The crowd cheers echoed through the hallways as the young girl made her way towards the arena, the girl is of teen age and beautiful with her short black hair that was once long and silky along with hazel eyes not to mention her fit and somewhat voluptuous figure and large chest.
Her attire consisted of a white leotard with red outlines with matching armbands that reach from her wrists to the bicep just stopping beneath the shoulders the same can be said for the trunks and boots "Hagiwara ready?"
The girl named Hagiwara turned to an athletic built girl with short lavender hair with one strand sticking out as an antenna and gray eyes wearing a white gym uniform with red outlines and the word 'BERSERK' written on her chest in black with the exception of the S being red, the dubbed Hagiwara nods slightly "Yeah this time no screw ups."
The lavender haired girl smiled "That's the spirit."
The two girls walked out of the hallways greeted by the blinding lights and the noise of the arena as the track of a pop instrumental music played, on the middle of the arena standing within the spotlight is a Wrestling ring "The following contest is scheduled for one fall making her way to the ring accompanied by Chinatsu Suzumoto hailing from Berserk the idol turned Wrestler Sakura Hagiwara!"
The crowd erupted as an entire section consisting mainly of men held signs of Sakura and chanted "WE LOVE YOU SAKURA!"
The raven haired girl smiled still enjoying support even after that rather lacklustre debut of hers, walking towards the ring with confidence the raven haired beauty gazed around the arena absorbing the power of the cheers before entering through the ropes her companion lowered for her before she bowed in respect to the crowd.
The track was over as another played being more symphonic with a French touch appearing on the ramp is an older woman but no less beautiful as she too possessed a fit figure one that can fit a feline predator combination of speed, power and sexuality her long blonde hair had been wrapped in a ponytail while her eyes were covered by a pair of shades if that wasn't enough to scream Hollywood the woman had a pink feather boa that matched her sparkling pink sports bra, trunks and boots while her lips were colored red "Her opponent the actress of the Wrestling movie Apocalypse ring now making her way in the real Wrestling world Willow Powell!"
The crowd cheered not nearly as loud as they did for the idol but some booed the actress not that she minded making her way to the ring she entered taking off her boa which she proceeded to swing around while she dance her hips, she handed over the boa along with the shades that now left her blue eyes exposed to a nearby ring crew member "You scratch zem, zen I'll break you!"
The French left with the warning before she turned to her opponent, the hazel eyes of the idol stared into the woman with determination making the blonde chuckle.
The ref standing in between the girl's looked from one corner to the other ensuring both combatants are ready before she lifted her hand and brought it down with a chop.
DING! DING!
The bell rang beginning the match up immediately the raven haired idol rushed to the older actress with a forearm but she evaded in the last second and caught the arm shocking her opponent, not that Willow wouldn't mind enjoying the shock more but the nature of combat doesn't allow one to get occupied for too long as she yanked the forearm back and brought Sakura down on her shoulder pinning her "1…2-"
Sakura quickly rolled off undoing the pin attempt gasping for air as she stood back up on her knees while her opponent stood back up straight looking way better, Sakura was snapped out of trance when Willow punched her left cheek followed by another punch to her right one before she kicked Sakura in the stomach forcing her back into the turnbuckle.
Willow chuckle turned into a loud laugh "C'mon princess surely zis is light for Berserk standards or maybe not for you."
Sakura's eyes snapped in blazing fury as she rushed towards Willow with another forearm but the blonde again evaded and yanked the arm back before she twisted it behind the back of the idol before she pushed her down, Sakura's wails of pain echoed as her bones cracked from Willow resting herself on the twisted forearm "Hagiwara do you give up?"
"No" Sakura managed to say with restraint as she crawled with heavy breaths towards the ropes and managed to catch the ropes just slightly.
"Powell rope break!" the ref commanded as Willow tsked letting go and getting off Sakura, the idol slummed down on the ropes taking labour breaths with her tongue sticking out.
"Sakura pull yourself together!" the raven haired companion commanded.
"I know but this woman she's-"
"Like you!" the raven haired interrupted "Last time I fought you in your debut but I was a Wrestler from the start while you were an idol, this woman is the same she was an actress!"
"Yeah you're right" Sakura said gaining back her fire.
"Go get her!"
Sakura nodded as she got off the ropes and stared into Willow who seemed slightly surprised the idol is standing tall again "Wow you're up already, took you long enough."
"Save it!" Sakura yelled as she glared "Me and you are of the same silk we're not different."
Willow seemed to take offense to this but she quickly shook her head and chuckled before she approached Sakura standing midway rising her arms opening her palms, the idol looked confused by the action until Willow squeezed her fingers which message had reached the idol.
The two met as Sakura too opened her palms in a similar fashion to Willow and the two locked up in a test of strength, the two seemed equal neither gaining the advantage over the other "See told you we're the same."
Willow scowled snarling "Please moi not a loser princess like you."
"What did you say?" the idol asked in offense.
"Loser princess is you and moi" Willow hummed lightly before she continued "Moi star and winner I won my debut match."
Sakura's agitation increased as she pushed harder on her palms an action quickly picked by her fanbase.
"Yeah Sakura is gaining the upper hand here!" their leader shouted.
"Yeah let's go Sakura!" yelled a brow haired boy.
"Go for the pin!" yelled a blonde boy.
"I know that I lost my debut but that doesn't make me a loser" Sakura told Willow who smile increased seemingly unaffected by the added strength of Sakura.
"Two matches" Sakura was thrown off by the come back prompting Willow to explain "You lost two matches your debut and zat time Rio Kazama steamrolled you."
The rage within the idol increased at the mention of the name and the reminder of what happened as she pushed harder pushing Willow back "How do you like me now!"
Willow smiled as she managed to get behind Sakura still holding on to her palms as she twisted her arms around her neck making Sakura stop as she moaned, the smirk on the French actress increased "Such a beautiful voice after all it belongs to someone who belongs to ze stage singing rather than in ze ring screaming."
Sakura tried to pull back or even back kick but her opponent responded faster by pushing Sakura down and pull back on her arms while placing a foot on her back making Sakura wail harder, the purple haired girl that accompanied Sakura slammed her hand on the edge of the mat "C'mon Sakura don't just sit there and take it, move!"
Listening to the advice Sakura tried to push herself off from Willow's hold but the French woman easily pulled back and transitioned into a surfboard hold making her opponent moan louder, Sakura tried to kick herself off but her legs weren't touching the mat making the kicks light pulling back on her arms only increased the amount of stretching power Willow added.
The actress let go of the surfboard allowing Sakura to fall flat on her face she then turned to the camera's "Hello everyone from fans to fellow Wrestlers I Willow Powell will now show you how to beat Sakura Hagiwara."
The arena broke off into murmurs of the claim "Yes I have studied Sakura's two matches and figured out her weakness, want to get an easy win just get yourself a match with this loser and do this."
Willow sat on the back of Sakura grabbing her legs immediately the idol broke into wailing finding herself within the clutches of the Boston Crab "Yes this hold is too much for this dear princess."
Sakura would be angry at the mocking tone Willow made if the pain wasn't so anguishing, the slam on the mat brought her attention seeing her plus one and first opponent "Hagiwara the ropes! Don't just sit there get to the ropes!"
Sakura tried to crawl but Willow easily pulled back on the hold halting Sakura who screamed and cried as she held her face in agony before it slummed down, the ref crouched to her level "Hagiwara?"
"I give up" she whispered her sobs.
DING! DING!
"The winner of this match by submission Willow Powell" the ring announcer voice along with the bell brought an end to the match as Willow got off of Sakura, not that she was done as she grabbed a fistful of Sakura's hair and pushed her towards the turnbuckle in a seated position trapping her arms within the ropes.
The blonde shook her hips before she snuck a hand to her trunks pulling them up showing her bare buttocks which she then proceeded to ram and shake at her defeated opponent's face, Sakura's cries were matched by Willow's laugh "Princess of records more like princess of ass kissing."
Willow backed off when the ref approached her allowing Sakura to fall on her back where Willow then kicked her in the side making fall outside the ring, the purple haired girl caught the crying Sakura as the blonde woman stared from within the ring "If you know what's good for you run back to your cushy idol life."
Willow waved off in dismiss as the arena erupted in boos especially from Sakura's fans at her actions, little did the defeated idol know this was the beginning.
(…)
The magazines placed on the shop window always served either as passing news or an invite to the shop itself, the news and the photo on the magazine was that of Sakura Hagiwara locked in the Boston Crab by a muscular and strong woman her face not shown only her back while Sakura was crying 'TEN CONSECTIVE DEFEATS!' was written in bold red color.
Picking one of the magazines was a young girl the same age of Sakura even similar body type but instead of raven hair she had orange which she tied in a ponytail and blue eyes, her current attire consists of a red shirt under a green jacket which left the chest area unzipped along with blue jeans and white sneakers with black streaks and outlines "Sakura."
The redhead whispered the name in a pitiful fashion gripping the magazine "Tch another loss?" asked a voice in disappointing anger "Why the hell is it on the front page?"
"Because she's an idol and we aren't" said another, the orange haired girl turned around meeting two the first was a young woman with short red hair and blue eyes wearing a white jacket over a blue shirt with white tights and wearing light blue training sneakers.
The second was much larger with her long blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a black jacket over her shirt and matching black pants and training sneakers, the redhead held the magazine with a twisting angry lip while her eyes look around she turned around the pages her eyes landing on something but not all something to be happy over if her eyes are trusted "I'm in the third damn page! I had one of the best matches this month but the stupid idol with a losing streak not only gets front page cover but two pages worth of article!"
Her companion hmphed in agreement "Yeah stupid bimbo coming to our ring and stealing our spots."
"Excuse me" the two's attention was caught by the orange haired girl that glared at them with her blue eyes.
The muscular blonde glared back but not in the same intensity rather her eyes were dismissive "Something on our faces?"
"I'll ask you two very nicely to take back what you said about Sakura" the orange haired answered.
The two looked at each other's before looking at the girl as they broke off laughing, the red head laughed harder as she wheezed in her knees before she wiped a tear off "Surely you jest."
The blue spheres that glared at them looked down darkened by her hair before she slowly approached the red head rising her palm before she slapped her, the red head backed off surprised at this holding her cheek "Hey what's your problem?"
"Wait a minute aren't you one of them?" the blonde recalled.
Peeked the red head turned to the blonde "Which them Yoshiko?"
The now named Yoshiko snickered into a belly laugh "Of course only a jobber would defend another jobber, right Elena Miyazawa?"
The orange haired Elena glared harder rearing back her palm for a slap but was quickly caught by Yoshiko who then easily pushed Elena and made her fall on her butt, Elena tried to get back up to meet Yoshiko but the red head placed her own leg on Elena's shoulders "Stay there or else."
Elena didn't dare to get up but she kept glaring at the two who stared down on her with scowls "Thanks to you and your friend many of us good Wrestlers who actually had to work up are now being pushed down if not losing spots in shows just so we can have idols play Wrestler and their loser fans that can't get girlfriends masturbate to them while they do it."
Elena's blood boiled at these words with her knuckles clutching, the red head continued off "Yeah ever since that stunt in Berserk we weren't getting attention since everybody was busy of the prospect of Sakura Hagiwara facing off in the ring against Rio Kazama, hah! Like she stood a damn chance put her in with any rookie and she'll cry for mommy!"
"Stop it!" Elena cried out in anger as she tried to stand up to them but the red head easily kicked her down making her lay flat on her back, Elena tried to get up but the air was pushed out of her by Yoshiko placing her boot on her stomach which she twisted making Elena growl in pain.
"Tch all of this is because of you" Yoshiko spat as she added more power to her stomp making Elena gasp louder with tears swelling up in her eyes "That's all what you did that day get your ass kicked and cry!"
"Hey you I'll call the cops!" the shopkeeper came out with a threat.
"Hmph let's go Yoshiko" the red head said, the blonde nodded but not before she gave a punt to Elena's gut before she walked off.
Elena returned to a sitting position clutching her gut as she coughed "Are you alright?"
Elena turned to the shopkeeper leaning down touching her shoulders "Yeah I'll live."
(…)
Elena cut her trip short admittedly she always jogged along that line since ever but recently she began stopping by that shop just to check the news ever since Sakura Hagiwara began Wrestling, she reached a rather nice looking middle class house before she gripped on the handle and pushed the door open "I'm home."
"Welcome back" answered a couple of voices one being gruff and masculine while the other soft but experienced, walking in Elena met the owners of the voices a man with short black hair with matching eyes, a moustache and goatee wearing a black business suit along with a woman who had orange hair like Elena as well as blue eyes wearing a white button up shirt and a brown skirt with black leggings and an apron over her shirt.
The woman turned around carrying dishes filled with appetizing food which she then placed on the table "Dinner is served spaghettis and meatballs!"
"My favourite!" the man cried out as he kissed the woman's cheek "You just know how to read the stomachs honey."
"I'm not a mom since yesterday you know" the woman joked as the couple laughed while Elena cringed as she silently took her place in the table.
The dinner was silent as the couple ate and spoke business and development while Elena remained silent rather she didn't pick any food rather she remained silent through the whole ordeal just stabbing her fork at the food "Elena are you okay?"
The question snapped the girl back to reality as she met the worried gazes of the couple "Yeah I'm fine."
The lie was easily seen through by the couple as the woman gazed at her sadly "Elena you're a terrible liar you know me better than to buy it."
The orange haired girl hated to admit it but numerous times they saw through her frustrations every time she lost to Sakura in fan votes, reacting similarly Elena taken off "I'm not hungry."
She simply stated as she walked upstairs to her room only the footsteps served as indication of her presence before being followed by the shutting of the door, once the door was shut the woman sighed "Our poor girl."
The man got up and embraced the woman from behind "Kiyoko you know Elena will not say anything it's in her blood."
"Yours not mine Ozu" the woman Kiyoko corrected her husband Ozu who nodded embarrassingly causing a small chuckle between them, it quickly died as Kiyoko frowned "Still this's new not like always losing in fan votes."
Ozu took a sip of the canned bear before he shook his head "You shouldn't have listened to the girls at that time and followed with that lawsuit."
"I really wished" Kiyoko whispered regrettably, 10 months had passed since that incident in Berserk.
It all started out like always the Sweet Diva fan votes results and like always Elena came in second with a huge gap between her and Sakura Hagiwara who had been central in the groups success which brought forth many media outlets and mavericks wishing to benefit from the group's popularity one of which is a tv channel about sports called NHK that wanted to film the group training in Berserk the most influential and toughest women's Wrestling gym, being the cutesy girls they were most of the group refused fearful of the prospect standing near mean strong women that might take offense to them only Sakura agreed mostly to shoulder the burden off them.
Elena tired of being fiddle also agreed the two girls reached Berserk and it was mostly good since the Wrestlers they brought actually helped rather be mean with the exception of one, Rio Kazama challenged to the two idols to a spar which Sakura refused out of fear but Elena out of excitement at the prospect of one upping her rival took the challenge which was followed by her being steamrolled and humiliated on live television along with some torn muscles, broken ribs and twisted ankles which needed medical treatment in the hospital.
"I still have nightmares about it" Ozu confessed in that day he was working accounts in the office like always until he heard some screams from someone's desk or rather his PC, sighing the man was going to lecture the younger employ for slacking and watching something he can only imagine to be private matters during working hours and in public but that quickly died down once he saw what it was or rather who was screaming.
There on that screen was Elena getting beaten up by some ruffian with short white hair and a questionable attire that exposes much of her skin named Rio Kazama as soon as he saw that he quickly called Kiyoko who was in a similar position stamping some documents in her law office before she got the call from Ozu telling her to turn to NHK broadcasting quickly, the woman lost her grip on the remote seeing Elena crying at the mercy of the damn ruffian before Sakura interfered.
The two of them were excused out of their respective institutions when they received calls that Elena had to be transferred to the hospital to treat her numerous injuries, Kiyoko was already calling up ready to sue Berserk and Rio Kazama specifically for assault and the network for broadcasting it and not doing anything about it!
However Elena quickly dropped the charges on their behalf and took some of the blame, the month after Sakura Hagiwara was set to face Rio Kazama in a match where the loser losses their hair but the language that was used was Latin meaning the idol remained unaware of the penalty should she lose not that it mattered since Rio easily beat Sakura and knocked her out in public before cutting off her hair may it had been grief or anger or both Sakura challenged Rio for a rematch by turning herself pro.
The damn media mavericks immediately jumped at the new story former idol Sakura Hagiwara avenging Sweet Diva's pride but the story is losing it's momentum now that Sakura had ten consecutive defeats, the people can be forgiven since she's new but not so much if the losing process is the exact same in every match so far "At least that Inoba fella was kind enough to cover Elena's medical expenses" Kiyoko added.
"He's a good man but I would have preferred a lawsuit and put that damn ruffian behind bars where her kind belongs" Ozu cleared.
In the upstairs far off from this conversation Elena stared into the ceiling she always did that whenever she lost the fan votes but now it was different, rather than being the Olympus goddess she couldn't reach Sakura now seemed more like some lost puppy that was being kicked cruelly way too many times it was a nice change of pace just a little bit.
'What am I thinking?' Elena quickly shaded herself before sighing "It's my fault."
Without much else she turned off the night light next to her not changing out of her clothes and just force herself to sleep.
(…)
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
Early in the morning the households front door is making knocking sounds "Sheesh I'm coming."
Elena walked down the stairs with her messy hair and sleepy eyes along with her unchanged and messy clothing, reaching the door she quickly turned the door knob opening the way for the knocker.
Shock and surprise had quickly washed over the orange haired idol like water washing her face meeting the two girls from yesterday but they were instead on their knees with shut eyes and bulging red dimples on their heads with the short redheaded one even having a tear in her right eye while the blonde Yoshiko if she remembered right looked ashamed, standing behind them was a girl of similar age to Elena with long pink hair that reaches her midback point and matching eyes wearing a white shirt with a red jacket wrapped around her waist, light blue shorts and red sneakers her face showed disappointment with them both before she turned over to Elena with a smile "Hi you must be Elena Miyazawa, correct?"
Elena nodded not trusting her voice, not that is seemed to matter to the pink haired girl "Cool I got the right address" she cheered before she groaned a bit looking down at the two girls disapprovingly like an older sibling lecturing their younger "Have something to say?"
The two of them kowtowed before the idol "We're sorry about our unjust behaviour yesterday."
Admittedly Elena was lost for words at this looking at the girls being humble something she never imagined about them when she met them yesterday "Sure I forgive you."
The pink haired girl chuckled "Glad that's over with."
"Um if you don't mind me asking what's going on? And who are you guys?" Elena asked wanting answers for this bizarre development and these people she never met.
The pink haired girl laughed nervously scratching the back of her hair "Sorry guess I jumped too soon, ahem I'm Yukiko Shinzaki better known as Mighty Yukiko and these two are Subaru Fujino and Yoshiko."
So she was correct in assuming the name "We're Wrestlers actually" Elena was surprised but then again she should have at least known the two kneeling girls are Wrestlers considering what they said yesterday about Sakura "It's just these two are going through some trouble ever since your friend Sakura entered our business but that doesn't excuse their behaviour towards you not one bit."
Elena nodded "Um how did you find me?"
"Well through our boss or more specifically through her kid brother he's a big fan of yours" Yukiko answered before adding "Actually he might be your biggest fan seeing he's the head of your fan club and is still running it after many heads before him quit when you kept losing the fan votes all the time, Er sorry about that."
Elena nodded already telling this girl is rather troublesome "You didn't have to go through the trouble."
Yukiko shook her head still wearing that smile "Not at all we caused trouble for you especially badmouthing a friend."
"Wait that's not-" Elena stopped herself from speaking not knowing why she spoke or even why she stopped.
Yukiko gazed at Elena curiously "Did I mistake in thinking you and Sakura Hagiwara are friends?"
"No I mean yes er I mean not really" Elena admitted Sakura was competition that's all nothing less and certainly nothing more.
"Sorry guess I still have to learn more idols" Yukiko still spoke cheerfully it honestly creeped out Elena seeing this cheerful alleged Wrestler and not well Rio 2.0 or at least like the kneeling girls "It's just we gym girls always see each other's as friends but should have known better since we have our own bad apples."
Elena nervously nodded "Is that all?"
Yukiko smiled but this time sadly as she gazed at Elena with sorrowful pitiful eyes before she bowed before her "I also want to apologize in advance on behalf of my best friend in the whole world and tag team partner Eri Kishima better known as Bomber Kishima since she'll be facing off against Sakura Hagiwara in the next showing."
Elena felt a lump form in her throat which she instinctively swallowed, it was weird hearing about Sakura's matches in advance after all she just glimpsed at it in cards not really recognizing any of the names with the second being an exception after all how can she call herself an idol if she didn't know who Willow Powell is?
"I'm sure Sakura will be fine she's not the type to go down easy" Elena whispered unsure after all that what she is but now she's not sure anymore of that person, the one in that ring wasn't the Sakura she knew not even a mute shadow of that Sakura that always one upped everyone in Sweet Diva.
"Hopefully you are correct" Yukiko spoke but lacked her cheerfulness and her smile didn't reach her eyes "Sorry for the sudden drop but I needed to do my duty as a Miyabi Wrestler."
"Sure it's alright" Elena said in an almost whisper.
Yukiko turned around waving being followed by Subaru and Yoshiko who didn't look back, the cheerful Wrestler waved her hand towards Elena's direction "See ya around."
"See ya" Elena replied and waved awkwardly as the trio disappeared from sight.
"Who was it at the door?" asked a yawning voice turning around Elena met Kiyoko sleepy wearing her night dress.
"Just some salesmen" Elena lied not willing to get herself deeper in that Wrestling world.
Kiyoko accepted the answer as she turned around and walked to the kitchen.
(…)
Twirling and stepping came as a second nature after so many sessions to Elena but today her routine was a lot slower it has been ever since Sakura's defeat at the hands of her debut opponent and later with Willow Powell but today seemed even more lacklustre.
"I also wanted to apologize in advance for my best friend in the whole world and tag team partner Eri Kishima better known as Bomber Kishima since she'll be facing off against Sakura Hagiwara in the next showing" Yukiko's voice echoed through her head.
Elena was unable to tone it out since she heard it "Alright enough!" came the commanding voice of the trainer and manager Makoto Kirishima a beautiful adult woman with long raven hair and hazel eyes wearing a black business jacket over a white shirt and matching black skirt and high heels with a golden necklace.
Normally whenever this order came Elena would dispute that it wasn't enough and Makoto begin arguing with her until Sakura came in and forced Elena to relax but now with no Sakura Elena couldn't imagine an end to the argument thus she just adhered orders and stopped to eat lunch with her fellow divas, the food was light to ensure no weight gain but still delicious and able to fill one's body.
The group sat in their circled table, the other three divas consisted of a slightly older girl being taller than the three and Sakura with brown hair and matching brown eyes wearing a blue shirt along with a white skirt, black leggings with matching high heels and a white hairband.
The second was a lean girl with long blue hair two of which made pigtails held by yellow ribbons and hazel eyes wearing a brown shirt with a red neck, black jean tights and brown shoes.
The third was bustier with short red hair and matching crimson eyes with her lower lip being pink which matched her hat and shirt but not her black skirt which matched her black leggings and high heels "Hmph today's training was tough too."
"You can say that again" the blue haired spoke in agreement with the redhead.
"Well we need to do better now that we're one member short after all no one and I mean no one will replace Sakura" the brown haired girl shaded them reminding them of their current predicament.
"Wish she can beat Kazama already" the blue haired whined.
"I don't think that's coming anytime soon" the redhead admitted with a strained smile "She's now on a losing streak 10 to 0, not to mention how she got humiliated after her second match."
"Yuuho stop being dismissive" the brown haired lectured the redhead named Yuuho before she turned to the blue haired girl "And Aika have more patience."
The blue haired named Aika nodded letting out an expurgated sigh "Well do."
The brown haired girl nodded before she turned over to Elena who hadn't touched her food "Elena something on your mind?"
"No" Elena said unconvincingly after a long pause which made the brown haired girl stare deeper into her, giving out a sigh Elena relented "There's just no fooling you Nanami is there?"
The brown haired named Nanami smiled a bit "Yeah nothing ever crosses me now would you like to share what's up?"
Elena clicked her tongue unsure of what to say should she mention the encounter yesterday or the apology this morning? No it'll just make more tensions between their group and Wrestling and it might pull Sakura out by force negating her vow against Rio which the white haired ruffian more than likely jump on, instead "I know when Sakura's next match is and I heard the name of the opponent."
"So it is about Sakura" Nanami spoke as if getting her assumption right.
"You knew it was about Sakura?" Elena asked surprised.
Nanami smiled "Of course ever since…what happened then you have been more conservative Elena" her smile turned bitter "I guess you had been hit the harder out of all of us by this whole thing."
Hearing Nanami say this made Elena internally frown was she this open of a book? Does that mean she's the only one taking this issue seriously? "OMG" Yuuho's sudden perk up placed these thoughts to a stop as all of the three stared at her caught by something on her phone.
"Yuuho what is it?" Aika asked somewhat cheerful "Are there some new shoes on sale?"
"No" Yuuho answered gulping which made the others on edge the mood maker seemed more troubled well mostly when troubled it's mostly trivial things but on the light of their current situation it didn't appear to be this "I…Elena when and who is Sakura going to face?"
Aika and Nanami turned to Elena now more fearful than ever, the orange haired idol was put off all eyes on her "Elena answer please" Aika pleaded.
Elena looked down gulping before she looked up unsure of her answer "I don't know when but I heard that she's facing someone named Bomber Kishima."
"Damn" Yuuho palmed her face shaking her head within her palms "I really hoped I was wrong."
"Yuuho" Aika turned back to Yuuho with stronger fear and pleaded more.
"C'mon I bet Sakura can win this" Nanami spoke cheerfully trying to stop the panic attack but she too didn't find it convincing.
"This's Bomber Kishima" Yuuho said simply before she showed her phone to the group all of them turning pale seeing the picture.
It was that of a giant amazon girl with bulging muscles short lavender hair and matching eyes wearing an orange top with white line and a yellow along with a red outline connected to her neck matching tight shorts with a white outline and matching elbow pads with fingerless red gloves and orange boots, Aika's eyes turned smaller as she pointed at the picture "This girl is going to face Sakura?"
"Aha" Yuuho replied in a terrified defeated tone and matching smaller eyes.
"My she's bigger than Kazama" even the calm Nanami had placed a hand on her mouth.
"No!" Elena shouted catching everyone off guard as they looked at her "Sakura is not the type to give up no matter what, this Bomber is no different then when she had to compete in a dance off against much experienced idols she'll come out on top! Bomber might be bigger but Sakura is nimbler and will make her fall on her ass before she knows what hit her!"
Elena slammed her hands on the table snapping everyone staring at them with fiery blue orbs making the other three stare at her with Yuuho gulping "Sheesh you know Sakura better than us huh Elena?"
"Er I wouldn't say that" Elena's mood shifted from drive to embarrassment as she didn't meet their gaze.
Aika giggled "Guess that's what you get for competing with Sakura for so long that you know her better than we do."
"No I know about her as the rest of you" Elena dismissed with waving hands.
"It's alright Elena" Nanami assured her "There's no shame in knowing Sakura better than we do and your right our leader isn't one to fall back in the face of danger."
"Yeah Sakura will have an underdog victory against her" Aika cheered.
"Then she'll kick Kazama's teeth in and Sweet Diva will be back together before you know it" Yuuho cheered with a wink with a shooting gun motion.
Elena smiled weakly "Guess that's right."
(…)
Sakura Hagiwara sat down on her bench finishing some last minute stretches before she buried her face between her hands 'Am I going to win or lose again?'
These last 10 losses started to take their tole on the young idol "No I shouldn't be thinking like that!" she slapped her face looking up determined.
"Your winner by pinfall Kurea Komiyama!" she heard the announcer through the radio placed on her wall "This victory over Mighty Yukiko places Berserk an edge over their rivals, the question is can they keep it up and have another victory for this night or walk out with a draw find out in this next match as Sakura Hagiwara takes on Bomber Kishima!"
The knocking on the door snapped Sakura who turned to it "Come in."
The door knob was turned the idol expected to meet up with Chinatsu but soon her facials turned sour meeting another person, standing on the doorway was a girl wearing the Berserk gym uniform she had short white hair and hazel eyes with pronounced muscles her face was twisted into an ever present scowl that didn't seem to be leaving "Rio" Sakura snarled "What are you doing here?"
"Hmph" the named Rio dismissed glaring down at Sakura not with the same malice the idol seemed to hold however being more like a tired parent glaring at their misbehaving offspring "I didn't come here to wish you luck just to be clear."
"Yeah like your ever capable of doing that!" the idol snarled "Bet you came here to tell me to drop this match over to you, right?"
"Trust me when I say if we could make a last minute substitute we should but unfortunately we can't" Rio cleared making Sakura's glare turn harder "Bimbo I don't like you and you don't like me, but now this isn't about us it's about Berserk and Miyabi their our biggest rival now both gyms traded wins and losses and this night is no different Kurea already beaten that Yukiko girl but they just had to put you in and against Kishima no less. Honestly you aren't going to win this but at the very least put on more of a fight and don't go crying and giving up when your favourite hold comes up, hear me?"
Sakura looked down as the shadow covered her eyes she slowly got up and walked passed Rio and pumped her shoulder with her own before she left off "Sakura" the kind voice of Chinatsu called "I was just going to…get…you."
Sakura walked passed her making her voice more strain as the idol didn't give her much attention.
The upbeat track of Sakura Hagiwara played as the arena erupted into cheers "The following contests is scheduled for one fall making her way to the ring representing Berserk weather she losses or wins she's always lovely please give it up for Sakura Hagiwara!"
Sakura breathed in pushing back the negative emotions she felt during the abrupt meeting with her most hated Wrestler before she put on a smile and ran towards the ring "We love you!"
Sakura entered the ring waving and bowing in respect to the fans before she took her corner.
The following track was more rock and roll with explosions as the ramp exploded in fire works and appeared the giant form of Bomber Kishima "Her opponent representing Miyabi the lancer Miss Big Bang please give it up for Bomber Kishima!"
The fans especially those of Sakura bowed as the giant amazon made her way to the ring and entered meeting Sakura with a challenging smirk which made the idol gulp, the ref checked both combatants before ordering them to their corners.
DING! DING!
Sakura braced herself as she ran forwards with a raised arm for a close line but Bomber simply stands in place as Sakura collides with her and falls back landing on her butt due to Bomber's sturdiness, it caused some fans to laugh at the expense of the idol who shook her head in rage as she kicked at the legs of her approaching opponent making her back off slightly allowing Sakura to roll back up and run back bounding off the ropes for another stronger close line just as she approached Bomber ran forwards with her own close line that overpowered Sakura's and made the idol make an impact back first against the mat which echoed through the arena.
Bomber crouched down for the pin but Sakura rolled over stopping the count before it begins before getting back up and rushing forwards with a kick to the face that barely grazed Bomber rather all it did was turn her face back a little, the idol was left gaping at this which allowed Bomber to catch the leg as she got up holding Sakura upside down by her leg or legs as she caught hold of the other and began swinging her left to right.
Sakura moaned feeling the blood rush down to her head and those swings only increased the speed making her eyes and head spin 'Ah my head it's spinning I can feel the blood coming down, she's going to knock me out!'
Meanwhile as the idol was lost in her thoughts of losing Bomber finished her swings by orders from the ref before she positioned Sakura on her shoulders followed by a power bomb, like with the last impact between the mat and Sakura's back the echo was heard through the arena along with Sakura's scream and moans of pain "My back it hurts."
Bomber looked down at Sakura with disapproving eyes before she shook her disappointed she lifts her leg before placing it down on Sakura's stomach "1…2…-"
Sakura's eyes snapped before she rolled back up beating the three count causing a huge uproar of approval by her fans "Yeah Sakura is coming back!"
"I…I'm not done yet" Sakura said between ragged laboured breaths.
Bomber spoke no words simply looking at the idol with a neutral expression placing her hands on her hips, Sakura slowly got back up barely able to keep her back straight before she rushed over to Bomber with a raised fist just as she reached her Bomber easily caught her wrist before she turned around and slammed Sakura back first unto the mat making Sakura scream again as she turned over holding her back.
The idol's face shot up feeling some weight added to her back as Bomber sat down on it about to grab her legs "No please no not like this."
The idol desperately tried to crawl out but Bomber caught her legs before she pulled back trapping the idol in her nightmarish hold the Boston Crab immediately Sakura cried and moaned at the hold.
"OH come on!" yelled a displeased fan before adding "What is it with the Boston Crabs and Hagiwara?"
"Hagiwara do you give up?" the ref asked crouching down to Sakura's level.
Sakura didn't say anything rather she kept weeping before Bomber added pressure to her right leg making her sniffles burst into loud cries and her eyes drown in tears before she fell down in desperation "I give up no more."
DING! DING!
"Your winner by submission Bomber Kishima of Miyabi!" the announcer said the result of the match.
Quickly Bomber let go of Sakura getting off of her allowing the idol to weep a little "OH for God's sake go cry somewhere else!" yelled a displeased woman obviously drunk since she's holding a bear bottle and her hiccups "We paid money to see you here!"
"She's right!" yelled a fan in agreement.
"Go back to the stage singing like Powell said."
"Forget Kazama you can't beat my Cat."
"Hey Sakura is doing her best!" yelled the leader of fan club in defence "I would like to see you make better than she is!"
"Actually that's not a bad idea" the drunken woman rushed out of the stands entering the ring rising her bear bottle which she smashed at Sakura's face making the idol cry out "Hah you can't even take on a drunk-woah!"
The drunk was immediately taken down and pinned by the security staff "Hey what's up I'm Rasslin *hiccup*."
The detained drunken woman was held up and taken away as medic tended to Sakura treating the place of the broken beer bottle.
(…)
'What am I even doing?' Elena wondered as she held the article regarding Sakura's latest defeat and attack by a drunken fan, her heart ached for her rival at the path she's going down under.
Against her better judgment Elena watched the match hoping that a change would happen but that match wasn't much of a match as much as it was Sakura being made a fool of being easily man handled and beaten in three minutes top by her opponent before she forced her to submit, Elena winced and held her chest in pain every time Sakura was taking a hit and her heart sank at her defeat and subsequent attack by a drunken fan.
"It's all my fault" Elena whispered she came to this realization ever since before the match with Rio Kazama but everyone assured her she did no wrong despite that the guilt held tightly to her and last night's match only made a resurgence for it, Sakura Hagiwara was her most hated enemy in her idol career but not even she deserved to be hurt this much and be humiliated as people watched in live national TV.
Determined to repent Elena took advantage of this day off from practice to come to this place, standing before her is a gym with a blue sign that read 'Miyabi gym for Women's Pro-Wrestling' in white characters even though her heart was determined her feet refused to heed and enter this place for all what she knows they might be just like Berserk but her encounter with Yukiko resurged to reassure her that Rio is her own person not an entire group of people belonging to one sport.
Forcing her hand to lift itself Elena couldn't command it to grab the handle of the door and swing it open thankfully she didn't need to as the door's themselves swung open and better yet a friendly face met her "Alright time for jogs-"
Yukiko stopped her pump up meeting the unsure Elena before her "Um Elena Miyazawa it's you right?"
Elena nodded weakly "Did you need anything? Is this about last night's match because I can talk to Bomber about it to you-"
"No!" Elena snapped shutting her up her body trembled in fear as her flight wanted to take over and run back as far as possible but her heart won't allow it as she fell on her knees.
"Miyazawa do you need medical care?" Yukiko asked worried.
"Yukiko what's going on?" asked an adult's woman voice followed by the appearance of an adult woman with black hair that reaches her shoulders and crimson eyes wearing a light blue with dark blue outlines and white trims gym jacket along with matching pants and sneakers before her eyes laid on the idol "Who is this?"
"This's Elena Miyazawa from the Sweet Diva idol group the same one that Hagiwara girl belongs too Ms. Sanada" Yukiko answered the named Sanada.
Sanada looked down on Elena but before she can say or do anything Elena kowtowed before the two of them "Hurt me, humiliate me and let me be your punching bag" she looked up with fiery determined eyes "Only then can I pay for what I did to her."
A/N: Done, for those who read my last update of Girmov this story was a request from a member of this site who wanted to remain anonymous. This story is basically my take along with their ideas on Elena's side of the story during the course of the anime I was actually going to add it to Girmov but I realized just how many plots and subplots I have there so here we are with an exclusive story not related to Girmov about Elena becoming Blue Panther, Willow Powell belongs to Epiclot 214 and the same can be said about Yoshiko and Subaru Fujino being Miyabi members in their idea you can check their story about it called 'Wanna be the Queen of Pro-Wrestling' which has their profiles while Mighty Yukiko and Bomber Kishima come from Wrestle Angels and it's my idea their Miyabi members. Thanks for reading and have a nice day.
