Ninja and Idols oh my! Sakura Hagiwara vs The Lotus (D)

[Bare]

Sakura had successfully countered her opponent's move with a superkick to the gut, stunning her yet surprisingly not taking the girl off her feet much to Sakura's shock. Returning her leg to the mat Sakura would smile at the larger woman left clutching her stomach in pain. "Not bad Lotus, I thought for sure you'd be on you're but from that but you stamina must be amazing!" She said positively, offering praise for her opponent while also buying herself some time to plan her next means of attack. For now Lotus was too large and too driven to try and fully go on the attack yet. Instead Sakura was having much better fare counter attacking the woman whenever she closed in, that was something Sakura could and would still take advantage of. So for right now she'd patiently wait and see what Lotus would do next, dictating the pace of the match!

[Kreydos]

"Tch..." The Lotus couldn't help clicking her tongue in response to Sakura's words. "Do not patronize the Lotus." Miyuki hissed through gnashing teeth. Fortunately for her, her opponent opted not to press the attack and instead granted her time to recuperate. She regathered her breath and waited for the pain in her belly to fade. At the same time, she mulled over her options instead of blindly bull rushing like all prior times.

Her lips curled into a thin smile as she slowly re-adopted her fighting stance before she suddenly charged at Sakura. The Lotus spun her body mid-run and she seemingly went through the motions for a discus chop. However, that was just a feint and she actually intended to knock the idol off her feet with a leg sweep.

[Bare]

Sakura blinked in surprise at Lotus's aggressive comeback to her words. Apparently her praise had been mistaken for condescension, something the former idol didn't mean at all as she raised her hands up in a placating manner. "No no I actually mean- oh no." Despite her attempt to apologize and clear things up her opponent had already broken out into a charge making a beeline straight for Sakura!

Acting instinctively as she saw her opponent's arm raise up Sakura ducked low while darting forward, intending to avoid her opponent's high aimed attack. But much to her shock Sakura's dodge was rendered useless as despite it allowing her to avoid the chop from her opponent she was still taken down by a sweep to the back of her legs! "Ugh..." Groaning as she landed on the mat Sakura began shaking her head softly as she began to sit up.

[Kreydos]

"Ha!" The Lotus exclaimed in genuine joy when she finally landed a move. Of course, she didn't waste any time. She instead pressed her advantange and tried to shove her foot through a sitting Sakura's face via a thrust kick. If successful, Miyuki would then hammer home her newfound momentum by resuming the beatdown on her likely disoriented opponent. She threw kick two kicks into Sakura's ribs before following up with a theatrical but brutal axe kick to her stomach.

[Bare]

Sakura had been knocked down for the first time in the match up to this point, which admittedly for Sakura was probably a record for her. But now she was officially on the back foot and looking up her eyes would widen as she saw a foot coming down on her before she had the chance to rise which slammed into her! "Gah!" She'd cry out arching her back in pain and tensing her legs from the blows. But it wasn't quite over yet as before Sakura could even roll away a boot drove itself into her stomach via a ace kick! "GAH!!!" Crying out in pain Sakura curled up coughing and gagging in pain while trying to do the minimum to protect herself from further attacks.

[Kreydos]

The Lotus sneered while she mercilessly kicked Sakura's prone body around. "This is your retribution for insulting the Lotus." Miyuki declared as she squatted down behind the idol and forcefully pulled her into a sitting position. From there, the Lotus clasped her arms around Sakura's waist and squat lifted her onto her feet. Then the ninja heaved her opponent higher and attempted a german suplex, falling backwards and bridging her back and legs. Should her suplex be successfull, she would remain firmly in place to try a pinfall.

[Bare]

"Ughhh...." Sakura groaned softly in pain as she remained curled up on the mat cradling herself after the barrage of kicks from her opponent left her stunned and little options to move let alone counter attack. In fact before she could even try to sit up of her own accord the dark haired girl was pulled up against her will before a grip was locked around her waist. "H-H-Hey what are you-" Before Sakura could finish her exclamation Sakura's eyes widened as she was lifted backwards before crashing into the mat with a german suplex!

"Aghhh!" Crying out in pain it didn't take long for the red to drop down to start a count and already getting a one. However Sakura, despite the pain she was in from Lotus's sudden onslaught was far from done. So when she recognized the count being started and what positions she was in the girl immediately recognized what she needed to do as she threw her weight to the side, aiming to break the pin before the two count!

[Kreydos]

The Lotus planted Sakura back first onto the canvas without a hitch. Moreover, the execution of the german suplex left her with both shoulders touching the flooring, prompting the ref to start the count.
"One!.."
"Tw-"
The idol cleanly kicked out of the pin right on the 'two' count however. "Tch..." Miyuki reacted by clicking her tongue, though she didn't stand around doing nothing. She immediatley tried to repeat what she just did; she wrapped her arms around Sakura's waist and hoisted her up before attempting another german suplex and pin combo.

[Bare]

With a grunt of effort Sakura managed to blast her way up and off of a potential pin attempt right at the two count. 'That was close.' Sakura thought to herself as she panted softly after managing to get her shoulder up, avoiding a potentially disastrous situation that was the culmination of the surprise onslaught from her previously beaten down opponent!

But it appeared Sakura's escape didn't sit well with the Lotus who went right to work lifting Sakura up to her feet. Grunting as she was the former idol felt the waist lock the Lotus had locked in again and immediately knew what the girl would go for and immediately sought to counter!

"You're not getting me with that twice!" With a scream of fury Sakura braced her feet into the mat and dropped her weight, ending any attempts at lifting her. If successful Sakura would reach one arm behind her to grab the Lotus by the head and, if successful, pivot on her hips to turn and hopefully throw her opponent over her in a hip toss!

[Kreydos]

So far, so good. The Lotus pulled Sakura onto her feet and cinched in a tight grasp around her waist in preparation for the second german suplex. However, when Miyuki tried to actually perform the move. "Huh?" She gasped in surpise at the unexpected sandbagging from her opponent, causing her to fumble her lift and drop Sakura back onto the ground. "Little-wah!" The Lotus growled only to be thrown to the mat herself. Landing harshly on her back left her in a stunned state; she sat up and caressed her lower spine, leaving an opening for the idol to exploit.