The Turtle & The Raven: Akari Ito vs Chika Igarashi

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As the Sea Turtle stands back up following her failed submission attempt, she is immediately met with an explosive knee strike right to the midsection, emptying all the air out of her lungs as she almost collapses due to the impact. Akari grunts as her body wavers, legs nearly buckling as they shake helplessly. She falls onto Chika, her face landing on the woman's chest as she groans, sweating and tired from the battle thus far but still not willing to go down as she pulls an arm back and SLAMS it into her opponent's face, slugging Chika across the cheek with a Forearm Strike.

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Chika believed her knee knocked all fight from Akari, as the woman slumped onto Chika’s chest, causing the veteran Joshi to blush. She was almost ready to shove Akari off to try and go for the killing blow, to end this match for good…only for Akari to still have some fight left in her, and drive her forearm into Chika’s face!

”AAUH!!!”

Chika stepped back, barely maintaining her stable, standing position…before:

”Graaaaagh!”

She stepped forward with a roar, trying to get back at her foe’s face with a counter Forearm Strike!

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"Guh-!!!" Akari grunts as she was knocked back a step by Chika's strike, it dazes her but it doesn't put her down as she finds the strength to push forward and slam yet another Forearm Strike right into the woman's face, engaging in a brutish slugfest with the veteran as everything was coming down to a close, both fighters left on their last legs, their bodies mere moments away from giving out on them as their hearts pound ecstatically in their chests, blood flowing through their veins like white-water rapids, each woman fueled by a desire to win...but it all comes down to who wants this victory more!!!

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The slugfest continued as both women were determined to take one another down, to finally bring one another down to win this! Akari drove Chika back with another forearm strike, the veteran joshi stepping back...and feeling her legs shaking. One more strike like this, and the Raven Knight was going down...for good. She needed to stun Akari for long enough for her to do her finisher...

...and to do that, she would try to spin her leg straight at Akari's head, trying to nail her with a Roundhouse Kick!

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Seeing Chika stumble back in a dazed stupor, Akari thought she would have a big enough window to try and capitalize with another strike across the veteran's face. The Sea Turtle tried her damndest to push through the intense pain to deliver one last punch to clock Chika in the jaw, but she had taken too long. Akari was behind by just one step. One moment ahead was all Chika needed to swiftly turn around and land that last-ditch effort kick, her leg swinging around and NAILING Akari upside the head, stunning the woman and leaving her borderline unconscious while still on her feet as she stumbled, arms falling at her side.

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"No...", Chika would think. She knew it wasn't enough as Akari stumbled. The Turtle was tough, and it looked like she was still a little bit awake. As Akari started to tumble, the Raven Knight would use her foot to make sure her rival didn't fall down completely, lifting her back up to her feet...

...before launching her leg, shooting it low, and snapping it back up quickly for her finishing Raven's Claw!

Spoiler

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Akari was about to collapse onto the canvas, but even in this condition, she still had a few embers stoked in her heart. That fire hadn't been snuffed out completely. So when Chika lifted the younger wrestler back onto her feet, the Sea Turtle attempted to fight back with one last-ditch effort as she tried to move her body forward. However, the young Sea Turtle's ambitious efforts would be all for naught as the keen-eyed Raven Knight quickly sealed the last nail in her opponent's coffin with a DEVASTATING Question Mark Kick, utilizing her impactful striking style to its fullest...Akari's eyes glazed over before fading slightly. The woman was out before she had even hit the canvas, falling onto her backside as she was left laid out and defeated, not a sign of resistance or consciousness coming from her after taking Chika's finisher head-on.

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Akari stepping forward only increased Chika’s speed in executing her final move as she kicked the turtle in the head. Akari stood for a good second, but Chika saw her face as fight…and consciousness, completely left her eyes. Chika practically fell right after Akari, landing on top of the woman, her adrenaline rush fading, her entire body hurting as she pinned Akari, too tired to hook her leg for the moment…but if what she saw was true, there was no chance that Akari was kicking out…

”ONE!”

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"TWO!"

"THREE!"


DING DING DING!!!


For as much as she struggled, Akari couldn't fight against the cold feeling of unconsciousness. As Chika draped over the Sea Turtle with her own body, one could see a slight amount of twitching coming from the younger wrestler. However, with little to no fight left in her system, Akari could hardly move a muscle in resistance. Before passing out momentarily, the last thing Akari heard was the count of three and the bell ringing. Her eyes closed shut, and she started to drift off...defeated but somewhat happy that she was able to give such an experienced fighter a run for her money.

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Despite the slight twitch from her rival, Akari would remain down right up until the final count of 3, with the bell ringing to signify the end of the match. Chika almost drifted to sleep, but forced herself to stay awake, trying to get herself off Akari, and to a sit to try and get to her feet, the ref holding up her hand in victory.

Chika’s thoughts on the match were…mixed. She was happy to win of course…but with how close it was, it was clear that the new, hungrier and better Japanese wrestlers were coming up…and she was only a step above them. If she didn’t get better soon, someone, perhaps even her opponent tonight, would easily trump her, at which point people would definitely believe that the Raven Knight was past her prime…

She dashed those thoughts away from her mind right now, as she stepped on the turnbuckle to pose in victory. Despite some set backs, she was still in the upper echelon of her division, and she wanted to get better to both step into bigger matches…and get other rivals to bigger matches with her for them to get better.

She got off the turnbuckle, approaching her rival, lowering herself over the Turtle:

”Hey…are you awake?”