Eirina Makishima vs. Lev Crawfor - Next Battle

[Arjuna]

Now that it was time to continue their bout, Eirina readied herself to rush over to the man again. After preparing herself, Eirina launched herself towards Lev, as if going for a lock up head on from the front. But as soon as she got closer, she would duck and try to slip past him, hoping to move behind him so that she could grab one of his arms.

Eirina was planning to yank Lev's arm back, looking to give it a twist so that she could put him into a hammerlock, putting as much pressure into the man's arm and shoulder as possible with the hold.

[Over mainyu]

Lev remained alert to anything his opponent might do. He couldn't overestimate her, as his attempts to go on the offensive were failing due to her speed and agility. He knew he had to attack until he was sure and resist the doctor's offensive as best he could until he saw an opening, so he decided to take a defensive position, waiting for Frau Doktor's attack to turn it against her.

For a moment, it seemed that Eirina was going to attack head-on, but what she really did was crouch down and dodge him so she could grab his arm and successfully execute a hammerlock on him. Levi did not let himself be attacked and began to think about how to counterattack. He resisted the call as much as possible to try to turn around, pretending he was going to kick her, but in reality putting his foot on her arm, knocking them both to the mat so he could quickly apply a cross armbreaker on her and show off his specialty: submissions.

[Arjuna]

Locking her opponent into a hammerlock, Eirina was planning to transition into a different move, but upon seeing Lev bringing his leg up, Eirina tried to shift her position slightly before she realized what he was planning. He was going to put her into a cross armbreaker, which would spell trouble for her if she was caught in it.

Thinking fast, Eirina would let go of Lev's arm before yanking herself away from him as he was about to lock her into the armbreaker. It was thanks to her quick thinking that she was able to avoid being put into the submission hold, but now she was back to square one. Huffing, she straightened herself up as she distanced herself from her opponent, trying to come up with her next move.

[Over mainyu]

Lev was about to execute his counterattack with almost majestic elegance, but the former champion quickly sensed the noble guardian’s intention to trap her in a counter-lock, so she moved ahead, releasing her opponent’s arm just in time to pull away from him once more, returning to the starting position.

Both Lev and Eirina were at a stalemate, as each countered the other’s hold, and so on, without either having sustained any damage whatsoever so far in the fight. They needed something to turn the tide, and that external factor was Nya, who shouted, “You idiots! You’ve been going at it for two minutes without landing a single hit, you morons! And I can’t even call this a ‘lock and counter-lock’ because you can’t even execute the locks properly!” she said furiously. The White Bishop turned his attention to his teammate and said, “Nya, don’t you understand that this is the beauty of wrestling? it’s not the finishers or the flashy moves, it’s the talent…” While he was giving his speech, he didn’t realize he’d left an opening for the doctor to take advantage of and attack.

[Arjuna]

It seemed that both Eirina and Lev were in a stalemate as neither seemed to be able to lock each other in proper holds. As both of them were back to their starting positions, Eirina was prepared for her next move, but then, Lev's companion who showed up with him shouted, which drew Lev's attention. It seemed that she was upset that nothing seemed to have happened between them ever since the match began.

Eirina could sort of understand her frustration. Of course, now that Lev's attention was diverted, Eirina thought that she might as well take advantage of this. She launched herself forward, putting on momentum. As she got closer to Lev, she would jump and try to land a running knee strike right at the side of his head, hoping to knock him down to the mat.

[Over mainyu]

He could be in the middle of the most personal, hard-fought, and important match of his career, and Lev would still be the friendly, super-nerdy wrestling saint he always is. While this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, launching into a speech about the artistic importance of wrestling in the middle of a match isn’t exactly the best idea, to be honest

“…two or more artists demonstrating in the ring by executing the most…” Before he could continue his speech, Lev would take a full-speed knee to the face from the doctor, knocking him down to the mat and earning cheers from the entire crowd. Well, even though she was frustrated that the White Bishop was so stupid as to forget about his opponent, she was relieved that the match had only just truly begun.