The friend of my friend and the enemy of my enemy, She is my friend!

[APlaying]

Ryukyu now had total control over Rebecca, something that while it excited her, at the same time she thought they needed a lot of work. Ryukyu had been easily defeated by Cream, so if she was being able to tame Rebecca like this, the blonde still had a lot to learn to keep up with Cream. Though come to think of it, Cream only had much of an advantage over Ryukyu because she was tricked in the beginning, so she had no idea how things would have turned out otherwise.

The Japanese would take advantage of her position and push Rebecca hard, she checked and looked around to see if they were within striking distance of the ropes. Luckily for Ryukyu, she was just over halfway across the ring at that point, so Rebecca would have a hard time dragging her to the ropes. Especially in her current position. “How about Rebecca, are you giving up?” Ryukyu said with a playful chuckle.

[B.Lemme]

Rebecca could see that she was in no position to make a play for the ropes. However, she was totally stuck within Ryukyu's clutches. She knew she really only had one chance to break free. Once a choke like this was in it was very difficult to break. However, since she was already trapped in it Rebecca would go for broke.

Rebecca set her feet on the canvas to at least give her a stable base. The blonde would try something she wasn't confident she could pull off, but if it worked she would hopefully be free. With Ryukyu's legs still wrapped around her, Rebecca would try and lift Ryukyu off the mat and try to slam her back down in an attempt to break the hold. If it worked she may be able to free herself, but if it failed she was surely going out.

[APlaying]

Ryukyu could feel Rebecca slowly fading in her grip, she had to admit that she put up a good resistance up to a point. When Ryukyu overpowered a girl comparable to her in size she was always excited to see how far she could go, and she liked the fact that Rebecca still didn't want to give up despite her current situation.

Rebecca would however perform a desperate tactic in trying to lift her up, however the Japanese girl would simply push even harder to throw her off balance and trip her up, without giving her a chance to resist. Despite being a simple sparring partner, Ryukyu was having a lot of fun trying to dominate Rebecca.

[B.Lemme]

Rebecca was able to begin lifting Ryukyu off the mat, but in the end it was a desperate gesture. As Rebecca slowly went up, Ryukyu simply tightened her hold on the choke sapping the strength Rebecca needed to lift. Rebecca sank back to the mat. She would never give up in these situations and she had proved that in her match with Cream. Here Rebecca knew she'd played her last card.

Once back on the mat, the blonde's eyes slowly began to close as her strength was taken from her. Her body gave one last futile spasm before the blonde went limp in Ryukyu's clutches.

[APlaying]

Ryukyu had succeeded in sapping Rebecca's strength, the move went better than expected which drew a nice smile on her face. Once Rebecca collapsed, Ryukyu stroked her a little to reassure her, while the blonde was completely out of his hands. Ryukyu at this let go of her and dropped her onto her back, while the Japanese woman sat on her knees on the mat to look at Rebecca's condition.

“Huh... You're pretty cool, I wouldn't have given up either. I like your style.” Ryukyu said cheerfully as he laid down on top of Rebecca to give her a tender hug, after a few seconds he would try to lift her up to stand her up. “It's okay Rebecca, give yourself a moment to breathe easy.” Ryukyu said as he stroked the blonde's back to reassure her.

[B.Lemme]

Rebecca began to come back to her senses, although she hadn't expected to come back on her feet. Ryukyu had lifted her up and held her on her feet stroking the blonde's back. As Rebecca's eyes flickered opened, she came face to face with Ryukyu. "Nice work! You're really tough to get a handle on." Rebecca's words were meant as praise. Even though Ryukyu had some unorthodox methods, they produced results.

[APlaying]

Ryukyu was very happy to have overwhelmed Rebecca, however this would not end until one of the two give up, and the Japanese wanted Rebecca to be in good condition for a second round. “Hehe, you are also very good, your main weakness is that you are very vulnerable to submission, basically dominate you for someone moderately experienced will not be very complex. You need to learn good techniques to counterattack.” Ryukyu leaned her forehead against Rebecca, their lips could almost brush. “I'm not very good at that section either, but I have a few tricks that I find useful. Maybe we can learn more of that in the process.” Ryukyu expressed with great encouragement, she was very excited about the idea of improving her counters. “Do you think you can stand on your own?” Regardless of Rebecca answer, Ryukyu would release her anyway, as she went to lean back against the turnbuckles at one of the corners of the ring.

[B.Lemme]

"Yeah submissions have always kind of been my downfall." Rebecca knew she been caught in submissions plenty of times in the past. Suddenly, Ryukyu pressed her forehead against Rebecca and brought a bight red blush to the blonde's face. "I think I can stand on my own now." As Ryukyu backed away from Rebecca, it was clear the blonde was still a little shaky. Rebecca would make her way back to her corner across from Ryukyu.

Rebecca would lean back against her corner trying to clear her head a little before the two engaged once again. "Let's give this another shot!"

[APlaying]

Ryukyu leaned back on the turnbuckles in the corner of the ring, Rebecca would need a moment to compose herself, this sparring was governed by I Quit rules, so they could continue fighting no matter how many times Rebecca fainted. If she didn't pronounce her surrender the fight would have to continue, something that in normal circumstances would be very serious, but Ryukyu was someone extremely friendly and playful, so Rebecca could be sure to drag this out as long as possible, besides Ryukyu didn't plan to force her to surrender either.

“Okay, but if you pass out again I'm not going to carry you again.” She said with a playful tone as she winked, Ryukyu was eager to start another round, Rebecca was already aware of her tricks at this point. "I know my moves can come off a bit improvised, but if I've learned anything from my 3 years of experience as a professional fighter. It's that sometimes breaking the tension of the environment can be quite beneficial, style is everything. You see, professional wrestlers have signature moves, something that characterizes us and gives us our own essence. Something that the public can instantly identify us with beyond our physical appearance." Ryukyu said trying to instruct Rebecca a bit about his style.

"Tell me, what would Kyoko Akan's image be without her signature stomach punches? Gil without her charismatic tricks to subdue her opponents? Or Rose Gold without her brutal wrenches? Well, that's the key to their image, without that factor they may be good wrestlers, but they would be very generic or even a bit bulky. Each wrestler develops their own identity based on their personality, but I'm not telling you this to imitate them or something like that, but I'm telling you that before you want to focus on facing and overcoming Cream, what you should do is to improve yourself and overcome the you of a few seconds ago. That's what I do every day, I evaluate my fights, I ask myself what I did wrong and I train every day to improve and fix those weaknesses, since I've come to LAW, I've probably seen my fights over and over again like hundreds of times. And my signature move, which is to stimulate the vital points of my opponents with tickling, is something I like to do so much that I have perfected this move to apply it every time I have the chance, to incapacitate my opponents in the gentlest way I know and have fun!” Ryukyu explained with some emotion. “Tell me Rebecca, what kind of moves do you plan to develop to improve as a pro wrestler?” As she said this, the Japanese woman slowly approached the middle of the ring.

[B.Lemme]

"Don't worry, I'll get you back! I'm not one to quit even when I'm down!" Rebecca would slowly move her way to the center of the ring mirroring Ryukyu's movements. As Rebecca moved toward the center, Ryukyu began speaking which she didn't expect. The two began circling each other as Ryukyu's lesson continued.

"Your style has me a bit confused to be honest, but I see what you mean. I haven't been able to define my style which is why I think I've struggled. I'm just a base level MMA fighter with a little wrestling. I can give a more inexperienced fighter a challenge, but against a stronger opponent I've almost become a jobber at this point."

"Now that you mention it, I haven't really gotten that far. I've got my finisher, but I get to use it so rarely it's not synonymous with my name. The only reason I landed my first win and beat Cream is because Lucy came to my rescue. I've kind of hit a bit of a rut in my development I guess."