fandomhighdorms | The gym, Wednesday evening

Momoko simply had no idea what they were going to do, so she followed Dinah and ogled the gear she was selecting. "So, what kind of training are we doing, anyway?"

"Sparring with powers." Dinah threw her a grin, then some arm guards and knee-pads. "We can go with the basics of how to fight next week or later this week, if you want. But I want to see what you can do with super-strength and flying, fighting against me, okay?"

And maybe that would really convince Momoko that she had to learn how to fight. She kind of believed it now-- she was here, after all-- but showing her how well she could do with training would be the big point.

Ah! This was going to be fun!

She caught the gear and set about trying to figure them out. "So, powers as in I get to change to Blossom and use my yo-yo, or do I have to stay as me and do my best just jumping and being stronger than people expect? Which doesn't sound very fair against your powers, so maybe I should be transforming?"

"Transforming, but no yo-you this time, I think? Since I didn't bring my sticks," Dinah said, smiling, and fastening on the shin-guards after the knee-pads, then the wrist and elbow pads and padding, so Momoko could see how they all worked. "This way, you can throw me around all you want, and I can push you, and most of the padding catches the force. Plus we stay on the mats," she added. "Promise not to hit you with any of the barbells around here either!" She grinned, and straightened up. "I'll stretch here 'til you're ready."

Momoko transformed as quickly as she could, then geared up. "Okay, so no weapons for me. We try to throw each other but try to stay on the mats ourselves."

She stood, shaking her foot against the ground to test her movement with all the new stuff on. It was weird to be so covered up as Blossom; she felt a bit stiff, really, but she doubted it would affect her flying much. "Ready! Oh, hey, I can float above them right? The mats? Or am I grounded?"

"Sure. I'm going to air-walk if I need to," Dinah said, amused, then took two careful steps upward, hovering a foot over the ground. "Show me what you've got, Blossom!"

What Blossom had a huge amount of staring, because that had just been too cool to watch!

She shook her head and grinned, lifting up into the air herself. "Right!" But she really had no idea what she should be doing. She decided to start with a simple rush, and she pushed off to speed towards Dinah's waist.

Dinah let her get pretty close, then grabbed for her wrist with hands and TK, preparing to turn in an arc and let Blossom's momentum and new trajectory carry her down onto the mats. Whap!

"Ooof!" Blossom went down but bounced back up in a flash. She set off again for Dinah, only this time with a bit more speed.

She hoped this worked.

Dinah let go of the TK holding her up, and dropped down to the mat, and aimed a punch at the stomach of the incoming Blossom, wondering if she'd correct fast enough to avoid the punch.

Telegraphing, the Arthur in her head said. She told him to hush up.

Oh, she was probably fast enough, but instead she shifted direction just before she came within range. Blossom flew upwards for a few seconds, long enough to angle herself into position and aim an incoming flying kick at Dinah's shoulder.

Ah! She had forgotten to ask if there were any out of bounds areas to hit!

Nope! There really weren't! Which was why Dinah grinned and grabbed for Blossom's foot again, like Helena always did to her. Fast! Twirl her! Use the TK to spiiiiiin Blossom, if she didn't get freeeee!

The block was fine, but Blossom wasn't expecting the spinning, so her attempt to reverse herself was poor. But it was totally fine, since Blossom didn't fall. A lovely benefit to actually flying.

She finally kicked her feet mid-spin, breaking free and then took off in a small, tight arc, coming back over her head and towards Dinah's backside, aiming for her legs.

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Dinah was grinning by now, having fun, and spun, just lashing out with a push of TK toward Blossom, hard as she could toward the girl's feet. "You're doing good, but you're easy to see coming. And you don't have to be!"

"Whoah!" And her feet would totally be where her flying stems from, so the TK push sent her way off course.

She righted herself and fell back, hanging in the air a bit away. "What do you mean, easy to see coming? How can I not be when I'm flying right at you?"

Totally made no sense. But yeah, it was fun, trying to fly in at Dinah and escape all of her tricks. "Hey, can I ask questions about your powers while we do this or is that not allowed?"

"You don't always have to fly at me; you're super-strong, you don't need the distance to get force," Dinah pointed out. "Regular guys would find it hard to avoid you, but anyone with powers could get ready to block or throw your attack." She grinned. "And sure, go ahead, I don't have a problem with that." She took a couple of air steps up so she was hovering at the same level as Momoko.

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Blossom grinned as she watched the air-stepping again. That would totally never get old.

"Okay, so you mean I should try to attack you without flying at you?" Momoko pretty much only threw punches when she was upset, using instinct and adrenaline. "Like how?"

Momoko didn't really have a 'form' to speak of, but then, with super-strength, she didn't need one. "Go for a torso shot, okay? Right here." Dinah patted the most padded part of her stomach. "Let's see how far back I go, first. Just to test it. I'll try to block it, but I'm not expecting a lot."

"Just punch you?!" Momoko had known training was going to include this, but was kind of hoping to have learned more before she had to punch someone. Like, how?

She tried to pretend Dinah was Mojo Jojo and drew back her right arm.

Her punch was pulled, though that probably meant little.

Dinah tried to block, but the sheer strength of the punch meant it didn't get deflected, and when the punch landed, she was pushed back about five feet, and fell another two to the floor. "Good!" she said, scrambling back up to her feet. "See? You knocked me down, got me far enough away, without wasting all that energy on the run-up, or, well, fly-up. When you do that, I get plenty of time to prepare, maybe mess you up. Close-range, not so much." She poked her TK toward Momoko again, lightly in the stomach, enough to maybe make her push back a foot. "Less is more."

"Ooof!" Blossom was paying more attention to making sure she hadn't hurt Dinah to watching out for her TK, so she flew back a bit more than probably expected.

She righted herself and hovered as she waited for Dinah. "Hey, when you do that is the force like just right here," she moved her hand in the direction of her stomach. "Or is it everywhere? I mean, like, can I dodge it?"

Dinah paused, and said, "It's somewhere in between, most of the time." Dinah waved an arm in a circle in front of her, about the same size as her fencing shield. "Usually when I'm fighting, I push at it in a space this big. But I can make it tiny, or huge and diffuse." She tapped Blossom's nose with her TK, very lightly. "Bigger is easier, because I don't have to aim, but I can concentrate it and put a lot of force in a small area. That help you picture it?"

Blossom grinned and rolled her eyes. She'd been hoping for an easier answer. "Yeah, it totally does, but I don't like it. It's hard enough to avoid something you can't see, but when it can be any size it's even harder!"

"Sorry," Dinah said, totally unrepentant. Two years of hard work and she was pretty happy with what she could do with her abilities now. "I don't have making it a shield you can't punch through mastered. Yet." She grinned. "That's next." She tilted her head. "Do you see where I'm going with this, though? Your fighting style, it's great for fighting monsters. Bigger things. Smaller people, people with powers you don't know-- not so much."

"Hai, sempai!" Momoko saluted, then floated back to hang over the mat, grinning. "Okay, so you think I should try and do less flying and more punching?"

Somewhere, she could hear Buttercup laughing.

That never stopped being funny, her being sempai.

"Yeah, I do. Not saying you should give it up, you're going to need it back home. But just in case..." Dinah shrugged, then said, "I'll be honest, the idea of you going up against someone else with super-strength? Way unsettling. You gotta have some other moves if that happens."

"I usually just lasso her or get Bubbles to catch her." Oh! Dinah meant bad guys not Kaoru.

"So, I need to learn to fight-fight. That's, like, just punching and kicking, right?"

Dinah blinked at that semi-non-sequitur, then said, "Yeah. Like punching and kicking and blocking and stuff." She cocked her head. "Hey, are you super-resilient too? I mean, do you bruise and stuff, if you bounce hard enough?"

"Ah, and blocking!" She did that already, didn't she? "Am I super-resilient? Well, the costume takes a lot of the damage and it's really hard to rip and stuff. But I do get sore, and if someone hits me hard enough I can feel it even through the suit. Or, like, if I get thrown through a building or something. Then I ache for a while, yeah."

Basically she recovered quickly, especially while there was still a fight to be won. And she could breathe in space.

"I haven't been shot at or had bombs thrown at me or anything? Are you?"

So, not quite Claire-level, but Dinah still didn't have to pull her punches, except with the TK. "Noooo," she said regretfully. "I wish. That would be incredibly useful. My sister Helena is. She heals up from anything you throw at her in a couple days, if that long. If I get hurt, I get hurt. That's why the leather I wear at home has kevlar panels in it, in case of guns." She frowned. "Maybe I should get that domino reinforced with it too, just in case.... Anyway. But yeah. If you want, we can start the kicking-and-punching learning tonight, or next time."

Blossom looked around for a sign or something. "How long can we stay? Unless you're tired, I'm still good! I think?"

"As long as we want," Dinah promised with a grin. "Let's start with your stance..."

The gym, Wednesday evening

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