Disclaimer: I own only Layla and the idea of Drew! Bam! I did it ^.^ They are too busy with training :P "I'm not..." Like I said... way to busy! "Whatever I'm going to get a smoothie..." Ok Eddie! :) I'll join ya x
Previously on Dark Dragon: Thinking that his brother's death was all his fault Jack did a runner, leaving Kim worried about his whereabouts. In a attempt to ditch Kim and Rudy, Jack ran into a open doorway, which happened to be the black dragons. In a desperate getaway Jack ran into Drew Lee. After a misunderstanding, Jack said his sorry and then goodbye. When he was gone his last name hit Jack, was he Sensei Lee's son? Suddenly Jack was brought into a fight against the Dragon's, beating down all the students and even his father, Sensei Lee decided to get rid of Jack himself. Rudy came to Jacks rescue at the right moment, he defeated Sensei Lee to very ones amazement and helped Jack up. Feeling the need to finish the score later, Sensei Lee and the dragons left. With Jack back on the warriors side, he went towards his old dojo to make amends things with his friends. But did he believe what Sensei Lee and his father had said? That he's brother was alive and non other than Drew himself? That would have to come later though. First friends, second Black belt tournament, then Sammy!
Chapter Ten ~ Jack is Back!
*Jack's pov*
"Jack you want to..." Kim started. I knew exactly what she was going to ask though, so I cut her off.
"I'll be ok, I just want to sort things out with the guys first. I'll sort the cut out later." I smile, which makes her seem to calm down a little. I open the door to the dojo and stand aside for her to enter.
"Ok Jack... Awe such a gentlemen. " She giggles walking inside. I step into the doorway and freeze. "What is it Jack?" She asks looking concerned and scared at my actions. Her eyes keep glancing at the small drops of blood on my t-shirt.
"I just hope they will let me come back... but after everything I did..." I sigh and move back a step. I can't do this. I betrayed them... there's no way...
"Jack I'm sure they will!" Kim smiled taking my hand, she pulled me inside. Jerry ran over and pulled me into a bro hug, then we did our handshake.
"What'd do Jack!" He grinned stepping back to give me time to breath again. Milton and Eddie stood beside him with huge grins on their faces too.
"Guy's I'm..." Milton holds his hand up to stop me.
"Look Jack, we shouldn't of ever doubted you. We are the ones who are sorry." Milton smiled. I really have some awesome friends, even after everything they are still treating me the same. "So please can you rejoin the dojo so that we can make it up to you...?"
"Of course I will. In fact I have already rejoined." I grin. I get a few high-fives from them.
"Swag, yo!" Jerry calls making me chuckle.
"But I'm sorry too guys..." Again Milton stops me.
"Kim explained everything.." I look to Kim.
"Not everything." She hisses, I nod at her and turn back to the warriors. They seem interested in what Kim had said, but they say nothing.
"Well I still didn't have to be so much of a jerk!"
"Forget that!" Eddie groans "I'm hungry. Lets get to Phil's already. Coming Jack...?"
"Sure I'm buying!" I smirk. They all cheer and run around me to the door. A girl appears from behind where Jerry was standing. I stop in my tracks and head towards her. "I'll meet you there guys." They nod and leave.
"Hi." Layla mutters.
"Lay, when do I begin? I'm so sorry that..." She interrupts me with a hug. Which for her is very unusual. She pulls me into a tight hug which I return. Once our sibling moment is over, we pull back.
"Don't be. Kim told me about them holding us against you. I should of seen it earlier. So I'm sorry."
"Look there's something I have to..." I stop myself. I can't tell her, I can't risk everything flooding back to her. I can't deal with the questions yet.
"What?" she asks clearly intrigued.
"Argh... its nothing." I sigh. I couldn't find the words. I can't tell her now, but soon I will!
"O.k." She giggles. "Come on we better get to Phil's, before they order the whole menu."
"Crap. Forgot I was paying." She laughs and follows me over to Phil's. Just like old times again, they way I love it.
***** Dark Dragon *****
"Finally I can become a black belt yo!" Jerry cheered causing all of us to roll our eyes.
"Dude, you have to actually be one to compete." I state making his smile fall. Its true that he has improved but you have to be an actual black belt to compete in the upcoming tournament. Only a few weeks have pasted by, but it feels as if I never left my friends side. They accepted me back without any hassle. Plus my injuries have almost completely healed -not that they hurt anyway-. The only thing that remind was the Respect! on my chest. So no topless swimming any time soon. I have been training non-stop along with Layla, Kim and Jerry. Milton and Eddie on the other hand, have been training, but not as much as we have been. It wasn't long until the 'Black Belt tournament'. I was super excited about it, mainly because I was back having fun with my friends and that I may of overheard the fact, that Carson and Frank where entered. I really wanted the pleasure of beating them again. Carson more than Frank of course...
"Kim aim a little lower with the kick." I say snapping my mind out of my thoughts, as she got herself ready to attack the dummy I was holding again. She nodded her head and attacked. But she did something I'd done to Rudy before, she kicked low, way to low. Pain erupted in an area not mean to be hit.
"Too low!" I shouted in a high pitched voice falling to the floor. I grabbed a hold of myself and took deep breaths. Fudge that hurt!
Once the pain finally subsided I got to my feet. Layla and Jerry where cracking up, while Kim looked horrified at what she had done.
"I'm sorry." She squeaked.
"Its all right." I smirked "Just aim a little higher next time. But a good solid Kick. Now again."
"Seriously." She looks even more horrified making me laugh. "I'll do it again just to shut you up brewer." She snaps.
"Sorry." I stop my laughing and try to look serious "Again." She kicks the dummy again, I will admit I closed my eyes ready for the impact, but she kicked the dummy this time.
"Nice one there Kim!" Rudy grinned running over.
"Thanks." She smirks heading over to the lockers. I roll my eyes and place the dummy down.
"Now Jack." Rudy starts. "I'd like to see your fighting skills. I'm interested in seeing how much you have improved."
"Yeah?" A cocky grin appears on my face.
"So you will be sparing against me." He ushers me towards the middle of the mat. Is he being serious?!
"Whoa Rudy!" I gasp.
"Come on Jack. I'm your Sensei. I can handle it." He chuckles. He is right there. I nod and get into a fighting stance. Layla comes over and steps in between us. She then jumps back and shouts 'Begin'.
I charge towards my Sensei throwing a few Kicks and punches. He blocks and doges them, surprisingly fast. I throw another punch and he catches it. My mouth drops as he attempts to flip me. In mid-air I do a quick twist and land back on my feet. Who would of thought he was this strong?
"Well come on Jack." He sighs. "Don't hold back. This is boring!" There's the childish Rudy we know and love. This new Rudy was actually quite scary. I realise that I can't hold back here, so I go at him full force. This time Rudy also attacks causing me to stumble on one of his kicks, taking the opportunity he swipes my feet and sends a punch towards my stomach. I know I can't block it so I await the pain...
"Not bad Jack!" He grins holding his hand out for me to get to my feet. I forgot that this isn't the black dragons, when your down your out, not prey. I chuckle and host myself to my feet.
"Thanks!" I say patting myself off. I look to my fellow warriors who's mouths are open, wide! This makes me and Rudy laugh. Guess they didn't know how good Rudy was either. Kim re-enters and looks confused at us.
"What did I miss?" She asks coming to my side.
"Rudy just beat Jack!" Milton called
"Aww come one. I go out of the room for a moment." She groans. I pull her into a hug.
"I think your ready for this tournament." Rudy smiles "All three of you. I'm proud of you guys."
"Thanks Rudy!" We chime. God, its great to be back.
***** Dark Dragon *****
"Layla Brewer and Ryan Johnson please step forward." The announced called. Lay got off our bench and after giving Jerry a quick kiss, she walked onto the mat. A guy from the black dragons stepped forwards as well, I only knew him a little. He wasn't a great fighter but not one to take lightly. Layla might have her hands full here.
"Jack there's Carson and Frank left. That means one of us are going to have Carson, or worse one of us will be against each other." I could hear slight fear coming from Kim's voice. So I gave her quick look and squeezed her hand.
"Don't worry it's going to be fine." I try to reassure, she sighs and smiles back, but I can still see she is scared. A loud gasp and bang makes me turn my attention back to the mat. Ryan's on the mat and the announcer is holding Lay's hand up in victory. So that's Layla and Drew into the semi-finals, only two places left. After congratulating her I look nervously over to the judges. Who are randomly choosing who is to go against who. All the contestants are wearing white Gi's, black belts and contestant names printed on the back, so they know who is who. There are no dojo logos, so its any ones fight. Already students at the same dojo have been against each other, sibling against sibling, friend against friend, its crazy. Made things more interesting though, I just really didn't want to go against my sister or girlfriend. I now know that Kim feels the same, where as Layla looks like she itching to fight me, after I went against Rudy a few days ago.
"Jack Brewer and Carson Hunter Please step forward." I can't stop a victorious grin appear. I have been waiting for this match. I stand up from the bench but I can feel Kim gripping my hand tightly. I sigh and lean close to her.
"Don't worry, I've got this." I whisper giving her a kiss. She looks nervously over to Sensei Lee, who had been watching me way to closely.
"I have a bad feeling..." She hisses nodding in Lee's direction.
"I know. But I've got this" I repeat giving her my signature cocky wink. Finally she lets go.
"Good luck." She giggled. With my hand finally free I walked onto the mat. Carson had been waiting for me and as soon as I stepped onto the mat, he jumped up from his seat and walked towards me. I knew he was going to say something to try and scare me off, so I just gave him my cocky smirk and walked around him. I saw something in his wraps and sighed.
"Seriously!" I shouted pointing to his hand. "Why can't you just fight fairly." Carson gave me a glare but said nothing. Even the referee didn't seem to notice it.
"I want a clean fight. Two points win. Now... Begin!" He shouted stepping back to watch. Carson was still glaring so I ran at him and kicked him in the chest, sending him to the floor.
"Point Brewer!"
"Whoa so fast!" Layla squeaked.
"I knew it!" Rudy chuckled behind me.
"What?" The warriors asked. I wondered when he would finally notice.
"He was holding back the other day, when he went against me." I could hear the amazement in his voice. I gave him a small smile and then looked back to the fight. I didn't need distractions.
"Begin." The referee called again. This time Carson charged. He's skills have improved but no where near as mine. I grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back, I was about to flip him when I saw a familiar man take a seat beside Lee, my father... Taking advantage of the distraction Carson moved out of my grasp and hit my side. I groaned slightly and then regained my footing.
"Point Hunter!" I sighed in frustration, how could I let him get the drop on me? Carson seemed surprised for some reason.
"You should of gone down..." He muttered. He stopped talking when I laughed.
"Being used as a punching dummy, actually paid off I guess."
"Begin" Carson came again, he jumped into the air and aimed a high kick towards me, I did a quick forward roll and landed behind him. He cursed under his breath and sent a back kick towards me, I dodged but he wasn't aiming where I thought he was... His kick hit the back of my knee and sent me to the floor.
"No point!" I got to my feet and put a little pressure on the leg, it hurt but it was bearable. Besides its not like he was going to let me back down. Plus I didn't plan to. He came again, I waited for my chance and side stepped. He swept my leg but I managed a awkward side flip to my feet. Off balance slightly I stumbled back a step which gave Carson another opportunity. Again he didn't attack where he was meant to. His fist collided with my face and I went down again.
"Damn it!" I groaned getting to my feet again.
"One more Carson and your disqualified!" The referee warned. "Begin!" I didn't wait for Carson this time, I charged first. Somehow I managed the flip I wanted to do. I did my side spin flip and kicked him square in the chest, just before he hit the floor I kicked him in the same spot again. He landed hard onto the mat. On my landing I stumbled backwards but a pair of hands supported me up. I looked over my shoulder and smirked at Rudy.
"Winner, Jack Brewer!" Rudy lead me over to the bench and I finally sat down. The back of my knee was hurting but not as much as my head. The room was spinning but I tried to ignore it, I still had two more fights to get through.
"Jack you ok?" Kim asked looking me over.
"Yeah, but don't worry about me. Your fights next!" I stated.
"Yup... I'm against Frank." She sighed.
"You can take him, no problem." I smirked. "Seriously don't worry."
"Thanks Jack." She got to her feet and took up her position on the mat. Frank seemed distracted so he should be easy to beat. I watched the match while Rudy tried to talk with me.
"Jack!" He snapped making me look to him.
"What?" I asked innocently.
"How do you feel? Need the doctor?" He asked.
"Nah... I'm fine." I smiled looking back to the match. I looked back in time to see Kim hit and flip Frank.
"Winner Kim Crawford!" I cheered and gave her a hug as she came back over. "Told you."
"I'm so proud of the three of you for getting this far!" Rudy sniffled. "So full of pride." We rolled our eyes as tears appeared.
"Semi finals now." Kim sighs. It was me, Lay, Kim and Drew... which meant one of us where going to fight each other. The warriors where happily chatting away while the judges talked. They seemed to make their decision, I gave the guys a be quiet look and they obeyed.
"The first round of Semi finals is going to be... Jack Brewer Vs... Kim Crawford." I think my heart fell into my stomach at the same time as Kim's mouth dropped. Reluctantly we both walked onto the mat.
"I can't.." She started so I put my hand up.
"What happened to 'I don't mind hurting you?'" I asked playfully. "No need to go easy on me." The fire sparked in her eyes and a grin appeared on her face.
"Ok you asked for it Brewer." She chuckled getting into a fighting stance. "But remember no taking it easy on me either!" I rolled my eyes and took my stance.
"Hmm..." I muttered. The referee raised his hand. Kim seemed ready for anything, but I was going to go easy, I can't bear to hurt her. So If I lose I lose!
"Begin!"
End of Chapter.
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