I do not own any of the characters except for Arabella.
~Arabella's POV~
Jack and I were walking towards the dojo, pasting the big stage in the front as Rudy just jump off of. "Hey...Where have you two been? My demo started minutes ago." Rudy exclaimed quietly -/ he approached us.
"I'm sorry, Rudy." Jack apologized, "I forgot to set my alarm clock, and then I couldn't find my Gi and by the time I found it, I missed the bus."
"I just didn't want to be here." I said with my arms crossed.
"You know what? It doesn't matter anyway. These people are obviously not into karate." Rudy said. As rock music playing. We looked over to see the Black Dragon who steal the demo show and steal the audience attention as they all cheered.
"Hey hey! What are you doing here, Ty? This is my demo." Rudy demanded in disbelief.
"Giving the crowd their first taste of the Black Dragons. Savor the flavor." Ty said while slide his hand over his face, "Mmm! Spicy!"
"No, no,no. Do not savor his flavor. It tastes bad. Like an old jellybean you found stuck to a toilet." Rudy retorted, "I'm guessing. Jack! Show him what you got." Jack jumped on stage and broke the board Rudy held up much to the crowds delight.
"Ooh! In your face, Ty." Rudy said smugly.
"Really?" Ty said, "Oh, Ryan?" He said as one of the Black Dragons jumped on stage and broke four boards the other guys held up.
"Wow!" Jack exclaimed, earning a glare from Rudy, "I mean...Wow." He added with a scoff.
"If I sign up for a year, do I get a free Gi?" I heard Milton ask Ty.
"That's right. Sign up for greatness, red." Ty patted Milton's shoulder.
"Hey hey. Get your hands off him. This random stranger's mine." Rudy ran over.
"No. He's coming with me." Ty said pulling Milton towards him while Rudy did the same and they continued to do this for a while and argued until they managed to pull off Milton's sweaters.
"You can have him." Ty pushed the poor boy towards Rudy.
"You called him. You can have him."
"Not interested at all."
"I don't want him. You can have him."
"Dojo is totally full."
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.
Rudy was pacing in front of us, rambling about how terrible the demo was. Jack was the first to try to calm him down. "Come on, Rudy. It wasn't a total failure. Look. One person handed in a membership form."
"Uh, Jack? It hasn't even been filled out yet." I muttered to him as I looked at form, "It's just a drawing of Rudy with a butt for a face."
"Give me that." Rudy snatched the form angrily, but chuckled when he saw the picture before forcing his expression to become serious again, "You guys, this membership drive was my chance to get more students so I could make something of this dojo. But you guys don't take me or this place seriously."
"Come on, Rudy. That's not true." Jack said.
"Hey, guys." Joan ran into the dojo, "Mr. Gower from the pet store was wondering if his chimp could come back over and wear Rudy's uniform again."
"What?! You guys let a chimp wear my uniform?" Rudy exclaimed.
"Rudy, it's hysterical." Milton told him, "From the back he looks just like you. The only difference is the tail nub. He doesn't have one."
Rudy's phone started ringing and he walked towards his office with a look of annoyance on his face.
"Joan, what's up with the shorts?" Kim wondered.
"Oh,oh. The owner of the Mall, old rat face, is out of town so I'm going all cas, you know?" Joan explained, "Shaved my legs for the first time this year. Showing off the old Joanie ponies."
Rudy come from his office in a panic, "That was my uncle Blake. He's on his way to Seaford right now."
"Great." Jerry said not understanding why Rudy sat down on the bench looking dazed.
"No. Not great. When I graduated from Seaford High, he gave me money to go to business school, but instead I used the money to buy this dojo." Rudy exclaimed, "All these years I let him think that I'm this big successful businessman."
"I can't believe you lied to family." I said.
"Lies are the glue that keep families together." Rudy defended, "When my uncle gets here in an hour, he's gonna find out what I really am. A joke.
Just a two-bit, broken down, nub-tailed Sensei." He walked back his office.
"We gotta find a way to help Rudy." Kim said, "I mean, it's about time we're there when he needs us."
"Joan, can we get into your boss's office?" Jack asked her.
"Oh, sure. I'm headed that way right now." Joan nodded, turning around to walked out of the dojo, we saw a strip of hair on the back of her calves and thighs, we grimaced at the sight.
"Joan? When you shaved your legs, you may have missed a spot on the back." Eddie pointed out to her.
"Oh, no." Joan corrected Eddie, "That's what makes them ponies. Huh?" As she galloped out of the dojo.
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"This is never going to work." Rudy ranted as we setup the office for Rudy.
"Yes, it will." Jack said confidently, "All you have to do is pass yourself off as the owner of the Mall."
"Yeah, just play out your role and it would be good." I said.
"Arms out." Milton ordered as he and Jack started to take off Rudy's gi and replaced it with a suit jacket.
"Guys, this doesn't feel right." Rudy told them, "I'm your Sensei. I should be creating an environment of honesty, integrity."
"Rudy, your uncle's here." Joan's voice rang through the intercom.
"Lie like the wind, people!" Rudy ordered, "Wait, where are my pants?"
"Jerry, you were in charge of pants!" Kim said.
"Hey, this is not my fault, okay?" Jerry defended himself, "You people should not trust me with
something as important as pants." The doorknob rattled making Jack kicked Rudy down in a chair to hide the fact that he was wearing pants, then his uncle entered the room.
"Uncle Blake." Rudy greeted him.
"Rudy." He opened his arms for a hug.
"Uncle Blake!" Rudy repeated.
"Rudy!" Blake also repeated, "Come and give your uncle a hug."
"Can't do that." Rudy admitted.
"Rudy, give your uncle a hug!" Blake ordered with open arms and Rust reluctantly stood up, "All right, where's your pants?"
"Uh..." I chuckled nervously, "You know. It's business casual."
"Yeah, uh..." Jerry ran over to pointed at Rudy's upper body, "See? This is your business, and..." and clear his throat to lower part, "Here's your casual."
"Well, we should get going and leave Seaford's most successful businessman, to do more great things." Eddie said.
"We just want to thank you for your unbelievably generous contribution to our charity."
"Yes, thank you." I nodded before leaving.
"Appreciate it."
"Wow. Hang on, kids. What's the charity?" Blake asked.
"Um... we raise money for..."
"Orphans."
"Build homes."
"Whales."
"To the runaways."
"Building homes for orphan whales so they don't run away." I said with an awkward smile, "We should go." We all walked out the room, relieved to be out of that situation.
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Jack and I walked into the dojo, just as Jerry exited the locker room, "Yo, guys. To make up for blowing the membership drive, I got us some new students."
"You know, Jerry, every once and awhile you get a great idea." Jack said.
A second later Mr and Mrs Rosenbaum walked out and I just facepalmed, "But this is not one of them. Jerry, why are you like this way..."
"Can you help me?" Murray asked, "I,I think I put my jockstrap on backwards."
"Not today. Not ever." Eddie said honestly.
"They don't exactly look like they're cut out for karate." Kim said.
"I'll handle this." Milton said confidently, "Murray, Ruth, why don't you guys start out with some push-ups?"
Murray turned to his wife, "He said we're gonna get some of those push-pops."
"Do they have cherry?" Ruth asked.
I lean over to Jack, and whispered, "How did he confuse push-ups to push-pops..." Jack shrugged, and said, "I don't know."
"Uh, forget the push-ups. Why don't you loosen up on the mini-tramp?" Miton suggested. We watched as Murray jumped, uh, stepped on the mini tramp saying 'whee'.
"Hey, Rudy. How was lunch with your uncle?" Jack asked as Rudy entered the dojo.
"Um..." Rudy said looking slightly disoriented, "He said that I was a natural at business and offered me a job."
"What?" I said shocked by this.
"Yeah." Rudy said, "It pays over $200,000 a year, comes with a company car, and who is the old man who just bounced himself out of his pants?"
"I've never felt so free, Ruth."
"You're going too high."
"Rudy, this is an amazing opportunity." Milton said, "What are you gonna do?"
"It's the kind of thing that would change my life forever." Rudy said.
"Yeah. You gotta take that job." Jack said.
"Yeah, you're right." Rudy breathed, "I never thought I would say these words but...I guess it's time for me to leave the dojo." We all huddled up to a group hug. "I don't think I will ever forget this moment." Our moment was interrupted by a loud crashing.
"I told you, you were going too high!" Ruth exclaimed as Murray dangled from the ceiling.
"I'll take my push-pop up here." Murray told us.
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"Hey, Bobby." Jack greeted as we entered the dojo.
"Sup..." I greeted.
"Hey, what's going on?" Eddie asked.
"Ah, my little Wasabi Warriors." Bobby beamed.
"Dude, you tricked out your throne." Jerry said.
"Yes. It's all part of my new year's resolution to never walk again." Bobby confirmed.
"What are you doing here?" Milton asked.
"I have come to see you through these troubled times." Bobby's happy mood switch to sad one, "To ease your mind about losing your beloved Sensei."
"Thanks, Bobby. That means a lot." Eddie smiled.
"Good, good, good." Bobby said, "Well, now that you feel better, you should know I've sold the dojo. Goodbye forever!"
"What?!" Milton exclaimed.
"What...You sold it?" Jack asked in shock.
"But you promised Rudy this would always be our dojo." I reminded him.
"Yes, and it will." Bobby assured, "I sold it to the only Sensei I could find in this town."
"Oh no..." I groaned in annoyance.
"Ah-ha! Here he is now." Bobby pointed at the office, where Ty emerged from.
"What?!" We all screamed in horror.
"He assures me he will take very good care of you." Bobby said, "Well, I'm off. I've got
to go motorize my bathtub." And with that Bobby left.
"A little what's up to you, Wasabi worms." Ty said as he walked over to us, "You'll find I'm a lot different than your last Sensei, Judy." He said making Jerry start to chuckle, I elbowed his stomach, making him stop.
"Not funny, dude."
"I'm not interested in being your friend. I've got lots of friends." Ty continued.
"Oh, name one." I asked sarcastically.
"Quiet." He glared at me.
"Look, Ty, you've already got your own dojo." I changed the subject.
"And now I've got two." Ty replied, "With Rudy gone, I'm the only Sensei in town. Now with me as your Sensei, you must be on guard hours a day. You never know when you might get rocked with a sneak attack!" He yelled, trying to punch me, I easily caught his him and flipped him like a pancake. "Oh. Aah! You will learn!"
"Dude, a friendly reminder do not announce it. That's how you get hit." I said with smug grin.
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We were balancing on cinder blocks on one foot, while holding two bricks tied with each hand. "Hang in there, guys. Let's show Ty what the Wasabi Warriors are made of." Jack encouraged as the rest of us groaned.
"I'm going down." Milton grunted.
"I'm out." Eddie fell.
"Sayonara." Jerry fell too. I continued to balance, with irritated face expression.
"Jack, Bella. Wow, your focus is amazing!" Ty praised. "Oh, no. That tuna and bologna
sandwich is starting to kick up."
What? No, no, no." Jack said in panic, as Ty burped into our faces. "No, no, no,no." I heard Jack fell.
"Damn, you need a mint." I gagged, barely balancing.
"That's it!" Ty yelled, pushing me off the cinderblocks. " Five-minute break. Then we're gonna do sit-ups until you puke."
"Why don't we just quit?" Milton asked.
"Because we're not quitters." Jack replied.
"Dude, I hate Ty." Eddie exclaimed, "Think there's any chance Rudy misses us?"
"Well, let's go to his office and find out." Jerry suggested, "I mean, he's gotta miss us as much as we miss him, right? Maybe he'll want to come back."
"What if he's happy?" I said then sighed, "I mean, he's given us so much that we can't go over there and make him feel guilty about us."
"You know, Belle's right. That wouldn't be fair." Jack agreed, "Okay, Wasabi pact. If he's happy, we pretend we're happy. No matter what. Wasabi." Jack put his hand in the middle, followed by the rest of us. Well, not Jerry who was having some trouble. "You know what? You know what? Just..." Jack grabbed Jerry's hand, putting it on top of ours.
"Wasabi."
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"Whoa, Rudy. Check out your office!" Milton exclaimed as we all gaped at Rudy's new office.
"Yeah. I know. Every time I turn around, it's a new perk." Rudy beamed, "I just got this one today. It's the world's spinniest chair." Rudy spun his chair as Jack and I took seats. "And look, I got my own fro-yo machine."
"No way!" Jerry gasped, rushing over to the machine. Rudy dizzily gave Jerry a cone after completely missing with ice cream spout. "Thanks." Jerry thanks him as he started to eat the cone.
"So, uh... looks like you're pretty happy, huh, Rudy?" Jack plastered on a fake smile.
"Absolutely. This job is incredible. I couldn't be happier." Rudy replied.
"Great." I said with a fake smile.
"So, how are things at the dojo?" Rudy asked us.
"Uh, good. Really good." Jack said as the rest of us agreed.
"So, who'd Bobby bring in to be the new Sensei?" Rudy asked.
"I think you know him. It's Ty." Milton uneasily answered making Rudy stand up quickly.
"What?" He asked shock.
"No, no, no, relax. He's changed." I lied, "He's actually a pretty good Sensei. Right, guys?"
"Yeah, it's true. He's even got me breaking boards all over the place." Eddie added.
"You?" Rudy asked skeptically.
"Wish I had a board to show you." Eddie said.
"I got one right here." Rudy said, making all of our eyes go wide.
"Uh...Uh, okay." Eddie took a deep breath.
"Look, a ninja!" Jerry exclaimed as that distracted Rudy to look over as Jack broke the board.
"Whoa. Eddie, you just broke that board?" Rudy asked, happily.
"I did?" Eddie asked, "I did. I really did. I'm not stopping now. I'm going for the desk!"
"Hey! Whoa, whoa!" As we all stopped Eddie from breaking the desk.
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Jack, Kim and I was currently polishing Ty's trophies instead of training, "This is humiliating," Kim complained, "I can't believe Ty turned Jerry into a dummy."
"I think he was born that way," Jack said and I had to cover my mouth from snorting.
"Not that kind of dummy," Kim rolled her eyes before pointing at the poor boy, "That kind of dummy."
"I'm not enjoying this, bro," Jerry said as a Black Dragon kicked him, causing him to grunt in pain. Meanwhile Milton and Eddie was sitting on the floor drinking water.
"Stick figure, mama's boy, on your feet," Ty ordered as he walked over to the duo, "We have to determine this dojo's weakest link. It's obviously one of you. You two are going to spar until only one of you is left standing. Only the winner gets to use the bathroom."
"So, you are saying-" Milton started to ask in horror.
"That's right. You gotta fight for you right to potty."
"He's my best friend. We're not going to resort to violence-" Milton started to say but was interrupted when Eddie tackled him to the floor.
"All right, Ty," Jack walked over, "I think you are taking this too far."
"Is that what you think, Jack?" Ty taunted, "Here is what I think. You three all trained under Rudy who don't recognise as a real sensei. So I'm stripping you of your black belts."
"WHAT?"
"You can't do that," I glared at him, "Because Jack granted his black belt from his grandfather, so you didn't have the right to do that!" I said angrily.
"You will have to re-earn your rankings starting with these white belts," Ty he pushed the belts into Jack's hand just as Jerry fell to the floor beside them.
"Ty?" Milton said quietly, "You are gonna need a mop."
"We both lost," Eddie admitted, both of them looking like children who was getting scolded.
"You never had any intention of teaching us, did you?" I said angrily.
"Not really," Ty smirked, "But I'm the only dojo in this town. So what are you gonna do about it?"
"All right, Ty," Jack said bitterly, "You win. We quit."
Kim and I threw the new white belts on the ground as we started to walk out of the dojo.
"Yes! Did you hear that, Black Dragons? That is the end of the Wasabi Warriors!"
