Dani felt a hand shake her awake. She groaned. "Time for training, Warrior Woman!" Dria whispered, trying not wake up the rest of the house. Dani shook her head groggily, "Dria? What time is it?" She reached for the clock. 4:30 AM. "Dria! It's 4:30 in the morning! Are you insane?" Dria shushed her. "You don't want to wake up Mom, Dad and Aunt Dia, it's their day off." She whispered. "I guess you are saying you don't want to be a Warrior Woman after all? Just go back to sleep and be a normal Earthling Girl of 12 years old. All this about being Sailor Leaena and upholding the Leaenarian Customs for Young Women out the window, and just a dream?"
Dani sighed. She hadn't realized it would be so difficult, and what it would mean. She rubbed her eyes and kicked the covers off, pulling herself out of bed. She started to follow Dria into the hall when Dria stopped, turned and pointed to Dani's unmade bed. "Just because, you are following the life and customs Sailor Leaena, doesn't mean you can give up on Danielle Bones just yet - you have her life to enjoy as well as her duties to her duties to complete just as Sailor Leaena's," Dria whispered. Dani groaned softly. She didn't make her bed normally, so why did she have to now? "In this world, Warrior Women take of themselves and are completely responsible for themselves." Dani nodded and reluctantly and went back and made her bed.
"Before we go any further, I have something for you. Consider it a late X-Xito gift. You need some kind of gear to train in, and I thought I'd get it for you." Dria who was wearing an aqua colored sports bra, with matching shorts to the middle of her thighs, as well as matching socks and sneakers, handed Dani, a similar outfit in a light olive color (except with a light t-shirt instead of a sports bra) in her size. They both had their own water bottles in their own colors.
As soon as they were both dressed, they went out in the back yard ("Nothing to eat first?" Dani asked. "No," answered Dria, "For a variety of reasons; eating before exercising can make you sick, and there's the reason, that if Mom, Dad or Aunt Dia don't see you eating, they will ask questions, that we don't want answer at this time...", "I get it." Dani frowned. Dria had good points, and Mom and Dad needed to see her eating later, when they got up - they shouldn't know that she was getting up this early to train - that itself would lead to questions they didn't want to answer.) where Drew was just finishing his training. "Wait, how long have you been up?" Drew just smiled, and waved them good morning, as he went inside for a shower and to get ready for work.
It was at that point, that Dani realized that Dria was already sweating. "You've been out here out ready already, training." Dria nodded, smiling. "Well, I have to do my own training don't I?" "So... how long have you've been up?" "Long enough." Dria smiled. "Let's get to work."
First Dria, had her mediate, to focus her mind, followed by stretches, and calisthenics, such as push-ups, sit-ups and a few others that Dani didn't know the names of (or least didn't remember). Dria then got her started on a few stances, blocks, punches, and kicks. Finally, they stretched once more, meditated again, and were done. ("Already? But we didn't anything cool!" Dani murmured. Dria pressed her lips together for a minute as she paused to think. "How do you feel? Take a moment to think about it." Dani took a survey of her mind and body's statuses, as she had learned to do during her time as Chibi Senshi. She was shocked to find that she was thoroughly exhausted. "I'm exhausted, mentally and physically." Dani confessed. Dria nodded, "Exactly. Also, if I'm not mistaken, the adults are starting to awaken, it's 5:30. You might want to take your shower quickly, and get ready for school
tucking your training clothing out of sight of course); before they've realized you've been out of bed for a while.
Dani tired, though she was, thanked Dria for her lesson and hurried inside. Drew had already left for work, she noticed, as she made her way to the shower, that she shared with Dria, and Drew. Dani quickly showered, and got dressed for school, hiding her training clothing as Dria warned. In a few minutes, she was at the kitchen table, finishing up homework from last night, as she waited for breakfast.
Aunt Dia came in, in her bathroom, and opened the refrigerator, thinking about starting breakfast, pulled out a bunch of eggs, turned around and nearly dropped them, as she didn't expect to see Dani, fully dressed for school and finishing her homework at the kitchen table at 5:45 AM! "You're up early! Did you sleep well?" Dani smiled. "I slept fine. I just had a lot of responsibilities to complete. Next, I have to clean my room." Aunt's Dia's jaw dropped, and she did drop a few eggs this time - Dani helped her clean them up. In the corner, Darius the kitten, stifled a laugh.
Dani finished her homework and ate her breakfast, and then yes went and cleaned her room (her side of Dria's room (Dria's was already clean). She finished her daily hygiene and had time to spare before going to school. That afternoon, after school, Dani finished her homework and chores, early, and then worked on repairing her SideCar mechanical problems, which she had been saying was going to work on the late 5 months and yet hadn't. She spent some time with some friends and after dinner, she went for a run. She stopped at the park, where she practiced exactly what Dria had gone through with her and then returned home, by way of a run.
Dani 's parents were in complete shock, and agreed that this was a rare day, and that it would never happen again. But they were wrong. It happened the next day. And the next day. It simply continued.
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