STARCROSSED: Anthony LaRusso (ON A HIATUS)

Chapter XII: West Valley High School Tour

"As you can see, the West Valley High campus is a lot larger than the middle school, and when you become a freshman next year, y-you'll have access to some amazing facilities. Our science lab is state of the art. Well, at least it was." Mr. Palmer, the science teacher, was giving a tour of West Valley High School to the eighth-graders from West Valley Middle School. Kenny, Candy, Lia, Ethan, Bradon, Archie, Julia, Clara and Emma were among those students.

"Did it get destroyed in the fight?" A girl asked.

"Uh, no. Uh, the district required us to remove anything that could potentially be used as a weapon in the event of another karate incident." Mr. Palmer answered. "Okay, let's, uh... Okay, so, this way's the cafeteria. There actually was a fight there, so it got ruined, but..."

"So, Kenny, What do you think?" Candy asked. She felt bad for Kenny when hearing about his situation, and kept good on her promised to stop bullying him.

"Me? What?" Kenny asked. "The high school?" Lia reminded Kenny.

"I heard it's haunted." Julia told Kenny.

"Do you think that's true?" Clara asked Kenny.

"Oh! Oh, definitely, yeah, yeah. Uh, actually, I died five years ago." Kenny quipped sarcastically.

"Well, ghost boy, you got strawberry on your snake shirt." Candy chuckled.

"You've been letting me walk around like this?" Kenny asked Candy.

"At first I thought it was part of the evil-looking design, but then I realized you're just a slob." Candy joked.

"Oh."

"Don't worry though. Nobody else can see you, right?" Candy assured Kenny. "Yeah."

Kenny went to the bathroom to clean up the stain on his Cobra Kai shirt, when Nathaniel and Bert were having a conversation. "Bert, I'm telling you, we had a moment." Nathaniel told Bert.

"Bullshit. No way is Lexi DiMarco going out with you. She's a junior." Bert couldn't believe what he heard.

"I know. She's a total J.I.L.F." Nathaniel commented.

"What's that?" Bert asked.

"J.I.L.F. Junior I'd Like To... Whoa!" Nathaniel and Bert suddenly saw Kenny.

"Looks like someone's a little lost."

"Yeah. What makes you think you can wear a shirt like that here?" Nathaniel asked.

"It... It's from my dojo." Kenny answered.

"Maybe they started a kindergarten class?" Bert laughed.

"Or a nursery." Nathaniel joked, making Bert laugh.

Look at him, running to mommy. Bye, you little bitch. Kenny had a flashback of when he and Lucy first showed up at the Cobra Kai dojo. He was ready to throw a punch at Nathaniel and Bert, but was pulled back by Hawk and his younger brother Ethan, who pinned him on the outside wall of a bathroom stall.

"Thinking about striking first, huh?" Hawk asked.

"I..." Kenny stuttered.

"Yeah. Word of advice, kid. Get out of Cobra Kai while you still can. 'Cause they're about to go down. And it's not gonna be pretty." Hawk warned.

"Weako. I think he's gonna cry!" Bert laughed, but he, Nathaniel, and Hawk were stopped by Joey, who asked with a glare, "Hey, what's going on here."

"Nothing." Nathaniel asked.

"It looked like you were trying to bully him. He's not aware of what's going on, so you better leave the kid alone or else there will be trouble." Joey warned, and Nathaniel, Bert, and Hawk left the bathroom.

"You alright, Kenny?" Joey asked Kenny.

"Yeah." Kenny answered.