, you're awake…" Yoshika said.

"And vice versa, my little bunny rabbit. You're going to wake up in sync with me all the time now?"

"Well, it's about six… So I might as well get up."

"Want to run with me?"

"Well, I could… I probably should even but… My swimsuit…" She sighed

"Ah… Well, it looked a bit tight on you…" he gauged her figure openly. "But… Maybe you're now ready to take a step forward?"

"What do you mean?" Yoshika asked curious.

"Wearing a proper bra and panties like the rest does. Now that you have increased combat capabilities, it would benefit you a little bit."

"Hmmm... You know… You're right! But I don't have aaaaaanyyy…" Yoshika moaned in disdain.

"Hummm…" Toshiro pondered. "Do you have a sewing kit?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Come on, let's do some tailor work."

"Hm?" Yoshika tilted her head slightly.

Toshiro stood up and switched on the lights.

"Ooooh, Yoshika… You look so foxy now…" Toshiro said after seeing his fiancé on the bed naked and in full light.

"Heehee…"

"And you actually have an ass now…" He said with a caustic smile.

"And it feels good…" She said after bouncing a bit on said body part. "So soft, heehee…"

"And… Hmm… Part of your hair is brown again."

"Really, how much?"

"About five percent, give or take."

"Well, at least something… Our little oompa-oompa yesterday was very pleasant, maybe that's the cause…"

"Come on, pull out that sewing kit and let's go."

Yoshika pulled herself off her bed and pulled out a sewing kit out of her bag. Toshiro picked up her swimsuit, which was lying on the floor.

"Toshiro… Are you thinking about what I'm thinking?" She asked suspiciously.

Toshiro slowed down time and after two quick slashes with Aganaimaru, he presented the result to Yoshika.

"Ah, as I thought! But they're still a bit tight, you know…"

"That's why the sewing kit is needed. We need to split the makeshift bra in the middle, and sew in a piece of leftover material so it gets bigger. Similarly the panties, but we'll do two cuts, one on each side."

"It seems my homemaking skills are surfacing, heehee… Okay, Toshiro, leave it to me."

Using scissors, a thread and needle, Yoshika made quick work out of her task and soon presented herself to Toshiro in her makeshift bikini-swimsuit-underwear.

"Hohoho… Not bad, I must say. But it covers too much…"

"Well… I can always cut out a cleavage…"

"Nah, I'll take you to town and you can buy yourself something, okay?"

"Okay!" Yoshika cheered and hugged him.

"Although… Yoshika, what would you think about wearing a standard witch uniform of Fuso?"

"Meaningly… a miko outfit? Hmmm… But it would be a bother to pull on… Right now, I have what? Bra, panties, sailor uniform, and my loafers. With a miko suit I would have a pair of knee-high socks, panties, a bra, a hakama, a haori, a pair of vambraces and Zōri sandals."

"Hmmm… That would be a bother… Especially to liberate you of those clothes, heheheh…"

"See? Only a bother. But I have to say a miko outfit looks nice…"

"So maybe… I get you one, and you pick whenever you'd like to wear it, okay?"

"Yay, presents!"

"Oh you are so sweet, Yoshika… Come on; let's jog around at least half an hour so Mio sees you're at least somewhat serious."

"Kay, kay, let's me just…" Yoshika looked around looking for something. "Could you pass my uniform?"

Toshiro looked around, spotted said clothing article and passed it on to Yoshika. She put it on as well as her shoes.

"Well, I'm ready, and you're still in your shorts. Come ooon!"

"Ah… Whoops…"

Toshiro quickly dressed himself in a short-sleeved uniform.

"Now, much better. The sight of your package made me a bit randy…"

"Hey, you were totally naked for a bit of time, how do you think I've felt?"

"Oh my poor Toshiro… I hope your pervy thoughts will escape your mind once we start jogging, heehee…"

"Awww…"

"Now, now, Toshiro. If you use up too much energy on snuggling with me, who will fight the Neuroi, huh?"

"We still have eleven girls out there…" Toshiro pouted.

"Heehee… Oh come on already…"

"Okay, okay…"

The two slowly trotted out of the building and accelerated to a jog.

"Ooooh… How nice to have an occasion to run around… Shizuka always kept me on a leash… I wanted to help cooking and bam, Shizuka. I wanted scrub the deck, and just as I take a small break to drink some Ramune, bam, Shizuka…"

"I think I should talk to her… I promised it anyway…"

"Don't be too strict with her, Toshiro. She's just… I don't know… overambitious?"

"Well, she was Mio's student, so she probably has a lot hammered into her skull from her…"

"Well, that would explain a lot… But she opened up a bit yesterday. Maybe there's still hope for her…?"

"After a week amidst us, she's bound to get friendly. By the way, how do you find Heidi?"

"Well, she has big knockers, heehee… But she looks a bit like a shut in."

"She is, recall my memories of her, one night especially."

Yoshika furled her eyebrows as if she was thinking hard for the next few minutes.

"Oh… Well, that was interesting… Shame about her eyes…"

"Well, the glasses seem to work… Hmmm…" He pondered on.

"What is it?"

"Do you hear what I hear?"

They both stopped in the middle of the runway.

"It's a jet engine…" Toshiro said. "Behind us!"

They looked around and saw a plane that Toshiro would recognize everywhere.

"Woah! So big!" Yoshika shouted.

"Wow, did I made this happen?"

"What do you mean, Toshiro?"

"Well, I requested supplies and a few odds and ends but… shit, somebody must have pulled some strings. Either that, or my name finally gained weight."

"Let's go to the side…" Yoshika said

The two went to the side of the runway as the behemoth started landing. It taxied to the second hangar, to which Toshiro and Yoshika ran. They saw somebody descending the loading ramp as the engines were slowly revving down to a halt.

"Adi?" Toshiro asked.

"Hiya!"

"Ha, Adi, it's you!" Toshiro cheered and ran up to her. "You accepted?"

"Sure, why not! At least I'll be out of the damn office and maybe I'll make some friends along the way!"

"Oh, Miss Galland?" Yoshika ran up and asked.

"Yoshika? Hey, you look a bit… bigger…"

"Heheheh… Well, I grew… Miraculously you could say…"

"I can imagine that this dunce here accepted the changes with gratitude…" Adolfine sighed.

"Oh he did… He did… Twice…" Yoshika said with a cheeky smile.

"Hoho… Hey… Yoshika… Maybe we could make some arrangements…" Adolfine nudged Yoshika with her elbow.

"Arrangements you say… He… Heheh…" Yoshika chuckled.

"Hey, don't you treat me like your sex slave, you two hussies!" Toshiro said with mocked anger.

The two giggled at him, to which Toshiro sighed.

"Now, Toshiro, wake up your fine unit, and let's move all this stuff from behind me."

"That's sure a lot of stuff…" he said. "I'll go find a PA panel or something… And don't you two dare to put together an orgy behind my back!"

"No… We won't…" Adolfine said with an innocent face.

Toshiro ran inside the building and found a PA panel just behind the first door.

"On the other hand…" Toshiro murmured.

Toshiro ran up to the third floor and knocked on the third door from the left. It opened in a matter of seconds.

"Hi, Trudy."

"Oh, hi. I was just about to go to the kitchen…" Trude yawned.

"Guess what?" Toshiro asked.

"Too early…"

"We've got a transport plane on the runway."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah. I need somebody to unload it, so I of course came to you."

"Good choice."

Toshiro peered behind Trude a bit.

"Yeah… I doubt Erica would be of any help…"

"Urrrggghhh… Okay, let's go."

As they exited the building, Yoshika came to them.

"I'm going inside and make some food for the rest."

"Sure, we'll do the lifting." Toshiro said. "Oh, and Trudy…"

"Hm?"

"Don't freak out…"

"Wha…"

"Trust me…" He interrupted.

They approached the plane from the rear and saw Adolfine sitting on one of the Launch Units.

"So I guess you took the personal approach… You sure like your girls…" Adolfine said with a smile.

"Ge… Ge…Generalmajor Galland?!" Trude shouted in shock and snapped into attention.

"At ease, Major."

"But how… Why…"

"I'll be replacing Heidemarie on her position, simple."

"Ah, I understand now."

"Hop to it, both of you. Fritz, Udo, help them!" She shouted to the back of the plane.

"Jawohl!" Toshiro heard two familiar voices and the pilots soon appeared.

"Okay, first get the Launch Units out of the way so we can move the rest of the crap." Adolfine ordered.

"Jawohl!" Trude and the pilots shouted.

"Heheh…" Toshiro laughed dryly.

The Launch units were moved in two go's and when Toshiro returned to the plane, his eyes widened a bit.

"Nice, huh? I knew that Shirley has an R75, so I got something better for her, since bringing hers from Venezia would be bothersome."

"Is that a…"

"A Zündapp KS 750. As you can see, it's a tad bigger than the R75, both in terms of size and engine displacement. And I have to tell you, the sidecar is really comfy."

"So I guess pushing it inside of the hangar is out of question, huh?"

"Of course, dummy! Wake up those sleepy heads, if the jet didn't yet!"

"Oh I will!" Toshiro shouted joyfully and jumped on the seat of the motorcycle. He primed the fuel pump and kicked the starter lever. The motorcycle awakened after the first kick with a hellish roar, intensified by the closed space.

Toshiro cranked the accelerator, shot out of the plane, and went into a drift. He rushed forward towards the hangar and parked the machine on the side.

That was nice… And did Adi really get this for Shirley alone? That would be philanthropic…

Toshiro quickly returned to the plane, passing Trude with a pallet of supplies above her head.

"Whatcha got there?"

"Ammo mostly."

"Boring…"

Toshiro went on and into the plane again.

"What's left?"

"Edibles. My personal stuff and…" Adolfine pulled something out from behind her and gave it to Toshiro. "…this."

Toshiro laughed once he saw the item in his hand.

"Erica will be happy, heh… Where do you have all the rank stuffs?"

"In my belongings. Now, get that pallet and move it to the storeroom or something. We don't want spoiled meat here, right?"

"Right, right."

Toshiro grabbed the whole pallet and went to the building, and thankfully, the door was big enough. As was the door to the dining hall. But he was conquered by the door to the kitchen itself.

"Oh well… I'll have to move all of it one by one…"

"Oh, hi bro!" Erica cheered from behind him.

"Hi."

"Whatcha got there?"

"Food for us. I have to move it to… say, what's in the kitchen?"

"A cold storage from what I remember."

"Could you move all of this inside? I have other things to unload…"

"Unload? We have a plane on the runway or what?"

"Yeah, and a guest to boot. So, will you help me?"

"I don't know…"

Toshiro pulled out the item and gave it to Erica.

"This is for you."

"Ah, a loader for my MP40! Well okay, I suppose I can move all of it… Where's Yoshika by the way?"

"Dunno? She should be here… Oh, there she is." Toshiro said as he saw Yoshika coming from the kitchen.

"Oh, supplies! I was doing some stock taking in the storage, and it really is grim… But now we have better perspectives for our future existence, heehee…"

Erica tilted her head in wonder.

"Yoshika, your way of talking changed…"

"Hmm?"

"You seem… smarter… and more eloquent…"

"And you are faking your own intelligence before everyone." Yoshika said with a smile.

"Wha… Toshiro… Did you tell her?" Erica raised an eyebrow.

"I didn't have to tell her, she just… inherited that knowledge from me…"

"Oh… Is there a story behind it?" Erica asked.

"Well, I suppose I can tell you… But keep it a secret… During the very flashy process of Yoshika regaining her magic, our memories somehow have gotten exchanged. So now, I know what Yoshika knew to that point and vice-versa."

"Weird… Weird as hell even… Yoshika…"

"I won't tell anyone, I promise," the Fusojin smiled.

"Oh, good!" Erica cheered like her usual self. "Come on, I'll help ya haulin' all this stuff!"

"Oh, yay! Much appreciated! Toshiro?"

"I have other stuff to lug around, dearie."

"Ah, if you have something else to do, then go."

Toshiro went to the plane and saw that Adolfine was sitting on her trusty locker and another chest on it.

"Well now… The guys and Trudy sure did work their asses off… Nothing left except for the stuff you're guarding with your whole body."

"Heheh… Guess what's inside the chest?"

"Weights?"

"Ah, cheater!"

"Nope, just a lucky guess, heheh… So I guess I take that chest and you take your more personal belongings?"

"Yup. But before you give me a room, then maybe some breakfast? I'm kind of hungry…"

"You want me to give you a room? I thought you'd just waltz in and take one for yourself."

"That would be an option… But I don't know which rooms are occupied," she calmly explained.

"Ah, how considerate. Okay, let's go, Adi. Lift your toned ass from that chest and off with us."

Adolfine dropped down on her own legs and Toshiro took the chest.

"Hohoho… You probably took half of your little gym here…"

"I have to keep my body fit…"

"Ah, whatever, follow me."

"Kay. Fritz, Udo, I'm going. Have a safe flight home!"

"Thank you!" Udo shouted back from the cockpit.

They exited through the loading ramp, which started closing after Adolfine stepped off it. Slowly, the jet engines started coming to life. And Trude trotted towards them.

"Frau Generalmajor, everything done!"

Adolfine looked at Toshiro, gave of a smile showing off her pearly whites, and said, "Good job. Call me Adolfine."

"B-But!"

"Oh shut up, I'm the same rank as Toshiro, and since I'm his friend, you can as well be mine."

"Uh… Um… Well… Okay, Adolfine… But please don't call me Trudy…"

"Trude is okay though?"

"Yes."

"Then Trude, let's go to the dining hall all together."

"Okay!" Trude yelled and went forward.

"Heh, I see you're going the Toshiro way..." Toshiro whispered towards Adolfine.

"I assume that I shouldn't be the big bad Generalmajor here. I know that all the girls here are your dear friends, so I don't want to make a caustic atmosphere around."

"Ah…"

"But don't fucking call me Adi before them. Yoshika's an exception…" Adolfine grumbled.

"Uhuh…"

The little group reached their destination, with Minna and Erica being present inside, beside Yoshika doing breakfast.

"Oh my… Adolfine?" Minna asked. "You here?"

"The winds of fate blow in many directions… Toshiro proposed that I hop in place of Schnaufer, and here I am."

"Just like that?"

"Just like that. I was bored of office work, so now I'm undertaking this small adventure."

"Oh, hello…" Erica mumbled after waking up. "Wait, what?!"

"And hello to you, Hartmann."

"Toshiro, what did you screw up?!" Erica asked.

"Nobody screwed up anything! Adolfine is hopping in for Heidi on her post."

"Ooooooooh… Well, now we have two Generalmajore in one building… Heh…"

"Hartmann, damn you, show some respect for the rank!" Trude yelled.

"Booother… She's Toshiro's friend anyway…" Erica moaned and turned to a different side.

"Why I oughta…"

"It's okay, Trude," Adolfine said while stopping Trude from handwork. "She's right."

"But… But… All my principles down the drain…" Trude sighed and gave up.

"Heh, don't burden yourself so much, Trude. Everyone will get smarter one day, maybe Hartmann will have her breakthrough…" Adolfine winked to Erica, and the latter smiled slightly.

"Ugh… I'll be retired by then…"

"Adolfine, aren't you forgetting something?" Toshiro asked with a bored voice.

"What?" Adolfine turned around to him. "Oh, slam it on the floor, somewhere on the side."

"How imaginative…" Toshiro said and dumped the crate on the side. "Yoshika, how's breakfast coming?"

"Ready in a few!"

"Okay, thanks! Adolfine, take a seat at the table where Erica is, that's the Karslander-Mio table as I've dubbed it, heheh…"

"Oh, thanks. I hope I'm not disrupting some mystical setup here…"

"We only had two meals together, so everything is subject to change."

Adolfine sat on in one place.

"That's my place… Guess I'll have to sit beside you…"

"What a coincidence!"

"What's a coincidence?" Shirley's voice suddenly sounded in the room. "Woah, Adolfine!"

"Auntie, where?!" Francesca's voice came from behind Shirley and the little Romagnan popped out from behind Shirley. "Auntie!"

Francesca ran up to the sitting Adolfine and hugged her.

"Hah, the little boob devil is here! How's life?"

"Good!" Francesca grinned.

"So nice!"

"Auntie?" Minna asked Toshiro silently.

"Well, the two plus Shirley got a bit close while I was lying in coma after my little battle in Africa…"

"Ah… Figures… You get people closer together even when you're knocked out, heehee…"

"So, what will ya be doing?" Shirley asked in the meantime.

"Ugh, I hate repeating myself. Let's wait for the rest, okay?"

"If you want it so…"

Then Lynne and Perrine came in.

"Oh… We have guests…" Lynne noticed.

"Wah, a General!" Perrine noticed a bit more dramatically.

"Heheh… Adolfine Galland, I'm Toshiro's friend. You should remember me; I visited your unit twice."

"Oh, yes…" Perrine looked closer. "You were with the Emperor back then, ma'am…"

The two didn't dig into the issue and just sat at their table.

Eila waltzed in half asleep, and oblivious to her surroundings, she just sat at the table with Perrine and Lynne.

"Yoshika, coffee…"

"You'll get one to your sandwiches, Eila, not sooner." Yoshika replied.

"Oh okay…"

Adolfine looked at Eila and then at Toshiro, who in turn simply shrugged and said, "Maybe she was waiting for Sanya all the time…"

"Maybe…"

"Hey, who are you talking about me behind my back?" Eila raised her head from the table and looked at Toshiro and Adolfine. "Oh shit, we have a guest!"

"Heehee…" Adolfine giggled. "Nice to meet you again."

"Again?" Eila looked carefully at Adolfine. "Oh, you are that General that was with the Emperor… Nice to see you again, ma'am…" Eila said and dozed off.

"Wow, she really must have waited for her love for the whole night…" Adolfine said.

"You know about… Sanya and Eila?" Minna asked a tad nervously.

"Yeah, Toshiro told me. But don't worry, I'm very tolerant. As long as they don't hump around in public, I can't say a bad thing."

"Whew…" Minna exhaled heavily. "Well, almost everyone is here… Sanya is probably sleeping off the night patrol… So that leaves…"

"G-G-Good morning!" A heavily stuttering Shizuka appeared in the doorway, accompanied by Heidemarie.

"Guten Morgen." Heidi said politely. "Oh, a guest…"

Heidi took a step back and hid behind Shizuka.

"Don't be so afraid you two…" Toshiro sighed deeply. "Adolfine is a friend."

Adolfine nodded.

Shizuka slowly approached them, followed by Heidi, still clinging to the formers uniform.

"Well, since you're standing, I'll get to the official stuff." Adolfine said. "Major Heidemarie W. Schnaufer, I hereby absolve you of your duties as the commanding officer of the NJG1 Vierte Staffel, taking command myself. You are hereby immediately transferred to the 501st Joint Fighter Wing with your current rank."

"Uh… Jawohl." Heidi said silently. "W-Will you be taking my room then?"

"Why should I?"

"Well… It's a bit above standard…"

"No, don't worry. I'll pimp up my own room; I have hard cash to blow."

"Oh… I'm a bit relieved… I was fond of the room…"

"Nobody will throw you out of the room, Major," Adolfine said softly. "Now come on, stop crumpling the poor girls' uniform, and have breakfast with us."

"J-Jawohl…" Heidi said quietly and sat at the table.

"And why are you standing like a dunce, Master Sergeant Hattori? Sit down at your table, I'm not the Emperor, you can sit in my vicinity, heheh…"

"Yes ma'am!" Shizuka shouted with relief, and sat beside Eila.

Cue in Yoshika, holding two mountains of sandwiches on enormous platters.

"Bon apetit everyone!" She cheered and returned to the kitchen.

Toshiro started eating slowly, just as the rest. Yoshika started handing out tea or coffee, depending on personal preferences and current fancies. She started eating as the last.

"Hey, Adolfine," Toshiro said.

"What?"

"I'll be going with Yoshika and probably Trudy to the city for a little supply run and some personal procurements, so hold off with official stuff until I return, okay?"

"But I already delivered some supplies…"

"We still need a lot of spuds, and according to Toshiro, the fruit in Sint-Truiden is the best," Yoshika explained.

"And you need me for lifting, huh?" Trude asked.

"Hey, family members help each other, right?" Yoshika butted in, making puppy eyes.

"Heehee…" Trude spaced out with red cheeks.

"What's gotten into her…?" Adolfine whispered.

"She goes like that when Yoshika goes into family mode with her."

"But you haven't married already, right?"

"The perspective of Yoshika being her family is enough for Trude…"

After Yoshika stopped eating, Toshiro said, "Come on, Yoshika. We need to prepare for the trip. Trude, get the truck ready please."

"Jawohl!" Trude shouted and ran out of the room.

Toshiro and Yoshika went to their room.

"I only need my wallet to be honest… Need anything on your side?"

"I'll take my ID, and that's it I think."

"My, my… How responsible of you!"

"Yeaaah… I probably wouldn't bother with my ID normally, but now I'm half-Karlsander, at least soul-wise, heehee…"

"Let's get to Trudy then, my sexy and responsible fiancé."

"Are you going to underline the fact that I'm now so hot every time we're alone?"

"Why not? It's the truth, right?"

"Heehee… Stupid Toshiro…"

They went down and out of the building. Trude was already waiting for them, so they climbed inside and drove off.

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