"Ow." Fleur winced as she fell against the door, not use to walking with crutches at all. As if that wasn't bad enough, the door was pulled open, and Fleur fell to the ground. "Ow!"

"Shit." Johnny lifted her by the arms. "Lean on the wall."

"I got here as soon as I could." Fleur made eye contact with Miguel, leaning on the wall while Johnny got her crutches for her. "Which, isn't very fast, because I kept falling. But i'm here."

Miguel gave a sad smile, shutting his eyes. "Thanks, Fleur."

"So, you don't seem broken." she held the crutches again, coming off the wall. "What happened?"

"A sprain at the most." Miguel shook his head, Fleur glanced toward Yaya and Carmen. "Can we have a minute?"

"Yeah, sorry, I can l-" Fleur began.

"No, not you." he stopped her, looking to the trio of adults. "Just a second."

"Of course, Miggy." Carmen gave a small smile. "Just right outside."

Johnny looked slightly alarmed as he left the two, Fleur hobbled over toward Miguel. "Any advice now that i'm pretty much paralyzed?"

Miguel cracked a grin as she now leaned on the bench he was sat on. "Eat a lot."

"That's something I specialize in." she nodded, eyeing him. "What's going on?"

"Can I ask you something?" Miguel looked her way, whispering almost.

"Anything." Fleur nodded her head.

"I don't know the entire story, but I know you left your dad, right?" Miguel asked, because unlike Moon, Eli, Demetri, and Johnny, not everyone knew all the details about Fleurs life before. "When you came here?"

"I ran away." Fleur nodded her head. "Why? Did something happen with your mom?"

"Do you ever regret it? Like, did you ever really know him?" Miguel didn't realize he was pushing it, because he didn't know. Fleur blinked slightly, staring back at Miguel. He sensed the change in her face. "Sorry, it's not-"

"I knew my dad. I didn't know my mom well." Fleur cut him off with a small shake of her head, inhaling. "She was obsessed with her job and we never really had a relationship. But, you know, she's still my mom."

Miguel nodded understandably . "Do you think about her?"

"Sure. But, i'm mainly just really angry." she swallowed slightly. "Probably because that's all I really know how to feel most of the time."

Miguel scanned Fleurs face. "Do you wish you had known her?"

"More then anything." Fleur admitted with a sad smile. "You know, I see how Amanda is with Sam, or Moon is with her mom, Demetri and his moms, and even you and Carmen. I just wish I could have had that with her. Like, maybe some things that happened wouldn't have happened if I had her."

Migeul sighed in relief, his eyes started to water. "You're the only person that gets that."

Fleur tilted her head in worry when his voice cracked. "What's going on, Miguel? How can I help?"

"You already did." Miguel met her eye with a small smile. "That's all I needed to hear."

Fleur didn't know what he meant, not yet, anyways. She scanned his face over, giving a little smile. "Glad I could help."

He crawled off the bench, leaning down to hug her. Fleur couldn't hug him back with the way she held her crutches, resting her head against the side of his with a little grin. "We should hug more often."

Miguel laughed. "Yeah, we should."

"Okay, I better go in there before Demetris heart started doing cart wheels on the mat." Fleur said as they pulled back, waving one of her crutches his way. "See ya later, alligator."

"After while, crocodile." Miguel said back, a sad smile on his lips again as Fleur left the room.

"Come on, Demetri!" Fleur yelled as him and Robby fought on the mat. He sent kicks in Demetris direction, having each blocked before Robby hit him in the chest.

"Point. Keene."

"It's okay, Meat! Walk it off!" Fleur encouraged, clapping her hands together. He hurried off toward Daniel, Fleur watching in minor worry as she wished she could hear what they had been saying. She looked toward Cobra Kai, meeting eyes with Robby as he stared at her a second, his eyebrows frowned from the look she was giving.

"What?" he mouthed her way, in confusion.

Fleur sighed, knowing she wasn't about to mouth 'Hey, we're second cousins.' across the mat.

"On your marks!" the ref called, Demetri and Robby headed back on the mat as Fleur gave another clap, sending a thumbs up in Demetris direction. "Fight!"

Robby kicked toward Demetri, having it blocked, as well as the next. Robby did the same when Demetri kicked him. "That's a block. No point."

Fleur gave a loud cheer as Demetri grasped Robbys fist, twisting it like a circle, tossing him on the ground, only off a centimeter as Robby moved out of the way. Demetri spun around, trying to kick him, but Robby moved back again. He gave a "come here" motion to Robby, having him swing at him multiple times, but each being blocked.

Robby was quick, twisting on the ground and kicking Demetri in the chest. "Point. Winner!"

Fleur frowned, hobbling over on her crutches, praying to anyone that would listen that she didn't fall and humiliate herself infront of everyone. Sam slapped Eli in the arm, getting his attention as the two walked over toward Fleur. "Need a lift?"

"Taxi." Fleur agreed.

"Hold on tight." Sam encouraged, causing Fleur to grasp her crutches tightly. Her and Eli grabbed the handles over Fleurs hand, lifting her off the ground and walking quickly toward the rest of the team.

Demetri looked oddly at the sight. "That's something I never thought i'd see."

"By the time I got over here on my own, the tournament would have ended." Fleur gave a grin as the two set her down, making sure her crutches were on the ground good. "You okay?"

Demetri nodded, rubbing the top of her head. "He's pretty good."

"Yeah." Fleur hummed with a minor shrug. "But, you're still better. Even if he won."

And her words had so much more meaning behind them then the average person would have thought.

Demetri smiled, kissing her forehead as he wrapped an arm around her, letting most of Fleurs weight lean onto him rather then her uncomfortable crutches.

"Cobra Kai and Miyagi-Do are neck-and-neck on the leaderboard. But there's a dark horse...or should I say dark bird...that still has a chance." Daryl called over the mic as he stood in the center of the mat, waving toward the ones in red. "Will Eagle Fang Karate stay alive in our dojo race? We're about to find out. Miguel Diaz has one minute to return to the mat!"

A count down was put on the screen, having them all watch. Eli stood slightly awkward on the mat, looking back at Daniel every now and then. They were all looking around, Fleur looked toward the door in questioning, expecting to see Miguel. The crowd started to count down the final ten seconds, the buzzer going off and granting Eli the winner, Miguel absent. "Well, it looks like Miguel Diaz is not gonna fight. Which means that the winner by default is Eli Moskowitz, who advances to the final, where he will face Robby Keene. The finals are up next."

"Hey!" Fleur called to Eli, his eyes looking back her way. Fleur smiled. "You got this by the balls."

Eli gave a grin, Demetri was about to say something about how Johnny she sounded before Daryl started to speak. "Ladies and gentlemen, the wait is finally over. It's finals time! Since Cobra Kai scored the most points, they only need to win one match to be crowned Grand Champion. But, if Miyagi-Do wins both matches, the title is theirs! Ooh, high drama! Up first, the boys fight! Good luck to all of our fighters!"

The two bowed to the ref, then once again to each other. "Ready and fight!"

Robby kicked first, Eli following as he threw a punch, Robby sneaking his hand up to hit him in the chest. Cobra Kai cheered for him, clapping their hands together. "Point! One-zero, Keene."

"Let's go, baby!" Robby cheered, bouncing back on his mark. Eli called a quick time out, annoying Robby.

Moon walked over to get Fleur. "Come on, you gotta get off your knee."

Fleur looked to Demetri, getting a nod as Moon lead her back to their spot in the stands.

"Ready? And fight!"

Eli kicked him first, stepping side ways to block his punches, spinning around and sending his own. Robby had blocked them well, high stepping to avoid his feet being kicked from under him. Eli sent a kick his way, his ankle caught and shoved away. Like he did with Miguel, they both jumped on sync and kicked each other, but it was clear Eli had him first. "Point, Miyagi-Do!"

Fleur took Moons hand as her heart was hitting her rib cage, the two taking their marks again before announced to fight. Eli ran forward, kicking off his leg in a twist, Robby latching onto it and tossing him back against the mat, sending his fist down before Eli rolled out of the way.

They stood up again, both sending a kick in the other's direction, blocking each other. Eli kicked around, swinging on his legs and kicking Robby down onto the mat. "No point. Blocked."

Robby punch his way, Eli leaning back to dodge it. Fleur grinned as he used a Miyagi-Do original block, keeping Robby back.

Robby latched onto his body, yanking him back on the mat as their feet pushed at each other, rolling apart. Robby's gi was loosening, trying to kick Eli as he blocked it in return. He did it again, Hawk ducking under his arm as Robby tried to punch forward, running too fast as the force of the motion pulled him backwards, farther away.

Eli kicked at his waist, having it blocked, doing the same with his punches before Robby shoved him harshly, kicking off his left leg and sending the right into his blocked hands. Eli kicked at him, Robby jumping backwards to avoid it. His hand had hold of him, yanking harshly to have Eli against it, only for it to backfire and the Miyagi-Do to flip him over his back, onto the mat.

The buzzer sounded loudly above them, the ref hurrying them back to their senseis. Fleur let the breath go, loosening her hand on Moons. "Unbelievable! These two amazing competitors have reached their three-minute time limit in a one-one tie! Which means their championship match will he decided, for the first time since 1985, by sudden-death overtime!"

The crowd went absolutely insane, Robby and Eli bowing to each other before heading back over to their dojos. Fleur cheered. "Yeah! Sudden death!"

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kylie speaks

same energy as "yeah! a gi!"
lmao