Side Story : Evaluation!
"Instructor Goto... can I ask you a question?" he waved his hand over his head, in class where Goto is teaching.
"Alright, go ahead..." Goto replies him.
"Why am I here?" he asked, and Goto shot him a glare.
"Nagi, stop asking me the same question... you enrolled in here and that's that..." Goto answers and turns his back at Nagi.
"Meh. I think I need to ask him again..." Nagi mumbles.
"Class dismissed. We will see you on the fields for training..." Goto said while packing up the documents on the table.
Nagi walked out of the class, and it was his second week there as a recruitment for the PSD. He was about to head to the locker room to change when he immediately change his mind and walks into the instructors room, and barge into Hideki's office.
"Ishigami senpai..." he calls out.
"Nagi... we agreed to not call me that here..." Hideki said without looking up from his work.
"Sigh... Instructor Ishigami, Nagi here to report..."
"Oh? What is it?"
"Just wanted to know, why was I enrolled in here without me knowing, Sir!"
Hideki stares at him for a little while before teasing him for it, "You enrolled yourself here. With your acknowledgement... so, I'm not sure of what you're trying to say..."
"Grr... why ya..." Nagi grumbles.
"Hey, I told you to be on the fields. What are you doing here?" Goto noticed Nagi in Hideki's office.
"Argh!" Nagi rubs his head and walks off.
"You sure it's alright to add him into the PSD?" Goto asked Hideki while his eyes was still staring at a very frustrated Nagi, walking away.
"He has what it takes... you have seen his files. So, why not add him here..." Hideki said as he went back to his work.
"Ha ha, I can't wait to duel with him in the dojo..." Soma says as he steps into the office.
Nagi was kicking the grass as he had changed into his sports attire. They were there to train in running, but he wasn't happy about how he was being treated in the academy.
"Nagi! Stop what you are doing and get your butt over here!" shouted another instructor and Nagi listened.
"The lot of you! Start running 10 rounds! No complains!!!"
"No complains, he says... get your butt over here, he says..." Nagi mumbled and rolled his eyes, but he did what he was told to do.
After his devious training, he went and hit the shower. There will be another class about tracking and equipment, he doesn't hate the subject - but he hated how everyone was treating him. He used to be popular in High School and through out college, however... being in the PSD academy, made him feel like he was a child. That's what annoyed him.
As his class started...
Ayumu was the one teaching it. Nagi and him doesn't see eye to eye in everything. They were like Kaga and Hideki, they annoyed each other.
"I see there's a certain leek that cared to join us in this class..." Ayumu stated and move to the front of the class.
"Well, this certain leek is very pungent and it's gonna make your eyes runny..." Nagi replied with a smile as he was seated in his seat.
After that agonizing class was over, he went back into his dorm room. They were given time to rest every once in a while, so he decided to call his sister to update her on his life of being a PSD trainee.
"Hi Nagi!" Shiki answered from the other side of the line.
"Neesan..." Nagi replied.
"Hm? You're feeling down. Are you OK?" she asked.
"Not really... I just ran 10 laps of their field today..."
"What?! That's a lot!"
"Yeah... but to compared to your fiance... it was nothing, or so he says..."
"Do you want him to cut some slack? I can tell him for you..."
"No... it's OK. It IS training, so... yeah..."
"But if you're not feeling that well, you can just quit and come back..." Shiki said worriedly, but she used the trigger word.
"Quit? Do you think I'm that weak?"
"Err... no. I just don't want you to get hurt, that's all..."
"I'm alright... well, I'll see you when I'm off... bye.." he hangs up the call.
The next day...
"What? Seriously?!" Nagi shouted as he holds the bamboo sword in his hand.
"Yes, I'm serious Nagi kun..." Soma replied and smiles at him before putting on his kendo helmet on.
"Wait, what?!" Nagi nervously puts his helmet on as well.
"I read your file. It states that you represented your school and state in kendo... so I'm trying it out..." Soma said through his helmet.
"... my file?"
"Yes, your file..."
"That was years ago!!!"
"But you still have the basics, right?"
"Ergh... ok. Here I go!"
Moments later...
"What is all the commotion about?" Namba asked as he pushed through the crowd of students in the dojo.
"It's Instructor Soma versus Nagi!" a student stated.
"Huh?" Namba was curious and looks at the match.
"Ha ha, Nagi kun... not bad..." said a panting Soma.
"You too..." Nagi replied and panted.
"Hey! What are you two doing?" Namba steps in.
"Ah, Namba san... I was trying out his skills..." Soma smiled and took off his helmet, and Nagi did the same.
"Well?" Namba raised his eyebrows.
"He is good..." Soma praised.
"Thank you, sir!" Nagi bows and thanked Soma.
"Ah! Is he the boy that was brought in by Hideki?" Namba just realized.
"Yes he is.. hey, Nagi. Go introduce yourself..." Soma pushed his back forward.
"Huh? Err... Aino Nagi from Fukuchiyma, sir!"
"Ha ha... good, good... you have another class to go to, am I right?"
"Yes, sir!"
Side story shall be continued...