𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐱: 𝐜𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐢

𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 scooby and miguel's fight, the two teens being inside the dojo. along with them was a bunch of other teens, eli and demetri included. someone recorded scooby and miguel fighting kyler and his goons, posting it on youtube. a bunch of kids found out where they had learned their moves from and had appeared outside the dojo. now, the inside was pact. scooby was currently practicing on one of the dummies, sending jab after jab. miguel and aisha was somewhere in the dojo, practicing.

"quiet!" the voice of johnny shouted, making the dojo fall silent. "face front!"

scooby stopped what she was doing, adjust her gi as she made her way to where miguel and aisha were. once everyone was facing him, johnny made his way through the group of teens, basically sizing them up and judging them as he took in their details. he made a few comments to a few of them, scooby hearing demetri's voice for a second before it vanished. johnny's voice appeared a few more times, only acknowledging a few kids to just basically talk down on their looks. scooby shook her head slightly at the things he was saying.

"when i look around this dojo, i don't see cobra kai material." johnny started, talking to everyone in the room. "i see losers, i see nerds. i see a fat kid with a funny hat with his tits popping out." he continued, scooby closing her eyes at the last comment. "but in my short time as a sensei, i've also seen some miracles." he started back up again, looking towards his first three students. "so, maybe there's some hope for you yet. but first, i need to see where your'e at. so everybody, fall in!"

this earned some confused murmurs from the teens, scooby, aisha, and miguel staying where they were since they knew that johnny had meant to line up.

"that means to line up." the blonde man elaborated. this made everyone go into lines, forming them behind aisha, scooby and miguel. "no, not - not line up in a line. lines! get in lines."

"you mean, like, rows?" demetri questioned.

johnny groaned as he brought his hands to his face. he then reiterated himself, causing everyone to get into even rows. they were now doing some jabs, everyone in some sort of fighting stance as they did so. johnny walked around the room, fixing the stances of those that needed to be fixed.

"hey, lip." johnny then suddenly called, scooby's jaw clenching since she knew he was talking to eli. "yeah, you. the one with the freaky lip. who do you think i'm talking to?"

"excuse me, uh, mr.lawrence." demetri stepped in.

"sensei lawrence!" aisha corrected.

"okay." demetri chuckled, putting his hands up in surrender. "you really should make fun of someone's physical appearance."

"oh, is that so? so, i'm not supposed to mention his lip at all?" johnny quizzed.

"well, yeah." demetri nodded.

"well, maybe that's what they teach you in school, but in the real world, you can't expect people to do what they're supposed to do." johnny explained. "you here that, lip? if you can't handle someone making fun of you, how are you gonna handle an elbow to the teeth?"

"by calling the police." demetri answered.

"dude, knock it off." miguel chimed in.

"what? he does realize the nazis lost the war, right? why should i be scared of him? because he's got a snake on his wall?" demetri challenged. "it's not like he's a teacher who can give us a bad grade. we're paying him. he works for us. it's not like he can actually hurt us."

"oh, shit." miguel and scooby cursed in unison once they saw their sensei moving towards the lanky boy.

"you done?" johnny asked once he was in front of the younger boy. scooby noticed that all the teens that was surrounding demetri had moved away. "hit me. go ahead, hit me. strike me right here."

demetri got into his fighting stance before he threw a punch, johnny simply slapping his arm away. the lawrence man told him to do it again but harder, demetri doing as told. but johnny had slapped his arm again, making demetri wince. johnny the teased demetri, scooby closing her eyes as she shook her head. demetri threw another punch, this time it being way harder. johnny quickly grabbed demetri's arm before he pulled it downward, causing the alexopoulos boy to flip before his back met the mat. johnny then crouched down, going to send a jab to demetri's stomach before he stopped himself.

the sensei stood up, looking around at the rest of his students as he pointed a finger. "let that be a lesson to all of you."

scooby looked at johnny, silently asking if she could help her friend up. he nodded at her as he walked off, scooby stepping forward to help demetri off the floor. she helped him straighten himself out, the taller boy sending her a quiet thanks. scooby sent the older man a glare as she walked back to her spot, johnny sending her a confused look back.

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"𝐎𝐊𝐀𝐘, 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘. 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐈𝐍" johnny ordered.

it was the next day, scooby standing in the dojo as she patiently waited for johnny to start the lesson. scooby had a slight frown on her face, seeing how many people hadn't shown up, demetri included. eli was there, which scooby was happy about. she didn't notice the way that eli was looking at her. it wasn't in a he has feelings type of way, it was in an admiration type of way. he always thought that scooby was badass with the way she defended herself and everyone else against bullies. but seeing her in that gi with the expression that she was wearing, she looked extremely badass. eli couldn't help but look up to her in that moment.

"where is everyone." johnny questioned once he realized how empty the space was. "crater face. nose ring. slingshot."

"they quit, sensei." miguel informed, his voice low.

"are you serious?" johnny asked before he looked around at everyone else. "i mean, good. that was a test. i wanted to see who the quitters are. not you guys. you're in it to win it, right? you could be at home playing your icomputers, playing your video games, eating candy. instead, you're here, doing pushups, learning how to fight." he continued, turning to look at someone. "lip. look. even lip's tougher than those guys. he's no quitter."

scooby glared at johnny.

"could you please not call me that?" eli mumbled.

"excise me, what?" johnny asked, not hearing the younger boy.

"i said could you please not call me that." eli repeated.

"um, i'll warm em up, sensei." miguel tried.

"no, lip has something he wants to say." johnny waved him off, starting to walk towards eli.

"sensei." scooby called, her voice stern.

"it's alright. speak up, lip. or is your tongue messed up too?" johnny challenged, ignoring scooby. "are you one of those challenged kids?"

"um, the doctor said i could be on the spectrum." eli answered.

"i don't know what that is, but get off it pronto. all right?" johnny ordered, scooby dropping her head. "if you don't want me to call you lip, don't have a weird lip. can't you get surgery?"

"i was born with a cleft lip. this is the scar from the surgery." eli informed.

" you mean it was worse before that? or did the doctor just screw up?" johnny quizzed.

"sensei." scooby tried again, but to no avail.

"because if this is the after photo, that sucks, man. you should sue." johnny finished.

"can we just place change the topic?" eli pleaded.

"you don't think i want to? it's tough when it's right in front of me." johnny retorted. "if you wanna be something other than a nerd with a scar on his lip, then you gotta flip the script. okay? get a face tattoo or gouge your eye out. we'll call you patch, all right? no, don't do that one. you'll still look like a freak."

once the man was done talking, eli walked around him and left.

"oh, great, really? another quitter?" johnny quizzed.

scooby glared at him, which earned her a confused look from the older man. he continued with his lesson, although a lot of the students were hesitant on continuing. scooby was practically glaring at johnny the entire time, but he either ignored it or didn't notice it. eventually, he ended the lesson, a lot of the kids leaving quickly in fear that johnny would pick on them. scooby and miguel were the only two left, the both of them going into johnny's office to speak to the man.

"go away. no more lessons today." johnny said once miguel had knocked on the doorframe that was connected to his office. the blonde man grabbed a beer from his mini fridge, standing up straight and turning to the door. he popped open the beer.

"do you have to be so hard on them?" miguel questioned as johnny took a sip.

"oh, come on, diaz. they're a bunch of losers." johnny reasoned.

"some of those losers are our friends." scooby chimed in.

johnny looked at her, nodding his head. "yeah, that tracks."

"and they're your students. you wanted a full dojo, you got one." miguel pointed out, looking down at johnny, who was now sitting at his desk.

"not full like that." the lawrence man admitted, going to take another swig from his beer.

"yeah, we get it, all right? they're losers. but we're losers too." scooby defended.

"are you kidding me? are you two gonna cry now too?" johnny quizzed.

"no, but you don't know what it's like to be us, sensei." scooby told him.

johnny didn't say anything, looking at the curly haired girl. scooby sighed, bidding goodbye as she turned around. she slipped her sneakers on and grabbed her bag as she walked out the door.

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𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 standing in the dojo, already lined up as they waited for johnny to come out of his office. there were less people than the day before, thanks to the way that johnny had talked to eli in front of everyone. scooby, miguel, and aisha were in the front, all in their gis. scooby had checked in on eli the night before, asking him if he was okay. he said that he was more than okay and that he was gonna change the narrative. scooby had no idea what the boy had meant, but she was glad to hear that he was okay.

"three more absences, sensei." miguel informed once johnny had appeared in front of him.

"bunch of pussies." aisha spat.

"meh." scooby let out, watching as johnny started to pace the area in front of them.

"no, it's my fault." the lawrence man admitted, which made miguel and scooby look at him with raised eyebrows. "since you joined cobra kai, i have been hard on you. i've called you names. i've humiliated you. some of you, i've hit. and for that, i don't apologize. cobra kai is about strength. if you're not strong enough on the inside, you can't be strong on the outside. and right now, you're all weak. and i know that because i was you. i used to have no friends. used to be the weirdo kid. not that weird. i still hooked up with babes and all, but. . . the point is, i wasn't always the badass sensei i am today. just like a cobra, i had to shed my loser skin to find my true power. and you guys will too."

before he could finish, the bell that was above the front door rang, gaining everyone's attention. scooby's eyebrows raised once she saw eli walk inside with a dark blue mohawk. "what the hell?"

"eli, what happened?" miguel questioned.

"i'm flipping the script." eli shrugged.

"wait, you're the kid with the lip?" johnny asked as he walked towards him. "nice cut, bro. you see that? doesn't matter if you're a lose or a nerd or a freak. all that matters is that you become badass." he continued, talking to the rest of his students. he turned back to eli. "hawk. fall in."

eli smiled, kicking his shoes off to the side before he stepped onto the mat. he faced forward, scooby smiling at him in the reflection of the mirror.

"fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?" johnny asked him.

"no, sensei." ei answered.

johnny went to aisha. "pain does not exist in this dojo, does it?"

"no, sensei." the robinson girl answered.

johnny then went to miguel. "defeat does not exist in this dojo, does it?"

"no, sensei." the diaz boy shook hushed.

johnny then went to scooby. "mercy does not exist in this dojo, does it?"

"no sensei." scooby mumbled, a small smile on her face.

johnny turned around to face front. "class, are you ready to learn the way of the first?"

"yes, sensei!" everyone answered in unison.

scooby had to bite back her smile once she had seen johnny smile in the mirror. could you tell she was excited?

daij speaks!
heyyyyyyy. i so wanna skip to season 2 but like, i need the character development for scooby and the development for all of her relationships, but omg am i just picturing tory and scooby. they're gonna be so cute. but season 2 is also gonna hurt so bad, y'all don't understand. anyways here's this chapter that i don't really like. but i needed to update, so here you gu.

i hope you guys enjoyed🫶🏼