the queen cobra, cobra kai

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THE TEAM WAS WAITING outside the tournament since Johnny wasn't there yet. Miguel was punching the air, looking pretty angry. "Yo, Miguel, calm down, man. Save some for the tournament." Hawk said to him. Miguel only shot him a glare and continued to punch the air.

"Hey, don't even bother. He's been super agro since the breakup." Aisha said to Hawk.

"Where's Sensei? The tournament's gonna start soon." He asked.

"He'll be here." Aisha answered.

"I don't know about that." Bert piped up.

"What are you talking about?" Maria asked him.

"I saw him last night at the mini-mall. I was buying...a carton of milk...when I heard him in the parking lot, yelling." He explained.

"Well why didn't you tell us this earlier?" Aisha asked. "I don't know. I guess I'm used to seeing him drunk, it didn't seem like that big of a deal."

"Well we're here, and he's not. So it's officially a big deal. What if something happened to him?" Hawk retorted back.

"Like what?" Bert asked.

"I don't know, like if he drove his car off a cliff, or he bought a gun and blew his brains out."

"No. Sensei would never kill himself. That's too pussy a move." Aisha said.

"Whatever. I mean, we're here. We're gonna have to do it without him." He said.

"Do what without me?" Johnny asked, walking up to them.

"Sensei." Aisha greeted him.

"We didn't think you were gonna show up." Hawk added.

"I may not always win, but I never back out of a fight."

"All right. Let's sign up." Miguel finally piped up.

"Not yet. There's one more lesson I have to teach you."

"YOU'VE ALL LEARNED TO strike first, to be aggressive, not be losers." Johnny began.

"I taught you to strike hard, put every ounce of your power behind everything you do. But I haven't taught you the third rule of Cobra Kai. No mercy. The older you get, the more you're gonna learn that life isn't fair. You wake up one morning feeling great, and then life throws a spinning heel kick at your balls, takes a big steaming shit in your mouth. You get an F on a test, you get suspended. You fall in love with a girl, and some other dude comes and steals her away. Your car gets set on fire. Just when you think things are going good, everything falls apart. That's how it goes. Life shows no mercy, so neither do we. We do whatever it takes to keep our heads above water. We do whatever it takes to keep moving forward. We do whatever it takes to win!"

By the end of his speech, they were all smirking and nodding their heads, feeling incredibly motivated.

"Remember who you are. You're badass! You don't give a shit! You kick ass! You're Cobra Kai." Johnny finished.

"Cobra Kai!" Miguel shouted.

"Yeah!" Everyone cheered.