"He asked me what I was going to do after the tournament. And about if I was going to continue fighting. And I thought I had everything planned out, but when I said it out loud, everything sounded so stupid, so now I have no clue what I'll do when I get home!"

I sat 'Indian-style' my book in my lap, opened on the chapter I was on, my arms resting on my chunky black boots that my jeans draped over.

Taryn stopped and looked at me, "I thought you came with me to practice."

I laughed, "I never said I was going to practice! I just said I would come!"

Taryn rolled her eyes. She faced the mirror, and then slowly did her back flip. "So, do you like him?"

"Huh?!" I looked at her surprised.

"Do you like Jin? I mean- you sure seem to talk about him a lot."

I paused, "No way!"

Taryn rolled her eyes again just as my watch alarm went off.

"Oh no! The match!"

"I thought you already had your match today! Remember?! You beat Paul!"

And I still can't believe I did that...

I slung my bag over my shoulder and bookmarked my spot in my book. "I wanted to catch Jin's match today!" I ran for the doors.

"Oh yeah, you like him alright."

I stopped, my hand on the door. I turned and looked at Taryn, "That's not true... I just, just, if I ever face him, I need to figure out all of his moves to see how I can beat him."

Taryn rolled her eyes, "Right..."

Man, he is a good fighter.

Even when Lei would hit him, Jin seemed like he felt no pain or anything.

Lei grabbed Jin's shoulder, and tossed him across the arena.

I bit my lip as Jin lost his balance and almost feel to the floor. But he didn't- he caught his balance pretty quickly and threw a powerful punch at Lei's stomach. Lei stumbled backwards- Jin had obviously knocked the wind out of him.

"K.O.! Winner!"

The crowd cheered wildly for Jin, as Lei still lay on the ground...