AV 15 Lightning Tournament Finals: Akiha Kosha Vs. Belinda Northman

Preceded by: AV 15 No Holds Barred: Cecilia Northman Vs. Morgan Raine
Followed by: AV 15 Iron Woman Match: Natasha Han Vs. Valley Doll

Belinda Northman


Vs.

Akiha Kosha

Match Type: Standard
Winning Condition: Pinfall, Submission or Knockout.
Special Conditions: The winner will be declared the winner of the Lightning Tournament

After a long and grueling tournament, only two wrestlers remain. Who will prevail?

Spoiler:

It had been quite a long journey...the tournament hadn't been an easy one but at the very least the tournament had been a tough one, but more than that up to this point Belinda's career here in AFW was a bumpy one, filled with ups and down...she had made more enemies and rivals in just a few week/months that she had in years before joining AFW. She had met a lot of friends too, one of which was the very person whom she was about to face tonight, although to everyone but the two of them they were probably bitter enemies, from the way they fought and had acted towards each other in the ring...even though Belinda's actions had simply been misinterpreted.

While Belinda had been looking forward to a rematch where she could perhaps pay her friend back for their previous encounter...though she had sort of done that a bit earlier. What Belinda hadn't expected was that they would meet in the final...it wasn't that she didn't think that Akiha would make it or that she wouldn't make it...but the odds of them both meeting in the finals of this tournament when they were currently in a "feud" was rather interesting, coupled with the fact that none of the people they had to face were all too easy of opponents and could probably have knocked either one of them off the table it only went to show that they both carried a certain bit of tenacity and willpower to end up here.

What would happen tonight though was something that Belinda didn't know...but she knew one thing for sure, that she wouldn't go down without giving one hell of a fight! The young blond had adopted wearing her newer attire so far in this tournament and only felt it fitting for her to do the same in this match as well. Therefore she finished lacing everything up and putting it in the right place, adjusting her attire in front of the mirror as she took a few deep breaths. This was the biggest stage she'd been on and there was a clear sign of butterflies in her stomach...her heart was racing at the thought of wrestling in front of so many people and doing all this on what was arguably the biggest event that AFW had.

The only thing that currently kept Belinda grounded and kept her from being a nervous wreck over what she would soon go through was the fact that she was going to do it against Akiha. Like the previous encounters they had, she was fairly certain that almost anything and everything would melt away except for Akiha and her, and of course their match. Belinda took a deep breath before she moved both her hands up towards her face, smacking her cheeks with her palms..quite hard actually, it stung and her face started to turn a faint shade of red...at least now it looked as if she had some life in her. " Phew...it's gonna be okay...Just remember was Ceci said...oh man! I think I forgot..." Belinda let out it was clear she was quite nervous, perhaps her visit to her sister earlier hadn't paid off too well in helping her calm down either, she had been so focused on her own match that she hadn't even been able to watch Cecilia's match, spending the time trying to calm herself down.

A knock soon came, the door! There was someone there. " Miss Northman, you're up." Spoke a voice muddled through the noise going on around them and through the door as well of course. Belinda quickly moved up towards the door, her hand gripping the door handle. " Deep breaths....It's just a match, go out there and show them who's best." She remembered her sisters words and kept the image of her rival in her mind, opening the door with a focused look upon her face Belinda decided answered the stage hand with a nod before heading past him and walking down the hallway, making her way over towards the gorilla position where she would wait for her music to start.

Elect started to play out of the speakers and as it played the young Swede stepped out onto the ramp, a wave of cheers showered over her...it wasn't as if the entire crowd was cheering for her or anything...it was just that cheer amount of people was more so than ever before. She stepped for a second right in her steps as her eyes trailed around the crowd....this was quite surreal...she bit down a bit on her tongue to snap herself out of the light trance that the even had put her in before the blond began to jog down the ramp. She moved from side to side to give high-fives to the people who where in the front row, who seemed rather pleased by it. She was far from the top contender in the company but at least she was glad that there was a decent enough number of people who enjoyed seeing her...well, decent enough for her.

Belinda soon enough made it to the ring and with it decided to dive in under the bottom ropes, she had adopted a certain pre-match ritual as of late and decide to keep it going for as long as she could. As such the blond would run towards the far off corner and jump up onto the middle ropes, she'd reach upward and out towards the arena lights! " Let's reach for the stars!!!" Belinda would shout out at the top of her lungs before doing a jumping twirl to have her end up with her back towards the corner, but unlike other matches where Belinda might lean back against that corner as she waited...this time she was bouncing lightly on her feet, her blood was pumping and at the moment she didn't want it to slow down for fear that she might succumb to her own nervousness and be unable to perform well enough.

Akiha could not believe this had happened.  She was now not only in the finals of the lightning tournament but was facing her rival and lover Belinda Northman.  The Japanese wrestler took a moment to take a deep breath as she began to recall all the events that lead to this point.  She had first encountered the Swedish wrestler when making her debut.  The two both fought hard and gave it all they had but Belinda in the end came out on top.  Akiha then went on a war path, winning the vast majority of matches since then until she once again met up with her rival in a table match.  This time, the Japanese wrestler came out on top.

The raven hair wrestler would continue on her warpath as she was selected to take part in the Lightning tournament.  She first faced Neske and destroyed her in a one-sided match before then facing Gabbie who almost won the match but with some quick thinking and a few dirty tactics, the Japanese wrestler had managed to win the match, resulting in her making it to the finals of the lightning tournament.  Since then she had been training harder than before and was going to take everyone by surprise with her new moves.

Akiha knew that she deserved to be here despite what a few people said.  She had worked hard for this chance but she was still nervous, in fact, she had not been this nervous since her debut match.  This was not just a regular match, it was a PPV match, an Avalanche match, the lightning tournament final match and the tie-breaker match for Akiha and Belinda feud.  To sum it up, this was her most important match in her career to date.  Even her parents knew this and they tried to do everything in their power to make sure Akiha would not show up as they hated the fact she was a wrestler.  They set up events and giving Akiha all sorts of jobs to do while giving her a stern talking all hopes so that she would not show up in Avalanche.  Yet thanks to her brother and Sermis she managed to overcome her parents and show up to this massive event.

Then she remembered how Sermis was also in Avalanche, she had taken part of a special type of royal rumble match.  She had been to focus on her own match and what was going to happen to even have watched the match that Sermis had taken part.  Rui was also in that same match as well.  Well, Akiha was sure that the two of them would do well.

For now all she had to do now was wait for the match to start and beat her rival. “Miss Akiha, are you alright?” ask Hisui who had been in the locker room with Akiha all this time as well as Kohaku.  “I am fine, just a bit nervous.” stated Akiha in a slightly nervous voice.  After all how could she not be nervous in a time like this?  The two maids nodded their head as the raven hair wrestler got up and took a moment to look in the mirror.  She had gone looking for a new uniform but couldn't find anything she liked and thus was still wearing her regular attire.  The Japanese wrestler would then get her maids to help her check her wrestling attire to make sure it was all good.

While they were inspecting the uniform, a knock on the door was heard.  Kohaku would go to answer it before speaking to an AFW employee and then closing the door. “Miss Akiha, it's time for you match!” stated Kohaku in a voice full of energy.  “Thank you, Kohaku.” stated Akiha as she would then take a deep breath and start to make her way out of the locker room.  “Miss Akiha, don't forget this.” stated Hisui as she gave Akiha her bottle.  The raven hair wrestler nodded her head as was handed her bottle before exiting the room.  Usually, her bottle was filled with red mist to blind her opponent but this time she had decided to go with regular water in order to play some mind games with her opponent Belinda.

The Kosha then made her way to the staging area where the crew was busy setting things up and making sure the show was running correctly.  She took a few breaths in order to calm down her anxiety of this match as she waited for her theme song to play.  After a few moments which seemed like an eternity, she finally heard Fire by The Music play.  With that, she would make her way to the ramp before being overwhelmed by boos by the massive crowd.  She had been booed before but never on this kind of scale before as the crowd was massive.  Part of her just wanted to turn tail and run, but she then took a moment to look at Belinda, her rival and lover.  It would be an insult to her to simply run away and thus Akiha work up her courage and made her way to the ring.

Once she had walked down the ramp and reach the ring, she would climb up the steps before entering in between the middle and top rope.  Akiha would take a moment to look at her lover before climbing the top of the turnbuckle and raising a fist in the air despite the crowd booing her.  The Japanese girl then jumped down from the turnbuckle before turning to face her rival.  “You're going down Belinda, I hope you're ready to lose because this is going to end the same way our last match did!” stated Akiha as she pointed her finger to her blond opponent while trying to build up the idea that the two hated each other.  Her other hand was holding her bottle, ready to use it at a moment notice.

Belinda was pacing back and forth in the ring as she awaited her rivals arrival, which was something she was looking forward to, not only cause she liked Akiha or because she always found herself enjoying a bout against the raven haired girl, but mostly because she was looking forward to having something to focus on...cause this crowd was certainly too much to deal with at the moment....

Thankfully that familiar music soon came out of the speakers as the raven haired girl walked down the ramp, most of the crowd started to boo the young girl and Belinda would start to fold her arms underneath her chest, she was not entierly comfortable with Akiha getting booed as much as she did...she did after all like the girl quite a lot, though she figured that if that was what Akiha wanted then she would have to bare through it just like her lover did. It wasn't easy and it was probably a lot harder for Akiha herself....though that was only a guess from Belinda's part. She could see that Akiha had brought that traditional bottle of hers, so perhaps Belinda could expect a spray in the face...that would have to be something she would have to find a way to deal with if it came down to it.

Once Akiha was in the ring though Belinda looked on as Akiha jumped up onto the turnbuckle and did her little thing, before moving down and looking on at the blond. Belinda would meet Akiha's intense gaze with one of her own as she'd stand there and listen to Akiha's words. The noise from the crowd almost drowned out what her rival was saying towards her....but Belinda figured it was something along the lines of that she was gonna beat the blond and so on. So it was easy enough to follow along even if one could only pick up every three words or so.

" Not a chance! Tonight will end just like our debut did! With you out for the 1,2,3 count." Belinda answered back to try and help fuel the planned idea that Akiha had for them in their wrestling line of work, Belinda would move her hands up and ready for the match, all she had to do was wait for the bell. The young blond would inch her way backwards as she got into a grappling stance.

Akiha was having a hard time hearing her rival response due to the roaring crowd.  She managed to make out a few words, like debut and count.  If the Japanese wrestler were to guess, she would assume that Belinda said something about this match would be a repeat of her debut match were Belinda managed to pin her for the win.  Akiha would give her a glare before then turning to the referee.  “Start The Match!” yelled Akiha as she pointed at her and then to the bell.  The referee would nod her head before signaling to start the match.

“DING DING”

With the ringing of the bell, the match had now started.  Akiha would take a moment to take a quick drink from her bottle before tossing it aside as she had some liquid in her mouth though it was just normal water, nothing illegal.  She would then move forward before attempting to spray Belinda, but she knew that her opponent would try to block it, in fact, she was counting on it.  

Akiha would then attempt a Spinning Heel Kick, an aerial maneuver that she had learned recently that also work as an excellent way to open and close a match.  The Japanese wrestler had been doing special training in private and was now starting to become a high flyer though this kept this hidden from everyone, even Kohaku and Hisui as she didn't want anyone to learn about it.  Though she had only learned a few moves, she was hoping it would take Belinda off guard and give herself an edge in this match.

Belinda looked on as Akiha drank from the bottle after she had just told the ref to start the match, the bell would probably have echoed loudly if it wasn't for the crowd, who now that the match had started began to simmer down a bit, they were still very loud, but at least things were audible in the arena now, to a certain degree. Still Belinda was no fool...this was the start of the match now, the ref was active an here, Akiha spraying something out like that would mean she'd lose the match by a disqualification wouldn't it ?

Well if the Swede had to make sure that her lover didn't do anything foolish and ruin this match for the both of them she would, instead of staying put as Akiha would move forward, Belinda tried to close to gap as well and reach up with her hand, in order to try and enclose it around Akiha's mouth before she could spray out the liquid. However she found her actions a bit to late, while she managed to clear most of the distance her hand was still a few inches away from Akiha's mouth before the liquid seeped out from between those lips, which made Belinda's hand quite wet from the spray...however the blond noticed that it was colorless...basically it was nothing but water. To her surprise she might have fallen into a little devious trap from her rival.

Smack

What followed was a hard blow right to the side of her head as it caused Belinda to fall right down onto her side from that heavy heel smacking right into her head, she gasped a bit, her head was pounding and the crowd was booing loudly at Akiha's actions. Belinda's hands went up towards her aching head to hold it as she kicked lightly against the mat.

Akiha could see Belinda charging towards her, trying to stop her from spraying the liquid. Yet she would arrive to late as Akiha managed to spray the liquid all over her blond opponent before then jumping up and twisting her body to perform the Spinning Heel Kick which connected straight into her rival head. The Swedish girl would fall down to the mat as the crowd became furious and started to boo Akiha for using such a dirty tactic. The referee was also shocked and asked one of the officials to hand her the bottle as she was going to make sure their truly was water in it.

While the referee was busy with that, Akiha would place her hands on her knees and glare at Belinda, waiting for her to get back up. Once Belinda was on her hands and knees, the raven hair wrestler would charge forward and attempt to hit her blond opponent head with a jumping knee strike, also know as a shinning wizard. If this attack connected, Akiha would gain a huge advantage at the start of the match, as this would be two massive blows to Belinda head.

Things were not very good for Belinda right now as she was hurting and was down, the match starting rougher than any of their previous matches...but Belinda had one goal in her head and that was to live up to those words her sister had told her. She had to try her best to fight out of this situation and do her best to make everyone who cheered for her proud. Belinda shook her head a bit as she'd star to rise up towards her hands and knee, and as she did she noticed in the corner of her eye that Akiha was running towards her....

Well even if she noticed it, it certainly didn't help her situation much more than the blond being able to move her arm up to guard her head as that mighty knee crashed into her, causing Belinda to fall over onto her back and roll a few times, she groaned out loudly in pain as was once again on her back in a horrible situation with a horrible start to this match.

Akiha saw her lover getting back up after taking a brutal hit.  Yet this was actually making her smile as she now had a plan for Belinda.  Once her blond opponent was up on her hands and knees, the raven hair wrestler would charge forward before hitting her with a shinning wizard to the head.  Though Belinda managed to get hands up, the attack still connected and sent her rival rolling back down on the ground.  Akiha remembered how she had once been hit by that attack and it had almost cost her the match.  Now hitting Belinda with it, the Japanese wrestler was feeling confident on how the match was going.

The raven hair wrestler would now take a moment to observe her hand work before making her way to Belinda who was down on the floor.  “I told you, Belinda, I will constantly get better and keep improving.” said Akiha as she taunted her lover.  She would then try to stomp on her rival head trying to focus the damage on her head as she already got two good hits in. If she got a few stomps in she would then try to follow it up with a leg drop aimed at her opponent head.

Belinda was down on her back and looked up at the arena lights as her head loled around on her shoulders a bit, she was hurting and her head was spinning a bit, things did not look good and it seemed as if they would only gonna look worse for her as time went on unless she did something against her rival...but what could she do in the position that she was in ?

Akiha soon stomped over to wards her, letting out some words which she couldn't fully understand as those words just echoed in her skull so much that she couldn't make them out completely. She would groan out as she soon enough saw her rival move in besides her, that shadow of Akiha's frame covering the lights from her vision....Belinda would groan as her half open eyes looked on at the rising foot that would soon be brought down upon her head. Yet, it wasn't. As Belinda quickly tried to roll away from her rival's stomp and a good way from the raven haired girl, attempting to roll towards the ropes and use them to try and help herself up to her knees.