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Chapter 9

When Jack and I got back to his house, we went down to the basement. There were mats, and Bo staffs, and training dummies. "Cool basement," I said, looking around.

"Thanks; grab a Bo staff and lets start practicing." he replied.

After five minutes I was on the ground. "What just happened?" I asked, dazed.

Jack helped me up. "You got a text from your ex-boyfriend, yelled 'I wish this moron would just drop off the face of the earth', and I knocked you down."

"Oh... makes sense."

We continued to spar. I was so out of practice it was ridiculous! I kept falling, Jack told me to get up, and we kept going. My arms and legs were sore and bruised, but I had to keep practicing.

The days flew by and soon it was time for the tournament, but I had no idea who I was fighting or which dojo he/she was from. On the way to the dojo, the gang blindfolded me. Jack told me it was because we were going past the Black Dragon Dojo, and I figured that trying to find logic in his way of thinking would be totally pointless. But it made my trust in them waver slightly.

When the blindfold was removed, we were in the Black Dragon Dojo. "Wh-what are we doing here, Jack?" I asked nervously.

"You see, funny story, really... um," he started, "You're gonna be fighting Frank... haha... funny, right?"

My mouth dropped open and I looked at the Black Dragons; Frank was practicing with his Bo staff. He looked about ready to murder me! "I can't do this," I said calmly, "I'm sorry, Jack." I walked past him and the rest of the gang and went into the bathroom. Fight Frank? There was no way I could do that!

I locked the door and sat in front of it. "Jess, please," Jack said through the door, "you can do this."

"I can't Jack," I closed my eyes, "You know what happened here. Every time I come into this place I can't see anything except that day."

"Please Jess, do this for the dojo! Do this for me..."

I brought my knees up to my chest. "I can't, Jack, I just can't..." A few tears slipped down my cheeks.

Jack's POV

"Jack, what's going on?" Rudy asked me, "Why isn't Jessica coming out?"

"Well... she kind of... um," I stuttered, then kicked the bathroom door, a silent plea for help.

Jess unlocked the bathroom door and came out. She wiped her eyes and began to explain, "What Jack means is that... I used to be a Black Dragon, but, long story, short, Frank broke my wrist, Ty burned my black belt, I attacked Ty, and got myself banned from competitions for a year."

Jess's POV

"And even when the year was over she never competed again," Jack added, "This is her first tournament in over two years."

"Exactly, that's why I can't compete, not here, not now, not with a Black Dragon."

That's when my uncle came in. "Oh, why does the world hate me!?" I complained.

"Let me talk to her, Rudy," Jack said, pulling me towards the door.

We walked outside and I turned to face him. He took my hands in his and we stood about an inch away from each other. "Jess," he said softly, "I know you can do this, bit if you'd rather no then I'll take your place. As long as your happy, I'm happy."

"Jack, you're very sweet, but if I don't do this now... I never will." I replied, "And you know what? You're the one that gave me the courage to do it."

I smiled and blushed as I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. We went inside holding hands.

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I walked up to Rudy confidently and said, "Ok, Rudy, I'm ready."

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Ok, so this chapter was kind of lame, and short, but oh well. The next chapter is the last. I promise that my other stories will be much longer.

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~Nydroj