Honing new skills (Bear)

[rougestar21]

OOC: Immediately after Jonas has left the hospital.

casa dolce casa... Jonas muttered as he pushed open the door to his and Bear's apartment. Suddenly, Jonas stopped, closed his eyes, and stood there a second...

Yep, it stinks like Bear here... Jonas smiled a little. He really didn't have a problem with his new ally, but rather a problem with his odor; of course, Jonas, with his constant Mountain Dew and Taco Bell binges, probably wrought a horror worse than Freshkills back in NYC, yet he could not smell it anymore. Also, the sterile smell of the hospital was beginning to wear off, and return Jonas back to his daily life.

Earlier that day...

"Mr. Vetrano, we have your tests back, and..."
"And what, doctor?" Jonas answered in a professional tone.
"Well," the doctor replied, "you made one damn impressive recovery. All of your internal injuries seem to have clotted back up, even before we could decide on a course of action."
With that, the doctor put his hand on the back of Jonas's head, "You have an impressive constitution there, almost like a..."
"Spartan." Jonas cut the doctor off. "I've been told that before."
The doctor quickly responded, "Anyway, you're scheduled for release today. Your clothes have all been sterilized as well."
Jonas quickly sat up and smiled. "Saves me a trip to the 'mat. Thanks doc."
As Jonas got up and left the room, the doctor turned his head back to his charts, he sighed to himself.
"God, he gets his wrist dislocated two weeks ago, and now this... almost makes me wonder what goes on at that school..."

Present day

Jonas slowly trudged through the door, slightly disinherited. He may have saved some green from getting his stuff sterilized for free, but the cab to get him back to the apartments cleaned him out again. And now, Jonas was hungry.
What about that burrito? Jonas thought as he walked to the fridge and pulled open the plastic door. Yep, there it was: a half-eaten Grilled Stuft Burrito from Taco Bell in all its glory. Jonas quickly pulled it out and tossed it into the microwave for a few seconds.
"Hey Bear, you in here?" Jonas called out, to see if his roommate was around. Jonas had a favor to ask of him.

[Kabuto Takada]

Bear walked out of his room.He scracthed himself a little bit.
He had been sleeping when Jonas had walked in.
"Morning,brother.Feeling less shit today?" asked Bear.

He went to the kitchen and got out a cold slice of pizza.He gulped it down and reached in for a second slice.
"How was the hospital?" asked Bear,chomping down on his slice of pizza.

His various bruises had gone away and the aching was all gone.
But he was woprried about Jonas,he had been knocked unconcious and that was more serious.

[rougestar21]

"Ehh, can't complain." Jonas nodded toward Bear as the microwave made its subtle ding, letting Jonas know his burrito was done. The second Jonas heard it, he pulled the door open, yanked out the burrito and pushed the door shut; Jonas had never understood subtilty in people, but the casual ding of the microwave was easy enough for Jonas to understand.

"Bear, I'll be frank;" Jonas said as he bit into his burrito, "We lost big. If we're going to be able to take down Hircine or be any use to that bastard Seth, we need to combine our skills."

"What I need from you is to teach me the secret of raw power, strong enough to take out Fletcher or Kyosuke in a few shots. In return, I'll teach you how to fight fast and fluid. All your power isn't going to be useful unless your opponent actually gets hit; sure, maybe you could break through a few blocks, but personally, I'd rather hit soft organs than hard bone."

"All I'm asking is that you and I help each other train in our respective strengths; that way, we'll each have a little more flexibility if our own strengths are bested."

Jonas put his burrito down on the table and extended his hand toward Bear,

"Sai noi una a accordo?*"

*Italian, Do we have a deal?

[Kabuto Takada]

Bear nodded.Jonas was right.
"Yes,we have a deal.We cover our weaknesses.Well,if you want to get storng,first off you have to bulk up.A considerable amount.Meat,lots of it.Gain about 10+ punds and then we work out to refine the extra weight into muscle.This way,we have enough weight to throw around and enough muscle to back it up." Said Bear.He was thinking,and thinking out loud.

"what do we do for speed?"

[rougestar21]

"That's a little more complex, Amico" Jonas replied. "Get up in the morning at around six with me for a 3 mile run every day; not for speed, but for endurance." Jonas nodded toward Bear, "A good constant bit of running will help you build up some speed in your kicks more then all the sprints in the world. As for punches and grabs, we'll just spar a little in the afternoons, around a half-hour. The thing is we're both gonna pull our punches; we don't want to kill each other, and it puts a little more resistance on our attacks, which'll make it easier for us to fight when we don't have to hold back."

Jonas took another bite of his burrito and looked Bear straight in the eye, "In the evenings though, we have our hardest part of training," Jonas pointed to his forehead,"and that's training our minds, becoming Zen. Zen is a state of perfect mindfulness, yet mindlessness, where you don't even have to think about your actions to follow through with them flawlessly; this will make you much quicker than you have ever been."

"Once we can utilize speed in your arms, legs, and mind, you'll be quick, neigh untouchable." With that, Jonas put his arm on Bear's shoulder. "You've already learned how to fight; now our only problem is making it automatic." With that, Jonas tossed the last of his burrito into his mouth and yawned.

"I'm gonna take a little nap; i'm still a little sore from that gut shot. I guess I'll see you in the morning, if you're up for it." As Jonas turned and walked toward the couch, he looked at Bear and chuckled.
"I think that burrito had some form of meat in it, does that count for anything?"

[Kabuto Takada]

(( Im just Gonna Summarize Training,Okay?)
Over the next few weeks,Jonas and Bear sweat more than they had in their entire life.In the morining they would run,in the afternoon they`d train with weights and at night they eat meat to bulk up.Bear had gained 10 pounds of muscle and was starting to move alot quicker.Jonas had gotten stronger,being able to bench press around half of what Bear could.They had gotten stronger,and faster.

Bear pushed open the doort to the apartment,sweat dripping from every pore.His whit shirt had sweat marks,and his track pants covered his tired legs.He walked wearily to the shower.
He turned the knobs and the water rushed over him.He washed all the sweat away and then walked into his bed room.He changed into more comfortable clothes.

He walked out into the living room.
Bear turned to Jonas.
"Amigo,whe've been wroking hard.Lets go down to Seth`s pub tonight to celebrate."Said Bear.He sat on the couch and opened a coke and drank heartily.They had worked hard,Meditating,running,sparring to the point of collapse.Hard work,just so they wouldn`t get their asses killed next time they got into a fight.He finished the coke and crumpled the can in his hand."Come on brother,lets go already!"