"Sam! Banana-rama chocolate chip pancakes are done!" Daniel called. Anthony walked in. "Ooh pancakes." He smiled and sat down, starting to make his plate. "Hey remember to save some for your sister. You know they are her favorite." Daniel told his son, 'What like I don't like pancakes?" The kid said sassily. Daniel looked down the hall. "Come on Sam! You're missing out." He called again. "Alright! Pancake taco." Anthony said folding the pancake in half before putting syrup and whipped cream into it, Daniel looked at his son. "Seriously?" A look of disbelief on his face. Once he looked up Sam already had the door open. "Sam." He tried to get her attention but the door closed shut right as he talked.

Miguel's mom, Carmen  walked over to him with a bag of ice and a glass of orange juice. "Here put this on your ribs." She told him in a sweet voice. He took it from her. "Thanks." He shifted on the couch and put the ice against the sore area. "Miggy why don't you tell me who did this. The school can protect you." She said softly. Miguel shook his head. "It will only make it worse." He told his mom. Carmen looked at him. "Worse then this?" Her voice held disbelief. Miguel nods some. "Yes. If only I had more lessons-" He started to say but was cut off. "No." She said firmly, Miguel leaned his head back. "It's not Sensei Lawrence's fault. I just wasn't ready." He tried to reason. "No. No more karate." Miguel's grandma walked over. The two women had a slightly intense discussion. Miguel looking between the two. His grandma held her arms up like she was blocking and punching. The mom replied in Spanish. "No he is not. You don't even know him." Miguel said defensively. "I know he's a loser." She told her son. Miguel sat up, a upset look on his face. "He is not a loser. If you knew him you'd see he's a good man."

Johnny walked out of his apartment, Miguel was sitting on the ledge in front of it. "Hey Sensei." He said standing up and starting to walk with the man. "My mom said I can't train with you anymore but I had a idea that if we meet at the dojo before-" Johnny cut him off, turning to face him. "You don't get it. There is no dojo. We're closing it up, it's over." Miguel looked hurt by that. "What about me?....I need you." He asked in a soft and low voice. Johnny frowned. "Sorry kid. I gotta go." Johnny turned away and walked to his car.

At the school, Aisha was walking down the stairs, people making pig sounds at her and laughing. She opened her locker forcefully. Sam walked over. "Hey." She said in a soft and apologetic voice. "How are you feeling?" Aisha turned to her. "I've gone viral. How do you think I'm feeling?" She asked upset. Sam looked at her. "Their mean but they have short attention spans..they'll forget." Sam tried to make her feel better. Aisha slammed the locker door closed, "But I won't forget." She hurried off, Sam turned and walked her old friend leave.

Johnny burst into the apartment, Robby and two of his friends in the room. "Don't you knock?" Robby asked angrily. "I have been knocking for five minutes but you can't hear me over that trash playing on your boom box." Johnny's voice was anger. "What the hell is a boom box?" The one with a mustache asked. "What the hell is on your face?" Johnny said back, the boy reached up and touched his mustache, staring at the man. Johnny turned his attention back to Robby. "I got a call from your principal. I heard about our trip to Colorado." Robby just looked at him, only anger and hate on his face. "Well I had no idea what  real father son trip looked like so I had to use my imagination. If it makes you feel better next time you can pick where we don't go." The three boys sat back down. Johnny took a few steps towards him. "This isn't about us. It's about the fact that you should be in school instead of hanging around these jack holes." The one with the shaved head looked over. "Screw you man." Johnny wasn't putting up with anything. "Screw you." He fired back, the boy looking away after that. "Is your mother around?" He asked his son. "Of course she's not it three o'clock it's gotta be happy hour somewhere." Robby quickly got to his feet when Johnny said that and bowed up at him. "Don't. Don't talk about my mother that way." His voice held a warning. "Look kid. School can be a drag but you have your whole future ahead of you." He told Robby. "Ooh so I can grew up and have my own strip mall karate dojo?" Robby asked, voice laced with sarcasm. His friends snickered at that. "We're not talking about me here. You can still make something of yourself." Johnny said. "Like you're old buddy Daniel Larusso? It must feel nice being a winner." Robby showed how much he disliked the man before him. Johnny clenched his jaw before talking again. "Go to school don't go to school I don't care." He said. "See that's right you  don't care,that's why it took you so long." Johnny gave him a odd. "The school just called me this morning."
"It took you sixteen years," Robby said, "And I'm not going to school, I'm done. My mom's okay with it so you can go home." He was very ridged around Johnny, he hasn't relaxed once. The father and son had a stare down before Johnny left and Robby slammed the door behind him.

Demetri, Eli and Miguel were sitting at a table together. "So that's it?" Demetri asked. "No more karate?" Miguel was staring at his book and shrugged his shoulders. "I guess." He grumbled. Demetri nods. "It's probably for the best. You were starting to boost your confidence." Miguel looked up at him, confusion on his face. "Isn't that a good thing?" He asked as Eli looked up from his work as well. "No. What has confidence ever gotten anyone except for a black eye and their backpack throwing in the trash?" Miguel slightly shook his head and looked down. "Well..I thought it was pretty cool how you stood up to Kyler." Eli said in his soft voice. "Are you kidding me?!" Demetri looked at the boy. "What's the best super power anyone could ever have?" Miguel seemed certain of his answer. "Super strength." Demetri don't even look at him. "Wrong it's invisibility. A decent second would be super speed to run away fast." Kyler and his red head friend walked over. Kyler putting his hand on Eli's shoulder. "Run away from who?" He asked. The boys loved their heads some. "We were just leaving." Miguel said as they stood up and tried to get away quickly.

Kyler caught Eli by the back of his neck and turned him around to where he was facing  him. "Where are you going?" The two other boys stopped and looked back as Kyler grabbed Eli's face. "Ahh look at this freak. What girl would ever kiss this shit?" He sneered as his friend laughed. "Leave him alone Kyler." Miguel said. Kyler turned on the boy. "What you didn't have enough Rhea?" He shoved the boy, almost to the ground. "Get out of here." The red head pushed Eli

School was over and they were all filing out. A car horn was heard a few times then a female voice. "Miggy! Miggy!" Carmen called. Miguel sighed and went to the car and got in.

The next day Johnny was boxing stuff up at the dojo. The bell above the door chimed. He walked out and saw Miguel. "My mom says I  can train again." Johnny looked shocked. "She did?" Miguel nods, "If we still have the dojo." The younger boy threw in. Johnny nods some. "We do for now.  But what I need to know is if your ready to take your training to the next level?" Miguel smiled broadly  and nods. "Yes Sensei." Johnny started to walk in a circle around the boy. "You got your ass kicked because you didn't have any defense. So I'm going to teach you the best defense you could know which is." He punched at Miguel bur didn't  hit him. Miguel didn't flinch. "More offense." The two smiled some.