꧁ Love in War  KWON JAE-SUNG

✰ 9 || Love in War

𝖹𝗂𝖺 𝖬𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗄

Zara kept an eye on her sister the entire morning, watching her warm up with Malcom.

Zia's eyes fell on the boy she had pretty much spent the last two days with, he was already looking at her.

He was soft hearted for her, but would never break character on the mat. He needed to be tough and intimidating.

Even if he wanted to run over and hug her, he couldn't and he wouldn't.

Before she could look at him, Gunther spoke, "Top eight dojo's! Welcome to our final group event. Over the course of the tournament, you have each proven yourselves worthy of your place atop the leaderboard."

"And after today, only the best of the best will gain entry into our tournament of champions. Now here are the rules for this round."

"Each team will face 3 opponents, determined by random draw, in a all-dojo tag team competition! Two fighters inside the ring, one from each dojo at a time. The other ten fighters remain outside, waiting to be tagged in by their teammate."

The Iron Dragons were facing Tiger Strike first, the team was ready, they just had to play it out.

Zara went on the mat first, along with a female competitor from Tiger Strike.

The referee spoke, "Fighters Ready. Fight!"

Zara was able to handle the first girl, then tagged in Axel, who handled a guy that the previous fighter tagged in.

Axel looked at Zia, "Go." Zia nodded, letting him tag her in. The guy from Tiger strike was annoying. He jumped and tried to attack Zia who slid under him.

He looks around and clapped, Zia kicked him in his side, and clapped, mocking him. When he charged at her, throwing punches left and right, she blocked them all, kicking him square in the chest.

"Iron Dragons 2-0!" The referee shouted.

Zia tagged in Aaron, who landed some punches and kicked the guy down.

"Point! The Iron Dragon's win!" She heard, she also heard "Point! Cobra Kai wins!"

Her smile grew wider as she went to hug her teammates. Her eyes lingered until they landed on a familiar pair of eyes.

Kwon Jae-sung, he eyed her, giving her the slightest smile to not break character right on the mat.

She nodded back, giving the smile that he wanted to always see, she was perfect in his eyes.

It was too bad she was on an opposing team, he wanted her on Cobra Kai, but knew she would never leave a top dojo for a boy.

The Iron Dragon's had secured their victory, they were moving on. They were watching the fight between Cobra Kai and Miyagi-do.

Zia was praying for Cobra Kai's win, so she could spend more time with Kwon. She didn't want to see him go this early.

The fight was intense, it was the blonde girl against Miyagi-do's male captain. She noticed when the captain tagged a girl with curly brown hair in.

Kwon turned to the captain, he said something and smiled. God Zia would've folded right then and there if they weren't in a tournament.

His smile was soft, but his face was intense, he wanted to win, he couldn't stand being anything else than a winner.

When the female captain of Cobra Kai, the blonde girl tagged in Kwon, I knew the match became tougher.

Malcom whispered something to me, and when the match between the two teams was over. Zia's heart sank.