The Grade Race
Prologue
Sango adjusted her shiny pink rimmed glasses as she intently focused on the paper in front of her. She flipped her pencil up and down between eraser and lead. She was having trouble with this one question on her science test! Sango cursed silently as her glasses slid down her petite nose yet again.
She sighed and poked her paper with the pencil. She decided on an answer she wasn't completely satisfied with, and handed the in the test just as the bell rang. Sango walked out into the hallway where other students were already starting to gather around the results board. She made her way to the front of the crowd where Ms. Kagura was posting the test results. She shot the children an icy, irritable glance, then walked away.
Sango was an overachiever, and she was seemingly perfect at school. But it truth, she was just trying to live up to her parents' expectations. Her little brother, Kohaku, was a super genius, and their parents' favorite. They always looked down on Sango for not being as good as Kohaku. But Sango didn't blame Kohaku for that; she loved him dearly. He was such a sweet boy.
Now, Sango stood before the results board with bated breath, waiting to see her name beside number one. She was the best. She had always been. She grinned widely, but it faltered instantly when she saw her name by not number one, but number two.
She stood there gaping for a moment, and then her eyes narrowed dangerously. Out beside number one, where her name should have been. Miroku Houriki was scribbled. Sango didn't recognize that name, and she knew everyone in the school. She had gotten topped… by a new student! Could things get any worse?
Sango would soon fin out the answer to that was yes, when a certain lavender-gray eyed, black haired male sidled up to the results board.