Shin2 Dan: Chapter 29: Secrets Behind the Exam (2)
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“Ugh.” Kamiki moans as he was being pushed from all sides by the students.
“This is why I told you to just wait until later, when everyone’s finished looking.” Yamada grits his teeth as one girl pushed him from his right.
They, along with the rest of the first year student body, are pushing each others in front of the score board, trying to see the results from their mock exam. It was Kamiki’s idea to come and look. Yamada doesn’t really care, since he usually placed in the top percentile of the school anyways. He’s only here to accompany Kamiki.
“But I’m worried about my grades.” Kamiki is starting to understand the feeling of people who are claustrophobic, “I don’t think I did well in that mock exam, and I’m on a scholarship too.”
Suddenly, Kamiki feels the pushing and shoving lessen momentarily. The students around him quickly take a step away. He looks around confused, but only seconds later, someone pushes him to the ground.
“Out of the way!” The boy scowled at Kamiki. With a huff, he quickly left, leaving the rest of the students there to look at him for a moment before return to their mobbing of the score board.
Still in a daze, Kamiki suddenly feels himself being pick up. He turns around to recognize his friend.
“You okay?” Yamada asked.
“Who was that?” Kamiki widen his eyes, “What’s wrong with him?”
“Oh, that’s just Hongo Kanata.” Yamada shrugs, “He’s probably angry at himself for being second to Mamayu again.”
“Why?” Kamiki wondered, “Being second isn’t bad…” pausing a bit, “Wait… Fukuda-san is first?”
“That’s just normal of her.” Yamada said and he once again joins Kamiki in the fight to the front of score board.
When they finally stand in front of it after many struggles, Kamiki stares intensely at the names and numbers on the large sheet of paper, trying to find his own name. His hand clasps together, praying his score isn’t too low on the board.
Yamada smirks as he watches his friend being nervous over a mock exam result. It’s not the mock exam that people should worry about. The true problem is the real exam result. He then turns toward the sheet, looking for his own name. The moment the names and rank meet with his eyes, Yamada stares at it in shocked.
Rank
Name
Score
1.
Fukuda Mayuko
100
1.
Nakajima Yuto
100
3.
Hongo Kanata
99
4.
Aoki Kohei
98
4.
Kuroda Tomoki
98
4.
Hanazono Momotarou
98
4.
Nagumo Shu
98
4.
Sakamoto Shougo
98
4.
Tatsuki Yuki
98
10.
Ohgo Suzuka
97
11.
Shida Mirai
96
12.
Nakamura Shuko
95
13.
Yamada Ryosuke
94
13.
Aizawa Asuka
94
15.
Hosho Miyuki
93
16.
Takasugi Touichi
92
16.
Urasawa Eri
92
“Nakajima-san is tied first with Fukuda-san.” Kamiki noted, “That’s amazing!”
Yamada nods, it’s no wonder why Kanata was so sore at the results. Instead of being second again, he’s now in third, below a new transferred student that just came today. But no, that’s not what caught his eyes. There’s definitely something weird with the scores.
“Yamada-kun,” Kamiki suddenly become quiet, “What rank do I need to be above in order to maintain my scholarship again?”
“Since you’re on the academic scholarship, you need to have a score above 85.” Yamada answers. Turning to his friend he asks, “Why? What’s wrong?”
Kamiki just points at the score board, his eyes crestfallen.
59
Kamiki Ryunosuke
68
At that instant, a vibration is felt at Yamada’s pant. He quickly steps outside of the crowd and takes out his keitai. Kamiki follows, though not at all happy, he too, takes out his own keitai.
Flipping it open, Yamada’s eyes light up at the name of the familiar sender. He quickly clicks to read his message, a smile forms at the corner of his lip. Today may be turning into a very nice day, a very nice day indeed.
Sender:
BOSS
Title:
Urgent
Case #: 3048
Date of incident: June 29, 2009
Time discovered: 12:00pm
Description: Undisclosed
Others: Assemble at the head quarter for more information. Miura Haruma-kun will explain the situation in more details.
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Author's Notes:
A few characters are also introduced. Of course, most of them are important to the arc and some to the story. :)
I was playing around with the table on lj, but why isn't the border showing up for me? >___<;;
Oh, by the way, according to Shinrichi Gakuin school book, the scholarships requirement is as follows:
- Academic Requirements:
1. Maintain a score of 85% or above for all subjects.
2. Family annual income less than 2,000,000 yen.
3. Must demonstrate good moral standing within the school and community.
- Sport Requirements:
1. Maintain a score of 70% or above for all subjects.
2. Family annual income less than 2,000,000 yen.
3. Must demonstrate good moral standing within the school and community.
4. Must be part of the school's sport team.
* Exceptions may apply based on the special needs of the student. However, an application and a written letter explaining the circumstances must be filled out and submitted to the student president and it must be approved by the Principal, Student President, and Faculty.