Hitomi Fujishima vs Cassie Elliot

Cassie laced her fingers under Hitomi's chin and rowed back to arch Hitomi's back and neck as painfully as possible. It was the first time she'd locked in a camel clutch and actually gone for the submission with it. It was fun. She did feel a little bad about the pain she was sure Hitomi was in, but it was a fight and she just wanted her to tap.

She set her feet way out in front for leverage and leaned way back, tilting her head back and looking up at the ceiling with a grin. AFW was such a good idea. She hoped her family would approve if they saw the match.

Hitomi was in a real dire situation now. With no way to break free and Cassie relentlessly pulling on the camel clutch, Hitomi really considered just tapping out and saving herself some pain. But deep inside she didn't want to. She had her honor, after all, and she could not just give up and let some foreigner win! Hitomi gritted her teeth, enduring the pain, thinking of some way to break free. She was stuck in the center of the ring, the ropes were out of reach. She couldn't kick up and hit Cassie. And she couldn't overpower her in this situation. Hitomi could only think of one way. She began trying to rock from side to side, hoping that it would unbalance Cassie and force her to let go of her hold.

Cassie giggled when Hitomi started rocking. Then she thought maybe she should make sure she didn't let her wriggle free... her balance was pretty well secured with her feet spread wide apart, but just to bump up Hitomi's discomfort and make her less likely to wriggle away, she improvised a little.

She moved her leg and let Hitomi's left arm drop to the mat. Then, with Hitomi's body turned to the right, she shifted her grip so her left hand was under Hitomi's chin and her right hand pressed down on her temple. She twisted Hitomi's neck horribly to the left, so that the weight of her body added to the pressure and she torqued her neck far past where it was meant to go. She hoped she didn't break it or anything, or really hurt Hitomi, but she was sure it would look awesome on film.

"Do... you give?" She asked awkwardly. "I don't want you to get hurt."

Hitomi thought that Cassie's shift in position meant that she would be able to break free with a little bit more struggling. How wrong she was. Suddenly her head got twistes sharply to the side, filling her neck and skull with mind-numbing pain. Hitomi let out a sharp scream, her eyes filled with tears. Her hand clenched into a fist, slamming into the mat repeatedly. But in spite of all the pain, she would not give.

"No!" Hitomi said, "I'm not giving!" She was being ridiculously stubborn at this point, which was probably going to be very bad for her.

Oh, man. Still not quitting. Cassie didn't know if AFW people were really that tough or just stubborn and stupid. She certainly SEEMED to be in enough pain to tap, and it didn't really seem like she was going anywhere. The last thing Cassie wanted was to injure someone in a match, but she wasn't going to give up her position and she definitely wanted the win more than anything, so...

Cassie let go of Hitomi's head with her right hand. She slipped her right arm under her own leg, and grabbed Hitomi's free left arm. She pulled. Her left hand was still wrapped around Hitomi's jaw, torquing head neck so far to the side that an experienced submission fighter would cringe just watching it. To add as much pressure as possible, and to make sure Hitomi was in as much agony as possible, her hold on Hitomi's arm forced Hitomi's body to turn even farther in the opposite direction. She wouldn't even be able to lessen the pressure with any amount of squirming.

Cassie shut her eyes tightly. She couldn't watch. Aside from being really gross, she'd feel awful for the rest of her life if she tore something or popped something or caused any lasting damage to Hitomi. She seemed like a nice girl. She just wanted her to quit.

Please tap, please tap, oh please tap.

Tears began flowing from Hitomi's eyes as Cassie twisted her even more, not just cranking her neck but also torquing her back. Luckily though the back torquing actually relieved some pressure from Hitomi's neck, so the pain wasn't as bad as before, despite this new hold doing even more damage to Hitomi's body. She was already starting to feel numb from this hold, knowing that if she took any more damage she was going to pass out.

"Better passing out than giving up," Hitomi thought, "It's less pathetic." With this in mind, she held on, gritting her teeth and refusing to give up still, while also at times trying to pull a little bit out of the hold. The weak point seemed to be Cassie's left hand, it seemed, since it would be difficult to hold on with just one hand. So she tried to pull her head out of Cassie's grip first.

Cassie was amazed that the girl hadn't tapped yet. She was pretty strong, but still, most people would've called it a day once unknown parts of their neck started popping. Putting all that work into the hold was wearing on her arms, and when Hitomi started to slip out of her grasp she decided to let her go and not risk burning out her arms.

Instead she got low and grabbed hold of Hitomi while she recovered some energy. She laid herself down flat on Hitomi's back and wrapped her arms under Hitomi's body while grapevining her legs around Hitomi's. She could use a short breather just to let blood get in and out of her arms, then it was back at it.

Knowing how much pain this girl could take, she felt less bad about inflicting it. The last thing she wanted to do was injure her or make her cry. She'd just hold off a moment then transition to the next hold and try to force her to tap or risk breaking something or passing out.

Finally Hitomi got Cassie to let go of her neck, before something really nasty happened, but she still could't break free. Cassie instead grabbed her around the chest, and lay her body tightly on top, keeping her legs trapped and effectively pinning Hitomi to the mat. Hitomi normally would've been content to stay like this for a bit, since she needed to recover from all the damage she took, but she had to try and move quickly before Cassie could trap her again.

She panted weakly for a few seconds, before trying to talk. "That really hurt," Hitomi said weakly. She blinked away the last few tears, before gritting her teeth and attempting to flip over, pushing upwards with her arms to one side so that Cassie gets trapped beneath her!

"I'll bet! You're pretty tough to not have tapped."

Cassie smiled as Hitomi rolled her over again. Once more Cassie was on her back and on Hitomi's back, feet hooked around Hitomi's thighs and one armunder Hitomi's and the other over, by her neck. She giggled a little.

"Here again! You still don't want me on your back. What happened here last time? What should you do about it? I'll give you a hint, it's not holding your breath."

Cassie didn't at all mean to taunt Hitomi, she was just having a good time. While competing was in her blood, she also though Hitomi seemed nice and all. Plus she didn't think she was in enough danger of being tapped out herself to really worry... then she remembered the back of Hitomi's head. She tucked her head snugly next to Hitomi's so she wouldn't be able to clonk into it again.

Hitomi let out a small grunt as Cassie still held onto her. This was just like before, though now Hitomi was hurt quite badly. She knew that if this kept up for an longer, she would have no choice but to tap out. And she couldn't just hit Cassie's head either, since the girl had tucked her head in tightly against Hitomi's shoulder.

Though Cassie's words probably didn't have any malice behind them, the were more than enough to piss off Hitomi. She was hurting pretty badly, and her opponent had the nerve to taunt her? Hitomi decided that she probably would need to do something rather unfair to Cassie to get out of this situation. So, she gently curled her hand into a fist, with her thumb pointing outward like a hitchhiker. Then, Hitomi would jab it backwards, straight at Cassie's eye!