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A big thank you to SeekerMeeker for his help in this chapter.

"Speech"

"thoughts"

Also this chapter is rated T for mild cursing and implied adult themes

Last time:

The announcer said: "Flagtank Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha unable to continue! Oarai Girls Academy takes the match!'

Nishi helplessly watched from her disabled tank, as a poor white flag flew over the remains of her flag tank.

Girls und Panzer: Operation Co-ed

Chapter 9

Oarai Girls Academy Ship: Ziukaku

Saber's house

A few days had passed since the first round of the 64th National Sensha-Dō Tournament. It was late past night and the school carrier had run into a storm hence the rain, thunder, and lightning. As it was a weekend Saber decided to stay up late, and was currently lying down on a comfy sofa in his living room while using his laptop.

He had just finished putting Grim (German Shepherd pup) to bed, and was making some coffee to help him stay awake. Just as he was about to pour himself a cup of coffee, he heard a knock at the door. "What the…" Saber thought to himself, "Who the heck is still outside at nine o clock at night, and in this weather?" Saber went to the door and looked through the peekhole/spyhole and blinked twice at what he saw.

Opening the front door he asked "What?! Miho what are you doing out here?" Standing in the front of the door was Miho Nishizumi who was wet from the rain and had a sheepish look on her face.

Shaking his head Saber said: "Nevermind that come in, and get out of the rain for crying out loud!"

Ushering her inside and into the living room, he sat her down on one of the sofas and ran to get a towel from the towel warmer. After giving Miho the warm towel to wrap around herself, he went to the kitchen to get a cup of green tea before giving the cup to Miho.

After taking a sip of the hot beverage Miho instantly looked less pale and sighed in relief "Thank you and I'm sorry for the intrusion."

As Saber was looking at the girl he had a crush on, he stuttered: "So uh M-Miho what were you doing out this late at night? Especially in this weather?"

"Um…I was going home from Saori's house before the storm hit. I was on my way back to Saori's house as the storm got worse, and I remembered your address was close to where I was at that moment." replied Miho.

Saber nodded, watching her.

"Ah," he sighed. As he looked back outside the window he said: "Ok, from the look of things…the storm won't be letting up anytime soon. So, if you want…you can stay here for the night, or however long you want. Plus I don't think you'll want to be heading back home in this type of weather anytime soon. Unless you want to get sick that is."

Realizing that arguing with Saber was going to be pointless she soon asked: "Um where's the bathroom?"

Pointing to the stairs that led to his bedroom, Saber said: "The bathroom's on the second floor it's the first door on the left. Um Miho have you eaten dinner yet?"

After replying "No." and heading to the bathroom, Saber started to cook one of his favorite dishes. When Miho exited the bathroom and went down to the dining table a couple minutes later, she was instantly greeted by the delicious smells wafting from the kitchen.

"The food smells good." Miho stated, as she stood by the dining table.

Saber laughed sheepishly and said: "I um decided to cook something that you may be more familiar with. It's a Stamina (sutamina) udon with my own twist to the regular recipe."

About an hour later after cleaning up the dishes, Saber laid back down on the sofa and began to use his laptop, while Miho sat on the adjacent sofa on the right watching some television. A few minutes had passed before Miho said: "Um Saber?"

Looking up from his position on the sofa he replied: "Yes?"

"You were late for yesterday's meeting part right?" Miho asked.

After Saber nodded, Miho continued:

"Well Anzu organized an excursion to a beach house that Instructor Chōno along with the school had helped with the rent for the excursion."

Saber tilted his head confused: "Um…why are we going on a excursion to a beach house, and when will that happen?"

"Well, Anzu said that it was apparently to improve our friendships. Also, Saber there's one small problem with me staying here." Said Miho.

Blinking at her Saber had an amused expression on his face: "Yeah I know, you can take the bed. The sofa can fold out into a bed anyway."

On the morning that they were supposed to go to the beach-house with the rest of the team, Miho and Natalie Mochizuki, who were at the Sensha-do garage received a call about their respective crew members needing some extra help to wake up Mako Reizei from Anglerfish Team, along with Saber Aldrich, and Ian Redfield from Dragon team.

Unfortunately for Ian, instead of waking up him by firing a blank round from the M103's 120 mm cannon like normal, Natalie decided to blow a whistle right next to Ian's ear instead. The result was quite hilarious as Ian let out a girl… I mean a manly shriek (Not really) that scared away some birds that were resting on the window sill as Ian jumped a couple feet into the air.

After waking up Ian, Dragon team followed Anglerfish team to Mako's house to wake up the driver of Anglerfish team. They woke Mako up by the firing blank rounds from the Panzer IV and the M103 simultaneously. It may have worked a bit too well as not only did it wake Mako up, it also may have accidentally woken up the entire neighborhood.

The last person that needed to be woken up was Saber Aldrich. When they entered Saber's bedroom, they noticed that Saber was still asleep, curled up under the blanket. On Saber's bed was a large dragon plushie of Igneel and Saber was also hugging a plushie of a Night Fury. Subconsciously Miho muttered quietly "Kawaii~."

Of course getting Saber to wake up had some pretty hilarious results. They tried to get the blanket away from Saber and then open the curtains and blinds in Saber's room which didn't work. Instead of waking up Saber merely turned and hugged the giant plushie while pulling the blanket over his head.

Ian tried to wake him up by shaking him. Key word there being tried as the only reaction Ian got was him being literally kicked off of Saber's bed. Ian Redfield and Jason Lynch looked at each other before grabbing Saber's legs in an attempt to drag him off the bed. Saber who got startled awake by Ian and Jason dragging him, grabbed the mattress and whined "Nooo, give me five more minutes." Natalie who finally had enough said to Saber in a stern voice: "Saber if you don't wake up right now I'll show everyone one of your little weaknesses."

After hearing what Natalie said, Saber said: "Fine I'm awake."

A couple minutes later, Dragon and Anglerfish team were en-route back to the Sensha-do garage. Soon enough the entire Sensha-do team was waiting for the school carrier to finish docking along with a lot of other school carrier residents who were in their cars. Out of the entire Sensha-do team the only tank that won't be going to the beach house is the Mark V as its way too slow. Instead of riding in the Mark V, Shark team hitched a ride with the other teams.

During the drive to the beach house, Dragon team's M103 accidentally scratched the paint of a car that coincidentally belongs to Renta Tsuji. Maneuvering through Japanese roads is harder than it looks due to the width of the road. The drive to the beach house was pretty uneventful and it would've been quite boring for Saber if it weren't for the fact that he was listening to music through his earbuds.

Soon enough Oarai's Sensha-do team arrived at their destination. As soon as the tank engines were shut off, they began to set up a barbecue area for later that night.

Anzu had decided to change into her swimsuit along with the rest of the Sensha-do team, except for Dragon, Wolf, and Fox team.

Anzu asked the Dragon, Wolf, and Fox team "Can you guys help set up the canopy for the barbecue area?" After the three teams answered "Yes." The female members of those three teams immediately changed into their swimsuits leaving the boys to set up the canopy. Natalie Mochizuki and Megan Wilkinson both wore identical forest green two piece swimsuits, while the commander of the AMX-13 Isabelle Fontaine wore a bright red two piece swimsuit.

Of course for the boys, instead setting up the canopy, Leo accidentally poked Saber with one of the poles. In retaliation Saber lightly shoved Leo who faceplanted into the sand. From that point, the boys began to fool around while attempting to set up the canopy area for the barbecue. They did manage to set up the canopy with a bit of trouble. After setting up the canopies for the barbecue area which took a little over half an hour, the boys went to change into their swimming trunks.

A couple minutes later the boys came out wearing their swimming trunks. Leo's swimming trunk was black with the visage of a dire wolf under a full moon on the left. Ian Redfield's swimming trunk is dark blue while the elastic waistband was white; it also has a shark jaw design over the left leg. Saber's swimming trunk was black while the area on the elastic waistband was gold. The swimming trunk also has a symbol of a dragon in red color.

As they came out from changing into their swimming trunks the first thing that the boys saw are the team's girls wearing bikinis or a one piece swimsuit. Miho was wearing a pink bikini with a sakura tree branch design. Yukari's bikini has a classic forest military camouflage. Saori's bikini is yellow with some flower designs on it. Hana's wearing a plain white bikini with flowers decorating the straps and waistband of her bikini. As for Mako, she's wearing a plain blue one piece swimsuit.

Abigail who is Jason's elder sister is a loader on the M103, with her little brother who is the other loader for the M103. At the moment Abigail and Natalie are wearing identical forest green silk bikinis. Once the boys saw the girls wearing bikinis they couldn't help but stare at the girls. Of course Saber managed to keep a straight face but he couldn't help but take a sneak peek at Miho in her pink bikini with a sakura tree branch design.

Leo Pierre along with Ian Redfield wolf-whistled at the sight of girls in bikinis. Of course the female members of Dragon and Wolf were not happy with the boys staring at certain areas, so they slapped the boys on the back of their head to get them to stop staring much to the boys' chagrin. Luckily no one else actually noticed the boys staring. Noticing that the girls were playing volleyball in the water, Saber decided to play a prank on them. Putting on the shark fin he dived underwater and swam as fast as he could towards the girls. As the girls from Dragon, Wolf, and Fox team noticed the shark fin they immediately swam back to shore as Saber jumped out of the water.

Once the girls were on shore instead of seeing a shark, they saw Saber who was clutching his sides and laughing while pointing at them. Noticing the girls becoming angry, Leo, Lance, and Ian tried to signal Saber to run away. Luckily Saber noticed the girls who are now pretty angry and his teammates signaling to him. He quickly ran away from the girls and locked himself into a building while waiting for the girls to cool down. After ten minutes he took a peek outside the door and determined that the girls were gone. He made a bee-line to the lounge chair and lied down on it.

As Saber lay down on the beach chair with his arms behind his head, he couldn't help but think about Miho in her swimsuit. Blushing a bit, he shook his head to get rid of the mental image of a certain girl he has a crush on. Letting out a sigh of relief he closed his eyes and relaxed a bit before the sound of someone clearing their throat caught his attention. Opening an eye he saw Ian, Leo along with Natalie, Megan, and Isabelle looking at him with cheeky grins. Growing a bit cautious, Saber asked "What are you guys looking at me for?"

The five of them grinned at Saber before Leo and Ian both asked:

"So Saber,"

"Have any girls caught your eye recently?"

"Like a certain short haired brunette perhaps?"

Soon enough Megan, Natalie, and Isabelle joined in on the teasing as well:

"Not only that but I hear that she happens to have brown eyes too."

"I heard her body is quite fit as well."

"I know! I'm so jealous of her hourglass shaped body."

Saber's face grew redder and redder until his face was so red that even a strawberry would be overcome with envy. Stuttering a bit Saber retorted, "So? What if I do have a crush on M-Miho." After the statement was finished the five of them leaned in towards Saber and they said in a teasing voice "You looove her." For some reason Saber was reminded of a certain blue cat with wings that can fly and has a obsession with fish. Saber's face got even redder if that was possible, before glaring at his friends and saying "S-Shut up!" The glare would've been more effective if he wasn't blushing.

With Anglerfish Team

The team members of Anglerfish were resting in the tree shade that was near where Saber was resting. They were sitting on a beach towel that had been laid out while talking about something. Yukari was about to start talking about a tank game before they heard, Saber stutter out "So? What if I do have a crush on M-Miho." And five different voices say in a teasing tone "You looove her." After hearing the statement, the members of Anglerfish team looked at Miho with wide eyes.

As they turned to look at Miho they noticed that Miho is currently sporting a bright red face.

Saori tentatively asked Miho with a small embarrassed blush on her face "Ano…Miporin, do you also have a crush on Saber-kun?" Miho who by now is as red as a strawberry quietly said: "uh-um…y-yes… I do."

Saori, after hearing Miho admitting that she does have a crush on Saber, let out a loud squeal as she was elated that Miho has a crush on someone. Hana who is oddly rather calm and acted all nonchalant said: "Ara, I'm happy for you Miho-san."

After hearing Miho confess that she does have a crush on Saber, Yukari acted as if she was on a panzer high began jumping up and down excitedly saying "Nishizumi-dono! You're definitely getting noticed!" Mako in her sleepiest voice said "He loves you." Hearing the comments from her teammates Miho suddenly finds the sand quite interesting. Anglerfish team was not as quiet as they thought as Saber along with the others heard what the crewmembers of Anglerfish team said. This lead to Saber's becoming red again as the five of them started teasing their former vice-commander.

A couple of minutes had passed before the two groups heard "Commander Nishizumi, Saber!" Miho and the rest of Anglerfish team turned to look at Isabelle Fontaine who is walking towards the two groups holding a beach volleyball. Saber who was in the middle of modifying and upgrading the systems on his personal mech suit, and didn't hear Isabelle until she lightly tapped his shoulder. Startled from his concentration on upgrading the suit's systems he jumped a bit before turning towards Isabelle and saying "Oh hey Izzy, what's up?"

After hearing her nickname that she hates, Isabelle immediately said "Ok, first DON'T CALL ME IZZY! Secondly do you guys want to play beach volleyball? It's our group vs Duck and Rabbit team."

While Miho and the rest of Anglerfish team agreed, Saber said: "Um… sorry Izzy, but I'm a bit busy at the moment." Isabelle "don't-call-her-Izzy" Fontaine glared at Saber for daring to utter the nickname she hated before turning to Leo, Megan and Natalie and asked them to help her to get Saber to play beach volleyball with them. Megan immediately took the laptop from Saber which earned her a "Hey, I was using that!" from Saber. Placing the laptop on the table next to Saber's lounge chair, Natalie and Megan quickly held down Saber while Isabelle approached Saber.

Growing a bit nervous and remembering the minor prank he did earlier, Saber began to struggle against Leo, Natalie and Megan while trying to wrap his arms around his torso to protect them. Saber's fear was soon confirmed when Isabelle lightly brushed Saber's side with her fingers. Saber gulped a bit before laughing nervously "Heheh…uh Izzy you know that's not really necessary *squeak*." Instead of glaring at Saber for calling her Izzy, Isabelle instead opted to wiggle her fingers on Saber's sides causing him to squeak at the end of the sentence. Saber spoke up again "C-Can't we talk about this?"

Putting her hand under her chin, Isabelle thought for a bit before saying: "Ok, so are you going to play beach volleyball with us."

Saber despite being nervous said: "I already told you Izzy, I'm a bit busy right now."

Isabelle looked at Saber with a devious grin on her face and said: "I had hoped you'd say that."

As Saber's mind tried to reboot the only thing he could say was "Huh?"

"You know Saber all the stress you had while you were the vice commander of West Coast Navy High's Tankery team can be bad for you. I think you need to relieve some of that stress." Isabelle said, grinning evilly and softly started to tickle his sides.

Saber's eyes widened while he kept his mouth shut to keep his giggling from escaping, and tried to take his mind off the ticklish sensations. Miho asked the question that was on the mind of all of Anglerfish team's members: "Saber! You're ticklish?!" Ian Redfield who had just walked up to the group heard Miho's question and answered: "Yup. Saber's always been one of West Coast Navy High's Tankery team's more ticklish members."

"Isahahahabelle STOP!" Saber giggled. "Why should I, vice-commander?" Isabelle teased, starting to tickle his ribs while Megan tickled his underarms with Natalie while Leo restrained him. Saber yelped and jerked his body.

"ISABEHEHEHELLE, MEGHAHAHAN, NAT, AND LEHEHEO I SWEHEHEAR IM GONNAHAHA KIHIHILL YOHOHOU GUHAHAYS!" he laughed hysterically while he squirmed and tried. Miho hid a giggle behind her palm,

"So I guess his ribs are one of his ticklish spots?" She giggled a bit at her crush's state. Seeing him laughing his head off while being restrained by Leo was quite hilarious.

"ALRIHIHIGHT I GIVE I GIVE!" Saber laughed hysterically.

"You guys...are so….so gonna p…pay…" He panted, with a smile on his face. After giving Saber a few minutes to catch his breath they asked "Sooo are you going to play beach volleyball with us?"

Grinning widely, Saber said: "Sure."

As the entire group reached the beach volleyball area they notice that Duck team is wearing the swimsuit versions of their volleyball uniform. Rabbit team are wearing a mixture of one piece and two piece swimsuits.

Rabbit team's commander Azusa Sawa is wearing an orange bikini with flower designs decorating the swimsuit's bikini bottoms. Ayumi who is Rabbit team's 75 mm gunner is wearing a blue bikini that has been decorated with flower designs. Saki who is the loader for Rabbit team's 37 mm cannon is wearing a plain blue one piece swimsuit. Rabbit team's driver Karina is wearing a yellow one piece swimsuit. Yuuki who is Rabbit team's radio operator and navigator is wearing a white two piece swimsuit. The last member of Rabbit team, Aya who is the gunner of the 37 mm cannon is wearing a two piece navy blue swimsuit.

As Saber and Miho along with their teams reached the volleyball area, Saber along with the rest of the boys can't help but gape at the girl's bikinis (except for Rabbit team). Leopon team was also at the volleyball area sitting on beach towels on the sidelines. In the end of the beach volleyball match, Duck and Rabbit team won as Duck team had more experienced players.

Saber stood up after a while and asked: "I'm gonna go and get something to drink. You guys want any?"

After his team replied no, Saber turned to Miho and asked her: "Um…Miho?"

The short hair brunette turned towards Saber, and he gulped internally as he was trying to not stare at certain areas and asked her: "I'm getting myself something to drink and I was wondering if you want anything to drink."

After thinking for a few minutes Miho answered "Ok can I have a strawberry smoothie?" To which Saber replied "Alright one strawberry smoothie coming up."

After disappearing into the beach house for a couple of minutes, Saber reemerged with Miho's strawberry smoothie in one hand and his watermelon smoothie in the next hand. "Miho, here's your strawberry smoothie." Saber said, while trying to avoid looking at Miho's chest, Miho who thanked Saber was also trying to avoid staring at Saber's rather fit torso. Needless to say both of them were failing in that regard. After a few awkward seconds of staring at each other both of them snapped out of their trance and began apologizing to each other.

"I-I am s-so so sorry!" Saber apologized, with a stutter.

"I-I-I am so s-sorry for staring at you!" Miho reciprocated, bowing her head.

"W-wa-wait-wait hold on," Saber shouted a bit. "I should be the one apologizing to you!"

To make a long story short, Ian and Leo saw this and both of them thought "They're apologizing to each other in an infinite loop…" It took nearly ten minutes for the two of them to stop apologizing to each other.

Later on during the day, Saber wandered off to the forest that was nearby. He slipped off without anyone noticing where he went. The reason was because he wanted some time to himself to clear his thoughts. While he was still the second in command of West Coast Navy High's Tankery team there were some days in which he usually sneaks out somewhere without anyone even knowing that he sneaked out.

After walking for some time, Saber reached a pretty clearing somewhere inside that forest. The clearing had a nice lake in the middle along with some fallen trees scattered around the clearing. Laying down on one of the fallen tree trunks, Saber placed his arms behind his head and looked up at the orange, red, and violet colors of the sunset before closing his eyes. A few seconds passed before Saber with his eyes still closed said in a cold emotionless voice: "I know you're there, you might as well come out…Rudolf."

"Even after two years of not hearing a thing about me, you never let your guard down much have you. It's been a while Saber." Said a voice that is very familiar to Saber. After all, the person that the voice belongs to gave him the scar over his left eye.

Letting out a low animalistic snarl Saber growled out: "What are you doing here Rudolf."

In a condescending tone Rudolf ignored his question and sneered "To think that the ex-vice commander of West Coast Navy High would fall so low in two years. That scar I gave you is a nice touch wouldn't you say?"

Instead of rising to the bait, Saber took a deep breath before he chuckled and said in a dark tone "So your company doing well? Last I heard some of your overseas branches got annihilated? Or are you still trying to recover from that rather unfortunate incident when your companies mainframe got hacked and all your secrets and blueprints gone along with a huge chunk of your 'army' eliminated as well."

Scowling at Saber mocking him, Rudolf said: "Make no mistake Saber, I know it was you that crippled my company. Once I recover, I won't make the same mistake twice."

"Oh you'd make a good jester Rudolf." Saber laughed out, "Amuse me. Are you really so arrogant that you think you can take me out by yourself?"

A smirk grew on Rudolf's face as he said "Oh I don't think. I know that I can take you out by myself. The only reason as to why I'm not doing so at the moment is because I guess you can say I'm on holiday here."

Saber shook his head and sighed before raising his left arm that now has a gauntlet which transformed into an 'out of this world' cannon. The cannon began glowing with an eerie purple color "You do realize that at this point nothing's stopping me from firing this weapon to eliminate you here and now. There's no need to worry anyone finding us either. The security cameras you spotted earlier won't attract the guards attention either as I hacked into them so the guard on duty will be looking at the same video recording over and over. After all there is a reason why some people in high places are wary of me."

Before the two of them could start fighting they heard some voices yelling, "Saber! Where are you?"

As Saber cursed out loud, Rudolf let out a low chuckle as he said "It seems like I stayed too long here. Until the next time we meet Saber. Au Revoir!" As Rudolf walked back deep into the forest, Saber's cannon transformed back into a gauntlet and deactivated it before anyone could see anything.

When Anglerfish team along with Dragon team saw Saber sitting by the side of the lake watching the fishes. As Natalie spotted Saber, she let out a sigh of relief and said "Saber! There you are. What are you doing out here? Do you have any idea how worried we were?"

Backing up a bit, Saber said "Whoa Natalie, calm down. I kinda decided to go into the forest to clear my mind and no I don't know how worried you guys were." He finished the last part with a bit of guilt in his voice.

After giving Saber a lecture, he accidentally said "Jeez, you along with Megan are acting like older sisters that I never had…" Looking at the team members' shocked faces he let out "Did I say that out loud?" When everyone in the area nodded yes Saber muttered "Ah shit…"

Letting out a sigh Natalie muttered "Anyway it's nearly dark and the Student Council's calling everyone back for dinner. Also the Student Council's President Anzu said that if we want we can make our own food as well so can you make something for us please?" she finished her statement with a puppy eye look.

Saber was looking at Natalie with an amused expression on his face said "Natalie you do know your 'puppy eyes' look doesn't work on me right? And I won't make them unless the rest of our team wants some as well."

When they went back to barbecue area that the boys had set up earlier, they found Duck team making kebabs, while everyone else were slicing up ingredients or something else. Spotting the group that went out to search for Saber, Ian yelled "Saber there you are! Where were you?"

Rolling his eyes, Saber answered: "I went to the forest to clear my mind a bit."

Leo who walked up beside Saber asked him "So are you going to make something? Out of the entire West Coast Navy High Tankery Team you were always in the top 5 for the best cooks in the team."

Saber sighed and said "Fiiiiine what do you guys want me to make?"

Leo, Ian, Natalie, and Megan glanced at each other before saying in unison "Barbecue pork loin and your homemade sausages along with some bacon if you have any bacon that is."

"At least I actually have them with me…" Saber muttered quietly.

"Now then, since you guys decided who's helping with the cooking…Ta-Da!" Yukari announced spreading her arms wide open as if receiving a hug and revealed a collection of what appears to be military rations from different countries. Leo who recognized them asked Yukari "Ano Yukari? Are those…"

Yukari happily said "Yeah this is my prized collection of rations from different nations."

"Isn't there one with luncheon meat?" Asked Karina

For some reason Azusa muttered "Here we go again…" confusing Dragon, Wolf, and Fox team.

After Azusa's statement the remaining Rabbit team members with the exception of Saki shouted out "Delicious *pam! Delicious *pam! Delicious *pam!"

With Azusa kept saying "Shut up!" each time they said "Delicious *pam!" It became quite amusing for the others especially for Wolf and Dragon team. As Saber raised an amused eyebrow at the scene, he couldn't help but take a look at his own team as well as Wolf team. A move which he instantly regretted as both Dragon and Wolf teams with devious smirks on their faces, began saying "Delicious *pam! Delicious *pam! Delicious *pam!".

After hearing the word "delicious" come out of their mouths, Saber instantly covered his ears as he knew saying shut up to them won't work. Despite knowing it won't work, Saber shouted at his teammates in English "WILL YOU GUYS SHUT UP!" Instead of the chant getting quieter however, it only increased in volume. After a couple minutes copying Azusa saying "Shut up." He gave up and looked at Miho with a "Help me." expression on his face. Taking pity on Saber, Miho said "Okay, let's go prepare the barbecue."

When Saber helped out in cooking the food for the barbecue including the Oarai Sensha-do team's food, most of the Sensha-do team members were shocked as they didn't know Saber could cook. What they were confused by was that Saber always listens to music while he's cooking, or just doing something else. The only time he doesn't listen to music is in class, or on the battlefield. After eating the entire team cleaned up and only then did they notice that Saber had yet again managed to sneak off without anyone knowing until just now.

Before Dragon and Wolf team went into the forest to look for their friend again, Miho heard some music coming from the house and said "Did someone leave the music on?" Both Wolf and Dragon team paused and listened to the music that was playing and looked at each other. Before anyone else could say anything, they went inside the house only to find themselves looking at the scene before them.

While the beach house itself was still clean, in the middle of the living room was Saber along with Ian, Lance, Natalie, and Megan from both Dragon and Wolf team dancing to a song. The song that they were dancing to happens to be Jiriki Hongan Revolution which is the second opening song for Assassination Classroom. When the four of them heard the door opening they immediately stopped dancing. However it was a case of "too late" as the rest of the team had seen the rather amusing dance they were doing. It didn't help that Saber had snapped out of his trance and accidentally hit the play next soundtrack button instead of the stop button which caused the speakers to start playing "Fiesta" by +Plus.

As Ian, Lance, Natalie, and Megan looked at Saber with an exasperated look, Saber waved his hands in front of him and said "That was an accident! I meant to press the stop button!" and he quietly muttered "Not really my fault that I like some opening songs from Fairy Tail…" Unfortunately for Saber he was not as quiet as he thought since everyone was now looking at him, causing him to blush.

Later that on that evening in Anglerfish team's room, the team was playing cards and Mako had gotten a royal flush. As Miho stood up and excused herself, Saori asked "Miho? Where are you going?"

Miho turned back to look at her teammates before answering "I'm just going to Saber's room to ask him something."

Hana asked Miho "Do you mind if we went with you?"

Miho had a small smile on her face as she said "Sure!"

As Anglerfish team went to Saber's room they saw Megan, Natalie, Isabelle, and Abigail pressing their ears to the door. Saori getting curious asked "What are you guys doing?" The only answer that Saori received was a hush as they continued to eavesdrop.

Anglerfish team looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders before joining the four girls in eavesdropping. For a few seconds they couldn't hear anything so Saori was about to knock on the door to Saber's room before they heard Leo's voice say:

"Sooo Saber, you nervous because it's been a while or is it something else?"

Everyone that was outside Saber's room had the same thought 'What is Leo doing in Saber's room?"

Anglerfish team along with the four girls heard Saber say in a weary voice "Course I'm not you fool. H-Hey not so rough…"

Everyone gulped and gave each other a quick glance before gathering up the courage to open the door. Saori managed to open the door as quietly as possible and they took a peek inside. At the moment, they could only see Leo with his back facing them looking at something – or rather, someone laying face down on the floor. The table was in the way so they weren't able to see much without giving themselves away.

"Okay, okay. What about here?" they heard Leo say in what appears to be an amused tone."

They heard Saber stutter out "Oh, that's… no, not there!" Leo seemingly ignoring Saber leaned forward a bit making him out of everyone's view.

Megan, Natalie, Abigail and Isabelle all thought 'Wait…does Leo have Saber pinned to the ground? Why in the world….?'

Anglerfish team thought 'Where is that conversation going?'

Saori for some reason started imagining Leo and Saber in a compromising position doing certain lewd acts with Saber being the…um… submissive one. Her thoughts were somewhere among the lines of 'I-i-is this boys' love?"

In an apologetic tone, Leo said "Looks like this has been building up, don't worry it'll feel good soon."

Saber said in a tense voice "H-hold on not there! Ow!"

Leo apologized "Sorry."

At that statement Anglerfish team, and the four girls all thought the same thing 'W-what on E-E-Earth is going on in t-there?'

With Anglerfish team now also leaning on the already opened door, it opened completely and the girls all fell down on the entrance of the room. As they looked up from their fall they noticed Saber lying face down on a mattress while Leo's hands were on his back.

The two boys looked at the girls with curious expressions and Saber stood up before stretching a bit. Saber looked at them with a half-lidded stare "So what are you girls doing here?"

Saori spoke up "W-well we wanted to ask you something."

Sitting with his legs folded Saber asked curiously "Okaaay what do you want to ask?"

Miho blurted out "We wanted to ask you what West Coast Navy High was like."

Saber blinked for a bit before asking Miho "Does anyone else want to know or is it just Anglerfish team?"

Miho fidgeted a bit then said "Ano… well we don't know but Saori and Hana overheard the other teams who mentioned that they wondered what West Coast Navy High was like."

Saber closed his eyes in thought before opening them again and said "Alright tell you what, gather the entire Sensha-do team and ask them whether or not they want to know about West Coast Navy High. I'd rather not repeat myself more than once."

Living Room of Beach House

In the beach house's living room, all of Oarai's Sensha-do team were present. The living room was set up with a projector and a projection screen with Ian helping to set up the projector. As Saber pressed play on his laptop that he brought with him the Sensha-do team saw an aerial view of the school carrier for West Coast Navy High. Saber said "Well as you can see West Coast Navy High's school carrier is based off of the USS Gerald R Ford. The size of our school ship is slightly larger than Saunder's school ship that is based off of the USS George Washington."

Ian Redfield stepped forward and said "Also like most of Japan's school ships, there are also multiple ah… departments. There's the basic departments such as Naval Studies, General Studies, Intelligence, Engineering, Nutritional Science and Agricultural Science. However unlike your school ships, our carrier has mentors that supervise and help the students in every department. Our carrier also has its own police force."

The projection screen shows the various departments and their respective logos. It also shows the view of the school carrier from the bridge's perspective. The projector also shows a base with some fighter jets like the F/A-18E Super Hornets, F-15E Strike Eagles, and the F-16 Fighting Falcons in their hangars.

As the projector showed the images of a small base, Saber said "Our school ship also has a small air force base in case something happens. West Coast Navy High's tankery team has a pretty big variety of tanks that we use. As it so happens, one of the differences between Japanese Sensha-do and USA Tankery is that the US allows tanks whose design was completed before August 15, 1963. So the most advanced tank our school was able to field were the M60 Pattons"

Saber continued as he folded his arms "As I already introduced myself I was West Coast Navy High Tankery team's Vice-commander. In addition to being the vice-commander I was also in charge of I guess a group of tanks."

The video then showed a footage from a old Tankery match with Saber's torso poking out of the M103's commander hatch as he gestured to someone with his hands.

Anzu then asked "So which school were you facing in that match?"

While Saber tried to remember what the school's name was, Megan rolled her eyes and said "We were facing a school that uses Russian tanks. They were one of the more difficult tankery teams that we faced."

Ian with a smug look on his face said "We managed to defeat them but we a good chunk of our tanks got taken out as well including our commander's tank."

As the video on the projector continued explaining West Coast Navy High School's carrier, Saber along with Ian, and Megan helped explain some things that Oarai's Sensha-do team didn't understand.

Later that night when everyone had gone to sleep, Saber was still wide awake as he was thinking about his encounter with Rudolf earlier that day. He closed his eyes and let out a sigh before walking out to the beach house's balcony to look at the stars in the beautiful night sky. As he walked onto the balcony, Saber didn't expect to see Miho still awake as well. Apparently Miho didn't expect Saber to still be awake this late as well.

Miho with a startled expression on her face said in surprise "Saber-kun! I didn't know you were still awake. What are you doing out here?"

Saber raised an eyebrow as he retorted "You know I could ask you the same thing."

Miho looked back at the sky as she said "I was thinking about the upcoming Sensha-do matches. I was also going to ask you something tomorrow as well but since you're here I might as well ask you now."

Saber's only response was "Oh?"

Miho looked at Saber and took a deep breath before asking "I-i-is it true that y-you have a c-crush on me?"

Saber blinked a few times before his face grew a light blush as he stuttered "W-w-when d-did you h-hear that?"

Miho who's cheeks were red answered "Me along with Anglerfish team overheard you shout that out earlier."

Saber sighed and let out a chuckle before saying "Heh…yeah I do have a c-crush on you. You probably think I'm crazy now."

Miho waved her hands in front of her as she said "N-no I don't. Um..how do I say this. I do have a crush on you as well but um maybe we shouldn't take this so fast."

Saber tilted his head in curiosity as he said "You mean like go out on a few dates before deciding on whether or not we should become b-boyfriend and g-girlfriend?"

Miho's response was a simple "Yes."

A soft smile grew on Saber's face as he said "Ok, sure."

As Saber and Miho went back inside the beach house and into their respective rooms before going to bed, both teenagers dreamt about each other. Unbeknownst to both Saber and Miho, a pair of eyes were watching them before they walked back to the direction of the forest.

Ok so that is the end of chapter 9. Man that sure took a while to finish up. As I stated earlier, I would like to give SeekerMeeker a big thank you for his help with this chapter. Without him I'd probably still be stuck somewhere in the beginning of this chapter. I also apologize for the late update.

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