World Title Semi Final: Michael Northman Vs. Zero Kotobuki

Michael had done it, he had managed to connect something major, something that seriously hurt, and it felt good, Michael was feeling quite tired before, but this turn to his advantage had invigorated him quite a bit, he had to capitalize, now that Zero was down he had to try and hit her with some moves, and make her hurt a little, it was his chance and it had to be used to it's fullest.

Michael would look over at Zero for a moment, as he then quickly jumped up and bounced on his toes for a second, before jumping up to the ring side, and with the aid of the ropes hurried over like a quick little fox, to where Zero was lying, she looked down for a second and then raised a hand in the air, before he would leap up form the ring edge and jump up, and performed a little flip before he tried to crash down with onto her in Swanton Bomb variation as he tried to hit her back or side, and hurt her as much as he could, if she managed to move away it would most likely spell horror and pain for Michale.

The Flame of Courage did have to take this chance, and if he didn't take risks then he couldn't be called the Flame of courage could he.

The pain in Zero's back was near blinding after Michael had performed that suplex on her. Her eyes were shut tightly as she lay on her side, trying in some way to soothe the pain that now dominated her backside. Zero had taken a lot of slams in her sucessful career, and quite a few of them were outside the ring. It always hurt like hell, and she was wishing the AFW out mats around their rings like most federations.

She knew it was only a matter of time before Michael was on her, so she willed herself to open her eyes to catch sight of her opponant. There was Michael, climbing to the ring side, about to make a fatal rookie mistake. Perhaps he was a bit overconfident after scoring that out-of-ring suplex on her, but performing a high-flier the outside of the ring was something for either the most reckless of wrestlers, or the most stupid.

Zero would show Michael why this was when he jumped off the ring apron, and would quickly role away to let Michael slam himself into the hard concrete.

Michael might have been getting a bit over confident with hitting Zero like that, and thought that he might be able to do some fun stuff now, since he was the high flier, he just had to go for it, and being a high flier meant that you had to be a bit of a dare devil, it seemed almost a perfect blend, and while he might not have done the smartest things or thought out the most well planned fighting patterns or styles, Michael always fought from his heart, and that was what mattered.

Michael jumped off into the air and in the corner off his eye, he saw Zero move out of the way, and as she did, Michael dreaded his over confidence, as he crashed down onto the cold hard floor, " AGH!" He shouted out as he sat up and his face was contorted in pain, he rolled over onto his front and pounded the ground for a second, before starting to pick himself up.

Maybe he could need a bit more training, to make sure he wouldn't make such stupid mistakes, or maybe he needed to follow both his mind and his heart, not just his heart.

With Micahel's jumping assault having an unexpected crash landing Zero knew it was now or never to gain the upper hand in this match. A couple of stupid mistakes had put her on the concrete ground outside the ring, and even now the ref was nearing the end of her countout. Zero's skills lay inside the ring, not outside. It was time to get back into it.

Rolling to her feet after rolling away from Michael Zero would make her way over to where she landed. As he was starting to get back up she would grab him by the hair before rocketing yet another knee into his face, hoping to keep him stunned with the blow. If that worked she woulde steer him over to the ring and then attmept to roll him back under it before following him back inside.

Michael was mending his aching back now, as she was trying to make his way up to his feet, although it wasn't going so quick, and the pain was bothering him quite a bit, he wondered if he could really go on with such a pain, and that was what made him doubtful, he wasn't much of a person to wonder of worry about much, he just did it, but the fact that he worried if he could continue on and keep fighting was quite the shock and was doing a number on his mind.

Was it because of what was at stake, was it because there was a title at stake and that he needed to win so bad to get a chance at the title belt, was it putting pressure on him, he didn't like that one bit, his sister and brother was watching him, was that why he felt like this ? he didn't know, but he knew that he didn't want to let them down, and that he didn't want to fail the Northman name.

Before he knew it he was pulled up a bit by his hair and he was forced up, before Zero's knee smacked into his face, " Ugh!" Michael cried out, as it was almost as if he was seeing starts now, his head was spinning and he didn't know what to do, then he was pulled up and rolled into the ring with ease, the Flame of Courage groaned out in pain as he started to place his palms down against the mat, and start to weakly push himself up.

With a slide and a roll Zero was back inside the ring to finish this match with Michael. It had been a hrd fought match thus far, but it had to end quickly. With the Title Belt at stake there was no room for error. It was unfortunate for such a worthy opponnat but Zero had to take Micheal down hard.

While Michael was attempting to get back to his knees Zero would not allow him the luxury of getting that far. She would swiftly leap on his back, stopping his ascent, and then just as quickly move to wrap her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. If she managed that she would then jerk them both to the side so Michael would be taken off his hands and knees and fall to the mat with her, where she would immediately apply a sleeper/bodyscissors combo.

Michael was struggling quite hard to try and move around and gain some ground again, trying to come up to his feet again, but before he could even get up onto his knees, Michael felt Zero's bosom press against his head and was then taken down, feeling her legs wrap around her waist, and then her arms locking in around his neck, Michael was now caught in a very difficult submission hold, as he was also rolled over so that he would be able to try and push out of the hold, this was proving to be a very bad situation, and he had to find a way out of it, Zero was by far the toughest first opponent, in a new league one could ever want to have.

Michale's arms flailed around for a while as he tried to think of something , " gah..ugh.." Michael let out as he tried his best to just keep going, he couldn't lose here, it just...he had to try and fight out of it, he would clutch his hands into fists as she would then try and send back his elbow, attempting to catch Zero's side with an elbow strike, as he would also try and repeat this process over and over again, it was either fight until he got free, or fight until there was not fight left in him.

Zero's limbs coiled around Michael's body like pythons, her strong arms crushing his throat and cutting off his blood flow while her powerful legs conscstricting his waist and squeezing the air right out of him. Zero now had Michael right where she wanted him. In this position she could wear him down and tire him out for an easier finish. She clutched the man tight to her, her breasts pressing against her back, making sure he couldn't escape.

She then felt Michael tense up and knew what was coming, and braced herself for the hit. "UGH!!" She grunted in pain, but held firm to the choke. In fact, she squeezed Michael tighter rto her so she would not be dislodged. More blows came down with Zero grunting in pain at each one, but Zero held firm, squeezing Michale tighter to the point where he could not fight back anymore.

Michael could feel that each elbow strike he made weakened him even more and took more and more fight out of him, the hold of Zero's strengthening with ever hit that he struck, Michael's legs began to flail around as his head started turning red, somewhat because of the hold, and a little because of how very close Zero was to him, pressing her chest up against his back, and feeling her warmth, Michael was very durable and could endure a lot, but this hold was really starting to take a real toll on the Flame of Courage, he didn't know what to do really and it seemed as if hope was dwindling, about to blow out like a candle in the wind.

Soon enough Michaels struggles began to seize, and he didn't throw back any more shoots at Zero's side.

The elbows Michael kept throwing at Zero were certainly starting to hurt as they repeatedly slammed into her side, and Zero had to summon all her will power not to release the choke she had on Michael. Soon enough though the elbows grew weaker and weaker the longer she held on, and then they stopped all together. It seemed Zero's sleeper was finally having the desired effect. Zero would hgold the sleeper for several more moments, squeezing Michael to make sure he wouldn't be fighting back anytime soon, and then she would release him, rolling him off her and onto his back.

Zero would then spring to her feet as she looked down on her opponant. She had weakened him, now it was time to finish him. Turning around, Zero would make a run for the ropes, jump onto the middle one, and then bounce off them and perform a backslip in mid-air, hurtling straight towards Michael. If all went well, Zero would come falling down on Michael, crashing her knee straight down into his face for her signature Moon Meteor attack.