Chapter 2: The Exam Begins!

I Finally Made My Way To The Duel Arena, My Heart Was Racing Millions Of Thoughts Were Running Thru My Head, But One Was Constant I WILL Win. Soon a Man Appeared On The Other Side Of The Arena, He Had Long Black Hair All The Way To His Waist, He Wore a Bottle-Up Shirt, On His Face Resting Comfortably On The Bridge Of His Nose Was a Pair Of Glasses, He Also Wore a Very Friendly Smile.
"Ah! You Must Be The Illusive Erwin Freig Right?" He Asked In a Friendly Manner.
"The One And Only, And You Must Be…?" I Asked Out Of Politeness, Miss Martha Would Give Me An Earful If She Found Out I Was Not In My Best Behavior.
"My Name Is Professor Lyman Banner, I Am The Teacher Of Alchemy Classes And The Head Of The Slifer Red Dorm" He Responded "I Gotta Say, I Am Curious About You, The Files Mention That You Came From a Very Poor Region Of Domino City" He Said, Wich Caught Me Off-Guard But I Quickly Recovered My Composure.
"Indeed I Am, I Gave My All To Be Standing Where I Am, And I Will Continue To Do So Until I Am At The Very Top!" I Said Loud And Clear To Get My Point Across.
"Well, I Just Want To Let You Know, Even If You Fail Your Practical Exam, You Have My Respect That Kind Of Mindset Will Get You Far, But Enough Talking" He Said Activating His Duel Disk And Sliding The Deck In.
"Took The Words Out Of My Mouth" I Said As I Activated My Own Duel Disk
DUEL!
Professor Banner - 4000 LP
Erwin Freig - 4000 LP
"You Can Go First Professor" I Said As I Drew The 5 Cards
"Thank You, Young One" He Drew His 6 Cards
"I Will Begin By Summoning My 7 Colored Fish In Attack Mode!
A Big Fish Colored In The Seven Colors Of The Rainbow Appeared In Banner's Side Of The Field 7 Colored Fish (Type-Fish/Attribute-Water/Normal/ATK: 1800/DEF: 800)
"With That My Turn Comes To An End, Go Ahead, It's Your Turn Now" He Said As My Draw Phase Began.
"Okay, I Draw!" I Drew Mirror Force, That Will Come In Hand.
"Now! I Summon My Slate Warrior! In Attack Mode!"
A Monster With a Blue Crystal Ball For a Head Appeared On The Field, He Wielded An Staff With a Red Gem On Top Of It, His Torso Kept Spinning In Its Own Axis
Slate Warrior (Type-Fiend/Attribute-Wind/Effect/Flip/ATK: 1900/DEF: 800)
FLIP: This Card Gains 500 ATK And DEF
If This Card Is Destroyed By Battle: The Monster That Destroyed This Card Loses 500 ATK And DEF
"Okay Slate Warrior, Turn That Fish Into Sushi!" As I Gave The Command My Monster Leapt In The Air And Came Crashing Down On Top Of The Fish, Destroying It And Dealing The First Damage Of The Duel.
Professor Banner - 3900
"Now I Will Top Things Off With a Face-Down" I Set My Hate Buster Face-Down, Cus You Never Know. "And I End My Turn!" I Declared As I Passed My Turn.
"Going For The Offense Huh? Very Well. Draw!" Professor Banner Gave A Look At His Card And Frowned a Bit.
"In My Case I Will Summon My Mother Grizzly In Defense Position!" Às Banner Announced a Black Bear Appeared On The Field, Its Pawns In Front Of Its Face In a Defensive Position.
Mother Grizzly (Type-Beast-Warrior/Attribute-Water/Effect/ATK:1400/DEF:1000)
When This Card Is Destroyed By Battle And Sent To The GY: You Can Special Summon 1 WATER Monster With 1500 Or Less Attack From Your Deck, In Attack Position.
"And With That My Turn Comes To Its End" He Said As He Sweatdropped A Bit, Luck Must Not Be At His Side Today….
"Okay! My Turn! Draw!" I Drew My Shadowknight Archfiend….Best To Not Play My Archfiends Until I Draw My Pandemonium Field Spell….
"Time To Dance! Go On Slate Warrior Do What You Do Best!" I Commanded, And With a Flick Of My Monster's Staff a Blast Of Green Energy Flew In The Direction Of Mother Grizzly Destroying The Bear.
"Since You Destroyed My Mother Grizzly Her Effect Is Activated, Now I Can Bring Another Water-Attribute Monster From My Deck! Come Forward! My Unshaven Angler!
Unshaven Angler (Type-Fish/Attribute-Water/Effect/ATK:1400/DEF:1600)
When Tribute Summoning a WATER Monster, You Can Treat This 1 Monster As 2 Tributes.
A Gigantic Angler Fish Appeared On Banner's Side Of The Field, More Than Eager To Rip My Slate Warrior To Shreds. So…Probably Going For a Tribute….Better Play It Safe.
"In That Case I Will Set One More Face-Down And End My Turn!" I Set My Mirror Force Face-Down And Passed My Turn
"Very Well I Draw" Banner Let Out a Little Smirk, So Lady Luck Finally Decided To Bless You Huh?
"I Shall Summon My Star Boy! In Attack Mode!
A Bunch Of Tentacles Emerged Besides The Unshaven Angler, They Were Attached To a Sea-Star With One Eye, It Grinned From Ear To Ear.
Star Boy (Type-Aqua/Attribute-Water/Effect/ATK:550/DEF:500)
As Long As This Card Remains Face-Up On The Field, Increase The ATK Of All WATER Monsters By 500 Points AND Decrease The ATK Of All FIRE Monsters By 400
Unshaven Angler (ATK: 1400 — 1900)
Star Boy ( ATK: 550 — 1050)
So That Was His Plan…..
"Now Unshaven Angler Attack His Slate Warrior!" Gonna Crash Both Of Our Monsters Huh? Well Not On My Watch!
"Nice Play! But Here's A Better One! I Reveal My Face-Down Trap! Mirror Force!
Mirror Force ( Trap-Normal Trap)
When An Opponent's Monster Declares An Attack: Destroy All Your Opponent's Face-Up Attack Position Monsters.
A Shimmering Barrier Appeared Between Slate Warrior And Unshaven Angler, After a Moment The Barrier Shot Back a Barrage Of Shimmering Energy Destroying Both His Monsters.
"My, I Must Admit You Are Quite The Fierce Fighter No?I Have Yet To Touch Your Life Points And You Are Completely Dominating The Duel" Banner Praised
"Honestly? I Don't Think So" I Retorted.
"And Why Is That?" Banner Asked, His Eye Brow Raised
"Because This Is Not Your Deck Professor, It Does Not Know You, And Thus It Does Not Know What To Give To You" I Answered, And I Believed What I Said, The Bond That Me And My Cards Share Will Bring Us To Victory!
"Ah I See, And By The Looks Of It, Your Deck Must Know You Very Well Judging By The Cards You Are Playing" Banner Said, With a Big Smile Forming On His Face " I Knew There Was Something Special About You, You Understand Your Cards And They, In Return, Understand You!" Banner Now Said, His Smile Growing Ever So Slight.

* In The Seats Of The Arena *
"So Zane What Do You Think Of That Erwin Guy?" A Girl With Blonde Hair Asked Her Friend
"By The Look In His Eyes I Can Safely Say He Is a Strong Head Person, He Acts Way Too Ahead Of Himself, But I Can Also See That He Deeply Respects His Own Cards, And They Respect Him Back" Zane Said In a Monotone Tone "And What Is Your Opinion Of Him Alexis?"
After Thinking For a Bit She Simply Shrugged
"Can't Say Munch, I Will Only Give An Honest Opinion If I Duel Against Him, For Its Only In a Duel Where People Show Who They Really Are" She Answered Her Friend Honestly
"Why? Thinking Of Dueling Him?" She Teased Her Friend.
"No, Like I Said He Is Way Too Strong Headed, So The Duel Would Not Last Munch" He Closed His Eyes As He Answered Alexis's Teasing.
"Fine Them, If You Say So…" Alexis Said As She Focused Her Attention On Erwin
What Is Your Story Erwin…?
*On The Other Side Of The Seats In The Arena*
"So Chazz, What About That Erwin Guy? Think He's Gonna Make To Obelisk Blue?" Asked One Boy Who Was Sitting Besides Him
"Are You Kidding Me? Other Than Mirror Force His Deck Must Be Filled With Trash Cards, And Besides, He Is Dueling Against Banner Using a Procton Deck, Even A Baby Could Win Against Him" Chazz Scoffed "And Any Idiot Could See That Banner Is Drawing Bad Card After Bad Card, So Really, He Would Be Lucky To Land In Slifer!" Chazz Said In A Condescending Tone " He Would Stand a Chance Against The Chazz" He Smirked As He Said That, His Ego Growing Ever So Slightly
"Yeah Chazz!" One Of His Goons Said
"There Is Not A Shadow Of a Doubt!" The Other One Agreed

*Back To The Duel*
"Now, I Shall End My Turn, Go Ahead I Am Very Curious On What You Will Do Next" He Said, With That Smile Still Carved In His Face
"With Pleasure Professor! Draw!" I Said As I Drew a Card From My Deck, It Was Archfiend Soldier.
"Time To Bring Another One Of My Buddies To This Duel! Say Hello To My Good Old Friend Archfiend Soldier!"
Archfiend Soldier (Type-Fiend/Attribute-Dark/Normal/ATK:1900/DEF:1500)
A Demon With a Dull-Green Cloak Appeared Besides Slate Warrior, It Pointed At Banner Then It Dragged Its Clawed Finger Across His Neck, Then It Pulled Out Its Short Sword.
"Okay Gang! Go!" My Monster Charged Against Banner With No Remorse And Proceeded To Slash And Bash At Him.
Professor Banner 3900 → 100 LP
"I End My Turn!" I Said.
"Very Well….Its…Its My Turn! Draw!" Professor Banner Looked At The Card In His Hand And His Expression Deflated
"My Oh My, Lady Luck Sure Is Not Looking At Me With Good Eyes Today…." He Said In a Frustrated Manner
"In That Case I Will Summon My Mermaid Knight In Attack Mode…." He Said With a Depressing Tone Hanging On His Voice
Mermaid Knight (Type-Aqua/Attribute-Water/Effect/ATK:1500/DEF:500)
While "Umi" Is Face-Up On The Field, This Card Can Attack Twice During The Same Battle Phase.
A Beautiful Mermaid Warrior Cladded With A Sword And Shield Appeared, Ready To Engage In Battle.
"Just Please, End This Humiliation Erwin….." Banner Said, His Shoulders Slumped Downwards, He Is Completely Defeated.
"Okay, Draw!" I Drew My Pandemonium…Eh No Need To Humiliate My Opponents
"Slate Warrior! Do The Honors!" With That Slate Warrior Charged Forward Ending The Duel.
Professor Banner 0 LP
Winner Of The Duel: Erwin Freig
"I…I Did It….I DID IT!" I Could Barely Contain The Joy In My Voice As I Shouted To The Heavens, Tears Of Joy Forming On My Face " I Will Be Accepted In The Duel Academy!"
"Well Then, Allow Me To Be The First One To Congratulate You Erwin, I Am Sure The Duel Academy Will Be Fortunate To Have You Among Their Students" He Extended a Hand, And I Shook It.
After Everything I Did, All Those Countless Nights Awake…I DID IT. Watch Me Mom and Dad I Will Make You Two Proud!