SS 17 Yuki Onna & Spring Tiger vs. Aisha & Isa

Isa was observing the situation with mixed feelings. On the other hand, she was happy that Aisha had taken up the challenge first. It felt very useful to see how the match got going, especially now as the situation was all new. On the other, the pace and energy of the match was making her a bit worried. Both fighters were making quick and swift attacks. Could she keep up with that if necessary?

Her tag team partner had managed to get some good attacks delivered, but so had the masked Tiger as well, who seemed to be quite resilient and have endurance. Isa noticed her partner glancing at her, trying quickly to show some sign of support. Hopefully Aisha could get their opponent to lose some of that energy before it would be Isa's turn to step in. Isa's expertise could shine when she had the opponent grounded.

Yuki was watching the match unfolding inside the ring with mixed feelings. On one hand, she certainly was supporting her partner, Spring Tiger, but on the other hand, she also wanted to jump in and get mixed in the fray. She had seen her partner taking some hits earlier, so she was also worried about her.

Still, she would still wait outside until Spring Tiger decided to tag her in.

Spring Tiger quickly got to her feet after successfully landing on her opponent's chest. She glanced over at her team's corner where Yuki was looking somewhat anxious. The masked girl smiled widely and Flashed a universal "O.K." Sign at her friend before turning back to face her foe.

Aisha wasn't one to be kept down long and was already back on her feet. Spring Tiger readied herself for her opponent's next move. Aisha would throw a flurry of kicks and jabs. Spring Tiger would utilize her smaller size and greater speed as she dipped and weaved to avoid her larger opponent's attacks. After avoiding several attacks, Spring Tiger would launch an attack of her own. The rookie would jump and spin around so that she was facing away from her opponent before launching a Solebutt kick at Aisha's midsection.

Even with her own speed, Tiger showed to be just enough faster than her, avoiding the strikes and kicks that came at her. It greatly annoyed her as nothing seemed to make it through, just barely missing and in the end none making it through to hit. Tiger was definitely a skilled opponent. Somewhat tired now from her missed strikes, she was rather unprepared as a foot connected to her midsection, causing her to clutch her stomach in pain, bowing down towards the mat.

Spring Tiger deftly avoided her opponents blows before successfully counter attacking with a quick soulbutt kick. She was confident in her agility and she believed if she could keep it up her team might just be able to defeat these larger opponents! The masked rookie would quickly move to follow up on her success. Seeing Aisha bowed over, Spring Tiger would run back against the ropes, using them to propel herself forward toward her wounded prey. The Tiger would attempt to deliver a low drop kick to Aisha's head.

Aisha stumbled back towards her side of the ring, sitting down near out and disoriented, "tag...Tag mE oUt," she told Isa, trying to stand up, having the lights near kicked out of her from the low drop kick. She had goofed a bit and allowed too much now from her opponent. She needed a tag out now or she wasn't going to last long in this match, hopefully Isa getting the idea to tap her on the shoulder.

OK, the situation had quickly started heading towards worse. The tiger-masked girl had shown great agility and speed, and Aisha had been unable to respond to that. What Isa would have really wanted to see was some power moves from her partner to soften the tiger up, but instead the Pink Bomber had been bombed back to their corner, asking for a tag out and obviously in a quite bad condition.

There was only one thing for Isa to do - to tap on Aisha's shoulder and enter the ring herself. "OK, I'll take care of her! You get some rest!" she assured the Pink Bomber as she slid through the ropes to the ring. Truthfully, she wasn't so confident about the situation herself, but in any case, it was obvious that she'd have to stay in the ring for a good while before it would be useful to tag Aisha in again.

Aisha had tried to counter Tiger's speed with her own, and that hadn't really worked out so well. So the obvious thing to do was for Isa to slow down the pace of the match. Let the tiger jump around a bit, dodge her attacks and snatch her to submissions of her own - that sounded like the way to go. With that in mind, the blonde started slowly approaching the Tiger, hopefully looking like a threatening opponent in order to drive her into attempting to do something hasty and not so smart.

Spring Tiger knocked Aisha back toward her corner where the pink bomber frantically tagged out. It was an uplifting sight but the masked girl was feeling quite winded from all the dodging and jumping she had done but felt like tagging out now would be a waste, she needed to deal some damage to her fresh opponent before tagging in Yuki.

Spring Tiger would watch the towering blonde enter the ring and slowly and cautiously make her way forward. The young Tiger masked rookie would lunge forward and with a loud "KYAAA!" would attempt to swing her leg into her new opponent's ribs.

So, Isa had a plan. At least some kind of a plan. She had seen enough how her masked opponent had managed to punish her tag team partner in the ring, and it was obvious that trying to cope with the Tiger's speed wasn't going to work. The Tiger needed to be stopped.

Her masked foe didn't seem to have any intentions of slowing down though. Even if Isa started off with a calm and cautious approach, Tiger decided to count on her speed yet again, quickly lunging forward towards the blonde. Isa knew she had to find a way to somehow counter the attack.

So, what was her foe going to be doing? Based on what she had seen, kicks were most likely coming. So the blonde moved subtly sideways as soon as Tiger started swinging her leg. It wasn't enough to avoid the hit, but it still made the pain of the kick much more bearable. And what Isa really wanted to achieve was a hold from that raised leg. It meant that at the same time Tiger's kick connected with her side, Isa would try to catch the leg with her both hands. With a good hold, she could then yank the leg hard towards her, hoping to trip the Tiger off her balance to the mat.

Spring Tiger's foot launched outwards toward her opponent. The rookie felt her leg connect with the tall blondes side but to the masked girl's shock and distress she found her leg trapped, caught in her opponent's strong arms. Spring Tiger would try and tug away but as she did so Isa would yank forward. Spring Tiger felt her heel slip out from under her and the young rookie came crashing to the ground, letting out a loud grunt and wincing in pain as the back of her head bounced of the mat with a thud.

"I-Itai!" Spring Tiger groaned as she rubbed the back of her head. It had been a risky, or perhaps a blatantly stupid move and the masked rookie was admittedly a little embarrassed to fail so dramatically in front of not only the audience but also her friend and rival, Yuki. Spring Tiger would look up at her opponent who still held her leg and attempt to kick her with her free leg, hoping to escape before more damage could be done.