No Holds Barred 2v3 Handicap Match: The Heartbreakers vs. Jonathan Steele and Ryan Brown

[RedShinigami]

This night was far from bring one of the usual nights where the Heartbreakers beat up their helpless opponents, celebrating an honorless but nonetheless glorious victory. But from the moment they stepped into the rong, everything went to hell when the Anomaly and its disciple showed their faces. Immediatly the Sukebans werent just thrown into a fight to win but into one to survive! And even if the crowd were not the biggest fans of the delinquentsnl, they looked on in shock as a display from a horror movie went down before their eyes. Of course the Heartbreakers had their losses, one was pretty embarressing, involving all three getting beat up by one person but this was simply about being outclassed.

This here was entirely different. This was a battle for their souls. And Sachiko, fierce and tough leader of the Heartbreakers proved that she was helpless against the onslaught of the monster. Her body and mind were driven into overload and finally she could'nt take the pressure anymore, falling unconcious right in the ring, a rare sight from the tough streetbrawler.
However this left Kyoko and Misako on their own, leaderless and not in the advantage anymore.

But if anyone questioned Sachiko Koizumis strength then he would be shown that there was more to the Sukeban then a big mouth and pervy thoughts as the Bluenette appeared again, shouting through the arena and ready to spring back into action, helping her friends. And this was the moment it happened. To a very tasteless song a certain man came out on the stage, wearing a suit and holding a microphone to his fat lips. "I could'nt have said it better, Koizumi-san.", he said and waited for Sachiko to turn around. "May I ask what you are wearing? What you are doing here? This is a match between the Anomaly and the Heartbreakers and I see both of them in the ring.", he said, driving a poisoned dagger into Sachikos side. "There are no three Heartbreakers. Only two. And interfering from a stranger will disqualify them, no holds barred or not.", he said and turned the dagger in the wound. "You barely have started the time of your punishment and so soon you betray the good will of Viktor von Karnstein? I must say you are a brave girl, give you that. But, you are not part of this match, never were, never will be. You belong to the other blonde Bimbo, wearing sweet pink bikinis and angel wings. This is what you are now! ", he said.

Then he smiled. "But please go on, go on, help your friends and you all get fired and oh as cherry on top, Veronika Noir will get fired too.", he chuckled and walked around like a rooster on a farm full of chickens. "What will it be Koizumi-san? Actually, I would prefer of you going to help this sorry bunch of talentless hacks. LAW is no place for scum like you and this Noir Slut! Come on, do it. Take one step and end this farce, you fucking...little...coward.",he grinned and looked the Sukeban straight in the eyes

[CaptainL]

This was it. This was the moment the Heartbreakers had been counting on. With Sachiko out of the picture, Kyoko and Misako were lost and without guidance. Ordinarily, they could handle themselves just fine on their own - but this was different. This time, they seemed to be faced with nothing less than a demon from the pits of Hell - and they were at a loss for how to deal with it. Nothing they threw at their opponents seemed to work, and as their options slowly dwindled, they grew more and more desperate. Dire times like these called for a strong hand to guide them - and without Sachiko, they had no choice but to flounder. But at the back of their minds, they were still holding out hope that their leader might be able to throw off her daze and come to their rescue. Now that they were caught in their foes' clutches, powerless to escape, God only knew they needed Sachiko now more than ever.

But there, they saw her. At long last, Sachiko had woken up, and she had remembered where she needed to be. She took off charging down the ramp as fast as she could to get to her teammates; paramedics tailed after her, trying to pull her back, but she simply pulled her arms free of one's clutches and threw a well-placed kick at another. She wasn't going to let anyone get between her and her fellow Heartbreakers! Soon enough, she was within a stone's throw of the ring, ready to jump in, to beat up the Anomaly and his goon then and there, supernatural resilience be damned...

And then, she heard it.

Sachiko skidded to a stop as she heard an all-too-familiar voice behind her. Without even turning around, she knew she was dealing with the same official who had forced her and Veronika Noir into a team after their backstage brawl. Being the delinquent she was, Sachiko wouldn't balk at an opportunity to skirt the rules. She thought that by making sure their team would be billed solely as "the Heartbreakers" on the card, and not using any images of Sachiko in promotional material for the match, they just might be able to sneak her into the team, at least for this match. But she'd underestimated how obvious her plan was when the match was still billed as a 3v2 handicap match. She hadn't even finished the match before her scheme had been discovered. And now, as Sachiko's face went pale and the hairs stood up on the back of her neck, she realized it wasn't just her teammates who were in danger, but her entire career. For Sachiko, it wasn't even the Anomaly she was most scared of. It was the man behind her.

"You...wouldn't dare..." she hissed under her breath. It was bad enough that Sachiko was being forced to choose between supporting her teammates and preserving her career. But now, when the official went on to taunt her - when he mocked the same insipid gimmick he had forced on her, when he mocked the Heartbreakers, when he outright bragged about Sachiko not being able to do anything - that fear gave way to a white-hot rage. Slowly, she turned around to look the man in the eye, her teeth clenched into a snarl. No one talked Sachiko Koizumi down and got away with it.

She knew that if she took a step closer to the ring, her entire team would be disqualified - and, no doubt, abandoned to the whims of their opponents. Her fist trembled at her side, and she glanced nervously between looking back over her shoulders and back at the man in front of her. It seemed like every second of deliberation stretched into an eternity. But...then, Sachiko got an idea.

"Okay, okay, no outside interference. I get it," she said. "But...you're not in this match, either. So nobody's gonna stop me from doing this-!" She drew back her fist, clenching her teeth tighter as she leaned toward the man and got ready to let it fly...

[RedShinigami]

The man grinned. He had just waited for her to make a mistake. And then he could throw them out. All of them. Who do they think they were? Sukebans, hah. They were all the same. Also, he had given Sachiko and Veronika a fair chance to settle things...otherwise. But they had'nt obliged and so things had about to turn out like this. Maybe Kyoko and Misako were smarter, knowing how to appease to him to maybe stay in the company but for Sachiko, her career at LAW was over when she took one more step. But instead of going back into the ring, the Bluenette turned around to face him. "Would you look at that, I would'nt have thought that you were smart enough or...afraid enough? I mean what are you more then just an angsty, little, g-..."


His speech was interrupted tough when the fist of the Sukeban buried itself into his features, dislocating them and throwing him to thr ground to a big cheer from the fans who were fed up with the forced pause of this exciting match! The man landed on the floor, blood gushed out his nose when he looked up to Sachiko who stood over him with a mix of shock and hate. "Enough, Enough! Fuck this shit, you are fucking fired, you all are fited, clean your lockers and..."


Suddenly another theme hit the arena as a dark organ started to play, introducing no one less then the infamous manager of the Austrian Eagles manager: Count Viktor Karnstein.

Spoiler

He stepped forward, looming over Sachiko like the Anomaly had. Now it seemed that two demons were in this arena as the blood red eyes of the nobleman looked down on Sachiko. "This is my reward for putting my trust in you? For offering you money?", he said and took a step forward, grabbing Sachikos wrist, squeezing it tight. "Out. At the parkinglot there is a limousine, Veronika will wait there." When Sachiko looked back to her friends, Viktor pulled her closer. "I will take no refusal.", he said and shoved Sachiko in front of the curtains.
"Go, or being fired will be the least of your problems.", the man in black said, standing between Sachiko and the ring.

The man in the suit whose nose had'nt stopped bleeding yet got to his knees. "Thats all?! She broke my fucking nose! She is out here! I will sue her! This can't stand Count Karnstein, you are no LAW official!", he screamed before Viktor shot him a glare that silenced him. Then he threw him a handkerchief. "Clean yourself.", he said and then looked down at the Sukeban again.

[CaptainL]

In that moment, Sachiko thought she had won. Sure, the match was still going on; sure, there was still the matter of the Anomaly to deal with, but she was willing to look past that for now. As far as she saw it, the more imminent threat was that to her own career. Hell, it wasn't even about her career - it was about standing up for herself when her very self-image had been threatened! Sachiko was fierce and independent and she wouldn't be silenced; that was just who she was. When there was someone calling the shots for her, trying to force her to be someone she wasn't? When they were rubbing it in her face, no less? That was something she couldn't sit and be silent about.

Her fist buried into the official's features, and his head went whipping back with a crack. Sachiko smirked; the sensation of her knuckles meeting his face was an all too satisfying one. But it seemed that - in typical fashion - Sachiko had made her move too soon, without any thought to the consequences. She had stood up to the official, sure. But she had also just punched someone who had every power to fire her, and now she had just given him the excuse.

Sachiko's proud smirk dropped into a gasp when she heard the words. Her face grew pale. Here, she thought she was outsmarting the predicament she'd been put in, but it had just come back around to bite her. But it was only moments later when the sounds of the organ lit up the room, and Sachiko spun around to face the same man who had been her savior before, flashing him a grin. At last, she was saved! Sure, he had forced the Heart Connection gimmick on her, but at least it was better than being fired! Viktor had gotten her out of this before, he could do it again!

The look on Sachiko's face was still hopeful, even with Viktor staring her dead in the eye. But he kept a scowl fixed on her, and that hope began to dwindle. As it soon grew apparent that he wasn't here to deliver good news, her smile began to turn upside down - up until Viktor all but confirmed it when he ordered her out of the arena. Once again, her fortune had reversed.

"W-What..?" Sachiko said, blinking a few times in disbelief. Her jaw dropped open into a gasp, and she held a finger in the air, pondering her response, knowing she wanted to raise an objection...but there was nothing. She already knew as much - it wouldn't work. Victor's presence alone was enough to tell her that.

All Sachiko could do was nod her head in deference to Viktor, wincing as she heard the man on the floor badmouthing her. She didn't want to abandon her friends...but it seemed she had no choice. She looked back over her shoulder at them as she was escorted up the ramp, and when she saw the looks of fear and desperation on their faces, a shudder ran through her spine - but she had no reason to doubt Viktor when he said her punishment would be worse.

"...I'm sorry..." she muttered, her voice barely above a whisper.

[Pegasus]

This was just too perfect. This whole situation with Sachiko, Viktor, and this useless official played right into his hands just as the Koizumi brat was about to be put down again and the demon would’ve made sure for the rest of this match. But he literally didn’t have to do anything this time. Sachiko was leaving and there was no excuses this time. She had to leave. The Anomaly chuckled darkly as the scared faces of Misako and Kyoko became apparent. They tried, he’ll give them that, but this was it for them. Their free will sucked from their souls.

Ryan held Kyoko firmly as The Anomaly raised his hands planting them firmly on Misako and Kyoko’s foreheads as he was waiting for this moment all match long. He roared as he began the process of transforming Misako and Kyoko into his disciples. No more interruptions. It was here that the match would end for them. No more resistance. Just obedience.

[CaptainL]

Kyoko and Misako liked to think they could handle anything. They were tough enough; they'd lasted long enough in a world that seemed to be against them. When Sachiko had gone out the first time, they just kept pressing on - and even though they knew they were up against an opponent that went beyond anything they were used to dealing with, they at least tried to keep up a brave face to the world, to at least convince everyone they wouldn't let this keep them down.

But the longer this match went on, and as nothing seemed to work, that illusion began to break down right in front of their faces. They realized just how hopeless and vulnerable they truly were - and the moment they showed the slightest hint of weakness, the Anomaly was ready to pounce on it. At last, they were in his clutches, with no fight left in them. Against any other opponent, they might still have the strength to break free. But they didn't even make an effort. It wasn't their bodies that had been broken, but their minds. They saw there was no hope - that they had as much of a chance of beating back the Anomaly as they would a tornado or a tsunami. The one thing that was left that could save them was Sachiko returning to the ring. And Sachiko had just been escorted out of the building.

They could only stare back at the entrance in disbelief, their faces pale and their eyes glassy, as Sachiko disappeared through the curtains. Neither of them wanted to believe it. Neither wanted to believe that their leader could abandon them like this, or that they were alone against foes too powerful for them to even come close to matching. And yet, it was too real, looming right in their faces, to deny.

They had stopped fighting back now. All they could do was accept defeat. And as they felt the Anomaly's hands come down against their brows, they didn't even flinch. Slowly, the world around them grew dark, and their bodies heavy, until they at last went limp in their opponents' arms.

[Pegasus]

The moment this match started, nobody could’ve guessed The Heartbreakers were going to get stomped the way they did. They were the terrifying ones, they were the ones to fear, and they were the next despicable trio in the game. However, Sachiko’s plan to worm her way into this match despite her clause as being apart of The Heart Connection plus dealing with a supernatural evil would prove to be their inevitable downfall. The audience was truly witnessing a shift in the making and saw Kyoko and Misako at their true breaking point the way they were easily manhandled around without their leader guiding the forces. Maybe Sachiko could have been the difference maker if she were allowed to compete, but there were some fans thinking it would never made a difference. The Anomaly didn’t seem to have a weakness-at least one no one knew about yet.

The Anomaly pressed his hands into his opponent’s foreheads using his alluring touch to bring forth their minds to his side. His low growls and dark chuckles put everyone on edge and the referee called for the bell declaring a knockout victory, but the monster hadn’t cared for victory. Just conquest. The Heartbreakers wouldn’t even remember this encounter and probably wouldn’t notice this was their first loss as a team. An embarrassing defeat at that. The Anomaly stepped away from the sleeping girls as he pointed at them with his free hand.

“RISE!”

[CaptainL]

*DING DING DING*

At the referee's signal, the bell sounded, proclaiming an end to the match. Really, though, everyone already knew what the result was. They'd known from the moment the Anomaly started absorbing damage like it was nothing, even when Misako was hammering at him with the chair. The Heartbreakers were one of LAW's fiercest and most dangerous tag teams; many an analyst had declared them the team to beat, and many a team was frightened by the thought of being put up against them. And they hadn't even stood a chance. The match had seen them fighting a hopeless battle just to survive against the Anomaly, let alone actually trumph. Everyone knew that if the Heartbreakers couldn't take such opponents down, no one could. Everything until the bell came was just prolonging the inevitable.

Both Kyoko and Misako lay motionless on the mat. Whether it was that they had been terrified into passing out, or if their own bodies had surrendered to the inevitability of defeat, no one could quite be sure. They didn't even react as their opponent kneeled down beside them and pressed his hands against their foreheads. But just as quickly as it had started, as soon as the Anomaly called out one single word, both of them sat back up with a jolt, their faces pale and their chests heaving with haggard breaths. Misako rubbed at her forehead, trying to dull the ache that pounded at her temples, while Kyoko shook herself out, glancing back and forth anxiously from one end of the room to the other. They didn't know what had happened...and that was the truly scary part.

"Kyoko, what...just happened..?" Misako said in between pants. Her usual gruff and no-nonsense voice had gone weak and half-whispered, hanging with doubt onto every word she said.

"I...I don't know..." came Kyoko's response. It was rare for her to take anything seriously, but she didn't even have a joke she could make about this. The only thing the Heartbreakers knew...was that they had met their match.

[Pegasus]

The process has been completed. The Anomaly had control over Kyoko and Misako waking them up from their slumber with a little jolt in their systems. Now, he needed to test their loyalty to him as he approached them slowly and raised his left hand in order to snap his fingers. What this would do would set off their minds to activate their inner darkness and bring forth their new personalities. In these mindsets, Kyoko and Misako would abandon their current thoughts and pick up new identities.

If this demon truly wanted to, he could just have them at his side and make them more powerful than ever. They wouldn’t need Sachiko anymore and they could become more feared, but he wasn’t into the whole idea of them overshadowing him. The Anomaly needed to play his cards right with these two. Sleeper agents. He might as well let them carry on with their pitiful lives as they didn’t serve a bigger part of his plans. Just when he needed extra numbers would they officially come in handy. However, now, they would show their new selves to the world and become the bigger potential he saw in them.

[CaptainL]

Kyoko and Misako had risen from a daze. They were still groggy, their heads ached, and everything around them seemed to go by in a blur. But in an instant, everything changed. The moment Jonathan snapped his fingers, they were roused to their senses, jumping to their feet with no hesitation at all - it was as though none of the beatings they'd just endured had ever happened. Both of them moved in unison, standing stock-still, and turning to face their master. With glassy eyes, they stared through him. Their faces were blank, and when they spoke, it was with monotone voices, betraying no emotion. The fans had to gasp just watching it. How could this have happened to the famously fierce and independent Heartbreakers?

"What...do you want?"