Haruka vs Toshio, Fall of an Amazon

Haruka was picked up by Toshio and ended up running to the ropes with him. He was then able to spring off and take Haruka to the ground who gave another shout as she was sent down onto the mat on her back. This time she did not get up right away.

As soon as Haruka crashed down onto her back, Toshio sprang back up to his knees, moving over to Haruka to drop down across her for a pin.

Haruka started to get inned down by Toshi but after the ref counted "one" Haruka gave a defiant cry and threw an arm up strongly as she went to roll her body enough to break the count.

Feeling Haruka twist and get a shoulder up, Toshio broke the pin. Kneeling upright, he wiped the sweat from his brow. This girl was definitely making him work for the win, he thought. He liked that: usually in his matches it was dominate or (as seemed to happen more often) get dominated by a sexy opponent, but Haruka was actually forcing him to fight harder for the win. Now I know what Kyo sees in her. Well, that and she's hot.

Grabbing Haruka by the shoulders, Toshio pulled her up into a sitting position, before grabbing one of her arms by the wrist and pulling it tightly across her throat, locking her wrist against her shoulder to put her in a Japanese stranglehold, using his free hand to press down on her elbow. "You have strong arms," he commented jokingly. "Want to feel for yourself?"

Haruka would be inched up nice and tight in this hold.

"Nnnnghhh!! Rrrrghh!"

She gritted her teeth in strain and anger as Toshio tried to mock her wich exhorted ehr to struggle harder. She banged the heel of her foot a few times on mat to tr and rile herself up a bit.

Toshio felt Haruka struggling to get free in his grip. He held his breath and maintaned the hold, pulling back a little more on Haruka's wrist to tighten it a bit. At this rate, he thought, Haruka would eventually pass out unless she managed to somehow free herself. If he managed to keep this going, he would have this match in the bang.

A part of him was hoping that Haruka would, however, get free. After all, the fans wouldn't be too excited by a short match that ended in a KO, would they? Plus, he would have thought that Haruka was better than that.

"Give up, Haruka?" he asked as he maintained the stranglehold.

"Ungh...uhhh..Ngh!!"

Haruka would then seem to struggle, bending her ehad forward as if to fight the hold, but would eventually try to snap her head back into his face.

"GAAH!" Toshio cried, in surprise as much as in pain as Haruka's skull suddenly slammed back against the bridge of his nose. He had not been expecting Haruka to try a counter like that, and it caught him completely flat-footed. His head snapped back, his arms unwinding from around Haruka's as he collapsed onto his back. His groaned, clutching his face as his vision swirled before him, using his free arm to feel blindly into the air.

Haruka, herself, would sit there a moment and rub her throat, gasping for air. Toshio had managed to get a good hold on her. She did find him to be somewhat arrogant and conceited but on the other hand, he was giving her a good fight and she could appreicate that.

Haruka started to push herself up slowly and tur perhaps giving Toshio sometime to get back too.

Slowly, Toshio rolled onto his front, shaking his head to clear up the cobwebs. As his vision returned to normal, he pushed himself up to his feet as quickly as he could, knowing that Haruka would probably take advantage of his weak position.

Instead, to his surprise, Haruka was standing opposite him, slowly getting back to her feet as well. Blinking to clear out the last of the dizziness, Toshio stood up to his full height and took a step back. He could have rushed Haruka then and there, but he knew that would have been pretty low for him. Plus, he was sure that Haruka would have been ready for that.

"Has anyone ever told you you have a hard head?" he asked, raising his arms for a test of strength.