Unlikely Paths Of Love

(Crossover) The Outsiders/Karate Kid

A/N: I'M WEIRD AND BORED, OKAY.

CHAPTER 1

'Kisses in the moonlight,
set me free.
Take me away tonight,
Your love is the key..."

Johnny Cade was going to live in California with a new foster family.

He sighed and started crying. Even though his parents parents always fought and abused him, he missed living in Tulsa already. His best friends, Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Two-Bit, Steve and Dallas.

They were his life. It was like they were his oxygen.

He was excited to meet his new family, though. Apparently he was going to live with a mother and her son.

Johnny wondered what California was going to be like. He was on a train to get there, and it was going to arrive soon.

He took off his denim jacket. It was so extremely hot.

He looked at the photo in his pocket of him with the gang. Tears started to swell up in his eyes.

"I wish y'all were here with me."

Daniel Larusso was quite excited to meet this new brother he was going to have.

Him and Ali were sitting on his porch. "Are you nervous to meet him?" She asked.

Daniel shrugged. "I'm actually excited."

Ali smiled and kissed his cheek. "Aw, well I hope he is as nice as he was described."

"He's coming here by train. Let's go see him."

Daniel and Ali climbed into his car as they drove off to the train station.

When they arrived, they parked and walked over to the arriving station.

"Where is he?" Ali asked.

Daniel shrugged. "I don't know. My mom has his picture. And she's at work right now."

"Well, did you get to see his picture?" Ali asked.

"Nah. But my mom described him with big brown eyes, long dark hair and has a scar on his face."

"Oh. Well, is that him?" She pointed.

The boy was walking off the train and onto the platform.

"Yeah, I think so."

The two walked up to him. "Hello, are you Johnny Cade?"

The boy nodded sheepishly.

"Boy, you two look really alike," Ali whispered in Daniel's ear.

"Come with us. I'm your new brother, Daniel, and this is my girlfriend Ali. My mom's at work right now, so I'll show you our house and around."

"..."

Johnny sat in the backseat of Daniel's car as Daniel and Ali sat in the front.

"So over there is the way to the beach...over there is the shops and stuff...aaaand here we are at your new house."

All of them climbed out of the car. "Good afternoon, Mr. Miyagi," Daniel waved.

All three walked inside. "So...yeah. This is my house. Not really much to see. We're sharing a room, if that's cool with you."

"..."

"You don't talk much, do you?"

Johnny looked as his feet and shrugged.

Ali cleared her throat. "Well, I gotta go. Gonna practice some more soccer. It was nice meeting you, Johnny!"

"Bye," Daniel said, kissing her on the cheek as she headed out.

Daniel sighed. "You okay?"

Johnny nodded. "Yeah. I'm fine."

"Ali thinks we look really alike."

Johnny then peeked at him from behind his bangs. "Do you?"

Daniel shrugged and smiled. "I guess we kinda do...here, look."

Daniel pointed to the mirror where they were both standing. Daniel was a bit taller than Johnny. It's the hair and our clothes and that scar on his face, Daniel thought.

"Let's sit on the couch," he said as they sat.

"Ali's pretty," Johnny said quietly.

"Yeah, I know right? The first time I saw her I really fell for her. You got a girl?"

Johnny nodded slowly as he pulled a picture out of his pocket.

"Wow, she's cute. What's her name?"

"Epina...I liked her so much...but now I think I won't ever see her again."

Daniel patted his back. "You'll see her again one day. You will."

Johnny felt a piercing pain in his stomach at that comment. "Yeah, I hope so too..."

Daniel quickly changed the subject when he saw the look on Johnny's face. "Erm...so are you excited for school?"

He shrugged. "I guess so."

"You'll make lots of friends. I don't really have many friends...what were your friends back in Tulsa like?"

"Well...they were like family to me...they were all I had. Even though we were all...y'know, greasers. Hoods. You get it."

"Oh," Daniel said. "Well, you're pretty lucky. My only friends are Ali and Mr. Miyagi."

"Don't you have school friends?"

"Nah. Everyone at school wants to kick my ass."

Soon, someone entered the room.

"Oh! Are you Johnny! I am awfully sorry I didn't get to see you earlier! I'm Mrs. Larusso, and I see you met Daniel already. Goodness, both of you look like twins."

"Hello," Johnny squeaked.

"Did you show Johnny the room yet?"

"Nah. I guess I'll do it now, then. C'mon, Johnny."

The two walked down the hall and made a turn. "Here's our room."

Johnny's eyes scanned the room. "Um...where's my bed, if I may ask?"

Daniel scratched the back of his neck. "Well...my mom and I aren't the richest around, so...we're sharing. Is that cool?"

Johnny sighed. "Sure."

"I'm really sorry...if you want I could
sleep on the couch or something..."

"No it's fine! I was just thinking about something, that's all."

"Oh, alright. You wanna take a nap or something? You must be tired from that long train ride, huh?"

"Now that you mention it, yeah." Johnny lay on the bed and sighed again.

"I'm really sorry if you don't like me. I kinda just want to be like a brother you, if there's anything I'm doing wrong just tell me," Daniel said as he sat beside him.

"It's really fine, you're not doing anything wrong. I just...I'm just not really used to it here yet, you dig? I'm sorry if I seem all depressy or somethin.'" He rolled over to his side.

"It's alright. I understand. When I moved here too and I was real homesick. I missed all my friends..."

Johnny was then already napping.

Daniel touched his shoulder, smiled, and walked out the door.

"It seems like there's gotta be someplace without greasers or socs, with just people. Plain ordinary people..."

Johnny woke up and had that sudden panicky feeling of waking up and not knowing where you were. Then he realized—he was with his new family.

He liked his new family. Much better than his own. But he knew nobody could replace his own greaser brothers.

He stretched, groaned and scratched his head, walking to the kitchen to see Mrs. Larusso cooking up a storm.

"Hey, Johnny. Almost time for dinner."

Johnny looked left and right. "Where's Daniel?"

"He went out with Ali. The cute things!"

Johnny fiddled with his hands. "When'll he come home?"

Mrs. Larusso smiled broadly. "Aw, I see you two are getting along so well already! He'll be home at maybe eleven, I hope." She started staring at Johnny. "Man, you two really do look alike! Holy moley!"

Johnny decided to sit in his room and read a book. He went in his suitcase and pulled out, 'Gone With The Wind.' Him and Ponyboy always read it together.

He sat by the window and quietly read. But all he could think about was when Daniel was going to come home.

Tick tock.

Every time he heard the clock, he kept getting more worried. He chewed his fingernails.

Tick tock.

Then he got up, put on his jean jacket and walked to the main room.

"I'm gonna go for a walk," Johnny said.

"Alright. But please be careful."

Johnny walked out and lit a cigarette. He didn't know if underage smoking was allowed here or not. Oh well.

He wanted to see his friends. Ponyboy. Sodapop. Darry. Steve. Two-Bit. Dally.

And if he couldn't get to see any of them, he wanted to see Daniel. He was pretty much his only friend here.

Daniel understood him.

Johnny walked down the streets, smoking his cigarettes. Soon he felt a shove from behind.

"Aw, look. It's little Daniel walking out alone."

"What did this kid do to his hair?! And look at his clothes!"

Johnny gulped. "I-I'm not Daniel," he quietly said. "I'm just lookin' for him—"

He was shoved by the shoulder. "Shut up, Daniel. And just 'cause you beat Johnny in that tournament don't mean anything. He was goin' easy on you, but we're not going to."

The boys started walking slowly up to Johnny. Johnny...tournament...what's going on? He thought in his head.

They pushed Johnny to the ground as he crawled backwards, feeling for his switchblade in his back pocket.

They started kicking him hard, and Johnny closed his eyes. He wasn't gonna use it yet. Not yet. The bullies started stomping on him, spitting on him and swearing at him.

"Hey! Leave him alone!"

Johnny's eyes opened and widened.

"What?! Larusso?"

"Yeah, that's right! Leave him alone!"

Johnny watched as Daniel defend himself and throw punches and kicks against the bullies. It was mesmerizing.

Soon the bullies all ran off.

"Hey, Johnny, are you alright? Did they hurt you bad?"

Johnny weakly shook his head and slightly smiled. "That was pretty tuff."

"Huh?"

"What you did. All that karate stuff. It was tuff..." He moaned and closed his eyes.

"I'm gonna take you home, Johnny. Don't you worry."

Daniel picked up Johnny's frail little body. He looked so content in his arms, snuggling up to Daniel and smiling. Daniel started walking home.

"Daniel...?"

He looked down at Johnny. "Yeah?"

"I'm glad...I'm glad to have you...as my new brother."

Daniel couldn't help but smile. "Same...same here, Johnny Cade. Same here."