This was it. This would be the day Zephyr would prove to her master that she is worthy of his attention. Zephyr climbed up the ranks in the dojo she trained at, just to get her master to acknowledge her and to give her better training. Each time she advanced a rank, her master would never acknowledge her but would always acknowledge the other students under his watch, but that would end today, for she trained day and night with little to no sleep just for his attention and to better her skills.

Zephyr signed up for the tournament, waited and watched each participant fight, learning their techniques and mistakes until it was finally time for her turn. Her first opponent was new to the dojo and its ways, but was an excellent street fighter, which meant that the opponent could fight dirty if they had no other choice. One of the rules for the tournament was to fight with all they had, so fighting dirty would not be against the rules. Another rule was to fight until submission, if there was any death, the other participant would be disqualified. As soon as the fight started, the opponent rushed towards Zephyr, but she waited for the opponent to get close enough before grabbing their arm and slinging them over the shoulder onto the ground with a loud thud. The opponent was very persistent in trying to get one strike off on Zephyr but would find themselves unable to do so and ending up flat on the floor, withdrawing from the match soon after.

The tournament continued with various participants being eliminated. Zephyr was focused on her task and didn’t realize that her opponent for the semifinals was going to be her master’s favorite pupil. She had the thought that if she was able to beat the pupil, her master would have no choice but to recognize her, this was the moment she was waiting for, this would be her victory. The fight lasted for a long while, both participants equally talented but one will rise, while the other falls. Finally, there was a winner, a finalist in the tournament who will claim the prize, Zephyr. However, the main prize that she sought after for all this time had evaded her yet again as the master took the former champion and praised them in front of her.