A Gymnast Battle - Michiko vs Julia Hiroshi

Michiko looked proud of herself as she held onto the body scissors, satisfied at how much Julia had been struggling against her. But then she felt the elbow to her gut, and then another that was enough to get her to release it. "You little..." muttered Michi, holding her wounded stomach and getting ready to stand back up, but as Julia got to her feet, she felt her grab her legs. The blonde girl yelped and then grabbed hold of Julia's closest lag and latched her arms around it, hugging it and making sure she wouldn't be able to turn her into some kind of submission. If there was anything Michi was growing much better at, it was being able to stop her opponent from being able to hurt her.

When Julia managed to stand up with Michiko's legs in her hands, she felt that it would only be a matter of time before she had the gymnast all stretched out. She was about to try to turn Michiko around but soon found that it would be a harder task than she thought. She felt almost as if a small child was hugging her around the legs. Normally she would find that cute, but not when it was done by a peer. "Hey. I'm trying to do something here." Julia would say before letting to of one of her opponent's legs. "And you're being super rude." She continued and tried to use her free hand to push Michiko away, pushing her chin backwards.

"Nnnuh! Let... go!" shouted Michiko, her chin being pushed in an attempt to get her off of Julia. Michi grit her teeth and waited and waited for the right moment. The blue-haired girl let herself vulnerable, and Michiko was certainly going to take advantage of that. "Then you should try to be better then, idiot!" yelled Michiko bitterly.

After Julia went to shift her footing, Michi would attempt a takedown on Julia's leg and, if successful, transition into a single leg Boston Crab to really put Julia in a world of pain and get the first submission of the match!

Julia would yelp as she was caught by surprise and taken down to the mat. She would soon feel one of her legs being bent back just a bit further than she would like. "Haaa!" She'd gasp. " No! no you don't." Julia protested. She grit her teeth as her leg was pulled back further. It was times like this that Julia was thankful that she was flexible. She imagined it would hurt a good amount more otherwise. Still, Julia didn't want to give the other girl any satisfaction. She would momentarily hold in any more sounds of discomfort and try to pull herself towards the ropes.

Michiko let out a short laugh of glee as she locked in the hold, yanking back on her opponent's leg for all it was worth before rocking back and forth to really stretch her leg. Michi noticed her moving and glared back at her, reaching back to grab at Julia's hair with her free hand in an attempt to yank her head back roughly. "You can tell you're outclassed! Just give up and let me be the winner!" demanded the blonde, continued to hold onto the hold even as Julia tried to get to the ropes. She figured that so long as she could do enough damage to her leg, she would be alright in the long run.

Julia would whimper as her opponent would start to rock. The other gymnast was really straining her leg now. "Ahh oww hair!!!" She yelled when she was pulled back roughly. She would refuse to give in though, struggling desperately to reach the ropes. She would try to pull herself inches closer and reach out her hand hoping to just be able to grab the bottom rope. "Nnnggg...not giving up!" She would declare regardless of her situation. It was way too early for her to give in. Regardless of the outcome Julia was determined to at least put on a good show for the audience.

Michiko continued to yank on the leg and hair of her opponent, determined to really hurt this girl at the start of the match. And then, as Julia was within a fingertip of the ropes, she released her, grabbed her by the leg and yanked her back hard towards the center of the ring, ran forward past Julia, then tried to catch her with a low dropkick to the face!

Even if she was close to a rope break, she had done the damage she needed to on the leg. For Michi, she didn't want the blue-haired girl to get a moment's rest from the rope break. She just wanted to keep her down and out, and she hoped her speed would help her with that.

Julia would let out a few pained yelps as her leg was cranked back. She sighed in relief when she was finally let go only to gasp a second later as she was quickly dragged away from the ropes. "Ahh no! So close." She would complain after having almost gotten a break.

She watched Michiko run past her and wondered what she was up to. Luckily Julia would have enough time to see the drop kick coming and quickly rolled over and out of the way. "Phew!" She would huff, a drip of sweat rolled down her head as she realized how narrowly she avoided a harsh kick to the face. With her opponent now on the ground Julia would try to lunge towards her. She would try to grab the other gymnast's arm so she could maneuver herself to lock in an arm bar. She wanted to try to do to Michiko's arm what she did to her leg.  However even if Julia managed to lock in the move she would find it difficult to hold in the move without straining her own leg.

Michiko was feeling good about hitting the dropkick, but it turned out that Julia was rather swift as well and she barely dodged out of the way, causing the blonde to hit her back hard on the mat with a yelp. Michi grit her teeth and went to roll over, only for her to be caught in an armbar. Michi quickly scrambled and tried to shimmy around on the mat to avoid it being locked in completely as her opponent continued to try pulling on it herself.

"No... you don't!" shouted Michi, as she tried a last ditch maneuver to avoid the hold being locked in by throwing her body towards Julia along with a forearm shot towards her face, hoping she could land it and dislodge her blue-haired opponent from her!

Julia would struggle to keep Michiko in place. She would manage to slightly tug the girl's arm  uncomfortably however her attempts to wrench her opponent's arm all the way back were thwarted by a forearm blow to the face. "Ahhh! Come on!" She would yell as she brought her hands up to her face. She would try push Michiko to the side and avoid any further hits to the face. Julia didn't want the fight to turn to trading blows. That would not be a battle she thought she could win. Julia instead wanted to roll the blonde gymnast onto her stomach. She figured if her opponent couldn't get a good view of her, it would be easier to get on top of her and attemptanother hold.