Cardfight!! Vanguard: Generations Volume 4 [Ryouta Rival]

Chapter 8: One Last Gamble

It was time for the results of this long and drawn out special exam.

All of the students gathered in the main hall, mingling with one another and talking to their friends about their experiences over the course of the week and their expectations of what was going to happen.

"Yuu!"

In the distance, I could see Yukina running towards me, waving widely with a bright smile on her face. Following her was Kouji, who raised his hand to greet me.

"Yukina..."

She hugged me, her arms enveloping my body as our chests touched together. I scratched my cheek, unsure of why she was so over the top with joy.

"Yuu, where were you? Me and Kouji-kun didn't see you at all in the dining hall tonight!"

"You ghosted us pretty hard. Even that A Class chick Yogen-san was looking for you, and she couldn't find you either." Kouji said.

"Sorry... I went to eat dinner on my own."

In reality, I never bothered to show up in the first place. I was too busy talking to Ryouta and resting after getting a headache from remembering about Shiba.

"Ah, I see... in any case, I'm glad this special exam is finally over though. Now we can be together again!"

Yukina beamed, releasing me from her bearhug. I nodded.

"Me too. It was rough spending the entire week without having you help me execute my plans..."

"Do you always rely on Kazuraba-san?" Kouji snickered.

"What can I say? She's good at what she does. That reminds me, good work out there supporting your group, Yukina. I heard they're in a really promising position."

"Ichinose-san's group, right? I'm pretty sure it's been confirmed by some A Class girls keeping track of the scores that they've come first place."

"He he he, thank you. We tried our very best. And yes Kouji-san, from what we've calculated, our group should come in first place, unless there's some secret point bonus we're unaware of."

I wouldn't put it past the school to introduce some last minute point bonuses to shake things up, but I doubted it since they already revealed the entire scope of the exam to A Class. It'd be weird if it turned out they were still withholding information from them.

"Looks like it paid off. I hope looking after Kita-san wasn't too much of a hassle."

"Oh, not at all! She's a surprisingly nice person. Just very shy, but I guess that's what you'd expect out of a hikikomori..."

"Building any form of relationship with her will be good for our class. Especially since she's so inexplicably tied to Ayano-san..."

"Ah, speaking of Ayano-san, what about the situation with him? Is his group still bullying him?"

I scratched the back of my head.

"...well, it's complicated. Ayano-san's been their group's main target for blame votes, so he thinks they're aiming to send him down to E Class, as their group have been losing on purpose ever since Yamaguchi-san took control. But... I have my own thoughts regarding that matter."

Yukina blinked.

"Your own thoughts?"

"I think you'll see what I mean when we get the results."

"Spooky." Kouji said.

"You really love keeping us in suspense, huh...?" Yukina pouted.

"You'll understand better if you see it for yourself."