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[Sensei Johnny Lawrence's training methods ranged varied from day to day. Whether it's practicing forward strikes and actual techniques in the abandoned warehouse turned Dojo that he called home, ...to rather bizarre field trips.

Today was certainly the second option. He had gathered up all of students who had come for training and brought them into the woods near gaze. With the help of some animated skeletons he had borrowed from Jod he covered each of his students in honey.

Then he stepped back.]

Alright nerds,
I bet you think you're hot shit, right?
Well you're wrong!
The path to becoming a badass is long and hard-
Your enemies aren't going to go easy on you in the battles to come.
You have to be ready for that.
So to get you to your best, I'm going to show you my worst.
And to do that- We're going to fight at the level our enemies are-
I got some intel that one of the other sensei's is strong enough to take on a bear.
So you're going to learn to do the same thing and for that reason.

...Well bring 'em Skelebros!

[And Johnny raises a fist into the air. And in the distance there's a sound of rattling bones as a handful of skeletons covered in honey lead a sleuth of bears toward the students.]

Alright Cobra's! Show me what you got!

[And as if to make it worse. There is another handful of skeletons that pop out from the trees. Each with a bees nest in it's hand. They all throw them up into the air and kick them toward his students to get them "motivated to move."]

[Whether this is means fight the bears or run is completely open up to interpretation.]

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[Keeping an open mind is an important part of studying under Sensei Lawrence, whose training methodology often challenges his student's preconceptions about the predictability of potential threats.

Coated in honey and staring down an ursine delegation and swarms of stinging insects, Paul contemplates the lesson being offered.]

Any ideas?

[He asks whoever is standing closest, casually, pulling his shoulders back and shifting his weight into his toes, a creature on the verge of flight.]

[surely this must be the strangest thing she's experienced here, even stranger than beasthood, which was something unwanted, but not uncommon.

sShe can feel the honey dripping down from the tight bun she'd piled her red curls into, slowly slipping down her neck, honey on just about every visible surface and it was terribly uncomfortable. but, she told herself that if it made her stronger, then it could only be a good thing. she trusted sensei Lawrence and she supposed that she ought to trust her fellow students]

Perhaps try to find a stream to wash ourselves off? But it can't be that easy.

[and the insects were getting closer]

[Trusting Sensei Lawrence was probably not always the best move. Some people were under the impression he was insane, but that really depended on who you asked.

He had retreated up onto a little hill to watch his students from a distance but could be there quickly if needed.]

Come on ladies!
Let's get moving!
There's nothing to fear except fear itself.
...That and getting stung or clawed to shit so don't do that!

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[honestly, how did she endlessly find herself in odd situations? other than it being Trench and therefore made of odd situations. but she had said that if the bear would help, she'd be open to the idea so this is her own doing.

fine. find a way to confront the bear while avoiding being clawed to bits. the stings she may simply have to live with.

so defying all sense and logic, she goes towards the bear, fully expecting it to try and claw at her or bite her the second it smells her and the honey.

which was exactly what happened. fortunately bears telegraph their moves like crazy, so she's able to duck the swipe, crouching down. and apparently, this is a male bear.

so she tries to bring one bent knee up into the bear's groin]

[The woman's first suggestion had its flaws. Her subsequent reaction to Sensei Lawrence's goading has - several, which are now out of Paul's hands and in the swinging paws of a bear.

He half-expects to watch her opened up like one of the shattered hives, but she surprises him yet again by dodging and striking exactly as mercilessly as they've been trained to do.

Her move connects. Paul isn't sure this is the best thing that could have happened, the hundreds of pounds of already agitated bear now an extremely agitated bear, but that's the situation he finds himself darting towards instead of away from, in defiance of all logic, common sense, and survival instincts he possesses.]

What's the plan?

[He calls out, angling sideways to offer the bear a second target. He truly, deeply hopes there is one.]

[ Open mind or not, Akechi is pretty sure this is just about the dumbest thing Johnny's ever asked them to do. He doesn't usually favor one professor over another, but today he really wishes he'd just gone to Ozpin's instead.

But, here he is. Covered in honey and facing down a bunch of bears because Johhny is the way he is. Paul's question has him sliding a foot back, bracing himself for whatever move he's about to make next. ]

I suggest we run, and perhaps find something we can climb that they can't.

[ Which is a tall task when they're dealing with bears, which are skilled climbers, and bees which can fly. It might be there only option. In a light tone, Akechi also adds: ]

It's against the spirit of the thing, but we could also try just killing them.

They haven't done anything to us. I'd prefer not to.

[There's also the small matter of them being bears, and Paul having chosen to come armed with only his pale blade in a hidden sheath under his training gear. Still: the way he says it suggests he's prepared for the possibility.

The bears continue to close on them. Paul decides he also prefers observing them from a height.]

They're faster than we are. But there's a saying where I come from - you don't have to be faster than the cat.

[He grins at Akechi, a playful, reckless challenge.]

You just have to be faster than everyone else. Run and climb it is.

[As is his habit, Paul assessed the area on the way. There's a half-fallen hillside some meters back from their position, surrounded by dense, thorny bushes on all sides but the scree-covered slump. He points in its direction, obscured by the trees between them and it, and takes off without another word. He needs his breath for the sprint.]

[ Akechi is ready to read something into Paul's reluctance to hurt the bears as it contrasts with his apparent willingness to do so - but that comment about the cat and the accompanying grin give him something much more interesting to analyze. He tries to make a point of staying composed during Johnny's classes, not convinced that his usual vehemence in combat would sit well despite Cobra Kai's apparent philosophy, but he can't stop himself from answering Paul's grin with a lazy one of his own.

He has an idea of where Paul is going, having seen the dilapidated little hillside himself. So, equally silent, he takes off after his fellow student, trailing just a few feet behind him. That comment about the cat makes him wary of any potential trickery from Paul, even as it drives him to consider his own bit of trickery in turn. But for all of his bluster Johnny doesn't seem to approve of actual treachery among his students; deliberately getting one of them eaten by bears would probably prove to be something of a downer. So he refrains. Let Paul tip his hand first, if he even has one to tip.

Scrambling up the loose, rocky soil of the hillside proves a bit tricky, but Akechi takes that as a good sign, since the bears and considerably heavier than he and Paul. It should buy them some time at least, particularly when he pauses halfway up to kick loose a small but hefty boulder and send it rolling down the hill, leaving a trail of extra loose soil in its wake.

He's covered in honey and sand by the time he reaches the top, but there's no sign of bees (apparently they left early enough) and more importantly no bears. Thus, a moment to converse again. ]

Do you suppose sensei had a particular end goal in mind? Or is he just going to get bored and call them off eventually.

[In this case, Paul has no hand to tip. There are plenty of other students already doing an admirable job of providing a distraction, which Paul can still overhear from the crest of this hillside. He's as dishevelled and sticky as Akechi is, but when he dangles his legs over the edge of the pseudo-cliff it doesn't seem to concern him.]

I'm not sure 'calling them off' is an option.

[He's still a little breathless from the sprint, his heart racing, and he devotes some of his focus to down-regulation as he leans over his knees and looks with interest in the direction of the noises coming from elsewhere. That scream sounded particularly abrupt.]

My guess? It's a lesson in discretion. Not every threat needs to be met head on. A cobra doesn't seek out unnecessary conflict, but knows when to retreat to the rocks.

[He shrugs, a rueful twist to his mouth.]

Or someone told him it would be a bad idea. One of those, I think. Do you think anyone is actually going to be able to fight a bear without resorting to weapons or powers?

[ Akechi is inclined to agree with Paul - he doesn't think calling off the bears is something Johnny is actually capable of doing even if he wants. He's not inclined to agree that there's any sort of wise hidden lesson in this, though, and only tips his head when Paul mentions the possibility that someone told Johnny not to do it. ]

Or implied one of the other instructions could manage it instead of him.

[ He thinks he remembers hearing something about a bear on the rumors post... Regardless, he hums thoughtfully at Paul's question. He turns his gaze down to the chaos in the distance as well. ]

No. At best someone might be able to scare them off. Bears can be rather cowardly.

[ Though not these bears, apparently. ]

I'd say someone should challenge him to fight a bear himself, but I think he'd just get himself killed.

[A certain deliberate and studious unseeing is required on Paul's part to knit together the best of what he believes about Johnny with the conduct he sometimes (usually) has in the public sphere. He still huffs a quiet laugh at Akechi's words, swinging his feet idly.]

He has a bad track record with wildlife.

[If you could call the Leviathan that. It's a wound not quite scabbed over, a dimming of his good cheer that he only mostly shakes off when he straightens his back and makes an attempt at scraping gritty honey from his face.]

This is going to be a nightmare to get off. I understand why he didn't use blood, but - fish guts couldn't have been that hard to come by.

Do you think we should do something to help, now that we're up here? Considering. [The mutually accepted fact that most people won't stand a chance.] I'm not sure if we could be better lures than everyone running and screaming down there.

[...He can't be serious.

Ochako, in her full Hero Costume expected some weird as hell training, but this isn't weird, it's goddamn insane!! She'd have no problem fighting various opponents, or training dummies, or her other classmates, but these poor bears were forced into this because they were hungry - they don't deserve to be bullied to make a point. That's just plain cruel!! There is no damn way Ochako's going to not fight to protect herself, but she's also...going to have to break the rules a little bit.

Meaning, if she gets an opening, she's going to absolutely float these poor animals up and out of harm's way. They can struggle and writhe in Zero Gravity, tucker themselves out, and then she'll release and hopefully scare them away. No dumb tournament, or dojo master's senseless pride, is worth a sweet animal getting hurt or even killed...what kind of Hero would she be if she didn't take all lives into account?!]

Don't hurt the bears!! It's easier to scare them off than to fight them! [Seriously. Most predators won't fucking bother if the fight isn't worth it. Expending too much energy when it could be used to hunt, or forage...they're smarter than they appear.] Take out the hives first!!

[Since those're gonna be the most problematic and difficult to "fight". It's real fucking hard to punch a bee, after all. Aiming her wrist guard at one of the incoming ones, Ochako fires off one of her wired grappling hooks into one and jerks it hard so it crashes into another. The hives explode, and of course the swarms are agitated, but...they begin to rage and buzz and attack each other instead of going for the humans. A pity, but some things really can't be helped.]

[He's absolutely serious.

Honestly Johnny couldn't even be upset at the use of Ochako's powers in this case. It was kind of cheating but this wasn't the tournament itself. This was training and he wasn't putting the same rules on that. Plus she had to get in there, up close and personal and strike first to take down these bears. It might not be a hard strike but she was still taking his lessons into account.]

That's the fucking way, Miss Uraraka! Keep at it!

[Johnny's just watching from his hill top and not helping. But he's still happy to see go at his challenge with gusto.]

Just remember when a cobra gets caught, it slithers! Don't let these things catch you off guard.

[There's...a small voice in Ochako's head - the nasty little part that seems to have grown louder after spending so much time with Bakugou - that whispers to her to whip a beehive right at his face with one of her wires, but Ochako beats it back. Mostly because she's having a hard as hell time keeping herself out of range of those large animals' claws and teeth. They're literally twice, maybe three times her size, and though she's no pushover, she also doesn't want to hurt these things.]

If I do that, I'm as good as dead...

[She grumbles under her breath, sidestepping a powerful slash of claws as one of the ursine behemoths rears up on its hind legs and then lunges forward. Pivoting on her heel, she smacks the bear on the backside, fingertips glowing, and it begins to lift up and off the ground, making confused and somewhat distressed noises as it floats harmlessly a good fifteen or so feet in the air. One down...too many more to go.]

[Honestly he would probably appreciate the effort if she did try it. Not that he wouldn't also be a vindictive old man and try to find a way to make this somehow more difficult, but he would still think it was awesome.

He keeps his attention on her for the moment and he can tell that she's had some good training.]

Nah kid. Dying is for losers and you're with Cobra Kai right now. We don't train losers.

[He isn't going to step in himself quite yet but he'll raise up a hand to signal for a couple skeletons. Because she's taking the challenge head on he'll actually give her some help.]

Skelebro's run a distraction for her. Cobra Kai never dies!

[And to her benefit there are a handful of the terrifying skeletons coming Ochako's way to just kind of leap around and distract the bears a little while she does her thing.

They aren't a great distraction of anything but he's giving her a better fighting chance here.]

[A sorely tempting thought, but Ochako is simply too nice, too polite, to actively strike at her teacher unprompted. If it were allowed, or even part of the training regime, she very well might have done that - it's a decent strategy - but she's too schooled to toe out of line unless given explicit permission to do so. Respecting one's elders is, ah...pretty big in her culture as well.

Though Johnny is making it pretty tough. His attitude is reminiscent of Bakugou, but also...not. Ochako frowns at the comment, biting her lip to still a comment she wants to say about one of her best friends being a bit of a loser...and he's a dozen times stronger, smarter, and overall better than she is. But doing that would mean losing focus, and Ochako really can't split her attention at all right now.

Th-Though...oh god. Oh god, why's it always skeletons?? Or ghosts. Or zombies. Or just anything supernatural and scary. Having them far away meant Ochako could keep her fear in check, but once they start to descend and head toward her, she balks a little, scuttling backwards with a yelp and coming very close to getting a massive chunk of meat torn out of her side. Thankfully, teeth crunch down on the very solid part of her belt, and her reaction time is spot on, rearing back and kicking up and outwards, the metaling heel of her boot making a sickening crack as it impact with bone. She winces a bit, because that was a bit much even for a defensive reflex, and the bear she knocks back immediately high tails and gets the fuck outta dodge. Not worth the trouble - smart animal.]

Sensei, this is cruel!! These bears are going to get hurt!

[He should have known something terrible was going to happen the second the honey came out.

Still, it's not the worst substance he's ever bene drenched in - not by a long shot - and although it's fucking weird this is also Sensei Johnny Lawrence, who Kyle has mentally compared to one Randy Marsh. Covering students in honey and yelling at them would have been right up Randy's alley. So Kyle frowns (mostly because getting the honey out of his hair is going to be a nightmare) but accepts the sticky coating and the 'pep talk' without bitching.

But then.

Bears.

Kyle immediately looks for Johnny so he can screech at him.]

WHAT THE FUCK?!

[Real potential, here. But he stays where he is, trying to see what kind of bears they are, because that makes a huge difference.]

If it's black fight back, if it's brown lay down. [Muttered quickly and quietly. It's hard to tell at this distance, but he's PRETTY sure they're black bears. Which means...]

Make yourself look bigger and make a lot of noise! They might run off if we--

[Aaaaaaaaaaand then there's bees. Lots and lots of angry bees. Boy, Kyle can really scream. And run. Because yeah, that's apparently the new strategy, just screaming and running and flailing because BEES.]

GAAAAAAHHHH! SENSEI, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!

[And Johnny?

He just has a shit eating grin on his face the entire time. Because he definitely could not tell the difference between a black or brown bear. He just knew he had gotten bears and that's all that mattered.

Johnny brings his hands up to his mouth to project his voice better as Kyle starts screaming.]

Come on! Move that ass, princess!
The bees and bear claws can only hurt you if they catch you!

[Kyle is a pretty scrawny guy, but he's not entirely unathletic; luckily for him he'd kept up running through university. So at least he has a bit of a head start on the bears which now are definitely paying him full attention.

At the sound of Johnny's voice, Kyle veers in his direction and starts running toward him instead.]

Oh yeah?! Oh yeah, how do YOU like it?!

[Luckily since he reopened the dojo not only here but back on earth, he had been keeping up with his own training too. He couldn't let the kids have all the fun after all.

So he turns and runs just a little ahead of Kyle when he starts coming toward him. He doesn't seem incredibly bothered by the bears but that might be because he's not slathered in honey at the moment.]

See now you're thinking like a cobra, when the going gets tough fucking slither!

[He was not above doing his own messed up training.]

That doesn't even make sense! [Well, it doesn't NOT make sense, either.

Shit, Johnny can really move for an old guy. He's definitely in better shape than a lot of the dads Kyle has known. Kyle tries to speed up just a little more, hoping to at least get the bees to attack Johnny too. They seem pretty intent on diving for the honey, though.

Kyle risks a look back and sees the bears are much closer than he'd like.]

Bears... can run like... 30 miles an hour at least! [Panted as he keeps running.

He starts looking around for literally anything he could use against an apex predator. Stumbling, he leans over and grabs rocks, shoving them into his pockets. Then he turns and bolts for a tree with branches low enough for him to grab.]

Sensei, you're gonna get eaten! Didn't you watch Grizzly Man?! [Although Kyle hopes to God these aren't grizzlies.]

[Katsuki still isn't sure how he got roped into coming to Johnny's school, but... he sure as fuck did.

Honestly? He isn't sure if he fucking HATES this speech, or if it hits all of the right spots for him. It's both, honestly, and his confliction with the entire thing shows on his perpetually twisted up face. Disgust and awe simultaneously, the teen is kinda... fucking mesmerized by this disaster of an old man.

It's the mention of bears, the following 'Well bring em, Skelebros' that interrupts the near trance. Has him frowning hard, eyes moving from Johnny to the first skeleton there is to spot. And holy fucking SHIT, those are real fucking bears.

This fucking crazy asshole! Katsuki would almost be impressed, if it weren't for the fact that there are also beehives getting kicked into the scene. Angry bees, hungry bears, there ain't time to appreciate this psycho's methods. And he definitely doesn't give a shit about playing by the rules anymore, all things considered. The teen is up and moving fast, rushing to the center of it all where he brings his gloved hands out on either side and releases to heavy explosions out of his hands. The smoke is meant to disperse the bees before they have the chance to swarm the class angrily, and the noise and flash is meant to deter the bears from coming in any closer.

It works for a couple of them, at least has them trying to turn and get out of dodge, but the bear closest to Katsuki, definitely within striking distance in a matter of seconds after it chooses to charge, seemingly has a defiant streak and an attitude problem. It straightens up and bellows out at him before taking a swipe at the pesky blond interrupting it's chance at a meal. The teen uses another explosion to propel himself to the side, narrowly dodging the dangerous claws coming down at his face.

Anyone in their right mind would be scared shitless to square up to a bear, probably. Not Katsuki, he's grinning up at his furry opponent like a fucking maniac. Goading it, like he's having the time of his life.]

Hah, c'mon you fuckin' teddy bear! Ain't got shit on me!

You're The Best Around : Karate War Training Montage Log

Training day Prompt 1

Paul Atreides | Open

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Uraraka Ochako | OTA

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the walking disaster that is Kyle Broflovski - OTA

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