𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚕

Clem was keeping herself busy she, despite her mother's wishes, went to the store on the way home after school the day prior, picking up gardening stuff.  if she wasn't going to be in karate, she had to keep herself busy some way, and she was truly planning on growing pot amongst the other plants once they were bushy enough.

 she knelt down by her soil filled boxes watering the plants when she felt a buzz in her pocket. she pulled her phone out reading a text from Miguel "BACK FROM THE DEAD!!!!!"

"oh my god! "she gasped dropping everything and running inside tripping on the step up on the  back door" what was that?!" jasmine called out  and suddenly clem appeared infront of her mother "miguels awake! i gotta go!" clem rushed to the door putting her shoes on and grabbing her bag " make sure you pick him something up on the way" jasmine shouted from the couch as she looked through job offers.

"will do"the girl threw a finger gun at her mom before  taking  her keys and rushing to her car. she stopped at the store on her way but when she arrived she relized she was there completly un announounced.

  she made it to miguels door   knocking on the frame "come in" he said his eyes fixed on the girls hand"heyyy" she stepped around the corner  "heyyy" miguel matched her tone happy to see the girl , he smiled."can i hug you?" she hesitated  miguel opened his arms wide "absolutely could use a clem hug right now." he huffed. clem felt her breath calm down, the two really didn't talk much after she walked out of the dojo that day , she was so happy to know that they didn't have bad blood.

"so. how have you been?" clem asked pulling away from the hug miguel gave a shifted smile"im gonna take that as not so good?" clem assumed miguel shook his head" i can't feel anything below my waist. Doctors said i may never walk again." miguel's mood had shifted. clem opened and shut her mouth she didn't know what to say her heart ached. what do you say to someone who's paralyzed?

"i- i'm so sorry Miguel. things should've never come to this"  clem chewed on her lips creating a tear."i've got surgery on Friday. some doctors out of state are supposedly supposed to work Mirical" miguel said but his face didn't match his words "isn't that supposed to be a good thing?" clem questioned her eyebrows mixing together

"i guess... but i'm not gonna get my hopes up. the surgerys gonna cost  a shit ton. my moms gonna be in debt"miguel  gave a slight tilt to his head" and theres no gaurentee it'll work but.." he shrugged  clem tilted her head with a small smile , she lifted her hand  and  gave miguel a slight nudge "hey. i know shits like completly in the gutter right now but don't lose hope. you're  one of the toughest people i know. if anyone can get through this its you" she gave a warm encouraging smile" thanks curly" he smiled as his eyes trailed her seeing what was left of teh small bruising.

 "who got you?" miguel asked, clem noticed his eyes on her torso  she sucked her stomach in  the back of her throat burning "hawk. i've got stitches in the back of my head, kicked me into a locker. demetri said i'm lucky  to not be blind,something about one of the lobes in my head almost getting  hit" clem  said her tone as if it was allcool, like it didn't bother her, but miguel saw right through it "clem.i'm sorry. i know he's been off his rocker recently but he shouldv'e never touched you" miguel said  and clem just shrugged 

" hey, i got you something" she reached into her bag changing the subject "oo gifts. i like gifts" miguel  leaned his head over trying to take a peek. clem handed miguel the back to the future box set " i was thinking that since you've got nothing else to do maybe one of these days  we could watch it together"

miguel smiled , remmebering the halloween dance. it was bittersweet, they were so diffrent from last year."yeah, that'd be cool. i appriciate it. thank you." clem  smiled brightly knowing she picked a great gift. when the smile was wiped off of her face hearing that familar voice behind her " el serpiente!" hawk approched the door.

 clem whipped around, seeing hawk she  shut her eyes tight and turned back to miguel "i'm gonna go. but it was nice to see you. text you later." she gave miguel a small hug, the boy nodding. he wanted clem to stay  longer but knowing hawk and hers current realshionship at the moment he wouldn't beg.clem turned around, keeping her eyes low  when hawk  grabbed her wrist stopping her   the girl whipped around  looking down at his hand in her wrist her heart felt like it was  getting  light on fire  it burned,it hurt. hawk's grip lightened when he saw her eyes filling with tears, he felt horrible about throwing her into the locker, he cried all night not knowing if she was even alive. 

"what do you want ?" clem  slipped her hand out of his grasp  trying to hide her red eyes"you've got some nerve coming down here when you know what your team mate  did. " hawk said with restraint" i really don't care what you think. miguel was my teamate too,i care about him just as much as you do, i just want help."clem verbalized, hawks face softened for a second"just do everyone a favor and stay out of his life. god knows you've ruined enough of mine" he shoved his shoulder against hers as he walked into the room.

clems stomach dropped, she felt sick. her throat ached,  she   lifted her shoulders holding her tears back. did he really mean what  he said? maybe she did just ruin everyones life. if she never got into karate  eli wouldv'e never turned to this and  demetri would still have his bestfriend. if she never exsisted her mom and dad wouldve probobly never had a kid,  that burden that she was on them. maybe she really should just stay out of everyones life.

~

sam had gone to see miguel just a few hours before clem  and when she heard that the medical bills were gonna be sky rocketed she  ended up calling clem and the two of them set up a fundraiser  inviting everyone they knew.

    clem walked by   the car that  the cheer team was washing waving to moon " this was such a good idea clem"  moon  said in a cheery attitude " please, it was basically all sam. but you... thank you so much for inviting the team, they are really bringing in alot of customers" clem chuckled "no problem." moon smiled "hey,  not to overstep but why are you like fully clothed? its a car wash in the valley arn't you hot?" moon laughed a bit. when clem and sam decided to do the carwash clem didn't even think about having to wear a bikini and have everyone  see her bruises and her scars. so she wore her rashguard instead "just don't feel like having people look at me weird  with all of the damges" clem  shrugged. 

moon frowned a bit,even though she kind of hated hawk she knew how much the boy meant to clem,  even if she'd never admit it, especially now. clem had lost a major part of her confidence  when one of her best friends started to hate her."hey, those bruises show that you put up a fight. its  cool if you ask me." moon gave the girl a gentle smile , clem returning one right back " thanks moon." moon didn't know it but clem really took those words in. she really needed that.

 what she didn't need was the feeling of water spraying at the back of her head. she turned, staring demetri down, as he cackled out a laugh "oh, its on" clem grabbed    the bucket of soapy water  sitting next to her  feet. demetris eyes widened as  she lunged at him throwing the bucket of water in his face.  he was soaking wet  his blue shirt sticking to him . "i'm riding home in your car. and i am not gonna put a towel down for your information" he pulled his hair out of his eyes 

" then i'm tying you to the luggage rack"  she scoffed a laugh, a threat she was very serious about

~

 demetri had ended up drying off  in the sun before the fundraiser was over , so he did end up getting to  ride inside of the car. "are you still grounded or  do you wanna go get something to eat?" demetri asked, clem filled a bubble in her mouth "i can probobly just say that  the fundraiser ended a bit later than expected " clem shrugged  "taco bell?" she asked and demetri nodded

 after the two collected their food they were sitting in the parking lot when   clem got a call from sam "hello?" clem answered the phone in a concerned tone,since she had just seen sam about an hour ago "hey, you need to come to my house.like now." sam said with a serious tone "why? what happened?" clem  wrapped her food up and put the phoje on speaker then placing it in the cup holder.she buckled back up and starting her car "i'll explain when you get here." she huffed out a frustrated sigh

clem started to speed off when  demetri  called out " i'm not buckled!" he panicked  reaching for the seat belt.

 when the two arrived at sams house, only seeing sam's car in the driveway a bit of weight got lifted from her chest knowing that daniel wouldn't be there.

  The two stepped on the porch knocking," Come in" Sam let the two in, and demetri and clem followed Sam into the living room where all of the previous Miyagi-do students sat. "what the fuck happened?!"  clem looked at Nate who was bruised and beat up. His glasses missing and blood on his face. " cobra kai stole the fund raiser money and beat the shit out of me is what happened" nate gritted his teeth. "what?!" clems eyes got big, she was stupid angry.

"what are we gonna do about it? we can't let them get away with this" demetri  scoffed, he was just as angry as the girl next to him " we won't cause ya know what we're gonna do? we're gonna  go down to cobra kais dojo   rip that cigar staright out of  that bitch kreeses mouth and we're gonna singe him with it. Then we're gonna stomp on those cobra heads. Cause this is some bullshit! " clem shouted

 everyone looked at her with wide eyes  as she breath heavily, she had lost it.  everything was coming down on her at once, all of the sadness and frustration turned to anger quickly.

" okay, just calm down." demetri put a hand on the girls shoulder, in whi ch she  shoved off "no. i'm not just gonna calm down. this is bullshit! they keep coming after us. and we've gotta do something about it. cobra kais nevr gonna stop training. so we need to get back in the dojo like... now." she insited

" clems right. we've gotta keep training" sam agreed with the hyped up girl which made a small smile come to clems face "what about mr.larruso? he'll kill us if he knew we were training without him" chris brought up " he won't know because he's out of town" sam smirked

when clem arrived home that night she found her mother sitting at the kitchen island  with crossed arms "what happedn to 'the fundraisers ending at six' ?"jasmine questioned "it ran late"  clem said hooking her keys by the door " right. and thast why i got the notification that you went to taco bell... and then sams" jasmine  stuck her tounge to her cheek "well um- i can explain..."  clem's voice pitched up, knowing she  was caught."okay. explain."  jasmine raised her eyebrows, clem was on the spot "well, demerti was about to faint cause  of the heat   and he hadn't had anything to eat in a few hours  so i got him taco bell... and then  sam... well sam... she uh" clem ran out of excuses scratching her head "clairissa johnson... tell me the truth. now." jasmine  tightened her jaw 

clem sighed" after the fundraiser, demetri and i got food. i figured it wouldn't matter ifi was a little late but then i got a call from sam  that there was an emergency. long story short  some guys from cobra kai jumped nate and took the funds from the car wash" she looked to her feet shaking her head " what?  we have to tell the cops." jasmine  gasped  and clem immeditly  jumped " no.  we can't its a karate war... if you get the cops involved they'll just come back at us ten times harder." clem informed, her mother just sat and stared at her " so you guys are just gonna do nothing?"she asked 

"not nothing" clem presented slowly" we need to train. and i know you said no more karate but  mom, this is the only thing i'm good at. cobra kai is gonna keep coming at us, and i'm not gonna be able to defend myself if i don't do this. so please." clem's heart raced as she watched her mother shift positions "okay." jasmine complied 

 clem let out a relieved sigh "thank you. and mom? i'm sorry about the other day. i was pissed about everything, i shouldn't of yelled at you like that."  clem softened her tone  jasmine smiled "its alright. and i don't think karate is a bad look on the family i was just scared. you're my only daughter,i'm just always afraid i'm gonna mess up." jasmine sniffled back her tears "oh, momma."  clem pulled her bottom lip  curving her brows  and opening her arms shuffling her way over to her mom 

  they wern't alwasy perfect, and they obviosly still had their issues but all in all  jasmine loved that kid to death and clem loved her mother despite her flaws.something jasmine was never used to.

kat speaks....

posting this in honor to cobra kai ending... the way this how has shaped me since like 2020 is insane. i will obviously continue writing this story until its season six conclusion...duh.

jasmine and clem being the mother daughter duo we need!!!! their bond will only grow stronger.

oh, how i miss sweet eli and clem!! they will return better than ever though i promise! my babies will return.

oh my god! miguel and clem... i missed them so much and clems eagle fang era will be so good(if i end up doing it...)!