Rockin' around the Christmas tree — Brenda Lee

  EVERYONE GATHERED AROUND THE LIVING ROOM each karate student speaking over one another. It was hard enough to get them all to sit down, and it was obviously going to be even harder to get them to shut up and listen. Everyone's ego was jumping over the other, and creating a never ending mess.

... and Cynthia was getting tired of it.

"Everyone shut up!" She yelled, standing in the middle of the room. "We have already told you why we think this is a good idea, you need to make the choice weather or not you are going to accept it."

"I was in Cobra Kai. Their style mixed with ours like... " Chris trailed off, not knowing the answer, one of his fellow dojo members asked if it was oil and vinegar, and he lightly shook his head. "Not salad dressing. I would say like British bull dogs and the Hart foundation."

"They're friends, dipshit." His ex best friend intervened, shaking his head.

"Not in wrestlemania 3, Penis breath." Chris snapped back, rolling his eyes.

"Could you guys like, please get on topic?" Cynthia pinched the bridge of her nose, and as Miguel noticed her tenseness, he placed his hand reassuringly on her back.

"Screw this, i'm out." Penis breath got up, and multiple of the Eagle Fangs got up to follow him.

"Hey, pussies." Demetri surprised everyone as he got up, and yelled at them. "This is exactly what those assholes at Cobra Kai want. Since you were one of them, you're an asshole too. So are you. So was I, or, at least I wanted to be one. But now Cobra Kai is the worst collection of assholes in the valley, run by the king of all assholes. So, if merging with Eagle Fang, weird name by the way, can keep us all from getting shit on anymore... then we'd all be assholes not to do it. I'm sorry for all the assholes. I usually take pride in my grandiloquence, but it's an emotional time."

That shocked everyone in the room even more, and the Eagle Fangs sat back down, everyone seemingly willing to listen now.

AFTER AWHILE, THE MIYAGI-DOS AND EAGLE FANGS began to work surprisingly well together. They had moved to the dinning room, and after much discussing, they decided on where they were training. The one thing they couldn't figure out was a group name, and Cyn had a feeling that would be their biggest argument.

Besides figuring out a way to get their sensei's together.

"Well, it's a start." Demetri spoke with a shrug, everyone nodding their head in agreement.

Oddly enough, a meowing sound came from outside, startling Cynthia.

"Aw, I think your cat wants to come in." Bert said with a smile. "Here, kitty, kitty."

He got up and left the house, everyone completely confused.

"Since when the hell do you have a cat?" The Sari girl questioned. She knew it had been awhile since they were friends but, a cat? Didn't seem like a Larusso thing.

"I was about to ask the same question." Miguel agreed, furrowing his brows as they looked towards the door.

"We don't." Just as Sam finished speaking, Bert was thrown through the window, making everyone jump back.

"Bert, what happened?" Miguel yelled, his voice absolutely full of concern.

"No cat." The skinny boy answered simply, coughing out the air that had left his lungs.

The Cobra Kai's started to file in one by one, Cynthia's heart beating wildly against her chest. Flashbacks of the school fight were now coming back to her, and honestly, she wasn't ready for another one. Knowing Cobra Kai though?

She was gonna have to be.

Kyler was with them now, and of course, Hawk was front row. Tory came in with two other fellow dojo members through the front door, leaving the Miyagi-fangs surrounded. No matter where they turned, a Cobra Kai was right there.

"Tory, none of this has to happen." Theo spoke carefully, trying to reach out to her.

"Yes, yes it does." The Nichols girl snarled, breathing in and out heavily. "No mercy!"

Before Cynthia knew it, everyone around her was fighting. Kyler, and another boy from Cobra Kai ran at Miguel immediately, and as if it was upon instinct, the Sari girl kicked him in the stomach. It had been at least two months since she had fought but, she wasn't going to keep letting the people she cared about get hurt.

Not by Cobra Kai, not by anyone.

The boy ran back at her, and punched Cyn in the face, jolting her backwards as she held her nose. She cursed under her breath, and shook her head lightly, trying to shrug it off. He came back yet again, and this time, she was ready for him.

"Come on, asshole. That's all you got?" She cracked her neck and sent a jab to his face before kneeing the boy in his stomach.

Then suddenly, she felt her hair pulled backward, and caught a glimpse of Demetri, some Eagle Fangs, and Miyagi-dos, all getting beat up. It was like time froze as she tried to figure out what to do. She was out of practiced, and they were all outnumbered.

Maybe Cobra Kai was going to win, afterwards.

Another jab slowly came towards her face when, out of nowhere, Hawk came and knocked his fellow Dojo member to the ground. Theo managed to get them off of Demetri temporarily, and then the four of them looked at each other, trying to figure out their next move. Cynthia didn't know why Eli was having this sudden epiphany but, it was helping, and that was all that mattered.

"I'm sorry, to all of you." He spoke with a light smile. "Wanna help me win this thing?"

Demetri smiled widely and nodded, and as another Cobra Kai came at them, the two grabbed hands and sent Hawk fly kicking him to the ground.

Theo and Cynthia, who weren't entirely convinced, stood back to back and put up their fists up, turning in a circle to watch their surroundings. As each person ran at her, Cynthia knocked them to the ground one by one. After taking down three Cobra Kai's, things got quiet, and she finally let out a breath she didn't know she was holding.

"Babe, are you okay?" Miguel ran up to the girl and grabbed her face, examining it carefully. "I tried to help you but Kyler—"

"I need to be asking you if you're okay." The Sari girl held gently onto his face too as they looked into each others eyes. "Did he hurt you? I'll kick his a—"

"As lovely as this is, Sam's in trouble, Tory went after her." Theo smoke, everyone running outside, past the pool, and into the back, where Tory and Sam were circling each other.

"Guys, stop!" Miguel yelled as they got their, the girls staring at the entrance.

"Tory, the fight is over." Hawk spoke to her calmly.

"It's not over, this will never be over Larusso, you hear me?" Tory stared at everyone around her, accepting defeat as she shook her head. "Traitors, you better watch your back."

As she left, the girl harshly shoulder checked Cynthia, leaving the Sari girl to close her eyes and inhale slightly, maintaining her composure.

"Nobody has to watch their back." Demetri spoke angrily. "We've all got friends watching our backs."

... and that was true, because even after everything, they were all friends again.

THE KIDS SPRINTED TOWARDS THE STRIP MALL knowing something dangerous was about to happen. When Cynthia and Miguel went home with bloodied noses and fists, Johnny started on a rampage and went straight for Cobra Kai. Then, when Sam came saying her dad was headed the same way, they knew trouble was stirring.

"This night is too dramatic for me." An out of breath Cyn spoke as they continued to sprint, rounding the corner past the building.

Finally, the men were in sight and an injured Daniel, Kreese, and Johnny all stood outside the dojo, broken glass everywhere.

"Dad!" Sam screeched, stopping the Larusso man from striking Kreese once again.

"You keep your Cobra Kais away from our kids." Daniel demanded, the air feeling extremely tense.

"Cobra Kais gotta go, for good." Johnny added on, the teens looking at each other in complete and utter shock.

"Why don't we settle this the old fashioned way? Tournament, if we lose, I go. If you lose..."

"We won't lose." The Lawrence man denied, shaking his head.

"Screw this." Theo mumbled, the boy making his way towards his old dojo, everyone else following closely behind.

"You ok, sensei?" Miguel asked, the blonde man nodding reassuringly.

"Robby—..." the Antonetti boy, who Sam had latched onto caught a glimpse of his cousin and reached out, the Keene boy shaking his head.

"Get out of here, all of you." He looked into Theo and Johnny's eyes specifically but, he meant it, he despised them all.

"Come on, son." Kreese spoke with the smugest of smiles, pulling Robby into the dojo.

"Asshole." Cynthia mumbled, spitting towards the door as he shook her head.

She really hoped the Miyagi-Fangs were gonna beat them.

AUTHORS NOTE—
I kind of hate this chapter but it does wrap up season three!

Predictions for season 4? The last season i'm writing for this book!

Hope you enjoyed!