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It was almost the instant that things went weird that Ahsoka appeared to shrink back into herself, a hand over her mouth, like she didn't mean to distract him MORE. And that was terrible of her. And then there went the light wave of energy off him, and Ty Lee went tumbling and Trunks flash stepped away and Ahsoka hide her face a moment in her hands. "Stupid..." She mumbled to herself.

Himawari gasped as it all happened, hands coming over her mouth to hide it, eyes wide. She had sat up taller as she recognized that sort of thing that Trunks did. That energy. "Oh my... I couldn't even see him move." Ichigo did that kind of swift step as well, but not with that energy. That was someone else she had met some time ago...

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For once the acrobat wasn't as graceful as she hadn't expected that. Hitting the floor harder than she meant to, then shaking herself off. Watching him with a serious expression, before she smiled. Offering that closed-fist/open-palm bow. "I don't think I could do much more today with you."

Trunks relaxed, and bowed back, keeping himself there respectfully. "I'm sorry." Honestly contrite. Ty Lee was all smiles again though. "Don't be." Hands behind her back once more, then stretching them up behind her as she bent a bit. "It just means when I'm in danger, you'll have to come play my hero, right?"

Trunks sighed inwardly, reaching up to rub the back of his neck in nerves, before giving a small nod in the other's directions. He was not going to dignify that with a response--Ty Lee was just trying to get to him. But damn if it wasn't working and he had no idea how to respond. She was too forceful, if anything.

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Ahsoka had gotten up at this point, mumbling 'excuse me, Hima' before taking off out the door again, ducking down the hall and to the locker room swiftly. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

Himawari rolled up to her bare feet, watching the other leave, then looking to the two left in the Dojo. She clapped her hands together politely, softly, and beamed at them. "I thought you were both amazing! Ty Lee, you're so fast and flexible. I thought for sure you had him there." She said, coming to the edge of the mat. "And Trunks, I haven't seen an energy like that in some time. You're both amazing fighters!"

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Tamaki was in the locker rooms, putting some of his stuff away, when Ahsoka came in. "Good morning Ahsoka-san!" Even though she was younger than he, or maybe the same age? She had been here longer, and therefore he gave her respect.

The cheery greeting was accompanied by bright purple-eyes and a smile.

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Ahsoka ran a hand over a montral in mild self distress. Stupid. Why'd she open her mouth like that? She didn't think, at all, that she would have distracted him MORE. She assumed he knew she was there. Assumptions. Master Yoda had quotes and quips about assumptions. None of which she could remember at the moment other than his voice in the back of her mind. She wasn't sure if she felt disappointed, annoyed or saddened to think of the old Master or not.

And her Jedi sense was failing her, as she didn't realize at all that someone was IN the locker room, making her jump as she heard the greeting. She blinked, looking up at the blond. She didn't understand the add on names that he and Himawari had used. They seemed to change from person to person, though she supposed they were respectful, in general. Trunks didn't use them, though he had some of their customs it seemed. Strange how worlds can be so different like that, yet the same.

"Oh, Hello, Tamaki." For a moment she wondered if calling him that showed disrespect? As she didn't tack on a title of some sort? Then again it might be disrespect to use it when she wasn't from his place. "Good morning, I mean." Distracted.

Edited Date: 2017-03-10 06:00 am (UTC)

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Tamaki would forgive her, as they were all from different worlds and different customs. In the short time they'd had to learn about each other, he'd actually gained a decent insight into the others. Perhaps it was from his experience with the Host Club. Then again, he'd always been perceptive.

"Is it a good morning?" Holding his towel, he was dressed in sweats--and unlike the others would be simply hitting the gym. Hardly the fighter or athlete his companions were, but that didn't mean he didn't try to stay in shape. "If you'll pardon any offense, you seem..." Pausing trying to think of a word. "Unsettled? Distracted?" Unsure how to phrase it.

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Don't worry, bub. Logan was actually hitting no place but the gym when he DID train. At least so far. For the most part he wasn't around this place much, outside of maybe pressing some irons. You know, like a regular guy who did regular things.

Ahsoka gave Tamaki a weak half smile. He was very perceptive. At that moment he reminded her of Master Kenobi in how he'd just caught her with distracted thoughts. She gave a sigh and rested her hands on her hips. "I'm not normally so... transparent." She shook her head, and smiled a bit better. "It is a good morning though. I managed to get Himawari some training with her sword. And we watched Trunks and Ty Lee spar for a bit. I just... needed to leave to get a bit of air is all. Are you off to train somewhere?"

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"Not the way you or the others do. I fear that if it were to come to blows, I am woefully outmatched." Raising his hand over his chest and heart dramatically. "But that does not mean I should let myself get out of shape." Still determined.

"From what I can imagine, it was exciting non? I'm sorry I missed it now. Ty-Lee-chan studied for many years with a circus after all, and I can only imagine what Trunks-kun has gone through from how quiet he can be."

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She had come to a stop a short distance from him, looking to him with a curious look and a bit of a smile. He was like Himawari as well, with the cheerfulness, but something about him made it feel more real and genuine. Not that the other girl wasn't but there was something darker there with her. Tamaki just felt... pure.

"You know, some of us do train like normal beings do. If you ever want someone to spot you or run with or swim. Just say the word." She gave him a more real smile to that. "It was a good show though. I'm sure you'll have your chance to see any of them in action." She wished now she had missed it to though.

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"I would very much enjoy a swim sometime Ahsoka-san, thank you." Definitely genuine there, although he's studying her again, as that smile was more genuine. "I'm certain I will as well. I look forward to seeing your own sparring, as I believe you have done so before?"

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She tried to relax a bit. There was nothing wrong. She didn't completely just make a fool out of herself and yell out something that SOME HOW distracted a guy. What even was going on? Still a bit bashful feeling to people giving her compliments.

"Ah, yes. I have. It was just Trunks and myself, so there was little else to do. I believe there are others here now who are better sparring partners for him however." She didn't even think on a level of 'sparing with others'.

Trunks on the brain, huh.

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Interesting--and Tamaki was definitely more perceptive--especially when it came to maiden's hearts. It had been his job, in many ways. "I see..." Walk with him Ahsoka, as this is more important than the gym for the moment. Especially as Tamaki looped her hand over his arm, and moved to lead them towards the pool.

Water was always calming, after all.

"Are you worried he won't want to train with you anymore?"

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Part of him very much wanted to go after Ahsoka--huh? But then Himawari was talking to him and Ty Lee was still there and they were both in the same direction Ahsoka'd gone even as his feet had started taking him that way. Had he done something wrong--why did she have a problem with him holding back? This was sparring, and she knew what he could do...

Reaching up to rake his fingers through his bangs in confusion and annoyance, he caught the tail end of whatever it was Ty Lee had said in response.

Ty Lee smiled and preened a bit. "I don't think I did, not really. But it was fun! I was an acrobat in the circus! It's really not that hard, Himawari. I could teach you some stuff." One arm curled under her chest, she brought the other up to her chin, thinking. "I'm still really surprised my chi-blocking didn't do more--I mean, if I didn't know better, I'd have thought you Air-bent at me Trunks."

That being the part his mind finally clued his full-attention on. Huh? Blink-blink. "Uh...not..not really." Ducking his head slightly, eyes going to the side. "I know you did something to my Ki, and I need to figure out just what it was, but that was sort of my first reaction in response to a sudden surprise like that." Both hands coming up and rubbing at his shoulders, expression serious. "Generally when I've had people pop up in my space like that suddenly, pain and a lot of hits usually follow, so it was kind of a defensive thing, as well as a preparation to sudden threat."

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Himawari drew back a bit, a softly worried look on her face. Was there something there? Was that why Ahsoka ran? Hmm. And Trunks looked as if he wanted to take off as well. Maybe she shouldn't have interrupted and spoke up. She hoped she hadn't some how brushed her bad luck off onto Ahsoka some how. She could control it, but even then she worried over that kind of thing.

Still, she tried to give him a good smile. To Ty Lee she beamed. "An acrobat! How exciting. I would like that very much, though I don't think I could learn an ounce of your grace in all the time we might have together." She said with a polite chuckle behind her hand. She wanted to know more about Air bending, though that reminded her of some people she had met before as well. And to Trunks...

"Perhaps Chi and Ki are the same things in different places, or at least similar? Her technique may need some some new training to go against a Ki as strong as yours. That could be something you could both work on, to help improve each other!" She then chuckled, hands twisting a bit behind her, together. "I've seen both Chi and ki used before. As well as other energy based focuses. Sometimes they come out a bit different."

Supportive... as she could be.

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"I'm sure I could teach you some things." Ty Lee responded with cheer and a grin. "It's really not hard once you know the trick to balancing." Then she was listening, as Trunks was, to Hima talk about Chi and Ki. "Well, Chi is the energy that flows through you. Everyone has it, and it runs in pathways through the body. Benders--those who bend the elements, like fire and air and so on, are more adept at it because that's how they bend. Using Chi." As if it was all matter of fact to her, as slight flip of her braid.

"No, that's...definitely similar enough to Ki." Trunks responded, before something else that Himawari had mentioned earlier pinged in his mind. "You said you've seen an energy like mine before?" And she didn't seem surprised that he had strong Ki. She HAD traveled a lot... "What HAVE you seen, Himawari. If you don't mind me asking."

Trunks still wanted to go after Ahsoka--but manners, and his own sense that maybe she wouldn't want to be around him right then? Not if she was upset. Both that, and his own curiosity kept him there for the moment.

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"That would be really amazing! With luck, I might be able to get a bit of it!" It might have sounded like a throw off comment, but she really did mean that she might be able to pick up some of it so long as she changed her luck a bit. Still, no reason to mention all that. She didn't want to scare off any of them with her luck or past.

With a small clap she grinned. "And like Ahsoka's Force! She was telling me about that while we were dueling a bit. It's all an energy. How amazing is it, that we could be from different places and yet all have similar sources of energy to help us through our training?"

What had she seen? Her hands came down to her sides, then tucked behind her back, fingers curling together as she leaned forward a bit on her toes. "Oh, lots of things. This one place I ended up had a lot of people, from a lot of different places. I knew one man who could control his spiritual energy, even to the point that he could go out of body to fight ghosts and spirits. And then there was this one man with such a prideful temper. He could gain an aura around him like you do, Trunks-kun. It's really amazing the things you can see and learn while traveling to different places."

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"Wow, that sounds almost like something the Avatar would do." Ty Lee commented. "Fighting spirits I mean. The Avatar is a being who can bend all 4 elements. Most people can only bend one. They're supposed to be the 'bridge between the spirit world and our world' or something like that."

"It sounds as if you've seen a lot of amazing things, Himawari-san." Trunks commented. Prideful temper huh? It'd be too much of a coincidence and was so very unlikely, even if his first thought had been towards his father with that comment. "It's...kind of a defensive thing, in some ways."

Once more reaching up and rubbing the back of his neck in awkwardness. "My father died while I was a baby, along with most of the others who were my mother's friends, but they were all a group of highly skilled martial artists. Using Ki was almost second nature for a lot of them, and sometimes is for me. Ahsoka and I have discussed it, and her Force, a few times. The main difference seems to be that she's used to pulling from 'without', aka the Force. I'm used to pulling from within, from my own reserves of Ki."

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Avatar? Her head tilted a moment, but then she smiled. She'd heard that term before too. "I've known people who can control fire, if that counts, but I'm not sure about all the elements at once. And... I wouldn't call what Ichigo could do as being a bridge between two worlds, but, honestly, that could be how it worked for him too."

She held a bit of her hair in her hands, fingers fidgeting with it now, smiling, almost blushing a bit as Trunks said she must have seen a lot of amazing things. "The city I was in, everyone had their own powers. Everyone. So I did get to see a lot of amazing things."

Her smile softened when he spoke of his father and his fathers friends dying while he was a baby. A sad kind of look. That was terrible, to lose a parent at such a young age. Thankfully both her parents were unaffected by her curse, and so she got to keep them for a while, but she knew many who had lost theirs. "Do you know if your father could do that as well? What you do?" She asked, then smiled again, softly. "Ty Lee, is yours from within or around?" Because she was curious now.

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"That would be a fire-bender, probably. Like Azula, or Zuko." Ty-Lee beamed. "Most people can only bend one element. There are fire-benders, water-benders like Katara, and earth-benders, like Toph." Clapping her hands, Ty Lee bounced a bit on her feet. "The avatar is able to bend all of the elements. Aang, the current avatar, is an air-bender to start with, as what he was born as." Then she was tilting her head, trying to think of how to answer Himawari's question.

Trunks nodded, hands at his side once more. "He could. And a lot more." Clear enough that they were on par with each other, even if they had different skills in some ways--he and his father. "He was a crafty and strong fighter, very arrogant and prideful. Stubborn, just like my mother too. They were...very different from each other and I'm still not sure I fully understand how they ended up together."

That was him being polite.

Ty Lee was distracted by this too. Poor Trunks. Where energy in her world came from was honestly forgotten, listening to him.

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Himawari beamed, bouncing on her toes a moment and clapped once. "Zuko! scar on his face, a short temper but very kind? I've met a version of him!" Generally she's careful of mentioning who she has met before, but this place seemed a bit different. Like it might be okay. They already knew she had been to different places like this.

And Trunks was listing off everything that sounded like...--oh. She looked at him with an amazed little look, then a soft sad smile. She wanted to reach out and give him a squeeze to his shoulder, but she didn't want to ruin his day with that. "I'm sorry, if the subject is a hard one. Your father sounds a lot like the version of the person I have met. If there was any way I could take you back to that city to meet him, I would move time and fate to do so for you."

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Ty Lee wasn't thinking, as she reached out and grabbed Himawari's hands, bouncing too. "That's HIM! A nasty burn-scar right? But Prince of the fire nation?" Pulling back "About yea-tall?" Holding her hand up roughly. "I grew up with his sister, Azula, and our other friend Mai. Wow, I wonder how he never mentioned meeting you before."

Trunks was blinking, and once more his thoughts were going in a few different directions. "He might not know, or be the same one you know Ty Lee..." Holding up his hand, as he had something (well two things, but one right then) more important to focus on. "I'll explain it later, or try to. Himawari...what was his name?"

It would be....wow, it would be weird, and odd, and fate wasn't like that was it?

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Hima was startled by the hand grab, and her face went a bit pink in the cheeks, but she smiled and bounced a bit with the other. Her fingers twitching a bit. She took a moment to try and control it, the bad luck that was going to happen to the other girl. It should be tiny. Very tiny. A trip over her own feet or a rug or something. Nothing bad. Nothing bad. She wouldn't let her curse be anything bad. She could keep it to a minimal. So she smiled anyhow, watching the girl look so excited.

"Ah, yes, what Trunks-kun said. That city was... special. Not everyone remembered when they went home. If it was the same one at all. I ah, it's hard to explain." She said, and glanced to Trunks as he asked for a name.

"Oh, ah... Vegeta. Very prideful. Very stubborn. A, uh, Prince, I believe he said. He had no patience either, and being trapped there angered him a lot." She gave a nervous laugh. "On his arrival, he left a crater of a large size in the baseball stadium that had to be refilled later. I think if it hadn't been night, I might have lost my life. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, there were some creatures to deal with and that got his attention first."

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