Chapter 7 – Nineteen is a crowd

Yesterday, Monday the 17th, I ordered a miko outfit from my favorite tailor. When I looked at the note with Yoshika's measurements, I was stunned. Right there, underlined even, her breast size stood written. And it wasn't a B, as we both first thought, but it was 32C. Well, shit, I don't have a damn ruler in my eyes, but yeah, come to think of it, Yoshika's breasts were now tits! And contemplating on the beauty of her pairs, I came to one conclusion – I haven't seen Shizuka's! In some miraculous way, I never saw her bathing… Time to change that…

Right now, it's the 18th. I'm sitting on the roof of the main building, waiting for a transport plane. Supposedly, this morning, the rest of Heidi's old unit will appear with some supplies. Since I've got nothing better to do, I'm watching and observing… Well, and I think I see something…

Toshiro saw a big plane, no doubted the Ju 290 coming in to land at the base.

Ahah! So they're coming! I wonder what they girls are like… I didn't ask the rest of the Karlslanders that had anything to do with them so I would be surprised.

He jumped down the roof straight onto the runway.

"Wah!" He heard a muffled shout.

He turned around and saw Heidi covering her mouth.

"Oh, did I startle you? Sorry…"

"It's… It's okay…"

"So, came to greet your friends, Heidi?"

"Um, yeah… I like my former squad… The girls were always nice to me…"

"Hmmm… You almost said it like we don't treat you nice," Toshiro said with a raised eyebrow.

"N-No, I didn't mean it that way! It's just…"

"It's just that you missed your friends to which you were accustomed for a long time, and now you have to get along with strangers, right?"

"Yes…" She muttered.

"Come on, let's greet them up and personal."

"Okay."

The plane landed and the two slowly strolled up to it. The landing ramp opened when they were half way there, and suddenly Toshiro heard a different engine amongst the four BMW 801H ones of the plane.

With a roar and skid on the runway, a peculiar halftrack motorcycle shot out of the plane with four girls on it, one black haired, one brown haired, and two blondes. The first sitting calmly behind the brown haired one who was driving and the two blondes were clinging to each other scared in the back of the motorcycle.

The whole quartet, clad in black Luftwaffe uniforms, was approaching Toshiro with a rather big speed.

"Heidi?"

"Georgina is an utter petrolhead…" Heidi sighed.

The motorcycle still accelerated, and Heidi started being a bit nervous.

"Toshirooo… Maybe we should…"

"I got everything under control…"

Toshiro simply summoned his sword and pointed it forward, straight at the motorcycle, on the height of the driver's chest. The driver squeezed the brake lever immediately, but because rubberized tracks didn't exactly have the same traction as tires, it took a bit for them to stop. The tip of Aganaimaru's blade slit a button of the drivers' uniform, just in the center of her almost flat chest.

The sword disappeared and he asked, "And who are you, speeding like a maniac, huh?"

The driver tried to introduce herself while shaking like jelly during a quake, with her curly locks all over the place.

"H-H-H-H-Haup-p-ptmann G-G-G-eorgina-H-H-Hermine G-G-Greiner…"

The black haired witch behind her threw a cold stare at Toshiro, lustrating him from top to bottom. She climbed out of the motorcycle and saluted. From a quick glance, Toshiro estimated she's about a meter sixty and has a D cup, but her hair was almost knee length.

"Hauptmann Hanna-Joanna Jabs," she said coldly.

"I didn't request an introduction, but hell, while we're at it… You two in the back, you names please?"

The blondes stopped clinging to each other and climbed out of the motorcycle. The one that had a single braid and eye-poking breasts introduced herself first.

"Hauptmann Siegfriede Wandam! Pleased do meet ya!" She cheered.

The one that had twin pigtails and who was a tad shorter and almost half as well-endowed followed suit.

"Oberleutnant Karla-Henrike Hollborn, also pleased!" She cheered as her blonde friend.

"Okay, now I know your names. But I still don't know why the Hauptmann wanted to make a pancake out of me."

"I…I… I…"

"Come on, you can do it…" Toshiro coerced her. "Or I'll impound this little monster motorcycle of yours."

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!" she yelled and jumped on the vehicle. "Nobody will ever touch my Kradie! Not when my heart is beating and my limbs are able to whoop ass!"

"Georgina, calm down…" Heidemarie said silently from behind Toshiro. "You're way out of your league…"

"What, he's the nephew of the Kaiser or what?! I'd whoop his ass even then!"

"Actually…" The cold staring Hanna pulled out a photograph sized piece of paper from her breast pocket and gave it to Georgina.

"What is this?!"

"A photo of Generalmajor von Edelweiss, the heir to the throne of Karlsland."

Georgina looked at the photo, and then at Toshiro. All the color from her face washed away immediately.

"S-S-S-orry… P-P-Please f-forgive m-m-m-y r-rudeness…"

"I guess you have a bad memory for faces, right?"

"Ah… Umm… Well, I have troubles with people who I haven't met in person…"

"Certainly weird… But even weirder is the fact, that you've nicknamed the NSU Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 Kradie," he giggled.

"Heheh… I like my Kettenkrad…"

"You'll probably have a good time with Shirley… I hope you'll give her a ride…"

Georgina made a sour face.

"She's got a Zündapp KS 750, she'll give you a ride on it in exchange."

"A KS750…" Georgina melted away suddenly in bliss.

"Pfff…" Hanna exclaimed. "Pardon, Herr Generalmajor…"

"For her?"

"Yes."

"Okay… You're not the talkative type it seems."

The gaze from her green eyes was enough for Toshiro to confirm that.

"Ugh… What do I deserve to get the taciturn girls…? Anywho, do you have anything else besides the Kettenkrad?"

"Our gear mostly, but we have some hmmm… luxury supplies…" Karla said with a wide grin.

"Well, then unload it y'all, come on!"

"Whaaaaa?!" The two blondes protested.

"But I thought Trudy would do that…" Siegfriede said.

"Trudy is absent here, as you can perfectly see. Unless you want to use Heidi for it, which I doubt she will do anywho."

"Ah, crap, we haven't hugged Heidi yet!" Karla exclaimed. "Heeeidiii!"

The two ran past Toshiro and squished Heidi in their clutches.

"Heh… Nice to see you two…" Heidemarie said calmly but with a smile on her face. "Now, be good girls and move your stuff to the second hangar."

"Eh?" Siegfriede tilted her head. "Why not the first?"

"Your new boss gave me such orders. She wants all the gear in one place; supposedly it will be more efficient," Heidi explained. "Right, Toshiro?"

"Yeah, sure. I mean come on, why should you be separated from us, the 501st?"

Hanna suddenly turned around and started walking towards the plane.

"Where are you going?" Toshiro asked.

"I will take my own gear now."

"Well, at least you're somewhat motivated… Please, girls, come on."

"Oh okay…" Karla mumbled. "C'mon, Sigi."

"Kay…" Siegfriede sighed.

The two went after the ice queen, and Toshiro looked at Georgina.

"What about her? She needs an invitation or what?"

"She should wake up in a few seconds. Whenever she hears about a good motorcycle, car, tank or Striker she just passes out from pure ecstasy…"

"Ah…"

As if by waving a magic wand, Georgina woke up.

"Hmmm… A KS750… Oh, where is everyone?" She asked while looking around frantically.

"They are unloading their gear," Heidi said.

"Oh… I think I should do that too… Ah, but I have Kradie! I can help move stuff!"

"Do that," Toshiro said. "Load what you can and dump it in an orderly manner in hangar two."

"Two? Not the first one?"

"Change of plans," Heidi said. "New management, new order."

"Ah, makes sense. Um… Herr Generalmajor…"

"Hm?"

"You ain't mad at me…?"

"Nah… You apologized, so I won't bother with poking you with a stick or something. And I somehow understand you. If someone touched that engine I was tuning while I was still in the IFN… Heads would roll… Mine last, after the shooting squad would squeeze the triggers of their rifles, heh…"

"Oh? You've modded an engine? What was it, how powerful, tell me!"

"A Mitsubishi Kinsei 62, and I probably increased the power by fifty percent… Right, I totally forgot about it…"

"A Mitsubishi Kinsei 62… Aaaah…" Georgina sighed and flopped over the handle bar of the Kettenkrad.

"Yeeaaaaaah…" Toshiro said. "Heidi, can you take care of her?"

"As in…"

"I'll place her on the runway and help the girls with the stuff… But first I'll park the Kettenkrad in the hangar."

"Okay, I can do this. Leave her with me."

Toshiro took Georgina and placed her on her bum beside Heidemarie's legs. He fired up the Kettenrad and drove into the hangar.

Surprisingly good handling, but the brakes suck on concrete…

He then zipped to Hanna, who was carrying a big crate on her shoulder, using time dilution.

"I'll take that."

She didn't even bat an eyelid at Toshiro's speed, but she silently handed over the crate.

"Go to Heidi, I'll take care of all the stuff, okay?"

"Seriously? A Generalmajor hauling supplies with his underlings?"

"Yeah, that's how I roll."

"Okay…" She sighed and went in Heidi's direction.

Toshiro then whizzed over to the two blondes.

"Girls, go to Heidi, I'll take this stuff from you all."

"Ah, if you want…" Siegfriede said.

"We're not stopping you…" Karsla concurred.

"Watch and learn, Karslander style supply moving!"

Toshiro used his speed and strength to move all the crates and Launch Units out of the plane. He stacked all the crates into one pile and lifted them up. Then, he just kicked the Launch Units with firm shunts into the hangar. The blondes and the re-awakened Georgina looked at him with awe and jaws wide open.

"Not every day you haul stuff over your head…"

He moved all the supplies into the hangar and positioned the Launch Units at their respective places afterwards. Then, he returned to the girls.

"Well, that's that," he said. "I'll leave you with loading everything and dabbling in the particular shits, but for now, let's get you all acquainted..."

"Our bags were in one of the crates, and… there are perishables in a few so…" Georgina mumbled.

"Come on with me then, you'll point it out for me…" He said to her.

"O-Okay!"

After they browsed through the crates, Toshiro picked up a few and went with the girls to the main building. He dropped the crate with their personal belongings on the floor and said, "Unpack and go to your rooms for now, we'll get you introduced at dinner on second thought."

"Roger!" The girls responded, and Toshiro went to the kitchen to unload his haul.

"Oh, hey…" Erica hiding behind the fridge said with a mouth full of chocolate.

"Erica… Is that chocolate that was supposed to be used for baking?"

"Uuuhh… Errrrr… Ummm…"

"It is… Erica, Erica…" he shook his head. "Whatever is in these two crates, you won't get."

"What is in the crate, Toshiro…?" Erica asked with eyes full of suspicion.

"Dunno but… it's supposedly exotic stuff. Anywho, I'm putting it in the freezer, and that's that."

"Aaaaaaaaaaaw, Toshirooo! Show meeee!"

"You've embezzled a whole chocolate… I should tell it to Trudy, or Minna even…"

"Nooo, pleeaaase! They'll spank me silly!"

"Then you'll help the girls doing dinner and supper."

"O-okay! I agree!"

"Good. Well, maybe I should show you what's inside… I have to know myself…"

Toshiro placed the crates on the ground and opened the smaller, rectangular one. It was chock full with cocoa packets, powdered sugar packets, normal sugar packets, and coffee packets.

"Hrrrrgggggghhh…" Erica's teeth ground in an audible manner.

Toshiro opened the second one, and saw cinnamon, powdered pepper, dates, raisins, figs and, above all, Helvetian chocolate in abundance.

"Aaaahhhhhhnnnnggghhh…" Erica grabbed her jaw and covered her eyes.

"Erica… You saw nothing, you know nothing…" Toshiro said and quickly locked away the two crates in the storage.

"Now I'm super hungry…" Erica said with teary eyes.

"Here…" Toshiro said and gave her an apple. "I've already warmed it up for you."

"Heehee, thanks, Bro…" She smiled warmly.

"Now, shoo. The rest of Heidi's old unit returned, so you might as well say hello."

"Oh, Karla and Sigi are back?! Wooohoooo! Where?!"

"In their rooms, where else…"

"Thanks for the tip! And the apple!"

"Yeah, yeah…"

Erica ran away like the wind, and in came Trude.

"What's with Hartmann? And what was that crate in the middle of the way doing?"

"The ice queen and company have returned."

"By ice queen you mean Jabs?"

"Yeah, her. I think that my Sacred Flame wouldn't melt that…"

"Heheheh... You know… Since you're my family, I'll give you a hint."

"Hmm?"

"Send her on a night patrol today with Sanya, or alone maybe."

"That it?"

"Yes, I can't tell you anything more. But I guarantee you, after what happens, she'll be fluffy and warm like a kitten. But behave absolutely normally right now, okay? No matter what she does."

"It's a bit too much to ask but… whatever. Thanks for the intel. Want some figs?"

"We have figs now?"

"Yeah. Look at the two new crates in the storage, you should be content."

"Well, if you say so…"

Trude went into the cool storage room and after a minute, she returned with a pale face.

"Did… Did Hartmann see that?"

"Umm… Yeah?"

"Gimme a fucking chain and blowtorch, I have to seal this off!" She yelled.

"Oh don't worry… If she even touches the goods, she'll get a special punishment…"

"Ah, good that we're on the same waves, heh…"

"Um… By the way, can you tell me something about the girls?"

"Well, Greiner is Shirley-squared when it comes to mechanic stuff, and the blondes combined with Hartmann… Shit… A real tornado… You didn't read their dossiers or anything?"

"No, I decided to get info the natural way this time, but fuck it, I'll just read whatever you have on them…"

"We have the usual shortened versions of their files in the archive. Go and check yourself."

"Kay, will do."

Toshiro went to the archive and dug up their files.

"Let's see… Hauptmann Hanna-Joanna Jabs… Born November 14, 1927 in Lübeck… Blah blah… Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves… Orphaned at age of five - car accident… Well shit, I probably stumbled upon the reason why she's so gruff… Probably… How fucking horrible…" Toshiro sighed.

He took another file.

"Hauptmann Georgina-Hermine Greiner… Born January 2, 1928 in Heidenheim… Iron Cross 1st Class… Average… And nothing big otherwise… Just as her boobs, heheheh…"

Toshiro took the next one.

"Hauptmann Siegfriede Wandam… Born September 30, 1929 in Oberhausen… Oh, her birthday will be soon… Iron Cross 1st Class… Apart from the size of her rack, nothing spectacular…"

"You really have weird criteria, Toshiro..."

"I blame Yoshika for suddenly growing such boobs…"

"Suuuuuuuuuuuure you do…"

Toshiro picked up the last file.

"Oberleutnant Karla-Henrike Hollborn… Born December 6, 1929 in Bromberg… Also 1st Class Iron Cross… Well, this is a backwater unit after all…"

He sighed heavily and returned the files in place. When he exited the room, he bumped into Jabs.

"I have been looking for you, Herr Generalmajor," she said with her usual voice, colder than the barren snow wastes of the Antarctic.

"Oh did you… What do you want?"

"Permission to conduct a night patrol tonight."

"I'll see about that. We now have six Nachthexen, including you, so the others might want a go too."

"Understood," she said and dismissed herself.

Well, at least I won't have to force her to go on a night mission. Let's see what the girls actually brought with them in terms of equipment…

Toshiro trotted slowly to the second hangar, and he could hear a quarrel from a hundred meters. He sighed to himself. When he entered the building, he saw Shirley and Georgina pulling their hair fiercely.

"No fucking way I'm going to let you ride my KS750!"

"Ditto for my Kradie you fat cow!"

"Fat cow?! Hah, you flat washboard! You never had, and never will have real tits!"

"Why bother!? They are only additional weight.

"Ahem…" Toshiro cleared his throat.

"Hah, only flat chests say that!" Shirley rebuked, without even noticing him.

"Cow tits!"

"Washboard!"

"Shut the fuck up already!" Toshiro yelled.

The two looked at him and let go of themselves immediately.

"Oh, hi, Toshiro…" Shirley said while looking to the side.

Georgina in turn was shaking violently.

"And what kind of pointless detail caused this conflict to erupt?" Toshiro asked.

"Pointless detail?!" Georgina yelled, obviously regaining her determination. "Cow Tits here wanted to ride my Kradie!"

"And washboard here wanted to ride my KS750!"

They both started staring fiercely at each other.

"You two are overlooking one… tiny… teensie-weensie detail…"

"Huh?" Both tilted their heads.

"Your vehicles are not yours; they are the Wehrmachts, you two dimwits! Unless you fucking pay for them, you are only governing them as allowed by your superiors, and right now, I have a very big urge to cut both up into scrap metal!"

As if to underline his statement, Toshiro summoned Aganaimaru.

"N-No! Don't do that!" Shirley pled on her knees.

"Please, not Kradie!" Georgina followed suit.

"Then kiss and make up you two, now! And each will give the other the right to ride each other's favorite machine!"

The two looked at each other and turning Toshiro's order into reality, they kissed. On the lips, with some moaning coming from each other.

"Woah, woah! I was joking!"

The two stopped kissing immediately.

"What the hell?!" Shirley yelled. "So we went all intimate because you were pulling our legs?!"

"Well, I didn't think you would really kiss…" Toshiro mumbled.

"Me neither…" Georgina said silently. "But it was nice…"

"What are you, bi?" Shirley asked.

"Yeah…" Georgina answered with flaming cheeks but soon the color faded as she remembered that Toshiro was here. "U-U-U-um I-I-I-I…"

"Don't worry about me, I saw some shit… Anywho, don't try to hit on my fiancé, or I'll punch you."

"J-J-Jawohl!"

"And returning to disciplining you… Shirley to the Kettenkrad, and Georgina to the KS750. Can I call you Georgina?"

"S-Sure…"

"Ah, splendid. Call me Toshiro then."

"I-If you wish so…"

"Hey, a fellow mechanic is always welcome."

"You're a mechanic?" Shirley asked, looking amazed at Georgina. "Why the hell didn't you tell me in the first place?!"

"Because you were toying around with my Kradie, you redheaded udder carrier!"

"Yeah, yeah, calm down already or Toshiro will bend us over or something…"

Georgina looked afraid at Toshiro after Shirley's words.

"No, I won't. Don't listen to that perv, she still want's my D secretly."

"More like half-openly…" Shirley pouted.

"Anywho, you two should get along pretty good…"

"I suppose we can try…" Shirley mumbled. "Say, washboard, do you prefer turbochargers or superchargers?"

"Turbochargers, of course!"

"But the turbo lag!"

"Lag shmag! You see…"

"Okay, I'll leave you here…" Toshiro interrupted them. "Don't kill each other, I'm going."

"Sure, have a nice day!" Shirley cheered. "You were saying, Washboard?"

I give them a week, and the Francesca will start hating Georgina for her spending too much time with Shirley, heheh… Ah, fuck, I was supposed to check the equipment they have… Meh, unimportant…

Toshiro walked on down the runway and into the main building. Minna greeted him of right off the bat.

"Toshiro, duty calls!"

"Neuroi?!"

"No, paperwork, heehee…"

"Hurgh… Meh, I don't have anything to do anyhow… Come on…"

As Toshiro walked to the office, he was asked a question. "So, how are you finding the new girls?"

"Heidi and Shizuka or the quartet from Karlsland?"

"You can talk about both if you want…"

"Heidi is a nice girl, but a tad shy, and Eila seems to have a beef with her…"

"Hmm… Maybe she's jealous?"

"Jealous you say… Yeaaaah… Heidi spending whole nights with Sanya… Eila is probably fuming every day, heheh…"

"And what about Hattori?" Minna asked.

"She's still a bit locked up towards me, but I see that the rest of you are a bit luckier with her."

"Heehee, yes… I find her an earnest girl, literally a younger Mio. Who knows, maybe she'll bear her torch one day…"

"Who knows…? And about the Karlslanders… Ugh… The ice queen is giving me a headache…"

"Ah yes… Hanna is a tough nut to crack, but you'll open her sooner or later. You're a genius after all, hahaha!"

"Ha! Of course! Anyway, Georgina is probably the friend Shirley lacked in the unit, a second her that is."

"Yeees… The only thing that differentiates her from Shirley is her character and… physical traits…"

"Or lack thereof… And the two blondes I don't know much about, except for that one bit of info Trudy gave me."

"That they're like a tempest when together? I'll give you a tip, Toshiro. If you want them to behave, separate the two. When alone, each of them is almost like a daughter of an aristocrat, well-mannered and everything."

"Hmmmmmmmmm… I'll try this. But you're forgetting one thing…"

"And that would be?"

Toshiro opened the door to the office before which they just arrived and pointed out at the person sitting behind the desk.

"That she is the boss of that rabble, not me. I'm just trying to be friendly with them and avoid conflicts with our unit."

"And hi to you too, Toshiro," Adolfine responded. "Talking smack about my unit, huh?"

"Only responding to Minna's question, nothing more. Just a first impression info dump, really."

"Ah well, I only saw that… whatshername… that one that tries to kill you with your stare…"

"The ice queen…" Toshiro sighed. "Hey, Adolfine, what the hell are you doing behind that desk? Shoo!"

"Nope. I had my rank for longer, and you should respect your elders."

"Okay, Grandma, as you wish…"

"Who you callin' Grandma?!" Adolfine yelled while standing up and slamming her hands on the top of the desk.

"Come on, Adolfine… We have paperwork to do with Minna… This is getting old already…"

"Ah well, I suppose it is… Let's agree that the one with the most important business to attend to gets the good desk, the rest uses the map table," Adolfine said calmly.

"Agreed," Toshiro said.

"Me too. No sense in adding another desk or two, since we'll be moving anyway."

"Heh…"

"So, what pressing issues are you resolving, Adolfine?" Toshiro asked with a wry smile.

"Pissing you off, of course! Come on; sit behind the desk like a man of your rank and position." Adolfine said and stood up from the chair.

"Maybe you want to sit here, huh, Minna?"

"No, the map table is also good enough, and you'll be doing the bulk of the work anyway."

"Ugh…"

Paperwork time lasted until dinner. Yoshika wasn't cooking it, since Mio gave her her times worth at training. Like a knight in shining armor, Trude appeared instead of her in a cooking apron. After the meal, Toshiro gathered everyone for a briefing.

"This briefing will be all about the NJG1 Fourth Division," he said. "The girls already introduced themselves during dinner, as well as Adolfine made clear that she's the boss now, not Heidi…"

"Damn well…" Adolfine mumbled.

"But we have to clear some issues that arose now. We now all have SIX Night Witches on the roster. I repeat, six! We have to come up with a schedule for the flights. Sanya, Heidi, we will part from this place in a month or so, but maybe we should already get accustomed to a new schedule?"

"A new schedule?" Sanya asked.

"There will be two of you, so you can do the patrols in turns. One week Heidi, and one week Sanya and so on. But that's only a proposition, and I have one concern."

"Our safety?" Heidi asked.

"Yes. The Neuroi were very aggressive as you've seen, and who knows what will await for us in Karlsland. So if you don't want to do patrols alone, I won't be mad or anything."

Heidi and Sanya looked at each other and nodded.

"We want to do patrols together, Toshiro," Sanya said.

Everyone could hear Eila mumbling something unintelligible.

"Eila, want to say something?"

"Um… Well…"

"Gospodin… If you want to have patrols with Heidi and me, just ask. Or even patrols without Heidi…" Sanya sighed.

Everyone was amazed by Sanya's openness and bluntness, while Eila's face was red.

"Well… Then… Um… Can I… Can we…"

"Yes you can, Eila," Toshiro said. "Now, turning to the rest of the Night Witches… It would be beneficial if you all resumed you usual flights, but I guess we have to mix up the schedules of our both units."

"I want the patrol tonight, as I requested." Hanna said.

"Well, okay. But before that, who wants to go with her?" Toshiro asked.

No answer.

"Really, nobody? Not even you, Heidi?"

"Well, I suppose I could go with Hanna… But three or even four would be a crowd."

"Oh, I can take a night off…" Sanya said, making Eila's eyes sparkle.

"Then okay, Heidi and Hanna are going on patrol tonight. I hope I'm not taking too much liberty with your unit, Adolfine?"

"No, no… I'm at least conserving my energy… If I don't like something, I'll just speak up."

"Sure, good idea. Next… Mio, what the hell were you doing with Yoshika that she got here so pumped out that she couldn't do dinner?"

"I tried to push her to her limits; I'll now know how I can train her from tomorrow even more efficiently."

"Well, if it was a one-time thing, then I can't oppose…" he mumbled. "Shirley, Georgina, I see you both are getting along already?" Toshiro asked.

"After we've cleared some minor differences, we've both decided to bury the hatchet. Georgi will even help me mod the KS750!"

"And who gave you a permission, huh?" Toshiro asked.

"But I thought…"

"The motorcycle was brought here by Adolfine; she only borrowed it to you."

Shirley immediately turned to Adolfine with puppy eyes.

"Yeah, yeah… Just don't install a rocket engine on it, or make a pile of molten slag out of it…"

"Yay, thanks!" Both Shirley and Georgina cheered in sync.

"I guess that's all… Ever…"

Toshiro's ear suddenly heard a message from his transponder.

"This is the forward outpost number five on the Rhine, please respond!"

"Generalmajor von Edelweiss from the 501st, what's happening?"

"Dank Gott! Two Burrower type Neuroi have went past our defenses, and are heading for Eindhoven! Please intercept it immediately!"

"Roger, I'm sending a unit immediately!"

"What is it?!" Minna asked.

"FO Bonn has reported two Burrowers heading for Eindhoven. Volunteers?"

Shirley, Trude and surprisingly Yoshika and Hanna raised their hands.

Tough call… But I'll give the newbie a chance.

"Jabs, show me what you're worth, you're coming with me!"

"Jawohl!" She responded and ran out of the room.

"Baaaaaaaw… No fun…" Yoshika moaned.

"You're still tired, Yoshika. And I want to see what the new girls are worth. See you in an hour!"

Toshiro rushed behind Hanna and caught up to her.

"This is your chance to shine and impress Adolfine, make it count."

"I will, Herr Generalmajor," she said indifferently.

As they rushed into the hangar, she opened one of the crates and pulled out an enormous sniper rifle with a very familiar IR projector attached.

"I see you have impressive armament…"

"There is no time to talk, Herr Generalmajor."

Oh she is so full of herself… If she's just talk, I'll make recommendations towards Adi…

She now uncovered her Launch Unit, unveiling a Striker that Toshiro never saw before but it was somehow familiar.

"No time," she repeated, seeing as he was eying the Striker.

"Oh well…" Toshiro sighed and jumped into his Striker after strapping on the FFG. "I'm not taking anything with me, let's see if you're as good as you pose to be."

"This is reckless, Herr Generalmajor. I advise taking heavy arms, that Mauser C96 won't do it."

"I'm the Generalmajor here, not you. Go!"

Toshiro started warming up his engines but she was already taxying on the runway. As she disappeared from his sights, the jet engines were already warmed up. He pushed forward and started rapidly.

He was impressed by the speed of her Striker; it was over a thousand km/h but not yet transonic range. They soon spotted the enemy. Hanna stopped in place immediately and took aim from the enormous rifle. Toshiro saw a familiar purple glint in her eyes as she was aiming.

Magan? Hmmm… A sniper with a Magan would be a one-shot kill machine... Let's see how she fares…

"Opening fire," Hanna said.

She pulled the trigger and the rifle kicked up, producing an enormous muzzle flash and an appropriate sound. The bullet hit one of the Neuroi, but nothing happened.

"If you were aiming for the core, nope…"

She looked at him with ruffled eyebrows, but soon resumed her aiming. She made another shot. This time it hit a different spot, but the Neuroi was still going. In their direction nonetheless.

"Third times the charm as they say. And I must note that you've pissed it off…"

He could see Hanna shaking from fury, but she took aim one more time, and this time, she shot the Neuroi dead in the center, killing it immediately.

"Not bad. But it took three shots! If I had the Magan like you, shit! One bullet would be enough!"

"We can verify that, Herr Generalmajor," she said and pushed her rifle towards him.

"No need," he said as he unholstered his Mauser pistol.

"Uh, pardon me, but the ballistic capabilities…"

As she started speaking, Toshiro began pumping a single round full with his special magic.

"…are enough to…"

Toshiro simply aimed at the enemy, who also started charging an attack, and pulled the trigger.

The black-and-white muzzle flash extended to a range of five meters, just as the extremely loud bang of the shot reached their ears. The magic imbued round traveled the five kilometers to the enemy in one second, tearing it apart and paving and small crater in the ground upon impact.

"You were saying?" Toshiro asked.

"How…"

"I have more aces up my sleeve than you can find in any deck," he winked. "And do tell me about your equipment; it's all new to me."

"I shall provide you with the documentation on my equipment once we get back to the base," she replied as usual.

"Ugh… Let's get back…" Toshiro mumbled and fired up his transponder. "501st, kill confirmed for Hauptmann Jabs and me."

"Roger, Toshiro. Come back home," Shirley responded.

"Exactly what I intended."

The two returned home and were swarmed by the girls. Hanna however just wiggled through the rabble and went straight for her Launch Unit. She stowed away her Striker and rifle and she pulled out something. She returned to Toshiro, and gave him a cellophane bag with a lot of papers. Hanna then silently went in her own direction.

"Well, Ms. Grumpy is acting up again…" Georgina sighed.

"So this is normal for her?" Shirley asked.

"Yup."

"How do you put up with her?"

"We just let her be…" Heidi said. "She's now under the office, waiting to give a report."

"Well, I have to go to the office then…" Adolfine sighed. "Coming, Toshiro? You have to write your own report too…"

"Yeah…"

After the paperwork was done, Toshiro went to his room to read the tech docs on the equipment of Hanna.

"Bf 110 H-6… Twin DB 605 E engines, up to 1700 PS… Listed top speed 1156 km/h… Wow, impressive… This is basically something middle ground between the G-4 and my old R Akuma…"

Toshiro skipped the in-depth stuff and started reading about the rifle.

"Solothurn S-18/1100, produced in Helvetia… Semi-automatic, box fed, ten 20×138mmB rounds… Equipped with the FG 1300 Vampir night vision system… Shit, not only it's powerful, it's also ripping off from my guns! Humpf!"

The door to his room opened.

"Hey, Toshiro, I'm not interrupting?" Yoshika asked.

"No, Sweetie. What's up?"

"Maybe… We could take a walk in the forest, huh?"

"Feeling a bit lonely during the day? Sorry for that…"

"No, no… You don't have to be. Everyone has his own set of responsibilities. I have training, cooking, cleaning, washing… And you have… uh… Generalmajor stuff, heeheee…"

"Heh, I suppose you're right. So, lead on, pumpkin."

They went on for a long walk in the forest and the local fields.

"My… It's so nice here… I wonder when the world will be liberated from the Neuroi threat…"

"Kye won't tell me, right, Kye?"

"No, I won't."

"Wah!" Yoshika screamed.

"Oh come on, Yoshika... You hurt my feelings," Kye said while feigning a sad face.

"But you're appearing out of the thin air, gimme a break!"

"Heh… Well, concerning your question, I already gave you hint, remember?"

"Hint… Remember… Last straight?"

"Yes, Yoshika, this is the last straight. I won't tell how long it is, nor what potholes you can fall into, but I will tell you one thing for sure, and that is that the Neuroi will be annihilated from the face of the world once this all ends."

"That's reassuring… Thanks!" Yoshika cheered.

"Oh I always like to help my Yoshikas, heehee… Okay now, hang tight you two, I sense a disturbance in the force in my universe."

"Disturbance in the force she says…" Toshiro mumbled as she disappeared. "It's getting dark slowly, Yoshika, let's go back."

"Mhm, let's! It was fun to walk with you for so long!"

"And vice versa."

After they returned, Yoshika helped making supper, which Toshiro ate with gratitude after all he experienced today. He took the bath with even greater attitude, and prime company, as Adolfine, Yoshika and Shirley joined in.

"The best part of my private harem is here! So, foursome now?" Toshiro asked.

The girls looked at each other, and Yoshika said, "Not here, not now. The bath is a sacred place, and no fornicating here!"

"Hey, Yoshika, so you're not outright forbidding it, right?" Adolfine asked.

"I'm forbidding any sexual contacts with my Toshiro without me taking part, and that's final! Unless I have a good day…"

"But hey, there's Minna too!" Shirley said.

"And Mio…" Toshiro grinned.

"What, Mio too?!"

"Yeah… The day we battled the hive over Venice…"

"Damn… Toshiro, you are a real menace…" Shirley shuddered. "By the way… Was she…"

"Untainted by a man? Sure."

"Lucky SOB… Wait… Wait a second… Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait a second! You too, Adolfine?!"

"Uhuh, twice while he was living with me in Neue Karslsland."

"Twice… You're now equal to me! For fucks sake…"

"Heheh…" Adolfine laughed. "And I'm not giving that up, oh no!"

"Yooooooshikaaaa…" Shirley moaned.

"Not in the mood… I want Toshiro for myself for just a bit longer…" Yoshika smiled.

"Oh okay… But remember that your period starts soon, and mine ends, so…"

"Yes, yes… I'll think about it… How about you, Adolfine?"

"My period? Same as Redheads."

"Good… I'll take everything into consideration… Toshiro, let's retreat for the night, okay?"

"Okay, okay… You have to relieve me of all this sexual tension all of the girls built up…"

"Weird that you didn't hoist your mast already…" Adolfine mumbled.

"I have my body under control, don't worry."

Yoshika and Toshiro went to their room.

"Phew… Nothing like a good bath…" She said. "Really want a little orgy again, Toshiro?"

"Why not…" He shrugged.

"But we could need somebody new… Trude is out of scope…"

"Well, I used Mio only once, and I believe you didn't have the pleasure, right?" Toshiro asked.

"Hmm… Her and Minna… A… Sixssome?"

"Is that even a word?"

"Even if it wasn't, it is now, heehee…" Yoshika giggled.

"So about that relieving…"

Yoshika turned over, and started making circles on his muscular, naked torso with the tip of her right index finger.

"Toshirooooo…"

"Yes, Pumpkin?"

"I know it, but I want to hear it yet again – do you really love me?"

Toshiro raised an eyebrow, but he smiled, and replied, "I really, REALLY love you, Yoshika."

"And why do you love me, hmmmm?"

"Should I start counting?"

"Heheh, if you want…"

"Starting from the small things – I love how you laugh, how you smile, how you smell, how you walk, how you talk, and how you act – and that's a fact."

"Hahaha!"

"The biggest thing I love about you is that you accepted me as I am, with all my shortcomings. You gave me a raison d'être, and I'm thankful to you for that…"

"Awwww…" she stopped her toying around and hugged him.

"Why are you asking such questions, Yoshika? I thought it was an established truth that we love each other, hmm?"

"I have a new brain so to speak now, Toshiro. I want to hear it all and process it using it."

"And what is that shiny new brain telling you right now?"

"That I should silence you before you start spouting more nonsense…" she whispered and kissed him.

The new girls are all OC's, and they are loosely based on real members of the Nachtjagdgeschwader 1: Hans-Joachim Jabs, Herman Greiner, Siegfried Wandam, and Karl-Heinz Hollborn

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