"Yeeeeeeeeeees!"
Jonathan and Julia jumped off the bench and ran over to Kiernan with smiles spreading across their faces.
"We did it…"
Coach Jin touched his balding head, grinning from ear to ear. It felt unreal, as if they were living in some kind of dream world.
This kind of thing was unthinkable only two years ago.
Yet, here they were, in the finals of the nationals!
At the opposite bench, it was silent, with tears running down the cheeks of the defeated team. The taste of the defeat was bitter and heartbreaking.
"Hell yeah!"
Karma's friends cheered as they held up a banner that read "Kiernan!"
"Why the hell did you guys bring that banner?"
Karma asked with a twitching eyebrow, but he was also smiling at the sight of his son's victory.
It was unreal to him how much his son had actually changed from that timid young man who trained in his backyard to the confident and skilled warrior standing before him now.