Just before the Sekai Taikai started, several people came from the US to support our heroes, for starters we had the self proclaimed number one fan of the Karate Kids, exactly, Stingray, besides that, we also have Johnny's old friends, Bobby and Jimmy .
Stingray: We're finally here, can't wait to see them kick Cobra Kai's ass.
Johnny: Hey guys, I'm glad you came.
Bobby: We wouldn't miss this one for the world.
Jimmy: We'll be there supporting you, I hope you win.
Johnny: Oh, we will, there's no better dojo here than ours.
Kreese (arriving at that moment with Kim beside him): I wouldn't be so sure about that.
Johnny: Great, him, I knew, I had smelled shit.
Kreese: Check it out, three former students of mine in the same room, good to see you too.
Bobby: Stop this bullshit, you're not a sensei, you've turned us into assholes, we're lucky we didn't end up like you.
Johnny: Wait until you have to face Chozen in the tournament, you'll wish you hadn't taken Cobra Kai from me.
Kim: As expected you still bark a lot, you are the ones who should be worried.
She and Kreese leave, and Johnny continues talking to his friends.
Another person who came to see them was Amanda's cousin, Jessica Andrews, she had seen firsthand what Samantha was capable of, and when she heard about this tournament she decided to attend in person.
Amanda: I never imagined that you would come to Japan to watch a karate tournament, but hey, a few months ago I had never imagined that I would come to Japan to watch a karate tournament either... Never mind, I'm glad you came.
Jessica: I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, by the way, who are they?
Daniel: Oh sure, Jessica, these are Johnny, Chozen and... I think you remember Mike Barnes.
Jessica: Yes, I remember him.
Mike: Look, Jessica, the things I did while working for Silver, I just wanted to say, I'm sorry, and I'm not that guy anymore.
Jessica: Okay, that's in the past, but how did this happen? Is it Silver again?
Johnny: No, we already took him down, but there's still Kreese, another guy who made our lives hell when we were young, but there's nothing to worry about, because he's going down, after this tournament is over.
Bobby: Speaking of him, who was that woman with him?
Johnny: It's just his little Vietnamese girlfriend, she's the granddaughter of the guy who taught him, a guy named King Kong.
Chozen: He meant Kim Sun Yang, and she's Korean, not Vietnamese, anyway, welcome to Okinawa.
Obviously Yasmine and Moon also came, and along with them, someone our heroes haven't seen in a long time.
Samantha: Oh my god, Aisha Robinson, I can't believe you came!
Aisha: Well, my best friend's gonna participate in the most important karate tournament of her life, what kind of friend would I be if I didn't come to support her? Speaking of which, I see that a lot has changed since the last time we met (she said when seeing Tory and Samantha side by side without trying to kill each other).
Tory: Yeah, so much has happened, and here we are, we're friends now.
Samantha: Yeah, but just friends, you'll always be my best friend.
Moon (to Hawk): Hi, I missed you.
Hawk: Me too.
Demetri (when seeing Yasmine getting off the plane): Hey... Yasmine, so... How was the flight?
Yasmine: Alright, by the way, there's something I need to tell you, it's very important...
Demetri: Sure, no problem, you can tell me whenever you want...
Yasmine: Look... I have to pack my things now, we'll talk later...
It was clear that they both wanted to avoid the subject as much as possible, and neither one of them was quite sure how to start such subject, besides, if Demetri told Yasmine how he feels and she said no, it could cause him to lose his focus on the tournament, and thus sink the entire dojo.
So that night everyone went to sleep because tomorrow would be a very special day, the day the Sekai Taikai would start.
The next day, everyone was gathered in a big arena, there were several students from different dojos coming from different parts of the world (actually, most of them were from Asia, they were the only ones from the US).
Narrator: Good afternoon karate fans, today will start the biggest karate tournament in the world, welcome everyone to the Sekai Taikai! And now, let's meet the participating dojos!
He introduces all the participating dojos, but I don't think anyone here cares about them, so let's move on to the main ones.
Narrator: And now, the moment you've all been waiting for, the two newcomers to this competition, this dojo may be famous in the San Fernando Valley, as it is the current two-time All Valley champion, but in the world they are still unknown, but that could change in this tournament, does this newcomer have what it takes to conquer the world? Led by senseis John Kreese and Kim Da Eun, give it up for Cobra Kai!
Kreese and Kim arrive at the arena, followed by their students.
Narrator: And last but not least, another dojo from the Valley, this one originated from the merger of the ancient Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang, a dojo that mixes two opposing karate styles to create an ultimate style, using white and red gis, led by senseis Daniel Larusso, Johnny Lawrence, Chozen Toguchi and Mike Barnes, I present you, the Karate Kids!
Daniel, Johnny, Chozen and Mike arrive at the arena, followed by their students.
Narrator: Before we start let's explain to you who are watching, how this tournament works, two fighters will face each other on this platform, which as you can see is a little above the ground, here there is no illegal move, it's almost like street fighting, and there are only three ways to end a fight, the first is the good old knockout, this is self-explanatory, if you knock out your opponent they're eliminated and you go to the next phase, the second way is to knock your opponent off the mat, if they fall it also counts as elimination, and finally, the last way to win the fight is to force your opponent into submission, this never happened, but maybe this is the first time.
Robby: As we saw in the rules, it's almost like a street fight here.
Hawk: The only time the referee interferes in the fight is when a fighter breaks the rules, or is about to kill the other.
Demetri: Yeah, we're playing Cobra Kai's game, no illegal moves here.
Tory: Give me a break, we're not gonna lose to these guys just because it's not a point system, right Samantha? Right Robby?
Samantha: She's right, we have, and we will beat them in this tournament.
Narrator: Today will be the qualifying rounds to decide between these 200+ fighters...
Miguel: 200? He said 200 fighters?
Devon: That's an awful lot, no wonder it's the biggest karate tournament in the world.
Narrator: Which 16 boys, girls and senseis will make it to the round of 16, and this is where the fun really begins! Tomorrow we have the round of 16, and I think you all already know what comes next, so...
Yoon: It's time.
Min: Let the battles begin.
Narrator: Without further ado, let get this party started!
Anthony: This thing is very high, isn't it dangerous to fall from there?
Devon: It's actually a little over two feet, not high enough to be a deadly fall.
Demetri: That depends on how you land.
Narrator: For the first fight today, we will have Samantha Larusso from the Karate Kids, against...
Tory (to Samantha): What an honor, you're the first to fight.
Samantha: Here I come, my first fight in the biggest karate tournament in the world.
Daniel: Hold on, since this is the biggest tournament of our lives, I have something for you.
He takes off the headband that was on his head, and gives it to his daughter.
Daniel: Mr. Miyagi gave it to me when I fought in the first tournament, now it's yours.
Samantha: Wow, dad, this means a lot to me, I... Thank you.
Both knew how important that headband was to Daniel, and just as it was with him, now it will be with his daughter, Samantha appreciates the gift and hugs her dad.
Johnny: Now go out there and kick her ass.
Samantha: Yes sensei.
Min (on seeing Samantha was completely healed from her injuries): What? She's like nothing happened!
Samantha steps onto the platform, and the other fighter is an unknown opponent from another dojo.
They face each other and bow, just waiting for the fight to start.
Referee: FIGHT!
Samantha starts striking first and goes towards the other fighter, she tries to block the attack, but Samantha hits her with a kick in the chest, which knocks her down, she gets up and tries to hit Samantha with several punches, but Samantha blocks all attacks, Samantha then grabs her opponent's arm, throws her to the ground and hits her with a punch.
The other fighter still didn't give up, and got up again, this time she jumped over Samantha trying to attack her from behind, but Samantha grabs her arm, and finishes her with a sequence of kicks, which knocks out her opponent.
Referee: Knockout, winner, Larusso!
Narrator: Incredible, Samantha Larusso shows that this newcomer is not playing around and earns a victory in the first fight, the next fight will be...
Next to fight would be Demetri and another guy from other dojo.
Demetri: Now it's my turn, I'll continue what Samantha started...
The fighters get on the platform, bow, and wait for the referee to start the fight.
Referee: FIGHT!
Demetri waits for his opponent to attack him, only to block all attacks, he then hits his opponent with a kick, the other fighter holds his ground, and tries to hit Demetri again, but Demetri dodges the attack, Demetri then hits his opponent once more time, knocking him down.
The other fighter gets up again, and hits Demetri with a kick, which almost makes him fall off the platform, but Demetri gets up again, and dodges his opponent's attack, the other boy doesn't give up and tries to attack Demetri again, and although he managed to block the other attacks, now he was being pressed, Demetri then manages to hit his opponent with a punch in the chest, and then hits him with a roundhouse kick, which knocks him down again, he gets up again, and runs towards Demetri, but Demetri dodges the attack and pushes his opponent off the platform.
Yasmine: Yeah, Demetri!
Referee: Out of bounds, winner, Alexopoulos!
Narrator: As we can see, Demetri Alexopoulos had a tough fight, he better watch out, this is just the first one!
Something was wrong with Demetri, under normal conditions he would not have been so pressed in this fight, not to mention that he was only using defense, and the senseis realized that.
After a day of several fights, the qualifiers for the round of 16 were defined, Samantha, Miguel, Robby, Tory, Hawk, Yoon and Min qualified without major problems, Demetri, Devon, Shawn, Kenny, Piper and Anthony had some difficulty but they managed to qualify, Sarah and Kyler miraculously got a spot in the round of 16, and to no one's surprise, Chozen, Kreese and Kim also moved on in the senseis division.
Narrator: We had some great fights today, and now let's find out what the Round of 16 matches will be!
Everyone looks at the screen and sees who their next opponents will be, not very complicated fights, most of them would face unknown opponents from other dojos, the only ones who would fight known opponents would be Demetri who would face Kyler, and Tory who would have a rematch against Sarah, but there was a fight that caught everyone's attention, and it would certainly be the highlight of this round...
Hawk vs. Robby.
Miguel: Hawk and Robby will fight in the round of 16, whoever wins, we're losing a great fighter very soon.
Robby: Yeah, it wasn't really what we wanted, but we knew that if we all kept advancing, at one time or another we would have to fight each other.
Hawk: Besides, you and I are tied at one win each, so this fight will be a tiebreaker.
Anthony: This is a fight I want to see, besides, Demetri will face Kyler, that means, we will have one more Cobra Kai that will be eliminated.
Tory: Two more, remember I'm gonna fight Sarah, and it's gonna be the same as the last time.
They talk for a while longer, when Kreese appears.
Kreese: So I see you survived the first round, not bad.
Hawk: Great, what is this guy doing here?
Kreese: I just came to congratulate you, we don't want to cause any fights outside of the tournament, as for you Nichols, know that after you lose, there will always be a place for you at Cobra Kai.
Robby: As if, you can't fool us anymore man...
Tory: Robby, it's okay, you don't have to fight, I can fight myself (she looks at Kreese) and you still have the nerve to say you care about me, even though you know everything your friend did to me, I went through MONTHS of lying to people for you, I pretended I was your granddaughter for crying out loud, and what did you do? You only told me to stay at Cobra Kai to be tortured by her, she told you about the stone thing?
Kreese: I'm sorry, what?
Tory: Exactly, when I abandoned the fight with Samantha, she made me break a freaking stone, just to punish me because I didn't want to win by cheating, they, on the other hand, despite knowing everything I did, welcomed me with open arms, when my mother died they were the ones who stayed by my side.
Kreese: I didn't know...
Tory: You wouldn't care even if you knew, you're not a sensei, you're a monster.
Tory and the others leave, and later she and Robby are walking along the beach with Samantha and Miguel, when they spot an ancient castle in the distance.
Miguel: Wow, it's a very beautiful place.
Samantha: That's King Sho Hashi's castle, my dad told me about it when he came to Okinawa, he said that if you run to the castle and get there first, your wish will come true.
Tory: Well, we're already here, what do we have to lose?
Robby: She's right, see you there.
Robby starts to run to the castle, and the others go after him, they ran to the castle, and Robby was the first to arrive.
Robby: I won!
Miguel: That's not fair, you started too soon.
Tory: What did you wish for?
Robby: Look, honestly... I wish Kenny would open his eyes and leave Cobra Kai...
Although Robby had yelled at Kenny the last time they'd seen each other, he'd actually been blaming himself for failing to get Kenny on the right path, and now, with Shawn in Cobra Kai, it would only make things harder.
Tory: Don't worry, he'll change his mind sooner or later, when we win this tournament him, and everyone else will realize Cobra Kai is no good.
Robby: I hope you're right...
They continue exploring the castle, until they arrive where Daniel and Chozen fought to the death, everyone was curious because no one knew where that place was.
Tory: What is this place?
Miguel: I don't know, Samantha, your dad told you about this?
Before she could say anything, someone else answered that question, for a second they were scared as they realized they weren't alone, but then they see it was just Kumiko.
Kumiko: This is where the obon dance is done.
Chozen: Hai, this is also where Daniel-San and I fought to the death.
Miguel: Sensei, what are you two doing here?
Kumiko: This is one of our favorite places.
Chozen: My uncle owned this castle, and when we were young, Kumiko and I played hide and seek here all the time.
Kumiko: He hid, and I always found him, so we decided to come here to remember that time.
Robby: Obon dance, it's to honor the dead, isn't it?
Kumiko: Hai, my aunt Yukie taught me when I was young.
Tory: It reminds me of my mom, when I lost her I thought I lost everything, but then my friends made me realize that, I still had something in my life, and that even though I made mistakes, it still wasn't too late for me to fix things.
Chozen knew everything Tory had been through in the last few months, he was there all the time, and helped her to recover, deep down, Chozen identified with her story.
Chozen: We're very similar, we made mistakes and felt guilty about it, but we did our best to redeem ourselves, when I was young I thought I had everything I wanted, but it's only now that I have everything I've ever wanted, friends, family and that special someone, I'm sure your mother is proud of what you've become.
They spent some more time talking with Kumiko and Chozen, and everyone had a good time, sharing stories about when Chozen was in the US, and also about their past, it was a great night.
Back at the hotel, Demetri was tired from all the fights he had today, so he went back to his room as soon as possible, but halfway through he ran into his ex-girlfriend Yasmine, and it looked like she wanted to talk to him.
Yasmine: Hi, I saw your fights today, you were great.
Demetri: Yeah, thanks... I'm glad you came...
Yasmine: Look, I came because... There's something I have to tell you, and I need to say it in person, so...
She was about to tell Demetri about how she feels, but for some reason, he didn't seem to want to talk about it, so he made up something to divert the subject.
Demetri: Look, if you don't mind, can we talk about this tomorrow? Today was a hard day with... All those fights, and I'm kind of tired, so I'm gonna sleep now, see you tomorrow...
Saying that, he ran to his room, and Yasmine was wondering what was happening to him, he didn't seem like the Demetri she knew, she needed help to understand what was happening to him, so she went to the person who knows Demetri better than anyone.
Moon: So, you talked to Demetri about...
Yasmine: No, that's why I need his help, there's something weird going on with Demetri.
Hawk: Weird? weird how?
Yasmine: I don't know, just weird, it seems like he's been avoiding me, since I got here we've barely talked, it's like he's trying to hide something from me, I think he's still upset about... you know.
Hawk: Don't worry, I'll talk to him tomorrow, but what do you want to talk to him about?
Yasmine: It's something only I can say, please, I need to talk to him.
Hawk: Don't worry, he won't hide anything from me.
Hawk promised he would talk to Demetri, but only tomorrow, after the fights were over, because he would have a very difficult opponent tomorrow and he didn't want anything to distract him.
The next day the fights continued, Chozen was fighting a sensei from another dojo for a spot in the quarterfinals.
Narrator: Toguchi has his opponent on the ropes, will the mysterious sensei of the Karate Kids get another victory?
Chozen attacked the other sensei with a kick but he dodged it, so the other sensei tried to hit Chozen with a punch, but Chozen blocked the attack and hit his opponent with a kick in the chest, as he tried to get up, Chozen hit him in the face with the crane kick, which knocked out his opponent.
Narrator: It's over, the winner is Chozen Toguchi!
Even affter winning, Chozen is respectful towards his opponent, helping him to his feet, and also bowing to him before stepping down from the platform.
Narrator: For the next fight we'll have Kyler Park from Cobra Kai against Demetri Alexopoulos from the Karate Kids!
Kyler (to Demetri): Prepare to get your ass kicked, and you're next, Lip.
Demetri: When Kyler found out that his IQ is less than zero, he said what.
Kyler: What?
Everyone starts laughing at Kyler, but he doesn't understand why.
Demetri: Okay, guess I've proved my point.
Demetri and Kyler get on the platform and prepare to fight.
Referee: FIGHT!
Kyler goes towards Demetri, again trying to hit him with the same front punch like he always does, Demetri blocks the attack, and hits Kyler with a punch in the chest, Kyler falls to the ground, but gets up soon after, he tries to sweep Demetri's leg, but Demetri dodges again, Kyler then runs towards Demetri, but Demetri sweeps him and knocks Kyler off the platform.
Narrator: Fight over! Demetri Alexopoulos moves on to the quarterfinals.
Kyler: Shit, I lost, now sensei Kreese will be really disappointed.
Kreese (sigh): As if I was counting on him anyway, Ms. Min, you're next to fight, are you ready?
Min: Yes sensei.
As previously said, Min got through the qualifying rounds without any difficulty, and the girls who faced her, left the arena very injured, also, the girl who was about to fight her was terrified when she realized that she would be her opponent, and that obviously only motivated her further.
Min and the other girl got on the platform, waiting for the fight to start.
Referee: FIGHT!
Min goes towards the other girl, and she tries to hit her with a punch, but Min grabs her hand, and throws her to the ground, the girl gets up, and tries to keep her distance, but Min hits her with a sequence of kicks .
Min: As a reward for not running away at the sight of me, I'll show you something very special.
This was the first time she had used this in a fight, the secret technique she learned from sensei Kim, when she hit the girl in the chest, she was instantly knocked unconscious.
Narrator (surprised): What? It's over already?... I mean, the winner is Min Yen Jin, she won the fight in incredible... 12 seconds! That's... A new world record!
While some of the fans applauded, the Karate Kids students were terrified by it.
Miguel: Have I really seen what happened there?
Robby: She defeated that girl so fast, and that move she used... I don't know why but we have to be extra careful with that.
Samantha: Min has gotten a lot stronger since the last time we fought her, that could be a problem.
Despite her extra training with Chozen, Samantha realized that they weren't the only ones who got stronger, the Cobra Kai students had their tricks too, Tory on the other hand, didn't seem impressed by how quickly Min defeated her opponent.
Tory: Two can play that game.
And indeed, the next fight was hers, her opponent was also from Cobra Kai, someone Tory had fought before, Sarah.
They got on the platform, and wait for the fight to start.
Referee: FIGHT!
Sarah tried to strike first, little did she know that she was fighting the Queen Cobra herself, Tory reacted to the attack by hitting her opponent with a kick in the face, that kick left Sarah very dizzy, so she wasn't able to do much, Tory hit her once more, and she fell again, and when she was trying to get up, Tory hit her with another kick in the face, breaking three of her opponent's teeth, and knocking her out.
Narrator: I can't believe it, 8 seconds! Tory Nichols breaks the newly set record, and defeats her opponent with overwhelming strength!
The crowd that previously screamed Min's name, started to scream Tory's name, which obviously made the Cobra Kai girl very angry.
Narrator: The next fight is one you've all been waiting for, the rematch for the 2019 All Valley tournament finals, both representing the Karate Kids, Eli Moskowits versus Robby Keene!
Yes, this chapter will end here, as we can see the Sekai Taikai has started, and everyone is doing their best, however, something doesn't feel right with Demetri, not only does it look like he's holding back in fights, but it also looks like he's hiding something from Yasmine, will his Binary Brother be able to get the answers? What will Kim say when Kreese confronts her about Tory? What do you think will happen? Find out IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
About the Sekai Taikai, I really won't go into too much detail about the other fighters and the other dojos (maybe just about the defending champions when they appear) and since this tournament doesn't exist in real life, I took the oportunity to invent the rules for it, I don't know, but, I think that a system similar to street fighting where there are no illegal moves would be even more meaningful than plain old point system, but that's just me, anyway, I'd like to know your opinions.
I would also like to know who you think will be the winner of this next fight, Hawk or Robby?
