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"Hey."

Jamie turns from her place on the bench. Sam stands a few feet away from her with her hands at her side. Jamie nods, "Hey."

"I just.. wanted to tell you that you're doing a really good job."

Jamie furrow her brows lightly, "Thanks?"

"I know it sounds like bullshit, but-"

"No, it just.." Jamie trails off, "You're just one of the last people I expected to hear that from."

Sam smiles softly before it falls again, "Jamie, I know our relationship hasn't been the smoothest thing in the entire world, but.. I am really sorry for everything."

"All that stuff was a long time ago, Sam."

"I know." Sam says before sitting beside her, "But as time goes on and I start to realize that we're going to be moving on and living our own lives, I don't want to leave any relationships that I could've fixed, broken."

Jamie looks over at her, "I thought we silently agreed that this wasn't gonna work out."

"Yeah, but I at least want to be okay." Sam shrugs, "I know it's not at all my place, but I know you might have other things going on."

"How do you know that?"

"Because in a way, I saw myself in you. With all the karate drama, I struggled with my own issues. You've had the same look on your face that I used to see every time I looked in the mirror." Sam says, "It might not be the same issues, but it's the same look."

Jamie looks down at her hands, "It's just family stuff. Nothing I won't get over."

Sam nods, "You don't have to tell me anything, but just know that even though Priscilla is giving you shit for being captain or even if you feel like you're not up for it.. I think you're doing amazing at it."

"Thank you, Sam." Jamie says looking over at her

"Of course." Sam smiles

"The next match between Cobra Kai and Tiger Strike will begin in 15 minutes."

Sam gives Jamie a small smile before standing and walking off. Jamie sighs before standing and following Sam toward their team.

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"So we need to win this one to stay in the tournament." Daniel says as he looks around at the Miyagi-Do students, "We know it's hard with Silver here, but we are not fighting his team now."

"We've heard this garbage going around about loyalty." Johnny says, "Almost all of us trained somewhere else at some point. What matters is where our asses are now. We're Miyagi-Do. Got it?"

"Come on, y'all. Let's go!" Miguel yells as they all split apart. He looks over and takes a few steps before reaching and grabbing Jamie's hand, "Hey."

"Yeah." Jamie says stepping closer

"We got this." Miguel nods

Jamie smiles before nodding, "We got this."

Miguel smiles before the two join their team around the mat. Miguel steps in first as the other team sends someone in.

"Fight!" The ref says

Miguel's opponent blocks a few punches before kicking Miguel sending him down on one knee. Miguel stands up and knees his opponent in the stomach. The boy circles around Miguel and grabs wraps his arm around his waist before Miguel tries to elbow him. The boy pushes Miguel's arm away before Miguel swings again. The two block a kick that was sent at the same time before Miguel turns to Robby.

"It's time." He says before walking over and tagging Robby in, "Okay. You got this."

Robby steps in and tries to kick twice. Robby ducks down as the boy swings at him before standing up and landing a kick to his stomach.

"Point!"

"Yeah!" Daniel cheers

"Let's go!" Miguel says

Robby steps back as another member of the other team is tagged in. He blocks a few punches before sliding under him.

"Robby, tag me." Kenny calls out

"No. Over here. Tag me, tag me!" Hawk says

"Tag Kenny!" Miguel says

"Do not tag Kenny. Do not tag him!" Demetri says

"Robby, tag Kenny!" Jamie yells from the other side of the mat

Robby takes a deep breath and ducks under a punch that comes flying towards him. He then reaches out and tags Kenny.

"Finally." Kenny says stepping in

"Come on, Kenny. Go!" Robby says

"No, no!" Demetri groans

"Come on." Jamie mutters to herself

The opponent blocks a few of Kenny's punches before Kenny attempts a roundhouse kick. Kenny then goes on defense before the other boy spins to kick him. Kenny ducks under before jumping up and punching him.

"Point!"

"Yes!" Jamie cheers

"Miyagi-Do, two." The ref says before Kenny rolls on the mat, jumps up, and lands another punch, "Another point! Miyagi-Do wins!"

"Yes!" Robby cheers

"Let's go!" Kenny yells

"Yes!" Jamie cheers as Miguel and Robby lift Kenny on their shoulders.

"Let's go! Come on!" Kenny yells

"Whoo!"

"With the win, Miyagi-Do moves to 1-1. If they win their next match, they advance to the tournament of champions."

"Come on, baby!" Kenny says as they let him down

"Let's go!" Miguel says walking over to Robby, "Good job, captain."

Robby chuckles as Miguel pats his shoulder. As Robby turns to Daniel, Miguel's eyes catch Jamie. He smiles as he reaches and grabs her hand. Jamie squeals as she's pulled into Miguel's chest. Miguel wraps his arms around her waist and lifts her, "We did it."

Jamie giggles as she hugs him back. As he sets her down, the team gathers around for a group hug. Overflowing with excitement as they cheer.

"After the break, our final round. First match, Miyagi-Do versus Cobra Kai."

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The team gathered in the locker room before their last round of the day. A silence had settled over them as they thought over the fact that they would be facing Cobra Kai again. Facing Tory.

Robby looks around, "Come on, guys. We beat Cobra Kai before. We can do it again."

"One more time." Miguel nods before turning to Jamie, "Let's send our captains into the finals."

"One last time." Jamie sighs shakily, "Win or lose, this is the last time we'll ever fight together as a team."

"Damn. I guess I never thought about it like that." Miguel says, "After everything we've been through, this is... This is it."

As Miguel chuckles, Robby looks around with a smile, "So? How do we wanna go out?"

Miguel takes a deep breath as the teens go silent again. Jamie reaches over and intertwines their fingers. Miguel looks down at their hands before rubbing a thumb across her knuckles.

"Eli?" Demetri says

"Dude." Hawk says before standing up and pulling him into a hug, "I'm really sorry. I... I didn't mean to hurt you."

When they pull away, Demetri nods, "Oh, I... I know you didn't. I... I'm just scared of losing my best friend. I'm gonna miss you so much, man."

"Yeah. But you're always gonna be my brother." Hawk says before pulling him into another hug

"Okay, that's enough." Devon chuckles sadly, "There's no crying in karate."

Jamie and Sam chuckle as they wipe the tears rolling down their cheeks. Priscilla watches from the corner with a sad smile.

Miguel stands up and walks over to Eli and Demetri, pulling them into a hug, "Come on. Come in here, boys. You guys are always gonna be my brothers too."

He then turns to the others, "We're a family. All of us."

Robby stands, "Who are we?"

"Miyagi-Do." The teens say

"Who are we?" Robby says again

"Miyagi-Do!"

"Who are we?"

"Miyagi-Do!"

"I said who are we?"

"Miyagi-Do! Miyagi-Do!"

"Yeah!"

"Whoo!" Devon says as they all stand. They then look over as their senseis walk in

"You know, we did have one real doozy of an inspirational speech planned." Daniel says

"Looks like you guys beat us to it." Johnny says

"Our senseis taught us well." Sam smiles while Daniel pulls her into a hug

"All right. Enough of this kumbaya crap. It's time to get out there and kick some Cobra Kai ass!" Johnny says

"Yeah!"

"Let's go!"

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