Training with a Buddy Sure is Great [Anzellous]

Wei hummed to himself as he carried a bag over his shoulder towards the far side of the sports field, being careful to avoid the people who were training as part of an actual team activity. Though, they usually didn't care about him being in their field while they trained, some of them were huge jerks and ran him off the field if he didn't have the backing of a team captain.

He would join a team at some point. He was just too small. And young. And too simian, but that last one he considered to be some form of actual, literal prejudice.'

Once he reached the end of the field, he reached into his bag, pulling out a metal bat. The weight was a little awkward in his hands, probably because people his size weren't usually practicing with real, fully sized, metal bats. He swung it once, and felt his whole body protest.

"Whoa, okay... not like that." He adjusted himself a little, spread his legs a little wider, and swung with his whole body, from his toes to his hips, his shoulders and arms just following through on the motion. It felt good. Yes, that was definitely it!

Grinning, he set himself up in his starting stance, swinging again, getting that good feedback from his muscles. He repeated this again and again, grinning as he felt the swings get marginally easier.

He pulled back, felt his muscles coil, and unleashed another swing, more powerful than the others.

He felt the bat go flying out of his loosened grip, spinning wildly towards one of the corners of the field. Wei let out a worried screech, chasing after the spinning metal bird of sports and death.

Once he noticed that the bat was flying towards someone, he picked up his pace. He realized with bitter disdain that there would be no way that he would be able to get to the bat before the bat got to the girl who seemed to be doing some kind of training. This was bad, this was really bad! The last thing he wanted to be doing his hitting people with metal bats! He just wanted to train and get on the baseball team and play as the cleanup hitter, was that so wrong?

Panting, he ran until he was standing right in front of the girl, his tail twitching in nervous agitation.

"That's my bat," he said, bowing from the waist. "I was just trying to practice my swing... I hope you're not hurt."

He stayed in his bow for a few moments before straightening and looking at the target's she'd hung from the tree.

"What are you doing?"

Training her combat skills? He thought they were allowed to train their combat skills outside of the combat classes? But he guessed that she was older than him (maybe a college student?) so maybe the rules were different when you were older and then people trusted you to not hurt themselves by training without supervision. Wei actually couldn't remember liking his training all that much when his brother taught him. But that's just because he was a perfectionist.

He smiled as he was given his bat back. He looked over it, checking to make sure it wasn't cracked or broken because he that meant that he would have to get rid of it. He couldn't swing around a broken bat--that would be dangerous for everyone involved. Wei let out a long, soothing exhale when she said that she wasn't hurt. Now that his worries were soothed, he placed the bat on his shoulder.

"Thanks! I bought it in the city!" He said, marveling at its newness and resilience against the blow from the tree. "I wanted to practice my swing, since the baseball team won't let me join since I'm small."

The monkey boy tilted his head.

"Why're you training here?"

Wei tilted his head at her hand before remembering. Oh right! People liked to shake hands as a method of introduction. He switched hands on his bat, freeing up one of his hands to shake her's.

"It's nice to meet you! I'm Wei HuSun." Adelene seemed very nice. Some people at this school were kinda mean. Well, not mean so much as anti-social... and she seemed to be okay with making friends. At least it was nice to see someone who was kind of like him when it came to making new friends.

He just gave an affirmative nod. "Yep! I'm a freshman!"

The little monkey's eyes sparkled at the idea that he would be able to have someone actually throwing for him, and he wouldn't just be shadow swinging. Yes, a hundred times yes!

"Okay! If you help me with my baseball practice, I'll help you with your training!"

The little monkey followed the length of her arm, to her finger, to the bat in his hands that she was pointing to. Apparently she wanted to hold the bat after she helped him polish his swing. Wei didn't see anything wrong with that; he trusted her not to break something like this. More than he trusted himself not to break his bat, actually. She looked responsible.

At least, to him she did, but everyone looked responsible to him.

"Oh, yeah! One second!" Dashing off to where he came from, he dragged a small bin of baseballs back to Adelene. They were in various states of usability--some were fresh and new with tight and well-kept stitching while others were frayed and very clearly falling apart. He picked out the newer ball and handed it to her.

"Okay! Whenever you're ready!"

He took a few steps back and held the bat in his hands. The monkey probably looked ridiculous holding the bat given his small stature, but he held it with ease.

Wei watched her closely, holding the bat behind his head in preparation to swing.