A/N This will all be in Summer/Minami's P.O.V.
I sighed. Today, a Thursday, I had to go back to school, even though I'm already at the highest rank. I didn't bother brushing my hair as usual since my spikes were already there. I changed into the new school uniform which was only for Top Rangers. Instead of green, blue, and orange, it was black, neon green, and sky blue. I got there early so I went to the girls' dorm to relax. In the room, there was another girl. She had blue eyes and spiky pigtails.
"Hi!" I said. "My name's Summer Minami, Top Ranger! Who are you?"
"I'm Kate Hitomi! I'm also a Top Ranger. Do you have any idea why we're back in school again?" I smiled. There was someone else who didn't know what was going on!
"I have no clue, either." All of a sudden, the bell rang. I groaned.
"Oh man. I hope I have Ms. April!" Kate giggled.
"You do! I do too!"
"That's cool! Wait, how did you know that?" She pointed to a wrinkled letter sticking out of my backpack. It said that I had Ms. April for a teacher. So that's what the paper I shoved into my backpack was. Whoops. Kate and I rushed down to the hall together to find that Principal Lamont was speaking for an assembly. We found a place to stand as he spoke.
"Good morning, students! Now, Top Rangers, I know you're confused about why you are here again, but let me explain. Since everything is peaceful around here, you are going back to school to improve even more, in case worse evil societies show up again. You will be separated from your younger peers as they will be going to Mr. August's class who is replacing Mr. Kincaid. Also, the younger students are being moved into dorms newly built in the basement, so you will sleep where you have slept when you first came. Now you may walk to your classrooms." When we got in class, Ms. April had let everyone choose their own seats. I sat at Table 1 between Kate and a girl with a blue, upside-down ponytail. At Table 2 were Ben and three other boys I didn't recognize. Sitting at Table 3 were a curly blonde, a boy with a blonde mushroom haircut, and two other students that I only got a glance at when Ms. April cleared her throat.
"Class, please come up to introduce yourselves." I learned that the blue haired girl is Solana Hinata, the boy with the Buizel haircut is Kellyn Hajime, the one with spikes is Keith Dazuru, the dark blue haired boy was Lunick Kazuki, the blonde girl is Rythimi, the blonde boy is Isaac, and the two others are Tina and Roy. I said my name too, Summer Minami. Next, we were assigned a group project and Ms. April decided to choose for us.
We were all nervous but then she started laughing and said, "You guys chose your seats, which are close to your friends, so for the rest of school, your group is your table!" We weren't friends since no one really knew each other but I guess it was a good idea.
But I knew for sure we were friends when Kate said, "Yeah! Best friends forever!" Solana was kinda happy over it too, so I decided I should join in on their cheerfulness. The assignment was to conduct a survey of the younger students to see if they wanted to be rangers, mechanics, or operators. Most wanted to become rangers, then the second best was operators, and last were mechanics. Our group was the first to finish, so Solana put out her palm so we could high-five. Turns out Table 2's survey was about ice cream flavors and Table 3's was about favorite Pokémon Types. We were about to sneak outside for a little when the bell rang. The school day was over. I went to Ascension Square with Solana and Kate and we chatted for a while.
"So do you guys wanna hang out on Saturday?" Kate asked.
"Yes!" exclaimed Solana. "School is so boring! But where should we go?" We thought for a while.
"How about that new arcade they're setting up at the base in Vien Town?" I suggested.
"Sure!" said Solana.
"So here are the personalities." Kate started. "Kellyn is a serious person and hates dirtiness. Once, I touched his newspaper with dirty hands, and he got all pissed. He scrubbed my hands so hard, I thought they were gonna be ground into dust! And don't get me started on Keith! He's a horrible prankster. But the thing is…" She looked around. "He's afraid of the dark!" We all fell back and laughed. It was Solana's turn.
"Lunick is such a ladies' man. I think he must be Sven's twin brother! And when I first met him, I thought his name was Lunatic so I called him that and he got all mad."
"Ben's like your average slightly older brother." I said. "He can be a weirdo that you wanna say 'I don't know him' at times." Once again, we started laughing. I got an idea.
"Hey guys. We're friends right?"
"Yeah."
"'Course."
"Then let's make a new pledge!" Their eyes lit up.
"We're in!" Solana said.
"We pledge to be best friends forever and the best rangers as well!" Then we high-fived. I wasn't done with reviewing Target Clears and Poké Assists so when Kate and Solana left, I went to the library. No one else was there besides the librarian, so I just grabbed a few books and started reading. After a while I got tired and fell asleep. When I woke up, it was 10:32. The room was dark, and if it weren't for the librarian, I think it would be creepier. God, am I turning into Keith? It was pretty cold too so I decided to head for the dorms. I went upstairs where everyone was just getting ready to sleep. I think I slept for about an hour, give or take some minutes, when Kate woke me up.
"Summer. Summer! SUMMER!"
"Five more minutes, mom!" She rolled me off the bed.
"Hurry! You and Ben have to take the new Tests of Courage!" A new Test of Courage? What's that? We met up with the other Top Rangers as they explained what it was.
"We've hidden five stylers around the school this time. This time it's our stylers, so bring them back to us, not the basement." Everyone else had done this, so I agreed.
"You should've seen Keith!" Kate starts. "He was scared of a Bidoof!" She rolls over, laughing. Keith's face turned red.
"A-a-at least I didn't drop the stylers like Kellyn!"
"My hands were too dirty to carry them! The teachers would've noticed!" Kellyn protests. I roll my eyes.
Ben says, "Er…can we go now?" They nod and we sneak downstairs. We get all the stylers easily and bring them back to our friends. They reattach them to their arms, walk into the dorms, and go to sleep. I watched the other girls sleep and became tired myself. It took me a while to get comfortable under the covers, but as soon as I did, I drifted off into sleep. I should've known the world had been too peaceful when I woke up from a loud explosion.
A/N *Gasp* A cliffhanger! Sorry about the short chapter. It'll be longer next time.
I know, the new Tests of Courage aren't that hard XD Tina and Roy are the random classmates that are probably mechanics. There is another ranger rank: Legendary Ranger.
Obliviashipping, Almiashipping, Vatonageshipping, and Rangershipping are awesome! Bye!
~Shinju-chu
