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

[CaptainL]

Match Type: No-Holds-Barred Handicap Tag Match
Rules: Victory by submission, pinfall, or knockout. No disqualifications apply.

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If one was to list what the Heartbreakers were known for, chief among those things would be their propensity to start trouble and their aims of positing themselves at the top of LAW's tag division, without a care to what anyone else thought about them in the process. Tonight, they were out for just those purposes. With Jonathan Steele, Ryan Brown, and William Ashworth making their way to LAW - all of them fixtures of USPW, and all of them established wrestlers with respectable careers in their own right - Sachiko saw an opportunity she couldn't pass up. If her team could defeat theirs, it would prove to the world they were superior to whatever a bunch of washed-up veterans could accomplish. After all, what had they done to get as much attention on them as they had enjoyed? All they needed to do was beat them, and they'd prove that the Heartbreakers surpassed whatever legacy they might have had!

...Of course, it was to no small degree that Sachiko's confidence in the opposing team's ineffectuality was grounded in her refusal to do any research on them beforehand, and she was just assuming that anyone who had wrestled this long had to be past their prime. But she was already sure they had this in the bag. Not only were the Heartbreakers ruthless rulebreakers allowed free reign to do as they wanted in a No Holds Barred match, they outnumbered their opponents, thanks to William still recovering from the injuries he'd incurred thanks to Thereisa Niedermeyer. Sachiko couldn't help but look out from the locker room with a grin on her face as she peered through the curtain, and she couldn't keep herself from chuckling, even if she tried to stifle it. This was going to be great; she already knew it!

"You know," Misako pointed out as she hung behind her partner with her arms crossed and a disapproving stare, "these guys are still actively wrestling. I don't think you understand what we're up against."

"Big deal...you're saying you're doubting us?"

"I know I'm not!~" Kyoko chirped enthusiastically, causing Misako to let out a sigh.

"The following match is scheduled for one fall, under No Holds Barred stipulations! Coming first to the ring, at a combined weight of four hundred and twenty pounds...THE HEARTBREAKERS!!"

Spoiler

As the ring announcer called their entrance, the Heartbreakers' logo lit up across the big screen as the lights dimmed, and the three delinquents stepped out onto the entrance ramp in black leather jackets with the same logo emblazoned on the back. Sachiko led from the front, her arms held out at her sides, while Kyoko and Misako hung behind her, eyeing the crowds carefully. Many of the fans booed them, but Sachiko kept a grin on her face all the while - she knew an easy victory when she saw one!

Sachiko Koizumi

Kyoko Kobashi

Misako Enjoji

The girls shed their jackets as they stepped into the ring, with Kyoko and Misako remaining on the apron while Sachiko slipped through the ropes. She moved over to the center of the canvas, where she took the microphone from a ring announcer who was quick to step out of their way as she turned to the crowd.

"Yoo, LAW! Just in case anyone out there had any doubts about us...tonight, we're gonna prove we're no one to fuck with! All you USPW guys - Jonathan, Ryan, William, oh, sorry, William's not even here because he's that much of a loser - no one cares who you are! Especially not me! You might've done some stuff in the past, but you're over the hill! This is the present - and it's a present where you're gonna get your asses handed to ya! When we're through with you, we'll have an even bigger notch on our belt now that everyone knows we've taken down such big names, in case anyone needed another reason to be afraid of us! So why don'cha step right up and do your part to show the world that the Heartbreakers deserve the number-one spot in the tag division?"

Misako leaned in to whisper to Sachiko. "Erm...you realize that you're saying they're nobodies, but that beating them will also be a big win because of their reputation. You see the problems in your argument, right? I hope?"

"Shush. I got this!" The crowd was now booing the Heartbreakers even louder now that they'd called out established names in the wrestling world. But Sachiko certainly didn't care. She was just waiting for her opponents to show up so that she could get this show on the road.

[Pegasus]

As The Heartbreakers were busy soaking in the hatred of the crowd, the screen suddenly produced loud static and the crowd was instantly drawn to the noise. The screen produced sounds throughout the static like chains rattling and dragging across the floor, creepy whispers, and a few male chuckles before they deformed to evil demonic laughter. A few ringside workers were perplexed at the noises as they were all set to play Ryan’s normal theme, but their buttons were not working. Suddenly, the lights go dark in the arena as everyone, even the Heartbreakers, were perplexed by the situation. The static stopped as the screen went dark and then showed a video in an eerie room of Jonathan with his back turned.

He wore a nice black suit, a white dress shirt, and purple tie as he turned around revealing himself to be wearing sunglasses. Jonathan smirked as he looked into the camera.

“Sachiko Koizumi, big talk for someone so dumb and idiotic. You chose this path and condemned your friends to a life of sin. What a poor choice for you. Now, they suffer along with yourself. I hope it was worth it. Because after tonight, you’ll truly experience a heartbreak,” Jonathan explained as he took off his glasses and revealed his red glass lenses covering his eyes.

The screen goes dark again as red smoke started popping up near the upper left corner gathering the girls’ attention. The light come up to reveal Ryan Brown standing atop the corner wearing red and white face paint on his face dressed in dark brown trunks and boots as he wore a necklace. Upon closer inspection of this necklace, they each had a doll dangling from the ring as accessories to it. Although, these weren’t normal dolls. They resembled each of the Heartbreakers with soulless expressions on their faces.

Also, the crowd was shocked to see Lyra Heartfield near ringside wearing a dark blue cloak as she kept her face hidden. She started murmuring chants to herself and kept a beaded necklace near her. Jonathan would be seen in front of the commentary table behind the Heartbreakers as he wore a sleeveless black shirt with three red claw marks on the back, black fingerless gloves, black shorts, and black sneakers with red eyes on each shoe. Jonathan got on the apron and he snickered to himself before entering the ring towering over the three girls.

“Ready for war, ladies?”

[CaptainL]

Sachiko was expecting the veterans to make their way down the ramp, and for her and her partners in crime to have a good laugh at how utterly hopeless they were against their team of ruthless street brawlers who were taking LAW by storm. But nothing could have prepared her for what came instead. When the static took over the big screen and the harrowing sounds played from the speakers, at first Sachiko jumped up with a gasp, only to quickly bite her lip and clear her throat, straightening her neckerchief to try and compose herself. She would never be caught dead actually being scared of anything, of course, especially not some stupid stock sounds! She just hoped that the cameras didn't catch too much of that...

Nevertheless, she and her teammates all turned their heads up to look at the screen as Jonathan came up on it. Sachiko bit her lip, folding her arms and narrowing her eyes as she shot a glare back in his direction. "Hmmph, yeah, big deal...nice try looking cool, ya big nerd, but I betcha can't see shit wearing sunglasses in a dark room-!" Even as she said it, though, her eyelid twitched, and she took a step closer to Kyoko and Misako, the hairs standing on the back of her neck. Even if it was just to feel comfortable in her own self-image, she wanted to call it all stupid, to talk back, to snap at Jonathan and tell him he was just some edgy tryhard...but she couldn't convince herself of that. Sachiko couldn't shake the feeling that there was something very wrong here. This wasn't the fight she had bargained for when she had called Jonathan and his crew out on Twitter...this was something very different.

Suddenly, the moment Jonathan finished his speech, smoke began to billow upward from the ring, causing each of the Heartbreakers to look over in its direction. And when the smoke cleared, they were staring up at Ryan, but not a Ryan any of them knew from any of the videos they'd seen of his matches. He had just...shown up there, like it was out of thin air. The rational part of their brains would tell them that he could have snuck up on them in the darkness while they were distracted by Jonathan's video, but the rational parts of their brains weren't working right now - not as they saw the dolls dangling from Ryan's neck, and not as their blood ran cold as they recognized each of their faces on them. Not as they saw Lyra watching them and muttering to herself in tones they couldn't understand, with no idea of why she was here, or what she had planned. And not as Jonathan suddenly appeared behind them; they hadn't even noticed he was there until they heard his footsteps, but when they spun back around to see him looming high overhead as he climbed up to the apron, they realized the unthinkable: that even after all their work building themselves up as a threat, despite all their posturing and boasting, now they were truly out of their league.

Things passed in a long and awkward silence as the Heartbreakers stared back at Jonathan with pale faces and wide eyes. No one knew what to say. For the first time in ages, Sachiko was left facing an opponent that she didn't feel prepared for - and it was that realization that truly sent a chill running down her spine.

But, she soon reminded himself, they were the Heartbreakers - and they would never shrink back in fear! No matter what they were up against, they were the type to laugh in the face of danger, to prove that they would never be forced to back down! If there was ever a time to prove that, it would be now! Sucking in a breath, Sachiko brought her fists together, standing tall as she stepped up to look Jonathan in the eye. And even as her eye twitched again as she locked onto the red eyes glaring back at hers, she straightened her back to issue a few words in response.

"Big talk...you don't even know who you're picking a fight with..! Right, ladies?"

Misako nodded her head, keeping a steady glare on the opposing team, though she didn't say anything. Kyoko began to whisper "Uh, are we..?", but Misako elbowed her in the side, reminding her that if there ever was a time to show weakness this definitely wasn't it. Regardless, Sachiko stood as tall as she could, taking steady breaths to try and focus herself. She just had to think, she told herself; she could still do this...

[Pegasus]

Jonathan met Sachiko’s glare as he just smiled mischievously as he quickly put an arm around the leader of the Heartbreaker’s shoulders. This confused the referee who wanted to get this match on the road, but Jonathan strolled along the mat with his opponent as he took her baseball bat inspecting it.

“Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd, buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks, I don’t care if I ever go back,” Jonathan sang as he took a few practice swings with Sachiko’s bat. “For it is one, two, three strikes you’re out at the ol’ ball game!”

On that last musical verse, Jonathan swung the bat just out of reach of Sachiko’s face to empathize three strikes in a normal game of baseball. Jonathan laughed as he threw the bat at her feet and the referee took that as a sign to call for the bell. Ryan strolled forward with his staff in hand looking down Sachiko’s cohorts ready for battle. Jonathan joined him back to back as Lyra slid in a steel chair as Jonathan carried up his weapon, but instead of defending himself, he set out the chair to sit in and look in Sachiko’s eyes.

“Have a nice beach day with your girlfriend? I know you two might be close. Too bad she doesn’t believe in you to get the job done.”

[CaptainL]

Sachiko had lowered herself into a stance. She was bent at the knees, her feet apart, her fists clenched, and her eyes trained ahead on her opponent. As she squeezed her fists tighter, the muscles rippled through her arms, the tension firming up her body. By all means, she was ready for a fight; she was coiled and prepared to strike out at any moment, just to prove to Jonathan that she wouldn't let him intimidate her.

...but that didn't even seem to cross his mind. Instead of meeting Sachiko on his own terms, he simply took her by the arm, guiding her around the ring to scoop up the baseball bat she had left in the corner and looking it over. At first, the delinquent blinked a few times. None of this made sense - what was he doing, and what was his purpose? Surely, he could see this wasn't the time. Was he...mocking her?! Yes, that had to be it! As the realization set in, Sachiko's confusion turned to outrage. She focused a glare on Jonathan, her fists trembling and her brow furrowing. She did not enjoy being mocked like this, and she would make that known!

"Heeey, knock it off!" she shouted, reaching up to grab at the bat but finding it just out of reach every time, as Jonathan held it over her head like a schoolyard bully with a ball. Some fans in the crowd had begun to chuckle at the sight - something that just made Sachiko grumble more - but when everything else about their entrance felt so off, so unnatural, the only laughter was strained and awkward, as though no one knew whether to laugh or not. But Sachiko knew what she felt - she was through with this!

As soon as the bell rang, and the bat landed at her feet, Sachiko bent down to grab it. When she looked up, it was with a narrowed glare knocked onto Jonathan, and she tapped the bat in the palm of her hand a few times, ready to strike. Even now, with him sitting down calmly and staring at her like he didn't even consider her a threat, it seemed like he was mocking her! After all of his taunts and teasing, Sachiko knew she wanted to get back at him. She knew she wanted him to think twice before he messed with her again. She was going to make sure his punishment would be swift. And she was just about to swing the bat straight for his head...right when he brought up her last outing with Veronika Noir.

"...huhhh?!" Sachiko froze in her tracks. The color drained away from her face as she lowered the bat, staring back at Jonathan with a wide-eyed stare. How did he know about that? She thought that moment had been a private one between the two of them, for them to partake in one another's company and to plot out their next move. She hadn't told a soul. And yet...he knew?

"How...how do you..?" Sachiko didn't know what she was dealing with. She didn't know how much Jonathan already knew about her - let alone how he knew it in the first place! Was it even possible for him to find out? And if that was true, what else was he capable of?

In that moment, she froze. And in that moment, she had let down her guard. The bell had already rung, the match had started, but Sachiko wasn't doing anything!

"HEY, GENIUS! DO SOMETHING-!" Misako cried to her leader - but Sachiko didn't seem like she'd respond any time soon.

[Pegasus]

Jonathan sat there as he had Sachiko right where he wanted her and he just laughed like a maniac. Sachiko just stood there with her bat held high like she could strike him down, but Jonathan’s psychological mind tricks clicked the right switch in her brain. Ryan swung his staff to strike the other Heartbreakers in the head as he focused on Misako bashing her three times in the head with his staff. He turned to Kyoko and sent a Clothesline into her neck making both girls seem like rag dolls.

The audience were stunned as they expected The Heartbreakers to be a bit more dominate even at the beginning of this match, but their leader wasn’t responding to Jonathan’s antics and wasn’t even dropping everything to help her teammates. Misako was thrown out of the ring by Ryan and he stalked Kyoko waiting for her to get up as he ran the ropes going for a Dropkick taking down the redhead even more. Ryan then got the younger girl up whipping her into the corner as he ran hitting a Corner Forearm Smash to her face.

Jonathan looked at Sachiko as he went further into her mind and tried prying more doors to open.

“You love her, don’t you? Or do you see her as just a piece of meat to stick under that belt? Are you the one who wears the pants in that relationship? Or is she the leader? For someone who leads a group not caring about their emotions, you are awfully affectionate towards your supposed rival,” Jonathan explained.

Jonathan got up and towered over Sachiko as he made his way towards her making her back up in a slightly frightened manner. Jonathan curled his smile into a frown and glared her down hard.

“Let me make one thing clear, Koizumi. I don’t exist in your world….you trespass in mine. Now, you’re gonna realize the error of your ways. You want to try your hand against the devil? DO SOMETHING AND FIND OUT IF YOU’RE BRAVE THEN! DO IT! DO IT!” Jonathan screamed in her face to goad her into attacking using his psychological warfare on her mind.

[CaptainL]

In any other match, Sachiko would have led the charge right from the outset. She was fierce, bold, and aggressive; that had dominated her style from the day she first set foot in the ring. She was out to prove the dominance of both herself and the Heartbreakers as LAW's next top faction, and she saw every match as an opportunity to make herself known. But something was different, here. With his presence alone, Joanathan had managed to make even someone as confident as Sachiko hesitate, forcing her to question what she was doing. And that was just what Jonathan needed.

Suddenly, behind Sachiko, Ryan struck. The other members of the Heartbreakers barely had any time to prepare themselves as he swung his staff for Misako's head, causing her to double over forward with a groan of pain as she clutched at her aching temples. Seeing her partner go down, Kyoko spun around to interject - but she couldn't even get a word in before Ryan charged into her with a clothesline delivered with enough force to fold her spine backward with a crack, making her stumble back against the ropes as she sputtered and gagged.

Misako was soon to follow as Ryan tossed her out of the ring, sending her sprawling to the floor below. Even as Kyoko had begun to pick herself back up, Ryan was quickly able to knock her back down with a dropkick. Kyoko fell off her feet, her back hitting the mat with a thud as she gasped for air - but a second later she was back up, as Ryan proceeded to run her into the corner and subject her to a forearm that plowed into her face with a smack. The air knocked out of her, she began to crumple, skidding down the corner post to slump against it in a seated position as she let out a groan, her head spinning faster than she could keep up with.

Sachiko could hear the commotion behind her, and she spun around with a gasp, watching as her teammates were being subjected to Ryan's assault. She might have been confused, she might have been distracted, but this was enough to shake her back to reality - and her teeth clenched as her eyebrows narrowed into a glare. "HEY!! Cut that out! You looking to get your skull kicked in, asshole!?" she spat, punctuating her growl with a stomp at the canvas. No one messed with the Heartbreakers around Sachiko and got away with it - and she was ready to fulfill her duties as gang leader to step in for them, as she clutched her bat tighter, now swinging around to face Ryan.

But once again, before she could strike, Jonathan said something else - something else that cut right through her armor, and chilled her to the bone. She froze up in place, every muscle going rigid as he once again brought up her feelings toward Veronika. She blushed at the thought of their private affairs leaking out - but what shook her even more was how Jonathan knew what she truly hid from the world, and what she feared being known. Sachiko was independent, she forged her own path; no one was going to stand in her way, or tell her what to do. But, in her private moments with Veronika, she had submitted herself to her, and given herself over to her control. It had been exciting, it was tantalizing - it was a betrayal of everything Sachiko knew about herself, but it made her curious nonetheless. She knew what such a scandal could do to her image, and she wasn't about to share it with anyone. But somehow...Jonathan knew. And at this most inopportune of times, he was making Sachiko question what she thought she knew so well about herself - if she really was as dominant and aggressive as she wanted to be.

"W-What...the hell are you talking about-!?" Sachiko's eyelid twitched as she turned around to face Jonathan, but no matter how much she tried to feign ignorance, it was still all too clear his words had rattled her, from the wavering in her voice and the pallor that took over her face as a cold sweat ran down her temple. Jonathan drew closer, and Sachiko had no choice but to take a step back, shuddering. His very presence, now, made her cringe from just how wrong it felt. Sachiko thought she feared no man. But this...this was something else.

He stared straight into her eyes as he loomed above her, and her body tensed, trembling as she bit at her lip to try and steady herself. Jonathan had found the gap in Sachiko's armor, and he was driving a knife straight into it, targeting all her fears, her very desire to be so tough and unflappable. If Sachiko wanted to retain her dignity, she was going to have to make a move. And Jonathan was all but daring her to do that. It was dangerous, no doubt - he was giving her the invitation, as though he wasn't the least bit afraid, and this whole time he had been commanding her every action without throwing a single punch. What, then, could he do when he did start fighting?

All those thoughts were going through Sachiko's head. As Jonathan's voice grew louder and louder, her heart began to pound faster and faster, and a heat took over her body as her adrenaline surged. But soon, she realized, there was no use in listening to her fears. Her eyes narrowed and her teeth clenched as she stepped up to face Jonathan, her fist clenching tightly at her side. She couldn't be afraid. She wouldn't dare let herself feel fear! If it was a fight he wanted...he was going to get it! At the end of the day, she was still the Boss of the Heartbreakers, and she would never turn her back on that! She had to make a move, just to prove him wrong!

"Why don't you just SHUT UP!?!" Sachiko screamed, crying out in an attempt to defy everything Jonathan had said to her. She pulled back her fist and threw it forward as hard as she could, aimed squarely for the man's face!

Meanwhile, Misako was beginning to pick herself off the mat. As she rose up to a seated position, with one hand on the ring apron to brace herself, she clutched at her ribs, wincing in pain - but when she looked up to see Kyoko taking a beating at Ryan's hands, she knew she couldn't sit by and watch any more. She had to stand up, for her friend, her gang, and for what little honor she had! Growling under her breath, she pushed herself up off the apron to perform a cartwheel into the ring, where she would go to get behind Ryan in an attempt to deliver a kick to his back!

[Pegasus]

Jonathan had the high ground against Sachiko and made her question everything. How he knew about her and Veronika was simple enough: rewatching their ridiculous matches, them coming together as a new tag team, and even hearing news reports of two delinquents drag racing throughout Tokyo. It was virtually impossible not to know these two had a special connection with one another, but as for knowing about their private affairs, Jonathan’s psychological investigation just handled that work for him. It was cute….seeing Sachiko retreating from him as he knew the fear of doubt had started swelling up, but it could only last before Sachiko’s defiance returned to their control panel. The leader of the Heartbreakers was standing back up to him and reached back to snap a fist right across his jaw.

Jonathan’s sneered as the pain got to him and he let out a small growl of irritation feeling his jaw for a moment before sputtering into another laughing fit hunching over. It was normal for him to feel pain, but his laughter was the best medicine and his coping mechanism to let the pain drive away. However, he saw Ryan get nailed in the back with a cartwheel kick by Misako making him lean across the ropes and Kyoko would seemingly be helped up as he faced down all three Heartbreakers knowing getting him out of the way was more important than Ryan at the moment.

Jonathan turned his smile into a strict frown and grabbed his steel chair to sit in it. He pondered over his next moves and nodded at the women standing with defiant glares at him.

“Fair play, ladies. Fair play. However, look at how easy it was to take you three down. I’ve exposed you all for the frauds you are! Now, who’s going to fear the Heartbreakers when they can laugh instead?! Laugh at the failures you’ll be!” Jonathan exclaimed as he went back on his psychological offensive.

Jonathan snapped his fingers and tried using a method he knew would work just as well as it did in the past. It was a technique studied to make people face their worst fears by having them pretend they were in front of it. He knew the Heartbreakers’ worst fear…..that no one would fear them. It was like a form of hypnosis and a way to make people believe that stuff was there in front of them when nothing was. If successful, the Heartbreakers would start to hear audience laughter in their heads and face their worst fear head on.

[CaptainL]

Jonathan had been stoking the rage in Sachiko. Every second that passed while she listened to his voice, she could feel her muscles growing tense, desperate to lash out at something. The heat was rising in her, and her heart began to pound faster and faster as the adrenaline rush took hold. She knew she was being mocked, belittled, talked down to - and all of those things were giving her all that much more motivation to fight back, just to prove him wrong. She needed to prove that she wasn't afraid, and that nothing he could possibly do could make her afraid...whether or not that was true.

Sachiko's fist cracked out across Jonathan's jaw. She felt the thump of his face against her knuckles, and as she drew her fist back, rubbing at it, she looked back up, at first in surprise. It had seemed like such obvious bait that she was convinced he just had to have something up his sleeve, daring her to attack so that he could spring a trap on her. Even when Sachiko had let the anger consume her, she still had that fear in the back of her mind. But she...had hit him. He didn't dodge, he didn't counter, he didn't grab her fist as it came. Had it actually...worked?

But Sachiko's relief was short-lived. Jonathan didn't recoil in pain; instead, he keeled over forward, laughing with glee! It was as if her blow hadn't even fazed him, at least as far as she was concerned. She stood there, her mouth hanging agape as she looked back at him in shock. "W-What in the!? What IS this!? What are you made of-!?"

Having dealt with Ryan, Kyoko and Misako came to take their leader's side. Both of them glowered at Jonathan, prepared to back Sachiko up; Kyoko made a fist with one hand and pounded it against the palm of the other one. They had had enough of his tricks, and it was time they all put a stop to them. Yet, no matter if Jonathan was outnumbered, with one of LAW's most fearsome stables staring him down, it didn't even seem to bother him. He simply sat down, remarking at how easy it had been to strike a blow against them all.

At this, Sachiko's eyes narrowed into a glare, her teeth bared in a snarl. "What!?" she barked. "Hell no, you didn't! You can't say that - you just used dirty tricks! That doesn't...that doesn't count! Right? Er...right?"

Sachiko looked back and forth between Kyoko and Misako, as though looking for confirmation. But she wouldn't get it from them. The two girls knew just as much as Sachiko did that that was no excuse - this was a No Holds Barred match, so there was nothing stopping Jonathan and Ryan from doing what they did. Hell, Jonathan's psychological warfare wasn't even illegal at all. And perhaps worst of all, the Heartbreakers were no strangers to cheating and fighting dirty to get their way - any objections they might have had about fairness were hollow and hypocritical. When Sachiko turned to her teammates, all she met were faces as blank and wide-eyed as her own. Their worst fears had come true - they had been outdone.

Then, the laughter started. Sachiko stood up straighter at first, and she turned to Jonathan with a hateful glare; it was him who had egged the crowd on like this, after all - it was his fault! But it was all coming from the fans, so they were the ones she had to deal with. She spun around to the crowd to jab a finger in their direction. "YOU SHUT UP!" she screamed. "Nngh...you think he's right!? Just...shut UP! We'll prove him wrong, just you wait-! Just you fuckin' wait!"

"C-Come on, guys!" Kyoko protested. "We didn't even do anything funny!"

"I...I'll go up there and kick all your asses if I have to-!" Misako chimed in - but she stammered nonetheless, already feeling second thoughts form at the back of her mind.

Then, the laughter grew louder. All the girls heard it loud and clear. It bored right into their skulls, almost seeming like it was echoing all around their brains. No matter how much they tried to block it out, clasping their hands to their ears, letting out pained roars, it only seemed to get louder and louder, faster and more frantic. Sachiko fell to one knee, clawing at her hair in frustration. "Stop it-!! Just...just STOP it!" she shouted - and when that didn't work, her cries grew to be directed at Jonathan. "Enough! ENOUGH! Just make it STOP!!"

The crowd could only look on in confusion. The Heartbreakers didn't know it, but they weren't laughing. It was all in their heads, and the fans who looked on were baffled by what they were seeing - how Jonathan had seemed to send them all into a frenzy with just a few words. And most of all, how Sachiko Koizumi, the proud and unflappable leader, was left begging for Jonathan to have mercy. Even Sachiko realized it. She didn't want to show this to anyone - she didn't even want to admit it was true to herself, that she even had this weakness in her. But, as much as she grit her teeth and tried to bear it, although she kept her head down to hide the tears forming in her eyes, there was no denying it...

It was Misako who decided to take a stand. She had enough of this, and she wasn't going to be pushed around like this any longer. If Sachiko herself couldn't bear it...then this was too far! "HEY!" she shouted, looking up at Jonathan. Her eye twitched against the incessant laughter seemingly pounding at her eardrums, but she stormed closer to him all the same, her boots slamming the canvas hard with every step.

"You know what...I don't CARE what anyone thinks! If you're just gonna sit around and watch like some creep, you can STUFF IT!" With that, she drew back a fist, flinging it as hard as she could right toward Jonathan's head!

[Pegasus]

Jonathan laughed as he bowed his head seeing the Heartbreakers virtually yell at the audience as he snapped his fingers upon hearing Sachiko’s plea to make it all stop. Jonathan then heard angry stomps shaking the canvas as Misako stepped right up to him calling him a creep and to just stuff his antics. One punch accompanied the harsh words and he got it right to the nose. Jonathan went down holding his nose sneering in pain, but just like before, some maniac laughter creeped out, but still he held the nose feeling the sting Misako’s punch gave him. Using the ropes to get up, he stared at the member and simply gave her a small frown. Some red blood could be seen sipping through nostrils, but Jonathan looked down at the canvas.

“Hahahaha….not bad, Misako. You finally got a hit on me. Now, it’s my turn to play,” Jonathan stated.

Jonathan raised both hands as the arena lights started to flicker non-stop until they went fully out. The audience gasped as they were concealed in total blackness as Jonathan simply ducked out of the ring and under the arena coverings to perform a little costume change. Suddenly, a red spotlight shined down on a spot near Misako as Jonathan’s right arm broke through the canvas reaching out for any helping hand that would grab it. It scratched at the canvas and dug into the ripped fabric until a full black glove came out on the left hand to drag the right arm back into the hole. Screaming could be heard and rumbling under the ring shook it a bit as Ryan could be seen grabbing his staff before taking a knee and holding his head down. Lyra put her hands together as well chanting something inaudible for everyone to hear.

Two black gloves reached out of the hole and low growling could be heard as two big red eyes peered out of the hole. The figure started standing up revealing he had a monster mask on with the skin being pure grey and long black hair attached to it. He wore a dark green trench coat and black gloves as his fingers tapped against the ring canvas pondering what to do. Soon, the creature pulled itself out of the hole like an undead corpse rising from the grave below. It stood up with Jonathan’s height and walked right up to Misako slowly towering over the girl with a limp in it’s every step.

The monster growled lowly and inspected the girl before turning it’s glare on Sachiko closing in on the leader. Ryan took this time to attack Kyoko with a forearm to the head and grabbed Misako with his staff pulling her in close for a Russian Leg Sweep bringing her down on the canvas hard! The creature stood over Sachiko making the terrified girl look up tears swelling down her eyes as the creature extended his right glove to her. “JOIN?”