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Chapter 13
"Mr. Realo, you are hereby expelled from Duel Academy," Chancellor Shepard said as he signed the paperwork for Ryan's expulsion. He was sitting in Shepard's office, his head in his hands. He really didn't care anymore.
"You have two hours to pack and meet the helicopter which will take you home," Shepard drowned on, but he wasn't listening.
Ryan walked down the hallway to her room. He had to explain. He knocked on the door, but he didn't get an answer. Ryan sighed; he searched in his luggage until he came up with a brown envelope and slipped it under the door, and made the long walk to the top of the school.
Alexis had just came back from the lighthouse where she had spent the entire morning . . . crying. She opened the door and noticed something on the floor, an envelope. She picked it up and sat down on her bed. She opened it and out dropped a necklace. She examined it further to find a gold chain with a half of a gold heart on it. She put it on. She looked in the envelope once again and saw a piece of paper. She took it out and read it:
Dear Alexis,
If you're reading this, I will have already left. It has been an eventful year for me and you here, it being my first and last. Since the moment I saw you, I've loved you. I may not taken the right approach to showing you but, I know you could sense it. You may be wondering what this necklace represents. It represents my heart and you will always own half of it. I have the other half. Someday you will see me again and we will out the two pieces together, I promise!
Love, Ryan Realo
Helipad, Duel Academy
Ryan walked over to the waiting chopper sitting on the roof of Duel Academy. To his surprise, Jaden was standing there, in crouches, waiting for him. He didn't think he had beaten him up that bad. Ryan walked over to him.
"Look dude . . ."
"Save it okay, I know why you did it. I would've done the same thing," Jaden said cutting him off. Ryan was at a loss for words. He had nearly killed him the other night and he had forgave him. The two guys hugged each other.
"I'm gonna miss . . . you . . . man," Ryan said in between sobs.
"Same . . . here dude," Jaden said, he was also crying. They let go of each other.
"Ju . . . jus . . . just take care of her for me," Ryan stammered.
"I will," he said. Ryan boarded the helicopter and waved to Jaden, he waved back. The blades of the plane started to spin rapidly. Just as the plane took off Alexis darted out the stairwell. She ran towards the edge of the building. Ryan saw she was wearing the other half of the necklace he had gotten her. He pulled the half of the necklace out of his shirt and held it to the window. She held hers up to the sky as the helicopter took off.
Epilogue
Ryan went on to North Academy and graduated as the number one duelist, although he did not participate in any of the school duels, which Jaden won for Duel Academy. Jaden and Alexis made up and got married right after they graduated and moved to a Venice Beach Shore house. They wouldn't see Ryan in person again for another fifteen years.
