The SoCal Connection vs. the Kiyoko Sisters

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It was Ashley's last-ditch effort to save herself, but in the end, her plan worked. She threw her head back behind her, as hard as she could, and when it clocked Fuse upside the skull, it left a ringing in her ears, enough to make the dark-haired woman release Ash from her clutches. As Fuse rolled out of the ring, Ash too needed a moment to recover - she sat back up straight, panting and heaving for breath and rubbing at her throbbing temples. Her face was a vivid red, and her body dripped with sweat. She'd come only a hair's breadth away from passing out due to lack of oxygen, and only her quick thinking had saved her. Her whole body still felt heavy whenever she moved, and her muscles were sore. If she pressed the offensive, she would only be putting herself in more danger. But, luckily for Ashley, this was a tag match. She still had her partner to fall back on, and now that she had bought Kayla some time to recover, surely the middleweight would be able to cover for her!

"Nngh...Kay! Over here!" Looking up, Ash waved her hand toward her partner, trying to signal her for the tag. But instead, Kayla would only lean further over the ropes, her arms crossed as she fixed a stern glare on Ash. Her partner's headstrong nature and devil-may-care attitude had come back to bite her, and now Kayla was going to let her know that. "What did you think would happen, Ash-!?" she barked. "It's too dangerous! I tried to warn you!"

"Huh-!?" At the sound of her partner's voice, Ashley's face went pale and her jaw dropped in a gasp. Suddenly, it struck her just how much danger she was really in. She and Kayla had always had good cohesion before, even if the brunette didn't always see eye-to-eye with her when it came to her antics. But this time, it seemed that Ash had tested her patience - and Kayla was less willing to forgive her for that! And if Kayla wouldn't save her...then she was on her own!

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While the SoCal Connection were disconnecting within each other, Fuse started crawling towards her corner. Handa had recovered from the scuffle they had in the ring and was getting up onto the apron. Hands would hold out her hand for a tag while their opponents were arguing with one another. Fuse tagged Handa in and would talk about a plan for Hands.

Fuse: 「暴れている間は必ず生かしておいてください、クソ野郎。盗むときに彼らのパンティーに血が付くのは嫌だ、分かった。」(“Make sure you keep them alive during your rampage, you fucking bitch. I don’t wanna have blood in their panties when I steal them, ok.”)

Handa was taken aback by what Fuse was telling her but this was an actual strategy the two had, with Handa not knowing how the strategy works. Fuse would insult Handa to make her more angrier and the more angrier Handa is, the more brutal she becomes. Handa was kinda oblivious to her own sister using her insitgatung wording to make Handa angrier but it works well on both ends.

Handa entered the ring while Fuse rolled out. She was waiting for Ashley to turn around so that Handa could start pummeling her. She could tell that the connection of her opponents were slowly becoming lost as she just watched them like a Hawk.

[CaptainL]

Ashley had only been acting in her team's best interest when she barged into the ring, she thought. She did what she needed to to take the pressure off of Kayla, and save her from the beatdown the Kiyoko Sisters were unleashing on her. She didn't realize that the brunette would take things so hard. But while Ash was hot-headed, brash, defiant, and the sort of person to leap before she looked, Kayla preferred to think ahead and strategize, only making her move when she knew it would benefit her the most. When their tactics were as opposed as they were, it was inevitable that they'd run into conflict. And now, that day hadcome. To Kayla, Ash hadn't saved the day. She had charged blindly into danger without a plan, and any predicament she'd ended up in as a result was, ultimately, her own fault.

Even if she was facing the full brunt of the opposing team's assault, in Kayla's mind, that was just what she needed to learn her lesson. But to Ash, the fact that her best friend and long-time tag partner didn't want to tag herself in was nothing short of a shock - she'd never in all her life expect to see her turn her away like this. Her eyes had gone wide, and she stared back in stunned silence at her partner. Kayla had put up with plenty from her, but this was one step too far.

To Ash, the world seemed to screech to a halt. All went quiet. A second felt like an eternity. But in all that time she was staring back at Kayla - and she didn't realize that Handa was readying an assault of her own. Slowly, she turned back to face the Kiyoko Sisters - and that was when Handa struck. As Handa charged forward, her fellow redhead couldn't hope to hold herself steady against the oncoming force, and she was bowled over on her back. Her screams filled the air as Handa bludgeoned her with blow after blow, each one causing her body to buck and spasm and her legs to kick. She tried to get her hands up to protect herself, but Handa was just too quick - or rather, Ash was still thinking a step behind, and her guard was down, a vulnerability that Handa was eager to take advantage of. But at every moment, she was being battered from all directions, and the bruises were quickly growing across her skin.

A few faces in the crowd looked away, wincing at the thought of the agony she was enduring. Kayla winced, too. It was hard to think that her friend was getting beaten up like this. But whether she liked it or not...it was Ash's own doing that brought this on herself.

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Handa started beating the life out of Ashley as she threw haymaker after haymaker. Handa was on a mission to make Ashley bleed. She looked up at her partner and saw that she was allowing her to do what she’s doing. It was weird for Handa that her opponent was just standing there and doing nothing. So Handa decided to talk with her older sister about it.

Handa got off of Ashley but military dragged her towards their corner. She then placed Ashley in a headlock so that she wouldn’t be escaping anytime soon. Handa then talked to Fuse in their corner.

Handa: 「私が見ているものが見えますか？彼女は私が彼女のたわごとを打ち負かすことをただ許可しているのですか？(“Do you see what I’m seeing? Is she just allowing me to beat the shit out of her?”)

Fuse: 「彼女のパートナーを殴ることを許可しているのに、なぜ彼女を尋問するのですか？やるべきことをやって、相手を打ちのめしてください。」(“Why the fuck are you questioning her allowing you to beat the shit out of her partner? Do what you’re supposed to do and knock your opponent out.”)

Handa nodded before tightening the chokehold. She dragged Ashley away from the ropes while continuing to choke her out. This was now just torture for Ashley now, with her partner not doing anything.

[CaptainL]

With every punch that Handa slammed down into her face, Ash's body twisted and spasmed. She lurched and coughed, her hips bucking and her legs kicking into the air. She was growing dizzy, her body was getting numb, and in her daze she was barely finding the strength in her to fight back. Worse yet, she couldn't rely on Kayla to save her this time - the middleweight had all but left her to her fate. No matter how much the beatings continued, or how sore she got, there was one sinking feeling in Ashley's stomach that she just couldn't shake - that no matter how much she and Kayla had been close friends, or how much they'd trained together, this time Kayla wasn't even willing to lift a finger for her. By this point, Ash was just hoping she could survive the match. But even if she did...what would happen next? Would the SoCal Connection even be a team still? Or...had her own partner abandoned her?

By the time Handa was done with her, Ash's body was lined with bruises. One eye was swollen shut, and blood was trickling from her nose. Kayla shuddered when she saw the state she was in, but her fingers only clenched the ropes tighter - she couldn't intervene; no matter how much she might've wanted to. The redhead's chest rose and fell slowly with weak, haggard breaths, and she shivered from the pain, reminded of how much she hurt with every inch she moved. But her torments were far from over. Handa wrapped her arm around Ash's throat and clamped down hard - and as she felt the pressure digging deep into her neck, she began to hack and groan, her sides spasming from the force she was under!

But, as Handa hauled her over to the corner, even through the haze of pain that consumed her, Ash could make out one thought. For better or worse, Kayla wasn't going to save her. If she was going to get out of this, she needed to take matters into her own hands. She could already feel the edges of her vision starting to blur as the darkness crept in - she didn't have much time. She needed to take action fast! And if Kayla wasn't going to do it, she only had one choice. She'd have to do it herself!

Summoning all the strength she had in her, Ash tried to swing an arm behind her, aiming to slam her elbow into Handa's side. If she hit, she'd just do that again and again, as hard as she could! It was a desperate gasp for survival, but she had no choice. It was the one chance she had!

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Handa continued to keep her chokehold intact as she was truly cutting the oxygen out of Ash. She really didn’t have the energy to beat up a defenseless Ash so she wanted to at least have her sister pick up the victory for them. Handa then rolled over towards their corner again, not allowing Ash to grab onto the ropes for a rope break. Once she was close enough, Handa then let go of Ash before tagging in her older sister.

Fuse entered the ring and went up to the already beaten Ash. She then lifted her up and inspected the corpse of Ash as she saw the hopelessness from the California native. She then decided to end her misery once and for all.

Fuse would pull her in and started a standing smother onto Ash. She also began to caress Ash’s hair as she spoke sweet nothings to her. She then turned towards her tag team partner and started speaking to her in a very succubus like tone.

Fuse: 「タッグパートナーを我々に送ってくれて本当に感謝しています。彼女が私の姉の雰囲気に負けたら、私たちは彼女の世話をします。支払いに必要なのは、あなたが履いている小さなアメリカン パンティーだけです。きっとあなたが楽しく過ごせるようにいたします。だから、あなたのタッグチームのパートナーをお姉さんに預けるのを見ててね。」(“I really appreciate you sending your tag team partner to us. We’ll be taking good care of her once she succumbs to my older sister vibes. All I need in payment are your pretty little American panties you’re wearing and I’m sure we’ll let you be on your merry way. So watch me take your tag team partner into older sister’s care.”)

Fuse then started swaying Ash around as she tried to make her pass out. If she made Ash pass out from the breast smother, Fuse would gently lay Ash down before sitting on her face and lifting up a leg for the Pinfall.

[CaptainL]

Ash was doing her best to fight back against the encroaching pressure, throwing fist after fist desperately into Handa's side, but it was no use. Her energy was swiftly draining away along with her air supply, and little by little, her motions began to slow as her body grew heavy and her eyes rolled back in her head. Before long, she could go no further, and her arms fell limp and useless at her sides. After Handa's treatment of her, Ashley was already all but defeated. As soon as her opponent let go of her throat, she sank down against the mat, crumpled in a limp heap with her eyes half-lidded and her body sagging. Watching from the sidelines, Kayla couldn't help but wince. This was her partner, her friend. Surely she needed to step in to help her. It was the right thing to do. So why was she hesitating?

Either way...for Ash, things were far from over.

Fuse scooped her up, guiding her back to her feet, and Ash did little to resist. She rose groggily; slumped against her opponent's body, it was only due to her balancing herself against Fuse that she was able to keep herself from falling over. She was swimming in and out of consciousness, only half-aware of her surroundings, and that was before Fuse buried her face in her bosom, suddenly consuming her entire world in a warm, dark embrace. There she purred softly, a shiver running through her back from the tingling sensation that came from Fuse's fingertips gliding through her hair. At the start of this match, Ash would've loved this, smitten as she was by Fuse. But now, the fact that Fuse was so able to have her way with her however she pleased was a sign of nothing less than the Kiyoko Sisters' utter dominance over their foe. And yet, Ash did nothing to save herself, either. She couldn't. She simply didn't have the strength she needed on her side.

Seeing the strength drain away from Ash's body would only make Kayla grow more and more tense, her fingers coiling around the tag rope with an iron grip. She grit her teeth and shuddered. The fact that Fuse was able to do this at all was nothing short of proof that Ash stood no chance whatsoever of stealing back victory at this stage of the game. And what made things worse, Fuse was mocking her the whole time. Her eyelid twitched as she glanced back and forth from one woman to the other. Surely she needed to act. But she already promised that Ashley would need to handle this on her own, didn't she? Was she really going to get involved? Wasn't she supposed to stay out of this? Maybe she was...but then, that decision was really beginning to grate on her.

At last, Fuse could feel the last gasps of strength leave Ash's body as she went limp in her arms, and with that, the heavyweight brought her down on her back, so smoothly and softly that the redhead could barely tell what was happening to her. She hooked her leg, and the referee moved in for the count. "One!"

Kayla...had had enough. She stood a little straighter; her teeth clenched and her fists balled at her sides. It was her fault that things had gotten this bad to begin with, but now, she needed to take action! Ash needed her help, one way or another, and it was about time she started to act like her partner!

"Two!!"

"HOLD IT-!" Kayla cried out, suddenly ducking through the ropes and into the ring! She had every intention of rushing Fuse in order to break up the pin! The only question was...could it be enough?

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Fuse had the victory in the bag as the referee got to the count of two. However, with Kayla’s sudden outburst, it caused the referee to stop the count and look at Kayla. It also made Fuse release the pin and stand up to stare down Kayla. She then started speaking to her?

Fuse: 「何について怒鳴っているのですか？私があなたのパートナーをここに固定するのを止めたかったのですか？まあ、そうだったけど、暴発させてしまったお姉さんに何ができるの？」(“What are you yelling about? You wanted to stop me from pinning your partner here? Well, I did but what can older sister do for you that made you have an outburst?”)

Kayla managed to stall Fuse for the time being. However, her time would be limited as Fuse would slowly step onto the chest of Ashley, waiting for the referee to begin the count again and have Fuse humiliate Ashley with a foot pin.

[CaptainL]

As she stormed into the ring, Kayla's fist balled at her side, and she held her back straight and lifted her chin with a steely look of defiance locked right onto Fuse's eyes. She had stalled for too long in coming to her partner's aid, but she quickly saw that it was now or never. Ash needed the help, and if Kayla didn't intervene, the SoCal Connection was looking at certain defeat. Ash might have had her moments, but this wasn't the time to punish her for them - this was the time Kayla needed to make a stand.

In fact, the brunette's defiance was enough to give even the referee pause, stalling the count long enough for Fuse to let go of her opponent. That brought Kayla a moment of satisfaction - she'd at least bought them some time; now they still had a chance. But any satisfaction she might've felt was spoiled a moment later, when Fuse began to taunt her and mock her, treating her righteous indignation like it meant little more than a child's temper tantrum. Kayla's eyes narrowed, and she let out a huff as she stormed her way closer. She wasn't about to lie down for this.

"It's not funny," she said. "Ash might be...a handful, some times, but she's my friend. And now I'm doing what I should've done a long time ago!"

"One!" The referee restarted the count when Fuse put her foot down on Ashley's chest, but Kayla's mind was already made up. Suddenly, she swung out with her fist aimed right at the heavyweight's jaw, trying to knock her back.

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Fuse would break up the pin as she went to grab Kayla’s fist. The referee was looking at the two stars as Fuse started threatening Kayla as she made her frozen in fear. Handa, on the outside, saw what Fuse was doing and would get into position. She got up onto the apron and sneakily entered the ring.

Fuse: 「まさか、私がこのような急襲に備える準備ができていないとでも思ったのですか？」愚かなアメリカ人は、日本人の優れた精神にどう立ち向かうべきかを本当に知りません。今、私があなただったら、左側を気にするでしょう。」(“Did you actually think I wasn’t ready for a sneak attack such as this? You foolish Americans really don’t know how to face the superior Japanese mind. Now I would mind my left side if I were you.”)

Fuse would secretly give the signal to Handa, who got into a tackling position. She then pushed Kayla away from her and once Kayla took a few steps back, Handa would hit Kayla with a blindsided tackle to the outside of the ring. It seemed like the Kiyoko Sisters had the SoCal Connection’s number as Fuse then replaced her foot onto the chest of Ashley. The referee then started the three count.