Round 1: Sarah Ashcole vs Kanai Kanamori

"Alrighty, if that's how you want it...!" Sarah assumed a defensive stance as she watched her opponent come towards her. Bringing her arms up to her chest, she decided to stay there and judge Kanai's attack power. However, that didnt mean she'd just let her opponent's kick to connect. As Kanai swung her leg in the air, the blonde quickly moved her hands to her side, trying to block the other girl's kick, and also try to catch her foot.

Kanai's kick was right on target, slamming into Sarah's side. Or so she thought. Kanai's eyes widened when she realized that Sarah had somehow managed to catch her foot. She tried to pull back, but Sarah had a tight grip on her leg.

"Grr~ Let go!" Kanai said, struggling against Sarah's hold.

"Awwww, am I hurting you?" Sarah mocked before tightening her hold on Kanai's ankle. She asked her not to go easy on her, so now she's going serious. She'd try pulling Kanai's leg back in order to make her lose balance and fall to the ground. It'd be a lot easier to attack her if she was grounded. That way there were less chances she could dodge her moves. Even if Kanai fell to the ground, Sarah wouldnt release her leg.

Kanai tried to pull her leg out of Sarah's grasp, but the blonde held on tightly. Kanai couldn't budge her leg! Sarah yanked on her leg, and Kanai slipped, falling onto her knees. Her leg was still trapped and put in an even more uncomfortable position.

"No!" Kanai cried as she fell. She had no way of fighting back against Sarah.

Sarah grinned as she heard Kanai's cry. The blonde had control of the situation now, and she was really going to take advantage of this. She'd roll her pink haired opponent onto her back and then try wrapping her own legs around Kanai's in a figure four leglock. If she had control over the other girl's leg, why not to seize this chance to weaken her opponent a little bit?

"Yes!" She yelled at her as she sat on the mat and tried to lock the leglock on Kanai.

It only took a little pull to force Kanai onto her back. She struggled against Sarah, trying to pull her leg free, but it was trapped. But before Sarah could put her in the leg lock, Kanai struck back. Her other leg, freed from underneath her, was usable as a weapon now. Kanai lashed out, aiming at Sarah's shin, trying to kick her hard and force her to let go.

"Awww, damn youu!" Sarah yelled at her opponent as the kick to the shin connected, hurting her leg enough to make her let go of Kanai's ankle. Without wasting a moment, she rolled away from her opponent so she'd have some time to check her shin. Daamn, it really hurt! Kanai wasnt an ordinary opponent.'Well~! Things are really gonna get interesting!' She thought as she smirked at Kanai from the distance.

After getting her leg freed by the kick, Kanai quickly rolled away from Sarah as well. She got up as fast as she could, wincing a little when she tried to put weight on her leg. Sarah didn't really hurt it, but it seemed that the uncomfortable position it was in damaged it just a little. Oh well, it wasn't anything unmanageable.

"That wasn't bad," Kanai said, "But it's not enough to take me down!" She took a few quick steps in, and aimed a kick low at Sarah's other shin.

Sarah watched as Kanai came closer and closer to her. She remained in a defensive stance, ready for whatever she tried. However, she had focused all of her defenses on her upper body, leaving her legs open for an attack. As she took the kick to the shin, her leg almost gave in. Fortunetely, she managed to stay on her feet. The blonde kawaii immediatly moved one of her hands to her shin, rubbing it a little bit to calm the pain. "Daamn, dont kick me there! It huuwwts!" She yelled at Kanai.

Kanai smiled at her opponent. "Sure, I won't kick you there again," she said. She backed off a few steps, putting herself out of Sarah's range. She shifted her stance, preparing now for a running dash at her opponent to tackle Sarah down to the mat, should she not respond. "Let me make it all better for you!" Kanai shouted, as she ran at Sarah at top speed.