After a good 20 minutes of driving everyone arrived at the garage and parked their tanks. It was a tight fit to say the least. Especially the E-75, but now everyone was sitting in a meeting room of sorts. Most of the European commanders were there with only the student council and Miho there as Oarai's representatives.
"So." Started the blond loli to break the silence "What you're saying is that the brown haired girl with anxiety is the team captain." She looked Miho up and down, then shrugged. "Could've been worse."
"You mean to tell us that the Nishizumi family is bad?!" Shouted Momo.
"I mean." Said Rika, the commander of the T32. "In Europe name is not relevant if you can't put anything on the table, unless it's a school name." She said while taking a sip from her bottle of cola.
"Sorry." Miho awkwardly said while looking down
"Who said you should apologize?" Said the commander of the M5. "It's your ex-school who pushed you away for prioritizing the life of your comrades than some stupid point." She said while pointing at Miho.
"Eh?" Miho looked confused. "What do you mean?"
"It means that human lives are worth much more than honor" Said the blonde loli. "Also don't expect most of us to follow you from the beginning." She looked back at some of the other commanders.
"So that means.." Miho started to say something but was cut off by Anzu.
"It means to earn trust in the helpers and become our leader." She said while chewing on a whole ass sweet potato.
"O-oh.." Miho looked a bit scared. "That will be hard."
"No one said that life is easy." Said the blonde loli. "But hey! That's just more fun eh? What's life without any real obstacles?" She said while just leaning onto Rika.
"Edina, please don't use me as a pillow." Rika just pushed Edina off of her, and she landed on the floor with a small 'thud'
"Ouch! That was mean!" Edina looked at Rika and pouted. "Anyway! Are there more things we need to discuss?" She looked at the student council.
"Hmmm..nope!" Anzu said with a smirk.
"Okay then! We can go and rest for today!" Edina got up and headed to the door. Soon the other commanders followed her out.
"What now?" Rika looked at Edina. "We going to train them or?"
"Now? We are going to get our shite together and do what Miho says...atleast try to...look at her orders as guidelines.." She rubbed the back of her head. "We really are problematic eh?"
To this Rika just deadpanned and facepalmed "We are going to be a fucking elephant in a glass store.."
"Don't worry, some of the team listens to either of us..maybe." She had a water drop on the back of her head.
"We're fucked.." Said Rika ashamed.
"Anyways. Good night, battle buddy." With that Edina went to her team's apartment and went to sleep.
The morning came quickly and the Europeans were getting ready to see what Oarai had in them.
"Let's see." Edina looked through the line up of Oarai. 'Yep this is bad. Real bad' She thought. 'Only the StuG has enough fire power, and maybe the panzer with HEAT but those shells cost a fortune. Maybe the Lee can do something.' At this point she was chewing her hair out of frustration.
"These are the teams." Miho said while introducing every Oarai tank team.
After the Oarai teams had been introduced, it was time for the Europeans(insert angry Rika.jpg)... there were only 2 teams present as per their Captains request of only allowing 2 teams per training. It was the T18E2 and the T32E1.
"So!" Started Edina. "I am Edina, the commander for the T18 armored car. Don't let its designation fool you, the big girl has good armor for an armored car!"
Yukari just started to write down every detail about the T18.
"This is my little sis and gunner." Edina pointed at the taller blonde woman who gave a gentle smile and waved. "Viktoria our driver." She points at a dark brown haired girl who gave a little salute. "And Sonya our Loader." She points at the tall russian girl who in turn just raises her hand.
"I guess it's our turn" Rika says with a sigh. "My name's Rika the commander of Eagle." she pats the front plate of the T32E1. "This is my lovely driver and best friend, Catherine" Cat just gives a warm smile and waves. "Our gunner Krystal" Krystal waved. "And our loader Jeanne."
Jeanne waved "Bonjour loves."
"Heh. Titty croissants" Krystal said in a low voice so no one would hear her.
"Oi! I heard that little prissy!" As Jeanne picked up a small container and threw it at the gunner.
Krystal quickly dodged "Hey! Stop it, frog legs!" She then quickly bolted to the back of the T32 as Jeanne ran after her.
"Is this really a top of the board team?" Asked one of the history nerds.
"Sadly.." Said Miho.
"Got a problem with my crew?" Rika looks at the StuG team, raising an eyebrow while crossing her arms.
"Nope! Nothing at all!" The StuG team quickly backed away.
"Thought so, I'll let the German take it from here." As she turns back and climbs on her tank, barking something at the other two before jumping up and falling into the hatch on the tank.
"Please don't scare the others." Miho says with a little bow.
"I'm Austrian but anyway." She clears her throat. "Okay! We will be participating in your training routines and maybe if you ask nicely we will help you in areas we are familiar with." She said while getting helped up on the T18 by Sonya.
'She can't get up by herself.' Everyone in Oarai thought with a sweat drop.
"So what is our first training point?" Edina looked at Miho.
"Erm..it's..a race!" Miho blurted out with what little confidence she has.
"A race? Good training. Tactically relocating is a good thing" Edina says with a proud smile. "Okay! Give us a map and we will set the record!" She jumped off of the T18 and ran up to Miho.
"Just don't drive yourselves off a cliff again this time." As Cathrine slid off the T32 from where she was laying. "It took hours to pull you guys out."
"Shut it! It was still better than you guys driving into a pillar and collapsing a whole factory on yourselves!" Viktoria shot back.
"Still managed to get ourselves out of it, unlike you. Advantages of having a vehicle with some weight behind it." As she spins her keychain on a finger.
"Both of us know that rain and mud is our enemy!" Viktoria stomped her feet. Catherine gives a light shrug to that.
"Fair enough, hence the log on the side of our tank to get out of those kinds of messes. Still need to thank the girl from Prokhorovka for that idea." As Rika placed her hand on the item in question.
"We'll meet them again in a year or so. I heard there will be a cooking competition, too." Viktoria shrugged.
"That sounds delicious." As Catherine began to daydream about the potential food selection that might be offered.
"We woke up late and you're trying to race without us?" Nanami walked up to the group.
"Absolutely not~" Viktoria gave them a cheeky smile. "Also we would beat everyone in the race..." She then deadpanned.
Soon the group of girls found a walking zombie of a girl also known as Mako.
"Why must we get up this early?" The husk of a girl asked nobody in particular.
Viktoria looked at her friends and nodded. "Let's carry her to the garage." She suggested.
To this everyone agreed.
Mako was suddenly picked up by 3 girls and carried all the way to the garage of the tankery team.
After everyone arrived at the garage, they waited for instructions from either the instructor or the captain.
The first years were on the edge and asking questions like 'Will we be good enough for them?' or 'I hope they won't look down on us' among themselves.
"Ey, Rika" Edina leaned over to her friend. "Do you wanna team up if it comes to a free for all training?" She asks with a cheeky smile.
"Sure, but don't try to use it just to shoot us in the back." As Rika rested her head on the cupola.
"Don't worry. I won't shoot you in the back. Only at the end!" She had a bright shit eating smile while looking at Rika.
"Right..." While she holds a less than confident smile about the chances of a little speed demon running circles around her tank.
"Okay everyone!" The instructor gained everyone's attention. "Today we will be doing something that only the transfer students are familiar with!" Suddenly almost everyone's faces sunk into a cold mood. "It will be FREE FOR ALL! Also known as Battle Royale." She said with a happy tone. "In this training you will be left all alone to your own games. You could try to team up but don't expect to not get backstabbed." She clapped her hands together. "Everyone ready? Get to your tanks and take positions!"
Suddenly everyone scrambled into their tanks and set off for their positions.
"Oooh Rikaa." Said the voice of Edina through the radio. "Where you at?" She said it in a sinister tone to throw off everyone.
Suddenly everyone just heard Thunderstruck playing over the radio.
"RIKA FOR FU-" Edina's radio cut off before she could say something bad.
"STAAART!" The instructor shouted and everyone put the pedal to the metal.
Miho was last to go and she didn't want to get taken out first. "Let's move slowly and with caution." She said as she slumped down. 'I wonder why some of the Europeans are not working together..maybe because of past grudges? I hope I can get to know them better.' She was lost with her thoughts as they reached a bridge.
"Miporin!" Saori shook her commander. "Should we cross the bridge?" Saori was looking at her commander.
"Y-yea..let's go across. Fast." Miho said the last word under her breath.
The Panzer 4's engine roared to life as it surged forward to the bridge. What they didn't know was that a small armored car was watching them.
"Don't shoot. We're sportswomen, not animals...just shoot next to them.." Edina nudged her sister.
"Oh, big sis. We should wait a bit more." Antonia suggested.
"Hmp! Fine! But the first tank we see is getting shot!" Edina declared.
Antonia just sighed. "Sis you're getting hot headed again."
Soon they heard the roar of an engine. It sounded a bit underpowered for some reason.
"I guess that's the M3 or Type89." Said Viktoria in her driver position eating a half finished kebab.
"You might be right." Edina looked out of her hatch and saw two barrels sticking out of a bush. "M3...also Viki, how did you sneak in that kebab?"
"Oh this? I hid it in the engine compartment wrapped in thick tin foil!" Viktoria said with a proud smile. "Also the engine heated it up!"
"God damn it Viki, AND YOU DIDN'T ASK US IF WE WANT SOMETHING TO EAT?!" Edina said it angrily.
"Don't worry! There are four more food boxes in there! Also have spoons and forks with me!" She said pointing at a small ammo box.
"Thank you. Now let us kill that M3!" Edina announced as the T18 lurched forward.