Zach felt charged the next morning when he met Rui and the others at the dojo just as the sun was breaking the dawn. There was César, a middleweight, Jose, a lightweight, and Aldo, a featherweight. Zach found it interesting that Rui chose to introduce them by weight class. There were also Rosa, a short, muscular, almost breastless, dark-haired featherweight, and Juliana, a taller middleweight with full breasts, grey eyes, and a brunette braid that hung down her back to her waist.

Unused to the heat or the humidity and being out of shape, Zach brought up the rear by quite a way when they finally got back to the...