Empress's Arrival: Mikado vs. Feruza

Another match against a rookie. Fun! Many other wrestlers would have been dismayed that so many of their matches were against rookies, but Feruza, for whatever reason, was enthusiastic about it. Maybe it was because rookies tended to be nicer? Anyways, the time had come for a fight, and Feruza was fighting somebody who looked super cute!

The Uzbek national anthem blared over the arena's sound system, and the audience cheered. Evidently, Feruza was making quite the name for herself. She grinned as she marched down to the ring, draped in the tricolor of Uzbekistan. When she reached the ring, she gave the flag to an aide, revealing her similarly patriotic outfit. She got into the ring, and stepped up onto the turnbuckle, rousing the crowd with a few waves of her arms.

Once she was done with that, her focus shifted towards her opponent. "Hello, friend. Let us have good match, yes?"

"Glad to hear you think same." Feruza said, her English somewhat broken and carrying an Uzbek accent, making her sound like a cross between a Russian and a Chinese person. She assumed her stance in turn, hunching over slightly and putting her arms in front of her, ready to grab at any vulnerability that the Uzbek woman saw.

The bell rang and she was off, quickly attempting to get into Izumi's face, as was the style in kurash. There wasn't a second that at least one part of her wasnt moving during. Keep moving. If could remember anything from her competitive kurash days, let it be that. Keep moving...

"Oof!" Feruza grunted as her smaller opponent's palm hit her face. This fight wouldn't be easy, a fact which she knew from that moment. She hit the mat shoulders-first, and winced, rolling around a little bit. "Aaaagh... good hit." she said, managing to smile once more as she tried to get up right away. If Izumi was going to put up a fight, Feruza was going to put up just as hard of one.

Feruza was getting up when one of her own tactics ws used against her! She once more fell to the mat on her shoulders, and let out a grunt. This rookie was tough! However, when she was down, she would attempt to kick out Izumi's legs, to even the odds a little bit.

Hooray, her plan had worked! BUt Izumi, clever as she was, managed to straddle her and give her a punch to the forehead. "AAGH!" Feruza shouted in pain as the fist connected. The girl had sharp knuckles. She figured that a punch was a whole lot better than a stomp, however. Feruza returned the favor with an uppercut to the smaller girl's chin, putting her hands into a defensive boxer's stance before she did.