Yukino Fuyumi vs. Vin Caster - Idols and Queens in a POW match

[Hagen-Autem]

"You fucking piece of...cheerleader." She cursed through her teeth as the pain in her heel subsided. It was noticeable how slightly padded the ringside floor was if that's how painful it felt to miss. Standing up wasn't going to be an option in a while and looking for Yukino was no longer a viable option, not compared to the pain in her calcaneal bone.

Besides, Vin would take it for granted that with how bad Yukino looked after getting everything the second queen had in store to pound her in front of her fans, she wasn't going to do anything but take a break to lick her wounds until they came back for her for a second round. Like a part-time showgirl she must be to keep the crowd entertained.

"Hah...I swear to god if caught that-guh?!" But before she finished cursing into the air, an arm crossed in front of her throat and bent her backwards! Hooking one of her arms on the spot as well and bending her back inwards. Lifting her small bust to the sky as the pressure on her neck made her splutter roughly and struggle to stand up, though that would only make the dragon sleeper more successful and empowered by the size difference between them!

Vin will never tire of getting it wrong....

"Dy'ahg! T-Tssh-no, I-...No...NO!" But if there was a way to describe Vin in one sentence, it would be - too proud to accept that she's wrong and too foolish to accept the end!

"Ghg...! Gough...YAAAAHHHH! I SAID I WON'T LOSE TO AN IDOL!!!" Clutching Fuyumi's crop top, Vin would get pissed off by throwing her foot upwards in a vertical split to smash it into Yukino's forehead, hopefully her fury would make her aim better.

It would be a kick from a difficult position and with many limitations because of the hold they have it in, but if she hit, she would repeat the process several times to slacken the dragon sleeper. It was Vin's only way, for her defence would always be to attack, never to hold.

And if the Brit could get a shift in the balance that Yukino was just building by that advantage she had a moment ago, she would know what she would do next with the dragon sleeper position they had her in.

[CaptainL]

Vin might have been worked up into a fury to get back at Yukino, but when she was still reeling from the pain, she didn't have the chance. And that fact was all the Winter Idol needed to buy herself some time - time that she would soon put to good use in circling behind her opponent and getting her in place for the dragon sleeper! As her arm locked into place, Yukino grit her teeth, her muscles tensing up as she summoned all the strength she could turn to her advantage in contracting down Vin's windpipe. She twisted her body from side to side, trying to shake Vin for good measure. The brunette was trying with every fiber of her being to tear Yukino down - to knock her off a pedestal and embarrass her in front of the world. She was driven by nothing less than spite! But all that did was embolden Yukino to fight even harder to stand up to her, and show her that her efforts couldn't bear fruit! The fans were only cheering louder and louder as Yukino tightened her grasp on her opponent, and as Vin cried out in shock, sputtering and gasping. Now, it seemed like Yukino was about to turn everything around; that her victory was at hand - and if everyone was counting on her now, the white-haired girl was all the more motivated to live up to her promises!

But it was right then that Vin's anger finally pushed her over the brink - and her leg shot straight up in the air, her foot aimed for Yukino's head! Her flexibility would've been impressive, were it not for how much force she was packing behind her strike - but Yukino had no chance to commend her before her foot slammed straight into her skull! She let out a scream as her head cracked backward, her face contorting in pain. Her grip began to slip, too, but she was determined to hold on - at least, she was, until Vin kept hurling kick after kick at her, each one landing with a harder impact than the last! As another loud crack split the air, Yukino at last had no choice but to relinquish her hold!

Letting go of Vin, Yukino stumbled back. Her hands shot up to hold onto her aching forehead, and she panted and gasped for breath as she teetered uneasily in place, doubling over forward against her own weight. She knew that taking her attention off her foe was playing a dangerous game - but it hurt too much to ignore.

[Hagen-Autem]

Vin managed to make the idol reconsider holding her in a spectacular Dragon Sleeper, thus earning the right to a rest; however, while no fan would have criticised her for kneeling down to rub her back and rest —just as Yukino was trying to do with her head spinning— this time the queen's pride was stronger.

Vin didn't want to drop to one knee and show everyone that Fuyumi's short-lived hold was enough to tear at her thin armour. The hooligan wanted to heal her ego, and it wouldn't heal if she kept showing signs that a part-time Japanese candy had enough to put her in check, despite her previous matches proving otherwise.

So then, taking advantage of the fact that Yukino had her hands on her head, trying to weather the pain in her forehead, perhaps dizzily, and backing away to make distance between them; the brunette would hold that position with her back arched until Yukino's waist height and wrap her arms around the idol's waist so that she wouldn't move so far away. Then she would lift her back up enough so that she could wrap her arms around Yukino's head. And now, displaying the strength of her long, slender legs, Vin would flip backwards to hang her belly over Yukino's shoulder, put one arm around her throat and cross other arm under her armpit. Thus delivering her own Dragon Sleeper to the Ice Dragon idol!

backflip into dragon sleeper

"Let's see what this feels like for you!"

[CaptainL]

Vin's kick had landed square in the middle of Yukino's forehead, just like a bullseye - and it had definitely left its mark. Now her whole head was throbbing; there was a ringing in her ears, and the ground beneath her feet seemed to teeter back and forth as she fell halfway into a daze. The white-haired girl could only hiss and shudder, her teeth locked in a grimace as she tried to bear through the pain. She panted for breath, the air moving in and out through the cracks in her teeth with every heave of her chest. Right when she thought she had Vin right where she wanted her, the brunette had cut her efforts short. She knew she needed to get back into the game - that surely, nothing good could come of her just standing around like this! With how devious and unpredictable Vin had proven herself to be, Yukino was in no mood to leave herself open, and she needed to keep her eyes on her at every turn. But right now, when her whole body hurt, she was too busy nursing the pain to keep an eye on her foe - and Vin was about to use that to her advantage.

Yukino could barely see it coming when Vin threw her arms around her midsection, going to hoist her up from the mat. But as soon as she felt her feet leave the canvas, she let out a gasp, and her chest tightened with the rising tension. She was sure that Vin was setting up a suplex, and all she could do at this point was to brace herself for impact and hope that it wouldn't hurt quite as much if she told herself she was ready for it. So it came as an unwelcome surprise when, instead, Vin dropped her back on her feet to lock in a dragon sleeper of her own!

Now, Yukino began to cough and sputter; her eyes went wide to look on in shock at what was happening to her, but with Vin's grasp coming down hard against her throat, she was quickly reminded of the danger she was in when another shudder wracked her body! Her face contorted in pain, growing red under the pressure. And worst of all, she could hear the fans cheering Vin on for such a cunning reversal. It was bad enough that Vin was putting her in such a punishing hold, but for Yukino, what made it even worse was that this was her move. She had used this very same technique just a moment ago, and now, Vin was threatening to outdo her with it! If she managed to overpower Yukino with her own move, that would only stand as proof that the Winter Idol was never cut out to be a wrestler - that she was hopelessly out of her league!

That was nothing Yukino wanted to stand for! Gritting her teeth, her eyes narrowed back down in a glare, and her fists balled tight at her sides. She couldn't just stand there - she needed to fight back, just to prevent such an ignoble fate! She had to break this hold, just to prove she belonged here! And luckily, she saw an out right there in front of her! Her foot was placed just behind Vin's own - with that in mind, Yukino went to kick at the girl's ankle, hoping that she could trip her up and compromise her balance!

[Hagen-Autem]

Vin had just pulled off a spectacular manoeuvre at a delicate moment, a moment when no one would have imagined that a striker would dare to return an opponent's move with a majesty worthy of an acrobat as she did. Yes, this would be Vin's way of narrating the public execution her is orchestrating on the Idol.

She doesn't know how much it must hurt her fans to see their favourite suffer, but as far as Vin was concerned, she was representing all of Yukino's haters and she wasn't doing as bad if she kept it up.

Plus, the Copperhead savoured the contortion of Yukino's body inside the Dragon Sleeper done standing up, with the white-haired girl's neck and arm being chewed off by her inverted headlock.

All the haters were eager to see a finisher to the Ice Dragon from this position. Something to appease her body, perhaps!

And the K-popers' boos and jeers against Vin for how she was mistreating this porcelain doll they call Yukino Fuyumi were not doing the idol any favours, because rather than mitigating the Second Queen, they were encouraging her to go for more.

"Hehe. And this isn't nothi-gack!" but before the brunette could finish her bluff and lift Yukino's chest with the headlock to crunch her spine, Yukino's foot—who knows since when it was behind one of Vin's feet—kicked the brunette's ankle with a hook that would drag her foot out of position, and wouldn't let it return to where it was so easily!

Yukino was looking to rescue herself from VIn's clutches by compromising the British-Scottish woman's balance.

“D'uugh! NO!” But the mere sensation of losing to the pub rep, the epiphany of seeing herself fall to the ground and having that idol come back to mock her efforts by jumping like a bug all over the place again while Raechel was the cat trying to hunt her down - it was just too annoying, humiliating and sulking for this proud woman, who as soon as she sensed that Yukino's head was going to slide out of the inverted headlock, didn't hesitate to lean over to cinch more hold and to hop on the other foot, hopefully lifting the foot that Yukino kicked high enough to go over Yukino's foot and regain her previous position.

“It won't be that easy!!!” But no matter how much she barks, her hold would already be compromised by the loss of balance, a hard enough jolt from the idol would lead to Vin having to give in to keep from falling, and the best thing the Englishwoman has right now to keep that from happening is her blinding temper and will to win.

[CaptainL]

At first, when Yukino felt her spine bend inward against the pressure Vin was exerting, she could feel something drop in the pit of her stomach. Her body went tense, and her teeth locked in a grimace as a shudder ran down her spine. This was no enviable position for her to be in - it was bad enough that she was suffering in Vin's grasp, but it was even worse when she was exerting such pressure in a hold that Yukino herself had already used earlier in this very same match. The very fact that Vin was using the Dragon Sleeper was an unspoken challenge to Yukino's position - she was asserting that she was better at this game than Yukino was. And when she was doing it in front of Yukino's fans, knowing full well that all of them had come out tonight to see the Winter Idol at her best and to cheer her on, it just twisted that knife that much harder! If Yukino tapped out now, or if she went limp in Vin's grasp, that would be admitting that she couldn't compete with her opponent. But that wasn't anything Yukino could stand to let happen - and it was for that fact that Yukino was able to find the strength in her she needed to fight back!

Gritting her teeth, the white-haired girl summoned all the strength she could find in her to kick at Vin's ankle - and with that, her opponent stumbled. Vin quickly tightened her grasp back on Yukino just a moment later, bending her back even further; she let out a cry of pain as every joint along her spine crackled and burned. For the slightest of moments, the urge to tap out crept back into her mind - but she couldn't; there was too much at stake! Yukino just needed to bear through it enough to take back control - and she could see her opportunity!

Even if Vin had just secured the dragon sleeper once again barely seconds after the first time, Yukino could tell that her stance had been compromised, and her grip had weakened. If she kept working at it, she could force her to let go! She couldn't give up now, when she had come so close! One of her hands went lower, clutching at Vin's side to brace herself as she tried to turn herself around - she just hoped she could, with the brunette's grasp as weakened as it was! If she managed that, she would keep her arm locked underneath Vin's own as she swept her leg out from beneath her and gave a push forward, hoping to throw her to the mat with an STO!

Spoiler

[Hagen-Autem]

Vin was about to put the foot that Yukino moved back into place - regaining all the dominance that the winter idol took from her with that stunt of hers at her feet shouldn't be something that takes more than 4 seconds to accomplish. But luck hasn't been smiling on the copperhead for some time now. And the idol had already made her move.

Yukino's push to slide her head out of the queen's headlock had succeeded!

"Tsk! You're not going to-," Vin was about to respond by jumping towards Yukino in order not to give this porcelain doll a second of peace, but she realised that her prey's push wasn't just an escape, because Yukino spun to get to Vin's side right away. Shoulder to shoulder!

The following was happening so haphazardly in Rachel's mind that she couldn't even narrate it properly....

She could have sworn she had thrown a clothesline at her before that instant, perhaps it was with that move that she advanced to fight for control in this match, but the idol countered it by reaching under Vin's arm and crossing her arm from side to side of the queen. Or maybe she never threw the clothesline in the first place and Yukino just positioned herself as she wanted, taking advantage of Vin being off guard....

"Huh?" But in the face of uncertainty from Vin about how things happened, Fuyumi just went ahead, maybe, and reminded her that a fight is a dance of two!

The brunette's entire body bent backwards, so relentlessly as to make the queen's legs give way and rise up to float in the air before that unstoppable force, leaving Vin in shock before the worst happened: Yukino continued to push her down, perhaps as if she wanted to crush her? Until she felt the Second Queen's back hammer the floor into ringside, generating a tremendous thud.

"GAAHG!!!" The brunette arched towards the ceiling as her back was burning, reddening; gritting her teeth until she squeaked them while rolling around on the floor before rubbing her spine in an attempt to appease the burning.

Right now, she couldn't even stand on her own - her legs weren't cooperating and her body didn't seem capable of righting itself so soon. But Vin was only trying out of pride and because she knows well that being on the ground is fatal when your opponent starts their comeback.

[CaptainL]

Compromising Vin's balance was only part one of Yukino's plan. She was looking to break her hold on her, yes - but in doing so, she also managed to set Vin up for what was to be an even more punishing reversal. Now, Vin's grip on Yukino had weakened - weakened enough such that the white-haired girl was able to swing her head down and her weight around, enough to worm her way out of her opponent's clutches. And from there, she was well lined up to kick Vin's leg out from under her, hurling her back into the mat!

The brunette landed with a thud. Yukino doubled over forward, rubbing at her back and panting for breath - but at the sight of such an expertly performed counter, the fans broke out in cheers! When Yukino heard them, she looked back up at the stands with a confident grin on her face. Vin was definitely proving to be a capable opponent, but Yukino had proven that she had it in her to keep her on her toes. Now, Vin was down - Yukino just needed to keep up the good work!

Her fist tightened as she looked back down at Vin, and a stern look crossed her face. Vin was right - if she was down, with Yukino standing over her, she was vulnerable. And Yukino was looking to take advantage of exactly that fact! She took hold of Vin's leg, going to turn it to the side - and in doing so, roll her over onto her face! If that worked, Yukino would lean her weight backward, cranking as hard as she could on Vin's leg to bend it over her back in a single-legged Boston Crab and stretch out her spine! Coming hot on the heels of a hard-hitting blow to Vin's back, Yukino was sure her opponent would already be sore - so targeting that same point would only do even more damage!