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Jenashu: Oi everybody!! I know, I know, it's been FOREVER since I posted my chapter, but here it is!! So everybody enjoy! Now the WSC really starts! Today's event is: the Academic Challenge!
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Matt's Jealousy Lesson
Bzzz! "Queen Elizabeth!"
Bzz! "1826!"
Jen smiled happily. Once again, Izzy was racking up points in the Academic Challenge. However, she admitted, the buzzer sound was starting to drive her mad. She was getting bored, as this contest wasn't the most exciting one. Finally! she thought when the last question was answered.
"Odaiba High wins round one!" a judge shouted. The Odaiba High students stood up and cheered wildly.
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"Izzy, once again, you were the best!" Jen told him as he walked up to her in a hallway. Izzy smiled at her and reached his hand out. But before Jen could grasp it, the next two teams were called on an intercom. "Hey, Izzy! Garu's up now! Let's go watch!"
"Yeah, sure," Izzy replied, trying to hide the bitterness in his voice. I hope he loses, Izzy thought angrily. The less reasons there were for Jen to praise Garu, the better.
Bzz! "Pholem!"
Bzz! "The pallisade layer!"
"Wow," Jen said in amazement, "Garu's kicking butt up there!". Izzy nodded and sank bitterly in his seat. He grew even angrier when Garu's school was announced the winner. Well, actually, that's not so bad...Izzy consoled himself. At least I'll be able to cream him if he makes it to the finals...
However, Izzy grew more and more nervous as both his team and Garu's advanced level after level. Now the whole thing was personal; if Izzy goofed and Garu won, well... Izzy didn't even want to think about that. And, as Izzy had mentioned earlier, stage performances weren't exactly his thing; Garu, of course, seemed perfectly fine with sitting before thousands of people.
(A/N: Okay, everyone! Got your scorecards??? Than let the games begin!!)
"Yes!!!," Jen cried happily when Odaiba High won another round. Garu's school advanced after him, and, to Jen's horror, Garu and Izzy sat across from each other on the stage.
"The final round will begin after a 20 minute intermission. We request that our two competing boards be back five minutes early," the head judge announced.
What should I say to them? Jen wondered as she sat frozen in her seat. I know! Good luck Garu...um...Make sure you beat them, Izzy? That sounds terribly mean! Okay, okay...Since Izzy's in my school and all, I want him to win, you understand that, right Garu? Oh, very nice...Let's see... Maybe I'll just say good luck to both of them and tell Izzy to win in private? Well, that's better than everything else so far...
Jen's musings were interupted by a familiar voice. "Jen, are you daydreaming? Come on, everyone's going to get sodas and stuff," Matt said as he shook her shoulder. Jen gasped and looked up at him.
"Sorry, I was thinking," Jen said as she stood up. Matt gave her a very serious look.
"Jen, I have to talk to you," he declaired. Jen nodded slowly as she realized that whatever Matt wanted to talk about was important. She hadn't seen the serious look he gave her for quite a while.
"Allow me to be blunt," Matt said when the auiditorium was completely empty. "Whatever happened with you and Garu, it's making Izzy jealous. I don't think you meant for that to happen, but just be careful how you treat the two of them until this is over."
Jen gawked at him for a moment before she could speak. "Jealous? But...nothing that would make Izzy jealous happ-oh...wait..." she trailed off. The image of Garu kissing her cheeks flashed vividly across her mind. Then she remembered how she had stared into Garu's eyes and hadn't even realized that Izzy was with her. Matt looked at her and realized that his words had had the appropriate effect. He stood up to leave, but turned around for a moment when Jen spoke.
"But...I love Izzy..." she told him. Matt looked at Jen's pained face and wondered if he had brought too much guilt upon the girl.
"Hey, don't sweat it. He loves you too. The problem is that Garu does as well. Do what's right, Jen," Matt said, turning around again to leave.
"Thanks, Matt..."
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"Jen, over here," Izzy called when he saw her. Jen's face brightened immediately. She sat beside him in a booth and cuddled against him. Izzy blushed heavily but was quite pleased.
"Food's actually pretty good here," Tai said as he slid into the cushy seats across for Jen and Izzy. The redhead gave him a strange look.
"Tai...you do know this is an intermission, not a lunch break. I don't think you can eat all of that in the 15 minutes that you have left," Izzy pointed out, nodding his head at the tremendous pile of food in front of Tai.
"That means you only have ten minutes left," Jen said with a sigh. "Oh well, I'm up after this, and when that's done the two of us won't have to worry about competing any more." She cuddled Izzy agan affectionately.
"R-right," Izzy said as he slowly placed his arm around Jen's shoulder. Tai rolled his eyes when he was sure that Jen and Izzy were too busy to notice it.
"Good luck," Jen said after a long pause. Then she leaned very close to Izzy; he could feel her warm breath against his ear when she whispered, "I'm rooting for you, Izzy-Chan. You can win!"
"Thanks..." Izzy replied softly. Tai cleared his throat loudly, causing the couple to jump. Izzy stared at him before realizing that maybe a cafeteria full of people wasn't the best place flaunt a relationship. "Umm, I have to go..." Izzy said. Jen sighed and stood up so Izzy could get out of the booth.
"Good luck again! You'll do great," Jen assured him. Izzy smiled and gave her a quick hug before hurrying to the auiditorium. Jen jumped in surprise when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She spun around to see Garu.
"Good luck. Do your best," Jen said cheerfully. Garu smiled at her, mistaking her still-red face as a good sign.
"I don't know. If I do my best, then your friend might not stand a chance," he said confidently. Jen's expression grew angry.
"Izzy's a genius. He'll be more than a challenge for sure," Jen said as she turned away from Garu and flicked some of her long hair over her shoulder in an annoyed gesture. Garu shrugged and walked past her.
"Well, see you later," he said as he turned to face her again. Jen knew what was coming this time, and before Garu could lean close to her face, she smiled and walked away. Garu stared after her with a very puzzled look.
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Jen grabbed her arm rests and frowned. The final round of the Academic Challenge was like a tennis match; Izzy scored, Garu scored, Izzy scored, Garu scored...Jen was getting anxious.
"Well," the head judge said after the final round was over, "this is unusual. We have a tied score! So, we'll have to ask one last question. Write down how many points you'd like to wager on your answer. Here's the question..."
Oh no, I hate dates...Jen thought when she heard the words "what year". Come on, Izzy, come on!!!!
"So, will the French Academic Board please give your answer," the judge said. Garu stood up.
"1956."
"Now, will the Japan Academic Board please give your answer," the judge asked. Izzy stood up as tall as he could.
"1956."
"Oh my, those are both the correct answers! We have the boards that your bets were placed upon, so it all comes down to who bet the most!"
Jen was biting her fingernails at this point. The whole auidiance was completely silent and staring at the head judge.
"The French Academic Board has bet 5,000 points." the judge said as he held up the French board. Then he reached for the Japanease board. "The Japanease Academic Board has bet...5,000 and 1 points! The Japanease Academic Board are the winners!" A deafening cheer sounded from the Odaiba High students as they worked their way to the front of the stage.
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Izzy, Jen, and Tai sat squished in one side of a booth while Sora and Matt shared the other. "Okay," Matt said as he paused from eating his dinner, "how did you know to put a one on the end?"
The red head smiled modestly. "Well, one of the...slightly dense members of the French Academic Board repeated their bet quite loudly, and I overheard. I knew my answer was correct, so I made our bet 5,001 points to make the Academic Challenge a bit memorable." he said.
"I knew you would win!" Jen said happily. "And tomorrow's my turn!"
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Jenashu: There you have it! Well, remember what I said about the scorecards?? I was being completely serious. Tell me in a review why you think Izzy or Garu should get a point (or maybe why they should have some deducted). We'll make a game out of this. I can't wait to see the finished scorecard!!
Jenashu: Oi everybody!! I know, I know, it's been FOREVER since I posted my chapter, but here it is!! So everybody enjoy! Now the WSC really starts! Today's event is: the Academic Challenge!
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Matt's Jealousy Lesson
Bzzz! "Queen Elizabeth!"
Bzz! "1826!"
Jen smiled happily. Once again, Izzy was racking up points in the Academic Challenge. However, she admitted, the buzzer sound was starting to drive her mad. She was getting bored, as this contest wasn't the most exciting one. Finally! she thought when the last question was answered.
"Odaiba High wins round one!" a judge shouted. The Odaiba High students stood up and cheered wildly.
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"Izzy, once again, you were the best!" Jen told him as he walked up to her in a hallway. Izzy smiled at her and reached his hand out. But before Jen could grasp it, the next two teams were called on an intercom. "Hey, Izzy! Garu's up now! Let's go watch!"
"Yeah, sure," Izzy replied, trying to hide the bitterness in his voice. I hope he loses, Izzy thought angrily. The less reasons there were for Jen to praise Garu, the better.
Bzz! "Pholem!"
Bzz! "The pallisade layer!"
"Wow," Jen said in amazement, "Garu's kicking butt up there!". Izzy nodded and sank bitterly in his seat. He grew even angrier when Garu's school was announced the winner. Well, actually, that's not so bad...Izzy consoled himself. At least I'll be able to cream him if he makes it to the finals...
However, Izzy grew more and more nervous as both his team and Garu's advanced level after level. Now the whole thing was personal; if Izzy goofed and Garu won, well... Izzy didn't even want to think about that. And, as Izzy had mentioned earlier, stage performances weren't exactly his thing; Garu, of course, seemed perfectly fine with sitting before thousands of people.
(A/N: Okay, everyone! Got your scorecards??? Than let the games begin!!)
"Yes!!!," Jen cried happily when Odaiba High won another round. Garu's school advanced after him, and, to Jen's horror, Garu and Izzy sat across from each other on the stage.
"The final round will begin after a 20 minute intermission. We request that our two competing boards be back five minutes early," the head judge announced.
What should I say to them? Jen wondered as she sat frozen in her seat. I know! Good luck Garu...um...Make sure you beat them, Izzy? That sounds terribly mean! Okay, okay...Since Izzy's in my school and all, I want him to win, you understand that, right Garu? Oh, very nice...Let's see... Maybe I'll just say good luck to both of them and tell Izzy to win in private? Well, that's better than everything else so far...
Jen's musings were interupted by a familiar voice. "Jen, are you daydreaming? Come on, everyone's going to get sodas and stuff," Matt said as he shook her shoulder. Jen gasped and looked up at him.
"Sorry, I was thinking," Jen said as she stood up. Matt gave her a very serious look.
"Jen, I have to talk to you," he declaired. Jen nodded slowly as she realized that whatever Matt wanted to talk about was important. She hadn't seen the serious look he gave her for quite a while.
"Allow me to be blunt," Matt said when the auiditorium was completely empty. "Whatever happened with you and Garu, it's making Izzy jealous. I don't think you meant for that to happen, but just be careful how you treat the two of them until this is over."
Jen gawked at him for a moment before she could speak. "Jealous? But...nothing that would make Izzy jealous happ-oh...wait..." she trailed off. The image of Garu kissing her cheeks flashed vividly across her mind. Then she remembered how she had stared into Garu's eyes and hadn't even realized that Izzy was with her. Matt looked at her and realized that his words had had the appropriate effect. He stood up to leave, but turned around for a moment when Jen spoke.
"But...I love Izzy..." she told him. Matt looked at Jen's pained face and wondered if he had brought too much guilt upon the girl.
"Hey, don't sweat it. He loves you too. The problem is that Garu does as well. Do what's right, Jen," Matt said, turning around again to leave.
"Thanks, Matt..."
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"Jen, over here," Izzy called when he saw her. Jen's face brightened immediately. She sat beside him in a booth and cuddled against him. Izzy blushed heavily but was quite pleased.
"Food's actually pretty good here," Tai said as he slid into the cushy seats across for Jen and Izzy. The redhead gave him a strange look.
"Tai...you do know this is an intermission, not a lunch break. I don't think you can eat all of that in the 15 minutes that you have left," Izzy pointed out, nodding his head at the tremendous pile of food in front of Tai.
"That means you only have ten minutes left," Jen said with a sigh. "Oh well, I'm up after this, and when that's done the two of us won't have to worry about competing any more." She cuddled Izzy agan affectionately.
"R-right," Izzy said as he slowly placed his arm around Jen's shoulder. Tai rolled his eyes when he was sure that Jen and Izzy were too busy to notice it.
"Good luck," Jen said after a long pause. Then she leaned very close to Izzy; he could feel her warm breath against his ear when she whispered, "I'm rooting for you, Izzy-Chan. You can win!"
"Thanks..." Izzy replied softly. Tai cleared his throat loudly, causing the couple to jump. Izzy stared at him before realizing that maybe a cafeteria full of people wasn't the best place flaunt a relationship. "Umm, I have to go..." Izzy said. Jen sighed and stood up so Izzy could get out of the booth.
"Good luck again! You'll do great," Jen assured him. Izzy smiled and gave her a quick hug before hurrying to the auiditorium. Jen jumped in surprise when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She spun around to see Garu.
"Good luck. Do your best," Jen said cheerfully. Garu smiled at her, mistaking her still-red face as a good sign.
"I don't know. If I do my best, then your friend might not stand a chance," he said confidently. Jen's expression grew angry.
"Izzy's a genius. He'll be more than a challenge for sure," Jen said as she turned away from Garu and flicked some of her long hair over her shoulder in an annoyed gesture. Garu shrugged and walked past her.
"Well, see you later," he said as he turned to face her again. Jen knew what was coming this time, and before Garu could lean close to her face, she smiled and walked away. Garu stared after her with a very puzzled look.
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Jen grabbed her arm rests and frowned. The final round of the Academic Challenge was like a tennis match; Izzy scored, Garu scored, Izzy scored, Garu scored...Jen was getting anxious.
"Well," the head judge said after the final round was over, "this is unusual. We have a tied score! So, we'll have to ask one last question. Write down how many points you'd like to wager on your answer. Here's the question..."
Oh no, I hate dates...Jen thought when she heard the words "what year". Come on, Izzy, come on!!!!
"So, will the French Academic Board please give your answer," the judge said. Garu stood up.
"1956."
"Now, will the Japan Academic Board please give your answer," the judge asked. Izzy stood up as tall as he could.
"1956."
"Oh my, those are both the correct answers! We have the boards that your bets were placed upon, so it all comes down to who bet the most!"
Jen was biting her fingernails at this point. The whole auidiance was completely silent and staring at the head judge.
"The French Academic Board has bet 5,000 points." the judge said as he held up the French board. Then he reached for the Japanease board. "The Japanease Academic Board has bet...5,000 and 1 points! The Japanease Academic Board are the winners!" A deafening cheer sounded from the Odaiba High students as they worked their way to the front of the stage.
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Izzy, Jen, and Tai sat squished in one side of a booth while Sora and Matt shared the other. "Okay," Matt said as he paused from eating his dinner, "how did you know to put a one on the end?"
The red head smiled modestly. "Well, one of the...slightly dense members of the French Academic Board repeated their bet quite loudly, and I overheard. I knew my answer was correct, so I made our bet 5,001 points to make the Academic Challenge a bit memorable." he said.
"I knew you would win!" Jen said happily. "And tomorrow's my turn!"
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Jenashu: There you have it! Well, remember what I said about the scorecards?? I was being completely serious. Tell me in a review why you think Izzy or Garu should get a point (or maybe why they should have some deducted). We'll make a game out of this. I can't wait to see the finished scorecard!!