Chigusa Yuuki vs Toshimi Minami

Toshimi kept counting, with the crowd following her. Her big advantage over Chigusa had slowly chipped on her usual professionalism, and now she was truly enjoying the beatdown - enjoying it a bit too much for her own sake, it seemed. Perhaps taken by a sense of safety, Toshimi stood very close to Chigusa as she counted, and she couldn't see the gleam in Chigusa's eye until the last second.

"Three! And... two - agh!" Taken by surprise, the submissionist had no time to avoid the sudden charge, and she was tackled to the mat.

After successfully taking Toshimi down, Chigusa knew she had to move quickly. The pain from the multiple submissions as already wearing away at her stamina, and she didn't know how long it would take before Toshimi would counterattack. Chigusa got up as quickly as she could, making a mad dash at the ring ropes, bouncing off of them to redirect her momentum. She was building up speed, and was going to make this next move count. No doubt Toshimi would be close to getting up at this point. Chigusa would use her momentum to slam Toshimi back down with a cross-body splash!

Having been taken down, Toshimi's first instinct as a submissionist was to get a grip on Chigusa, but the idol stood up fast and she couldn't take action in time. And, as she tried to get up quick as well, Chigusa was already running to the ropes. By the time Toshimi was at her knees, Chigusa was already returning at full speed. She only had a fraction of a second to brace herself with her arms before she was overcome by the massive momentum and driven back to the mat, crushed under Chigusa's splash.

The splash attack hurt Chigusa quite a bit as well, winding her as both of them fell. But still, Chigusa had to continue, or she would lose this precious advantage. Getting up as fast as she could, ignoring her pain and her body's protests, Chigusa grabbed Toshimi's arm to pull her up and attempt to whip her out to the ropes, running behind Toshimi if she was successful and would attempt to clothesline her as she bounced back.

Toshimi barely had the time to get a breathe when Chigusa got off her, being pulled up almost instantly after that. The idol's attacks were quick, fierce and hurried, like those of a prey that had no chance but to fight back, and so Toshimi couldn't even stand upright before being thrown at the ropes.

As she approached the ropes, Toshimi could hear Chigusa's steps running behind her, and planned a counter-hit for when she had bounced back the ropes and that would stop the idol dead on her tracks. However, when the time came, Toshimi turned her body and saw that Chigusa was even closer than she had expected; there was no time or space for a counter there, as Chigusa was just a moment away from her.

The clothesline crashed into Toshimi's chest, making her gasp and fall back onto the ropes. She put one arm over the top ropes to avoid falling, winded by the consecutive blows. Her confident smile had given way to a frown as she had now decided to bring Chigusa onto her knees once more. She couldn't do that just yet, but if Chigusa came close enough to her for another attack, Toshimi would send her boot to the idol's gut.

After slamming Toshimi with the clothesline, Chigusa took a few steps back and charged again, hoping to really hurt the grappler, maybe enough to even end the match. She could see that Toshimi wasn't taking those hits very well. But even though she charged fast, Toshimi's response surprised her.

"Oof!" Chigusa gasped as Toshimi's boot suddenly slammed into her gut. But instead of falling over, Chigusa gritted her teeth and held on, specifically to Toshimi's leg! She straightened up, ignoring all her pain, and would slam an elbow down on Toshimi's knee joint, attempting to cause some more damage to the grappler.

When even the direct kick couldn't make Chigusa fall, Toshimi narrowed her eyes. She had her pride as a submissionist, and if Chigusa was still able to move around so much, it was all due to a miscalculation on her part. Miscalculations were unacceptable.

"Let... ngh... go!" Toshimi snarled, trying to shake her leg away from Chigusa's grasp. But, before she could do so, Chigusa's elbow came down with full force. "GAAH!" She groaned as the pain shot up her knee, making her even more upset that Chigusa was getting back at her like that. Trying to resist her own pain, Toshimi would attack again if Chigusa didn't let go of her leg. Using the top rope as a support, she would jump and direct something like a one-legged dropkick towards Chigusa using her free leg. And, this time, she was aiming for the idol's head.

After landing that successful hit, Chigusa ran out of momentum. She couldn't move fast enough to dodge the next attack, or even properly defend. Toshimi's kick struck her dead center, hitting her forehead and sending her flying backwards. She landed spread-eagled on the mat, breathing hard and in obvious pain. Chigusa had been ignoring the damage her body took from the submissions, and was just trying to hurt Toshimi back as much as possible. But now she couldn't ignore it. All of it hit her at once, nearly immobilizing her.

"A-ahh..." Chigusa moaned. She would try to get up slowly, every movement too painful to bear.

After freeing herself, Toshimi landed on her feet, but stayed some more time holding onto the ropes. As she recovered her breath and tried to let the pain on her knee subside, her mind rushed. She replayed her whole match at a fast pace, trying to find the reason Chigusa had been able of such an outburst.

After a moment, she found the answer. It was a basic mistake, really, since Chigusa used high-flying moves. But, fortunately, her blunder could be fixed right now. She stepped away from the ropes, looking down at Chigusa. Her cold stare had returned, but she wasn't using it to play mind games this time.

She got close to Chigusa and pushed her down strongly with her boot, not wanting her to get up. Once Chigusa fell down, she picked up one of her ankles. "Congratulations, Chigusa. You had me for a moment there." Toshimi held her leg close to her body as she glared down. "But it won't happen again, since I will be taking your legs." With that short remark, Toshimi fell to the mat on her side, hugging Chigusa's leg tightly with her arms and legs and hyperextending it in a painful kneebar.

Chigusa was slowly crawling to her feet when Toshimi came over. She looked up with a mix of fear and loathing, still trying to seem defiant even when her body was pushed to its limit. She was easily shoved back onto the mat by Toshimi's foot, lying down with one arm at her side, still trying to push upwards and sit back up. Toshimi then grabbed her leg, and with one swift motion put her into an immensely painful submission.

"Noo!" Chigusa wailed as Toshimi stretched her leg to its limit. She really wasn't kidding, at this rate Chigusa wasn't going to be able to use her leg anymore! She tried kicking at Toshimi to make her let go, hoping that her leg wasn't going to take too much damage.