Stress Relief at the Dojo

Submission holds. Crap. Kozue had almost completely forgotten about those, the one category of moves they hadn't really explored yet in this sparring match. The Amazon sitting on her back was a cruel reminder.

Kozue knew a few good ones, but none she could apply with the power that Alaina had. She tried to scramble away as her butt came down, but it was way too little, way too late. Legs went up, got bent, and the crab was locked, pulling her into a vague U-shape. "Fuckfuckfuckfuck-"

She groaned through gritted teeth as she tried to pull forward, longing for the ropes. They couldn't have been more than ten feet away, but somehow they looked like ten miles, and she was losing time fast. One submission. Two. Working on three. "Come on..." She dug her fingernails into the mat and desperately clawed her way to the ropes. "Come on!

Alaina kept hold as best she could, planting herself to slow Kozue's advance towards the ropes. Alaina kept count in her head and as soon as she hit the 3 second mark, she let go of the hold.

Kozue pulled them closer to the ropes than Alaina would have liked. She had to work on getting that hold secured in the center of the ring and minimizing her opponents movement. Still.... Kozue hadn't escaped for reversed it so that was good. She also tacked on 3 more seconds, making up for the pinfall Kozue got on her.

Alaina pulled Kozue up by the arm, and tried to whip her against the ropes. Alaina was going to try to run behind her, readying a clothesline for her speedy foe. Problem is, if Kozue dodged this Alaina faced a plethora of counterattacks by her crafty opponent.

Alaina probably could've gotten a few more submissions out of her if she wanted, but, fortunately for Kozue, she had other things in mind. At least this was a learning experience, and she now knew she had to work on escaping submission holds. Or, better yet, not getting put in them in the first place.

Alaina hauled Kozue up by the arm, hefting her scant weight with ease, and sent her running for the ropes. On another day, if she hadn't been so winded from the Boston Crab, she might have been able to counter it, duck, dodge it, do something to turn around. As it was, though, she needed a little more time to get her bearings together. Pain was incoming.

The clothesline hit her straight across the chest and knocked her flat on her back, reacquainting her with the canvas.

Alaina was surprised... but pleased... that her clothesline hit. Kozue seemed to be running out of steam. Alaina thought about going for another pinfall for a small payoff, but she opted to take a bit of a gamble. This would be a bigger power move than she had yet attempted in the match, but they were trying to make it realistic. Also if this worked, it would add to the tally and thus lead to less pain inflicted. It made sense right?

Alaina pulled Kozue up yet again, and once she had Kozue on her feet Alaina grabbed her around the waist, and held her. Assuming she had a firm enough hold she would hop up and slam Kozue down with a spinebuster, staying on top of her opponent to initiate another pin!

Kozue was still dazed when Alaina started to pull her back up, but she was still enough in her right mind to know that something supremely bad was about to happen to her, and if she didn't work on reversing the situation, she'd be in for quite a lot pain. The only question was what that something needed to be. She didn't have any great ideas, but she had a semi-decent ones. They would have to do.

She was slammed hard into the mat with Alaina's amazing power, and she perfectly understood why they called it a 'spinebuster' - that was exactly what it felt like, a hot streak of agony down the middle of her back that made her cry out and slam her eyes shut from the pain. But she wasn't done. She could still move. And even though she lost two second in the pinfall, she could still fight and turn things around. She hoped.

While Alaina was on top of her, Kozue tried to wrap her legs around the bigger girl and squeeze, putting some pressure around her waist with a body scissor. At the same time, she reached up and wrapped her arm around her neck, going for a headlock to give it some extra security. Every little bit would help.

Alaina was up now 11 to 2.... she was starting to feel confident about herself and maybe even blowing this wide open. That is until she found herself in a nasty hold!

"Damn.... argh! Fuckin'......" Alaina grunted. She went from in control to in trouble. In a panic she rolled onto her back kicking her legs, but Kozue was latched on well. She felt a hearty squeeze on her abdomen and her neck asshe struggled in vain.

"L-let go!" Alaina said in a muffled voice. She needed to do something to get out, as she wasn't sure if this was a submission hold or if she rolled herself over into a pinning position. Maybe it was both? Alaina in a panic went to swinging her fists into the sides of Kozue in an effort to free herself.

Kozue was tempted to let Alaina go when she asked, but she fought that notion hard - aside from the fact that she was trying to get some realism in the spar, there was also the problem that she'd likely get annihilated if she let her go that easily. She needed to take a little of her edge off - and maybe score a submission or two - before she even dreamed of it

A punch in her midsection made her rethink the effort, though, and a second punch made it absolutely clear that even when Alaina was down, she wasn't really down. Kozue was going to need a bit more work before she could get things even.

The third punch was more than she cared to take, and she let Alaina go so could roll off and nurse her battered ribs, as her face screwed up in a tight grimace all the way. She grabbed hold of the ropes with her spare hand and started to pull up, hoping she could be the first to get up and put an end to things.

Alaina needed al three seconds to get out of that body scissors and headlock combo. Alaina laid on her back trying to get her breath back for a few seconds before slowly working her way up to one knee, looking over only to see Kozue already up.

"You are an energetic one aren't you?" Alaina asked, getting to her feet after Kozue, hoping that her recovery from the hold wouldn't continue to cost her.

Kozue managed to make it up first, but she wasn't going to get much of a breather - Alaina was close behind her, already up on her feet. That move had given her five second break, tops. It would have to do. She seriously doubted she'd get anymore.

"Yeah, that's me. Super-energy, all the time." Kozue figured her best shot was to move in and take the fight straight to Alaina - that worked okay last time, might get some better returns on the second try. She came straight at her and went with something classic - a right straight to the chest, followed by a left jab towards the face. Nice and simple.

Alaina thought she was ready for anything, but Kozues pure sped still caught her of guard. Alaina took the hit to the chest which stunned her more than it caused pain, but the face shot caused her to stagger back, holding her nose in one hand!

"Argh!" Alaina screamed as she staggered back, making sure to keep an eye on Kozue. Kozue was bad enough when she could see her, losing sight of her meant losing the spar as far as Alaina was concerned.

"All right, if Kozue runs I will try to grab and powerslam her... if sbe comes in slow I am going to aim a straight punchto her faceto return the favor...." Alaina thought to herself as she readied herself for a likely fast follow up by her opponent.