A Powerful Foe Appears!: Sachiko Takahashi vs Rio Kazama

This match was as difficult as someone with such a title and notoriety like Rio, Sachiko was exhausted as sweat oozed out of every pore of her body. But as difficult as it was, the thrill of such a fight with victory dangling in and out of her reach was intoxicating. Or maybe that was because she was knocked senseless once or twice, she couldn't remember with how loopy she was at the moment. And it was perhaps because of that loopiness that she decided to try and end this after looking over her shoulder and seeing Rio still on the mat.

A surge of adrenaline pumped through her veins seeing a chance for victory in this difficult fight, Sachiko pushed herself off of the mat as she haphazardly stumbled towards Rio, reaching down to grab a handful of that silver hair to try and pull Rio off of the mat. She didn't know how hard it was going to be with her body, but Sachiko would keep on pulling on her opponent until she got her up where then she would attempt to grab a hold of Rio's head with one arm while the other wrapped around the leg, trying to power up her foe on to her shoulders in the fireman's carry to set up for her finish, the Record Breaker!

Rio let out a low groan as Sachiko pulled her up by a fist full of her silver hair... and then up onto her shoulders in a fireman's carry! Her vision was blurred, her sense of elevation, direction, all of it spinning before the attack had even fully completed! This woman's strength was unreal... stronger than her cute little face could've ever indicated to the former Berserker! Things just weren't the same anymore, were they? Back in those days, the cute ones were as soft of body as they were of face, easily beaten down and forced into submission! It didn't even take a genuine match to break one of them, just a few words of harsh reality and a demonstration to show just how below the bar they really were! Now, angels of both beauty and fury seemed to crop up out of nowhere, bringing with them one hell of a punch and an even tougher tolerance for pain!

Rio wondered if this was partly her fault as Sachiko's attack followed through, if her own zealotry towards the crushing of the newbies lead to a rise of super-wrestlers, those that no longer fit the golden standard of what was to be expected in wrestling. As it turned out, the beautiful weren't always jobbers anymore... and perhaps Rio's own aggressiveness lead to the forging of these new women... The AFW wasn't the same as Berserk, she discovered as Sachiko DROPPED her hard on her face, that things weren't the same here universally as they were over there. Rio's reputation served her little where the rules did not stand, where might of her fellow fighters matched their looks.

It seemed there were more Sakuras in this place... than just the one...

Rio would SLAM face-down into the floor of the ring with Sachiko's mighty Record-breaker, her body laying still as it collapsed upon the floor! With a mighty SLAM, Rio lay defeated in the center of the ring... all that was left was for Sachiko to claim her victory.

Sachiko spun and spun around as she built up momentum, gritting her teeth as she pushed her body through the pain and fatigue. This match wasn't long but with the exchange of blows and moves between her and the veteran, Sachiko felt like she was put through the wringer. It wasn't often she found herself so tired after a short burst of energy, but it spoke volumes of how hard the Rookie Breaker was pushing her, driven by her own pride to prove to the veteran that she belonged here in the wrestling world!

Gathering enough momentum, Sachiko would release the legs and stopped spinning as she would hold on tightly to Rio's head before throwing her legs up, planting down on her back while driving Rio's chest and face into the mat as she flopped on the mat. Panting heavily and sweating just as much, Sachiko pushed her arm up as she fought to roll over, her opponent was laid out on the mat and she needed to capitalize.

Mustering enough strength, she managed to drape her arm across Rio's chest as she went for the pin!

"ONE!"

Two!

THREE!

*ding! ding! ding!*

Rio was defeated by another cutesy upstart... and this time she wasn't even awake to feel ashamed about it! Laid out by the superior strength and luck of Sachiko, Rio would lay subject to her pin until the three-count deemed her out completely! Not even dreams visited this white-haired wrestler, only the cold, yet restful black of the unconscious realm. Another loss would stain the record of Rio and another newby would slip by her and continue on her path...

...Bah...

What else could be said...? She needed more training... to stop resting on her laurles... Titles weren't going to help her maintain her position in anything more than name!

Sachiko laid on her stomach as the referee counted the pin, her arm being the only thing keeping Rio down and not by much to begin with as she panted. Hitting one of her best moves, Sachiko was hoping it was enough to keep down the relentless veteran as she wasn’t sure what else she could feasibly do to keep her down otherwise.

But the count continued as each one brought hope to Sachiko until the final count was made, the bell rung and she was the winner. A wave of relief and accomplishment washed over Sachiko, beating someone as difficult as Rio, the Rookie Breaker!

Rolling off of her opponent, Sachiko made her way to her hands and knees panting as she couldn’t believe the fight that she had to overcome as she looked at Rio’s unmoving body. She wanted to thank Rio for the challenge and the effort it took to beat her, but that wasn’t an option at the moment. Pushing herself up to her knees, she wiped the sweat off of her forehead as the referee raised her arm, basking in her hard fought victory!