A Steamy Gym Session (for deezcastforums)

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'Ow... man wasn't expecting Noelle to try and get free like that. Man...' He said to himself softly while rubbing his face and getting up into a seated position before looking over at Noelle as she got up herself. In an actual match this would have likely been the perfect forway into a counter attack from the girl, but luckily this was only a spar so he wouldn't have to worry about such a thing.

Looking up at Noelle as she started to explain what he did incorrectly he would cross his legs and nod softly along with her. "Not doing enough with my arm huh?" Deku asked while holding his arm out and taking a look at it with a critical eye of his own, finding her logic sound and taking her word for it in terms of it improving his move. "I see. That will take some time to get used too, but I'm confident I can." He said before looking up at Noelle with a smile. "Thank you for the advice." He said with gratitude towards her.

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"Good. I'm glad to see that what I'm saying makes sense to you," said Noelle. She knew her words were by no means complex, but then again, combat sports had some real meatheads. But Noelle knew she wouldn't have to deal with that here. She had expected Deku to be smart enough to understand her relatively simple corrections. It was really just a matter of implementation.

"So, what next?" Noelle asked. "Do you have anymore moves to show off, or were you hoping to pick up something out of my arsenal?" Of course, Noelle would still have to figure out what she would show Deku if he asked for one of her moves. She was by no means strapped for options, but the princess had to be careful not to pick something too risque for a mixed training session.

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Deku nodded, glad that he was able to pick up on Noelle's advice so fast. While she was a lot more kind than video packages had made her out to be, he doubted she had all too much patience for people that didn't listen. Luckily that was something that would be a non sequitur with the rather nerdy male. Still as she mentioned what was next he would hum in thought.

She immediately assumed either he had more to show off, or that he wanted something from her arsenal, but he didn't want to be so greedy with someone he respected. "Actually..." He said to her while looking up. "I don't want you to think this is a one way street." He said earnestly while holding up a fist.

"My technical game does need tightening, but I'm pretty good with striking and slams." He said while looking in her eyes. "Is there anything in those areas that you were looking to improve or learn?" He asked her, wanting to help Noelle as much as she was helping him.

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While Noelle had been ready to continue teaching Deku out of her bag of tricks, the boy instead decided that he would rather teach Noelle one of his own moves in return for the princess showing him how to optimize his grounded octopus stretch. "Oh, I had never intended to be the only one here teaching," said Noelle. "I had intended for us to do this in halves, but if you want to go back and forth instead, then I have no issue with it."

Noelle already had some ideas for what she wanted to learn from Deku, and when he mentioned strikes, the princess knew exactly what she wanted. "You have some pretty powerful legs," said Noelle. "Do you have any nice kicking moves worthy to be added to my collection of signature moves?" To emphasize her request, Noelle turned on her heel to the side, stuck out her hip, and gave her thigh a nice smack.

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Deku nodded a bit bashfully at what Noelle said. In truth he didn't really know how they were planning on doing things, probably would have been good to discuss in texts but all well. "There's actually research that shows intermixing what you're learning as you do it is a better way to process information." He said with a small chuckle, his nerdy nature shining through a bit before hearing Noelle's request.

"Hm lets see." He said looking Noelle up and down while thinking of various kicks and other such moves he knew that may fit Noelle well. Though Noelle's little flourish of sticking out her hip and slapping her thigh definitely made it a bit harder to think while he tried to suppress a blush. After a moment or two however Deku did get a thought in mind.

"Have you heard of a pele kick? It's not as used as often now a days since if you're timing is off it can be a rough misfire. But I don't think that would be a issue with you, especially considering how athletic and graceful you can be." Deku said before turning on his side and leaping up to perform the said move so Noelle could evaluate it for herself.

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"Hmm, interesting," said Noelle as she listened to what Deku had to say about the proper ways for learning. In such a physical sport a wrestling, things like knowledge and intellect were oft overlooked. But this was not a pitfall that either of the two wrestlers training in the gym fell into. After all, gaining knowledge from each other was one of the main reasons they were here.

Noelle saw Deku looking at her as he thought, and the princess also saw the look on the boys face when she did her little show. "Hah," Noelle sighed. "You're just too easy to tease, Deku. You know, if you're willing to become my personal submission training dummy, I could put you in as many exciting holds as you like." Noelle was half flirting, 49% joking, and 1% serious. If he was interested... who knows.

"But that'd be for later. As for your Pele Kick," Noelle said. "Well it certainly looks like something the man himself would've done on the futbol pitch. But I also see why it's so uncommon. A 360 jump kick that leaves you prone on your stomach afterwards, starts with your back to th opponent, and call only be done against a standing opponent. I guess a kneeling opponent might be possible too, but either way, it's big trouble if you miss. Having said that," Noelle took a breath and shook her body. Then slightly twisted her body and crouched her knees as she loaded up into her back leg. Then the princess leaped, spinning through the air and swinging her leg behind her at the head of a training dummy, connecting with a downwards swing of her foot while using her arm and other leg to break her fall.

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Right off the bat Noelle made Deku blush again with that... offer of hers to be her personal training dummy. Something he KNEW was a joke, but damned if the idea didn't sound... at least somewhat enticing and lord knows he had no idea whatsoever on how to respond to the blatant flirtatious comment. "W-W-Well I-I m-m-mean uhh I uhh." He stuttered listlessly clearly short circuiting a bit from the very idea of such a thing.

Luckily he was saved by the metaphorical bell once noelle got back into serious mode, analyzing her own pros and cons list on the pele kick he showed her. 'Back to my language.' He thought as he focused on Noelle and what she had to say. Nodding along he was about to respond when Noelle almost perfectly recreated the pele kick on her first try, nailing a dummy in the head and causing Deku's eyes to widen.

"Wow great job." The boy said impressed at how quick Noelle picked the move up. That being said he still had something to say. "You really picked that up fast, but what a lot of people underestimate about this move is the versatility." Deku said as he turned and did the move himself once more, but rather than kick the dummy he intentionally missed before holding himself up with his hands and other foot under him similar to Noelle.

"See even if you miss." He said before swinging his extended leg out to the side in what would have been a sweep kick at the back of the dummy's 'legs'. "You can still use the position for a really solid attack that can knock the opponent down, something I know is an area you're more comfortable with." Deku said before he got back up. "Other kicks are a bit better for aiming and setting up, but if you miss it creates a way bigger opening, something you can mitigate and even turn to your advantage with this." He said, definitely going into a bit of his nerd mode before reigning himself in to take in Noelle's reaction.

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Noelle couldn't stop some laughter from escaping when she saw how her joke offer managed to break Deku's mind. She couldn't get mad at him. After all she did do it on purpose. The princess would throw in a quick apology before going onto her analysis of the move that Deku was teaching her. Thankfully, that also seemed to get Deku back in a better headspace.

Noelle perked up when Deku mentioned that there was something that she, and a lot of other people missed with the Pele kick. "Versatility?" Noelle asked, trailing off a bit as she tried to deduce what additional aspects this move could have. Then she went to outright confusion once she saw Deku whiff the dummy entirely on his second showing.

But then Noelle's eyes went from confused to lit up once she saw the point that Deku was making. "So you aren't as vulnerable as the attack makes you look when you miss. That's devious," Noelle said. "I think you might be able to beat that with a jumping attack though. But then I could respond with something like a mule or scorpion kick instead of a sweep. Noelle continued to wrack her brain in thought, "It almost feels like it turns into a 50/50 scenario if the opponent tries to counterattack."

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Deku smiled softly to himself as he pushed himself up and saw Noelle with a look of perked up interest at what he raised about the pele kick. It felt good to impress and surprise her with something, especially after she helped him with his submission. So he was glad to get this kind of reaction from Noelle though naturally she had her own thoughts.

Nodding at her re assessment Deku would offer a smile to her. "Pretty much which is much better than the 0 percent chance of countering if you tried say a round house or high kick or something." He said at first to what Noelle said about the fifty fifty chance regarding a counter of the move if you missed.

"But." He said adding onto the thought process. "Those odds tend to go down since in the midst of the match it'll be even harder for someone to expect and counter it, let alone see you're legs coming." He pointed out with a nod. "So generally unless someone is familiar with this about the pele kick, you're odds of successfully landing some kinda offense in regardless if you connect with the initial kick is probably closer to around seventy or eighty percent." He pointed out with a smile, feeling much more confident of the move he recommended to Noelle.

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"Of course," said Noelle in regards to Deku's comments on her analysis of the Pele kick. "After all, how can you hope to stop a set up that you don't even know exists? Beyond sheer good luck or poor execution from the attacking side." The princess repeated the attack, now with the follow up added in, a few more times to drill it in.

Once Noelle was satisfied, a question naturally raised, "So, what next?" The Spaniard assumed that with the back and forth that was seeming to form, it would once more be her turn to try teaching something to Deku. "Is it my turn to teach you something now, or would you rather move onto something else?" Noelle started running through ideas of what to show Deku in her mind if he did decide he wanted to learn something else from her.