This story takes places after the last episode of RtB, so it happens around the spring of 1946.

I am going to keep it as close to the cannon as possible and it is will be as serious as the movie or BW, nothing more than that so don't expect any major character dead and the same goes for ecchi scenes. This story would be mostly focused on Yoshika but all the 501st are going to have their moments and also Witches from other JFW will appear and may or may not have important roles.

There are also going to be some relationships that will be devolped throughtout the story but I don't want to spoil you anything.

I update the story once a week or in worst case scenario, every two weeks.

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Disclaimer: I do not own "Strike Witches", so this is just a fan made.

Chapter 1: The aftermath

Berlin had finally been liberated and while there are still neuroi hives in South Karlsland and in Ostmark, it would take some time for the higherups to organize the different armies and Joint Fighter Wings to take down the hives so the war against the neuroi could finally end.

As expected, Berlin was in ruins, the infrastructure was severely damaged, there was no electricity, the streets were empty, and the buildings were dark and silent but there was still hope that someday, Berlin would thrive once again, and this would be just a dark chapter in its history that took countless lives but helped to unite everyone around the world to overcome it.

Nevertheless, the destruction of a hive was quite an event therefore, it was only natural that a festival would be held in Berlin to celebrate this grand event and it would also help to raise the morale of the general population that could finally came back to their homeland after being banished forcedly for many years.

Still, the logistics as well as the budgeting of this event were challenging to say the least after the operation itself was overbudgeted since the destruction of the port Antwerp but lots of paperwork and movements behind the curtain by some of the highest ranked Witches, the ceremony was still moving forward.

An event of this importance mandated the assistance of several members of High Command from different countries as well as the Wing Commanders from all the Joint Fighter Wings that helped to achieve the liberation of Berlin.

After several days of uncertainty and threats of cancelations, the day of the event finally arrived, and all the assistants were waiting for the event to begin and after quite the delays and lots of murmurs; fireworks went off, announcing the start of the event and shortly after, the skies of Berlin were covered in what seemed like shooting stars of various colors blazing through the starry night, but they were not, the Idol Witches opened the event with their songs.

Everyone was in awe as the Witches' trails formed Karlsland's flag and it filled the skies with hope and for a moment it seemed that Berlin was celebrating its Independence Day not its liberation.

At the sky, the songs could also be heard by different night Witches that were on patrol on that night. The ceremony was being broadcasted to the whole world thus everyone could know that humanity was taking back bit by bit what once belonged to them.

The idol Witches had been steadily improving their performance since their beginnings back before even Ghalia was liberated. they had also performed after the liberation of Petersburg and Romagna though the former was not occupied per se, nevertheless it was only natural that their performance was a mesmerizing spectacle for everyone who was at the event.

After it ended, several Wing Commanders of the Joint Fighter Wings that participated as well as High Commanders gave speeches, some were longer, some were shorter, some were boring and some were inspiring, and then it was finally the turn of one of the Karslandian Wing Commander, Minna Dietlinde.

Her speech was briefer yet even more heartwarming in comparison to the other ones it may be the last one she gave as a Commander after all. It was just enough to praise everyone who made it possible to finally liberate her homeland (or at least part of it) and she paid respects to every one of who did not survive the war.

But just before she finalized her discourse, she surprisingly praised one member of her squad, Pilot Officer Miyafuji Yoshika who stopped the Neuroi bomber from destroying Kiel delaying even furthermore the operation Southwind and stopping the wolf from fleeing after Germania was destroyed at the zenith of the operation and with that, she finalized her speech.

There were lots of applauses, and then she went back to her sit beside Mio and the conference still went on as there were still more people left who still had speeches to give.

Yoshika herself was not present at the ceremony at Berlin, though, she was hearing the speech through the radio with the rest of the 501st at the base in Kiel. She could not help it but blush a bit when she heard what Minna just said and it did not help that the rest of the girls teased her and gave her compliments, especially Lynnette and Shizuka.

Yoshika told them that it was possible because of everyone's help and she could not do it alone. That something they all agreed on because there was no way they could pull it off without everyone's help, just like always.

While the event was still being held, they all had small yet special dinner where everyone just enjoyed themselves after everything that occurred since they started to make their way to Berlin.

Still, they were disappointed that neither Major Sakamoto nor commander Minna were celebrated with them, but there was nothing they could do as they were required to be at the ceremony by HQ.

After they finished eating, everyone, surprisingly, helped to clean everything. Some of them started to yawn as they were doing it, no one could blame them though as the past days were exhausting, after they finished, they all decided to go back to their rooms so they could rest.

Most of them were asleep as soon as they hit the bed though not all of them were alone in their rooms. Nevertheless, there was one Witch that could not sleep as her mind was wondering about what would happen to them, to the Joint Fighter Wing.

This Witch was Shizuka, it was the first time since she joined the 501st that they did not have a pending mission and she could not help it but wonder what would happen to all of them, 'are we going to be separated', she was not sure but there was something she could do.

She could ask Yoshika what she thought about it but as she got out of her bed to check on Yoshika, she noticed that she was peacefully sleeping. There was no way she could wake her up just to ask her that but still, she contemplated her for a few minutes to see if she woke up, but she did not, she was sleeping profoundly and peacefully though it seemed that she spoke on her sleep as some rather interesting noises were coming out from her.

'That's new' she thought, Shizuka never noticed that before since they had been sleeping together but now there was nothing she could do, so she went back to her bed without getting an answer.

Nevertheless, she still wandered in her thoughts, she was thankful that everyone could make it safely and, not only that, but Yoshika had regained control over her magic pressure. She also thought of several not-as-important matters but before she realized, she also had fall asleep.

The next day had already come, and all the Witches were in the meeting room hearing what commander Minna and Mio had to say.

The 501st JFW was not officially disbanded like the last two times, still there was no need to have them all stationed at Denhalder; therefore, the Witches would be able to fulfill other commitments around the whole globe.

Minna gave them the somewhat good news that they were going their own ways but only for a few months. Still, not all of them were happy but after discussing it for a bit, they understood that it was only temporary and that settled it.

Minna alongside Squadron Leader Gertrud Barkhorn a.k.a. Trude and Flying Officer Erica Hartmann decided to stay in their homeland, Karlsland in order to continue with the rebuild of the capital and also to go to the café that they agreed to have when they this all was over.

Flying Officer Aleksandra a.k.a. Sanya V. Litvyak and Flying Officer Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen decided to go to Suomus and then to Orussia to gather more information regarding the whereabouts of the former's parents.

Flight Lieutenant Charlotte E. Yeager a.k.a. Shirley and Pilot Officer Francesca Lucchini went to Romagna to visit the former's parents while also helping the 504th JFW a.k.a., the Ardor Witches to defend both Romagna and Venezia. Nevertheless, Shirley had already planned something else to do in their temporary retirement, but she had not told Francesca yet, hoping to surprise her.

Flight Sergeant Lynette Bishop and Flying Officer Perrine Clostermann went back to Pas de Calais at Gallia in order to continue with the rebuild efforts of the country.

Pilot Officer Shizuka Hattori was not sure of what to do next, she had not received any assignment from the Fuso Navy but then Major Sakamoto asked her if she wanted to go back to Fuso to help her to train new recruits.

At first, she was reluctant to accept, she wanted to stay in Europe, with the rest of the girls, with Yoshika but after giving it some thought, she accepted her offer.

There was nothing to do in Europe now, and that was one way she could make herself useful so she agreed to go with her.

Meanwhile, Minna was regretful by the fact they were going to be separated but she had already accepted the fact that it was only temporarily, though she wished Mio could stay in Europe but she knew she had a duty at her homeland.

As for Yoshika, she wanted to go back to Fuso to visit her mother, grandmother, and her dearest friend Michiko but she knew she had already a duty here in Europe, she must go back to Helvetia to study at Lausanne Medical School. She promised them that she would study hard to become a great medic and she intended to keep that promise no matter what.

While it was true that Yoshika had written them several letters, she thought it would be better if someone talked with them personally to explain what had happened since the day Shizuka came with the recommendation letter to study in Europe. So, she hoped that Fusoan duo could help her with that as she was not sure when she would be going back home. Mio and Shizuka had agreed, and they already knew her family so it should not be a difficult task, or at least that was they hoped.

Before going back to Fuso, there was something Mio needed to do, she had arranged to send Yoshika's Shinden to the Helvetia Air Force Base so that she could use it in case of an emergency. She also made sure that it was properly serviced not like the last time Yoshika had to use that neglected striker unit that almost got her killed trying to protect Antwerp.

Still, the crewmen had to be trained by Ursula to properly service it as the Shinden's design was a bit different in comparison to the rest of the striker units and with the fact that Helvetia itself was not currently under Neuroi occupation, so the crewmen were unskilled with strikers' maintenance to say the least.

Therefore, with all the witches having something to look forward for the upcoming months, the 501st Joint Fighter Wing also known as the Strike Witches was separated once again, this time just temporally though, waiting for new orders from their brasses.

After everything had been properly taken care off, Mio and Shizuka went back to Fuso without encountering any major problem on their way by ship to the empire and shortly after they solved their pending matters at the base, they went to the Miyafuji clinic to do what Yoshika asked them to.

At the clinic, the Fusoan duo started to tell the story of what happened to Yoshika, Sayaka and Yoshiko were frightened to say the least, while it was a true, she had written them about what happened, she had not explained in detail of what she faced really the day both Shizuka and her departed to Helvetia.

Mio and Shizuka were surprised by the fact that they believed that they knew a bit of what had happened, but they did not know the details as Yoshika had omitted most of them, and that combined with the fact both were not good liars thus, the truth was revealed but not the way they hoped it to happen.

Sayaka and Yoshiko were not oblivious to the dangers of war, they had experienced the pain of losing someone close firsthand and they did not want to lose someone else, someone still so young, someone that still had all her whole life in front of her.

There was nothing Shizuka and Mio could do for now, at least they assured that Yoshika was just fine nowadays, studying to become a great medic just as she promised them, with her magic better than ever and though they were a bit relieved to hear that, they still wanted to see her but neither Mio nor Shizuka knew when Yoshika would be coming back to Fuso, hopefully it would be sooner than later.

This is all for the first chapter, I've never written a fanfic before so I'm sorry if it's not perfect but I did my best, plus English is not my native language so, if something sounds strange, it's not intentional. The next chapters are going to more focused on the plot as this one served like a short introduction

I have already written a few more chapters but I'm still editing them.

And finally, I promised you that I am going to complete this story but it's going to take awhile.