Square One

Yukina had made it her routine to come to the gym to train. While she could tell that she was improving lately, she still had quite a long way to go. Still, her performance had improved quite dramatically, and some people had taken quite a liking for her new finisher, the simple yet deadly Snowmaker. It was something that she had come up after hours and hours of intense training. And with that particular finisher, she managed to defeat the Amazon herself, Alaina Sanders, though the match itself was a very close one.

Still, winning against a high-profile wrestler such as Alaina wasn't an excuse for her to stop training. In fact, the match had opened her eyes to many things, allowing her to see her shortcomings that she had to overcome. So, she came to the gym again, planning to do another work out to improve herself.

Wearing a baby blue sports bra and black tight shorts, Yukina had tied her long, cerulean hair into a neat ponytail. Coming into the gym, she was wondering on what to do after this.

As she tried to decide, she saw a familiar figure working out. She recognized it as Alaina Sanders herself. Thinking that it might be polite to come and say hello, Yukina approached her.

"Umm... hello?" Yukina said, her voice sounding timid and soft. She didn't want to come off as rude by distracting Alaina from her work out session.

From what Yukina could see, Alaina didn't seem to show any sort of hostility despite her loss, which was good. She was actually looking forward to get to know her, and if possible, learn something from her. "W-well, I suppose you can say that, though I've been training hard lately, having matches or not..." she said.

She thought for a moment before she said, "A-also..." She bowed. "Thank you for the match. It was a very exciting match. Thanks to you, I got to learn something new about myself..." She looked back at Alaina. "I still have lots of rooms to improve, and I think I still have a very long way before I can stand next to you and many others as an equal," she said earnestly. Despite her victory over Alaina, Yukina was very much aware that the Amazon surpassed her in many aspects, and she needed to work hard in order to bring herself to the same level as her.

Hearing Alaina's question, Yukina thought about it for a while. "Hmm... I was thinking of doing something about my poor stamina..." Yukina blushed a little, admitting about her rather terrible constitution despite her impressive strength. "You probably realized it during our match, but I'm not too good with endurance run..." she admitted.

Scratching her cheek, she added, "Well, while I have confidence in my strength, my body is always so frail and weak..." She sighed. "I was sickly when I was a child, so... I guess it gave me a poor constitution in my adulthood..."

Yukina listened to Alaina, nodding as she digested the things that Alaina was telling her. Upon hearing Alaina's suggestion, she gave it some thoughts before she nodded. "Alright, I'll give it a try..." she said.

Since Alaina was willing to help her out, then she would seize this opportunity to improve herself and be a better wrestler.

Yukina followed Alaina into the practice ring so that they could start this running ropes training. From Alaina's explanation, it sounded simple enough, but Yukina was aware that this practice was to test one's endurance as well as to help improve it.

Standing opposite to Alaina, Yukina nodded again after hearing her question. Of course she was up to it. She would wait for Alaina's signal to start running, and when Alaina started, Yukina would start as well. She would run over to the ropes, bouncing from them and going to the opposite ropes, bouncing back and forth. The first few rounds were easy for her, but she was certain that it would be much more difficult as she continued.