The next day the whole family was sitting in a high tech room on benches against the wall while Akiva was talking to Ziva who was standing in the middle of a circled formed camber with small round punching patches on the walls spread equally apart with two wires attached to her chest one to monitor her heart rate and the other to monitor her reflex response time, wearing only a pair of shorts and sleeveless shirt with her hands covered in protective tape. Leaning against the chamber wall Akiva said "okay, Ziva this excises is quiet simple these patches will light up in a random pattern, your to hit the patch that lights up, I'm going to turn out the lights so that you can see the patches better, so concentrate, any questions?" looking at Ziva through the a window in the chamber wall.
Lightly hopping on her feet Ziva said "can I have some music, please?" stretching her neck, smiling Akiva nodded saying "yes, you ready?" standing up straight from the wall, rolling her neck Ziva said "Yes" as Akiva walked into the room where the others sat observing the scene. Sitting down behind a desk with monitors, computers and meters on it Akiva pressed a button making the lights go out in Ziva's room as the chamber lit up and heavy music with a high beat began to play moments before Ziva suddenly stopped hoping getting into her fighting stances as Akiva said "let's begin" over the microphone that could be heard in Ziva's room as she pressed the start button on the desk making lights lit up in the chamber making Ziva spring into action, hitting the patches as they lit up.
10 minutes later Ziva was in the middle of punching a lighted patch when the power sudden shorted making everything dark just the chamber light the only thing visible to the stunned people in the other room where they could see Ziva exhaling happily as the sweat poured her down. Looking down at the meter Aliyah jumped up saying "what did I tell you guys" pointing to the reflexes meter that was saying '0.01 seconds' following her husband's finger Akiva raised a stunned eyebrow as Ari said "what the hell, she's a machine" the awe evident in his voice while Aliyah just smiled smugly as Ivan asked "what does that mean?" pointing to the meter.
Smiling Akiva turned to Ivan saying "that shows us how long it takes Ziva to react, her reflexes, this is good, very good, last week she couldn't even keep up, looks like she's back after all" before turning to the room as Ziva asked "what's next?" hopping on her feet again the seriousness evident in her voice as she stared at the window that held the others, smirking Akiva said "the gym, Ziva" over the microphone. Nodding Ziva asked "planning on letting me out of the dark, Akiva?" motioning with her hand making the others laugh as Akiva shook her head pressing a button that turned on the lights in Ziva's room.
Nodding her thank you Ziva pushed open the chamber the door heading out of the room asking "what do you think, Aliyah, good?!" stunning the people in the other room because no one told her they were there. Shaking his head Aliyah smiled proudly heading out of the door saying "that's my girl" while Akiva just smiled at his excitement as they all followed him out of the room to the gym. Reaching the gym a few moments later Akiva saw Ziva stretching her legs as she waited for them to arrive, smiling Akiva called "Ziva?!" beckoning her over before she turned to Ivan saying "okay little boy, you'll be joining us in training from now on, okay?" getting a nod Akiva said "okay, today is just to establish your current level of physical strength, so don't push yourself to hard, only do what you can and how much you can, if Ziva can do more than you don't feel bad she's been doing this since she was five and I'll help you improve as we go on, okay?" smiling reassuringly at the boy as Ziva approached them asking "what am I doing today?" looking questioningly at Akiva.
"the usual but Ivan will be joining us, his new so don't laugh if he fails okay?" Akiva said giving Ziva the look, scoffing Ziva said "Ivan, let's make a bet, shall we?" smiling at the boy knowingly, smirking Ivan pulled out 50 bucks saying "50, fare?" raising a challenging eyebrow at Ziva who just smirked pulling out her own 50 saying "fare, let's begin" motioning to the machines as she quickly stuffed her and Ivan's money into a confused Akiva's hand before leading Ivan to the starting point saying "okay we begin at the treadmill, the fastest 2 miles then we go to the pull up bar, fastest 50 and so on, understand?" looking questioningly at the boy next to her. Smirking Ivan held out his fist to her saying "let's put on a show" as she bumped fist with him before getting into position as Ivan followed suit.
Smirking Ziva clapped her hands saying "go!" before racing to the first machine as she and Ivan started racing while the others just looked on stunned.
Panting an hour later Ziva patted Ivan's back saying "here, well deserved" giving Ivan her 50 before turning to a frowning Akiva asking "what's next?" ignoring Akiva's confused look, snapping out of it Akiva said "do it again, wear these" holding out two chest monitors to them, nodding Ziva took them from her, turning Ivan she said "like this" placing the small monitor under her shirt in her chest so that Ivan could see, nodding Ivan mimicked her but frowned when it wouldn't stick, smiling Ziva took the monitor saying "they don't stick sometimes, like this" shoving the monitor into Ivan's chest making him winch before frowning when Ziva slapped his cheek saying "man up Ivan, let's go" returning to the starting spot for a few moments before starting the process again this time a little slower with Ivan following suit while Akiva pulled out her stop watch, timing them, as Aliyah, Ari and Tali sat down on a bench near the door observing them.
Ripping off the monitor an hour later Ziva said "what's next?" looking expectantly at Akiva who was frowning deeply now as Ivan came up to them saying "this monitor, itches" as he too ripped it off giving it to a frowning Akiva. "Ziva, are you alright?" Akiva asked concern evident in her voice, wiping the sweat off of her forehead Ziva said "I'm fine, I said I would train, didn't I?" flattening her hair, chuckling in disbelieve Akiva nodded saying "yes you did, okay, I take it Ivan has trained before" getting a proud nod from the boy "okay, target practice, Ziva show Ivan the armory, sigs only" Akiva said motioning to the door as Ziva nodded saying "come on Ivan" heading to the door, smiling when Aliyah patted her head as she passed him.
Seeing the look on his wife's face Aliyah walked up to her asking "what's wrong, honey?" concern evident as he looked at his wife's stunned expression. Writing their times down on her clipboard Akiva said "you said she's back, I've never seen her this focused and serious with her training, Ali" looking up at her husband before adding "and Ivan is good" making her husband smile proudly as he lead her from the room with Ari who was carrying Tali in his arms.
After training later that afternoon Akiva, Aliyah, Ivan and Tali were sitting on a bench in the training hall watching as Ari and Ziva were walking out into the middle of the floor Ari holding his new sword and Ziva holding a sword. Walking away from each other Ari said "no cheating Ziva!" earning a smirk from Ziva who said "I don't know what you're talking about, Ari, let's begin" unsheathing her small katana while Ari followed suit saying "let's go, little sister" getting into his battle stance. Smirking Ziva made one hand sign saying "fire blade" making her katana blade being enveloped by flames, chuckling Ari held out his hand to the side saying "fire blades" enveloping his blade with flames and forming seven fire blades above him in the air.
Smirking Ziva glanced at Akiva, who was silently observing the scene waiting for Ziva's next move, before getting into her fighting stance saying "let's begin" moments before she charged into Ari who just smirked saying "fly" making the shoot out at Ziva. Seeing this move Ziva stabbed her blade into the ground saying "Mirror" as she pressed her hands to the ground as the fire blades disappeared only to reappear moments later behind Ari, charging down on him, as Ziva grabbed her blade charging in as well as Ari turned to the fire blades to his back saying "disperse" making the blades disappear as he turned back to Ziva blocking her strike saying "nice try, little sister but not good enough" grabbing her blade saying "Ice bomb" making ice a ball appear above Ziva's head, bursting down into her direction.
Scoffing Ziva leaned her head back staring at the ball of ice she said "Volcano breath" as fire burst out of her mouth melting the ball of ice as Ziva returned her attention back to her brother saying "burst" making her fire blade explode in Ari's hand burning it as Ziva pulled back forming a few hand signs saying "the blade of Fibrin" moments before a glowing short sword appeared in her hand while Ari said "Freeze" making a shell of ice appear over his burnt hand and a short sword in his other as he said "I'll give it to you, little sister but you're going down now" irritation evident in his voice moments before something sliced Ziva's cheek.
Frowning Ziva touched her cheek, feeling the blood Ziva glanced at her brother, who was smirking, and then at Akiva who was now looking intently at them saying something to Aliyah as something sliced Ziva's cheek and leg before moments later it unleashed a frenzy cutting Ziva's shirt, pants, arms, neck, everywhere. Glancing around but seeing nothing Ziva growled getting impatient and frustrated as it kept hitting her, glancing at Akiva Ziva saw her looking intently at her as if waiting to see what she'll do. Growling Ziva collapsed onto one knee as it sliced her leg before closing her eyes saying "Light burn" before opening her eyes again only this time her orbs were golden instead of brown, seeing the thousands of tiny blades surrounding her Ziva sighed forming three hand signs saying "Air freeze" making the slicing stop as small snowflakes fell to the ground stunning Ari.
Panting Ziva held out her hand in the snow catching a few as she started falling forward but was stopped when out of nowhere Akiva appeared in front of her making Ziva lean against her leg as she said "that's enough, well done you two" smiling at Ari who walked up to them asking "how the hell did you do that, Ziva?" looking questioningly at the girl leaning against Akiva's leg. Panting Ziva said "I'd like to go home now" her hand laying loosely at her side as Akiva just chuckled asking "tired?" as she picked the panting girl up off the floor.
Sighing Ziva said "I'm going to win next time, Ari" tiredly laying her head on Akiva's shoulder as they headed to the others, scoffing Ari said "what are you talking about you won" "no I didn't you're the one walking out of here, not me" Ziva said groggily as she started drifting off to sleep while Ari just rolled his eyes saying "winning isn't everything, Ziva" "Hypocrite" Akiva said stroking Ziva's back making Ari laugh as they reached the others.
Smiling proudly Aliyah said "you two did great" patting Ari's head before frowning when Ziva said nothing, seeing the frown Akiva said "she's sleeping, love, let's go home" taking Aliyah's hand as they headed home with a sleeping Ziva.