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

[Mart-Kos]

Kazuma's fist struck Sakura's unprotected stomach but even so she grit her teeth and bared the pain, all while she continued to have a good grasp on him. She seemed to take his retaliation as a challenge and would deliver a trifecta of elbow strikes to his back, the third of which caused him to accidentally loosen his grip and let go of his hold of the top rope!

"Gah!" Kazuma grunted in pain, as Sakura would take hold of his arm again, prepping him for the Superplex she had in store for him.

[Bare]

Sakura hissed and groaned softly as she battled with Kazuma precariously on the top turnbuckle, knowing that what she did here could make or break this match for her. Kazuma was trying to break free from her by striking at her core, bu Sakura wasn't about to be done in yet and fought back with a furious flurry of strikes at the boys back, managing to succeed in making him back down!

Which in turn meant it was time for Sakura as she pulled the boy up and over her, taking him off the corner and down to the mat with a superplex! Immediately after the landing Sakura would attempt to roll on top of him, covering Kazuma with a lateral press pinfall attempt!

[Mart-Kos]

Kazuma watched in surprise as Sakura began to slowly lift him over her head, in hindsight their brief workout together in the gym should have been a clue as to how much stronger the Pop Idol actually was in contrast to her cute and dainty appearance. Once Sakura had him off the corner and above her, Kazuma could see many flashing lights in the crowd, no doubt from fans taking pictures of the Idol about to do a power move like a superplex. Speaking of which, Kazuma would soon feel the air begin to rush past him as Sakura leaned back, dropping Kazuma, back first, into the ring with the superplex!

"GAH!" Kazuma would shot and try to sit up from the pain but found Sakura quickly rolling on top of him, attempting to pin him. The referee would begin their count;

ONE!
TWO!

"Don't count me out yet!" Kazuma would yell as he forcefully pushed Sakura off of him before the ref's count of three.

[Bare]

Sakura had managed to pull Kazuma off the corner and slam him down into the mat with thunderous force, making her smile softly as she draped down across his chest, pinning him! However despite the high impact move it just wasn't enough to finish the boy as he managed to kick out at two.

Frowning slightly Sakura would sit up, hands on her hips as she hummed for a moment. 'Alright let's take a page out of Rio's book.' Sakura thought to herself as she looked to grab Kazuma by the shoulders and force him into a sitting position before wrapping her arms around his neck and squeezing for a sleeper hold!

[Mart-Kos]

Kazuma kicked out from the pin and watched as Sakura got off of him and looked down at him, seemingly thinking of what to do next. He would find Sakura pulling him up to a seated position before getting behind and locking in a sleeper hold around his neck. Kazuma would grunt as Sakura applied pressure with her arms but he wouldn't let her continue to have her way....at least not at this time and situation anyway. "Grrr." Kazuma would growl as he began to try to bring them up to a standing position.

If he was successful, he would try to deliver his own trifecta of elbows to Sakura's unprotected stomach in order to get her off of him.

[Bare]

Despite landing the superplex on Kazuma it hadn't been enough to take the boy out for good, meaning Sakura would have to reach a little deeper into her bag to find a way to do so. Taking a safe option in the form of her sleeperhold she hoped to ko him or force him to tap out, or if nothing else, recover a bit.

Unfortunately Kazuma was already pushing them up to a standing position, even as Sakura squeezed tighter and tighter, until eventually Kazuma shot his arm back! "Ugh!" Sakura gasped out before a second and third elbow followed! "Ngh! Agh!"" She yelled out, her hold breaking before stumbling back, clutching her stomach with a groan of pain.

[Mart-Kos]

In another context, the idea of having a pop idol wrap her arms around your neck and press her body against yours would probably be a dream come true. Kazuma, however, didn't find any joy in Sakura's "embrace" as her arms tightened around his neck as he brought them both back up to their feet. Once they were, Kazuma would strike Sakura's unprotected stomach with his elbow, managing to use her temporary shock to get in another two elbows which cause her to finally release him. He would take a deep breathe to recover some of the air that Sakura had choked out of him as he looked at Sakura clutching her stomach, she was wide open.

He needed to do something big after that Superplex Sakura hit him with and so Kazuma had an idea, one that would surely shock Sakura and cause him to get even more ire from the crowd than what they had displayed so far. Kazuma would take another deep breathe to resolve himself or what he was about to do. "Haaaaaaa!" Kazuma yelled as he charged Sakura, grabbing her shoulder and then forcefully making her to turn around. Kazuma would then grab both of the Pop Idol's shoulders and hop into the air, raising his knees as he leaned and fell back down. His intent was to use a Double Knee Backbreaker on Sakura as payback, assuming she didn't slip out of his grasp or managed to plant her feet and keep herself standing.

[Bare]

Sakura was reaching deep to try and put Kazuma away in this oh so important first match between them. But Kazuma was being as stubborn as possible for her and nothing seemed to put him away. Closest she had come was with the superplex and now the sleeper hold, it honestly felt like just one more big move and she could finally put him away.

Unfortunately that sleeper hold would eventually turn against her, biting back into her with punch after punch to her gut, forcing her to release him all together. Stunned from the blows she wouldn't even realize he was coming back towards her, pushing her before grabbing her shoulders, making her eyes widen in shock as she was brought down on his knees! "Aghhhh!" She cried out as she bounced away, immediately arching and holding her back with a grimace.

[Mart-Kos]

If Kazuma didn't feel bad before, he CERTAINLY felt so now. Kazuma would grab a hold of Sakura's shoulders and make a hop in to the air, bringing his knees up and leaning backwards as he let gravity take him to ring mat...and spike Sakura's back onto his knees. He watched as the Pop Idol bounced out of his grasp and away from him, immediately arching her back in pain and holding it in an attempt to soothe it. Kazuma sat up and almost instinctively went to check on Sakura before he reminded himself again that Sakura wanted him to treat her as he would treat any other opponent, so he suppressed the urge and got up once again.

Kazuma would approach Sakura and roll her onto her stomach he would then sit himself down onto Sakura's back, his full weight on the spot that he had spiked with his knees moments ago. "I'm sorry, Sakura." Kazuma apologized as he tried to reach forward and grab the Idol's legs, intending to put her into a proper Boston crab hold. This would surely worsen her already hurting back and take some of the mobility out of her if he locked it in.

[Bare]

Pulled down unexpectedly by Kazuma with her back spiked against his knees, leaving her to bounce off and roll on the mat while clutching her back in pain. 'Damn... that hurt so badly.' Sakura thought to herself, stunned by the blow and left motionless as a result. Prime for Kazuma to move in and grab her legs before they were lifted up and tucked under Kazuma's arms, before turning her over and locking her into a fully secured and far more painful boston crab submission! "AGHHHHHH!!!" Sakura cried out in pain as her legs and back, which had already taken major damage, exploded into even more agony. Gritting her teeth to try and focus herself she began to use her arms to start dragging herself forward, trying to reach for the ropes!