Ally was shocked to see Jackie's fist coming right for her face!  She had no time to block or dodge the punch and was hit.  The punch was so powerful she was knocked out of the ring.  Once the referee could see, he walked up to Jackie Chun and announced, "WINNER!  JACKIE CHAN!  Er, I mean, JACKIE CHUN BY OUT-OF-BOUNDS!"

Ally raised up and walked up to Jackie Chun.  She bowed to him and left the stage where a medic was.  Her heart sunk low into her stomach.  She didn't expect to lose the fight, especially not like this.  He should've been blinded by the light, how could he have known?  More than anything she wanted to cry, and not because of the pain in her nose.  Jackie Chun should've been blinded.  The Solar Flare was a move she created, so how could he have known?  Then she thought about it a little harder.  He looked familiar and knew how to evade Solar Flare.  She took a deep breath and whispered, "He's Roshi..."

"What?" the EMT asked.

"Oh, nothing, I'm sorry," Ally said as he stopped her nose from bleeding.  It had to be Roshi!  This thought didn't make her relieved, it only made her feel worse.  A couple tears escaped her eyes, but she could easily blame them on the pain later on.  Why would Roshi do something like that to her?  This was her first tournament and he chose to stop her before she even made it past the preliminaries!  She clenched her fists as tight as she could and a couple more tears escaped.

"Sorry, it won't hurt much," the EMT said, probably thinking he was the cause of her tears.

"It's fine, thank you."

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Akita cried out when she opened her eyes to see Ally out of the ring.  "No way!" she shouted out in disbelief.  She then watched her friend step down to get medical attention and figured it would be best to let her be while she got her nose taken care of.  "Kiro, did she really lose?" Akita asked in disbelief.  Akita knew that it was possible that any of them wouldn't get past the preliminaries, but she was shocked that it was Ally.  "I can't believe this," Akita sighed.  She figured there had to be a reason for her friend not making it.  It would push her to train much much harder, and Akita was excited to see this.