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It's been a few days since the All Valley festival, and a day since Miguel and Cherry's first date, and they were back at the dojo. Miguel and Cherry were stretching while Mr. Kreese was telling Aisha and Eli a story from when he was in the army. "They were out gunned, we were out manned. I tell you, Rwanda was no joke." "Don't you mean Somalia?" Cherry asked as she and Miguel stood up. "Mogadishu is in Somalia, Rwanda's a whole different country," Miguel backed her up. "Of course, Somalia. I've spent so much time in the sandbox, it all kinda bleeds together, you know?"
Cherry leaned towards Miguel.
"I don't like him. I get a bad feeling from him." "Me too."
"Listen up! I see we got some new recruits. Everybody, fall in! In neat rows and lines," Johnny clarified. Miguel and Cherry stood next to one another, Aisha next to Cherry, and Eli next to Aisha. "Time to see what you're made of." Johnny walked around and began to inspect them.
"Sorry, parents can't stay for class. It's an insurance thing." "I'm not a dad - I am here to kick some ass, sir!" "Do I know you from somewhere?" "Oh yeah, I sold you the mirror. We kinda bonded, talked about rock bands." "Look, you're a little old, this is a class for teenagers."
The man bribed Johnny with cash and Cherry chuckled.
"I thought my last group of recruits was pathetic. But if you do what I tell you to do, you'll at least have a chance of becoming a fighter. But to do that, you gotta fight. So, which one of you has the balls to take on the champ and our Firecracker?" Miguel and Cherry stood tall with proud smirks as no one seemed to want to go against them. "We'll take them on." Everyone turned to see two identical people. "Oh, you will huh?" "We saw your little demo at Valley fest. You guys can put on a show, but can you actually fight?" A girl challenged. "And I don't remember seeing your little 'Firecracker' out there," said the boy.
Cherry growled as the guy smirked at her, causing Miguel to glare at him.
"That sounds like a challenge."
"We like a challenge," they said in sync.
"Mr. Diaz, show little miss hotshot here what Cobra Kai is all about. Ms. Bennington, you can take on the cocky bastard next." Everyone lined up outside the mat and Cherry took hold of Miguel's hand. "Don't let her distract you." Miguel nodded and smiled down at her. "I love you." "I love you too."
Cherry walked back and stood in between Eli and Aisha, right across from the unknown boy. "Look, are you sure that you want to -" Miguel was cut off by the girl kicking his chest, causing him to stumble and nearly fall. Cherry made a fist and glared at the girl. "Okay. Game on."
