Ishikawa stood up and smiled, then returned to her seat.
"As you know, this year at Kana we plan to introduce the color groups. Basically for transportation and rescue reasons we feel the color groups would greatly benifit everyone. I have worked with Asami disscussing previous attempts at some sort of system. After reviewing why each failed miserably, I think I came up with the solution. You will be put into groups of five. So I will start calling out the names and groups now." She adjusted one of her papers. "The first group features our two birthday girls, Nakazawa, Kei, and Mari. They will be the white group. I put alot of thought into what color they should get, and I figured that white would be"
"Ishikawa"
" very fitting seeing as they are both from"
"Ishikawa"
"the lovely prefecture of"
There was a loud slam as someone dropped a book of plans on their table.
Rika coughed and looked down at the table.
"So as I was saying, the White Group. Next we have the Pink Group."
Goto turned around to Miki "one guess as to who's in the Pink Group" Miki snickered and leaned back in her seat.
"Pink Group: Shibata, Non, Gottsan, Makoto, and Me!"
So far the girls called were pretty pleased with their groups. Maybe Rika wasn't as air headed as they thought.
"Green Group: Yossie, Ayaka, Mai, Aya, and Miki."
Miki gave Yossie two thumbs up from her seat and Yossie gave an exagerated nod.
"Yellow Group: Miuna, Asami, Inaba, Kore, and Erika"
Some started to get the feeling that the groups were getting a little random.
"Blue Group: Murata, Masae, Saito, Yui, and Reina"
Reina gave a somewhat confused look. She started out strong but...
"And finally, Red Group: Takahashi, Eri, Sayumi, Risa, and Maeda Yuki"
Yuuko turned to look at Rika.
"I trust you put actual thought into this"
"Of course I did," Rika said very seriously "I talked with Asami about past occurances with some people and placed them into groups I feel will be the most effective."
Everyone still looked like they were skeptical. Rika looked around.
"For instance, Risa's not allowed to drink after last year's Kana, right?"
Everyone nodded.
"So I placed her with Maeda so there would be someone responsible with her."
Everyone nodded and went 'ooohhh'
"Okay, now that makes sense" Yuuko concluded.