The Sweet Divas of Berserk Reunite!

Regardless of Sakura's feelings, they wouldn't stop her from fighting back anymore. As Elena pulled Sakura up to her feet, she soon found her own TORN out from under her, gravity taking her down HARD on her back! Elena grunted as her spine connected with hard canvas, her eyes clenching shut... and then shooting WIDE as she was flipped over on her back, her legs still very much in Sakura's grip as she set up for a PAINFULLY familiar hold!

"YAAAH!" She cried out as Sakura completed her boston-crab submission, the former diva's large, firm rear planting heavily upon her lower back, very nearly sitting upon her own butt! Her legs were JERKED up in an unnatural way, forcing her spine to bend back farther than it ever should, Elena's eyes shut TIGHT in an effort to BEAR the pain her friend had in store for her! Memories of their last fight flashed behind Elena's eyes, how this had all started the same and progressively mirrored that fight. Recalling that fight... sent an additional pain through Elena... an ache in her heart, a twinge of guilt that she could've been so callow as to try and take Sakura's ambition from her...

"NNNNNnnnnngh!" Elena slowly managed to pry one of her eyes open, evident that she was trying to work through the pain! She reached out an arm, movement shaky, as if fighting herself, hand directed at the nearest rope ahead of her... only to remember that there was no WAY out of this one this time! No ref to free her form a rope break and no disqualification perimeters for them to follow even if there was! This was a match to the finish... and Elena had to figure out a way to free herself from this hold!

Done holding back, or rather thinking about it, it was now time for Hagiwara to wrestle back against her friend and rival. Hagiwara would transition the pull-up by Elena into tripping the orange haired wrestler flawlessly. She would then begin the next phase, tucking her rivals legs under her armpit before flipping her over into a Boston Crab submission.

Elena would cry out loudly in pain, Sakura was sitting on Elena's butt while wrenching her body in a "C" like position to put pressure on her back. Sakura would grit her teeth in effort, sweat running down her forehead onto the side of her face as she cranked up the pressure.

"Come on, give up" Hagiwara demanded. Elena would slowly manage to crawl to the nearest ring ropes, her arm extended and desperate to grab the ropes for a rope break. "This isn't an official match. I'm not letting go until you submit" Sakura said, looking over her shoulder back towards Elena.

"N...NO!" Elena cried, SLAPPING her hand down hard upon the canvas NOT in submission... but in defiance! She wouldn't submit... She hadn't given up to one of those damn submissions yet and she wasn't going to start now! She was better than that... STRONGER than that! She couldn't let herself be taken down by a stupid Boston Crab! She'd been through so much worse in basic training... That's right... this was nothing! She'd been through worse when her teacher brought her through all the basic holds... Sakura might have her in one now... and the ropes wouldn't help her unless she wanted to escape to the outside... but all she had to do was wait... Wait until Sakura either wore herself out trying to make her submit... or she chose to attempt another move! She had to bide her time, bear with this agony and wait for her moment...

"AAAAAGH!" She cried! The plan she had didn't make the pain easier to bare in the slightest. Her body ached, her legs were SCREAMING, her eyes clenched SHUT as a soft red blush flashed across her face! Her breasts mashed between her chest and the floor they pressed against, a soft, shining coat of sweat covering her body... God, it hurt... but her time would soon come... she wouldn't let Sakura get away with this without a fight!

"This isn't an official match. I'm not letting go until you submit"

Those were the words used by Misaki against Sakura when the former Sweet Diva idol was struggling to cope up with wrestling in the ring, she almost gave up until that fateful day when she met her mentor who put her through this submission and refused to let go until she dug deep to figure out a way herself to escape.

Hagiwara was lost in thought but still had a good hold of her opponent and was snapped back to reality when she heard the ring mats being slapped. However, Elena's verbal intent was clear and she was not submitting but was merely slapping the mat in defiance.

A bead of sweat dripped down Hagiwara's face as she huffed and puffed in effort, Elena clearly had a plan which was to tire out Sakura out or wait for her to switch things up. Sakura would have her teeth gritted and continue to torque those lovely legs of her opponent back further and further, being relentless in her efforts.

"If it hurts that much, then just quit" Sakura said sternly.

"AAAA.....GH!" Elena cried, Sakura's grip remaining true and strong! With each passing moment, her muscles were strained, her legs being CRANKED back harder and harder, more and more... testing the very limits of their elasticity! "How long could they go without simply tearing?" -seemed to to be the question Sakura was asking this day, more than content to let Elena stay submissive for as long as it took!

"N...NEVER!" The red-headed wrestler CRIED out in defiance, desperately attempting to PUSH her thighs inward against Sakura's middle! With a THRUST of her lower body, Elena attempted to harshly FLIP over on her side and throw her rival off balance, hopefully tossing her off and, at the very least, disorienting her! It was a desperate gamble, one that would take a LOT of strength... but it was all she could think of while she was constricted with no rope-breaks! If she managed to toss her friend off, Elena would waste no time in countering with her own attack, LOCKING those legs that were so viciously abused around Hagiwara's firm, fair stomach, SQUEEZING them tightly in a BRUTAL scissor-hold! Her muscles were weak, softened by her opponent's relentless stretching but by god, she wasn't going to let that stop her!

Steam practically BLASTED out of Elena's nostrils as a competitive flame BLAZED from inside, her heart the furnace that flooded her with her second-wind!

"YOU GIVE UP!" Elena demanded, THROWING Sakura's own suggestion BACK in her face. "YOU give in! I'm not gonna trail behind you forever!"

Sakura seemed a bit worried, she didn't want Elena's wrestling career to simply be a one where her only goal was to chase after Sakura and try to to trump her. However, the more Sakura would beat her the more driven the orange haired wrestler would be to try and get back at Hagiwara. On the flip side, if she would let Elena win on purpose she would get even more upset for obvious reasons. So, this was the only option she could have which was to wrestle and try to win whilst being caring for Elena at the same time.

There was nothing caring about what she was doing to Elena right now though, trapping her in a Boston crab and really yanking her opponent's legs back to bend her body as much as she could. Sakura was impressed by her friend, she really could take a beating. A light sheen of sweat forming on her body as she exerted more and more effort in the submission but Elena refused to give up.

Gritting her teeth and admiring Elena's resolve of never giving up, in the end she felt Elena thrust her lower body which caused Sakura to lose balance and she tumbled off Elena's back and fell onto her ass in a seated position. Not allowed to take a moment of rest, she felt Elena's legs wrap around her waist and now Hagiwara was trapped in a body scissors.

"Ahhhhhh~" Sakura would scream. Then it happened, Elena would scream out at Sakura demanding that she give up and remarking that she was not going to stay behind her forever. "Nrghh is this what the spars about huh? Owww" Sakura would moan, looking to drive her elbows into Elena's thighs to weaken her body scissors.

Elena's legs tightened around Sakura's firm, trained belly like the toothless jaws of a great beast, clamping down on her from two sides in order to pressure her into submission! The red-headed wrestler sought to strangle not a submission out of Sakura... not this early, despite what she demanded... She sought to dominate her in a contest of wills, however. Hagiwara was a girl who Elena had appreciated as her equal, the person she had to surpass and defeat in order to truly know she'd grown stronger... She knew that she wasn't the strongest in THE world... yet. She KNEW that and yet it did not matter... She was the strongest in ELENA'S world!

THAT was truly what mattered!

"It's... It's why I'm fighting... AT ALL!" Elena acknowledged, Sakura either not aware of her true intentions... or simply calling her out!... It was hard to tell which it was in the middle of a fight. "You... You broke away from Sweet Divas f.....first! You.... got farther in your career.... faster than I could! I... I... I gotta fight you... I have too! So... I.... I can catch UP to you!" Elena never really was good about saying things flat out... Her pride strangled the sentiment on her tongue, forcing it back down her throat until it came out a more combative, aggressive alternative. She had wanted to say how much she looked UP to Sakura, how she wanted to be like her...

But what kind of SAP would you be if you said that to your rival? And what kind of idiot would you be to take the wind out of a fight by saying it in the middle of a battle?

Sakura wasn't going to just let Elena's thighs choke her out forever, though... Her elbows DUG into Elena's legs, KNOTTING her muscles there savagely!

"NNNNGH..." Elena grunted in ABJECT pain, her eyes clenching shut, her lips curling back in a snarl as she attempted to BEAR with it! Gradually, it became more of a case of fighting HERSELF than actually keeping her attack up, her strength depleting to zero faster than she realized... forcing Elena to combat not Sakura... but the instincts she had to give up this hold and retreat!

...And that too was a losing battle!

"GAH!" Elena cried, unwinding her thighs from around Sakura, attempting to roll away quickly and put a few meter's distance between them...

Things were never going to be as simple as a friendly spar between the two. Not after the whole realization of who the Blue Panther was and what the motivation was behind all that. Still, Hagiwara hoped that it was all behind them now and the two could move on to a more friendly wrestling match. For a while, it seemed that this was going to be the case but the act could not be maintained for too long. The moment the bout became slightly intense, the old feelings and emotions would come out.

Hagiwara, was perhaps still not fully aware of the intentions of Elena but tried her best to figure them out by going to the first step and making Elena spit out the real reason of the spar. Now, down on her ass the former Sweet Diva lead singer found herself trapped in a body scissors which really felt her waistline constricted.

Moaning in pain while struggling to escape, a couple of elbow strikes to her thighs did do the trick and after a long confession, Elena did release Hagiwara and rolled away. Sakura would pant and quickly scamper away too, getting back up on her feet while massaging her sore ribs. Sakura would stare at Elena, she was a bit worried about her friend and didn't want her to be consumed by her obsession.

"I had to. I broke away from Sweet Diva to get revenge against Rio for what she did to YOU" Hagiwara would shout out. "Your career, wrestling or otherwise, should not be about you catching up to me or anyone else for that matter. Everyone has their own pace, try to be the best that you can and not look up to catch others" Sakura said with her teeth gritted.

With that, Hagiwara would sprint towards Elena and if the orange haired wrestler had gotten back up to her feet, the raven haired wrestler would attempt to tackle Elena and take the fight outside of the ring and onto the gym floor!

Sakura just didn't get it, even when she told it to her flat out and simple! Of course, though, why would she...? Even though she didn't exactly 'lead' Sweet-Divas, she was always the head star! She was the one all those in the audience came to see while the rest of them on stage were just her backup dancers! Maybe she wasn't the head star in this league... but she became the FACE of Berserk in her time there as well, Elena unable to escape her shadow even then... Always, Elena felt as if she was constantly being overridden by her more talented, more personable friend, her heart growing bitter and stubborn with each and every success that stripped her own. It was so easy for Sakura to say she was doing it for her, to get revenge for HER sake and to tell her that she should find her own purpose... It was such an easy thing for Sakura to preach when she stood on a pedestal, casting her shadow over all of them down below!

"You... you don't get it!" Elena fired back, shooting to her feet, CHARGING down Sakura as she did her, the two women SLAMMING in the middle as Elena attempted to wind up Sakura's arm in a classic grape-vine hold, butting her head into her rival's as they pushed against one another! The sounds of their bodies colliding SMACKED across the entire arena, stealing the attention of anyone else who wasn't already watching them! Elena's deep blue eyes stared harshly into Sakura's with frustration, anger and desperation, her boots GRINDING against the floor as she attempted to overwhelm her friend! If Elena managed to CONNECT with Sakura, their breasts would CRASH together just as hard as the rest of them, mashing hotly as they came together!

"NNNNGH! It's.... No use trying to get anything across! Just... FIGHT ME, SAKURA!"

No matter how hard Hagiwara tried to fix their complication relationship, it seems were efforts were all for naught. Sakura and Elena had different things in mind, Hagiwara simply did her best as a former idol and now as a pro-wrestler. She never once thought about being better than one person or the other, she never thought she was in constant competition against her friends, peers or rivals.

Even when she decided to take up pro-wrestling, it was because of how Rio bullied Elena. Now, Elena was playing a game of catch-up and Sakura was concerned about that but whatever she said or did, was not getting through Elena. Perhaps the best thing was indeed to fight, just as Elena would suggest.

"I don't get it. PLEASE explain it to me" Hagiwara would say in a rather annoyed tone. With that, the two ladies rushed into each other and met in the middle of the ring, clasping their hands together in a test of strength with their foreheads bumping and their breasts pressed against each others.

"If fighting you and beating you is the only way, then fine. I will" Sakura would say with her teeth gritted. Their arms were quivering in effort, both women tried to out-do the other in the grapple."Nrrghh come on Elena, I know you can do better than that" she said, struggling alongside with her friend as the two were locked in a even contest.