Chapter 70 (Match)
*Charlie Hart vs Jun Juli*
The next match was ready to begin. First, Charlie Hart made her entrance. The Hitgirl herself made her presence known to the fans before she entered the ring. After that, Jun Juli presented herself. She extended her legs for everyone to see and whistle at, even when she stretched herself over the ropes. Once she was in, she rested in the corner opposite from Charlie.
"This next match will end the first round of the face side of the Yin-Yang tournament! In one corner, we have the latest member of the Hart Family, Charlie the Hitgirl Hart! In the other corner, it's the leggy beauty, Jun Juli! Who'll win? Let's find out!"
DING-DING!
Charlie went for a quick start, but was stopped during her charge when Jun extended her leg at her face. It stopped an inch away from it, but it still left Charlie stunned enough for Jun to hit her with a spin kick sending her down. She then flipped over to the Hitgirl and landed a legdrop on her. She attempted an early pin, but Charlie kicked out before the referee even started. Jun quickly transitioned into a figure-four headscissor hold that quickly made her opponent start to lose consciousness.
"Do you give up, Hart?" the referee asked.
"No!" Charlie choked out.
The Hitgirl thrusted herself left and right until she slipped out of Jun's thunder thighs. Along with her escape, she managed to grab ahold of both of Jun's ankles. She gave each leg a couple of kicks before attempting her family's sharpshooter technique. However, Jun shot out both her legs and pushed Charlie off of her.
Charlie ended up laying on the corner of the ring getting over the sudden push she had experienced. Jun brought herself down on her feet and ran toward the Hitgirl to knee her in the stomach. Thankfully for Charlie, she managed to dodge out of the way at the last second. She slipped behind Jun and threw her backwards with a German suplex. She then rolled over and pinned Jun down with her own legs.
1… 2…
Jun kicked out. Charlie grabbed Jun's legs again and crossed them locking her in a figure-four leglock. Jun gritted her teeth before yelling. Still, she refused to give up. She used her elbows to crawl herself over to the nearby ropes and grabbed them forcing Charlie to leg to.
Of course, Charlie wasn't done with the legs yet. She dragged Jun to the center of the ring and successfully applied the sharpshooter. Jun yelled louder as she tried to get to the rope. However, Charlie pulled her back to the center of the ring. Jun gritted her teeth trying to resist the urge to tap out. With sheer determination, Jun stood her ground and managed to put all her power to her trapped legs. Charlie tried to hold on, but in seconds, Jun's legs not only powered out, they threw her to the ropes.
When Charlie bounced back, Jun kneed her in the gut before dropping her in a spinebuster. She then sat behind her and wrapped her tree-trunk legs around Charlie's stomach. She squeezed hard before reaching out her arms and grabbing her feet to add more pressure completing the Ultimate Scissors. Charlie yelled out trying to pry Jun's legs off, but she had no such luck. She had no choice but to tap out and give up.
DING-DING!
"And there you have it! Despite the Hitgirl's powerful bloodline, Jun's legs managed to squeeze her way to the second round! Thus ends the first round! The women to advance are Amazon Aqua, La Calavera, Cleopatra, and Jun Juli!"
Jun released Charlie and helped her up. They shook hands.
"Wow, your legs are monstrous." Charlie said.
"Thanks. And sorry for beating you." Jun said.
"Hey. It's a wrestling match. I don't blame you." Charlie assured.
Jun nodded before she and Charlie raised each other's hands to the roaring crowd.
*The Galaxy Twins vs the Daughters of Darkness*
Just after Jun and Charlie left the ring, a galactic theme filled the room like a planetarium and the Galaxy Twins dazzled the room with their presence. The crowd cheered seeing the acrobat sisters run toward the ring and flip themselves over the top rope. They landed in spectacular fashion. When they were done, the Daughters of Darkness made their entrance. From pitch black darkness with few flashes, Midnight and Azraella Bloodstone made their way into the ring which creeped out the sisters who stood opposite from them.
"We're in for quite a show here! To make up for their absence in Supernova, the Galaxy Twins will compete against the Daughters of Darkness for the Tag Team Titles tonight! Will Carina and Luna be the quickest to claim the championship or will Midnight and Azraella take back the belts they lost before?"
DING-DING!
Luna and Midnight started the match for their respective teams while Carina and Azraella stood at the ring apron. They met at the center of the ring where Midnight immediately caught Luna in a side headlock.
"I hear you're quite an open girl." Midnight whispered into Luna's ear. "How's about you join my little harem?"
"No thank you." Luna refused trying to struggle. "You're hot and all, but I'm not into goths."
"No one refuses me."
Midnight let go of Luna only to slap her with the back of her hand. She then Irish whipped her to the ropes and kicked her on the rebound. She grabbed Luna's head and dropped her down with a facebuster. Midnight rolled her over and pinned Luna the same way the Undertaker pins his opponents after a tombstone piledriver.
1… 2…
Luna kicked out. She sent her knee backwards and struck Midnight in the face with it. She kicked herself up and slapped the vampire across her face.
"Counter slap!" Luna taunted. She then grabbed Midnight's head and dragged her over to the corner where Carina waited. Carina raised her foot up on the top turnbuckle that Luna slammed Midnight's face on. She propped her to the ropes before tagging in her sister.
Carina and Luna were in the ring with Midnight. They grabbed her wrists and flipped her over with a double monkey flip. They then ran over to opposite sides of the ring. When they bounced back, they flipped themselves to land their bodies on Midnight. Luna ran back to the corner apron while Carina hooked Midnight's leg for the pin.
1… 2…
Azraella came in and kicked at Carina's face like a football. She returned to her corner while Midnight slowly got up. Carina continued to kick at Midnight's kneeling body five times until she was brought down. She brought the vampire up to on knee again before attempting a shining wizard. However, Midnight caught the leg and tackled her down. Midnight flipped her over and applied a camel clutch. Carina gritted her teeth trying to find a way out.
"Give up?" the referee asked.
"No!" Carina grunted giving Midnight the chance to keep up the hold. Midnight kept it up until she got tired. She let go and dragged Carina's prone body to the corner where Azraella waited to be tagged in.
Once Midnight got her partner in, Azraella wasted no time in pressing her foot on Carina's face. Midnight went to the corner while her partner picked her opponent up and brought her down with a scoop slam. She put herself on top of Carina for the pinfall.
1… 2…
This time, Luna intervened and dropkicked Azraella off of her sister. Once she stood back up, Luna gasped.
"Midnight, that's an illegal item!"
"What?" the referee asked turning to the vampire. The truth was, Midnight didn't have anything in her hand and while the referee wasn't looking Luna pushed her sister out of the ring and layed down in her place. Only the audience saw them switch places.
When the referee saw that the Daughters weren't cheating, Azraella picked up the sister who she thought was Carina. She Irish whipped her to the ropes ready to clothesline her. However, Luna caught her by surprise with a sunset flip. Luna got up and surprised Midnight with a high kick to her face. That's when she climbed up the corner she was attending and jumped off. She landed an elbow drop to Azraella's chest before attempting a pin.
1… 2…
Azraella kicked out while Carina stood herself back up. She and Luna both climbed the same corner the latter was a second ago and posed for the crowd.
"Time to take the world by storm!"
"Cosmic storm!"
Midnight climbed up the ropes trying to stop them, but the referee stopped her. While she was distracted, the Galaxy Twins gripped each other's hands and leaped off for their Galaxy Splash. However, Azraella quickly brought herself up on her feet with a handful of green powder in her hand. She blew a cloud of it right at where the Galazy Twins were landing. When it hit their faces, the sisters screamed from the burns and broke their technique.
Carina and Luna landed in the ring screaming from the pain. Azraella kicked Carina out of the ring while lifting Luna up by her throat. The referee turned around just in time to see the devil woman slam Luna down to the mat with great force. She kept her hand on Luna's chest for the pin.
1… 2… 3!
DING-DING!
"Ooh! That's gonna be felt in the morning! Here are your new Xtrema Tag Team Champions, Midnight and Azraella Bloodstone, the Daughters of Darkness!"
Both Midnight and Azraella were given their new belts and raised them to the crowd with pride. Midnight placed her foot on Luna's chest before whispering down on her.
"You should've accepted my advances, my sweet. I might've gone easy on you and your sister."
Midnight and Azraella continued to present to the crowd until they were made to leave.
*The Free Pass Battle Royal*
One by one, eight proud wrestlers made their way to the ring. Both Starla and Isebella showed their love for their fans and blew kisses at them. The Skunk merely swayed her hips side to side getting whistles from everyone around her. Mantis streaked through the ramp like a ninja not giving the crowd a single thought. Jasper presented herself like a true warrior. Poison swung her horsewhip and straightened it before throwing it away as she entered the ring. Black Swan glided her way into the ring. Lastly, Kaito came out of the entrance earning moe praise than he was expecting to get. He came into the ring more confident than he was before. Of course, his fears returned once he saw the heels giving mischievous grins at him, which is why he surrounded himself with the good girls. Even though they were his opponents too, he still trusted them, at least more than the heels.
"And we have made it to the Free Pass Battle Royal! Four faces and four heels shall compete for the right to intervene in the second round of the Yin Yang Tournament! Anyone who falls over the top rope and lands both feet on the ground outside is eliminated! Last one in the ring wins the Free Pass!"
DING-DING!
Both Starla and Isebella started out strong beginning to double-team Poison. Jasper, meanwhile, took on both the Skunk and Black Swan singlehandedly. Unfortunately for Kaito, that meant he was left with Mantis who immediately struck him with a flying side kick. She then turned to kick at Jasper's head who then let go of the Skunk and Black Swan.
While Black Swan joined in double-teaming Jasper, the Skunk turned her head to Kaito. The male jobber got up and rested at the corner. He had no idea how much trouble he was in until the Skunk struck his chest hard with her hip. He fell into a seated position which made the Skunk grin wickedly.
"Well, Marx, it's time to reintroduce you to your real girlfriend… my ass!" The Skunk shouted before turning around.
The Skunk bent down, shook her butt a little, and pressed it hard at Kaito's face. The poor man struggled and tried to escape, but he had a hard time doing it. This time, however, there was no referee to make her get off, so she was free to torment him with her signature stinkface as long as she can much to her delight.
The Skunk laughed. "Oh, this is just great! Who needs Queen Bitch when you've got my ass to kiss as much as you want! In fact, if you want to get out…" She began twerking. "Kiss it! Kiss it or else!" Kaito didn't dare to satisfy her.
Both the Team Spirit girls were tangling with Poison when they noticed Kaito's plight. They nodded to each other before tripping Poison facedown. They then turned and wrapped both their arms around the Skunk's waist. Much to her surprise, she was thrown back in a German suplex. The girls helped get Kaito back up on his feet while the Skunk rolled out of the ring.
"You all right?" Isebella asked.
"I've had worse." Kaito said. "Why'd you help? This is a free-for-all, you know."
"We saw you needed help." Starla said. "What would me and Isebella be if we didn't follow the legacy of our favorite heroes?"
Kaito smiled at that. But then, suddenly, Mantis appeared in a flash in front of the three of them. She struck Isebella with a kick to hard, she went flying over the top rope and onto the floor.
"Isebella has been eliminated!"
"Isebella!" Starla called out.
"Don't worry." Mantis said. "You're up next."
Before Starla could react, Mantis struck with a very hard kick to her face that propped her to the ropes. She then hit the teen with a dropkick that launched her over the rope. Thankfully, she landed her back on the ring apron. Mantis attempted a sliding dropkick, but Kaito Marx stood in her way.
"Out of the way, punching bag." Mantis demanded.
"No!" Kaito threw a punch, but Mantis caught it in her hand.
"Your loss." Mantis said before unleashing a flurry of kung fu strikes that were too fast for Kaito to dodge. The attacks brought him to the ropes where Starla was. She then grabbed him by his legs and tossed him over the rope. He landed on the floor. Mantis then kicked at Starla knocking her off of the apron and completing the elimination.
"Kaito Marx and Starla have been eliminated."
Poison returned to her feet and saw the Black Swan dodging and maneuvering around Jasper Jones missing her grabs. Black Swan eventually caught Jasper by surprise with an octopus stretch. Of course, after a few seconds, Jasper was easily able to power out. She carried Black Swan over her shoulders before sending her out of the ring.
"Black Swan has been eliminated."
Jasper Jones posed like a victorious warrior, but her victory was short-lived. Poison struck at Jasper's back with a double ax-handle and brought her down on one knee. Poison then brought Jasper up to her feet again before throwing her over the top rope. Jasper held onto the rope to keep from falling, but Poison kicked her into letting go.
"Jasper Jones has been eliminated!"
Seeing that Mantis was the only one left in the ring, Poison cracked her knuckles and prepared for the martial artist. Mantis readied herself as well. Suddenly, Mantis disappeared and struck at Poison many times from different directions. Eventually, Poison saw one of the kicks coming. She dodged it and countered with her own kick. While Mantis was in the air, Poison grabbed her by the waist and dropped her hard with a power slam.
Poison brought Mantis up and tossed her over the rope, but much to her surprise, the marital artist grabbed the rope and balanced herself above it with only her hands. She flipped backwards and sat herself on Poison's shoulders wrapping her legs around her head.
Poison balanced herself and tried to get Mantis off. When it failed, Poison used another idea she had. She let herself fall forward again slamming Mantis down. Only when she was slammed, her chest landed harshly on the top rope. Mantis yelled and let go of Poison's head. Before she could recover, Poison grabbed her and attempted to push her over the rope. Mantis kept a firm grip on it trying to stay in the ring.
That's when Mantis widened her eyes. "Poison, look out!"
Poison glanced back, but it was too late. The Skunk returned to the ring and already swung her butt to bludgeon Poison in the face. It was enough of a push to get Poison to be pressed closer to the ropes just enough for Mantis to fall off. The Skunk quickly grabbed Poison's legs and tossed her out of the ring as well.
DING-DING!
"Both Mantis and Poison have been eliminated! As the last one standing, the winner is the Skunk! Now, the Stinker of the Ring has the right to interject herself at any time during the second round of the heel's Yin-Yang Tournament!"
The Skunk was filled with pride. She shook her butt to the crowd where many men and some women cheered from.
Backstage, Queen Bee told Kaito to wait in the locker room to recover. When she left, she ran into Xtrema's backstage reporter.
"Hi, Queen Bee. Monica Everly here. I know you're on your way to the arena to watch who becomes your number one contender, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on it."
Queen Bee chuckled. "I'll tell you this at least. I am ready to face any one of them, whether it's Thunder Mana, Clementine Cirrus, or even that bitch Maria Crawford. Sure, there are some wrestlers I respect, but it won't spare them of my Queen's Sting next week."
*Xtrema Shorts*
Chibi Monica Everly sat in her chair waving to the crowd of fans and the cameras that were pointed at her. Right next to her was a Chibi version of Carly X.
"Welcome to Xtrema Shorts! I'm Monica Everly, and today, we're being visited by the Stylish Tiger herself, Carly X! Thanks for being here, Carly."
"Always happy to be here." Chibi Carly said.
"Now then," Chibi Monica said, "I'll ask you a series of questions. Some are standard asked to everyone. The rest are personal questions asked by our readers, mostly Awesome ax10. You ready to answer?"
"More than ready." Chibi Carly said.
"Good. Now, first question. How long have you been wrestling?"
"About four years."
"Do you have any dream opponents?"
"I do want to face one of those sell-outs at WWE. Mostly, Charlotte Flair. She's been getting too much screen time lately. Or perhaps any one of the Won Sisters. It's a long story there. Then again, I'd also like to wrestle against one of the GWM girls like Payne Fox. But I think I'd also like to wrestle that Spring Tiger girl. She's the one who got my mom into the ring before she beat her."
"How do you feel about your fans?"
"I'll always be happy to have their approval, but in the end, I'll just be wrestling for the sake of wrestling."
"What's the toughest match you've had so far?
"That's tough to say. Here at Xtrema, that's got to be my dumpster match against Neko Girl. My temper and patience was really put to the test on that night. It was at that match that I've decided to let my anger towards my mother go."
"What do you do for fun?"
"Well, I do like to make contact with some of my friends in America. They're big fans of mine."
"What do you think makes a great wrestler?"
"At first, I was wrestling only for someone's approval. But after trials and tribulations, I've learned that if I based my career around that, I'll just end up disappointed all the time and in a bad spot. So along with that, I have decided to wrestle simply because I love it."
"Do you have any interests besides wrestling?"
"Well, back at high school, I played soccer. I was pretty good too."
"That's it for the standard questions. Now, for the personal ones. First, what were your beginnings like in pro wrestling?"
"After my mom left to join a pro-wrestling league in Japan, I thought I might get her attention back by wrestling myself. Of course, I couldn't afford a plane ride to Japan, so I had to do some shows here. I took self defense classes before I was ready to audition at the WWE Performance Center."
"What was your time like in WWE?"
"Not gonna lie. Not the kind of life for me. I started off in NXT, but the whole time, people kept treating me like a kid just because of how young I was. Still, I managed to defeat a lot of the girls there such as Summer Rae, Emma, and Dana Brooke. In less than six months, I was moved to the Raw roster where I wrestled against other divas. I lost some, but I won a lot more, including the Divas Championship. I defended it again, but Vince McMahon didn't like that because it was off-script. I told him I didn't care and that's when he fired me. Nobody took me seriously just because I was a kid. Thankfully, I saved up enough money to move to Japan and join Xtrema."
"Do you ever consider joining your mother in pro wrestling?"
"Well, from what Thunder Mana told me, GWM would eat me alive. But I do hope my mom changes soon so we could be closer. In fact, I hope I get to wrestle alongside her in the ring. I saw her in her match against that Spring Tiger girl, and I loved her in it. Sure, it seems that she got injured, but I know that with enough practice, she'd be a natural."
"What's your father like?"
"Wow. Finally asking that, huh? Well, his name is Oscar. He met my mom in high school and they married after graduation. After I was born, Dad covered most of my caring time while Mom worked on her college business studies. They didn't get along sometimes, but it wasn't too bad, until my mom's grades caught the attention of some shady guys from Japan. She was given an opportunity to a big business in pro wrestling which she greatly considered. The problem was, Dad didn't trust them and he didn't think it was a good idea to join up with them. He and Mom fought harder than before until… Well, until the divorce lawyers did their work. I watched Mom drive off to the airport to accept her business deal. I missed her so much, so I decided to follow her in the world of pro wrestling hoping to reconnect with her. I joined WWE and you know the rest."
"Well, thank you for your piece of mind, Carly X." Chibi Monica said before turning to the readers. "If any one of you has a personal question to ask anyone in our roster, give us a word in our comments or PMs. Next time, we'll finish off the Xtrema episode with the gauntlet match to become the World Championship number one contender. Any and all comments are welcome."