Haruka Date vs. Chisato Sakurai

Standard match: Win via pinfall, submission or disqualification.

Haruka jumped up and down. She shadowboxed the air and paused for a second to collect her breath. The kickboxer had one win, one loss, and one tie. Tonight was going to be the breaking point, one way or another. Haruka was either going to launch herself into a winning career or plummet down to mediocrity. Or tie again. But no, that wasn't going to happen. She wasn't going to let that happen. The Silent Phoenix had fought well at Wrestle Angels and she was capable of fighting well here.

And the girl she was fighting against was another former angel. Chisato Sakurai. The green haired girl was a very impressive draw at Wrestle Angels and she was a very impressive fighter here. There were doubts in Haruka's mind. Not fears, not threats, doubts. She couldn't be reckless but should be brave. She couldn't be timid but she should be wary. Haruka knew she had to flow like water. The Silent Phoenix would have to put together a perfect fight in order to beat Chisato and she knew that.

The lights of the arena summoned her. Honorable combat in the ring called to her and the prospect of victory beckoned her. Starlight by Muse trumpeted her arrival to the ring. The crowd shot to their feet and roared their approval as Haruka made her way to the ring. She didn't smile but waved to them. They were the lifeblood of wrestling and she knew that. But Haruka did her best to remain focused on the task at hand. She jumped into the ring and turned on a swivel. Time to show yourself, Chisato.

Chisato tightened her boot laces as she was preparing for another collision with a former Wrestle Angel, Haruka, the Silent Phoenix. Not willing to be bested by a former wrestle Angel and adding another loss to her record, Chisato knew that she was going to have to pull out all the stops if she wanted to best her opponent as she was called up to the ramp.

Her theme song began to play in the arena as the green haired wrestler appeared on stage with her stoic look on her face, hiding the anticipation she was feeling as she walked down to the ring. She knew that Haruka was going to be tough opponent to beat, but it only would make her victory all the more satisfying as she couldn't let her head be thrown off game as she slid into the ring.

Locking eyes with her opponent, she slowly got to her feet trying to sizing up her opponent as she walked back into her corner, not taking her eyes off of Haruka as she leaned back against the ropes to grab on to it and began to stretch with them.

When Chisato entered the ring, Haruka bowed respectfully. She wanted to win, of course, but she wanted to do it honorably, to do it fairly, in a way that dignified herself and brought honor to her name. Her usual wrestling attire shone under the lights of the arena. It was just short enough to show that she had been working out more. And from the look of Chisato, her opponent had been working out more as well.

Haruka waved to the ref and crouched into her stance. The wave to show the ref she was ready and the crouch was to show Chisato she was ready. The Silent Phoenix felt a little bit more like a panther, ready to pounce and devour whatever came into its path. The bell would ring at any second and the two women would launch at each other. She hated surprises. No, Haruka was going to be prepared for whatever was coming her way.

Instead of giving a full bow, Chisato gave a small nod to her opponent who she respected her wrestling abilities. How because of that respect she wasn't going to hold back on victory as the bell rang. All the anticipation in Chisato's body was released the second she heard that bell rang as she shot out of her corner and raced at Haruka on the other side of the ring.

Whether or not her opponent shared the same anticipation as she did, Chisato would look to open up the match with an explosive start as she tried to deliver a front dropkick aimed at her opponent's chest.

Haruka's body was tensed and ready and it looked like Chisato's was as well. Her green hair flowed as she charged towards Haruka and the Silent Phoenix steeled herself for whatever was to come. Chisato took to the air and leaped at Haruka. She darted to the left and avoided the brunt of the dropkick but even a glancing blow proved to be fairly painful.

Haruka reeled from the brutal dropkick. She then found her feet and moved forward, sending a karate chop to Chisato, trying to land it wherever she could. The crowd was applauding heartily for this raucous start to the match and Haruka was beginning to feel the adrenaline flow.

Chisato let out a grunt as only one foot caught Haruka's side as she landed on her back. Quickly scrambling up, Chisato took a chop to her back as she let out a grunt but wasn't slowed in the least as she got to knee. Getting to her feet would take took long as she would've liked, so Chisato opted to continue to be on the offensive as she would fall on her back, throwing her leg out to try and kick Haruka in the hip.

Her opponent was easily matching the expectations that Chisato set for her as she was prepared for the preemptive strike. Her competitive spirit was rising very quickly as she wanted to keep the pressure on her opponent, looking for the slightest chance to take advantage and have the first clear momentum over her.

Haruka grunted as the kick came slamming in to her hip. The Silent Phoenix doubled over in pain and then quickly stood up to her full height. It was in moments like these where Haruka felt great, where Haruka felt alive. Here she was, facing down and old and familiar foe. And her foe was surprising her. Haruka now had her game face on. Now she was in the zone.

The Silent Phoenix rocked back. Most girls would take it as a sign of retreat, but Haruka thought Chisato would know better. She thought Chisato would know that Haruka was about to send a rocket of a kick towards Chisato's head, which is exactly what she did. Haruka felt a rush as the kick sliced through the air. Oh yeah, this was going to be a good one.

The kick she threw was a hard hit indeed, but to an experience wrestler it was but one hit. Chisato knew that she if she could shrug off one of Haruka's hits, what was to say that Haruka couldn't do the same? Sitting up, Chisato saw a returning kick aimed towards her face as she would immediately fall back to the mat, seeing the kick soar over her face with impact that would spell disaster for Chisato if it had hit.

Hoping that the kick would leave Haruka's back turned to her, Chisato would then kick her legs up to roll back up on to her feet in quick fashion as she sought to try and take advantage on the dodge, rushing into Haruka's back and trying to secure a rear bear hug to keep this early fast pace going.

"Gack!" Haruka let out as Chisato leaped on her back and constricted her into a painful bear hug. The Silent Phoenix tried to wiggle her way out of it but that soon proved to be fruitless. Haruka's arms were trapped to her side and her torso was being squeezed painfully. She had to get out of this as quickly as she could.

Haruka pushed against Chisato and tried to direct her against one of the turnbuckles. She hoped that if she could slam her into one the grip wouldn't be quite as strong and Haruka could make a bid for freedom. The Silent Phoenix surely had done more elegant moves than an attempted reverse walk into the turnbuckle, but it was all she could come up with at the moment.

Catching Haruka's arms with her bear hug was a stroke of luck for Chisato as she attempted to German suplex her opponent over head, however her opponent was too fresh to be caught with such a move so early on in the match. Keeping her arms tight and tough around Haruka's body, Chisato locked her hands together to prevent her opponent from breaking out of the hold or slipping out of it.

Unfortunately for her, there was another way to break out of a rear bearhug as Haruka rammed her into the nearby corner as Chisato was forced to let go after a grunt of pain. Releasing Haruka, Chisato would grab on to the top ropes and lifted her legs up to try and push her opponent away from her as she simultaneously sat up on the top buckle.

Standing up on the second rope, Chisato would aim the sights down on Haruka, waiting for her to turn around as she would attempt to soar through the air with a missile drop kick to Haruka's chest.