Enemies don't just break bones. They break truths.
Juvie – 27 Days Later
Robby lay in his cell bunk, eyes fixed on the cracked ceiling, mind somewhere else.
Somewhere darker.
Every day in juvie stripped something from him. Not just trust. Not just hope. It stripped softness. Replaced it with grit, silence, a low-burning fire behind the eyes.
He had stopped looking for his dad to visit. Stopped checking the clock. Stopped believing anyone at Miyagi-Do even cared.
But Andrea came. The girl who hated him.
And that told him something.
Miyagi-Do was built on peace. Cobra Kai on strength.
Peace didn’t protect you in here.
Strength did.
Robby sat up, eyes sharper. “I’m done waiting for people to save me.”
LaRusso Household
Daniel threw the newspaper down. ANOTHER SCHOOL SUSPENSION AMIDST STUDENT FIGHT CLUB RUMORS.
Amanda sipped her coffee, eyebrows raised. “That’s the third article this month, Daniel. What the hell are you doing with those kids?”
“I’m trying to stop this,” he snapped. “But Johnny—he’s brainwashing them. That dojo is dangerous.”
“So shut it down,” she said plainly.
“I can’t just shut it down. It’s legal—”
“But is it moral?” she cut in.
From across the room, Anthony chimed in, half-watching cartoons. “Can I start karate if it means I get to fight in the halls and skip class too?”
“Not now, Anthony.”
“Cool. So that’s a yes.”
Daniel sighed so hard it felt like his lungs deflated.
Sam walked in silently, grabbing her bag. Her eyes were dark-rimmed. Her sleep: clearly non-existent.
Amanda frowned. “You okay?”
“I’m fine,” Sam muttered.
“You're not fine,” Daniel said. “You’re still recovering from the fight. Maybe you need time away from the dojo—”
“I said I’m fine.” And she left.
Amanda shot Daniel a look.
“Don’t.”
“I didn’t say anything.”
“You didn’t have to.”
Miyagi-Do Dojo
Kate kicked the dummy so hard its neck snapped sideways.
Chris and Nate exchanged looks.
“Girl’s unhinged,” Nate muttered.
“I can hear you,” Kate snapped, hair sticking to her face with sweat. “You two wanna keep whispering or actually help train me?”
Demetri stood awkwardly in the corner, arms crossed. He didn’t want any part of this. He’d watched his friends tear each other apart in that school hallway. He saw the way Tory lunged at Kate like a caged animal. The way Miguel fell. The look on Robby’s face when it happened.
He hadn’t picked a side. But now? Not picking was picking.
And Demetri didn’t know what he stood for anymore.
Cobra Kai Dojo
The atmosphere in Cobra Kai had changed.
It wasn’t just the cracked knuckles or the bloodstains on the mats that never quite washed out.
It was how people looked at each other now. Less like teammates. More like soldiers.
Kenny, Bert, Kyler, and Mitch had fully integrated—joking with Hawk, throwing each other into walls, earning scars and wearing them with pride.
Andrea stood at the front of the class beside Johnny now. She didn’t speak often, but when she did, they listened.
Even Tory.
Especially Hawk.
“Let’s get one thing straight,” Johnny barked, pacing in front of them. “We aren’t just a dojo anymore. We’re a unit. A crew. A goddamn pack.”
His voice cracked with something close to desperation.
“You bleed together, you survive together. I don’t give a shit if you were enemies a month ago. In here? You fight like a goddamn family.”
Miguel still hadn’t returned.
His hospital room was quiet.
Andrea visited sometimes, but said little.
The coma wrapped him in silence. And that silence started echoing in all of them.
Robby Returns
Robby stepped out of the car that dropped him off, backpack slung over one shoulder, face unreadable.
He didn’t go home.
Didn’t call Daniel.
Instead, he walked straight to Cobra Kai.
The door creaked open. The mat was full. Everyone froze.
Andrea turned slowly.
Hawk’s jaw tightened. Tory crossed her arms.
Johnny stepped down from the platform.
“What the hell are you doing here?” Hawk asked, stepping forward.
Robby didn’t flinch. “I’m here to fight.”
“Wrong dojo,” Tory muttered.
“No,” Robby said. “This is exactly where I belong.”
Johnny stared at his son. Something flickered behind his eyes—guilt, pride, confusion.
Andrea took a slow step forward. “You serious?”
Robby’s voice didn’t shake. “Miyagi-Do left me. You’re the only ones who actually survive.”
A heavy pause.
Johnny looked around at his students.
Then nodded once.
“Then you earn it like everyone else.”
Robby dropped his bag, took off his jacket, and stepped onto the mat.
No more peace.
LaRusso Dealings
Daniel slammed the phone down.
“The school won’t intervene,” he said, pacing. “Not unless someone dies.”
Amanda blinked. “Comforting.”
He turned to her. “We need to take this into our own hands.”
Amanda crossed her arms. “And what, go to war with Johnny?”
“We already are.”
Outside, Samantha stood on the porch, overhearing it all.
And her hands clenched.
Back in Cobra Kai – That Night
The dojo was dark. Quiet. Everyone gone.
Andrea sat alone in the corner, wrapping her knuckles. The silence was heavy.
Then a voice: “You’re not the same girl who walked into our school a year ago.”
She didn’t look up.
Robby stood there, arms crossed.
“I could say the same for you,” she said.
They stared at each other.
Not enemies. Not allies. Not yet lovers.
Just… broken people in the same storm.
End of Chapter 7 – When Loyalty Burns
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