This book is deicated to Demarcus Cousins III, Bartholomew, and Cole for their inspiration to me.

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"Demarcus Cousins III, we already went over this. I got a great job offer. Besides, I think your really going to like it!" said Mrs. Cousins.

"Mom, why do we have to move?" Demarcus said.

It was a monday morning and Demarcus and his mom were close to their new house.

"Here we are!" Mrs. Cousins said excitedly.

"Eh, could be better," explained Demarcus.

"See this place is preety cool!" said Mrs. Cousins.

"The bus is here. Bye mom!" said Demarcus quickly.

"Bye Demarcus. Have a great day!" said Mrs. Cousins as Demarcus ran out of the door.

"Wow, this school is really nice!"

Demarcus went to school. When he arrived at school, he thought that the school looked cool.

Demarcus felt like his first day was going to be great.

"Hello, are you new here?" said a tall handsome boy.

"Actually I am! My name's Demarcus. What's your name?"

"My name is Cole. Do you want to eat lunch with me?"

"That would be great!" said Demarcus excitedly.

"Sounds good. I'll see you then," said Cole.

Demarcus had just made his first friend.

"Hi Demarcus. You should join my karate dojo with Sensei Brett," said Cole.

"Hi Cole" said Demarcus.

"Sure! I used to do karate when I was little so it would be fun to try it again," said Demarcus.

"Sweet!" exlaimed Cole.

"Oh no. Here he comes!" Cole said nervously.

Demarcus was unsure of what was going to happen next.

"I see you have a new friend, Cole," said a strong boy with a mustache.

"I do Quentin. In fact, he's going to beat you in the Karate tournament!" said Cole.

"No way! He's never going to beat me. I'm too good," said Quentin.

"I think you'll be surprised Quentin. With some training from sensei Brett, he could be really good," said Cole.

"We'll see about that," said Quentin confidently.

After school Demarcus went with Cole to the new dojo. Demarcus couldn't wait to train.

When Demarcus walked into the dojo he saw a strong, tall man with sunglasees and blonde hair. It was sensei Brett.

"Hello Demarcus! It's nice to meet you!" said sensei Brett.

"It's good to meet you too! I can't wait to get started!" said Demarcus.

"It's is going to be hard work to try to win the tournament, but if you work hard enough, you could bring home the trophy," said sensei Brett.

Demarcus worked really hard. After school everyday he went to the dojo and trained until the dojo was closed. He wanted to prove Quentin wrong and make his mom proud.

Quentin was still making fun of Demarcus leading up to the tournament, but Demarcus shut out the noise and kept on training. He knew that his hard work would pay off.