Go shoot, beyblade! [Totally Open]

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

If there was one thing Hoshi knew, it was to not let your body wane in strength. After getting her feet wet in what went on and the basics of the ship, she decided to go to the Sensoriums. The process of recreating the area where her team usually frequented was a bit complicated, but there it was.

It was a warehouse, the same one her and her teammates trained in. It was also big enough to run around in as well as beyblade in. There were a stack of boxes to one side as well as some equipment to train if the need was present. She was dressed in a simple white t-shirt and a pair of black shorts. Her hair was tied up into a ponytail with her hair away from her face.

She had one hand down on the ground, supporting her weight on her arm as her other arm was bent and behind her back. Her toes were firm against the ground and her body was in perfect push up position.

After a while of doing this, she got up and panted. She moved her arm up to dab at the sweat that collected on her forehead before she shook her head. Training was always fun and it was definitely needed after some time of not doing it.

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[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Out of utter curiosity, Sasami had wanted to head back into the Sensoriums to try a few things - mostly to get herself back into practice with her Pactio. She knew Negi, more or less Alessa, wouldn't be thrilled over her slacking off.

However, when she wandered in, she couldn't help but stop at what she saw. "Oh...! Oops! Sorry, I didn't know someone was using this..." she stammered before seeing... "...Hoshi?"

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

After taking a small break, Hoshi decided to stretch her arms and her legs out to get movement in them. She would go for more hardcore training later if she deemed it to be absolutely necessary.

"Oh, hey Sasami. It's okay." She raised her hand up to wave at her, still having that silly smile on her face.

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Sasami nodded and moved to approach Hoshi. She looked around the place, a little confused of it all.

"What were you doing in here?"

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"Training. I was warming my body up by doing a few stretches, coupled by push ups and sit ups. And then I would run a few laps," Hoshi explained to Sasami, relaxing after her warm up session.

"I decided to do it in a place that was most familiar with me so that I know where everything is."

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"Oh...!" Sasami said, nodding in understanding. Then, it dawned on her - she used those beyblades, right? Then...

"...are you training for those 'beyblades'?"

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

"That I am. Beyblade training has to be intense because the matches themselves are," she replied to Sasami.

Then again, she was the kind who made the matches enjoyable on both sides.

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami blinked in surprise. It seemed odd to actually train for a top game. Of course, she remembered about Hoshi's companion and it seemed to make sense to her.

"I see..." she said, nodding.

[memory-hax.livejournal.com]

Hoshi had a watcher who was sitting atop the crates. He had come inside initially when the scenery changed and had been watching the training. It was similar to what Shotarou did when he was keeping himself limber in between cases.

However, with her arm held like that...

"Can I assume that you had an injury to your arm miss?" inquired Phillip from his perch, shutting the book.

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

The door to the warehouse had been open to allow some air to flow through the building inside and out, so people coming in to the warehouse wasn't entirely too new to her.

However, at the mention at her arm, as well as the voice, she shifted to a bit of a defensive stance.

"Sure, I guess. May I ask who you are, though?" she asked, making sure to hide the scars that were clearly noticeable with her choice of a training outfit.

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"Ah, just a passing curiosity," replied Phillip, swinging his legs over the crate and looking down at the sweaty girl. "I would imagine it hinders you. You should get it looked at."

"I'm Phillip," added Phillip.

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Hoshi paused for a moment to wipe the sweat off of her forehead and then hung the towel around her neck.

After that? Well, Phillip, you would be getting the quintessential answer for anything regarding pushing one's self to the absolute limits in her world.

"I'm fine--er, well, my name's not 'Fine'. It's Hikari Hoshi, actually!"

[memory-hax.livejournal.com]

"Hoshi," nodded Phillip, dispensing with the honorific. "Although you seem to be trying to compensate for your injury, it would be better of looked at. Have you tried martial arts to help your flexibility after surgery? There are several procedures on board that would be useful in regaining about 60% more of your overall motion."

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

Honorifics were something she rarely went with, so it wasn't that much of a bother with her. But, something about him made her remember back on what Kyouju, from Takao's team, would do.

"I've done physical rehabilitation to get motion back in it, as well as for other things regarding it."

[noneed-toworry.livejournal.com]

"Wow...! Looks amazing, doesn't it Piplup?"

"Lup!"

Dawn, dressed in her usual hat, skirt, vest and shirt combo, entered inside with Piplup perched on top of her head. At seeing who else was there, she came to a sudden stop. "Oh...! Sorry about this. I didn't know anyone else was here..."

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During a push up, Hoshi glanced up at Dawn and smiled, shaking her head as she got out of her position.

"It's all right! You can stay if you want to."

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"Okay, if you're sure..." Dawn noted with a smile of her own, the Penguin Pokemon leaping off her head and holding out a flipper toward Hoshi.

"Pip?"

"I think Piplup wants to make friends~!" Dawn giggled.

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"I am. Don't worry," Hoshi said gently while she noticed the Penguin Pokemon. It looked like it could belong in her world with no problems. She giggled, crouching down and holding her hand out and taking his flipper.

"A pleasure to meet you, Piplup," she stated while she glanced at the both of them. "I'm Hikari Hoshi and it's a pleasure to meet you both."

[noneed-toworry.livejournal.com]

"Piplup!"

Dawn smiled excitedly while making her way over and holding out her hand. "It's nice to meet you too, Hoshi. I'm Dawn, from Twinleaf Town!"

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

"Nice to meet you! I'm from Bey City, Dawn. That's in Japan," Hoshi said, grinning just as enthusiastically.

"So, what kind of holy beast is this guy?"

[morphitudinous]

Billy had similar ideas on the training front. He found that he'd neglected it due to the construction work and other distractions, but if he was ever to be a good Ranger and finally start to match the others in training classes, he'd have to work even harder.

So Sensorium training it was. He'd probably try running through sand again, then arm exercises the next day. He was ready to go, training on the brain, when he started searching for an empty sensorium. Instead, Billy found an occupied one and another crew member in training. He didn't recognize her, but that was all right.

He walked toward her and offered an oddly shaped container of water---real water, collected from a small water purification system test of his in the city.

"Here, I thought you'd prefer this to a needle."

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

It was true. Hoshi was fairly sweaty with how intense her training could be at times, but that was meant to make her stronger and endure so much more. She panted, rubbing at the sweat that collected on her body before blinking and turning her head in Billy's direction.

"Thank you!" she said, taking the oddly shaped container gratefully. "You're right, I would prefer this to a needle."

She happily sipped the water down, though not too fast. She didn't want to make herself sick, after all.

"This is delicious."

[morphitudinous]

"It's a test of one of my water purification systems," Billy explained, gesturing to the container on his belt that he kept for himself. "We have a process for bathwater, and we're working on water power, but this is the first time I've tried for drinking water."

Billy was glad it had worked out well. He'd probably leave to let her be soon, but his curious nature always had another question. "I've never seen a warehouse facility used for training before. It's usually where the real battles happen."

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"It definitely tastes like it came right from the tap," Hoshi commented, keeping the jug of water to her side. "Or a spring, if we wanna go that route."

Then, at his statement, she chuckled and grinned a little. "This is where my teammates, as well as myself, trained. The space helps when it comes to giving people room to work out without bumping into other people. That, and the location can also help when it comes to running laps," she stated while moving her neck side to side to loosen the joints up.

[morphitudinous]

Billy could see himself doing that. He took another look around the warehouse, taking in the details. "The training really paid off," he complimented, trying not to sound creepy. It's more of an athlete thing.

Like the athlete he's...almost become. He'll never feel comfortable with that label. "I was thinking of training myself later, actually."

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

Well, Billy, she won't take offense to that. She treated it as if it was a compliment and her almost never ending smile didn't falter. "Thank you so much!" she said, obviously taking it well.

"I'd love to join you, or uh... teach you some tricks, if you wanted to," she admitted before coming to a bit of a realization. She didn't give him her name!

"Also, I'm Hikari Hoshi. It's a pleasure to meet you!" Last name, first, but hey. It was how they did it in Japan.