Summer Fitness [Period 2, Friday]

[doubleohblonde]

As the class assembled at the Danger Shop, they were greeted by an entirely too-chipper Bond, and some very pretty scenery that would in no way have looked familiar to any members of the class if they were around.

"So," he began, once everyone had arrived. "I thought we'd have a relatively simple class today, and do a spot of cross-country running. Not a race though, it doesn't matter what order you finish the course in, so long as you finish." There, that wasn't in the least bit ominous.

"So, if you'll just slip the back-packs on, and follow me, that would be great."

...wait, back-packs?

[Please wait for OCD up!]

[Roster]

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Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

One of the last things Cal had been expecting (perhaps stupidly), was to be pushed. "He--" He stumbled back a little, before his arms started to work in the vain attempt to work against the gravity pulling him (and the pack) back, and the next thing he knew, he landed straight on his skinny butt with a small grunt from the impact.

He blinked.

"See what I mean?"

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"I do. Taller people are easier to knock down," She replied with a smirk, offering him her hand to get up.

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Well, at least she offered to help without him having to nag at her for it. He grinned a little, taking her hand and planting his feet on the ground to help anchor him. "Taller, skinnier people," he pointed out. It's like a feather in the wind."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Taking a firm grip on his hand, she pulled to help him along. "Then you learn to move with it."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

If only it were that easy. He'd really only been aware of what his body was for two years now. Still, Temari would find not difficulty at all in pulling Cal up, even with the height difference; he was able to help himself quite a bit, though, too, drawn up close by her assistance. "Easy for you to say," he commented, grinning down at her. "There's less for you to learn."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"I started young," Temari replied with a small smile that wasn't entirely happy until she added: "Sparkles."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"What, growing?" Cal asked with a smirk. "Didn't get very far."

He gave her shoulder a light, playful shove for good measure; it was barely anything, but it could make them even, so to speak. Especially since he ended it with a nice, simple, "Fanbutt."

Aww, he'd missed this lately.

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"I'm a perfectly normal height for my home," Temari informed him loftily.

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"You're not home, though," Cal pointed out. "But," he added, "I was used to be taller than everyone else for a while, too; it was embarrassing back then, though, so now I've earned my right to tower over all you little ninjas."

There was a thoughtful sort of pause.

"Probably easy to be a sneaky ninja when you're not all tall and clumsy."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"You just have to make sure you don't need to hide," Temari replied. "Use the height and usually additional strength to your advantage."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Or?" Cal offered. "Hide only where there are tall trees with branches that shorter people can't reach."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Temari laughed. "Didn't you know? Ninja can walk up trees and on water."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

That did leave Cal at a little bit of an impasse. "Well," he said, and then paused. For a very, very long time.

"Good for them."

That was all he had, really.

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Patting him on the arm, Temari shook her head. "Basic training for ninja."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

The arm-patting got a little bit of a dull, narrow-eyed look. "So, you can walk on water, then?" he asked, casually, with perhaps a bit of challenge in his voice. If she could, he wanted to see it.

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"I can," She replied, chin high as she smirked.

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"You'll have to show me sometime," Cal said, nodding slightly. "And how long did it take you to master the art of walking on water, oh great Fanbutt Ninja?"

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

Giving Cal a look, Temari refused to dignify the title with a response. Other than a light push at his arm. "A few weeks. Having that much water around wasn't something I was used to. It took a while to get it down."

Walking on sand without stumbling or wearing herself out, however, was easy. You either did it or you died.

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal quirked an eyebrow. "A few weeks is a 'while'?" he asked dryly.

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"It's like-- doing a new exercise. You get used to it enough to perform the action, but more practice to have it perfect."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"So, you're saying," Cal said, in a tone that showed that, yeah, this was never going to happen, "that if I practiced hard enough, I could walk on water, too."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"Maybe. If you can control your chakra." A beat. "If you have chakra."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"...I'm still not even sure what chakra is," Cal admitted. "I lived with someone in San Francisco who did tai chi and talked about it all the time..."

Zora had also told him that they were what everyone wanted, they were the next evolutionary step. Cal believed a lot of what Zora had told him back then, but, in retrospect, he was definitely second guessing her.

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-fangirl.livejournal.com]

"Tai Chi?" Temari tilted her head at him curiously. "Chakra is the combination of physical and spiritual energy. Ninjas are just the ones who can control the combination."

Re: Put on the Backpacks - SF [Week 3]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal shrugged. "I don't know; I really couldn't explain it. It was a lot of stretching and breathing and stuff, and, yeah, combining the physical and the spiritual."