"I already know how to do a punch." Kiro mumbled angrily in response to Akita, as he crossed his arms. "And a kick."

Kiro started to feel just a little bit better once Ally reminded them of Master Shen, as well as how long it actually took her to start learning the kamehameha wave. "Yeah!" Kiro bent his knees slightly, and brought the bottoms of his palms together, in a silly attempt to recreate Master Roshi's famous wave. "HAAAA!" He screamed, pretending to shoot a wave from his hands. "You just wait until we fight, Crane School." The child smirked, as he envisioned the great battle that would surely take place. He, the greatest student of the Turtle School (soon to be, according to Kiro), against the greatest student of the Crane School. An epic battle indeed. He snapped out of his daydreaming once he heard Ally's promise on the couch. "That couch is mine!" He assured the two, as he broke off into a sprint, a bit slower than his normal speed due to his weighted shell. He'd had it so long, though, Kiro had forgotten what his actual speeds used to be.

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(Timeskip to the day before the big day. XD)

"Congrats, you two." Master Roshi congratulated both Akita and Kiro, as they all (including Ally) stood just outside of his house. All three of Roshi's pupils now wore matching Turtle School gis; Maser Roshi himself, however, was now wearing a very classy-looking suit, a matching hat to go with it, no longer carrying his iconic turtle shell. "After several hard months, the World Martial Arts Tournament is finally upon us. This is a challenge that will put your hard work to the test. There will be many strong opponents there, and so I don't want any of you getting cocky in expecting that you'll go in and win on your first ever tournament. Many fighters there have trained their whole lives just to get past the preliminary rounds." Master Roshi carefully explained, he knew very well that any one of them could in fact win this tournament. That's why he had to enter in himself, in disguise. He'd beat all three of them, so it would push them even harder, knowing just how far they have left to go. "You are entering this tournament only as a way of further honing your abilities. Just another section of your training, for you to learn from." Master Roshi sighed, as he then proceeded to point to the turtle shells on their backs.

"You won't be needing those. Nu-uh, this is the real deal. You can't have anything slowing you down if you expect to make it passed even the qualifying rounds." Roshi informed them.

Kiro slowly took off his shell, immediately feeling such a relief. Kiro smiled widely, as he leapt nearly thirty feet into the air. The boy made a number of flips, as he landed back on the ground with ease. "Qualifying rounds!? Preliminaries!?" Kiro laughed. "I'm going to make it all the way to the finals!" He exclaimed, taking another leap into the air, simply out of pure joy. "Then I'm going to win!" He added.

"Kiro!" Master Roshi angrily shouted, as he hit the boy over the head with his cane once the student came back down. "What did I just say!? You'll be lucky if you beat your first match! There are many strong fighters entering this tournament!" He repeated himself once more.