PREVIOUSLY: Samantha tries to convince Vivian to reconcile with Anthony and Lia, but to no avail, Vivian then explains to her aunt why she hates her parents so much, she says they were never present for the first 10 years of the girl's life, during that time, her parents were working practically all the time and Vivian stayed with Samantha and Miguel or with Daniel and Amanda and these are the people that Vivian considers her real family, she had a great time with them, especially after starting karate training with Samantha, when she was still 4 years old, but as soon as Vivian turned 11, Anthony announced that they would move to another city which made the girl very sad, from then on she did everything to get back at her parents for taking her away from the people she loves the most, one day Vivian finds out about Kenny Payne and goes alone to the Valley to find him, only to make Anthony angry, Samantha says she agrees that Anthony was wrong to make Vivian move with them without giving her a choice, but Anthony and Lia are trying to make up for the mistakes they made in her childhood, after some time, Vivian agreed to forgive her parents, Anthony and Lia apologize to their daughter and wish her luck in the tournament, some time later, Tory was passing by Kyler's house, when she saw none other than Bianca leaving there.


Tory hadn't told anyone what she had seen that day and at the other day she was training her students as usual, plus a new student joined Cobra Kai, it was Steve Payne, Kenny's nephew and Jacob's juvie partner, but after another day of training, Tory asked Bianca to stay for a few more minutes.

After everyone else had left, only Tory and Bianca were in the dojo.

Bianca: So sensei, what do you want to talk about?

Tory: How about what you were doing at Kyler Park's house yesterday afternoon?

Bianca (realizing that her secret had been discovered): What? how did you...

Tory glared at her student and said:

Tory: I saw you leaving his house, what did that man do to you?

Bianca: Nothing, he didn't do anything, actually I was there training.

Tory: There was someone else with you?

At this moment, Bianca thought about telling her about Jacob and some of the other students who were training with Kyler, but she realized that if she did, Tory would probably kick them out of the dojo, so she lied.

Bianca: No, there's no one else, it's just me.

Tory: But why?

Bianca: Well, I know sensei Park has a different method than you but... he makes me stronger.

Tory: He makes you stronger? HE makes you stronger?... (she calms down) Have I ever told you about when I reopened Cobra Kai?

Bianca: No.

Tory: That's how it happened...

Tory's Flashback

It all started in 2019, after I found out that my victory over Samantha was thanks to Terry Silver's money, the very next day he said that Kreese had been arrested for beating up the man known as Stingray, I knew Kreese would never do something like that, so I soon came to a conclusion, that rascal had set up Kreese so that he could be arrested and he could stay in Cobra Kai alone, I got very angry and left Cobra Kai without telling anyone about what happened, but at that time I had a sick mother and a younger brother to take care of, so I needed money, so I worked as a waitress, exactly, a job that nowadays has been replaced by robots, but with that job I didn't get much money, so one day, Terry Silver showed up at my house.

Tory (opening the door and seeing it was Silver): What do you want? I told I'm not going back to Cobra Kai.

Silver: Hey, what's this? I didn't come here to fight, I have a proposition for you, you know, our friend John Kreese told me that you're having financial problems, your mother is sick and you have to take care of your brother, so I thought, 'why can't we both gain from this?'

Tory: Forget it, I'm not interested.

Silver: I'm sure you'll change your mind as soon as you hear my proposal, but okay, I'll tell you what I'm thinking, if you're not interested I'll never come back here, what do you think about that?

At this moment I thought about saying no but I really was in need of money so I agreed to listen to what he had to say so Silver showed me a contract and when I read it I couldn't believe it.

He was offering to pay for my mother to be treated by the best doctors in the world at the best hospital in the city, plus he was offering me a weekly salary of $5,000, with a bonus of $50,000 for every tournament I win and all I had to do was to go back to Cobra Kai, as much as I was mad at him for what he did to me and John Kreese I couldn't let this opportunity slip away, so I took it.

After making that deal, my life completely changed, I started to earn a lot more than before and this time doing what I liked which was fighting karate, but more importantly, my mother was now receiving treatment for her illness and it got easier for me to take care of my brother and concentrate on school, I stayed a few weeks at Cobra Kai and one day I went to visit my mother in the hospital.

Tory's Mom: Tory, I don't know how you managed to get this, but thank you, I'm feeling much better and I'll probably make a full recovery in a few months.

Tory: Glad you're feeling better mom, I was really lucky to find this job.

Tory's Mom: I'm also glad to hear you're earning this money honestly and working for good people.

It was at that moment that I regretted what I did, because even though I was earning all that money I was working for a criminal, that's when I knew I had to do something, the next day I thought about leaving Cobra Kai, but As soon as I got to training I realized something, there were security cameras in the dojo, so I had an idea, I was going to gain Terry Silver's confidence just to collect evidence and finish him off and so I found out, that one of the cameras had the video of him beating up Stingray and just before the tournament I found something even bigger, a video of him bribing the referee so that Cobra Kai would win, so I saved those videos on my cell phone and decided to unmask him after the tournament, regardless of whether I won or lost, as soon as I did he tried to choke me, but Samantha's sensei saved me.

Unfortunately, the money I had left was not enough to pay for my mother's treatment which was very expensive, she died a few months later, so my Aunt Kandace and I faced each other in court for the custody of my brother Brandon, but she just wanted the custody of him for money, so I had to do what I could to stop her, everything was going wrong, until I got some unexpected help.

Amanda: Yes Your Honor, I know Tory Nichols, I know she spent pretty much her whole life working to take care of her brother, I believe no one could take care of him better than her.

Amanda Larusso was a very influential woman, so her testimony helped me a lot, the judge granted the custody of Brandon to me, and I always encouraged him to study so he would have a good chance of having a better future and he followed my advice, he studied hard and soon after finishing college he got a job at a big tech company and over time he was getting higher positions and consequently higher salaries, he became very rich and I was proud of him.

I, on the other hand, married Robby and had a happy life for a few years until we divorced, after that I tried to do a lot of things, but whenever I got a job I screwed up for some reason, most of the time, because of my temper, until on my 47th birthday, my brother gave me a gift.

Brandon: Happy birthday Tory!

The gift he gave me was the Cobra Kai dojo, the same dojo I trained at when I was young and why did he do it? because he knew I was good at one thing, karate, so now I could get back to work doing what I like.

That same year I presented Cobra Kai to the public, the same way I met it, at Valley Fest and since then I started teaching the way of the fist, I received many students on the first day, including Julia Miller who is here until today, but I never felt anything special for any of my students, well, not until that girl came along.

End of flashback

Bianca's flashback

The first 12 years of my life were great, I lived in Porto Alegre and my house was close to the Arena do Grêmio, and for that reason I learned to love this team since I was a child, it was always just me and my father, I never met my mother, but I never felt bad about it, my father was always more than enough for me, but when I was 13 years old I got some bad news, my father had lost his job and had a lot of debt, so he sold our house to pay the debts, luckily my father had a plan B, he called my uncle who lived in the United States and he agreed to let us live in his house.

I love my uncle, he always did everything for me, but that doesn't mean I was happy to leave my life in Brazil behind, but what other choice did I have? so the next day, my dad and i boarded a plane and moved to the Valley, my uncle did everything to make me feel good and for a while I thought everything would work out, but the problems started as soon as i got in school.

Teacher: So, Bianca, can you tell us a little about your life in Brazil?

Bianca: Well, I used to live in Porto Alegre, close to the Arena do Grêmio, sometimes my father and I would go there to watch the games and...

It was then that I noticed all the students looking at me strangely because of my accent, all but one red-haired girl, but what bothered me the most was a blonde girl dressed in pink clothes who looked like she came out of a Barbie house, she looked at me and I saw an evil grin on her face.

That same day that red-haired girl came to talk to me.

Girl: Hi, you're Bianca, aren't you? I'm Laura, Laura Smith.

Bianca: Hi, I...

Laura: You're shy, I understand, I know how hard it is to adapt to a new place, especially when that place is on the other side of the world.

Bianca: Yes, I didn't want to leave my old life behind, but it was the only option we had, so my father and I came here to live with my uncle.

Laura: Wow, your uncle must be a really nice guy.

Bianca: He's the best, but I have a question, why were all the students but you looking strangely at me at that time?

Laura: I don't know, but just a word of advice, stay away from Melanie, that blonde girl in the pink clothes, she's the most popular and meanest girl in school and just because her dad is filthy rich she thinks she's some kind of queen around here.

Suddenly Melanie appears with her gang.

Melanie: What did you say, Firehead?

Bianca: Hey, she has a name, you know?

Melanie: And what do you have to do with this, newbie? I can talk to anyone any way I want and you better not get in my way.

Bianca (pushing the mean girl): Or what?

Melanie (walking away): Prepare yourself, from now on, I'm your worst nightmare.

And in fact she wasn't lying, as she was popular she easily made the whole school hate me, except Laura of course, one day I opened up to my uncle, just when a friend of his was around.

Bianca: Uncle, can I talk to you?

Bianca's Uncle: Sweetie, I'm busy now, we'll talk later.

Her uncle's friend was none other than Brandon.

Brandon: Who is this girl?

Bianca's Uncle: Oh, this is my niece Bianca.

Brandon: Nice to meet you Bianca, well I'll let you talk to your uncle.

Bianca: Thank you, uncle, I wanted to talk to you about my situation at school, there is a popular girl there who is making my life hell and since she is popular, practically everyone takes her side, they give me nicknames, they make fun of my way of talking and some of them even physically threaten me, I don't feel safe.

Bianca's Uncle: Oh my god, this is terrible! Don't worry, I'll call the school right now.

Brandon: No, don't do that, I know how this thing works, they'll stop for a while, but then they'll come back to bully you with twice the enthusiasm, they won't stop until you fight back, you have to show them bullies that you are not easy target.

Bianca: But how do I do that?

Brandon: Well, my sister owns a dojo, if you're interested, drop by.

He tells her about the Cobra Kai and the next day, Bianca goes there, when she arrives Tory was training her students.

Tory: Wait a minute, looks like we have visitors, you out there, what do you want?

Bianca: Want to join your dojo.

Tory: You mean 'I want to join your dojo' don't you think you should learn grammar before learning karate?

Bianca was leaving when Tory called her.

Tory: Hey, it was just a joke, don't worry, of course you can join, but first you'll have to prove yourself worthy.

Bianca: How do I do that?

Tory: Take off your shoes and get on the mat.

Bianca does what Tory said and the opponent chosen to face her was Julia.

Tory: Get ready and... FIGHT!

Julia tries to hit Bianca, but she dodges the attack, she keeps trying to attack with punches and kicks, but all Bianca does is dodge the attacks.

Tory: Stop, I've seen enough, you (Bianca) you didn't even fight back.

Bianca: Sorry, I...

Tory: There's no place for cowards in this dojo, get out of here.

Bianca leaves Cobra Kai and goes crying to her room.

Bianca (crying): What now? what am I going to do? I knew I had to fight, but at that time I just didn't react, I got scared and now my only chance to defend myself from the bullies is over, what do I do?... no, it's not over yet, I'm a gremio and If there's one thing Gremio taught me it's that we shouldn't give up until the game is over, as long as I have a chance I'll fight, I'll go back there and prove to Tory that I'm not a coward, and after that she'll train me and then i'll show that girl that she messed with the wrong person.

At the end of the day, Bianca returns to Cobra Kai, but the training was over.

Tory: I thought I was clear when I said that this dojo is no place for cowards.

Bianca: I want another chance.

Tory: You had your chance this afternoon, but you didn't take it, I don't have anything else to discuss with you.

Bianca: I know my first impression this afternoon wasn't the best, but I know how strong I am, I'm sure I can be a great addition to your dojo and I'll prove it, I want another challenge, call the best student in this dojo.

Tory: Is that what you want?

Bianca: Yes.

Tory: Okay then, but be careful what you wish for.

Tory enters another room and leaves, now wearing her gi.

Tory: Your opponent will be... Tory Nichols.

Bianca: What?

Tory: What's the matter? you said you wanted to face the best student of Cobra Kai, I'm giving you the opportunity to face the best student in the history of Cobra Kai, unless you want to run away from the challenge.

Bianca: I'm not running, it's just... there's no way I can defeat you.

Tory: Of course not, so our fight is going to have special rules, you have 10 minutes, if you manage to land at least one hit on me, you're in, so what do you say?

Bianca: I accept.

The two are in a fighting position and then the fight begins, Tory starts hitting Bianca with a punch that knocks her to the ground, but Bianca was tired of running away, she got up and went over to Tory, trying to hit her with several punches, but Tory was always able to either block the attacks or dodge them, Tory then hits Bianca with a kick that knocks her down again.

But Bianca hadn't given up yet, at this point three minutes had passed, she still had time and she was determined to win this fight, so she got up and went again towards Tory, Tory tried to hit her with a punch, but Bianca tricked her, she made Tory think she was going to attack from above, but actually she attacked from below, smart but not enough as Tory soon understood the plan and dodged the attack.

Bianca stands up again, even more determined to hit Tory, she runs towards the opponent once more and this time she manages to grab Tory and knock her to the ground, but when she tries to hit her, Tory manages to dodge, Tory then stands up and hits Bianca with a punch to the chest, Bianca attacks again but Tory dodges it easily, she grabs Bianca's leg and knocks the girl to the ground.

No matter how many times Tory attacked her, Bianca would always get up and attack again but to no avail, there was only a minute left and Bianca was more determined than ever, she only had one choice, hit Tory or die trying and that's what she did, by this time she had already seen several of Tory's attacks so she managed to block several of her kicks and punches, but her attacks were also blocked, Bianca then jumped on top of Tory which made her lose her balance, but just when she was going to hit her, the alarm went off.

Tory: Sorry, time's up.

Bianca was disappointed, but she had no choice but to accept defeat.

Bianca: Okay, so I... I don't think I have anything else to do here, I'm going...

Tory: Your practice starts tomorrow at 8:00, don't be late.

Bianca: Wait, what? but I... I couldn't hit you.

Tory: I'll be honest, I didn't expect you to hit me, even in 10 minutes, but you came very close, you exceeded my expectations, the truth is that this fight not only served to test your skills, but also test you as a person, you used everything you had in this fight and didn't give up until the last second and that's the kind of person Cobra Kai needs, so get ready, tomorrow you start learning the way of the fist, are you ready?

Bianca: Yes sensei.

The next day, Bianca went to Cobra Kai to train.

Tory: Here's our new student, Bianca Silva, the immortal.

Bianca: Immortal, I liked it, it reminds me of my favorite team.

Tory: Well, since you're new here, I'll explain something to you, the world shows no mercy, so why should you? here we don't wait for the opponent to strike, we strike first, look at this dummy, imagine that it is your biggest enemy, attack it with all your strength.

Bianca looked at the dummy and started to imagine her enemy Melanie, she then started hitting the dummy with all her strength.

Tory: ARE YOU A LOSER?

Bianca: NO SENSEI!

She hit the dummy so hard that after a while she broke it.

Tory: Not bad.

So she kept training at Cobra Kai for a few months and it got better and better, one day at school she saw Melanie bullying her friend Laura, so Bianca had an idea, she started following Melanie after school and then stole her backpack, she ran away, but that was just to lure her opponent to an empty street (the same one she and the others were attacking Kate in the first chapter), Melanie looked around and didn't recognize that place.

Melanie: Where am I?

Bianca: In your worst nightmare... (she says, appearing from behind a bush) NO MERCY!

Bianca jumps on top of Melanie, knocking her to the ground, then she starts hitting her with several punches to the face.

Bianca: This is for mocking my way of speaking.

Melanie: Stop, please stop.

Bianca then grabbed Melanie, threw her against a tree and then kicked her in the torso, Melanie fell off the ground and Bianca grabbed her and did the same thing again and again.

Bianca: This is for destroying my geography work.

Finally, Bianca knocked the mean girl to the ground and broke one of her legs.

Bianca: AND THIS IS FOR THROWING RED PAINT ON MY GREMIO T-SHIRT!

Melanie screams in pain and Bianca leaves, leaving her there, after which she was never seen again.

Bianca: Let this be a lesson, when you mess with a Cobra, you get bitten.

End of flashback

Tory: I left you like that, not Kyler, he couldn't care less about you, I'm not going to kick you out of the dojo or make you stop training with him, but think about it, okay?

Bianca: Okay, I'm leaving then, see you tomorrow.

Bianca still wasn't sure what to do, but just before Tory left Cobra Kai she received another unexpected visitor.

Tory: Robby?

Robby: Hi I... I thought that since you and Samantha are getting along now and you kicked a sensei out of your dojo recently, I thought, could I help train your students?

Tory: Sure, that sounds like a great idea.

Robby: And it's getting late, how about we go out to dinner? I pay.

Tory: Yeah, that would be great, I'll accept.

They go out to dinner at a restaurant and there they meet Victor and his parents.


Hmmm, is there something going on between Robby and Tory? now the question remains, how will he react to knowing the truth about Victor? and what about Bianca? Will she stop training with Kyler? and now I want to hear from you, do you agree with Tory? Do you think she was really the best student in the history of Cobra Kai? (by that I mean from both genders) anyway, the next chapter will be focused on Victor, because he will finally open up about his traumas, what do you think will happen? Find out IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.