Lightning Strikes a Butterfly - Keqing Vs. Raquel Masters

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Standard Match

Win by pin, submission, or KO

Keqing took a deep breath as she changed into her wrestling attire backstage. She was getting used to how it felt on her body now, having worn it for a few matches. In her mind it still felt new, but at least she was feeling more and more comfortable wearing it. After fixing the tight detached sleeves to make sure they aligned, pulling her boots all the way up, making sure the dark tights she wore didn't restrict the motion of her legs at all, and tightening the fasteners on her top so that she didn't have any wardrobe malfunctions, she felt ready to go out and face her opponent.

The purple-haired athlete felt quite good about her her match tonight. She spent a bit of time looking up Raquel's profile, seeing that the girl was quite the competitor. Though she was smaller and lighter than Keqing, she had a ton of experience, having fought at LAW for many years before Keqing even made her debut. She also packed impressive speed and strength disproportionate to her size. Keqing didn't want to make any comparisons before facing her, but just from looking over her previous matches, the way she moved and fought, it felt like she was going to be facing a fighter very similar to herself. That was going to make things very interesting, Keqing thought, as she wondered how her speed and skills matched up against the veteran's.

Keqing's entrance music began playing over the speakers accompanied by flashing purple light as she stepped out onto the entrance ramp. The raised an arm into the air, fist held high to greet the crowd and show her confidence. They responded by giving her a long appreciative cheer. Then Keqing took off down the ramp, running fast as lightning before leaping onto the ring apron and vaulting herself over the top ropes. Her athletic display was always impressive to see, eliciting more cheers from the crowd. Keqing wondered if Raquel was backstage watching her right now, and what she was thinking. She hoped that she felt a little intimidated at least.

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After landing lightly on her toes, Keqing did a circle around the ring, waving to the crowd and pumping them up for the upcoming match. She then retired to her corner where she began doing some light stretches, making sure she was all limbered up for this fight. "I'm gotta make sure my body is ready," Keqing thought as she bounced on her feet to get the blood flowing. The last time she faced a veteran she had lost pretty badly. She did not want a repeat performance!

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Raquel had been struggling a bit since her last outing against Clara. She was looking to recapture her momentum and Keqing was the woman in her way. Raquel was going to step into that ring and emerge victorious if she could help it. Clad in her pink and light blue attire the red head exit the locker room feeling confident about her chances on this night.

As soon as her music began to play Raquel came out smiling as she jumped around at the top of the ramp before strutting her way down the ramp. She swayed her hips and pointed out to the crowd, winking to a few fans and blowing some kisses to the arena. She got to the bottom of the ramp before jumping from the ground up onto the apron then grabbing the ropes and vaulting over them into the ring with a second leap. Raquel struck a couple poses and leaned over the ropes, blowing one final kiss to the crowd before stepping up to the center of the ring. "All right, I hope you are ready to go through the ringer." Raquel said as she stood confidently with her hands on her hips.

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Raquel looked quite confident as she strutted her way down the ramp, pointing and showboating for the crowd. Keqing could tell she was a crowd favorite, with her good looks, fit body, and beautiful attire it was not hard to see why. And as expected, she was just as athletic as Keqing, jumping up onto the apron and vaulting over the top ropes much the same way the Chinese athlete had. That made Keqing smile, as it seemed that she was matched up against someone she could consider her equal in many ways.

After Raquel finished her entrance, Keqing stepped out of her corner and faced off against the veteran in the center of the ring. That was when she noticed the rather significant size difference between them. Keqing did not consider herself large, she barely qualified as a middleweight, but she positively towered over the lightweight Raquel. The way the smaller woman held herself though made that size difference seem completely non-apparant, as she confidently looked Keqing in the eyes and made her threat.

"Same to you Raquel," Keqing said, "I won't hold back until I win tonight. Let's have a good match!" She gave the veteran a confident smile as she extended her hand for a fair shake, testing to see just what her opponent's attitude towards this match was. No matter what her response though, Keqing was eager to get this match started.

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Raquel nodded and smiled to Keqing as she shook her hand. "Oh we will." Raquel said with a wink. Raquel was a lightweight but given her fitness she was one of the strongest lightweights on the roster. As the bell rang Raquel circled Keqing and moved in for a grapple hoping to tie up her opponent in close quarters. From here Raquel wanted to plant a fast trio of knee strikes into the abdomen of Keqing hoping to start the match with some quick strikes to soften her up. Raquel could fly, and she could hit. She was going to do both of these things as often as she could!

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After the handshake, Keqing took a step back from her butterfly-clad opponent, raising her arms and settling into a fighting stance to match Raquel. The two women circled around each other for a moment, each looking for an opening, before Raquel moved in first to lock up with Keqing. The purple-haired athlete eagerly accepted, stepping in and reaching out with her hands as well to grab Raquel in a collar-and-elbow lockup.

Raquel wasn't interested in grappling though, as right when she locked up she began throwing knees into Keqing's midesection! "Guh! Gah!" Keqing gasped out as Raquel's knees struck her tight abs twice. The first hit caught her off guard, knocking some of the wind out of her. The second hit she absorbed a bit better by tightening her abs.

When Raquel's knee shot up for a third hit, Keqing was ready. "Gah!" she grunted as the knee hit her gut, but she wasn't going to let Raquel get away cleanly. Keqing broke her grapple, bringing both hands down to grab onto Raquel's knee before she could pull it back and hug it close to her body! She would then twist her body sideways, attempting to take Raquel down onto her back with a dragon screw takedown! Raquel was no doubt fast on her feet, so Keqing wanted to take that away from her by bringing the fight onto the mats!

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Raquel landed two hits but she was aghast as her leg was wrapped up! "Wha-oomph!" Raquel groaned as her leg was twist painfully with her body hitting the mat hard! Raquel knew she was in trouble and wanted to keep moving so she attempted to push herself back to her feet as quickly as possible!

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With Raqeul's leg in her grasp, Keqing wasn't about to just let her go without a fight. Unfortunately for her those repeated knee strikes left her core feeling sore and winded. She just couldn't keep a grip on Raquel's leg, feeling it slip from her grasp as her smaller opponent kicked out and pulled herself away.

Keqing wasn't about to just let Raquel do though. "You're not getting away!" she said through gritted teeth. The athlete got her feet underneath her in a crouch, gathering her strength before springing at Raquel as the smaller brunette was just getting up to her feet. Keqing aimed her shoulder directly at Raquel's toned tummy, hoping to tackle her hard right in the gut and take her back down to the mats before she could fully get up, punishing her abs in revenge for those earlier knee strikes!

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Raquel was caught completely by surprise as Keqing rushed in spearing the lightweight to the mat! "OOMPH!" Raquel groaned as she had the wind knocked out of her leaving her laid out flat on her back against the canvas. This was not exactly a good spot to be in as Keqing seemed to be taking control of the match having stolen Raquel's momentum!

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Keqing's tackle speared Raquel right in her gut, the athlete feeling her shoulder burying itself into the lightweight's tight tummy. Her arms wrapped around her opponent's waist and hugged her in tight as she drove forward, taking Raquel off her feet and slamming her down hard into the mats! The impact shook the mats and rocked Keqing's body. But it was all worth it, as now Raquel was laid out on the mats, stunned from the impact.

All the momentum was now on Keqing's side. She knew her opponent was likely to recover quickly, so she moved fast, pushing up to her knees as she prepared to get to her feet. She didn't just get back up though, as she grabbed Raquel's ankles, pulling the girl's legs up as she fully stood up, obviously preparing to lock in a submission hold!

"Time to slow you down a bit! " Keqing said as she placed one of her legs in between Raquel's. She then stepped over Raquel's body and spun around, attempting to flip the smaller woman onto her front while crossing her legs and forcefully pulling them backwards, trying to lock in a sharpshooter on the smaller woman to give her back a painful bend!

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Raquel groaned as she was still flat on her back when Keqing made her move. Raquel was bent and folded over finding herself caught in an incredibly painful sharpshooter! "AAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!" Raquel howled as she began clawing at the mat, thrashing about. She was trying to roll to the side to top Keqing over to break the hold but if that failed Raquel had a very long journey to the ropes, using the strength in her arms to try to crawl pulling both of them closer so she could try to get a rope break to escape this agonizing hold!