The Zuikaku docked at Hokkaido, in a monstrously sized port.
The ship itself was larger than the majority of the city around it.
However, down in the outskirts of the port city......
"Why are we using the tank to drive around down here? We own cars!" Gary said,
"Because the driver needs to keep sharpening his skills I guess, also he keeps bragging about his tank driver's license." Carm said.
"I didn't think..... this was what I had in mind...." Dan said.
The T29 was driving down the open Japanese road, because of course some washed up street could withstand the weight of a 71 ton tank.
The giant tank weighed much more than an eighteen wheeler,
And it was very slow in comparison to a car
However, a perk of weighing so much and being so big, is that you don't exactly have to worry about car crashes in the tank, mainly because if another driver can't see the tank or anything, then why is he driving?
Ahead of them was Miho, in her heavily historically accurate-ized Panzer IV,
Thousand times better to see actual World War II era paint and markings rather than that eyesore Anglerfish.
It was hard for Carm to stop thinking of the battle tomorrow.
"Whatcha thinkin about?" One of the loaders said from the interior.
"The battle tomorrow, what else?" The other said.
"We'll gut them like Kuromorimine in the finals" the gunner said.
Carm lowered his seat into the yellow-lit interior of the tank,
There weren't that many hatches and view slits to see out of, so the interior was usually illuminated by the many internal lights.
It was kind of cozy, in all honesty,
"You maggots talking about me?" Carm said.
"Just saying how we'll crush the All-Stars tomorrow, commander" Gary said.
Carm sighed
"Really hope it works out that way." Carm then said, before putting his seat back up and looking back outside.
The Panzer IV was stopped up ahead,
Carm was about to yell for the tank to stop,
Luckily however, Dan was paying attention,
*SCREEECH!
The tracks immediately stopped turning, locking up instantly.
The heavy T80E3 tracks scraped the pavement before finally bringing the beast to a halt.
The American heavy tank stopped a mere two feet from the Panzer IV.
"Why'd you stop!" Carm yelled
And then Carm looked over, seeing Miho staring at some sign from the cupola of her Panzer.
Oh, mother of......
It's that ridiculous teddy bear brand Miho basically worships.
Carm looked at the sign with a face of disgust,
There was a museum dedicated to the useless toy,
"Come on!" Miho said.
"I know what you're thinking, and NO" Carm said.
"There's no way I'm going to-
"Actually....." Gary interrupted
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To make a long story short, Gary needed an excuse to buy something for Miho, because she got him something a few days back as a gift.
"You owe me BIGTIME Gary" Carm growled.
He sighed,
"I know..." he said downcastly
"I never knew a place like this existed!" Miho screamed with excitement.
"Neither did anyone else it seems...." Dan whispered to the rest of the boys, receiving a good chuckle.
Carm was disgusted by Boko, it was so unfathomably kiddie and cringe.
He remembered back to the first time he found out Miho liked it.
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A month ago
It was an ordinary day, school got out, and the tanks were being given a daily maintenance check to make sure they were ready for the day's grind.
"Status on maintenance!" Carm barked
"Engine check!"
"Transmission looks good!"
"Gun is fine!"
"Coax good!"
"Turret ring is clear!"
Tracks fine!
But I'm Reattaching the track duckbills, it'll take some time but I should be ready here soon...." Ralph said.
The T80E3 tracks of the T29 had duckbills applied to the ends of each link to decrease ground pressure.
A few broke off after they pulled a tight turn.
Carm went over to check the tracks
While doing so he felt his boot step on something.
"Hm?" Carm said.
He looked down,
A bandaged up teddy bear,
How'd that get here?
Carm picked it up and looked at the tag.
" 西住 みほ (Miho Nishizumi)"
"Ah! There you are!" A cheery female voice said from behind him
It was Miho, presumably to find her lost teddy bear doll.
"Thank you very much for finding him!" Miho said as she scooped the teddy bear right from his hand.
Miho cuddled and talked to that thing like it was BREATHING.
Uhhhhhh......
Not weird at all.
"Boko thanks you for finding him!" Miho said after the teddy bear apparently whispered in her ear.
"Who's boko?" Carm said
"Oh! This is boko,
Introduce yourself please!" Miho said.
She then talked from in between her teeth and manipulated 'boko's' hand using hers to make it look like he was waving.
"Hi! I'm boko! What's your name!" Miho said, playing as if she was boko.
Carm just stayed silent for a while, looking in apparent confusion, and minor annoyance.
"Introduce yourself!" Miho said.
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.
.
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"Uhhhhhh, okay, no offense, but I kinda outgrew that stuff more than a decade ago...." Carm said.
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Current time.
Well THAT hurt Miho's feelings,
She ran away, spewing tears.
Well, it would be a favor more so than anything, at least the harsh part was done now, and Miho could hopefully start outgrowing teddy bears and dolls.
Any hopes of that went down the drain as they steeped inside the decrepit looking building that was the "Boko museum"
When the squeaking door finally closed, a voice chimed up.
"What a coincidence that you're here!"
Who said that?!
It was a boko doll animatronic or something.
"I'll beat you up real good!" The cocky teddy bear said.
"It's the real Boko! so cute!" Miho said out loud.
*THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP
Carm ran up to the doll
*PUNT
He kicked it, HARD.
The boko doll went flying off its stand, and flew across the moldy lobby.
*thump
It landed on the floor.
The boys burst out into laughter,
They'd filmed the whole thing on Lonnie's phone.
They burst into laughter.
"BOKO!! Are you alright!" Miho yelled out, running to aid the animatronic
"What was that for!" Saori said.
"He said he was going to beat me up,
So I eliminated the threat.
He got stares from the girls.
What? Am I a bad person for defending myself?"
This was going to be a LONG tour.