Best 3 of 5 Series; Kazuma Satou vs Sakura Hagiwara (Standard Match)

[Mart-Kos]

Kazuma winced when he heard Sakura's pained cries as he forcibly bent her back with this Boston Crab hold. Given that he had just hit a Backstabber on her, this would probably be even more effective than usual on the Pop Idol. Even so, Sakura still tried to bear with it and drag the two of them over to the ropes again in order to get a rope break. Kazuma didn't make it easy as he tried his best to continue to increase the pressure on Sakura's back and legs every inch of the way.

When Kazuma realized that they were close to them, he was half tempted to let Sakura succeed, but he knew that this match would surely start to take it's toll on the Sweet Diva at this rate. And so, Kazuma would get up and attempt to drag Sakura back to the center of the ring, where he would use the full of his weight to sit on Sakura's back to keep her in place and apply as much pressure as he could in order to force Sakura to tap out.

[Bare]

Sakura was in agony right now. First that backstabber, but now the boston crab on top of all the other damage her back had taken over the course of the match with Kazuma? Sakura didn't know if it was intentional but it worked out brilliantly for Kazuma thus far and all she could do was try and crawl forward more and more, aiming to get that rope break she needed so desperately that she was so close to! So close that Sakura's fingers were just inches from it... Until she was suddenly pulled away from them and back to square one! "Aghhhhhh... Guhhh... N-No... No M-more!" Sakura moaned out before slapping her hand against the mat rapidly, signifying a tap out!

[Mart-Kos]

Kazuma felt it was cruel of him to take Sakura away from the ropes as she was about to touch them, but he wanted to honor Sakura's wish for him to take her as seriously as he would any other opponent. Even as the crowd's boos of disapproval increased in volume, he steeled himself for Sakura's sake as this was sure to be a long series. Fortunately, or unfortunately in Sakura's case, the first part of it finally came to an end as Kazuma heard Sakura's surrender and tapping, followed shortly by the bell to end the match.

As soon as he did, Kazuma immediately let go of Sakura's legs and got off of her back, moving to her side with concern all over his face. "Sakura! Are you okay?! Can you move?! Can you get up?! Let me help you, please!" Kazuma was a whirlwind of concern as he rapidly fired question after question, desperately searching looking for an act of penance for putting Sakura through so much just now.

[Bare]

Tapping out was never a fun experience. Let alone tapping out to the boston crab, given how much unfortunate experience Sakura had with submitting to that particular hold. But given the pain her back was in and how far from the ropes she was moved it was her only choice less she play with the possibility of being injured, so it had to be done.

Thankfully Kazuma was not one to execute the hold longer than needed and immediately released it upon her submission, allowing Sakura to roll over onto her back, panting heavily as Kazuma loomed over, concern written all over his face as he doted over her.

Smiling to ease his concern she would sit up with a wince before placing her hand on his shoulder. "Kazum it's fine, its not my first time in that hold and it won't be my last, I asked you to take me seriously and you did, so if anything thank you." She said before reaching over, kissing his cheek gently with a small smile, despite the sting of defeat still on her mind, but Sakura was nothing if not a good sport.

[Mart-Kos]

Even as the crowd booed and voiced their disapproval, Kazuma was relieved that Sakura was okay as she sat up and didn't seem to be holding a grudge about losing this first match of theirs. His relieve would quickly turn to shock however as Sakura gave him a kiss on the cheek! It was a small thing, just a simple peck, but to Kazuma it may as well have been an attack that dealt at least ten times more psychological damage to him than when Sakura sat on his face earlier. He imagined there was a pretty goofy smile on his face, but he quickly snapped out of it.

"W-Well, I'm glad to hear that. But still, let me please help you up." Kazuma said as he held his hand out to help Sakura back onto her feet.

[Bare]

Sakura was a good sport generally speaking, especially with people who she largely considered to be her friend. So she didn't mind showing respect and care towards him in spite of him being victorious over her. Being offered aid to her feet Sakura would take it and get up to her feet, smiling at him despite the pain in her body. "Thank you!" She said with a smile before raising his hand up in the air, converting at least some of the boos into cheers at seeing her be so graceful with him. Upon dropping his arm though she would lean in towards his face. "Just don't expect this result to happen again though." Sakura whispered into his ear before pulling away to exit the ring.

[Mart-Kos]

Kazuma couldn't stop himself from smiling as Sakura took his hand and he helped her back up to feet, it was good that she was such a good sport even though she was probably hurting... that and he got to hold her hand again. He would find himself a bit shocked though when Sakura would take his arm and raise it in the air in an attempt to get the crowd cheering for him. It would partially work, he could hear a few cheers among the various boos in the crowd and he certainly appreciated the sentiment behind what she was doing, but he knew that as long as the two of them were competing against each other that he was always going to have the crowd against him.

Once she dropped his arm, Kazuma would find Sakura leaning in REALLY close to his ear, issuing a private little declaration that he shouldn't expect it to happen before pulling away and exiting the ring. As he watched Sakura wave and smile to the crowd as she made her way to the back, Kazuma couldn't help but think that this was probably going to be a long Series.

THE END

Winner: Kazuma Satou

Series standing:

Kazuma Satou O -Standard match- X Sakura Hagiwara