Hitomi Fujishima vs Cassie Elliot

Cassie smiled tightly when Hitomi caught her ankle and unbalanced her. She abandoned her hold on Hitomi's leg and fell back, landing with her back across Hitomi's. She slipped her near arm around Hitomi's neck and under her chin, elbow pointing to the floor so that her forearm and upper arm would each clamp on a side of Hitomi's neck to hit on both arteries. Her free hand clasped her other one to add pressure.

She was pleased so far that the girl didn't seem to be a total pushover. She was also pleased that she'd thus far been successful in imposing her will on her. She seemed nice, anyway, she didn't really want to hurt her, just to tap her out and help her up and be on her way.

"Ack!" Hitomi grunted as Cassie fell over on top of her, then while she was winded trapped her head in a headlock and began choking her. This was a really bad position, since Cassie had a lot of leverage and Hitomi was really getting hurt. Already Hitomi was feeling rather lightheaded from this hold.

"Get... off!" Hitomi said, using all her strength to push upwards to one side, hoping to flip the both of them over so she ended up lying on top of Cassie, which would also effectively break the hold.

Hitomi was a lot stronger than she looked.

As soon as Cassie was rolled over, so that Hitomi was laying with her back against Cassie's stomach, she wrapped her legs around Hitomi's waist in a figure 4 position. She squeezed tightly enough to hold her there and hopefully keep her from turning around to face her, while making it generally unpleasant for her to be there at all.

Hitomi also felt heavier than she looked. Still, Cassie was used to working from the bottom. She'd had heavier girls (and guys) on top of her before. While grappling. During the process of being rolled, she'd let go of her choke to make sure she kept her position on Hitomi's back, and now that she was there she dug with one arm to try to slip it back under her chin. With her free hand she threw a couple punches to the side of Hitomi's face to soften her up so she could sink in her choke more easily.

"Oh, sorry-" Don't apologize, she told herself. This was a fight. Hurting people is what happens in fights. She'd just apologize afterward if she hurt her too much or anything. Right now she was in the zone. Don't get distracted.

"No!" Hitomi gasped as she got trapped again as Cassie rolled over, the girl's long legs wrapping around her waist and preventing her from moving, squeezing tightly, though not as painfully as a full waistscissor. She knew that Cassie would try to go for a choke again, though when the punch collided with her cheek it surprised her quite a bit. It seemed that Cassie was intending to daze her a little first, before locking in the hold. Hitomi responded in kind, driving her elbow back multiple times into Cassie's gut and body. Still, if Cassie held on, Hitomi would be on the losing side, getting worn down by repeated blows, and would fall victim to the choke.

As Hitomi's elbows came jabbing straight back at her, she slid her body slightly to the other side to avoid them. When Hitomi switched sides, Cassie did too. She avoided any real damage, and with her control of Hitomi's body she wasn't able to put a lot of power into the elbows. That didn't mean that they didn't hurt, though. That was something she'd have to get used to.

As much as Cassie wanted to be more creative and trot out impressive submission holds for her first match, she knew that the simplest route was often the most effective. While Hitomi was elbowing, she wasn't trying to control Cassie's wrists and defend the choke, making it easy to slip her arm across her throat again and cinch in a choke.

Now all she had to do was squeeze and hope for the best.

Hitomi found herself unable to land a good hit on Cassie,since the girl kept on moving around and dodging her elbows. Then, without warning, Cassie's arm locked around Hitomi's neck, and she began to choke. Hitomi's eyes widened as she suddenly lost all ability to breathe. Her arms grabbed at Cassie's arm, trying to pry it aside, even though she knew it would do little good.

With little choice left, Hitomi decided to attack somewhere even Cassie wouldn't expect. Her hands dropped from Cassie's arm, and instead reached for the ankle locking in around Hitomi's waist. Hitomi would grab Cassie's foot and twist sharply, hoping to use that to force her to drop the hold.

While Cassie's legs were flexible, her ankle only bent so far before she started to become unhappy.

She let go of her choke for the moment and reached down to grab Hitomi's wrists. She struggled to reduce the pressure on her ankle while sliding her hips out from under Hitomi, repositioning herself so that Hitomi's back was on the mat and Cassie's shoulder was across her chest.

She was pretty safe here. But holding onto Hitomi's wrists to save her ankle discomfort wasn't going to win the match. Did she really need to worry about her ankle? She probably could've choked her out before her ankle took any real damage. Stupid. Still, it was only a matter of time. Cassie now knew that she was a more skilled grappler, and she was confident that she could get Hitomi to tap.

Letting go of the choke hold solved the first of Hitomi's worries. Now all she had to do was break free from the leg trap. Of course, Cassie was busy repositioning and trying to get in a safe spot. She had Hitomi's wrists in her hands and was preventing her from twisting any more. To Hitomi though, that didn't matter. She was going to break free no matter what Cassie did!

Resorting to another rather desperate attack, Hitomi rammed her head upwards, straight at Cassie's chin. That'll stun the girl for sure! Hitomi just hoped it wouldn't hurt her too much, she needed to break free!

"Ah!"

Cassie cried out as much out of surprise as pain. Wow. Her head was spinning a little following the impact and she decided to start fresh. She released her legs and squirmed out of Hitomi's grasp. She stood up in front of Hitomi, rubbing where she'd been hit, and gestured for her to stand up, indicating that she'd let her up cleanly.

She resumed her grappler's stance about two meters away from Hitomi and waited. She didn't even crack a smile, though she wanted to. She needed to stay focused.

"Ow!" Hitomi gasped as her head made contact. As Cassie got up and retreated, Hitomi began slowly getting up as well, one hand rubbing her forehead slightly from the pain of smashing it into Cassie's chin. She looked up to find Cassie standing, gesturing for her to get up to her feet.

"You're pretty good, forcing me to do something like that," Hitomi said with a small smile. She got up onto her feet, assuming her own fighting stance. She paced slowly around, thinking of a way to attack. Cassie seemed to overmatch her in grappling, but all Hitomi really needed was to land a big hit. She needed to move fast, and overpower Cassie before she had a chance to fight back. Hitomi would rush at Cassie, making it look like a tackle, but when she got close she would suddenly stop and attempt to sweep out Cassie's legs!