hoopsandyoyo42 - I never thought of that but now that you mentioned it grat idea. I have a special chapter planned that would pair well with that idea. Thank you!

Lucarian77 - Thank you! I agree with you, it's one of the reasons why I decided to start writing this fic.

Clarent excalibur - They can get closer but there will always be some kind of rivalry. Maybe they can band together to avoid her brother.

Zorua1 - Yeah, need to fix that. Don't know why I thought they were first years.

Egyptian dragon - I may introduce him earlier than in the anime, but I don't think I'll make him go for Lotus like that simply because it's too obvious and easy.

anonamus - I've got a chapter planned later down the line I think your gonna love.

Thank you to all the reviews, favorites, and follows. It's hard to keep up with who follows and favorites but thank you all!

This is Lotus

This is Saiki

This is Saiki and Lotus

~Thoughts of others~

It's Testing Time! - Pencil Dice the Ultimate Weapon!

"Lotus I'm truly grateful for everything."

"No problem it's no trouble."

Lotus sat before Ethan's computer having a video chat conversation with Joshua. They often talked so Joshua could gather more information about Lotus in order to write his Manga.

"The book is selling great! My boss loves it. It's really drawing in the female audience," Joshua explained

"Awesome. Manga shouldn't be limited by gender or age. It's something I think everyone should be able to enjoy," Lotus said

"I can't agree more. My Boss has been contemplating on some kind of promotional event later down the line. But he wants to know if you'd be involved?" Joshua asked

"Well...I'd have to think on it," Lotus said

"No worries. There's no rush. Just let me know. I want to keep you as in the loop as possible since the main character is basically you," Joshua said

"Got it. Thanks for the info," Lotus said

"Thank you. Talk to you later," Joshua said

"Bye." Lotus gave a small wave as the call ended.

"Here you are Lotus!" Ethan smiled presenting the girl with something.

"Oh wow, Ethan thank you! It looks great!" Lotus said

"Only the best for my little sister," Ethan said

In Ethan's hand was Lotus's Germanium ring but it was different. The ring had been redesigned so it had a spinning band. Ethan also added some engraving, putting Lotus's name on it as wells as carving in some flowers.

Lotus took the ring putting it on her finger. "It's a perfect fit."

"As it should be, now it won't slip off. Now spin the top part of the band so it locks in place," Ethan said

Lotus does what Ethan says and when the band goes in place all thoughts from others cease.

"It works!"

"Awesome! The ring's got a small opening on the inner part of the band that opens and closes when the outer band is turned. When it's open it allows the Germanium to touch your skin but when it's closed it's just a normal ring," Ethan explained

"It's perfect," Lotus said

"Ahh! Praise from little sister Lotus just makes me so happy! Today is gonna be a good day now that I have your blessing!" Ethan gushed

"Blessing?"

"I've grown rather accustomed to telepathy it makes a lot of things easier such as avoiding perverts. But even I need a break. Now I can finally go to bed without having dozens of thoughts flooding my brain." Lotus let out a grateful sigh. "I can also finally take a test the normal way. No more flooding thoughts. Perfect because its midterms time!"

"You have 50 minutes. No talking or messing around. I'll be watching the entire time. Start."

Everyone flipped over their test and the room was filled with the sound of pencils etching against paper.

"Alright."

Underneath her desk Lotus turned the ring on her finger and instantly the thoughts of her classmates were silenced.

"Let's ace this test!"

50 minutes later the test was over and it was time for the students next break. Students filtered out the room discussing the difficulty of the test.

Lotus smiled at her desk stretching her arms over her head as she twisted her ring back in place.

"I didn't understand a few but I think I did pretty well."

Saiki sat next to the girl stoic as ever.

Kaidou slid up next to the two. "You don't look happy." He spoke addressing Saiki.

"Oh, Kaidou."

"I don't wanna brag or anything but I totally aced it," Kaidou said

"Mad respect bro," Hairo said as he appeared

"Thank you. Did you do okay Hairo?" Kaidou asked

"If I didn't fail I'd be shocked. My fault though I didn't study," Hairo said

"Just a hunch but I bet his scores beat Hairo's."

"What about you Lotus?" Hairo asked

"I'm feeling pretty good about this one. Some of the stuff on the test was something that I learned at one of my previous schools," Lotus said

"Whoa, how lucky," Hairo said

"You guys are not alone. I didn't study for that stupid test either," Nendou spoke joining the conversation.

"Shocker."

"I'm not surprised," Kaidou said

Nendou laughed, "You take this stuff too seriously man."

The classroom door slid open and the teacher stood in the threshold of the doorway.

"Nendou listen up. Flunk three more tests and the school will be dragging you down a grade."

"Dragging him down!"

Nendou blankly stared at the teacher as if he didn't fully comprehend what he just said.

Kaidou placed a hand on Nendou's shoulder. "Don't worry. You won't have to treat us like your upperclassmen. We'll spare you the shame."

"No, wait! There's still time to improve your grades!" Hairo shouted

"Yeah and pigs will fly," Saiki said

"We'll save you Nendou!" Hairo said

"Hey….what does he mean by dragon down?" Nendou said

"I rest my case."

Lotus sweatdropped, "He really doesn't understand what's going on."

"Oooh, the test thing, right? Nah, don't worry about that." Nendou said

"Nendou, I'm part of the tutoring program. If you need help I can tutor you," Lotus offered

"Nah, I'm good," Nendou said

"No your not."

"Hey, don't brush off Warrior Queen Lotus like that when she offered you help that you so clearly need," Kaidou said

"Don't worry I've got a plan." Nendou pulled something of his pocket. "This."

He tossed a pencil on the table. The eraser end had been shaved off and several letters were written on the end. To put it in layman's term it was homemade dice.

Everyone stared at Nendou eyes blank faces vacant of any emotions.

"With this trick pencil I can't lose."

"He's toast." Everyone thought

The next period came which meant it was time for the next test. Lotus was having a bit of trouble concentrating simply because she kept glancing back at Nendou.

"He's seriously using that pencil."

"Yes its, I!" Nendou said aloud

"Be quite Nendou!" The Teacher scolded

"Come on I...yes!"

"Wait...huh?!"

Lotus glanced over her paper realizing the answers Nendou was getting from his dice pencil was correct. As she glanced back to look at Nendou her eyes passed over Saiki who appeared to be just as shocked as she was.

Lotus spun her ring. "Saiki, am I losing my mind or is Nendou's pencil rolling getting him the right answers."

"If you're going crazy then so am I."

"The heck is going on?" They thought together

Lotus and Saiki both looked over their shoulders to Nendou. Their eyes widened seeing a figure appear behind him.

"I get it now. Nendou's doing well because he's getting help...from his father's ghost."

Nendou's father floated about the room peeking at various test getting the right answers.

"Ghost don't remember their lives how does he know Nendou's his son? Let alone give him help," Saiki said

"You say that but then again there's my guardian spirit….."

Lotus glanced to the side seeing Helios sitting on a windowsill with his legs in a crisscross position. When he saw Lotus looking his way the spirit smiled broadly and waved fervently like an excited child.

When the Nendou's father had the correct answer he floated over to Nendou waiting for the boy to roll his pencil dice. When Nendou rolled the dice his father's spirit moved it so it landed on the correct answer.

"I'm just gonna ignore the ghosts in the room and finish my test."

When all the tests were done the rankings were posted outside the classrooms. Students flocked to see where they had placed amongst their peers.

Hairo and Kaidou gaped starting at the results.

"Out of 181 students, Nendou ranked 90th!"

"You're usually at the bottom. Explain," Kaidou demanded

"I just took it seriously," Nendou said

"You cheated admit it!" Kaidou said

"No you dork face! I used my B," Nendou smirked pointing to his head.

"I'm just assuming that means someone hit you on the head," Kaidou said

"Congrats Nendou! In my book beating 90 other students makes you a national hero!" Hairo said

Kineshi Hairo - 6th place

"Don't patronize him," Kaidou said

"I'm not I'm just being nice," Hairo said

"My test scores don't equal prowess on the battle field," Kaidou said

Shun Kaidou - 51st place

"~I studied all night!~" The depressing thoughts of Kaidou echoing.

"Hey nobody likes a sore loser," Nendou said

"I didn't lose to you 90 is a terrible sc-"

Kaidou stopped as all the guys look to Saiki.

Kusuo Saiki - 91st

"Sorry."

"Don't be. This is the exact ranking I was aiming for. Mission accomplished."

"That score isn't that bad," Kaidou said

"You did better than half the school," Hairo added

"Don't try to comfort me. I don't need it."

"So how'd you do Lotus?" Hairo asked

Everyone looked to the scores posted searching for the girl's name. When they located her name they spotted the number 4 next to her name.

"Whoa 4th place!" Kaidou said

"Top 5. That's great Lotus!" Hairo laughed giving the girl a friendly slap on the back.

"Thanks, my parents always say get a good education and gain as much knowledge as you can, because it's the one thing no one can ever take from you," Lotus said

"What a great philosophy," Hairo said

"Well the big thing we learned today was that this trick pencil my Dad once had really does work," Nendou said

"Wait your Dad left behind that lucky pencil for you?" Hairo questioned

"Yup," Nendou said

"That answers a few questions but raises so many more. Even the most minute things with Nendou is confusing."

"You said it."

"How'd you score that high just by rolling a pencil? Do you have powers?" Kaidou said

"Probably," Nendou said like it was no big deal.

"Well Saiki we made it through midterms what should we do?"

"Go home."

Lotus chuckled. "Come on Mr. Funny Man let's treat ourselves. Oh, I know you can come over to my house and you can try out this new recipe I've found."

"Using me as some kind of test subject huh?"

"Yup! That's what friend do, try each others cooking and be brutally honest if it tastes like crap."

"Fine."

"Great!"

Lotus hooked her arm with Saiki's and his breath hitched a tad but it went unnoticed by Lotus, although the girl herself had a happy small flush on her cheeks.

"Let's go!"

With arms intertwined the two psychic teleported away.