Nora Reacts to Tankery!
A/N: Welcome, one and all, to Weiss Reacts! Yes, Tankery has arrived...for the second time. Mhm. Let's do this. Also, the cookie and Weiss plushie go to our good friend Resisting the Borg for guessing just who our mysterious visitor was. She is-*cut to image of Weiss cuddling a toy shark*
-and that's why Weiss loves penguins. ANYWAY! So, let's get this chapter started before you get bored of my ranting!
DISCLAIMER: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth, otherwise all of team RWBY would have cool bikes like Yang.
Girls und Panzer belongs to Studio Actas.
All mentioned franchises and characters belong to their respective owners.
Student Council Room
Neptune stood up, looking around the room and across the table. Nora, dressed in tight, dark green military uniform with various badges he was sure she'd made up, saluted him, while Sun looked around, confused. The chair between the pair had a white poncho, a strip of pink decorated with an elaborate pattern across the brim, slung on its back and a mug of hot chocolate sitting half-drunk. The rest of the seats were empty.
Neptune sighed. "Nora, I thought you said you recruited more people."
"I did!" The berserker protested. "I got Aspasia to join, Miltiades...I THINK I might have gotten Velvet to join, if only so she can get a tank to kidnap Weiss with...oh, oh, and we got Pyrrha, too!"
Pyrrha walked in, waving at them. "Good morning, everyone."
Sun frowned. "Remind me, why can't guys drive tanks in Tankery again?"
"Because it's tradition, dammit." Neptune reminded him. "Also, it just wouldn't be Tankery."
"Figures." The Faunus shrugged, taking a bite out of a banana. "So, who're we missing..."
"We're missing Milly, Aspasia- Jaune's sister- and Velvet. Oh, and the new girl."
Nora stretched her fingers and exhaled deeply before turning to Neptune. "Can we start the meeting now? We can catch them up later. Yes, even the new girl."
"Right." The council member cleared his throat. "Pyrrha, please take a seat."
Waiting for a couple of moments, Neptune looked around, before taking out a clicker and pressing it, causing a board to descend from the ceiling.
"Almost twenty-odd years ago, our parents had the fortune of facing the Oarai Girls Sensha-do team in sacred combat upon these hallowed grounds of ours, when the Oarai girls found themselves taking an accidental detour in Vale Harbor." Neptune announced dramatically with a flourish towards the window, pausing for effect.
"Unfortunately, our parents lost as they were not as experienced in the sacred art of Tankery!"
"I remember mom talking about that!" Nora said fondly. "...she always wanted to have a rematch against them..."
"Now, the Oarai captain, Miho, is one of my personal idols...and, I'll admit, a crush of mine for a while." Neptune admitted sheepishly, earning a giggle from Nora and a chuckle from Sun. "Of course, when I saw the video my dad made of the fight between Beacon and their team, I'd always wanted to join a Tankery team. Even when I found it out was a girl's sport, I wanted to at least get involved in it!
And, when I saw that our council had permitted a Mecha Club, I decided to try and see if we could do Tankery too. Luckily, the president of the council has graciously permitted it to happen, and so our first inaugural meeting as the Beacon Sensha-do Club will be tomorrow, in the Forest of Forever Fall!" Neptune announced proudly, cuing Nora's clapping.
Pyrrha held up a finger. "Wait, were our tanks not destroyed during the fight against Oarai Girls?"
"Ah." Neptune nodded. "Indeed. However, thanks to the efforts of our new member, a certain Miss Gunther- and a HEFTY injection of funds from parts unknown- we managed to buy some new tanks for the club."
"Miss Gunther?" Pyrrha raised an eyebrow, interested.
Sun shook his head, chuckling. "Neptune's being polite just because he has a cru-"
"Ahem." Neptune cleared his throat loudly, cutting Sun off. "Anyway. The tanks are being stowed in the old hangar where Beacon's old fleet of Bullheads were kept."
Nora raised her hand. "Oh, oh, Neptune! Neptuuuune!"
"Huh?"
"Can I drive the big one?!"
"...sure. Any questions?"
Pyrrha looked somewhat confused. "When you say Tankery..."
"I mean with sim-ammunition and some stolen Blake tech." Neptune said, shrugging. "We'll have to twist the Tankery rules a bit, as obviously, acquiring some tanks from that long ago is hard- only one tank of ours comes from before then, and we've made some modifications to that one."
We're REASONABLY certain they're safe and Aura will take care of the rest as for ammo and stuff.
Pyrrha nodded slowly. "I see."
'...maybe, Nikos, we can impress Jaune-kun with our skills in this...and then I'll FINALLY get to ask him out without something happening.'
Nora raised her fist, yelling.
"And I'll FINALLY get to shout out the one thing I've always wanted to!"
"Panzer vor?" Neptune said, excited.
"You BET!"
Sun chuckled. "You two are lucky I know a thing or two about fixing things up or even the poor girl you made upgrade all the tanks would fall over."
"Heh. We're not that bad." Neptune scoffed.
"Yeah! I've played enough World of Tanks and Grand Theft Auto to know how to pilot a tank!" Nora declared proudly.
None of them noticed the tiny button lens in the ceiling, marked with the initials 'B.B.', spying and taking in their every move.
The next day, in the Forest of Forever Fall...
Blake hid in a bush, spying on the Beacon Tankery club with Spiral-powered binoculars from afar.
"Tch...tank-loving filth..." The catgirl muttered under her breath. "...and they got her and Sun to upgrade those things..."
"Why do you hate tanks so much?" Yang whispered. "Don't tell me it's because it's not manly or something..."
"No, no, nothing like that." Blake reassured her. "But how DARE they betray me for TANKS?!
"Wait, wait." Weiss held up her palm. "Why do you hate tanks again?"
"They're glorified cannons on treads!" Blake yelled. "W-why would you prefer THOSE to giant badass robots that shoot DRILLS out of their arms?!"
"I'll thank you not to talk about tanks like that!" Ruby snapped, toying with a model Panzer IV and a figure of what looked to be the Mazinger Z. "Tanks are awesome!"
"That's traitor talk!" The catgirl glared at her, but Yang suddenly pulled her and Ruby's heads down.
"S-shush! They're walking past!"
Just as she did so, Velvet and Pyrrha walked past the bush they were hiding in. Vivi turned and stared at Team RWBY, waving at them briefly before shrugging and turning back to tugging on Velvet's ears.
"And that's why you should ALWAYS use burlap sacks for kidnapping your love interests!" Velvet declared proudly, oblivious to the spying being done by team RWBY.
Pyrrha shook her head slowly. "I'm...not entirely sure that's how it should be done."
Velvet looked shocked. "I-I don't quite understand what you mean! It ALWAYS works for yanderes!"
"If I'm honest, I...just want Jaune to love me, but if he loves someone else...I-I can understand..."
"That's NOT the way to-"
They were interrupted, of course, by Nora blowing a hunting horn in their faces, deafening them temporarily and sending them both to the floor, covering their ears.
"NORA" Pyrrha yelled. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"
"Tally-ho! Steady the buffs!" Nora announced proudly. "Aaaaaand LET LOOSE THE HOUNDS OF WAR!"
Velvet reeled from the horn blast, shaking her head. "Ow...both my ears..."
"Pipipipi pi..." Vivi rubbed her head with her stubby arms, shaking it.
Neptune rubbed his hands together. "Right, guys. Are we ready?"
Nora swept her hand across her military uniform, dusting it off. "The Queen of the Castle is ALWAYS ready!"
A muffled giggle could be heard off in the woods nearby. Pyrrha and Velvet ignored it.
"Well, Aspasia and Milly have already made their way to their tank, so..." Neptune took out a pair of keys and tossed them over to Velvet.
"I'm sure you don't need those, but Nora insisted."
"It just wouldn't be right to hand over a vehicle without the usual tossing of the keys!" The berserker stated, crossing her arms. "It's just not cricket."
"What are these for?" The bunnygirl looked curious.
"Why, for that tank." Sun approached them, pointing his thumb behind him. "Just finished polishing it and placing the Beacon logo on it, too."
Velvet and Pyrrha gazed upon their vehicle of war.
It was a Panzer IV tank, of the Ausf. H variant, replete with armoured skirts and the crossed axes of Beacon on each side, with a jet black paint job. The gun barrel seemed to be custom, but resembling a KwK 40 gun barrel. Velvet noted that the tank seemed to be slightly bulkier than expected- probably due to the 'upgrades' made to it.
"...so, how is this going to work?" Pyrrha inquired. "Do you not require a crew of at least three to five to operate a tank?"
"Ah." Sun chuckled, rubbing the back of his head and wiping his sweat with a rag. "You see, my dear Pyrrha, I've made some modifications to keep it down to two people each. I had to get some Blake tech to do so, but it was worth it."
"You guys'll need to take good care of your tank." Neptune reminded them. "We have two mechanics, but PLEASE try not to blow your own tank up."
Velvet nodded. "No problem. Come on, Pyrrha."
"...you did a beautiful job." Pyrrha said appreciatively, clapping. "Nicely done, Sun."
"Heh." The Faunus rubbed the back of his head again, blushing slightly. "It was nothing. You should thank Is-"
"Are we just gonna sit here and blabber?!" Nora snapped, stomping the ground impatiently. "I want to blow stuff up! Now! Nora need big boom booms!"
"Pipipipi pipip piii pipipipi." Vivi muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Excellent." Neptune nodded. "Shall we get started?"
Minutes later...
"Right!" Neptune called into the radio linked to all the tanks. He was in a tall tower, overseeing the Forest and seeing the locations of all three tanks.
"Everyone, today is the first meeting of the Beacon Sensha-do Team! We'll be doing a short game of free-for-all, since we need two more girls for a 'wipe-out' match. I recognize that's not a legitimate mode, but we'll do with what we can.
"All of your vehicles will have chips to detect when you're hit, linked to the armor plates outside."
Sun called onto the radio. "If you're hit, your tank will stop and pop out a white flag. That means you're out of the game.
Any other questions?"
Velvet responded. "Wait, why do we have radars?"
"Miss Gunther's idea." Neptune clarified. "She wanted to make sure that if we were fighting in places like this, we'd be able to have a general sense where the enemy was."
"...cheerful." Velvet sighed into the radio. "Anything else?"
"...oh, right. If you open your hatch any time during the game, your tank's disqualified." Neptune warned them. "If you need to see the enemy tanks, Sun installed a camera on each one linked to a feed inside- another thing we had to twist the rules for.
And yes, that means you, Nora."
"B-but I want to yell out onto the open!"
"...fine, you can open it before we start, but shut it when you start moving."
"YAY!"
"Excellent." Pyrrha, who was driving the tank, looked to Velvet, the gunner. "You ready?"
"Mhm." Velvet gave her a thumbs up with Vivi. "Positive."
"You ready? Guys?" Neptune called across.
"Totally!" Milly's cheerful voice could be heard across the radio. "Let's do it!"
"We're ready." A voice, sounding quite similar to Minako's, announced. Pyrrha concluded she was probably the mysterious Miss Gunther who was behind the radars and co-upgraded the tanks.
"Excellent!" Neptune said, excited. "Now...and me and Nora have probably been waiting a while to say this...
PANZER VOR!"
"PANZER VOOOOR!" Nora roared across the radio, and by the sounds of it, into the open air.
Velvet tilted her head. "Panzer-"
"It means move." Pyrrha began moving the Panzer IV carefully, checking the radar for any signs of Nora or Milly's tanks. The feed showed nothing but trees and clearings, as Velvet manned the main turret, muttering softly to Vivi.
"Do you think W-Weiss-sempai will love us when we tell her we do this?"
"Pipipipipi." Vivi shrugged. "Pi."
"I suppose it is a chance..."
"Pipipipi?"
"Shush!" Pyrrha chided them. "I'm trying to concentrate on driving. I can't find Nora..."
"O-Okay." The bunnygirl nodded, pouting. Vivi rolled her eyes.
"Pipipipi."
"This is NOT silly, Vivi." The spearmaiden stared at her. "This is completely serious. Tanks are serious business."
"W-wait!" Velvet held up her finger. "Shush. Do you hear that?"
"...crap. Turning the turret. I think someone's-" Suddenly, a blip appeared on the radar, directly behind them.
Pyrrha's eyes widened as she saw the feed from the cameras outside.
From behind them, what appeared to be a large, green tank with armoured skirts similar to the Panzer's rolled up. Its paint was dark green, and its gun barrel was mounted directly into of the slanted front plate, not on a rotating turret.
Pyrrha immediately turned the tank around and drove into the trees, dodging the shot fired. She could hear it crash into trees far behind her, as she looked to her companions.
"Crap! Ambush!"
"W-what do we do?!" Velvet looked to her friend. "Y-you're good at this sort of thing!"
"...t-try and fire back!" The spearmaiden whirled the turret around, aiming straight at the incoming tank.
"Velvet, FIRE!"
"Got it!" The bunnygirl did indeed fire, sending a shell flying straight over it and leaving it to land harmlessly behind them.
Vivi facepalmed.
"Pipipi."
Velvet frowned. "T-this is my first time with one of these! N-now help me reload!"
Pyrrha frowned and accelerated forwards, hoping to get out of the range of the shot. Luckily, the other tank couldn't turn its gun towards her without turning itself, so they had a chance.
"That's it...eep!" The spearmaiden instinctively ducked as she heard a tank shell fly over her head.
"...we can turn around and fight them. We have the advantage." Velvet reminded her. "And it would impress Jaune-kun, wouldn't it?"
"...ugh,...but it would be imprudent..." She responded, sighing. "But sure, turn around and fight."
Pyrrha did so, rotating the turret and moving it into position for Velvet to fire straight at the tank.
"Los!"
"Got it!" Velvet fired the gun, but the shot still flew straight over the sleek body of the other tank. "Dammit!"
"Okay, okay, we can still win this!" Pyrrha lowered the turret. "Q-quickly, load another one!"
"I-I'm trying!" Velvet flailed her arms about, trying to find more shells. "DAMN IT!"
The enemy tank approached slowly, pointing itself at the Panzer IV, ready to fire again...
"FIRE!" The spearmaiden roared.
"I got this!" Velvet announced and fired the main gun again.
This time, the shell hit dead on. The other tank was rendered out as Aspasia and Milly's disappointed sighs could be heard across the radios. Outside, the other tank began smoking and a white flag popped out.
"Pipipipi!" Vivi said, cheering.
"We got one! We got Milly!" Velvet pumped her fist excitedly. "We've got this!"
"Yes, yes we..." Pyrrha froze. "What in blazes..."
"Huh?" Velvet looked concerned.
"...I think we found Nora's tank." The spearmaiden tapped the camera feed.
Outside, an unknown tank of equal height and length to the Panzer IV approached. From appearances, its turret was also customised, but it was not one Velvet recognized. Its treads were protected by segmented armoured skirts, and the Beacon logo, as well as an insignia Pyrrha and Velvet did not recognize, were embossed on the side of the turret.
Nora's evil laughter could be heard across the comms.
"How do you like OUR tank!? Panzer IV, meet the Edelweiss, otherwise to be known as the instrument by which I, Pancake Queen of Sloths, will RAIN DOWN TERROR UPON THE WEAK"
"Or, you know, just the Edelweiss." Her partner corrected her, giggling slightly. "Although that sounds...nice...I guess..."
"DON'T QUESTION ME PEASANT I WILL DROWN YOU IN CUDDLES IF YOU DO"
"Eep!"
Velvet stared at the Edelweiss, blinking.
"Pyrrha, got a plan?"
"Engage it straight on." The spearmaiden stated calmly. "We'll win."
"Ohohoh..." Nora said, giggling insanely. "You won't win...now...PANZER VOR!"
The Edelweiss began moving towards Pyrrha's tank, aiming the turret at them.
Pyrrha and Velvet readied themselves to fight Nora and her partner, with Vivi hanging on tightly to Velvet's bunny-sized ears.
"Pipipipi." Vivi said.
"You're right." Pyrrha nodded. "This might sound cliché...but I won't lose. I can't lose! For JAUNE-KUN!"
"FOR WEISS-SEMPAI!" Velvet yelled proudly.
Of course, none of them noticed the small blips on the radar edge, slowly approaching the fight from afar.
Three blips. Gradually getting stronger and nearer.
END?
DISCLAIMER: Valkyria Chronicles belongs to Sega.
Advance Wars belongs to Nintendo.
A/N: It has only just begun. Also, I'm pretty sure who 'Iris' is damn obvious by now. Seriously, I said everything but her actual name. Also, Milly and Aspasia used the Green Earth tank from the GBA Advance Wars games.
So, I hope you enjoyed that, leave your ideas, reviews, criticisms, thoughts, comments and suggestions and I hope you have a GREAT day! Until next time!