October 2nd 2017

It wasn't the distant countless voices from people outside enjoying the festival, it wasn't the constant coming and going from people stopping by to check out the club, it wasn't even the sound of liv music outside from the music club spectacle but the vibration.

The vibration of her phone inside her blazers pocket, tickling her side a bit from the position she was in, was what finally woke up the pink girl from her seemingly eternal slumber

"Mm? Wha-!", Natsuki mumbled tiredly but it didn't take long for her to recognize those long legs before her eyes and the comfortable sensation of a girl's lap as she shot her eyes open and quickly sat up.

Fortunately for her, all of her worries started to go away as she saw Yuri sleeping peacefully next to her to then discreetly look around and see the rest of her clubmates doing their own thing.

Sayori was tied up for some reason and was being fed cookies by Ryona, Emerson was lifting her guitar up in the air like a baseball bat to keep Haru away, Omiko, Ryuko and Ryou were rearranging the chairs in the center and Erika was just looking at her phone.

"Okay, I have no freaking idea how I ended up sleeping on Yuri's lap but luckily she may not be aware of it herself since she fell asleep too, right? ...Agh! Anyways I'm safe for now, no one needs to say anything about this haha...", Natsuki thought blushing lightly and covering her pink cheeks with her hands.

"Ah... That's right...", Natsuki muttered as she remembered the reason she had woken up and pulled out her phone, only to see a single new notification of a message from none other than the only girl of her club that wasn't there at the moment for some reason.

Monika

💚: Natsuki, I need your help please, I came to the school basement to get a few things for our upcoming show but these boxes are a bit heavy just for me.

"Tch... Why asking me and not... Well... Now that I think about it, other than Ryona, nobody else here seems strong enough for that... Wait, that means my muscles are starting to show?", Natsuki started to complain in her mind but as she realized, she looked at her own body for a bit.

Natsuki then sighed, quickly replied to the message with a single "ok" and began to get up, however, a wild idea came to her mind at the last second.

After quickly look around and make sure no eyes were on her, the pink girl a bit hesitantly caressed the top of Yuri's head, feeling her soft and silky hair against her hand to then plant and soft kiss there.

"Good! She didn't wake up!", Natsuki thought victorious and happy to then get up and walk to the front while Yuri, who had been faking being asleep since she noticed Natsuki waking up to avoid an embarrassing situation, turned into a tomato while containing her urges to squirm happily.

"Good morning sleeping beauty!", Sayori said as she noticed her pink friend up, to be followed by the rest of her clubmates greeting her good morning as well. "Screw you all", Natsuki grunted and continued her way to the door.

"Where are you going?", Haru asked. "Monika texted me she needed some help with some boxes in the basement for our show", Natsuki replied while stretching her body.

"Boxes? She didn't tell us about that but well I guess that explains why she isn't here yet...", Emerson said as she put down the guitar. "Okay! We'll finish setting everything up for the show meanwhile, you two hurry up please~", Haru said smiley.

"Lazy dummies...", Natsuki mumbled unimpressed as no one seemed to offer themselves to help and continued her way out.

"Ry, you are strong right? Why don't you go and help them out too?", Sayori asked while Ryona untied her hands. "Me?", Ryona asked a bit surprised.

"Yeah, you silly! You always give me piggyback rides when we walk home so some boxes shouldn't be a problem for y- Oh! They really shouldn't!", Sayori began saying and as her arms and hands were free, she squeezed Ryona's arm a bit only to feel her hard muscles there and open her eyes widely.

"A-Alright, I'll go!", Ryona shot herself up from the chair blushing hard and quickly exited the room, secretly smiling flattered Sayori seemed impressed with her. "Also, bring me more cookies please!", Sayori shouted as she saw her pack had only two cookies left.

Ryona heard that and simply kept walking fast to soon catch up with the pink girl who turned to her a bit surprised. "I'll help too", Ryona said having regained her cool again. "Well, at least someone isn't a lazy dummy", Natsuki sighed with a smile.

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Great job, man

What are you gonna do with her now?

I... Can't...

Since she didn't want to do it the easy way, I'll do it the HARD way now mhaha...

Honestly, I'm jealous of you, wish I had this cutie all for myself but her you earned it!

Move...

Yeah, well, at least we can get to share those big melons between us soon, did you send her the message?

Where am I...?

Yeah, she should be on her way there now

Great, my boys are there set and ready to rumble then!

What about the other two?

Those are being handled by our boys and girls now hehe

My voice won't...

Excellent, now let's get this party started mahahaha!

Don't forget to clean after you're done haha!

Who are those...?

Tap, tap tap

Slam!

"Hello again, Monika", said one of the various male voices she had been listening to, one all too familiar for her while her vision was granted again after having the black cloth covering her eyes and the one stuffed in her mouth removed only to confirm it was the person she thought it was as she replied, "Satoru?!".

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"W-We really should stop this, Jasmine-san...", Kanae sighed sad as she stopped the form she was doing alongside her beanie hat clubmate. "Mm? Wait, why'd you stop?", Jasmine abruptly stopped as well and walked rushedly towards her bow hairband friend who just went and sat down in the edge of the mat hugging her knees with a sorrowful expression.

"W-We've been doing this all day, not even our sparring got more than a few weirded out looks at us... A-All we're doing is embarrassing you...", Kanae said looking at the mat sad. "What? No! Come on, I used to train by myself in public parks, this isn't embarrassing to me at all haha!", Jasmine replied as she sat next to her.

"Still... No matter what we do, nobody is interested in our club, we should just stop already! The festival is gonna be over soon anyway...", Noroe switched and sighed frustrated. "Hey, we can't give up just yet! We still have a little more than an hour left, we can get someone I'm sure!", Jasmine grinned enthusiastically.

"No we can't! Get real! Nobody likes us! Nobody is gonna-!", Noroe and Kanae's eyes watered as she protested frustrated but before she could go any longer, the brown haired girl silenced by pressing her finger on her lips. "We. Can. Do. This. Together", Jasmine smiled sweetly at her and gently took her hand and pulled both back up to their feet.

"Come on, don't cry", the beanie hat girl said as she wiped the tears of her friend with the sleeve of her gi while she blushed lightly and surprised. "If you think they think you're the problem, then show them they're wrong", Jasmine said as she gentle grabbed the girl's shoulder and looked at her sincerely in the eye.

"Well, well, well! Would you look at that!", a female voice said suddenly apparently obviously directed at both karate club members, making them turn their attention to the source who spoke again, "I think I've never seen a club as pathetic as this...".

There she stood a girl of short pale blond hair, pink eyes and athletic complexion as her particular outfit of a gray sports cropped top and some blue shorts and white long boots showed and behind her, a group of 9 boys and girls wearing a similar attire.

"What did you just say?", The beanie hat girl's expression immediately changed into a death serious one. "What you heard, karate kid", the pale blond girl snorted mockingly followed by her group laughing along.

"If you just came here to mock us, you can go eat shit now, we don't care", Jasmine said knowing it was not the best for anyone to fall for their provocations. "My name is Shiho Todo, vice president of the boxing club and we're here to-", Shiho began saying in arrogant manner.

"I SAID, we don't care", Jasmine raised her voice at first but then spoke nicely with a smile.  "Oh but you should! You're a martial artist, aren't you? We came here to make a challenge!", Shiho announced proudly.

"Challenge?", Jasmine asked having a bad feeling already while Kanae and Noroe, both noticed people nearby had started stopping walking to watch with curious eyes. "Yeah, we're here to demonstrate Karate is outdated! Your stupid "martial art" with useless techniques and stupid forms can't compare to a real combat sport we actually use in real life!", Shiho exclaimed arrogant making both girl frown offended.

"Keep talking shit, we are not gonna fall for it", Jasmine sighed annoyed in an attempt to make them get tired of insisting and go away. "I'm not the problem... I'll...", Kanae mumbled to herself as she saw the crowd gathering around them growing.

"Cowards, that's what you are! Because you know your silly little karate game wouldn't stand a chance against a real fighter like us!", Shiho laughed mockingly and her followers did so as well. "I'll show you... And them...!", Noroe mumbled determined to then hold her head high at last.

"Osu! I, Kanae Tanzaki president of the Karate club, accept your challenge!", Noroe and Kanae exclaimed with fire in their eyes, pointing at the group of boxers in front of them.

Immediately, Jasmine heard the buzzing around them noticing the crowd now gathered there and saw how they had begun gossiping about something as soon as Kanae pronounced her approval of the challenge.

"Alright, this should be quick then", Shiho grinned confident. "Wait, wait! Are you actually serious?!", The beanie hat one asked concerned. "Very", Noroe smiled confident at her while she adjusted her black belt.

"Listen up then! We'll play with a mix of rules of your game and our sport, it's very simple actually. We'll face each other one on one, the winner of that match will just go on and face the next member of that each club, the first club that runs out of members will lose", Shiho raised her voice, aware of the crowd now waiting to watch the fight.

"While it's unlikely either of you defeats even one of us, we still are gonna consider that possibility and make it a bit... More fair to you in case you do win. This by having just one match of 3 minutes as much, the ways to win are the following: three downs, one down to then count of 5, aka a Knock out, or by decision now that we have a crowd here, in case neither fighter goes down during the match, they'll decide who won after the time limit is up. Of course we can use and strike the full body, with the exception of illegal areas obviously such as eyes, throat, genitals, and such. Any questions?", Shiho finished and asked smirking confident.

"None", Noroe replied serious. "Well then! Let's begin! Who's stepping up first?", Shiho asked smiling arrogant.

"I-", Jasmine began saying but Noroe quickly made her way to the center of the mat as she spoke clearly, "I will!".

Jasmine rushed over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, which made her turn around, but before the beanie hat girl could say anything, she spoke, "Don't worry, I'll show them... and you... There's nothing wrong with me!", Noroe smiled determined.

And it was that same determination that like an arrow pierced through Jasmine's heart, making her chest feel all funny and pride rising at the same time as she smiled and said, "alright, show us what you got!", to then kiss the palm of her hand and gently smack the black haired girl's cheek.

Kanae and Noroe both blushed madly and paralyzed for a second while the first opponent walked to the center as well and Jasmine went to the back calmly.

"Hey! You chickening out already or what?", said a boxer boy of short brown hair now standing across the bow hairband girl. "Eh? No!", Noroe quickly reacted and came back to earth still blushing but fired up again.

"Let's see if you can beat our newest rookie. Hifumi, don't you dare losing!", Shiho exclaimed serious. "Or course not!", Hifumi replied confident not taking his eyes off Kanae.

And with one more confident grin, Shiho finally announced, "Very well! Now let's begin with your dose of hard reality!".

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"First of all, and in behalf of our club president whose a bit indisposed right now... We wanna thank you all for coming and watching our demonstration of mat wrestling. We hope you enjoyed it and if anyone wants to-", a muscular boy of school cap spoke loud for the people in the stands.

"Hold a damn minute!", but to everyone's surprise, as both the wrestlers there and the audience turned their head to the side for the source of such daring words who spoke yet again, "Ladies and gentlemen, fine students of our school! Nobody lift your butts off your seats because the show ain't over yet!".

There standing 6'5 feet tall, was an obviously huge man of great belly, black hair in a topknot hairstyle traditional of japanese men called chonmage which now only men like him and his 5 other friends of similar body complexion but not as tall wore along some gray shiny sleeping gowns.

"Wrestlers... Ha! More like clowns!", exclaimed mockingly the huge man as they approached the big mat made of 4 regular mats were 5 other boys stood, wearing tights of different colors, the more muscular ones shirtless and a couple others still in progress wearing plain white shirts.

"Let me guess, the diet club?", Gensai asked grinning as their apparent leader walked over to him standing face to face now. "Heh... maybe, maybe not", the huge man replied smiling confident while looking downwards at the tall but not as tall school cap boy.

"Wanna kiss to break the tension or something?", Gensai asked with crossed arms as the big man still stood there. "I am Umanosuke Daitori, vice president of the Sumo club. We came here to show you Pro-clowns who the real wrestlers are", Umanosuke said proud with crossed arms and smug grin.

"Your momma doesn't give you enough attention or what? Come on man, beat it, we just had a-!", Gensai began saying but it didn't take long for the audience still there watching intrigued to gasp as the smacking sound of flesh against flesh echoed throughout the whole school gym.

"You have a heavy hand my dude", Gensai smiled still calm while his cheek started to turn red. "Come on, faker, do something", Umanosuke said as he shoved Gensai who to his surprise, not moved and inch from where he stood.

"Listen, we just our own competition, come back when you want a fair fight, big guy", Gensai sighed and then turned around while the crowd began to boo him. "Oh yeah? And how much of that was fake and how much was real?", Umanosuke asked mockingly which made Gensai stop death in his tracks while he walked back towards his club members.

"Gen...", said a boy of slightly dark skin and dreadlocks as he walked over to Gensai and grabbed his now tense shoulder. "Backing down from a challenge? Such man you are!", Umanosuke exclaimed and laughed mockingly along his group.

However, his laugh didn't last long as Gensai quickly turned around again, shaking off his clubmates hand and shoved the bigger man, making him fall on his rear surprised to then tell him with a crooked teeth grin, "You're on".

"I understand if you're tired, you don't have to compete, guys, I'll handle this idiots somehow", Gensai turned to his friends again looking a bit ashamed. "You didn't let me finish, asshole...", The dreadlocks boy sighed.

"We're not gonna just sit down and do nothing if we're being disrespected like this", added one of mohawk smiling confident. "Of course we're on too", the dreadlocks boy said smiling confident.

"Rookies! Stay back, we'll handle this",  the mohawk one shouted serious to the two boys wearing a t-shirt behind them. "I'm sorry, Manjimaru-senpai but we won't tolerate being called fakers either", said one of long curly brown hair.

"Or clowns", added the other of stylish and slightly spiky dark blond hair. "What do you say, Gen?", the dreadlocks boy asked serious.

"Let them go at it, remember taking big men down is what we do", Gensai laughed and walked over to pat both rookies shoulders. "Alright big mama! We're ready!", Gensai exclaimed as ge turned back to the sumo wrestlers who waited patiently for them.

"Good... Let me explain the rules quick because I'm eager to beat the shit out of you already", Umanosuke smiling but sweating angry after being shoved, as the veins on his temples showed, said while gripping his arm while having them crossed.

"One on one matches, we'll play with your rules, the only ways to win are pinfall and submission, except if someone steps out of the mat 3 times they lose by forfeit, also no low blows and all that illegal shit, any other offense is fine, was I clear?", Umanosuke asked.

"Like water", the school cap boy replied. "Chonan!", Umanosuke shouted and the smallest of them in both height and width stepped up and  headed to the center of the mat and took off his gown to be wearing now just his blue trunks, showing off his not so toned complexion but still thick looking.

"I'll go first, this one's small enough for me, right?", The curly haired boys said and stepped up. "Way to go, Agito!", Gensai said proud.

With the roar of the crowd enthusiasts of the competition who wisely chose to stay there and even the basketball club in the other half of the gym now watching intrigued as well, Umanosuke finally shouted eager to get to the school cap one, "Begin!!".

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Unknown number

❓: We know your secret 🔪 come to the small building behind the school hall or they'll all know too.

That single message was all it took for the purple girl to turn pale as if she had seen a ghost, shot herself back up and look around nervously which her clubmates immediately noticed and asked concerned.

"What's wrong Yuri-Yuri? You okay?", Erika asked being the one closest to her there. "Y-Yes... I-I just... Need to use the bathroom, something I ate early I think", Yuri almost robotically replied without even looking at the twintailed girl and rush out of them room.

"Try not to take long! Our show is about to begin!", Haru shouted as they just watched her begin to run through the hallway, seconds later, people started to enter the club and take a seat. "Now 4 of them are out there... Like they had all day to do their stuff and they chose precisely now...", Emerson sighed.

"I know, Emy, don't be ups- kyah!", Haru tried to approach her with a hug but the messy ponytail girl shot some pepper spray to her face.

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"Monika! Where are you dammit!", Natsuki shouted. "Calm down, at least finish coming downstairs", Ryona sighed with a smile as the pink girl was barely half way downstairs trembling and holding for dear life onto the guardrail while watching the creepy dim yellow light down there.

Eventually, Natsuki was able to get there and almost ran back upstairs as she saw just one single long corridor with two doors considerably separated from each other on the left side and just that dim yellow light flickering a bit trying to illuminated through it.

"Storage room, she should be there", Ryona said as she pointed as the first door and began walking there. "Fucking Monikammmmmm!", Natsuki muttered scared and angry as she fearfully rushed next to Ryona to not feel alone there.

Thankfully for her, the tension was broken in an instant as a funny mooing sound suddenly came from inside someone's pocket, making Natsuki turn her head to a now blushing Ryona who was pulling out her phone.

"What?", The dark blue haired girl asked frowning and blushing. "Pfft, nothing", Natsuki's smile looked like she was about to explode.

"Sayori set it for me, okay? ... stop that and open the damn door", Ryona growled as she tried to regain her cool while Natsuki kept trying not to explode already turning red now that both were before the door of the storage room.

Natsuki finally left the poor girl alone and forgot of her fears as she gently opened the door.

...

"Coconut cookies... Alright", Natsuki heard Ryona said from behind as both entered into the dark room. "Damn, Monika has night vision or what? Where's the damn light switch?", Natsuki began to feel scared again as she barely saw a bunch of desk and chairs piled up around her as she pulled out her phone to use the flashlight.

And while the pink girl was too focused on wondering if Monika was actually trying to prank her while pulling out her phone and Ryona too focused on replying to Sayori, the door behind them shut close startling both making them drop their phones.

"Watch out!", Ryona then shouted as her eyes began to adjust to the darkness, seeing a long cylindrical object coming the pink girl's way out of the shadows, pulling her towards her just in time.

"What is going on here?! Monika!", Natsuki shouted nervous and panicking as she tried to adjust her vision as well now that her phone was out of reach and the situation wouldn't allow her to let her guard down.

"Watch my right!", Ryona shouted as she noticed another shadow emerging from her left and immediately shoved her body towards it to repel it, while Natsuki's eyes finally began to adjust to the darkness and noticed in time the same object coming her way, ducking underneath and driving her shoulder towards the stomach of her aggressor, using her momentum to drive her to the nearby piled up desks, successfully hearing the metal echoing against the floor as they seemed to drop their weapon.

"Come here!", Ryona then shouted as she appeared next to her and dragged Natsuki further into the room after she quickly tried to open the now locked door from where they came.

Out of the shadows another being emerged and tried to stop them but almost as if they were mentally connected, Ryona held Natsuki's hand tight while the pink girl riskily jumped onto a desk nearby to use it as a step and kick the aggressor away.

As the enemy apparently fell, Ryona kept leading the way but as they kept trying to run further into the darkness, multiple figures stood in their way making them stop death in their tracks and turn to a different direction but anywhere they turned, more figures blocked their way, finally cornering the tough and feisty girls.

"Lights!", one male voice then shouted from the darkness and immediately, the room was illuminated by that dim yellow light, revealing before their eyes, 12 boys and girls surrounding them.

"I didn't expect you to bring company... The president said he'd just call you here, pink shrimp", said a muscular boy of long red hair tied into four low ponytails, wearing pair of blue shorts and dark red mma gloves and just that, just like the rest of the people there, aside from the 5 girls there also wearing a sports orange top, all looking fairly muscular.

"Who the hell are you?!", Natsuki asked feisty as ever. "Glad you ask! I'm Minoru Arashiyama, vice president of the MMA club", the dark red haired boy replied proud.

"What do you want with us?", Ryona asked not looking a bit intimidated. "Just an old fashioned... Fight", Minoru grinned and the rest of the MMA club members walked backwards, making enough room to make it look like some underground fighting scenario.

"As you can see we went to the trouble of moving all this garbage to make enough room for our little fight club here... We'll be nice and go one on one, that's the only rule though, everything else is allowed until one of us gives up or is obviously unable to continue", Minoru explained.

"Why?!", Natsuki asked feisty. "Because he told you... That you'd regret it", Minoru giggled deviously.

"He... Ah! You mean that asshole!", Natsuki quickly remembered the handsome blond boy that merely days ago tried to mess with her purple friend. "The MMA club president Okabe Sawada wants to send a message to you and there's nowhere to run now", Minoru smiled deviously.

"Wataru, you go first", Minoru commanded and a boy of slender yet very toned muscles stepped up from the circle into the center of the stage taking his stance. "Alright... If a beat down is what you want, a beat down is what you get!", Natsuki exclaimed angry and furiously took off her blazer and went to stand across the first opponent.

"You! Stand there where Wataru was and careful if you try to run away, because we'll stop playing fair and just beat you up all together", Minoru grinned deviously as he looked at the ever so serious Ryona who simply did what she was told.

"Don't worry, you can play too if she needs a break, we're that nice", Minoru giggled maliciously at the still not intimidated Ryona who quietly watched Natsuki getting ready to fight to then finally shout, "Ready? Start!".

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"Hello again, Monika", the black haired boy said again and smiled creepy as he kneeled next to the brunette of the white ribbon laying on her side on the cold floor of some strange electrical room.

"Aren't you gonna say hello?", Satoru said smiling expectantly but not any less creepy. "Why... Are you...?", Monika immediately noticed how difficult it was for her to string words together along with how the rest of her body below her head was practically numb, feeling a tingly ugly sensation everytime she tried to move any limb.

"You see, I could've done this while you were asleep earlier or just put your brain to sleep too and do it now... But seeing you cry and moan with despair is just gonna be so much fun!", Satoru laughed like a maniac as he stood up and walked over to a back pack on the other side of the room, kneeled and pulled out a pair of scissors for cloth.

"Seems you're into this haha!", Satoru chuckled as he approached her slowly, just playing with scissors in hand while Monika desperately tried to move her body to no avail.

"Let's see... Where do I begin... Ah, here!", Satoru kneeled next to her and pointed the scissors at her skirt. "Satoru... Please...", Monika tried to speak some sense into him but it wasn't any easier yet.

"Oh! White panties! Just as expected but not any less pleasant", Satoru smiled sweetly after cutting through one side of Monika's skirt enough for it to reveal her underwear. "This didn't have to be this way, Moni, all you had to do was keep ignoring that lame student council president and say yes when I invited you out earlier", Satoru said as he calmly cut one by one the buttons of Monika's blazer until it opened.

"Stop...", Monika mumbled as her felt dizzy still. "Nah, you brought this on yourself, now I get to have fun", Satoru hummed as he began to breathe heavy while cutting Monika's vest and see her white shirt now the only obstacle in his way.

"Cry Moni, cry for me!", Satoru giggled maniacally as he quickly cut one by one the buttons of her shirt, stopping half way through to caress her cheek with her free hand, a moment Monika had been waiting for.

"AGH! YOU BITCH!!", Satoru growled angry as Monika bit his hand with all she had left, to then punch her with his other hand so hard that her head bounced against the concrete floor below knocking her out at once.

"Tch... Now I gotta wait for her to wake up again...", Satoru growled annoyed but an idea soon came to his mind as he stood up smiling again and saying, "No, I just need to splash some cold water onto her head and she'll wake up haha!", and with that said, he left the room heading for the nearest bathroom.

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"Kiai!", with that single yell and the single straight punch that came along, it was over as the brown haired boy dropped to his knees, slinging down from the now not so delicate punch of the girl that struck his temple, to then drop to his side bluntly.

"Hey! Hifumi, what the hell are you doing?! Get up!", Shiho yelled nervous as her clubmate didn't move while across her, a beanie hat girl of wide grin counted, "1, 2, 3, 4 aaaand 5!".

"We have a winner ladies and gentlemen! And her lovely name is Kanae Tanzaki!", Jasmine exclaimed for the crowd to immediately start clapping and wooing.

It wasn't that hard for her and she knew it, Noroe simply recalled how her opponent began too confident throwing some fake jabs that didn't even reach her and were meant to scare her but there, an opening became too obvious and she just shot her fist without hesitation.

"No! No! Don't pick him up! He's out of our club!", Shiho shouted angry at the two boys trying to pick their clubmate up from the mat and simply went to drag it herself out of it and leave it there like trash.

"Ayane! You go next!", Shiho barked and immediately, a girl of light brown hair around her shoulders all combed back and held by a blue headband stepped up looking a bit nervous now that they saw what the bow hairband girl was capable of.

"Begin!", Shiho shouted and this time, the girl called Ayane took her time to read Kanae's moves who was also waiting for her. "Hey! Do something!", Someone in the crowd yelled as both stood there waiting for each other which was enough to make the black haired girl decide her next move.

Almost as if she was floating her way there, Noroe's practically dashed maintaining her stance towards the girl with a delicate yet expert footwork and threw the first straight to her solar plexus.

Ayane was already nervous and even more after seeing that strange footwork but she quickly went for a turtle shell defense to block the strike, however, from that close distance and in a match where the legs were also allowed, she just delayed the inevitable.

Noroe quickly saw the chance and swept her right foot with the foot she had at the front, making her lose balance and turn to the side still in that turtle shell position, perfect for her to quickly shot a 45° angle punch to the side of her head, which finally did the job and made Ayane do a full 360° spin as she fell heads up onto the mat.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5!", Jasmine counted again grinning widely at the pale blond furious girl who was gritting her teeth while the crowd cheered loud again for the bow hairband girl who made a respectful reverence to her fallen opponent.

"You stupid!", Shiho said as she furiously rolled the fallen girl out of the mat the her foot like trash again. "I'm gonna need someone on a higher level... Kinzo!", Shiho mumbled to herself at first and the shouted the name.

"About time", Kinzo, a boy with thicker muscles and spiky black hair and padlock beard said as she smiled deviously jumping to the center of the mat where Noroe patiently waited for him.

"Let me do this one - eh? Why all of - I want to impress her too... - this guy looks tough, are you sure? - yes, I train at your level you know? - alright then", Kanae mumbled to herself quickly as she agreed with Noroe to switch. "What? Praying for you life? I don't blame you", Kinzo grinned confident as he waited already in his stance to which Kanae replied by taking her own and lift her head determined talking one quick glance at the beanie hat girl who immediately recognized those eyes and smiled sweetly at her.

"Begin!", Shiho shouted without hesitation, Kinzo rushed towards Kanae flanking left and right at great speed, surprising Kanae who just in time lifted her leg and pushed him backward with a front kick to the solar plexus.

Kinzo however, didn't seem bothered as he smiled widely and went back after her. Kanae then saw the attacks coming and dodged barely in time a series of jabs and hooks while trying to move around him to reduce his range.

But the strength of Kinzo was none other than his footwork as he quickly followed her and kept showering her with vicious strikes that Kanae felt would go through her guard just by one blow she blocked and kept dodging the rest, not leaving her time to counter.

The match went like that for two minutes and Kanae already felt her breath getting heavier by the second now while Kinzo was barely breaking sweat and decided it was time to go for the killing blow based on this.

However, what Kanae really did was not improvised at all.

The bow hairband girl kept up with the spiky haired one for one single reason: memorize his pattern.

As Kinzo increased the speed of his blows, he was forced to reduce the impact of these, something Kanae predicted and now allowed her to make her move as she was now able to safely deviate his blows.

Kinzo found himself off balance as his right hook was pushed upwards leaving him open for Kanae to shot her first strike, however the spiky haired one quickly smiled as he saw it coming, a palm strike using the whole momentum shot from Kanae's waist to his solar plexus.

"Kiai!", and it was nothing but a feint alongside that yell as Kanae quickly spun around and took down the muscular boy with a crouching leg sleep to then quickly get up and raise her right leg high up in the air for a vicious axe kick, digging her heel on Kinzo's stomach.

However, before the beanie hat girl could start the count, Kinzo kipped back up breathing heavy and guarding his stomach with his left arm to Kanae's surprise while she regained her balance from having her foot shook off him suddenly by that move.

Kinzo however, didn't waste any time and went after her, this time back to his previous strategy of harder blows which to Kanae's bad luck, she blocked and broke through her guard with a vicious straight and followed with an uppercut just as hard that landed fully on her chin and took her down.

"Kanae!", Jasmine shouted worried sick and tried to approach her but the bow hairband girl quick stumbled her way back up at the count of 3 by a now smug Shiho. "20 seconds left, ready?", Shiho asked while looking at the now concerned beanie hat girl.

Before replying, Kanae turned her head and smiled at her friend with pleading eyes that in her mind tried to tell her the words, "please, trust me".

With that, Jasmine relaxed herself and stepped back, granting her a sincere smile as a response.

"Ready", Kanae said gritting her teeth still feeling her chin sore from that uppercut. "Continue!", Shiho shouted and immediately Kinzo went after her, something that Kanae and pretty much anyone knew would happen.

"Kiai!", Kanae shouted loud surprising Kinzo for a brief second that made him flinch his charge, and a second is crucial in a fight of any kind.

Kanae shot and inner kick to Kinzo's inner side of his right leg breaking his balance and thus his quick footwork to then follow with a barrage of kicks herself.

Front kick to the break his guard, spinning sole kick to hit the already sore stomach of him and finally a double raising kick, using her left foot to jump and break the guard he tried to use for his face and the right foot to return the favor and strike his chin, and finally as she landed and Kinzo was still groggy, Kanae finished him with an old fashioned roundhouse kick to the head.

"1, 2, 3, 4 aaaand 5!", Jasmine shouted full of herself to a roaring crowd that yelled fired up by the amazing resilience the bow hairband girl showed, not hesitating anymore to speak up.

That was awesome karate girl!

I'm joining the karate club asap!

She's cute and strong! The whole package!

We misjudged you, Kanae, you rock!

As she was making a respectful reverence, Kanae blushed and smiled happy listening to her efforts starting to pay off and glancing at the beanie hat girl who smiled at her so proud it could be seen from miles away.

A smile that disappeared in a second as Kanae stumbled backwards after lifting body from that reverence, making Jasmine rush over to her and quickly hold her shoulders.

"Kanae?! Y-You need to rest, this-", the beanie hat girl began rambling worried but Kanae simply breathed out and gently turned to her with an angelic smile and pleading eyes as she asked, "a-are you not going to praise me?".

"Eh?", Jasmine blushed lightly in surprise. "I-I'm doing my best...", Kanae said looking at her in the eyes.

"You... You're indeed awesome", Jasmine sighed with a smile and gently patted Kanae's head, bringing a smile to her face so shiny it could make the sun look ridiculous.

In one more bold move, Kanae returned the favour as she kissed her own palm and playfully smacked Jasmine's cheek making her blush deeply.

"I'm ready to go!", Kanae giggled happy as she went back to the center of the stage followed by a loud awww from the crowd while Jasmine stumbled her way back to her place all flustered.

"Don't you dare failing me, Tarumi", Shiho wasn't smiling anymore, but she wasn't angry either, she was just serious while an athletic and tall girl of short black hair with generic boy haircut stood there already waiting for Kanae.

"I won't", Tarumi simply replied while looking directly at Kanae who made the initial reverence before taking her stance. "Begin!", Shiho shouted again looking at Jasmine who was not really paying much attention to her now.

The one named Tarumi had an obvious advantage Kanae saw coming as her superior height and thus longer arms and legs showed with a greater range for attack.

However, Kanae now confident of being able to overcome anything after that last match, quickly found out the counter to that as she ducked underneath her arms and closed distance with her.

Tarumi tried to push her away but Kanae trapped one of her arms underneath her own and shot a palm strike to her mouth that made a cut on her lips letting the short haired girl taste the iron.

But with Tarumi there, Shiho already knew it was time for them to show their true colors and once again smirked confident.

"Hey! That's cheating!", Jasmine immediately shouted furious as she saw Tarumi spit that blood to Kanae's eyes and punch her jaw at close range to force her break the hold on her arm.

"One penalty to Tarumi, two more and your disqualified", Shino said with a smile while not taking her eyes of Jasmine. "Got it", Tarumi said as she wiped the blood off her mouth and Kanae who had dropped to one knee rocked by that punch, tried to clean the blood off her eyes with her sleeve.

"Ready? Continue!", Shiho announced while the crowd booed but still, Kanae was ready to go again. Tarumi again used her range to have the advantage, but Kanae still dodged her attacks to perfection.

The bow hairband girl knew it waa dangerous to close distance again so this time she tried a different approach.

Kanae quickly dropped to the mat after dodging a left hook and tried a drop toe hold to take her down. Tarumi stumbled forward onto her fours and just when Kanae tried an elbow drop to her back to add damage , she turned her head and spat on her face again, shooting a back elbow to her stomach as she landed bad.

"Oops, another penalty, one more and you're out, Tarumi", Shiho said smiling not caring about the constant booing to her club while Jasmine gritted her teeth furious.

"Ready? Continue!", Shiho shouted after Kanae reincorporated trying to catch her breath after that last elbow knocked the air out of her, but still nodded agreeing to keep fighting.

Kanae showed no signs of giving up and this time went ahead using a her legs again, throw a series of roundhouse kicks to Tarumi's legs but that she backed off from in time.

"My turn", was what Kanae's voice mumbled as she saw another straight coming her way to then duck right underneath and get behind the short haired girl quickly, now back to back.

Tarumi quickly turned around with a high guard to protect her face from any surprising attack, however what she didn't expect was to find no one there for a moment until she realized the shadow casting upon her.

Like an angel falling from the sky, Noroe had jumped and certainly, boxing didn't prepare the short haired girl to react and guard the top of her head in time as a hard moonsault pele kick landed right there stopping her moves at all.

Noroe landed on her hands and knees but as she stood back up, her opponent stumbled all groggy still trying to go at her, only to be received by a back fist that knocked her down on her rear.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5!", This time the crowd counted in the bow hairband girl's favor as Tarumi tried to get back up the count of 4 but still rocked, just fell back on her rear in the process, defeated at last.

As Kanae dropped to one knee, Jasmine rushed over to her carrying a water bottle and towel she got ready after seeing the fight already taking a toll on her clubmate's stamina.

"Come on, drink this... You don't have to continue, let me-", Jasmine began saying as she carefully clean the sweat off her friend's face and gave her some water, but quickly the girl protested, "Praise me!".

Noroe now looked at her with puffy cheeks and frowning cute eyes, expectantly as she said, "I did something great there, that kick... It's the first time I try it in a real match".

"And it was amazing, Noroe", the beanie hat girl sighed smiling relieved to see her still so energetic. Noroe simply rested her head on Jasmine's shoulder while catching her breath while the beanie hat girl blushed lightly and petted her head in the meantime.

And while both were too busy with their friendly affection, even the crowd invested on that, no one noticed the small metallic plate being discreetly put inside a boxing glove.

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"Agito...", Gensai muttered while gritting his teeth as he carried the unconscious curly haired boy in his arms, glaring furious then at the smallest sumo wrestler still standing there raising one arm in victory.

The match didn't last long as Agito immediately went for his legs but Chonan easily caught him with a guillotine choke and in a matter of seconds forced him to pass out even though he had already tapped out.

"Nendo, you're next", Umanosuke said with a wide smug grin and next up another short yet thicker than Chonan sumo wrestler headed to the center of the mat. "Gandai, are you sure about this?", The dreadlocks boy asked serious as his dark blond haired underclassman nervously finished warming up.

"I can't back down, Ryuji-senpai, not after what they did to Agito", Gandai said upset as he glanced at Gensai carefully laying down his curly haired clubmate. "Alright, go and do your best", Ryuji patted his back and sent him there.

"Begin!", the referee shouted after checking on both to make sure everything was in order for a fair fight. "Crush him, Nendo!", Umanosuke exclaimed.

Gandai however, wasted no time and using his speed, he surprised the one called Nendo with a dropkick to the chest that barely moved him, but the sumo wrestler quickly tried to hit him with a palm strike that Gandai dodged and got behind him.

The dark blond boy then jumped onto his back and wrapped his legs around his body and his arms around his neck, locking in the sleeper hold, but this only brought a dark smile to Nendo's face as he immediately stood straight and let himself fall backwards crushing Gandai under his superior weight for the 3 count.

"Well, I guess he tried hahaha!", Umanosuke laughed mockingly as Nendo raised his arma victorious for the crowd while Gandai laid there trying to catch his breath, quickly being help back up by Gensai.

"I had enough of these idiots", Ryuji growled and walked gripping his fists to the center of the mat. "Go, Yohei", Umanosuke smiled confident as a tall but not as tall as him one of mustache and blond hair stepped up.

"Begin!", the referee shouted after doing the regular procedure but neither of the two moved yet. Yohei smiled confident in his classic stance of Sumo wrestler that looked like was crouched while Ryuji stood there with an olympian wrestler stance, studying his opponent.

"I said begin!", The referee shouted again after around 15 seconds of no action where even the crowd started to boo getting desperate. "I got it now", Ryujo replied to his confusion and approached the thick boy at last.

The dreadlocks boy went for a collar and elbow tie up that Yohei gladly went along with confident in his strength as he immediately pushed Ryuji but this was what he expected, using his own momentum against him, the dreadlocks boy dropped to the mat and pulled the thick boy along, throwing him across the mat.

Yohei, not used to this kind of offense, landed awkwardly but still tried to roll to his stomach to push himself back up, however, Ryuji had wasted no time as he was already next to him and in quick fashion, wrapped his legs around his arm and pulled Yohei into a cross armbar.

Yohei immediately fell the pressure on his shoulder so instinctively, he rolled towards his opponent to block the hold, slowly getting back up and pulling up the dreadlocks boy who refused to let go with one arm.

The crowd gasped impressed at his strength but that soon turned into murmuring sounds after seeing Yohei drop to one knee again after Ryuji expertly transitioned that into a triangle choke.

Finally, Yohei tapped out as he felt his consciousness fading due to the blood circulation to his brain reduced by the pressure of Ryuji's legs and his own arm against his neck, but in a sweet moment of payback, Ryuji didn't let go until he passed out and the crowd started to cheer impressed.

"Your winner!", The referee shouted as he raised Ryuji's arm in victory while Umanosuke's jaw dropped to the floor in disbelief as he saw his clubmate laying there unconscious.

"Ask him if that was fake, big man", Gensai shouted at him and laughed while two of the sumo wrestlers helped his fallen partner out of the stage. "Fudo!", Umanosuke shouted angry and one with thick body but not toned muscles at all stepped up.

"Where'd your smiles go?", The mohawk boy asked with a smug grin as he stepped up to the challenge while Fudo stoically stared at him. "Begin!", The referee shouted after the usual procedure.

Manjimaru then was surprised by the speed that tank came towards him trying to thrust him to the other side of the earth but still, he didn't dodge nor guarded taking the damage and being pushed off the mat.

"Out of bounds!", The referee shouted and the Mohawk boy quickly returned angry while Fudo still stared at him stoically. "Continue!", the referee shouted and once again Fudo charged against him but this time, he was received with a superkick to the jaw that put the brakes to him.

Manjimaru went for knife edge chops to his chest and after feeling the burning pain from the first one, Fudo blocked the rest with his arms but while he did, he also marched forward pushing the mohawk boy that kept trying to chop his guard down.

"Out of bounds!", the referee shouted again as Manjimaru realized he had been driven off the mat again but quickly returned while his clubmates shouted, "he's trying to win like that, don't let him push you off again!".

"I know!", Manjimaru replied as the match resumed and again, Fudo charged against him, only this time, the mohawk boy had a plan.

Manjimaru then used a baseball slide to go between Fudo's legs and as he got behind, he stopped him with a chop block to the back of his knee making him drop on it to then jump and drive him face first to the mat with a bulldog.

Fudo didn't take long to recover as he tried to push himself back up, however the Mohawk boy was already at his feet and wrapped his legs around one of his big legs locking up a knee bar that stopped him from getting up.

"Winner!", the referee shouted as Fudo tapped out in seconds, holding his knee afterwards while Manjimaru stood tall grinning at him while having his arm raised in victory.

"Looks like we are tied! Next match decides who's the better club, ain't it?", Gensai asked with crossed arms as he stepped up. "No matter... We've done our job already...", Umanosuke said with a mysterious devious grin as he prepared himself to fight.

"What?", Gensai asked confused and concerned. "Beat us both and I may elaborate on that" Umanosuke smiled maliciously as he sent his remaining clubmate to the front before himself while Gensai started to have a bad feeling about this sudden challenge.

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"What's wrong shrimp?! Is that all you've got??", Wataru asked as he confidently grinned at the pink girl who just fell on hear rear after a quick kick to her waist. "Fuck you!", Natsuki shouted furious as she quickly pushed herself back up.

"Stop toying with her, Wataru", Minoru giggled. "Alright, alright", the slender boy sighed and took his stance again.

"That kick was nothing compared to his... Just pull yourself together!", Natsuki thought to herself trying to reduce her secretly nervous state as she took her stance again.

Wataru tried some quick jabs that made Natsuki flinch, enough for Wataru to land a quick roundhouse to her side, making her bent her body just in time to avoid full damage to her ribs.

The slender boy kept it up and went after her with a series of jabs and hooks Natsuki was barely blocking, feeling her own arms hit her face dhe tried to cover from the impacts.

"A cute girl like you is no maAGH!", Wataru kept getting ahead of himself talking trash but in the blink of an eye, a hard knee to his stomach shut him up for good as the pink girl shouted, "I'm not cute!".

Having pulled herself together at last, Natsuki punched him in the jaw with a right twice and a left uppercut to sent him stumbling backwards, however as she followed him, Wataru quickly raised his leg to repel the small girl with a front kick.

But this was what Natsuki was waiting for as she gave one step to the side and caught his leg underneath her arm to then sweep the other for a take down and immediately got in top of him to start pummeling his face.

"Who are you calling fucking cute now?!", Natsuki exclaimed as she furiously kept punching through Wataru's arms as he barely in time lifted his arms up to guard his face and wrap his legs around Natsuki's waist to prevent her for having a better position to strike.

Wataru finally was able to shake her off him and get back up, while Natsuki stumbled a bit on her way up, something he would try to capitalize on as he went after her with a punch but all of his hopes died as Natsuki shot a hard back elbow to his nose and shouted, "you fell for it, idiot!".

The pink girl then ran for a jumping knee strike as the groggy Wataru stumbled on his feet while his nose started to bleed, fully breaking as Natsuki's knee finished the job and put him down for good.

"Want some more, huh?!", Natsuki asked angry as she kept kicking Wataru now curled up on the floor like a wounded animal. "Stop! You win...", Minoru said smiling impressed and clapping.

"I'm just... getting started punk", Natsuki said between panting as she kicked Wataru's back hard one more time to add insult to injury while glaring confident at the dark red haired boy.

"Who's next?! Come... at me idiots!", Natsuki shouted fired up but to her surprise, Ryona stepped up first. "What?", Natsuki asked confused as she approached her.

"I'll go next, you take a break", Ryona said calmly. "Hah? ... I'm fine... I just-", Natsuki began protesting but Ryona covered her mouth with her hand which in a matter of seconds made Natsuki felt as if she was drowning.

"See? You need to control your breathing, do that while I take care of the next one, breath with your nose, not your mouth", Ryona said as Natsuki gasped to catch her breath. "O-Okay...", Natsuki said as she became aware of this crucial fact that could've costed her soon.

"Sendo", Minoru finally spoke and a boy of more muscular complexion, tanned skin and dyed blond hair  stepped up from the circle while Natsuki went to take his place there.

"You look tough, I won't go easy on you from the start just so you know", Sendo said as he warmed up on his place while Ryona calmly took off her blazer and threw it to Natsuki who caught it with one hand.

"Ready? Fight!", Minoru shouted and just like that, in just 2 seconds, Sendo was down staring at the dim yellow lights above. "W-What the...", Minoru mumbled disturbed after Ryona, with one single punch almost out of nowhere, knocked him out as he tried a right hook immediately after the match started.

"What the frick just happened...", Natsuki mumbled surprised as Ryona simply took her stance while Sendo still wouldn't move. "Next", Ryona said calmly.

"Fuck! Help him out of there you two! Inue, you go next", Minoru commanded two boys first and then looked at a girl of toned muscles and a short ponytail of cyan hair who nodded and stepped up.

"Ready? Fight!", Minoru shouted and this time, Inue took her time to start after seeing what that dark blue haired girl was capable of, but to her surprise, it was her who decided to take the first step.

Ryona went after her with a barrage of strikes that only grasped her as Inue kept running around the stage to avoid those blows that cut the air with the strength they were being thrown.

"Quit running around!", Natsuki voiced her discontent but Inue didn't care and kept trying to get away from Ryona's killing blows however, the tough girl finally sighed annoyed.

"Come", Ryona simply said as she stood in the center of the stage dropping her guard. "She's... Mocking me?!", Inue growled frustrated but not any less nervous, hesitating to accept Ryona's offer.

"If your friend is too scared to fight, just bring the next one already", Natsuki shouted now smiling smugly. "Dammit... Inue! Fucking do something or you're banned from the club!", Minoru shouted angry and the cyan haired girl gulped and nodded nervous.

Inue then hesitantly approached Ryona and tried to throw a series of rights and lefts to her face but the tough girl dodged them just by shifting her body without even taking step off from where she stood.

Ryona finally got tired and quickly caught one of Inue's arms, twisting it fast to then lock her in a crossface chicken wing hold that made her tap out in seconds, however, Ryona didn't let go until she passed out.

"Let me go next", Natsuki now standing next to her while Ryona watched two boys carrying Inue out if the scene. "Alright... Try to knock them out or injure them if you can, I have a plan, remember we have to return to the club soon", Ryona then whispered to Natsuki's ear who nodded a bit nervous but not any less determined.

"Mujina, take the shrimp out", Minoru smiled confident again as a boy of rough looking complexion and military haircut stepped up. "Pfft, Right, like you could", Natsuki grinned just as confident while Mujina simply made a reverence towards her and then took his stance.

"Ready? Start!", Minoru shouted and just as he did, Ryona followed up with one of her own as she recognized the stance of the boy, mainly because he didn't have his fists gripped but hands open, "Natsuki! Don't let him grab you!".

Natsuki heard that as she quickly stepped aside when Mujina tried to grab her wrist to then land a quick roundhouse to his leg that just did little damage and it actually hurt her foot a little.

"Crap", Natsuki mumbled as she winced a bit but Mujina wouldn't stop yet as he tried a backhand strike that Natsuki dodged and kept doing that as he followed up with multiple and surprisingly quick attempts to grab her.

While the pink girl walked around the circle to avoid being grabbed, she'd throw a few punches to his shoulder or his legs to try to soften him up a little but Mujina wouldn't seem the least affected yet.

Finally, Natsuki decided to bet on her own young yet remarkably good skills a threw a fake full straight to Mujina's face, something that left an opening for him to grab her by the collar of her shirt and vest before it landed.

Natsuki saw it coming already when he shifted his hips towards her and was never more glad to have asked her masters how to counter her own techniques just a few days ago.

Natsuki shifted her own hips towards him to neutralize the attempt of a throw in time, surprising Mujina as his hands slipped off the girl's clothes and even more when she shot a back elbow to the back of his head making him trip to one knee rocked.

The pink girl was quick to jump and amaze everyone with a dropkick to Mujina's back that sent him flat on his stomach to the ground and followed up ready to kick the living hell out of him just like she did with her first opponent.

However, this wouldn't work twice as Mujine caught her ankle around his arm and rolled over towards her to trip her, making Natsuki curse in the process and land hard on her arms and stomach.

Natsuki started to become frightened as she felt a pair of big arms wrapping around her waist and immediately flattening her down to the ground again as Mujina used his weight to crush the pink girl who had tried to push herself back up.

The feisty one soon felt her breathing become drastically reduced and more difficult to do as not only Mujina's weight on her but the pressure around her stomach now added by his arms wrapped around her was taking its toll on her.

"Well, that's that I guess", Minoru giggled mockingly as he saw Natsuki lowering her head not even trying to fight back anymore as she kept being crushed.

But little did he know the pink girl's thoughts right now were of gratefulness. Gratefulness to her beanie hat trainer who had put her through countless push ups while sitting on her back.

"I'm ready now", Natsuki mumbled making Mujina gasp to himself surprised and even more when Natsuki using nothing but raw power, did one single push up with the boy of rough complexion still on her.

To various murmurs of disbelief and surprise amidst the crowd, Natsuki was now up on her fours and quickly shifted her legs to the front switching to a sit up position to avoid being flattened again, but Mujina wouldn't let go of her yet.

However, this position was what Natsuki looked for and for once, was thankful of her short height that wouldn't allow the taller boy to hide his head behind her body while counting the waist lock.

"Get... Off... Me!", Natsuki said with each of the 3 back elbows she threw to Mujina's face with all she had until he had no choice but to let go of her to avoid his face getting more damage.

Natsuki immediately pushed herself back up while Mujina backed off and checked his nose and mouth for any possible bleeding to keep in mind until both were face to face again.

"I have to admit, you're tougher than you look", Mujine finally spoke with a serious voice as he took his stance again, this time taking his time to prepare his next move. "So you finally noticed, heh", Natsuki grinned proud.

Mujina then closed his fist to the pink girl's surprise and approached her with a series of jabs and hooks Natsuki dodged no problem, however,  he switched back to his grappling strategy in an instant.

But just as he did, the pink girl adapted her defense to be throw again and so back and forth they went, switching from striking to grappling over and over but none did any significant damage in the 2 minutes they spent like that.

Natsuki then learned words were certainly not required in a fight as she and Mujina looked at each other with nothing but determination in their eyes as both took their stances ready for one more decisive encounter.

Having chosen her final move, Natsuki ran towards Mujina for everyone's awe, the boy had also chosen his move as he saw Natsuki's leg muscles tensing.

"Crap...", Was the last thing the loser of the match mumbled as their consciousness faded to black like a computer screen being shut off and crumble down to the floor.

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The door she opened didn't creak as one would expect in such tense situations but that didn't help calm the fears that kept building up inside the purple girl as she entered the relatively new small building behind the school hall, one had vaguely heard about from her classmates.

To her surprise, what she found there was  wide space filled with mats, weights and equipment for lifting, sandbags and other stuff used in combat sports all culminating with an octagonal ring in the center where 3 muscular good looking boys stood waiting patiently for her arrival.

"Hey there, Yuri-chan, glad you arrived", said the blond handsome boy of toothpaste commercial worthy smile as the purple girl hesitantly crossed the red metal doors.

"Okabe?", Yuri asked as if she couldn't believe her eyes despite getting a glimpse at the true colors of that boy that tried to step way off boundaries with her. " Please come in, don't be shy and close the door will you?", He said and Yuri deciding if she would take this chance to turn her tail and run, turned to the doors again.

However, as she hesitantly hold onto the knobs, her forearms began to itch while her whole body trembled to remind her of the weight of her own secrets as she ultimately closed the doors.

"That's right, come on, come closer", Okabe giggled as Yuri quietly and hanging her head low in shame, walked over to them finally standing right at ringside before them. "Come on up, here let me help you", Okabe said kindly as he offered his hand for Yuri to take and climb into the ring while Endo sat on the middle rope to allow her enough space to do so.

"Look at you, good girl~", Okabe said as he lifted Yuri's head grabbing her chin between his fingers and rubbed it with his thumb. "Quiet today aren't we?", he said smiling coolly.

"Let me ask you something, Yuri...", Okabe began saying and then took off his white shirt revealing his well worked torso, a six pack and nicely formed pectoral muscles along with strong looking arms as he posed for her.

"Doesn't this get you in a... Certain mood?", Okabe asked seductively as he grabbed Yuri's hand and rubbed it against his toned torso, however, Yuri's reply was clear as she closed her fist and looked away upset.

"I see... Well, seems we'll have to do it big and hard way then...", Okabe giggled confident as she let go of her hand and walked back to his friends in the middle of the ring. "But first, we need to get some... Presents for a certain someone", Okabe smiled deviously as his two friends looked at each other confused.

"Presents?", Endo asked scratching his head. "You mean for...", Rei added with crossed arms.

"Yeah, with this, we will earn our place, I'm sure of it", Okabe said as he pulled out his phone and opened the camera. "I see, good idea bro", Endo grinned widely.

"Now Yuri, if you don't want your... Edgy secret to be all over the school, you shall do exactly as I say", Okabe giggled deviously as he aimed the camera at the purple girl. "Now... Start by taking your blazer off, nice and slow", he added and Yuri immediately looked at him with frightened and pleading violet eyes.

"P-Please don't...", Yuri finally spoke as tears began running down her face. "I'm sorry Yu-Yu-Yuri, but you left me no choice, I gave you way too many chances to do this the easy way... But it seems that idiotic pink shrimp is all you think about!", Okabe spoke calmly at first but ended up yelling furious, making Yuri shrink scared.

"Sorry, I lost my cool for a second... Now blazer off", Okabe took a deep breath as he ran his hand through his hair to calm down.

And while Yuri finally started unbuttoning her blazer with tears running down her face, she unconsciously glanced behind her shoulder at those red doors, waiting for a certain someone to show up and save her, just like she has done multiple times now, but even the blond muscular boy would notice this and ultimately say with a huge grin on his face:

"Forget it, your knight in pink armor won't come to save you this time, no one will in fact... They're all... A bit busy right now hahaha!".