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

[APlaying]

As she struggled with Rebecca, Ryukyu made a quick maneuver to reverse the blonde's arm, the Japanese tried to put pressure to bring Rebecca to her knees, but she would quickly roll onto the mat to regain her arm position and from one second to the next, Ryukyu was thrown backwards onto the mat. She made a thud as she hit the canvas, her hips shaking a little with the impact, but she would quickly roll to the side to stand up and take a few steps backwards, taking some distance to be on the lookout for any onslaught from Rebecca.

If this were to be the case, Ryukyu would roll to the side as she extended her arms out in front of her in an attempt to wrap her arms around Rebecca's neck, applying a Sleeper.

[B.Lemme]

Rebecca's counter had worked perfectly as Ryukyu was sent into the canvas with a solid thud. Rebecca would move to her feet quickly to see how Ryukyu would recover. Rebecca was impressed with how quickly Ryukyu would pop back to her feet. Clearly she was no fool to sit idle nursing a simple bump. Rebecca wouldn't rush in since she'd made that mistake before. She knew she needed to practice being a little more patient.

Moving toward Ryukyu at the ready, Rebecca would posture like she wanted to lock up once again. However, if Ryukyu came close Rebecca would instantly switch to go for a traditional takedown by wrapping her arms around Ryukyu's lower half to try and drive her backward onto the canvas. This would hopefully put Rebecca in perfect position for a follow up.

[APlaying]

Ryukyu was prepared for a possible onslaught from Rebecca, however she would not risk it and would try to approach cautiously looking to lock up. Ryukyu sketched a smile as this meant that Rebecca was aware of the Japanese woman's maneuvers, Ryukyu would agree to do the test of strength again as her excitement mounted, Rebecca however had other plans in mind.

“Whoaaa!” Rebecca threw her against the moon pushing her and wrapping her arms around her waist, Ryukyu fell into a sitting position but she wasn't going to let Rebecca gain space so easily. The Japanese woman hugged Rebecca before she could get up and tried to struggle a little from her position, locking the blonde's forearms between her arms. Ryukyu by herself is a physically strong girl, but after a second of struggling, she had another idea. "You're not doing it badly, but I think it's a lot of tension." Ryukyu put her hands on Rebecca's sides and began to tickle her by quickly moving her fingers between her curves, although she usually uses this to confuse her opponents, in reality this was more to relieve the atmosphere from the pressure.

[B.Lemme]

It seemed as though Rebecca had fooled Ryukyu as she was able to wrap the girl up to prepare for her takedown. However, Rebecca was only able to get her to a sitting position rather than fully against the canvas. Knowing that her takedown attempt had failed Rebecca tried to pull away, but Ryukyu grabbed hold of her arms keeping her in close.

"Tension? What are you...?" Before Rebecca could finish, Ryukyu would begin tickling the blonde's sides. Rebecca could help but react and laugh a little. She remembered Lucy mentioning something about being tickled that totally caught her off guard. Ryukyu had employed that same tactic once again on Rebecca who was now in an awkward position.

[APlaying]

One of her most characteristic moves had proved useful again, Rebecca was now at her mercy which Ryukyu would take advantage of to get her off her back little by little. However she would not leave the blonde alone, she took advantage of Rebecca's moment of vulnerability to move to her back.

In this position she quickly tried to wrap her legs around Rebecca's waist and squeezed tightly, almost immediately after she would apply a sleeper around the blonde's neck. This was also a move she applied with Lucy, but Ryukyu had dedicated himself to improving her grips since then, so now she was a bit stronger, something Rebecca would start to experience.

[B.Lemme]

Rebecca had seen Ryukyu using this tactic on Lucy and she was equally perplexed by it. However, Rebecca was now finding out just how effective it was. As Rebecca was completely distracted, Ryukyu quickly wrapped herself around Rebecca's waist tightly. This was followed swiftly by a sleeper hold. The transition was seamless leaving little time to react.

Ryukyu's grip was incredibly strong as Rebecca moved from laughs to a slight panic at fighting Ryukyu's hands. Ryukyu had clearly been training not only the transition, but also her strength. In this position, there wasn't much Rebecca could do aside from fight Ryukyu's hands. The blonde would try and secure one of Ryukyu's wrists to relieve the pressure and prevent it from locking in entirely.

[APlaying]

Ryukyu managed to make a good transition taking advantage of the vulnerability of the moment, this was exciting for her, as her training was paying off and now she had Rebecca at her mercy, who was having trouble getting out of her reinforced sleeper. Though since this was something between the two of them, Ryukyu had more freedoms to have fun. "I like the way you move, I heard that you had some MMA training just like me, it's exciting to be able to measure myself in this way with you. Although I really think my forte is in the surprise factor, like this one!" said Ryukyu before releasing her arms from Rebecca and starting to tickle her again, at the same time pressing harder with her legs.

[B.Lemme]

Ryukyu released her sleeper hold while keeping her legs wrapped around the blondes waist. Free from the sleeper brought some relief to Rebecca, but Ryukyu was quick to lock more of her tickling antics. Rebecca needed to try and free herself, but Ryukyu's strength was incredible. The body triangle was tough to get out of, but Rebecca had to put out the effort.

Since Ryukyu didn't have hooks in like a traditional sleeper hold would, Rebecca was free to twist within the body triangle Ryukyu had locked in. Rebecca would gather herself through the tickling, before using her legs to help her try and twist around. If she could twist around then she would be on top of Ryukyu and able to go on the attack.

[APlaying]

Ryukyu was very encouraged to see how Rebecca tried to squirm between the tickling, looking to turn around in order to get her face, however Ryukyu learned well from her experience with Lucy and would not let herself be treated again by the blows to the abdomen or face, as soon as Rebecca managed to turn around, Ryukyu proceeded to press with some force on the sides of the blonde neck, in a kind of improvised massage to stun Rebecca for the necessary time and at that moment he passed one of his arms behind her neck, pressing immediately. She rested her other hand on Rebecca back as she reached back, to plant her rival's head against the mat. “I think if you practiced MMA you will know this grip, you put yourself in the perfect position to apply it hehe” Ryukyu joked.

[B.Lemme]

Rebecca managed to turn around within Ryukyu's grasp, but each maneuver she tried Ryukyu seemed to be one step ahead of her. Once she was in Ryukyu's guard, Rebecca was struck with another strange maneuver she'd never met before. Ryukyu reached up and pressed on Rebecca's neck in some sort of modified choke that stunned Rebecca.

This made Rebecca's body twitch slightly. This made it easy for Ryukyu to pass her arm behind Rebecca, and pull the blonde forward into a triangle choke. "Hrrghhh" Rebecca groaned at being trapped once again. As Ryukyu said she had MMA knowledge, but the way she was mixing it with some less traditional tactics left Rebecca at a loss.