"Hey, Sensei." Alaska said as she finally showed up for Karate once she got wind of Johnny being back from the funeral. Her voice was soft as she walked closer, "I made you these."
Blueberry muffins.
"Thanks, kid." he said, taking the tubberware and gently hitting her on the head in a thank you, "Miguel said you haven't been showing up the last few days, he's worried."
"It's not anything to worry about." Alaska said quickly, not even thinking that the team might start to think she'd be using again, "It's just a personal thing against Kreese."
"Kreese? What'd he do?" Johnny asked her quickly, glancing around the dojo as Alaska adjusted her strap.
"We'll talk about it later." she made the excuse with a shrug, knowing he could care less about Demetris sake, "I'm back now, i'll do knuckle pushups for my days missed."
Johnny gave her a small nod, hitting her head again and walking off with the muffins. As Alaska turned, she found Hawk staring at her. Alaska huffed as she walked to the other side of the dojo, putting her bag down between Aisha and Torys.
"Finally, we thought you quite." Aisha said as she stood up quickly, "Where'd you go?"
"Mental Health day." Alaska made the excuse with a small smile, "Anything happen I should know about?"
"Aside from your eagle boyfriend mopping around without you, not much." Tory shrugged as she nodded over Alaskas shoulder, finding Hawk with a faint frown on his lips, slouching over, "Come on, he misses you."
"Of course he does." Alaska commented as she pulled her hair back into a messy ponytail, "He also tried to beat up my friend."
"And then you beat him up, shouldn't that be considered even?" Aisha asked as Alaska sighed and shook her head.
"This is war, if I cave he's gonna know he's still got control over me." Alaska said as she looked over at the red haired boy, "No one controls me."
"Hell yeah." Tory agreed with a grin.
"Everybody, get your gis on. Training starts in five minutes!" Sensei called as he walked out of the office, confusing the class as they all began to chatter in confusion, "Yeah? What's wrong?"
"Nothings wrong. I just though we were going to the woods for a special training." Miguel said as the group walked closer, Alaska raised her eyebrows toward Aisha who gave her a grin.
"It's happening in the woods?" Sensei asked in disbelief.
"I'm scared of the woods." Alaska whispered over to Tory who laughed as if she was joking, giving her a nudge.
"Well, I thought it was a good time to separate the men from the boys." Kreese spoke as Alaska cleared her throat loudly, making a few people infront of her move so Kreese could see her sarcastic smile on her rosy lips, "And the girls, too, I suppose."
Alaska rolled her eyes as Tory gave her arm a small squeeze, hoping she wouldn't say anything.
"How?" Johnny questioned.
"Coyote Creek." Kreese said as Alaska's eyes widened, Hawk turning around to look at her quickly before the pair looked away fast.
"God, the woods make me feel like my skin needs to fall off." Alaska complained as the pair exited the woods after a two hour walk. She took Eli's hand as he pulled her up on the broken tree.
"You probably got poison ivy." he spoke, looking back at her as the two balanced, walking across the large trunk, "I brought medicine for that."
"Aw, that's so sweet." Alaska teased, nearly falling from her lack of balance, he held her hand tighter to keep her up before the pair started to walk again, "I thought you said you know where you're going?"
"I do, I do." He defended himself, hopping off the tree and letting her do the same before coming to the front of the creek, both their feet sinking into mud.
"What are we here for?" Alaska asked, looking over as he grinned.
"Would you knock it off? Anxiety doesn't exist in this dojo." Sensei scolded Alaska as she kept jumping and gasping at the smallest of noises in the woods, "Or in the woods."
"Coyotes could get me!" Alaska defended herself as she tied the black band around her head, "What happens then? I bet i'm pretty tasty though, I drink pineapple juice every morning."
"What does pin-" he began before the bush before them began to move. Alaska let out a scream as she jumped up around Sensei, trying to climb him it seemed, "Get-Get off of me! Antartica!"
"It's a coyote!" she yelled in panic, kicking him in the face as she nearly fell off his upper back. Everyone turned at her words, watching as a small rabbit exited the bush and hopped off. Alaska breathed out as she slowly came down from her panic, reddening in embarrassment.
"Some coyote." Hawk mocked as Tory and Miguel pulled Alaska off of Sensei quickly, "I'll protect you."
"Not a chance, eagle." Alaska mocked as she threw a acorn at him and fell into line between Tory and Miguel.
"Gentleman, ladies." Kreese began as he walked to stand between the two different teams, "Welcome to Coyote Creek. You've been split into two teams. Red.. and Black. The goal is to capture as many headbands as possible from the other side."
Hawk smirked at Alaska as she only glared back.
"Today, the people across from you are not your friends. They're not your brothers. They're not your lovers. They are the enemy." Kreese stated as he eyed each of them sternly, "Last team standing wins."
"How do we get the head bands?" Miguel spoke up with a nod of his head.
"By any means possible." Kreese stated.
"You mean, with a RoundHouse Kick to the stomach, a chop to the neck, and a final punch to the nose?" Alaska asked with a humored grin across her face.
"Whatever you please." Kreese said with a eyebrow raise her way, "No rules."
"Use your judgment. This is just a training exercise." Sensei spoke up with a nod of his head.
"Correct, but remember, this is your life." Kreese held up his own headband, "You loose this, you die."
"Hey, guys! Sorry i'm late!" Raymond announced as he hurried over toward the teens, the end of his beard in a tight braid, "Traffic on the 118 was a real bitch. Put Coyote Creek into the nav. Nothing came up."
"What have you done to yourself?" Johnny asked, nodding to the beard.
"Yeah, you know what, I just decided to flip the script, Hawk-Style." he stated, pulling his glasses off.
"Oh, gag me." Alaska said under her breath with a eye roll.
"Heretofore, you can refer to me as Stingray." he stated, stroking his beard as Aisha and Alaska shared a smilier, mouth gapped expression.
"All right, Chubs. He's on your team." Johnny said as he looked to Kreese who had the red.
"Ow." Eli complained as he got smacked across the face by Alaska.
"You had a mosquito, I was protecting you." Alaska said knowingly as the pair sat on the small dock in the middle of the creek, swimming for it without realize it had gotten dark fast, "I might need your blood one day. We're the same blood type, what if I almost die and need a blood transplant?"
"How do you know we have the same blood type?" he questioned, rolling on his side to look as her with a faint grin.
"Looked at your medical records." she shrugged as if it was casual, looking up at the stars that escaped above them without either noticing, "Look, Gemini."
"Am I gemini?" he questioned her, shivering slightly.
"No, you're a Leo." Alaska corrected, sitting up and scooting close to hold him close to her, rubbing his arms to provide warmth, "I'm a gemini."
Eli shivered in her hold, arms going around her barely dried body that hadn't ever seemed to be cold, still warm even after the swim. Alaska kissed the top of his head, keeping him as close as possible to her to keep him warm.
Alaska had gotten three red headbands, a bit on edge as she walked through the woods alone. She jumped every time she heard a crunch. Though, this time it seemed to be getting closer. Alaska turned to looked behind her, finding no one or any movement. She gave a worried look, turning around quickly and bumping into someone that stood right behind her.
"Hey, princess." Hawk mocked as he stood right before her. Alaska took a step back to distance them, narrowing her eyes, "You don't look happy to see me, what's the matter?"
Alaska let out her battle cry a she attacked him, the pair falling onto the ground quickly. Hawk was quick to grab Alaska's wrist, flipping them and pinning her to the ground with a smirk, "Got you."
Alaska threw her head up, head butting him harshly as her legs went around his waist, twisting with all her strength so she'd gotten on top of him again. She mimicked his actions, grabbing both his wrist and pinning them above his head with a smirk, "Got you."
Hawk tried to push up against her, his lower body doing all the work but failing as her legs tightening around his waist and keeping him in place, "When'd you get so strong?"
"Dunno, maybe whenever you were too busy being a complete dick head." Alaska's commented, his right hand yanking from her grip as he hit her in the throat, making Alaska cough and give Hawk enough time to grab her body, the pair rolling a few times before he ended on top of her again, "You're such a cheater."
"Anything above the waist." he spoke down at her with a grin, keeping his body pressed onto hers, watching her chest heave to catch her breath after it had been knocked out of her. When he reached for her headband, Alaska's legs came up quickly, wrapping around his rib cage and throwing him back. Hawk huffed as he fell back.
Alaska hurried to crawl on top of him again, yanking her headband off and tying his wrist with them as he laid helpless under her, she took the red headband from his head with a grin, "I won."
"No, you didn't." he spoke with a smirk, nodding to his tied wrist, "You wrapped your headband around my hands before taking mine."
Alaska stared as him in disbelief as he broke free of the headband with one single pull, yanking the red one from her hands. He flipped them again, standing up and pulling her up with him, "I won."
Alaska grabbing the collar of his shirt, shoving him up against the nearby tree as her hands tightened, "You have absolutely no effect on me, you're pathetic."
Hawk huffed as he grabbed her wrist, flipping them so she was the one pinned, "Your face says differently."
Alaska cursed herself for turning red, "It's just from us fighting."
"Yeah, i'm sure it is." he said with a smirk, leaning in and kissing her on the cheek before walking off, both their headbands in hand.
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