Ben, Gwen, and Ifrit walked in through the gate. Of course, Ifrit had to jump over the gate. This caused a small earthquake.
"Well, the time has come for me to be assigned to you." said Ifrit to Ben. Red stars flickered over Ifrit and Ben. Ifrit slowly began to fade away. He finally disappeared, and the stars on Ben disappeared as well.

"Whoa..." said Ben, amazed by it all.

"Well, go and get changed." said Gwen, and she ran in.

Ben began to protest, but he realised it would be useless. He simply ran in also.

Ben got to the Directory, and chose [Dorms]. He was then transported to his Dormitory. He changed into his SeeD uniform, and then began to walk back to the lobby.

Gwen was waiting next to the Dormitory. Ben was in front of her.

"Well, here's your exam. Of course you'll be paired with someone else. Kevin. Kevin E. Levin. I'm sure you know him." said Gwen.

Ben shuddered. He got a sudden flashback of Kevin's mutations, teaming with Vilgax...

Kevin jumped in, throwing punches, and doing a back-flip along the way. He landed in the lobby.

"Hey, there!" said Kevin, holding out his hand.

Ben looked at Kevin, and turned back to Gwen. "Can't I change partners?" he asked.

Gwen shook her head. "Sorry, that's not possible." she said.

Kevin looked at them both. "Hey, what's up? Is it because Albedo whupped you this morning? Well, I don't like him, either!" said Kevin.

"Well, he didn't exactly win me fair. He used Magic. It was physical combat." answered Ben.

Gwen cleared her throat. Ben and Kevin looked at her. "Umm...that Albedo your talking about...he's your squad leader." said Gwen.

Kevin shook with rage. "WHAT...THE-"

"Yeah. I am." said Albedo, who just walked in.

Kevin turned around, and shook his fists at Albedo.

Grandpa Max walked into the lobby.

"Well, today is your exam. Some of you may fail, some of you may win. Victory and defeat come hand in hand. If you do not win against the enemy, the other squad will. They always get the job done. Well, at least that's one worry off your mind. Now,

GO!" said Grandpa Max, making a hand signal.