Isabella Astley vs Ichikawa Kenshin - A Kick About

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Match Rules: Standard

Isabella Astley to be blunt hated being outside her comfort zone, said zone was anywhere that was outside the Astley mansion. Here Isabella was however getting ready for a match tonight, against some guy called Itchy or whatever. Isabella had been dragged out her brilliant establishment to go compete in this match per the request of Courtenay. Now here the most loyal one was, pacing back and forth in her locker room while Courtenay sat cross legged and watched her with a bemused smirk before eventually the white haired lady moved to face her.

"Have I mentioned that this is a stupid idea?" Isabella flatly stated as she folded her arms and looked at the Machiavellian Queen and huffed.

Courtenay would chuckle and rest a hand under her chin and say "You have dear yes, but we need to get out there so we can advertise our mansion. To bring the people our western brand of entertainment and deviancy. Now get out there and perhaps I'll humour your request to buy that thing you had in your search history. What was it again? A body pillow they call it? Of a Ken Kaneki?" Courtenay could barely hide her grin there at this point as Isabella would storm out the room and damn near yank the door off its hinges!

The lights in the arena would cut to black there as the song known as Let Me Carve Your Way, would blare from the speakers there. With white spotlights flashing around the arena as the lyrics would start up as a figure would emerge from a plume of black smoky fog.....

I once had some sweet memories
Its worth remains the same
How can I remember those moments, sweetheart?
They should have been right there

Spoiler

Isabella emerged to a loud chorus of boos, to which she simply scoffed as she strutted down the ramp without a care in the world. Culminating in her leaping up to the apron and then jumping into a forward roll over the top rope and landing in the middle of the ring, the most loyal one then simply walked to a corner facing the ramp and crossed her arms as she inwardly swore she'd get that damn body pillow after this match no matter what!

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Kenshin once more felt stressed before the match. His debut went... Less than ideally and that was all he would say about that. Still, at least he got a better handle on how things worked in a real fight. This was of little importance now and his newfound knowledge would be tested soon enough as he made his way to the stage.

Lights dimmed, and a faint sound of birds chirping filled the arena as the fog descended on the stage. In that cover Kenshin, silently made his way onto the stage and sat cross-legged in the center, raising a flute to his lips to start playing a serine tune. When it got people's attention the lights would illuminate him, showing his silhouette in the fog before it would be blown away by the nearby fans. When it was, Kenshin would stay still for a few seconds before rising and making his way to the ring while playing the tune.

Entrance Attire

The music would only stop when he reached the ring, leaving his flute and the entrance part of his attire outside before he would get inside the ring and stand in his corner.

Wrestling Attire

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Isabella sat in her corner there, thinking up of her gameplan here. She would hope that she was sent some random chump that thought they could hang in the ring with anyone, those were the kind of people Isabella could realllllly enjoy demolishing because their screams of pain could give her some enjoyment outside the mansion at least. Plus all those times she made examples of those that dared to do so in the Astley establishment too~ Still at the very least it seemed the most loyal one wouldn't have to wait for much longer because her opponent was here it seemed.........

The white haired maiden raised an eyebrow in response to his entrance, it seemed.......traditional she guessed was the word for it. Nice use of the fog there, a way to contrast the one used by Isabella she supposed. Still it grinded Isa's gears a bit, she liked her stuff dark, hard and fast and sitting here while this was playing just made her all the more anxious to get back home. But no matter, she had a mission to see too.........

Ms Astley would start doing some stretching as she looked her opponent over there now that he was in the ring. Shorter than her? Looked like it, that was odd. Usually Isabella when she dealt with guys they were taller, at least the ones that were gonna get thrown out the mansion were. But that outfit screamed martial artist. Might be good at striking then. Regardless Isabella had no fear. She didn't bother introducing herself here just yet, instead she got into her stance and prepared for the bell to ring. And once it did? Isabella would just chose to stroll right up to Ichikawa and kick him hard in the right shin there as a way to try and get things rolling.

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No word came from his opponent, not that it bothered him, there was something to be said about people that were straight to the point. The first kick seemed something of a warning shot and he managed to avoid it by skipping back to maintain distance. Now he would circle Isabella, trying to stay out of her range, which regrettably for him was longer than his own. His upper body kept in motion, and so did his hands, both to mislead and have some added power when he would finally go to strike. Soon enough he would, darting forward and sending a palm strike at his opponent's chin that would be followed by a knee strike to her stomach.

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It was go time. Isabella had what she needed now, a target and the desire to destroy them. That was all the things she needed to get into this match, then she could go back to her mansion and watch some Tokyo Ghoul! As it stood now though the most loyal one needed to focus on the match now. Ichikawa's look screamed martial artist, well Isabella had no formal training in that but was a highly talented gymnast that could honestly have gone pro had she not chosen to be Courtenay's head maid here in LAW!

Ichikawa was bold there in this regard however as he darted in past her longer range and managed to palm strike the white haired maiden in the jaw there! Isabella would grunt there and stagger a little and it would allow Kenshin his knee follow up, driving it into Isabella's decent set of abs in for good measure! "Gugh!" Isabella yelled out, that stung for sure.......it fuelled Isabella's rage already present to an even further degree! Isabella's drive would have her wrap her arms around Ichikawa's leg there to hold him in place.

Then as they hopped about Isabella would try and deliver a headbutt right to Ichikawa's noggin forehead to forehead! Would it damage the most loyal one? Certainly, but she was never one to hinder herself when it would bring the fight to the opponent anyway so in for a penny and in for a pound it went!

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When his leg was grabbed, Kenshin expected an elbow strike, a knee coming his way or a takedown, what he certainly did not expect was a headbutt. The impact of it made him stumble even further and slip, falling back with his leg still held by his opponent. This was not good but the ground game was definitely what he was better at and all he had to do now was draw Isabella in.

To get her down he would scoot and rotate to grab her ankle, his other hand pushing at the inside of the women's knee while his free leg would go up her body and push on her thigh from behind while his hand planted on the ankle would push in the opposite direction. If all went to plan his opponent might let him go and fall face-first on the mat which would leave her open for him to lock her leg between his own and bend forward to wrap his hands in front of her face and pull back for a crossface submission hold.

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Isabella had hoped that her risky attack would make Ichikawa back off or even fall to the ground there and release her, but it seemed the pretty boy had a solid head in his own right. The most loyal one would hiss under her breath at the lack of her objective being proceeded there, to make matters even worse for Isabella it seemed that this would spur her opponent onwards! Because Ichikawa would take himself down to the mat while still keeping hold of Isabella here akin to pulling back on the fishing rod to lure the prey in.

The next thing that Isabella knew her opponent was effortlessly rolling around with her and managing to cinch her into a crossface hold this early on into the match! Ms Astley was no stranger to being on the mat herself but it seemed that Ichikawa was very much a shark there and was making Isabella drown hard here! As the pain shot up into Isabella's back it made her realise that her opponent was indeed quite skilled, but if he thought she'd be humiliated and tap this early into the match he had another thing coming! Isabella would try to bite at her opponent's hands and use her nearest arm to try and elbow him as hard as she could in the ribs over and over as she let her anger issues seep out very clearly outwardly there!

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The last thing Kenshin expected when locking this hold was that he would be bitten. Still, he couldn't really keep the hold with that being the case and so he would yank his hand free before his opponent could tear a chunk out of him. Just as he did the first Elbow strike hit the side of his chest, making him grunt and have to support himself on his hands. Then came the second and the third one that made him wince and push off to get up but just as he did another came, sending him falling backwards and clutching his side as he groaned in pain from these powerful strikes.

Now he tried to push away and reach for the ropes to try and get himself up on his feet before Isabella could capitalize on his position, though he couldn't be sure if he would make it in time.

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Isabella had certainly a temper to her, this was evident in her demeanour and attire and now it would be clear in her actions in the ring there. It earned several loud boos from those in attendance but the most loyal one gave them no heed, for she had things to attend to. Namely trying to gain recompense here against Ichikawa here now that she had him stepping away towards the ropes, a wise idea however Isabella was smelling blood on the water there. Giving a quiet hiss to herself Isabella would roll forward there after she was released from his hold and turn to face her opponent there.

Tilting her head slightly to one side in contemplation the most loyal one then moved to get into a crouched posture, like a tiger ready to spring on its prey in a manner of speaking. Isabella wasn't known for being subtle in her bouts, that never got a lesson across in the Astley mansion. Isabella would attempt to rush forward there as Ichikawa would try to get to his feet, hoping to try and go out the ring and take him and her right down to the apron outside with a lunging clothesline rush with a loud warcry. Was it high risk? Yes. Did Isabella really care about her wellbeing in the bout? Probably not. Would she try whatever it took? Yes she would.

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Kenshin was only partway up when he saw Isabella rush at him. He has to think fast. Going low he would push his shoulder to her hips and reach around her legs to try and lift her up and backdrop her over the ropes. That was a big risk for him however as he wasn't particularly proficient with power moves and if his opponent thought fast enough that gamble could end horribly for him.