𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫: 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐣𝐨

𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐁𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐃, looking at her door with furrowed eyebrows. her father was currently downstairs, tv blasting. she had learned the hard way that her father wasn't in a good mood that morning, scooby having blood trickle down from her bottom lip. her jaw was clenched as she kept her eyes on the door, milo sitting in her lap with his eyes closed. she could hear the man walking around downstairs, yelling incoherent things over the loud tv. he had tried to get in a few minutes prior, but scooby was able to lock her door. she was glad that there was a lock, knowing that she would be feeling the wrath of her father if there wasn't. her attention was taken away from her door when her phone vibrated next to her. she looked down to see that miguel had texted her, making her pick it up to see what he had sent.

miggy🥋🫶🏼
mom is driving me to school
she wants to know if u want a ride

scooby smiled at that, loving how kind carmen diaz was to her. there had been a few days where scooby thought that the older woman had disliked her because of what had happened to miguel. that and the fact that she was apart of cobra kai. but carmen had invited her for dinner the night before. she had noticed the bruise that was under scooby's eye, but the girl had told her the exact same thing that she had told miguel; she fell face first.

scooby was about to send back a yes, but she remembered that she couldn't exactly leave in that moment because of the drunk man causing a scene downstairs. she brought a hand up to her face, wiping the blood from her lip. she then brought her attention back to her phone, her smile being replaced with a grimace.

scooby dooby doooo🐕🥋
i actually can't :/
but i will find u at school.
tell carmen i said thanks :)

miggy🥋🫶🏼
okay :/
i'll see u at school

scooby groaned at that, dropping her phone onto her bed as she laid back. she felt milo move from his spot in her lap, making her look down at him. the white cat gently rubbed itself against scooby's side before he plopped down right next to her. scooby had no idea how she was gonna get out of the house, knowing that this could go on for a long time. she didn't want to be late for school, actually wanting to be there more than her own home. she stood up from her bed and went over to where her sneakers were, slipping them on with ease. she then grabbed her bag, putting it on her shoulders as she turned to look at the door. the yelling had stopped, but the tv was still incredibly loud.

scooby sucked in a deep breath as she grabbed her phone and headphones, stuffing the both of them into her hoodie pocket. she then went over to the door, getting down on her knees before she peaked under the door. she didn't see any shoes or feet on the other side, standing up. she sucked in another deep breath before she opened her before she made her way towards the stairs. she crept down them slowly, making sure that mike wasn't sitting on the couch. luckily, he wasn't. she continued to tread lightly, knowing that the man was possibly in the kitchen to grab another beer. when she made it to the bottom, she peaked around the corner, seeing that the fridge door was opened. she thanked whoever was in the clouds before she ran towards the front door. she heard the fridge slam close, but she was already making her way through the front door.

she picked her bike up from it's spot in the front lawn before she swung her leg over it, pumping her legs so that she could take off. she was glad that she had just gotten out without anymore scratches or bruises. she sucked her bottom lip between her teeth so that she could lick at the cut on it, wincing when it had started to sting. she pedaled her bike all the way to school, hopping off before she placed it onto the bike rack. she pulled her lock out again, wrapping it around her bike before she clicked it closed.

scooby's heart leaped into her throat when she felt someone jump on her back, the curly haired girl pushing whoever it was off. she quickly turned around, relaxing when she saw that it was just miguel diaz. she fixed her book bag on her back, taking in the taller boy's features. he had a bandaid on his forehead and a bruise running along his cheek. her heart ached at the sight of him as her mind went back to the halloween dance. she had felt so useless in that moment, not being able to do anything until it was too late.

miguel noticed the look on her face, gesturing to his own. "it doesn't hurt as much anymore."

"you shouldn't have been in pain in the first place." scooby mumbled. "how's your ribs?"

"still sore, but they're getting better." miguel answered as they started to walk into the school. "uh, my mom isn't letting me do karate anymore, but apparently that doesn't matter because sensei isn't doing cobra kai."

"what? when did he say that?" scooby quizzed, her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"earlier when i went to go tell him that i couldn't come back." miguel replied. "i mean, how are we supposed to defend ourselves if he's closing down cobra kai?"

"i'd say youtube but it's not as good as the real deal." scooby said.

"yeah." miguel mumbled, turning to look down at the shorter girl. he noticed the cut on her bottom lip, making him furrow his eyebrows. "what happened to your lip?"

"oh, um. . ." scooby started, her voice trailing off as she tried to come up with an answer. "nothing, just me being clumsy again."

miguel raised his eyebrows at that, not believing a word that she was saying. "scoob."

"what?" the girl in question asked, her eyebrows raising slightly as she walked around someone in the hall.

"seriously, what happened?" miguel repeated, his voice stern.

"i just told you." scooby answered.

before miguel could say anything else, the bell shrilled from above them. the two teens shared a panicked look with one another, realizing that they were gonna be late. without another word, the both of them ran in different directions to try to get to their classes.

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❝𝐒𝐎, 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐈𝐓? 𝐍𝐎 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄?❞ demetri quizzed, looking between scooby and miguel.

the three teens and eli were sat in the library, using their free period to get through some work so that they wouldn't have to do it later. miguel was explaining to demetri and eli how he wasn't allowed to do karate anymore, saying how his mother wouldn't allow him to do it because of what happened at the halloween dance. this also led to him explaining how johnny was closing down cobra kai, meaning that him and scooby wouldn't be able to return to the dojo.

"i guess so." miguel shrugged as he answered a question from his work.

"it was probably for the best. it was starting to boost your confidence." demetri told the injured boy.

"isn't that a good thing?" miguel asked, lifting his head to look at the taller boy.

"no." demetri answered, making scooby look up at him as well.

"dude." she mumbled, her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"what has confidence ever gotten anybody except for a black eye and their backpack thrown in the trash?" demetri challenged.

"well, i thought it was kind of cool how you stood up to kyler." eli told miguel, which made scooby smile.

"are you insane?" demetri asked, looking over at the moskowitz boy. "let me ask you. what is the best superpower anyone could have?"

"super strength." miguel immediately answered.

"pyrokinesis." scooby mumbled, writing an answer down to her math homework.

"wrong." demetri immediately shot down, making scooby look up at him. "invisibility. a distant second would be super speed to run away fast."

"run away from who?" a familiar voice questioned, grabbing the group's attention. scooby's mood immediately dropped once she had seen that it was kyler and one of his minions, her jaw clenching.

"whom." brucks corrected, earning a confused look from kyler. "it's the object of a preposition. remember english class."

"at least one of them has some braincells." scooby mumbled, making kyler glare at her.

"we were just leaving." miguel announced as him, demetri, eli, and scooby started to pack up their things.

the quartet stood up from the table they were at in an attempt to walk away, but kyler had grabbed eli by the back of his neck. scooby had immediately stepped forward, a glare on her face as her jaw clenched once again. she wasn't able to stop kyler and his minions from hurting miguel, so she was gonna make sure that she'd be able to stop them from hurting any of her other boys.

"hey, where you going?" kyler asked eli as he kept a firm grip on him, a smirk on his lips. "oh, look at this freak. oh, shit! what kind of girl would ever kiss this shit?"

"leave him alone, kyler." scooby jumped in, her voice stern as she glared up at him.

"what'd you say, peanut gallery?" kyler asked, pushing eli out of the way as he stepped towards the shorter girl. "do you want what happened to rhea over there to happen to you? it seems like it since you're always interrupting."

"just don't touch him again." scooby told him, making brucks let out a few chuckles.

kyler smiled slightly at the shorter girl, his eyebrows raised in a challenging manner. scooby was always the one out of the kids he bullied that stood up to him. she never cared that she would get hurt in the end, as long as her friends were okay. scooby turned around, the three boys that she called her friends quickly following her actions before they walked towards the exit of the library. scooby was getting ready to trail behind them, but she felt something tug on her book bag, making her stumble back slightly.

"hey, you don't want that shit." kyler mumbled as he snatched scooby's bag from her shoulder.

scooby went to go grab it back but kyler simply pushed her back. the taller boy then threw her bag into the garbage bin that they were standing next to, a smile plastered on his lips. scooby internally groaned as she looked over at the garbage, knowing that her bag would be messy since demetri had just thrown a yogurt cup in there. kyler laughed before him and brucks walked past her, kyler nudging her with his shoulder. scooby's jaw clenched for what felt like the millionth time, the parker girl walking towards the garbage. she slowly pulled her bag out, grimacing when she had seen the yogurt that was smudged against it.

she sighed, holding the bag by the straps as she turned around and walked out. she looked to her right when she had seen samantha larusso standing there, hiding behind one of the bookshelves with a book in her hands. the larusso girl had a sympathetic look on her face as she stepped forward, getting ready to apologize. but scooby immediately shook her head, walking towards the doors of the library so she could catch up with her friends.

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𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐁𝐘'𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 up in pain as she walked towards apartment 102. her left eye was screwed shut from the pain that was pounding from it. her father had decided to finish what he had started the previous morning, taking his anger out on his daughter before he retreated back into the living room. scooby would've stayed locked up in her room, but she knew when her father was in a mood, and she knew that the man wouldn't leave it at that. so she left the house and got onto her bike, going to the only other place she knew she could go. she banged on the door, bringing a hand up to her eye and apply pressure on it, trying to stop the pain. the curly haired girl continued to bang on the door, not caring if he was asleep or not. the door swung open, revealing an angry johnny lawrence. scooby took a step back once she had seen the anger in his face, not being able to stop herself from doing the action.

"why the hell are you banging on the door like you're the feds?" johnny questioned, his eyebrows furrowed as he looked down at the girl.

"i - i just. . ." scooby started, her words getting caught in her throat. she wasn't sure what she should say. her hand dropped from her eye, revealing the forming bruise that was surrounding it.

johnny's eyebrows raised at the bruise, his angered expression immediately vanishing. "what happened to your eye?"

"nothing. i walked into a cabinet." scooby mumbled, shaking her head. "um, can i - can i stay here for a few hours? my. . . i don't wanna be home by myself."

johnny nodded, picking up on the fear that scooby was trying to hide. his eyes then skimmed the area, making sure that the girl wasn't being followed or taunted by any dickheads. his eyes then landed back onto the younger girl, a sigh escaping his lips. "i was actually heading over towards the dojo. i need to clean some shit out."

"i'll help." scooby quickly volunteered, her eyebrows raising.

johnny chuckled slightly, being reminded of how excited the parker girl would get when she was younger. "yeah, okay. let's go."

without another word, the two of them made their way to the dojo. johnny would look over to scooby every few minutes, worried about the girl. the parker girl would feel him staring at her, but chose to ignore it. she wasn't in the mood to tell her sensei that her father uses her as a punching bag every chance he gets. after a few minutes, the duo arrived at the dojo, johnny taking out his keys to unlock the doors. he held the door open for scooby, gesturing for her to go in.

"uh, you can start packing some things away, if you want." johnny told her as he walked towards his office. "or you can just sit around. i'm just gonna empty out all my shit."

"okay." scooby mumbled, walking over to the corner that held all the punching bags.

johnny watched her for a few seconds, noticing how low her mood was. he walked into his office, grabbing a box as he did so. he started to throw all his old trophies into the box, sparing a few glances towards the injured girl. he wondered what could've happened to her. he knows that he's been keeping to himself for a bit, but he didn't know that she was getting bullied to this point. he also didn't know about her father.

"you know, if those same kids that beat up diaz did this to you, i'll try to find a way to keep the dojo open. so you can get them back." johnny suddenly said, making scooby turn towards him.

"nah. it won't be the same without mig." she mumbled, shrugging her shoulders.

johnny nodded, going back to what he was doing. he wanted to ask what had really happened. who had done it. but he knew that scooby would just shrug him off and tell him that she was fine. he was pulled out of his thoughts when the bell connected to the entrance of the dojo ranged. he looked through the doorway of his office, seeing that scooby was already facing the entrance to see who it was. he walked out of his office, eyebrows raising in shock.

"my mom says i can train again." miguel informed, looking between johnny and scooby. his eyebrows furrowed when he had seen how worse scooby's black eye had gotten.

"she did?" johnny and scooby asked in unison.

"yeah." miguel nodded, taking another step forward. "i mean, if we still have the dojo."

johnny nodded, looking between miguel and scooby. "we do for now. but i need to know, are you ready to take things to the next level?"

"yes, sensei." miguel immediately answered.

johnny looked over at scooby, raising his eyebrows slightly. the curly haired girl let out a sigh, bringing a hand up to scratch her eyebrow. she nodded, "yes sensei."

the two teens stood on the mat facing the cobra kai motto, waiting for johnny to start whatever lesson he had decided to make up for them. the blonde man circled around the duo, loving how focused and determined the both of them had suddenly gotten.

"now, you both got your ass kicked because you didn't have any defense, so i'm gonna teach you the best defense that you can know." johnny started, stopping in front of the teens. "and the best defense. . ." he suddenly let out a yell, sending a punch towards the space that was between the both of them. "is more offense."

miguel and scooby looked at one another, small smiles pulling at their lips.

daij speaks!
heyyyyy... it's been a long time... but that's only because i hate this chapter and everything about it, but i don't know how to fix and i feel like i'll end up coming back to it at some point. but i feel bad for not touching this book in months. so i'm gonna try to update this book more frequently because i honestly have so much planned out for the rest of the seasons.

i hope you guys enjoyed 🫶🏼