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crystal hadn't stepped foot near any dojo for weeks, she was drained and she felt worthless, the pain in her stomach and her mind grew every day, the only time she felt at peace and not worrying about a massive empty hole inside of her was when miguel was with her.
she hasn't made up her mind yet about the tournament, kreese had told her that if she didn't show up for training then she shouldn't bother going near the tournament, crystal had been working towards this for over a year, she knew that she couldn't let anyone down.
her father didn't win the all valley ever, he told crystal that his biggest regret was not going to his last all valley and he told her that if she ever got to her last one, that she would perform if not for herself then for him, she told him that she wouldn't let him down, but he wasn't here now, but she wanted to do this, for him.
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cobra kai lined up at the all valley, opposite miyagi do, aimee made sure that she kept her hand on crystals back the whole time, it was aimee's way of telling her that she was here for her.
eagle fang came out and miguel searched the cobra kai students for his girlfriend, he locked eyes with her and gave her a nod, she nodded back a small smile creeping on her face, her eyes were still dull and not full of life like they were before, but the fact that she was smiling was showing she was trying to heal, even if it wasn't a pure smile.
kreese and silver gave a large speech to the cobras crystal and aimee stood behind them not paying attention to what either of their sensei's were saying, first up were the skills competition and crystal didn't pay attention until her boyfriend was up, she tried to be as happy as she could for him, cheering when he'd finished but something was keeping her from being completely happy.
it became crystals turn for the skills and she had to break boards, crystal turned to her sensei when she was about to go up, "roan!, look you've lost your father and everyone knows that there's always some built up anger after you've lost someone you love, so use that and win." silver tells her, crystal gives the man a small nod and makes her way onto the mat.
she stood in the middle of, aimee, kyler, robby and piper, the cobras where in a formation similar to how eli had it, crystal took a deep breath in and tried to find all the anger she had built up after loosing her father.
she used her fist to punch straight though the first board, for the second board she extended her leg out and kicked the board in half, the third board she punched through, and the last board, she jumped up and kicked her leg through the board, it breaking clean in half, unlike how it did for eli.
she felt a sense of happiness wash over her, she was proud of herself for completing the first task, she met eyes with her boyfriend and he gave her a big smile, she smiled back at him, a true and proper smile before she ran off the mat.
