Tomomi Watanabe vs Cassie Elliot

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66KhzUMY8gE&feature=youtu.be:1lmzchz8]Cassie's music[/url:1lmzchz8] wound up in the arena just as Cassie summoned the courage to make her entrance. She gave her manager, Mamouru Higurashi, an excited smile and a nod, and stepped out onto the ramp.

She hopped her way to the front and threw up her arms in a cheerfully triumphant pose, eyes squeezed shut and fists clenched. With a flourish of her yellow and white cape she knelt down, her cape covering her like a cocoon, before leaping forward into a charge down the ramp. She felt heroic in her yellow and white super-suit, and by the time she was half way she was grinning at the fans and slapping hands and stopping to laugh and hug and hop around excitedly. It took her a minute to actually get to the ring.

Once she did, she took her position in the middle, spread her feet apart and planted her fists on her hips like a super hero, but with a great big grin. She couldn't wait to see Tomomi.

Mamouru Gave Cassie a look before she exited from the backstage area. He was as ready as he ever would be as well and when she burst forth, he took a more casual stroll out from behind the entrance. He had decided, after much consideration to come down the match wearing a white suit with a red pocket square. He figured, aside from looking dashing, he was representing both Japan AND Canada, so no one could complain.

He followed Cassie's energetic run down the ramp with more of a saunter but gave a bog smile and nodded to any fans who caught his eye. While Cassie did her in-ring thing, he took his spot on the other side of the ring near her corner, ready to cheer her on!

After Cassie made her entrance, the arena lights dimmed in preparation for Tomomi's performance. The crowd immediately went into a hush, eagerly anticipating a new song. The opening notes came over the speakers and the crowd began cheering, before Tomomi stepped out onto the stage, raised a microphone to her lips, and began to [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQc5rwwWZIE:1znlgb7b]sing[/url:1znlgb7b]. The crowd cheered as Tomomi covered one of the newest and most popular anime openings. It was a bit of free advertisement for the network to promote DVD sales, and Tomomi's voice was quite suited since her voice was surprisingly low pitched for a cutesy idol. The performance ended after a minute and a half, after which Tomomi made her way down to the ring while the rest of the song played. The crowd cheered as she walked down the ramp. Tomomi eagerly interacted with them, waving, slapping hands, even signing a girl's forehead. If there was one thing idols knew how to do, it was how to whip up a crowd. They were all on Tomomi's side for now.

Tomomi rolled into the ring underneath the bottom ropes, getting up and dusting off her skirt before turning to Cassie. She had seen Cassie's entrance and found her choice of entrance music quite amusing. Of course, Cassie couldn't put on the same level of performance Tomomi could, but with her super-suit and big beaming smile the Canadian redhead had her own charm. Tomomi actually felt Cassie's enthusiasm infecting her as well as she felt the excitement building. She was going to give Cassie the best fight ever!

"You're looking well Cassie-chan," Tomomi said, "And I see Mamoru-kun's here to cheer you on." She gave Mamoru a small wave. "Are you ready?"

Cassie clasped her hands behind her back so she could resist the urge to hug Tomomi. This was going to be great.

She nodded to Tomomi, and her whole demeanor changed. Her joyful smile melted off and she settled down into a grappling stance. Her face was serious, almost completely blank, and her big green eyes were focused. She breathed in slowly and out slowly and sized Tomomi up while she waited for the bell.

When it rang, she moved cautiously out toward the middle of the ring to meet Tomomi. She wouldn't rush anything. She would be methodical and precise, and she would dismantle Tomomi and make her tap, and she wasn't going to do anything stupid like let Tomomi punch her face in. Through personal experience she had learned that she didn't like that very much.

She put up a hand to see if Tomomi would tie up with her. She doubted that she would, since the moment Cassie put her hands on the idol she would be in deep trouble. She knew Tomomi liked submissions, but she couldn't compete directly with Cassie there. She was also more well rounded than Cassie was, so Cassie had to expect one of a few other approaches from the girl.

All those thoughts turned in the back of her head, but her focus remained undisturbed. Given her giddy and joyful nature, Cassie's focus in a match was a little unnerving. She locked eyes with Tomomi while she waited to see what she would do.

The entire arena fell silent as both fighters got ready for the match. Tomomi noticed the change in Cassie's demeanor; she lost the bubbly exterior and revealed a much colder and serious side, focused and determined to win. Tomomi didn't change. Her mouth was still locked in a bright and confident smile, even though her eyes hardened as she gathered the will to fight. Cassie might think she was a lot better than Tomomi, and in certain respects she was, but Tomomi was going to show Cassie that a real fight wasn't all about skill. Determination and fighting spirit made up for deficiencies, and the support of the crowd gave Tomomi even more strength. She would show Cassie her strength.

"You're so serious Cassie," Tomomi said, "I hope you'll find this as fun as I do!" She beamed at Cassie, slowly sliding into her fighting stance. She raised her hands in a defensive grappling stance. Tomomi knew that tangling with Cassie up close was dangerous. The girl was better than her, Tomomi had no delusions about that. But she could take down Cassie.

"Lock up with me," Tomomi said, beckoning and encouraging Cassie forward to lock hands with her for a test of strength. But Tomomi wasn't letting her do that. The second Cassie locked up, Tomomi would yank her forward and try to grab Cassie tightly around the waist in a tight hug!

Cassie flashed Tomomi a little smile, but didn't answer her. Of course she was having fun, but she didn't train so hard to goof off when she finally got to the ring. Besides, getting beat up was no fun at all.

Tomomi made it obvious that she was going to lock up with Cassie, and it didn't take a genius to figure out that she was only baiting her. Cassie remained cautious and stepped in, but without bothering to try for a collar and elbow.

Tomomi's arms went for her body and Cassie shoved Tomomi's face back with both hands to bend the idol into an awkward position. She took a step to get one foot behind Tomomi's and pressed into her to try to upset her balance enough to bring both of them down.

Tomomi pulled Cassie in as much as she could, even though the feisty little Canadian threw up her arms and shoved back Tomomi's pretty face, throwing the idol off. Tomomi grunted, feeling her head get pushed back rather painfully. Cassie's leg slipped behind the idol's as both girls jockeyed for position. Tomomi pushed forward as hard as she could to keep Cassie from knocking her over, though with the girl pushing on her face there was only so much resistance the idol could put up. Thankfully she still had her arms around Cassie's waist so she could drag her down.

"Mmf! Get off!" Tomomi grunted, turning her head from side to side. She lost her balance and fell thanks to Cassie's leg. But Tomomi was ready for that. She twisted hard to the side so that when she fell she would put Cassie underneath to crush her!

Cassie grunted as she thudded against the mat with Tomomi on top. She had never known Tomomi to be so proficient as to counter her like that, from a bad position at that, but she didn't waste any time thinking about it. She was still calm and relaxed and perfectly comfortable on her back.

She held Tomomi tight with an arm behind Tomomi's head and the other around her arm, and coiled up to plant her feet in Tomomi's hips. She was ready to kick and throw Tomomi off of her, but she waited. She'd rather stay down with her, and if Tomomi gave her a better option she'd take it, and she took slow, measured breaths in and out while she waited.

Cassie held Tomomi close even after the idol fell on top of her. It had been a hard counter to pull off, and Tomomi was more expecting for both of them to fall on their sides, but Cassie wound up beneath her. Her body felt quite hard and solid. Most of Cassie's body was muscle and bone, so she wasn't very comfortable to lie on top of. But the idol couldn't really get up either, not with Cassie's arm wrapped around her neck. Tomomi felt Cassie planting her legs against her hips. The girl wanted to kick her off.

"You're a tricky one," Tomomi said in a strained voice. She didn't want to tangle with Cassie on the mat, so she decided to give Cassie some incentive to push her off. Tomomi didn't like strikes, but she could hit pretty hard. She balled her hands into fists and swung down with both arms, trying to hit Cassie hard in the side of the ribs to make her release her head, while bracing herself for Cassie to throw her off.

"Ugh!" Cassie grunted when the first punch dented into her ribs. She only had to worry about the one side, with her arm wrapped tightly around Tomomi's upper arm, but it was enough to force her to act.

She was wary of just trying to shove Tomomi off and stand up. If she did that, she might be just setting herself up to get hit, and she didn't want a brawl.

She held tightly onto Tomomi's upper body and shoved with her legs to lift Tomomi's hips up, and then twisted sharply to the side, trying to dump Tomomi off and shove her onto her back where Cassie's upper body would be laying across Tomomi's.