Tiki was right that it was shocking for Chika to exert this much strength...but adrenaline was a hell of a drug that allowed one to do big things under pressure. Still, after slamming the greenette into the floor, Chika felt the hurt in her arms, trying to shake it off to little success. Taking a deep breath, Chika would try to switch tactics, grabbing her rival's legs as she crossed them over in a 4 shape, before bending at her legs, driving one into the other in a Standing Figure 4 Leglock! Spoiler
"Augh!" Tiki groaned as her back hit the mat. She had managed to save herself from the worst of what Chika could have done by bracing herself, but the impact that she had experienced was still far from nothing. And despite having pull off such a herculean feat only moments ago, the Raven Knight stood ready to keep up the pressure.
"God! Damnit!" cried Tiki. A Standing Figure Four Leglock was another very rarely seen maneuver from Chika, but for a different reason; there was very little reason to ever perform it instead of a regular Figure Four Leglock, Indian Deathlock, or any other hold that manipulated its victim's legs in this manner. It was still painful, of course, that wasn't the issue with it. What was, however, was that all Tiki had to do was reach back, grab Chika by the ankle, and pull.
Compared to a standard FIgure 4 Leglock, this variation was definitely harder to maintain, requiring quite a bit of physical power. The result was great, doing a good bit of damage to her rival's back and legs...but one wrong move from Chika...
Sadly for her, that would be exactly what would happen, as Tiki grabbed at the Joshi's ankle and tripped her off her feet!
"Ah!"
Yelping in surprise, Chika would drop to the floor, immediately trying to roll away from her greenette foe to avoid potential counter!
Tiki had been in a hell of a lot of pain from Chika's Leglock, but she had managed to make it so that she wasn't stuck in it for long. Though she did wish that the Lightweight didn't slip away so quickly, as the veteran ended up ready to counter, but with no opponent there to actually hit. This first round was already starting to feel like a full match, but that wasn't an excuse to get impatient. Anything that Tiki had to go through, Chika was going through right along with her. And Tiki did not fear the long game.
Tiki gave her legs a stretch before beginning to slowly strafe Chika. Did she want to defend and counter, or to press and attack? The greenette decided that she would let the Raven Knight come to her this time. She would settle in at the center of the ring, and take a stance that would tell Chika to come and get her.
Chika managed to slip away just in time, with Tiki hesitant to give chase after the Raven Knight's hold. Exhaling, Chika realized that she paced herself for the first fall as if for a full match, when she needed to conserve her strength for the second...and potentially the third fall. But it was what it was, Tiki was a tricky opponent to defeat. She had to finish her off quick, to make sure that whatever time she had to rest between the first and second falls was negligible.
As such, with both women rising to their feet, Chika's strategy was actually to get more aggressive in her attacks, not going in the defensive in the slightest! Once she was up to her feet, Chika would launch herself towards the greenette, jumping into the air and aiming her leg for her rival's head, trying to drop her to the canvas with a Leg Lariat!
Tiki wanted Chika to come and get her, and the Lightweight proved more than happy to oblige. Chika's plan was to push, so now it was on Tiki to smother that fiery aggression with cold, calculating defense. But just like she had with escaping Tiki's submission earlier, Chika was finding ways to fight above her size and weight class.
Chika jumped at Tiki and reeled back her leg, which had the veteran thinking that whatever this attack was, it was coming at her chest at the highest. Maybe even that the jump was a feint and that the Raven Knights was going to come down for her legs. After all, if a high kick wasn't done from overhead of the ropes, it would be done from the ground, where the attacker could keep balance and bodily control by keeping a plant leg.
But Chika kept rising higher and higher into the air. Her small height compared to Tiki's frame making it even more unbelievable that the younger MILF was going for this. But by the time Chika's body turning sideways in midair finally convinced Tiki that this was real, it was too late to stop a knee from smashing her in the mouth. Tiki staggered back as her eyes snapped to the ceiling before she fell forward and dropped to a knee, and only catching herself with her arms stopped the veteran from falling flat onto her face.
Chika wasn't thinking too much about tricking Tiki. Her strategy was to fully overwhelm Tiki, to leave the older MILF with very little time to think and react to what attack the Joshi was aiming to do! With Tiki overthinking her counter, Chika would successfully drive her knee into the greenette's face for a perfect Leg Lariat, stunning her rival!
With no time left before Tiki would recover, Chika realized that the two of them were very close to a turnbuckle. Without thinking, the Raven Knight would swiftly hop onto the top rope in a single hop with her back to her opponent, take a deep breath as the crowd cheered in anticipation...
...before Chika would jump, flipping in midair as she aimed her legs for her rival's body for a Moonstomp - her Raven's Wing!
Tiki had gotten popped by Chika's Leg Lariat, dropped to a hand and knee as her chest heaved with breath. The greenette felt her head throbbing when she brought her other hand up to feel where she had been struck. Nothing was physically restraining Tiki's body in the moment, but the lingering power from the blow had her rooted to the spot.
Tiki felt her fighting instincts going off. She turned her head back and saw Chika taking flight towards her. The veteran tried to turn her body and get her arm up to block, knock the Raven Knight away, or otherwise disrupt the attack, but she didn't have the time. Chika's feet impacted Tiki's upper back and smashed her down flat against the mat with a yell.
The brutal, beautiful attack was executed perfectly by the Raven Knight, landing on top of the greenette's back as she swiftly hopped off her rival's back, swiftly rolling her away from the ropes to try and pin the greenette!
Tiki had gotten blasted by Chika. The Lightweight had sensed opportunity to take the round and the lead in this match and seemed to have momentarily thrown aside pacing herself in order to blast the veteran as hard as she could and put her away. And for the short-term at least, Chika's plan seemed to work, as she had Tiki down.
"TWO!
THREE"
Just like that, Tiki was down 0-1. She couldn't break out of the pin and Chika had one the first round of the match. One more, and Tiki will have lost her bid to win the MILF Tournament at the final moment. Once the bell rang, Tiki would sit up, angrily shaking her head at her defeat. "Well done," she said, "now do it again."