When Luck Runs Out: Bowser vs Yayuuki "Lucky" Sakura [Standard Match]

Bowser had been fine with a count out victory at first. A win was a win… besides, she could always throw Lucky around after the match just to work out her frustrations. She recalled her seeing some therapist on the TV at some point mentioned how much stress relief you could get by hitting or throwing a pillow. Lucky was a bit bigger, but she was pretty sure people constituted as a substitution if they were light and soft enough, right?

The crowd had become a mixed bag, a few boos ringing out from the audience. She wasn't sure if it was directed at her, or the match as a whole. She was use to jeers and cheers. Most people loved to hate her, the good kind of heat that got fans coming up asking to be put in a headlock or thrown into a dumpster backstage… man fans were weird. Her gaze left Lucky for a movement, looking out across the many faces beyond the barricade.

“Shut it up you nobodies. I'm working here!” She let out a snarl that became a deep chuckle, throwing up the double bird for the audience to really draw their ire. Being a heel was so much more fun. You could say anything, do anything and nobody had reason to be surprised. She felt like a lovable scamp… a giant, heavy, not at all scamp like scamp.

The blond's ears twitched as a sensation coiled around her ankle, looking down to see Lucky having grabbed her leg. Her chuckle continued as the smaller woman yanked at her, likely straining to pull the heavyweight off her feet. Fire filled her eyes, watching those vulnerable arms stretched out, ready to be stomped. She raised up her other leg with a bellowing laugh to bring it back down… then something very strange happened. On only one leg now, the cheerleader was actually able to pull her leg and move her… trip her in fact… she was falling.

“What?!” Through her own blunder, her firm foundation had been ruined allowing Lucky sweep her led. She hit the mat hard on her back with a resounding thud. She lay flabbergasted on what just happened… more so as the ceiling moved within her vision.  She was being dragged? She lifted her head, peering angry over the crest of her her cleavage at Lucky. Bowser was a large woman, a heavy woman. It would take a lot more than the cheerleaders current actions to pull her out of the ring… though the effort had been solid.

“Why do you have to be so squirrelly?! Just fight me!” She let out an exasperated growl, clumsily kicking her free leg out at Lucky under the bottom rope while on the ground. While she hadn't been pulled to the outside, there was still an opening to safely get back into the ring if the other girl was careful about it. The blond didn't look the sort who simply flipped to her feet like some of the more acrobatics talents of AFW.

WELL! Sakura did get half of what she set out to do accomplished, managing to trip up the larger woman and send her sprawling on her back! Unfortunately... She didn't quite have the STRENGTH to haul the downed behemoth out to the ringside with her cronies... In fact, she couldn't move her very much at all once she was down!

In response to Sakura's valiant, if futile attempts to put them on even ground, Bowser kicked at her hand, complaining that Lucky was being too "squirley", that she wasn't fighting her the way she wanted to be fought! Well too bad, ms. giant! She couldn't COMPARE to your strength so she had to combat you in other ways! She didn't feel the least bit bad about tripping up her larger foe, especially since she's been nothing but mean to her from the moment she got here! If anything, seeing that she could tip Bowser on her back, encouraged her to fight even harder!

...That didn't stop Bowser from kicking Lucky's hands off her, squishing her fingers beneath her boot!

"Ah...!" She hissed, shaking her hurt hand and flashing the turtle-Queen a dirty look. Lucky to the FARTHEST end of their shared ring-side as possible before slipping back into the ring as the Ref counted "5!, hoping to be out of range of Bowser's ironically long turtle arms!

Hopefully, Bowser was as slow as she was strong when it came to getting back up because as soon as Sakura got back into the ring, she burst into a sprint towards the opposite end of the ring, whirling around so that she was facing her opponent before bouncing RIGHT off of them! With this new elastic boost to her speed, Lucky bolted straight for her opponent, hopping up with a Shining Wizard right to her face, hoping to CRACK her head and neck against the ropes she was near too!

Lucky wasn't alone in her inability to forcefully move Bowser. Many had come before her, men and women who found themselves in an equally frustrating situation before. Her size was a boon most times, same for how sluggish her bulk left her. Even then, eventually she would catch her prey… then things tended to go in her favor rather quickly. For now though, she was just concerned with getting back up.

“Haw!” She snorted loudly, feeling her boot scrap along some part of Lucky, enough to get a small outcry of pain. Her gaze followed the other girl as she moved to the far end of the ringside area. The Sledge Sisters on the outside did something similar, their helmets slowly following the vague direction of the girl, making no move to stop her so long as she didn't dare try to pass one of them.

Bowser gave another annoyed kick at Lucky, though the distance between them was far too great to actually come close to landing. While the cheerleader rolled herself into the ring, the blond huffed loudly and flopped over onto her front, beginning to raise herself up on her hands and knees. She grumbled softly to herself until something caught her attention…

The faint quake of the ring, the rise in the crowd reaction, the sound of footfalls coming closer… she glanced up to see Lucky charging towards her. With a push, she leaned back, raising one leg to still be down on one knee. Her fist clenched drawing back, knuckles shaking with the sheer pressure.

Lucky came in fast… really fast, kicking up off her legs and snapping a kick around to clock the Koopa Queen upside the head. Bowser swing wide, too wide, as she was struck, the jarring blow taking her back to the canvas as she collapsed unsteadily. She hit the mat on her side, rolling onto her back to blink up at the ceiling.

Lucky's attack went through without a hitch, filling Sakura with a kind of confidence she hadn't yet felt! Look at her! beating down the big, bad turtle-lady with her sheer speed and technique! Maybe... maybe she COULD win this! Before it was just a confidence booster, something to keep her in the fight and to prevent her succumbing to her fear but now... She actually believed it!

Bowser lay sprawled out on the canvas... the perfect position for her finisher... The Cheerleader glanced at the nearby turnbuckle... then back at the giant woman and frowned, trying to determine how she actually felt about this. Were she just a little bit nicer... if she just let Lucky be kind and return that kindness... She might've felt bad with how clearly she was beating her... Now, though...? It was just... She felt as if this needed to happen to take the woman down a peg or ten. She only hoped her next move would take her down another couple...

Running up to the turnbuckle, Sakura quickly climbed to the very top where she glanced back over her shoulder, down upon her prone opponent. If this next move hit... it'd be the first time... but she was sure it'd get through that big, bad bulk Bowser had on her! She was also sure she wouldn't feel the least bit bad about winning this at all... not after all the mean things she had said and did.

With a huff, Sakura SPRUNG from the top of the turnbuckle. flipping around slowly in what appeared to be a moonsault... but her knees were tucked in, formed into stakes that came down with all the force of gravity pushing through them! Lucky came down in her signature finisher: The Steel Cyclone Clover, her knees aimed RIGHT at Bowser's stomach in an attempt to push every ounce of air out of them!

"Take this, you meanie!" She cried... her choice of insult no doubt taking away from the intensity of the moment!

She had been. Hit in the face with harder things than a boot. Pipes, paint cans, baseball bats… by most standards she had a relatively thick skull. That really didn't amount for much when what was inside it was a fragile human brain. She ran through a gambit of faces that spoke of equal parts pain, annoyance and confusion though she settled on a simple wince. The shining wizard had actually managed to leave her dazed, growling on the canvas.

She was unaware of Lucky and her plans, until the cheerleader came soaring overhead. Bowser's eyes widened at the coming missile, far too sluggish to get out of the way. Her opponents knees stabbed into her abdomen, meeting with solid resistance from her body. She was thick and muscular, not much of her physique was without its own level of toughness.

“Guh!” Her baby blues bulged past their normal size as if a doll squeezed too hard. Air was seized from her lungs, forcefully expelled as both of those knees tore into her body. Bowser was left in a state of shock, still and wheezing on the floor. The crowd roared to life with cheers as the smaller cheerleader seemed to being coming out on top in what was surely going to be an upset victory if she could manage to pin the beast.

For the first time, Lucky had actually managed to land her ultimate... and upon the first person she actually considered a real unfriendly opponent! Though her knees dug in deep, they met COPIOUS resistance in the form of the blonde's great muscle-armored abs, the thickness of which managing to disperse some of the force... but not enough to make Sakura's attack anything less than devastating!

The cheerleader rolled off to the side the instant her attack connected, the rebound off of Bowser's massive form propelling her most of the way. Looking up at her rival, the giantess appeared to be in great pain, heaving and gasping for all the breath Lucky and squeezed right out of her! Well... Served her right! She had just wanted to be nice and have a good and friendly match and here this girl was, making it SO hard! Karma was gonna get after her this match! That was for certain!

From the state Bowser was in, Lucky decided to go bold one last time and attempt a pin... at least then, this could end sooner rather than later! As much as she liked winning... her nice, sweet heart refused to let her want to hurt her opponent more than she had to and... well... she didn't want to give Bowser more opportunities to beat the life out of her...

Letting out a heavy, nervous breath, Sakura threw herself on the wounded turtle, scooping up her leg and pulling it up for the first pin of the match! The Ref was all-too ready to slide besides them both, checking if Bowser's shoulders were down before slamming her hand to the canvas!

"ONE!"

The beastly blond had hardly paid her opponent notice even as she flopped on top of her giant form. Her large shapely leg, likely more trouble than it was worth to force up was dragged into a stereotypical pinning position. Her body shook, eyes twitching as the referee dropped down beside the two and slapped their palm to the mat. Was this how it was going to end? Her debut in AFW losing to some little cheerleader?

Not. A. Chance.

“Grawr!” Bowser let out a roar, face red with lack of breath and rage alike. Her hands came up, pushing at Lucky's collar and thigh. Unlike most who would kick out of a pin, Bowser did things slightly different. With a mighty shove, she showcased her incredible muscle and literally threw Lucky up and off of her, several feet into the air to send the woman flying away from her.

The referee was left flabbergasted, hand frozen above the mat before even having counted to two. Bowser's clenched fists slammed the ring as she rose, sitting up while coughing and wheezing. Her eyes jumped around the ring, looking for something to hit. The referee instinctively hopped up and backed away, looking between Lucky and Bowser previously. The blond followed her gaze to the cheerleader, looking back over her shoulder towards the woman with a strained grin.

“Ah… ahahaha… gwahaheh… oh, now I am really going to clobber ya.” Bowser sneered, pushing at the mat to fight her balance while she moved to stand slowly. She looked somehow more dangerous than before, even as she showed signs of visible injury. Huffing loudly, one horn bent cockeyed from the boot she had taken to the head… that crazed glare in her eye was an issued warning to stand clear. It seemed past her appearance, there was funnily enough other similarities to her dragon turtle counterpart, that is phased boss encounters. It was time for round two.

"W-WAAAAH!" Lucky cried as Bowser didn't just KICK out of the pin she was put under... She THREW Sakura off of her like some kind of BEAST, practically hurling her half-way across the arena! "AAAAAA- OOOF!" She landed hard on her back, the poor little cheerleader groaning softly at the heavy and brutal impact! There was no way to protect herself from that fall, no way for it to hurt any less when her spine connected with the hard floor below... Some air was knocked out of Lucky's buxom chest, the momentum she had built destroyed with one mere kick-out!

"Nnnngh..." She groaned, pushing herself up into a sitting position... as Bowser herself stood tall... Sakura's emerald eyes widened fearfully as her massive opponent approached, seeming completely unaffected by Lucky's ferocious combination of blows! Whatever she had done to her damage wise didn't even seem to show much on her body... except perhaps the draconic rage that played across the Koopa-Queen's face! '

It was clear to her now that the fight before was just a warm-up for Bowser... now was the time when she started taking Lucky seriously! Sakura quickly scrambled to her feet, instantly backing as far as she could from her opponent, her body starting to quiver ever so softly in fear... If she thought that she was scary before... she hadn't even seen a taste of the Koopa's rage before now! No longer was she so bold as to take the offense... fore if she did, one claw-swipe would send her FLYING into the KO-box!

Round 1 was scary enough... Round two...? It was something else...

The blond's head snapped from one side to the other, giving her neck a series of crackling pops. Reaching up, her fingers traced the length of her horns, giving the bent one a twisting to set it right again. Her eyes hadn't left Lucky, but she hadn't been in a hurry to approach. The color in her face lessened, returning to normal as she composed herself again, willing the barrage from the cheerleader had unleashed on her, lessening the toll to her body.

She stood tall, imposing, her shadow stretching out across the canvas. She slowly began her approach, rather than moving directly towards the other woman she was taking a longer semi circle route. The gears were turning in her mind, all the things she could and would do to dismantle this girl. Her fingers flexed, twitchy, wanting to grab hold of the cheerleader to actually put on some hurt.

“Alright hero… time for me to show you the grim side of this little fairytale.” Her drew in a sharp breath with a snarl, hulking form lumbering forward to directly run down the cheerleader. Arms outstretched, she attempted to lock up with the other woman for some good old school grappling. It wasn't exactly fair, given their size and strength difference however. If she managed to grab hold she would quickly try to overpower Lucky and force her down on a knee, readying her for an actual move.

Bowser took her sweet time in coming after Lucky, her movements as slow and deliberate as a predator on the hunt. With Lucky's back pressed against the ropes, there was really nowhere for the cheerleader to go other then out... and even then, that part of the arena was no longer safe with those hammer-twins standing out there, circling like sharks! It was only just now after her attacks had done virtually NO damage did it truly sink in that she was in the ring with a real monster... Someone who wouldn't think twice about breaking her in half... and then DO it because she could!

Rising to her feet, the Koopa Queen's shadow stretched across the floor towards Sakura, as if eager to lash out at her itself! While it could only mimic the motions of it's user, the way Bowser stretched out her claws made it seem as if the darker reflection of her was lashing out, the tip of it's fingers nipping at Lucky's boots! Sakura stared, wide-eyed as her opponent reached out for her, attempting some kind of grapple... But Lucky wouldn't just let herself be taken! She had to keep fighting... She wouldn't just give up since an attack or two failed to gain any ground!... even if one of them was her super-special finisher!

...She had to think of something... Something that would keep Bowser distracted if only for a little while...

"HA!" Sakura cried, JUMPING up for a drop-kick aimed RIGHT at the giantess' head! She couldn't just run up and punch her or kick her! She didn't have the strength to do more than hurt HERSELF! If this didn't beat back the Giant...

...She didn't want to think about what'd happen...