Triple Tag Team Mayhem!

Toshio wrenched the hold tighter, pulling Midori's arms closer to each other as he locked his ankles, tightening the body scissor. "Give up, Himeno!" he shouted, pouring more pressure into his muscular opponent. Sweat dripped down his brow as he squeezed her, wanting to slowly increase the pressure given her resilience.

If Midori did not submit, then Toshio would suddenly release the body scissor, swinging his legs back and ramming his knees hard into her back before releasing her and rolling to his feet.

Midori raised her head and gave a loud cry but when the ref asked for her submission she stubbornly shook her head.

Then Toshio released her and she cried out sharply as the knees hit her back and she rolled over facedown.

Normally, by this point, Toshio would have left Midori to go tag his brother. He wasn't done with her yet, though. He wanted to soften her up a little more before he finally passed the torch to Kyo.

As Midori fell to the mat, Toshio ran to the ropes. Bouncing off them, he ran back at Midori: if she got up to her knees by that point, then he would aim a leaping kick at her head or chest. Otherwise, he would drop down to nail her in the head or side with a baseball slide.

The baseball slide kick collided with Midori and she rolled outside.

Seeing Midori roll outside, Toshio allowed himself a slight smile. Retreating back to his corner, he raised his hand to tag Kyo. "She's all yours," he said.

Kyo glared at his brother. "You were rougher on her than you needed to be," he said.

Toshio glared back. "Well I'm sorry for softening up a bit for you," he retorted. "If you wind up pinning her, remember to thank me."

For a moment, Kyo was going to shoot a response back. He thought better of it: he couldn't afford to get into the middle of a long, drawn-out argument with Toshio in the middle of a match. Either way...he hoped that Toshio had gotten whatever bitterness he had towards Midori out of his system.

"Go Kyo-san!" Mika exclaimed cheerfully as Kyo slid into the ring. Stepping forwards, he waited to see if Midori would return to the ring at all.

MIdori pushed herself up slowly standing outside the ring in a daze.

Kyo could hear some of the fans now chanting for Midori to get back in the ring. He could have gone out to attack her directly, but he wasn't Toshio. He remained standing in the centre of the ring, waiting for her to recover and get back in the ring.

Midori slumped against the edge of the ring before pulling herself up under the ropes and into the ring.

Kyo continued to stand back, waiting for Midori to get fully to her feet. The moment he did, he would circle her, arms raised for a lockup. He was giving her a bit of time to recover so that she would be able to at least fight him evenly, although Kyo suspected that Toshio might have done a good job wearing her down so far. Then again, Midori's resilience would still make her a formidable opponent, even in this state.

Midori recovered enough to see Kyo before her and would take the lockup challenge.