Chapter 5
" Her training"
After the fight with Kish and the Kirema animas, the girls returned to their homes. Victoria instead went to the café. It was past sunset, so the café was closed. Luckily, she had a key. She opened the doors and searched for Ryou and Keiichiro. Keiichiro wasn't in the kitchen as usual and Ryou wasn't putting up the chairs. Victoria heard footsteps going up the staircase. She followed the sound, hoping to find one of the guys. The footsteps stopped and Victoria saw a door open. She heard Ryou and Keiichiro talking. She wanted to know what they were talking about without them noticing her so she hid herself
"Well, what do you think about Victoria's power? It looks like she can control it so fast," Keiichiro said.
"I think she'll need to train a little bit more. I know how she fought when the girls first met her downtown and she was untouchable. Kish actually got her down on the ground," Ryou said as he chewed on the tip of his thumbnail.
"Hey, it's her first time. She'll be better once she has more experience."
"None of the girls were like that when they first became mew mews. We cannot afford mess-ups. Tomorrow, she'll be taken somewhere to learn how to fight better," Ryou said as he got up. He started walking out of the room and noticed Victoria crying. Ryou didn't say anything. He just stared at her and thought, " Did she hear me? Oh no." Victoria didn't say anything either. She just took a step back and ran away. She kept running until her legs felt like Jell-O. She stopped at the park and sat down at the bench. Victoria stopped crying and was silent.
"It's not my fault Kish got me down. Why should I have to train? It's not like the other girls had to and they said I was stronger than them. I have just begun to fight and I know I can get better by fighting Kish. I don't need to have to go somewhere and train because of Ryou. I can do it myself. I'll show him. But, what will I do. I guess I'll try to make my own moves," Victoria said confidently. Victoria stood up and walked home.
The next day, Victoria woke up at 5:49 in the morning and got dressed. She wore a black leotard and dark blue pants over. She put on sweatbands on her arms and her hair in a bun. She grabbed her backpack and put on her shoes. She arrived at a gym that has just been opened 30 minutes earlier. It was opened early, so no one was there yet but one employee. Victoria made her way to a room for gymnasts, took her shoes, pants and backpack off. She began with the uneven bars. She then started practicing cartwheels, backhand springs, round offs and back flips. She stopped for a second and saw the employee that opened the door watching her. She pretended to not notice him and drank some of her water bottle.
"Hey lady. It looks like your working really hard. Is something wrong? Anything you can tell me," the employee asked.
"No, it's not really important. Do you have a stereo so I can listen to music while I work out," she asked. Victoria got out her cd and walked over to the employee.
"Yes. I'll be back in a few minutes. Oh, and my name is Kirwyn. I'm here first every day to open the doors. If you have any questions, ask me," he said as he took the CD from Victoria.
