𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧, Axel Kovacevic

➷❪𝟱❫ 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗨𝗣

Arianna was at her locker waiting for Sam. She had met Sam's friends, Demetri, Hawk, Miguel, and a few others from Miyagi-Do. Sam was walking towards her with a frustrated look on her face. "Hey, what's wrong?" Arianna asked Sam, as she walked towards her.

"Nothing." Sam said, even though she was clearly in a bad mood. "You can tell me, Sam. It won't hurt to open up." Arianna said, her mouth curving into a sweet smile,  she knew that anger wasn't really a good thing. "This girl named Tory, basically she's rival, she went to my house and told my mom some sob story so that she could come back to school." Sam explained as she and Arianna began walking to class. "And everyone just expects me okay with it. She was literally the one who started the Karate fight at school." Sam said looking up at Arianna for advice.

"I would usually say to be nice and show them kindness. But I'm not going to say that to you, I think for now, you should just protect your peace." Arianna explained. Whenever someone was mean or didn't like her, she would just be nice to them even if they weren't. Because it literally costed nothing to do that, besides she had more important things to do than have a rivalry with someone. "Avoid her, and she'll avoid you as well. Just forget about her, and soon you both won't even care about each other anymore."

"I really hope you're right." Sam sighed. "I just want this whole thing to be over. So that everything can go back to normal."

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Arianna had agreed to go with Demetri to Hawk's house and help him convince him to join Miyagi-Do because Demetri didn't really have a chance of winning. Arianna had made Hawk a gift basket and bought a "get well soon" card for him. Honestly, when she heard about what those Cobra Kai idiots had done to Hawk, she felt really bad for him. So, she wanted to make him feel better.

Demetri and Arianna appeared in the stairs which led to the basement of the house. Hawk was sitting on the couch, playing a computer game when he noticed them. "Where the hell have you been?" Demetri asked.

"Demetri, how did you guys even get in here?" Hawk asked. "Uh, you mom has left the key under the gnome since kindergarten." Demetri reminded Hawk, while holding the key up in his hand. Arianna was carrying the gift basket in her arms, she placed it on the small coffee table. While Demetri threw the key at Hawk. "You should really think about increasing the security given, you know, the karate war." Demetri outstretched his hands. Arianna sat down on the couch and waited for Demetri to finish his speech.

"I brought you a gift basket," Arianna told Hawk pointing to the basket, then she grabbed the "get well soon" card and handed it to Hawk. "This is a get well soon card for you." Arianna gave Hawk a sweet smile. Hawk gave Arianna a confused look but still took the card from her. "Oh, and I brought you rose water macaroons instead of eating them. Consider yourself special because I don't share those very often." Arianna smiled, Hawk gave her a slight smile.

"That's...that's not important right now." Demetri said, continuing to pace in front of Hawk and Arianna.

"What's so important?" Hawk asked Demetri.

"Didn't you hear? The All Valley has separate gender devisions!" Demetri explained. "I mean, do I look like Miyagi-Do's best hope at defeating Robby Keene?" Demetri asked. "No." Arianna nodded her head, understandingly. "I mean, Mr. LaRusso says anyone can be the hero, but I'm not batman."

"I'm more like Alfred. You're batman." Demetri pointed at Hawk. "Oh right, I forgot, you're not a DC guy. Whatever. Forget batman, you're the Hawk." Demetri said, still pacing around.

"Yeah, not anymore." Hawk said as he removed his cap. "Hey, at least it looks better than the last time I saw it." Demetri said, trying to make things better.

"Everyone at school knows what happened. It's embarrassing." Hawk explained.

"Who cares what they think? I mean the world is too big to care about what some kids at school think." Arianna said, trying to make Hawk feel better. "Exactly. Besides, it will grow back." Demetri added.  "It doesn't matter. I ruined my reputation, talked big game, and just proved I was an asshole." Hawk said. "To Moon, to Miguel, and especially you." Hawk said he looked up at Demetri. "I got what I deserved"

Arianna shook her head, Hawk didn't deserve that. "Hey, I forgave you, remember?" Demetri said. "And I don't care if you have a mohawk, or a mullet, or pigtails. Miyagi-Do needs you." Demetri explained.

"I'm not going back to Miyagi-Do." Hawk said. "Well, that's just great. You're choosing eagle fang over your best friend." Demetri sighed. "I'm not going back to eagle fang either! Alright?" Hawk said. "I- I'm done with karate, man. I quit."

Demetri and Arianna shared a confused look. Well now, Demetri really was screwed.

Demetri was sitting next to Arianna to try and process what Hawk said. While Hawk kept playing his little computer game. "You can't quit." Demetri said. Well, he actually could since everyone had free will. "Well, he has free will." Arianna nodded her head.

"I already told you, I made up my mind." Hawk said softly. Demetri sat up. "Hey, you're the one who got me into karate, remember? I mean, I was perfectly fine playing dungeon lord after school but you put me in a situation where I had to join a dojo." Demetri pointed at Hawk.

"And you know what? It was the best thing that ever happened to me. I got stronger, gained confidence, got the girl of my dreams..." Demetri explained.  "Well, who knew karate could do that for somebody?" Arianna asked, trying to lighten the mood.

"I'm actually excited for the All Valley tournament. I never thought I'd say that." Demetri mumbled.  "But it's not gonna be as exciting if you're not there." Demetri explained. Only resulting in Hawk ignoring him. Arianna sighed and looked at Demetri, who leaned back on the couch trying to think.

"Okay, you're going to make me do this." Demetri said as he pulled his phone out of his pocket. He got up and sat between Hawk and Arianna, closing Hawk's computer.  "You said you deleted these." Hawk told Demetri as he looked at his phone screen. "Oh, I say a lot of things. Which tends to be a polarizing attribute of mine." Demetri said, as Arianna peaked over his shoulder to see his phone screen. It was a video of Demetri and Eli called Binary Brothers. Arianna found the video cute but hilarious.

"Why are you showing me these?" Hawk sighed. "Because this is who you are." Demetri said proudly.

A loser?" Hawk raised his eyebrow. "No, a comedic genius." Arianna said, giggling. Not trying to make fun of Hawk, just, once again, trying to lighten the mood.

"No, my best friend." Demetri said. "I know you think that the mohawk defined who you are, but it didn't. Not to me." Demetri explained. "A haircut doesn't define you, you're actions and what you choose to do define you." Arianna added. "Eli, Hawk...hell, call yourself Cornelius for all I care. None of that changes the fact that you're my Binary Brother." Demetri told Eli. "Whether you're number 1 or a 0."