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"Ow, that stings." Rebecca whispered as she sat in Mr. Miyagi's apartment. After tending to the wounds on Daniel's face who was lying asleep on a cot, Mr. Miyagi was tending to the brunette's bruised and scuffed face.
"Sting bad, heals good." Mr. Miyagi said as he poured Rebecca a cup of tea
With tears threatening to spill, Rebecca questioned, "Will he be alright, Mr. Miyagi?"
"He will be, Rebecca-san. Drink tea. Feel better, and no cry." Mr. Miyagi said kindly and gave her a kind fatherly smile.
Mr. Miyagi gave her a cup of tea and it was honestly the best cup of tea she ever had. She took a sip of her tea and Daniel stirred awake. "Becca?" Daniel questioned
"Hey." Rebecca softly smiled
"Leave on." Mr. Miyagi instructed as Daniel tried to take off the wet towel
"It stinks man, what is it?" Daniel asked
"Smells bad. Heals good." Mr. Miyagi said
"Hey where'd Spider-Man go?" Daniel asked both Mr. Miyagi and Rebecca
"Who?" Mr. Miyagi asked
"The guy who bailed me out, where'd he go?" Daniel asked. Mr. Miyagi just sat there with a proud smile on his face. "Wait you?" Daniel asked surprised. Mr. Miyagi gave him a nod and Rebecca just smiled. "No way." Daniel said
"Why no way?" Mr. Miyagi asked
"Because, because..." Daniel started trying to find the right words to say
"Because, because old man?" Mr. Miyagi asked in a teasing manner. "Have a tea, feel better" Mr. Miyagi said, offering Daniel some tea. Daniel sat up and slowly drank his tea, holding the cloth to his head.
"How come you didn't tell me?" Daniel asked
"Tell what?" Mr. Miyagi asked
"That you do karate." Daniel said
"You never asked." Mr. Miyagi said
"Where'd you learn it from?" Daniel asked
"Father." Mr. Miyagi said
"I thought he was a fisherman." Daniel said
"In Okinawa, all Miyagi know two thing: fish and karate. Karate come from China, 16th century. Called 'te'. 'Hand'. Much later, Miyagi ancestor call 'karate'. 'Empty hand" Mr. Miyagi explained.
"I always thought it came from Buddhist temples and stuff like that." Daniel said
Mr. Miyagi shook his head. "You watch too much TV."
"That's what my mother tells me." Daniel said
"Have you ever taught anyone, Mr. Miyagi?" Rebecca asked
"No." Mr. Miyagi said.
"Would ya?" Daniel asked hopefully
"Depend." Mr. Miyagi said
"On what?" Daniel asked
"Reason." Mr. Miyagi said
"How's revenge?" Daniel asked
"Daniel-san, you look revenge that way, start by digging two grave." Mr. Miyagi said
"Well at least I have company right?" Daniel asked jokingly
"Fighting always last answer to problem." Mr. Miyagi replied.
"Uh, no offense, Mr. Miyaji but I don't think you understand my problem." Daniel said
"Miyagi understand problem perfect. You friend all karate student, eh?" Mr. Miyagi asked referring to the Cobra Kais
"Friend? Oh yeah those guys." Daniel said
"Problem. Attitude." Mr. Miyagi said
"No, problem is I'm getting my ass kicked every other day. That's the problem." Daniel said
"Because boys have bad attitude. Karate for defense only." Mr. Miyagi said.
"That's not what these guys are taught." Daniel said.
"I can see. No such thing bad student. Only bad teacher. Teacher say student do." Mr. Miyagi said.
"Oh great that solves everything for me. I'll just go down to the school and straighten it out with the teacher. No problem." Daniel sarcastically said
"Now use head for something other than target." Mr. Miyagi said
"Wait, Mr. Miyagi, I think he was joking." Rebecca said
"Yeah, I was only kidding about that." Daniel said
"Why kidding?" Mr. Miyagi asked
"Because I'll get killed if I show up there." Daniel said
"Get killed anyway." Mr. Miyagi said
"Would you go with me?" Daniel asked
"No, can't." Mr. Miyagi said
"Why you said it was a good idea, right?" Daniel asked
"For you, good idea. For me, good idea no get involved." Mr. Miyagi said.
"But you're already involved I mean..." Daniel started
"Very sorry." Mr. Miyagi said
"What?" Daniel asked. He sighed angrily and dropped the wet towel. "Well, thanks for nothing then." Daniel said as he got off the cot.
"Whatever, don't do me anymore favors, ok, pal?" Daniel said clearly annoyed
"Daniel-san?" Mr. Miyagi said getting his attention
"What?" Daniel acknowledged angrily.
"Ok, I go." Mr. Miyagi agreed.
"Excellent. Excellent. Mr. Miyaji, this is great..." Daniel started
"Miyagi." Mr. Miyagi corrected him.
"Miyagi. Miyagi." Daniel said. "Hey what kind of belt do you have?"
"Canvas. You like? J.C. Penney. $3.98." Mr. Miyagi said proudly holding his belt making Rebecca giggle.
"What karate belt are you Mr. Miyagi?" Rebecca asked, clarifying what Daniel meant.
"Rebecca-san, in Okinawa belt mean no need rope to hold up pants. Daniel-san, Rebecca-san, Karate here. (pointed to their heads) Karate here (pointed to their hearts) Karate never here (gestured to their ribs) Understand?" Mr. Miyagi asked them
"I think so." Daniel said, and Rebecca just nodded and smiled sweetly
"Goodnight Daniel-san. Goodnight Rebecca-san." Mr. Miyagi said to them.
"Goodnight Mr Miyagi." They both said at the same time
"Tomorrow morning. 10:00. Coming too, Rebecca-san?" Mr. Miyagi asked
"Of course. Thank you." Rebecca said
Daniel and Rebecca both left his apartment. Once she made sure that Daniel got up the stairs, she made her way back to the gym where she found Ali outside.
"Rebecca, are you alright? I've been looking everywhere for you." Ali said, a worried expression on her face.
Rebecca wiped the tears from her emerald greens. "I'm alright. Will you take me home?"
Ali smiled softly and nodded, then pulled her best friend in for a tight embrace. "What happened?"
"It happened again. They hurt Daniel." Rebecca said. "I was only trying to help, and I ended up getting hurt as well."
"I'm so sorry Becca." Ali said. "C'mon, I'll take you home."
Upon arriving at her Reseda residence, Rebecca bid her best friend goodbye, and walked inside, where she found Dean sitting on the couch.
"Hey kiddo." Dean said as he put his beer down on the coffee table. "How was the dance?"
"It was fine." Rebecca said. "I'm going upstairs to get changed.
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It was now a quarter past eleven, and a freshly showered Rebecca sat at her vanity brushing her hair which had been blow dried. After placing the brush back into the drawer, she walked over to the bed, pulled the comforter and the sheets back. Just as she was about to lay down in the bed, a knock was heard at the door.
"Come in." Rebecca called. The door opened and it was Dean, a worried expression on his face.
"You've been quiet since you came home from the dance. What happened?" Dean asked
Rebecca felt her heart clench in her chest, and the tears began to flow. Dean instantly pulled his daughter in. The father and daughter sat on her bed as she told him everything, from start to finish. Not leaving out a single detail. "And then they just kept beating Daniel. They wouldn't even stop. Someone who is so much weaker than him." Rebecca said as she tried to contain her sobs
"I'm so sorry, kiddo." Dean said as he held his daughter, and looked at the photo of Lisa on the nightstand
"What hurts the most is I really liked Bobby and the others were supposed to be my friends. They promised they wouldn't hurt Daniel again." Rebecca cried.
"I know sweetheart. I know." Dean said as he held Rebecca close.
Dean rocked her back and forth and sang Lefty Frizzell's I Never Go Around Mirrors. To Rebecca, her father was truly the best. After the death of her mother, Dean did the best he could, and he knew this is what Lisa would do, although she would have probably chosen a Marianne Faithfull tune to sing
"Night daddy." Rebecca said as she laid down
"Night, kiddo." Dean said as he kissed her forehead then turned out her lamp. Walking out of her bedroom, he closed the door behind him.