A/N: So I've got an end of the year research paper soon, and this story just sort of appeared in my head during class. Please enjoy. Also note that there is absolutely no relation of this chapter to any of the others in this story, as this is an isolated universe.

And now only a few minutes later, our teacher says that we may need to write a short story about our research topics at some point, so I guess this works? What a coincidence...

Even better, I can use this story for my project. I love my English teacher.

Also, I am aware that Mokou and Yuyuko wouldn't be alive for several of these situations, too far in the past as they were, so just assume that both of them are over 3000 years old.

Also, whenever someone refers to the textbook, it's about a book called Battle: A Visual Journey Through 5,000 years of Combat.

After a few months, I've finally come back to this story to edit it, add a few things, and publish it.

Please enjoy!

Characters List:

Keine: Professor, Historian, 196 years old.

Mokou: Witness, historian, detective who learned information from all sides for sake of history. Immortal, present at nearly all events since becoming immortal due to extreme speeds and comprehensive knowledge of the world, only unable to record some events if both important events occur simultaneously. However, some others have been able to assist her, thus sending history to her. Born three thousand years ago.

Yukari: Supplier, able to retrieve objects from the past and present in order to enhance VR simulations. Responsible for the creation and maintaining of the VR simulations. Thousands of years old.

Yuyuko: Netherworld Princess, responsible for coordinating dead spirits, and gets live accounts from the dead, interviewing those who have passed away to bring them directly into the classroom. Three thousand years old.

Reimu: Religious sides of most conflicts, having a thorough understanding of religions to enforce the thought processes of many conflicts and creators.

Sanae: Actual words from gods, and their own viewpoints and perspectives on the conflicts and such.

Marisa: Understanding of military power, specifically firepower.

Alice: Bombs and alchemical explosives/knowledge. High knowledge of armor and dress uses, being a professional clothes/armor maker.)

Patchouli: Tactical formation and strategies.

Three Fairies of Light, Sunny, Luna, Star: Comprehensive knowledge of stealth, detailing specialized, well thought, and intelligent stealth tactics, uses, so on so forth, such as ghillie suits, light refraction.

Nue: Knowledge and examples of Interrogation/torture techniques

Nitori: Mechanical and electrical engineering.

The quick scratching of chalk on a blackboard accompanied the frantic squeak and scribble of pencils and pens alike, each student struggling to keep up with the demonically fast nature of their professor. On the blackboard was the name of the class and a short introduction with it.

On it read,

Military History and its Applications in Modern Warfare.

Class Credit: History, required credit.

Intro: Listen to the teacher, she explains it better than me.

"Now you see class, usage of inappropriate military force throughout history has in fact caused far more issues than it has solved. However, justifiable and appropriate use of military force has been essential in resolving some of the worst issues in history."

The female professor hardly seemed to breathe, her voice sounding out constantly without fail or rest, as she continued her lecture on military force in historical contexts.

"Now you see, one may ask themself, 'Why does this matter?' Well, in this class we attempt to examine military history in order to recreate historical situations and possibly apply them to the modern day."

A voice came from the back of the room asking, "Professor Keine, what will we be studying over the course of the year?"

With a smile, Keine Kamishirasawa replied, "I'm glad you asked Mokou. Your prior experience and presence at many of these events will prove invaluable in our simulations, so please do your best in our simulations."

The aforementioned Fujiwara no Mokou proceeded to rub her head, embarrassed yet also joyed to hear such praise from her best friend, who was in fact their professor.

As Keine brought down a smart board she continued to speak, "Now, the topics that we will be covering today are the overviews of each era, where we will be attempting to discern certain techniques and strategies and such for application into the modern era of warfare, possibly even the future. Specifically, we'll be covering the eras of history from Ancient Greece to the Second World War."

As Keine began writing behind her onto the smartboard, her words had become jumbled and unreadable even with her immaculate handwriting, as one of the students known as Nitori Kawashiro, an engineering genius and prodigy, spoke up, "Erm, Keine Sensei? That smart board isn't working right..."

With a jolt of surprise, Keine glanced back for her eyes to meet the smart board's annoying calibration, before sighing in frustration and instead rolling it back up, as the class laughed at the ineffectiveness of Outer World products, as Keine shushed them before resorting to the gigantic blackboard instead.

With a clap, Keine called out, "Everybody, we're beginning now."

Without even a glance at her textbook, Keine proceeded to begin writing on the blackboard, activating her innate ability of flight that was common for most of the class in order to reach the top of the 50 X 50 meter dimensioned blackboard, its massive size able to accommodate copious amounts of information while an self propelling eraser removed the title and introduction, powered by magical technology, or magitech.

Keine spoke aloud after a brief respite to say, "First, we'll start with Ancient Greece."

Keine posed a question to the class saying, "First up, who can tell me what was the most defining trait of Sparta's culture, specifically their military life?"

Another of the students, known as Alice Margatroid, who was renowned as an excellent doll maker, and being proficient in the art of alchemical explosives and armor smithing spoke, "It would be their child soldier program?"

The professor continued writing as she answered, "Yes, that's correct Alice. Sparta trained many of their troops from the young age of 7, the courses and tribulations both physically and mentally exhausting, as well as extremely difficult to accomplish. While many nations in our modern day society abhor such actions, the concept of child soldiers and their military development into adulthood, has continued throughout history, proving time and time again to be extremely effective. In the case of Ancient Greece, Sparta had become one of the most powerful city states in the known world, sheerly for their military might."

Another student, Patchouli Knowledge who was proficient in Tactical Formations and Strategies through actual experience on battlefields throughout the world spoke up, "One of their most famous examples of their military dominance was during the Battle of Thermopylae, in which the heavily outnumbered Spartan-Athenian force was able to fend off and delay a Persian invasion for long enough in order to fully mobilize the Greek army."

Keine replied to the fact with, "Absolutely true Patchouli. One of their most interesting tactics utilized in the holding of the valley in which they were tasked with defending was known as the Phalanx Formation. Would anybody happen to know what this entailed?"

Alice answered saying, "It's a composition of several troops wielding high grade circular shields, placing them into overlapping layers with their spears or otherwise long poled weapons through the holes that cannot be covered."

Mokou gave her own comment, "The closest thing that you could compare the sight of that battle to would be a horde of black surging against a massive bronze porcupine of the few Spartans holding the valley. Though their efforts were valiant, they eventually fell when one of their own betrayed them. Worse still, I spoke to the one that would eventually turn before the incident, since the Spartans allowed me to interview them and watch. Immortality has served me well in these years of recording history."

Patchouli spoke up, turning with a surprised expression towards her, "Wait, how did you manage to survive? I doubt that the Persians would have allowed someone with the Spartans to survive."

Mokou let out a bark of laughter before replying, "Hah! Just a words and a showing of the Phoenix and they scurried on through with their tails between their legs. After all, the divine flames of a Phoenix being displayed in such a terrifying fashion is sure to strike fear into the hearts of any mortal humans."

Keine clapped her hands before saying sternly even with a smile on her lips, "Alright class, let's move on."

After drawing a box around the massive amount of information that she had written down, Keine proceeded onward with her next topic, "Now, we'll cover Rome for a bit. Who can tell me what was one of Caesar's most useful inventions? As a hint, it was part of yesterday's cleaning operation."

Several groans accompanied Keine's teasing, as the class remembered cleaning the massive 100ft high watchtowers that stood resolutely outside.

Ever the knowledgeable tactician, Patchouli spoke up, "The textbook refers to how, 'Ceasar set his legionaries to work building a line of fortifications to enclose both the town and camp, consisting of 23 forts, linked by ditches and a rampart mounted by a palisade, with towers at intervals of 80ft."

Keine replied, "That's right Patchouli, good job. Yes, Ceasar decided to build an example of a specific type of warfare back in Ancient Rome's time, but can anybody tell me what that was?"

Another student going by the name of Marisa Kirisame who was known to be an incredible source of knowledge on firepower related matters piped up, "Ooh! It's an example of Trench Warfare, one of the primary tactics applied in World War One, and a precursor to the later siege towers built in the Middle Ages!"

Keine responded in a sage-like voice, "Correct, and 5 points to Gryffin- wait what am I saying?"

Coughing lightly in an attempt to recompose herself, Keine replied in her usual voice, "Yes, that's correct Marisa. Not only did Ceasar utilize tactics that were later found in the first World War, but it's also possible that the shielded siege towers of the Middle Ages were also based off of the watchtowers developed at the time."

With a small smirk, Mokou spoke up and proposed her own question to the class, "During Ancient Rome's campaign in Anglesey, what occurred that should most oftenly be avoided?"

Another new voice spoke up, belonging to a woman known as Yuyuko, her title being Princess of the Netherworld who said in an exhausted tone, "The textbook talked about how with the bulk of the Roman legions away on campaign in Anglesey, in northwest Whales, the rebel army sacked the towns of Camulodonum, Londinium, and Verulamium. I also remember that from personal experience, since Rome was rampaging all over, their military might was killing a rather high number of humans. Not only that, but since not all were satisfied with Rome's new rule and thus rebelled, many human lives were lost in their efforts. We had a horrible time with managing the souls lost in those conflicts..."

And with that, Yuyuko fell asleep once more, her snores signifying a lack of sleep or extreme exhaustion having been applied recently. An embarrassed expression remained on Keine's face who sighed in exasperation at Yuyuko's disposition before continuing with, "Well, thanks to Yuyuko's anecdote, we know what occurred during that time. Can anybody think of an alternative to this situation though?"

Mokou gave her input with, "Well, it was also good of them to allow the rebellion to occur. In some ways, it has a dual function, both allowing the subjugated to release their frustrations against the new government, yet also showing the overwhelming might of their new rulers who would crush the rebel army under their heel."

Patchouli gave an interested expression towards Mokou while saying, "After class, would you like to discuss some of the tactics that you've seen in history with me in my library? I'm quite interested in your personal knowledge."

With a rub on the back of her neck, Mokou replied, "Eh, sure. I've got some time to kill."

Afterwards, Keine spoke up, separating the notes on the blackboard before moving on once more, "For our third topic, we're covering the Dynasty Ages of China, which I'm sure that some of you will be pleased to move on to."

To that, Marisa called out with an exclamation of joy, happy as she was to move onto one of her favorite historical periods.

"Yes! I love the Dynasty periods!"

A short laugh came from Alice who said, "As expected of our residential weapons nut."

Marisa gave a playful wink and exclaimed, "You know it!"

Keine clapped her hands and said while one of the self propelled erasers removed the previous information in order to make room for the new era, "Calm down, calm down. Now, what were some of the most important military advancements in the Dynasty Ages of China? Several of them relate closely to modern day as well."

Jumping up with unparalleled speed in her enthusiasm, Marisa yelled out, "I've got it! The inventions of crossbows and gunpowder in the 9th century! It was in our textbook!"

With a small laugh, Keine said, "Yes, it was in your textbook. In fact, I think I've got the perfect thing for this portion of our class."

With a press of a button on her desk, Keine spoke into the microphone situated nearby, to which she asked, "Lady Yukari, would you kindly send up an old chinese crossbow and several of their prototype firearms?"

A yawn was accompanied by the words, "Sure thing."

With that, several gaps around the room tore themselves into existence, the items transferred through seamlessly.

On several tables near the front of the classroom, rested several weapons, comprised of an ancient set of a crossbow, a grenade, and a flamethrower.

With sparkles in her eyes, Marisa stood in a jolt, dashing towards the weapons display before anybody could stop her before exclaiming as she analyzed the crossbow, checking over its sights and inner mechanisms, "Chinese Crossbows were in fact the first models of self propelled long ranged warfare, especially on the Infantry level, since the differences in longbows and crossbows were tremendous, such as the latter requiring years to master whereas crossbows can be learned within months. Its bolts, alongside various improvements in the gunpowder department as developed under the Sung, also allowed for even more effective ammunition such as burning arrows, or in this case, burning bolts."

As the rest of the class watched in fascination at the tirade coming from Marisa's mouth, she continued by moving onto the grenade.

Tossing it into air, testing its weight and such, Marisa continued, "Now the grenade. Although some models were developed earlier in the form of compressed balls with lethal insides, like japanese glass balls mixed with peppers, this is the first example of an actual explosive grenade, giving way to the more advanced designs as seen today in the M79 High Fragmentation Grenade. This thing is one of its precursors, and it's wonderful in its design."

Placing the grenade down with caution, Marisa finally picked up the final weapon, the flamethrower as she said, "Finally, we have the flamethrower, which was a wonderful creation at the time, this specific one being an explosive flame spewing cannon in essence, utilizing gunpowder as its base reactant whilst using fire to initiate the firing phase. Back then these were quite lethal, which led to China being regarded as one of the most powerful nations in the worl-"

An accidental release of magic caused the flamethrower to activate, the gunpowder inside igniting to allow for the flames to spout forward quickly, being put out by several fire suppression mechanisms.

In the epicenter of the explosion, Marisa stood there with slightly burnt hair, having managed to protect her body by means of a spark magic energy shield, her hand rubbing the back of her neck sheepishly as she muttered, "Ehehe... whoops."

Keine remained calm throughout the procedure, as had the rest of class, as she said, "Well, I guess you could say that you've been..."

With a flick of a pair of aviators placed over her eyes, she finished, "Fired."

The room was silent, its quiet piercing so greatly that even a pin could be heard.

A collective collapse of the class's students occurred simultaneously, many of them groaning in disappointment at the horrible pun made by their professor, even as grins lit many of their expressions in appreciation at the attempts of their professor to showcase a humorous side.

As the class calmed down and Marisa returned to her seat, a squad of fairy janitors came in, cleaning up the mess created within moments, their skill and efficiency incredible. Contrary to what many viewed fairies as, their intelligence could be quite high when needed, and for the tasks of cleaning, they performed their duties admirably.

Once they left, Keine spoke, "Well then, let's move onto the Medieval Ages."

As she began her routine of writing down more notes, Keine asked, "What were some of the most powerful inventions created during these times? Your hint this time is that one is long ranged, and one is protective."

Two voice overlapped in answer to the dual question, Marisa and Alice both shouting respectively, "Artillery like Trebuchets!" "Full body steel armor!"

As the two looked at each, they turned away, embarrassed at the synchronization that they had shown.

Keine spoke loudly, breaking the awkward situation with haste as she continued, "Yes, you're both right. Trebuchets and the improvements in armor were indeed some of their most important creations. Speaking of, Lady Yukari, would you be a dear and send the medieval set up as well?"

With that, a set of full steel knight armor rested on an armor rack only moments later. Upon sight of it, Alice rushed up and examined the armor set, adjusting areas in order to better analyze parts before giving her overview, "Medieval armor is not only extremely utilitarian, but also pleasing to the eye with its simplistic and smooth edges. I believe that the exact words from Battle were, 'By the 15th century European Knights had opted for full steel plate armor, which, with its rigid surface, provided better protection than chain mail.' That's certainly true, as chainmail was originally designed to repel low power weapons by means of interlocking chains which while decently effective, could not compare to actual full plates of steel."

Through what appeared to be practiced and well honed motions, Alice proceeded to equip the entire set of medieval armor, several dolls assisting her in dressing herself as within a few minutes, Alice stood before the class, fully equipped in a set of classic knight armor.

Testing out its durability and composition with her hands and senses, Alice commented in a hollowed tone as caused by the full face helmet, "Well, this is a wonderful set, reminiscent of some of the armor sets that I keep back home. Its condition is wonderful, and the armor plating has a decent chance of standing up to 9x19mm Parabellum and even 5.56x45mm NATO rounds as a stretch. In comparison, 5.56mm is enough to pierce a human chest, whereas 9mm would stop inside. It may even be able to withstand some of our magic ammunition. Notice how its shape was forged to be reflective of bladed weapons where their edges would tend to bounce off or at least scrape along incorrectly. Of course, against heavy blunt trauma weapons such as maces and axes it has less of a protective effect, but still serves its purpose faithfully with powerful armor plating. Such armor sets, while unusable in today's world, could be applicable were we to base new armor designs off of them..."

Afterwards as Alice proceeded to strip the armor off, Marisa and Nitori spoke up, sharing their own knowledge on artillery. To the class's surprise, a small contraption of wood and rope sat before them, fully assembled and ready to fire.

Marisa began first as she gestured to various parts of the assembled Trebuchet, "Trebuchets are some of the precursors to modern artillery, its ammunition being shaped stone blocks. Back then, these were devastating in sieges of fortress cities and on the battlefield, the massive stone ammunition providing powerful support to Infantry and Cavalry forces on the front lines."

With a few motions, the Trebuchet launched a small stone towards the ceiling, its trajectory paused when a small magic sphere made by Marisa captured it within its field.

While bringing the sphere down to surface level, Marisa continued, "Most interestingly, its power on the battlefield was deemed to be a terror, but not altogether too accurate of one. More effective would be assassins and the like to cripple infrastructure, but Nitori can explain more about the Trebuchets."

With that, Nitori spoke up, sharing her own knowledge while revealing her modifications, "Back then, Trebuchets were also a fairly advanced piece of machinery, one that has also evolved. At first, rope was used in order to propel the stone throwing mechanisms, pressure being applied each time in order to launch the projectile, the tensile strength of the rope's potential energy providing the pressure itself. Later models included a counterweight system, which allowed for quicker firing rates and improved stability, as you can see from my modifications. However, as Mari explained, they were fairly inaccurate as compared to later artillery weapons such as Ballistas and today, JDAMs, also known as Joint Direct Attack Munitions, which are missile guidance weapon packages. This is caused through the inability of ropes and simple counterweights to actually create an extremely stable and long reaching shot. But even so, for it's time, it truly was a marvel of engineering."

Alice spoke up with a confused expression, "Wait, where did you get your materials?"

To that, Nitori patted her massive backpack which rested on the floor, its innards overflowing with mechanical equipment and materials.

Keine waved before she said, "Thank you for the explanations. With that said, we'll be moving onto our next era, the American Revolution and the War of 1812."

Having moved onto another section of the blackboard, Keine asked while writing down more notes at her demonically fast pace, "Who can tell me which general turned around the revolution and what significant event occurred in Washington for both events respectively?"

Patchouli spoke up, responding with, "General Washington's Assault on Christmas Day on a German encampment, and the burning of Washington state in the War of 1812 where the event occurred in 1814. Both pieces of information can be found through the online database of the United States Archives for the former and an author known as Lance Janda for the latter. For evidence, the specific quotes that they used were, '26 December 1776, the near-frozen Continentals surged into Trenton and caught the enemy by surprise.' and, 'After Napoleon's abdication in 1814 Great Britain dedicated more ships and men to the war effort, and succeeded in burning Washington and moving a large army to the Gulf Coast."

Without even a breath taken, Patchouli continued, much to the amazement of the class, "The first of which is a sound tactic, preying on the assumed peacefulness of the Christmas holidays and capitalizing on the carelessness of the German mercenary outfit. Most likely the carelessness was caused by deeply rooted traditions of the Christmas holidays and the overconfidence sprouting from the assumed weakness of the American troops. Though horribly immoral and to many a violation of peace, no actual laws state that it is illegal to assault enemy positions during holidays. Personally, I would always recommend utilizing such a tactic, but also suggest refraining from its use were one to wish to remain in good graces with most of the world. Remember, most of the world follows empathy, not apathy."

Though her face was beginning to turn slightly red from her continued speaking, Keine even attempting to calm her down, Patchouli continued unflinching, "The second is an example of HVTAA, High Value Target Area Assault, which has proven to be extremely effective in demoralization tactics. In this case, the White House itself was burned down, and although it did not cause America to surrender, the loss of such an important structure and area was a crushing blow to many. Other notable examples of such an example are the burning of castles in Middle Age eras, and the burning of the Summer Palace in the Opium Wars. A shame that such exquisite beauty was burned then..."

Several coughs came from Patchouli, her chronic asthma taking brief effect before being alleviated by magic restoratives.

Mokou spoke up with a comment of her own, "Reminds me of those times. General Washington and his troops were having a horrible time, but I did witness their battle. If only I could replicate the scene of their bravery on that assault mission... but that's beside the point. Even with the paintings that I created, I could never hope to replicate the raw emotion and strength that can only be found by living through the event. From what I remember from the War of 1812, most of the American citizens that I spoke to afterwards lamented the loss of the capital, but not too many were all that affected by it. At least, not so much by the capital as the war in general."

With a pat on Patchouli's shoulder, Mokou said nonchalantly, "By the way, while we're in the library later, want me to show you the paintings of the old Summer Palace that I have? I became a professional painter when I was young, and managed to create several works of art and writings on the old Summer Palace."

Patchouli's eyes widened in shock as she stuttered, "Y-yes! Absolutely, I'd love to see literary and visual works on the o-old Summer Palace!"

Mokou gave an easygoing grin as she leaned back and said, "Sure thing. I'll talk to you after class about it."

With a grin on her face, Keine called out with a mischievous tone, "You can flirt later Mokou~"

With a snap of the head and a blush spreading across her face rapidly, Mokou stuttered, "I-I'm not flirting! No, not at all Keine! I'm faithful for you, forever and ever!"

Marisa chuckled slightly before teasing, "Sure thing, love bird!"

With shock on her face, Mokou kept stuttering, her blush turning her face bright as a tomato, until she was relieved of the attention by Keine who announced, "Well then, with those wonderful explanations, let's move onto our final era, World War II."

With a quick glance to her watch, Keine said, "Well, we've still got plenty of time, so let's continue. What was one of the worst mistakes made by the Japanese during Pearl harbor, and what occurred during Operation BARBAROSSA, which was Germany's invasion of Russia, that ultimately caused their failure to suppress the Russians?"

Patchouli spoke up with, "According to Willmott, Hedley P., and Michael Barrett, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, they missed key wartime facilities such as machine shops, vehicle depots, the oil tank farms, and worst of all, the modern aircraft carriers were absent on that day as well. Instead, the primary targets sunk were an old, decrepit fleet and several docks, alongside several hundred casualties. One could link this to improper training or orders. As for Operation BARBAROSSA, Germany incorrectly assaulted the city of Stalingrad, and the whole of Russia in general. Though their invasion at first seemed fine, its roots was done horribly."

With a few manipulations of her glasses and a few short bursts of projection magic, Patchouli managed to get a map display up and working smoothly, her thoughts controlling the symbols and arrows popping up all over the map of the world that it currently displayed.

"For one, at the time, Britain hadn't been fully subdued, allowing for an allied nation to the US and various other nations not part of Europe to muster and mass upon in order to facilitate the invasion of Normandy, colloquially known as D-Day. Not only was the failure to subdue such a nation an improper move, but the invasion of Russia before the full suppression of west Europe practically declared Hitler's choice of a dual front, something that you never want. Worst of all, through his ambitions and confidence, but also perhaps through some hitherto unknown reason that we've been unable to discern, everything went horribly at Stalingrad. From attempted occupation of the city to the brutal CQC as forced by the Russians, Germany was outmatched and outclassed in such a lethal, unfamiliar environment of war. Speaking of, information on both can be found through the authors Willmott, Hedley P., and Michael Barrett which I personally dislike utilizing, and a documentary known as Generals at War on the Military Channel which is broadcast on US channels, and best of all, my own library, which contains factual, theoretical, and other such related fields of knowledge."

As the map dissolved, Mokou also gave her own comments, "She's right. I interviewed several generals after Pearl Harbor, and they were all thankful for the Japanese missing so many vital targets and facilities. Rather, instead of crippling America, it only enraged them and forced them to enter the war.

The invasion of Russia on the other hand... well, I was at the epicenter of that one. I arrived at Stalingrad only a few weeks after initial contact, and the fighting there was horribly brutal. One of the issues that I've seen first hand and which the documentary Patches mentioned was that the Germans were unable to actually safely utilize aerial bombardment and armored vehicles to a great extent. Their tactics of Blitzkrieg and pincers and other such strategies couldn't be applied in such close quarters, and constant resupplies from the Volga River meant that the Russian forces would almost never run dry of necessities such as ammunition. In the narrow corridors that were Stalingrad's streets, Close Quarters Combat was forced by the Russians, a form of battle that the Germans were ineffective and inefficient in. But they were wonderfully adaptable, bringing about newer models of old classics such as flamethrowers and other powerful Infantry level weaponry. I was able to interview both sides, gathering information from both but never leaking it to either, as such acts would imbalance history. They never bothered me, since they eventually realized that I wasn't to be trifled with due to recognition of my second title, The Historical Detective of Ancient Times. Variations also exist, such as Detective History."

At the wave of a hand from Keine, Mokou sighed as she walked to the front of the class, and put her hand onto a nearby projector, Keine explaining, "Mokou will be showing her memories of Stalingrad."

The projector flickered, then focused in on a specific scene...

The white haired woman strode gently through the broken roads, full of rubble and bodies, blood flowing and drying simultaneously.

Tanks rolled on nearby, German armor suppressing Russian troops with frightening efficiency even as the latter pushed the former back with the ferocity of bears, men and women falling everywhere, machines burning quietly in destroyed heaps.

Gunfire rang out in front of her, two sides of small town center engaged in a firefight as she continued walking.

Bullets hit her, deflected by her power, falling to the ground in droves as the troops shouted at the new arrival.

Both sides trained their firearms on the woman, as one german yelled out, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

A russian from the opposing side agreed with the sentiment, shouting, "Leave this place! This is no place for non combatants-"

Wings of flame sprouted to life, cries of alarm and panic rising from both sides as they gazed, awestruck by the display.

Many fell to their knees at the sight, one of the russians whispering, "Detective History..."

Murmurs broke out amongst both sides, small conversations breaking out despite the battle that was supposed to be here.

"Detective History?"

"I thought she was a legend..."

"Last I read, she was in Germany, meeting with the Fuhrer."

"He let her speak to her? How did she get past the defenses?"

"She was invited when she requested an interview. Our leader recognized her, or so the others say."

"Where could she be headed now?"

"To Stalin?"

The woman held up a hand for silence, asking politely, "I would ask that you all lead me to the generals of this conflict. I believe them to be Vasily Chuikov and Friedrich Paulus?"

Both platoons nodded, and formed up around the woman, leading her towards the german commander first, communications ringing out to inform the armies to not attack the two platoons, under Directive Histoire, orders created for the presence of powerful historical figures, typically used for sightings and escorts of the woman currently floating through Stalingrad.

Fujiwara no Mokou, the The Historical Detective of Ancient Times.

Gunfire paused as the twin lines of Russian and German infantry and armor marched on, distrust and hate passing between the two platoons, even though they remained tolerant, no violence breaking out. That didn't stop subtle actions of hate and such, and Mokou noted them.

The sight of enemy forces for the German headquarters had them pausing in gunfire, cautious of the enemy's next move until they realized Mokou's presence.

Soon enough, the two platoons of Russian and German troops now acting as escorts remained outside under Mokou's orders. The two sides rested, the Russians fidgeting with the enemy commander so close.

The issue was the phoenix inside the German command post.

Were they to attempt to kill the commander, they wouldn't make it a few steps before being blown to smithereens. The inverse remained true of violence against the Russians as well, as the small German platoon, even reinforced by their headquarters would suffer the same fate for actions against the Russians at that moment. Neither mental nor physical attacks would be tolerated, as they were under constant surveillance by the detective at all times.

Inside, the interview began.

Hands were shaken as Mokou greeted, "General Paulus, a pleasure to meet you."

The pudgy general smiled, taking a seat just as Mokou did as well as he said, "Of course Detective History! It's an honor to meet such a renowned figure such as yourself."

Her notepad out, Mokou nodded as her questions began, ranging from personal views on the war to his favorite food and many others. Others included battle strategies and troop movements.

Sensing several lies, Mokou interrupted, "Even if you'd like to lie, I can also accept such words as truth, in a way. For to some, it is a truth, just as it is to myself. For the words were spoken, and thus they are fact. At the same time, I would prefer you to tell me the truth, for I aim to find the true history of everything, so that we may know everything. If you are worried about the repercussions of telling me the truth, worry not. Nowhere will people be displeased for the truth, for I am the one recording it. Classified documents and such, the truths behind horrid actions, these are only revealed when they will not compromise nations and such. That means after the war. Also, none of this will be twisted, as I only report facts."

Paulus' surprise was evident, until he sighed and continued, all truths spilling forth as he realized the significance of the situation, knowing that he could trust the Detective of History with everything.

After thanking him for his time, Mokou stepped out from the command post, motioning for the platoons to lead her to Chuikov, and after that, the two platoons would return to their respective armies, from which she would board the supply boats sailing back and forth across the Volga to make contact with Stalin himself...

As the memory faded away, Marisa teased, "So even though you're known as the Immortal Phoenix, you're also known as the History Hag of the Ages?"

A mark of frustration appeared on Mokou's forehead who said with a deathly smile, "Watch your tone young lady! I might be over 2000 years old, but I'm as springy as a youthful grasshopper you whipper snappers!"

Her eyes widened as Mokou realized the implications of her phrasing as she attempted to backtrack and panicked, "A-ah, I meant to say that I'm just as energetic as a uh, monkey! Yeah, a monkey! Ehehehe..."

A wide smile remained on Marisa's lips while a twinkle resided within her golden eyes, as the rest of the class attempted to not burst out into laughter at the hilarity of the exchange.

With a grin barely showing through, Keine said after their explanations, "Thank you both. Finally, we move onto the purpose of this course: How can we apply what we've learned to modern warfare?"

With the situation defused, Patchouli begun with her information first, "The tactics and regimes applied throughout several eras could be reused with modern equipment and technology. A government funded child soldier program could prove incredibly effective, but does also run the risk of moral backlash from the general populace and of other nations. Still, the thought remains of how effective they could be.

Allowing rebels to rise up only to crush them again may prove useful in its aftermath, releasing tension and once again showing the sheer might of their new governing rulers.

While invasion of other countries doesn't happen very often these days, nations such as the US or China could potentially utilize such tactics were they to expand at some point.

The tactic of holiday assaults could be easily adapted to today's standards, such as strikes sent against celebrating targets for maximum efficiency and effect. I'm thinking of strikes sent on terrorist targets during times such as Passover.

Burning or destroying a High Value Target Area can demoralize an entire nation. Think about of how hostile nations would take the loss of their capital, or something similar like a monument. It's a possibility that they would show little spirit for fighting afterwards. Unless it has an opposite effect and makes it a martyr, to which that's much worse.

The timing of the assault on Germany proved to be disastrous, and Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor likewise proved ineffective. For the last two, only more thinking could be used to fix it and apply it to the modern day, besides the more obvious overall concepts of better training and more clear orders. Perhaps even additional reconnaissance performed could have turned the tide in favor of the Japanese forces."

Marisa spoke up as well, "Several older concepts of weapons can be reapplied to the modern day, such as flamethrowers and crossbows. Only modernization of these weapons would be necessary, which wouldn't be too hard. In fact, I know that crossbows have modern day versions, but the concept still applies to several others like the flamethrowers. By remodeling and rechambering several of the older weapons in our past history, an example of these being how fire can be utilized in firearms of today. Imagine if we could apply flames to bullets or explosives, remodeling fragmentation grenades to include flames and oil, which could easily spread to a wider area of effect with just a single grenade."

Finally, Alice gave her comment, "Some of the armor styles, especially full scale medieval knight armor could be reinvented in the modern day with high tensile strength materials, the result being a sort of 'bullet proof' armor could be equipped, thus creating an immunity to conventional firearms. A juggernaut of human proportions, walking tanks of great mobility and power, still human at their core. Of course, weight and the actual utilization by humans is an issue... but there's a reverse side to this. Were we to apply magic, cybernetic technology, or even both to the armor itself, the possibility of a powered armor system, capable of being wielded by normal humans, not to mention more advanced and heavier models being used by youkai, just might be feasible..."

In addition, Nitori added onto to Alice's analysis, "That actually seems feasible. My projects in cybernetic technology have advanced fairly far, and with the advent of human cyborgs finally coming into reality, such a project might just prove fruitful in the future."

With a final scratch of chalk on the blackboard, Keine announced, "Well, that's it for this class.

Have you guys been taking notes? Because you've got a test next week!"

A collective groan emanated from the class, "Nooooo..."

A short laugh came from Keine, who waved off their disappointment with, "Don't worry, it's really easy. Easier than eating cake, and for once, the cake isn't a lie. It's a personalized test for each of you, tailored to a specific field of your interest and expertise."

With that in mind, the class perked up, everybody shouting at the same time, "We love you Professor!"

A blush appeared on Keine's face who said, "Alright, alright. Class dismissed!"