I do not own any of the characters except for Arabella.
~Arabella's POV~
"All right guys, stand back." Jack said as we all were standing around him in the dojo. Jack easily broke a board and crossed his arms smugly.
"What's the big deal, Jack? You've done that a thousand times." Jerry said unimpressed and we nodded in agreement.
"Wait for it." Jack said and then blew out some air. The concrete poles that the board had been placed on turned into dust.
Everyone chorused impressed. "Impressive." I said impressed.
"Man, I'd give you a million bucks. If you could do that to my cello." Eddie said. "Players don't play the cello."
"Well, you're not a playa." I mocked Eddie.
"I will be when I get rid of that dang cello." Eddie said surely. "I'm going to get a smoothie." He walked out of the dojo.
"I want one too, mango and pineapple smoothie!" I shouted after him and give me a thumb up.
"No no! Don't you die on me, not now!" We heard Rudy shouting inside his office following by toilet not flushing properly. "It's not your time!"
"What's going on in there?" Milton asked.
"Rudy's toilet's clogged again." Jack rolled his eyes. The office door opened and Rudy come out wearing orange gloves, fisherman's pants and a helmet with a flashlight.
"Poor myrtle, I almost lost her." Rudy said sadly, "Twice I had to plunge her back to life."
"How do you know if a toilet's a boy or a girl?" Jerry questioned.
"Well, You take the top off the tank, and You reach your arm in, and you feel around..."
"Stop! I don't want to heard that anymore!" I shouted at Rudy mortified.
"I think I'd rather hear about this in an awkward conversation with my father." Milton said mortified.
"Rudy, focus. The new owner of the mall's gonna be here any minute." Kim changed the subject.
"Hey, you guys gotta check this out." Eddie entered the dojo with carrying two smoothies and piece of paper. "These brochures are all over the place. This new owner's making some big changes."
"Thanks." I took my smoothie from him and others come over to look.
"Wow, they finally moved the baby changing area out of the food court. And if you ask me, that was a big
step in the right direction." Kim said in disgust.
"No way! They're bringing in a Captain corn dog!" Eddie exclaimed.
"Oh snap! That's a classy joint. Yeah, my sister got married in a Captain corn dog. The Captain walked her down the plank himself." Jerry said proudly.
"Whoa, look at that huge new parking lot." Milton said.
"Wait a minute, where's our dojo?" Rudy said which caused us look at the absent of our building.
"There's a parking lot where our dojo should be." I said.
...3
Don't you get all tough with me, I'm saying won't you come kick it with me? and we can have a ball, run up the wall, this is how we do, and no matter how much, I chop and punch, it's not as cool as kickin' it with you.
Here we go, let's start the party, chop it up like it's karate.
everybody, don't you get all tough with me, I'm saying won't you come kick it with me? and we can have a ball, run up the wall, this is how we do, and no matter how much I chop and punch, it's not as cool as kickin' it with you.
~No POV~
"Mr. Turner, welcome to my dojo." Rudy greeted the man.
"Nice to meet you, Rudy. This is my son Arthur." Turner introduced his son next to him.
"Hello, sir. What a wonderful dojo you have here. Let me ask you, how do you do it?" Arthur said in very sickly sweet tone. "A Sensei, a businessman and obviously a male model."
"Yeah, I know, totally. It's because I'm... look at me." Rudy fumbles with his words.
"Arthur, go make some friends while Rudy and I talk." Mr Turner told his son.
"Yes, daddy. You and Rudy go have a good talk, all right? I'll just... I'll just be out here with the gang." Arthur said, way too enthusiastic, as they walked into the dojo.
"Hey, I'm Jack! How are you doing?" Jack introduced himself but Arthur ignored him.
"So what do you losers this dump? Around. Sit around and pretend to know karate?" Arthur asked in a snobbish tone doing some weird moves that was nowhere near karate.
"Yo, pretend to know karate? Check this out." Jerry said with confidence preparing himself for some moves before he stopped, "Go ahead, show him, Jack."
Jack walked over to a dummy and gang cheered for him as he prepared himself. He did a roundhouse kick and managed to kick the head of the dummy and it flew out of the dojo and continued to bounce across the courtyard into the nail salon. The gang cheered and Jack walked back high-five Jerry and Eddie.
"That was nothing. You guys wanna see some real karate moves?" Arthur walked over to Milton and take the bo staff out of his hand. "Watch this!" Arthur walked a couple steps away and started spinning the staff like wild man as the gang cringed at this weird war cry. He eventually managed to swipe all the trophies on shelf behind him. As the gang ran over for cover behind the dummy.
"Uh-oh." Arthur realized the damage he had caused and he throw the bo stuff to Milton, just as Rudy walked out of the office.
"What was that?" Rudy asked loudly.
"I can't believe it, sir. That kid just busted up all your trophies." Arthur pointed at Milton.
"Milton, you are in big trouble." Rudy scolded him.
"What? It wasn't Milton." Bella defended her friend.
"It was Arthur." Jack added.
"Oh. Well, accidents happen." Rudy smiled at Arthur, Thank you for showing us. What a dangerous place that is to keep trophies."
"Now everyone, give our newest member Arthur. A big Bobby Wasabi welcome." Rudy started to clap, as did Arthur and Mr Turner but the gang all in disbelief until Jerry started to clap along.
"What? I love clapping." Jerry said when he saw his friends' expressions before he clapped again. "Whoo!"
...3
"Ya ya ya! Ya! Hi-yah!" Kim was punching the dummy, then with two kicks while Eddie was holding it. But one accidentally hit on Eddie.
"Ah! Kim, take it easy."
"Sorry, Eddie. I'm just so sick and tired of being looked at as just another pretty face." Kim exclaimed.
"Oh, welcome to my world, sister." Jerry scoffed.
"I mean, what's the point of being a reporter for the school tv station. If Margaret bork thinks I'm just. Some "airhead" Southern belle who can't do real news?" Kim explained her situation.
Arthur had his arm around Arabella who had an angry look on her face and alongside Jack who was walking with them into the dojo. Arthur was laughing gleefully while the Jack and Arabella had looks they want to kill him.
"Oh man! You guys should've seen what we just did. It was a riot." Arthur laughed. "It was like taking candy from a baby."
"That's what you actually did, Arthur." Jack said irritated. "You took candy from a baby." Arabella finished, she then pushed his arm from her shoulder.
"Hey, could...could I get in on that?" Jerry asked. "Thanks. Nothing tastes better than something stolen from a baby." Then proceeded to eat one of them candies Arthur had in his hand.
Arabella had murder look on her face, basically saying, 'I am going to kill this man. How dare he take candies from baby!' Jack saw this and took her hand and dragged her into Rudy's office. When they got inside Jack slammed the door behind him.
"I don't get it, Rudy. Why does Arthur have to join our dojo? Why do we have to be his friends?" Jack started to fire questions.
"And why are you sitting on a toilet?" Arabella questioned, as she look at him.
"This new high-tech toilet is a gift from Mr. Turner." Rudy said smugly.
"So you're just throwing myrtle away?" Arabella asked him, "After everything you put her through?"
"Oh please, myrtle's just an old flush bucket. The magic was gone years ago." Rudy said airily, "We were just going through the motions."
"And I wonder why you don't have a girlfriend." Bella said sarcastically.
Rudy glared with her.
"Oh okay, I see what this is about." Jack said getting back to subject, "You sold us out for a new toilet."
"I saved our dojo." Rudy stood up, "When Mr. Turner was saying that Arthur was having a hard time making friends, I jumped on it and said he could make friends right here."
"Rudy, we don't want to be friends with him." Jack said.
"Rudy, he is very different to work with. He stole candies from a baby, I never be so disgusted." Arabella grimaced, "He better be lucky, I don't start swinging at him! I was tempting to do it."
"And me stopping her from doing it. Friends are loyal. Friends have your back." Jack agreed.
"Now come on, just promise me. That you'll try and make this Arthur thing work." Rudy begged them.
"Fine. If it means saving the dojo, I'll give the spoiled little brat a chance." Jack grumbled.
"See? That's the spirit." Rudy said happily, "Hey, guys, check this out." Rudy swing his hand over the toilet.
"The evacutron 5000 is now ready for boarding" a female voice was heard from the toilet. "Would you like your seat warmed?"
"If this thing could cook, I would totally marry it." Rudy said as he cresses the toilet.
"Apparently it can cook." Jack said as he pushed a button on the side of the toilet, as two waffles flew up which he caught easily. It look like it was burning him as Rudy grabbed a plate on the desk and Jack placed it on top of it. "Your, uh, toilet waffles are ready."
"Are you sure you want to eat those?" Jack asked then looks disgusted.
"No." Rudy said, Not without syrup." As he picked up a hose from the toilet and it started to pour syrup over his waffle. Arabella and Jack looked disgusted and look away.
...3
~Arabella's POV~
After school, we all was in the dojo, and was talking and walked in and saw Arthur sitting down then stood up and there was dummy with a ribbon on it.
"Whoa, what's this?" Jack asked skeptically.
"It's a gift. I know I've been a little bit of a jerk." Arthur said.
"A little bit of a jerk? That's like saying Jerry's a little bit confused." I said, skeptical.
"What?Wait, what'd I miss? I'm confused." Jerry said confused.
"Look, to show you that I'm not all bad, I got you guys this brand-new. State-of-the-art punching dummy." Arthur said with enthusiasm.
"You know what, Arthur? Maybe I had you wrong. That's a pretty cool move." Jack along with the others, I wasn't convinced.
All right, that's more like it now." Jerry said trying to be cool, "I think I should be the one to break this bad boy in. Whoo!"
Jerry hit the dummy and then a boxing glove flew out of it punching Jerry in the stomach. Jerry fell over in pain as we ran other in worry.
"Oh man, that was good! See, I told you guys it was a punching dummy." Arthur laughed. "You get it?"
"It's on, dummy. It's on." Jerry said in pain, pointing at Arthur and crawling away.
"That's it." Jack said walking towards Arthur but I stopped him.
"No, Jack, let me." I said taking a step to Arthur but Kim stopped me.
"Bella, you can't do this. You promised Rudy."
"But I didn't." Kim threatened only to be stopped by Eddie.
"No, Kim. I want him all to myself."
"No, Eddie. This one's all me." Milton stopped him and then turned around to face Arthur. "Wait, why can't Jack do this?"
"Guys, let's just start practice." Jack glared him.
"Whoa whoa whoa," Arthur said, "Jack. I got this. Since Rudy's not around and I outrank everyone, I'll lead the class."
"Are you nuts?" Eddie asked, "You don't outrank Jack or Arabella."
"Really? See, I don't know if you noticed, But I'm a green belt." Arthur bragged.
"Yeah, because your daddy bought it for you." I sassed at him.
"Jack, you don't know anything about karate. You're nothing but a scrawny little skate rat." Arthur insulted him as Jack looked down at the floor trying to compose himself.
"And you're nothing but a spoiled little poser." Jack walked toward Arthur angrily. As the rest of us snicker at Jack remark.
"Poser, huh?" Arthur said as Jack turned around to walk away from the argument. "That's it." He said before he run toward Jack who reacted on time and managed to fling him to the wall. Just in time and Rudy walking into the dojo.
"You're gonna be sorry you did that!" Arthur screamed, still in the wall.
"What is going on?" asked as he saw his son in the wall.
"It's a good thing you're here, dad. I was just saying my prayers and eating my vitamins, And Jack threw me into this wall." Arthur lied to his teeth.
"We had a deal, Rudy. You said this was a warm, safe environment. Where Arthur could learn karate and make friends." Mr Turner turned to Rudy.
"Jack..." Rudy said as he look at him. "Did you throw Arthur into our wall of friendship?" We all nodded in agreement and tried to laugh it off, while Rudy help Arthur from the wall. "They don't do that to just anyone. They must really like you. Don't you, Jack?"
"Rudy, I didn't want to fight him." Jack defended himself, "He just came right at me."
"He came at you, you came at him... It's like a big comin' at you party in here." Rudy said. As we tried to laugh it up as Rudy turned to who an unimpressed expression. "All right, back to practice, you loveable scamps."
"Rudy, this is unacceptable.I want Jack thrown out of your dojo." Turner demanded.
"What?" We all asked in shock.
"Bye-bye, Jack." Arthur sneered.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Turner, but that's not gonna happen." Rudy said seriously.
"Okay, then. You have two hours to get out. You're standing on the site of my new parking lot." Mr Turner said, "Come on, son." He led Arthur out of the dojo.
"It's time for your three-thirty appointment." Rudy's toilet rolled out his office getting our attention.
"Oh, shut up." Rudy yelled at it.
"I get it. It's because I'm a toilet, isn't it?"
...3
"Jack, put your stuff down. You're not leaving." Rudy said. Jack had packed everything in his locker, prepared to sacrifice himself for the dojo.
"If I don't leave, you're all gonna lose the dojo. I'm not gonna let that happen." Jack said sadly attempting to walk away but Rudy stopped him.
"No no no. You're not going. Sometimes in life a man has to decide what's really important." Rudy said as two guys walked out his office and taking the toilet. "Hey, not my toilet! Take the boy instead."
"Rudy!"
"Well, I'm sorry, but you've never sat on her." Rudy said sadly.
"We're not gonna take this, man." Jerry said firmly, "We gotta fight the power, yo."
"Jerry's right." Jack said, "We've gotta fight back. Like that guy on meyer Avenue. Who chained himself to that old oak tree. So they wouldn't cut it down."
"He stood his ground and saved that tree." Kim added in smile.
"Until it fell over in a storm, destroyed my aunt verna's she had to move into my room." Milton said bitterly, "I've seen things no boy my age should see." He looked traumatized by it.
"You know what? You guys are onto something. What Turner's doing is wrong and we gotta fight back." Rudy said.
"What are you saying, Rudy?" Jerry asked.
"I'm saying they can't tear down the dojo. If I'm chained to that post. And I will fight the good fight
for as long as it takes. So chain. me. up."
...3
By no time Rudy started to pain.
"Get these things off me! I can't take it anymore. I'm going crazy!"
"Rudy, it's only been three minutes." I told him.
"Well, if it's such a great story, Why don't you cover it yourself?" Kim snapped at the person on the phone before handing up. "That was Margaret trying to give me. Another lame story to cover."
"Well, what was it this time?" Milton asked.
"Big news in the cafeteria: Apparently 'Taco Tuesdays' is becoming 'Fajita Friday'." Kim said sarcastically.
"Yes!" Milton cheered, "You slip the lunch lady a box of chocolates and a Cat calendar... Oh, you can move mountains, baby!"
"All this talk about food is getting me hungry." Eddie said. "I'm going over to honey buns to hook us up."
"No no no. You can't go out there, man." Jerry stopped Eddie from leaving, "That's just what they want. You go out that door, it's like we've given up."
"Well, eventually we're gonna need something to eat." Kim reasoned.
"You know, our air vent connects with the nail salon." Eddie looked up at the vent, "Those ladies are always snacking on something."
"Yeah, he's right." Jack agreed.
"Yeah, but who's skinny enough to fit through that vent?" Jerry asked, at we all over at each other and then look at Milton.
It took Milton a second to realize that we were talking about him. He took off his shirt and underneath was a white tee, he tried a belt around his head. He put on knee pads and drew warrior makeup.
"Let's do this." He said dramatically. Jack and Jerry hoisted up him to the vent.
"I think the exhaust fan just kicked on." Jack said while holding Milton.
"What makes you say that?" Jerry asked, just on time Milton was sucked up into the vent.
"No reason." Jack said.
...3
"Check it out. Turner just showed up with some people." Jack brought our attention outside the dojo.
"Attention dojo squatters, You have five minutes to get out. We are bringing in a wrecking ball." Turner said through a megaphone.
"You don't scare us, Turner." Rudy shouted back. "That whole bringing-in- a-wrecking-ball routine...Eh, It's the oldest trick in the book."
"Uh, Rudy? They just brought in a wrecking ball." Jack said nervously.
"What? Unchain me, you fools!" Rudy panicked as he tied to get free from his chains without a result.
"We can't. You kinda gave the keys to Milton." I said sheepishly.
What? No, it can't end like this. I never sat in a hot tub full of pudding." Rudy said with pain in his tone.
"No, wait. Yes, I did. No, that was custard." We all look at in disbelief expressions.
"Nothing brings a crowd out like a wrecking ball." Jerry said, "They're totally on our side. You can feel the love."
"Knock it down! Knock it down!" The crowd started chanting.
"Knock it down!"
"Why don't you guys shut your pie holes?" I yelled at the crowd who stopped chanting.
"Y'all, I just realized I'm right in the middle of really big story." Kim said, "Five kids from our school fighting a great injustice."
"Kim, you'd better get out there. Your friend Margaret bork just showed up." I pointed at Kim's rival with a camera man.
"Oh, no she didn't. Not today, Margaret. Not today!" Kim shouted as she walked out the dojo.
...3
"In two minutes we're turning this place into a parking lot." Turner said using the megaphone.
"I'm going out there." Jerry said as he walked out.
"All right, I've got some demands, people. All right, now we're gonna need a big bag of cheeseburgers, Some fries, some juice boxes and... And throw in some of those glow-in-the-dark , they make drinking fun, you know?" Jerry told the crowd.
"Your demands stink!"
"I wasn't finished. Ugh." Jerry whined, And uh... and I'm also gonna need. A couple of helicopters flown by supermodels."
"Now those are some demands!" The crown started to shouts 'Wasabi!'
"Where's Arthur?" Turner screamed before he walked away.
"Uh, the wreaking ball is moving." I said with widened eyes. Everyone's eyes turned to the wreaking ball who was moving back and forth and looking like it was going to kill Margaret.
"Margaret, get out of the way!" Kim shouted.
"I'm on the air, Kim." Margaret snapped back. Kim managed to run over to her and moved her away. And Jerry ran back inside.
"Yo, Arthur's lost it, you guys. A few more swings and this dojo's history."
"What are we gonna do?" Eddie asked.
"I got this." Jack said and attempted to walk out when I grabbed him.
"This is time to play hero, Jack." I warned him with a worried expression.
"I promise you, I got this." Jack smiled at me before he walked out. As I watched him ran up a table and then onto the wreaking ball that was swinging closer to dojo. He got on top of the machine and Arthur walked out of it. They fought for a while, Arthur using a plank, but eventually Jack defeated him.
The wreaking ball swung towards the dojo and it stopped and before dojo was going no damage. Everyone cheered in relief and Turner ran into the dojo.
"Is everyone okay in here?"
"Look, Turner, you win, all right? Just go ahead and take your dojo back. Put up your parking lot. But you know what? We're proud. And we will hold our heads high." Rudy ended his little speech with raising his arms in the air as the chains dropped down. "Really? Hands over the head... that's all it took."
Jack walked in with Arthur as he pushed him inside the dojo. "I think this belongs to you."
"Arthur, how could you do something like this?" Turner asked disappointed. "I've given you everything."
"Maybe that's the problem." Rudy said.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, this dojo might not be much, But it's built on the principles of discipline and respect, A couple of things Arthur obviously doesn't have."
"Blah blah blah." Arthur decided to prove Rudy's point.
"See right there, that prove that he is too spoiled to see that what he is doing bad to the environment." I chimes in.
"Look, can we just knock down their little dump now, dad?" Arthur asked like a spoiled brat.
"No. He's right." Turner told him firmly, " I'm sorry, Rudy. Your dojo can stay."
"Yes!" We all cheered in joy and get in a group hug.
"Arthur, get in the car. You're grounded."
"Grounded? What does that even mean?" Arthur asked slowly.
"I think you're about to find out." I smirked, "Bye-bye, Arthur."
"Jack, what you did was incredible." Rudy praised.
"It wasn't just me. We all did it." Jack said, for once modestly, before he seemed to a realization. "Wait a minute. Has anyone seen Milton."
We all look up the vent and shrug. Rudy went to his office to do some paperwork.
Eddie and Jerry left to get some to eat that left me and Jack in the dojo. I take the opportunity to punch Jack on his arm.
"Ouch!" Jack screamed rubbing his am, "What was that for?"
"That was for scaring me." I said to him as I pulled his shirt and kissed him. I pull away from him as we were both blushing red. "But that was for saving us."
Jack look at me with shocked expression. "Uh, thanks. I wasn't expecting a kiss from you, you surprised me." As he still had a flustered look on his face.
I giggled at him, "I surprised myself, but your lips was soft." As I walked away.
"Wait... Bella, come back here!" Jack said to me as I run away from him and I heard him running towards me.
kickin' it with you!
who's there?