Keijo returns to LAW! Clara Gaster vs Yuki Kazikura!

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As Yuki managed to corner Clara, and got closer to try and knock her out, Clara would do a quick stratagem to try and go lower. If successful, Yuki would strike Clara on her chest, and instead, Clara would try to counter her rival’s motion to move her away, allowing her a window of opportunity to escape!

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It was down to this. Yuki knew that victory was within her grasp, and she was fully intending on reaching out to grab it! Seeing that Clara was in a daze and dangerously close to the edge of the land, she took a lunge toward her foe, her teeth clenching in anticipation of the strike. She turned her body, using the momentum of her charge to put more force behind her blow, and stuck out her hip, aiming it right at the Englishwoman's gut!

But Clara could think faster than Yuki had given her credit for - and the joshi wrestler let out a gasp when, at the last minute, she made her move. Yuki had been lulled into a false sense of security, thinking that her opponent was stunned. But Clara still had well enough energy left in her to fight back, and suddenly she bent at the knees, ducking down so that Yuki's hip attack would come crashing into her bosom instead! Clara's bust, considerably more padded than Yuki's own, was able to absorb the brunt of the impact; a fact that Yuki found frustrating both strategically and personally. Nevertheless, she didn't even have much time to blush as she considered where she'd made contact. Clara was already on the move, taking advantage of the switchup in the momentum to slip away, and took back some ground closer to the land's center!

Yuki's feet once again fell to the land at the last second, catching her balance beneath her just in time. But she had gone to knock Clara into the water, and as a result she was putting herself in the danger zone in turn. Now, as she caught herself, she was teetering right at the edge of the land. Her toes coiled around the edge of the platform to try to stay on, but she looked down with a gasp at the pool's surface below, and her arms waved wildly in the air as she tried to stabilize herself. If Clara seized on this moment, Yuki could be in serious trouble!

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Clara managed to catch Yuki’s rear on her bust (blushing all the while at the cute lewd counter), as she absorbed the blow, and sent Yuki a step away, while opening herself a window to get to the side of her rival, and corner Yuki in the same position she was in barely a second ago!

”Hah! Time to take a swim, Yuki!”, Clara would declare, moving her chest forward to bump Yuki off the Land!

[CaptainL]

This was it. Yuki had one chance to take Clara down. She was in the most dangerous position she could in for a match like this; one good strike would be all Yuki needed to push her over the edge. For a moment, it looked like she was about to land it. That she was about to win it all! But...it hadn't worked. Just as Yuki was about to make impact, her opponent had countered the blow - and now, it was the Dynamite Schoolgirl herself who was left in that precarious position.

Flailing her arms in a desperate attempt to stabilize herself, Yuki looked back behind her - and there, she saw Clara closing on on her. She let out a gasp, her eyes going wide in anticipation of what was to come. But Yuki didn't have time to counter, or to get out of the way. In that moment, everything seemed to stand still. She could only anticipate the inevitable - as Clara's chest slammed against her back, bucking her off her footing in the process!

"NO-!!" Yuki let out a gasp, her feet lifting off the edge of the land as she was thrown forward. Just a moment later, she was in free-fall, dropping down from the platform and hurtling toward the water below. Kicking her legs in the air, Yuki let out a scream of terror as she neared the surface of the pool - but there was nothing she could do to stop her descent now. And as she hit the water with a splash, it was official. Yuki was out!

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And with one final push...that was it. Yuki was sent over the edge of the land and straight into the waters below with a loud splash!

The referee rang the bell, and the announcer announced that the match was over, with Clara Gaster as a winner!

The Brit smiled from ear to ear as she waved to the crowd, before changing her attention back to Yuki! Outstretching her hand she tried to help her rival back onto the platform!

[CaptainL]

The bell rang. The match was over. Yuki had gone into this match thinking that, even if she wasn't prepared for something quite like this, she would have to expand somehow. She felt stuck in a rut, like she was continuing time and time again to reach for the same success she had enjoyed on the indies but always falling short. When she had gone into more high-profile matches than ever before, yet always came just shy of victory every time, Yuki had to ask herself what she needed to do differently. That was what led her to try experimenting, trying new match types and styles outside her comfort zone to see if she'd fare any better. Keijo was new to her, but she seemed to take to it well enough. After all, the rules were simple, and the biggest obstacle was her own shame. For a while, it looked like once Yuki got into the groove, she might just stand a chance. She had Clara on the edge, and she was a few centimeters away from winning. But in the end...even that hadn't been enough.

She lifted her head from the surface of the water, brushing strands of slick wet hair out of her eyes. But when she looked up to see Clara celebrating her victory, Yuki looked off with a sigh. Maybe this wasn't going to work out after all...

At least Clara was being a good sport about it. She extended her hand to Yuki, and the Japanese girl took it, climbing back onto the land with Clara's aid. "...thanks..." she said with a sigh. Yuki could see how happy Clara was about her victory, and she wished she could join her in good spirits. But...all she could think about now was where she would go next. She came to rest on her knees, where, hugging her arms tighter around herself as she shivered from the feeling of the air on her wet skin, Yuki stared out into the distance, as though unwilling to meet eyes with her opponent.

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Yuki took Clara's hand in stride, but once on the Land, she was incredibly disappointed with her loss, not even looking Clara in the eye. She didn't quite know what to say. More than likely, Yuki was trying to prove something to herself. Clara wished to help her, but she didn't know how she could...

...but maybe she could start with something simple:

"What's wrong?"

[CaptainL]

Clara was overjoyed at her victory, and Yuki wanted to be happy for her. After all, she'd worked hard for it, and in the end her efforts had paid off. But when Yuki had gone into this match hoping to prove something to herself, to rest assured in the thought that she could take on any challenge and still come out on top...when she'd done her best, and it still hadn't been enough, how could she be sure of that?

Clara took notice of her opponent's stand-offish attitude. At the sound of the Englishwoman's voice, Yuki looked back over her shoulder - and as soon as they made eye contact, she let out a sigh. Now, she was just making it worse. She wanted Clara to be able to have this moment to feel proud of herself. She knew that she'd feel the same if she was standing where Clara was right now. But now, she worried she had ruined that for her - if her reaction had upset her foe and cast a damper over her mood. Yuki didn't want her honesty to come at the expense of Clara's happiness, but now she feared it had. Was there anything she could do right?

Letting out another sigh, Yuki shrugged. She managed a smile just enough to look back up at Clara with without feeling too guilty. "I'm fine. It's fine. You did a good job out there...you should be happy." Still, as the cool air hit her, she shivered again, pulling her arms closer around her to conserve heat. "A towel might be nice, though..."

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"Heh...", Clara giggled at Yuki's words. She felt that Yuki didn't want to rain on Clara's parade, but really, she wasn't worried at all about that:

"I'm happy. Just wanted to make sure you enjoyed the match. Keijo isn't something to feel bad for. The worst thing that happens when you lose is a dunk in a swimming pool."

"As per the towel...well..."

Clara motioned towards the boat coming for the two of them, with the staff having towels ready in hand...

[CaptainL]

At the sound of Clara's voice, Yuki stared off into the distance. Her eyes turned to the ceiling, rather than settling on her opponent, or even the crowd - almost as if she was afraid to face them. And when she continued, she was distant, preoccupied with thoughts that were far beyond the present. "Yeah...I guess so..." she mused aloud. But at the same time, she wasn't sure how much she believed herself. It was supposed to be fun, she told herself. It was just a light-hearted game. There weren't any stakes to losing. That was how Clara saw it.

But to Yuki, it was so much more. To her, it was a chance to reinvent herself, to reach out beyond her limits and to grow stronger in a field she had little experience with. Maybe, she thought, if she wasn't succeeding as well as she'd hoped in her wrestling, she needed to shake things up to see if she could learn anything from different match types. At the very least, she might find something else she was good at. But...if she'd tried, and she hadn't succeeded, what good was that? What good was she?

"Huh..?" The second comment from Clara brought Yuki back down to reality, as she looked down to see the boat drawing closer to take them back to dry land, with towels to dry off with. As it came up beside the land, Yuki stepped on, taking a towel and draping it around herself. "Ah...thanks," she said, lifting her head to look back at Clara with a smile. At the very least, she knew she couldn't harbor any ill will toward the Englishwoman. If anything, she was envious of how laid-back she was, and how easily she could shrug off the same thoughts that weighed so heavily on Yuki.

And also, maybe, a little of her chest, but that was a different story.

Winner by Ring-Out: Clara Gaster