The first match between Hwoarang and Tara vs Rufus and Zangief was about to start. The two have promised that whatever happens they need to watch over each other so that non of them loses consiousness. The first 2 fighters were approaching the stadium, those were Tara and Zangief. Tara begged Hwoarang to go first to show him how much she has progressed, so he let her go first.
Juri was looking from the sideline to see how the match went on.
"Huh? I have to fight little girl? Even for mother Russia, the Red Cyclone will defeat a girl." Zangief said proudly and laughed right in her face.
She didn't care about what he said and kicked him in the face. Zangief got pushed back a little and looked suprised at her, he realised that she was stronger than he thought, Hwoarang was rooting for her from behind. She got distracted be him and dropped her guard, there for Zangief could throw her with a piledriver.
"Oops sorry, I won't say anything from now on." Hwoarang said when he backed away from the stadium.
Tara got back up and continued the battle, she ran up to the Russian wrestler and kicked him in the chest as counterattack. After a few minutes he got tired and called Rufus on the field, Tara got tired too and called Hwoarang on the field.
"You fought great Tara, take a rest, i'll take it over from here." Hwoarang said when he walked up on the field.
Juri was watching Hwoarang on a big screen tv and said nothing, she even ignored Twan who was always talking to her. When Rufus got on the field, he started talking loudly.
"You think you are the best fighter around huh, well you are not! I'm the best fighter around here after I have beaten that smart mouth Ken Masters and claim the title for best American fighter. You know, to prove that i'm the best I once pulled my own motorcycle with my girlfriend Candy around in the desert and..." Rufus said irritating and just kept on talking.
"Yeah yeah shut up already, you're giving me a headache. I don't have time to listen to your endless talking about being the best fighter."Hwoarang said annoyed and ran up to him.
Juri was laughing a little bit because of what Hwoarang said to Rufus. He kicked him into the air and slammed him into the ground.
"Why you little, I'll destroy you and cut you into tiny piece, then put you back together and do it again." Rufus said furious.
"Hey listen fatty, if you want to be a skilled fighter like that Ken Masters, you have to controle your temper and lose some weight buddy." Hwoarang said teasing.
Rufus charged Hwoarang, but he got out of the away and used the Pickpocket, he then kicked him out of the stadium. Rufus lost consiousness and there for losing the match, Zangief looked ashamed at Rufus for losing that quickly to a child. The announcer called the victory to Hwoarang and Tara and that they will advance to the next round.
Steve and Jin walked up to the winners and congratulates them for the winning fight.
"Good job Hwoarang, you are advancing to the next round. Did you talked to Juri about that problem you have with her?" Jin asked.
"No I haven't, I don't think I want to talk about it with her, I just don't. I just want to enjoy this victory, you guys don't have to do anything, I'm fine." Hwoarang said.
"What? So she didn't come to you to talk about it, damn i'll go talk to her again." Steve said but Jin grabbed his shoulder and holds him back.
"No wait, after her fight is over, I'll go talk to her." Jin said.
Julia and Bob lost the match against Balrog and Vega and there for, they will be the next opponents for the Taekwondo duo.
A half our later, the next match was about to start, Eddy and Christie won the fight against Rolento and Ibuki so they were the opponents for the one who wins the next fight. Juri and Twan's opponents were King and Marduk, the two wrestlers were doing pushups while Juri and Twan are just waiting for the announcer to start the fight.
Juri wanted Twan to go first to make them whore themselves out and then she would step in to finish the job. He started to match and Twan and Marduk started fighting, he had a hard time reading Marduk's moves but he still avoided most of them.
"Stay focused, don't let him catch you off guard, got it!" Juri screamed.
Hwoarang was, just like what Juri did, looking at the fight between the fighters, he saw Twan fight and remembered the attack he did.
"Hmm, I know that attack, so she learned him that attack too, this could be interesting." Hwoarang said interested and continued watching.
Tara appeared next to him and gave him a soda.
"When is she going to fight, I would love to see her fight." Tara asked.
"Really soon, just watch, you will see what she can do." Hwoarang said when he drank his soda.
"Ok that's enough Twan, it's my turn. Get off the arena." Juri said as Twan walked out of the stadium while Juri walked in.
King wanted Marduk to tag out, but he didn't wanted to because he thought that he could handle Juri on his own. Then when she walked up, she used the combo she learned from Hwoarang and took Marduk out without breaking a sweat, therefore she ended the fight very easily. King got enraged at Marduk because he didn't tagged out and took his unconsious body to the lockerroom.
Tara stared at the TV and then looked at Hwoarang.
"Wow, did you see what she just did, now that is one though girl." Tara said excited.
"I told you, that combo she just did, I thought her that, we learned from each other. But that is not all she can do, she has a special ability that you will see later in the tournament." Hwoarang said and walked back to the arena with his eyes closed and his hands in his pockets.
Twan looked suprised with his mouth wide open.
"Wow, when did you learned that, I have never seen you do that, not even at the practise sessions?" Twan asked very suprised.
"Just... some moves I learned from... somebody." Juri said and walked to her lockerroom.
When she was in there, Jin approached her.
"Hey Jin, good to see you again but let me guess, you want me to talk to Hwoarang about what happend do you?" Juri asked when she puts her hands on her hips girly like.
"No, I just wanted to ask you something if I may." Jin asked when he stood right infront of her.
"Sure ask away then." Juri said as she sat down while she drank some water.
"Do you like him Juri"?
"No! Not at all, I don't..." Juri said but Jin interrupted her.
"Does your heart say that, or your head. Why are you being so stubborn, don't you want to hear the truth?"
Juri stood up, kicked him and said "That's it. Get out of my room, now"! Juri said as she stood up again and tried to kick him.
He stops her kick easily with one hand and holds it tight.
"If you don't want to talk to him about it, then you are just fooling yourself that you don't like him anymore, stop being so stubborn and listen to people for once, it'll do you good." Jin said as he walked out of her lockerroom.
Juri got mad and punched the locker out of pure rage.
"That's it, I'm not just going to forgive him for what he has done to me, i'll see him in the finals and there i'm going to finish him. But first, i'm going to do something he's not going to like at all to make it more interesting." Juri said when she sat down again with a sinister grin on her face.
