Red Lotus Challenge - Irezumi vs Mio

Irezumi was pleased that her kick had landed, the masked girlâ€s senses sharpening up again, ready for combat. She advanced cautiously on her stricken opponent, to be greeted by Mioâ€s flailing arm. But Irezumi was better at dealing with strikes than grapples.

“Ah!” she exclaimed, yanking her torso back in an effort to evade the punch, or at least avoid most of its sting.

Before Mio could pull her arm back, Irezumi would try and grab her by the wrist, using the punch against her by pulling the other girl into an irish whip.

"Tch..." Mio scoffed as her punch barely grasp the ninja.

She knew better herself that her strike was shallow, but she wasn't really in a position to dodge. Unfortunately, more problem seemed to arise as Irezumi grabbed her wrist and whipped her to the other side. Mio yelped and soon found herself heading towards the ropes, but she quickly turn around to bump her back against them and launch herself towards her opponent.

The brawler wasn't about to hit Irezumi directly this time, though. She would roll forward to speed up her advance before attempting to tackle the ninja down to the mat. If she succeed she might be able to put Irezumi under her, which would give her some advantage, or so she thought.

"Hyaah!" she yelled as she went for the tackle.

Irezumi readied herself for Mioâ€s return off the ropes, eager to put some hurt on her opponent. But these plans were confounded when the other girl broke into a roll, masking her intentions before leaping forwards in a body tackle.

“Angh!!” Irezumi gasped as Mio crashed into her. A bold, flowing move, making the irish whip backfire on the ninja.

Irezumi fell back and her shoulders smacked the mat with a loud thud, Mioâ€s weight adding to the impact. The masked girl grunted, not happy about the prospect of being trapped under Mio again. Desperate to avoid that fate, as they hit the mat Zumi would push her knees up, hoping to flip the falling Mio forwards, tossing her head over heels. Irezumi didnâ€t want to be the only one whose moves got reversed!

Mio could barely feel delighted as she brought Irezumi down, as the girl instantly reacted, pushing her knees up and flipped the brawler above her. Her eyes widened as she realized she's airborne, as everything seemed to happen so fast after she did that roll. How did she do that? Before she could find an answer to that question, Mio landed back first on the mat with a thud.

"Ow!" she grunted as gravity also brought her feet down. "What was that..." she muttered to herself.

Not wanting to stay down too long, she would try to roll to her right before turning around so she could face Irezumi again. Mio would still be on her hands and knees when she turned around, so any quick follow up might have a better chance to succeed.

There was a real flurry of activity as Irezumi responded to the flying tackle by sending Mio flipping across the ring. With her legs already up and outstretched from the monkey flip, Irezumi found she could right herself quite quickly, using the momentum to rock back on her shoulders, then spring up to her feet with an energetic push. When Irezumi was focused she could be quite graceful, almost a force of nature in her determination and speed.

The ninja glanced round, looking for revenge. Her eyes were shining, her mind a whirl of thoughts, enjoying the thrill of open combat. She saw Mio was slightly slower getting to her feet, and decided to take advantage. She would approach her opponent quickly, before she could get fully upright, and would try to put a side headlock on the other girl, to trap her in a weakened position.

Mio was grumbling over being flipped just like that by Irezumi. The girl was agile just like a real ninja, but she wouldn't let herself be too impressed. She's going to show the masked girl that she's better! Shaking her head a bit, Mio was about to prepare herself for another attack when Irezumi was suddenly already in front of her again.

"Wh..." she couldn't finish her words as the ninja quickly wrapped an arm around her neck, trapping her in a side headlock. "Nngh!"

Instinctively, her hands quickly reach for the ninja's arm, wanting to free herself as soon as possible. Her face was slightly brushing the side of her opponent's breasts, which brought a blush to her face. Mio wasn't about to let herself getting distracted for too much, though. The rest of her body would start to twist around, wanting to make it harder for Irezumi to apply the lock perfectly.

"Let go!" she barked at the masked girl sharply.

Irezumi had a quick chuckle to herself as Mio seemed surprised to see her. Keeping one step ahead of her opponent was a big part of the ninjaâ€s plans. She gladly wrenched the other girlâ€s head into a tight lock, squashing her skull and pulling her face into the side of her chest.

She grunted a little at Mioâ€s struggles, doing her best to keep the hurt on her opponent, but she had to do a lot of wriggling to keep control, and she knew it was going to be a losing battle. So she decided to quit while she was ahead.

“Okay, okay, Iâ€ll let you go…” she told the trapped girl. Irezumi would then start to run forwards, dragging Mia by her head, before jumping up and trying to slam Mia down, face first into the mat, in a punishing bulldog manoeuvre.

Mio didn't expect Irezumi to release her just like that, and hated herself for being right. She couldn't stop the running ninja in her current position, though, and so she was dragged and slammed by her opponent quite easily.

"Uff!" the brawler grunted as she landed face first onto the math.

She rolled around slightly, holding her face with both hands, obviously hurt by the slam. Mio cursed Irezumi inside her mind while she tried to roll away from the girl, not wanting to be caught in her vulnerable state. The problem was that she barely know where the ninja was, so she's kind of rolling around aimlessly as it was.

“There we go!” Irezumi cackled triumphantly as she successfully slammed Mioâ€s face to the canvas. She started to get up when she saw Mio quickly and recklessly roll away.

“Come back here! Iâ€m not done with you!!” she pouted. Irezumi would scramble after Mio, trying to grab her by the ankle, so she could drag her downed opponent back into the centre of the ring.

As if she's going to come back to her. Mio knew that the last thing she wanted was to be caught by Irezumi. It's rather hard to escape without actually seeing the path, though, and so she stopped a bit, thinking she was already made some distance. Her face was still a bit sore, but the brawler couldn't be arsed to keep rubbing them with both hands. She would leave herself too open.

Just as she's about to get up to one knee, though, Irezumi caught her ankle from behind, causing Mio to yelp in surprise as she glanced back. Before she could react further the ninja dragged her towards the center of the ring, causing her to helplessly dug her hands onto the mat to try making it harder for Irezumi to do so. She knew it's kind of a losing battle, though.

"Damn you! Let me go!" she protested while trying to maintain some ground in her dragged state.