Tension World Title Match: Reira Kirishima (C) vs. Kozue Kaburagi

Reira found herself once again being pulled up by her hair. Goddamn did she hate that. Bad enough her chest was killing her and it was hard to catch her breath, and to make matters worse, Kozue was setting her up for something, probably planning to put her through the damn table!

Well fuck that, she was NOT going down today! Realizing how close their feet were, Reira went for what was now becoming her tried and true method of pissing Kozue off.

Poor Kozue, she really should have worn shoes.

Reira stomped down hard on the girls hurt foot just as she was about to be lifted, using the girls scream and momentary distraction to grab her pants and reverse her suplex, lifting the ninja up and, falling back off the table, suplexing HER to the floor below instead!

Something was wrong with her move. Kozue figured this out about halfway through, when she was the one getting lifted up and the ground was heading towards her back. Nononofuck-”

You could almost hear the sound of over five thousand people moving away from the impact, wincing as Kozue’s back hit the padded floor, and they had good reason: it hurt every bit as bad as it looked. The New Jersey Ninja shrieked and rolled away from Reira, rolling around and rubbing her back, as if she were looking for at least one part of it that didn’t feel like it was burning from the inside out. She didn’t find it.

Oh, and the referee was being so helpful. ”4!”

Kozue just flopped over to her back, groaning as she laid beside the apron. ”Shut it!”

Reira groaned, laying on the floor near Kozue. Luckily, she hadn't taken the kind of damage from the suplex that Kozue had, and it didn't take her long to start getting back up to her feet.

"5!"

The re girl yelled, irking the redhead as much as everything else in this match had so far. She was so done with this day. Grabbing Kozue by her hair, and making sure it was as tight and painful as the two times Kozue had already grabbed hers, she led her towards the ring apron and rolled her back into the ring, following her inside and trying to drape herself over Kozue for a pin attempt.

Kozue gave little to no resistance as Reira whipped her all around, hardly much at all aside from a few grunts and groans in protest. She wasn’t out of it, she was still quite lucid - hell, if anything, she would’ve liked to be a fuckton less aware of all the pain she was in. The problem was that her body was being a little stubborn about obeying orders.

”1…!”

The referee’s hand came down and Kozue twitched on reflex, but it wasn’t enough to budge the champion. She was heavier than she looked and solidly built. In Kozue’s state, nothing less than a full push would get her off. Could she do that much?

”2…!”

As the referee started to bring her hand down for the final count, Kozue decided to find out. She twisted her body, pushed up, and saved herself at just the last moment, beating the three count.

"DAMMIT ALL!"

Reira yelled, pounding the mat with her fist in frustration. Why the fuck couldn't Kozue just stay down!?

Getting to her feet with a groan, she raised a fist up, signaling that she was preparing to end this match.

"I think its time Ninjette here saw the End of Bitches!"

She said, yelling the name of her known finish, the Swinging Reverse STO that had won and defended her the title before, reaching down and grabbing Kozue by her hair to start pulling her up to her feet, intent on ending this!

You would think with all the damage Kozue had incurred throughout this fight, that she would be incapable of laughing, hurting too much to find anything humorous.

You would be wrong.

”End of Bitches? Really?!” She had a hearty burst of belly laughing as Reira hoisted her up. How the champion managed to announce her move with a straight face was beyond her. It was a small miracle that could compose herself long enough to do what she had to do next.

As Reira continued to hoist her, Kozue reached up and grabbed her hair what to be the third, maybe fourth time in this match. She hopped up, then fell down to her knees, slamming the champion’s chin onto the top of her skull with a swift jawbreaker!

"GAH!"

Reira cried out, about to yell at the laughing Kozue when her jaw met the top of the ninja's skull, causing her to release her grip and stumble back near the corner, groaning and cursing.

"BICTH! I BITH MY FUCKHIN TONGUHE!"

On the topic of Reira biting her tongue and the possible damage it could do, Kozue only had one, simple response: ”Good!”

It was good. It was great, even, and she intended on making it better. As Reira stumbled away towards the corner, Kozue stood up and charged after her. It hurt to move, it hurt to stand, it hurt to do just about anything with her back roaring with pain, but she ground her teeth down hard and powered past the pain. She was finishing this. Period.

As soon as she was close enough to her target, Kozue ducked down, flipping forward, and tried to crash into Reira with a rolling Koppu Kick, another chance to give the champ a close view of her favorite targets.

Reira had moved into the corner, the overwhelming pain her tongue taking her full attention as she rubbed her jaw.

Seeing Kozue quickly limping at her, Reira made to step out of the corner, planing on grabbing the bitch and throttling her, not expecting the sudden flip, Kozue's heel smacking into the champs face and knocking her back into the corner turnbuckle, where she slumped down, trying to shake the stars out of her vision.

Kozue stood up after the koppu kick - or tried to, anyway. Her aching foot failed her about halfway, and she had to take a quick knee. But a moment later she was back up, using the ropes to pull her along the way. Almost there, almost there.

Kozue got to her full height and held on to the top rope for support, standing close to Reira as she wallowed in the corner. The New Jersey Ninja scanned the crowd and raised her fist high into the air. ”Count ‘em!”

One stomp to Reira’s chest. ”1!” Two stomps. ”2!” Three stomps. ”3!” Four stomps. ”4!”

Kozue hammered away on Reira with furious abandon, trying to get the most out of it before the referee’s count forced her to back off.