Okay. So here's another chapter, I'm not a huge gymnastics person so please be nice. Just think Nastia Liukin in the Olympics. Kara's routine is in this, so on my profile I included a list of websites where you can view the different techniques.
Disclaimer: I would if I could.
Tezuka stood in the stands and looked out over the competition field. It was hard for him to see the gymnasium as anything else, here many people battled for the title of the best. His gaze continued to roam over the competitors, looking for the one face that would mean so much to see, and when his eyes caught on the small figure they stayed there until her eyes rose to meet his. Kara waved and moved to the sidelines of the gym, making sure to stay clear of anyone who was in the process of warming up. Tezuka's sharp eyes took in all possible trails and quickly made his way down to meet her.
"Tezuka! I'm so glad you were able to come!" Kara said giving him a hug as soon as she reached him. A Chinese man of medium height walked up behind her, "Oh, this is Shào Cheng, he is my trainer, Cheng this is Tezuka Kunimitsu, the one I told you about" The two men shook hands.
"A pleasure to meet you," Tezuka said.
"Likewise. I've heard a great deal about you," Cheng replied. Tezuka glanced at Kara before refocusing on Cheng.
"I'm sure you have, not all of it good," he said with an expressionless face, "How has her training been coming?"
"Quite well, she has been improving by leaps and bounds," Cheng answered, grinning at Kara, "We expect her to make the Japan Junior Olympics team this year."
Tezuka opened his mouth to respond, "We are about to begin. All non-competitors please leave the arena." A voice rang out over the loud speaker interrupting Tezuka.
"Well, I suppose I'd better go find a seat," Tezuka said with a nod towards Cheng, he turned away and Kara's voice rang out behind him.
"No!" Tezuka turned back towards them, his eyebrow slightly raised, "I mean, why don't you sit with Cheng, you'll have a much better view," She added sheepishly. Tezuka nodded in agreement. "Good, then I guess I'd better finish warming up."
The eight boys stood inside the entrance in silence, their gazes taking everything in. Inui was scribbling rapidly in his notebook while Momo gawked, his mouth hanging open at the sheer size of the gymnasium. Fuji's face gave away nothing while Eiji jumped up and down pointing out the different things he saw to Oishi who simply stared. Kaidoh looked around, an aggressive but slightly nervous expression on his face, Taka peeked nervously at the others while Ryoma yawned, a clearly bored expression on his face.
"We will now begin the first round of competition." The announcer reported, and with that any boredom on Ryoma's face melted away, the sheer grace of the gymnasts surprised him. On the beam the ability to remain on such a small space astounded him, he couldn't believe how much balance that would take. His gaze quickly shifted to the floor routines and the power propelling themselves through the tumbling routines. Again his gaze refocused on the uneven bars and the control each gymnast had as they moved from one bar to another. Ryoma once again looked at the final event, the vault, this he wasn't too thrilled by. He watched as a girl ran toward a large object, his gaze clearly unimpressed, that is until the girl reached the vault and took off into the air. In mere seconds she had turned three times in the air and somehow managed to land on her feet. Ryoma continued to move his gaze across the gym, only to make eye contact with Fuji who smiled at him. Ryoma quickly averted his eyes and pulled his hat down over his face.
"And now, on the uneven bars, Kara Shishou." The Regulars gaze quickly focused on the uneven bars. Their eyes grew wide as a small figure made her way onto the specified platform.
"Can she wear that?" Eiji asked the question on all of their minds. Kara was clothed in an iridescent white leotard with blue vines streaking across her left shoulder. Their eyes quickly swept through the other competitors, all were wearing leotards like hers.
"I guess so," Momo answered.
"But look at her!"
"We have, and apparently there's nothing wrong with it," Inui told Eiji as he pushed up his glasses.
"Nya…" Eiji shook his head, "I still don't like it."
"It's not our choice," Oishi pointed out.
"Shut up! She's about to start!" Ryoma said in a very disrespectful way. The upperclassmen chose to ignore this and quickly focused their attention on Kara as she raised her hands and saluted the judges and the audience. Then she mounted the lower bar.
Kara focused solely on the bar, blocking out all noises, and mounted with a Kip Cast Handstand, holding the position for five seconds before continuing around the bar in a Back Giant, once again stopping in a handstand position. She quickly performed two straight pirouettes and went into another circle. She then went back into a handstand and performed a Shaposhnikova to transition from the low to the high bar. After rotating around the high bar to gain speed Kara gathered her strength and pulled her body through the release motions of a Gienger. When her hands reconnected with the bar Kara let out a sigh of relief and continued around the bar once, then stopped at the peak of the second circle to perform two more pirouettes before swinging around again, she then threw her second release, a Tkatchev. Again she released the air she had been holding when her hands connected with the bar. She moved in a quick circle, and flowed into her final release, a Hindorff. Kara quickly moved around the bar gathering her strength and dismounted in a Double Salto Backwards Tucked with Full Twist. And she stuck the landing.
The crowd came to their feet.
Tezuka stood unmoving, his eyes focused on Kara as she made her salutes to the audience. When she turned to walk back to him he smiled. "I guess there was a reason you went to China," he told her with a smile. Kara laughed.
Up in the audience none of the boys moved after watching Kara's routine. They stood there for three minutes soaking in the pure thrill of her technique before Momo spoke, "Did you guys see the same thing I just saw?"
Okay, so I know that this was full of a lot of technical terms, like I said, I have sites posted to show the moves, some are simulations and some are actual people.
Anyways, R&R. I love hearing from you, so push the button. Any criticism is good.
-Scarlet Letters