Girls Und Panzer Tankery's End

Alt. Chapter 7

Chapter 7

The clean up for Homedale started after all the Japanese girls were rounded up and seated off to the side. The American boys used their own tanks to tow the disabled ones from the Japanese girls and stored them in a three large garages on the east side of town. The boys from Washington were chosen to stand guard of their captives and watch over them, mostly to make sure they didn't try to escape, while also trying to figure out which of the girls were the commanders of their respective school. They all had different uniforms on and so there was no doubt there were three schools, and three commanders, that needed sorting.

"Ladies of the Japanese Sensha-Do Federation, My name is Commander Albert, I apologize for taking so long but we've been busy with finding appropriate lodgings for you all. If the Commanders of the three schools could come up and see me I can work with you to move this process along faster." Moose said as he came up to the large group of girls huddled around each other.

Most of the girls didn't move, in fact they seemed a little apprehensive, or they didn't understand him. Moose knew nothing in Japanese, but English was common enough around the world, so he hoped at least one of them knew the language.

"Hey. Commander Moose here is trying his best to help you all. I know this can be a frightening situation, but he wants to help you." Claude said. Some of the girls in the crowd giggled to themselves before one raised her hand. "Yes?"

"Is his name really Moose?" She asked with an inquisitive look on her face.

"Yes it is. Commander Moose here thinks his name is Albert, so we try to remind him whenever possible. He has memory problems." Claude said causing the girls to giggle again before repeating the joke to their friends. A larger number of the girls started chuckling as Moose slowly shook his head with a small smile. Leave it to Claude to cut the tension in a room filled with animosity or apprehension, even if it was insulting Moose.

After a moment of silence one girl stood up and walked over to them. She wore a Brown jacket and had long black hair. Moose recognized the emblem on her jacket for Chi-Ha Tan.

"My name Nishi, I commandeer Chi-Ha Tan Academia." The girl said in broken English. Moose held out his hand for a shake and she took it.

"Moose." He said pointing to himself. Might as well let the gage run, plus it might be easier to remember then Albert.

"My girls, scared. We, don't Engrish well. Hard to Rikai suru. Gomen'nasai." The girl, Nishi, said. Moose turned to Claude and asked.

"You catch that last part?" He asked.

"Nope." Claude said. Moose sighed and scratched his head. He understood the first part, the girls of Chi-Ha Tan not understanding English well, and that they were scared. He needed to find a bridge in that gap.

Moose's ears picked up something. He glanced over to see, and hear, some of the girls wearing a blue uniform speaking in French. Moose smiled a bit, he grew up in Saskatchewan, so he knew Canadian French, but he hoped it wasn't to big a difference. Moose walked over to the two girls and looked at them, they had seen him coming and went silent until he spoke.

"Bonjour, pouvez-vous m'aider en me montrant votre commandant?" The two girls went wide eyed and looked at each other not saying anything until another girl stood up and walked over to him. She to wore the blue uniform, had blonde hair, styled very nobly, and held herself high.

"Bonjour, je suis le commandant Marie de BC Freedom." The girl said. "I speak English if that helps."

Moose offered her his hand and she was more hesitant to take it, but she did in the end.