Qi Lingxian vs Takane Shijou!

Standard match rules - pinfall or submission.

In the back was a young girl from China, in her late teens pushing into her 20's. She was an aspiring martial artist by the name of Qi Lingxian, and this was to be her debut in Friction. She wouldn't lie, she was a tad nervous. Qi was no stranger to that, she could be nervous before a special event like the next woman.

She took a deep breath and thought to herself "You'll be fine, at the very least you'll put up a good fight." the martial artist looked over her attire for the match.



Down at her legs were a pair of black kung fu shoes, she had worn these in the past and felt it best to wear them now. It might give her a confidence boost with her known clothes.

Then a stage hand told her it was time for her to get to the ring, she thanked the person and made her way to behind the entrance ramp. And sure enough once the [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63HEV4xcmvQ:1va7rxi2]theme song[/url:1va7rxi2] of Jade Empire began to play, the Chinese girl would make her entrance. Dressed for her first battle in the AFW, although she was no stranger to combat. Fighting several times in the streets of Beijing, but this was different with many people watching.

Qi made her way to the apron, taking a moment to admire the many people who came to watch Friction. She wondered if her parents were watching, but she knew that win or lost they'd be proud of her. So with that the Chinese girl walked over to the far right turnbuckle and leaned on it, running her thumbs over her fingers as she waited.

Once Qi settled into the ring, [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iaqj1lLOqgM:3jfwl2lj]Kazahana[/url:3jfwl2lj] started playing in the arena. The lights went out, and instead, a lone spotlight shone on the ramp. Then out came Takane Shijou into the spotlight, in her ring attire and with a microphone in hand.

Spoiler:

She was going to sing the song. It is her own theme song of course and she would need to live up her image as an idol to the entire audience, including her opponent. She started to sing in Japanese as the song continued and while she was walking down the ramp. As she was walking towards the ring, the arena's lights started to come back up one by one, each with a different color. By the time the song reached its chorus, the arena was filled with various colors of the rainbow, flashing in a rapid motion and sequence. The song ended by the time Takane slipped in through the ropes and stepped on the center of the ring, and the audience was in a loud uproar full of cheers and applause.

The idol graciously waved her hands around as a sign of thank you and greetings. She handed the microphone to the ref who put it away while Takane herself turned to her corner and headed there, before turning back and eyeing her opponent. "A martial artist huh?..." As she was pondering on how to handle her opponent based on her appearance, she waited until the bell ring that would signal the start of the match.

Qi was staring goggle eyed at Takane as she did her intro, now that was something. Compared to her own intro she was rather tame, and it seemed the audience was entrance as well. Ms Lingxian gulped a little before she thought to herself "It doesn't matter Qi, you're only here to experience other things."

Hearing herself think those words made her feel better, and sure enough she'd smile at Takane and say "Hi there! Nice intro, I'm Qi Lingxian. Pleasure to meet you." her opponent seemed nice enough. Qi treated everyone with respect, it was how she was brought up.

Once the bell would ring Qi would bow to her foe before settling into a martial arts stance, edging her way towards Takane. It was the start of the match so Qi figured it best to take it as it comes and see what happens.

Takane was in a trance of thought, thinking of possibilities of how capable Qi is in the ring and how to deal with each possible attack and defense. However, it was abruptly ended when her opponent spoke up and greeted her. "Ahhh yes... Hello, and thank you! The name's Takane Shijou. Let's have a good match." As Takane spoke in a polite tone.

The bell would ring and Takane would immediately get out of her corner and get into her wrestling stance: arms slightly raised with knees slightly bent. She would carefully approach Qi, staring straight into her eyes. After a moment of no action between the two, the idol would suddenly lunge in and try to lock up with Qi in a basic wrestling lock-up.

Qi was on guard as Takane got herself ready, she found herself licking her upper lip in anticipation. Her heart began beating rapidly, as it usually did during battle. Only this time it was on TV and not in some Chinese street, but in her mind it had to be considered same thing different place.

And then her opponent lunged at her with intent to grab, Qi wasn't going to let that go down right now. And she'd attempt a counter against Takane. "Nuh uh!" she'd say as she make to move to the side and dodge Takane's lunge.

If Ms Lingxian was able to avoid Takane she'd retaliate by delivering a swift karate chop to the back of Tankane's neck.

As Takane lunged forward and attempted to grapple with Qi, her eyes widened when she realized how fast her opponent is, swiftly dodging (more like avoiding) the lock-up. Before she can turn around or do anything, the Karate chop hit the back of her neck on the spot, and immediately the idol fell down onto her knees, then onto all four. "Ow... She's pretty damn strong..." She thought, feeling as if her entire body was numbed from that blow. It gave her the thought about Qi knocking out anyone with that exact same move. How she remained conscious is all in the air for her.

But despite the gratitude of not getting knocked out in the beginning of the match, Takane knows as the fight goes on, Qi can do easily that if she lands more of her strikes. She would definitely try to roll out of the ring and catch a breather... Unfortunately, she felt so numb it was hard for her to move, giving Qi the chance to capitalize on her attack.

Qi had managed to nail Takane with that attack, there was a good bit of luck involved in getting to that sweet spot. Thankfully she had a golden cat mini statue back home then, but she'd attest that it wasn't luck. But rather it was skill.

Now what to do next? Many wrestlers would attempt to attack while the guard was down, however Qi was taught to allow her opponent to get back to their feet after being downed till they couldn't go on. So Ms Lingxian would merely move to a corner and stand there holding onto the ropes.

"When you're ready!" Qi said, it might seem rather odd. But she was just letting Takane catch a break here, it was out of her martial art respect for her foe of course.

Takane would realize that Qi would back away, allowing the idol some time to recover. At first she was confused, but then she assumed it's because of her martial arts tradition, something that she had read a long time ago on a book about those martial arts tradition. While she disagrees that Qi should just back off like that and not make use of an opportunity, she's not going to complain because it gives her the time to recover from that deadly blow. Slowly she would get back to her feet, one hand rubbing the back of her neck.

"Well... Thank you then." Takane would merely say as she would turn to her opponent and get back into her wrestling stance. "Ready!" The girl would say with an amused look on her face, wanting to go on the defensive this time and letting her opponent make the first move.

"Right then." Qi said simply once Takane said she was ready to carry on, and it seemed like she was going to be more defensive here. That was understandable considering how she got her in the last attack, then she'd just take the offensive then. She reckoned if her parents were watching they'd be no doubt impressed so far with their baby girl.

With her at the corner Qi would break into a series of cartwheels towards Takane, once she got near the cartwheels would end with Qi having her back to her. The China gal would then leap back at Takane with a flying elbow at the head of the fancy girl.

Takane would watch as Qi started to do cartwheels to move towards her. However, the idol isn't simply going to stand around and wait for her opponent to come up and attack her. Instead, as the martial artist was cartwheeling towards her, Takane would quickly move in and try to wrap her arms around Qi's waist as the latter was briefly standing during the cartwheel. She would then heave back, throwing the Chinese girl behind in a German suplex!