Warnings: Mature Language, Mentions of Abuse, Violence, Threatening Behaviour, Mentions of Cheating, Foreshadowing, Manipulation, Izzy trying to make amends, Terry being nasty, Mentions of Alcohol Addiction, Izzy being a bitch still.
Italic= flashbacks yk the drill + theyre in authors POV
❝𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰.❞
𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 been waiting a long time, but we're finally here." Daryl announced as the crowd cheered. "Dojos from across the Valley have been training for a year for their shot at glory. You ready to meet 'em? Alright..." He chuckled. "This dojo took last years title. But they're under new management..." He smiled introducing Cobra Kai.
"Can they reign supreme once more? And last year's runner up, he may be wearing a new gi, but one things for sure. Robby Keene and his team are ready to strike! Hailing from Reseda, defending champions and still the most badass name for a dojo, here's Cobra Kai!" He introduced loudly as I walked behind Terry proudly. We stood in a long line, I looked over to Tory who was stood next to me sadly.
"Good luck out there." I spoke to her. "You too." She sadly smiled at me as I looked to the silver haired Sensei, "We'll beat them, right?" I asked him as he smirked at Mr LaRusso. "We're gonna crush 'em." He smirked.
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"𝐌𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 you doing here?" A hungover Terry asked Isabelle who was accompanied by the middle schooler. "I invited him Sensei, he wanted a lesson, I thought why not by the best." Isabelle stated as he chuckled. "Good... Good.." He hummed. "Back dojo." He ordered as the pair obeyed. "Are you okay Izzy pops?" Kenny asked her as she ran a hand through her hair. "No Ken Ken, not really." She sighed, she'd given Tory the picture back, in a fresh frame along with her months rent.
"What's wrong?" He wondered as she sighed, "Teenager stuff kid, one day, you'll learn the hard way." "Firecracker, warm yourself and Mr Payne up." Terry called out before they heard the sound of a bottle of water being opened. "Bow." She ordered as the middle schooler obeyed. "I invited you here with me today to get proper training, life won't always go your way, you gotta fight back. You won't expect it to happen, the life changing, altering moments in your life- but they will. Forward Strike, Atis!" Izzy declared as they both began to punch.
"Kyo!" They grunted. "Iz?" He asked. "Yes, Ken?" She wondered as they began to side kick. "Does this hurt, this sadness go away?" Kenny questioned as they stopped warning up and she walked over to him. "Those rich assholes still bullying you?" Iz asked him, she truly cared for Kenny, unlike most people she wanted to be his protector in the world. "No, I got that sorted I just, I can't shake the feeling." He confessed.
"Truthfully? It doesn't go away kid, memories of my dad haunt me, memories of my whole family. You need to learn how to control your emotions or you loose the ones you love." Kreese advised softly thinking about Tory, they weren't back together but they were at a civil point. Tory said after the tournament she would decide. "Thank you." He smiled and she hugged him. "Listen to Izzy, she's correct because when you loose focus on your goals and let feelings manipulate you... You don't see what's in front of you." Terry explained, Izzy and Kenny didn't understand he meant John Kreese when he said that.
"Yes Sensei." She smirked.
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𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐲 this but whilst I was trying to fix the photo frame for her I saw her and Robby... They kissed and I knew it was some sort of elaborate plan to get back at me for being a bitch, so I did what I thought was best. I started teaching Kenny karate my way, sure part of it was to hurt Robby in the process but I mainly wanted the kid to learn the right way. I looked at Robby with a scowl before flashing a grin at Tory and listening to Daryl.
"At the end of the day, only one of these dojos can be crowned Grand Champion. Welcome to the 51st annual All Valley Under-18 Karate Tournament!" He shouted into the microphone getting the audience hyped up, I made direct eye contact with Kanis, Nancy and Sam. These bitches are going down! "It's karate time!"
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"𝐇𝐞𝐲." 𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 to Tory. "Hey, you okay?" She asked me, her hair was so cute up like that. "I should be asking you that, Tory I'm sorry I let my emotions get the better of me. I need to control them, which is why Sensei Silver and my mom got me some counselling sessions. I thought you were doubting me, which is what everyone does in my life." I explained. "I wasn't doubting you, I was worried about you..." She sighed before running a hand through my hair, I had it wavy and up in a ponytail.
"I like the hair." Tory smiled her bright smile, "I like yours too sweetheart." I smiled. "All right, fall in!" Kreese declared.
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"𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬 brought you to this moment. Remember, if you win, you don't just get a trophy. You get the glory. And you get to know forever that you're a champion. I have had students with all the talent in the world squander their moment. Do not let history repeat itself. Do not let your emotions cloud your judgement. And above all, do not let anything stand in the way of your victory." John explained as I glanced to Tory and Piper.
"Just to be clear. That's not a pep talk. That's an order. And we're all gonna follow Sensei Kreese's orders today, aren't we?" Sensei Silver asked looking at me, but... He told me something completely different. "Yes Sensei!" We shouted. "Aren't we?" He encouraged. "Yes Sensei!" We roared.
"Let's go win this! Come on!" Terry hyped us up as we cheered and I roared, "Cobra Kai!" "Cobra Kai!" Terry smirked bowing to my grandfather.
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"𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 time to begin our skills competition! Up first, Isabelle Kreese from Cobra Kai Karate!" Daryl announced loudly as I nodded to the Cobras stepping up onto the mat Sai's in hand.
"Now do you wanna be a winner and strike back or do you wanna be a loser, a pussy that does nothing?" He shouted with a slight sneer, some may say John Kreese is evil and hard on his students but I think that's good. "I wanna be a winner sensei!" I shouted. "I can't hear you." Kreese sneered. "I wanna be a winner, I am a winner! I'm fucking Isabelle Kreese!" I roared tearfully throwing three knives and they all hit the bullseye.
"She will be showing off her badass Sai skills!" He declared as I breathed looking out in the audience. I saw my mom was sat there along with my uncle and Lola, Lola wasn't performing in the All Valley, she just joined karate to attempt to get under my skin. I began by using the skills I remembered using them in a defence way, I wanted to build up to it. I then began twirling the Sai's, grunting as I began to do tricks with the Sai's gaining cheers from the crowd.
"Hyah Kyo!" I shouted doing a Tornado kick and spinning the Sai's in the air, managing to land swiftly and capture the Sai's. After I went up so did numerous others, I thought it went well, but I looked at the leaderboard and Cobra Kai was fifth.
"What a way to start the skills competition! Miyagi Do and Eagle Fang are here to play, but with such a tight spread it's anyone's game." Daryl declared as Tory went up, she did amazing with the sword as did Robby and Kenny. Next up was Eli, now a Miyagi Shit member with his Binary bro! I watched him with a scowl, "How you feeling firecracker?" Terry asked me as I watched Eli miss the board and chuckled softly.
"Good now they're failing, did you see Assface earlier?" I smirked. "Oh the curly haired kid? He practically scampered off the mat." He laughed as I chuckled feeling John's eyes on us. "Think he's annoyed with us?" I wondered softly. "I don't care, listen up." Terry encouraged as Daryl spoke up again.
"And just like that, Miyagi Do has been snake bit as Cobra Kai takes the lead with our qualifier rounds up next." He announced as I laughed and all the Cobras got in a huddle. "Let's win this thing." We smirked before chanting Cobra Kai.
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"𝐊𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞 bow." The ref ordered as we did so, Carrie Underwood was singing The Moment of Truth like the fabulous woman she is. Not that I've heard of Carrie Underwood, not my genre. "You're going down bitch." I chuckled to the red head in front of me who was taken a back by my ruthless manner. "Atis!" He declared as I swung to side kick her straight away, no mercy, no Cobra strikes second.
The girl blocked my kick and try to swing for me which I avoided, and struck her hard on her stomach with a punch. I dodged her punches once again, "Get her firecracker!" Terry shouted. "You can do this!" Mom shouted as the Cobras cheered. I glanced at Tory before we went again, "You got this." She smiled as I nodded smirking evilly at my opponent. I forward striked Potts harshly knocking her down, "Point, winner! Kreese you're onto the next round!" The ref announced as the gang cheered and I laughed crouching towards Potts, I held my hand out and she took it.
"You're a loser, I don't help losers." I spat dropping her harshly to the floor and making direct eye contact with Nancy, "I've got my eye on you Mitchell." I mouthed.
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"𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐲! 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤 his ass!" I yelled as he was against Chris, Cobra Kai were in the lead with Miyagi Do on our tail. "Your fish food man." Kyler sneered to Chris, "Hear that, your fish sticks." I chuckled as Robby came up to me. "Hey Iz, you're on against Jefferson." He informed me as Kyler used a Miyagi Do technique and won. "My man! Right, I gotta go kick some ass!" I grinned walking towards the mat.
"You think you can win?" Tory smirked at me. "Oh, there is not think." I smiled to her as I got into a fighting position. I swung for Jefferson to which she blocked me, almost pushing me out of the square. "No point!" The referee announced as I growled and she smirked, "So much for winning." She went to side kick me when I used Miyagi Do techniques to block her, I met Sam's eyes giving her a discreet wink before using my free feet to two foot the girl down. "Hyah Kyo!" I grunted loudly towering over her.
"Does Izzy seem alright to you?" Robby asked Kreese who studied his granddaughter for a moment. "Keep an eye on her." He advised his student. "Maybe she just needs to talk to someone." Robby shrugged as Kreese looked at Terry, "Or maybe who she's been talking too."
"Point Kreese!"
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𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭! 𝐈 made it to the quarterfinals along with Tory, Kyler, Piper, Morgan, Kenny and Robby. Yet so did Nancy, Kanis, Demetri, Eli, Carl and Kanis- along with Devon. I was proud to be a member of Cobra Kai, such a badass dojo and badass name. I was stood between Tory and Piper and in front of Terry.
"All right folks, we've witnessed some great fighting today. But you ain't seen nothing yet. Because we've arrived at the quarterfinals! Which means things are about to get more intense. Of the many boys and girls on the stage, one of each will be named All Valley Champion. And then, we will tally all the points to determine which dojo has earned the title of grand champion." Daryl cheerfully began to explain as I kept my gaze focused on the back of Kanis and Nancy's heads.
They're dead meat.
"And since the points get higher in each round, ha, it's still any dojo's game. So you keep your eyes on this here blue mat, because we're just getting started!" He shouted with a smile.
"I'll be back for your match against Lee, I promise." I whispered to Tory with a smile before I walked off.
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"𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈'𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛, 𝐨𝐫 maybe just happy." I sung walking to the locker room to get my large bottle of water. "I think you're very dumb." A familiar voice stated standing behind me. "And I think you're not happy." I commented turning around to spot Lola, she had her dark brown hair curled, she was wearing black and yellow clearly trying to support Cobra Kai. "You seem really angry out there bunny." She taunted walking towards me and wrapping her arms around my waist.
"You spiked the punch at the prom, you knew I'd drink it and you wanted me to relapse." I concluded as she smiled. "I did, because I miss you." Lola confessed to me, her hands around my waist travelling up towards my face. "What you miss me drunk?" I scoffed in disbelief looking into her beautiful brown eyes, parts of me missed my sunflower. I called Lola sunflower because once I dreamt that we were running together in a sunflower field, we wrote letters in juvie- and I called her it.
"No, I miss you not hiding who you really are." Lola admitted with a small smile. "I don't hide who I am, look I have to go watch Tory she's my girlfr-" I went to say when Lola cut me off. "But she's not your girlfriend, because she saw the true you and couldn't handle it. But I can handle it." She explained to me and I sighed grabbing her hands and yanking them off my face.
"I love Tory, just because you do a few things doesn't mean I'll be right back in your arms." I fired at her. "Then why are you holding my hands?" She smiled as I quickly let them go. "I have places to be." I sternly voiced going to walk away when Lola grabbed my wrist, "One day, you're gonna realise you should've listened to me. I'll only be waiting for so long, just like she's waiting for you to show. So what's it gonna be bunny?" She questioned me as I looked at her.
I couldn't deny that between this hatred I felt specs of love and want for my ex girlfriend, yet I just reminded myself she left and she would leave again. She seemed more persistent this time, and I couldn't shake it. Yet it'd always be Tory, always. "It's gonna be her, it's always gonna be her." I sternly stated before hearing cheers and boos.
"And with that, Eagle Fang's hopes of winning Girls All Valley Champ has gone up in smoke!" Daryl's voice announced meaning Tory had won. "You made me miss her match, that's why we're toxic." I sneered at her. "Haven't you heard sometimes opposites don't attract, that's not fair on Tory. That's why you and Robby failed remember?" She called out as I slammed the door behind me and walked out.
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"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 you doing? You're missing half the fights." Terry voiced to me as I stood outside having a cigarette, "I know I'm up next, relax." I shrugged it off taking a puff. "You're not being a very good sport to our dojo, get your ass in there now." He ordered as I looked up at him. "You aren't my dad, Sensei." I told him as he pulled the cigarette out of my mouth and stubbed it out. "Hey!" I complained as he grabbed my face harshly.
"You follow your sensei's orders. You're right, I'm not your dad because your dads what made you a grade A asshole. I'm gonna make you a grade A winner. Whatever happened in there that caused you to miss three fights, you better ignore it and get your head out of your ass!" He snarled at me. I looked into the silver haired Sensei's eyes.
"Yes, Sensei." I agreed. "Wait did I miss Kenny's next match?" I wondered. "No, he's after you." "Don't let all my training, my help be what you ignore and it be your downfall. I'll make you win, if you be a good sport. What happened?" He asked me letting go of me, "My ex girlfriend caused my downfall, parts of it. I needed to clear my head before coming back and facing the music." I admitted as he nodded and whispered in my ear. "You're gonna make sure Nancy suffers from the quicksilver." He whispered to me as I smirked. "Man can't stand, he can't fight." I smirked strolling in there head up high.
"Up next is Kreese Versus Mitchell!"
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A/N: So here we have it the second to last part of season four! The next part will be very long! When I finish this book expect much more updates from my other Cobra Kai works :). I also and debating writing a short story prequel of this story, where Izzy goes to juvie and I dive into her relationships with Robby and Lola. Let me know if you'd be interested in that and I can explore the ideas! Thanks for reading :))