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// 10 - Mall Fight 
// Story: The Rise Of The Cobra Kai 
// by Dragon-In-Black 
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Hawk, Snips, Snails, Pipsqueak and Sunset Shimmer were walking together to the mall and they felt strangely enough happy about this. Hawk liked the company he had with Sunset as it felt like old times. He felt butterflies in his stomach in a good way. The mall was large with many shops and was quite colourful. Spike and the gang headed for a store that sold Cobra Kai clothing. Sensei Sombra had enough money to promote a store that sold clothing. Spike wanted to give Sunset Cobra Kai clothing to make sure that she belongs to them rightfully so. He was angry that the others were easy to dump Sunset but he did hear Sunset say that Twilight Sparkle was the only one who looked like she did not believe it. sunset did not know what to believe because of how easy her friends turned on her. She did not see them as friends anymore, but she did feel something in her stomach. It felt like pain from the betrayal. Spike and the gang found the store and headed inside. Spike liked the jackets that they had with the Cobra Kai logos. It meant that they knew who was superior. 

Sunset looked a little lost as she looked at all of the different clothing. She did not have a lot of money, but she sure as Celestia would not allow them to pay for it. Hawk waved her over and she saw a leather jacket that was red and had the Cobra Kai logo at the back. She actually liked it, but her eyes went wide as saucers at the price tag. It cost over two hundred dollars! That was all she had! Hawk seemed to notice and looked at her with confusion. Did she think that she was gonna pay for it? Nonsense. She was abandoned, so Hawk was gonna pay for it together with t-shirts and pants that had the logo on them. 

“Hawk, what are you doing?” Sunset asked, alarmed over the fact that Hawk was grabbing the female clothing and was handing it to her. She could not afford it and she knew that she would have to return them even though it was her only opportunity to be safe from the other students. She had heard that Gilda was planning on beating her up and she knew that she had no other option, but she could not afford the clothing. Hawk on the other hand was grinning widely. He was not gonna make her pay for it. 

“I’m handing you clothing that I will pay for, why?” Hawk asked, making Sunset look at him in shock. She could not allow him to do that! He had already done much for her, protecting her from the angry people of Canterlot High and she simply could not allow him to do anything else, because she knew she did not deserve it. Hawk on the other hand had different views. He saw a broken girl in that corridor that cried her eyes out, that needed help and he was providing it for her. He hoped that she would be interested in joining Cobra Kai. . . 

“Hawk, I cannot allow you to do that as you have already done enough for me. But I have a feeling that you won’t listen to me anyway.” Sunset sighed, as she saw Hawk take the clothes from her and walk over to the clerk behind the desk and pulled out thick layers of cash. Her eyes widened when she saw it. How much money did he have?! That was even more than she could say she has ever had in her life! Hawk paid the clerk and walked over to Sunset with a devious grin. She gulped a little bit. 

“Here are your clothes. I was hoping that you would join Cobra Kai. There will be moments where the others and I will not be able to protect you. Don’t worry about the payments. I will pay for those classes if you are interested that is.” Hawk said, making her look at him surprised. He sounded so kind and gentle and she did not detect any sort of lie in his voice. She then remembered what he had asked her a few days ago.  ”Are they truly your friends, or are they simply saying what you want to hear?” She had her answer now. . . 

“Hawk, you remember what you said a few days ago about my ex-friends telling me what I want to hear?” Sunset asked as she looked at her friend who nodded his head. The store held a lot of different items of clothing, and the hot topic was the Cobra Kai clothing because they won the tournament. It wasn’t really a surprise. They had gotten a few new students which they recognized as Crystal Prep students. “Well, I believe what you said; they simply told me what I wanted to hear and I fell to the ground hard.” 

Hawk looked at Sunset in amazement. Her light aqua eyes held resentment as she was thinking about her friends. Hawk did not blame her. If that were to happen to him, then he would most likely punch someone without giving a shit. Sure, Sunset may have abandoned them, but she did not hurt them with words that held power, she simply hung around the “element bearers” as they were calling themselves. Hawk looked into her eyes and he suddenly had a sensation in his stomach. It felt like butterflies. 

“Shall we get something to drink? I told the other Cobra Kai’s that we were here.” Hawk said, making Sunset nod. Hawk whistled for the others and they headed out of the store and walked around for a little bit. They noticed that there were a few students from CHS but they did not dare to look at Sunset as she was with Cobra Kai’s and they were known for beating people up and ever since Hawk took revenge everyone was living in fear. Gilda was the exception, but even she held a sense of respect for him especially when he was angry. 

They walked together to a place to get their drinks and noticed the other students were there that belonged to Cobra Kai. Hawk walked up to them and high five them to show they were cool. Sunset learned that their names were Indigo Zap, Sunny Flare, and Lemon Zest. Indigo Zap reminded Sunset quite a bit of Rainbow Dash as she was athletic but even more than Rainbow Dash. But since the girl went to Crystal Prep, and judging by the stories that Twilight had told her, it was a must if you wanted to go there. You needed to be on top of everything. Indigo Zap had different shades of blue streaks in her hair that was short and rolled back and her eyes were eagled yellow. Her skin was amberish grey. She was wearing a long leather jacket that was red and had the Cobra Kai logo on the back of the jacket. Her pants had to either side of her legs along a yellow line that was a part of the Cobra Kai clothing attire. Sunny Flare had purple hair that was short with a few pinkish streaks. She also wore some sort of flower in her hair. She had light turquoise grey skin and her eyes were cerise. She was wearing a t-shirt with the Cobra Kai logo on the front and back and that was it while she was wearing soft grey pants. Lemon Zest had green hairs that were lighter and darker in certain parts of her hair. Her eyes were brilliant amber. Her skin was greyish amaranth. She was wearing a long-sleeved t-shirt with the Cobra Kai logo on it and had her headphones blasting music. 

“Yo! How’s it going, Hawk?” Indigo asked, in a friendly manner and Hawk chuckled a little. he remembered the first time he had stumbled across Indigo Zap and that was when he had run away from Flashs’ gang. She had beaten up some other guy that was apparently trying to do some unspeakable acts with her. She had retaliated by knocking him out with a few teeth that would not be able to be replaced. Hawk was impressed and envied her skill, now, he was higher than her in fighting skill. He was more skilled and more merciless than anyone. 

“Everything is going good, this is Sunset Shimmer. She might join our dojo, but right now, we are simply protecting her from the whole Anon-A-Miss fiasco. She has gotten a few glares and I know that Gilda will want to beat the living shit out of her, but we cannot allow that.” Hawk said as he got angrier the more he thought about it. The others nodded in understanding and took Sunset in with open arms. Sunset already felt right at home even though the other three were from Crystal Prep. They even made promises to beat the ‘pussy’ that did it. Sunset laughed a little bit at Indigo’s bluntness. 

They were all enjoying their protein drinks as they could not afford to get anything in their bodies that might make them weak. Snips was scrolling through the website of Cobra Kai that they had set up to see if anyone was interested in joining their amazing dojo. Snips then grew angry and shouted angrily: “How dare they?!” The people walking by looked at him strangely, but he did not care. Hawk looked at him questionably. It was rare to see Snips angry, but it was not scary unless if you really pissed him off. 

“What is it?” Hawk asked as the others looked at him in surprise. Snips did not say anything as he handed over the phone to Hawk who looked at the long comment that was made by Twilight Sparkle. Hawk grew angry when he read the comment.  “This is not a dojo that you want to join, the only thing they do is bully other people because they can. They are more violent than the other dojo’s and lack care when they fight. I would not be surprised if they ended up in prison for their behaviour.” Hawk was really pissed. The other Cobra Kai’s read the message were pissed. How dare she say such things about Cobra Kai?! 

“How dare she?! Writing bad things about Cobra Kai. She will get what’s coming to her. . .” Sunny Flare said, as her face grew dark and the others simply nodded in her direction. They could not believe that she had the guts to do so. Sunset looked down towards the floor and felt a little bit ashamed that Twilight would write such things about her new friends’ dojo. She felt obligated to defend it somehow and promised Hawk that she would join Cobra Kai, but she did not voice it. She wanted to keep it to herself. 

“Wait a minute, there she is!” Snails shouted as he pointed towards where she was. The lavender skinned girl was sitting together with Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy eating lunch. Hawk grew dark as he saw them. He got up from the chair he was sitting on and headed over to their table. They were at another restaurant, eating and looked quite grim. Hawk had not noticed that his friends followed him as their shadows overcame the trio. Fluttershy gulped and hid behind her hair, while Twilight turned and grew pale as she saw the Cobra Kai students. Pinkie Pie did not know what to do as she knew she would not be able to beat Hawk yet. 

“Uh, Hawk, can we wait about the fighting bit before the author takes in Starswirl-Do karate?” Pinkie Pie asked, in a negotiating voice. Hawk looked at her as if she had smoked too much. Hawk simply stared at Twilight Sparkle as she gulped when she saw the piercing emerald green eyes that looked like they could kill by simply looking at someone. Fluttershy was hiding behind her hair, but she could feel the glares from the Cobra Kai’s and she wished that Twilight had not made that comment on the page. 

“Twilight Sparkle, what the shit do you think you are doing?” Hawk asked, in a seething voice. He was losing his temper and twilight knew that the others were as well. She gulped as she tried to come up with an excuse. She could always lie, but then it meant that she would be in even more pain and trouble than she already was. Cobra Kai could easily overpower her without even trying. She saw her old classmates, Indigo Zap, Sunny Flare, and Lemon Zest glaring at her and she knew that if they were angry, then she was in big trouble. 

“I just wrote the truth, you Cobra Kai’s only bully others because you know no one will stand up against you. You will eventually just end up in prison because of how violent you are. Especially you Hawk, you are nothing more but a-” Twilight was cut off as she received a sharp pain against her nose and felt it break. Sunny Flare was the one who punched her. Twilight had fallen out of her chair and it was heard throughout the whole mall. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the scene. 

“That was for what you wrote about Cobra Kai, and for what you said about my future husband.” Sunny Flare said. The others nodded but then their eyes went wide as saucers. Hawk looked at Sunny Flare as if she had gone mad. She turned to Hawk and gave him a wink. he even noticed how she shook her hips a little bit. Hawk grinned a little bit but could not help but blush. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy were at Twilight’s side and they looked up at the Cobra Kai students who looked at them with pure hatred. Fluttershy whimpered while Pinkie Pie looked away. 

“Come on, let’s go,” Hawk said, as she turned around and walked away with his friends. The bystanders shrugged and continued with their day while the Cobra Kai students decided to head on over to the dojo. On their way there. Hawk was teased and praised that he had so easily gotten a wife to take care of. Sunny Flare looked proud of herself, while Hawk looked at them as if they had finally lost it. Nonetheless, he still found it funny and laughed along with them. When they reached the dojo, the bell above the door signalled that they were there. Inside of their clothing, they were their karate uniforms while Sunset did not have one. 

When Sensei Sombra walked out, he could not help but notice Sunset shimmer and how broken she looked. He felt a little bit worried for the girl. he may be cold and cruel, but he did not like to see anyone that broken. She did have a glimmer of hope in her eyes as she looked at his students. He had a feeling that something must have happened if she feels hope towards Cobra’s that are considered violent and backstabbing. 

“Hello students, I see we have a new potential student. What is your name?” Sensei Sombra asked as he looked at the girl who at first looked afraid of him because of his cold gaze, but she calmed down and introduced herself as Sunset shimmer. Sensei Sombra was quite impressed with the girl. She looked ready for anything and did not comment on the way his students behaved. It was like she was used to it. Then again, he did not know of her origins so it would be wrong to make assumptions that might be totally wrong. 

Sunset was given a Cobra Kai karate uniform and was told to change in the next room over. She did so and she felt strange but she shrugged off the feeling. When she rejoined the others, she saw how they all stood in a military-like pose and they were then throwing punches in the air bot their left and right fists. Sunset quickly got the hang of it and felt quite powerful. She got to learn how to break a plank with her hands, feet, and head. She was a little bit dizzy when she hit her head against the wood, but it was worth it. 

Soon, the day was about to end in the dojo, but Sensei Sombra wanted to see how well they had learned. Hawk was thrown into the ring and he was grinning at everyone as he expected to fight someone weaker than him. He was a little surprised when he got Indigo Zap but he grinned. he did want a challenge, and he now had one. Indigo was the one who started the fight by kicking towards Hawk’s head but he managed to block the attack. hawk tried to hit Indigo in the head, but It was useless as she blocked the attacks and grabbed his left arm and tried to pull him, but was caught by surprise when Hawk hit her on her feet with his right leg. She fell and Hawk hit her in the back and the fight was over. Indigo rolled over and saw the grinning Hawk and chuckled as she tried to swing her leg but Hawk only jumped. 

Hawk was undefeated and was then put in the ring with Pipsqueak. Hawk and Pipsqueak smiled at each other. They were like brothers and Pipsqueak was the kind and gentler version of Hawk. Hawk rushed towards pipsqueak with a series of punches and kicks but were all blocked by Pipsqueak and left an open area near his stomach and Hawk backed away a little when he realized this. Pipsqueak ran towards him and jumped. The whole world slowed down, and Pipsqueak managed to hit Hawk in the head with his leg. Hawk fell to the ground and Pipsqueak ended the fight with a punch. Sensei Sombra was amazed by the whole fights. They had improved so much over the few months, and the newer students were even better but could never top Hawk and Pipsqueak. They were without a doubt the best students there were. They had the ability to fight without getting tired and they had the power to knock someone out for several hours. That was true fighters right there. Hawk got up from the floor and bowed towards Pipsqueak. The only one that was ever able to defeat Hawk was Pipsqueak, but there had been times when Hawk had defeated Pipsqueak which was why it was always intense fights between those who watched. 

Pipsqueak looked at the Sensei who smiled at him warmly and looked at Sunset who noticed him looking at her and he motioned for her to enter the ring. She did so although she looked a little bit lost as to what she was gonna do. “Pipsqueak, I want you to go easy on her.” Sensei Sombra said, making Pipsqueak bow towards his Sensei and then at Sunset who was a little surprised that Sensei Sombra said so. Then again, she is new and could not possibly know immediately how to fight the karate way, or as she heard Hawk say it: The Cobra kai Way. 

Sunset rushed up to Pipsqueak and threw a few punches aggressively as Pipsqueak blocked them. Everyone was surprised by the fact that Sunset seemed so aggressive, but Sensei Sombra knew that she had heard the rumours about being kicked out of his dojo for failing. He shook his head at the thought. It was simply not true. Cobra Kai material or not, he would not throw them out. Pipsqueak jumped up into the air and started spinning, prepared for the landing strike with his foot against Sunset’s face, but it never happened as she managed to block the hit. 

Pipsqueak had a look of confusion on his face before he blocked another attack from Sunset. Although, he had not anticipated that she would strike from behind as she jumped up into the air and did the same thing he had attempted to do on her. Pipsqueak fell to the ground as she clutched his right side as he was in immense pain. Everyone looked between Pipsqueak and Sunset and eventually clapped and rushed up to her and threw her up into the air and she felt happy. She did not expect to win and pleased Sensei Sombra at the same time. Hawk was being overdramatic and was saying how she could have killed him. Sunset rolled her eyes and lightly punched Hawk that pretended that he was hurt. Sunny Flare walked up to him and hugged him, playing along with his little act. 

They went to shower and walked together to each of their own homes. Hawk decided that he would take Sunset with him to his home. “Sunset, your staying with me. If anyone tries to attack you, then we have a bigger chance of protecting you when you at my place.” Hawk said, making her look at him with confusion and blushed slightly as she was getting some thoughts that were not supposed to be there. She only nodded at him but Hawk noticed that it was reluctant. He did not blame her. If one of his other friends did that to him he would most likely also be like that. Eventually, it was only hawk and Sunset that was walking and they enjoyed the silence until Sunset had to ask the one question that was bugging her. She had to get an answer. 

“Why did you do it?” Sunset asked, as they turned a corner and reached Hawk’s house. hawk looked at her a little bit weirdly and did not know what she was referring to. It could mean anything and she was not saying anything else. Hawk thought about what had happened over the last few days and could not think of anything that could make her ask that question. He then remembered earlier today when he asked her if she was interested in joining him at the mall with the others. He knew that he could not lie to her. No matter how much he wanted to, he could not.

Sunset looked at Hawk expectantly as they reached his house and Hawk took out his keys and unlocked the door. She saw that he was lost in his thought but she knew that he heard her. Maybe he was not aware of what she was referring to? She was about to voice what it was she meant when she received the reply she did not expect. “because I saw how broken you were.” He did not say it in a mean or mocking way. It sounded genuine and sincere. She did not know how to respond to that, but she knew that she had to eventually. 

“Broken?” Sunset commented confused. 

“Yes, broken. You looked so lost. You carry a lot of heartache and betrayal for what happened to you. It might not be visible, but I can tell that you want revenge. You will get it. I promise you that.” Hawk said as he allowed her entry to his house. “Ladies first.” She giggled at that comment and walked inside. She was quite amazed by his house as it looked beautiful. Hawk closed the door and locked it behind them and he walked up the staircase that creaked a little bit. He showed her to a room that she would be sleeping in. The bed looked comfy and had black covers and the walls were painted in grey with objects that looked like to depict UFOs. She always believed that aliens existed and had read any books she could find about flying saucers. 

“Lovely room,” Sunset said, making Hawk smile a little bit. He remembered how she had told him she liked and supported the idea that aliens existed. He had made this room specifically for her. Then the Rainbooms and Twilight Sparkle got in the way and now here they were. Hawk bowed to her and left her for her thoughts. She could not even describe her happiness. She was happy that she did not have to sleep in the abandoned motel she lives in. The water still runs, but no one runs it or owns it. She took off her clothes and lay down on the comfy bed that made her skin shiver in pleasure. The silk that was around her body felt good and eventually, sleep caught up to her.