A/N: I don't own the Karate Kid in any way. If I did, the story would go just a little bit differently. *Insert creepy laughter here* I would like to thank Sick Twisted Mind, the one who made this story come together. And for all of you that like this, go read her story "You're Ours".

Chapter 1: You Can Dream Your Dream

Try to be best, cause your only a man. And a man´s gotta learn to take it.

Daniel woke from what could only be described as one of the most intense sex dreams he had ever had. Cold beads of sweat slid down his back, over his bare hips, and touched down on his too-white sheets.

Intense. That was the closest word he could relate to the experience. Hot, sweaty, and intense. His breathing slowed, no longer forced out in quick pants. He closed his eyes.

It was over. Whether or not he wanted it to be, it was over. Daniel opened his eyes, head turned towards his bedside table. There, lit by the meager light filtering through the window, was a silver framed photo. In the photograph was the girl he had given his heart to. The girl that he had told he loved.

But what was not in the photo was the star of Daniel's recent dream state escapade. That place was held by someone that was so much stronger than Daniel. If love was a battlefield, then Daniel never wanted to get in a fight. If he were to, he might not survive.

Try to believe, though the going get rough. That you gotta hang tough to make it.

School was never really a good thing, especially when Daniel couldn't walk two steps without running into at least one of the Cobra's. More often than not, they traveled in packs... a much more intimidating enemy. Not that seeing any of them alone would be any less intimidating. Daniel held no disillusions. He knew that any one of the Cobra's could quite easily kick his ass. They were poisonous to Daniel.

Especially Johnny Lawrence.

All of the Cobra's could easily be labeled as evil, or at least have had evil training them. Evil in the form of John Kreese, Cobra Kai's dojo sensei. But for Johnny Lawrence, there seemed to be more. Some sort of personal vendetta against Daniel.

In the beginning it might have been assumed that this outright hate had stemmed in some way from Ali, even though she was no longer with Johnny. Daniel had nothing to do with that. He hadn't even met her until after they had broken up. In other words, there was no way that Ali was related to the other boy's anger towards Daniel.

But no matter what the reason was for Johnny, it didn't stop him from trying to inflict as much pain as possible on Daniel. And as often as he could at that.

And often, just so happened to be right then.

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Daniel froze in the courtyard of (Insert Name Here) High School. Across from him, closing in, were all 5 of the Cobras. He frantically looked around for some means of escape. Unfortunately, this time, no teachers were present. In desperation, he decided to try and walk past them quickly with his head down. Hopefully they wouldn't recognize...

"Do you really think we are that stupid Larusso?"

Daniel froze, willing himself with every fiber of his being not to turn around. He didn't want to face his nightmares come to life.

"No teachers here to save you this time, is there? No one else to hide behind!"

Slowly, with as much confidence as he could muster, he turned to look the snakes in the eye. They all stood shoulder to shoulder, arms crossed in front of their chests. Fire in their eyes.

"What do you guys want?" Daniel spat, "Didn't your sensei make you promise not to hurt me until the tournament?"

Daniel waited for a response as the Cobras continued to smile. Johnny in particular. Daniel saw something... predatory in that smile. Like a snake hunting a mouse and Daniel definitely felt like squeaking.

"How would our sensei know if we did or not? Do you see him anywhere?" Dutch jeers, cracking his knuckles intimidatingly. Daniel steps back in fear.

"Look at him backing away! That's the smartest thing he's done yet!" Tommy laughed. The other four Cobras joined in missing the sound that Daniel heard vaguely over the noise. The dismissal bell! This was going to be his one chance to escape. He had to make it just right.

"Actually, I do see him. Right there." Daniel said pointing behind the group of boys in front of him. He didn't think they would actually fall for it, but to his amazement all five looked over their shoulders. Fear in their eyes.

Daniel wasted no time whatsoever, as soon as they were distracted he turned heel and raced back into the hallway he had been coming from. People flocked in every direction, hurrying off to the bus, or getting last minute things from their lockers. Soon there would be no cover for him; soon the snakes would be on the hunt. A thought occurred to Daniel... He didn't have to run away. He could hide in plain sight.

History repeats itself, try and you'll succeed.

Before he could talk himself out of the stupid plan, Daniel turned and threw himself into the first empty classroom that he saw. He vaguely realized that it was one of the art department rooms. The ones with the huge closets in the back to store all of the supplies. Perfect. No way that they will ever think to look in there.

The last bell rang, the one that signaled the absolute end of the day. All students off school grounds. Every student except for Daniel... and possibly the Cobra's.

There was no way that the Cobras would think to look in this exact room, but still Daniel slid across the room into the back closet in the dark. He sat there waiting for something to happen, breath slowly calming to a slow pant. He must have sat there for ten, twenty minutes. It was too dark for him to see his watch to really tell. He had to try and make a break for it; there was no way that the Cobras were still here. They probably thought that he had taken the chance to blend in with the crowd and work his way home… At least, that's what he hoped.

He stood up blindly, accidentally bashing his head on one of the hanger poles. "Damnit!" Daniel hissed holding the back of his head with one hand, applying slow, but steady pressure. His other hand reached out to the handle, just as he heard voices directly outside.

"Come on Johnny, what are you going to do? Check every nook and cranny for him? I don't think he's even here…" Tommy's voice got louder with every step. A thought crossed Daniels mind.

Had he closed the door all the way?

"Shut up Tommy, he's here. I can feel it. He must be hidi…" the noise stopped. Daniel wasn't the best at geometry, but he had a pretty good feeling that the voices had stopped right about in front of the door.

The door slammed open. Daniel's hand, the one gripping the door handle, shot to his mouth, stifling a scream. Two of the Cobras were no more than twenty feet from Daniel. They were in a closed down school, with no one around. And the worst part? One of the two boys was Johnny!

"We know you're in here Daniel. Don't make us look for you. Come out and we might even take it easy on you." Daniel knew this was a lie. There was no way that Johnny was just going to let this all go by so easily. He was going to make Daniel pay for whatever it was that made Daniel such a torment to him.

Daniel knew that Johnny and Tommy weren't going to take it easy on him, but they would find him eventually either way. With as much courage as he could muster, which wasn't much considering he was confronted with two of his enemies at once, he grabbed the handle and opened the door to his fate.

Never doubt that you're the one. And you can have your dream.

A/N2: Well, here's chapter 1. I promised STM(Sick Twisted Mind) that there would be smut in this chapter, but that ending was too perfect to pass up. I absolutely promise that there will be smut in the next chapter. In fact, depending on how the story flows, there may even be 2 smut scenes in 1 chapter.

Three Things To Look Forward To In The Next Chapter:

1) Daniel's amazing balance

2) Tommy tryin' some of this

3) Johnny's clue to Dutch