Disclaimer: For the last time I don't own Yugioh. Stupid lawyers.......
Chapter 27: Beating the Odds
Giovan stood up lazily. "Now for the next match of the second quarter-finals round. Team Blitz leader Siegfried Reinhardt vs. Team Odds leader Steven Quartro."
The two dueling teams leader nodded and climbed into the ring. They took their positions and their disks clicked into place.
Steven gave off his fake smile again. "Let's have a good game."
Siegfried returned his fake smile with a cold glare. "That sounds fine with me."
Steven drew and placed a monster face-down on his field. "I'll set this and end my turn."
Siegfried drew and almost without looking at his cards picked two out of his hand and slid them into his duel disk. "I set two cards face-down on the field." He grasped a monster card carefully by the edges and placed it on his disk. "Then I summon Burning Inpachi (1850/0) in attack mode. Attack!" A humanoid machine made of burning wood appeared on the field. His monster launched forward and brought a flaming fist down on top of monster. The monster shuddered and then broke into pieces.
Steven picked up his creature and chuckled. "You've run right into my trap. This monster is known as Revival Jam. (1500/500) Thanks to its special ability it can reform from almost any attack." Right after he said so a blue blob of slime formed on his field. "Thanks to this creature you will be unable to attack me at all."
Siegfried didn't seem worried. "End turn."
Steven drew and slid two cards into his duel disk. "I'll set these two cards face-down and summon Cannon Soldier (1400/1300) in attack mode." A purple robot with a cannon strapped to its back appeared on Steven's field. Then Steven slid a card from his hand into the duel disk face-up. "Now I'll play the magic card Jam Breeding Machine." A large engine like machine appeared on Steven's field. "End turn."
Siegfried drew and placed another monster down. "I summon Archfiend Soldier (1900/1500) in attack mode." A horned purple demon appeared on his field. "Now Archfiend Soldier, attack his Cannon Soldier!"
Steven flipped up his face-down card. "Not if I have anything to say about it! I reveal the trap card Jam Defender! As long as this continuous trap is on the field I can redirect all attacks to my Revival Jam!"
Right before the Archfiend Soldier could destroy the Cannon Soldier Steven's Revival Jam leaped into the way. The blue blob monster splattered and then instantly reformed.
Siegfried was frowning now. ("So it's this kind of lock. His Jam Breeding Machine will produce monster upon monster for him to sacrifice to his Cannon Soldier, which will deal me 500 life points of damage every turn. Meanwhile all of my attacks will slam right into his Revival Jam.") He looked his hand over quickly and then looked up at his opponent. "End turn."
Steven drew and his Jam Breeding Machine turned on, spitting out a slime token (500/500) in attack mode. "Now I will sacrifice my slime token to deal you 500 life points of damage." The slime token disappeared and his Cannon Soldier fired at Siegfried. The German duelist slid back a little and clutched at his chest.
Siegfried- 7500
Steven- 8000
Steven looked his hand over and grinned. "And just in case you think you have some kind of way to deal with me, I'll set two cards face-down and end my turn."
Siegfried drew and threw another monster onto his disk. "Now I summon Retrained Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) in attack mode." An elven monster wielding a sword appeared. "End turn."
Steven drew, repeated his Jam Breeding Machine/Cannon Soldier combo, and then ended his turn.
Siegfried- 7000
Steven- 8000
Siegfried drew and threw down another monster. "Now I shall summon Mad Dog of Darkness (1900/1400) to the field in attack mode." A demon dog appeared and howled. "End turn."
Steven drew, repeated his combo, and ended his turn.
Siegfried- 6500
Steven- 8000
Siegfried drew and placed a monster in the last spot on his duel disk. "I summon another Archfiend Soldier in attack mode. End turn."
Steven drew and repeated his combo.
Siegfried- 6000
Steven- 8000
Chuckling, the business suited man shrugged to his opponent. "What's the matter friend? You getting frustrated that you are unable to attack?"
Siegfried returned Steven's chuckle with one of his own. "Actually no, I'm quite content sitting here and building up my attack force."
Steven snorted. "Suit yourself. End turn."
Siegfried drew again. "End turn."
Steven drew, repeated his combo, and ended his turn.
Siegfried-5500
Steven- 8000
Siegfried drew and ended his turn.
Steven drew and laughed. "This is getting boring. Let me heat things up by flipping up my two continuous magic card Infinite Cards and Card of Safe Return. As long as Infinite Cards remains on the field neither of us have hand size limits, and Card of Safe Return lets me to drew three cards from my deck whenever a monster returns to play from the graveyard." His combo went off again. "End turn."
Siegfried- 5000
Steven- 8000
As he drew Siegfried shook his head. "That was by far the dumbest thing you could have done." He slid a card into his duel disk and pointed at the Cannon Soldier. "Attack Archfiend Soldier!" The purple demon flew across the field and was immediately intercepted by the Revival Jam.
Steven burst out into laughter as his splattered Jam reformed. "Did you expect that to stop me? Idiot, now I get to draw three cards from my deck." He drew his three and smiled.
Siegfried smiled right back and pointed at the Cannon Soldier. "I attack with the rest of my monsters!" Siegfried's other monsters charged across the field and each one was intercepted by the Revival Jam.
Steven shook his head at Siegfried and he drew twelve cards off the top of his deck. "What are you wasting our time for?"
Siegfried looked up at Giovan. "Choose the next two teams. We're done here."
Steven lost his cool demeanor. "How dare you ignore me, you insolent punk! What makes you think you have won!?!?"
Siegfried turned back to his opponent. "By my calculations you have nineteen cards in your hand. Am I correct?"
Steven counted his hand and nodded. "So what? I don't have to discard thanks to my Infinite Cards continuous magic card."
Siegfried slid a card into his duel disk. "I play Card Destruction. We must both discard our hands and draw an equal number of cards from our deck to replace them."
Steven slid his huge hand into the graveyard and started drawing. As he did so he shrugged. "Why should that affect me?" He felt his blood run cold when he was reached up to draw his nineteenth card. Instead of the back of a card his hand had just touched the bottom of his deck slot. And he was holding eighteen cards in his hand. His mouth fell open and he stared at his duel disk like it had betrayed him.
"And now you see the weakness of your deck. While it is true that you can draw all of the cards you need, what happens when you have to draw more cards then your deck has in it?" When Steven didn't answer him, Siegfried shook his head while the ring lowered back to ground level. He joined his group and then looked up at Giovan. "Like I said, announce the next two teams."
Steven was led out by his two team members, his eyes stuck in permanent shock.
To be continued...
Next Chapter: Team Emissary vs. Team Destruct
Author's Notes: Hey there everyone. So now that Team Blitz and Team Domino are in the semi-finals, that only leaves:
-Team Emissary
-Team Destruct
-Team Topdeck
-Team Yami
So, how am I doing so far? Please let me know how I am doing.