Sorry for not updating for a while…I don't have much motivation these days. But then I looked back on this and thought about how I already wrote 18 chapters, might as well try to finish it. Anyways, I'm back with the 19th chapter.

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And yes, Ren shall appear soon.

Monday, during lunch…

"I can't believe it, we actually won a game!" exclaimed Chan-lee.

"If we can make it past the semi-finals, then we can win the championships!" added Dan.

"Don't get your hopes up too high, Dan," warned Shun. "Keep your head in the game."

"Oh don't be suck a killjoy," said Julie. "This is the first game you guys won. I think that deserves some celebration."

"How about we save it until after the championships, eh?" suggested Joe, who was on Shun's side. "It's more fun that way."

"Sounds good to me!" exclaimed Dan as the bell rang. "Well, gotta get to class now. See you guys at practice!"

After school in the gym…

"Dude…what gives?" asked Dan.

"It's past three," said Billy, checking the clock on the wall. "Coach should be here by now."

"I hope he's ok," said Alice, nervously.

"I'm sure he's fine," said Shun. "He's probably just running late-"

"LOOK OUT!"

A soccer ball came hurling inside the gym that had its doors wide open, towards Shun's head, but he managed to catch it in time, due to his ninja training.

"Sorry about that!" exclaimed a girl, running from the soccer field.

"No problem," said Shun, tossing her the ball.

"Hey, are you guys the Basketball Brawlers?" she asked as she caught the ball.

"Yup, that's us," answered Joe.

"Congrats on the win on Friday."

"Thanks," said Runo. "Who are you?"

"My name is Riley, I'm a senior on the varsity soccer team. Why are you all just standing there?"

"We're waiting for our coach," replied Fabia.

"Who is your coach?"

"Mr. Harben."

"You guys didn't hear the news? Isn't he your P.E. teacher?"

"Yeah, but he was present today," said Chan.

"When do you guys have P.E.?"

"Third period."

"Ah…no wonder. He left right away as soon as lunch ended."

"Why?" asked Dan.

"He got a call from Maryland saying his sister is ill."

"So he's…gone?"

"Well…probably not forever. But for now, yes, he'll be staying in Maryland for a while."

"But then what about us?" asked Joe. "We need a coach!"

Riley shrugged. "I don't know…I have to get back to my team now. Hope it works out for you guys."

As Riley left the gym, the Brawlers exchanged looks.

"No coach…oh man, what are we going to do now?" asked Billy.

"Simple, we coach ourselves," said Dan.

"WHAT?" asked the whole team, minus Dan.

"We know what to do," replied Dan. "We know Coach Harben's practice style, you know, the usual: run some laps, do some drills, and then a practice game."

"But us…teaching ourselves?" asked Fabia. "I don't know…"

"What about the other teachers in the school?" asked Alice. "Maybe they could coach us…"

Dan shook his head. "It's already the middle of the season. Everyone's gonna be busy. I heard those teachers who aren't coaching sports have some online class going on anyway, so it wouldn't work out."

"I guess we have no choice then," said Runo.

"We'll just have to coach ourselves until Mr. Harben gets back," said Shun. "Let's all pray his sister gets well, not just so we can get our coach back, but for her sake as well."

Yes, I know this was SUPER SHORT, but I wanted to post at least something.

This chapter was based on a true story, mine. My coach had to go away for a while and my team had to actually coach ourselves, lol. But anyways, please review!