Isabella Dutton wasn't like the other rich kids who lived in the San Fernando Valley. She was a young and gifted barrel racer who lived on a ranch with her parents and older brothers, 30 minutes outside of Encino in the fictional town of Virgin Rive...
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December 19th, 1984
𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡. the day bella had secretly been dreading, but she couldn't let dutch or the others know that. since john and janet had to work, she would fill them in on the events later. wyatt and deacon however were there with their sister.
bella wore dutch's cobra kai jacket, as she, mr. miyagi, (whom she thought was an absolute gem), ali, and daniel, were getting him registered for the tournament.
"let's see 'miyaji', what belt are you?" a referee asked
"belt?" daniel asked
"why matter?" mr. miyagi asked
"these open divisions are only for brown belt or above." the referee explained
"oh yeah, boy black belt." mr. miyagi lied
"okay, you better hustle they're starting down the hall to your left." the referee said
ali gave daniel a quick kiss on the cheek and a pat on the back. "we'll see you inside." she smiled
bella smiled as she embraced daniel as well. "see you out there, daniel. good luck."
daniel nodded and walked to the changing rooms, as bella and ali started to walk to the arena, but mr. miyagi gently grabbed ali's arm and gently pulling her back, towards the bag on the chair so bella stopped and waited for her best friend.
"excuse me, mr. referee this is not 'miyagi'. "miyagi" mr. miyagi corrected him. as he was doing this, mr. miyagi passed the black belt out of the bag of and he passed it to ali, giving her a wink
"miyagi." the referee said. "okay, thank you."
"thank you very much." mr. miyagi said and bowed, then began walking with bella and ali
"i'm so happy for you and daniel." bella smiled. "this has been a long time coming."
"thanks, he makes me so happy bella." ali smiled
"i know." bella smiled. as she and ali kept walking towards the arena, she turned her head, and spotted her boyfriend and friends. "you two go ahead. i'd like to talk to dutch."
"hai, bella-san, but must hurry. tournament start, real soon." mr. miyagi said in a fatherly manner, then bowed to her and walked with ali the arena.
bella walked up to her boyfriend and gently tapped him on the shoulder, who turned around and saw the beautiful brunette. he pulled her in for a tight hug and gave her a passionate kiss.
bella gently rested her forehead against his, as she wrapped her arms around his neck, then said, "dutch, i want you to promise me you'll be careful out there.
dutch smiled, and confidently replied. "i always am."
"i'm serious." bella said
dutch could tell her mind and heart were deeply filled with worry, something — in his humble opinion — she shouldn't have. "hey, i promise everything will be alright." he reassured
