NEWS VS KAT-TUN
UA
NK
Strategy
5
10
Time
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Hits
235
120
DQ
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Knockdown
2
1
Fouls
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Shige gulped, before turning back to Ryo, who was unsteadily trying to get to his feet.
“Ryo-kun!” he yelled, “tag me!”
Ryo shook his head, and managed to regain his balance. “I’ve got it,” he said, resolutely turning back to Ueda.
“That all you got?” he asked, bringing the gloves back up to eyelevel. He’d worked out that obviously counted towards strategy points, Ueda however hadn’t figured that fact out as of yet, as he slowly came towards Ryo.
Fear is what most people would feel in a situation like this, but Ryo wasn’t like most people, he was Ryo. He was a member of NEWS and Kanjani8, he wasn’t afraid of a man who pretended to see fairies.
And he wasn’t about to bow out, and have his team-mate pummeled to the ground by the likes of Ueda Tatsuya.
With that thought firmly planted in his head, Ryo lunged forward and gave Ueda a few hard jerks to the face, and landed a hard punch straight into his stomach.
Ueda let out a grunt in pain, that last punch had actually hit a tender spot. He let out a gasp, and managed to block a few of Ryo’s punches.
And then it happened, Ryo’s anger seemed to boil over as he unleashed a series of hits, his gloves working at such a high rate that it was hard to distinguish which was left and which was right. And all Ueda could see was a mixture of electric blue and bright pink, as he held his gloves above his face, trying to parry the punches.
* * *
To say Kamenashi was freaking out was an understatement, hysterical was a more accurate term of describing the man, as he fidgeted in his seat, trying to hide the tears that were threatening to boil over.
The usually composed man, was having a panic attack, watching his bandmate jump around the ring beating his opponent to a pulp and in return getting an equal measure of pain.
“HIS NOSE!” Kamenashi cried, above Koki’s consoling whispers.
“His nose is fine,” Koki cut in, grabbing Kamenashi’s hand and giving it a reassuring squeeze.
“It’s NOT fine, he’s bleeding!” Kamenashi argued.
“He’ll pull through, you know he spends all that extra time in the gym for a reason,” Koki replied. “Now, SIT!” he commanded, pulling Kamenashi back onto his seat.
“You’re freaking everybody else out even more!”
“I DON’T CARE!” Kamenashi cried. Koki let out a heavy sigh, there was obviously little reasoning with Kamenashi on this point.
“Kamenashi-kun, please calm down,” Koyama whispered, rubbing Kamenashi’s back soothingly. “We’re freaking some of the fans out,” he explained, softly.
Kamenashi didn’t know why, but for some reason Koyama’s suggestion of ‘calming down’ sounded nice. Aside from that, the very light and comforting touch Koyama had given him, was more than enough to soothe him.
He took a quick look behind, at the audience and noticed a good portion of them were giving him worried stares.
Guilt washed over him, here he was a grown man freaking out about the safety if his bandmates with a few thousand girls sitting behind him not only worried about all four people in the ring, but about he himself as well.
He, who was comfortably sitting with his backside firmly planted into a soft seat. Why worry for him?
He took a deep breathe and turned to give the girls a calm and serene smile. “Daijobuka,” he whispered.
It was like magic, immediately the girls let out a little sigh, and sat back on their seats. If Kamenashi-san said it was alright, then undoubtedly it was true.
Yamapi seemed to be having the opposite reaction from Kamenashi, as he sat stiffly, eyes wide and terrified as he stared down at the ring, watching his two best friends ready to fight it out.
“Yamashita-kun,” Koyama said softly, placing a hand on his arm.
“They’ll be fine,” he muttered in response. “Ryo’s really strong.”
Koyama blinked, he’d never seen Yamapi like this before. In general Yamapi had always been the most mysterious of the group, although perhaps it was mostly due to the fact that most of group still very much respected the ‘senpai/kouhai’ relationship.
Yamapi was always the type to keep things to himself, and it seemed this was one time that particular resolve was crumbling.
It couldn’t be easy to see your two best friends on opposite sides of the ring, ferociously ready to beat one another to pulp, and not only that but to see a member of his group pushed into an activity that definitely wasn’t one he was used to.
The usually laid back leader seemed to be teeming with anxiousness. And Koyama felt utterly powerless to help him. Quietly he laid a reassuring hand on his upper arm. Yamapi tensed for a moment, but quickly relaxed and gave Koyama a tight smile.
Tegoshi on the other hand looked close to tears. In general he wasn’t the crybaby of the group, that particular label usually fell to Masuda or Shige. This time however Tegoshi had tears pooling at the edges of his eyes, not from sadness but from aggravation.
His beloved Ryo-chan was getting his butt handed to him, and there was nothing he, Tegoshi, could do to stop it.
Masuda didn’t seem to notice his band mates stress and was much to pre-occupied staring at Shige, making sure his long time friend didn’t really get hurt. Of course he cared about Ryo, and was a bit appalled at the beating Ryo had gotten, but at the same time was quite impressed with how Ryo too had managed to dish out just as much damage.
The ringing of the bell brought only slight relief to the mass sitting in the audience, but nonetheless it helped, if only somewhat.
“Ryo’s going to have to tag Shige soon,” Koyama whispered to himself, more as a warning than an actual statement.
= To Be Continued =
Author’s note: Ta-da I promised a quick update, didn’t I? XD
I’m actually really happy I was able to do this part quickly, since I had a few unexpected things come up these past few days. So I’m working on the next part now, and hopefully I’ll have that one posted just as quickly. That part will have the winner and probably the next to competitors.
I hope you all liked it, and again I’m going to ask for any requests/suggestions. I got some good suggestions before and I’ve gotten a few ideas, but if anyone else would like to give any Id be all ears and really appreciative of them. =)