The Warriors Within:
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FOR ALL REVIEWERS:
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Tekkengeek01: Thanks for your words, and yes, Jin and Ling will be together, and so will be Hwoarang and Julia. Read this chapter and tell me what you think of it?
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CHAPTER 2: Another Tae-Kwon-Do Man
Hwoarang wiped the sweat off his brow and waited for Baek to comment on today's training. Baek smiled.
"You were something today. A few more days like this and you could be teaching the noble art of Tae-Kwon-Do to someone else."
Hwoarang smiled. "No doubt about that."
"The day you become humble, is the day for you to have a check-up." grinned Baek.
"Baek?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"About your family?"
"Er…..yeah!"
"Well?"
"How come my bro was called Joseph? I mean….I am Korean and Joseph is not a Korean name."
"Well, your mother looked like an American? Maybe your father was Korean."
"Oh……thanks".
Jin helped the burly man up.
"Sorry, you failed. You can't live here."
The burly man made a face at Jin and walked off. Jin turned to Bruce Irwin, sitting at the laptop. Bruce always checked a contestant's history before allowing him to compete.
So far the contestants had all lost to Jin and Steve, who was also present. The next contestant stepped forward. Just then, Hwoarang appeared.
"Hey, Kazama!"
"Hey Hwoarang!"
"Any new citizens?"
"Nope."
"Mind if I try a few?"
"Be my guest!"
Hwoarang looked at the contestant, who just stepped forward. He looked strong and fast. He had jet-black hair, and electric blue eyes. There seemed something familiar about him…..
"Name?" asked Irwin.
"Michaels, Joe."
Bruce typed a few keys. The screen flashed out information. Bruce read it out:
"Michaels, Joe , aged 25 born in California, Style of fighting: Tae-Kwon-Do?" Irwin looked surprised and glanced at Hwoarang and Joe.
"You know Tae-Kwon-Do?" asked Hwoarang incredulously. Then he resumed his normal face. "But I am still gonna kick your butt!"
Joe smiled. " We'll see!"
Ling Xiaoyu made her way out through the door. She had a training session with Master Jinrei at 10 am. Her watch read 9:36 am. I still got time. She decided to go see if any new citizens have come. Besides, Jin will be there…...
Ling had a major crush on Jin for a long time. But she didn't say anything to Jin, for she didn't know if he felt the same way about her. But she didn't know how long she is going to keep quiet.
She realized she had reached the grounds. She saw Jin and Steve watching Hwoarang and another guy, getting ready to fight. Bruce Irwin was also watching. She approached him.
"Hey, Bruce!"
"Hey Ling, how are you?"
"Great, who's Hwoarang fighting?"
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! You gotta see this. That guy, also knows Tae-Kwon-Do."
"Oh!"
Julia Chang was watching Hwoarang and the new guy get ready to fight when she saw her friend Ling approach Bruce. She walked towards her.
"Hey, Ling!"
"Hey, Julia! What's up?"
"Oh, nothing. Just came to look at what's goin' on !"
"Or perhaps, what's a red-haired guy doing?" teased Ling.
"Julia blushed. Ling knew about her affection for Hwoarang. But so did Julia know about Ling and Jin. She retaliated:
" Oh and I suppose you came to watch Jin, eh?"
It was Ling's turn to blush. A voice interrupted:
"Who's came to watch my cousin?"
Asuka appeared alongside Ling. She was related to Jin, through his mother's side. She was just 21, and was younger than Julia and Ling, both of whom were 24.
"Oh, Ling here….. she had to check whether Jinny had got hurt or something."
"Shut up, Julia."
Hwoarang cracked his knuckles and posed himself. Joe popped a neck and dug his shoe deeper into the ground. They got eye contact for a moment… something familiar….
"HIYAAAAA!"
The fight started. Hwoarang aimed a kick at Joe's jaw. Joe blocked it and delivered a punch straight for Hwoarang's abdomen. Hwoarang dodges it and does a round house kick, which catches Joe on the chin and he is sent sprawling to the ground. But he jumps up instantly and delivers a screwdriver kick. Hwoarang's back cracked as he fell down. But he managed to dodge Joe's next attack and did one of his most powerful attacks: The Two-Second-Terror, as he called it. He raised his leg and kicked Joe four times, the last kick with such a effect that Joe was pushed by its force, and he hit the pole with his right arm.
Hwoarang got near to finish him off. But-
"STOP!" shouted Jin. He helped Joe up. "Man, Hwoarang, were you planning to kill him?"
"NO! I was just finishing him off!"
Jin retorted: "Not much difference." He turned to Joe. "Congratulations, you are now a citizen of Fighterre."
Joe smiled feebly. He looked at his new home.