Dodge Ball!

[Sunar Chugani]

Not every student enjoyed gym class. Some students preferred to sit on the bleachers until Mr. Pruitt hauled them into participation, or until a ball flew away from it's activity and smacked them in the face. 

Sunar was not one of those students. He enjoyed gym class for the most part. He could certainly do without weight training, and he wasn't always the fastest or best at any given game, but winning was beside the point. The point was running about and expending energy with his classmates. 

And today's gym activity was perfectly designed for just such fun. 

Dodge ball. 

The less athletic of the students groaned at this announcement, but Sunar bounced on the balls of his feet with glee. Each team was assigned a different belt color, and then they were turned out onto the open gym floor. 

Three balls were lined up in the center of the court, seemingly harmless and innocent. 

Several students hung back, but Sunar joined the rush to the middle, hoping to grab one of the balls...

[V.K Caborn]

V.K literally trotted into the gym. She loved anything involving exercise. Though the shorts and vest were a pain. She kept pulling them both; annoyed with the open-ness of the vest and the tightness of the shorts. Usually she ran about in her cat form, where she didn't really wear clothes.

Some of the other students edged away from her as V.K joined the usual crowd. They had gotten a bit two familiar with her rough-housing, particularly in violent sports. The blonde didn't mean to be aggressive, she just got a bit too carried away sometimes. Which is why she is not allowed to play in her transformations. Having one and a half inch of sharp canine in your arm is apparently not fun...

Dodgeball. V.K grinned, sports in teams weren't her favourite; being in singles or pairs were; but dodgeball was pretty fun. You had to co-ordinate, be observant and be quick. Ignoring the groans of the less energetic students, V.K hopped forward to take a belt and then lined up on a side. She glanced to the others, grinning as she spotted Sunar on the opposite team. Although they didn't know each other too well, he didn't edge away from her and she liked his company.

The signal for the game to start and she went, racing forward, ducking to grab a ball before shying back to home territory. Keeping her gaze fixed on Sunar, she grinned mischievously and threw her rounded weapon right at him.

[Sunar Chugani]

Sunar failed to grab a ball. 

Instead a ball came flying towards him; he ducked out of the way, and just in time too. He could have sworn that the ball grazed his hair. 

"Oh, it's on," He announced, although whether or not VK could hear him between the shouts and shrieks of other students was certainly an open question. 

He ran after the ball she had flung at him, snatching it up before any of his teammates even arrived at it, and threw it back at her. He was fast and he was limber, but he was not known for his throwing arm. He could only hope that the element of surprise was on his side. (which, given that he had just announced to her his intention of being her adversary for the duration of the game, it probably wasn't.)

[V.K Caborn]

V.K would grin and start jogging about the court, the key to winning this game was to keep moving. A large bubble of laughter escaped her throat and mixed in with the excited cries, yells and screams of the game.

Turning around, she spotted Sunar still in game. He must've dodged her ball but he looked vengeful. V.K laughed again as she heard him shout at her. Unfortunately, V.K had forgotten to run as she watched Sunar grab the ball and toss it back at her. Thinking her feet were already moving, the teen made to move but tripped over her feet.

Thankfully, the trip had only bruised her slightly; no real damage was done and she managed to avoid the ball. V.K stood back up with a wince and leaned down to grab the ball, turning to stare at Sunar with a smirk. Her gaze was still playful, but a predator likeness had slipped into her hazel eyes; her stare turning into one a cat gives a small creature.

Holding her arm back, V.K aimed with the ball before letting it fly at Sunar, a slightly stronger throwing force giving it a spin as it hurled towards the other team.

[Sunar Chugani]

Another, less fortunate student ran in front of Sunar in an attempt to dodge one of the other balls, only to run smack right into V.K.'s. The other student grumbled under her breath as she jogged towards the bleachers.

Sunar snagged the ball again and circled the edge of the court, waiting until he thought that his opponent wasn't looking and then sending the ball flying towards her.

[V.K Caborn]

V.K grinned and raised her arms triumphantly as her ball hit another student; it wasn't Sunar but at least it got her team closer to winning. She wandered around for a bit, dodging a few balls with ease.

Watching the game play from the back of the court, she heard a ball whistle towards her, spun around on her heel and caught it. A male student cursed and went to sit on the benches. V.K grinned before looking around for Sunar but she couldn't see him. Glancing at the time, the teen realised that there were roughly ten minutes left of the match.

A hard impact at the back of her knee caused it to buckle. Softening her fall by putting her hands out, V.K pushed herself onto her back and sat up; looking for the attacker. She spotted Sunar as she stood up and made her way over to the benches. The blonde wasn't a bad sport, but she was still a little annoyed that she had been caught out.

V.K smirked and stuck her tongue out childishly at Sunar as she sat down and watched the match play on. The play was interesting; a few students actually using their powers to cheat before being told off by Mr Pruitt.

[Sunar Chugani]

Ha! He got her. Sunar continued to dodge and weave as he circled the court, until he was nearly in front of V.K. He grinned and waved at her, which turned out not to be a smart move -- looking at the bleachers meant that his back was turned to the students with the balls. 

He felt something hard thud into the back of his head. 

"Ow!" He mouthed, turning to glare at the person who had avenged V.K. His father would have told him something about pride going before the fall; his sister would have more pointedly informed him he deserved it. His mother would have reminded him that was the entire point of the game.

He hopped up onto the bench beside V.K. , swinging his legs as they watched their remaining teammates play. 

"You're too good at this game," He commented idly. "Next time I hope you're on my team."

[V.K Caborn]

V.K waved back at Sunar with a grin. It was nice to see someone whose friendly, she thought as she shuffled on her rear uncomfortably. She was used to being, er, well, non-clothed in her cat form. Since exercising was the usual as a cat, the teen was a bit unused to running about whilst wearing something appropriate.

"pfft." V.K could only attempt to hold back her laughter as Sunar got hit by a ball mere seconds after he waved to her. Her stare was still casually focused as she watched the boy sit down next to her. It was wrong to laugh at pain, but for some reason people laugh at it anyway.

"Thanks for the compliment, but I was still caught out before you." V.K was aware of how out of place her British accent sounded but it rarely bothered her any more. People merely tend to look a little longer due to her voice, even cats she tried to speak with gave her a longer glance. "I'm pretty sure that if we were on the same team, we would win."

[Sunar Chugani]

Sunar shrugged at V.K.'s observation. "I got lucky."

He wasn't cocky enough to think that his win was entirely his own skill, although that certainly played a part. But V.K. had excellent reflexes and a competitive nature that made her fun to play with, simply because they were evenly matched.

Then he laughed, "Yes! Next time I'll make sure you're on my team and we can own everyone."

But as they had both been tagged out during today's class they would have to wait to show off their prowess some other day. Instead Sunar turned his attention to his team, shouting directions at them in the hopes that they would win.

At last only one person was standing, and Sunar turned back to V.K.

"Looks like your team won." He said, without malice. "Good game."

And next time they would win together.

(wrap)