WITHIN A few days, Miguel and Sam had convinced the karate board to allow the dojos to attend the All Valley. Miguel bought Isabella to the LaRusso house, despite her repeated attempts to stay out of the karate drama, to meet with Eagle Fang and Miyagi-Do.

Sam sighed, "I can't say this any plainer. Eagle Fang and Miyagi-Do have to work together. We have to take down Cobra Kai."

"Even if we wanted to team up, it'd never work." Chris replied, "I was in Cobra Kai. Their style mixed with ours is... like, the British Bulldogs and the Hart Foundation."

Mitch scoffed, "They were friends, dipshit."

"Not in WrestleMania 3, Penis Breath." Chris retorted.

Mitch frowned, "Only they are allowed to call me Penis Breath—"

"Why are you okay with anyone calling you Penis Breath?" Isabella interrupted frustratedly, as she stood up from the couch, "Aren't you all done with this karate bullshit?"

"Belle," Miguel sighed, "This isn't helping—"

"I quit karate. When will you understand that? I'm done with this." Isabella rolled her eyes, "I'm going home."

The group watched her as she walked out of the front door, slamming it behind her before taking a long breath. It was dark outside; a strip of lights ran along the path to make it visible in the pitch black.

And that's when she saw it. Within the gloom, at the end of the path, were a group of shadowy figures. Isabella squinted her eyes, trying to make them adjust to the gloom of the night.

"Hey!" Isabella called out bravely, as her hands balled into fists. The group of shadows walked closer to her, merging into familiar faces as they stepped into the light.

Cobra fucking Kai.
Hawk and Kyler lead the group of five, as they continued walking towards her.

Isabella frowned in confusion, "What the fuck, Hawk?"

He smirked, but his face betrayed his look of anger— he didn't want to have to fight his friend.

"It's payback time, Diaz." Kyler smirked evily.

"For what, asshole?" Isabella replied, "I was in juvie for weeks and I quit karate. I haven't done shit to you."

"You're brother has, though." Kyler retorted.

"I'm not fighting you," Isabella stayed calm, no matter how strong the urge to shove him into the pool became. She tried to walk passed them, but Kyler shoved her back,

"You're not going anywhere," He spoke, before shoving her backwards and punching her in the jaw.

She stumbled back, clutching her bleeding nose. Her eyes watered, as she rolled her eyes, and raised her fists. Isabella sighed, "Fuck it."

The girl punched and kicked at the group of five, trying to defend herself against boys that were much taller than her. Suddenly, Hawk had punched her so hard that Isabella had fallen back through the front door.

She coughed in agony, wiping her bleeding nose with her bruised hand.

"Belle!" Miguel shouted, rushing over to her first, "What happened?"

Sam asked, "Are you okay?"

All she had to do was wait, because what happened walked through the front door and into the LaRusso house. Miguel and Sam helped Isabella to her feet, as the group cautiously stepped away from Cobra Kai, who carried on walking inside the house.

Abruptly, the door behind them was kicked open by Tory Nichols, with two students stood behind her. Eagle Fang and Miyagi-Do were trapped inside the kitchen, Cobra Kai blocking any possible escapes.

Tory yelled, "No mercy!" Sending everybody into complete chaos.

Dojo vs dojo, Isabella tried to defend herself against every Cobra Kai student: smashing plates, chucking chairs, and even using the kitchen appliances. Isabella kicked a student across the floor, before meeting eyes with Tory Nichols.

"We have to stop meeting like this, Diaz." Tory's eyes darkened, as she approached the girl sinisterly.

"Maybe if you weren't so obsessed with me, we wouldn't have to." Isabella shot back, before dodging a punch.

The girls' fight had traveled into the kitchen, Tory dragging Isabella by her brunette hair, before shoving her into the kitchen counter. Her body ached, but the anger and adrenaline stopped Isabella from giving up.

Tory scoffed, giving Isabella time to regain strength, "I'm surprised, Diaz. I thought you were gonna put up more of a fight."

Her voice merged into the chaos around her, as Isabella blinked tightly to try and stop her throbbing head. Tory was stepping closer and closer to her, forcing Isabella into the kitchen counter— cornered in. Trapped.

Tory threw a punch at Isabella. Again and again. Her face was cut and bruised, crimson blood oozing down the side of her face. Tory's hands grabbed onto Isabella's neck, tightening as the girl choked out words.  Isabella's hands searched the counter behind her, trying to find anything to help her. Her fingers connected with a cold plate, her shaking hands grabbing it, before smashing it around Tory's head.

Isabella coughed, spitting out blood onto the floor, before shoving Tory into a wall beside them. It was almost as though time was moving in slow-motion; Isabella's brown eyes spotting a wooden knife holder, her body impulsively taking one and pulling it to Tory's throat.

Isabella's eyes was filled with tears. She was exhausted— her body in agony, as she struggled to hold herself up. She glared at Tory, the knife shaking in her hand.

"You can't help yourself, can you?" Tory remarked, though fear in her eyes, "You wouldn't do it, even if you wanted to." She mouthed, "Pussy."

Isabella moved the knife closer to her skin, causing Tory to hold her breath and push herself up against the wall further. A tear fell from Isabella's bruised eye, though she didn't say a word.

Hawk shouted, "Guys, stop!"

Tory looked at the boy, betrayal in her eyes, "Tell that to your psycho friend!"

Hawk exclaimed, "Belle, it's over!"

Isabella kept her eyes on Tory, as she clenched her jaw, "You're the one who started this shit, Eli. I wanted to go home!"

Miguel sprinted over to the scene, Sam following close behind. He put out his hands in front of him, slowly approaching his sister, "Belle, listen to me. Put the knife down. You're already on probation. You don't wanna do this—"

Isabella sighed, blinking the tears down her cheeks. She stepped away from Tory, before slamming the knife down on the counter next to her. The people around her flinched.

They flinched. 

"You're scared of me?" Isabella wiped the tears from her cheeks.

"No- No!" Miguel shot back quickly, "You just had a knife to her throat—"

Isabella scoffed in disbelief, "You'd think I'd stab her?"

"No, no, of course not!" The boy spluttered, "I just..." He trailed off.

"I was protecting myself against her. I wouldn't— I would never..." Isabella choked back a sob, "You know, what? Fuck you all. Fuck your shit dojos. I'm out."

Miguel tried, "Belle—"

"No!" Belle cried, before turning to Tory, who hadn't moved or said anything. She gritted her teeth, "Watch your fucking back, Tory."