Idol Showdown! Round One! (for zxn666)

Chigusa was a bit incredulous at Masato's suggestion. "Hentai? You want her to do hentai?" she asked, gesturing at the nearly unconscious Haruka in his arms, "And against Megumi?" She tried really hard to keep from laughing, covering her mouth as best as she could while she snickered.

"... ha! Alright, I'll tell her," Chigusa finally said when she caught her breath, "Yeah, it won't be as rough, but I won't guarantee that it'll be pleasant. Megumi is... well, let's just say very good at this sort of thing." She blushed a little as well, remembering some of their past tussles.

"But still, if that's what you want for Haruka, I won't stop you," she continued, "Just give Drake a word."

Masato blushed. He knew what he was getting Haruka into. He'd read Megumi's file and watched some of her recorded matches. Yeah, Megumi was very formidable in hentai wrestling, all right. Couple that to her overwhelming physical advantages over Haruka, and the stage was set for the hentai squash match of the next PPV.

Still... Haruka had been getting used to hentai matches. And Megumi couldn't be worse than one person he immediately had in mind.

"It is. I'll tell Drake-san. And-"

He had to put in a good word for her ward. Also to unnerve Megumi - if that was possible. But he felt sure he could worry Chigusa. After all, Chigusa had already fought the person he was about to cite.

So, in his most confident tone: "-and anyway Haruka has been training with Shizuku Yatori-san, so I'm sure she could handle Megumi-san."

That ought to plant the seed of a doubt in the back of Chigusa's mind. He hoped Chigusa would... no kind word for it; hopefully Chigusa infected Megumi with some worry. Equating Haruka as Yatori's hentai wrestling pupil (which was not far from the truth) could make Megumi wary. That uncertainty could be used by Haruka as an advantage.

It was also very possible this would backfire on Haruka. Megumi might not hold back. She might even make dominating Haruka a message of challenge to Yatori.

That was why it was called a gamble, Masato reminded himself as he turned his blood to ice water and played dice with his precious Haruka's fate.

"So we'll see each other for the next round, Chigusa-san," he said, bowing.

Chigusa did a double take when Masato mentioned Yatori. She knew that Yatori and Haruka were friends, but hadn't known that Haruka had gotten Yatori's training as well. This might prove troublesome for Megumi. Chigusa had no doubts that Megumi would win; sheer size advantage took care of that. But now Megumi couldn't just take the fight for granted. Haruka might be able to fight back!

"Yeah... I guess we will," Chigusa said. She returned Masato's bow before walking backstage, a hesitant look on her face.

Masato kept his head bowed, the better to hide any facial clue regarding his thoughts, and more importantly to gaze at the sleeping Haruka's face. "Haruka... you did great... I hope you'll do even better, even after what I've done..."


Draw (double 10-count)