Chapter 6

Team NESTS vs Team Femme Fatales

"Kukukuku~" a mysterious voice chuckles throughout the room, waking up Whip, Vanessa and Mary. "I welcome you ladies to my prison. You will remain here as my personal collection~"

"Shut up!" Whip shouts. "Why are you doing this!? Whoever you are, I'm going to kick your butt once I find you! This is insane!"

"So sorry, my dear," the mysterious man says. "But like I said, you will all remain here forever, just like the others."

"Grrrr...!" Vanessa gets to her feet, looking around to find herself in a cell with the other two women. "I cannot believe we got captured like this."

"Don't worry. I'm sure rescue will come," Mary assures them. "Besides, the tournament is still going on. Whoever wins, I'm sure the champions will be able to locate this large prison."

"I really hope so," Whip says. "I wonder if Kula will be okay fighting her worst enemy."

**The Lobby**

Kula is sobbing her heart out, thinking about how her big sister figure was beaten to a pulp by the Hakkeshu and then disappeared. She misses her so much right now.

"Seirah...Seirah..." she sobs as tears fall on her lap. "What they did was horrible...I will never...forgive them…"

Diana, sympathetic, leans down and places a hand on her shoulder. "We don't HAVE to forgive them. Those people are beyond any humanity. They'll never be pardoned. In the next round... we settle the score."

Sylvie jumps in. "We have to settle the score with the hos first! Kicky lady, Angel, and James Bond villain lady!"

Diana stands up, brandishing her rapier. "Right! We can't overlook who's in front of us! Especially because..."

...She looks down and sighs. "Angel... she's had this coming for a long time. A LONG time."

Kula approaches Diana, reaching over to grab her hand. "Yes. This may be a friendly contest... but Angel has never been friendly. This is our opportunity to make HER pay as well."

Sylvie perks up "BZZ BZZZ! Bitch senses tingling!"

As if on cue, three sets of footsteps start clacking across the floor... their spines tingle all at once, as the ominous clacking grows closer. They don't need to look, to know who it is.

...And they don't need to guess who is standing at the helm.

"Well ladies, the moment has finally arrived! Time to spank some asses, nya~!"

Kula's eyes grow deathly cold; she spins around, and in an instant... she's face to face with her nemesis, who is leaned over, exhibiting her massive cleavage.

"Awwwww is the cute wittle ice run mad that her big sis Seirah got her butt shredded? How cute~" Angel leans over, ruffling her hair.

"GET AWAY!" Kula slaps her hand aside. Angel backs away, but only laughs.

Luong joins in. "Ahahahahaha! Well now, you certainly got her riled up. She looks ready to pounce and bite!"

Lien, the only one taking no pleasure in this, just scoffs and rolls her eyes. "Stop playing with our food... struggling prey doesn't taste any better than it does dead."

Amusingly, Sylvie approaches Lien, catching the blonde Brit completely off guard. Out of nowhere, she starts pressing buttons on her gauntlet. "BEEP BEEP BOOP BEEP~!"

Lien, flustered, pushes her away. "H-hey! Don't do that! You could call an orbital bomb strike and blow this whole place up!"

"Hehehe! Aw, come on, can't a child get a little curious~?" Sylvie gives a toothy grin and skips off to rejoin her friends.

"Well then, this is an amusement," Angel says. "Two kiddie weapons and one single parent. Haha! We will win this easy! Just you watch, nya~!" With that, she and her teammates walk away.

Kula stomps her foot in anger. "Grrr! She already makes me so mad! I want to go at her! Real hard!"

"You'll get your chance," Diana says. "But we have to deal with those two ladies first."

The voice from the intercom speaks. "ALRIGHT, FIGHTERS! THE NEXT TOURNAMENT IS ABOUT TO START! PLEASE STEP INTO THE ARENA AT THIS TIME!"

"Okay, we need to figure out who goes first," Diana says as she gets the team into a huddle.

"Oh! I'll go! I'll go! I'll go!" Sylvie jumps up and down excitedly.

Diana giggles and pets her messy blonde hair. "Alright. I'll let you go first. I'll go next and if Angel goes last, you get to go in. Do this for Foxy, Kula, my baby."

"I will!" Kula pumps two fists. "I'll do it for the whole family!"

And meanwhile, Angel's team are discussing their plans.

"How about this young Brit goes first," Angel suggests. "She's quite something. I want to see how well she can fight. And Luong will go second. I shall be last since I am the strongest of them all."

"Who cares...?" Lien sighs. "I just want to get this over and done with."

"Hey now~" Luong says. "With that attitude, it's almost as if you're being overconfident~"

"Isn't she already?" Angel asks.

"Who knows~?" Luong shrugs. "Anyways, this will be a fun tournament. I want to play with those who lost the match. Have them become my playthings~"

"If they lose to you, yes," Angel says. "But what about me? I just want Kula to be rid of for good. She's the bane of my existence for the last time."

"Suit yourself," Luong says. "Let's get going."

**Arena**

Sylvie jumps to the ring as the crowd goes wild. Lien steps into the ring as well, adjusting her gauntlet and looks toward her opponent. She sighs.

"The same one who tried to touch my gauntlet," she says. "Well, whatever. I don't have time to fight little brats like you."

"Hey! I'm far more capable of fighting than you think!" Sylvie shouts. "You will soon get a taste of my electricity!"

"You'll get a taste of my laser and my kicks," Lien says.

"FIGHT!"

LIen charges, preparing to double kick Sylvie, but she jumps out of the way to evade and thrusts her hands forward to shoot out electricity from her fingertips. Lien jumps away to dodge it and charges forward again to perform a straight kick, which successfully hits her. The messy blonde stumbles back a little before getting hit with another kick and then a roundhouse shortly after. Sylvie rolls to her feet and thrusts her hands forward once again. She shocks the Brit and uses her lightning to pick her up and slam her on the ground for good measure. Lien gets to her feet and charges forward. Sylvie uses her lightning as levitation to glide along and evade the Brit's kicks.

"Can't catch me~!" Sylvie laughs.

Once the messy blonde stops, she waits for Lien to charge forward once again. She blocks a couple punches and dodges some kicks before shooting her with lightning once again. It shocks her and Sylvie chucks her about 10 feet away, slamming to the ground hard.

"Hehehehe~! This is so much fun!" Sylvie cheers.

"It won't be fun for long, little girl," Lien struggles to her feet and presses a few buttons. "Requesting...back up."

Out of nowhere, a giant laser shoots down and hits Sylvie hard. She screams in pain and drops to her hands and knees.

"Ugh...what a powerful laser...!" she groans.

"Sylvie!" Kula cries from the sidelines.

Lien doesn't give her a chance to recover. She rushes in and kicks Sylvie left and right and then performs a roundhouse kick for good measure. Sylvie topples to the ground again, injured from taking hard hits. But she still struggles to her feet, gritting her teeth and reaching out her hand to shoot out lightning.

"I can...do this...!" she grunts.

"No more games," Lien says as she raises her gauntlet.

Just then, it hits Sylvie. She has to shoot that device to not let herself get shot again. She carefully aims for the gauntlet and shoots powerful lightning from her fingertips. It hits the gauntlet directly, shocking the device, making the Brit surprised.

"What the!? No way!" she gasps as the device begins to crackle.

"She's distracted!" Sylvie charges in to tackle the Brit to finish her off.

But as soon as she almost gets in contact with the blonde Brit, the device explodes, sending both of them flying and hitting the ground, knocked out cold.

"DOUBLE KO!"

Diana and Kula's mouths drop; on the other side, Angel and Luong follow suit.

"S-Sylvie!" Kula cries.

"I knew that girl was nuts but, holy crap..." Diana gasps.

"Great. She took out Lien." Angel rolls her eyes.

Luong shrugs. "Oh well, she was a total wet blanket anyway! She was totally killing our vibe."

"Yeah... plus, I'm happy to see the competition eliminated."

"...Competition?"

"Uhhh yeah! There can only be one babe with the most bodacious tits under the sun, and that's me!"

Luong chuckles. "R-right... ehehe... okay then. Okay, my turn!"

Back on the other side, Diana is the one who steps up next. She turns to Kula and leans down. "Kula, sweetie, the odds are even right now. I'm going to go ahead and fight next. Since you're our strongest fighter... if I go down, you must carry us to victory. Okay?"

Kula nodded. "Yes, Diana. Do your best!"

The two share a hug, before Diana steps into the ring... for the first time as an official contestant. Just as Foxy had done in 2001. Now, it's HER turn.

Diana steps into the ring. Raising her rapier to her face, she utters. "Foxy... give me strength." With that solemn message, she thrusts the rapier towards her opponent, Luong, who simply looks delighted.

"Ooooooh... try not to cut my clothes off with that thing~"

Diana frowns. "Trust me, I know exactly where to hit you."

Luong grins. "Good... so do I!"

The fight starts; Luong charges forward and spins into a tornado kick. Diana brings the rapier up and parries the foot with the handle's guard, shoving Luong's leg backwards and charging forward with a swing. Luong ducks and weaves two swings, and Diana tries to spin around for a massive thrust... but Luong is faster, and a spinning kick to the midsection sends Diana flying backwards.

The tall woman skids several yards... but remains on her feet.

Luong comes down on her with a flying heel kick, but Diana's body becomes a shadow as she phase-shifts through it, appearing behind Luong as her foot smashes the ground. Diana swings around with a wild spinning strike, but Luong counters with a perfect reverse sweep kick, knocking Diana on her butt. The two still grounded, Luong twists her body around and kicks Diana in the chest.

"Urrf..." Diana groans as Luong returns to her feet, and she follows suit.

"Cmon Diana! You can do it!" Kula cheers.

"Hey Di Di! Choke! CHOKE! CHOKE! CHOKE!" Angel taunts from the sidelines.

Diana ignores her, and rushes towards Luong. She goes airborne, into a somersault... as her body flips, her blade emerges with a wide, crescent-shaped trail of slashing chi. The blade just barely misses Luong, as the Taekwondo babe backflips just in time, and then shoots forward with a flying double kick, going left leg, then twisting around with the right... Diana blocks the first kick with her sword guard, then sways her head to avoid the second, and Luong lands right in front of her.

The kick-happy babe doesn't cease her assault, as she spins around with a kick to the body, stunning Diana, and that same foot travels upwards and cracks her in the chin, knocking Diana on her back.

Diana gets up, panting heavy... she swings her blade angrily. She's struggling in her first ever tournament fight, even though Kula saw fit to make HER the leader of this team! She was skilled with a sword, but not nearly as much as Foxy...

"You're pretty fun to roll around with, hot stuff~" Luong cooed. "Don't tell me we're done yet."

Diana eyes her angrily. "No... not yet. I have a score to settle with that snow-haired bitch over there!"

Angel just sticks out her tongue.

Luong cartwheels forward into a massive heel strike; Diana blocks it with her sword guard, and flings her leg aside, throwing Luong into a stumble!

Diana brings her fist back the other way, conking Luong in the face with the handle. Luong stumbles, her lights flickering... Diana brings her hand down low, jamming the handle into her stomach, and Luong hunches over in pain...

Finally, Diana flies backwards, her back sprouting astral butterfly wings... her body phase shifts forward all at once, and everything becomes a blur!

SLASH!

"AUGHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...!"

In an instant, Diana is behind Luong, her rapier extended in post-thrust... and Luong loses her clothing, falling over unconscious.

"KO! WINNER IS... DIANA!"

Kula starts leaping up and down. "YAAAAAAAAAAAY DIANA! YOU DID IT! YOU DID IT!"

Diana looks at her own sword, laughing. "Hahaha... hahahaha! I did! This feels amazing!"

Meanwhile, Angel is on the sidelines... but she seems not the least bit concerned for Luong. In fact... one could say she was HAPPY.

"Welp, those dumb sluts couldn't get it done... ah well. I never wanted them to get far anyway. That just leaves more fun for me... nya nya~"

Angel hops onto the ring with Diana turning toward the short silver haired woman.

"Good timing," Diana says. "I will slay you to avenge Foxy."

"Go ahead and try." Angel says, shrugging. "I am too fast and strong, even for you, Di Di. You are going down."

Diana goes into her battle stance, but Angel uses her super speed to get in front of her before she can do anything. Diana gasps and gets punched in the gut and then gets grabbed by the neck.

"Hey!" Kula shouts. "That's against the rules!"

"Who said anything about rules~?" Angel replies as she slams Diana to the ground, knocking the air out of her.

The silver haired woman then grabs her and then wraps her legs around her to choke her. The dark haired woman struggles to get free, but Angel squeezes tighter and tighter, grinning.

"Go to sleep," she says. "Yes, go to sleep~"

"D-DIANA!" Kula cries, tears streaming from her eyes.

"Look at this, Kula~!" Angel says. "You beloved Mama will suffer the same fate as Foxy!"

"No...no..." Kula is trembling, putting both fists on her chest. "This was going so well...Diana wanted to avenge Foxy just like she wanted..."

Angel squeezes and squeezes until Diana is knocked out. The silver haired woman chuckles and lets go.

"K.O! ANGEL WINS!"

"Dianaaaaaa!" Kula cries as she goes over to her mother's aid. "Diana, Diana...! Oh, no!" She cuddles Diana a little. "It's okay...it's okay. She won't win that easily when I'm done with her. I will avenge both you and Sylvie...and Foxy. This will be the end…"

She gently puts Diana in the sidelines and then steps into the ring, giving a cold stare at her nemesis.

"Let this be our last battle..." she says, coldly.

"So be it," Angel chuckles. "Come at me, little girl. I want to crush you like I did with Diana."

The two charge at each other. Kula skates toward the silver haired woman and unleashes a ball of ice, having Angel be immobilized, just for a bit. But Angel breaks out of it and punches Kula before she can hit the silver haired woman. She punches her again and then grabs her to slam her down on the ground. The Ice Doll rolls to her feet and sees Angel charge again. She does a roundhouse and then fires some ice shards at Angel, hitting her multiple times. She then blows some frost on her to freeze her in place. She uses it to her advantage to hit her with kicks and then a roundhouse for good measure. She then uses her hair to make it act as spikes to hit her in the air.

"You'll have to hit harder than that, you little NESTS failure!" Angel teased as she springs back up and runs at Kula, full sprint. She throws herself at Kula with a flying knee; Kula propels her feet with ice power, sliding to the left, and Angel hits nothing but air. But the wrestler is so slick on her feet, she cuts an angle and throws herself back at Kula, seizing her in a body lock. The smaller girl is helpless under her strength... and Angel tucks two arms under her armpits, lifts her up... and SLAMS her with a lateral throw.

"Aghhh...!" Kula winces in pain as her body hits the ground, hard.

Angel doesn't quit. She scrambles on top and jerks the ice girl up, seizing her in a headlock and wringing her neck from her shoulders. Kula desperately crawls on all fours to get free... but Angel's death grip is tight.

"That's it, Kula baby... just close your eyes and go take a nap with Diana~"

Kula's eyes glow red with rage. She opens her fingers, forming an ice blade in her palm... and she stabs Angel in the thigh.

"AH! AHHHHHH! YOU LITTLE SHIT!"

Kula breaks free and rolls to safety, but not before turning around and delivering a kick to the chin of her shocked opponent. Angel falls backwards, flustered, but she struggles back to her feet and tries to push the offense. She throws a fierce leg kick, buckling Kula, and she tries to step in with a forearm smash... but Kula slides underneath her attack with icy propulsion, emerging from the other side, and she sends an icy fist into the back of Angel's head.

Angel gets hit and lands face first on the ground. Kula jumps back and chuckles while panting.

"Haaaah...haaah..you think you can beat me with your intense strength and speed~?" Kula makes a funny face, sticking her tongue out. "Well guess what? I'm younger, but much more nimble than you! You can't break the ultimate ice doll like me with your silly moves!"

Angel grits her teeth and jumps back to her feet. "You...little...brat!" she growls. "I'm going to make you eat those words!"

Both charge at each other and connect punches, sending a huge shockwave to blow almost everything off. Both girls slide away from the sheer force and then charge again. They punch, kick and do a couple of roundhouses, each blocking or dodging them. Eventually, Kula finds an opening and does an icy punch to the stomach and then to the face. But Angel retaliates by doing her own punches, only much harder than Kula's. Punches and kicks go left and right again. It's like they are an unstoppable force. This battle has never been this interesting and epic.

Athena from the side lines watches her biggest fan do her very best. "Kula-san..."

"Hmph..." Leona crosses her arms, closing her eyes. "Nothing too bad, I guess."

"What do you mean~?" Mai says. "This is the ultimate fight between enemies! Ohhhh, I love some good vs evil fights!"

"We'll do the same if we face the Hakkeshu girls..." Leona says. "Don't get your hopes up, Mai. They're super powerful."

"Hehe! Nothing like a good workout won't hurt~" Mai says, pumping a fist. "I'm a kunoichi! I never back down from a challenge!"

"All of us will have to try our best against the Hakkeshu girls," Athena says, slightly turning to her friends. "We will succeed no matter what."

They turn back to the screen to see the arena looking like a tornado hit it. Kula and Angel have fought with everything they have. Their clothes are partly tattered, they have bruises and cuts on their bodies. It's just brutal. But none of them are willing to back down.

"Haaaah...haaaah...haaah...Kula...you prove to be the ultimate challenge..." Angel says. "But it ends here and now...! I will win and beat you to a crisp! Victory will be mine! It will never taste so sweet as this!"

"Haaaah...haaah...b-bring it...!" Kula says. "You have seen nothing yet…!"

Kula jettisons towards her with a sliding attack; Angel finally turns the tables, going airborne to dodge it, and she plows into Kula, smoothly snatching a headlock in mid-air.

SLAM! The two of them go backwards, Angel crushing Kula with a DDT.

"Oh crap!" Mai shouts. "That was a rough one..."

"She's down again..." Leona notes.

Athena stands up on her tip toes. "YOU CAN DO IT, KULA-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"

Angel scrambles like butter, sliding across her back and reaching her legs. She sits down on Kula's backside, seizes her legs in her arms... and she bends them backwards, putting Kula in a Boston Crab.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhh!" Kula instantly feels the effects of her legs being strained against. She crawls deperately, trying to break free... but Angel's grip is ferocious.

"Nya! I'll break your legs like candy canes if you don't tap out!" Angel laughs. "I'm not playing, ice doll!"

Kula's teeth grind together, to stifle the pain. It hurts so bad... there has to be some way... some way...

..SHE'S GOT IT! All she has to do is make herself slick...!

Kula's eyes glow red. Her ice power manifests... and her body gently glows blue.

Angel, still holding the submission, cackles. "Hahahahaha! What was that pathetic attack? Did someone turn up the AC a bit? Nya-WHOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Before everyone's amazed eyes, Kula slips free of Angel's grasp!

"AH!" Mai gasps.

"She..!" Athena yells. "SHE DID IT!"

Angel, confused, looks at her hands, which are soaked with water. "Wh-what the hell?! How did she...?"

"I think I know the answer." Leona, more acute than most, explained. "Kula needed to make herself slippery, to get out of Angel's grasp... so she enveloped her body in a thin layer of ice. JUST thin enough, that their combined body heat would melt the ice, and make her wet enough to slip free."

Athena smiles and nods. "Nice move, Kula-san."

"Arrrrgh!" Angel growls as she shakes her hands to get the wetness off. "How could I let her do this!? More importantly, I have never, ever seen her do this! You're going down, Kula Diamond! Do you hear me!? YOU'RE GOING DOWN!"

Kula stands up, back on her feet and in her regular form. "You...are the one that's going down..."

The two charge at each other, but this time, Kula slides under Angel, making her stumble to the ground. She summons an ice wall while grabbing Angel's leg and throws her against it. She then gives an icy punch to the stomach, breaking the wall at the same time and having Angel go flying. The short haired woman struggles to her feet and tries to tackle Kula into the ground again. But the Ice Doll slams her hands on the ground, creating large ice spikes, sending her flying. She then skates to the other sides of her and holds out both hands, freezing her solid. She then performs an icy uppercut, breaking the ice and damaging Angel with great force. Angel falls to the ground on her side.

Kula gives a cold stare as she steps toward her fallen enemy. "It's over..."

"Nya...you think you've got your victory...but-"

"Shut up..." Kula says as she kicks Angel hard, knocking her out. "I've had enough of your taunts...your torture...even worse...your behavior towards my own family. This time...I'm the victor."

"K.O! WINNER...KULA DIAMOND!"

Athena jumps up and down with joy. "Yaaaaaay! Kula-san, you've won! You've won!"

Leona gives a small smile. "Not bad, kid."

"Ohhhh, that was a glorious finish!" Mai says.

Kula's eyes start to flutter closed. She is so exhausted, using so much of her power that it makes her collapse on the arena.

**Later**

Kula opens her eyes to find herself on the soft lap of Diana and Sylvie looking down at her with worried eyes.

"D-Diana...?" she whispers.

"There, there," Diana says. "You've won."

"Yeah! You did it, Kula-chan!" Sylvie says. "We're very proud of you!"

"Y-yeah...I defeated...Angel...finallly..." Kula gives a weak smile. "The nightmare...is over..."

Diana hugs her tenderly with Sylvie giggling.