Daniel looked at his other students, contemplating on what to do.  
"You were in Cobra Kai longer than him," Oliver pointed out.
Mr. Larusso snapped his fingers. "That's right. You each know each other's karate better than anyone. Put him on defense." He instructed. 
Eli smirked and bowed at him before returning to the mat. Eli side kicked Robby and threw his fist at him.  When his throws were dodged, Eli threw another side kick at him, making Robby faulted but quickly recover.  As if they had the same idea, they both went for a high kick and Eli kicked his foot in Robby's chest.
"Yes! Yes!" Odessa shouted like a mad woman and grabbed onto Hailey, both of them jumping up and down.
"Way to go, Eli!" Thalia said into her hands.
Eli lunged forward and did a spin kick but Robby grabbed his ankle and made him fall. The Cobra Kai threw a kick at him but Eli backed up quickly and avoided it. They each went back and forth with their kicks and Eli hit Robby but he was able to dodge it,  neither getting a point. They knew each other's moves like clockwork. Eli did wax on, wax off to block Robby's throws. The tie of Robby's gi was beginning to come undone but he paid no attention to it.  
Odessa had her nails digging into Hailey's arm as they watched intensely.
Robby threw a side kick at Eli but he held his hands up, blocking it. Their kicks were dodged and they went back and forth. Odessa's stomach was tightening in knots. Eli grabbed Robby's open gi and dragged him to the floor. The buzzer went off, making everyone snap out of their intense gaze. They had went over their time.  
"Unbelievable!" Daryl yelled out ran onto the mat.  "These two amazing competitors have reached their three-minute time limit in a one-one tie! Which means their championship match will be decided, for the first time since 1985, by sudden death overtime!"
Thalia's hand touched her forehead. "Oh, my god." She breathed out and suddenly remembered back to when she was in the stands during the 1985 All Valley. 
The tension in the room grew as the audience roared in cheers. Robby and Eli were amazing fighters. It could honestly go either way with them. But Odessa knew Eli deserved it. He had went through so much shit and he deserved to feel like he overcame all the obstacles people threw at him. But Robby also deserved to feel like he accomplished something he had been chasing all his life; respect.  
The boys were ordered to go to their Sensei's. After getting talks from both of them, Eli was more than ready. He walked back to the center of the mouth but not before meeting his girlfriend's eyes. She gave him two cheerful thumbs up and he responded by blowing her a kiss. 
Robby tried tying back his gi but couldn't find his tie.  In frustration, he ripped the top of his gi off his body and threw it to Tory.
Oliver's eyes immediately widened. "Damn." He turned to Demetri. "Why couldn't you have done that?"
Demetri narrowed his eyes. "Oh, shut up."
Eli blinked at his action and slowly looked at the ref.  All he did was shrug. He quickly untied his gi, his back tattoo and the butterfly tattoo on his chest on display, and he reached back and threw it to Demetri.  
"Now this I can get by." Odessa hummed in approval.
Johnny cringed. "Oh god, please shut up."
Robby immediately threw a kick at Eli and jumped up in the air. He was angry. He kicked his leg at at boy and fell to his bent leg, doing a high back flip. Eli bent backward on the mat and flipped back up.