This is just something that popped into my head while watching the Karate Kid, I am just a big fan of Zhenwei Wang! I hope you all like my little story, there may not be a lot on this story but if you want more on this story, please leave reviews!
Cheng and his friends are all college students now, so about 18 years old. Mai Ying has been accepted into the Bejing Academy of Music and Dre has developed an everlasting friendship with Harry. After the tournament, he and Cheng have taken more of an aquantiance than friends, they have stopped fighting but when this new girl starts coming to their school and Dre takes a new liking to her, Cheng has as well. A new rivalry will emerge between the two as this new girl looks at Bejing in a whole new way.
I DO NOT own the characters of this story other than Kara Longing, her step father and her biological father. I do not own Zhenwei Wang, Jadan Smith or any other actors/actresses who have starred in the film.
Moving away from home was never easy, especially when your new home is all the way across the world. Thats how it was for 18 year old Kara Longing, a girl who grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles. She has many ambitions, such as writing her music, being a good person and going to Bejing to continue her dream of becoming apart of the International Kung Fou Team. Since she was a girl, not a whole lot of dojos took her seriously until they saw her skill, she's been involved with the sport since her mother introduced her to it when she was about 5 years old. That was long before her mother died from a bad car accident, leaving her with her step father for the rest of the life. Fortunatly, she didnt stop her Kung Fou training, she wanted to keep her mother's legacy alive. Her mother was one of the first females to win a gold metal in the sport, landing her in the genius book of world records. If Kara stopped training, it wouldve been an insult on her mother's grave to her. She trained for many years, even harder after she found out that she could go across the world with a scholarship to the same school that her mother had went to.
As far as personal life, Kara didnt have much experience in the dating world, she mainly stuck to her school work and her Kung Fou training so she can get what she wants in life. Her step father has been in her life since her father left, since she was 3 years old. Her step father kept her going through the thick and thin, encouraging her to go the distance and to try harder when she felt she wasnt getting anywhere, he was more of a father to her than her own father. It was hard for her to leave him, especially to go all the way around the world to her dream school. However, over the past year she had been in touch with her biological father, who was stationed in Bejing for the next year. He agreed to help her by allowing her to live with him during the first semester of college until she can get enough experience to live on her own. Her step father didnt like that very much, but it wasnt his choice, it was hers and besides, it was a good opportunity for her to get to know her biological father.
As she packed the last bit of her things, her step father leaned against the doorway of her bedroom watching her, his keys for the car in his pocket. " Hey kiddo, you almost ready? You're gonna miss your flight " he told her, his voice gentle. Looking at him with her emerald green eyes, Kara smiled and nodded " Yes dad Im almost done, I just have to pack up the last bit of my things. I cant forget anything because its not like Im going to come back anytime soon " she said to him, moving her long black hair out of her way as she moved across the room to get the last picture of her mother from her dresser, looking at it one last time before putting it in her bag. " You know, you're always welcome back here. It doesnt matter what happens there, whether you succeed or even if it doesnt work out, you will always have a home here " he said to her as he approached her, putting a hand on her shoulder. She smiled up at him, giving him a hug before speaking " I know dad, you've told me this about a hundred times. I'll be fine, I promise " she said to him as she zipped up her bag. " Ok, Im ready, lets go " she said as she picked up her bag and started to drag it downstairs. Her step father watched as she left, looking around her room to make sure she didnt forget anything. Sure enough, he saw her passport and plane ticket on the dresser, shaking his head as he grabbed them and put them in his pocket.
There wasnt much conversation on the way to the airport since it was a short drive, her step father helped her get her bags prepared for the flight before escorting her to the boarding gate. " Attention all passangers, Gate 445 is now boarding for Bejing, please come to the gate for boarding. " she heard the announcer say. Looking up at her only father figure in her life, she tried to hold back tears as this was the last she was going to see him for a really long time. He looked down at her, shaking his head as he put a hand on her shoulder " Its ok to cry Kara, Im going to miss you too " he said, also fighting back tears. Kara shook her head and looked away " no, we agreed on no mushy stuff " she said to him as she started to check her purse for everything. Her step father laughed and shook his head " it seems no matter how mature or grown up you get, you always seem to forget the most important items " he said to her as he held up her plane ticket and her passport. Her face wouldve turned white if she didnt find the two most important things on her check list to a new life. Quivering her lip, she launched herself at her step father and hugged him as if she was never going to let go " I dont know where I would be without you dad...I love you " she said to him as she slowly started to break down. He hugged her back and lifted her off the ground, gripping her so hard she couldnt breathe " I know baby girl, I know. I love you too. You'll be fine. Call me as soon as you land, now you better hurry up, they are boarding " he said to her as he let her down. Kara nodded and grabbed her roll along bag, adjusting her shoulder bag as she got her plane ticket ready. " My big girl is all grown up, heading for china. I wish you the best of luck Kara, Im so proud of you...Im sure your mother is as well. You worked so hard for this. Make us proud " he told her as he walked her closer to the boarding hall.
Kara smiled up at her step father one last time before turning towards the gate " I will do my best, bye dad " she said to him from a distance " Bye Kara " he said in a loud voice, waving to her as he stood where he was, watching her give her plane ticket to the ticket lady and walk into the hall before he turned around and started to walk out of the airport. Kara didnt want him to see, but she was shedding tears like crazy by the time she boarded the plane and got into her seat. Lucky for her, she got the window seat and was able to watch her step father disappear as the plane took off.
Along the way to China, which was a good 17 hour flight, she studied the chinese language somemore, refreshing her high school lessons within the language before the plane landed.
After the plane landed in Bejing, China, she slowly unboarded the plane and looked around for her biological father who she had never met in her life. In truth though, all she had to look for was a sign with her name on it. Her eyes scanned the whole area, getting nervous when she didnt see her name until her eyes landed on a person in the corner of the crowd, a very tall, dark haired man with a navy uniform on was holding a sign with the name " Kara Longing " on it. Her eyes widened as she walked closer, looking up at the man who abandoned her and her mother when she was very young. His eyes were blue, but his hair was the same as hers, black and shiney. The man looked apon his daughter as if he was looking at an amazing work of art, seeing himself within her made him feel like he was complete again. " Kara? " he asked her, his voice deep and a little dark sounding. " Yes...Richard? " she asked him, walking a bit closer. " Yes, welcome to Bejing. Its so good to finally meet you " he said to her with a wide smile on his face, moving around the boudary gates to help her with her bags. " Like wise " she said to him, meeting him around the gates and walking towards the luggage area. As her eyes scanned the place again, she saw that everything was symbolic, which was a little hard for her to understand now that she was in the country itself but it was pretty much like walking into Chinese class for the first time. It would be easy for her to get everything.
After they grabbed her bags, Richard escorted her out to his car with all of her bags in hand, a lot of them having to be transfered by another person so she didnt have all of her stuff yet. Once in the car, she could feel her father's eyes on her, making her a little bit uncomfortable " What? " she asked him, putting on her seatbelt. Shrugging and smirking " Oh you just look so much like her, so beautiful " he told her, his eyes having that strange murderer look in them. Kara raised her eyebrows and looked away " Yeah I get that a lot, so can we go? I would like to get settled in and check out my school before dark " she said to him, her voice stern and full of interest on what she wanted to do. Richard nodded and started the car, driving on the road to where he lived. Along the way, Kara took in her new surroundings, passing the forbidden city and many other buildings. China looked so different from Los Angeles, the weather was nicer and there were so many people, however the population part wasnt any different.
Once they got to her father's house, Kara looked at it with a slightly disgusted look on her face. It was small, looked like it was only meant for one person. Richard laughed a bit and shook his head " Oh you are so easy to fool, the inside is bigger I promise " he said to her as he got out of the car and started to get her bags out. Kara felt a little embarrassed but just shook it off and got out of the car, helping him get her bags into his house and sure enough, he was right, it was bigger than it looked from the outside. He led her down the hall to where her room was, opening the door and allowing her to peer inside " Alright this is where you'll be staying. Sorry its probably not as big as your room back in the US but it will do right? " he asked her, turning on the light for her. Kara nodded and put her bags near her bed " Yes this is fine. If you dont mind I would like to go check out the Kung Fou dojo and college. I just want to get started on it tomorrow " she said to him as she looked up at him, earning an approved nod from him before he tossed her a language book and directions to both locations " Alright, just dont get lost. If you're not back in six hours, find a restaurant somewhere and I'll come find you. If anything, just call. My number is on the direction sheet. " he told her with a smile on his face, recieving a smile from her as well. " Alright thanks Richard, I promise I wont get lost. Ive been studying this language for a long time " she said to him before starting to walk out of the room, walking towards the door and opening it " Ok Kara, be careful. I'll see you soon " he said before she walked outside and took in the fresh air.
She walked and read for about an hour before she found the dojo in which she was going to be training in, it was big, really big. The whole yard was nothing but grass and clean concrete, the building on the side of it had something that looked like a stage in the middle of it with a mat on top, obviously where the training took place. Sighing a bit, she saw that the doors were unlocked and some lights were on so she opened the door and stepped inside. Immediately there was someone yelling at her in chinese from across the room. It was a man who wore black kung fou robes with a black belt. He was walking towards her. " Im sorry, I just checking out studio " she said to him in chinese. He then stopped and shook his head, his eyes going over her body like he was a predator. " This is no place for girl, you should leave. " he said to her in chinese, making her back away from him with a small glare in her eyes. Without anymore words being said, she sighed and walked out, running into a group of boys where the same robes and carrying duffle bags over their shoulders.
She stopped, looking at them with the eyes of a curious one, feeling their eyes on her like she was some kind of creature that didnt belong in a place like this. One of them smirked at her ( Cheng ), his eyes eying her body the same way the man in the studio did while the rest of them gossiped among themselves. Kara felt a little flustered about the one boy, finding him more attractive among the whole group but she managed to hide the blush and kept her defensive stance. Her arms down by her eyes and her eyes hard. She would show them, all of them the next day. Her eyes didnt leave his as she walked past him, staying within five feet of him as she walked out of the complex itself. " Who was that? Surely she's not here to sign up " Liang said in chinese. Cheng smirked and shook his head " No, this place is no place for girls '' he answered in chinese before they walked into the studio for training.
The next place she stopped was the college, which was a good 5 blocks away from the dojo. It was huge, a grand building with lots of people going in and out of the double doors. The sign on the building read " Bejing University " or 北京大学. She stepped through the doors, smiling at her newly found home for the next 10 months. Since the Dojo was funded within her scholarship, she didnt have to take the beginner classes at the university just to move up to the outside Dojo. She went into the office, telling them who she was in chinese and getting her schedule so she can find her rooms quickly the next day. Her subjects were Chinese English, Mathematics, Science and Chinese Public Speaking. The Chinese English and Public speaking class meant there was absolutely no english, it was forbidden in those classes so she would have to study extra hard to understand everything the teacher was saying.
After a couple of hours of looking around the campus and finding all of her classes, she decided it was time to go home. As she started to walk out, she bumped into someone pretty hard, knocking her into the opposite wall along with the other person. " Oh I am sorry " she said to the person, looking to see who she had bumped into. It was another American with braids in his hair, he was short as well, rubbing his shoulder " Oh its ok, I shouldve been watching where I was going. Are you ok? " he asked her, standing up as she did herself. " Im fine, I shouldve been watching as well. Do you go here? " she asked him, smiling at the sight of an American boy in China. It was as if she had found the needle in the hay stack. " Yeah, you must be new here. I havent seen you around here before. Im Dre Parker " he said to her, holding out his hand. Kara looked and smirked, shaking his hand " Kara Longing nice to meet you " she said to him, starting to walk out once more. " Well Im heading out so I guess I'll see you around " she said to him cheerfully before disappearing. Dre smiled and nodded " yeah, see you around " he yelled back.
Maybe being in china wasnt going to be so bad after all, the only issue right now was the Dojo, she had to prove to every one of those boys that she was worthy of the Dojo and was hoping that man wasnt the sensai. If so, she was going to have lots of problems.
Well I hope you guys liked the first chapter, the next one will be coming really soon! REVIEWS!