Disclaimers – The characters and story therein from Big Hero 6 are property of Disney/Marvel's movie. I claim no ownership to the characters and story.
AN: Thus begins my random one-shot training series. These will just be parody-type stories highlighting their training - or anything weird and wacky in between, including similarities with other shows. These stories start a week or so after the end of the movie, and will proceed from there. Your ideas for future one-shots are also welcome!
Hajime!
It was 10 in the morning on that Tuesday, the team's first official meeting together in Hiro's garage to start their physical training. All the work tables, crates, and an old couch were pushed over to the walls to make a wider space on the floor. The garage door was also closed, just so that passer-bys didn't glance in to see how ridiculous they looked.
However, a little more work was required to finish their training area. The group of five stared at a large square cardboard box that also had just arrived as well.
"What was this again?" Fred prompted.
"Puzzle mats," said Hiro, grabbing his box knife from a nearby workbench. "For a dojo mat."
Once the cardboard was cut away, he lifted up a large, inch thick square sheet of black rubberized foam than was blue on one side, and almost as big as him.
"Grab one, then put them together here," the younger Hamada showed them as he dropped the piece to the floor. Then he grabbed another and lined it up with the tongue and groove pieces so it would interlock together.
That task was done quickly since everyone worked together to lay the squares out and stomped them into place. Of course, this was after Wasabi insisted they take their shoes off in order to keep the new mats clean.
"Nice," Fred mused, relishing the cushiony feel of the foam rubber under his feet.
"When was the last time you cleaned your garage, little bro?" Wasabi had to ask, after noticing more cobwebs, dust and dirt on the floor, otherwise causing them to track dusty footprints on the mats, not to mention the questionable stack of broken wood and furniture in one corner.
"I'm supposed to...?" Hiro looked a little surprised.
"You clean your garage?" Fred asked Wasabi as well.
"Yes, A garage is every man's sanctuary of his accomplishments. Of course you have to keep it clean! " Wasabi frowned in disapproval.
"Alright, nerds. Let's do this." GoGo sighed impatiently, clapping her hands.
Since they had the most experience, Wasabi and GoGo took the honors to plan out the outline of the first few classes. Wasabi already had many hours of working with a trainer for weights, cross-fit training, and swordsmanship, so he was glad to offer his ideas. While it was expected that GoGo was a triathlete, it did come as a surprise when she told them she was also Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, and fan of kick-boxing.
The other three in the team were complete featherweights in comparison, with only the required P.E. class from school being the limit of the college students' physical activities.
"What ever it is, just be gentle!" Fred joked, somewhat nervously. "We're just a bunch of 98 pound wimps here!"
"All the more reason you need to get your butt kicked!" GoGo shook a finger at him.
Honey Lemon just smiled modestly. At least she looked the part, as she was sported her stylish lyrica skirt and biker short combo with an equally flattering pink layered tank top and sport bra. Honey clearly had too much fun shopping for new workout clothes, and similar attire to compliment her super suit.
"Okay, here's the plan for this month. During these sessions, we will be doing a lot of strength, cardio, and teamwork building exercises. Some cross-fit, maybe parkour," Wasabi explained, before looking to GoGo for her behalf, "As well as some kickboxing, sparring, and other self-defense tactics."
Of course, Fred was wincing slightly as he imagined the rigors of these activities. He nudged Honey Lemon with a pathetically hopeful look. "So... What's likelihood of you whipping up a strength inducing serum for us?"
GoGo facepalmed.
"Hey, my man," wasabi reminded them, with a little more encouragement. "If I can get to looking like this, you can too. Though, it will mean following a good diet, constant daily training practices, drinking 64 ounces of water a day... But it can be done if you want it!"
"Quoth the man who looks like the Hulk," Fred decided to make a joke about Wasabi's moss green, long sleeved compression shirt that he wore today.
"But, we can still give it our best. You'll never know if you don't try!" Hiro countered, forcing a smile even though he wanted to agree with Fred. Wasabi was practically the only strongman on the team who already had great fighting skills. The only thing Wasabi really needed his super suit for was protection.
"Okay, everyone," GoGo clapped. "Let's line up and get started." They began a series of stretching and warm-ups, which then led into an impromptu demonstration of how to do a burpee.
"Wait, what?" Honey Lemon wanted more clarification.
"You're going from a squat to a push-up, basically," Wasabi tried to explain the physical element of the maneuver.
"I understand that, but why is it called 'burpy'?" She furrowed her brow.
"Is it going to make us barfy?" Fred chortled.
"I hope not," Hiro frowned, along with Wasabi. "But actually, it was named after the guy who created them, Royal Burpee."
"That's his name?" Fred rose his eyebrow in disbelief, trying to not laugh.
"Seriously! He was this physiologist from the 1930's."
"Of course you would know that."
"Just like I how I also know that the heart is like the only muscle in the body that never gets tired because it has 30% more mitochondria than skeletal muscle." Hiro said as he put a hand on his hip.
"Baymax research," Honey Lemon just whispered to Fred. The young robotics engineer was also still in the process of rebuilding the healthcare robot.
"Okay, let's do the 20 reps already," Wasabi groaned, apparently getting tired of these frequent moments of idle chit-chat.
That was done, but not without some labored comments towards the end about knees starting to hurt.
"Next round, jumping jack punch!" GoGo announced her technique. She gestured to Wasabi to face her so they could demonstrate. Only because this was not something they could just describe.
"Okay, like we rehearsed... right fist first," she whispered to the big guy.
They did a jumping jack while facing each other, and then punched at each other once with their right fists. Since this was for exercise, they weren't actually hitting each other though. That maneuver was followed with another jumping jack, and then a punch with their left hand. The next set moved to a right-side front snap kick, then a left-side front snap. As they did this, they counted the punch loudly, and then they got faster until they reached ten.
"Got it?" Gogo turned to face them, hardly winded at all.
"Yes, Ma'am!" Hiro humored her with that kind of response.
"Omigod, that's hilarious! Where do you guys find this stuff?" Honey finally admitted openly about just how funny that looked.
"We have our sources," Wasabi simply stated.
"Okay, we're going to pair off." GoGo instructed. "Honey, with Fred. I'm with you, Hiro... and then after a rep of ten, we switch partners. Odd one out gets a breather."
The one thing Hiro was not prepared for was how close GoGo's fist got to his face, like about a couple inches away. She clearly had to be teasing him too, like how a cat liked to play with a mouse before eating it.
"Flinched again," she whispered after noticing Hiro's eyes blink.
"Good reflexes?" he countered, throwing a fist that didn't seem nearly as menacing in comparison to her speed and control. Hiro found himself more and more distracted by Fred and Honey cracking up over their silliness as well.
"What are we learning from this anyway?" Honey finally asked, catching her breath.
"Teamwork," Wasabi answered. "We all need more of that."
"That's all?," Fred chuckled, "Because what we did could have also just confused and amused our opponent… royally."
Hiro found himself trying to not laugh after catching Fred's point. "And then kick em when they're buckled over laughing?"
"This is why you are all bunch of hopeless nerds," GoGo rolled her eyes.
"Nerds with super style!" Fred did a jumping jack, disco dancing move, further rubbing it in.
AN: This is a short one that had to be done, yes. Being a Tae Kwon Do nerd myself, there were exercises the Masters had us do in class from time to time that were so funny. All an effort to keep exercise fun, I guess. A lot of my friends are also into cross fit,so I will also admit I was a little curious why that one exercise was called a burpee. But after I found out, this short happened. ;p
Also, I had seen this Avengers clip from Samsung phones, were they chose this guy who looked a LOT like Wasabi to be the Hulk. The only difference is that Wasabi gets freaked out if order is loss. Hiro is much like Tony/Ironman, and GoGo has a lot of Captain America tendancies, and throws her disks in the same way. Honey Lemon could be like Natasha/Black Widow. HL uses chemballs instead of guns. Fred is harder to match, but I'm guessing he could be like Spiderman, (except Fred like to think himself as being part Gila monster).
Thank you for reading, everyone!