After taking such a beating, Asuka is completely helpless as Mari goes about her ways to restrain her. Adhering to haste, Mari uses ropes to pin Asuka's arms to her body, which makes the act of tying Asuka's wrists behind her rather quickly. The auburn-haired NERV pilot fought with a vengeance to try and deter her hands from being bound, though in her weakened state, she wasn't adequate to defend herself despite all her rage, which allows Mari to continue binding her without any hindrance. Pulling the final strand of the rope, Asuka's arms and upper body is forced even tighter together, making any sort of fight the Asuka has to mere pathetic movements that further enhances Mari's victory over her. Not stopping there, Mari quickly produced a ball gag and forcefully pushes it between Asuka's lips, popping the red rubber ball behind her teeth and quickly securing it on the nape of her neck as tightly and uncomfortably as Mari can; of course the whole procedure of gagging didn't entirely come out without any sort of angry complaints form the Eva Unit 2 pilot, which of course wasn't understood; and even if it was, Mari probably would've gloated over the complaints.

"Smooth moves," Mari whispers to Asuka's ear. "But it's still not good enough."

An ear-piercing scream managed to seep out of Asuka's ball gag as a response to her fellow pilot's taunting. Of course Mari continues the act of making Asuka even more useless by wrapping more ropes around the red head's ankles but not in the way of of tying her feet together. Surprisingly, Mari keeps them separated, which makes one question why would Mari wrap ropes around her ankles if not to bind them? Then the final addition of a rope going between Asuka's legs causes the Unit 2 pilot to bite her gag as she groans angrily at what the thread is insinuating. Happy with the rope work, Mari giggles and winks at Asuka before taking the loose end of the ropes and jumps off into the distance, disappearing behind the shadows of the decrepit remains of an old NERV headquarters. Of course in her predicament Asuka would try anything to free herself and so she does, testing Mari's rope work fervently, twisting and pulling her wrists to find any give to the forced parallel position they find themselves in. Of course with the knots holding tight and the added chest harness, Asuka won't be freeing her hands any time soon so the bet is on her feet to perhaps walk her way out of here and find something to cut herself free. With them being relatively untied, the first step should be easy, however there was a tugging feeling behind her that seems to be keeping her immobile. Then the tugging becomes more prominent within the rope between her legs and finally it gives Asuka enough incentive to groan through her ball gag and then…

"Eva Unit 8," Mari's voice emerges from the darkness. "LAUNCH!"

Without so much of a warning, Asuka felt herself hoisted backwards and into the air with strength only an Eva could produce; more specifically, Mari's pink Evangelion. With her muffled scream still echoing within the ruins, Asuka finds herself hanging like some puppet on a string. The loose ropes that were once in Mari's control are now tangled up within the five fingers of Eva unit 8 keeping Asuka in a humiliating display. Further enraged because of this, Asuka tries once again to get some of her freedom back, her legs dangling uselessly as her hands are unable to find any sort of reprieve. Though Mari's plans are far from over and the tug between Asuka's crotch forced the red head's attention towards her adversary who has the end of the rope in her hands with a devious smile. With a wink, Mari runs across her Eva's arm opposite from the one holding Asuka. With eyes wide with dread, the pilot of Eva unit 2 watches helplessly as Mari reaches the Eva's wrist and finally jumps down with the loose end of the rope in tow. It only takes a few seconds for Asuka to figure out what was happening and despite her shaking her head fervently as if to plead to Mari to not do it, it happens: Mari lands on the ground with a strong pull on the rope, sending several sensations between Asuka's legs in ways that are very painful and very… interesting. The force was so great that her plugsuit offered very little protection and the remaining vigor she might've had was sapped away by Mari's demeaning super move. The only thing more humiliating than Asuka's cry of defeat is:

"K.O.!"

The announcer yelled with exuberance that went in rhythm with the flashing two letters on the screen. As if I really needed a reminder that I lost the final round.

"Ouch, that must've been painful." My fellow player chiming in didn't help the situation one bit. "But I'll take another win, thank you very much!"

Of course her jumping up from the couch and sardonically posing doesn't help the situation either. I have to turn away quickly as her skirt bounces up revealing her… well… her yellow lingerie in sight causing me to blush and… that tight feeling between my jeans.

"Oh knock it off!" I say to her rather annoyingly. "I'm not done playing yet!"

"Pish Posh!" Her response is laced with a snide tone of voice. "You haven't been playing!"

I respond with the same sarcasm she gave me. "So have you been playing with a ghost?"

Sitting back down in an abrupt manner, her pigtails barely caught up to her as she leans forward to put more salt in the wound.

"Might as well been with that kind of winning streak I've gained!"

Then there goes that cute smile this brunette has that melts just about anyone's heart that comes her way…. I can't truly say that rooming with her and the rest of her… 'friends' was a bad idea but times like this could say so. And no, not because I'm losing hilariously bad in a fighting game… it's because she's sitting here taunting me, and all I could really do is stare at her. Makes me wonder if this teasing mannerism she has is natural or did she gain this from a special someone in her life.

"Grab your control." I say to her with an annoyed expression.

"Are you sure you want to do this again?"

I give her very little attention as I press start on the screen, causing the title "Evangelion: Bound by Destiny" to flash momentarily before putting us back to the character selection screen. Without so much of a thought, she scrolls to Mari's avatar and picks her while I remain ambivalent between Asuka and Rei… Looking at her direction momentarily, I quickly get a glimpse of her checking her phone and giggling in the process. I can only imagine who just sent her a text… The others will be home soon and hopefully by then I would have already gained a victory or two.

With that thought in mind, I hover back to Asuka and press the button and picked my fighter.

Here's to my victory.

To Be Continued...