Yajiri Kasamatsu vs Zoey Satoshi

Match Type: Standard
Win conditions: Pinfall, Submission, Countout, DQ or KO

Spoiler:

Glitter by Another Infinity began to play over the speakers in the arena, and moments later Yajiri Kasamatsu emerged onto the entranceway! The brunette rookie was wearing a new, mostly black outfit today. She may not have been the most popular girl on the roster by any stretch, but the fans were familiar enough to notice the change, which drew some cheers and chatter from them. And though Yajir typically wasn’t one to mind the audience too much, even she would’ve had to admit she was nervous about the reaction her new look would bring. Needless to say she was pleased with the response.

With a small smile on her cute face, she confidently strode down the aisle and climbed up onto the apron before stepping into the ring. She went right into her corner, and started to stretch her limbs out while waiting for the arrival of her opponent for tonight’s match. Zoey wasn’t a woman Yajiri was particularly familiar with. But nothing from what she’d gathered indicated this should be any sort of mismatch.

Thus far her she’d failed to secure a win in the league. But with every match she was learning more and growing stronger. Tonight, she was eager to once again try to prove she had what it took to make it here in Friction!

Spoiler:

Once Yajiri's music had faded out, the lights along with it, Zoey stood at the top of the entryway just out of sight to wait for her own music to hit. And then it did, the little redhead stepping out after a few seconds with a bright smile on her face and bouncing her way to the ring in the same energetic fashion she always did, timing her steps with the music. It seemed she too was debuting a new attire, the third in less than a month. Red knee-high boots and knee pads covered her lower legs, with black thigh-highs running halfway up the upper half. She wore a tight set of short-shorts in black, and a matching bra up top, a thick hoodie a few sizes too big for the tiny girl wrapped over the top of it all.

The crowd had a similar reaction to Zoey's new appearance as Yajiri's, giving the same cheers she had received coming into most of her matches so far, making the teenager smile and giggle on her way down the ramp. When she finally got to the ring, she climbed up onto the apron and performed a clean somersault over the top rope, landing softly on her feet to another cheer, a new improvement to her typical entrance. She looked around the arena for a moment to get some idea of how big the crowd was, and then turned her gaze to her opponent.

Visually, the pair looked quite interesting staring eachother down. Zoey in black and red versus Yajiri in black and blue. Of course, Zoey was at a disadvantage when it came to height and weight, but she was used to that by now, and the gap didn't seem to be too big. "Konnichiwa!" she called out, taking a few steps towards the center of the ring and wiggling a hand out from under her hoodie's sleeve. Her smile widened a little as the hand came up in front of her face, presenting two fingers in the peace sign, closing one eye at the same time.

Yajiri wasn’t the most affectionate woman on the AFW roster by any means. But as she watched Zoey make her way down to the ring, part of her wanted to run over to the girl and give her the tightest hug she possibly could. The girl was adorable, a fact enhanced by Zoey’s energetic and playful attitude.

The blue and black clad brunette couldn’t help but smile when her foe greeted her, and Yajiri nodded back in response before stepping out toward the middle of the ring. There she extended a hand, offering a handshake to Zoey before the match started.

“Nice to meet you. Let’s have a good match tonight,” she’d say while waiting to see if the redhead would accept the handshake.

Zoey giggled at Yajiri's reaction to her entrance, her face seemed to give away what she was thinking of the little newbie, and it was certainly an expression Satoshi liked to see. An opponent who found her cute like that was an opponent less likely to try more vicious or painful moves early on in the match. She took a step to the side to give herself some room and unzipped her big hoodie, throwing it out to the side of the ring.

When the girl offered a hand out to shake, Zoey stepped in close and put her own hand out to grab it, accepting the shake happily. "It'll be an easy match, for me anyway." she replied, sticking her tongue out. Yajiri looked to be a fun opponent, she didn't seem evil or sadistic, two features that would immediately set off panic alarms in Zoey's head since her painful debut.

The referee girl stepped forwards to indicate the match is about to begin, and Zoey broke off the handshake, taking a few steps away from Yajiri to put a bit of distance between them. She got into stance, leaning forwards slightly as if she were about to run in a race, and then the bell rang. She shot forwards towards Yajiri, jumping up with a decent amount of power and throwing a knee out, trying to hit her opponent in the head right out of the gate with a flying knee.

“Heh. We’ll just see about that,” Yajiri replied. Zoey certainly seemed as full of confidence as she was of energy. She was already quite interested to learn just what sort of tricks an opponent like this would have up her sleeve. Although, what she saw next was quite peculiar.

After the two went back to their corners, Zoey took a sprinter’s stance. There couldn’t have been more of a giveaway that the girl was going to come charging at her right off the bat. Did Zoey not know? Or maybe she did, but was confident she’d be quick enough to catch Yajiri off guard anyway.

Whatever the case, the bell rang and Yajiri wasn’t surprised to see Zoey bolt right at her like a bullet out of a gun. Right away she got a taste for how quick her foe was, and she only narrowly managed to lunge out of the way of the flying knee before it could hit! That would leave only the corner turnbuckles in Zoey’s way. Hoping to take advantage of that, Yajiri attempted to slip behind the girl and wrap her arms around her waist, wanting to try to lift her up and slam her down with a German Suplex! If Zoey wanted to go all out right away, Yajiri was going to show she had no problem doing the same!

Yajiri quite nicely slid out of Zoey's path, making even the tiny redhead smirk as her knee came up and met nothing but the air. If Kasamatsu could keep up speed and reaction time like that for the rest of their fight, Zoey was sure it'd be an incredibly fun fight.

Until what came next, after Zoey landed. The momentum had her keep running against the corner post, and she tried to use this to her advantage by jumping up onto the middle ropes to set up for a crossbody block on her opponent. Yajiri had other ideas, though, and locked her hands together around Zoey's child-like body.

Zoey couldn't help but squeak and look down in shock at how quickly the girl had pursued, but didn't get a whole lot of time to think about it. her legs were pulled up away from the ropes and her body helplessly began to sail backwards, and then down, and down further. When she hit the canvas, the little high-flyer crumpled into a heap with her legs hanging down over her head and arms out at her sides. It'd take a couple moments for her to recover from that, and if Yajiri bridged the move to apply a pin, the match would have been over right at the start.

Rookie mistakes. It’s amazing how tremendously they can impact any given moment in a match. Yes, Zoey’s high speed start had potential to put Yajiri in a horrible spot right off the bat. But the reverse was equally true, as the speedster just learned. But, even as she drove Zoey down with her suplex and sent the crowd into a frenzy, Yajiri made quite a crucial mistake herself. Little did she know that keeping her arms locked and pinning her foe would have finally secured herself not only her first victory in the league, but one of the quickest in league history.

But the thought never even entered her mind. In the split second decision, she only knew she’d narrowly avoided potentially being knocked out, and that she had an opening to make Zoey pay. She’d thrown her down as hard as she could, but such a quick start wasn’t a part of her gameplan. Now her mind raced with thoughts of what to do next.

After picking herself up, she’d stride over to Zoey’s downed form and grab her by a leg, hooking it under one of her arms before attempting to roll the girl onto her front. From there it’d just be a matter of crouching down to lock in a single leg crab.

Zoey saw stars again, something she had grown used to in her matches so far but never so fast and early. She heard the crowd cheer but took a moment to remember what they were cheering for. That reminder came pretty soon afterwards as Yajiri grabbed one of Zoey's little legs and forced her to roll over onto her belly, making her cry out in panic and start to squirm and wriggle.

Her dazed mind couldnt quite think to turn and grab the ropes, and by the time she realised it was just a little too late. Yajiri's body came down along with Zoey's leg and suddenly it felt as if her hips were on fire, her face being pressed into the canvas and cries of pain echoing around the arena. She tried her best to start crawling towards the ropes, seemingly her only hope of escape. If that failed, it seemed Yajiri would get that super-fast win just a few seconds later than she could have.

Yajiri managed to get her hold locked in and immediately started pouring on the pressure! She had the boston crab on nice and tight, enough so that she was confident Zoey wasn’t going to be able to squirm or fight her way out of it. But while a more stubborn wrestler might have tried something like that, Zoey elected a much wiser approach.

Yajiri felt herself being dragged over toward the ropes. She fought against it as much as she could, but, slowly but surely they were inching toward them. Zoey may not have been in a good position to escape the hold herself. But once he got there Yajiri wouldn’t have any choice but to let go herself. Since she still had a few more seconds before that would happen, she decided to simply keep the hold on while she could, and milk it for as much as she could get. If nothing else, Yajiri figured it would weaken her foe more and make things easier for her going forward.

Zoey's body was screaming at her to tap out, Yajiri was surprisingly strong for someone of her size, and it definitely showed. It felt like someone was holding a blowtorch against Zoey's thigh and lower back, and she could only just barely make it to the ropes. If Yajiri had kept her still, Zoey would have tapped, but feeling herself make progress towards freedom kept that from happening.

When she finally got there, screaming and squealing with the pain, her hand quickly shot out and snagged onto the bottom rope, prompting the referee to quickly move over and demand Yajiri release the hold. When, or if, she did, Zoey would climb back on her feet, using the ropes like a ladder to make things easier. Her leg still burned, but the pain was easing down without anyone there to keep the pressure up.

"Ow ow ow! My leg!" she whined, looking down to visually check her thigh for damage, shakily gripping the ropes.