United We Stand; Demetri Alexopoulos (Part 11)
"You could have mentioned that the fundraiser event was washing dogs," moaned Demetri as he dropped a soggy wet towel into a bucket.
"What's wrong with dog washing?" asked Moon as she clipped a fluffy pomeranian's pink collar around its neck and handed it back to its owner.
"I've been bit, twice!" exclaimed Demetri, wildly, showing her his two bandaged fingers.
Now I know that dogs like me as much as people do.
"At least you weren't chased by a pack of angry german shepherds," commented Eli, cringing even just thinking about it.
He never had understood what Eli saw in all the wildly dangerous activities that Cobra Kai did. From being chased by wild dogs, possibly with rabies, to having to push a cement truck from the inside of the roller, it all just seemed too insanely violent for anyone to participate in, let alone pay for. Personally, Demetri preferred the calmer side of karate, like Miyagi-Do. Especially, because of its lack of physical contact.
"There's still time left in the day," said Demetri.
Eli just rolled his eyes.
"You're lucky you didn't make Yas come here," stated Demetri, jokingly, though he did really miss having his girlfriend around.
Girlfriend. Wow, even now it's weird to say.
"Hey, she'd be hard set to find a guy better than you," smiled Eli, patting his friend on the back reassuringly.
"Thanks," replied Demetri, returning a smile.
"Hey, Sam, are you okay?" asked Moon.
Sam was sitting in a fold-out beach chair on top of the grass, staring intently at her phone.
"Um, yeah, I'm fine," answered Sam, looking up for only a brief second before returning her attention to her phone.
She'd been waiting for a call or even just a text from Miguel. She wanted to know he was okay.
"Well, I think we've earned enough to cover the replanting of the Earth's most beautiful gifts, thanks for all of your help!" thanked Moon to Eli, Demetri, Sam, and everyone else who had shown up in support of her fundraiser.
Everyone clapped happily for a few seconds, celebrating with one another before the crowds slowly started to disperse. The park was soon emptied of everyone except Demetri, Sam, Eli, and Moon.
"Well, I'm beat," sighed Eli, laying back on the grass, dramatically.
"Don't get too comfortable because we still have to clean this place up," smiled Sam as she tossed him a trash bag.
"We'll start on the right side and you start on the left?" offered Moon gesturing to herself and Sam.
"Sure," agreed Demetri, reluctantly.
The girls headed off towards the far left side of the park.
"You know, it feels good to do something nice for a change," stated Eli, a gentle smile on his face as he grabbed a few of the dog shampoos from the ground and dropped them in the trash.
That was the type of smile Demetri hadn't seen on his friend's face in quite awhile.
"It's good that you have seen the error in your ways, young padawan," joked Demetri, bowing.
Eli barely could contain his laughter as he bowed back.
"Woah, and I thought you two were nerds before," sneered Kyler as he walked up to the two of them with his gang of Cobra Kais, including Tory.
Not again...
Demetri And Eli turned around to face their enemies.
"Why can't you just leave us alone," moaned Demetri, rolling his eyes.
"That wouldn't be as much fun," smirked Tory, blocking Demetri's way.
"Hey! Leave him alone," commanded Eli, stepping between Demetri and Tory.
"Or what, you're going to beat us up, Lip," mocked Kyler, laughing.
"You know, he demolished you in the tournament, right?" confirmed Demetri.
Kyler's expression changed from a smirk to gritted teeth.
Maybe I should have kept that one to myself.
Kyler lunged at Demetri, but Eli pushed him out of the way and blocked Kyler's punch.
Chaos seemed to erupt in a matter of seconds. Tory charged to go help Kyler fight Eli while the other Cobras ran at Demetri.
Karate skills, don't fail me now!
A tall, skinny guy tried to windmill kick him, but he blocked it with his left hand. Another guy threw a punch at his stomach which he blocked again but, this time at the expense of getting punched in the arm. Three more Cobras walked towards him, grinning maliciously.
"I could really use some help," cried Demetri, shrilly as he quickly backed away.
Luckily for him, Sam and Moon saw what was happening and were coming to help.
Meanwhile, Eli blocked Kyler's attempt to sweep his legs.
"So what, you only use defense now!" jabbed Kyler, gritting his teeth as he punched at him.
Eli blocked his next hit, but this time he followed it up with a spin-kick to the face which knocked him onto the floor.
"How's that for defense only," stated Eli, lowering his arms down.
Suddenly, Tory jumped him from behind and simultaneously kneed him in the ribs and punched him in the face.
Piper backflipped and released a kick into Demetri's chest, knocking him onto the dry grass.
I really hope Sam comes soon.
As if on cue, Sam punched and knocked Piper backwards.
"You wanted a fight, now you have one," stood Sam, firmly as she readied herself infront of her friend.
"This'll be fun," smiled Piper before both fighters charged one another.
"Demetri! Are you right?" asked Moon, worriedly as she helped him to his feet.
"I've taken worse," shrugged Demetri, rolling his arm sorely.
Why did they even come here, anyway?!
Across the way, Demetri saw Eli knocked onto the ground by Tory. He rushed to make his way over to his friend. Moon decided to stay back and help diffuse the situation.
Tory kicked Eli in the side forcefully, Kyler still struggling to get up.
"You go take on LaRusso, I'll handle this," panted Kyler.
"Yeah, because you really look like you have this handled," snapped Tory sarcastically.
Eli rolled to the right, allowing Tory's fist to collide with the ground. He seized his opportunity and kicked her in the face, knocking her to the ground.
"Eli, look out!" warned Demetri as he ran over but it was too late.
Kyler shoulder-charged into Eli's back, knocking him face first into the dirt.
What do I do? Sam's still engaged in a duel with Piper, but I've never beaten him before! At literally, anything!
As Eli was about to get up, Kyler kicked him roughly in the ribs, making him bent over in pain.
"I told you were nothing more than a loser," sneered Kyler, smiling as he kicked him again.
And then, something clicked in Demetri's mind. For this single moment, nothing mattered except saving Eli, his best friend. He ran as fast as he could towards Kyler, building up momentum with every step.
He kicked him as hard as he could in the chest sending Kyler stumbling backwards, holding his stomach.
Woah, that actually worked!
Eli slowly got to his feet, flinching as he felt his bruised ribs.
"Are you okay?" asked Demetri as he glanced Eli up and down.
Eli nodded in response, rubbing the blood off his upper lip.
"I can still take you both on," said Kyler, weakly as he stood up once more.
Without even a glance at one another, both Demetri and Eli jumped into the air and simultaneously kicked Kyler in the face, knocking him unconscious.
Nothing can beat the Binary Brothers.
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