[SEASON THREE: EPISODE SIX]
[PART TWO]

Johnny returned to the living room carrying a cardboard box. He handed Ethan a collection of old photos, revealing that he was shirtless in each one.

"Those are the only photos I have. Don't have much affect high school."

"Okay, um.... Do have one where you're wearing an actual shirt?"

Sensei retrieved a photo from the table and passed it to him. In the image, he was wearing a shirt, although it didn't provide much coverage.

"Here you go. How's that?"

"You know, it's probably better to go just with some new photos."

"Yeah, like present day?" The blonde inquired  and the boy nodded in agreement.

"Not sure I want you to grease me up right now. Baby oil gets over everything."

"I'm not gonna...." Williams began, but shook his head, choosing to completely disregard what he had just said.

"I was thinking we could go with something more contemporary. Yeah?"

"Yes!" Johnny snapped his fingers in agreement.

"We'll look at what Ali's into, take pictures of me doing the same stuff!"

"That's not what I exactly meant."

"I'm not doing yoga."

"No."

"I will pet a dog."

"Mm-hmm."

"You think the aquarium will me get in with the dolphins?"

"Probably not." He replied.

"You know what? We could Fotomat it."

"What?"

"All right. Let's go, Hot Wheels. C'mon." Johnny said, rising from the couch and walking out of the apartment.

Daniel and Amanda went to the police station to see if they could filed a restraining order against Kreese. However, they discovered he had already filed one against her, alleging physical assault.

And so, they left the station to explore another avenue for putting that crazy old man behind bars.

Meanwhile, back at the Cobra Kai dojo, after Mitch departed and Kyler took his spot on the team, Kreese pitted Tory against a female among the new recruits. However, she clearly emerged victorious, while the other girl remained inside.

"Good job, Nichols. You know the drill off the mat." He ordered, and they returned to their spots.

"You. Big boy." The old man addressed Brucks who looked excited, stepping down onto the mat. Suddenly, someone's anger surged, a desire to confront and defeat him intensifying.

"He's mine." Hawk declared, handing the flag poles over to Red.

He approached the larger boy, proceeding to undo half of white gi, unveiling a large red Hawk tattoo that covered his entire back side. He tossed the gi to the ground, then turned around to confront his enemy.

"Dude!" The boy looked terrified, noticing a small Grim Reaper tattoo on his chest. Perviously, it had been a moon, but since his break up with Moon, he decided to changed it.

Kreese extended his hand out, signaling Red to lower the flag. Hawk assumed a fighting stance, glancing at the old man, who nodded, indicating him to launch the attack.

He swiftly delivered a spinning back kick, then followed by another kick and a punch to his stomach. Attempting to escape, Brucks found himself halted as someone grabbed the top of his shirt. The boy turned him around, delivering a flurry of punches to his face.

Hawk seized him by the waist, driving his knee into his opponent's side before releasing him. The hefty boy began to breathe heavily, gazing up at him.

"Wait. Stop." He stated, but Hawk didn't listen. Instead, he brought both of them to the ground.

"Finish him."

Hawk began repeatedly slamming his fist into Brucks face. The boy's blood splattered on his knuckles. And with each punch, memories of being bully because of his lip replayed throughout his mind.

Continuously punching him, the boy observed himself instinctively covering up his lip. With a final scream, he drove his fist into Brucks face.

Rising from the floor, Hawk's knuckles were bruised and bloody. He returned to his spot, next to Kyler.

"All right, class. I think we can call it a day. Somebody pick him up."

Back with Johnny and Ethan, after snapping a few photos, they paused at a Japanese restaurant, he poked at some sushi before skillfully picking it with a chopstick.

"Well, that's one way to do it."

"What the hell is this shit?"

"It's a dragon roll. You have some fresh avocado, chopped up cucumber, snow crab, and unagi on top." The boy explained.

"Un-what? Ungai?" Sensei asked, sounding a little confused.

"it's freshwater eel."

"Eel? People actually eat that crap?"

"It's a very popular dish. Just have an open mind." Ethan stated, exasperatedly. Johnny took a deep breath before placing the sushi roll into his mouth, snapping a couple of photos. Once done, he spat the roll out.

"All right, I'm gonna go wash my mouth out. You want that?"

"No. I lost my appetite after you spat that out."

Sensei got up from the table and walked inside the restaurant, leaving Williams alone. He glanced at his phone to view their photos.

"Ethan?" A voice asked. He looked up to see Tory, standing there.

"Tory."

"How'd you know I worked here?"

"I didn't even know. I thought you only worked at the roller rink." He said.

"No, that's at night. I gotta work two jobs now. Mom's not doing well." Tory explained, and Ethan suddenly felt guilty, realizing she had to work two jobs to support her family.

"I'm sorry about that."

"No, I'm sorry." She apologized, sitting down across from him.

"I know that I should've come to see you. I just didn't know how to help."

"So, instead you did what, exactly?"

"I felt guilty about everything. But we're doing everything we can to get back at Miyagi-Do for what they did. It's like Sensei Kresse says 'If one of us gets hurt, we all get hurt'."

"No one else got hurt, Tory. I'm the only one in a wheelchair." Ethan scoffed.

"Yeah, I just meant—"

"No, I know what you mean." He nodded his head.

"I never cared Cobra Kai or Kreese; I cared about  doing what I do best, and that's karate."

"Did you? Or were you just being friends with me to get Sam's attention?" Tory sniffed, anger evident in her tone.

"Don't bring her name into this. Is that really what you think?"

"I saw you with her. I didn't have a choice."

"Yes, you did, Tory! You had no right to attack her like that." Ethan snapped.

"I know you're helping your mother and all, but.... You might need help."

"You think I'm crazy?" She scoffed.

"That's okay. Everyone does. I don't give a shit. You can love Sam all you want. Cause all that matters is who wins in the end. Nice seeing you." Tory stated, grabbing her stuff and storming off into the restaurant.

Meanwhile, at the LaRusso, Daniel and Amanda thought of a different plan to try to get rid of Kreese and that was by having a conversation with the landlord, while explaining to him, he was dangerous and unpredictable.

They wanted to double up on the rent money, but the landlord wanted to triple it, in which he happily agreed to do.

Back at Johnny's apartment, he had Ethan strapped to the rope again, but the boy, burdened by guilt about what happened with Tory, felt too disheartened to engage. He slumped down on the floor.

"Come on, this is worse than yesterday! You aren't even trying." Sensei scolded.

"What's the problem? You saw your ex-friend. Big deal."

"A big deal?" Williams scoffed, turning to look at the man next to him.

"Dude, look at yourself. We spent the whole freaking day doing nonsense for your ex and trying to make you look like someone you're clearly not. But at least, when I saw Tory I told her how things really were!"

"Done with your little hissy fit, or are you just giving up?" Johnny asked, unamused.

"No, you are." The boy mumbled.

"What'd you say?"

"You're the one who's giving up."

"I don't know—"

"Quiet!" He shouted, angrily, cutting him off.

"You let Kreese back into your life and you wanna know what happened? You let him take your dojo right underneath your nose. You let Hawk, Tory, and everyone else think you're weak."

"Because it was a mistake to begin with. I shoulda never brought back Cobra Kai, look what happened."

"So, me meeting you was a mistake?"

"That's not what I—"

"You helped a bunch of people then walked away like a pussycat. You're a Sensei. It's who really you are. And if you can't see that, then you're blind as a bat."

Johnny stood there, completely wordlessly, staring at him in shock.

"Ethan...."

"What?" Ethan questioned, following his gaze to notice he was standing on his own.

"Am I doing it?"

"You're doing it."

"Holy crap! I'm doing it."

"You're doing it!" Sensei shouted as they pulled each other into a hug.

"Thanks."

"No, thank you." The blonde replied, tightening his grip on him. The two just stood there, hugging each other, silently expressing gratitude for everything.

A/N: I know this chapter can seem a bit weird, and I mean by that is I wanted this chapter is to mainly focus on Ethan and him getting better, but also clashing with Tory.

EDITED; 3/8/2024

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