Alessa Mason vs Kaoru Takahashi (Complete)

Standard Match to be decided by One-Fall
Victory by Pin, Submission, or KO.

Finding herself walking through the hallways of the Friction arena, Alessa is seemingly wasting time before her scheduled match. She is dressed in her usual getup, a school uniform type "attire". She was notified she will be facing a member of the Kawaii league, Kaoru Takahashi, which confused her a bit. Thinking too much into it, she almost felt that it was management trying to see her limits in using her strength as in how far she would go. She already seems to be underestimating her opponent just by what it would say on paper. As she ponders deeper, she feels that maybe it could be something new. This girl must have some talent if she's willing to go against someone this much bigger than her, so along with the underestimating, Alessa also feels a sense of anticipation and excitement. Still, if one were to see her face now, they would probably think she has no care or opinion about any of it.

Her usual blank expression has been quite the source of misunderstandings for her, but she doesn't seem to be bothered by it. It could be even possible that she doesn't notice doing so. Nonetheless, with only minutes left until her match, she begins to make her way to the gorilla position. The staff members ask her if she is ready and she simply nods her head. It looks like she will be entering first tonight. She turns her back to the staff beside her and pulls a picture from her pocket, one that she has been carrying around ever since she got here. Her original reason of heading to AFW lied within that picture, one of her former tag partner Dante Sunderland. A true, rare smile comes over her face until she in interrupted by one of the workers.

"2 minutes" he says to her as her face changes back to one of almost no emotion. She slips the picture back into her skirt pocket and turns to the curtains. "New Day's Dawn" by Fozzy starts to play throughout the arena as the lights dim to a red color. Almost a chilling atmosphere extends around the arena as she steps onto the stage area. Paying almost no attention to the mixed reaction she gets from the crowd, she simply walks down the ramp and climbs into the ring through the middle ropes. Her looks almost bringing a silence among the audience, confused as to what to make of the girl. She walks to the middle of the ropes opposite of the ramp and leans backwards on them, waiting for her opponent to enter.

Sitting on a bench in the lockers room, Kaoru looked down at her feet. She honestly didnt know how to feel. Nervous? Scared? Intimidated? Unlike last time, she wasn't going to fight another wrestler from the kawaii league. Only things she knew about her opponent were her name and that she was bigger than her. What kind of moves should she use? And... was she even good? They wouldn't set her up against her if they didn't think it'd be an even, entertaining match, now would they. Well, she could only hope she stood a chance against Alessa. So! Getting up on her feet, the blonde kawaii adjusted her white, frilled one piece swimsuit and headed out of the backstage. She was determined to win, no matter how tough her opponent was.

"Tsukiakari no Michishirube" by Stereopony started to sound on the loudspeakers. The fans immediatly recognised the song as Kaoru's theme. While most of the lights went out, the main spotlight focused on the small girl standing at the top of the ramp. It followed the blonde kawaii as she walked down the aisle. Her long, beautiful hair was fixed in twintails, which swayed from side to side with every step she took. Besides her swimsuit, she was also wearing white knee-high boots and matching elbow gloves. She was doing a great job mastering the fear she felt. As she approached the ring, she got a better look of her opponent.

Alessa wasnt that much bigger than her. And she didnt look all that scary either. Climbing up the staircase, the blonde kawaii slipped through the ropes and headed towards her corner. From there she'd stare at the other girl for a moment before bowing respectfully. "Uh... Hi. I'm Kaoru Takahashi. Lets have a good match, yes?" She introduced herself politely, expecting the same kind of response from her opponent.

Alessa watches as Kaoru makes her way to the ring. Seeing her attire, she seems a bit perplexed. Still adjusting to being in a all female wrestling company, the style seems a bit odd to her. In reality, the one who looked the most odd was probably her herself, wearing just an everyday school uniform. She waits patiently as the small girl makes her way up the stairs and into the ring. Expecting the worst, Alessa moves forward from her lean and her blood red eyes almost glow as she readies herself.

It takes her a bit off guard as the kawaii bows and gives such a polite introduction. Alessa stares at her for a few seconds before tilting her head. Her long messy hair getting in her face almost covering the left side. After a few more seconds, she places her hands in her pockets and nods her head. "Yeah. Alessa Mason" she says, returning the introduction in a shorter, less polite way. She moves the hair out of her face from earlier and takes one more look at Kaoru. Alessa had pictured her mind someone almost half her size when told she was facing a kawaii opponent. Even though she had seen an earlier match of Kaoru's, she had a sort of fascination that it could be still something like that. "That would have been kind of cool." her thoughts let out vocally without her even noticing or seemingly caring either. Deep down she was a bit disappointed, but as always her face didn't show any trace of such.

Her eyes however, give off the glow that they did earlier as she prepares herself for the match to begin. While disappointment was there considering something interesting, she was also in turn glad, feeling she can now give her all in the match.

While Alessa's introduction wasnt nearly as polite as hers, Kaoru didnt really care. At least she was honest. She didnt like people who seemed to be one thing and turned out to be something completely different. In fact, she thought Alessa was some sort of neat character taken out of an anime. One of those silent, cool guys who showed up when the hero was having troubles and kicked some ass. She was... probably thinking too much. All she had to do was to defeat the girl in front of her, not to go imagining her as some character you'd see in a TV show.

In any case, Kaoru stood up straight after saying hello to her opponent. She heard a little sound coming from her opponent, like if she were speaking. She couldnt hear quite what she was saying, though. "Nani...?" She tilted her head cutely to the side. The blonde girl wondered if Alessa was talking about her. She knew she shouldnt really care, but she was a bit curious.

It was then when the bell rang loud and clear. The match was on! Kaoru shook her head in order to clear her thoughts and brought her arms up in a bascic wrestling stance. She'd step out of her corner, starting to circle the schoolgirl carefully. She didnt know what she was capable of, so she should always keep her guard up and try to avoid surprise attacks. Kaoru planned on using the same strategy she used against Malina: watching her moves and trying to find a weak spot if possible.

As Alessa hears the Japanese girl voice her confusion at her, her eyes squint a bit. From moving to Japan she should be used to this kind of thing by now, but it seems that she still hasn't quite adjusted yet. The single Japanese word that even most foreigners who have a small care for the language would know, throws Alessa for a bit of a loop. "Ah..kuraokrurkasthi" Alessa lets out a bunch of nonsense and gibberish, seemingly trying to even out the "confusion" even more. Looking satisfied with her work, she nods her head and crosses her arms.

As the bell rang, Alessa quickly got into a ready stance, eyes filled with determination. Her first regular live match on Friction. She felt that she had alot to prove to herself and maybe even to Dante if he could be watching. She watched Kaoru circle her carefully and payed attention to her footwork. While anywhere outside Alessa is a bit clumsy, during "battle" is where all her focus comes together, as she would put it.

She waits until Kaoru is standing equal to one of her sides before she makes her move. When this happens, she attempts to take one step to that side and crouch down to deliver an elbow to her midsection, not interested in starting the match with the typical lock-up.

Kaoru expected Alessa to explain her what she was talking about. Usually, when cool characters said something that was hard to understand, the protagonist would come and make it clear for the rest. But, since there were no other people than Alessa and herself, she found herself forced to ask. It's not like some adorable girl with glasses would pop out of the corner of the screen and repeat it out loud for her to hear. There was no screen to begin with! What her opponent answered was... eh... well... it just didnt sound right. It was like if Alessa were making words up. She was tempted to ask what that was, but decided to bite her lip and remain quiet.

Anyways. She should probably stop comparing this to an anime. She needed to focus on the match! Otherwise, she'd end up losing. And she definitely prefers victory over defeat. Kaoru watched and watched as she circled with Alessa. Since there were no openings - at least none that she could see -, she decided to go for a typical lock up. That was probably the best way to start a match. However, it'd seem her opponent had other plans.

Before she could lock up with her black haired opponent, Kaoru would receive the powerful elbow blow to her soft tummy, her eyes almost popping out of her head. She stumbled back, holding her belly and crying softly in pain. "Nnnhh...!" Now that was unexpected. She shouldnt have let her guard down like that. For just a second or two, she'd be wide open for an attack. But, if Alessa didnt take advantage of her now, the blonde kawaii would charge at her opponent, attempting to tackle her down to the mat strongly.

Connecting with the elbow, Alessa felt that she had just a little amount of time to capitalize. Wasting even a second would prove to be quite the mistake for her. Alessa had it in her mind that anyone smaller than her must be infinitely faster. Her assumptions on her opponents usually changes throughout the match, but going in she always likes to have some sort of general idea of what the usual person matching her opponent would be like. While her preparations could possibly be a great thing for each match, it also can prove to end up costing her considering she doesn't know the actual nature of her opponents until being in the ring with them for a while.

Realizing the small time gap she has to react, she will attempt to get Kaoru in a pedigree-like position, but instead try to lift her up and go for a double underhook suplex.

Kaoru didnt really expect such an attack. She thought her opponent would accept to lock up with her in a test of strength: huge mistake. Defenseless for a moment or two, she'd try to recover the breath taken away from her by the elbow blow, gasping for air. Alessa didnt seem to be willing to wait for her, though. Before she could react, the blonde haired kawaii would be forced to bend over, her arms locked behind her back. She knew this position. A pedigree? So soon? It was probably a bad idea. Or at least, it would have been a bad idea. Kaoru was not ready to start struggling just yet, which proved that Alessa's timing was more than perfect. She shut her eyes down tightly, trying to prepare herself for the impact.

Surprisingly, the pedigree never came. Instead, she would be suplex'd above her opponent's head, her back taking all the damage as she landed on the mat. Kaoru arched her body a little bit, rubbing her back lightly while moaning cutely in pain.

Lifting Kaoru up in the suplex almost causes Alessa to trip herself up. Used to fighting men almost double her size in the indy leagues before coming to AFW, she braced her legs in a way to give herself more leverage to lift something heavier. Fighting an opponent closer to her own weight class, only around 30 lbs lighter, even with her previous over-the-top assumption of her opponent's size, her instincts and habits take over and she nearly overthrows the move almost causing herself to stumble back instead. Fortunately she regains the right composure and lands the suplex.

As it lands, Alessa goes to the ground and lays on her stomach, holding herself up a bit with her hands in front of her as she looks over at Kaoru. Rethinking again, trying to keep herself from almost making the same mistake in the future that nearly cost here there. She then begins to get up while nodding her head. Feeling that she could have just wasted valuable time thinking there, she still intends to follow up in some way. She makes her way over Kaoru, getting down on one knee, and attempts to sit her up and lock in a rear naked choke hold.

Kaoru was rather surprised. Only one mistake of hers allowed Alessa to hurt her twice. And, from the looks of it, that wasnt it. Luckily, the blonde girl didnt end up too damaged to move. After all, the match had just begun, and she had plenty of moves and strategies in store. So, by the time the other girl came to try and sit her up, Kaoru would be getting up on her feet already, facing Alessa again and getting in a defensive stance again. "Alright... so no tests of strength. I guess I'll just have to wait for her to attack to see how to deal with her..." The blonde kawaii murmured to herself as she watched her opponent's moves. She couldnt risk herself to take action. If she wanted to win, she had to learn what her opponent was made of first. Otherwise, she'd end up getting hurt again by Alessa's rather impressive skills.