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Odessa didn't think about anything else other than proving that she deserved to make top ten. She channeled everything she learned over the years and she let it all out in that moment. Odessa punched the dummy in front of her twice, once in the chest and once in the ribs, then she front kicked it in the chest again and spun around, bringing her other leg up in a high extended kick across the dummy's face.
"That's good, Dess. Keep it up," her dad encouraged her as the senseis walked around with Mike, who was writing down notes.
"Thanks, dad–I mean Sensei Beaumont," she corrected herself and smiled.
Christian grinned.
Across the yard on the other sparing deck, Grayson was showing off his nunchucks skills that won him in the All Valley. He grunted and stung the nunchucks around his body, around his head and then around his shoulders. He grunted and twirled the nunchucks around his hand then he switched it to the other hand.
"Badass, Stretch!" Johnny praised with a raised fist.
Mike hummed and wrote down his notes.
Oliver's greatest strength was quite literally his strength. He had gained more muscle over the years, standing at a tall 6'2. He sparred with Miguel on the deck, shuffling forward on his feet and he leaned over with a side kick. Miguel stepped back but did the same move. Oliver ducked under his leg and quickly stepped forward, throwing a punch. His friend held his arms up in a x position, blocking his punch and then Miguel reciprocated, going in with a punch and Oliver hit him in the chest, following with a an elbow to the gut. He watched Mike write down in his notes and he smirked. "That all you got, Diaz?"
"In your dreams, Benson." Miguel answered and they continued.
Odessa punched a board to her left that was held by Bert. Grunting loudly, she punched the one to her right that Oliver held up and side kicked the one Eli was holding in front of her. Then, she quickly spun around and forcefully kicked the one behind her, held by Mitch. He stumbled backward from the force and fell to the ground. Odessa cringed. "Sorry, Mitch."
"Dess, more's coming your way," she heard Eli say. "Get up, Penis Breath!"
Odessa faced forward again and the boys picked up the other boards on the ground. She saw Mike circling around everyone, observing their technique while writing down notes. She inhaled a breath. Go for it, Dess. Odessa grunted loudly and punched through the two boards on her left and right. Then, she jumped and kicked through Eli's board, the boy stumbling back, and she spun herself around in mid air, kicking the board behind her before landing on her feet.
They were all in shock, as well as some of the people around them that witnessed it. "Holy crap, that was awesome!" Bert said while searching for his glasses that got knocked off.
