Haruko Hitamura - First impressions(closed)

Haruko scrambled her legs to try and pin down Haruka's legs before she could try to snare the bodyscissors on her waist, clenching her teeth behind her lips as she tried to pin the smaller girl down.

An extremly short, blue haired figure in sweats paced into the room and stepped up behind Yatori catching her lightly around the waist. "Miss Yatori," she began, "Mister Damian suggested that Haruko was here sparing with your' young friend. How is Haruko doing?" She took a small towel from her shoulder and used it to wipe some sweat off her brow; she had clearly been in the nearby exercise area for some time before stopping by the sparring area.

Having failed in her attack, Haruka struggled to at least keep Haruko from pinning her, parrying the cat girl's legs with her own. However, Haruko just kept going at her, so finally Haruka was indeed pinned.

"Ugh..."

Unfortunately for Haruko (but fortunately for Haruka), their referee was busy.

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Confronted by a not-so-complete stranger, Yatori racked her brains for a name to that blue-topped face. "Ah!" she finally realized. "Katherine Willows, I presume?"

Meanwhile she thought: She's one of the 'safe' wrestlers Damina-kun cleared for me, though I wouldn't fight her because she's so short... though, seeing how strong Haru-chan and Ruko-chan are, maybe I'd give her a shot...

"What brings you here, Willows-san?" Yatori then answered her own question. "Oh, right! You were Ruko-chan's first opponent, right? Come to check on how she's improved?"

Katie reached up and smacked Yatori lightly on the back of the head. "One." she said aloud in reference to the catgirl's pin
"Yes," she responded to Yatori, confirming the girl's suspicions, "but pay attention to the match over me, dummy."

Yatori was quite surprised at how a girl who was a full foot shorter than her could be so assertive- not to mention capable of smacking her on the head.

"Eh? Oh. Oh!" The self-appointed referee clapped her hands together in apology to Haruka and Haruko. "Gomen, Haru-chan, Ruko-chan!"

To Katie: "Ah, Willows-san, how do you know Damian-kun?"

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Beneath Haruko, Haruka grimaced, even as she tried to get a shoulder up to break the pin.

Haruko smiled when she managed to pin her, but her smile faded when she didn't hear a count. She looked up to see Yatori talking with her first opponent. She smiled, waving over at Katie.

"Hi Katie!"

She called to her, then gasped when Haruka suddenly broke out of her pin and ended up getting rolled over. She then heard Yatori's apology, while struggling against Haruka.

"It's... ok"

She said in a strained voice while concentrating on pushing Haruka off her, trying to regain her focus back on the match despite Katie now watching her.

Haruka huffed as she now straddled and tried to suppress Haruko. She couldn't reach Haruko's throat despite her best efforts, though, Haruko pushing her away using her slight reach advantage.

Really struggling now, Haruka will try to sharply back her upper torso out of Haruko's reach, then duck through the cat girl's defense to try and press her left forearm across Haruko's throat, supported by her right hand, for a choke. Of course she wouldn't really press the attack; chokes were scary moves, and Haruko was a friend. But she had to weaken Haruko now, or else she would be in serious trouble once the bigger girl regained the advantage.

Haruko gasped when Haruka managed to get past her arms and she managed to place her forearms against her neck. She squirmed underneath her, coughing lightly, mainly just from her forearms laying on her neck. She tried to push her off her, trying hard not to panic and just try to force her off her.

Haruka really wasn't into the choke. The brave but worried look on Haruko's face unnerved her even more, even as her friend pawed and pushed at her for breathing space.

Disconcerted, she glanced at the newcomer, Katie, out of the corner of her eye. Eh? She's so small... is she the girl who hurt Haruko-chan's waist?

"D-do you give up?" Haruka mumbled, now sounding hesitant and quite open to a reversal.

Haruko saw Haruka look over at Katie for a second, suddenly trying to reach up and grab Haruka's head. If she managed to catch her by surprise, she would try to slide her feet up underneath her and press them into her stomach and try to flip Haruka over onto her back above Haruko's head.