Until One Surrenders! (Noelle vs Hakune)

[TheManVan]

Leaping up and throwing both of her feet right into Hakune's head, Noelle twisted to land on her stomach and absorbed the impact much more comfortably than crashing on her back. Which also allowed her to quickly get back to her feet as she kicked off of the mat to roll forward to position herself vertically. Crouching on the mat, she looked over her shoulder and saw that Hakune was still standing with the assistance of the ropes.

The Little Samurai was more stubborn than she appeared as Noelle's smirk returned.

Now with the advantage on her side, Noelle was ready to pick things up as she broke out into a sprint again to the opposite ropes, rebounding off of them towards Hakune as she threw her hands up and tucking forward, cartwheeling across the ring and spinning into a backflip to launch herself at the rope borne Hakune for a Handspring Backelbow!

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Hakune could only focus on catching her breath, trying to keep herself calm under all the pain and tension she was feeling. There was no doubt that for all her silent foes teasing she could back up her... well, not talk, but the closest thing to it. But her iron will held out! She only needed to glance back at the crowd, seeing them call her name and cheer her name and it gave her the spirit to fight on. And the moment she turned back to Noelle her eyes widened. She came at her not only fast, but in acrobatic fashion, springing off the ground in a backflip and swinging her elbow right toward the Samurai. For a moment, it looked like the woman was flying.

"URK-!"

The blow slammed right into Hakune's jaw, getting a groan from the crowd and the woman both as she slide off the ropes and flopped onto the mat with a loud thud. Her head bounced from the ground on impact as her head swam with thoughts of the image she just saw of a flying flash of white, pink, and brown. "Uuuug..."

[TheManVan]

Flipping across the mat in a showing of hidden athleticism, Noelle generated an impressive amount of momentum using her entire body as she quickly closed the distance and flung herself at Hakune with all of that speed to smash hard into the Samurai! Bouncing off of her opponent, Noelle smugly walked off as she heard the collapsing body of Hakune hitting the mat in a heap.

Basking in her own ego, she would begin to clap for herself as most of the fans were firmly set behind Hakune to pull through against the brazen show of arrogance from the silent girl before she would turn her attention back to Hakune. Reaching down, she'd grab at Hakune's wrist to haul her away from the ropes before dropping down on her knees, shoving her forearm into her face as she went for the pin!

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"Aaaaug..." The world was spinning for Hakune. Stars floated above, orbiting in misaligned and alternating rotations as the lights swirled around through her eyes. She could hear the crowd's hisses and jeers toward Noelle, the pleads and encouragement from those wanting the Samurai to rise and recover, to turn things around. But those voices felt so far away. They came to her in a droning, fading hum with only the sound of a quiet and rhythmic clapping head just a few steps from where she laid. She could barely focus on what was in front of her, let along what was around. All she could feel was... pain. Pain and slow rub of being dragged along the mat, pulled right to the center before feeling the weight of Noelle once again atop her. Hakune felt glued to the mat, as if on the ocean floor and the pressure of all that water keeping her to the ground. It took so long for things to come into focus.

"ONE!"

[TheManVan]

What a moment for Noelle, she had Hakune in the palm of her hands that played out exceptionally well for the two tone haired Mute. She bore herself down on Hakune to exemplify the imagery she wanted the cameras to capture and for the audience to remember her dominating her way to victory without breaking a sweat! The arrogant smile on her face grew as she pressed harder into Hakune to keep her down with her forearm and body weight alone!

"TWO!"

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"A-Aa..." The world was still a swirling mess. Spots of lights flashed around Hakune's eyes as things slowly started to come into focus. The droning hum cleared into more audible chants and pleads. She could hear it now, the crowd cheering her on still, begging for her to rise. She wanted to follow their pleads, give them hope, but-

"H-Hgh..." True consciousness was still just an inch away. She was aware, but unable to move. And with that she could feel Noelle's weight pushed herself down further against the Samurai. N-No... She had to fight. Had to show some resistance against this. She might be stuck in an ocean keeping her glue down, but she still had just a bit of freedom left.

"G-Ggh!" And in a near-mad attempt, she used the bit of movement she could still force out of her legs, trying desperately to kick forward she shot her body to the side in order get her shoulder up and break the count.

[TheManVan]

Victory was within her grasp as she laid on top of Hakune, Noelle shoving down with all of her weight after nailing Hakune in the face with the back elbow filled with malice was surely enough to put away the Little Samurai.

But it was not meant to be as Hakune sprang to life, thrusting out from underneath Noelle and forcing her off!

The smug look on her face was wiped off for the first time as propped herself up on her hands and knees. Shocked was what she was that Hakune still had fight left in her. Growling she was sure to beat out any remaining fire that was left in that Warrior Spirit of hers, reaching down for a handful of hair to pull Hakune up to her feet!