Tension in Ueno: Cross-Promotion 2 out of 3 Falls Match: Suzumi Ishikawa vs Kyo Akamatsu

Suzumi kept Kyo in the stretch, tightening it up to apply as much pressure as she could! "Like you should just tap out and save yourself for later! You know I totally got ya!" Suzumi said as she wrenched down on Kyo. He would fall to his knees and off his vertical base soon. Once that happened she knew he was as good as done!

Suzumi looked at him as best she could given how her body was wrapped all around his and continued to plea her case. "Just make it easier on yourself..... tap out Kyo....."

As Suzumi called on him to tap out, Kyo furiously shook his head, the motion causing droplets of sweat to fly out as he began to perspire under the agonizing hold. He wasn't about to tap out-- not while he could still feasibly escape. But the more he struggled, the more he found himself tilting forwards as his arms and shoulders were stretched. He had to admit it, Suzumi had gotten him good.

Before long, he toppled onto his knees. He breathed hard, his abs rising and falling while, draped across him, Suzumi showed off her slender figure as she stretched away at him. With a groan, Kyo felt himself topple onto his front-- he tried to dig his knees into the mat, but the movement simply caused his shoulders to burn with even worse pain. The agony was unbearable, and he had no choice.

"I...g-give..." he managed to rasp.

Suzumi and the referee both heard the submission by Kyo. Suzumi let go, with the referee signaling that she won the first fall. She got up, holding her arms up before blowing kisses to the crowd! Suzumi backed off Kyo, allowing him to get up so they could start off the second fall.

"You totally need to be more careful what you wish for." Suzumi said as she stood in the center of the ring waiting for Kyo. She was feeling confident right now, knowing she only needed one submission for the victory while Kyo needed two. The small town crowd cheered as Suzumi was a recognizable face. Suzumi needed to thank Mariko for inviting her to this one!

As he was finally released, Kyo flopped onto his front, closing his eyes as he tried to shut out the lingering pain in his shoulders. It was for good reason that the Tsunami had the reputation that she had as a submission expert. Wincing, he rolled over onto his back, and then gingerly sat up, putting a hand to his back and rotating his hurting shoulders.

Slowly, he stood back up, but rather than glare, he met Suzumi's grin with a gentlemanly smile. "I think I'm getting what I wished for," he replied. "A tough match against a skilled opponent." He paused a little, and blushed. "Would...um...now be an awkard time for me to say I was a fan of Wrestle Angels when it was on the air?" Even as he spoke, he began to circle slowly, conscious that the bell might ring any minute now.

Suzumi chuckled a bit as Kyo spoke up.  "Like, if you are trying to score points with me or catch me off guard its totally not gonna work."   Suzumi said before winking.  "So who was your favorite angel, and what did ya like about them?"  Suzumi asked, circling herself.

The bell rang and she moved in towards Kyo, trying to lunge low in an attempt to grab his ankles and pull his legs out from underneath him!  Suzumi wanted to roll him over and thisntime catch her foe in a sharpshooter!

As much as Kyo prided himself on his superb mental focus and his ability to remain in a zen-like, focused state in a match, Suzumi's charming wink caught him off guard...as did her statement. "Scoring points? No, I wasn't...." He turned an even deeper shade of red at Suzumi's next question. "My...favourite Angel?" he gulped. He'd always liked Suzumi, of course, but he felt himself briefly paralyzed by anxiety as he wondered whether or not he should admit that he'd always had something of a crush on Toshimi Minami...

He was so distracted that he was caught completely by surprise as Suzumi darted in, snatching at his ankles. Kyo cried out in surprise as he crashed onto his back...and then he was crying out in pain as he was suddenly twisted over into a sharpshooter. "AHHH!" he cried, his head buried in the mat as his legs were worked over painfully.

Suzumi caught on early that being a lady did have its advantages inside the ring in this particular match. She managed to catch Kyo off guard with a wink and a question, leading to the application of a sharpshooter! Suzumi wrenched down and did her best to keep him away from the ropes! "Kyo you are good but I am like way better! Just tap out and we'll totally call it a day OK?" Suzumi said as she was looking for a quick second submission fall in this match!

She wasn't sure this would do it, but at the very least she wanted to pile on the punishment with this hold. She was up in the match and the last thing she wanted to do was lose any momentum to this guy. He was way too crafty for her to be careless.

Kyo clenched his teeth shut, trying to stop himself from screaming. It had been a long time since he had himself fallen victim to an expertly-applied submission hold, and now he was being given a painful reminder of what that felt like. "N-no!" he managed to say in reply to Suzumi's demand, before digging his heels into the mat and trying to pull them towards the ropes. Suzumi was having none of that, however, and pulled him back towards the centre of the ring.

Sweating now after having his legs stretched painfully, Kyo pressed his palms against the mat and tried to push sideways. If he managed to execute a roll, then he would hopefully be able to roll the two of them over so that Suzumi was on her back. Upon doing that, he would sit up, breathing hard, and take advantage of the way his legs were twined around one of Suzumi's and grab her boot, twisting painfully at her in a legbar!

Suzumi had the hold wrenched down on Kyo... at least, she did for a while! Suzumi's eyes widened as Kyo changed the hold, going after her legs again! Suzumi let out a scream as pain surged through her! Kyo really knew his stuff... normally Suzumi loved to see that sort of thing in a wrestler but her perspective at the moment created a slight shift, leading her to regret the reversal!

Suzumi rocked back and forth a bit, the pain mounting. She needed a way out, but how?

Kyo was panting in relief now as he managed to reverse the hold, taking a lot of pressure off of his own legs as he managed to get himself back into a sitting position. Gritting his teeth, he twisted at Suzumi's boot, watching as the former Wrestle Angel shrieked and rolled from left to right as her ankle was bent the wrong way. He was mindful of Suzumi's free leg, as she could easily kick at him in an effort to free herself.

Deciding to switch things up a little, Kyo unhooked his legs from around Suzumi's trapped leg, though he maintained his grip around her ankle. Swivelling his body, he tried to snap his legs down around Suzumi's other leg, hoping to trap it as well. In this way, not only would he have both of his opponent's legs under control, but he would also be bending her like a wishbone in a legspread! "Give up yet, Ishikawa-san?" he asked, continuing to address Suzumi with polite reverence even as he stretched her. At this point, though, the two of them would not be far from the ropes...