Retribution: Haruka-Haruko vs Cerbera-Lethe

Sensing Cerbera getting away, Haruka... let her go, getting up instead to get ready and face Lethe.

Okay, Lethe-san...

Haruko silently questioned Haruka's action of letting Cerbera go, but she said nothing, watching as Cerbera moved to her corner to tag in Lethe.

Lethe smirked when she was tagged, climbing into the ring and adjusting one of her skull gloves before her face fell into a serious expression, staring the idol down and raised her fists, ready to take her on.

Cerbera rolled out of the ring and took a seat on the edge of it, leaning with her side against the turnbuckle and panting loudly, facing the crowd while she tried to recover.

Haruka could feel Haruko's questioning eyes on her back. Gomen, Haruko-chan... but Cerbera-san and I...

She jogged forward towards Lethe in a seemingly dumb manner. Her opponent was obviously a striker, so exchanging blows with her would be a no-no. So Haruka would let her make the first move by moving into range, betting on her own capacity to take punishment or even counter.

Lethe raised an eyebrow when Haruka jogged into range, then she started to smile. The smile was a twisted one as Lethe moved in to try and grab Haruka's head and headbutt her as hard as she could.

Soon as Lethe made to grab her, Haruka saw her opening. She dove for the deck and tackled Lethe's legs, aiming to take the bigger kawaii off her feet. She did feel something swish over her head, as if a strike had narrowly missed her...

Lethe grunted as the small idol tackled into her and knocked her onto her back, but Lethe wouldn't be outdone by a single move and had a nasty left hook in mind for Haruka's jaw as soon as she tried to climb up her, if she did.

Haruka had tackled Lethe not to attack Lethe's torso, but her legs. The idol girl grabbed at Lethe's legs and made to put her in a swift Boston crab, like Yatori had always demonstrated and done to her during their sparring.

Lethe glared up at Haruka, refusing to let herself be flipped so easily. She was laying on her back, trying to pull her legs towards herself before throwing them hard into Haruka's gut!

Haruka let out a loud "Gack!" as Lethe's feet connected with her guts. She released Lethe's legs and fell back, partially doubled over from the pain.