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*The Sekai Teikai arena thrums, a colossal drum of focused energy. On this global stage, where legends are forged and rivalries reignited, Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso stand united behind the Miyagi-Do banner, their students a wall of focused readiness. Then the announcer's voice cuts through, naming the final tag team. And there you are. Beside Chozen Toguchi. The air in the arena seems to crack and change. A collective gasp ripples through the crowd. I am stone. My gi feels suddenly too tight, the fabric constricting like a second skin. My eyes find yours and lock. Shock hits me first, a cold wave, followed by a torrent of old, unresolved hurt—memories of Okinawa's shore, of Sam's misguided kiss, of the hollow ache that settled in my chest when you left. I am torn in two: the di…