Laying the Foundation

Alisha was now in the Momentum gym, hitting a boxing bag.  She was currently wearing a white top with black boxers and red boxing gloves.  Anyone who was a real boxer could tell that Alisha was a rookie and had a lot to learn but that she was also determined and full of energy.  The raven hair boxer would spend a while hitting the bag, trying to improve herself.  

After a while, she would take a break, taking a moment to take a drink from her bottle.  Alisha took a moment to look around, seeing the other boxers and what kind of training exercises they were doing.  She could see the difference between herself and the others and knew she wasn't going to get better on her own quickly, she needed someone to show her the ropes if she wanted to get good soon.  Thus, she would walk up the stairs and enter the empty ring by going in between the middle and top rope.  “Anyone willing to show a fresh rookie the ropes and go a few rounds or are you all worried that you might get beat by an inexperienced rookie?” stated Alisha in an optimistic and slightly arrogant voice.

Nicole was working over the speed bag a bit, taking it pretty easy with her workout as she jammed along to some music on her mp3 player. It was nice to get back into the Yokohama facilities after spending so much time lately in Tokyo. Another reason for her bit of a lazy workout was because she was people watching a bit. While she wasn't trying to steal any secret workout techniques, she just liked to see what the other girls did with their time and see if there was any she thought she could get along with. Then again, that might have been a long list, considering Nicole thought she could get along with almost anyone.

However, as she suddenly heard one of the girls she hadn't seen before make a fairly bold statement, Nicole giggled and pulled off her headphones. She was wearing a white t-shirt with blue short shorts, red boxing gloves and, of course, her bunny ears and tail which wiggled as she turned to face the eager rookie.

"I don't mind goin a few rounds with ya, eh." She chirped, grinning brightly at the newbie as she slipped into the ring herself. She stuck out her hand and then blushed when she realized shaking with a boxing glove on would be difficult. "Oh, whoops, eheh!" She said and giggled. "Well, my name's Nicole! What about you?"

Alisha would look around and wait to see if anyone would accept her challenge. She didn't need to wait long as someone almost immediately accepted her challenge. She had red hair, blue eyes and was clearly a foreigner just like Alisha. Her soon to be opponent was wearing a white t-shirt along with some blue shorts and, of course, red boxing gloves just like almost everyone else, but she was wearing bunny ears and a tail, which was a bit unusually, causing Alisha to raise an eyebrow.

Her opponent then entered the ring and offered her hand to be shaken. The British boxer stayed silent as she then tried to figure out on how to try to shake a hand that had a boxing glove, not to mention Alisha was also wearing a boxing glove, maybe a light tap? But her problem resolved itself as her opponent realized the issue and pulled her hand back before introducing herself as Nicole. “Nice to meet you, Nicole, I am Alisha. I look forward to fighting you and seeing what you can teach me. So what kind of match should we have, I am down for anything by the way!” stated Alisha as she then started to shift her weight back and forth between her two legs.

"Oh, so you're a newbie, eh?" Nicole asked with a grin on her face. "Well, ya might've come to the right place!" She chirped and began to stretch a bit. "But, uh, why don't we just see how it goes for now?" Nicole asked. "Sparring is fine so I can see where your skill is, ok?"

Nicole started to shadow box in her corner, bobbing on her heels in anticipation of the match. "Don't worry, I think you could still learn a think or two, eh."

Alisha would nod her head at Nicole statement, indicating that she was new.  “Alright, a good spare seems perfect.” stated Alisha as she would then punch the air to the side, giving a good jab followed by a heavy cross, showing how excited she was for this.

The British Boxer would then get in a basic boxing stance, putting her hands in front of her face as she bent her knees a bit while constantly shifting weights between her legs.  “I hope so.  Ready to start when you are.” stated Alisha in an excited voice as she really wanted to get this started.

Nicole nodded too and then focused on Alisha. She began circling once their eyes met and bouncing around the ring, making sure she kept in the middle as she threw out a few testing jabs to see what kind of defense the girl had.

Alisha raised her arms up in front of her face to form a barrier to block the jabs while keeping her eyes on Nicole. The British boxer would then side step, making sure not to stay in the same position before attempting to return a few of her own jabs, testing out the waters to see how her opponent would react to such an attack.

Nicole's eyes were pretty keen and as Alisha stepped away, Nicole merely turned her position. A smile tugged at the edge of her features, however, as Alisha fired back. Instead of blocking, Nicole's head swayed from side to side, dipping past each straight punch until the last one zoomed just past her face.

In a good position, she fired a hook to the side of Alisha's head as the girl was pulling her arm back from the jab. She didn't put all her power in it and she had aimed for the head and not the chin, but she was pretty sure it would rattle the newbie at the very least.

Alisha sent a jab at Nicole, but her opponent managed to dodge the attack, something that surprised Alisha as she had expected her opponent to block the attack.  As she began to pull her arm back, Alisha was left open and Nicole took advantaged of it by hitting her with a hook right in the head.  The British boxer took a step back as she was punch, going with the flow of the punch instead of trying to resist it.  She would then try to take another step back to put some distance between herself and Nicole so that she could catch a breather.

Nicole pursued dutifully. Although she wasn't trying to overwhelm the rookie, she was in a spar and didn't plan on just sandbagging. She used her quick feet to chase and then faked a jab at Alisha's head, lowered herself and whipped a one, two combination at the newbie's midsection.