To Cheat Or Not To Cheat: Battle Bugs (D) vs. Heartbreakers

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Kyoko had picked up some impressive offense on Arachne. And the Heartbreaker was planning to top it off, by attempting an airplane spin on the naughty bug! However, Arachne came through to her senses fast enough in order to formulate a counter. She simply wrapped her hands around Kyoko's waist. Getting a firm enough grip that went Arachne went down....she'd bring her adversary with her!

Of course, both wrestlers hit and mat and took damage, grunting on impact. But Arachne was able to reduce how much of the throw's power went on her, forcing Kyoko to share the brunt of the failed move. Soon enough, Ms. Spyder would push herself up and snap the daze out of her head. She turned to notice that Kyoko was rolled over and was crawling away, but the middleweight was still struggling at the moment. Now was Arachne's chance!

Arachne would aim to pounce on her prey, wanting to stop Kyoko's movements dead in their tracks! If all went her way, Arachne would ensnare Kyoko in a reverse headscissors, though there would be a twist. The spider would preform the move in a way, as to pull her flexible legs up and press them against the back of Kyoko's head. By doing this, Arachne would aim to have her prey's mug smothering against her thick posterior as well! If all went her way, Arachne would snicker, as she preformed this headscissors/butt smother combo move!

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If Kyoko was a less impulsive person, she would probably do more to analyze the folly of her actions. She had been so convinced that she could bring Arachne down with the airplane spin that she hadn't even considered the possibility of a counter - but at the last minute, Arachne had grabbed a hold of her, dragging the two of them down, and leaving Kyoko to absorb the impact. Now, all the aches and pains of Kyoko's landing were beginning to set in - and worse yet, when she had spun herself around and around in circles, she had gotten herself dizzied. Being taken off her feet wouldn't do her any favors either. Now, the whole world was spinning, and all she could do was groan groggily under her breath in the middle of it all - which meant she was left open for Arachne to strike!

Kyoko barely even registered as Arachne rolled on top of her, her body sagging lower into the mat beneath her opponent's weight. But when she did come to, it would be to find the Spider's legs clamped down firmly around her head - and if the encroaching pressure on her temples wasn't bad enough, Kyoko would also find that her face was buried right into Arachne's behind! Her eyes went wide in shock, but her gasp was muffled in her opponent's cheeks - and so was every breath she took, when she was stifled in the firm embrace of the hold! Kyoko tried shaking her head, but she could barely even move with how hard Arachne was holding her. All she could do was to bring up her hands, throwing a few slaps and punches at Arachne's legs before she tried reaching higher to grab at her ankles and try to pry them away from her head. But she knew she'd have to act fast - with Arachne smothering her, her air supply was dwindling fast!

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After countering Kyoko's attempt at an airplane spin, Arachne was given an opportunity to take control of her opponent again! And take control she did! Within moments, Arachne had Kyoko firmly ensnared in a butt smothering headscissors! With those spider legs squeezing her neck and that big, bug booty enveloping he face, Kyoko's air supply was indeed dwindling. Twice as fast to boot! "Mwahahahaaaa! You didn't really think Honie's butt was the only rear you had to fear now?" Arachne rhymed. Though bringing up her tag partner caused a mischievous lightbulb to go off in Arachne's noggin. She turned her head around and winked at Honie, who seemed to understand.

Kyoko was resisting of course, attempting to pry Arachne's legs away by pulling at her ankles. But given that the villain's next plan had already been settled on, Arachne opted to just abandon the hold, before immediately following up. Hoping Kyoko was still dazed from the smothering, Arachne would stand up and pull her prey up with her. Kyoko was bigger than Arachne, but the spider was countering on her prey's likely dazed state. After gripping one of her arms in both hands, Arachne would attempt to fling Kyoko towards Honie, aiming to have the middleweight staggering from an Irish Whip. At the end of which, Honie would be leaning over the ropes to catch tightly catch Kyoko in both arms!

If all went according to plan, Arachne would speedily head towards her partner and tag her in. And in response, Honie would roughly throw Kyoko into the closest corner, hoping to leave her in a seated position. The Battle Bugs were trying to set up another one of their tag team moves, only this time Kyoko was their intended target, instead of Misako! Said move would consist of Honie approaching a supposedly downed Kyoko, turning her massive bee booty towards her, and squatting down to deliver a stinkface on the girl! And after smothering her for a while, Honie would get off and tag Arachne in, so the spider could use her own plump backside to preform the same move! If all went their way, the Battle Bugs would continue this process over and over again, tagging in and out and subjecting poor Kyoko to a series of stinkfaces, using their signature: "Smother Swarm!"

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"MMFF!! Mmff!!" Kyoko was trapped beneath Arachne's rear, and she didn't like it one bit! Her head was pinned to the mat, and her face had all but been swallowed up by the Spider's behind! Any noise she made was muffled and drowned out in the airtight prison she was trapped in. But she was still a Heartbreaker - and as a Heartbreaker, she was committed to fighting back with everything she could! She wouldn't tolerate anyone trying to push her around, and it was hard to imagine a more embarrassing and unflattering predicament than being crushed beneath an opponent's ass with no hope of escape. She wouldn't dare let this last for long - and it was that fierce streak of independence and rebellion that fueled Kyoko as she grabbed at Arachne's ankles to try and yank them off her head!

Surprisingly enough, even when Arachne seemed to have attained the dominant position over Kyoko, and with her fellow delinquent out of the ring, she still abandoned the hold. When Arachne got up from her, a smile crossed Kyoko's face. She was still dizzied from her close brush with unconsciousness - but to her, she had fought back against Arachne's smother and her foe had released it, so it seemed as though her bid for escape had worked! This clearly meant she was strong enough to brute force her way out of the hold, and that she could keep Arachne at bay! The confidence swelled in Kyoko. Riding on the wave of success, she tried to push herself back up...only to immediately flop onto her back when the dizziness caught up to her. For as cocky as Kyoko was, she was still quite dazed.

She would get up, though - courtesy of Arachne, as the Spider lifted her to her feet, and promptly threw her toward Honie! Kyoko was still shaking the cobwebs out of her head, but she was shaken back to her senses to find herself taking off in a sprint, right into the Bee's waiting grasp! The redhead let out a yelp as she felt Honie latch onto her, but before she could do anything, she was hurled once again into a corner, moving too quickly to think about what was happening to her! When she struck the turnbuckle, Kyoko's footing dropped out from under her, and she plummeted into the corner with a thump. Which meant she was in prime position for Honie to shove her rear right into her face!

Once again, Kyoko cried out in dismay, as Honie's fleshy behind came down hard against her face. She tried reaching out to push, grab, and slap at Honie's sides, but it was hopeless - the heavyweight had her firmly pinned in the corner, and she was aiming her shots blindly. And all the air was being crushed out from what little room she had, leaving her whole world hot, dark, and stifling! She would only get a reprieve when Honie stepped off of her, and she doubled over forward under the weight of her own body, panting and heaving for air. Her face was red, and her brow trickled with sweat. But before Kyoko had the chance to so much as catch her breath, Arachne charged back in - slamming her own behind into her face to subject Kyoko to even more smothering!

For Kyoko, the world had fallen away into a seemingly endless vortex of smothering. Each time she had a chance to breathe, she found herself stifled once again as the Battle Bugs traded positions! She wasn't allowed to get up or to breathe, or even to pass out - every time she came close, she was once again released, dragging her ordeal out even further! The whole time, the fans were cheering louder and louder, and laughing at Kyoko's predicament. It looked as though the cheating Heartbreakers were about to get their comeuppance.

However, there was still one person yet unaccounted for - Misako. She had lay there motionless on the outside of the ring long enough, but now, she began to stir, shaking herself and blinking the sleep out of her eyes. Groggily, she reached for her back and groaned through clenched teeth at the aches as she rose back up. But when she looked back in the ring...she was greeted by the sight of her partner trapped in a seemingly endless daisy chain of smothers! At first, Misako couldn't believe what she was seeing. First she blinked a few times with her eyes wide, before she let out a grumble as she rubbed at her temples, asking herself what the Bugs' problem was and what Kyoko had gotten herself into this time. There was one thing she knew, though. She couldn't let this go on any longer. She wasn't about to let the Heartbreakers lose to something so ridiculous. And if Kyoko was in no shape to fight back, she'd just have to take matters into her own hands!

Spotting the baseball bat Kyoko had carried into the arena, Misako armed herself before slipping in under the ropes. She set her sights on where whichever Bug had been tagged in was currently smothering Kyoko, and her eyes narrowed in a piercing glare. Tapping the bat in her hand, she began to step toward her partner...

Only for the referee to step in, his hand raised to hold her back. "Wait! You're not tagged in! Get out of the ring!"

Misako audibly groaned to this. "Oh, yeah, because she can definitely save herself right now, right?"

"Rules are rules!"

Misako spun around to face the ref, locking her eyes on him with a deathly glare. His face paled ans he began to back away, but Misako stormed after him. "Sure, sure. And this is a no-DQ match. So the rules mean I can do this." Whipping herself around, Misako slammed the bat into the side of the referee's head - and in an instant, the official fell limp, collapsing against the mat!

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Arachne was quite happy to have had Kyoko wedged her cheeks, but the Villainess of the Spiderweb soon hatched up a plan to give Kyoko even more booty. MUCH more booty. And what better way to do so, then to get her extra thicc tag tag partner involved! She abandoned her current smother, one that still left Kyoko dazed and stumbling, before Irish Whipping the Heartbreaker towards Honie. "Gotcha!" Honie had buzzed, when she caught Kyoko, before effortlessly yeeting her into the closest corner! Due to the bee's strength, the middleweight had hit the turnbuckle hard, before plopping into a seated position. And with Arachne speeding towards Honie to tag her in, things were only going to get worse for poor Kyoko from here.

"Sorry about this, Kyoko. But it's time for another trip to my booty!" Honie playfully teased, as she got into the ring and approached her downed adversary, shaking her wide hips as she did so. Within moments, Honie had turned around and left her intimidating rear hovering over Kyoko's face. As lovely as Honie's buns where, seeing them moments from smothering the ever-loving daylights out of you was quite a scary sight. Hence why Kyoko cried out in fear once again, before Honie pressed her toned, tough, massive rump against the middleweight's mug! As Honie rubbed her bum down on Kyoko, any attempts the smothered girl made at resisting would be in vain. Honie's huge, hefty, heavyweight hindquarters wouldn't budge.

Honie would eventually get off of her own accord, but it was only so that Arachne could take her turn. As Kyoko suffered the lingering effects of being smothered, she'd look up to see Arachne tagged in and with her own rear in front of her. The spider amped the humiliation, by pulling her leotard up in a wedgie. "Now you shall be terrorized by BUTT!" Arachne cackled, as she backed her own bum up on Kyoko's face, delivering a through stinkface of her own! Despite Arachne being smaller, Honie had certainly weakened Kyoko to the point off being unable to resist the spider's plump backside as well!

Arachne would eventually get up, but the Battle Bugs would continue the pattern. They took turns on Kyoko's face, tagging in and out, subjecting their foe to stinkface after stinkface. This move was called the Smother Swarm for good reason! Thinking their foe would just pass out eventually, Honie naively didn't consider the fact that the constant switching was prolonging Kyoko's torment. While Arachne knew exactly that and wickedly relished in it! But eventually, Arachne would fix her leotard and climb on the ropes to relax, laying back as Honie scrubbed her weapon of a rear on Kyoko face for the God's knew what time.

"Alrighty. Arachne's bored. Stay on her and make her pass out." The spider instructed.
"You got it!" Honie responded, before pressing her buns on Kyoko extra hard. "It's okay. It'll be over soon, Kyoko. Just go nappy wappy!"

But the Battle Bugs were having so much fun, that neither of them noticed that Misako had recovered enough to subtly slip back into the ring. Armed with a baseball bat, she approached Honie who had her eyes closed in pleasure, as she enjoyed the arousal of wedging Kyoko deeper in her sexy cheeks than she ever had before. Thankfully, the diligent referee intervened, but not without a price! The ref's argument with Kyoko caught both Bugs' attention. But the frustrated Misako crossed the line, straight up knocking out the fleeing official with a baseball bat!

"....HEY! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!" Honie yelled at Misako in shock and anger, immediately getting off of Kyoko to check on the referee. In contrast, Arachne wasn't concerned for the ref at all. She snickered at the action, before becoming annoyed that Honie had let Kyoko go.

"Bumble Butt, would you mind doing that heroine junk, AFTER smothering out our opponent." Arachne grumbled, but Honie ignored her. Overwhelmed by concern and compassion, the cutie bee even opted to check on the ref, before attacking Misako. "Are you okay?" Honie buzzed tenderly, squatting down to gently tap the ref. Arachne eyes widened, as she realized Honie's impulsiveness had left her in a vulnerable position in front of Misako, who was still armed and dangerous! Arachne didn't care about the ref, but she sure did care about her bestie! "HONIE NO!" Arachne shouted out, trying and warn her dear friend!

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It seemed that with every smother the Battle Bugs subjected Kyoko to, the fans could only cheer louder and louder - the whole arena had been whipped up into a frenzy, celebrating what looked to be an unforgettable end to the match! There had been plenty of back and forth up to this point, and the Heartbreakers had plenty of time to shine - whether or not it was the Honie's, or the referee's, liking. But now, it was the Bugs who had taken control - and they had Kyoko locked down in a display of dominance and team effort that was every bit as spectacular as it was embarrassing! When she was caught in a seemingly endless whirlwind of smother after smother, with barely any time to breathe in between them, Kyoko was swiftly falling into a daze. Her entire world had given way to a never-ending procession of butt after butt, and when she was already weakened from the Bugs' offense, she didn't have the strength left in her to fight back! Her eyes had rolled back into her head, and her body slumped low in the corner against its own weight and slack. Little more than a hoarse groan left her throat. Even when she wasn't actively being smothered, she barely had the strength to put in the effort to breathe. For all anyone knew, she'd passed out some time ago, and the referee hadn't gotten the chance to check! But no one cared when they were witnessing such a spectacular finish!

At least, they thought it was the finish. Anyone could be forgiven for thinking that Misako was out of action after the nasty fall she'd taken, and the action in the ring had been so thrilling to direct anyone's thoughts far away from how she was faring. Even when she stepped back into the ring, like a magician's art of misdirection, few noticed her when they could only focus on the Bugs - that was, until the loud crack of baseball bat hitting human skull filled the arena.

At that, everything stopped. The fans fell silent, staring down at the referee lying unconscious beneath Misako, as the dark-haired delinquent looked up to settle a cold glare on Honie and Arachne. So too did the Bugs stop what they were doing. Honie was quick to whip herself into an outrage when she saw what Misako had done, but she rolled her eyes just as she rolled her head back over her shoulder to limber herself up. She was still sore in places, but that clearly wasn't the biggest issue right now.

"Why?" she grumbled. "First of all, if you thought I was going to play by the rules, you're dumber than you look. Second, you're not the ref, so you can't do anything about it. Third, even if you were, this match is no-DQ, so why was he here anyway? Could've saved himself the trouble and the medical bills if he'd stayed home." She shrugged, letting out a huff. "Buuuuut, if you so insist..."

Despite Arachne's attempts to warn her partner of the danger, Honie was already moving in to check on the fallen official. And at that, Misako flashed her a smirk. This was working out even better than she'd hoped. Honie was so determined to stand up for what she felt was right - even though, if she was going to do that, Misako had to ask why she'd agreed to a no-DQ match at all - that she was going to stop pressing her advantage in order to attend to the referee. Which meant she was walking right into Misako's trap, with her guard down! Misako hadn't accounted for her making such a blunder...but she wasn't going to stop a good thing!

As Honie bent down, a wicked grin flashed across the delinquent's face, and she cleared her throat. "Ahem, as Kyoko would say...steeeeeeeerike two!!" If Kyoko had said that, Misako would have pointed out that she was getting her baseball analogies confused, but that didn't matter here. What mattered was that Honie was bent down in front of her, with the back of her head wide open. And as Misako held her weapon aloft, she was about to bring the bat right down on it, hard!

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Arachne honestly agreed with Misako's logic that this was a no disqualification match, so a referee really had no place being here. And the Heartbreaker served to rectify this, by brutally knocking the ref out cold with a baseball bat! Honie could at least appreciate Misako wanting to help her smothered friend out. After all, Kyoko had saved Misako from the Battle Bugs' other tag team move, even if both of them opted to cheat to do so. But attacking an official in such a brutal matter was crossing the line! While Honie wanted to make Misako pay for this, her first instinct as a heroine was to check on the ref's well-being. But bending down to do so had left the bee in the perfect position for Misako to strike!

"GAAAAH!" Honie cried, as Misako brought down the baseball bat hard on the back of the bee's noggin! Beatrice fell down face-first, seemingly laying lifeless, right next to the official she was trying to check on. "Nghhh..." The heavyweight eventually groaned. She was a lot tougher than the ref of course. She wasn't quite knocked out. But she certainly was dazed and banged up, with a painful bump left under her hair! "Okay! That's it!" Arachne declared, jumping down from the ropes and reaching into her Thorax Backpack. From there, she pulled smoke bombs out and yeeted them at Misako! The gas was non-irritating to the eyes and nasal caviaties, as to not damage Honie. But the gas would still do its job in cloaking half the ring, blocking everyone's vision!

Though from outside the smoke, Arachne could see her partner's silhouette. The spider approached the bee and grabbed one of Honie's ankles, before dragging her to the other side of the ring, clear of the gas. "That should buy us some time." Arachne grumbled, before putting Honie leg down to check on her. "You okay, hero?"

Honie slowly sat up, before she rubbed the back of her dome. "Ughh... My head." The face groaned. "But I can still fight." The bee then noticed the gas on the other side of the ring. "W-Wait. You can't-"

Arachne put her finger over her friends lips. "You're welcome for saving you." Arachne said, calling attention to the spider's motives. "Come on now. Arachne thought we agreed I could do whatever I want, as long as our opponents cheated first. And they've been cheating plenty."

"Thank you, my friend." Honie blushed, a bit embarrassed. "I'm sorry Arachne. It's just that-"

"Arachne knows. Arachne knows. Abiding by the ring rules, fighting justly and honorably is important to you. But this is a no DQ match. Things were bound to get chaotic here. And chaos is Arachne's thing! Our team leader's not here, so let Arachne serve as second-in-command here. Rules don't matter now, but Arachne's got this! Misako's got a weapon now, but losing is not an option. Do you wanna go back to Antonia and tell her we lost our team's debut match? She'd NEVER shut up about it."

"F-Fair point." Honie chucked, before managing to stand to her feet. "Okay girl. I trust you... Hey. Did you also pull the ref to safety, btw?"

"What? No. Arachne doesn't care about that clown. And besides, your extra thicc behind is heavy enough for me to haul around already. HehHeh!"

"I'll buzzing take care of it..." Honie grumbled, before quickly going back into the smoke cloud to grab the ref. She gently placed him down on the ring apron, so his body wouldn't get caught up in any of the action. Once the ref was safe, the gas would finally fade away. The Battle Bugs would stand in the ring together and face down the Heartbreakers to prepare to fight again. Honie was still a legal wrestler, though Arachne was still in the ring too. Only this time, Honie wouldn't tell her heel friend to abide by the rules and get back on the ring apron. Arachne would step forward, symbolizing that she was taking charge now.

"You heartbreaking ding dongs like to play dirty, and Arachne feels ya! But now that the foolish ref has been K.O'ed and discarded like the trash he is, ready to see some REAL chaos?!" Arachne snickered. Honie pouted slightly when her partner insulted the ref, but otherwise let Arachne do her thing. As the next phase of this bout began!

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Misako knew that Honie was going to get in her face about her underhanded tactics in taking out the referee, but she didn't care. She had been lectured to by plenty of stuck-up rule-abiders before, and she regarded Honie with just as much respect as she did any of the others...which was to say, not much at all! All those people did was get in the way and stop her fun. The referee was going to do that. Honie was going to do that too. And if Honie was going to just stay there and yell at her, so much more the better - it meant Misako had nothing to stand in her way as she swung straight for the heavyweight's head!

As Honie collapsed in a heap, Misako huffed, leaning back a little on the bat as she used it to hold herself straight. "Figures," she muttered to herself. "You complain about people cheating in a no-DQ match, don't be surprised when it gets used against you." However, Misako would quickly swerve around to look back at Arachne as the Spider called out a challenge of her own. Indeed, this was a no-DQ match, but with a referee there, there would at least be someone to try and keep things from getting out of hand. Now, though? Now, all bets were off. Arachne would have no one to try and talk her down from tossing her smoke bombs into the ring - and Misako wouldn't even see such an unconventional move coming!

The delinquent barely had a second to act before the bombs touched down on the mat. "What the-!?" she blurted out - just before they burst, filling the ring with smoke! At once, Misako dropped her bat, instead grabbing at her throat as she coughed and gagged. She did what she could to cover her face, but the smoke burned at her eyes and its foul taste sank into her throat. She staggered around blindly; she couldn't see through the smoke well enough to even tell where her opponents were, but she did know that she wasn't going to let them get away with this for long! She had to admit, smoke bombs were a new one, and the Bugs got points for creativity. But she could appreciate that later, when she wasn't concerned about the match she had to win!

At last, after some waving of Misako's arms, the last smoke billowed away, leaving Arachne in sight of the dark-haired girl. Misako still heaved for breath, buckling at the knees - but in an instant, she was reminded of why she was here, and she pushed herself back up, and her eyes locked onto Arachne with a fiery glare! Her hands balled into fists, and she puffed out her chest as she took a step closer to the Spider. Now that the ref was out, it was time for the next round to begin - and now that there was nothing off the table, Misako wasn't going to go in lightly!

"Real chaos, you say?" She pounded her fist against her palm and cracked her knuckles. "Then bring it on! That's how the Heartbreakers roll - and we'll show you some chaos, all right!" Misako hadn't even finished her sentence before she lunged closer, whipping her fist out toward Arachne to try and catch her with a hard hook to the jaw!

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After the smokescreen cleared, the next phase of the match began. A match with no disqualifications, no rules, and thanks to the actions of Misako: no referee! This wasn't Honie's type of match at all, but it was Arachne's! Which is why the spider opted to take the lead now, since both of the Bugs' opponents were also in their element. Arachne grinned widely, when Misako got fiery and competitive. The spider readied herself, as Misako came at her to try and slug her. But Honie had her own plans. The Heroine of the Beehive would step in front of her tag partner, before aiming to catch Misako's fist in her hand. If that worked, she'd lift Misako off her feet by her wrist and squeeze it very, very hard.

"Your fight is with me, girlfriend..." Honie said in an intimidating tone, glaring daggers at her adversary. The killer bee was still very much livid at Misako to knocking out the ref. And if she had anything to say about it, this thuggish deed would not go unpunished! Assuming Misako couldn't stop her in time, Honie would effortlessly sling the middleweight clean over her head, before slamming her back-first onto the mat!

While Honie fought Misako, Arachne would go after Kyoko. Sure, she wasn't a "legal" opponent. But with the ref gone, Arachne could turn this in Tornado Tag Match if she wanted to. Assuming Kyoko was still out of it from all the smothering she had taken, Arachne would approach the downed middleweight, while reaching back into her Thorax Backpack. From there, she'd start with something silly, but effectively immobilizing none the less. "Coochy coochy coo, girl!" Arachne would tease with a mischievous smile. Pulling out a tickle feather, Arachne would aim to mercilessly tickle whatever part of Kyoko she was able to, desiring to turn Kyoko into a compromised, laughing mess!

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Misako didn't care who she would have to deal with. Whether it was Honie or Arachne, she was all but convinced she could take on either! She'd certainly become well acquainted with Honie's size and strength, but that did little to intimidate her. Misako had brawled against larger foes plenty of times before, and she had the scrappy energy and defiant spirit to power through whatever they threw at her. Now that the referee was out of the picture, even what little influence the officials could have over this match was out the window - and when Misako had no hesitations about fighting dirty, that could only work in her favor. Even as Honie stepped in front of Arachne, Misako didn't slow down - it just looked like her punch would find a new target!

But it didn't reach Honie at all. Or rather, when it did, the bee was ready. Misako's fist planted squarely into the heavyweight's palm, leaving her blinking a couple of times as she tried to parse through what had happened. And then, her questions would be answered - as Honie grabbed her hard by the wrist and yanked her up from the mat! Misako threw her head back with a pained scream as she felt all the force of Honie's grip come down around her wrist, causing her bones and tendons to creak. She knew she was strong, but not this strong! Now, her entire body was dangling from her grasp, causing her joints to stretch under the force of gravity - before Honie whipped her overhead, slamming her back into the mat! Misako cried out as the breath was driven from her lungs, her legs kicking into the air. With her teeth tightened in a grimace, she rolled to her side, clutching at her shoulder and panting as she tried to nurse the pain.

Kyoko's punishment would take a far different turn. She was still dazed, crumpled against the mat with her eyes glazed over and her body limp and heavy. But when Arachne bent down to tickle her, that would stir her back to her senses! She wriggled back and forth, at first unconsciously, but as the sensation shook her back awake, she began to writhe faster and harder as she started laughing uncontrollably. "Ahahaha, hey, hey-!! That tickles! Stop it-!!" Her legs, too, began to kick in the air - she wasn't even consciously trying to knock Arachne off of her so much as she was reeling from being tickled. But if she did...she wouldn't complain!