Prologue: THE HONNIOUJI ACADEMY: FIRST CLASS HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATORY SUMMER PROGRAM!

The house had gone silent, Shinji's guardians the type of people who'd turn in early and expect their ward to do the same, though it was very rare for him to conform to said expectation. His lights where dimmed, his curtains closed, and a rarely used blanket was folded across the bottom of his door. He'd never been caught, and he swore he never would be, for he treasured this time far to much to lose it due to something as stupid as a lack caution from his part. This space of time, between eight and twelve, where the four hours of the day he treasured most, the four hours of the day that where his to do with as he wished.

And, as always, as was one of the few things Shinji saw meaning in in life, Shinji wished to do good by his friends.

About half a year ago, Shinji had been given two little leather bound booklets, one, a rule book, the other, a kind of brochure, and he had simply been instructed to "GO."

And Shinji Ikari would make sure he made the most of his friends gift and attend...

'THE HONNIOUJI ACADEMY: FIRST CLASS HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATORY SUMMER PROGRAM!'

He'd never get tired of reading that, no matter how softly he whispered it, even if he didn't even say the words, or even if his eyes simply glanced over to his desk and simply caught the title on the small little leather bound booklet. Massive red letters would instantly explode into being and a booming voice would scream the words from seemingly everywhere and nowhere.

He'd feared once that the booming voice would wake his guardians, but they where hard to wake, and not even the transcendental voice of this Ira Gamagori kid could wake them.

"This booklet is designed for prospective attendees of THE HONNIOUJI ACADEMY: FIRST CLASS HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATORY SUMMER PROGRAM! I, IRA GOMAGORI HEAD OF THE HONNIOUJI ACADEMY DISCIPLINARY COMITTEE have outlined what is to be expected of each and every prospective student pre enrollment within this booklet, and all things expected of a student post enrollment in the other book you should have received."

"THE HONNIOUJI ACADEMY: FIRST CLASS HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATORY SUMMER PROGRAM!..." Every time he read it, the floating red Kanji returned, seemingly twice the size as before "...will be divided into three separate Phases, this pamphlet will chiefly cover Phase 1: Placement, the other phases will be covered in similar pamphlets one will receive after they have been accepted into the program."

"Placement will occur before the program's official start on may 31st, Between the months of November and April, Honniouji Academy will be both sending out studying syllabi for the class placement tests to students who have applied for those materials, as well as hosting tests at pre-selected testing locations throughout the countries listed on page eight, since this is the Japanese edition of the booklet there will be a detailed map of testing locations throughout Japan on page 7..."

"...The results of your tests will determine your placement within Honniouji, bellow is a chart detailing the caste system of Honniouji and what is required for each category and subcategory in length, but here is a quick overview of the system, and what is required for each rank..."

"No Star."

"Scoring a minimum of 95% on all the mandatory tests, and a minimum of 90% on whatever the four student selected "subject unique" tests is required to even be allowed entry into the program, this class will most likely be the most afflicted by crowding, so expect further culling based off of both Academic and Disciplinary criteria..."

"ONE STAR!"

"...recipients of any of the star ranks will be awarded corresponding uniforms, all of which will be formally presented to their recipients at THE HONNIOUJI ACADEMY: GRAND OPENING CEREMONY!"

"...For those who score a minimum of 100% on all mandatory tests, and a minimum of 100% on whatever the four student selected "subject unique" tests is required , achieving this, you will be awarded the rank and entered into the class known as "ONE STAR!", you will be an example to the rest of the world as to what their definition of a perfect student is, prodigal is the word the world will ascribe to you, but "ONE STAR!" shall be what you will be defined as in Honniouji..."

"TWO STAR!"

"...For those who go even further beyond that, and achieve a minimum score of 110% on all mandatory tests, a minimum of 110% on three of the student selected "subject unique" tests, and a minimum of a 125% on the student selected "specialized subject" test, as well as a personal interview with whomever is the head of the department that the "specialized subject" test falls under, interviews that will be conducted one week before the formal start of THE HONNIOUJI ACADEMY: FIRST CLASS HIGH SCHOOL PREPARATORY SUMMER PROGRAM! if all criteria are met and you are given the OK by the department head you spoke to, you will be awarded a place in the class known as "TWO STAR." You will be among the ranks of greatness never before seen by the human race, and as such we will expect a maintaining of ones academic and disciplinary ability at a similar minimum of ones testing results."

"Three Star."

Whatever power, or interest, that had been in the transcendental and ever present voice disappeared then, replaced now with, what Shinji thought at least, boredom.

"...For those who achieve a minimum score of..." the spooky ghost voice of Gamagori was quiet for a moment, Shinji guessed he was thinking or something. "...700% on ALL tests provided by Honniouji Academy during the designated testing period, ALL mandatory tests, ALL "subject unique" tests, and ALL"specialized subject" tests will be required, if these criteria are met you will be awarded the rank of three star and be given..." Again the voice was quiet. "...how about..." their was a snap, fingers snapping shinji assumed. "...a personal one hour meeting with LADY STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT SATSUKI KYRYUIN! as well as personally being awarded your fitted three star uniform by LADY STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT SATSUKI KYRYUIN! at the HONNIOUJI ACADEMY GRAND OPENING CEREMONY!"

their was a sigh from transcendental Gamagori.

"...recipient/recipients..." Shinji heard the unseen kid chuckle. "...of the rank of "Three Star" please arrive a week before the formal start of the program to get your uniform/uniforms fitted."

Shinji had gotten the results back for his last test that morning.

He was going to be a "Three star"