Laser Shark Title Tourney Rd 2: Daisukel Vs. John

After getting a little bit of time to rest after her first round match with Arasinya, Daisuke was ready for the start of the second round of the tournament. She knew she had to step up her game for Arasinya gave her a good run for her money as the saying goes, and after seeing footage of the other first round matches she could tell things would only get more challenging from here on out. Lucky for her this one would be contested on the planet Shiiryuen, the world that she rules over as its Queen. Sleeping in her own bed the night before was a relaxing change of pace compared to the hotel she stayed in before the first round, though her stay was an acceptable one.

This time though it was away from the eyes of arena spectators and outside in a forest. This felt different to her but she was not concerned. There would still be room for some people to come observe if they wished, but the crowd wouldn't be anywhere near as bit than if it were held in a stadium. It did not matter to her the size of the crowd, she was ready to compete regardless if it was a crowd of one or one hundred thousand. The weather on this day appeared to be good, which set a good mood for her as she headed towards the forest where the match would be held.


As she prepared herself for competition, Carl, the head of her personal security team, kept an eye on things from outside of Daisuke's changing area. He spoke with Veldaris about the typical things to watch for. He also warned her about John, Daisuke's opponent. He mentioned that he heard John turned his previous round's opponent into a vampire and to keep an eye on him, just in case if John had any ideas of doing the same. Veldaris nodded and headed off to her perch. Daisuke did hear about that result in an updated tournament report, but did not feel as concerned as her security detail did. She hoped John would be hungry for honorable success, as was she. She waited in the change area until she was informed it would be time to head to the ring.

John's music began to play, but John didn't show up. If they looked towards Veldaris, they'd see a shadowy figure appear behind her, looking down. A glint of white could be seen from where a human's mouth would be as the figure looked down at her. It was obviously John, letting them know he was one step ahead of their security force, "Hello again Vel." he frowned down at her, cracking his neck, showing off the fang marks in his neck.

Veldaris turned from the tree she was hiding in and looked him. "Hello John, what do you want? The ring's down there ¬_¬." She wasn't amused that he decide to bug her before the match, though if he didn't do anything to her she wouldn't do anything to him. She had her crossbow with her but did not point it at him nor make any gestures with it or other hostile movements. "Are you done here? You can bug me later if you really want to. You got more important things to do right now." She tells him, gesturing towards the direction of the ring down below. Carl was with Daisuke as she was waiting for the moment to come out. She didn't seem to notice but something didn't seem right to Carl. He took a peak towards the ring and didn't see John out there.

The few people that were watching were unsure of where John was. A few people did see some shaking in the tree from John arriving in it and Vel's reaction to him when she spotted him. "Is everything alright Carl?" Daisuke asks him, seeing him stair out in the direction of the ring. "Hard to say. Your opponent hasn't hit the ring yet." Daisuke gave John the benefit of the doubt, thinking he was maybe wanting to make a grand entrance. She would be ready to go when Carl would get the signal of John's arrival.

John chuckled and lept from the tree, slamming down in the center of the ring, dropping to one knee. He then slowly began to rise and looked around, a frown plastered on his face as he circled around the ring.

Shortly after that the signal was given for Daisuke to make her entrance. She took a final moment before heading out there to think about the match she had with Arasinya, which got her to this point. 'I won't let you down.' she said to her self, remembering a conversation she and Arasinya had. As she made her way to the ring she took a quick look around to see who all was watching. It was a small crowd but she did see a few familiar faces in the spread out crowd. She didn't want to draw extra unwanted attention so she kept quiet about that.

Stepping between the ropes she would acknowledge those that were there and making themselves vocal. There were even a small number of people that were against her, which she didn't mind. Everyone is free to express themselves and had it would be no surprise if some people weren't fans of the royal family. Still, she would climb up one of the ropes and do a small pose to the crowd that was there, throwing in a respective bow to them all. She then hoped down and faced the corner with her arms touching the top turnbuckle. She took a few seconds to gather her thoughts, though in the process she left her back open to John.

John turned his back to his opponent, searching for the one's who would be observing the match, "No goddess watching us this time." he muttered to himself and began to walk to the ropes, checking over the side to make sure no one was there to attempt to help Daisuke win the bout.

John cracked his neck, looking back and forth for every side. He kept his frown plastered to his face and shivered, he hadn't wanted to turn Ceth, but she had given him no choice when she let him feed. He needed her blood, it was like a drug to him, and he couldn't get enough. He closed his eyes to see if he could still taste her blood in his mouth, completely forgetting about the match.

Daisuke finished what she was doing and turned so she was facing John now, though when she saw him she saw his eyes closed. Daisuke wasn't sure but she wondered what he was thinking about if anything. Still she told the referee that she was ready. The ref then went to get John's attention to tell him that they'll be starting now.

Once the ref could tell both wrestlers were alert and ready the bell would be called for and this is now officially underway. Daisuke looked excited when she heard the bell sound as she was eager to get things going. She would circle close to join, hoping to grab a hold of him for a quick arm drag.

John would disappear from the ropes and appear behind her. He would then attempt to wrap her up in a sleeper hold, if it were to connect, he would begin to squeeze as tightly as his vampiric strength would allow him to. If not, he would be thrown over her from the arm drag.

Just as Daisuke could feel herself touching John she soon after felt nothing but air. She looked a bit confused and was then taken by surprise as John went to put her into a sleeper hold. She could feel that he was strong for someone of his build, but those of the Salusian race weren't weaklings and she was able to fight it off, plus it was very early the bout. Still she knew she couldn't let John keep her in this for very long.

Feeling that he could take down she decide to run backwards and into the corner, hoping the impact would cause John to let go.