[SEASON FIVE: EPISODE FOUR]

Sam, along with her friends Yasmine and Moon, was at a bustling water park, where nearly everyone in the whole Valley sought refuge from the intense summer heat. As they enjoyed themselves, she noticed a familiar person staring at one of her friends, who was clad in revealing a pink bikini.

"Ew. Anthony, can you not stare at my friends?" She pleaded.

"No, no, no, I wasn't, um, uh, staring." He shattered, before quickly walked away.

"He's starting high school in the fall, right? Let's torture him. Tell him later I asked if he's been working out."

"Ew. You guys are so gross, and I want no part of this." The brunette said, shaking her head in disbelief.

"So, Sam, how's the whole Eat, Pray, Love journey going?"

"It's actually better than I expected." Sam answered honestly.

"It's been kind of nice to just focus on myself, without all the karate or relationship drama."

"Hey, babe." Hawk called out as he and Ethan made their way over, both wearing nothing but a pair of swim trucks on their body, revealing their upper bodies. In response, Moon waved back at her boyfriend.

"Oh, I totally forgot that they were coming."

"It's fine. Really." The brunette reassured her.

"Are you sure? Cause I can tell him I'll see him later."

"No, Moon, seriously. I mean, this is gonna happen. And it's all right. Ethan and I are still friends."

"Hey. What's up?" Eli asked before talking a seat right next to his girlfriend.

"Um...." Ethan said, awkwardly.

"How you are doing, Sammy?"

"Hey." She replied.

"I'm, uh, yeah. I mean, I'm.... I'm good. Good. And how about you?"

"I'm cool. Good actually." The boy reassured, before pointing to the empty chair next to her.

"Is anyone sitting there?"

"Yeah, I mean, you can go ahead." Sam said before he took the empty seat right next to her. A few minutes later, after of silence, someone decided to break it.

"Hey, did you get to the part in the book where he finds the abandoned bus?"

"Oh, I think you're thinking of Into the Wild." She replied, with a smile on her face.

"Yeah, that's right." Ethan nodded in agreement.

"But isn't that the prequel?"

"Uh, yeah. This one's got no guy. All bus."

"All about the bus. Of course."

"There's a chapter about the windows going up and down."

"Alright, I was partial on the part where both the doors open and close." He said, as they both let out a little laugh.

"Hey, Sammy. I was thinking of checking out the pool.... Wanna join me for a fun time?"

"Um... yeah. Right after this chapter. I really want to see what happens to the bus driver." She declined his offer.

"Yeah, no worries."

"Get outta here! Go to that side! Who do you think you are? Puff your chest?"

It wasn't long before karate seemed to find its way in the water park. After Eli confronted Kenny after pushing Anthony into the slow river, things escalated. Some kind of discussion had broken out and it caught his full attention.

"Are you kidding me with this bullshit again?" Hawk asked, as he and his friends sat on their beach chairs. Everyone saw Robby in the crowd of Cobra Kai.

"There's Keene. I thought you said he wasn't no longer in Cobra Kai anymore."

"That's what Sensei told me, bro." Ethan stated.

"Come on."

"Alright, I'll be right back." The boy said, quickly kissed Sam on her cheek before catching up with Eli.

"Sorry, force of habit!"

The brunette shook her head in embarrassment and tucked her face closer inside the book she was reading.

The two boys made their way over toward the crowd to see what all of the fighting was all about.

"What in the world, are you doing?"

"You stay out of this." Robby demanded.

"Don't—" Williams was cut off by the sound of a loud whistle blow, causing everyone to turn their attention around to notice a lifeguard with an angry expression.

"Stop it. All of you. Or you're all getting kicked out." The man threatened, his words causing the two dojos to separate and remain silent. Then, he walked away.

"Okay. So, it's clearly we can't coexist in peace, let's find a solution to our problem."

"We can't fight. They'll kick us out, what are we supposed to do?" Mitch questioned.

"We need to go." Robby said.

"No." Tory argued.

"How about a race?" Bert suggested as they all turned their attention and looked up at the large water slide above them.

"Yeah. I'll go." Eli replied, stepping forward with a determined look on his face.

"So will I." Nichols stated.

"Champ versus champ!" Kyler announced.

"Whoever wins gets the park."

"Deal." Hawk agreed, nodding his head.

"But you won't win."

They both quickly hurried off to get their tubes and head to the top of the water slide.

"This is to decide the champion of all champions."

"Three! Two! One!" Kyler yelled as the two of them went down the slides.

"Let's go!"

Tory came out of the slide first, cheering with her hands up. Not long after, Eli followed with an inflated tube.

"What the hell? You guys cheated. There was a hole in my tube!"

"Cheaters! Cheaters! Cheaters! Cheaters!"

Nichols' face fell as she glanced over, having 'cheaters' chanted in their direction. Hawk quickly got out and immediately went towards Kenny.

"Dipshit. I know this was you."

"What are you gonna do about it?"

"I'm not gonna strike first if that's what you think. You don't have the balls to anyway."

The boy nodded his head before throwing a punch and completely missed, as his opponent bend backward, easily dodging the attack.

"Is that all you got?"

Payne took a fighting stance and threw a couple of punches, but Eli easily blocked them all. Then the last attack actually landed on his opponent. The crowd gasped in shock as the boy quickly turned around and went to land a kick, but as soon as he extended his leg out, Hawk caught it and slammed his elbow right in the boy's kneecap.

Keene came running over and shoved Hawk into the water, but then got pushed forward. He quickly turned around to see Williams, who got close in his face, staring directly at him.

"Hey!"

"Watch yourself, Keene." He demanded, his fist clenched tightly.

"You wanna go?" Robby stepped forward. The sound of a whistle blowing filled the air as it was the same lifeguard from earlier ran up to them.

"Everybody get out and leave the park immediately. I mean it. Everybody out. Now."

Ethan walked through the parking lot of the water park, trailing behind the rest of the group consisting of only Eli, Moon, and Yasmine, but neither of them had said much. He decided to break the silence.

"Hey. Do any of y'all know where Sam went off to?"

"Oh, she split on her own. She didn't want anything to do with this drama." She answered.

"Yeah, well. Neither did I." The boy agreed, and not a second later, he noticed Keene walking by himself.

"Alright, go ahead with them. I'll catch up with you."

"Okay."

As Robby was walking away from the water park, a familiar person, shoved him from behind, catching him off guard.

"Hey!" Ethan shoved him backwards.

"I could've sworn that Sensei said you were out of Cobra Kai."

"I'm not in Cobra Kai."

"And yet you're on their side every time they start fighting."

"You don't know what the hell you're talking about."

"I know you think just because you went to Canada to be a good guy, again. But guess what.... You're not." He pushed him back again.

"Look who's talking. Let's get one thing clear. I didn't come to Canada for you."

"Nobody even asked you to go anywhere!" The boy shoved Robby, just as Johnny managed to stopped his vehicle right next to them.

"Come on, Robby! Come on!"

The two boys assumed a fighting positions. Keene attempted to throw a punch, but Ethan grabbed his arm, twisted it behind his back, and flipped him down onto the ground. His opponent groaned in pain as he hit the floor.

Williams raised his fist, ready to strike, but someone grabbed his forearm, preventing him from hitting the enemy.

"Hey, hey!" Sensei shouted, grabbing their attention.

"Stop it. I want you guys to get along. We're all friends now."

"No. We were never friends to begin with."

"We never were."

And with that, the boys took one last look at each other before going their separate ways.

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EDITED; 3/20/2024

[PS: I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG WAIT AGAIN BECAUSE I TOOK A SMALL BREAK TO WORK ON MY MENTAL HEALTH.]

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