ashley vs ichika

[pikazard]

Flashes of light danced in Ashley's vision as she stumbled back from Ichika's punch to her face, scrambling to recover from the shock of the blow. But Ichika had no plans of going easy on her and would reach forward to grab Ashley and yank her closer by the hair "Ah!" Ashley cried out, moreso in shock than in actual pain, before she was tossed over to the ropes! Once Ashley realised what was happening she would prepare a counter in her head using the rebound of the ropes, hoping to use Ichika's move against her.

Only it seemed that Ichika had taken that into account and had no plans of waiting for Ashley to come back at her, instead pursuing the blonde and smashing her in the collar with a Lariat! "Aaargh!!!" Ashley cried out in agony, but the worst of the pain was yet to come as Ichika made use of her momentum to send them both falling out of the ring; only with Ashley still reeling from the Lariat and taken off guard she had no way of breaking her fall and would crash down onto the outside of the ring "OOOOUGH!!!" Ashley cried out as she felt the full force of gravity against hard floor, leaving her writing in pain on the mat and clutching her spine!

[Violet]

A wrestling ring is a dangerous place! The canvas is stiff; only a few slams could chip you away. The turnbuckles were a little padded but still bore hateful steel beneath them! And botched moves or ones are thrown with mindless abandon could end your career in a night! The ringside, however, turns that danger tenfold! Concrete greets your body when you're at the short end of the stick. Barricades replaced ropes, steel ladders strewn about every corner, announcer tables, and god-knows-what weapons under the mantle of the ring. Exactly what she needed, thought the bluenette!

Ichika's lithe forearm clocked against Ashley's collar with all the force she could carry! The bluenette hit the blonde with the intent of pulling her pretty head off her shoulder! The proximity to the ropes made it so that her body keeled over and fell! But the maneuver required Ichika to feed all her body weight into the momentum to succeed, toppling her off the ring!

Ichika's eyes scrunched tight, tears built at its corners, and her mouth gaped for a silent scream as she fell back-first! It felt as if she plummeted on a bed of fiery coal! Even with the pain that raged, her vision that swam, Ichika forced herself to move. Climbing to all fours, then approached her reeling foe. Her arms then darted to their blonde locks of hair and tugged, forcing them upright!

"Gomenasai!... [I'm sorry!]" It was all Ichika got to say as a hand shifted to their bottoms and cranked! With them in place, she then charged! Dragging Ashley with her with full speed before ramming them back first to the barricades!

[pikazard]

After the two of them had been taken out of the ring by Ichika's lethal Lariat Ashley would be left writhing in agony alongside her opponent. But given that Ichika wasn't the one who was stunned from an attack as she fell and was actually able to prepare herself for the landing she would recover from the fall a lot faster and would climb up to her feet. Given Ashley's still prone state she would offer no resistance save for a pained groan as Ichika grabbed her by her hair and yanked her up to her feet "Ugh..."

Before Ashley could even think to resist or break free of Ichika's grasp the bluenette would grab Ashley by the bottom of her leotard and take her with her on a run. Only Ichika would send Ashley on ahead and send her crashing into the barricade "Aaaaaaaaugh!!!!" Ashley cried out in pain as her spine came to a sudden stop against the solid mass, her body almost tumbling over the barricade as her legs flung into the air before falling down again, leaving the blonde hanging limply from the barricade.

The only reason Ashley was not crumpled against the mat right now was because she had managed to catch her arms on the top of the barricade, but she was still looking no worse for wear as she let out a long groan of pain and exhaustion as she was now left presented for her opponent to take advantage of. Things were looking bad for Ashley.

[Violet]

A loud thunk of flesh and steel reverberated through the arena! Ichika watched with concern as Ashley howled in pain. It was less satisfying when the one you're beating did nothing wrong! And yet, she knew she had to continue. This is a match! A match for her to win!

Cruelty wasn't just encouraged in the world of wrestling. It was necessary! A given. Cultivated over the years to bring the most brutal of fights. Ichika was just 19, banging someone's body to a solid metal barricade with no hesitation! She felt sorry for her. She did! But it was the only way she knew how to ascend to the top. If she could end it right then and there, she would! But she knew Ashley's will wouldn't allowed that. It displayed the moment she fought through the gogoplata to powerbomb her. And so, Ichika would have to introduce a world of pain!

"It will be over soon, Ashley! I promise!" Ichika's arms lashed out, grabbing the incapacitated blonde by her hair and yanking them to their feet! The other hand would grab one of theirs as she'd shuffle behind Ashley. Her bust pressed against the blonde's back! A slight reprieve for Ashley to breathe. But Ichika would then charge, pushing Ashley with her to bash her head to the steel ladders!

[pikazard]

Ichika may have been worried about the pain she was inflicting upon Ashley, but Ashley herself would have been the first to tell her that it didn't matter. She knew just fine what she was getting into when she signed up for this tournament, and for LAW in general, and that this was just being done in the name of competition. No one was at fault. That being said Ashley did little to respond to Ichika's promise of ending the fight soon other than merely moaning in pain as she was once again being guided to her feet with a tug to her scalp and grabbed from behind.

Ashley would then be forced into a run as Ichika charged, dragging her along with the intention to send her running right into the steel ladders! Sensing the oncoming danger Ashley's mind would move fast as she thought of a way to get out of this sticky situation, throwing her arm back and attempting to loop it around Ichika's head to lock her into a headlock mid-charge! If she was successful Ashley would then look to leap up and fall to the mat, hoping to use Ichika's momentum against her to counter her charge and smash her face into the ground with a Bulldog! Though with the momentum they had kept up Ashley would end up hurting herself from dropping down, albeit not as badly as Ichika, and even if she was successful she would end up lying on the mat as well in her weakened state.

[Violet]

Ichika liked to think that the match was finally at her whims! Ashley's early success had gone down to helpless screaming, writhing, and twitching on the mat. Much like her first match with Noi. Admittedly, only merely less arduous even with the lesser weight disadvantage she has now as Ashley packed quite a punch for her size. But it didn't matter. The bluenette had gotten just the breakthrough she needed. And in a far less friendly playground than before to boot! All she needed now was to get her streak rolling! That was what carried the rookie onward as she guided the blonde to meet a new cold steel surface for her face!

But the situation turned in on its head as Ashley's arm swiped to coil around her nape and neck! Ichika didn't see this coming at all! Too much optimism could kill you in a match as dangerous as this! And that fact hit Ichika with a dull thud of concrete upon her pretty features. The poor girl's reaction came with glazed over, crossed eyes and a mouth that gape, nothing but a wheeze of dull pain and shock washing over!

And yet that pain stirred another feeling inside the bluenette. And it was of fear! Ichika had gotten her own ringside beating before. And it didn't end well as she had let her guard down for a second! With a high stake match like this, it was a prospect she couldn't afford.

And with that, Ichika pushed herself up even with her drunken-like state. Her vision swam, and her legs were nothing but weightless. An arm darted to the golden blob that was Ashley's hair and tugged, pulling her to bend over right beside her right hip. Both arms then weaved about like snakes around Ashley's abdomen and with a forceful grunt sought to heave Ashley off the ground! The position would force their body to flip midair, their body vertical to the ground, and the top of their head primed to be brought back down to Earth with a gutwrench piledriver!!

[pikazard]

Although she was worried for a moment if Ichika's charge had too much momentum to really be halted Ashley was able to counter her attack and land a Bulldog in retaliation, though in her tired state the move ended with both women laid out on the mat. Even though Ichika was the one who had taken the worst of the impact she was able to fight through her pain and push up to her feet before Ashley could, and for the third time Ashley's hair was yanked on to force her to stand "aaaah"

Ashley moaned weakly as she was made to bend by Ichika's hip, before Ichika took a page out of Ashley's book and flipped her body up with a Gutwrench, except she would instead opt to use it to leave Ashley hanging upside down off the mat, leaving her all too aware of what came next and all too powerless to stop it "Waaah!" Then with a resounding thump Ashley would be dropped down head first onto the ground from the piledriver, the blonde letting out a soundless grunt from the impact before crumpling down to the mat, her legs folding over her body so that her feet were by her head as she was left completely vulnerable at Ichika's feet.

[Violet]

The match's fate stood at the tip of the scale. That was the uncertainty the ringside provided. With all the danger strewn about, one move could end it all. Onlookers and speculators thought it'd be the running bulldog. Getting your face smashed to concrete isn't something you could train for, after all. But Ichika pushed through! Drawing all the strength she could muster to push away the pain, fatigue, and that lingering feeling of hot iron at the top of her nose that oozed to the back of her throat. All worthwhile sacrifices as she delivered a decisive reply to Ashley's maneuver!

Ichika brought down Ashley with meteoric impact, one so crushing that she fell right after on her back! And yet, Ichika already had the sense that that one wasn't enough. She held Ashley with much regard that she knew she needed something more! An exclamation point to end this once and for all.

She pushed herself upright, admiring her handiwork for a while as she stared at Ashley's folded form! A palm thrust forth their back, hoping to unravel Ashley by bringing her on her front! Ichika's feet then pushed, aided by her arms to stand. Hands immediately lashed out to their hair and elbow!

"Come on, Ashley! I can't put you at ease. We both know that... but this might will!" Ichika said as she rolled Ashley to the announcer table, sprawling her all over, not unlike a sacrifice to the gods. Not much caring for the papers, props, or anything they had there. The crowd perused the scene. What did Ichika exactly have in mind?

The answer spoke for itself as Ichika then went to the ring apron! She pushed herself up! Slowly, by pulling on the ropes! She weaved herself inside and faced the turnbuckles! The crowd then went wild as she threw her fist into the air! They knew what was coming! Ichika would take to the skies! One foot scaled the first turnbuckle, then the second! And then pulled the ropes to seat herself on the top akin to a phoenix prowling from above!

"Soryaaaaaaaa!" Her knees folded, feet pushed against the unsteady ground to propel her airborne! Her back arched a graceful crescent; arms outstretched like wings; her blue hair danced like blue flame lighting up in the darkness as her flipping form eclipsed the lights! Descending right onto Ashley's chest for her signature! Out of The Blue!!!

[pikazard]

From the energy in the air the audience could clearly tell that this explosive match was soon coming to an end, and from what was currently occurring out by ringside it was looking like it may end with Ashley's defeat! Ashley did little to prove that the audience should think otherwise as she got yanked off her feet and unceremoniously dumped onto the announcer table, scattering the contents of the table and making the announcers step back to give them some space. They certainly didn't want to be between Ichika and Ashley right now.

When a few seconds past and nothing happened Ashley would fight through her lethargy to crane her neck up, only then realising that instead of attacking her immediately Ichika had been climbing the turnbuckle "S-shit!" Ashley willed her body to move out of the way, and if she was in better condition she probably could have dodged, but as it was she could only make it halfway up to a sitting position before Ichika came crashing down on her with a devastating Moonsault "AUUUUGH!!!!"

This time Ashley let out a far from silent scream as Ichika's body crashed down on her, breaking both Ashley's body and the table underneath her that crashed under their weight, sending Ashley falling down onto the ground with only broken pieces of wood to break her fall "Uuugh... aaah..." Ashley laid underneath Ichika trying and failing to take breaths without wincing in pain. If this were a match with pinfalls in play then Ichika would likely be able to pick up the win right here, but as it was Ashley wouldn't be done until she was out!

[Violet]

The crack of splintering wood pierced the air as Ichika crashed onto Ashley with all the force gravity could give her body! It was easily the most beautiful and terrifying thing she had ever done in LAW! The crowd cheered! It was carnage they looked forward to in this tournament. And they got one! But when the splinters stopped flying, they'd find both their warriors unmoving!

High flying moves were always taxing for the user. And yet high-flyers risk their own body and strength in hopes that it would seal the match! And crashing onto the announcer table only worsened it tenfold! High risk... high reward? The latter remains to be seen as the ref could count out with no one left standing!

** *twitch.. twitch* ** "Ugghhh.." That was until Ichika rolled off of Ashley, spread-eagled in a heap! Her chest was heavy as if loaded with hot irons but she was breathing. Her limbs felt disassembled from her torso but she could move them! Nothing came to her vision but dark spots and blurry lights but it was enough to get a sense of direction. That was all she needed as she rose, groggily moved out of the way for the ref, and slumped against the barricades.

The count then immediately started, rallied by the crowd! 1!... 2!... 3!... 4!"