Diamond in the rough: Deanna Duncan vs Hanabi Kawai

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Her Debut at the league was humbling for Hanabi, to say the least. She had to start to take her matches seriously, or she would be in for some pain. She was thinking about her opponent before the big start, she wasn't the type of fighter to pay any mind to her adversaries, but now she had grown a little as a wrestler and as a person.

All of this self-reflexion was taking place in the backstage, she was an active person, so if this wait kept going, she might actually manage to give herself a panic attack. At least this is what she thought in her own exaggerations, she gasped in relief when she started to hear her introduction to the ring.

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When that dark introduction theme started to embrace the ambiance, the young keijo player started to make her run towards the ring. Making some spins and acrobatic jumps for the public in her yellow skintight swimsuit.

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She made her way through the ropes and into the ring, going to the center and waving all around, playfully posing for the fans. "Hey there guys!" She exclaimed, seemingly carelessly, but having an eye open for the introduction of her opponent of the day.

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Deanna Duncan stood backstage, crossing her arms with her brow furrowed. "...You know what Cheyenne?" said Duncan, waiting for a reply from her imposing tag team partner who stood there with her arms crossed too, looking at the platinum-haired girl. "...I'm gonna win this match."

"Good," answered Cheyenne Black Rock simply.

"And... and! And... I'm going to kick her ass," added Deanna excitedly, firing herself up.

"Good," repeated the Native American briefly.

"And it'll be bad--real bad. Like, woah, she might even quit but I'll say to her 'hey, don't give up. Follow your dreams so you can be as good as me one day' and then she'll be like 'Thanks you're my role model,'" explained Duncan, a huge grin on her face.

Cheyenne waited a while, giving her partner a skeptical look before finally saying, "Good."

"Good! It's good! It's so good! Gonna beat her up like whack pow! And--is that my music?" asked Deanna, eyes drifting upward.

"It is your music," confirmed Cheyenne.

"Damnit all..." grumbled Deanna Duncan before racing to the stage and coming out as Nerves by Icon For Hire played! She would then mockingly prance down to the ring, slapping the hands of fans along the way as Cheyenne Black Rock followed behind slowly, taking her time coming down to the ring. As the song mockingly played in the background, The Diamond got to the ring steps before jogging up them and striking a pose for the crowd!

Then, she stepped through the ropes and then stood on the middle rope, striking yet another pose for the crowd before hoping off and then facing her opponent, hopping in place with a wide grin on her face. "Okay, so Hanabi, right? Hanabi, good luck tonight, but I gotta let you know, I'm going for the win on this thing. I know, I know. I'm hot, obviously. And you think I'm just a pretty face, which I'm not! I'm super for real and ready to tear it up! And I know you feel super hot in your little onesie too, but I've got to be honest with you: I'm ready to absolutely go ham tonight. And I just don't know if you're equipped to handle it right now. I'm just not sure! So basically... don't be disappointed if/when I win." Deanna then threw a fist in the air, nodding a few times confidently. She was ready to go into this match. She felt sure. She was ready to get that W. She really hoped her opponent was willing to want to give it to her too.

Deanna Duncan

Cheyenne Black Rock

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Hanabi saw the woman who was introduced as Deanna Duncan come towards the ring dancing around, she found herself laughing a little bit at her silly antics. When she finally stood in front of her, the white haired girl dropped a mouthful on the keijo player about how she was going to win, most of which she didn't even follow out of sheer confusion from where she was coming from.

After she finished and looked at her, as if she was waiting to see her reaction, Hanabi only gave her a weirded out look, even blinking a pair of times, and looking around to see if there was something she was missing. "... Ummm... Huh?"

The pinkette then remembered that the bell was about to ring, so she snapped out f it and decided to make her introduction as well. "Oh, nice to meet you too... I guess? I'm also gonna beat you up" She said before backing off towards her corner, not wanting to be that close to that spontaneous girl when the match started.

[Dubski]

Deanna Duncan gave Hanabi a skeptical look, scoffing in an exaggerated manner before leaning over the ropes to talk to her tag partner on the outside. "Jeez, does anyone know how to trash talk today?" Cheyenne gave a very mild shrug before the Diamond lounged in her corner until the bell rang out. Clapping her hands together, Duncan rolled her shoulders, walking casually to the middle of the ring. "Okay, so let's rock! Let's do this, baby. You and me, epic fight, or epic squash--depending on how charitable I'm feeling. Kidding! But am I? Guess we'll see!"

Deanna finished her short monologue when she got to the middle of the ring, holding her arms out and motioning for her pink-haired opponent to grapple with her. A simple lock up was all that the talkative young woman wanted from her opponent thusfar. She looked unassuming enough for all of her bluster at least.

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To say that this Deanna was quirky would be an understatement, and Hanabi had met her fair share of nutjobs, she wasn't entirely out of there herself. However, she liked how confident she seemed of her own skills, so when the bell indicated the start of their match, the keijo player went ahead and followed her lead with a lock up. A traditional battle of attrition.

"Feeling strong, are we?" Hanabi's competitive side started to show, she already had lost her first match, and she didn't intend to lose this one. She wasn't primarily known for her raw strength, but she was very skilled at messing with people, so she went with that."L et's see if can handle what I've got!" The pink haired girl would try to roll on her back still with her hands intertwined with Deanna's, if she succeeded on getting to her, she would push her with both of her soles against her gut, trying to send her flying back.

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Deanna was prepared to meet her in a lock up, giving the girl an incredulous look as she replied to her. "What you've got? Girl, you need to handle what I've got. Because what I've got--Wha!" And in an instant, she was thrown up and over onto her back in a monkey flip! Duncan landed on the mat with a grunt before taking a moment and pushing herself to her feet.

"Seriously...? Come on. We were doing a thing!" pouted Duncan, who would then run forward and attempt to hit a forearm strike on Hanabi!

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Right after making Deanna back off, Hanabi stood up with a flip backwards, and then turned to see how her opponent was doing. She was already recovered and in her way to attack her once again. The keijo player didn't wanted to dodge that early, so she took the hit with a plan. "Tchh!" She made a small grunt at the impact, but still, she tried something.

With the white-haired fighter that close, Hanabi tried to sweep Deanna's legs with a kick, if she managed to make her go down, she would sit in her fallen enemy's gut to keep her from standing back up.

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Duncan threw her forearm for Hanabi and nailed the pink-haired girl in the face! With a satisfied grin, Deanna would say, "Hah! Not so smart--Urk!" And then her legs were sweeped and she fell right onto her back, letting out an annoyed groan, only to get promptly sat on. "Hrrk!" she yelped.

The Diamond would then grit her teeth and then yelled, "What-- Grr. Get off of me!" Deanna would then throw a punch towards Hanabi's face, hoping that she could somehow dislodge her opponent who was in a more superior position right now!

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Deanna was a feisty woman, Hanabi could tell by how much she squirmed beneath her, she almost made her lose her balance, however, her guard wasn't down enough for her punch to hit. The pink-haired girl avoided the attack by a close margin, after that, she hopped with her hips, to nail the seated girl in the collar bone with a senton.

Right after that, the keijo player would try to close her thighs in between the neck of Deanna, hoping to start a strangling headscissor.

[Dubski]

Deanna had thrown the punch, only for Hanabi to predictably dodge it and then proceed to hop up and then land onto her chest with the senton. "Whooooph..." wheezed the Diamond in pain as she cringed with her opponent atop her. Gritting her teeth with her eyes closed, she soon felt herself being tugged into a headscissors!

Deanna's eyes shot open and she attempted to pull the legs off of her and failing. Still, the platinum-haired girl was savvy enough to know another way out. She would then attempt to muscle her and her opponent over with the intent to put Hanabi onto her back. Indoingso, she would have the opportunity and leverage to send punches and forearms at Hanabi until she released her from the hold!