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𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐘 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐒 his shoulder in pain, sitting in the locker room as everyone was on a break from the competition.

"You remembered to focus." Daniel's voice brings Robby back into the locker room, turning his head to find the LaRusso man standing around the corner.

"You had me up on that tree for hours." Robby laughs, turning his body to face Mr. LaRusso.

"Look, Robby, your dad and I, we have our issues, but . . . you and him? That's another story." Daniel walks closer to him.

"I'm sorry I lied to you, Mr. LaRusso." Robby shakes his head, "I just wanted to back at him."

"I know." Daniel sits down with a sigh, "But you're never gonna find balance that way. You can't let that bad blood change who you are. I'm not saying you need to like the guy. I know I never will, but . . . he . . . he is your father. And believe me, you're lucky to have one. You just gotta try to remember, he's . . . he's not a monster."

"He's just a guy with a lot of demons. Mr. Miyagi always told me there's no such thing as bad students, only a bad teacher. And your dad had the worst teacher there ever was. It sent him down a wrong path. But you don't have to go down that path. Do you understand?"

Robby hangs on to every word that Daniel spoke, a frown on his face.

"You don't have to ever become him. Trust me. You let go of all that anger and I guarantee you, no matter what happens tonight, you go home feeling great."

"Yeah, I don't know about that." Robby grabs his shoulder, "My shoulder's killing me. I don't think I can fight."

"Well, we'll see about that." Daniel stands up and slaps his hands together, rubbing them, "Medic! Is there a medic?!"

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❝𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 feeling any pain here? ❞ The medic asked Robby as she touches his shoulder.

"Yeah."

"Does it hurt when I do this?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, are you ready?" She asked, right before popping the teenager's arm back into place, "I'm sorry. It's a slight anterior dislocation. So, I just popped it back into place, but you're gonna feel it for the next few weeks." She hands him an ice pack before standing up.

"Okay. Thanks doc, I appreciate it." Daniel thanked the woman.

"Sure."

"Listen, you don't need to fight."

"Yes, I do."

"Am I interrupting?" Laken's voice comes from behind the two, smiling slightly as she locked eyes with her best friend.

"Uh, no. We were just finishing with the medic." Daniel smiles softly at the girl. "I will leave you two to it."

"Uh, Mr. LaRusso." Robby stops him from walking out, "Thank you."

"Don't thank me. Thank your friend right there. She got me to get my head out of my ass and come make things right with you." Daniel chuckled as he points towards Laken, "She's gonna make one hell of a lawyer someday."

"So, what did they say about your shoulder?" Laken sits down on the bench across from Robby, locking her fingers together and resting them on her lap.

"Something about an anterior dislocation, but I should be okay." Robby tells her with a smile, "What are you doing back here?"

"Came to check on you." She shrugged, "I'm really sorry about what Eli - Hawk - did to your shoulder."

Robby chuckled, "Yeah, your cousin is a real piece of work. I don't remember him being that aggressive whenever you would talk about him."

"Yeah, ever since he joined Cobra Kai and "flipped the script", he's become a real jackass, especially to his best friend Demetri." Laken sighed, bringing her hands up to tighten her ponytail. "Wish I had never thought about dying his hair and giving him a Mohawk."

"You are the reason he has that ridiculous hair cut?"

"Not one of my best moments." She laughs before standing up, "I need to get back out there, but I'll be rooting for you in the stands with Silas."

"Silas's back? I though-,"

"He came home early for the summer." Laken grinned before leaning down to kiss his check, "Good luck, Robby."

Robby looks down, hoping to hide the blush on his cheeks as the blonde turns around to walk out, "Thank you!"

"Anytime, skater boy."

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❝𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 it, folks. The moment we've all been waiting for.❞ Daryl stands in the middle of the mat. "The final match to terminate who will be victor and champion. Will it be Miguel Diaz from Cobra kai Karate? Will it be Robby Keene, unaffili-,"

Laken rushes out to the man, earning confused looks from both Johnny and Miguel as she whispers something into the man's ear.

Daryl looks down at the small blonde in shock, "Daniel LaRusso's gonna coach?"

"Yeah." Laken nodded, turning her head to flash a smile at Robby.

"Daniel LaRusso is gonna coach!" Daryl says excitedly to everyone as he blonde rushes off to find her seat next to her brother and friends. "I'm sorry, folks, there's been a change. Robby Keene will now be fighting for Miyagi-Do Karate with former champion Daniel LaRusso as his sensei!"

Daniel now stands next to Robby as he rolls up the sleeves of his grey button down.

"How about that? Good luck, gentlemen."

Johnny and Daniel meet in the middle of the man, "What do you think you're doing?"

"Coaching my student." Daniel is still rolling the sleeves of his shirt up, "Somebody, besides his pretty blonde friend, needs to be there for him."

"You think this is funny?" Johnny asked the man.

"Do you see me laughing?"

"You're gonna regret this when it's over."

Daniel chuckled, "Yeah, right. Like this'll ever be over."

"Alright, Sensei's let's take your corners."

"Remember," Daniel stands next to Robby once more, "No aggression. Just let him come to you. Alright."

"Okay."

"You know what to do." Johnny walks over to Miguel, looking across the mat at his son and enemy, "You've trained all year for this."

"Don't worry, Sensei. I won't LaRusso or that kid go home a winner."

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𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 Robby face each other in the middle of the blue mat, cheers ringing out around the room, Silas and Laken cheering extra loud for Robby.

"Face me. Bow." The referee stood next to the two teenagers, "Face each other. Bow. Fighting positions! Ready? And fight!"

Miguel instantly begins to throw punches at Robby, all of his anger from seeing him with Sam pouring out of him as Robby dodged him and swung back.

Robby defends himself, throwing punches back at Miguel before jumping up and kicking at the Diaz boy, sending him to the floor.

"And stop!" The referee stops the two of them, "Point!"

"Keene and Miyagi-Do get the first point!"

"Fuck! Let's go, Robby!" Silas stands up to cheer for the boy, Laken right alongside him.

"One point."

"No mercy!" Aisha calls out.

"You got it!" Hawk yells out to his teammate.

"Positions."

"Remember the pitching machine!" Johnny yelled out, "Don't get hit!"

"Ready? And fight!"

Miguel yells out as he throws a couple punches in Robby's direction, backing up at the Keene teen kicks out at him, ducking as he does so. Miguel swings back with a kick of his own before elbowing Robby, sending him to the mats.

"Stop! One point!"

"Diaz and Cobra kai with the point. Now it's one - one!"

"Ready? And fight!"

Both boys swing at each other, each one of them blocking the others hits right before Miguel hits Robby right in his sore shoulder, and kicking his leg, knocking him to the matted floor and sending a fist straight into his back.

"Point!"

"That makes it two points for Diaz!"

Moon gasped, "Is he okay?"

"Hawk dislocated his shoulder when he kicked him in the shoulder. It's his weakest point at the moment and Miguel just figured that out." Laken sighed, feeling sorry for her best friend.

"And he's gonna use that to his advantage." Silas curses under his breath, already not liking anyone from the Cobra Kai team well besides his sister.

"Time! Time!" Daniel calls for a time out as he rushed onto the mat and over to help Robby up as the boy holds his shoulder, "Hey. You alright? Alright, listen to me. Listen to me! Look at me. Just remember to breath and focus. Alright? you hear me. Just find your balance."

The referee walks over to the two, "Alright, Keene, are you ready? Can you continue?"

Robby nods his head, standing up fully.

"Come on, Robby!" Laken stands up, ignoring the heated glare that Miguel sent to her from his place, "You got this, skater boy!"

Robby closes his eyes, taking a deep breath as he cradled his sore arm, Laken's voice flowing through his ears as he focused himself.

"Hey! Come on, Robby!" Daniel calls out for him, Johnny sending a glare in his direction.

"And fight!"

Robby still has his eyes closed as Miguel puts his hands in front of him, kicking his leg out. Even with his eyes closed, Robby manages to block his hit with only one hand.

Miguel swings in Robby's direction, yet again getting blocked by the Keene boy before he's knocked to his feet, but he gets back up, not wanting to lose to Robby.

"Stop! Out of bounds!" The referee calls out, "No point. Out of bounds."

"Alright, let's go, Robby. Stay focused!"

"Ready? Fight!"

Miguel rushes to Robby, dodging a hit and using his hands to shove Robby to the ground, kicking him in his shoulder. Miguel walks toward Robby, lifting his leg to hit him but Robby quickly rolls away, coming back up to his feet.

With his hurt arm held close to him, Robby uses the arm that isn't hurt to pushes his lower body up, using his legs to kick Miguel, sending him to the floor.

"How about that?! A two-legged kick."

Robby rubs his hand, moving over to Miguel to hold his hand out, trying to help him up, "Hey."

Miguel, angry he was letting Robby beat him, took him by the sore hand, yanking him down to the mat.

"Hey, watch it, Diaz!"

"Hey, Ref! Come on!"

"That's one warning for unsportsmanlike contact."

"Robby, come here." Daniel calls out to the teenager.

Laken clenches her teeth, "I'm gonna kill him."

"I'm gonna tell them to end it."

"No." Robby shakes his head, holding his shoulder. "No, no, no. Let me finish."

Daniel looks at him before sighing, "Okay, just be careful. Laken might kick my ass, thought."

Robby chuckled, "No, she'll kick Miguel's ass before yours."

"I found his weakness, Sensei." Miguel walks towards Johnny, "It's his shoulder."

"Look, I know we wanna win, but it's gotta be the right way." Johnny tells his student, worry for his son filling his body. "We don't have to fight dirty."

"Dirty?" Miguel looks at him confused, "There's nothing dirty about winning, Sensei. You taught me that. Don't worry. I got this. No mercy."

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❝𝐖𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐒 the next point will be our new champion!❞

"It's two - two. Next point wins!"

"Come on, Robby, you got this." Laken mumbled under her breath, crossing her fingers.

Silas smirked, leaning towards his little sister, "Aren't you supposed to be rooting for your teammates, little sister?"

"Not this time."

"Okay, good luck to both of you." The referee tells the two boys, "Ready? And fight!"

Miguel rushes at Robby, the Keene boy using his only good arm to block off the hits sent his way. Using his leg to kick Miguel, the two change positions, kicking and hitting at each other, each one of them dodging the kicks trying to win the tournament.

Robby brings his leg up to kick Miguel, but he grabs him instead, Miguel using his own leg to kick Robby in his hurt shoulder before kicking him in the stomach, and sending Robby to the floor, winning the All-Valley tournament.

"Winner!" The referee holds Miguel's arm up, declaring him the new winner of the All Valley, everyone cheering loudly for the boy.

"Robby! Robby!" Johnny calls out to his son, trying to get to him but Miguel grabs him before he can, yelling about being the winner.

"Who saw that coming, huh? I know I didn't." Daryl holds the trophy in his hands, "Without further ado, let me present the trophy to this year's new champion, Miguel Diaz and the Cobra Kai dojo!"

"Are you okay?" Laken makes it to Robby and Daniel, wrapping her arms around his good arm.

Robby smiles softly at her, "I'll always be okay as long as I got you cheering for me."

The blonde laughs, gesturing towards her brother who was heading their way, "I wasn't the only one cheering for you."

"Robby, my man!" Silas grinned, the two boys hugging each other, "You were great out there, man! You were killing it! That kid shouldn't have used your shoulder to his advantage like that."

"It's okay. I'll get over it." Robby shrugged, turning towards the sound of his father calling his man.

Johnny stands in front of the group, trophy in hand, "Robby. I . . . .I'm . . . . I'm sorry."

"It's okay, dad. It's okay." Robby tells him before turning to his Daniel, "Let's go, Mr. LaRusso."

"I'm thinking Chinese for dinner, that sound good to the two of you?" Silas throws his arms around both of the teenagers' shoulder's, walking away with them.

"Sounds good."

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❝𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 gonna answer that?❞ Silas asked his little sister, eyebrow raised as she just sat her phone on the table in front of her, Aisha's name flashing on the screen.

"You can answer it you know, it's not rude." Daniel smiles softly at the teenager girl sat across from him and Robby.

"No. They'll be just fine without me."