Overcoming Fire (Hangaku vs. Yoko)

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"Agh-!" Just before making contact, just as Hangaku committed to her strike, Yoko rose up fast and moved even faster. Hangaku was stopped, practically in midair as she her knee was just a few narrow inches from meeting Yoko's face. Then, she was raised up high, meeting Yoko's furious glare with her own. If I die... She swing her hips up, hooking her legs around Yoko's neck.

I'm taking you with me!

The slam was loud, hard, and followed by a gasp from the crowd. Hangaku's body twitched, losing it's tension as she her hips and legs slackened. "G-Gh..." Her vision swam, and she could only make out a small bit of both Yoko's face the lights above. "Y-You..." She gritted her teeth, her legs twitching around Yoko's neck. You fool. And her legs started to tighten as Hangaku tried clutching onto Yoko's arm with her own for a triangle choke.

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At the drop, Hangaku repositioned her legs. The move worked, and Hangaku was slammed into the canvas with authority…but she made sure the follow up was hell for Yoko, wrapping her legs around Yoko for a triangle choke!

Although weak at first, Yoko tried to lift her rival up, to Powerbomb her to force her to release her…

…but the hold quickly tightened, as Yoko started feeling dizzy.

She didn’t waste any time, she tried to slam Hangaku straight back into the canvas. If the fall wasn’t strong enough to force Hangaku to release the hold, the match might’ve been over…

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Once Hangaku had Yoko, she didn't let go. Her legs wrapped right around Yoko's neck, and her arms even tighter. And once she saw the panic and last surge of offense in Yoko's eyes the Warrior knew she was on her last leg. Don't bother. Hangaku's grip was solid, she wasn't going to let go for anything. Even as she was lifted up and slammed once more, even as the lights of her vision flickered on the impact her grip remained solid. Her body arched, her mind swirled, but she knew she had a solid hold, and she wasn't going to let neither her grip nor the light of her consciousness loosen. She could see Yoko's vision start to fade, and it only sharpened her own.

Go down... Her eyes narrowed, as if her thoughts could will it so.

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Yoko thrashed like a wild animal being put to pasture. Her opponent was so close, yet so far from her to destroy. Hangaku proved herself dangerous enough to take her down, and slowly but surely, Yoko lost her consciousness.

She refused to give up. She hated admitted that anyone was superior to her, which she saw tap outs as.

She slowly faded away as the ref checked her arm, lifting up...

It fell once...twice...thrice...

The referee would call for the bell as Yoko was knocked out!

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Seconds felt like minutes. No, they felt like hours. Even after maintaining the hold after that brutal slam, even after Hangaku was desperately clinging to life and consciousness along with Yoko's neck the woman still continued to thrash and squirm like a cornered, rabid creature. Come on... It was like trying to put down a wild animal in the woods. Every twitch and thrash that slowed it's rhythm had Hangaku's mentally praying to whatever god would listen for the struggle to end. The thrashes and struggles got slower and slower, and the eventually... they ceased.

Immediately the referee came over to check, lifting up Yoko's arm to confirm the knockout.

One...

Twice...

*DING! DING! DING!*

With the final count given and the bell confirming the knockout the match had come to a close. And the ring was silent as Hangaku's body finally gave out.

"A-Ah..." She released the hold almost immediately, as if the weight of all the hits and slams she took finally sank in. The Warrior dropped flat on her back, staring up at the lights above with blank eyes. Whatever cheer, jeer, celebration, or denouncement the crowd made didn't reach her ears. The lights above started to blur into stars. All Hangaku could do was breath. Breath... and fade into a painful slumber that was begging her body to rest as she finally felt all the sweat and sores that she had been ignoring. It's over... She thought as the relief washed over her. It's finally over...

Then... dread. A deep, fearful dread that woke her out of her lulling slumber as the horrid thought crossed her mind.

Three more. The number rang in her head like a death knell. Three more of these... I have to do three more of these...

Her Princess could be far too cruel some times.

Hangaku wins via Knockout