Nao Gustafsson [D] vs. Yuki Kazikura - Cage Match

[CaptainL]

Match Type: Cage Match
Rules: Victory by submission, pinfall, or knockout. Match will take place inside a cage.

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Yuki stood at the back of the entrance ramp, taking a few measured breaths as she held her fists clenched at her sides. She wiped her brow to clear it of any sweat, straightened her hair, and then did it again for good measure. Still being as early into her LAW career as she was, there was no telling what she could expect. But she would be ready for it. She knew that no matter what her opponent would bring, she would bear through it as she always did, giving it her all. To do anything else would be to let everyone down - the fans, her opponent, and herself. To get out there and make her mark was the least she could ask for.

She peeked out a little from the curtains to see the setting for tonight's bout. A metal cage had been set in place around the ring - that would be something different. Yuki didn't have much experience in cage fighting from her previous career, and she could only imagine that it'd prove different than what she expected. In particular, since much of her fighting style depended on the ropes to provide spring and momentum, Yuki didn't know what she could expect from a cage. Nevertheless, she would do whatever it took. If nothing else, this would be a learning experience in preparing her for what she could expect for the future. As she understood it, LAW was more apt to do gimmick matches than many Japanese promotions, and she would have to be prepared for anything.

"Coming first to the ring, from Yokohama, Japan...YUKI KAZIKURA!"

Entrance Music

Appearance (right)

Yuki stepped out from behind the curtains as a cheer broke out through the stands. At once, her face turned to a look of raw focus and determination; she wouldn't dare let anything hold her back. To send the message that she wouldn't be intimidated even by a match like this, she balled a fist and pumped it in the air, looking on at the cage ahead of her with a steely single-minded focus. Making her way down the ramp with a sense of gravity in each carefully measured step she took, Yuki came to the cage and stepped in through a door in its side before heading on through to the other side of the ring. Once inside, she held up her fists and made a few punches at the air, testing the waters in preparation for what would come when her opponent made her entrance.

[Urarettin]

Nao goes to her locker room and prepare herself for the upcoming match,she is thrilled and excited for it since its a cage match which she happens to fight in it before her arrival in LAW. The girl would pick her bag and unzip it to take a comb and go to look at herself in the mirror and to comb her hair a bit despite the fact that are probably not gonna get out with the hair intacted. She starts to warm up her body and make some stretches,the announcement of her opponent's name is heard loudly throughtout the arena and half of the hallway aswell in her locker room. Nao finishes her last stretches and head towards the curtain,she stood behind it and awaited her theme to start before taking place and make her appearance. Her name got announced but suddenly seeing such huge capacity crowd freaks the young girl and makes her blush,she did not used to been watched from so many people while she were fighting. But the blue haired girl knew that she had to pass through and interact with the fans as long as she wants someone to support her and help her in terms of morale in the match. The old teenager shyly walked down the ramp with her hands in holding each other in front of her lips while she gave few looks around to the crowd who would not really react to the newcomer but her cuteness and shy attitude made some male groups cheer her. As she reaches the cage door a different person appears with the same look of Nao,the girl enters the ring and unlike others would not usually look forwards to it,she enters and with a calm expression goes around to wonder a bit inside the cage walls.

Nao seemed pretty confident and defenently were not shy anymore as long as she is inside of the cage which she sometimes maybe call it her 'home' to joke around. The cage door is locked by a staff member and the winning conditions are announced one by one before stating that one will quit the cage as a winner to raise the drama of the match. Also there were actually no ref in the cage,allowing them that way to use any tactic or moves they want and generally do whatever they desire as long as there are no hits under the belt. The crowd starts to do what they are best at and cheer while everyone are on their edges and await the starting signal from the bell. But while they wait for the bell Nao asks her opponent with a low and innocent voice like if she were about to be scolded:

"Are you new here aswell?"

[CaptainL]

When her opponent was announced, Yuki was unsure about what she should expect, but she clenched her fists to focus, taking in a gulp. But when her opponent arrived, Yuki could understand why they had picked her for this match. This girl looked about her age, and was similar in size and build. Whoever won this match would come down to whoever had the better skill and experience. However, it looked like the blue-haired girl had plenty of that. When she started to approach the cage, her shy demeanor would change abruptly into a look of confidence and self-assurance, like she was familiar with this sort of match. When Yuki considered that in conjunction with her own lack of experience in a cage, it didn't bode well, and her eyes briefly went wide with unease. But she would soon come down from that initial surprise and ready herself for what would come.

She stepped forward to close in on Nao, the two of them exchanging some words in the center of the cage before the match would begin in earnest as the rules were being announced. Yuki tilted her head to Nao as she listened to the shakiness in her voice, blinking a couple of times. At the back of her head she felt sorry for the Swedish girl, as though she was afraid to go up against her. "Sort of," Yuki said. "I've been in a couple of matches, but not many...I just want to warn you, I'm not going to go easy on you. Please understand that. It's not because I hate you, it's because I'm honest. I never go easy on anyone. There's no respect in holding back your true skill. And I want you to fight be with all your might."

[Urarettin]

"Yea yea okay." The young girl says with a bothered tone. "I just asked if you are knew. Thats all." Nao sighes in reaction of her opponent's speech. "You sure talk a lot but..." suddenly the girl changes expression from a cold one into more warmwelcoming and caring "atleast i think we can have a good match." The ring bells and the girl closes in for a lock up, step by step slow and steady as she were expecting and ready for any sneaky moves her opponent might do.

She freezes and awaits Yuki for making her step forwards :

"Come on,the bell rang we do not have all day."
Nao says but then again adding with a sweet voice.
"I am ready,do not worry about me. And thanks for the warning."
Someone could say that this girl contains two different personalities,one kind, sweet and caring while the second one more coldhearted,determinate and dynamic. And the most strange thing is that she is really unstable,the bipolar girl can switch in between this personalities at any minutes since the girl is mentally sensitive and her feelings get the better of herself,in result of showing a different perspective of her attitude.

[CaptainL]

Yuki blinked as she heard Nao cutting her off abruptly. She just wanted her opponent to know that just because she was new, she couldn't expect Yuki to go easy on her. But it was starting to become apparent that this girl wasn't one for words. Nevertheless, she would soon welcome Yuki to come forward, hoping the two would have an enjoyable bout together. It was certainly an abrupt change, one that seemed to apply to her whole demeanor as well as her words, as though she had become a totally different person at the drop of a hat. Yuki's brow raised quizzically, but there was no time for contemplating that. The bell had rung, and the match was on.

The black-haired girl focused in on her opponent, striding in confidently towards her. Seeing her offering a lockup, Yuki would simply nod in response, taking her offer. She held onto Nao collar and elbow, staring straight at her as the two began to circle one another in the center of the cage. Yuki was tense, braced to act at a moment's notice. And it would be her who would make the first move, putting any prior confusion behind her as she focused her intents on putting her best foot forward. While passing around Nao's side, Yuki threw her knee up from the mat, aiming to make a hit at the Swedish girl's ribs.

[Urarettin]

Nao locks up with her opponent and tried to push her off or outpower Yuki in someway to slam or toss her to the mat. Instead Yuki got in her way and knees her to her ribs and stopping any intented move of hers. The blue haired girl gets momentarily stunned but try to punch her opponent back as she likes to always hit back and trade. After the punch who would be the strike to equal their beginning blow trade,Nao would attempt to get a hold of Yuki's legs with her hands and go for a takedown in hopes of mounting her.

In case she would pull it out,the girl would not try to strike her downed opponent but go for a submission hold called armbar in which the top girl gets a grip of one of her opponent's arm and drive it between her legs and reach her chest which is the point where the performed hold it still,while she is going for a transition and move into a vertical position on her opponent's trapped arm's shoulder so she could simply then raise her hips and apply pressure to reach a breaking point. Creating a symbol such as "Γ" with their bodies in a top view.

Anyways Nao would struggle to get this submission done so she could start things of great. She realised by the physics and looks of Yuki that she is more of a High Flying wrestler which is not helping her much in a cage just like this that does not have any turnbuckles to climb on or ropes to use in her advantage.

[CaptainL]

As the two circled around each other, Nao began to exert her force on Yuki, and the Japanese girl could feel it. She knew that Nao was trying to get her off her balance and compromise her footing. But the last thing Yuki needed was to let down her guard and let her opponent take control, and so she would match each push back with one of her own, up until she closed in to knee Nao in the ribs. But Nao would throw a punch back at Yuki, hitting her squarely in the side. She let out a groan and broke the lockup, starting to stagger backwards. It wasn't a hard punch, and it didn't exactly hurt, but it was enough to break their mutual tieup, leaving both of them open to further punishment.

And it would be Nao who would be the one to act on the change in positions first - as someone more accustomed to cage fighting, she would have the home field advantage. Yuki let out a gasp as Nao scooped her up by her legs before throwing her down onto the floor. Her back landed on the mat, which bounced under her from the impact. Again, Yuki wouldn't be hurt too badly, but it stunned her just long enough for Nao to get on top of her and snare her in an armbar. As her arm was being pulled between the Swedish girl's legs, Yuki's eyes went wider, her teeth gnashing in an attempt to stave off the pain, but soon it would get the better of her as she let out a scream. Instinctively, Yuki tried to reach for a rope to break the hold before it did more serious damage, but as she looked around her she realised that, fighting in the cage, there were no ropes for her to use. She was still getting used to the change of scenery, and the fact that the cage was hardly conducive to her style was beginning to set in - not only were there no ropes for her to spring off for high-flying moves, but she couldn't use any rope breaks to get herself out of submissions, an area that she was never good at dealing with in the first place. It looked like she would need to rely on the strength of her strikes to carry her.

But in order to do that, Yuki would have to get herself out of this hold first. Biting her lip to try and focus, she started to rock her back from side to side with Nao on top of her, hoping that could disturb the balance with which the blue-haired girl lay in place with her legs over her chest.

[Urarettin]

The swedish girl would not take long enough to release her hold as she did not maintained it properly. Yuki rocked her back from side to side and did not helped Nao one bit to keep the hold on,but despite the loose of the hold the blue haired girl does not seem bothered cause after all submissions are not her thing.

The young girl lets go and gets back to her feet,she would try to walk around into the side of Yuki so she could rush and kick her hard on her opponent's ribs. The crowd is still not pretty supportive for either competitors and watches while enjoying their drinks and snacks that were served around the arena.

"Its hard huh?" Nao asks sarcastically her downed opponent while she is about to take position for her upcoming kick. And would continue after the attack:
"This is why cage fighters are known for being the best ones...cause they fight every single second. And not running away to recover nor climbing and jumping from ropes like monkeys. Rope breaks are not a thing here. You need to fight throught the holds and transitions until the end and even if you lose,in the end you will still be a winner cause it was a real fight. Thats why non cage fighters are considered pushovers to us,with few exceptions."

The girl smirks and mocks indirectly her wrestling skills with her speech and takes a step back to give some space for Yuki to stand up and go at it again.

[CaptainL]

To Yuki's relief, the hold wouldn't be maintained long. Her struggles would make it hard for Nao to fully apply her armbar, and Yuki wasn't about to let her. Soon enough, the Swedish girl was forced to let go, bowled back off her footing as Yuki twisted herself from side to side. But Nao was quick to recover, and she closed in towards Yuki. The raven-haired girl started to pick herself back up, raising her hands defensively in front of her to protect herself, but it wasn't enough - before Yuki could react, Nao's foot slammed into her side, knocking her back over onto the mat as she let out a pained cry.

She grit her teeth as she looked up at Nao taunting her. Calling her a monkey was bad enough - Yuki thought that her high-flying style played to her lighter frame and allowed her to gather momentum, as well as conducting her attacks with a sense of beauty and grace, each motion flowing like a sort of dance. But it was clear that Nao didn't care about the beauty of wrestling. She was just here for results, and was going to pack a punch. She certainly could hit well, as Yuki winced from the pain in her ribs. But if anything, Nao's little speech just emboldened her. If she was going to mock her style, Yuki was going to prove her wrong.

"You think I'm a pushover?" she said as she rolled to her feet, fighting her way through the haze to steady herself. "Just you wait! I'll show you I can hold my own, cage or no cage!"

As she sucked in a breath, focusing on Nao with a firm glare that betrayed only a level-headed sense of determination and willingness to fight on, Yuki lunged in closer, swinging her arm back over her shoulder and then forward to deliver a chop across Nao's chest as hard as she could. If that worked, and stunned Nao for as long as Yuki hoped it would, she would follow it by getting her arms in place around Nao's body to throw her backwards in a suplex, putting her on the ground. While fighting on the mat wasn't exactly one of Yuki's specialties, she wanted to get Nao off her feet so that she could hold the advantage.

[Urarettin]

Nao saw Yuki's determination in her face but were not impressed as her opponent swung her arm back and over her shoulder making that way pretty obvious that she is going for some sort of a big punch or something like in cartoons. Althought Nao could sway backwards and get out of reach and harms way,she decided to stay and raise her guard up to block the hit to just prove Yuki's clumsy fighting style is poor and that her efforts are in vain. The chop landed onto he blue haired girl's block but Yuki could sneak and grab with her hands Nao's waist all around to lift her and go for a suplex.

The girl's would reaction was slow but in time to wrap one of her own legs to Yuki's to prevent her from lifting and getting her off the mat to follow up with the slam. Nao would swing and try to hit Yuki right on her head with an elbow. "Nice try..."