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Chapter 2
Daniel Larusso has a wonderful life, a beautiful wife, two children and a thriving business. Ever since the 80s, his life has been going amazing.
Daniel spends his day making breakfast for his wife and children, then heads straight to work at his car dealership. Selling cars and giving away Bonsai Trees in memory of his late mentor.
After the day was over, Daniel drove off, and as he was driving he stopped at a red light. The day was beautiful and going well. That was until he spot wind of a sign at a Strip Mall. The sign had words he never thought he’d see again:
C OBRA KAI
It was then that memories of his past played on his mind. The days where he was teen played, the moments when he was assaulted, harassed and beaten by Cobra Kai on a daily basis. Daniel only muttered a few words.
“What the hell?!”
…
Inside the newly opened Cobra Kai dojo, stood Robby Lawrence and Miguel Diaz, the two stood face to face with Robby’s father Johnny Lawrence who officially dubbed himself their Sensei. There was silence in the air, Miguel took the moment to break that silence.
“So are we gonna get Karate Pajamas too?” Miguel asked, Robby held in a laugh.
“QUIET!”
This made the two teens jump in surprise.
“Ok,” Miguel muttered.
“The student only speaks when spoken to. Is that Understood?”
“Yes,” Both Robby and Miguel said.
Johnny raised an eyebrow “Yes what?”
Miguel didn’t know what to say “Yes sir?”
“Yes, Dad?” Robby just said.
“You two will always address me as Sensei here, is that understood?” Johnny said.
“Yes, Sensei,” Miguel said.
“And you,” Johnny looked towards Robby “Here, I’m not Dad. I am Sensei. Is that understood?”
“Yes, Sensei Dad,” Robby said, and Miguel held in a laugh.
Johnny rolled his eyes “And these are not pajamas this is a Gi. And you two will get one when you earn it,” Miguel and Robby just nodded at this.
“Now are you two ready to begin training?”
“Dad,” Robby said, but Johnny just looked at him making Robby sign “Sensei…You already taught me karate, So why am I here?”
“That is correct Mr.Lawrence, I need you to help me with Mr.Diaz’s training,”
“I’m ready, Sensei,” Miguel said, it was then in a quick motion, Johnny grabbed Miguel and threw him to the ground, shocking both the boys.
“What the-” Miguel let out as he was thrown.
Robby just winced “Dad,”
“Lesson One, Always Strike First! Never wait for the Enemy to Attack!” Johnny said.
Miguel slowly got back on his feet “Could’ve at least warned–”
“QUIET!!”
“Mr.Lawrence, it's your turn,” Johnny turned to Robby.
Robby signed “Okay, but just to let you know. This is considered Child Abuse,” he jokingly said, making Johnny roll his eyes.
Robby threw a quick jab at his father, which Johnny easily blocked, Robby then went for a low sweep, Johnny dodged it as well raising his leg. Robby then threw several more punches and kicks that Johnny blocked and dodged.
Miguel watched in amazement at Robby’s skills, but he couldn’t watch for so long as he grew short of breath, as he then took out his inhaler.
It was then Robby delivered a punch to Johnny’s face, but his father grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground, and Robby groaned in pain.
“Good, but you used to be better,” Johnny said as helped Robby up.
“I haven’t done this since I was 8,” Robby groaned.
“As you can see Mr.Diaz. We do not train to be merciful here!” Johnny said. Robby then took notice of Miguel who was using his inhaler, and he rubbed his back to support him.
“Mercy is for the weak! Here on the Street, in competition, a man confronts you, He is the enemy!”
“Hey you good,” Robby asked, and Miguel nodded.
“An enemy deserves no Mercy! What is the problem Mr.Diaz,” Johnny questioned.
“He’s using an inhaler. He has Asthma Dad,” Robby explained.
Miguel nodded his head “Yeah, there’s no problem Sensei, you just punched me and it triggered–” it was Johnny just grabbed the inhaler and threw it towards the wall.
“DAD!” Robby shouted. “He needs that!”
“Not anymore! We don’t allow weakness in this dojo!” Johnny then faced Miguel “So you can leave your asthma, your peanut allergies, and all that made up bullshit outside! Is that clear?”
“Dad, you remember I have a Cashew Allergy Right?” Robby pointed out.
Miguel was a bit stunned by this “Yeah and Those are real medical problems. I was…” The two then saw that Johnny was serious about this.
Robby just signed and rolled his eyes at his father’s ignorance.
“Yes, Sensei,” Miguel just said.
“Cobra Kai isn’t just about Karate! It's about a Way of Life” Johnny points at the Mantra on the wall.
STRIKE FIRST
STRIKE HARD
NO MERCY
“You should know this Robby, I taught you it,” Johnny said.
Robby signed “Yeah, I know it, though I’m not really into the first and third thing,”
“Well you’re going to have to relearn it!” Johnny shouted. “Striking First is the first step towards victory! Ok? Like you guys are at a party and see a hot babe. You’re not gonna let some other guy go up and talk to her right,”
“Parties aren’t my thing,” Robby said blankly. “And my girlfriend wouldn’t think highly of me when talking to a ‘hot babe’ at a party,”
“And I have never been to a party-” Miguel said.
Johnny rolled his eyes “Big Surprise there,”
“Look, Striking First is about being aggressive, all right.” Johnny said “Robby, are you just gonna sit back and let some dude talk up your girl?”
“If you guys aren’t aggressive then you’re a pussy, and you guys don’t want to be pussies am I right? You guys need some balls!”
Robby rolled his eyes “Dad, we talked about you using that kind of language,”
Johnny signed “Great not this bullshit again,”
Miguel nodded “Yeah, and you’re doing a lot of generalizing with that. I mean my guidance counselor says that certain words perpetuate the sexist world view that can trigger—” Johnny cut him off.
“QUIET!”
“From now you’re not gonna listen to some guidance counselor. You’re going to listen to me, Understood?”
“Robby rolled his eyes. “Oh my god,”
“Yes, Sensei,” Miguel said.
“Good!” Johnny said.
“Now stop yapping like little girls, and do 50 pushups on your knuckles” Johnny ordered.
Robby and Miguel just looked at each other and just nodded and got into pushup positions. Robby was doing the exercise with relative ease, while Miguel struggled just to do one.
Johnny signed “Diaz, just do some crunches. Don’t you have gym class or something,”
Miguel rolled over “Yeah,” he then began to struggle to do crunches
“It's alright, take your time,” Robby encouraged him. “You’ll get use to it,”
It was still a man with a suit walking into the dojo.
“Are you Mr. Lawrence?”
“It's Sensei, actually?”
Robby quickly shushed him as Johnny went up to the man.
“Yeah, that's me. What brings you in? Looking to lose that guy and learn how to kick ass,”
Robby rolled his eyes again “Damn it Dad,”
“No, I’m with the city health department,” he handed Johnny some papers “These are a list of requirements needed to open up an exercise studio,”
“This isn’t an exercise studio, this is a karate dojo,” Johnny corrected.
“Dojos are categorized as exercise studios,” Robby told him.
“Kid’s right, it's the same deal,” the health inspector walked around the dojo. “Wow, this place needs a lot of work. You’re not open for business yet right?” he looks at Robby and Miguel “You two aren’t customers here right?”
“No, that's my son and some illegal I pick up,” Johnny said quickly, Robby signed at this “They’re helping me set up,”
“Don’t need to know about that, my job is just to make sure this place is set up to code. You don’t want a scabies outbreak like that hot yoga place over on Tujunga.”
Johnny looked through the papers “Wait. Wait. So I have to do this crap before I even open.”
“No, you need to do that to get the certificate to get the insurance you need to open, but you knew that when you signed your lease right?”
“My Dad’s not a big reader sir,” Robby said blankly.
“My Son’s joking, I read it, I read it,” Johnny quickly said.
“I’ll drop by next week for another inspection” the man headed towards the exit “Cool Snake,”
“It's a Cobra,”
Johnny scoffs as the man leaves.
“So what are you going to do Dad?” Robby asked.
“Yeah?” Miguel got up “How are you gonna fix this place up before the next inspection,”
…
Daniel was at the Encino country club with his wife Amanda and his youngest son Anthony, after failing in trying to bond with his son. And conversing with his friend and his daughter Aisha, who is also friends with his daughter. Daniel vented how his day was going with Amanda.
“You know Sam, should be here we always do this every year,” Daniel said “And you didn’t need to lie to Aisha,”
“Well I can’t tell her she’s with her new friends or she’s probably with her boyfriend,” Amanda said.
Daniel signed “You know, I still find it hard she hasn’t introduced us to him,”
“She’s probably embarrassed,” Amanda said. “All kids are like that when they’re dating, but that's not the problem for you today isn’t it,”
“Yeah..You see I got off work the other day and I’m at this stoplight and outside in this strip mall I see..”
“Dad! Where’s my drink?” his son shouted out.
Daniel signed and drank his wine”You know what I’m gonna throw him in the pool,”
…
Back at the Cobra Kai dojo, Robby and Miguel were cleaning up the place for the upcoming inspection. Miguel was cleaning the mats, while Robby was fixing the wiring.
“Good,” Johnny walks in. “Be sure to clean both sides,” he tells Miguel.
“What does this have to do with karate?” Miguel questioned.
“Do not question my methods.” Johnny opened a bottle of beer.
Robby signed “He just doesn’t want to pay someone for the repairs so he’s having us to do it,” he explains, this makes Miguel sign.
Miguel stands up and looks at the box of trophies “So you were a Karate Champion Sensei?” Johnny nodded his head and drank his beer.
“You don’t have to call me Sensei, everytime,”
“Sorry, Sensei. I mean sorry, sorry,”
Johnny signs “Yeah I won a couple of All Valley tournaments,”
“He won two All Valley Tournaments,” Robby said. “He didn’t get a single point landed on him in his junior year.” he tells Miguel, and Johnny nods his his head “He would never shut up about it,”
Johnny rolls his eyes at the comment.
“Alright,” Miguel was amazed. “What about your Senior year?”
Johnny was silent as was Robby. Johnny’ memories of that tournament played in his mind “This isn’t 20 questions,”
It was then Miguel’s phone started ringing, the ringtone made Johnny scowl “Where the hell is that garbage coming from,”
“Just a sec,” Miguel answered his phone. “Oh hey Mom, Sorry yeah, debate is running pretty late. Uh Ok. Love you too,”
Miguel hung up his phone “Sorry that was my Mom, told her I joined Debate. She’s against this whole violence thing,”
“What about your dad? He's cool with you getting your ass kicked all over Reseda,” Johnny asked.
“I never knew my dad,” Miguel admitted, this made Johnny and Robby give him an empathetic look.
Johnny signed “Well, you two stop standing around and get back to training!”
“You mean cleaning?” Robby said, making Johnny sign.
“Okay, Yeah.” Miguel went back to cleaning the mats.
“And change that ringtone get some Gun N’ Roses or something,” Johnny told him
“What's Guns N Roses?” Miguel asked, making Johnny stop and Robby held in a laugh.
“Gonna pretend you didn’t say that,”
…
After the night training Robby got back to his apartment and layed in bed. He grabbed his laptop and when opening his social media pages, he got a video chat request and he smiled at the person calling.
Robby answered the call, and he was greeted by a beautiful girl with brown hair and beautiful blue eyes.
“Hey,” Robby smiled.
“Hey,” the girl greeted.
“So how was the pool party,” Robby asked “Hope I didn’t miss much?” He then notices the girl’s mood change.
“Not Great, my dad barged in and kinda ruined it,”
“Damn, sorry to hear that Sam,” Robby said.
“It's fine, Robby. Just wish you were there,” Sam told him.
“Sorry, my dad opened up a Karate Dojo and he wants me to help fix it up,” Robby explained.
“A Karate Dojo?” Sam asked, with a slight laugh “Are you serious?”
Robby signed “Yeah, he’s dead serious about it. So I’d be dealing with that for a while. “Don’t know why he decided to open it but hey what can you get with someone going through what seems like a mid-life crisis,” Sam laughed at this “Anything else happens?”
Sam signed “Just Kyler,”
Robby was shocked “You invited that guy?”
“Yasmine, invited him,” Sam said “He was creeping me out the entire time, this was probably the only time I’m glad my dad came home early,”
“Well if he keeps bothering you let me know,” Robby said “I’ll show him a thing or two,”
Sam laughed “Sure will do,”
“Hey Sam,” a voice in the background of Sam’s call said.
“Oh it's my dad, I should go,” Sam said. “I’ll see you in school,”
Robby smiled “See you there,”
Sam hung up the call
…
Sam quickly closed her laptop as her Dad entered her room.
“So are we going to talk about what happened?” Daniel asked.
“Dad..I’m really sorry about today,” Sam admitted “I shouldn’t have thrown a party while you and mom were away,”
Daniel signed “Well maybe I overreacted a little, okay maybe a lot.”
“Just have those guys bring their own trunks next time,”
Sam laughed “Will do,”
Daniel then sat next to her on her bed “So these guys, any of them I have to worry about,”
“Oh god no” Sam quickly answered “Yas, invited them over. And they’re total creeps,” Daniel was surprised by this “But don’t worry I’ll make sure she doesn’t invite them next time,”
Daniel nodded “Okay that's good. Is there anything else, like a guy who doesn’t creep you out,”
Sam was silent but she had a small smile “Well, there is this one guy. We’ve been seeing each for while, he wasn’t at the party, “ Daniel nodded his head at this “His name’s Robby, he’s a really sweet guy,”
“I see, and nothing else right?” Daniel asked.
Sam was confused “Wait what do you—Oh gross dad! No!”
“Hey, sorry, sorry,” Daniel said.”So this Robby, how about we invite him over for dinner on Friday,”
“You want me to invite Robby for Friday Family dinner?” Sam asked and Daniel nodded “I don’t know Dad. He usually busy with his part-time job, and helping his dad,”
“Hey, I just want to get to know him. Anthony is going to sleepovers that night. So this will be a chance to get to know him. Just Ask him okay,”
Sam thought for a moment and just nodded her head “Okay, I’ll see if he’ll come” she smiled.
“That's great,” Daniel smiled.
“And Dad, you don’t have to worry, I can handle myself,” Sam smiled “I’m a Larusso,”
“That's my girl. Jersey Tough” the two shared a fist bump.
…
It was now the first day back to school, and it was lunch period, Miguel grabbed his tray of food. Miguel looked around the cafeteria looking for a place to sit.
“Miguel! Over here!” Robby called out, Miguel looked and smiled at the sight of Robby, he was sitting with two other students, one tall lanky looking one, and one shorter quiet one with a cleft lip.
“Robby, you know he has to wait on a list to sit here,” Demetri said,
Robby laughed “Don’t mind him, sit,”
Miguel nodded and sat down “I’m Miguel,”
“Demetri, welcome to the table of losers and outsiders,” Demetri said. “I’m the smart one,” he points to the quiet kid “This is Eli, he’s a man of few words,” he then points at Robby. “And you know Robby, the hot bad boy with a dangerous past,”
Robby held in a laugh “Yeah, Demetri’s a jokester here. He’s smart but also really annoying, and if you need someone who won’t shut the hell up about MIT, Met is your man,”
“You hurt me,” Demetri fake pouted.
“Miguel’s new in town, just moved into the apartment across from me and my dad,” Robby told them.
“Oh, and have you met Robby’s dad cause I have and he’s very rude and very out of touch with reality,” Demetri said.
“Met.” Robby cut him off
“I’m just saying,”
It was then Robby felt someone tap his shoulders, and he looked up and smiled at the sight of Sam Larusso.
“Hey,” Sam smiled.
“Hey,” Robby got up from his seat and embraced her and the two kissed. “How are you?”
“I’m good,” Sam cooed “how about you,”
“Great, Oh let me introduce you” Robby answered, he then turned to Miguel “Miguel this is Sam,. she's my..”
“His girlfriend, Samantha Larusso, but you can call me Sam,” Sam introduced herself.
“Hi,” Miguel was mesmerized by her beauty but he shook it off remembering that this is Robby’s girlfriend “I’m Miguel, nice to meet you,”
“So you need something?” Robby asked.
“Yeah, I just want to ask you something but it can wait. You probably need to help Miguel to get to know the school,” Sam said, and Robby just nodded.
“Sam, Come on!” Yasmine called her.
“Looks like your ‘friends’ are calling,” Robby said.
“Yeah, sorry,” Sam said “So can we talk later,”
“Yeah sure,” Robby said.
“Great,” Sam smiled and the two kissed again, she released Robby and went back to her table with Yasmine and Moon.
“Man, I can’t believe you would sit here with us instead of your rich girlfriend and her friends,” Demetri signed, Robby smirked and patted Demetri’s shoulder.
“Hey rather be with you assholes, than those assholes,” Robby smirked.
“Ha ha,” Demetri sarcastically laughed “Seriously, you have every right to sit there, and yet you stick with us,”
“Well, who's gonna look out for you guys while I’m there,”
Miguel's eyes fell on the rich kid table and one girl caught his eye. She was sitting next to Sam, she was tanned, with long brown hair, and wore a flowery red shirt.
Robby took notice of Miguel’s gaze “Oh so you got your eyes on Moon huh?”
“What?” Miguel stammered.
“Oh give it up my friend,” Demetri told him “Robby is the only one here who has a chance with the rich girls and he got one. And that's because he’s the hot poor bad boy. So Ladies swoon at the dangerous vibes he got,”
Robby scowled at Demetri and lightly punched his shoulder, making Demetri winced.
“Well, have you ever tried talking to them?” Miguel asked.
“Talk to them, ” Demetri cocked his head. “Oh yeah, all the time. They give us handjobs at the back of the bleachers,” this made Eli smile and Robby laugh. “Eli here is the homecoming King and gets laid all the time,” Miguel signs at their jokes “Listen the only reason girls ever look at our table is because Robby is here. Unlike Robby here we won’t lose our virginity before college,”
Eli smiled but when he looked up he lost it, “Shit Yasmine’s looking at us, she’s probably making fun of me,” he hid his face.
“Hey, don’t say that,” Robby told him “She’s not saying a thing about you,”
“Robby’s right, you know just cause their hot doesn’t mean their mean. I mean Sam talked to us,”
“That's because we’re friends with her boyfriend,” Demetri pointed at Robby “Besides their most likely eye banging him right now,”
“Oh come on, that's not true,” Robby said.
“Damn,” Yasmine bit her lip “Sam, your boyfriend is a hot piece of ass. You’re lucky I didn’t snatch him up first,” Moon held in a laugh.
Sam signed “Stop it Yas,”
“You’re so lucky, I would kill for him to take me for a ride,”
“Oh my god,” Sam signed.
Yasmine scoffed “You should tell him to get better friends, look at that one” she points to Eli “looks like he just went through a lawnmower, and he’s wearing the ugliest sweater I’ve ever seen,”
“You’re the worst,” Sam said, and Yasmine laughed.
“Oh look who it is,” Yasmine pointed at Aisha, this made Sam look down in guilt “Its Fug-lisha, looks like she ate a picnic table,” Sam and Aisha shared a brief smile with each other, Robby took notice of this as well.
Demetri signs “I don’t care if Yasmine is the meanest girl at school. I’ll kill all three of you just to get her to spit in my face,”
Robby rolled his eyes “Seriously,”
“Yeah, I will do it,” Demetri said in a serious tone.
“Well maybe you should talk to her. You don’t make a move you’ll never have a shot right?” Miguel said.
“Miguel has a point,” Robby said.
“You’re both right, but I’ll also never suffer a humiliating rejection. I’m at peace with my depression, Last thing I need to be is suicidal,” Demetri said. Miguel signed and he kept his eyes on Moon, and he made a decision and he got up “Um, What are you doing?”
“Striking first,” Miguel said.
Robby smiled “Go get her tiger,” he patted his back, and Miguel nodded.
Miguel got close to the table and his eyes were on Moon, and the two shared a brief smile. As he was about to approach the table he stopped in his tracks. Kyler came in and sat next to Moon, putting his arm around her.
“Hey Moon, what's up babe,” Kyler said. “Looking good,”
Miguel found himself frozen in his tracks, Kyler looked at him recognizing him and gave him a smug smile. Miguel, in defeat, walked back to his table.
…
After their class ended, Robby walked up to Sam at her locker.
“Hey,” Robby smiled/
“Hey,” Sam and Robby shared a brief kiss.
“So you wanna ask me something?” Robby said.
Sam nodded her head “Yeah, um. You know how my family has this whole Friday Family dinner thing right?”
“Yeah, you told me about it,” Robby responded.
“Well I was wondering if you wanted to join,” Sam asked him.
“What?” Robby blinked.
“I’m asking if you want to have dinner with me and my parents,” Sam explained.
“Sam, I don’t know..” Robby was hesitant
“Come on, I really want you to meet them,” Sam pleaded. “I can’t hide you from them forever, we’ve been together since Freshman year,”
“Does your Dad know who my Dad is?” Robby asked her.,
Sam shook her head “No, he doesn’t, I haven’t told him,”
“And you know why, I can’t meet them,” Robby said.
Sam signs “Robby, what happened between our dads was over 40 years ago. Trust me my Dad is not holding a grudge,”
“Well my Dad is,” Robby signs.
“Yeah, I know you told me before. He hates my dad and he blames him for why your guy’s life is shit,” Sam said and Robby nodded.
“But Robby, I’m tired of hiding you from my dad, we’ve been together for a year. Don’t you think its about time we meet each other’s family,” Sam said.
Robby signs and he sees Sam’s eyes, they were so irresistible that he couldn’t say no.
“Okay, if thats important to you. I’ll do it,” Robby said and Sam smiled brightly.
“Really,” Sam smiled and Robby nodded, Sam wrapped her arms around him “Thank you,” she and Robby then kissed each other softly, Robby cupping her cheek in his hand.
Sam smiled at the affection and they released each other “I’ll tell my Dad, it’ll be great. I promise,”
Robby smiled “I’ll see you tonight,”
“See you tonight,” Sam smiled as she left Robby practically skipping away.
Robby signs and slams his back to the lockers, and he hears someone whistle. Robby turned and saw it was Demetri, Miguel, and Eli who stood behind them sheepishly.
“Oooo,” Demetri whistled “Did you and Sam break-up?” Miguel gave him a look of concern.
Robby shook his head “No, she wants me to meet her parents,” and Demetri winced at that.
“Ooo, that doesn’t sound good,” Demetri said.
“Isn’t that a good thing?” Miguel asked.
“Maybe, for most couples but for me..” Robby puts his face in his hands “its shit,”
Miguel looked confused “Why's that? You and Sam look happy together,”
“It's my dad,” Robby answered.
“What do you mean?” Miguel was more confused.
Demetri looked at Robby confused “Wait you never told him about the history your dad and Sam’s dad has?”
Robby shook his head. “No, he just met Sam today,”
“What happened between your dads?” Miguel asked curiously.
“Well, you know Sam’s dad, Daniel Larusso. From Larusso Auto. The biggest Car Dealership in the Valley?” Demetri asked and Miguel nodded his head.
“Yeah, the guy who says in all his commercials he chops away prices? Right?” Miguel said.
“Yeah,” Demetri nodded “Well, Sam’s dad is recognized in town as a local celebrity,”
“In the Valley, as you know Karate is a kind of a big deal here,” Robby continued, “And back in the 80s back when my dad and Sam’s dad were our age, they both competed,”
“My Dad was a two-time defending champion, and Sam’s dad was the new kid in town, a complete underdog. They fought in the finals,”
“And?” Miguel was curious.
“My dad lost to Daniel Larusso’s famous Crane Kick” Robby said “And he’s been bitter about it ever since,”
“Wait, your dad hates her dad because of a Karate Tournament?” Miguel said, and Robby nodded.
“Well apparently there was more to it, I think there was a girl involved or something but it doesn’t really matter. The next year Sam’s dad won the All Valley again and became recognized as a local celebrity,”
“Yeah,” Demetri said “and his Dad became jealous and bitter about it, cause he was a two-time champion and wasn’t recognized as a local celebrity and he likes to claim that the Crane Kick was an illegal move,”
Robby rubbed the back of his head “Yeah, he says that a lot especially when he’s drunk,”
“Wow, but what does your dad hating her dad have to do with anything?”
Robby signs “Well according to Sam from what she heard about my dad from hers, is that my Dad bullied her Dad back when he first moved to the Valley,”
Miguel’s eyes widened “Oh,”
“Yeah,” Robby said, “I asked my Dad about it. He denied being a bully but he didn’t deny kicking Sam’s dad’s ass when they were teens. He claims in his own word ‘Larusso had it coming’”
“Oh so you feel if Sam’s dad finds out you're the son of his old high school bully…”
“He might stop me and Sam from seeing each other,”
“Well, I mean there's no way Sam’s Dad would hold onto a grudge for 40 years,”
Demetri shrugs “Well Robby’s dad does and he loves to talk about how the Larusso Family is a bunch of venomous snakes and that he is the only honest guy in town,”
Robby nods at this “Well according to my dad, when his car was taken in for repairs at Larusso Auto, Sam’s dad had it fixed free of charge. My Dad thinks this was out of pity or he was looked down upon not that Sam’s Dad did out of kindness,”
“Hey don’t overthink this, I’m sure everything is going to be fine,” Miguel assured Robby.
“Let's Hope So,”
…
Later that day after school, Miguel is training with Johnny by himself. Miguel is practicing hitting the dummy and Johnny sings in disappointment at the technique.
“Seriously, Robby is skipping out on training to be with his girl,” Johnny signs
“Sorry Sensei, but he said it was important,” Miguel punched the dummy pathetically.
Johnny signs at the crude technique “No, no,” he pushes Miguel to the side and presents him the proper way to do it.
“Like I said you Lunge Forward and Punch through the bone, like the guy you really want to punch is behind this asshole,” Johnny said.
“Come on, you want those kids at school to keep kicking your ass. Do you want Robby to keep defending your ass everyday?”
“You want All the Girls to think you’re a wangless dork? Cause you can stop your training right now and walk out that door and let the world know you’re a loser,”
“Or are you going to Plant your Feet, Look your Enemy in the Eye and PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE!”
Miguel sheepishly got back into fighting position at Johnny’s words.
“Picture your enemy,”
Miguel took a breath and closed his eyes, he imagined Kyler his smug grin.
“Okay, you have a picture in your mind?”
Miguel nods imagining the dummy as Kyler.
“Now what are you going to do?”
“HIYAH!” Miguel punched the dummy hard.
“AGAIN!”
Miguel punched again, and Johnny once again shouted ‘again’ after each punch Miguel threw/
“Are you a loser?”
“NO SENSEI!”
“AGAIN!!”
Miguel kept punching the dummy, completely fueled by his anger and fury. Johnny proudly smiles as he sees Miguel has gotten the Cobra Strike down to a ‘T’
…
Later that night, at the Larusso residence. Robby stood outside the door nervously dressed in the best clothes he could wear for the night, a button up Polo shirt, a nice pair of black jeans and his nicest Skater shoes.
“Ok,” Robby says to himself “Like Miguel said No way Sam’s dad still holds a grudge over 40 years, you got this,”
Before Robby could knock on the door, it flew open and he was greeted by Sam, and she was as beautiful as ever.
“Oh god you’re here!” Sam smiled brightly and hugged them.
“Yeah, I am here,” Robby smiled.
“Aw so you must be Robby,” a voice said.
Robby quickly let go of Sam and stood straight and he was greeted by an older beautiful brunette woman.
“Um yeah yes, yes. I’m Robby,” Robby introduced himself awkwardly.
The woman smiled “Well I’m Amanda, Sam’s mother,” she offered a handshake and Robby returned it.
“It's nice to meet you,” Robby smiles.
“Well its nice to meet you too, come in my husband is almost done with dinner,”
Robby nods, and Sam smiles, taking Robby’s hand guiding him into the house.
“Wow this place is huge,” Robby complimented “This places is bigger than the apartment complex I live in,”
Both Amanda and Sam chuckled at the compliment.
Once they enter the dining room, Robby, Sam and Amanda see Daniel preparing the biggest fillet of tuna he has ever seen.
“Dad,” Sam smiled “This is Robby,”
“Hello, its nice to meet you Mr.Larusso,”
Daniel smiled “Its nice to meet you too Robby, have a seat,”
Robby nodded as he, Sam and Amanda took a seat at the table.
“What is this, never seen anything like it before,” Robby asked curious.
Daniel smiled “I am preparing us my famous Ponzu Toro,”
“It's Tuna,” Sam translated, and Robby smiled and nodded.
Daniel nodded “The Yanagi, or yanagiba, depending on the region” Daniel showed Robby the knife he was using to cut to slice the tuna “This knife is used exclusively for cutting sashimi.” Robby smiled as he listened, he shared a smile with Sam.
“I picked up this bad boy on my first trip to Okinawa, Voila,” Daniel plated the Ponzu and poured the sauce over it and handed it to Robby.
Robby accepted the plate “Thank You, Mr.Larusso. I never had something like this before, The only tuna I have is the school’s tuna salad” Daniel chuckled as did Amanda and Sam, Daniel then handed a plate to both Sam and Amanda.
Daniel smile “Well I hope you enjoy it,”
Robby nods and takes the chopsticks that was placed for him, and took a bite “Wow, this is great,”
Daniel smiled “thank you, I’m glad you like it,”
“Yeah, sushi is not something my dad and I usually eat.” Robby chuckled, “My dad doesn’t like seafood says he likes his meat cooked,” Daniel chuckled at this.
“Yeah I didn’t like sushi at first either, it wasn’t until an old friend of mine introduced me to it, that I started to love it,” Daniel smiled, and Robby nodded.
“So Robby, where are you from,” Amanda asked.
Robby was silent at the question and he looked at Sam who gave him an apologetic look, he signs and answers.
“Reseda,” Robby answers honestly, Robby looks down and expects Daniel and Amanda to look down on him for coming from such a poor neighborhood.
“Oh Reseda,” Daniel smiles kindly surprising Robby, “Nice place, with lots of good people,”
Sam smiles at her father and mother for their kindness and not judging Robby for his situation.
“So Robby, what can you tell us about yourself,” Amanda asked with a kind smile.
Robby smacked his lips not knowing how to answer, “Well besides school I work part-time at TechTown,”
“Oh you have a job already, that's good. Start out when you're young and you’ll find more success in the future,” Daniel smiled, and Robby just nodded awkwardly.
“And what about your parents? What do they do?” Daniel asked.
This question made Robby freeze for a moment, “Well my dad he’s trying to start a small business..” he answers vaguely.
“And your mom?” Daniel asked, this question made Robby silent, and Sam looked away embarrassed knowing that was a sensitive topic for Robby.
Amanda saw the look Robby had on his face, and she looked at Daniel and signaled him not to press for more.
“Oh, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to…”
“No, no it's fine,” Robby said shaking his head “It's just me and my dad. My mom well…she left when I was a kid and I haven’t seen her since,”
“Oh..I’m sorry to hear that Robby,” Daniel said with genuinely.
“No, it's fine,” Robby shook his head.
“So uh..Robby you said your dad is opening a small business,” Amanda asked, trying to break the awkward silence.
“Um, yeah, yeah,” Robby said quickly “An old passion of his was just reginited one day and he decided to run a business for it,”
“Really? Well what is it?” Daniel asked.
“Oh..” Robby awkwardly took a sip of water “Karate” he mumbled.
“What?” Daniel was confused “Sorry couldn’t hear you there,”
“He opened a Karate Dojo,” Robby swallowed.
“Oh Karate,” Amanda perked up “How about that,”
Robby nodded “Yeah, he just opened it. The only students are currently me, and this new kid in our neighborhood Miguel,”
“I see,” Daniel was curious “And might I ask what is your dad’s dojo called?”
“Oh,” Robby rubbed the back of his head.
“Cobra…Kai”
This made Daniel wide eyed, and think about the sign he saw a few days ago “Cobra Kai, your dad opened that dojo,”
Robby just nodded “Um yeah,”
“I’m sorry Robby but who is your dad?”
Robby looked at Sam with hesitancy, and Sam looked down in guilt and mouths a ‘I’m sorry,’
“Johnny Lawrence,”
“What?” Daniel was shocked to hear the name.
“Did you say your Dad is Johnny Lawrence, and he’s opening up Cobra Kai,”
Robby heard the hints of anger and disapproval in Daniel’s voice, he then stood up quickly “I should just go, Thank you for the meal,”
“No, Robby you don’t have to…” Sam tried to stop him.
“I’ll see you tomorrow Sam,” Robby left in a hurry, Sam was about to follow him but heard the front door open and slam shut.
Sam glared at her father in anger and scoffed “I can’t believe you,” she ran up the stairs.
Amanda also gave Daniel a look of disappointment “Really? Daniel?”
“What?” Daniel asked her, confused.
Amanda signs in disappointment as she goes upstairs to talk to Sam.
Daniel at the moment did not think of the dinner; the only thing on his mind now was, Robby being Johnny’s son, Johnny opening up Cobra Kai, and his daughter, Sam, dating Robby, Johnny’s son.
Daniel then grabs his car keys and hurries out the door, slamming it shut.
…
Daniel drove through the streets in the middle of the night, he stopped until he saw the strip mall where Cobra Kai was opening, he felt his grip tighten on the steering wheel as he parked. All the moments where Johnny and his Cobra Kais bullied him.
Daniel steeled himself as he stepped out of the car and walked inside the door, the bell rings loudly.
“Welcome to Cobra Kai,” a familiar voice said, and out of the office appeared Johnny Lawrence.
Johnny glared at Daniel not being too happy at seeing him.
“Some things never change,”Daniel scoffs. “Did you know?
Johnny was confused “Yeah, what are you talking about?”
“Your son,” Daniel said.
Johnny glared at Daniel at the mention of Robby, “What about him?”
“I met him,” Daniel said “Did you know?”
“Know what?” Johnny scoffs.
“Did you know that your son is dating my daughter?!” Daniel questions.
“What?” Johnny was shocked and confused “That chick, Robby’s been hooking up with is your daughter?”
“Hey!” Daniel growled “Don’t speak of my daughter like that!”
Johnny scoffs “No, I didn’t know about Robby dating your kid, I told him to stay the hell away from your rotten family,”
“Don’t you dare to speak of my family like that!” Daniel glared “Who in the hell do you think you’re talking to? He stepped onto the mat and he and Johnny had a stare down.
“Bathroom’s Clean!”
Miguel stepped out of the bathroom getting Daniel’s attention.
“Oh I’m sorry, Sensei, I didn’t know,”
“Sensei?” Daniel was confused by this “Really?” and Johnny smugly smirks and nods. Daniel signs and looks at Miguel.
“Listen kid, I don’t know what he’s taught you but you shouldn’t believe a word this guy says or you’re gonna end up exactly like him,”
Daniel glares at Johnny “You and I, we’re not done,”
Daniel begins to walk away. Johnny opens up his arms and taunts Daniel.
“I’m right here man!”
Daniel scoffs and proceeds to leave the dojo but before he leaves he glares at Johnny.
“Keep your Son away from my Daughter,”
Johnny just glared as Daniel left and got into his car.
“Um Sensei, should I do 50 push ups on my knuckles now or…”
Johnny snorts “Yeah like you could,”
Daniel shined his headlights, it shined through the dojo’s windows, and Daniel looks up and sees Johnny still carrying that smug grin.
Daniel scoffs and drives away.
…
“God Damn it,” Robby groaned as he jumped onto his bed, putting his hands to his face. “I really fucked up bringing up my dad, I knew this would happen,”
Robby then hears his phone ring, he grabs it and sees messages from Sam.
S: Hey, are you okay? I’m sorry about my Dad,
Robby signs and responds back to her.
R: Its fine, its not your fault I shouldn’t have brought it up,
S: I’ll talk to my dad and try to explain everything
R: Thanks. I’ll pick you up tomorrow.
S: I’ll see you then. I love you
Robby smiled softly at the last message.
R: I love you too
Robby groans not knowing what's going to happen now, Is Sam’s dad going to stop from seeing her or is his Dad going to stop him from seeing her. Or worse, both.
Robby dropped his head on his pillow, not knowing what to do. Robby then gets another ring on his phone and its from his dad.
Dad: Hey so I heard about your girlfriend, We need to talk when I get home.
“Shit,”