Alessa Mason vs Nanako Jounouchi

Hearing about an offer to try out a match in the boxing federation, Alessa Mason was quite excited to test it out. She had never done boxing before, but she figured with her strength she would be able to compete in it, at least in one match, and hold her own. She wasn't told who her opponent was going to be, but when it came down to it she felt like it would be exciting regardless of who it was.

"This should be fun!" Alessa would say, putting on the red boxing gloves she was given. With a big smile on her face, she would bash them together a few times, nodding her head happily to one of the crew members as she did. She was wearing her attire that she wore for her matches, her usual schoolgirl-like attire. She was recommended headgear, but decided not to use it, thinking it felt too uncomfortable for her.

Soon, "New Day's Dawn" by Fozzy would play in the boxing arena, Alessa stepping out onto the ramp as it did. She had her eyes set on the ring, it looking a little different from a wrestling ring, but she felt it no real matter. She would make her way down the ramp, up the steps, and into the ring, the wide smile still on her face as she hit her gloves together a few more times, finding it quite amusing the sound and feeling it made when she did it. She would let out a little giggle before letting out a sigh, watching and waiting for her opponent to show up.

While Alessa was pretty excited for this match her upcoming opponant was a little more sombre. This would be the second time Nanako Jounouchi would be setting foot in the boxing ring, and the first time she had done it had been a horrible mistake. Nanako shuddered as she remembered it. Standing backstage in her regular ring attire which consisted of a tight form fitting white one-piece she prepared for what she hoped to be an easy match. It wasn't that long ago that she had been training with Sarah Gatt, and after the Queen of Brawl had finished with her she told Nanako to go to the other leagues she had lost in and score a voctory in each one. It was only then that stains of her debut would be erased ans she would be able to become a true AFW wrestler.

Remembering the beating she recieved the last time she was here Nanako was pretty reluctant to do this. But this was something Sarah, the very champion of Friction, had asked her to do. She couldn't let her down. Swallowing hard and going over what Sarah taught her about punching in her head Nanako prepared her teal coloured boxing gloves. "You can do this, Nanako," the amazon whispered to herself. "Now go out there and kick some butt!"

It was then her music would start up and a little nervously Nanako would step out from backstage. The girl was quite a specimen to behold. standing a few inches short of seven feet tall, a true modern amazon. Everyone had to look up to see her slightly nervous expression, but despite her uncertainty no one could deny she had a powerful body. While her muscle wasn't obvious it stood out here and there. Every cheered as she went down the ramp towards the ring where her much smaller opponant waited. Once reaching the ring Nanako would slip through the ropes and head for her corner, where she would come to eye her opponant. The girl, Alessa, was nearly two inches shorter than her, which gave Nanako quite a bit of confidence. Maybe this time she could pull out a victory here.

Standing in wait for her opponent, Alessa would nod as the girl's music began to play. She would see Nanako step out onto the ramp and would notice immediately the girl's height. "woow..." Alessa would let out as Nanako made her way further down the ramp before entering the ring with her. At that point, the difference in size became even more apparent. The fact that Nanako was over a foot taller than her was quite intimidating, but Alessa would keep the smile on her face.

"Hi there! I'm Alessa!..This is my first time boxing soo..I'm not really sure how it works other than what they told me. Only punching and stuff like that. But, I'm sure it'll be fun! I hope we can have a good one!" Alessa would say, nodding her head as she looked up at Nanako. She was in quite awe at the girl's size, but on the other hand it excited her.

She would go to meet the girl in the center of the ring, going to mimic what she saw on television when it came to boxing, looking to the ref and waiting to hear the usual rules before putting her gloves up.

Nanako stared at her opponant uncertainly as she stood waiting for the match to begin. One thing was for sure, she was quite a bit taller than Alessa, and that gave her a bit of confidence. It was only then she remebered that she had beaten to a pulp in this very ring by a girl Alessa's size, then brutally knocked unconscious to secure her defeat. Nanako shuddered a bit at the thought. She clenched her gloved fists. She couldn't be thinking about that now or she might as well admit defeat already.

When Alessa greeted her Nanako would give a nervous smile back, a little bit more at ease thanks to the girl's friendly nature. "H-Hi. I'm Nanako. Nice to meet you." Nanako would give a quick and respectfil bow at her soon to be opponant. "I'm not too expereinced either. This is only my second time being here. But....it's best that I be here. I-I need the expereince, you know?" She smiled politely at Alessa. "Yeah. I hope we have we have a good fight as well. Good luck to you."

Nanako would then step up to the ring center when Alessa did, joining her as the ref went over the rules. As expected the AFW Boxing League had slightly different rules than other leagues. For one thing there were no breaks or rounds; the combatants fought until one of them couldn't go any more. Another was that certain grapples were allowed. Anything short of a bodyslam was legal in the ring. Nanako nodded slowly as the ref went over these rules, understanding each one, and soon the match was underway. The bell would ring and Nanako would put up her dukes, ready to go toe-to-toe with Alessa.

"O-oh! S-sorry I forgot!" Alessa would let out, bowing as well to the girl, remembering that she heard something about bowing in Japan before, actually feeling quite bad that she didn't do so before. Hearing her next words though, the smile would reappear on her face, nodding her head as she heard her. "Right! I agree! It should help us both." She would say happily, giddy as ever before the ref would explain the rules to the both of them.

Alessa would tilt her head at the rules, finding them different from what she remembered watching on TV back in America, but it just made it more interesting. Alessa would nod her head, listening closely to the rules before she would turn back to Nanako. "Good luck to you too!" She would let out before the bell would ring. Alessa would step back, mimicking the stances that she remembered seeing on TV as she would move left and right.

Stepping forward, Alessa would swing her fist down and up, trying to hit the girl with a body blow to start out.

When the bell rang Nanako's teal coloured gloves were raised up at the ready. Having gone through this once before Nanako knew how bad it could be if she had her guard down. Okay, here we go," Nanako whispered to herself. "No turning back now..." The crowd cheered as the two girls started to circle each other. Unlike Alessa would would bob left and right Nanako would stay where she was. She wasn't exactly very speedy, and her doing the same wouldn't do her any good, big a target as she was.

Nanako tried to keep up with Alessa's speed as she moved, hoping to anticipate her coming attack. Unfortunately Nanako was not too good at reading her opponants, and when Alessa came in the amazon wasn't fact enough to block the punch to her side. It landed solidly, and Nanako winced slightly from it, but other than that she seemed largely unharmed. Her body was not only big, it was durable as well, able to sustain much heavier hits than the one Alessa gave out.

Narrowing her eyes on Alessa and now finding her much closer than before, Nanako would try to nail one solid right hook across Alessa's face. It would be one hell of a blow if it connected, with much of the amazon's natural power behind it. People who remembered her first match in the boxing league would be reminded of just how hard Nanako could hit.

Alessa, having quite a bit fun doing her little footwork that was clearly just copied from what she observed on TV, would be all smiles as she held her gloves up in the ready. She was prepared to give out the first hit in the match, and that she did. Stepping towards the girl, she was able to connect with the body blow, though seeing that it didn't do too much to the girl.

"Ah? Wow, you're pretty strong." Alessa would start to let out before she would feel the heavy impact collide with the side of her face, causing her to stumble off to the side, struggling to keep herself up at the punch rattled her head. "Gugh.." Alessa would let out, rubbing her face with her glove, realizing she needed to take it alot more seriously.

Alessa would try to stumble back towards Nanako, trying to focus herself before attempting to throw an uppercut, directed towards her stomach.

Almost immediately after Alessa's hit landed Nanako would lash out with her fierce counter. Alessa may have gotten the opening hit but there was no doubt in anyone's mind who had done the most damage in that opening exchange. "Ha! Take that!" Nanako laughed triuphantly. Learning how to effectively punch from Sarah Gatt was looking like it was worth learning. Before when she set foot in this ring she could barely throw a proper punch, and still she was something close to a contender. With the skills she had aquired, maybe she could walk away with voctory this time.

When Alessa had somewhat recovered from her punch Nanako would raise her gloves at the ready again, keeping them close to her face even though there was no way for Alessa to reach that high up. Maybe she should have been defending her stomach a bit more or she might have been able to block Alessa's uppercut. "Ugh!!" the amazon cried out, Alessa's glove burying itself in her stomach. It hurt more than the first blow, but once again Nanako's powerful body would absorb the attack. It seemed that Alessa would need to try harder than that if she wanted to overcome the amazon.

Nanako smiled cutely despite being hit, and would try a combo attack this time. The amazon would start off with a powerful left hook, and if that connected she would immediately follow up by firing off a right straight into Alessa's face.

Connecting with the uppercut to Nanako's stomach, Alessa expected to deal some good damage to her. However, what she found instead was that though she punch seemed to have a bit of an effect, Nanako seemed to absorb the blow just as much, making it so Alessa didn't cause much of a dent in it. "Whaaaa.." Alessa would let out in disbelief before Nanako's combo came straight at her.

Feeling the girl's hook collide with her face, she was about to stumble to the side again before her straight come right after, dazing her quite a bit as she would stumble back, hitting the ropes as she would keep herself standing by hooking her arm around it, supporting her body. She would shake her head a couple times, trying to regain herself as much as she could.

Gritting her teeth, Alessa would try to push herself off the ropes, charging towards Nanako as she tried to send a hard right to the girl's gut, trying to put as much force into it as she could, using as much of her strength she would use in wrestling matches as she could muster.

Nanako's combo managed to rock Alessa, sending the girl stumbling away from the amazon once more. Confidence continued to rise within Nanako. This was alraedy going way better than her last boxing match had gone. Perhaps it was because Alessa was more inexperienced than her last opponant, but Nanako didn't dwell on that. She raised her gloves at the ready again, smiling confidently as Alessa recovered for another assault. Once again the girl would come charging at her, aparently not yet realizing that a frontal assault on someone of Nanako's stature was suicide. And even though Nanako could have easily stopped Alessa before she reached her the amazon stayed where she was. Bracing herself best she could, Nanako would take the punch full in the stomach.

"UUGGH!!" she cried out, this blow having quite a bit more strength behind it than the others did, sinking deep into her stomach, causing her to hunch over a bit. But soon, once again, Nanako would stand back up and seem completely unfazed, and gice a somehat shaky smile down at Alessa. This was another of Sarah Gatt's lessons; if you can take the attack, don't bother dodging. It was demoralizing to her opponant, a good way to get inside their heads.

Taking a little longer to recover from this particular blow, Nanako would decided to take off the kids gloves and how everyone what she could do now. Since Alessa had been targeting her stomach so much, Nanako would rear her fist back before sending it plowing like a cannonball into the smaller girl's stomach.