Metanoia (Hawk/Eli)

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Saving the All Valley Tournament

After practice today, me and my dad went to go pick up Robby. He was getting out today and I was quite nervous to see him. I hadn't visited him once, alone, since he was put in juvie. We definitely needed to have a big talk.

My dad walked up to the door and started to jiggle it. "It's locked. They'll buzz it open when he's on his way out." I heard a familiar say. I turned to see Mr.LaRusso and smiled at him.

"You gotta be kidding, they called you?" My dad groaned. I rolled my eyes at his annoyance.

"I called them. With Shannon still in rehab, I wanted to make sure someone was here to pick him up." Mr.LaRusso explained.

"We'll, I'm here, aren't I?" My dad said and walked closer to Mr. LaRusso.

"I'm not looking for any trouble. I'm just here for Robby." Mr. LaRusso said.

"Robby doesn't need you. You've done enough. Thank you. Goodbye." My dad said. I looked up at him, raising an eyebrow. Why the hell was he being so rude to him? Mr. LaRusso put him in the best position. If he hadn't turned Robby in and said Robby was willing to go, his sentence would have been a lot longer than a few months.

"You got it all under control?" Mr. LaRusso asked.

"Yeah, I do."

"Like you had Kreese under control, right? What did you think would happen summoning that devil back to Earth?" Mr. LaRusso hissed.

"Kreese is my problem."

"Not anymore, Dad. He's everyone's problem these days." I said and crossed my arms across my chest.

Mr. LaRusso nodded his head. "He's made it crystal clear that he's everyone's problem. As usual, I'm gonna have to be the one that's gonna clean up your mess."

"I clean up my own messes. And I'm dealing with it." My dad retorted.

"How exactly are you dealing with it? Gonna barge in there and beat him up? That worked out really great at the chop shop." Mr. LaRusso said.

"Those guys deserved it."

"That's your problem, Johnny. Your whole life you've been striking first. You never once considered maybe you should think first." Mr. LaRusso said.

"Know what I'm thinking now?" My dad asked him. Oh Jesus Christ. When are they going to get over this stupid rivalry and hatred towards each other? I rolled my eyes at their banter.

"Yeah, I got a pretty good idea."

"Seriously?" I heard a voice ask. I whipped my head around and there stood my brother with a look of annoyance on his face. My smile returned to my face and I walked up to him and gave him a hug. Man it was nice to see and feel him again. I missed my brother.

"Hey, Robby." Both my dad and LaRusso said. I pulled away from Robby and stood next to him.

"I told you I don't want you here." Robby hissed at my dad. A frown took place on my face. At least someone was here for you.

"You're my son. I wanted to be here." My dad said.

"And so did I." LaRusso said.