Yukino Fuyumi vs Gabriel Vinlee - (Apex Qualifier Match)

[Hagen-Autem]

There would be nothing left to do, it was obvious that Gabriel had Yukino very deep in this, and yet, it seemed that she could still continue to disarm her after the great beating she gave her.

Gabriel's finger-walking had been more than a mindless slip looking for the classic buttons to press- The queen was attached to her back, feeling Yukino's breath and sweat on her chest and neck, meticulously savouring her tremors, gasps and temperature to give the best next move for Yukino with her hands teasing every fibre with precision, beyond seductive, bristling hers skin with her best pencil and drawing her over the ropes for all to see. Gabriel had mastered even the poor thing's breathing without her noticing. She was the fly in her web and no one knew when she was going to eat her.

Even with his grumbling, the referee let this go on, who knew what went through his head, but she just kept mumbling and babbling threats instead of going for the count.

Even the legs had become involved. Whether it was Gabriel's thigh that grazed first at the perfect moment, or whether it was Yukino who let go and gave way, taking advantage of Gabriel's lap position, or whether it was a faulty incident of positioning, one could not say for sure. But there it was, Gabriel's knee jutting out and coming back from between the ropes ever so gently in a slow pedal as Yukino's knees collided.

And when Gabriel's fingers could do no more for all he'd driven so far, they trailed down the crest of Yukino's smooth abs, heading for her navel - carving harder into her fingertips as she moved further down to her goal and pushed hers centre to envelop and join her hips more closely to Gabriel's as he, simultaneously, her other hand moved up her waist and made its way between her breasts - over the fabric - and skirted her neck to clasp it and pull to twist her the other way in a possessive, trembling grip. That was too much. Gabriel could feel the final spasm of a whole body caught in her fatal web, collapsing molten with her final note. And yielding more than she wanted by subtly drenching pub rep's thigh before Yukino gave her the flushed face to give her answer. ''Y-You are...Gabriel...'

The referee played his part:
One...!
Two...!

Ironically Gabriel would have given up on that goal because of the kind of girl Yukino seemed to her, not at all comfortable with such events in public, but that it still happened and she didn't nod at her to stop, made it intimate - and that the idol's skirt hid it so that only the two of them knew what happened - made it the most splendid achievement for the queen in this match.

'You are... Gabriel...' Those words she remembered for what they meant to Yukino. They were not the tone of a woman consumed by lust - the queen knew all too well what someone in that position sounded like - it was the tone of a person who had taken a little peace after a whole ordeal. A tone that expressed how she had just gone through the grieving process in an instant before accepting the reality of things and resigning herself with a crooked smile for her end.

Her hand moved to cover hers mouth, closing her fingers one by one on cute face - and finally catching the tongue of this idol - before bringing her gaze directly towards her from so close: "All right." That was her verdict. Gabriel pulled her face in the opposite direction to expose hers neck to her teeth and apply pressure with her lips for one last affectionate act. A hickey slowly made to bristle hers skin as a last caress after so much pain and humiliation.

Five...! Bre-!

Gabriel's hands fleetingly grabbed Yukino's pelvis and with a backward thrust of her own hips, she peeled her off the ropes to roll together across the canvas in a ball. Gabriel would end up on all fours with the first turn, but Yukino would keep on spinning to who knows where. There wouldn't be much more to get after this. The only thing left to do was to use the finisher.

[CaptainL]

By this point, in Gabriel's clutches, all of Yukino's willpower and resistance had melted away. She was lost in a haze of soft sensation, and she had all but given up on whatever hopes of winning the match or making a difference she might have been clinging to - even the mere thought of resistance seemed unimaginable. Her breaths grew quicker as a shudder wormed its way down her spine, and as Gabriel's fingers drifted down along her body, her muscles grew slack and her head began to roll back over her shoulder, her heart beating faster in her chest. Even if she might have been able to fight back, the binds that stopped her weren't physical, but psychological. With her touch alone - commanding Yukino's senses, and forcing her to respond just as Gabriel wanted her to - the blonde had convinced Yukino that any attempts she might have made to fight back were futile. Gabriel had all but claimed control over her mind, her body, and her spirit - and all that was left would be to see where it would all lead.

As Gabriel's fingers prodded lower still, slipping past Yukino's skirt, a jolt suddenly ran through the idol. Her breaths quickened into a hoarse gasp, and her hips jumped in the air as her back stiffened in an arc, her muscles taut and her body tense. She could feel her heart racing, and she began to tremble, yet when she was locked up and rooted in place with her feet against the mat, she barely even budged. It was that moment that Yukino - if she hadn't known it before - would realize she had already lost. That told her that no matter what she did, it wouldn't be enough to break Gabriel's control over her. And when Gabriel pulled her closer, locking her lips around her own with one last mocking kiss, that would only seal the deal.

In fact, it wasn't until the referee brought up the rope break that Yukino realized that Gabriel could still be disqualified. In fact, she could be disqualified right now if she didn't let go. Perhaps it wasn't over just yet. Perhaps there was still a chance that Yukino could win! It was at that point that she looked up toward the referee, a smile coming to her face and a spark of hope alighting in her eyes. She watched the official closely, as though prompting for Gabriel to be disqualified. That would be enough - that was all it would take to end it all, and put her right back on track, to take back the respect she was owed!

But Gabriel had other plans - and just seconds later, she launched herself back through the air, tossing Yukino along with her. The white-haired girl let out a yelp as she sailed over her opponent's shoulders; her legs kicked up in the air, and she went head over heels as she toppled across the mat in a series of thumps. At last, when she came to a stop, her limbs flopped flat around her, and she was left staring up at the lights and panting for breath, her brow slick with sweat and her eyes half-lidded. Once again, just as quickly as she felt like she just might stand a chance, Yukino knew it was hopeless - that all she could do was wait out the inevitable.

[Hagen-Autem]

Gabriel would have liked the overturn backwards to have been gentle - and perhaps it was, but who knows how many blows to the back of the neck and back Yukino took despite all odds.

The boos were a constant now, as Gabriel was left on all fours and Yukino continued to roll out of inertia, the blonde was merely looking unreachable in the face of all the progress the other woman made on her. She grabbed the top rope so that she could bend backwards and evicting all the tension from her body with a sharp exhale - with her tongue dripping blood, she was able to speak fluently; she survived that dragon suplex from the top rope and thwarted hers finisher like a lion tearing its cage in spite all that was stacked against her at the idol's most crucial moment. And even with everything, she still managed to grope Yukino in front of everyone. There wasn't much to do against her at this point, to believe that Yukino could do anything against that kind of opponent was idiotic. She is definitely the First Queen of the Pub for a reason.

And there was nothing more she wanted to take out of the crushed body of the idol - it was nice while it lasted, although with many ups and downs for Gabriel.

She would grab one of hers arms and pull to flip her onto hers chest. Then she would tug at the collar of hers suit - as if the idol were a puppy - and settle her over hers knees while she herself moved back to stand with her feet on either side of the girl's ankles. Both women facing in the same direction, perhaps? Because Gabriel wanted that, cupping the idol's temples with her fingertips to hold hers head steady. The cameras would point to this moment.

Gabriel would also give herself a chance to bring her lips close to one of hers ears, would have loved to whisper some detail to her - 'it was fun,' 'I had fun at the end,' 'you didn't do so bad,' 'next time, don't divert your attention from me or I'll kill you~;' but none of those lines of dialogue felt...proper to her for this moment. She'd already played her part, didn't need to give her more to maintain a status, since only a tiny undercut laugh would be what escaped down her throat to that cute ear... "Hmp...!"

Straightening up herself, she would bring Yukino's head to the point of no return - tucking her face under her groin and arching her backwards in the process; then she would lift hers arms and pull hers wrists to cross the idol's elbows and have her in position for her finisher, a fatale head slam: The Pendulum Guillotine.

Signature move - Pendulum Guillotine

If they had made it this far, with no one to stop them, no Nashi intervening or some other miracle to help Yukino, Gabriel would drown out the dreams and ambitions of this girl's fanbase by leaping into place and bending her knees in the air to let gravity do its work: pulling her full weight with her butt first into Yukino's face and dragging the back of her head against the canvas in a big thud that would end it all. With her brooding over hers pretty face. And draping her skirt over her head to further finish off this funereal move. The move itself would bend the victim's back in a full arc, incoming more damage even after it was completed.

She could even look behind her to see how she looked, dropping one of her hands to see if she would fall to the canvas, inert - with her eyes following this descent - or if she would remain firmly in the air in a last-ditch effort before the count to 3.

Spoiler

[CaptainL]

At this point, whatever else Gabriel was doing was little more than a formality. Yukino had already lost. In her heart, she had accepted that her defeat was inevitable - and she was just waiting for the blonde to finish her off in order to make it official. But even if she had begged for mercy, even if Gabriel had accepted her surrender...the match still wasn't over. Gabriel wouldn't let Yukino go until she had ended the match on her terms. And that meant Yukino was going to feel it.

She was lying flat in the middle of the ring, limp and panting for breath, but when Gabriel grabbed her by the collar, that was enough to force Yukino back upright; she coughed and wheezed as she was forced into place, feeling the tug of the fabric digging into her throat. But when she was lifted to her knees, doubled over forward and panting for breath, when she felt Gabriel's almost mockingly gentle touch, a cold realization came over Yukino. She felt vulnerable - she knew now that all that was left was for Gabriel to deliver the killing blow. But until that happened, she was crouched on her knees, in front of the watchful eyes of everyone in the arena. She could feel every painful second tick by, every bead of icy sweat on the back of her neck. She might as well have been awaiting her execution.

Yukino had gone pale, frozen in place. All she could do, she knew, was to prepare for her impending doom. But no matter how she tried to ready herself...there was no way she could have prepared for this. Gabriel pulled her head between her legs, straddling her face. She grabbed her hands to wrench them out to the sides. And then, Yukino felt herself plummeting through the air! She let out a scream as she made her descent, but that scream was soon cut short as she struck the mat with a thud, sending the ring shaking. With that, her body fell limp, collapsing then and there - and her fans were speechless. The arena went silent.

Even as Gabriel bent her into an arc, Yukino barely showed any more response than a low groan. That last blow had knocked the last bit of life out of her, leaving her crumpled lifelessly to the canvas. When Gabriel released her hand, it fell limp against the mat, landing with a thump. Yukino had already been brought to her limit, and now, Gabriel had knocked the last bit of sense she had remaining right out of her.

[SRG]

Nashi had been watching in horror of what was happening in front of her very eyes! She watched as Gabriel treated Yukino as a sexy toy touching her in her sensitive parts! Nashi was starting to grit her teeth, biting down on her lip to hold it all in to the point there were some drops of blood running down her face. She closed her eyes waiting for it be over and she opened her eyes Yukino was pretty much finished….. but Gabriel still went on…. The queen continued to attack her partner even when she was more than finished. Next thing she knew, Yukino was lifted up and swung like a pendulum and then slammed down to the mat hard! Nashi leaned in and saw Yukino had no fight left in her anymore. A few tears went down as she turned to the judges table and then the ref”WHAT ARE YOU DOING JUST STANDING THERE!? JUST CALL THE MATCH!!!” Nashi leaned in to the point her head was as underneath the bottom rope as she screaming for her friends suffering to be over. All of this was too much for Nashi to see, she had feelings of sadness, anger and fear all lurking in her head. The one thing that she was thinking now was…. will Gabriel end it?

[Hagen-Autem]

The job was done. From that arched position of hers and with the blonde sitting on hers face, the referee was taking too long.

"You know, if you don't hurry up, someone's going to kill you..." She would point an upraised finger at a Nashi on the verge of crossing the ropes. The referee immediately started.

1...!
2...!
...

There might still be someone hopeful that the idol would give one last effort - even if it was a tremor or something pathetic - but things were looking very difficult at this point.

Yukino must have been suffering too much in that arc pose, as were her knees if she wasn't flexible enough, apart from the inevitable choking. But that was something Gabriel didn't care about. Both knew what they were refraining from when they stepped into the ring today...

[CaptainL]

Gabriel didn't even need to finish Yukino off. At this point, the white-haired girl already knew she didn't have a chance. She had already given up. Gabriel had been so dominant and so imposing that Yukino could barely even fathom the idea of standing against her - and she wasn't even going to try. She'd already voiced her surrender, all but confirming she had no hope of winning this match. All she wanted was for this all to be over with, and for her to go home. But that wasn't good enough for Gabriel. Those few hoarse, harsh words that escaped Yukino's throat wouldn't be enough for a referee to acknowledge her surrender - and Gabriel wanted to end it on her own terms. She scooped Yukino up, trapping her head in her thighs before slamming her straight down, and when the idol made impact, that was it. The life had been knocked out of her, and at once, everything went still.

But worst of all, Nashi had to watch the whole frightful spectacle unfold, and there was nothing she could do about it! She could only stand by and watch as Gabriel took her time tormening and humiliating Yukino for all to see, and then as she capped everything off with a slam that rattled the Winter Idol's brain! She begged for the match to end - but again, Gabriel was only going to let that happen on her own terms. Only now, as the referee - at last snapped out of the daze that only the awe of Gabriel's cruelty could provoke - began to count. But still, Yukino showed no response...

"3!!"

With that, the bell rang, heralding the end of the match. Even after the dust cleared, the judges were speechless, staring back at the ring, and at Yukino slumped helplessly against the mat. Gabriel definitely had a presence about her, and it wasn't just her opponents who could be convinced they were in danger. And after what Gabriel had done, could anyone blame them?

[SRG]

Nashi was waiting for this match to end. She was tugging onto the bottom rope to jump in as soon it ended. Finally, Gabriel decided to be merciful and pin Yukino causing the match to end. While everyone was speechless, Nashi went underneath the ropes and crawl in before making a mad dash to Yukino.


She took a knee and put her arms on her shoulders shaking her body”YUKINO SAY SOMETHING!!!” She shouted with tears running down her face as she held her best friend tightly before looking at Gabriell”YOU TOOK THINGS TO FAR! SHE COULD NEED A DOCTOR!!!!” The idol continued to yell this time in a mixture of anger and sadness. The only thing that she was wondering is Yukino will be okay after all of this.

[Hagen-Autem]

HERE IS YOU’RE WINNER BY PINFALL!!!! GABRIEL VINLEE!!!!

That one sentence was all the world needed to close this match for good - so sweet to their ears that they almost forgot what she did along with her final theme to keep the routine in tune with what it was: a victory. And though it was a very small portion of the crowd, they cheered like thousands, even against the backdrop of the impression that had stunned the judges, petrified the referee and left Nashi in tears. Though that should have been a standard of every week at LAW by now.

Gabriel slowly rose from her throne with a wretched grin, leaving the space for a flaming idol to reach for an unconscious Yukino in her arms. The blonde couldn't have looked more disconnected from the general dread of Yukino's state, folding her arms and gazing intently at the two idols from the corner of her eye. She didn't regret anything, this was a fight, she didn't really break any rules and she's sure she didn't break anything - but she sure as hell crushed her every second of it. However, the image of those two stirred up an old bitter feeling that she hadn't felt since she started in LAW... until now.

Though she was not engrossed by that bitter feeling- At Nashi's scolding - the concern and ear flaming in her every word, break and complaint was uncomfortable, almost mingling with the general feeling of the fans of these two, enlivening her more to say the least - the representative of the English bar had only one more condescension for this companion: to keep the profile of her face and to show her teeth in a pointed and impenitent smile.

This was LAW. And the event. Apex. If this was too much to bear witness to for one of them, then it wasn't Gabriel who had such a warped perception of reality.

With that grimace, the queen fanned her hand in front of her own face while shook her head like a maraca at the obvious before turned her back to leave out of the ring, across the ramp and into the backstage area. Soaking in a very uneven mixture of hate and loathing, love and support from the crowd on both sides as they watched her walk back to the entrance. With her indifferent to them without distinction, as when it started the match...

Winner by pinfall - Gabriel Vinlee

[CaptainL]

At last, it was over. It had been a long and hard-fought match, full of twists and turns at every moment. Both competitors had seen their fortunes reverse more than once, and both had come just within reach of claiming victory. But in the end, it was Gabriel's cruelty and her ruthless instincts that had gotten the better of Yukino - and when she had come face to face with just how depraved her foe could really be, the Winter Idol knew, deep in her heart, that she wouldn't stand a chance. When that fear crept into her, she had let down her guard just long enough for Gabriel to sink her claws into her, and enact her punishment. Even before the final move had landed, Yukino knew she had lost. But Gabriel still needed one last parting blow to seal the deal - and she wouldn't leave the ring until Yukino had been flattened under the force of the Pendulum Guillotine.

Even when she had left the ring, and Nashi came running to check on her friend, Yukino was still barely responsive. She lay slumped against the canvas, her body heavy and aching, her limbs splayed out around her. Her breaths came in slow and weak, but as Nashi shook her, Yukino ever so slowly began to stir back to life. Her muscles twitched; then her eyes blinked, and she looked back up at her partner. But it was when she met Nashi's eyes that the true weight of her defeat set into Yukino, and she let out a long sigh. This was an Apex qualifier. This was Yukino's big chance to set the stage for what she could do, and to stake out a claim for the biggest title in the promotion. She'd tried her best - not only to prove herself to Kira, but to Nashi, to the world, and to herself. And now, she realized...she just hadn't been good enough.

"N-Nashi..." Yukino's words were choked with tears, coming in between heaving breaths. She glanced away from Nashi, afraid to even make eye contact if to do so would be to confront the weight of her failures. "I'm...I'm sorry..."