Haruko Hitamura vs Lilly Lemon

Haruko perked up her ears at that. "So.. you won't send your family on me?" She asked.

Lilly shook her head, "No...because I'm gonna win," she said with a smile, not like the smug smirk she had been making before, but more with an air of optimism.

Haruko looked up for a second, and felt her spirits lifting up at the way she was looking at her. She then started to stand up and move back to her stance.

"Don't be so sure about that... I got you once already.." She said, sporting that same grin Lilly had.

Lilly moved towards Haruko, holding out a hand for her to shake. "Fool me once...shame on you, fool me twice....well you know."

Haruko found it ironic she said that as she was offering to shake hands, but she took her hand anyways and shook it, ready for some kind of sneak attack.

After the two shook hands, Lilly would let go and immediately would dive after Haruko's ankles, looking to trip her up early on in this restart.

At least Lilly let go for attacking. Haruko gasped, leaping away from Lilly, trying to avoid the grab to her ankles. "No you don't!"

Lilly was disappointed when she saw mid-dive that she wouldn't get Haruko's ankles, but nonetheless saw herself an opportunity. As she got closer to the ground, she placed her hands on the mat and pushed up her lower body, sending herself into a handstand which she would use her legs to wrap around Haruko's throat, looking for a standing head-scissor

"Wah? Agck!" She gasped as Lilly got creative and got her in a headscissors. She clenched her teeth, struggling to break the scissorhold around her neck. "N..no..."

Lilly smiled as her impromptu head scissors caught its target. After squeezing her legs together for a bit, Lilly took her hands off of the mat and rolled, looking to throw Haruko head-first into the mat.