Serious Training (For Bluemouse)

Chigusa didn't think Taylor would attack her while she was removing her shirt, but then again she didn't think it would take very long to remove her shirt. Chigusa gasped as Taylor suddenly grabbed her as her shirt was still caught in her arms, though she managed to pull it over her head already and got her head out. That only made it easier for Taylor to grab her hair and yank her off balance, before sending a knee to Chigusa's gut.

"Guh!" Chigusa gasped, completely unprepared as Taylor's knee buried into her midsection. The blow winded her and made her double over. A shocked look entered Chigusa's eyes as she realized she was in a serious pinch. She had to act fast! Chigusa quickly tugged one arm out from her shirt while still doubled over, and threw it into Taylor's face, hoping that would make her let go and confuse her enough to break free and retreat.

"Gah." Chigusa's forearm arm smacked Taylor in the face, jerking her head up. In response, Taylor yanked on Chigusa's hair to pull her into place and wrapped an arm around her head. She slipped her other arm between Chigusa's legs and bent her knees to heft the little Japanese star off her feet. Taylor lifted her up and turned her over before slamming her down on the mat, landing her on her back.

The whole thing was satisfying. Not just that she was getting over on Chigusa, but Taylor hadn't actually thrown anyone since arriving in Japan. That was a definite advantage to having all these smaller Japanese girls around.

"How ironic, Chigusa Yuuki on her back in the ring." Taylor taunted.

Chigusa yelped as Taylor pulled hard on her hair, forcing her to stand back up. Then, before she could react, Taylor had her lifted into the air, and then slammed her down into the mat. She landed hard, all the air knocked out of her again, coughing a little and curling up from the pain. She couldn't believe it. Taylor was actually beating her!

"Hah, owww," Chigusa moaned. She rolled over to try and get onto her feet, though the going was slow. She hadn't gotten her breath back yet, and her body still hurt from all the pain of those hits.

This was awesome. Taylor's confidence was getting a much needed boost with everything she landed on Chigusa. She measured the distance from the ropes to Chigusa... it seemed about right. She took a couple long running steps to the ropes and hopped up to plant her feet on the middle rope. She jumped off, turning a neat 3/4 backflip in the air and bringing her knees down at Chigusa's upper body, though she was hoping to find her head.

This was almost too much. The only downside was that no one was getting it on film. Of course the other girls in the gym would see, but that would only go so far... Taylor's credibility was largely dependent on who saw what, and this being an unofficial little scuffle didn't have the same effect as if it were in the main ring with a crowd and camera crew. Still... this was pretty good.

Chigusa saw out of the corner of her eye Taylor going for a big move. "Heh, newbie" she thought. Taylor managed to land a few nasty hits, but Chigusa was far from being hurt so bad she couldn't avoid moves anymore. She waited until Taylor had already leaped off the middle rope, before rolling as quickly as she could out of the way, and leaving Taylor to smash herself onto the mat!

"Should've beat me up a bit more before trying that," Chigusa chided Taylor, as she slowly got up.

Taylor noticed a distinct lack of Chigusa as she smacked into the mat. She had her hands to catch her upper body, but she'd put as much force into her knees as she could, and without her usual knee pads, or Chigusa, to soften the blow... it hurt. She pulled her knees into her chest and rubbed them vigorously, her face scrunched up with pain, before pushing back up to her feet.

"I know." She said quietly. She knew she'd just got ahead of herself a little... but it was all going so well, and she just wanted... whatever. She was fine. Sore knees never killed anyone. Nor, to her knowledge, had Chigusa.

She got her eyes back on Chigusa and got her feet under here to be ready in case her opponent was already pressing her advantage.

Chigusa wasn't one to take advantage of her opponent when she was down, even if Taylor had been pretty annoying and had hit her when she was unprepared. She waited until Taylor got back up to her feet before moving in and attacking. It was pretty obvious that Taylor had hurt her knees quite a bit with that fall, so perhaps she wouldn't be as fast now. Chigusa didn't want to admit it, but Taylor easily kept up with her before. For a girl whose speed gave her her only advantage, that was troubling.

Chigusa quickly moved in as Taylor was getting into her stance. She would this time attempt to throw a palm strike into Taylor's chest, to wind her a bit more, before grabbing Taylor's shoulders and stepping in close, to deliver a powerful knee to her gut!

As Chigusa charged in again, Taylor made it a point to watch her feet. She seemed like a kicker without too much confidence in her hands.

"Ungh!" Taylor was looking the wrong way when Chigusa threw her palm strike. Her hand thumped against Taylor's breastbone, knocking her a bit off balance, but she fought through the urge to let up only to receive a follow up knee in her stomach. That one doubled Taylor over. It took the wind out of her but she didn't go down. She had a healthy bit of respect for Chigusa's power, though she'd certainly been hit harder... Anyway, she was really starting to enjoy herself.

"Gawd." She groaned. She was certainly hurting, but by no means was she ready to slow down. While she was bent over her eyes set on Chigusa's leg. It was right there... Taylor wrapped an arm around behind the knee and pulled on the leg while pushing her weight forward into Chigusa. If she could get her on her back, there would be plenty of things she could do to return the favor for the damage Chigusa had done so far.

Chigusa was elated when her strikes hit home. Taylor seemed to be too preoccupied with her feet, so Chigusa decided to try and hit with her hands. The plan worked well, though Chigusa knew that her strikes probably didn't hurt enough to really slow down Taylor. She always lacked real power, making up for it with speed.

Before she could bring her knee down, Taylor's hands wrapped around her leg and trapped it. "Wha-!" Chigusa gasped. She responded almost out of instinct, wrapping an arm around Taylor's head to hug it to her side in a facelock. When Taylor pushed forward, Chigusa obviously lost her balance, but she brought Taylor down with her. She landed on her back, the air knocked out of her again, but she still held onto Taylor's head at her side.

Taylor cried out in equal parts surprise and frustration as she nearly faceplanted into the mat. She pushed down on Chigusa's legs and threw one leg over to straddle her, her head still trapped.

"Leggo! You're only delaying the inev.. inevi... in... LEGGO!" Taylor pulled at the arm trapping her head with one hand, while the other found it's way up to Chigusa's face. She clamped Chigusa's nose shut with her thumb and finger and pressed her palm over her mouth.

"You're only making this worse for yourself!"