Akita went under the ropes and found her fellow pupil.  "I can't believe it!" she said excitedly, "My first win!"  She was greeted with both praise from Ally and Kiro and felt overwhelmed with support.  "I wish Master Roshi could see," she murmured.  Then Akita answered Kiro's question, "Well, he's a lot slower than you two, so I didn't want to go all out.  And his punches didn't feel as strong, even though you guys hold back.  I figured the best thing to do was to hold back some.  He went down with two kicks and a punch!  You two would've won just as easily, I can't take all of the praise."

"Don't be so modest," Ally laughed, "You did amazing.  Maybe you shouldn't hold back in the next fight, just in case."

"Sounds good!" Akita replied and saw Gin doing pushups.  She shook her head and didn't understand why he was doing this, but didn't ask him directly.  Then she watched Eno's fight.  The Crane Student showed no mercy against his opponent and it definitely was brutal.  She wondered if she would fight the teen later on.

Ally watched Gin do pushups and chuckled to herself.  Memories of Roshi making her do insane exercises with the turtle shells nearly made her laugh out loud.  She thought about all of the years the man trained her and all of the techniques and ways of fighting she learned from him.  It was incredible to think about all of the progress, but she wondered how long she would continue training with him.  "You know," she advised Gin, "if you wear any type of weighted gear, or even try pushups with one hand, you'll get much better results."  She understood his main purpose right now was to get pumped up, but a little bit of friendly advice couldn't hurt, could it?

"Will fighters number 139 and 140 please come to the stage?" the announcer announced.

"It's my time," Ally said, clenching and unclenching her fists in anticipation.

"You got this!" Akita cheered as she watched her friend go into the ring.

Ally looked her opponent up and down.  She wore a black Gi with a green snake wrapped around the arms.  The two women bowed to each other in respect and then the bell rung and the fight started.  By the style of the Gi, she figured the woman was more of a grappling fighter than a striking fighter.  This meant Ally would have to stay out of range at all times.  To test the waters, she sent out a snap kick to the woman at a very quick, but not her quickest, speed.  She had to stay around three feet away from the woman to create a comfortable distance and to allow her to extend her legs more for kicks.  Ally saw the woman lunge for her legs.  In a somewhat risky move, Ally moved forward towards the woman and brought her knee up, striking the woman in the jaw.  [i]Strike through the target[/i] she thought to herself [i]just like you were taught.[/i]  The woman wasn't able to grip onto Ally's legs, so Ally moved backwards and allowed Fighter 140 to recover.  She wanted to have a fair fight since she was sure she was stronger than her opponent.  Ally threw another snap kick at the woman at a good strength.  It caught the woman in the stomach, but the woman caught her leg.  Ally remembered exactly how to get out and counter this hold.  She twisted her body, pulling her right leg inwards towards her body and quickly pivoted on her foot.  The woman's grip was lost and Ally used all of the momentum, now letting her right leg swing out and slam against the woman's head.  Fighter 140 put her arms up to block the kick, but she was sent off of her feet, flying into the ropes.  Miraculously, at the count of nine, the woman was up, but apparently dazed.  [i]You've got to be kidding me[/i] Ally thought.  She didn't want to hurt the woman too bad, but didn't want to go to the judges score either.  She rushed to the woman, faked a jab then quickly hit her head with a right hook, crushed her side with a left hook, and smashed an uppercut into the woman's chin.  The woman dropped, out cold before she even hit the floor.

Ally didn't wait to be announced winner and left the ring, but didn't return to Kiro and Akita.  Something felt wrong to her about competitively fighting people much below her own skill level and strength.  In her book, this was no win.  She didn't have to use much of her strength, speed, or even skills to win the fight.  It was an unfair fight from the start, especially since the woman grappled.  "I'll have to get her a fruit basket or a card or something..." Ally murmured to herself, trying to remember how much Zeni she had on her.