3 Leaving the Cobras

[You have acquired a new Skill: Stealth.

Type: Passive.

Improves your efficiency in masking your presence while spying, stalking, or doing any Stealth related tasks.]

I had gotten this notification after my fight, so I probably acquired the skill when I was in the electronics shop.

"Well, the camera is good as I expected it to be." I said looking at the photos I had clicked through my new camera.

[You have leveled up.]

I saw another notification that astounded my mind and I quickly opened the Status interface.

[Name: Alexander Wick

Level: 2

Race: Human

Age: 16

Persona: Null

Talent: Adaptive nature.

Strength: 22

Agility: 28

Intelligence: 23

Physical Resistance: 25%

Magical Resistance: 25%

Status Resistance: 5%

Addition points: 5

System Points: 100

Shards Acquired: 0.]

'So I got 2 additional points in all my three attributes, five additional stat points, and 100 System points from the level up.' I thought with a joyous smile, 'This is a great improvement.'

I decided to save the Additional stat points for later, because they could always come in help during a tough fight.

"Maybe I should go back to the Dojo and check out how much I have improved." I thought aloud and picked up my Jacket, wallet and keys, before leaving my apartment. I always had my phone with me, so there's no doubt I'll never forget that.

The Dojo was always open throughout the day, whether it be weekend or at late night. The only time it was closed was when both the Sensei's went back to thier home, and they had a habit of staying late.

Though before I reached the Dojo, I saw Hawks and his friends going somewhere on their cycles. I did not care what they do and where they were going, so I parked my bike in the lot and went to the Dojo.

I did not bother changing into my Gi and simply took off my jacket, before I headed to the training area and started practicing my moves on a dummy.

After a while, I was so focused on my moves that I did not notice Kreese entering the training area. It was only after he called me out.

"Wick." I turned around to see him standing behind, but a distance away.

'How many times do I have to tell him to not call me that to my face?' The old man was sure a stubborn asshole, "What is it, Sensei?" I asked simply, as I was not in the mood to argue while drenched in sweat.

"I heard from Hawks and his friends what you did earlier today." He said.

"What about it?" I asked while continuing to practice against the dummy.

"What you did was wrong." Kreese said seriously, "You do not fight fellow Cobra Kai."

"Who do you think striked first?" I asked with a snort.

"You think this is amusing?" Kreese questioned me with a raised eyebrow, "You should learn to listen to your Sensei and obey their orders."

"Obey fucking what?" I snapped and turned back to him with a confused scowl, "I fucking pay for my stupid karate sessions, you get me? You're not teaching me here for free to fucking obey you."

"I pay you to teach me, not tell me what I have to do and what not." I stated sternly by looking straight into his eyes, "They have a problem with me, they can deal with it."

Kreese stayed silent while staring back at me with a mild glare. It was obvious to see that I had pissed him off, but he maintained his calm.

"You're a young boy enjoying his youth, that's the only reason I am letting you off this once for disrespecting me." Kreese warned in an stern tone, "Next time, I won't hesitate to teach you a lesson, whether you pay me, or not."

I punched the solar plexus of the dummy with such force that it left a dent behind, "I am done for the day, you can close up." I said and walked away from the training room.

After I cleaned up the sweat in the bathroom, I drove back home and went asleep.

~

The next day,

We were in the middle of a Karate session when all of a sudden a man walked into the Dojo with anger oozing out of him.

'The fucking Karate Kid.' It wasn't hard for me to recognise him, after seeing how much Johnny had changed.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Johnny asked as the man was interrupting his session.

"Like you don't know." Daniel hissed back.

"Take your shoes off the mat, you're disrespecting my Dojo." Johnny stepped ahead to confront him.

"You seriously gonna talk to me about disrespecting Dojos after what you just did to mine?" The karate kid frustratedly argued back.

"What are you talking about?" Johnny was stunned and confused, "I didn't do anything to your Dojo."

"Just like you didn't slug one of my employees, huh?" Daniel scoffed in exasperation.

'Ugh, I don't remember his name.' I thought hard, 'What did Miyagi used to call him? Mm... Ah, yes. Daniel-San. His name is Daniel Larusso.'

"You know, part of me actually felt bad for you at one point, but you make it so easy to remember who the bad guy is in all of this." Daniel grunted angrily, "You call yourself a Sensei? You don't even know what a Sensei is. A Sensei mentors. A Sensei elevates. He doesn't teach destruction and disrespect!" Daniel shouted as he got on Johnny's face.

"I already said I don't know what you're talking about, Larusso." Johnny said in a calm, overbearing tone as he confronted Daniel back, "And you don't know what you're talking about either."

"Yeah, well, I know you don't.." Daniel said tiredly as he understood that Johnny really did not seem to know anything, "You don't earn the medal of Honor by stealing it."

"Let me tell you something about your Sensei." Daniel stepped back from Johnny and addressed directly to us, the students, "He might teach you how to fight, but he doesn't know a thing about what it takes to truly win at life. If you want to help yourselves before it's too late, the doors of Miyagi-Do are wide open."

"You think you can come in here and paoch my students?" Johnny got pissed off by Daniel's free advertising of his Dojo.

'Wait, Daniel had a Dojo?' I was shocked by the revelation, 'How did I not know about this until now?' I ignored their arguments and repeated what Daniel had just said, 'An invitation to join the Miyagi-Do and learn proper martial arts.'

"You know I am not gonna strike first." Daniel said as he prepared himself for a fight, because the argument was getting too heated.

There was a suspenseful tension between the two, but Johnny gave us an anticlimactic end, "I'm gonna be a bigger man." He said and moved back, choosing not to start a fight.

"Yeah." Daniel exhaled the tension with a scoff, "We'll see about that." He ended the conversation and walked out of the Dojo.

'Well.' I walked out of the mat and grabbed my bag.

"Where do you think you're going?" Johnny asked as he looked at me moving out.

"What the fuck, Wick!?" Tory shouted at me with a shocked frown.

"I tried, and trust me, I've had enough." I ignored Tory and replied to Johnny with a light shrug, "I'm moving to Miyagi-Do."

"Traitor." Hawks scoffed as he glared at me, "You were only strong because you were at Cobra Kai. I'll wait till you get weak like those Miyagi-Do nerds."

"Huh, maybe you forgot I kicked your ass before even joining Cobra Kai." I replied and chuckled at his silent reaction.

Although, when I saw more of the students following me out of the Dojo, even I was astounded. I did not show the reaction on my face and played it cool as we walked out of Dojo.

"You guys are not getting any refunds, you hear me?!" We heard Johnny shout out of frustration, but none of us looked back.

~

AN: Last for the day.