Haruka versus Cerbera (complete)

Haruka wavered as Cerbera dragged her onto her feet. She was close to her physical limit.

"Haruka! Hit her!"

Obeying Masato's orders, Haruka will try to blindly uppercut Cerbera, then- if her strike connects- try for a right cross to Cerbera's face, attempting to interrupt the heel kawaii's finisher.

Cerbera couldn't see the uppercut thanks to her own rage, her head tilting back in pain before she was hit in the face, stumbling back and away from Haruka, looking at her with a surprised look, she was certain she had the girl right there, growling lowly.

" .....You. "

Cerbera directed it to Masato, his words had managed to make Haruka escape her finisher and she was angry, giving Masato a cold stare.

Masato glared back at Cerbera. "Haruka?"

"Not," Haruka huffed, "Much... longer..." She was beat up, but on her feet and just as determined.

"Just do your best."

"Haii..."

Holding up her fists- now knowing her opponent fought dirty and violently- Haruka will stagger towards Cerbera. "Come on," she growled, and threw a punch at Cerbera's face.

Cerbera looked back Haruka, watching her once more and saw the punch coming, not doing anything to stop it but had a clear reason for it. The girl took only one step back when she was hit but grinned soon afterwards, lifting her hand up to Haruka's throat and tried to go for a chokeslam again, she was feeling her own body starting to weaken.

The startled Haruka gasped as Cerbera's fingers closed upon her throat. She weakly batted at Cerbera with her balled fists, but couldn't stop the chokeslam.

"Haruka!"

This time she sprung no desperate counter. Haruka sprawled across the mat yet again. This time she stayed down, breathing weakly, unable to move.

"Gomen... Masato-kun..." she moaned.

Cerbera looked down at Haruka, grinning as she tried to drag Haruka by her hair towards the corner where she would attempt to set Haruka in a tree of Woe position.

" I'm not done. "

Haruka couldn't offer any resistance to Cerbera aside from whimpering and weakly grabbing onto Cerbera's wrist in a feeble attempt to drive her off. The tree of woe position made the idol-to-be even dizzier, as blood rushed to her aching head.

"What's she going to do?" Masato worried, following the two from outside the ring.

Cerbera made sure Haruka couldn't get out too easily, turning to head for the opposite corner and getting ready, grinning wickedly as she rushed over to Haruka and tried to perform a vicious sweepkick to Haruka's stomach.

" Hahahaha! "

Guessing that Cerbera was up to something cruel, Masato decided to perform his first direct act of interference in Friction. Right after Cerbera stalked off, he slid into the ring and began working to free Haruka from the grotesque position, and also blocking Cerbera with his own body. "Just wait a second, Haruka," he promised. "I'll get you out of there."

"M-Masato-kun..."

"Hey!" the referee exclaimed upon spotting him. "You can't do that!"

"I'm throwing in the towel!" Masato snapped back as he unhooked Haruka's legs from the turnbuckle. "Haruka can't fight anymore! Call this match off!"

"She'll be disqualified-"

"Then disqualify her, damn it!"

The ruckus, of course, attracted Cerbera's attention...

Cerbera stopped when Masato protected Haruka, growling before noticing how humiliating she could make it for them. Cerbera will try to sneak behind Masato, wanting to pull his hands behind his back but also try and kick him onto his knees, the result would be that Masato's face would be against Haruka's crotch and Haruka's face practically buried underneath Masato's.