Who Is Training Who

Alaina felt herself falling forward, her head still stuck as her legs were taken out from underneath her! She hit the mat, landing on top of Nanami and moaning. This was not at all the spot she wanted to be in! She began swinging her fists into Nanami's sides to try to get her to loosen her grip. Alaina needed to be free and in the heat of the moment she thought that her punches hitting Nanami over and over was going to be her best bet!

Keeping her hold on Alaina, Nanami then took the repeated blows from the Amazon, and she gasped with each blow. Knowing that she would take more damage with more blows she took, she would have to let go of Alaina, pushing her off of her as she would distance herself from the Amazon, nursing her aching sides. But she wouldn't let Alaina have any chance to recover from this as she would quickly close the distance between the two of them again, this time trying to deliver a shoot kick right onto her belly!

Alaina rolled away, glad to be free of Nanami's grip. However as she stood up Nanami was already moving forward and sending a quick kick into her abdomen! Alaina groaned and fell forward to a knee, grabbing her stomach as she grimaced in pain. Alaina shook her head as she realized it was happening all over again in this spar: She was failing to close things out after starting out totally in control!

Alaina knew she was in trouble if she let Nanami do any further offense to her. Once Nanami closed in the amazon would lash out, lunging forward and swinging her fist into Nanami's abdomen to retaliate for the kick! It wasn't an overly elegant or glamorous counter but given the pain in Alaina's abdomen it was just about all she could muster on the fly!

Nanami saw what Alaina was trying to throw at her, and she would dodge the punch, narrowly avoiding the Amazon's fist by a few centimeters. Seeing an opportunity, Nanami would try to land a kick right onto the side of Alaina's neck, hoping to stagger her and make her lose her bearing, bringing her down onto the mat right after that.

"Take this!!" Nanami yelled as she would try to land that attack on her target, hoping that it could connect, bringing the Amazon down with it!

Alaina missed and her exposed neck was hammered by Nanami, leaving Alaina slumping to the mat coughing as she was now struggling to breathe!  The pain was bearable, but the damage to the airway was the greater concern as she barely made it to her hands and knees trying to crawl away as she attempted to struggle back up to her feet!

Nanami was on the roll. Alaina had defeated her before during her debut, but it felt like the Amazon had gotten weaker than before, and it's only fair for Nanami to take advantage of this. Seeing that Alaina had gotten on her knees and hands, Nanami would grab her by her head before positioning the Amazon's head right between her thighs, putting her in a standing headscissor.

Then, she would grab Alaina by her waist, pulling her up, holding her upside down. Alaina would be facing the same direction as Nanami before she jumped up in the air, trying to drive Alaina's head into the canvas with her finisher, a jumping piledriver!

Alaina groaned as Nanami had taken control setting her up as she was still struggling to breathe. Her head as in between Nanami's legs and she tried to grab the back of her opponents legs in an attempt to flip her over, but Alaina was too slow. She went up and then had her head spiked to the mat, driving it down to the mat hard! She let out a cry as she crumpled to the mat, laying on her side, her hands cradling her throbbing head! Alaina was now downright angry with herself, openly frustrated that even in practice she was getting off to a good start and failing to close things out!

Nanami managed to drive Alaina head first into the mat with a jumping piledriver. Letting her body fall to see her lying on her side, Nanami would roll her over onto her back so that she could go for the pin. For some reason, she could tell that the Amazon wasn't fighting at her fullest today, but now she needed to seize the win first.

She would press her chest against Alaina's as she would grab one of her legs, lifting it off the mat. She would start counting for the pin, hoping that she could finish it to three before the Amazon could kick out.

"ONE! TWO!"

"THREE!"

Alaina didn't even try to fight it or kick out, laying motionless as Nanami pinned her. She was better than this, so how come she wasn't getting the job done or sealing matches when she had the chance?

"Well done Nanami. You have improved for sure." Alaina said, meaning every word of it. She still felt like she had all the tools and drive to win, but just couldn't. At the very least she should be congratulatory. Alaina sat up, hobbling her feet as she stumbled over the the ropes using one hand to grab hold and lean on them as her other still was grabbing the bwck of her neck which was still throbbing.

Actually, Nanami couldn't believe it that she actually defeated Alaina. While it might be just a spar, she had just beaten her fair and square. Somehow, she felt like something was wrong about the Amazon, and she would like to ask her about it.

"Alaina-san..." Nanami said as she straightened herself, looking all serious. "Is something wrong? I don't want to assume things, but... I've got a feeling that there's something bothering you..." she said. Then, she lowered her head. "Though I apologize if I am just being presumptuous and jumping to conclusion."