Season 4

Chapter 20

"Ayyyyyy! Look who's back!" Hawk exclaimed as Miguel walked into training the next morning. It was his first time in training since his incident with Demitri, and Miguel was feeling infinitely better than he was that day. For the first time in two weeks, he had slept completely through the night without any nightmares, and he was feeling extremely refreshed and ready to train. Johnny and Daniel had told everyone to meet them at the lake, so the group stood about 100 yards away and waited for the two senseis to arrive. They assumed that because they were by the lake, they would be doing Daniel's peaceful training that day.

Miguel immediately walked over to Demitri, who still had a bandage on his face after Miguel's beatdown on him, and he held out a hand in apology.

"Hey, man. Look, I'm really sorry. I wasn't in a good place, and I didn't mean to..."

"Dude, it's fine." Demitri laughed. Miguel raised an eyebrow. He didn't expect it to be this easy.

"Um... it is?" Miguel asked, confused. Demitri nodded.

"Yeah, you saved my ass so many times last year from Kyler and those guys. I owe you for that. I guess now we can call it even." Demitri said. Miguel nodded and the two shook hands.

"Thanks, man." Miguel murmured. Shortly after, Daniel and Johnny walked over to them, each carrying their own duffel bag and dumping them on the ground before turning to their students.

"Okay, guys! Listen up!" Johnny shouted. Everyone immediately snapped to attention at Johnny's commanding bark. "We've been easy on you guys so far! Let you slack off!"

"We haven't been slacking off." Demitri remarked.

"QUIET!" Johnny shouted. "But you know who isn't slacking off? COBRA KAI! So your real training begins today!"

Johnny then pulled out long pieces of rope, and the group raised an eyebrow. What was he doing this time?

"Demitri! Larusso! Get over here!" Johnny snapped. Sam and Demitri looked at each other, confused, and walked over. Normally, whenever Johnny was experimenting with a new drill, he got Miguel and Hawk to demonstrate.

As soon as they walked over, Johnny pushed them shoulder-to-shoulder, and began to tie their inside legs together.

"Oh, so we're doing a three legged race?" Sam asked. Johnny chuckled as he tied a knot.

"Of a sort." Johnny grunted.

"And why aren't Miguel and Hawk your guinea pigs for whatever weird drill this is?" Demitri asked. Johnny raised an eyebrow and laughed.

"Because they've already done this before. And, they're indispensable. I don't want them to accidentally die." Johnny murmured quietly, loud enough for only them to hear. Sam and Demitri looked at each other, terrified, and tried to spin around to face Johnny but couldn't because their legs were tied together.

"Um... WHAT?!" Sam exclaimed. Johnny rolled his eyes.

"Don't get your panties in such a bunch, Larusso. You probably won't die." Johnny stated.

"PROBABLY?!" Demitri cried. Johnny suddenly stood up, having finished tying their legs together with a two meter long tail of rope trailing behind them.

"OK, guys. Here's the drill. You just have to run into the water." Johnny stated, pointing to the lake situated around 100 yards away. Everyone was confused. That seemed kind of tame.

"That's it? Thank God!" Demitri exclaimed, relieved. Johnny shook his head.

"Hold on, Big Mouth. There's more." Johnny said, grabbing his duffel bag and walking directly behind Sam and Demitri so they couldn't see him. He then pulled out a lighter and Miguel closed his eyes. He already knew what the drill was, and he knew that it didn't work. Johnny lit the lighter, and held it to the end of the tail of rope until it caught fire too.