Chapter 14:

November finally crept upon us along with exams. Alexis, Jasmine, Mindy and I did some last minute cramming. Alexis and I did it just to be safe but Jasmine and Mindy did it to remember!

We first years got called in first. I was fine – I already covered everything and remembered it all. I was confident but had a slight nervousness in the back of my mind.

'Good luck' was the sentence that everyone was saying, including me. We all went silent as we entered the room where we took our exams.

I sat down at my desk and stared at the exam papers. We weren't allowed to open them until nine – in fifteen minutes. I arranged my pens in a tidy manner.

First we had our theory exams and then practical an hour after we leave the exam room. Our theory exams lasted for three hours and the practical was against fellow students. Teachers kept watch on our duels and marked us on our performance.

"You may open your papers," the teacher in charge said. "The exam begins now."

An hour and a half into the exam and I had already finished and went over my work. One question had me confused. I guessed it was the hardest in the exam – it was the last question after all.

I left the exam two hours in after re checking my answers half a dozen times. I was already pared up with another student who had left the exam room before me. In an hour I'd be duelling whoever it was.

It was a long hour before I was called to duel. I suddenly felt nervous. In theory I was great but duelling was a different story. Why did it make me nervous? I always have this feeling that perhaps my opponent is better than me.

I looked at my deck. Fairywitch was at the top. This was my best deck. The one with Chimeratech Overdragon. I couldn't risk using no other deck than my best.

I approached the stage and my opponent. I was surprised when I found out who I was facing.

"Alexis!?" I gasped. "I'm facing you?"

Alexis smiled. "This time, give me your all. I'll win this time. Third time lucky."

I smiled. "You're on."

Alexis gave me a smirk as she had her Cyber Blader on the field. I had two monsters; Cyber Dragon and Proto-Cyber Dragon, on the field, in defence mode, which made Cyber Blader's effect double her attack to 4200.

"I'll attack your Cyber Dragon with Cyber Blader," Alexis commanded.

The female monster sent a blast directly at my machine, making it shatter into thousands of pieces.

"Then I'll attack your Proto-Cyber Dragon with Etoile Cyber," she continued.

Etoile Cyber then swiftly and gracefully destroyed my second monster. I smiled.

"I'll place two cards face down and end my turn," Alexis stated.

"My turn," I declared as I drew my card. I gazed at it and couldn't help but smirk.

"I'll activate the spell card Giant Trunade to sweep your two face-down cards back to your hand."

Alexis picked up her two face-down cards and put them into her hand. I put another spell card into my spell and trap card zone face up after putting Giant Trunade into the graveyard.

"I activate the spell card Overload Fusion," I declared. "I remove from flay, from the graveyard, three Cyber Dragons, three Proto-Cyber Dragons, Cyber Phoenix, two Cyber Kirins, Cyber Laser Dragon and Machine King to fusion summon Chimeratech Overdragon."

I removed all the cards I had said from play and put the fusion card in attack mode on the duel disk. A dragon looking creature arose from nowhere. It appeared to be made from metal. It had six heads and a long tail with two sharp spikes at the end. It had no arms, legs or wings like a normal dragon does but the six heads looked dragonish.

Alexis smiled. "So this is your ultimate monster I've heard so much about?"

I smiled back. "Yeah, although I have to discard every card on my side of the field it's worth it to summon this monster. Its attack is 800 times the amount of monsters I used to summon it – which is eleven. It brings its attack and defence to an amazing 8800."

Alexis gasped. "That's one powerful monster!"

I nodded. "That's not all. I'll play the spell card Limiter Removal to double its attack again to bring it up to 17600!"

Alexis smile. "Well, you've won, again."

I smiled. "Go attack Chimeratech Overdragon!"

In a single blast, Chimeratech Overdragon attacked both monsters and depleted the remainder of Alexis' life points to zero.

"You're a great duellist, Alexis," I said. "That was a great match."

She smiled. "Likewise."

I looked over towards the teacher who just stared in amazement.

Alexis smirked. "Well we know what grade he'll give you."