Yukari "Ao-Oni" Tooru vs. Cicilia "The Juggernaut" De'Reignhardt - Dangerous Encounter

Reeling from the jab, Yukari was having trouble keeping her focus on Cicilia, but she saw her opponent closing in, and Yukari would make sure to keep herself from getting attacked. Seeing the direction where her opponent's knee was heading, the blue demon would try to cross her forearms together, looking to block the incoming knee strike with them. It would hurt her arms, but at the very least, this would prevent her from being doubled over.

Hoping to give herself enough space to recover, Yukari would try to slip away from Cicilia, heading towards the ropes so that she could take her time recovering. She panted, still feeling her head throbbing from the attacks earlier. She hoped that she could evade Cicilia's brutal strikes in order to recover, but she was aware that she wasn't as agile as her best friend and partner, Shizuka, so evading attacks would be pretty tricky.

Yukari managed to gather enough of herself to defend against the boxer's knee, but that only did her enough good to prevent full-impact. Instead of countering or trying to maneuver herself into more favorable position to attack from, the ogre simply fled, stumbling back to the ropes pathetically as if that would save her... Little did she know... the Ropes was where the boxer reigned supreme. She might've been able to achieve some distance now... but where will she go with her back up against a wall? The poor blue ogre looked as if she was just one punch away from falling flat on her ass and down for the count... and it was almost tempting to give her the recovery time she wanted...

...However, she already gave the Ao Oni her free-bee for the match early on. No more. She was her opponent, not her sparring partner. This was her job and she had to play for keeps... This was what she was paid for.

Once Yukari leaned against the ropes, Cicilia would hone in on her like a missile upon it's target and much like a missile... her impact would be devistating! The German would run in before leaping slightly into the air, her leg folded into a knee intended to BURY itself DEEP into her abdomen! Yukari would wish she got struck before... because of this impacted, it might just do more damage than the poor girl could take!

...Or not. It was hard to gauge the durability of this one.

If her attack struck, Cicilia would cock back her arm and SLAM her elbow into the girl's jaw, hoping to knock whatever sense was left in her right out...

Yukari needed to take whatever chance she could get in order to recover, but it seemed that she had just walked into some kind of trap that allowed her opponent to reign supreme over her. As the blue demon still struggled to recover, Cicilia closed in and delivered her attack in the form of a knee strike aimed at her abdomen. Having no way to avoid it, Yukari took the blow and ended up doubling over.

"HURGHH!!!"

And not only that, Cicilia also followed it up with another strike, which was an elbow strike to her jaw, and Yukari's head whipped to the side from the impact. "URGHHH!!" Thanks to the hits, Yukari was having trouble keeping her balance and she stumbled away from the ropes before falling onto her knees, coughing violently.

She was lucky that she was still able to support herself using her hands and knees as she ended up on all four. Still, she was in a very disadvantageous position, with Cicilia looming over her. She needed to find another way to recover if she ever hoped to get an unlikely win over her opponent.

Cicilia's attacks sent the Ogre back down to the floor, barely up on her hands and knees... The Juggernaut tilted her head, confused and disappointed that this was the extent of the fight she's gotten thus far. The Au Oni Was supposed to be up there in the hierarchy of wrestlers, able to go toe-to-toe with champions and whatnot! Either she had been mistaken... or Cicilia was just that strong. It would be far less a disappointment to build up her own strength... so she chose to believe in her might instead. There were so many things she could do here... Flip her over and pin her, stomp her into the floor, drag her up to her feet only to SLAM her back into the ground...

So many options... most leaving a bad taste in her mouth. The way this fight had been going so far, the German kinda felt like a bully... She was literally not fighting back... Yukari got like one hit in and now she was buckling like a cheap plank against her punches. Perhaps it was her pride making her think so, but Cicilia hated to just... run over weaker opponents, even if her fighting philosophy demanded it.

Beat them as quickly as possible... This is a GOOD THING!

Even so, Cicilia hesitated with any kind of follow-up, leaving herself open to a counter.

Somehow, Cicilia didn't attack her while she was vulnerable, and Yukari didn't know what to think about it. Either she felt relieved or insulted, but that's besides the point at the moment. Steeling herself despite the pain she was currently experiencing, the blue ogre would try to push herself up, grunting as she almost lost her balance while trying to get herself back onto her feet. She couldn't afford to buckle under her weight as she would plant her feet on the mat, growling like a wounded animal as she would give the boxer a glower, indicating that she wasn't out of the fight yet.

Yukari would then break into a sprint, rushing over to Cicilia as if trying to ram herself right into her opponent, but at the last second, she would change her direction, running past the German as she would go towards the ropes, rebounding from them. From there, she would try to make use of the momentum she would receive from the rebound to launch a dropkick right at the back of her opponent, hoping that this would be enough to make a comeback and take the boxer down into the mat face first. Yukari couldn't afford to falter even a second, knowing that her opponent was too strong as a striker.

It seemed to be a flaw of Cicilia's, giving mercy to opponents she was trying to beat senseless... She had no idea where this weakness came from, this... hesitation to keep up her momentum. It was if she was almost afraid that she was going to break someone if she didn't give them a break, that she was too strong... to violent for their own good... She had no idea if this came from a place of hubris or... something worse but it was getting in her damn way! Whatever it was, she had to let it go or she wasn't going to get anywhere in this business!

During this moment of crisis, Yukari had managed to will herself to her feet, the poor blue girl snarling like a rabid dog... She might've thought that she wasn't out of the fight yet with this display, but from where Cicilia was standing, the ogre looked more like she was nearing the end rather than escaping it. If she was having this much trouble recovering from just a few hits, what made her think she could take a couple more?

Whatever the reason, Ao Oni wouldn't make it clear, instead rushing down the boxer in perhaps was the most fool-hardy attempt at a counter-attack Cicilia had EVER seen. Wow... okay...? She guessed she'd just knock her out then... Cocking a fist back, the boxer channeled a great deal of strength into her arm, focusing her energy....

UNTIL SHE LASHED OUT WITH THE MORTAR-SHELL THAT WAS HER FIST, AIMING TO BASH THE FIGHT RIGHT OUT OF-

-it missed actually, the ogre slipping around Cicilia's punch with such agility it would make Elfrida jealous! Apparently, Yukari looked worse than she actually was, still possessing enough strength to rebound of the ropes behind the German and SLAM her boots into her back, all in the span of time it took Cicilia to realize what the HELL was going on!

Cicilia would PLANT her forehead embarrassingly into the mat as she was thrown from her feet this little surprise attack stunning her a little...

"Bah..." She growled, Outrage bubbling up in her veins from the audacity of that attack! She would push herself up, trying to get back to her feet before Yukari could capitalize! If there was one place Cicilia's talents lacked, it'd be her grapple-game!

Yukari's attempt to take Cicilia down actually worked when she managed to land her dropkick right into her back after rebounding from the ropes. Still, Yukari's head still throbbed from the hits earlier, but she wouldn't allow that to stop her from keeping her momentum. After landing on her back after hitting her opponent with the dropkick, she would quickly roll herself over, getting herself on her knees to see where Cicilia was. Seeing her opponent trying to push herself up, the blue demon wouldn't waste her time as she would rush towards her opponent, getting herself on her back, looking to stop her from getting back up.

Taking a seated position on Cicilia's back, Yukari would grab onto both her arms, looking to drape them over her knees in order to restrain them. Then, she would reach down to her chin, clasping her hands together before pulling her head backwards, subjecting the boxer in a camel clutch. While a camel clutch might be one of the most basic submission holds out there, one could never deny its effectiveness, and Yukari would try to use this submission hold to weaken her opponent. She would also move down onto the lower back of Cicilia, looking to make the hold more painful, bending her body beyond its limit.

Yukari sat herself RIGHT down on the German's back before she could rise up to her full height, the additional weight of a human body sending her SLAMMING back down to the floor! What was worse was that the Oni decided to capitalize on the German's weakest point, draping her arms around her thighs and pulling her neck up in a Camel Clutch! Ah, one of the only grapple-moves Cicilia herself knew... and she also knew how painful it could be!

"RRRGH!" She growled as her spine was jerked back, her opponent scooching down to sit just atop her lower back, giving the demon even more leverage to extract her revenge! There wasn't much Cicilia could do in this hold with her arms restricted, her greatest freedom being the liberty to kick fruitlessly at the floor behind her! She pulled and tugged at her arms, trying to free them from the shackles that were Ao Oni's legs! Even with her great strength, however, the German just COULDN'T PRY THEM FREE! They were locked up precisely where they were at her weakest!

"Let... go... of... ME!" She demanded, as if she were in any position for her desires to matter! Ever farther back was she bent, her spine's flexibility being truly tested! Cicilia, despite how her boxing style might suggest, was quite a flexible woman! She spent less time on it than she probably should, granted, but one had to be flexible to be a good fighter! Even so, it didn't help the agonizing pain at all... She just needed to get one arm free... Just one arm...

She continued to pull on them, trying to yank them out of their confinement...

Now that Yukari finally managed to get herself an upper hand, she would try to capitalize it, milking it for all it's worth as she would continue yanking at Cicilia's head while clasping her hands under her chin, subjecting her to the camel clutch. She knew that if things could go well, she might be able to get the boxer to submit, but she knew that she couldn't maintain this hold for long as her palms were starting to get sweaty. Also, Cicilia struggling while being put in the hold didn't help either.

"Mrghh... j-just stay still..." Yukari told her opponent, hoping that Cicilia would stop her struggling. Her head was still throbbing from everything that she had taken earlier, though it wasn't as bad as before. While she maintained her hold on Cicilia's chin, she would make sure to continue applying pressure on her, hoping to at least leave the boxer severely weakened if she was forced to free her from the hold.

Eventually, Yukari was unable to maintain it any longer, and Cicilia managed to free one of her arms after her unceasing struggling. Due to this, the blue demon was forced to relinquish the hold, stopping the camel clutch. But just to ensure that Cicilia wouldn't immediately take advantage of this, Yukari would grab her by her head before attempting to bring her face first into the mat, slamming her face into the canvas, hoping to leave her disoriented before trying to pull her back up.

"Let GO!" She pressed, only struggling harder against Yukari's wishes! She couldn't even tell if she was getting anywhere from the angle she lay, her attempts to pry her arms free were meeting limited success... She was able to inch them up along the thighs that angled them up so, but the progress was slow, tedious and an uphill frustration! Pain wasn't something Cicilia was a stranger too... but this was just getting on her fucking NERVES!

After what seemed to be a pointless struggle for them both, Yukari with her attempt at submission and Cicilia with her attempt at escape, the ogre chose to drop Cicilia and spare her energy! The German gasped as she fell flat against the floor, her arms and spine aching good and proper...

"Now..." She growled, pushing herself up a bit. "The hell did you... AHK!" There she was! Standing above her, Yukari snagged a big handful of Cicilia's gorgeous black hair, using it as a hand-hold to SLAM Cicilia's face into the floor! The Boxer blinked in shock, certain she saw a little star putter across her vision from the impact but she didn't have time to rationally justify it's existence! The ogre was already trying to pull Cicilia up to her feet, likely trying to control her again...

Well... It wouldn't be that EASY!

The MOMENT both her feet were under her, Cicilia lashed out with a brutal headbutt into Yukari's face, aiming to PUNISH her for... everything! If it connected, the German would follow up with a blistering CHOP across her chest! If her headbutt didn't connect... she would practically be giving it to the blue-ogre to control!