Chiyo let out an audible gasp - was this it, was this the moment she had been fighting, crying, begging for!? She refused to let up the pressure as the referee hovered over the pair, confirming Katsumi's condition with an arm check. But Chiyo wasn't leaving anything to chance, her limbs still coiled around her heated rival with little remorse. Chiyo's labored breaths melding with the referee's count. This was it, she was confident that victory was within reach! Until suddenly, she felt Katsumi's body jerk, and she realized with horror that her opponent had awoken from her stupor.
She tried to hold on, to keep Katsumi at bay, but the punk wrestler's thrashing was too much. Chiyo pulled as hard as she could, another gutteral war cry slipping through her clenched teeth. It was only by chance that Chiyo's eyes glanced upwards, realizing the source of Katsumi's newfound determination: The ropes! Chiyo stared wide-eyed, determined now more than ever to under no conditions give her opponent the luxury of mercy, but Katsumi was relentless, bucking and writhing in her grip.
" - release her!" Only the last two words had managed to seep through Chiyo's ears. Her neck whiped sideways, her heart sinking to unfathomble depths as she witnessed first-hand Katsumi's ankle dangling on the bottom rope.
"NO, NO, NO!" Chiyo screamed, tears running down her face, but it was too late. The referee was demanding she let go, tugging at her shoulder, but the indescribable frustration made Chiyo do something very uncharacteristic: She pulled back one last time, trying to wrench Katsumi's neck just a little bit more, but it was no use. "Chiyo-chan, LET GO!" The referee ordered. With a gasp, she released the hold, tossing Katsumi's limp body off the side with a disdainful shove. Overcome by emotion, Chiyo could only bury her face in the palm of her hands and tuck her head between her knees, silently sobbing and screaming to herself as she struggled to come to terms with this failure.
There was anger, there was frustration, but above all, it was the sheer disappoint that was hardest to bear. This wasn't supposed to happen. She was supposed to win, to overcome the odds and prove that she was the better wrestler. But now, everything was up in the air again. She slowly lifted her head up from her knees, her teary eyes now glaring at Katsumi with a seemingly impossible mix of bewilderment, admiration, and yes, even a healthy dose of hate - a concoction of emotions that she had never all at once experienced in the ring.
"I had you! I HAD YOU!" Chiyo screamed, scrambling on hands and knees over to her still reeling her opponent. Now it was Chiyo's turn to grab hair as her fingers locked onto the slick black locks of her opponent, before yanking up her prone form into a seated position against the ropes. The audience was shocked by what they saw, they've yet to witness the once bright and happy newcomer emit so much anger. But Chiyo didn't care anymore, after all she'd gone through, she was willing to win under any means necessary.
If her opponent was still groggy and slumped seated against the ropes, Chiyo would quickly pop back up to her feet. Her hand grabbed the top rope for support, looking down at the woman beneath her. She coiled back her leg, aiming the top of boot for Katsumi's chest before letting her foot shoot forward with a loud HI-YAH! She wouldn't stop at just one however, soon two more kicks would rain down, each aimed at the same spot in her opponent's solar plexus.
But the assault was only just beginning. As soon as her third kick had landed, Chiyo would ditch the barrage all together, instead swiveling around and making a mad dash towards the opposite side of the ring. She crashed into the ropes hard, rebounding and redirecting her momentum back at her opponent with dizzying speed. It was fast, it was crazy, it was merciless - it was Chiyo's Flaming Missile dropkick aimed right at Katsumi's face!
Flaming Missile
