PREVIOUSLY: The All Valley tournament starts and this time Samantha and Tory are not competing as enemies, but Kyler and Kenny have other plans, they secretly train some Cobra Kai students in a much more aggressive way so that these students win the tournament and thus prove that the their way is the right way, during the tournament Cobra Kai takes the lead in the skills competition, the Karate Kids almost manage to overcome them, but Victor loses focus when he starts thinking about Jacob, in the quarterfinals, Victor faces Phill, one of Kyler and Kenny's students, Phill scores the first point, but after being encouraged by Johnny, Victor regains his focus on the fight and defeats his opponent, in the next fight, Hawk Jr. defeats Steve Payne and advances to the semifinals, Richard, Jacob, Kate, Vivian, Laura and Bianca also win their fights and the tournament is heading towards the end, will Kyler be successful with his plan?
Referee: So the semifinals of both tournaments are set, in the male tournament we will have Victor Carter against Eli Moskowitz Jr. and in the other fight we will have the newcomer Richard Cooper facing Jacob Park, in the female tournament we will also have a fight between two Karate Kids, that's right folks, we will have Katherine Grey against Vivian Larusso and in the other fight we will have Laura Smith against the current champion Bianca Silva.
Jacob: Bianca, now it's up to us.
Bianca: I know, don't you dare lose.
Jacob: I say the same.
Referee: The first match of the semifinals will be Victor Carter against Eli Moskowitz Jr.
Victor and Hawk Jr. get on the mat.
Hawk Jr.: I can't believe that despite training together for so long this will be the first time we've faced each other, you won't go easy, will you?
Victor: No way.
Hawk Jr.: Great, me neither.
Referee (while he was speaking they did what he said): Facing me, bow, facing each other, bow and... FIGHT!
Hawk Jr. goes towards Victor and tries to hit him with several punches, but Victor blocks them all and counterattacks with a kick, Hawk Jr. dodges the attack and tries to grab Victor, but Victor breaks free and hits his opponent with a punch.
Referee: Point, Carter! score 1-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
Hawk Jr. runs towards Victor and tries to hit him, Victor counterattacks with a punch, but Hawk Jr. dodges the attack, Victor ducks and tries to hit Hawk Jr. with a kick, but Hawk Jr. jumps up and hits Victor with a kick to the face.
Referee: Point, Moskowitz! score 1-1, get ready and... FIGHT!
Victor heads towards Hawk Jr. and tries to hit him with a kick, but Hawk Jr. blocks the attack, grabs Victor's leg and knocks him to the ground, but Victor dodges the attack, Victor and Hawk Jr. jump and try to hit each other with a kick, but Hawk Jr. hits Victor.
Referee: Point, Moskowitz! score 1-2.
Moon: Nice going son, just one more point!
Hawk: You can do it!
Miguel: Don't give up Victor, the fight isn't over yet!
Referee: Get ready and... FIGHT!
Victor and Hawk Jr. try to hit each other, suddenly Victor tries to grab Hawk Jr. but Hawk Jr. pushes him away, Hawk Jr. runs to hit him with a kick, but Victor dodges the attack, grabs Hawk Jr. from behind, knocks him to the ground and hits him with a punch.
Referee: Point, Carter! score 2-2, get ready and... FIGHT!
Hawk Jr. tries to hit Victor with several punches, but he blocks them all, Hawk Jr. then tries to hit him with a sweep, but Victor jumps over him and tries to push Hawk Jr. for him to lose his balance, Hawk Jr. falls but dodges the attack, he then grabs Victor from behind and knocks him to the ground, but just before hitting him, Victor pushes him away, gets up and hits him with a kick to the chest.
Referee: Point, Carter! winner!
Victor goes to Hawk Jr. and help him to get up.
Victor: Great fight.
Hawk Jr.: Thanks, I'm sure I'll win next time.
Hawk Jr. goes to his father who congratulates him for the great fight.
Referee: The next fight will be Richard Cooper from the Karate Kids against Jacob Park from Cobra Kai.
Yasmine: Go get him Richard, finish him off!
Richard and Jacob get on the mat.
Referee (while he was speaking they did what he said): Facing me, bow, facing each other, bow and... FIGHT!
Jacob tries to attack Richard with several punches, but being good at anticipating his opponent's moves, Richard manages to block the attacks and hit Jacob with a punch to the chest.
Referee: Point, Cooper! score 1-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
Jacob goes to Richard and tries to hit him with a kick, but Richard dodges the attack and tries to hit Jacob with a punch, but at that moment, Jacob grabs his arm, pulls it and throws Richard to the ground.
Referee: Point, Park! score 1-1.
Tory: This can only be the work of Kyler.
Demetri: Richard, are you okay? You know you don't have to go on if you don't want to.
Richard: No, I'm fine, I'll keep fighting.
Demetri: Okay, this is your fight, do what you want.
Referee: Get ready and... FIGHT!
Jacob goes towards Richard, grabs him by the injured arm and kicks him in the chest.
Referee: Point, Park! score 1-2, get ready and... FIGHT!
This time, Richard tries his best not to expose his injured arm, Jacob tries to attack him several times, but as Richard is very fast he is able to dodge, Jacob then pushes Richard, trying to make him lose his balance, but Richard ducks, trips Jacob and hits him with a punch.
Referee: Point, Cooper! score 2-2.
Yasmine: That's right Richard, just one more point!
Referee: Get ready and... FIGHT!
Jacob tries to attack Richard, but Richard dodges the attacks, Jacob tries to hit him with a kick, but Richard blocks the attack, Richard then tries to attack Jacob with a punch, but Jacob dodges the attack, Jacob ducks and tries to hit Richard with a kick , but Richard jumps over him and tries to grab him from behind, but then Jacob manages to grab Richard's injured arm, throw him to the ground and hit him with a punch.
Referee: Point, Park! winner! That's right folks, last year's final will be repeated.
After the defeat, Richard went to Demetri.
Richard: I can't believe I lost to this guy.
Demetri: You fought very well, if he hadn't attacked your injured arm you would have won and don't let the result of this fight fool you, you're very good.
Richard: Thanks (he and Demetri hug).
Referee: Now let's start with the female semifinals, the first fight will be Laura Smith against Bianca Silva.
Laura and Bianca get on the mat.
Bianca: The time has finally come, your friends won't save you today, traitor.
Laura: Good thing I don't need them.
Referee (while he was speaking they did what he said): Facing me, bow, facing each other, bow and... FIGHT!
Bianca runs towards Laura and tries to hit her with a kick, but Laura blocks the attack, she then tries to hit Bianca with a punch, but Bianca dodges, she then trips Laura, knocking her down, Bianca then hits her with a punch and scores the first point.
Referee: Point, Silva! score 1-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
Laura tries to hit Bianca with a kick, but Bianca dodges the attack, she then goes towards Laura and tries to attack her, but Laura blocks several of her attacks, but Bianca finds a small opening in her opponent's defenses, so she hits. Laura with a punch.
Referee: Point, Silva! score 2-0.
Bianca: Too bad for you, but I know all your tricks.
Laura: And I know yours.
Bianca: What?
Referee: Get ready and... FIGHT!
Bianca tries to attack Laura with kicks, but Laura dodges all the attacks, Bianca jumps over Laura and tries to grab her from behind, but Laura breaks free, hits Bianca with a sweep and knocks her down, while Bianca is on the ground, Laura hits her with a punch.
Referee: Point, Smith! score 2-1.
Bianca: You scored one point, you were lucky, enjoy it, BECAUSE IT WAS YOUR LAST!
Referee: Get ready and... FIGHT!
Bianca goes towards Laura and tries to hit her with several punches, but Laura blocks the attacks, she then tries to grab Bianca, but Bianca breaks free, she grabs Laura by the arm, throws her violently to the ground and scores the last point.
Referee: Point, Silva! winner! apparently both champions will defend the title, now we will see who will be Bianca's opponent in the finals, both representing the Karate Kids, in this corner we have the current runner-up Katherine Grey and in this corner we have the debutant Vivian Larusso, despite being a newcomer she showed talent for karate, as well as her family, as she is the granddaughter of the two-time All Valley champion Daniel Larusso and both her aunt and uncle were once regional champions.
Samantha: Kate, Vivian, now it's your fight, do your best.
Kate and Vivian get on the mat.
Referee (while he was speaking they did what he said): Facing me, bow, facing each other, bow and... FIGHT!
Kate and Vivian try to hit each other, but all attacks are blocked, Vivian then trips Kate, but when Vivian tries to score, Kate dodges the attack, she then tries to attack Vivian with a kick, but Vivian grabs her. her leg, knocks her to the ground and hits her with a punch.
Referee: Point, Larusso! score 1-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
Vivian goes towards Kfate and tries to hit her with several punches, but Kate blocks them all, Kate then pushes Vivian, trying to make her lose her balance, Vivian falls to the ground but dodges Kate's attack, Vivian tries to hit Kate with a kick, but Kate dodges the attack, Vivian then gets up, but Kate hits her with a punch.
Referee: Point, Grey! score 1-1, get ready and... FIGHT!
Kate goes towards Vivian and tries to hit her with a kick, but Vivian dodges the attack, Kate ducks and tries to hit Vivian with a kick in the chest, but Vivian jumps over Kate, grabs her from behind and knocks her to the ground, Kate dodges the attack and gets up, but Vivian hits her with a kick.
Referee: Point, Larusso! score 2-1, get ready and... FIGHT!
Kate knew Vivian was taller than her, so she had the upper hand in a fight from above, so she started attacking from below, trying to take down Vivian, Vivian dodges some attacks, but Kate finally manages to knock her down and hit her with her foot.
Referee: Point, Grey! score 2-2, get ready and... FIGHT!
Kate and Vivian try to hit each other with several attacks, Vivian waits for Kate to attack, Kate understands the message and tries to attack Vivian, but at this moment, Vivian dodges the attack, grabs Kate from behind, knocks her to the ground, Vivian and Kate get ready to hit each other with a punch, but at this exact moment the alarm rings, time is up.
Referee: Awesome, these two great fighters have exceeded the 3 minute time limit, for the first time since the 2019 final we will have a sudden death overtime.
Kate and Vivian greet each other and return to their positions.
Referee: Alright ladies, next point wins, get ready and... FIGHT!
Both Kate and Vivian were determined to win this fight, Kate went towards Vivian trying to hit her with several kicks, but Vivian blocked all attacks and tried to hit Kate with a punch, Kate dodged the attack and tried to hit Vivian with a sweep, but Vivian wouldn't fall for the same trick twice, she jumped high and hit Kate with a Flying Tornado Kick in the face, Kate fell to the ground, but something strange happened, Vivian who normally landed on her feet after doing this kick felt an immense pain and fell on her back.
Referee: Point, Larusso!... (he sees that Vivian was lying on the floor and couldn't get up) DOCTOR!
Kate, Samantha and Miguel (going to Vivian to see what had happened to her): VIVIAN!
A few minutes later, Vivian was in the infirmary when Samantha, Miguel, Kate, Anthony and Lia went to see her.
Anthony: Miguel, you're the doctor in the family, do you know what happened to her?
Miguel: I talked to the nurses and it looks like she pulled a muscle and hurt her back when she fell, it's nothing serious, in a few days she'll be back to normal.
Lia (to Vivian): Sweetie, are you okay?
Vivian: I don't know, it still hurts a little bit, but compared to the pain I felt when I fell, it's nothing.
Samantha: They gave you 30 minutes to recover, but if you can't fight, that's fine.
Anthony: Anyway, you've fought really well so far, I'm sure if I were your opponent you would have crushed me with that last kick.
Kate: Do what you think is best, we'll be here for you.
Vivian: Thank you all... Kate, Uncle Miguel, can I speak with you in private?
Kate and Miguel: No problem.
Samantha and the others leave the room, leaving only Kate and Miguel talking to Vivian.
Vivian: Uncle, I want to ask you, do you think I should fight again?
Miguel: That depends, are you asking me as your uncle or as a doctor? as your uncle I would say 'do what you think is best'.
Vivian: And as a doctor?
Miguel: Well, in that case I would say you have a choice, you can abandon this fight and try to win next year's tournament, or you can go back there and fight in the final.
Vivian: What if I choose the second option?
Miguel (sigh): I didn't want to tell you this, but... you can fight in the final but... this could be the last fight of your life, your back injury is nothing serious at the moment, but if it gets worse, can have serious consequences...
Vivian: If I choose not to fight, the title doesn't automatically go to Bianca, does it?
Miguel: No, as you were injured in the semifinals, if you choose not to fight Kate will go to the final instead.
Vivian thought for a while, but she soon came to a conclusion.
Vivian: I... I won't fight.
Kate: What? but after so much training you'll just...
Vivian: You can't imagine how much it hurts me to do this, but I don't want to risk this fight being my last, I made my decision, I won't compete.
Miguel: You know, when I was 17 I was also injured in my fight in the semifinals, I had the option to fight again and I really wanted that, but I felt that leaving the fight was the best thing for me, I think you made the right decision.
Vivian: Well, there's always the next tournament... Kate, please go there and win that fight.
Kate: ...Leave it to me, I'll fight in your place and I'll win the tournament, for you and for all our friends who fought to get here.
Kate and Vivian hug and Miguel warns Samantha that Vivian won't fight, Kate returns to the arena for the final fight.
Referee: Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received the information that Vivian Larusso will not participate in the final fight, she will be replaced by Katherine Grey, but before that we will have Victor Carter against Jacob Park in the male final.
Kyler (watching the tournament on TV): It couldn't be better than that, Larusso, who was the only opponent of Bianca's level, got hurt and now Victor and Jacob will face each other in the final, it's now that the pain really starts.
Kenny: This is going to be awesome.
Victor and Jacob get on the mat, but as soon as Victor comes face to face with Jacob he has a strange feeling.
Referee (while he was speaking they did what he said): Facing me, bow, facing each other, bow and... FIGHT!
Jacob goes towards Victor and tries to hit him several times, Victor does nothing but dodge his attacks, Jacob keeps trying to hit Victor, until he manages to grab him, knock him to the ground and hit him with a punch.
Referee: Point, Park! score 1-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
Jacob tries to hit Victor with several kicks, but Victor dodges them all, so Jacob goes towards him and tries to hit him with punches, Victor dodges the attacks and Jacob hits him in the knee with a kick.
Referee: Foul! illegal kick to the knee, Park loses one point, score 0-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
Victor knew what he had to do but whenever he tried to attack or defend he just froze so all he did was run away but that was useless as after a while running Jacob knocked him down with a kick and while Victor was on the floor, Jacob kicked him again, this time in the groin.
Referee: No point, illegal kick in the groin, (he looks at Jacob) if you commit any more fouls you will be eliminated, only 1 minute left and the score is 0-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
Jacob, realizing he wouldn't get what he wanted, so he decided to fight normally, but he would still make Victor's defeat as painful as possible, so he grabs Victor, throws him violently to the ground and hits him with a punch.
Referee: Point, Park! score 1-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
Jacob goes towards Victor, grabs him by the arm and hits him with a punch to the torso, which knocks his opponent down, at this point there were only 30 seconds left in the fight.
Referee: Point, Park! score 2-0.
Victor doesn't get up and Samantha goes to him.
Victor (crying desperately): Sensei, it's over, I can't do it, I'm done for.
Samantha: No, it's not over yet, remember, it's okay lose to your opponent, but you must not lose to fear.
Victor: I'm scared of him, okay? What do you want me to do?
Samantha: Just stay focused, your best karate is still inside you it's time to let it out.
At that moment many things went through Victor's head.
Miguel (in Victor's head): Believe in yourself, you can do it.
Johnny (in Victor's head): Never accept defeat, if they say you have a 1% chance, have 99% faith, you will make it, I know you will.
Samantha (in Victor's head): It's ok lose to the opponent, but you must not lose to fear.
He got up.
Referee: Get ready and... FIGHT!
Jacob tries to hit Victor, thinking that the boy will either stay still or run away, but Victor's reaction was completely different, he tripped Jacob and hit him with a punch while he was down.
Referee: Point, Carter! score 2-1, get ready and... FIGHT!
This time the roles were reversed, now it's Jacob who runs away from Victor, he was trying to run away to buy time, but he didn't know it was a bad idea to challenge Victor to a speed competition, Victor was much faster and had much better reflexes, so he managed to hit Jacob with a punch and tie the fight at the last second.
Referee: Point, Carter! score 2-2, can you believe it? I can't believe it and I'm here, losing by 2-0 with only 30 seconds, Victor ties the fight and now the champion will be known in sudden death, ladies and gentlemen this tournament is exciting!
Johnny: He's got his confidence back, he's stronger than ever now... GO VICTOR!
Referee: Alright gentlemen, next point wins, get ready and... FIGHT!
Jacob tries to hit Victor with several punches, but Victor blocks all attacks, Jacob tries to hit Victor with a sweep, but Victor jumps over his foot and tries to hit him with a kick in the face, but Jacob grabs Victor's leg, he then throws the boy to the ground, but then just like last year, Victor balances himself on one hand and hits Jacob with a kick with both legs.
Referee: Point, winner! and the male champion is... I can hardly contain myself, Victor Carter! who joins Daniel Larusso and Johnny Lawrence as the only two-time champions of this tournament! (he hands Victor the trophy and everyone except Jacob and Bianca start to applaud)
Robby (to Tory): That's our son.
Tory: Yeah, he's really good.
Victor (to Jacob): YOU DON'T SCARE ME!
Jacob slams the floor and storms off agrily.
Kyler (seeing the whole scene): I can't believe it! Jacob actually lost?!
Referee: Now, just like last year, victory depends on the female final between Katherine Grey and Bianca Silva, so we'll finally meet the champion of this exciting tournament.
Samantha: Kate, now it's your fight, are you ready?
Kate: Yeah, I'm gonna win this one, I'm gonna win for Vivian, for all my friends who fought so hard and of course, for all of you who taught us.
Tory: All right Bianca, it's you against Kate, are you nervous?
Bianca: Not at all, Jacob lost because he has no brains, but I'm going to crush her like a bug.
It was only then that Tory saw what Kyler had done to her student, she tried to do what she could for Bianca, but it didn't work, so she took a desperate action, luckily, Samantha thought the same thing.
Samantha and Tory: I... wanted to ask you something.
Tory: You speak first.
Samantha: Okay, Tory I... I want your help, I saw how Bianca and Jacob were fighting and I know you didn't train them like that, they did everything to hurt their opponents, not just defeat them.
Tory: I know, it was Kyler, he was secretly training some of my students, I realized there was something different with Bianca, I mean, she was always aggressive, but today... today something strange was happening, she was taking pleasure in tearing her opponents apart and I imagine what she's done so far is just a show of what she intends to do with Kate or Vivian.
Samantha: Yeah, Laura told me they were best friends, but the way Bianca beat her in the semifinals looked like they were anything but friends, so Tory, are you going to help us win?
Tory: You bet I will.
Samantha and Tory shake hands and Kate and Bianca climb onto the mat.
Referee (while he was speaking they did what he said): Facing me, bow, facing each other, bow and... FIGHT!
Bianca tries to attack Kate with several punches, but Kate blocks all attacks, Bianca jumps and hits Kate with a kick in the face.
Referee: Point, Silva! score 1-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
This time, Kate tries to attack first, but Bianca dodges all of her attacks, she then grabs Kate's leg, knocks her to the ground and hits her with a punch.
Referee: Point, Silva! score 2-0, go to your senseis.
Kate goes to Samantha and the others.
Kate: I'm doing what I can, but it's not working. What should I do?
Samantha: Trust your instincts.
Tory: Use everything you've learned, both for offense and defense, only then will you be able to win.
Kate and Bianca return to the mat.
Referee: Get ready and... FIGHT!
Bianca started to attack Kate but Kate blocked all of her attacks, Bianca tried to hit Kate with a kick but Kate ducked and hit Bianca.
Referee: Point, Grey! score 2-1, get ready and... FIGHT!
Kate and Bianca try to hit each other in various ways, but all attacks are blocked, Bianca then tries to grab Kate, but Kate trips Bianca and breaks free, Bianca is on the ground, Kate tries to hit her, but she dodges and gets up, Bianca tries to attack Kate, but Kate goes under her, grabs her from behind, knocks her down and hits her with a punch.
Referee: Point, Grey! score 2-2, next point wins, get ready and... FIGHT!
Kate tries to attack Bianca with a kick, but Bianca blocks the attack, Bianca then ducks and tries to hit Kate with a kick, but Kate jumps on Bianca's leg and uses it to jump even higher, Bianca tries to jump too to hit Kate, but Kate had managed to jump higher, so she kicked Bianca in the face.
Referee: Point, Grey! winner! and the female champion is Katherine Grey! (he hands the trophy to Kate) and the dojo champion of this tournament is The Karate Kids! (he hands the trophy to Samantha)
Tory: You deserved to win.
Samantha: We would never have made it without your help.
Vivian (watching on TV): She did it! I knew she could.
Meanwhile at Kyler's house:
Kenny: It can't be, she lost too.
Kyler: There's only one thing to do now, come with me.
That's it folks, the tournament is over, what does Kyler intend to do now that his students have been defeated? Is there still hope for Bianca or is she a lost cause? and now the question remains, would Vivian have won over Bianca if she had decided to fight? yes, this question will be the same in season 4, when Miguel was injured in the fight against Hawk, so I'll leave it to you, and what do you think will happen next? Find out IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
