After The Battle (The Chronicles of Yang VS Tifa)

Chapter 3: Round 1: Evaluations

8:00 P.M. The beginning of round 1. Both Women await the bell.

"I got this. I got this." Yang said to herself in her head. She then hit her gloves against each other and put her fists up.

"She's going down. That bitch is going down." Tifa said to herself. Tifa got low and was ready.

DING! The bell had rung and the fighters met at the center of the ring. Yang had decided to play on the offensive for the first round while Tifa decided to play strategically and watch Yang's moves. Yang stuck with the jab for the first round, trying to keep Tifa on her toes. Tifa was keeping her gloves close to her face as she was watching Yang do work.

"Damn. She doesn't have much weaknesses. Her fighting style has her keeping her from dropping her guard. Maybe I can try her body as she attacks me?" Tifa thought in her head. Tifa then tried her strategy and it worked for a bit.

"Shit. She's got a strategy for dealing with me. My body hurts already in the first round! How do I stop this?" Yang said to herself. She then started on her hooks to Tifa's body and head. Yang started to see some saliva come out of Tifa as she hits her cheeks. Yang continued this strategy as she pushed Tifa back to the ropes, and Tifa had to get out of there.

"Tifa! Hook her! Get out of there! Do something!" Cloud shouted from Tifa's corner. Tifa then started to punch her way out of the ropes and she was able to get back to the center of the ring.

"I had her for a while there. I need to keep this up. But- Oh shit!" Yang started to ramble, but then Tifa went on the offensive and backed Yang into her corner, where Ruby was starting to give Yang instructions.

"Yang! Get out of the corner! If you don't, you'll get pummeled! Ruby shouted. Yang couldn't do anything, as Tifa was keeping Yang in the corner, and even as she started to move out, Tifa would push her back in, keeping her trapped.

"Son of a BITCH! I can't get out! Um, how abou-" Yang's thought stopped as she was hit by Tifa's right hook, and was stunned. Yang spit out some saliva as Tifa hit her, and she then started to fight hard to get out of the corner, and started to attack ferociously, jabbing and hooking away at Tifa, until Yang got a four hit combo: jab, jab, hook, hook. Yang was able to push Tifa back to the center of the ring, when, after 3 minutes,

DING! Yang then walked back to her corner, spitting saliva at the mat, and sat down, feeling relived the first round was over. She drank some water, and put her arms around the ropes. Ruby was then giving some advice to Yang.

"Yang! You need to be more careful with her. She can change her strategy very quickly and counter you. You need to stay on the defensive!" Ruby explained to Yang.

"Wait, but I was getting cornered for most of the round! I need to go on the offensive for a while, keeping her back!" Yang spit out some saliva onto the mat, and drank some more water.

"Yang, listen. You need to hit her then move. Hit then move." Ruby said.

"Alright, Ruby. I trust you." Yang then turned her head as she looked at Tifa in the opposite corner.

"I need to take her down. Hit then move. Hit then move." Yang said as she was awaiting the bell.

Tifa's corner:

"Tifa, that was a good round. Keep that up. You were able to get her into the corner. If you continue to do that, you can knock her out soon." Cloud said to Tifa.

"Yeah. Thanks." Tifa drank some water and looked over at the struggling Yang.

"That bitch is dead." Tifa said.