Author's Notes: Nine reviews on one chapter! Wow! Thank you, guys. I'm really happy because of it. I'm gonna try to make this the best chapter ever. Oh and ALL the characters, that you've suggested are in here.

Joey/Mai fan15: I love your idea for Shoma, I'm definitely gonna use him. He will use Kendo and Jujutsu, if it's okay. I added Jujutsu because it would be hard to fight, only using Kendo. I mean, that the tournament doesn't allow weapons, so he can only use some of the weapons, you wrote. Thanks, for telling me about the 'Rei' thing, before I wrote the next chapter. BTW, I had an idea of making Shoma related to Hitomi, through her Japanese side of the family, is that okay?

Trenay: Okay, I'll send you some stories, though there aren't many. I'm glad you like this and like that I use Shorin Ryu as a fighting style. I don't know that much, about Shorin Ryu except for that it's a style of Karate, and some other stuff. So correct me, if I get anything wrong, okay?

HeavenAnimeAngel-Amaterasu: Thank you. You do deserve praise, so don't be modest. Thanks to Andrea for the fighting style ideas, they're all great. Hope you continue to read and enjoy this story.

Nakahito: Thank you. Glad you like this fanfic. Tell me, if I made Sakura to sweet. I can change her.

TigerEyes: Thanks, I'm glad to know you like it so far. I'm NOT going to let Dark Venom's comment get me down.

Easier To Run

* It's easier to run, replacing pain with something numb

It's so much easier to go, than face all this pain here all alone

Something has been taken from deep inside of me….

A secret I've kept locked away, no one can ever see

Wounds so deep they never show, they never go away

Like moving pictures in my head, for years and years they've played*

- Easier To Run, Linkin Park

Kisho sat down. He had decided to watch the fights, since he had a free ticket. He found an available seat, in a section separated from the other seating areas. All the fighters were sitting there, waiting for their turn to battle in the spot light. He looked down, as two fighters gathered at the boxing ring.

" In the left corner, we have the talented…. Mackenzie Jones!" The announcer said, standing next to a girl.

A young girl, who barely looked to be fifteen, but which probably was older than that. The girl had delicate features, which gave her a unique look. Her green almond shaped eyes and her chocolate brown hair which reached barely reached her shoulders, lit up her face, and greatly enhanced her features. She wore a light pink tube top, and pair of cargo pants. The cargo pants were camouflaged, and were not army green; it had different shades of pink. The hues of pink, were anything between dark pink to baby pink. She wore baby pink wristbands, and other jewellery. She wore a pair of pink sneakers, to finish of the outfit. The girl waved to the spectators, nervously.

" And her opponent, who by the way is just as cool….. Kelly Armstrong!"

A redhead teenage girl looked up, angrily. Everyone was surprised, seeing as the daughter of Tina Armstrong was a redhead. She didn't look anything, like the predecessor version of the Armstrong family; her mother. Kelly was a tall teenager; she had red hair, which reached her ears. Her crystal blue eyes were blazed, with anger. She wore a camouflaged t-shirt which had different hues of green, with a matching jacket over it and a pair of army green cargo pants. She sure didn't have that innocent look, most girls her age did. In fact, she looked, like she had ran away from the army. Maybe she just had.

" FIGHT!"

The announcer's words echoed in the arena. It was almost deafening. Spotlights were cast on the two fighters. The redhead threw herself on the brunette, attacking using her body weight to push the younger girl to the ground. They both fell, to the ground. Kelly attacked almost hovering over the girl. Mackenzie launched a punch to her opponent's gut, and staggered back.

Mackenzie started a long chain of combinations of power punches and aerial kicks. Her moves were very smooth and she looked to be very evasive. Her style looked like Karate. It had to be Karate.

Her fighting style is so much like Karate. It's gotta be Karate, but which style. Modern Karate. No. Shotokan Karate. No. Wait, there's another style I know about…. Shorin Ryu. Yes, she's a Shorin Ryu fighter. No doubt about it. Kisho thought, as he watched the girl perform an arm lock.

Kelly winced in pain, but turned around and tried to kick her, connecting her leg to her opponent's face. Kelly picked the girl up by her left leg and tried to swing it forward making her fall. But to her luck, she stumbled backwards when her little stunt was countered. Before Kelly hit the ground, Mackenzie managed to get a punch in.

Kelly kicked the air, when trying to hit her opponent. Mackenzie was already away and ready to attack.

Man, that girl has more energy than a cheerleader on speed. Kisho thought to himself and continued to watch the fight. He was enjoying it.

Mackenzie sidestepped and cart wheeled, where she smacked her palms against her opponent, starting a new kata. She ended up, with her back to her opponent; The most dangerous position, ever.

Mackenzie leapt into mid air, and let out a back kick before slowly plummeting to the ground. Kelly got up, and made sure her opponent received some damage. Kelly punched and continued to hit the brunette, after pushing her to the end of the boxing ring. The redhead finally managed to do a kick, aimed at Mackenzie's head. Mackenzie sidestepped, and crouched. Where she now, launched herself and flew towards the redhead with rapid speed and power, that could make anyone drop to the ground.

" Winner!"

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Kisho looked over his shoulder, as the two fighters made their way to the seats. They sat down, and started to talk to another girl. Kisho listened in on their conversation.

" You were great. You're actually one of the best fighters, I've ever fought!" Mackenzie commented, her Austrailian accented voice was enthusiastic.

" Thanks. But I don't deserve praise." Kelly replied.

" Hey, what's wrong? You don't exactly seem to be in a good mood." Another girl asked. She had sandy brown hair, with strands falling down on her face and the rest of her hair swept up and put into neat ponytails at each side of her head. She had dark brown eyes, which sparkled. Her pearl white sunflower dress was beautifully decorated with Kanji word designs. She patted her friend on the shoulder, and added. " Don't let the defeat, get ya down!"

" No, it's not that. All my life, my mother and my grandfather have been pressuring me to be what they wanted me to be. My mother wanted me to follow in her footsteps, and my grandfather insisted on getting me into the Wrestling Championship. And I don't want to be a damn model, like my mother but I don't want to be a wrestler!" Kelly snarled. " I hate it. I hate wrestling!"

" Oh, don't care about what your family say. You're old enough to do whatever you want." Mackenzie chimed in, thoughtfully. " They should stop interfering with your life!"

" Yeah," The other girl chimed in, as she played with her ponytails.

" Mackenzie, Sakura…. thanks!" Kelly said, and sat down. " The next time, I see them. I'll tell them."

" But, hey, aren't they here…?!" Sakura asked, and watched as two figures recognized as Bass and Tina Armstrong.

" Gotta go!" Kelly said, and walked towards them.

" Good luck," Sakura said, and looked at the retreating figure.

" Yeah, go girl!" Mackenzie yelled, hoping her friend would hear it.

" What about you, Mac? How did your parents react, when you told them about you fighting and entering this tournament?" Sakura asked, her friend looked down at her feet.

" Um, my parents are dead. They died in a plane crash, when I was three." Mackenzie said, and looked up at her friend.

" Oh, sorry." Sakura said, hoping she hadn't made her friend sad.

" It's okay, that was fourteen years ago. I live with my aunt and uncle and they supported my decision to fight…… After a whole a lot of convincing." Mackenzie added, thoughtfully.

" Oh my God!" Sakura burst out, she looked up and stood up, quickly. " I have to fight!"

" Okay, go kick some ass!" Mackenzie said, and high-fived her friend.

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" Will…… Miss. Sakura Azumi, please make her way down here!" The loud speaker, went on and repeated for the third time. The announcer went to another announcer.

" She's not here. I don't think she's here." He said, picking up the microphone, Sakura heard him as she rushed towards the ring, her ponytails flying in the wind behind him.

" Wait! I'm here." Sakura said, and stopped and started to dust of her dress.

" In the left, we have the Shaolin Kung Fu fighter, who kicks a lot of butt….. Chyou Chen!"

Chyou was a Chinese girl, who had black hair, which was down and black eyes. She wore a dark purple Qi Pao, which silver flowers on it and steel grey lining. She cracked her knuckles as looked up, at the Japanese girl.

" In the right, there's the kawaii……. Sakura Azumi!"

Sakura fixed her ponytails and straightened her dress, which was blowing lightly in the wind. She shot her opponent, a death glare. She might have looked innocent, but in battle she was a whole lot more dangerous than what she looked.

" FIGHT!"

The Japanese girl trapped her opponent a difficult combo, she continued to by punching her opponent. She threw her fist at her opponent, and started to do some attacks, using her palm. She quickly hit her palm straight at her opponent's nose, and leapt forward kicking her as she was stumbling backwards. She got into a dangerous crouch and got ready for the Chinese girl to get up. She sent her fist forward and got blocked. Her opponent, Chyou had grabbed her fist, and pressed it against her and then threw her forward. Sakura fell and received a punch in her stomach, after falling to the ground. It hurt, but she wouldn't let it effect her fighting. She got up, and somersaulted forward, she made sure her left leg hit Chyou in her head. The effect was that Chyou doubled over and fell to the ground. She got up again.

And slammed her palm against Sakura's head, with rapid speed and skill. She was very strong and had very good attacks. But since, the two had similar fighting styles, it was easy to block each other's moves. Sakura got up, after the assault and threw herself forward and sent a kick towards her opponents shoulder; It was an excellent axe kick, well timed with good speed and strength.

She back flipped and waited for her opponent to recovery. Blood dripped to the ground, and was splattered everywhere. The Chinese fighter charged against her attacker. She sent two punches toward her. Sakura grabbed both of Chyou's fists and pulled them in different directions, when pressing her thigh against her stomach, while standing with her back to her opponent. She quickly turned around, half the way, and drove her heel into the other girl's stomach.

" Winner!"

Sakura jumped up, and down happily. She back flipped several times, in sheer joy and happiness was seen in her face. The seventeen year old was full of life, and was very hyper active.

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Kisho looked another fighter appeared, and occupied the seat next to him. He had black hair and black eyes, and he looked to be Asian and to be around his own age. He wore a dark blue Gi.

" Excuse me, what fight's going on next?!" The guy, asked wondering when he would fight.

Kisho picked up his schedule, and looked. " Ah. There. Shoma Takamouri VS. Kahuku Ka Li."

" Thanks." He said, and started to search for something in his bag.

" Kuso."

" What are you looking for?" Kisho asked, as the guy cursed angrily in Japanese, while tearing his bag apart from the search, in the process.

" Um, my Naginata, Shinai and my Katana." He said, and picked up some blades. " I'm a Kendo fighter."

" But aren't weapons against the rules?" Kisho asked. The guy shook his head.

" No, not the ones without a blade are allowed. Like the Naginata and the Shinai."

Kisho looked at the weapons, one of them; the Naginata, was a wooden stick and had a small, but sharp curve on the end. The Naginata was decorated along the sides with a gold ribbon whit it hung to. It was easy to remove the ribbon of fighting with it, was awkward. He removed it and stood up.

" I'm going to go now, bye. I'm Shoma Takamouri, by the way." Shoma said. Kisho extended his hand and shook it.

" Takai Fujimoto." Kisho said, to his luck he said 'Takai' instead of 'Kisho', as he almost did. Shoma hurried down to the ring. Kisho looked around, the two girls showed up again; He thought their names were Sakura and Mackenzie.

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" And in the right, we've got an excellent fighter….. Shoma Takamouri."

Shoma and Kahuku glared at each other. They waited for the announcer to signal a start. They attention was on them, as the fight was about to start.

" FIGHT!"

Shoma attacked, he kicked Kahuku, and swung his weapon at Kahuku sweeping him of his feet and on to the hard ground. The Kendo and Jujutsu fighter was in control and continued to kick the Hawaiian.

Kahuku got up, he slammed his fist, against Shoma. He held both of his palms in stance similar to a tiger's claw stance, and he slammed his palm against Shoma in a cat, like movement. No, the movement looked more like the one a snake, would do. Kahuku turned around, and roundhouse kicked Shoma, aiming at the stomach. Shoma caught his heel and threw it forward, appearing while sending an attack with the help of the Naginata.

He had full control, as he played with his weapon, attacking towards different directions. Left. Right. Shoma attacked using different attacks. He put his Naginata on the ground, and kicked it to the side and started to attack. Shoma ran towards his opponent. He swung a punch, which Kahuku staggered back and caught his fist. Kahuku held his fist in an armlock with the help of the other one. Shoma kicked his leg up, high hitting Kahuku on it's way. Kahuku stumbled backwards. The attack was very powerfull. No one could block or dodge it. 

" Winner!"

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" FIGHT!"

Brad Wong charged against his opponent. The girl, Guan Yin sidestepped and kicked the man, in the back. It was painful, and the pain continued as the Jeet Kune Do fighter got down and punched Brad, in the face. She was quicker, though Brad had more years of experience in fighting and therefore better techniques.

Brad attacked with a trigger kick, which looked complicated and must have been. He was out-manuevered by the teenager. The Jeet Kune Do fighter attacked, again leaping up into the air and throwing her leg at him. Brad Wong fell to the ground. The girl landing to top of him.

The Chinese fighter grabbed his opponent's leg, when she tried to move and twisted it. Making the young girl fall. She fell flat on her face, and quickly rose to her feet, giving Brad, who still remained on the ground a kick, in the head.

She awaited for him to emerge and quickly changed stance. She was now in a stance, with her left foot on the ground and her right leg in the air, ready to attack. When Brad charged against her, she brought her leg down and made a circle with it, then kicking him.

She punched him, in the face causing blood to fall. A kick was followed up, after the punch.

Brad smashed his palm against her head, first aiming, then striking. It was a quick move, and he squeezed in a kick before the move ended. It was a quick attack. Brad continued. Guan Yin got up, anger flared in her eyes. She attacked. One high kick to Brad's face, and a punch to his shoulder, made him collide and fall to the ground with a loud thud.

" Winner!"

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Author's Notes: Okay, just a small note. What did you think about the new characters?

Word Translations

Kawaii- Means beautiful in Japanese.

Kuso- Means damn in Japanese.

That's it, bye.