Blame Game ; Eli Moskowitz

05 ― prove him wrong.

"Please don't make me go in there," Nathalie pleaded as she stood outside of the Cobra Kai dojo.

"Come on, Nattie," Flora grabbed ahold of her hand.

Nathalie whined and tried to resist as Sebastian opened the door. The bell above the door jingled as Flora dragged Nathalie through the door by the hand. Their brothers followed in after them, blocking Nathalie from being able to make a run for it.

Flora let go of her hand. Nathalie glanced around the dojo, her eyebrows furrowing at the motto on the wall. Strike first. Strike hard. No mercy. Nathalie scoffed.

Sebastian and Oliver were chatting behind the two girls, their excitement shining through. Miguel and Johnny stopped training and looked at them as they walked through the door.

"Can I help you?"

"We're here to learn karate," Sebastian as the first of the four to speak.

"This is a karate dojo, not a daycare," Johnny glanced between Sebastian and Oliver before looking at Nathalie and Flora. "And yoga's not until five."

Nathalie scoffed. "Are you kidding me? You're the idiot that handed my brother a flyer for your stupid dojo in the first place."

"Wait a minute..." Johnny stepped closer to her. "You're that feisty, tiny neighbor."

"Oh, so you do remember," Nathalie snapped back, having to look up at him. "So, are you going to continue to be an idiot or are you going to let us join?"

"There are no—"

The bell behind them jingled, causing the group to turn their heads round the door. Aisha slowly walked through the dojo.

"No yoga till five. No matter how bad you need it," Johnny called out.

"Um, I'm actually here for karate," Aisha spoke nervously. "I saw your website. It said that there was supposed to be a session today."

"As I was just saying to them," Johnny motioned to Nathalie and Flora . "I appreciate you coming in, but there are no girls in Cobra Kai."

Nathalie let out a quick laugh. "Wow. I knew you were a jerk, but a misogynist?"

"Actually, that doesn't surprise me at all," Flora crossed her arms, backing Nathalie up.

"Look, I don't know what misognosit means, but girls can't be in Cobra Kai for the same reason there aren't women in the Army," Johnny replied. "Doesn't make sense."

Miguel sighed from beside him. "Uh, Sensei, I need to show you something in the office."

As ever walked away and entered the office, Nathalie and Flora turned to look at their brothers.

"We're leaving," Nathalie told them. "Get in the car."

"What? We can't!" Sebastian protested. "Okay, so he's misogynistic. It's Johnny. Are you really surprised by it?"

Nathalie shook her head. "No. I just refuse to join a dojo where I won't be valued simply because I'm a girl."

"Doesn't that just make you want to show him that he underestimated you?" Oliver asked her. "People take one look at you and think that you're just some tiny little girl who can't defend herself."

Sebastian nodded. "Exactly. Prove him wrong."

Nathalie sighed, biting the side of her cheek. She hated that they knew her so well. Even worse, she hated that she was actually considering listening to them. Nathalie
turned to look at Flora, a look on her face as if she were asking for her input.