"Where have you been?" Kreese asked in disbelief as Cullen stormed into the all valley. "We've-"

He was cut off by Cullens fist colliding with his face.

"Oh shit!" Tory and Robby gapped on sync.

"What's going on here?" Terry asked in disbelief.

"Tory." Cullen looked up at her with a shake of his head. "Fight how ever the hell you wanna fight."

"Hey." Terry grabbed his shoulders, getting his hands shoved away. "Who do you think you are?"

"I think i'm someone who's not gonna sit back and let you manipulate my girlfriend and boyfriend anymore!" he argued, looking to Tory again. "Do whatever you want, don't worry about any of this other stuff. It's just noise, stupid fucking noise."

Tory looked to Silver, back to Kreese who backed off but was holding his jaw. She met Cullens eye. "I will."

Robby grabbed Cullens arm and pulled him away from the senseis. "What's happening?"

"This place isn't good for us, Robby. I know that now." Cullen looked down at him, grabbing his face. "All this suffering and pain, all they want is to make it worse on all of us. The world doesn't hate us. Our lives aren't fair, no shit, but what they're teaching us isn't either. They don't care about us, they care about hurting other people that haven't even done anything."

Robby looked back to the doors. "Something bad happened with Kenny. I think you're right."

Robby faced Cullen again. "I don't wanna do this anymore."

Cullen smiled, nodding. "Let's support our girl, then get the fuck outta here."

Robby grinned, leaning his head onto his forehead as Cullen wrapped and arm around him, the pair watching Tory head onto the mat once more.

They took their marks again, Tory bounced on the mat infront of Sam, kicking forward and swinging a punch backwards when circling her. Sam dodged it, blocking her kick, sending her own, forearms coming up and blocking the string of punches Tory threw at her. Sam kicked to the side, Tory punching her in the stomach and scored the point. "Score, one-one. Fight!"

Cullen grinned as Robby clapped. Sam kicked toward Tory, having it blocked before Tory twisted around, kicking in return to get her right again. "Point! Two-one, Nichols."

"Yeah!" Cullen cheered on Tory again.

Sam stood infront of Tory, using balancing hand motions, Daniel gave a proud look. Tory looked oddly before Sam ended it with one fist above her head, the other before her. The ref nodded. "Ready? And fight!"

Tory struck first, kicking as Sam blocked them, Tory side kicking her in the ribs as Sam threw her fist her way, Tory blocking it. The Miyagi-Do tossed her leg over Torys head, taking her original position again as they backed up away from each other for a second. Tory swung around twice, trying to kick her, having each blocked. She blocked Sams hits in return, linking their arms together and yanking her harshly.

Sam broke free, ducking as Tory swung her fist above her head. Sam hit her in the chest, Tory stumbling back over the line. "No point. Out of bounce."

Johnny called out in annoyance. "Come on, Ref! She went out after she got hit!"

"Shut up!" Cullen yelled at him from the other side of the mat.

"You shut up!" Johnny yelled in return.

"You shut up, old man!" Cullen defending Tory, but also Robby, with a jab at the blonde.

The two took their stance again, one of Sams legs rose in her final position. With a full kick forward, she swung her fist as Tory blocked them, kicking at her, Sam blocking it. The two were moving quickly this round. Sam hit Tory in the chest, scoring herself a point, making Daniel cheer in his daughter. Watching them, Cullen felt the hurt of a fathers bond. Demetri watched him. "Scores two to two. Next point wins. Ready? Fight!"

Tory threw her legs in Sams direction, hers blocked and hit, but it was blocked. They both rose their hands, each having them blocked above their heads before Sam kicked Tory, being shoved away. Sam kicked her again, Tory grasping under Sams leg and threw her down on the mat, Sam flipping over her and got to her feet, grabbing Torys middle and forward rolling as Torys elbow collided with her eye. Robby gave a jolt under Cullens arm.

"Warning. Elbow to the face. Go to your senseis." the ref called.

"Warning? Should be a point deduction!" Johnny yelled his way.

"I didn't mean to. No, it was an accident." Tory got on her feet and looked down at Sam, who held her eye in pain, squinting and running toward her senseis.

She looked back at the boys with a head shake. "I didn't mean to."

"It's okay!" Robby called to her as Cullen flashed a knowing nod, letting her know they knew she didn't mean to. Sam and Tory took their marks again.

"Fight!"

Sam kicked her way, having it blocked. They circled each other slightly, Tory throwing a kick toward Sams head, having it blocked immediately as she sent a punch toward the chest, having it blocked. Sam kicked Tory, her arms blocking it. The Nichols girls was so close to hitting Sams chest, but she was too quick, and too good at blocking.

Sam came close to kicking Tory, having it blocked quickly as Tory landed a kick to her back. Twisting around, she kicked Sam harshly, despite her blocking it, Sams shorter body stumbling back. Tory fell to the floor, giving Sam another kick, scoring herself the point. "Winner!"

"Yeah!" Cullen and Robby yelled, running onto the mat. Tory spun around after checking on Sam, grasping them both in a tight hug as the trio spun. "Our favorite girl!"

"I got worried you weren't gonna show up." Tory spoke as her, Robby, and Cullen all sat together in the hallway, waiting for everyone to get ready to go eat.

"I had to get a slap in the face from reality first." he cracked a grin, nudging her knee. "But, I was gonna show up anyways."

"You really think we should leave Cobra Kai? Back off completely?" Robby looked over at Cullen.

"I don't want anyone to have control over me, or either of you." he pointed out as he faced Robby. "If we stay, what if we can't help it again?"

"I know you were worried about Kenny." Tory looked over at Robby with a nod of her head. "What do you think?"

Robby shook his head. "I think the three of us need to stick together at all cost."

"Me too." Cullen cracked a grin.

"Me three." Tory smiled, grabbing both their hands as Robby and Cullen did the same. "I also think we need to chow down on some nachos."

"Yes." Cullen agreed as they all stood up. "Some cheese fries."

"Ice cream sundays." Tory gushed.

"Robby?" Cullen rose an eyebrow his way. "Burgers?"

"Cheese burgers." he confirmed with a half grin. "I gotta go do something first. But, I can meet you there?"

Cullen nodded, leaning over to get a quick kiss on the lips before Robby did the same to Tory. He walked, stopping as he looked back at the two. "You guys are my favorite people in the whole world."

Tory laughed. "Well, i'd hope so."

"It's not a hard spot to fill." Cullen shrugged as Robby fought a grin. "We do happen to be a lot better then the rest of the population."

"Agreed." Robby turned with a grin.

Tory exhaled as she held her trophy. "I'm gonna go grab my bag, then we can head over."

"Okay, i'll wait for you out front." Cullen smiled at her, leaning in to hold her face in a kiss. "I'm proud of you, Nichols."

"Thank you, for telling me that." Tory blinked. "On the mat. I didn't want to cheat like Sensei Silver said."

"I knew you didn't." he gave her a little grin as Tory did it back, walking toward the locker room.

Cullen headed outside, pushing the doors open as the breeze hit his face. He turned his head to the right, seeing Demetri waiting near the curb with his phone. "Hey."

Demetri exhaled. "Hey."

"You waiting for Dad?" Cullen approached, but kept a good distance.

"Mom." he corrected. "Well, my Mom, I mean."

Cullen frowned. Demetri nodded at him. "You really nailed that cobra menece in the face."

Cullen gapped. "You saw that?"

"All the the All Valley saw that." he gave a laugh. "What happened?"

Cullen shook his head. "I just-"

But, his voice cracked and his eyes filled up. Demetri dropped his bag with an odd look. "Did he do something?"

"I'm just really tired of hating you for something you didn't cause." Cullen admitted with a shaky exhale, blinking as a tear fell from his eye. "It's not your fault that Dad loves you more because you were planned and did good things in your life."

Demetri frowned, looking down. "I'm sorry I didn't understand before. With your Mom, and Dad."

Cullen gave a small cry, leaning in and wrapping his arms around Demetris waist. He hugged him back, leaning against his head. He couldn't remember the last time his brother had loved him, they had likely been very small children. "I'm sorry."

•

kylie speaks

sweet babies. i'm gonna miss
this book so much, i had such a
good and very emotional time
written cullen and i can not
wait to show his character
development while still keeping
him my favorite little hot head
in season five. i'll see you guys
then, but i'm gonna go eat some
pineapple pizza in honor of my
baby!