CHAPTER 27
BEGINNING OF THE SEMI-FINALS
The Semi-Finals began a couple hours after the chat in the dorm. The pairings were Omi vs. Syrus, Rai vs. Clay, Jaden vs. Hassleberry, and Jack vs. Chase. Kimiko was disqualified because she was caught cheating in some duel.
The duels were quick. Omi beat Syrus easy. Jaden practically annihilated Hassleberry. Rai beat Clay quickly. Chase and Jack didn't duel yet, but they were about to.
They stepped out on the stage to begin the duel. Neither of them said anything as they began. Jack went first.
"Alright." Jack said as he drew. "I'll place Overdrive in attack mode, and equip it with 7 completed, so its attack is 2300!"
Jack placed the cards on his duel disc. Overdrive appeared on the field, but it was bigger than usual.
"I'll place a card face-down and end my turn." Jack said.
"It's my move!" Chase said as he drew as well. "I'll activate Graceful Charity, so I can draw three cards and discard two."
"Big deal." Jack said. "When will you do something interesting?"
"Right now!" Chase said. "I activate the spell card O-Over Soul, which allows me to summon a Hero from my graveyard! And I choose the one I just tossed: Elemental Hero Sparkman!"
Sparkman appeared on the field.
"But that's not all!" Chase said. "I activate Monster Reborn, to get another monster from my graveyard! I choose: Elemental Hero Clayman!"
Clayman appeared next to Sparkman.
"I'm not finished!" Chase said. "Those were special summons! And now I can sacrifice them to summon Elemental Hero Bladedge!"
Sparkman and Clayman disappeared, and Bladedge appeared in their place.
"And now I'll change the field a bit with Skyscraper!" Chase announced as the buildings rose up.
"That increases Bladedge's attack by 1000!" Chase said. "And I'll equip it with another card: H-Heated Heart, to make a grand total of 4100 attack points!"
Jack smirked.
"Bladedge: ATTACK!" Chase announced.
"What a waste." Jack said. "Have you forgotten about my face-down card? It's called Ring of Destruction!'
Chase's smile turned into a big frown.
"We both lose 4100 life points because of your Bladedge!" Jack said.
"NO!" Chase said.
"That's right." Jack said. "It's a tie."
"That's impossible!" Chase said. "I had that duel all wrapped up!'
"Looks like you thought to soon." Jack said.
Dear readers,
Wow! A tie! Do you know why it was a tie? Because you said so! In the polls, it was a four way tie between Jack, Chase, Rai and Omi! And you expect me to make the final vote? I don't think so! I got an idea: How about you vote again, this time for a different person? I'll count your vote from before. If you don't, I know exactly how to decide a victor. See you next time!
