AN1: Happy Memorial day!...three days early! OK I'm adding my own fanon spin to Kreese's back story. I know in interviews that Martin Kove states that Kreese's issues stem from his service in Vietnam. But his issues are too extreme to be simple PTSD. As a daughter of a Vietnam Vet who had PTSD until he died, my dad was never like Kreese. I know not everyone experiences mental illness in the exact same way. Anywho that is all I wanted to say.

After trying for a couple hours to sleep Jessie gave up as her mind was racing with ideas for her final draft she's been struggling with. But more than that something was wrong with pops, something very wrong and his stubborn ass refused to tell her. Although earlier she was plotting ways to take over Cobra Kai, she'll chalk that up to hormones. She barely had patience with her own little shits let alone taking on other peoples. Besides she'd have to earn their trust first. Something she really wasn't interested in at this point.

Plus she needed to finish her manuscript, and keep her stress down for little Tommy's sake. She smiled down at her husbands hand on her belly. Lord she still didn't know how he can handle her so well. Gently she extricated herself from his arms and crept out of their room, along the way to her office/meditation room she checked in on her children. Jacob was tossing and turning in his bed. She came in and sat down by his side and began carding her fingers through his hair.

"Mom?" his voice was sleep hoarse and still caught in the phase between boyhood and becoming a man. "Shh baby, mommy loves you." She saw his pout as he fell off to a sound sleep. Jacob is at that stage where he wanted to be seen as a man but still needed his mom but was too stubborn to admit it.

Next she checked in on Alexis, her mini-me. She was looking at her phone and crying. "Lexi is something wrong?" she asked as she entered the room and sat down on the bed beside her daughter.

"Remember how I talked about dating Eric Chase?" Jessie had a feeling she knew where this was headed but knew Alexis needed to get this off her chest. Slowly she told how Eric was a perfect gentleman at first but after the first date he was pushing for more intimacy. Then when she found out he was bullying others she had an arguement with him about being an aggressive jerk.

"Not only that but he was sleeping with the entire cheerleading squad behind my back. A couple of the mean bitches are even pregnant." Jessie tamped down the urge to reprimand her daughters vulgar language along with the urge to find this prick and teach him a lesson 'white chocolate' style. But that was the old her, before she let go of her anger and bitterness.

"As long as your not pregnant." Jessie didn't jump as she heard her husband from the doorway.

"I'm still a virgin dad!" Alexis exclaimed before she continued. "Besides you and mom always tell us if something feels wrong don't do it." That is true, words from her own experiences when she ignored her instincts.

"Glad to hear it! Besides the right one won't push you for anything you aren't ready for." Bobby said as he came in and sat on the other side of the bed.

"I dread school in the fall." Alexis said. She and her husband shared looks and he nodded.

"We were going to wait til after the funeral, but in light of what you just said.." Alexis beat them to it.

"So the rumors are true." Jessie saw the relief on her face. "You're not mad?" Anna asked from the doorway, with blazing anger in her eyes, but Jessie and Bobby both knew it wasn't so much their move but had everything to do with this Eric prick.

"How long were you standing there?" Alexis hesitantly asked. While Alexis was the more aggressive one, Anna was her highly intellectual and overprotective one of the twins. She took after Bobby in that way.

"For nearly an hour." Anna answered as she entered the room, she saw Jacob hovering in the doorway.

"Come in son, might as well get this over with." Jacob and Anna crowded both sides of Alexis.

Bobby then explained that the Arch Diocese wanted him to relocate to Encino. "I know you have friends here.." Jessie began but Jacob interrupted her. "We could make friends anywhere." Jacob sounded worried.

"Son?" Bobby asked.

"What'll Chelsea do without me at school to look out for her?" Jessie resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

"Chelsea can look after herself you overprotective dork!" Alexis Gibbslapped her brother, but her words didn't have any real heat to them. Jacob pouted but knew better than to question her.

"Now that everything is cleared up let's all turn in, We have a lot on our plates tomorrow." Bobby said as he stood up and motioned for her to do the same.

VVVVV

"Mom why are we going to this dude's funeral?" David questioned her. Ali sighed as she looked to the backseat of her Expedition. They were heading to the airport. "Tommy was an old friend of mine. He was a good friend of my ex." Ali knew it was playing with fire using David's hero worship of her ex like that...but if it'd get him to shut up, then it's well worth it. David got stars in his eyes at that point and piped down. She tamped down her worry for her son's mental health at this point.

"Remember to tone it down around Johnny Dave!" She didn't mean to sound harsh but her son could be one track minded when it came to Anime/Manga, Karate and her ex.

"But Mom!" David protested. From the rear view mirror she caught the way her daughter rolled her eyes as she inserted her ear buds.

"I mean it! Look the real world is not like your comic books. Johnny is already going through enough without worrying about being borderline stalked." His flinch told her that her words momentarily reached him. Thanks to mutual friends she knew something of what Johnny is going through.

"Ok mom." David softly said as he picked up his tablet and was silent the rest of the ride to the airport. She made a mental note to give her ex the heads up about her son. As her son got his stubborn headedness from her.

VVVVV

"How do I work this thing?" Johnny asked Bobby; the next day as he took his 'smart phone' out of the brandnew box. Jessie convinced him to upgrade from his ancient flip phone to the new iPhone X. Bobby chuckled as he showed him how to turn on the phone, set up an e-mail account, and connect to the wifi.

"This technology shit is nuts man!" Johnny said as he relayed to Bobby and Jimmy his odyssey of discovering the internet and Wifi. Who snickered while their wives made a road trip to Encino. Johnny worried about those two around Kreese. Jimmy had the same worried look, but Bobby had a smirk on his face.

"Leave Kreese to Jessie, she is the only one he won't try to bull shit." Jimmy grimaced.

"That's because she's part slytherin. That's for sure." Jimmy sighed.

"Anyway what do I do now? And why's this 'facebook' thing on my phone?" He only vaguely remember 'facebook' from the brief truce he had with Larusso that one day before the tournament.

Jimmy rolled his eyes as he helped him set up on facebook. "So...what now?" Johnny asked. "Hold on." Bobby said as he pulled out his own iPhone. A minute later he had a friend request. "Now you accept friend requests, send friend requests, play games and add statuses." At his clueless look Bobby rolled his eyes heavenward.

"Start small, first accept my friend request." Bobby used the tone he often used when he was getting fed up with his bull shit. Johnny immediately accepted his request. A moment later he got a friend request from Jimmy, one from Jessie, and a few others. "The hell?" He asked Bobby and Jimmy as he accepted Jimmy, Jessie, Isaiah's, Aisha's and Miguels friend requests. Then he noticed he had friend suggestions? Among them was Larusso's wife; Amanda if he remembered. He actually liked her because she laid down the law with her husband; Larusso himself, his son and several others including Ali's.

"The joys and annoyances of Facebook!" Bobby chuckled. Johnny thought over it for a moment before he sent Larusso and Amanda 'friend requests' along with Ali….the others he'd think about later.

His phone buzzed as Miguel sent him a message.

'Sensei! You're on facebook!' with an added wide eyed face. Johnny rolled his eyes as he responded.

'No shit!' he responded. He spent the next couple minutes getting updates on what's going on in the dojo.

VVVVV

"I can't believe Sensei is on Facebook!" Aisha echoed his own shock.

"I'm surprised he even knows what facebook is!" Hawk quipped as he joined them. Tory joined them and gave him a lingering kiss. It was nice and he liked her and all but part of him still held out hope that he could still work things out with Sam.

"Hey is everything all right?" She asked. Wordlessly he handed her his phone. Her eyes widened as she saw that Sensei was on Facebook. She may not have been a Cobra long but she knew about Sensei's aversion to anything technological. She pulled out her own phone and sent sensei a friend request. Hawk and the rest of the Cobra's did the same.

Just then the doors banged open as two women stormed in. "Who're the babes?" Hawk asked. He placed a hand on his friends shoulder before he could do something stupid.

"Pops!" the petite brunette yelled as she kicked her shoes off as she stormed over to the office; he noticed she was quite pregnant.

"What's Jessie and Jenny doing here?" Aisha asked confused.

"Jessie and Jenny?" Tory asked.

"They're spouses of my fathers friends from the old Cobra Kai days." Aisha explained as the taller woman came over.

"Whatever you hear or see, do not get in between her and her target." She said as they heard sensei Kreese yelp and curse; along with several thumps.

"Is that normal?" Chubbs asked as he joined them.

"She'll calm down shortly." Jenny sounded unconcerned.

VVVVV

John ignored the pain from the several hits his baby girl managed to land on him. She kept her skills sharp just like he always told her during their visits that always began with a light 'spar' and ended with him telling his 'legitimate' war stories or her telling him about his grandchildren. Speaking of which her hand was clutching her stomach. She was breathing hard.

"Whoah Tommy is really kicking the shit out of my kidneys!" John chuckled as he helped her into the desk chair and got her a bottle of water from his side of the fridge.

"No more sparring until Tommy is born." John decided even though he looked forward to these spars to keep himself in top shape. The mutinous look on her face told him she didn't like his decision at all.

"But I love sparring with you! You don't hold back...except when I'm pregnant." Jessie seemed to understand why he made his decision.

"I don't want to take the risk of Tommy coming early." She was the only person on this planet he loved more than anything else.

"Alright…" He knew where this was heading and didn't like it one bit. "I'm not going to see the quacks." Her huff told him he hit the nail on the head.

"When was the last time you even had a physical?" She had him there.

"September 20th, 2001" When the quacks at the VA refused to sign his fitness for duty eval. He wanted to get back at Al Qaeda for what they did to his country. At that point he still loved his country enough to feel a Patriotic duty towards it.

"Damn! Why haven't you been to a doctor since!" Jessie set her unopened bottle of water down and began pacing like a caged viperess.

"I was kind of blacklisted that same day from any and all V.A programs and benefits." Her narrowed eyes told him he needed to explain himself and fast!

So he told her about the 'little' scuffle he had with the doctor who refused to sign his fitness for duty eval and the subsequent brawl with security. He saw her look up with a 'so this is where I get it from' look on her face.

"We'll see about that!" She hissed with that look she got on her face when she was making a million different chess moves in her head in a minute before she nodded with a resolute look. "But after the funeral and move back to Encino." His eyes widened at that. This means she'll be relentless in trying to look after him.

"The Arch Diocese is transferring Bobby to Encino." She explained.

"I don't want you to waste your time on fighting the V.A for me baby girl." He decided long ago that when his time comes he'll go out the way he wants to.

"It's not wasting my time! You're my pops..." then she proceeded into a long winded rant about him being family and how family looks after their own!

"She's right Mr. Kreese." Came the voice of..Jenny, Jimmy's wife from the doorway. "I dismissed the class so that you two could talk without anyone scenting your weak points." John should've been annoyed, but he was relieved that the current Cobra's didn't know his one weak point...yet. Jessie's dramatic entrance was bound to arouse questions from his cobras.

"Whoops! I didn't think about the Cobras!" Jessie had a sheepish look on her face. John chuckled, "Well at least you made an impressive entrance." Which will be important when his time comes and he'll need someone to look after his legacy.

"Oh yeah!" Jessie said sheepishly as she picked up her purse, reached inside and shakily pulled out an envelope that had 'Sensei' written on it. "We went through his belongings when we picked them up from the hospice. " Was all she said before they were interrupted when Diaz came in with a sad look on his face.

"Sensei told us about Tommy, do we have permission to take a couple days off to attend the wake and funeral?" Smart kid to seek out his permission first; while he let his son think he was in charge; he owned the Cobra Kai name. Normally he would punish him for even daring to skip out on training for a day let alone two, but this would reinforce his lesson about 'brotherhood and family' from two days ago.

"Anyone who wishes to go may, but remember to not start shit with Larusso and Miyagi-do!" He knew Miguel wouldn't, same with Robinson but Hawk, Nichols and Chubbs would.

"As long as you get parental permission first. Anyone who doesn't have a mode of transportation meet out front 'Silvers' Bar and Grill in three hours prepared to camp out." Jessie said as she took Diaz' phone and typed her number into it. "Call me for directions if you already have a ride." She told him as she left the office. Followed by a shocked Diaz and Jimmy's wife.

He set the letter on the desk as he locked the dojo up for the day. As he headed back to the office another coughing fit hit him. Once he was sure the fit was over he sat down behind the desk and with hesitant hands opened the envelope. He pulled out the letter, it was short taking up about half the page.

Sensei,

I know you're probably expecting a long tirade about how you led me down a path of darkness with your extremely mysoginistic and abusive teachings. But this isn't about that at all, I only have one person to blame for being a lonely, miserable middle aged man dying in Hospice. Me, there I said it, I chose to embrace not only your lessons; but also your philosophy on life. While it is a crap sack world out there, and there are so many people who would kill you as soon as look at you, it doesn't mean I have to add to it. Being best friends with a multi-time bestselling romance novelist; who also happens to be a good listener and even better advice giver comes in handy sometimes.

Look I'm not long for this world, I've fought the battle with cancer as long as I could. I know it is a disappointment to you that I'd just give up. But sensei, I'm tired and alone, I'm ready for what comes next. I want you to know that even after everything you've done to us, that I still look at you as a very messed up father figure. Even though you won't change who you are at this point; I accept you as you are. Jessie explained that you don't know how to be any other way. Whatever that means is something she refuses to tell even Bobby.

Please sensei do yourself a favor and listen to any and every advice she gives. Particularly about your health. I hear Bobby out in the hallway so I'll end this letter by saying I hope to see you when your time comes.

Tommy

John felt several tears fall from his eyes as he read the letter one of his 'sons' left him. He was right, he did expect the letter to ream him out. He was also right about not knowing how to be anyother way. No one ever stepped in to show him love and kindness as a kid when his old man used to beat him, his worthless whore of a mother left when he was four. His philosophy is what he learned the hard way about the world. He let everyone assume his issues stem from his service in Vietnam, and a lot of them did as he still had flashbacks about the things he saw and did there. He shook those thoughts off as he set the letter down and began pacing the office.

Fact was he was proud Tommy hung on as long as he could. The fact that he fought cancer so long was something to be proud of. 'Cobra Kai Never Dies' was more of a metaphor for not giving up. But even he knew you can't avoid death forever.

"You're wrong Tommy, I won't make it to heaven." He whispered as he sat back down.