Hannah was getting ready to head over to the All Valley Arena for the All Valley Under-18 Karate Tournament. She went to the kitchen of her apartment and grabbed some cereal. The box was empty.
"Are you kidding me?" Hannah said. "Robby!"
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Hannah and the others were waiting for Johnny to show up at the All Valley Arena. Miguel was throwing punches and breathing rapidly as he was getting pumped up.
"Yo, Miguel, calm down, man. Save some for the tournament." Hawk told him. Miguel didn't listen and continued to throw punches.
"Hey, don't even bother. He's been super aggro ever since the breakup." Aisha told him.
"Well he's the one who should've listened to us. If he would've it wouldn't have gotten out of hand." Hannah said to them.
"Where's Sensei?" Hawk asked. "The tournament's gonna start soon."
"He'll be here." Aisha said.
"I don't know about that." Bert spoke.
"What are you talking about?" Aisha asked.
"I saw him last night at the mini-mall." Bert began. "I was buying a...carton of milk...when I heard him in the parking lot, yelling." He said.
"Well why didn't you tell us this earlier?"
"I don't know. I guess I'm used to seeing him drunk, it didn't seem like that big of a deal."
"Oh my god, Bert!" Hannah screamed.
"Well, we're here, and he's not. So it's officially a big deal. What if something happened to him?" Hawk said.
"Like what?" Bert asked.
"I don't know. Like he drove his car off a cliff, or bought a gun and blew his brains out."
Hannah looked at Hawk. There was no way her father would do something like that.
"No." Aisha spoke. "Sensei would never kill himself. That's too pussy a move."
"Whatever. I mean, we're here. We're gonna have to do it without him."
"Do what without me?" Johnny asked as he walked up to the kids.
"Sensei."
"We didn't think you were gonna show up."
"I may not always win, but I never back out of a fight." Johnny said to the kids.
"Alright. Let's sign up." Miguel said.
"Not yet. There's one more lesson I have to teach you." Johnny spoke.
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They all walked into the Arena. They were all in a circle.
"All teams report to the locker room in five minutes." The announcer said over the speaker.
"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 to 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."
Or a girl. Hannah thought to herself as she looked over at Hawk.
"Car gets set on fire. Just when you think things are going good, everything falls apart. That's how it goes." Johnny said. "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! Remember who you are." He said, looking at Hannah. "You're badass! You don't give a shit! You kick ass! You're Cobra Kai."
