L.A.W. - League of Anime Wrestling

On a late-night deep in one of the LAW gym facilities, the tag team champions were going through drills and practices. The sound of their boots skidding across the canvas as they zipped about the practice ring echoed through the mostly empty gym. The sound of flesh meeting flesh could be heard as one grew closer and heard them trade blows! In the ring were Aurora Estrella, The Galaxy Cat, and Tracy Canon, The Circus Cat going at it in a heated spar!
"Nrgh!" "Grah!" The pair grunted at each other as fast-paced action ensued!

Tracy had zipped by Aurora and grabbed hold of her wrist to apply a Hammerlock! But Aurora was quick to duck and twist her arm to straighten it out! She grabbed hold of Tracy's wrist with both hands and flung her towards the ropes!

The Circus Cat built up speed! She'd slide in for an attempt at the basement dropkick! But Aurora had it scouted and she jumped high to leapfrog over it! Tracy used her momentum to push herself up and dash to the other side of the ring! She'd springboard off the middle rope as she looked for a Moonsault! Aurora would run and duck under the airborne luchadora to avoid it and go for one of her own!


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"Awesome, ladies! Keep it up! Keep it up!" Kat would encourage her tag partners at ringside. Hart had a towel draped over her shouders. Evidently she had been doing some training of her own. She'd cheer them both on as Aurora took flight and Tracy rolled out of the way! The two would pause and look to each other in something of a standoff! At silence filled the gym, Kat would spy someone from the corner of her eye. Her reaction to this presence broke all tension!

"Oh snap! Is that Gil?! Arm-a-Gil-O! Girl, is that you?!" Kat called out. Aurora and Tracy soon took notice!

"Did someone say Gil?! Ermagerd I love your matches! I need you to know that I always go down to the bar and party whenever I see you clutch out a win!" Tracy practically leaped out of the win to go hug the adorable middleweight.

"Gil! I love your posts on LAW Twitter! It's wonderful to meet you!" Aurora offered the most amicable introduction. Despite being the tag team champions, they all seemed to be huge fans!

Gil always seemed to get lost in the winding halls of these places, it felt like a labyrinth disguised as a gym... Either that, or she just sucked at directions... Gil would stop in her tracks, she heard what sound like other people! Thank gosh, maybe they could help her find her way out of this maze!

Gil followed the sounds, they grew closer, and closer. As she got closer, she could tell that the sounds were distinct, that was in-ring training, they must have been other wrestlers! But what would they be doing in a gym this late?

Gil checked her phone, it was well past midnight, the must have been some dedicated performers to stay so late! Gil poked her head through the door she could best hear the sounds from, praying that it was someone she knew.

Don't let it be Liger, Don't let it be Rose Gold, Don't let it be... It was the Swat Cats! Relief washed over her, but not only that, she was a little star-struck! She tried to stay quiet, shutting the door behind her as she slithered in.

It wouldn't take less than a minute before one of them recognized her, it was Kathrine! "H-hey!" Gil blushed, they were so much nicer than she expected, and she already had thought they were! "It's nice to-" Gil would get wrapped in a tight hug from Tracy. "...Meet you all!" Gil's voice muffled into her shoulder.

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"I was just heading home from training myself, but I..." Gil laughed at herself. "I got a little lost... I tried to go out the way I came but I think I made a wrong turn, or two... Or three..." Gil trailed off, quickly snapping herself back. "You guys are still going at this late though, huh!" Gil took a few steps closer to the ring. "I've been training a little more lately, I like to think I'm getting better, but Miss Thereisa is a tough cookie...!"

The SWAT Cats were all quite receptive to Gil! Despite making her feel a tad starstruck, the down-to-earth trio of luchadoras were all more than pleased to greet her and engage with her candidly. Tracy even for in a big warm hug!

"Ah man, I get what you mean. I think it's this particular gym out of all the gyms LAW owns. I've gotten lost here once or twice with Tracy." Kat facepalmed in slight embarrassment before Aurora chimed in to follow up.

"I bailed them out!" Aurora said with her hand raised before she gracefully flipped her way between the middle and top ropes and jumped down from the sparring ring to meet the rest of the girls outside.

"Thank youuuu~" Kat said whilst scratching the back of her masked head.
"Yeah thanks, Aurora, you heckin' nerd, heh." Tracy would follow up with a scoff, though she meant no harm and the SWAT Cats knew this.

"Anyways! You were up to doing some late-night training, right? I gotta say that's pretty commendable. We don't really catch folks in any of the LAW gyms training this late." Kat would say in an endearing tone while placing her hand on Gil's shoulder.

"As the tag team champs, we have to get in enough training every week if we can to stay in top form. Those belts won't defend themselves!" Tracy would cross her arms and smile. The Circus Cat was the proudest to rep the best tag team in the division. Aurora sauntered on by with her hands together behind her back and her fingers interlocked together. She bent forwards toward Gil and winked.

"You mentioned Theresia, right? It's good to see you training, Gil! We'd love to see you keep improving so that you can take down women like her if you need to."

"Dude we've legit been rooting for you in every match we've seen you in when we see you on TV or when we hear about your matches backstage. I intend to wrestle Widow sometime and give her a whuppin! But since you're up to training late, why don't you train with us? We'd love to help!" Kat would say to Arm-A-Gil-O with a confident, genuine smile on her face. She'd lock eyes with the middleweight. It was plain to see that the SWAT Cats were eager to help!

Gil couldn't get that darn smile off her face, she was happy for the warm welcome, and by the Tag-Team Champions, nonetheless! She clamped her hands together, gasping at the idea of training with the three, it was dream come true! "Of course, I'd love to...!" Gil practically jumped up and down at the idea, unable to contain her excitement! Any thoughts of going home to her comfy bed were put on the backburner for now, this was too good to pass up on!

"Oh, and Kat, make sure you give Miss Thereisa a good kick in butt for me, okay?" Gil cupped her hand by the side of her mouth, relaying the message to loud and clear to all three despite her acting like it was for Kat's ears only.

"So what's the idea? We could team up and do a two-on-two, or maybe we could test out some aerial maneuvers, I've been working on a few in secret...!" Gil zipped her eyes from all three of the SWAT Kats. "...Or maybe we could try something else like...-" Gil suddenly stopped herself mid-sentence, which was obvious, not just because she was the only speaking, but also because her rambles rarely went interrupted.

The silence sat in the air for about 5 seconds before she spoke up again. "...Well, Thereisa's great and all, if not... Harsh... But I don't think she'd completely in favor of my... You know..." Gil's face became flushed, her gaze now resting down at her feet, folding her hands behind her back. "Sigh, She isn't really a big fan of my smothers, but that's my thing, you know? I like doing other things, for sure! But it always leads into a signature smother, that's how I fight, but she really doesn't help me all too much with that..." Gil couldn't really explain way she was embarrassed, they said they had seen her matches, anyone who caught a single one of her matches was sure to know smothers were exactly what she did, and just like she said, all other moves were simply to set up a good, long, hopefully effective and maybe match-ending smother!

Gil titled her gaze back to the SWAT Kats, continuing on without another pause. "Oh, another idea could be-" Gil trailed off, like she completely forgot about what, why, and that she was embarrassed at all! Her problems with Thereisa's training, and maybe Thereisa as a whole, were a little more evident than she was leading on.

The Cats always had a good time together, but having Gil there just seemed to boost the mood further somehow! When Gil cupped her hands in the direction of Kat's ears, Kat giggled to herself. She got the message loud and clear!

"You bet!" The Super Kitty responded enthusiastically. She brought up to her fist to gesture and signal that she took the request rather seriously. Theresia certainly had a butt-kicking coming! And Hart was one of the few girls that would guarantee that she'd give it to her!

The three champs listened intently as Gil let her stream of consciousness flow. They waited patiently throughout her pauses and smiled when Gil opened her mouth to speak. The adorable middleweight volunteered some very interesting ideas! She also opened up about her wrestling style and how she felt her interactions with Theresia began to make her question whether or not her smother-centric style was something that would ever help her against someone like Widow. As the brunette trailed off, it became apparent that Widow had made her doubt herself in some way! Something that the SWAT Cats would not stand for!

"You guys thinking what I'm thinking?" Tracy winked to Kat.

"Hmmm, yes I think so!" Aurora followed up.

"I've got this one." Kat cut in. She'd place a hand on Gil's shoulder and looked the aspiring wrestler in the eye.

"Gil, you wanna know what one of the best things about professional wrestling is? It's that this great sport of ours is more than just a sport. It's an art!" Kat would spread her arms to suggest that she was painting a bigger picture!

"And just like any art, everyone has their own style! You have your own style! And no one can change it or tell you how to do one move or another! No one can tell you what to base your offense around! You get to decide that! Not Theresia! Not anyone else! Just you! And if you want to use pro wrestling moves as a vehicle or a means to get your opponents under your butt for a good smothering, if that's what victory in the squared circle means to you, then your job is to train and improve your craft and your smother style so that you can make it work for you against anyone! Don't let anyone tell you that it can't. Don't let anyone limit you by forcing you into their style!"

"You're allowed to wrestle the way you want to!"

"Here, here!"

"Dude, half my wrestling is looking for chances to style on ladies! And that includes smothering them!" Tracy placed her hands on her hips and smiled smugly. Kat would ruffle the redhead's hair.

"And this lady is a LAW World Tag Team Champion! She's a champion, Gil! And you can be too! We already knew what you wrestled like!"

"We were serious when we said we watched and enjoy your matches! If you want to show Theresia or anyone else that your style can work, why don't we practice it with you?" Aurora would suggest.

"I'm thinking the same! Why don't you go one on one with each of us, Gil! We'll all attempt to wrestle your style. Pro wrestling moves, but ultimately the point is to end up winning via smother holds! How's that sound to you? You can start with any of us. Your pick."

Gil looked at her feet, blushing the entire time the SWAT Cats cheered her up, and cheered her on. She had been filled with some doubt, something uncommon for her, but Thereisa was, in a way, trying to mold her to be the wrestlers she wanted to see, rather than letting Gil become her own fighter.

Gil really was lucky to have so much guidance since joining L.A.W, even though she struggled with her training with Thereisa, she knew the lessons she was learning we invaluable, and most wrestlers would kill to get the chance to train with someone of championship caliber. But the Swat Cats were just the same, only they were more willing to accept her style, and they weren't just championship caliber, they were champions! And there was three of them, so that could only be a good thing!

The proposal of taking all three of them on separately was too good to pass up on. It would serve not only as a learning opportunity, but as chance to have her moves, her signatures, and herself as a whole, seen by all of L.A.W as more than just a popular jobber! Even though this would only be between the four of them, the training alone against three champions back-to-back-to-back would boost her confidence, and let her smother out just about anyone who challenged her after this...!

"...You're so on! Let's do it...!" Gil, without even a spilt second of hesitation, would slide into the ring, turning back to face all three of the SWAT Cats. She scanned between them, thinking out-loud who she wanted to face up against first... "Hmm, I'll take on... Aurora...!" Gil pointed in her direction, but her expression quickly went from one of confidence, to one of doubt in a matter of seconds. Aurora was definitely the brains of the group, maybe Gil could match her, or even out-match her physically, but she couldn't even come close when it came down to outwitting her. "...Wait, I'll pick... Kat...!" She slid her hand through the air just a few inched, pointing at the largest of the three. But again, her confidence crumbled. She was the brawns, she was stronger than Gil, for sure. She would destroy her physically, so maybe she shouldn't be her first choice... "...Wait, again...! I pick Tracy...!" Gil giggled to herself, there were concerns about Tracy as well, after all, all three of them were much more trained than she was, but of all of them, she was most similar to Tracy, at least from what she had seen thus far. Not only in terms of style and how they fought, but also in how the two of them both acted.

"No taking it back this time, I'll give it my best shot!" Gil hopped up and down, onto one foot and then onto the other, alternating between the two. She adjusted her horns. This was a battle of the animal kingdom now, Goat Vs. Cats, only time would tell who would come out on top...!

The time Gil had spent deliberating was something that all 3 tag team champions paid close attention to, especially Katherine and Aurora. More and more it was becoming apparent that Gil would be happier and arguably more successful coming into her own and finding confidence in the fighter that she wanted to be rather than slave herself away trying to fit into the mold that Theresia was trying to force her into! Katherine, Tracy, and Aurora were bent on helping the charismatic and adorable middleweight become the superstar that they knew she could be! And when Gil jumped at the chance to take them up on their offer spar, The SWAT Cats were eager to help her improve in the ways that she wanted to, not just as a wrestler!

"Me? Fantastic! I'm looking forward to it!" Aurora would answer when Gil singled her out. The lightweight would bend her arms and raise her fists. With a smile on her face and her eyes closed in delight, Aurora looked to be more than up the task! Gil was quick to second guess herself here. When she changed her selection to Kat, Aurora accepted this with no issues.

"Okay, no worries! Kat, are you up to her task?"

"Heck yeah, I am! Gil, we're gonna tear that ring UP!" Kat would bend her arms and ball her fists! She spread her arms as she flexed her impressive muscles and build! She responded with all the vigor and excitement that you'd expect from someone that had actively been following Gil. It was plain to see that Kat was eager to train with her!

But once more, Gil would contemplate things for just a moment before switching gears. Despite changing it up twice, the champs kept smiling. They were more than happy to be patient with Gil.

"You got it!" Kat would say with approval as she pat Tracy on the back. Tracy would begin laughing in a comedically mischievous manner.

"Mwahahaha, I'm gonna smother out the smother lover!" Tracy would laugh with a wide grin on her face. She quickly shifted to a more genuine expression.

"Lol jk. Just give it your best shot, Gil! We'll help you make more progress in one night than that crusty old Miss Theresia could help you make in a year!" Tracy would slide into the very same ring that she and Aurora were tearing up during their training just moments ago! The Circus Cat would press her palms against the canvas and roll forwards to flip up onto her feet with a kip-up! Her skills were plainly obvious! As was her love of showing off! As Tracy flexed and tried to get ready, Kat and Aurora would place their hands on Gil's shoulders and corral her to the corner opposite Tracy!

Katherine and Aurora would take their place in the apron on either side of Gil. They'd gesture to her and attempt to talk her through this! It was a cute gesture where they aimed to help her improve by telling her what to focus on as she wrestled her sparring partner!

"Alright Gil, we're gonna take this round by round!" Kat began. She leaned over the ropes and placed a hand on Gil's shoulder. She'd make eye contact and nod to the middleweight assuredly! Aurora would cut in to provide a technical analysis.

"This round, your opponent is Tracy Canon. Between the three of us, she's the fastest, most flexible, and most skilled with aerials. She's also VERY PRONE TO GETTING IN HER OWN WAY BY SHOWING OFF!"

"I heard that, Aurora! I'm gonna remember that next time we spar, ya jerk!" Tracy yelled from across the practice ring.

"If you want to beat her, you'll need to repeatedly use her high-risk moves against her. And you'll need to try and ground her and keep her grounded to prevent her from using her usual flashy moves." Aurora raised her index finger to stress this point. Kat would seek to grab Gil's attention once more. The Super Kitty would step onto the middle rope and lean over the top rope to get closer to Gil to stress her points as well

"I was actually hoping you'd wrestle Tracy last. Not because I dislike your matchup with her or anything like that. But because Tracy is probably the closest here to wrestle the style you're trying to refine. I would say she's the best smotherer and best softcore wrestler on our team. My....assets certainly compare to Tracy's. I outclass her just a little bit in terms of curves, but I have to confess that she knows how to work with what she's got better than I do. She's smothered way more ladies than I have because that's part of her shtick."

"Listen, Gil. Your goal here isn't just to win. Not against Tracy or against Aurora and me later. Your goal tonight is simple. It's to prove to yourself what The SWAT Cats already know: that your style or wrestling can and has worked! That you can be a success on the ring wrestling the way you want to! You don't need to change your style to what Theresia or anyone else wants. Your goal when you get into the ring is to win by thrusting that cute, perky booty of yours, right? I want you to take everything you know about pro wrestling and use it as a vehicle to get into that position and use those smother moves. Your smother holds are the destination. But you can't just start there. That won't always work. You gotta get there. And to get there, you'll use wrestling moves to set your opponent up for those smother holds."

"It's a shaky metaphor, but I hope it makes sense, Gil."

"All of us will be wrestling with your style against you on these spars. Tracy, especially. But it's your style. Which means you do it best! Now get out there and prove it!" With that, Kat would give Gil a hearty slap on the back, pushing her forward and out of her corner towards Tracy who stood face to with her in a confident power stance with her hands on her hips and a grin on her face!

Out smother the smother lover, she adored the attitude! "...Get that butt anywhere near my face, and you're getting the horns, Tracy...!" Gil joked, it wasn't a half bad idea though, if only the horns on her outfit were capable of doing anything like that, her chances of getting smothered would drop down to an all-time-low...! "...Thereisa isn't really crusty she's just... Okay, she's a little crusty...!" Gil giggled, she knew it wasn't possible to really learn that much in one night compared to a year, but the way she hit it off with these three so far, was it all too far-fetched...?

Gil settled herself in the corner, like a boxer taking in a deep breath as Kat coached her through things. The biggest take-aways were, 1. Tracy can be flashy to a degree that often harms her rather than helps her, 2. That in order to land more and more smothers, she needed to get better at setting them up, the smothers were the cherry on top, and everything leading up to that, was the ice cream, the whipped-cream, the chocolate drizzle, all that jazz! 3. Her and Tracy shared a lot of similarities, not just in personality, but in fighting-style, something she was already somewhat aware of, but was made to know well by her team-mates! And, of course, 4. Metaphors weren't Kat's strong-suit, but her messages were...!

Gil nodded her head up and down, she knew full-well what she had to do to win this first round, she had to be fast, unpredictable, and always on the look-out for Tracy's risky moves. And, if given the chance, pull off a counter, which would serve as the base for her cherry topped smother! It seemed simple, creating a way to set up smothers made sense, she was just far too focused on the smothers themselves before to really do anything to make it work, the smothers weren't the meat and the potatoes, they were one or the other...!

It's your style. Gil nearly teared up at those words. It was silly, she wanted to sit on someone's face and it was bringing her to tears. Maybe it was deeper than that, maybe it was being denied becoming her own wrestler and being treated as a lesser competitor, maybe it was that pesky jobber label that plagued her since almost day one in L.A.W, or maybe it was that silly after all...

"ALRIGHT!" Gil smacked her cheeks with both her hands, smooshing her face together before stepping forward. "Tracy...! Your evil reign of terror is about to come to end, and this ring will be my domain...!" Gil pointed her finger in her direction, her free hand placed on her hip, unable to hide her smirk. "...Now, bring on that cute butt of yours and get ready to get the smothering of a life time...!" Whatever it was, Kat inspired Gil like no one else ever had, and it showed clear as day...!

With Gil more fired up than anyone had ever seen her before! That change in attitude and increase in confidence alone was enough to show that this training was already helping Gil! All three of the tag champs smiled widely in adoration and respect for Gil's newfound energy and strength! But Tracy quickly caught herself! The Circus Cat pat her own cheeks to snap herself out of it and psych herself up! She had a job to do! To piggyback off of Kat's instructions and take Gil to her very limits! To encourage the Arma-Gil-o to continue to grow as a wrestler and as a person! To hone her style in the ring!

"Your domain?! I've been wrestling in this ring for half an hour! You just got here, cute stuff! Plus, you know, I'm a LAW champion! I've been wrestling and smothering ladies out since before you even got signed at this company! So my not-so-evil reign of terror continues with a little bit of mischief! And that mischief continues when I give you a taste of your own medicine!" Tracy said while pointing her index finger and bringing her free hand to her hip!

Tracy took a power stance as she tried to sound as serious as she could. She was bent on challenging Gil to try her best. But there were subtle signs in her expression that showed that she couldn't bring herself to play the villain, especially against a pure soul like Gil!

"Stay on guard, Gil!" Aurora advised the Arma-Gil-O.

"Remember, you're gonna succeed and you're gonna do it your way! You don't need Theresia or any other wrestling "purist". You can be yourself and you can win while doing it!" Kat chimed in.

Both SWAT Cats rubbed Gil's shoulders in the corner to hype her up just before she got out there to mix it up with Tracy!

The Circus Cat would bring her arms up and take a fighting stance!

"You better take a few seconds to get warmed up, Gil! I want you to know that even if I take it to you, it's all love! We won't improve or learn nearly as much if either of us holds back, okay? Warm up and as soon as you give me the word, I'm coming for you! I'll show you my take on Gil's smother style!"

Tracy would give Gil all the time she needed to prepare. As The SWAT Cat member whose wrestling style had the most overlap with Gil's, the redheaded firecracker of the team was more than ready! The moment Gil gave the okay, Tracy would barrel towards with impressive speed! The luchadora would look to snake her arm around Gil's brown-haired head and flip her forward and down onto the canvas of the gym's practice ring with a Snapmare! Tracy would look to start things off by flipping Gil into a seated position! If she managed to take initiative this way, she'd follow up by running for the ropes!

Tracy's ample, round, pale backside would meet the middle ropes for a moment just before she'd look to run into a seated Gil and jump at her with her hips wide open! Tracy would look to park her famed backside on her sparring partner's cute face by running at her with a Seated Senton! If the move connected, Tracy's hips would make contact with Gil's face and take her down such that she'd be flat on her back on the canvas with Tracy seated on top of her!

"Look out!"

"Stay vigilant, Gil!"

The other SWAT Cats members would yell their warnings in support as they cheered Gil on!

Okay, so, maybe Tracy wasn't exactly evil, and sure, maybe she had been wrestling long before Gil stepped foot in the ring, but the smother-y reign she had possessed, would soon be Gil's very own smother-y reign...!

"I think I prefer to not taste my own medicine, I think it's better I dish it out...!" She hollered across the ring to Tracy, taking part in the exhanging of teases. Tracy was someone she had to admire, she was walking, breathing proof that smother-style could win you matches, and even more than that, it could win championships...! It was all the proof Gil needed to see...!

"...R-right...! On guard...!" She nodded, bouncing on the heels of her feet. "...Right...! I can do this, no-one can stop me...!" Gil had perked up significantly due to the encouragement, and kind words of the SWAT Kats!

"Alright, I'll just get loose...!" Gil said with a smile plastered across her face, twisting her hips, bending to touch her toes, hopping up high a few times, bending her knees by bringing them behind her, and then up to her chest. "...Hmm, okay... I think I'm ready...!" Gil took on a more serious look, following Tracy's words, ready to give this everything she had! Her future in L.A.W, her improvement as an athlete, it all counted on if she was willing to push herself, not just here, but everytime she was out in the ring...!

"...Let's do this...!" Gil mimmicked Tracy's power-stance, lowing herself a bit and keeping her arms at the ready, keeping her eyes on Tracy, and Tracy alone... She trusted her speed, more than anything, she knew she was fast, so she waited for Tracy to make the first lunge, confident she could dodge it...!

Tracy did, in-fact, make the first move, only, Gil didn't dodge it, she took one hell of a knock though, falling flat-against the mat, back into a seated postion, she had no idea what just hit her! No matter how fast she was, it was all for nothing if she couldn't make the read on her opponet, and act accordingly...!

Gil was stunned, but still un-harmed for the most part. She saw Tracy bouncing back off the ropes, by the time she registered to slip away, she had already closed the distance, and so, Gil brough her arms up in-front of her face to guard, looking to minimize the damage, but if it even minimized it at all, it was only by the smallest fraction, as the force still drove Gil onto her back, and buried the very tip of her nose between Tracy's cheeks. "...Mmm! You're really good, Tracy...!" Gil's forearms barely held her up high-enough away from her face to allow her to speak, Tracy's pale bottom was a mere-inch, maybe less, away from locking Gil in a smother from hell, or heaven, depending on the person...!

"I can get out of this, just... Watch...!" Gil put all her power forward, but it wasn't noticable, she wanted to throw the legendary smother-master SWAT Kat, off of her face, but she only put more strain on her forearms, which felt like they were ready to snap at any moment, but she held her ground, even with the impending doom of Tracy's shapely butt from dropping down square on her face...!