The Serpent Queen

Pulpo | Part Three

George plucked one of Johnny's nachos and dipped it in the salsa and ate it.

"I'm surprised to see you in a place like this." Daniel remarked at his rival Sensei.

"Why, you think I eat out of a dumpster or something?" Johnny narrowed his eyes at him. "Why aren't you asking George that question? He lives across from my apartment."

"Because he's a proper businessman with money. He can afford it."

George just glanced to Daniel with slight disdain. "Fucks sake." He muttered to himself. "My God, Daniel. Really?"

"What?"

"None of us were born with silver spoons in our mouth. Okay...maybe me. May I suggest that you remember where you came from? Oh, yeah. Reseda? And New Jersey before that."

Johnny smiled smugly at Daniel because George was right and put him in his place.

"What the hell is your problem?" Daniel snidely said to the other Sensei.

"You, LaRusso. You've been a major pain in my ass all summer." Johnny fired back.

"Oh, yeah, like you've been an angel?"

"Hey, I'm just trying to run a business, man."

"Hmm. I didn't realize you were in the business of vandalising dojos."

"I didn't know anything about that." Johnny said, genuinely.

"Who ended up doing it?" George asked him.

His friend just shrugged. "No one will admit to anything."

"One thing I know is that my daughter didn't do it."

"I'm sure you're going to play dumb about that little stunt at Valley Fest, too, right?"

"No, that was all me." The Cobra Kai Sensei admitted with a little smile.

"You know, you and Kreese are like two psychotic peas in a pod. You tell that lunatic, he ever shows up in my dojo again, threatens me and my students, I'm pressing charges."

George didn't seemed surprised at Kreese's actions in the slightest. "Johnny isn't psychotic, Daniel. But Kreese certainly is. I hate that man."

Johnny was just as shocked as George, "Wait, Kreese did what?"

"Just shows up out of nowhere spouting off some stuff about a 'war coming'.

"Well, you don't have to worry." The blond Sensei assured him. "Kreese is gone, he's not coming back."

George cracked a smile, "Let me guess. He died, again?"

"I hope it was an open casket so you were able to check his pulse this time. Why would you even let this guy back in your life?" Daniel wondered.

"'Cause I thought he could change. Turns out I was wrong, so I pushed him away." Sensei Lawrence clicked his tongue. "I want Cobra Kai to be better. Kreese is gone for good."

That's when the three ladies came back to the table.

"Hey. Did we miss anything?" Amanda wondered while sitting back down across from her husband.

"No. Catching up." Johnny muttered.

"We were just saying how excited we were for the kids to start up school." Carmen said to him. "Amanda told me Robby's going to West Valley."

"He is? How?"

"We enrolled him." Daniel said. "That's the rule. You stay with us, you go to school.

Johnny nodded in approval, "Good. He should never have dropped out."