I should be studying for my Math test next Thursday but meh. I decided to continue translating the second part earlier than I intended. Again this plot comes from gabiiii981, not me.

Disclaimer: don't own PPGZ

If you are confused:

Masaru: Brick

Makoto: Boomer

Kojiro: Butch

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This day was not like any other. Some people were walking in the school hallways with complete calmness, entering their respective classrooms. But others were extremely nervous, because they knew it wasn't a common day, it was a school grades definitions' day; it was… the Test day.

To pass this particular test the students needed about sixty percent of good notes, and forty percent studying at home.

The teacher entered the homeroom, holding a pile of sheets of paper, with millions of complicated questions. When the students saw him, they had to fight the urge to run away.

"Well class… This is it! Put away your books and take out some extra pieces of paper, you'll need them! I will give you your tests now" The teacher announced, the ones who forgot to study were about to have a heart attack. Once the students had the tests the teacher sat "begin" he said in a quiet voice.

They had an hour to complete the test; fifty-five minutes later, there were only eight students left to hand over the test.

"Kill me… kill me… KILL ME! Everything's wrong… I'm sure of it… Why the hell didn't I study? I'm so lost…" Masaru muttered as he revised his answers over and over again, the open questions' answers were only two lines each, the last one was missing… his nerves were wracking. He noticed a classmate raising his test proudly; each answer was about a page long. Masaru paled, he was frightened, horrified, he couldn't believe it, he was dead… "Okay, I failed all the quizzes until now… But maybe the teacher will pity me and let me pass this one, the one that defines my whole existence… I should have studied when I had the chance! I'll have to go to summer school, and I'll fail that too, I'll be in this class next year… NOOO!"

Makoto had finished, and it was averagely good, in his opinion.

"No… wait a minute… this is wrong! Everything is wrong! And I have to finish this in five minutes!" He erased all his answers "let's see… the answers are A, B, D, B, C, X, B, S, F, S… Obviously I won't answer the open questions… I don't even know what subject are we in" he whispered to himself painfully.

Kojiro had ´finished` 20 minutes ago, and was looking out the window, bored.

"Here, I finished it…" Makoto said to himself.

"Here you go! I hope you return this to us quickly" Kojiro told the teacher confidently.

"I'm going to regret this… I know it" Masaru sighed as he revised his answers for the umpteenth time.

Momoko had studied for the first time in her life, and was the first to finish. Miyako was feeling confident, she was the second. And Kaoru had resigned herself "It must be this way" and handed over the test as the third.

The bell rang strongly, the time was up. Masaru and Makoto shouted frightened.

"It's only another stupid test… Don't be so nervous about it…" Kojiro said yawning; his partners sighed and put their tests in the teacher's desk. They were shivering in fear.

"It was not so difficult, was it?" Their teacher said smiling.

"I should just give you a ´push` in the right direction as I did to my last teacher…" Masaru thought furiously, breaking his pencil with his bare hands.

The bell sounded. Everybody was about to leave, but the teacher stopped them (T/N: I'm tired of calling him just "the teacher", if anyone has a good name for him, please tell me).

"Tomorrow, as you know, we'll go on a field trip to the zoo, come to school at 9:00 AM, don't forget it please! You can go now" he said.

"The sensei is right, it was kind of easy, don't you think?" Momoko commented once they got to the door.

"I think so… I was improving my answers most of the hour" Miyako said confidently.

"I recognize I read the text book, but the test was too complicated, I'm not sure I'll pass" Kaoru said nervously.

"The bad news: Kaoru probably won't make it. The good news: We have a field trip tomorrow, we won't have classes. And I'll be able to finally see the handsome, gentle, nice guy he really is outside the horrible school, the incredible, sweet…"

"Ishida-san?" Miyako finished before Momoko went on a three-minute speech about Masaru's ´princely characteristics`.

Momoko blushed and nodded.

"I don't know if you have noticed… But he doesn't pay any attention to you…" Kaoru sighed "In fact, he and his friends had ignored us for the whole month they have been here" She stated, trying to knock some sense into her, but it was hopeless.

"Leave her alone Kaoru-san…" Miyako spoke softly "Don't destroy her dreams, Love is just too cute!"

"Whatever… I'll see you tomorrow in the school gates, bye!" Kaoru shouted as the three separated to go to their respective homes.

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"It's the worst day of my life… I'm too young to fail school" Makoto was resigned.

"Well… at least we can fail together…" said Masaru trying to comfort him.

"To fail school is not that bad" Kojiro had his hands in the back of his head "It's like being expelled, because you don't know your classmates and they are new to you…"

"Have you failed school before?" Masaru asked uncertainly.

"No… But I have been expelled so many times; you can say I have some experience in this"

"I understand… and you're right! I don't have to be worrying because of a stupid test! To hell with it!" Makoto decided.

"True! We don't have to worry at all!" Masaru continued in high spirits.

"And changing topic… it has been almost a month… And since then…" Kojiro muttered sadly, his partners looked depressed too.

"We hadn't been able to be the bad guys again, how disappointing…" Masaru said

"What do we have to do to become the Rowdyruff Boys Z again?" Makoto asked, making his friends stop dead on their tracks, they had begun to think about the answer as soon as possible.

"Maybe… we should make something mischievous and evil, that way we'll transform!" Masaru said excitedly.

"That might work but… What do we do? What is evil enough for us to transform?" Makoto wondered.

"We'll discover it sooner or later… I'm going home… see you tomorrow at that stupid field trip…" Kojiro walked away.

"Maybe we'll meet Mother there" Makoto laughed with Masaru.

The both went away to their homes.

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The next day, everyone was waiting their biology teacher, the one in charge of the field trip.

"Miyako-chan!"

"Momoko-san! It relieves me to see you here… I had been looking for Kaoru-san… Have you seen her?" She asked her friend.

"Not really… I hope she doesn't arrive too late, or we'll be taking notes on otters' evolution all alone… Did she tell you something yesterday?"

"Now you mention it… I remember now! She wanted to sign up for the School's soccer's A team! There are only three places this year, and they will be given to the best players in the school" Miyako smiled, it was a mixed team, Kaoru will be with mostly guys, and one girl, but maybe she would fall in love with a boy and act a little more girly "I'm sure that if the choice is between the field trip and signing up, she won't go with us today…"

"Oh, I see… I hope she gets the vacant, in any case, we'll wait until she arrives to congratulate or comfort her"

Both friends smile, wishing for Kaoru to make it.

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"Where is Kojiro? He told us he'll come to the field trip" Masaru exclaimed angrily.

"I think he said something about a soccer team… do you think he is signing up?" Makoto asked.

"Yeah, he said he wanted to do it… I don't think they let him in… he's just too much of a thug, he'd fight even the coach" Masaru snickered.

"You're right… But I don't think he'll make it… we'll have to be bored without him…"

The boys sigh in annoyance.

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Please review and I'll maybe have the next chapter by weekend