"I'm not scared of the dark. I'm not running, running, running. No, I'm not afraid of the fall. I'm not scared, not at all. Why would a star, a star ever be afraid of the dark?"
~Scared of the Dark (feat. XXTENTACION) by Lil Wayne, Ty Dolla $ign~
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A/N: Hi! I'm excited to share this chapter with oyu because it sets up the rest of season 5 for Zion very nicely.
Warnings: abuse, addiction, anxiety, biphobia/homophobia, depression, domestic violence, gun violence, language, panic attacks, sexual harassment/assault/abuse, violence, weapons, and other mature themes
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Zion's POV
After warming up, Johnny insisted that we go to the warehouse location to prepare for the Sekai Taikai evaluators.
"Okay, we need to figure out for this demo who does what," he announces to us.
"We have many aspects of our dojo to celebrate," Daniel points out. "I guess the best place to start is special skills with our champion, Eli. Or, um, Hawk."
Eli perks up, "I'd be happy to do board breaking again."
"Great. We will keep that," Daniel nods.
"Do you know any weapons?" Chozen asks the boy.
"Um... No, Sensei," Eli replies in slight disappointment.
"Zion-San," Chozen turns to me, "will you do a weapons demonstration?"
I'm surprised by Chozen's question directly to me. "I can, but I've only worked with knives and nunchucks, Sensei."
"I've worked with a bo staff and my sais. We could go in on weapons together," Sam offers. I turn to her with a nod.
Chozen seems pleased, "Good. Very good plan."
"Girl power," Sam walks over to me excitedly. I smile in response.
"Aisha, will you do some of that badass watermelon kicking again?" Johnny asks her.
"Yes, Sensei," Aisha says proudly.
"Robby and Sam can you do the wheel technique at Miyagi-Do," Daniel states.
Robby nods with a small smile. I think it may be his favorite.
"I need Miguel, Eli, and Robby to show off the new Eagle Fang moves I've made, too," Johnny decides. Miguel nods.
"I guess we won't be together," Robby whispers to me on my other side.
"Yeah," I say, "but hopefully it will be a short demo with an easy decision to make and it'll all be over soon."
"Miguel, maybe you can lead some kata?" Daniel asks.
"Actually, I think it would be good if we had groups each working on kata or Miyagi-Do fundamentals," Chozen decides.
I hate to admit that I'm actually a bit on edge. This is us challenging Silver head-to-head for the first time since Daniel got hurt and I got jumped. He warned me back at the All Valley not to take him on, and nothing good has really happened since then.
I'm only just now getting my life back on track; I don't want this weird competition to threaten things. Still, it does excite me that we're fighting as a team now and that there's a chance we win the spot over Cobra Kai. I just worry what will happen if we don't... or especially if we do.
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Cold Hearted ⭒ Cobra Kai
Fanfiction"People lose their morals when they get to the top." ⭒ After her father's death, Zion moves to Reseda where she makes a new group of friends. Then, one boy in particular catches her eye. When Miguel invites her to Cobra Kai karate, her initial goal...
