Ayanokouji POV
Our class instantaneously surpassed Class A as well as most of us getting a lot of private points. The top 5 students that had the most private points right now are Yuuichi, Kei, Tatsuya, Ryuzaki, and Lelouch based on the number of points they got from the exam.
I made it to my classroom, and I noticed immediately that Houtarou is asleep. No surprises there but some of the others are quite tired like Miyuki and Karma. I guess the trip was long and they did tell us that they stayed up all night after all, so it makes sense.
Shigeru-sensei arrived has arrived with some papers as the class begin to wake themselves up.
"Good morning students, I'm sure that some of you got a good night sleep before this"
"What sleep, some of us barely had it" Miyuki said yawning
"Sorry but you always look like that you never slept; I mean you always have bags on your eyes so we can't tell the difference" Sora said teasingly
"haha good one Sora-san" Kei chuckled
"Okay enough jokes, anyways I congratulate you all in making it pass Class A. As of now your class is now on top of every class in school"
As he congratulated us, everyone gave some claps even if some of them were tired.
"Come on you should all be livelier than this, anyways today marks the second semester of this year. There will be more P.E classes than usual this time around because from now until the end of September will be the preparation of the sports festival."
As soon as sensei uttered the words "sports festival" there was a change among the students. Some of the athletic students such as Karma, Suzaku, Light, and Kei are excited while those less athletic students like Sora, Miyuki, Lelouch, and Houtarou let out some groans.
"Is this a special exam sensei?" I asked
"Yes, but since there is a fifth class unfortunately, we have to divide the class into two groups for this year's sports festival"
As sensei said those words, chaos erupted in the classroom. each and every one of us are now thinking of different loopholes and curveballs in which that could allow us to work together
"So, hold on sensei you mean we will all be divided in which we end up competing against each other?" Karma asked
"You could say that, since there would be problems if there are 18 of you against the two teams which will be divided from all classes which also includes the 2nd and 3rd years" sensei replied
"I see so if I guess correctly, this means that the four classes will be divided into two teams with two classes on one team and the other two as the opposing team." Yumeko said
"Good guess Yumeko but since in this case with the 1st years having a 5th class. We will be dividing you 18 into two teams. 9 on the red team and the other 9 on the white team"
"So, this means that half of us is going to be assigned into one team as well as the other?" Kazuto asked1
"Exactly, the sports festival will be dividing all school years into two separate groups and having them compete with each other. In every grade apart from yours. Classes B and C will be the white team and Classes A and D will be on the red team. however, since there is a Class S and luckily the number of students here are proportional. Then that means 9 of you will be on the white team and the other 9 will be on the red team"
I see since there is a fifth class, it would be tough for it to organize the teams normally but by dividing us into separate groups will allow it to be easier
"I see, so this means there will be 9 of us against the other 9? now that's an interesting shake-up" Kei said excitingly
He's right, the premise of the previous exams has been going up against other classes but now it's a team vs team situation rather than class vs class. Additionally combined with the 2nd and 3rd years, the previous exams have been local to each year which is why the previous two exams didn't have the 2nd and 3rd years.
"Anyways I shall begin handing out the guidelines of the sports festival" sensei said as he handed all of us the printout of the guidelines.
Guidelines for the sports festival
The sports festival will consist of dividing all school years between red and white team
Red team: Class A, Class D
White team: Class B, Class C
In the case of the first years, Class S will be distributed evenly amongst the two teams for the purposes of this sports festival
Allocation of points based on individual events (universal competitions)
-1st place: 15 points
-2nd place: 12 points
-3rd place: 10 points
-4th place: 8 points
-5th or lower: 1 point deduction
For team competitions, the winning team receives 500 points.
Allocation of points based on recommended competitions only
-1st place: 50 points
-2nd place: 30 points
-3rd place: 15 points
-4th place: 10 points
-5th or lower: 2-point deduction
The relay which will be the final competition will award double the points
Allocation of points for the outcome of red team vs white team
For the totality of all school years. For the losing team, 100 points will be deducted equally from their class points for all years.
Allocation of points within separate school years.
Each class will also be ranked based on their total performance.
The class that takes first place receives 50 class points
The class that takes second place receive no change in class points
The class that takes third place will be deducted 50 class points
The class that takes 5th or lower will be deducted 100 class points
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"Ohh I get it, even though the winning team has no actual reward, this means that the only reward here is class points huh?" Kei said
"Yes, and as long as the losing class drops down in points, that will be enough of a win for us" Yuuichi said
They're not wrong since class points can be increased or decreased based on your standings. This means we either need to be in 2nd place or take 1st place as much as possible.
"Not only that, if a class does end up in 3rd or below. Then that means that class will take a big hit" Light said
"So, this means there is a possibility that we might drop down in points to the point that our progress has been lost?" Tatsuya asked
"But hold on sensei, since Class S will be divided into two teams, how would our class point scoring work with us?" Kaguya asked
"Well, if you look at the guidelines on the next paper which are unique to Class S" Shigeru-sensei said as we checked out the next paper.
Rules exclusive to Class S for their allocation of class points
Students from Class S which are on separate teams will inherit a percentage of class points on the temporary team they join gains or loses depending on their performance in their respective teams.
The students' scores from their separate teams at the end of the sports festival are ranked based on their performance. They'll receive a percentage of the total class points gained equal to the percentile in which average of their individual rankings
In the event where a team loses. Class S will endure losing a percentage of their points equal to the inverse percentile in which average of their individual rankings.
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"Hold on this means that if one of the teams loses then we'll still lose points!?" Karma spoke
"Yes, this means that no matter what. Class S has to perform better on the other team in case the other falters" Lelouch said
"So, we have to consistently win our events so that even on the losing team we can still gain more class points and potentially reducing the rest of the other classes points" Kei explained as the rest understood what he said
In a situation like this, it sounds like a win-win situation even if one team loses but the class point loss can be significant if the other team which has the least athletic Class S students might overturn the outcome. So, the only chance of maintaining and gaining class points is to have the more athletically gifted students of Class S on both teams to even the odds. But if we end up having one team that has more less athletic students then it could drastically change the number of points we lose. And since we lose based on the percentage of points then we could lose more than normal.
The list of the most athletic students in my class aside from myself involves Shinomiya Kei, Akabane Karma, Tatsuya Shiba (since he told me once that he had some experience in fighting, so he's physically gifted for sure), Yagami Light, Shinomiya Kaguya (since she is experienced in sports and her being in the archery club is also an advantage), Kururugi Suzaku, and surprisingly even Kazuto since he told me that he practiced kendo with his cousin so that's at least some experience we could use.
But for the rest like Sora, Shiro, Houtarou, Miyuki, and Lelouch. This could pose some potential problems. If they perform poorly, this could be a problem.
"Well, there's no way we're winning this exam..." Houtarou said while sounding like he's in despair
"Woah, talking like a quitter already Houtarou-san? I know you're lazy and you don't do many sports but let's at least work together regardless of if we win or lose. The most important thing here is that we should at least maintain our class point lead." Kei explained
"Kei-kun is right, we have to all at least place 1st or second so even if one team loses. We can still gain class points without getting it completely reduced" Kaguya said
"Well since that you all understood the rules, I will be handing out papers on which teams you will be distributed to" sensei said as he gave us all the papers containing our respective teams.
-Red Team:
Ayanokouji Kiyotaka
Katagiri Yuuichi
Tatsuya Shiba
Shirogane Miyuki
Jabami Yumeko
Rue Ryuzaki
Sora
Shiro
Kururugi Suzaku
-White Team:
Shinomiya Kei
Lamperouge Lelouch
Shinomiya Kaguya
Oreki Houtarou
Akabane Karma
Yagami Light
Aru Akise
Kirigaya Kazuto
Yuuki Asuna
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Almost everyone had their reactions to the group that they were distributed
"Kiyotaka, looks like we're teammates again" Yuuichi said with a smile.
"Wait I have to go against Kaguya?!!" Miyuki shouted
"Looks like Blank is on the red team" Sora said
"Nii- remember we suck at sports" Shiro said
"Looks like we'll be opponents this time Lelouch" Suzaku said
"Yes, but unfortunately I could not beat you in terms of physical aspects" Lelouch said sounding bitter
"It's not so bad at least we got Karma-san and Light-san on our team" Kei said 2
The rest did not say much. I noticed Houtarou seems dissatisfied not because of the groupings but I think that he's not really that athletically gifted and Ryuzaki looked at his paper with a bit of enthusiasm.
"Alright settle down class, the details of the events are also there so be prepared" sensei said
This could be a tough challenge for us since we are playing in different teams, but I think we can get that covered but the only problem is the less athletic people of our class. I guess that the only way to win even with their disadvantages is to train them a bit. I mean Suzaku and I are on the same team so we can do some coaching. Same with Kei and Karma. But I wonder if we can pull this through. I will not hold back I told myself, so I guess it's my time to at least show what I'm capable of.