Saeko vs Tear

Tear's eyes widened in fear as she saw Saeko put her legs up as Tear was about to come crashing down on top of her "No, No, No, No." Tear said before all the air was pushed out of her lungs as she was nearly impaled on top of Saeko's feet. Tear was then slammed into the mat leaving the girl breathless and stunned.

Tear just lay on the mat coughing and trying to regain some air for her lungs but Saeko's feet were causing her trouble and Tear weakly grabbed onto Saeko's ankles and weakly tried to remove them from her already bruising stomach.

Such a move was always a desperate one meant only as a last resort as her legs had been forced to withstand the full force of a falling Tear, if she hadn't had such strong legs the entire move could have ended with her still being slammed but also injuring her legs in the process. She let out a loud grunt as she brought the impaled Tear slamming down onto her back, pressing her legs into the woman's injured stomach to make the best out of her move.

While in this round she could only score by pinfall Saeko couldn't resist trying to take full advantage of this situation. Sitting up she let Tear push her legs away, only to reach down to grab hold of the blond woman's wrist before wrapping her legs around the arm for a classic arm bar submission hold. She would lay down onto her back if she locked the hold in, applying pressure against the elbow in a wrenching movement to weaken it for later.

Tear was still coughing when she removed Saeko's legs from her injured stomach "Wait...cough..just give me...cough...a minute." tear said between coughs as she felt Saeko grab her arm and begin to place it in an armbar. Tear couldn't do anything but let Saeko apply the hold causing Tear to let out a pained scream which only lead to more coughing.

"Please let me catch my breath." Tear said with tears in her eyes as her body was taking in enough air at the moment and she couldn't breathe real well with the pain that in her arm. Tear knew she needed a chance to recover so in a last ditch effort Tear reached over and started to tickle Saeko's legs with her free arm.

Saeko ignored the girl's pleas for a moment of respite at first, in the middle of a match was no time to be asking one's opponent to simply stop, the very act just felt dishonorable to the woman raised to be a samurai. She locked in the arm bar submission hold without much resistance from Tear who from her own admittance was in no shape to fight back at that moment, wrenching back on the captured limb until she heard Tear ask once more for a quick rest.

Saeko could not imagine ever pleading for a break in the middle of a match herself but she was not without kindness or mercy, a soft expression appearing on her face as she nodded and released the hold. Saeko would roll herself backward to get back on her feet in a low crouch, rising to her feet a moment later before reaching down to offer Tear a hand in getting up. "No funny business now."

Tear was still trying to catch her breath when Saeko let her go and got to her feet "Th..thank you." Tear said as she lay on the mat for a few seconds to catch her breath before getting to her feet and smiling at Saeko "Thank you for that. Now lets try that again shall we." Tear said while rubbing her bruised stomach and entering a fighting stance.

"I promise that won't happen again. I just couldn't breathe and i panicked." Tear said as she waited for Saeko to be ready before getting back into the match.

Treating one's opponent with respect and honor was an important teaching from her late father and while giving an opponent time to rest wasn't necessarily a part of that she considered helping Tear up to be the right thing to do, at least this once. After helping the blond woman back to her feet Saeko took a step back and waited for her to prepare herself, taking a breather herself until the woman signaled she was ready. "That was a one time thing, lets make this a good fight."

Saeko wanted to pick up the pace after the short break, taking a single step forward before she would bring her right leg swinging upward for a kick aimed right at Tear's chin.

Tear accepted Saeko's hand as she got to her feet and she smiled at her opponent "Oh, don't worry it won't happen again." Tear said as she took a deep breathe and prepared herself for the fight to restart "Lets go!" Tear said as she immediate ducked under Saeko's kick, barely dodging it. "Wow, you really get straight to the fight." Tear said as she would lunge forward and try to tackle Saeko down to the mat.

"Even though you helped me earlier i still have to pay you back for what you did to my stomach." Tear said as she would try to pin down Saeko so she could send a punch or two into the girls stomach.

Saeko smiled warmly at Tear as she helped her to her feet, happy to hear the woman was not going to let herself panic like that anymore, she had hoped this woman would be a tough opponent and it seemed like Tear was committed to being just that. Once more she started off with a kick and just as she had done before Tear ducked underneath it, Saeko not showing any sign of being worried despite the compromising position she was in. Keeping herself focused Saeko used the momentum of her first kick and pushed off the mat with her other foot, twisting in the air to aim a kick at the face of Tear just as the blonde woman charged forward.

Tear thought she had Saeko right where she wanted her but as she charged at Saeko her opponent's foot came up and smacked her right in the face causing Tear to fall down to the mat holding her face in pain "Ouch, that hurt." Tear said before rolling away from Saeko and getting to her feet "That was a cool move but don't think you will be able to use it against me again." Tear said as she would begin to circle around Saeko while looking for an opening to strike the girl.

"I still have to beat you before round three so don't think i will make the same mistake i did not to long ago." Tear said as she rubbed her bruised stomach before lunging towards Saeko to try and kick the girl in her thigh to knock her off balance.

Saeko kicked off the face of Tear to aid her in completing a full spin so that she landed nimbly upon her feet, her hands raised up to defend herself against a counter attack from Tear that never came. Her kick had sent the woman stumbling back onto her ass, though it hadn't had the effect she would thought it would, apparently despite asking for a break a moment ago Tear was tougher than she looked. She smiled at this revelation before she lunged at the circling woman, bringing her leg up for a sweeping kick at the woman's head but before she could connect Tear kicked her leg throwing her off balance, Saeko's leg missing the blond girl by a wide margin as she collapsed onto her back.