Me and Sam rush quickly to the arena.

lLarusso, Chopra you were supposed to be here 15 minutes ago." Sensei Lawrence states to us, while narrowing his eyes with his arms crossed.

"We were looking for my dad, seen him?" Sam anxiously asks, while fidgeting with her fingers.

"He stepped out, guess he got caught up or something."

"That's unusual for Daniel." I blurt, they both turn to look at me and I raise my eyebrow.

"Come on, him overwhelmed? Out of all people?"

"He's the calmest man I've ever met." I add.

We walk over to the rest of the Miyagi Do's.

"It's probably for the best." Sensei Lawrence replies, looking over to me and Sam.

"In this final points round, competitors will try to knock their opponents off their platforms." The announcer announces, with a sense of excitement in her voice as she smiles widely.

"Once you have fallen, you are out. Points are determined off of wins, losses and time. Final rankings after this event will determine placement in tonight's elimination round."

"We will now call up the first group of fighters." She happily adds.

Johnny huddles us up, "Looks like Im taking charge, so we're doing things differently. No more waiting around like scared little bitches waiting for them to come to you."

I roll my eyes and cross my arms, classic Johnny always swearing.

"Something to say, Chopra?" Johnny inquires.

"No."

"Anyway, go at them first. Aggressive. Knock them off first."

"Those platforms are pretty narrow, my dad would want balance." Sam adds.

"Well, your dad's not here. All right? It's time for us to start scoring some points."

"Sora Haruto from Hirobukan on platform one. Devon Lee from Miyagi Do on platform two." The announcer states.

Johnny walks over to Devon to give her a little pep talk, but Devon is fidgeting with her neck snd fingers, while having inconsistent breathing.

She walks off anxiously while Miguel and Johnny cheer for her.

We watch Devon and her competitor get into stance, Devon takes the first strike, attempting to kick her which the other girl manages to dodges quickly with her obviously fast reflexes.

Devon attempts to punch her, the girl grabs her arm and uses that to control Devon's movements which she manages to strike a punch on Devon. Devon then regains control and now has the upper hand.

Now, it looks quite confusing as they're both quick and going around in circles but the other girl clearly now has the upper hand. I begin to touch my neck, clearly worried for this outcome.

Devon manages to land a kick on the girl. But then, Devon loses her balance. The girl takes advantage of this and kicks her off the mat. Devon groans and slams down onto the ground.

"Lee out. Time, ten seconds."

"We all need to do better, let's go. After that, you all need to step up, all right?" Johnny says, attempting to motivate us with a sense of determination in his voice.

"Keene out. Time, 45 seconds." Honestly, he could've won if he wasn't secretly taking glances at Tory throughout his fight. He shouldn't be letting his potential go to waste because of a girl.

"Miguel, Kiara. You're both our last chance for points." Sensei Lawrence turns to us both, the rest of the team with melancholy looks of defeat on their faces.

"Come on, let's get it done." Sensei Lawrence adds.

"Kiara Chopra from Miyagi Do, on mat one."
"Karla Müller from Dojo Berlin, on mat one."

"Good luck, Ki. You got this." Sam smiles and gives me a quick hug.

"Go kick ass out there." Sensei Lawrence nods to me.

I stride over to the mat with my chin up, the girl standing opposite me has brunette hair tied up into a slicked back bun with striking ice blue eyes that are glaring into my soul.

I glance over to the other side of the arena quickly, to see Kwon glancing at me.

"Good luck." He mouths towards me with an adorable smile on his face.

I swiftly look away, although I feel extremely guilty about it, and get into my fighting stance. I don't agree with Sensei Lawrences advice and I will not be striking first based off what happened with Devon.

I wait for the girl to strike. She attempts to land a punch on my chest. I sharply dodge her punch and grab her hand and twist it. She groans out in pain. She manages to push me off her and I nearly fall off, but I quickly regain my balance.

"Yes Chopra!" Sensei Lawrence cheers.

She attempts to side kick me, but I catch her leg and push her onto the mat. She doesn't fall off the mat but she quickly stands back up before I can do anything.

I strike her ribs with a series of punches. She stumbles backwards and I successfully kick her off the mat.

"Müller, out. Time 18 seconds."

I proudly walk away from the mat with a massive grin on my face.

"Did you see that?" I look up to Sensei Lawrence, waiting for some sort of validation.

"You did amazingly." He smiles.

"But it won't be enough if we keep losing like this." He glares over to Miguels opponent, his smile dropping.

I clench my jaw and scoff in annoyance, I sit down, waiting to watch Miguel's fight. I can feel a pair on eyes on me and I look over to the other side of the arena to see Kwon. He's looking at me with those eyes. I quickly look away again.

"I'm gonna take a breather, just need to catch my breath." I blurt out.

"Go ahead." Johnny replies, still keen on death staring Miguel's opponent.

I quickly jog out with my water bottle, needing some time alone. I gasp for air while desperately drinking water.

"Nice match."

I turn around to see Kwon, looking at me with those eyes, again. He's leaning against the wall and he has a genuine smile on his face.

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