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it was my first day back in the dojo in like a week. i told sensei that i couldn't make it to karate because i got food poisoning. he knew i was going to school but never thought anything of it.
"welcome back nugent." johnny greeted me as i walked through the front doors.
i noticed an older man at the front of the mats. confused as to why a random man was here i walked over to where miguel, hawk, aisha, and another girl were sitting. i had also never seen this girl before so i was confused as to who she was.
"who is the man at the front with sensei?" i asked to nobody in particular.
"that's kreese, senseis sensei." miguel explained.
"oh?" i audibly questioned.
"oh yeah! this is tory, tory this is my best friend liz." miguel introduced me to the new girl.
"nice to meet you. i would talk a little bit longer but i have to put on my gi." i explained, greeting the new girl, tory, before heading to the back and changing into my gi.
once i got dressed it was time to get in our spots at the mats. i took my spot at the front next to hawk and miguel, waiting for sensei to give us instructions.
"first, i would like to welcome back nugent. she was gone for a week due to food poisoning and now she's back. second, nugent this is john kreese." sensei introduced me to the older man in front who merely smirked at me, looking me up and down.
gross.
i kept a straight face. i didn't want to my first impression on the man who taught sensei everything he knows to be bad. it took everything in me to not gag at this musty, dusty, crusty, old man checking me out.
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karate had gone by pretty quickly and i was just ready to head home. i didn't like the way kreese was smirking at me and i didn't like his energy. i just didn't like him in general. something just didn't feel right about the guy.
i was almost out the door when i heard a voice call my name from behind me.
"nugent in my office. now." sensei called out from behind me. throwing my head back and letting out an exasperated sigh, i spun around on my heel and headed towards his office.
when i walked in sensei was sitting at his desk whilst kreese was leaning against the wall.
"diaz, hawk, and robinson told me about how weird you've been acting lately." johnny spoke as he lifted his head up towards me, waiting for my response.
"i haven't been acting weird?" i told the blond man sat before me.
"yes you have. you snapped at miguel and hawk earlier today." he explained.
"okay and?" i questioned.
"why?" sensei questioned back, tilting his head a little to the right.
"i really don't have to explain myself to you especially when he's here." i walked closer to sensei's desk whilst i spoke.
the room was silent. i could see kreese smirking as he leaned against the metal locker in the office.
"i'm leaving." i stated harshly before sensei could say anything to me.
as i walked out the door i was surprised to see that moon and hawk weren't making out somewhere. i got in my car and drove home, done with everyone for today.
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[ third person pov ]
as the raven haired girl walked out of the doors of the dojo kreese turned to look at his former student.
"i like her and her fiery attitude. she's true cobra kai material." the older man spoke, the smirk from earlier still plastered on his face.
"of course she is." johnny responded.
he noticed the way kreese smirked at the girl the whole time she was in the dojo, not liking it one bit.
he thought of the girl as a daughter in a way and would protect her from any corruption his former sensei had in store for the teen. he wouldn't let what happened to him happen to her and he'd be dammed if he let kreese sink his claws into her, mentally breaking the girl like he did to him.
yes, kreese was right, she is true cobra kai material but now how the older man thought. sure she was fiery, bold, violent from time to time, but she wasn't ruthless like kreese wanted her to be.
he heard how terrible him and terry silver were to daniel larusso. corrupting him in anyway they could. though he's never met kreeses war buddy and life long friend, he heard how much worse he was than his old mentor. he heard the stories about mike barnes and he'd be dammed if he let any of his students get to that point.
he would protect them from the evils kreese brought onto johnny and his friends even if it was the last thing he did.
johnny made the mistake of falling under the influence of john kreese and he wouldn't let his students do the same.
a/n hey guys! if you didn't know i made a podcast with my three best friends called 'disease control' it's on spotify, anchor, and youtube. episode one and two are up on all three platforms. i hope you go and listen to them if you have time. on youtube it's 'disease control podcast'.
