Rika Smart vs Chigusa Yuuki

Rika Smart emerged from backstage as her music played over the loud speakers. These days she was rather bitter, as was shown by the frown on her face. A couple of days ago she was beaten up in the locker room by the Friction Title Champion, Masane, which resulted in her being knocked out and sent to the hospital ward. Her mentor Sarah Gatt said she'd take care of it, but that didn't help the shame she felt after telling her what happened. Rika wanted to be the one that avenged herself, she didn't want Sarah having to solve all her problems, but she also had to know her limits. Well, at least she could take out her frustrations in this match.

She made her way down the ramp, ignooring the cheers of the crowd and not doing anything to appease them; she wasn't in the right mood for that. Rika climbed into the ring, walked to her corner and started to do some warm up stretches, wondering who her opponant was.

It had been only a few days since the long and drawn out title belt tournament, and Chigusa had been in recovery. She had fought long and hard and completely worn herself out by the end, getting beaten completely by the end. Now after several days of refreshing massages and sleeping, Chigusa Yuuki felt well enough to return to the ring. Even though it had only been a few days, Chigusa already had several challenges. Her manager, Thomas Drake, decided to give her a match from a certain Rika Smart, who was supposedly close to the powerhouse brawler of the league Sarah Gatt. Chigusa was a bit apprehensive about this setup, because even if she beat Rika, she might have to contend with the undefeated Sarah Gatt later, and that would not be an easy fight.

But she was not the type to back down from a fight. Chigusa Yuuki decided to meet this challenge head on, like a person of honor should. "nO LimiT" played over the speakers as she walked out, her fans cheering her onwards to the ring. She waved to all of them, running over to the side of the ramp and high-fiving the people in the crowd, giving out a few autographs on the way. She reached the ring, climbing in through the bottom ropes, bending over and giving the crowd a flash of her panties under her short skirt. She got into the ring and stood facing Rika Smart, looking at her and sizing her up, wondering how she should take on this unknown opponent.

"Well you must be Rika Smart," Chigusa said, "It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Rika raised an eyebrow upon her oppoanat's arrival, finding her to be nothing more than a young girl. Rika had already beaten up a little girl in her debut match, she didn't want to face another. Maybe the officials thought that was the only level of fighters she could take here. She wanted a real challenge, not a pop princess!

Her disdain only increased when the girl took her sweet time getting to the ring. Normally Rika wouldn't be against such behavior, but as stated before, she was in no mood. She rolled her eyes when she flashed her panties, and dismissed the girl as another wannabe wrestler this league was full of.

"Whatever," Rika muttered to her soon to be opponant. "You better be ready to hurt, cause I'm ready to make you hurt."

"Ara?" Chigusa said, "You're sounding pretty scary there." She laughed and shook her head. "Lighten up a bit, you're not doing anybody any favors by being so pissed off. The crowd's not going to enjoy it if you're so angry." She waved her hands, gesturing to the crowd. She wasn't afraid of Rika at all, even with her pissed off attitude. She was pretty-looking, and didn't seem capable of being too dangerous. But of course, Chigusa knew that Rika was a brawler, and she probably wouldn't mind taking some dirty shots.

The bell rang, signaling the beginning of the match. Chigusa raised her hands in a defensive position. "Well, if you're going to make me hurt, you'd better get started," Chigusa said.

Rika only got more irritated at Chigusa's words. What kind of person talks like that? she asked herself. How sugary sweet can you get? She cracked her knuckles one by one, and narrowed her eyes on the girl before her.

"If you say so," she sneered. Then she'd take off at Chigusa, looking to throw a punch at her gut. This was just a feint to distract Chigusa, so her other arm could nail her in an uppercut.

Chigusa saw Rika coming at her with fists raised, ready to punch her out. She sighed. "She's being pretty forward," Chigusa thought, "Well that's good, it's easy to fight straightforward people." She saw Rika's fist striking at her gut, blocking the blow easily with her hand. But then, she noticed a fist striking up at her chin, a powerful uppercut. Chigusa tried to block it with her other arm, but it was a bit too quick. She got hit hard, her head snapping back, falling backwards a few steps from the force of the blow.

Rika grinned as her attack hit home, her uppercut doing its intended job of stunning Chigusa, but it wouldn't last long, even if she was a ditz. While her head was still snapped back Rika would swiftly rush at the idol so she could deliver and elbow blow straight into her gut. If it struck true and Chigusa hunched over as a result, Rika would immediately follow up with an axe-handled blow to the back of Chigusa's head, sending her to the mat.

Chigusa fell back a few steps, both from the force of the blow and trying to get away from Rika. She looked at Rika, seeing her rushing forward to attack. Chigusa narrowed her eyes. She couldn't let Rika gain this much momentum early on in the match. She leapt to the side to dodge the elbow blow to her gut, trying to not let Rika hit her. When Rika rushes by her, Chigusa would try to duck down to trip Rika and make her fall over.

Rika's eyes widened when her attack failed to connect, and flew by Chigusa once she stepped aside. She growled angrily, about to try again when she was suddenly tripped. With a yelp she fell forwards, and slammed onto her front on the mat. She growled afterwards, blushing a bit as she was taken down rather easily. She would quickly try to get back to her feet.

Chigusa didn't stop Rika from getting back up to her feet, backing away with her hands raised in a defensive position, ready for anything Rika throws at her. She couldn't help but winder what was up with the girl though, and why she was so angry. "Say, what's up with you?" Chigusa asked, "What could you possibly be so angry at?"