Haha, schools out!
...haha, this chapter isn't exactly the best, I'll give you that.
List of current factions
Major factions:
Falmar
•Empire of the Rising Sun
-3rd Recon Team
•Allies (basically the UN.)
•The Falmar Empire
Earth
•Soviet Union...?
•Allies
•Empire of the Rising Sun
SubFactions/Minor factions:
Falmar
•Allied-Japanese Special Reigon Force(Currently being debated by the remaining world leaders on Earth.)
•Red Bear Union (Technically Soviet)
•Italica (Empire. Sorta.)
•Kingdom of Elbe
•Various bandit factions
Earth
•True Soviet Union (Rebellion group lead by [REDACTED])
Itami and Dr. Zelinsky, after much debate with Countess Myui and Princess Piña, finally formed a peace treaty between the Allied/Imperial Japanese joint forces and the Clan Formal, essentially making them allies, and to an extent, an unofficial ceasefire with the Empire.
The treaty in question did include much of the following;
The prisoners from the invading army were to be treated humanely. Or as Itami had to explain to a certain princess, "Treating them fairly like you would treat your friends". The Allies/Imperial Japanese forces were to select a few prisoners to take back to Alnus Hill. The same would apply to criminals apprehended after this point, as those native to Falmar were to be fairly prosecuted under Italica law, regardless of race.
As for troop withdrawal, they declined, saying that they would like to use Italica and some of the land around it as an FOB (Forward Operation Base). In return, they would protect Italica, and would set aside some Peacekeepers as a makeshift law enforcement. All forms of slavery were to be banned, however, criminals were allowed to do to labor work, albeit limited amounts.
Furthermore, trade routes would be established between the Alnus base and Italica. Caravans traveling the route between Italica and Alnus and will be escorted by a group of IFVs with Peacekeeper loadouts. However, ALL wagons are subject to Attack Dog searches.
This, and at the same time, Countess Myui keeps her governing power.
As for the Princess, she would've received an armed escort back to the Capital. However, she was allowed to leave when she felt ready to do so.
Itami was the one unfortunate enough end up with the task of rounding up his team.
Kurata was living the dream, as he found him socializing with a catgirl maid named Persia.
Now, the 3rd Recon Team was driving away from Italica, now with a few extras coming along for the ride. Accompanied by the pair of Cryocopters, and two additional Sudden Transports, for the mages they rescued and prisoners, the former having been robbed of their riches and homes, the latter of which were questionably almost all females.
It did make sense, though, for who knows what could've happened had they left them there, even with the treaty in place.
Speaking of which...
"Myyyyueh!"
One of the prisoners, who happened to be rather cat-like, having the tail, ears, and even the paws, spotted the shiny necklace that Myuu wore, and even though that she was handcuffed, they had failed to factor in the prehensile tail. (The only reason she hadn't picked the lock is because it's computer activated.)
Of course, Kuraima had an easy fix for that; he always carried a laser sight for his M93R.
He felt bad for exploiting her cat-like instincts, but then again, when they searched her, they found a plethora of jewelry in her clothes, as she even had sewn pockets shut so as to hold onto as much loot as possible. So either she was a kleptomaniac, or she really likes shiny things.
Also, it was damn effective. The laser, not the pockets, mind you.
The others sat in awkward silence, and somewhat in fear, not quite sure what was going on, thanks to their knowledge of the usual justice system, but also feeling quite curious about how lenient their "guard" was acting towards them.
They actually found it rather amusing.
"Hey, Lieutenant?"
"Hm?"
"Looks like we did get to see some catgirls after all. Kinda sucks that they're all being mistreated. It's like 'RWBY', except with less Grimm and more medieval."
"Mhm." Itami nodded. He REALLY needed some sleep.
Awkward silence ensued, as they passed by a small group of wild cattle, whom ignored them in favor of eating grass.
"Hey, i'm seeing quite a lot of dust over there. I think it's heading towards us."
"All units, visual contact, one o' clock! Get into defensive formation, but hold your fire, just in case we can use a little diplomacy."
They all did so, the Peacekeeper IFVs with their oversized shotgun turrets forming a "wall" of metal around the Sudden Transports, as Kurata pulled out the binoculars. Rory started to feel like that maybe sitting in the front seat wasn't the best idea, for this was probably the second time she was being squished between the otaku's hip and the soft seat she sat in.
"Blonde hair with ringlets spotted!" Sure enough, there was a group of women riding horseback, all wearing armor.
A collective series of "What?! Lemme see!" was repeated on the radio a few times, followed by various wolf whistles.
The group of women, all of whom wore full suits of armors that actually looked like it would protect the wearer, stopped in front of their Sudden Transport.
"Halt! Who are you?" The aforementioned blonde demanded, still sitting on her armored horse. Apparently, they were ignoring the Cryocopters in favor of those in the weird horseless carriages.
"We have just left Italica." Itami replied, yawning.
"And where are you going?" Behind them, the Mirage Tan- I mean, a cow, yeah, slowly made its way behind them. One or two of them glanced over at the "bovine" but ultimately ignored it, as wild cattle were pretty commonplace. Had they actually looked closer, they'd realize that one, it's not actually consuming grass, and two, its legs had a messed up walk cycle.
"We should be asking YOU that."
"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" This was going nowhere.
"We're on our way back to Alnus Hill-" That really got them riled up, as the female knights all drew swords, pointing at him and Kurata, as Rory had mysteriously slipped into the back, sometime offscreen.
"So you're the enemy from the Gate!" Duh. Tell me again, I think I forgot.
"Problem, officer?"
The situation was finally defused when Dr. Zelinsky stepped out of the Sudden Transport, since the author just kinda spent maybe an hour or two on this particular scene before deciding it just wasn't worth the effort and decided to cut out the part where one of them got frozen by either Kelvin or a Cryocopter.
Anyways, he was able to convince them to put away their weapons and talk it out peacefully.
They were told that they were the Rose Order of Knights, a group of women who trained with the Princess, becoming the Empire's "elites".
Well, they would've been, if it weren't for the fact that their emperor saw them nothing more than young girls trying to enact their fantasies.
They offered to escort the girls back to Italica. They hesitated, but eventually they accepted.
When they got back, they had received a strange request from Piña...
She wanted to see Alnus Hill for herself.
Thus, the road to peace between Earth and Falmar had begun.
[Database]
Attack Dogs- Allied Scout. Armed with powerful noses and vicious jaws, these canines are someone you want on your side. Can sniff out spies.
"Hm. Giselle. You are quite an anomaly. You are able to resist my psychic powers...No matter."
"Libra, take her to the Bio plants. They'll have to do for now."
"Yes, Master."
Author's notes
Sooo, I can't really think of much to say.
Off my meds for the summer, so that might mean less chapters will be going up. Oh well.