(Debut) Hathiya The Earthshaker Vs. Croo-El!- A Battle of Titans!

Contrary to what people might have believed, Croo-El did have the strength to lift Hathiya’s head as she squeezed the elephant woman’s neck. The Croc wanted to be rough with her opponent, going so far as to snatch up the Earthshakers wrist so she had a tougher time pulling at the crocodile’s suffocating arm. With her knee digging into Hathiya’s back, Croo-El had figured that this was a fairly painful situation to be in. The crowd seemed to agree, throwing jeers towards the ruthless crocodile and booing her actions. Croo-El could only roll her eyes at the hypocrisy around her, figuring that everyone would be fine with her submission maneuver if it happened to her. It only motivated her to put some more effort into the choke.

Croo-El never let up on her choke, but she knew something was wrong. Hathiya weakly pulled at the Croc’s arm, tugging at it pitifully with a fraction of the strength the Croc felt before. Croo-El might have been cruel, vicious, and overall went straight to violence to solve her problems, but she wasn’t stupid. There was no way Hathiya was this weak after a few seconds in a choke. Not after everything they had gone through! It was only at the last second Croo-El realized what was going on.

Hathiya was playing possum for a comeback!

At that moment, Hathiya made her move. She quickly launched Croo-El up and over her and used the arm that the Croc had grabbed to bring her back down to the floor in a slam! Thankfully, the blow wasn’t nearly as savage as the one that created the crater, but it was flashy enough to get the crowd going again. Croo-El felt the ground hit her scales once more, and this one managed to wind her as the air slipped from her lungs.

Damnit! HOw many tricks does this freak have?!?

Hathiya's comeback excited the crowd more, and Hathiya wanted to add a little more momentum. She liked playing a crowd, can't have a good match without the crowds attention. And she wanted to REALLY grab their attendance now.

Just before she would go full serious.

Still holding Croo-Els arm, she got on her knees as she pulled the crocs arm so hard, Croo-El got pulled right up to her. She immediately enclosed both her arms and held the croc in a full Nelson hold, shaking her left and right violently for a few seconds to daze her somewhat.

After about 4 seconds of shaking her like a barista at a bar, she stopped the shaker, and grabbed 2 handfuls of the crocs hair.

The crowds yells started rising as Hathiya did a a twirl around, still grabbing Croo-El by the hair, before spinning and throwing her by her hair towards the other end of the arena!

Croo-El was winded and down, her shoulder sore from taking the brunt of Hathiya’s throw. The Crocodile woman was trying to think, her maw wrenched tight into a snarl as she sucked air through her teeth. No matter what she threw at Hathiya, the Elephant woman seemed to have an answer for it! The only thing that had worked was going for the legs. This had to have been what Eros meant when she was talking about satisfying Croo-El’s desire for a fight. If it weren’t for the Croc’s natural defenses and endurance, this fight would have been over by now. It was certainly one sided so far, but Croo-El wasn’t going to let herself be humiliated! She’d teach Hathiya a lesson even if she needed to go extreme to do it! She just had to learn how!

While Croo-El might have been catching her breath, the Earthshaker had a full tank of gas! She easily picked herself up, along with Croo-El and tugged her close so that her powerful arms could envelop Croo-El in a tight and inescapable hold. Croo-El felt her scales pressed against Hathiya’s form, the elephant’s large chest pushing against her the Crocs shoulders like two cushions. The very idea noticeably angered Croo-El, and the Croc would throw her head back to quickly smack Hathiya’s chest!

“GET OFF!!! NOW!!!”

Oh, Hathiya didn’t like that too much. Or maybe she didn’t care. All that happened next was that she would start shaking Croo-El back and forth viciously. The Croc didn’t want to, but after nearly losing her breakfast, she braced herself against the elephant. The rough ride felt like it went on for hours, but when it stopped, Croo-El couldn’t see a thing. The world was blurry and spinning, and she had to keep her maw shut or else lose everything in her stomach! The reptile was so dazed that when the elephant grabbed her by the hair, Croo-El almost couldn’t feel it. She couldn’t stand, only being held up by the elephant's grip over her hair. So when the Earthshaker threw Croo-El, she had little resistance!

“Guh!”

The gator hit the arena floor, rolling from the momentum until coming to a stop near the edge. She growled to herself, Punching the floor to make sure she was faced down. Her eyes were still trying to adjust to the spinning world, and if she moved too quickly, she knew she’d fall right over. Slowly, Croo-El was rising from the floor, clawing the ground in anger as drool rolled from her teeth.

I wanna bite her! Tear her to pieces! Show her who the predator here is!

Hathiya could hear the crowds screams and cheers reaching their peak. It seems that she couldn't generate any more hype. Taking into account the amount of time that has passed, and the noise volume, she guessed the crowd was now absolutely into her.

Surprise intro. Check. First impressions. Check. Strength and showboat. Check.

Hathiya cracked her neck a bit as she now decided it was time to get real. Eros had said her opponent was someone who was never satisfied with her fights before now. Hathiya could guess she had probably gotten faaaar more than she had bargained for right now. She took a glance towards the tower, then back at Croo-El, getting up.

Hathiya set her legs apart, her arms by her sides, and then just a bit up, as she bent her knees, and stood her ground.

She unleashed yet another trumpet sound, and then boomed, "Croooo-Eeeeeeeel! Are you satisfieeeeed?!" She stomped one foot, shaking the whole ring and arena again.

The smell of kicked up dust and dirt filled Croo-El’s nose while the audience’s adulation for her opponent deafened her. The world was spinning, blinding her with a smear of what her vision was supposed to see. Her senses were deprived, only her sense of touch telling her she was currently on the arena floor. Bits of dirt and cracked floor crumbling in her hand as she clawed the ground, trying to think, to FOCUS! Her predatory instincts were kicking in, her rage boiling over as her chest heaved in air and exhaled small puffs of steam. She wanted to beat Hathiya, but had no idea how! Strength, weight, height, even speed! Everything she tried was countered, and she was the one left in the dirt!

Suddenly, that damn trumpet noise filled the air! Dragging Croo-El’s eyes to the source, the Croc would notice her vision returning as she could make out Hathiya through the slightly shaky world. The Elephant rang out a question, one that went straight through Croo-El’s pride like an arrow piercing through armor! The Elephant woman stomped the ground, shaking the world beneath them before getting into another stance, taking a sort of victory lap. But Croo-El simply pushed herself back up onto her feet.

Spoiler:

Her eyes shrank into slits, the croc huffing aggressively as she glared at Hathiya. Dirt and dust stained Croo-El’s outfit, and there were a few scales shaken loose from the heavy slams, but Croo-El stood glaring at Hathiya with killer intent. She bared her fangs in a snarl, clearly not yet finished with the fight.

“I’ll…be satisfied…” She muttered, dragging her thumb across her neck in a slit motion, “When you’re beaten!”

Hathiya took the response, and her eyes narrowed. She opened her arms into a wide open stance.

"And I know you can do it! You got this far, haven't you? What's the matter? Am I too much for you, cold stuff? More than you asked for? You know you got it! I know you can take it! Let's stop playing around," and with that, she stomped the floor again, shaking the whole arena, "and do this already! Come at me, you overgrown fossil! Show me what you got!" she said with a hype growing in her voice as her right arm raised into a closed fist, then took a stance with an open palm, her other arm lower but also an open palm as Hathiya took a step in Croo-El's direction.

Her trunk also raised itself now, and seemed to move and slither like a snake in the air.

Hathiya really was making it clear she was now serious.

"Show me that beautiful smile up close."

“Hmm? What on earth is she doing this time?”

Eros smiled as she watched the fight, the number of viewership from televisions all over Gaia tuning in to see the first Titans match in the SRW live and uncut. Thousands, almost millions watching in a world where televised entertainment had yet to become ingrained in the culture of Gaia. The very start of this match was a disaster…but perhaps it was what helped these numbers get so high. People of Gaia tuning in to see the show fall apart, only to be greeted with a decent fight instead. It was true Eros had wanted to incinerate Hathiya for pulling that stunt at the start, but the way things were going, nobody would remember that part. So, in a form of quasi gratitude, the Head Warden decided to let Hathiya have some free reign in this fight. The elephant woman certainly had a unique way of fighting which captivated the crowd and she was humbling one of the most annoying heels Eros had to deal with.

But what was she doing now? The Earthshaker seemed to be goading her opponent, leaving her stance open and encouraging her to get up and fight. The mischievous yokai could only laugh, clapping to herself as it seemed the Earthshaker was something of a sentimentalist, or at least using such things to prod at her opponent’s pride and feelings. Maybe she was hoping for a sweet, friendly outcome, but Eros had decided to keep an eye on Hathiya for now. The Bakeneko couldn’t quite pin the Earthshaker down, but she was entertaining to watch for the moment~

Astoundingly, Croo-El actually let Hathiya talk. Maybe she was listening to the core message Hathiya was trying to convey, or maybe she was just waiting until her vertigo went away. By the time the Earthshaker finished talking, Crop-El could see just fine again. But her response was less encouraging, with Croo-El bringing her tail down to the ground in a brutal slam! The impact was loud and reverberated around the arena like a gunshot, showing its power by leaving behind a small crater.

Croo-El burst forward, meeting Hathiya’s challenge while letting out a growling hiss! Croo-El looked like she was trying to strike the Earthshaker in the face with a hook, but the heel was learning. Instead, she quickly spun around and used her tail to try and smack Hathiya’s leg with her armored scales! The only hit that landed was on the elephant's lower body, and Croo-El was testing the waters of a theory.

Hathiya braced herself on seeing the tail smack itself to the ground, and Croo-El accepting her challenge. A smile grew across her face.

That's the spirit.

Her footing firm, her arms spread diagonally from each other and open palms, she stood her ground as Croo-El propelled herself at the elephantine. She saw Croo-El's body turn at first to look like she was going to throw a hook, and prepared....

but then she turned to reveal her tail coming! That wrecking ball of an appendage was fast approaching, and not only that, but in those few split seconds, she saw it approaching her lower body and legs!

Smart girl.

The direction the tail was approaching was the left, the one with her arm higher in the air with the open palm. The battering ram was approaching, and Hathiya's palm made her move.

Those who couldn't keep up with the speed of what happened next had to look at the screen that did a replay slow mo.

The tail had moved dangerously close towards Hathiya's calves, but what would have been a devastating smash from the tail, turned into a smash from a different source as her open palm moved down as fast as the tail did, and balled into a fist as it PUNCHED the tail towards the floor! The punch and speed generated a powerful shockwave that vibrated around the ring!

Clearly, Croo-El was adapting. While many were hoping for the popular Earthshaker to prevail, few noticed that the Croc was changing up her tactics, being deceitful and tricky rather than trying to finish things with brute force. Truthfully, that could only serve to make her more dangerous than before, but it seemed like Hathiya was more than capable enough of taking care of herself. Worrying about her after she asked the vicious, predatory heel to fight her with everything she had seemed meaningless. She made her bed, and seemed more than happy enough to lay in it.

Croo-El’s tail swung fast and fierce, looking to slam right into the elephant's thick leg! Had the blow hit, it was possible that it may have shattered Hathiya’s limb, despite how thick it was. But instead, the Elephant's speed managed to SLAM right into the battering ram of a tail! Hathiya fist POUNDING the Crocodile’s tail into the concrete with a thunderous impact! It hurt Croo-El quite a bit, the gator biting back a yelp to push through with her plan!

Hathiya might have noticed it midway during her attempt to catch Croo-El’s tail, but the gator woman was still turning around! With her tail floored, Hathiya now had one arm busy, with both of Croo-El’s open and available! The Croc’s smile gleamed like a knife as one of her hands looked to snatch Hathiya’s trunk, all so she could get a clear shot of Hathiya’s chin for the knee strike that was coming up for it in the elephant's blind spot!

“GOT CHA’!”

Very smart, very good! was going through her mind as she saw the momentum enhanced croc coming for the followups.

Yes! This was what she wanted! A opponent showing her best! Her absolute worst! Their greatest and cheapest!

So that they can push her to her best!

The tail was stopped via fist, but she kept turning! And the Gators still got 2 free arms! Her armored arm came quick for her trunk.

Her trunk proceeded to strike like a cobra and wrap around the hand incoming, wrapping her fingers up like a really weird rodeo clown!

Leaving her chin exposed! What was she doing?!