Sheila Chihara vs. Chiaki Nanami - Apex Qualifier Match

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Some commentators might have balked at Chiaki's experience coming from the world of video games, but it was hard to deny that they had helped her develop a strategic mind, watching her opponents carefully and anticipating their moves like she would anticipate the patterns of a boss. Sheila, meanwhile, was an overly exuberant rookie throwing everything she had against the wall to see what stuck. She might have thrown her punches with gusto, anticipating a hard hit, but that would mean nothing if her opponent could see them coming a mile away - something that Chiaki intended to prove to her.

There was a bright smile on Sheila's face as she closed in on Chiaki, already anticipating the moment of their impact. In her mind, nothing could go wrong - her opponent was in her sights, and she barely even seemed to be getting out of the way! But she did, in fact, get out of the way - only rather than swerving around Sheila entirely, she simply turned her body to the side, leaving the Australian to come charging straight into her shoulder! When she saw where she was headed, Sheila's eyes went wide and she let out a gasp, but as much as she tried putting the brakes on her mmentum, it was no use - she was doomed to run straight into Chiaki with a thud!

"Oof-!!" Bowled over by the force of her impact, Sheila toppled off her feet, landing on her behind on the mat below. She winced, still dizzied from the whirlwind of energy she had put herself through; for now, she was wide open should Chiaki choose to push her advantage.

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The second big opening that Chiaki was waiting for on Sheila appeared to the pinkette as quickly and clearly as she could've possibly hoped for. Chiaki got to play the IRL big bodied wall for probably the first time in her life. Not only dropping the Aussie to the mat with her screen, but blowing her back so hard that she had been stunned outright. This opening was even bigger than the one that had gotten her the banana split.

And with a bigger opening, comes a bigger punish, thought Chiaki as she went in to make her play. With Sheila on her stomach, the gamer girl would start by picking up her opponent's leg and putting in into an ankle lock. From there, it was time for Chiaki to transition into Dreamcast. The newest addition to her list of signature moves, making its first appearance since its debut when Shiori Takeda both named it and was locked into it at the same time.

To accomplish this, Chiaki would bring Sheila's twisted foot into her cleavage. Locking it in as deep as possible to set it and allow the streamer to keep it secure with only one hand instead of two. Chiaki would then walk forward, spreading out into a wide stance with her feet on either side of Sheila's stomach. Then she would start bending down, using her hand made free by her special variant of the ankle lock to establish a sturdy three point stance, bending Sheila's leg back behind her head and into a position resembling a single leg Boston Crab.

Dreamcast

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Given Chiaki's career, it wasn't likely that she had ever had much of a chance to be a dominant force of destruction running roughshod over her opponents before. But tonight, she had a taste of that power...mainly due to her opponent's lack of experience or forethought. Either way, Chiaki had Sheila caught by the leg, and little by little she was pulling it further over her back, bending the Australian into an arc! If being in the Banana Split was bad enough, now Sheila was once again enduring the strain on her already aching leg. If anything, this was even worse!

Sheila threw her head back, letting out a scream of pain. The joints in her leg popped; it felt like her leg could snap any moment! Even she could understand that her leg simply wasn't meant to bend this way! But if there was anything else Sheila knew, it was that she couldn't tap out. No matter how much it hurt, Sheila was here for Apex! She was taking part in an international event to crown the top champion in LAW, and the world was watching! Even if Sheila wasn't an entrant, she was still committed to doing her best. This was perhaps the biggest show she'd been a part of to date, and she couldn't waste an opportunity like this - she had to make it count!

Even through a grimace and a squinting eye, Sheila noticed that Chiaki needed to brace her hand against the mat in order to stabilize her stance. If Sheila could take that out, she could lose her balance - and then, all would be over! She winced and hissed in pain as she tried to work her body through the motions, but she went to grab Chiaki by the wrist with both hands, attempting to pull on it as hard as she could to break the force that held it to the mat!

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Chiaki was willing to chalk up Sheila's mistake to a rookie's inexperience causing her to make a misstep in an unusual spot rather than the simple recklessness and cockiness that the Aussie had been displaying earlier. Dreamcast had a really nasty trap baked into it once locked in if the victim was unaware. One that had a devastating effect if fallen for.

You absolutely. Cannot. Escape Dreamcast by targeting Chiaki's stance. Well you can, but at a very steep cost. Because once Sheila pulled Chiaki's arm out from under the gamer girl, naturally she would lose her balance and fall. She would fall right on top of Sheila, bending her leg completely backwards and sandwiching it between the bodies of the two wrestlers.

It caused a big, sharp spike of pain in the victim's hip and thigh. And if they were particularly inflexible, it had the potential to pull or tear the hamstring or hip tendons do to sheer overstretching. The only reason Chiaki didn't just do it herself, and left it as a trap to be fallen into, was that she struggled heavily to follow up after dropping down, due to being too off balance and slightly disoriented herself.

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Sheila thought this was working perfectly. Everything seemed to fall into place - Chiaki was bearing all her weight on her one hand, so if she could just take that out from under her, everything would come crashing down, both freeing Sheila and leaving the gamer girl wiped out and in a disadvantageous position for her opponent to take advantage of as she pleased. For the most part, that was what happened. Sheila did manage to pull Chiaki's wrist off the mat, a grin crossing her face as she watched it happen. And Chiaki did indeed go down - right on top of Sheila's leg, which was now flattened right up against her back!

In an instant, Sheila's eyes went wide, and her jaw dropped open in a gape as she let out a scream of sheer agony. "YEEEEOWWW!! GEDDOFF GEDOFF GEDOFF!!" Her body flailed back and forth beneath Chiaki in a frenzy and she flung a flurry of elbows behind her as she tried to roll her foe off as soon as possible. If she did that, Sheila would try to roll over on her side, rubbing at her aching leg. Her teeth were clenched in a grimace - Chiaki had left her in incredible pain, and she couldn't bounce back from that so quickly. Even if she did get Chiaki off, she'd be feeling that for a while!

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When Chiaki dropped down onto Sheila after the Aussie had broken the balance of the gamer girl's stance, it obviously caused an intense amount of pain for Sheila. So much so, that the ear splitting screech the Aussie let out momentarily stunned Chiaki, on account of their faces being positioned so close together. For the first time in the match, Chiaki was somewhat vulnerable.

And even if it wasn't a conscious plan of attack, Sheila was able to take advantage of that vulnerability. In her distress, the Aussie threw numerous wild elbows behind herself that landed hits on Chiaki's body. "Gah!" she grunted as the gamer was soon forced off of Sheila's back. The Aussie's leg would now be able to return to its natural position as well, no doubt a great relief for her.

It would take a bit for Chiaki to get up, considering that she had been stunned before taking multiple strong blows. But she likely still got the better end of it compared to her opponent. Still, the streamer decided to take the spare moment to recover instead of trying to rush an attack. Especially since Sheila was already rolling away from Chiaki, which would make attacking more difficult since it would take longer for her to reach the Aussie.

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Sheila, flailing wildly in a desperate attempt to cope with the pain of having her leg bent directly backward, had actually managed to fight back, toppling Chiaki over to the side with a few elbows. And yet, she hadn't even known she had done it! Even now, her leg was a far more pressing matter. The Australian rolled over on her back, nursing the inside of her hip joint; when she touched her fingers to it, she clenched her teeth in a wince, and she felt tears bud at the corners of her eyes. "Owww..." she moaned under her breath. But a second later, Sheila bit her lip and shook her head, clearing those thoughts from her mind. She was quick to remind herself that, no matter how much it hurt, she was still in Apex to prove herself, and to make sure Chiaki would face a true challenge in order to move on to the title scene. She couldn't let anything stand in her way!

As she rolled herself over to the ropes, Sheila grabbed a hold of the lowermost one, using it as a handhold to pull herself up to her feet. There, she slumped against the ropes, panting for breath. Her bad leg dangled toward the ground; she took a moment to shake it out, unwilling to put any more pressure on it so soon. Even then, though, she saw that she had had some effect on Chiaki as the gamer needed to stop and catch her breath, a sight that made her pause a moment as she held a finger to her chin in thought. "Did...I do all that?" she mused aloud. Nevertheless, Sheila stayed in place for now, leaning against the ropes while she waited to see what Chiaki would do next.

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While getting battered with elbows was certainly unpleasant for Chiaki, she had still given Sheila's ;eg the worse of it. And most likely by a considerable margin as well, especially given how the Aussie was reacting. In a total shift from her previous behavior, Sheila made no move to attack Chiaki, instead retreating back to the ropes so she could rest without putting pressure on the leg which had just gotten snared in the gamer's trap.

Naturally, Chiaki was ready to go back on the offensive before Sheila was. The pinkette approached the ropes where the Aussie rested, formulating a plan of attack as she closed in. Knowing Sheila would likely be defensive about her leg, Chiaki would feint an attack at it. The gamer girl starting a kick at the dangling leg, before pulling the foot back as she hopped up into the air with her other leg and sent a kick out aimed at Sheila's stomach. This one for real.

If Chiaki's kick landed, then the streamer would follow up by reaching forward to grab Sheila's head and pulling it in against her side for a headlock. From there, knowing that the Aussie's balance would be questionable with her leg, Chiaki would fall back and try to plant Sheila's face into the mat with what she thought was a DDT. She wasn't actually sire, since she didn't do moves like this very much.

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Sheila was a headstrong girl who was overflowing with energy at just about every moment. When she was in a match, she was the type to throw herself headlong into trouble, not even caring for the consequences. But even she had her limits. When her leg had just been snapped in a direction it was never intended to move in, of course that was going to put her on the back foot for a while - literally. For now, Sheila, much like Chiaki herself, was content to stay back and keep her distance, catching her breath and nursing her aching leg before she was ready to make any sudden moves.

But even if Chiaki needed some time for herself too, Sheila had been the one to suffer the brunt of the punishment, and she would be slower to recover. Soon, the gamer came closing in on her, and, realizing that she wouldn't have time to rest, Sheila put up her guard, bending in at the knees and raising her hands as she prepared to put up the fight at a moment's notice. But Sheila, being Sheila, wasn't thinking too far ahead. She hadn't given a thought to what Chiaki's strategic thinking might have looked like, and when she saw a kick being directed at her bad leg, she let out a yelp, pulling it out of the line of fire. Little did she know, that was what Chiaki was hoping she'd do - considering that her next move was to throw a kick directly into her midsection with the force of a hammer blow!

Crying out in pain, Sheila doubled over forward, the impact practically knocking the air out of her lungs. She clutched at her stomach to try and still the pain, but that only meant that her guard was down - so when her opponent grabbed her by the head and fell backward, she had nowhere to go but down! Sheila cried out as she felt herself plummeting through the air, only for her face to meet the canvas with the sound of a thud, shaking the ring beneath her.

For a moment, Sheila lay there, groaning under her breath. However, it wasn't long before she shook herself, looking to pull herself out from her daze. She saw that she and Chiaki had gone down close to the ropes, and she suddenly got an idea! Throwing one arm around Chiaki's back to pull her against her chest, Sheila would roll her weight to the side, looking to send the two of them out underneath the ropes!

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The tactical mind of Chiaki had been able to successfully predict how Sheila would react to an attack on her damaged leg, and then act accordingly to bait out a specific response from the black haired rookie. The gamer girl was rewarded with her kick landing clean into Sheila's body. And the Aussie took the kick hard too. Seeing her reaction, Chiaki figured the surprise of the hit must have added onto it's effect.

But why Sheila reacted how she did mattered far less than the fact that she did react that way. Because it meant that Chiaki would face no resistance when she when to grab Sheila's head and slam her face down into the mat. But it was after the two wrestlers were grounded that the Aussie began putting up a fight again. Possibly just before Chiaki's lead grew to an insurmountable size.

Chiaki felt herself get grabbed, followed by her chest pushing up against Sheila's own. And then the two started rolling, with Sheila bringing them from near the edge of the ring to falling out of it entirely. And be it through luck or Sheila managing to think her plan through, the Aussie had rolled just right so that she landed on top of Chiaki once they hit the ground. "Gah!" gasped Chiaki on impact with the floor.