[SEASON FOUR: EPISODE FIVE]
[PART ONE]

"Daniel LaRusso. It's nice to see you, again." Terry stated.

"Yeah, right." Daniel scoffed, as Sliver furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, his eyes darting around at the students before landing on Ethan.

"Hello, Ethan. It's nice to finally to meet you."

"Do I know you, old man?" The boy asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Name's Terry Sliver. Kreese has told me a lot about you."

"Kids, why don't you all go inside the dojo, while the adults have a talk?" LaRusso suggested. They all nodded their heads and hurried inside the Miyagi-Do dojo.

"No need to hide them from me, Daniel. I'm not here to do anything like that."

"Bullshit." He stated, not believing a word he was saying.

"Fair enough. I'd probably react the same way if I were you. My past behavior was.... Inexcusable. If I could go back and undo it, I would. All I can say now is I'm truly sorry. And I assure you, I'm not that man anymore."

Suddenly, the canvas door slowly slid open, as the kids peeked their heads out, watching everything unfold. They didn't know if he was friends with Kreese, and if so, that would be bad. At least, some of them were thinking that.

"I don't know what padded room you crawl out of Sliver or what twisted game the two of you are playing, if you don't get off my property right now, I swear to god." Daniel spat angrily.

"Your dad seems really pissed. Who even is that guy standing there?" Williams asked, looking down at his girlfriend.

"I don't know." Sam replied, shaking her head in confusion.

"Okay. Okay, I tried. We'll still hold our students to a moratorium on fighting before the tournament, for what it's worth. Provided, of course, you do the same." Terry stated, pointing at Daniel. He glared at him as Kreese stepped forward.

"Just remember our deal, if Cobra Kai wins, you two are done teaching. For good."

"That's not gonna happen, cause you're not gonna win." LaRusso retorted.

"Now get out of here."

Sliver pursed his lips as he stared at him and his eyes shooting over to Ethan once more, before turning around and walked away, with Daniel right behind him, to make sure he truly left. The two stepped over to the wooden gate.

"Has it really come down to this? Johnny Lawrence playing second fiddle to little Daniel LaRusso?" The old man questioned mockingly.

"No one's second fiddle. This is my dojo as much as it is his." Johnny said.

"Really? Sign out front says Miyagi-Do."

"Unless you want it crammed up your ass sideways, you'd better take off after your bridge partner."

Kreese let out a small chuckle before brushing past him and walked out the gate.

"All right, who the hell was that? And how does he know Williams?"

"I don't know how he knows Ethan. But what I know is that he's bad news." Daniel replied, shaking his head.

"Practice is canceled for today guys. Me and Sensei Lawrence have some stuff to talk about." LaRusso stated, as the kids nodded their heads and the two adults walked away.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the gate, two older men were walking to Terry's car. Sliver felt annoyance flow through him after that little encounter. He wasn't expecting Daniel to just forgive him, but he was at least hoping that man would see reason.

The most annoying part was seeing Ethan, and not being able to do anything. He wanted to talk to him alone, explain to him everything about his father, but couldn't because of Johnny and Daniel.

"Daniel LaRusso sure does hold a grudge. Now, what do we do?" Kreese asked, opening the passenger door.

"Now, we get to work. So we can wipe the mat with that arrogant little prick." Sliver seethed, before climbing inside the car.

"And what about Ethan?"

"We'll worry about that later." Terry replied, throwing the car into drive and speeding away from the Miyagi-Do dojo.

The next day, at West Valley High School, Hawk and Demetri walked through security, and then past the staircase.

"Did you found everything on that Sliver guy?" Eli asked, as his friend sighed, turning on his iPad to look up everything he could find out about the man.

"Not much. All I know he is a Vietnam vet turned businessman. Had a few ups and downs, but still turned out pretty rich." He explained.

"Not much dirt, other than some toxic waste scandal in Borneo back in the 80s."

"Jeez, sounds like a Renaissance man. How'd you find out his name?"

"I took a picture at the dojo, found an old facial recognition beta test and tweaked the code to make it compatible with HEIC."

"I love it when you talk nerdy." A familiar voice said as two females walked up towards them. It was revealed to be Yasmine and her friend, Moon.

"You are both the first and my favorite person to say that." The boy stated as she giggled, before pulling him into a kiss.

"I-I like the new hue." Moon stuttered awkwardly, noticing Hawk's new hair color.

"Purple's the color of the crown chakra, you know? It symbolizes enlightenment."

"Uh, yeah, that's what I was going for. So...." The mohawk boy started, shrugging his shoulders.

"Listen." Yasmine sighed, pulling Demetri to the side.

"I have bad news. I just found out my dad's wedding is gonna be in Sydney."

"Sydney, Nova Scotia?"

"Australia." She answered.

"Oh." He exclaimed, looking a little bit shocked by this news.

"Since it's in May, it means I won't be here for prom or the tournament."

"Oh."

"But I'll still root for you." She reassured him.

"Yeah."

"Consider me an admirer from afar."

"See me at lunch?"

"Yeah." Demetri said as she pulled him into another kiss before smacking his butt cheek and walking away with Moon following behind her.

"All right, no offense, but I have no idea how you pulled that off." Eli stated, putting an arm around his friend's shoulder.

"Neither do I."

"I guess I was just myself, and somehow that worked."

"What about you and Moon? Did I detect a hint of rapprochement in the air?" He questioned, nudging his arm in a joking matter.

"Um.... We're getting used to being friends again." Hawk answered. "And besides, she has a girlfriend, so...."

"You mean Piper? Oh no. That's over. They broke up weeks ago." Demetri said, then walked down the hallway.

"Weeks?" The boy questioned as he quickly followed after him.

"One week, five? How many weeks is 'weeks'."

They both stepped into the hallway and noticed Ethan and Sam standing by the lockers, probably waiting for them. The two boys made their way over to the couple.

"You guys won't believe what we just found out." He called out, getting their attention.

"Apparently, Sensei got drunk last night and went on a Twitter rant."

"I believe everything except for the part where he knows how to tweet." Demetri stated before looking down at the phone to see the messages.

"It looks like he and Sensei LaRusso are gonna have a rematch of what happened 35 years ago."

"Wait, so they're really gonna fight?" Eli asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah. We've should've seen this coming." Sam said, sighing in disbelief.

"Who does he even think he's tweeting to? You're his only follower?"

"I don't even know. But he seems pretty serious about this." Ethan replied, shrugging his shoulders.

"So this is real? Sensei and Sensei are gonna throw down?" Hawk asked, sounding excited, as they all nodded their heads.

"That's awesome!"

"How is even that 'awesome'?"

Meanwhile, after a heated conversation with Johnny, Daniel arrived back at his house to try and call him to stop this whole rematch thing happening between them later tonight.

"Hey, Johnny. We both said some things we regret. I, uh.... I'm sorry if I offered you."

"No, no. Don't apologize. It shows weakness." He shook his head. Suddenly, Sam came through the back door in the kitchen.

"Hey, why aren't you in school?" LaRusso asked, turning around to face his daughter.

"Uh, I only had a study hall left, so I played the cramps card and came home." She replied, before putting both of her hands in her back pockets.

"You played the...." Her father sighed as he stepped over towards her.

"So what, you're skipping class now?"

"No, I'm not skipping. I'm just setting my own schedule."

"What about you? Why aren't you at work?"

"I, uh, wasn't feeling well. I had a bit of a rough night." Daniel muttered.

"Makes sense."

"Oh, Ethan show me some of Johnny's tweets. Everybody at school's talking about the fight."

"Oh, great." He scoffed in disbelief.

"So what did you do to set him off?" Sam asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"What did I do? Th-that guy gets set off by anything. Okay? That's the problem here, Sam."

"I've tried to make this work and Johnny's impossible."

"No, he's not. He's just.... Has a different style."

"It's not a different style. It's the wrong style. Okay. Now's not the time to be aggressive. Trust me."

"Does this have something to do with the guy who showed up at the dojo with Kreese? And how he knows Ethan?" She questioned.

"Yeah." He replied, nodding his head.

"Yes, he's the one who lured me into Cobra Kai when I was young. It was only through Mr. Miyagi's teachings that I was able to snap out of it. So right now, we have to double-down on Miyagi-Do, including Ethan too."

"So, what, no more Eagle Fang? Johnny's never gonna go for that." The brunette stated firmly.

"Yeah. Yeah. So he says. That's how this whole thing started. We were...." Daniel started, as his daughter opened the fridge to grab a beer.

"But don't worry. There's not gonna be any fight."

"Of course not. Miyagi-Do is all about avoiding fights whenever possible."

"Yes. It is. And since when do you have a problem with that?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Since a psycho attacked me with nunchucks. Johnny says if we keep taking shit, they'll keep coming at us."

"That's what Johnny says? I'm sorry, Sam, uh, whose side are you on?"

"I'm not on anybody's side. I just wanna learn both styles." Sam reassured him.

"So I have twice the techniques if I face Tory at the tournament."

"You sure you can wait that long? Your mom told me about the party. It seems you're doing the instigating."

"Come on. Compared to what Tory's done? That was nothing." She responded with a shrug.

"I get that. But you know we don't believe in aggression. That's not how we act."

"Maybe that's not how you act, but I can make my own decisions." The brunette said, before flicking the bottle cap down on the table, and walking away to her room.

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EDITED; 3/15/2024

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