Title: Strike To The Heart

Author: PurpleOrchid85

Rating: M (?)
Fandom: Karate Kid

Pairing: Daniel/Johnny (Slash)

Spoilers: Pre-Halloween Dance in Karate Kid

Summary: Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence are paired off for a History project, which spells trouble...or not?

Disclaimer:

I do not own any of the Karate Kid franchise. Neither goes for the characters of Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence, or any of the mentioned Cobra Kai members, or any other mentioned characters. This fanfiction plot is all mine.

Chapter One: The Project

DANIEL LARUSSO POV

I tapped my pen against my desk, bored by Mr. Harris's boring tirade on the Indians. I shifted, and then winced as I felt a jolt of pain from my stomach, reminding me of yesterday's beating from Johnny Lawrence, the undisputed King of West Valley High, the leader of the Cobra Kais and my sworn enemy. I had been on Johnny's radar since I tried to intervene on Ali Mills, Johnny's ex girlfriend's behalf over a broken radio and ever since then Johnny, Bobby, Dutch, Jimmy and Tommy had bullied me.

Mr. Harris stood in front of the class and said "Now, there is a new assignment." Everyone amongst me groaned at the idea of doing an assignment. Mr. Harris rapped on his desk, commanding the class's attention, and then continued "Everybody has their secrets. There isn't a person alive today who's what they appear to be. Exposing these secrets is the job of the...historian. Even the most normal of us has extraordinary qualities just waiting to be uncovered. For tonight's assignment, I've paired you together. It is your job as...historians, to find out as much as you can about your partner by asking these specific questions and then writing up an oral history report for tomorrow. And nobody is allowed to switch partners. You will be assigned to the partner I assign you and nobody else. Don't bother asking for switches."

The teacher ignored the annoyed grumbling that came from the students. He passed out sheets of paper with biographical questions for the class.

Ali Mills, once glancing at her sheet of biographical questions put her hand up and asked "Uh, excuse me, Mr. Harris, but these questions are kind of personal, don't you think?"

Mr. Harris replied "Exactly, Miss Mills. Personal is the goal of the professional biographer. And who knows? You just might make a new friend." Ali rolled her eyes in response, then Mr. Harris announced "Alright, so the partners are as follows: Brown with Dutchinson, Bishop with Mills, Fernandez with Robertson, Kirkland with King, Lawrence with LaRusso…" the teacher continued to list names, pairing everyone off.

I froze, with fear, upon hearing the pairing with foreboding doom and then turned my head sideways and saw Johnny Lawrence glaring at me from across the room.

Turning around, and still feeling the heat of Johnny's glare on my neck, I sighed and slouched down in my seat muttering to myself sourly "Could this day get possibly get any worse?"

As the bell rang, I rushed out of class trying to avoid Johnny. I hurriedly ran towards my locker, spun the combination, opened and dumped my books and pulled the books I needed for next period. Suddenly, the locker door slammed shut, and I jumped backwards and swore loud and viciously as I dropped the books at on my feet as the locker door narrowly missed my head.

An angry Johnny Lawrence stood where my locker door was, with Bobby, Dutch and Tommy backing him up as usual. The blonde Cobra Kai leader glared his steely blue eyes at me; arms folded across his chest and towering over me, his commanding presence showing his power over me. I shifted uncomfortably then Johnny sneeringly said "Twerp, I'll meet you at your place after I finish my karate training today, and we'll get started on some of these questions. Get to know each other a little." and then he shoved me against the locker as he stomped away, with the other Cobra Kai boys laughing at my misfortune while Johnny ignored me groaning in pain against my locker since my back had violently hit the metal of my locker.

As I heard Johnny shout angrily at the other Cobra Kai boys to hurry up, I pulled myself up and I sighed and rested my forehead against my locker, and muttered to myself "What the hell are you doing, LaRusso?"