Haruka Date vs. Yuki Kanno

The knees bombarding Yuki's soft tummy did seem to have at least some effect and Haruka could see it in her face. She was not one to gloat and was not going to do it here. But the sharp impact after sharp impact made her feel good. Like all good things, it had to come to an end. Yuki grabbed her head and forced her down and brought her knee up in the process.

The Silent Phoenix staggered back a few steps and then fell down to the mat. Her breaths were coming not at all at first, and then she could only breathe very short breaths. Haruka rolled back and clutched her now pained chest before hopping up again. She had no idea how she could be losing to a rookie, but here they were. The Silent Phoenix didn't feel like a phoenix, but rather a cornered viper. And like a viper, she would lash out, moving forward and swinging in a massive kick toward Yuki's side.

That was the second time that Yuki had to use the Lungblower early in a match, the first being her first match of the Silver Ace, something she didn't want to do all the time. But at least it save her poor tummy, and maybe her lunch, from further harm by Haruka's knees. What made Yuki wonder though is how her opponent was still on her feet after being forced to lean forward deeply and fell down after taking the blow to her chest, as just being pulled forward alone would have taken Haruka off of her feet.

Nonetheless so, the Crimson Daze pushes herself back up right after she landed and watched as her opponent laid on the ground while having trouble breathing. Yuki was initially going to move up and take the chance to do a submission on Haruka, but she already got back up herself. She still moved up anyway, intending to grab on her opponent and still use a hold on her.

What she was not expecting however, was Haruka just dashing at her. Yuki's eyes widen in surprise with her guard down and took the kick to her side, which makes her stagger to the side and nearly loses her balance but soon regains it while clutching her side. As the pain to Yuki's tummy kinda intensified the kick's own pain as her gut and tummy are neighbors of the human body.

Haruka's breaths were coming easier, now that she had a solid reason for them. She had calmed down a bit after gaining some momentum. The kick landed and although she had thrown harsher kicks, the Silent Phoenix was happy that he kick hit home. The crowd seemed pretty happy about it as well as they cheered and applauded the kick.

The Silent Phoenix didn't want to disappoint them and didn't want to disappoint herself. As Yuki moved back Haruka got more and more options. She took off like a rocket towards the ropes and leap into the air. From there Haruka would be able to bound off the top rope and send a looping kick towards her rookie opponent!

If Yuki hadn't regained her balance, she would have fallen down. Which would have probably given Haruka a bit of an advantage here, and the crowd appears to be on her side right now. She was still clutching her side as it ached with pain, something Yuki shouldn't really do as it's taking away her attention from the match, a big mistake here.

By the time Yuki stopped clutching her side to turn to Haruka, the woman was already in the air flying at her with another kick on the way! Yuki couldn't react, and so took another kick to the side. "Ow!" This time she was knocked off balance and falls down, clutching where she was hit with the pain coming back again but tries to at least sit back up.

The kick swung in to Yuki's fleshy side and it felt good. Haruka had even knocked the poor girl over. But this was no time to rest on her laurels and admire her work. She still had to work over the rookie and secure a win and dawdling like an idiot was not the way to do that.

Haruka took a step back to give herself more space. Yuki was trying to get up and Haruka couldn't allow that. She took a running start and launched herself into the air with an impressive front flip, seeking to bring one of her legs down on the rookie for a kick that had come full circle!

So far Yuki has just been a Kicking Bag for Haruka to land nothing but kicks from those strong legs on throughout the match, she had to try and turn this around somehow and try to get hits and slams on her ruthless and unrelenting opponent. But with Yuki sitting on the ground and groaning in pain, she isn't going to do such a thing any time soon.

Despite the pain, Yuki did her best to get back up. Unlike the last time she kept her eyes on Haruka, to see if she would take advantage of her position, which she does. Watching her opponent run at her then jump in the air, with Yuki still sitting on the ground there was only one thing she can do. Roll over to dodge the kick, and does so right away. Hopefully the leg hitting the mat will cause a bit of pain for Haruka, to help give Yuki ground again later on.

Haruka couldn't see where she was going to land. That was one of the downsides of the kick even if it did look spectacular and hurt even worse. It would have if Haruka didn't land on the canvas. The Silent Phoenix grimaced as she became entirely too acquainted with the mat. The crowd let out a few soft "Oooh!" as her move missed completely.

She grabbed her aching backside as she sat up. Yuki must have wormed away and was off somewhere. Haruka lay back down on the mat and took a few deep breaths in. Her opponent's loved targeting her swift legs and in this instance Yuki didn't have to do much to send pain through her leg. Fine. Haruka needed to work on her ground game anyways.

Yuki was more then happy for rolling out of that kicks way, if that had hit it would have hurt very badly. She sighs in relief before pushing herself back up to her feet. Now with Haruka down on the mat, Yuki can finally take the initiative to get back at her opponent.

She goes over to her downed opponent and forcefully rolls Haruka onto her front, exposing her back to Yuki. Then she'll set down her knees on Haruka's back before crossing her legs together for Yuki to hold with her hand while her other hand goes to pull back on her opponent's chin. Rolling backwards to put Haruka in the air in the Bow and Arrow submission, and Yuki pulls back on both Haruka's legs and chin to dig her knees into her back good.

Haruka was in too much pain to offer any resistance to being rolled over. Not resisting was a move she was made to regret- the rookie cinched in an incredibly painful bow and arrow hold and Haruka was soon writing in pain. The Silent Phoenix flailed and winced. She hated this hold. She just felt so vulnerable, so powerless.

But it wasn't time to give up just yet. Haruka concentrated- her flip got her far away from the ropes so she couldn't escape the torturous hold by means of the referee. She would have to rely on good old fashioned wrestling know-how. Haruka tried to grab Yuki's arm and get it off her chin. If she could do that, she could try to roll forward and get out of the hold!

Yuki was finally able to do a submission hold during the match, and an effective one to say the least. She definitely pains to keep Haruka in this painful position for quite a while as payback for all the kicks and knees Yuki took before. Her hands were locked on her opponent's chin and legs tightly, not wanting to ever let her go until she puts a lot of pain into that back of hers to help win Yuki the match later.

Hell, Yuki even wanted to try and win right now. It was very bad to think like that, but she was a bit irritated from all the kicks. Seeing Haruka try to pry her hand off her chin, Yuki will push her knees in more into her back at the same time as her hand pulls back more. She'll even go the extra mile here, Yuki will try to slide her legs more under Haruka til the bottom her feet are directly under her back, and then just push them up hard into her opponent's back to further intensify the pain!