Chapter 90 (Hardkor Halloween)
*Cyclone Fuyuki vs Britney Grace/Elvira Valentine*
This next match was brought to the middle of a forest. Nothing but dark atmosphere and dead trees as far as the eye can see. In one part of the forest was Cyclone Fuyuki. She looked her same vicious self, but there was one key difference: she didn't have her gauntlets, the ones with her bladed fingertips. At another part of the forest was a timid girl with long, brown hair, a black-and-white two-piece, a white left boot, and a black right boot.
"This is pretty scary." The timid girl said nervously.
"It's Halloween, you dingus. It's supposed to be scary." Remarked another girl's voice that echoed in her head. "Now, stop shaking. You're making us look bad."
At that moment, Jessica Jacklyn's voice was heard coming from the intercoms which were set up all over the forest. "Attention, our next match is about to begin. Our first competitor is our speeding cutter, Cyclone Fuyuki! And our other competitor is our schizophrenic vessel of two girls, Britney Grace and Elvira Valentine! For this match, our girls will claw at each other leaving bloody scars on their bodies! You have ten minutes to leave as many marks as you can! Whoever has the most scars by the end of the countdown loses!"
"So that's why they took my gauntlets." Cyclone Fuyuki said. "They wanted it to be fair."
"Are you girls ready? Then GO!"
DING-DING!
Britney and Fuyuki began their run throughout the forest. They turned their heads around looking for each other. Britney eventually found Fuyuki with her back turned and ran up to her. Unfortunately, Fuyuki saw it coming and ducked to dodge. With Britney running over her, Fuyuki hit her with a leg sweep sending her down. With her own fingernails, Fuyuki raked down on Britney's back not only making her scream, but also leaving a few marks.
"Aw. Did that hurt?" Fuyuki asked. "Good. That's what I was going for."
"See what you did to us?" Elvira asked harshly. "Let me take over. I'll put this bitch in her place."
"No. I'm not going down that easily." Britney replied to her other personality.
"8 minutes remaining."
Fuyuki grabbed her by her shoulders, but Britney shot her head backward to hit her in the face. With Fuyuki stunned, Britney spun around and shot her fingernails across her face. It was much worse than a slap as it left claw marks on Fuyuki's cheek.
Cyclone Fuyuki was clearly upset. "Oh, you shouldn't have done that. Now, I'm going to forgo all my mercy." She leaped on Britney and attempted to stab her face with her fingernails. Unfortunately for her, Britney caught her by the wrist just in time.
They struggled for control until Britney threw a punch aimed at Fuyuki's face. The track runner dodged it and countered by trapping her opponent in a cross armbar. She pulled hard making Britney grit her teeth. She finally made her scream by raking her fingernails across her forearm. She scratched again leaving more marks on her arm and hand.
"I like your hand. It's quite cute. Makes a good scratching post." Fuyuki mocked. "I wonder, does your better half feel pain too? I hope so. I hope she hurts."
"This girl has gotten on my nerves for too long." Elvira said. "I'm taking over!"
Before Britney could protest, her eyes began to widen. When they settled, a sadistic grin passed over the girl's face. Elvira turned her head to Fuyuki and twisted her trapped hand around so she would claw at her chest. Fuyuki yelled out and escaped, but she still had the scratch marks on her torso.
Elvira stood on her feet and laughed like a pompous royal. "Ho, ho, ho! So you want me to hurt, huh? Fine. I'll hurt."
Fuyuki charged for a high kick, but Elvira ducked and countered with a crotch claw. Fuyuki yelled holding onto herself until Elvira released her and sent her down with a knee strike to her face. She then locked in a figure-four leglock. Not only did she also add in a spinning toe hold, but she kept up the pace with claws to her calf.
"Five minutes remaining."
Fuyuki thrusted her leg to loosen the leglock. She managed to slip out and cover her scarred leg. "Of course. Elvira's a lot more ruthless than Britney. There's no way I can win against her the way I am in now. I need an edge. I gotta find that Treat pumpkin."
"What are you doing?" Elvira asked. "Don't tell me you're going to run away. Well, I suppose that's all a little bunny like you is good for. But you won't get away from me."
Elvira chased after Fuyuki. Their chase lead to a tree that Fuyuki tried to get around. However, Elvira always cut her off before she could try. Fuyuki stopped it by grabbing Elvira's hands and pulling her to the tree. She went behind Elvira and scrapped her up and down the jagged tree bark to get an edge.
Once she was done with the sadistic personality, Cyclone Fuyuki put her track skills to work and raced across the forest. Eventually, she came across the two pumpkins that were included in the match sitting side by side. After seeing Elvira beginning to catch up to her, Fuyuki picked one at random. She opened it up and smiled in surprise. Once Elvira Valentine was close enough, Cyclone Fuyuki stopped her in her tracks by pulling out a combat knife.
"Three minutes remaining."
"Whoa!" Elvira gasped.
"Gotcha! Guess now, the shoe's on the other foot with less toejam." Fuyuki laughed.
Elvira took a good look at the knife and smiled. She walked forward carelessly which confused Fuyuki. She eventually figured out the situation once Elvira grasped the hand on what was supposed to be the dagger's blade which turned out to be made of rubber.
"I'm not scared of a toy knife, cow." Elvira said. She disarmed Fuyuki and kicked her in the stomach. She then sent her down to the dirt with a double ax-handle.
"If that was the Trick pumpkin…" Elvira turned her head over to the unopened pumpkin to her right. She opened it up and pulled out a pair of gloves. She smiled as she recognized the blades at the fingertips. "Well, isn't this ironic?"
"THOSE ARE MINE, YOU TRAMP!" Cyclone Fuyuki cried out as she tackled Elvira from behind.
The two wrestled on the ground again. This time, they were fighting over the gauntlets. During the scuffle, they scraped the gloves on each other giving each other a whole mess of scars. Fuyuki rolled off believing she had her gauntlets back. In actuality, she only had one. She held onto her right glove while Elvira still had her left. They gazed at each other with intensity as they put their respective gloves on. They continued staring at each other until…
"One minute remaining."
Like a gunshot to start a horse race, that announcement had Elvira and Fuyuki running toward each other. At that moment, they spent the entire minute slashing at each other with the gauntlet they each had. Some attacks missed, but all the others made marks worse than any that were made for the past five minutes. They continued their attacks until…
DING-DING!
Once it was over, the two girls were bloody messes. A team of referees and medics ran up to them and cleaned them up. A medic counted the scars each of them had and sent the number to the announcer via text. A second later, Jessica made her next announcement through the intercom.
"Attention, everyone! The results came in! It was a hard and bloody match! Each lady was covered with more blood than Carrie! But in the end, the winner by three cuts is… Cyclone Fuyuki!"
"Yes!" Fuyuki cheered in exhaustion. "I'm the winner! As how it should be!"
Elvira grumbled to herself. "If only I had come out sooner."
"This was a great match, but it's time to move on!"
*Cloud 9 vs Long Neck Rothbert*
The next match took place inside the dark mansion that stood at the center of the forest. Inside was a ballroom covered in Halloween decorations. The room had tables of games, food, and ornaments which were all Halloween-themed. It was a traditional Halloween party in the place.
Inside of the party, two women stood across from each other. One was a fabulous-looking woman with black hair, gold ear hoops, white fishnet stockings, tan skin, and a black-and-white two-piece. The other was an athletic woman black gloves and stockings, a golden ballerina corset, and short blonde hair.
"This next match will show just how much of party animals these two girls are! Our first contestant is our diva of destruction, Cloud 9! And her opponent, a real demon from Swan Lake, Long Neck Rothbert. These girls must battle it out in this whole Halloween party until one of them is knocked out! Last one standing wins!"
DING-DING!
Both Cloud 9 and Long Neck Rothbert met up at the center of the room. They grasped at each other's hands and strained themselves forward looking for control.
"You're seriously wearing that to a Hardkor Halloween brawl?" Rothbert asked. "You're practically begging to lose flesh."
"Look who's talking, sugarplum fairy." Cloud 9 returned.
Rothbert's only response was a spit at Cloud 9's eye. The diva was so taken aback by the act, she left herself vulnerable to Rothbert's next move. The ballerina slipped behind her and quickly caught her in an abdominal stretch. Cloud 9 winced in pain as the hold had her in place. She kept struggling until she loosened the hold enough to slip out of.
After escaping, Cloud 9 grabbed Long Neck Rothbert by the back of her hair and corset. She spun around hard tossing her to a nearby table which shattered upon impact. Cloud 9 then dragged Rothbert away from the shattered table before wrapping her arms and legs around her own. She rolled to her own back and held her up in a Romero special. Rothbert let out a yell as being stretched out.
Cloud 9, deciding her punishment was going to require more, swung Rothbert down slamming her head right to the floor. Cloud 9 returned to her feet admiring herself. She blew and polished her nails waiting for Rothbert to return to her feet. Once she did, Cloud 9 found her chance. She ran forward to strike her, but she was stopped. As it turned out, Rothbert's arm was longer than hers and she placed her hand on Cloud 9's forehead to stop her.
Long Neck Rothbert couldn't help but laugh as Cloud 9 kept trying to reach out and attack her. "Such a pouty child! That's adorable!" She let go of Cloud 9's head only to hit her with a dropkick. It sent her flying backwards right to a table which laid a trick candy bowl. This bowl had an electronic skeleton hand above it designed to drop down on someone's hand as they tried to take some candy. But Rothbert wasn't going to use it like that. Instead, she picked it up and smashed it right at Cloud 9's back. The diva yelled out as it shattered all over her body.
Long Neck Rothbert's eyes then caught onto a pumpkin patch where two different pumpkins stood on different pedestals. She opened one up and pulled out what appeared to be a syringe with a clear-looking liquid inside.
"What the heck is this?" Rothbert asked. She turned to see Cloud 9 struggling to return to her feet. "Well, if it's dangerous, then there's only one way to know for sure."
As soon as Cloud 9 stood straight back up, Long Neck Rothbert jumped right at her and tossed her backwards in a Frankensteiner. Cloud 9 was completely stunned, but not out of it just yet. Rothbert straddled her and pinned her right arm down.
"Time for your medicine." Rothbert said as she stuck the syringe into Cloud 9's arm. The diva gasped as the liquid went into her and she spasmed as if she was having a seizure.
For a moment, Cloud 9 stopped seemingly lifeless. However, much to Rothbert's surprise, she sprung back to life and pushed the ballerina off. She kicked herself up back to her feet more so full of energy than ever.
"I've never felt more alive!"
"What the damn hell!" Rothbert gasped looking at the empty syringe in her hand. "Was there adrenaline in this stupid thing?"
Cloud 9 suddenly sprinted toward her opponent to kick at her. She missed, but grazed at Long Neck Rothbert's head. The ballet dancer quickly countered by jumping on Cloud 9's back wrapping her arms and legs around her. She expected her to go down, but Cloud 9 stayed on her feet running around the party.
Their struggling lead back to the pumpkin area where Cloud 9 retrieved the other pumpkin. She opened it up and found a different syringe, but with a green liquid inside.
"This looks toxic. What do you think, Rothbert?" Cloud 9 quickly injected it right into Rothbert's arm pushing it right in. The dancer let go, but it was too late. The syringe was already empty. That's when Long Neck Rothbert began to get dizzy.
Rothbert spun herself around trying not to fall. But Cloud 9 grabbed her arm and Irish whipped her to a very long buffet table. She then picked up a big bucket full of water and apples before dumping it all over Rothbert's body. The dancer was all soaked and Cloud 9 made it worse by dragging her body all across the food and plates there. Once they were at the punch bowl, Cloud 9 picked Rothbert's head up and dunked it in. She kept her face into the punch. The dancer struggled, but the injection made her too weak to put up a good fight. Eventually, her struggles stopped and Long Neck Rothbert passed out in the punch bowl.
DING-DING!
After the bell rang, Cloud 9 pulled Rothbert's head out of the punch and presented herself for the public. She could feel their cheers admire her beautiful figure.
"And that's the fight! It was a real back-and-forth action, but luck appeared to be on Cloud 9's side after being injected with the adrenaline and injecting Rothbert with the same type of poison used in Leodora's claws! Cloud 9 advances to the MVP competition!"
*Sunny Kinsman, Zombie Girl, Carol March, Selena, and the Leopardess vs Vanessa Slayer, Rahn, Redemption, Yuri Ora, and Olga Valeria*
The final match took place inside of a large cemetery with fog too thick to see far ahead. Two teams stood at different entrances. One team consisted of Sunny Kinsman, Zombie Girl, Carol March, Selena, and the Leopardess. The other team consisted of Vanessa Slayer, Rahn, Redemption, Yuri Ora, and Olga Valeria.
"Welcome to the main event of our Halloween Special!" Jessica's voice echoed through the graveyard. "Our last match will be a five-on-five competition inspired by WWE's Survivor Series, an elimination match where the last ones remaining are the winners! Instead of a tag match in the ring, this match is a free-for-all team KO battle in this cemetery! Watch out, though! Some of the graves are filled with concussion bombs which will knock out whoever's unfortunate enough to step on them! Is everyone ready? Then let's make this memorable!"
DING-DING!
All ten girls immediately ran into the cemetery and scattered into the fog. Each woman had a very disruptive battle with others.
First off was Redemption, a punk girl who ran into a spirit channeler, Sunny Kinsman. Redemption chuckled while cracking her knuckles.
"This will be fun."
"Only for me." Sunny said holding out her arms. "I knew I would need strength for this match, so before we began, I called upon the strength of Chyna."
"Whatever you say, wacko." Redemption said before running up to her. She locked her fingers with Sunny who then showed an surprising among of strength.
Sunny managed to lift Redemption overhead and display her just like the real Chyna would have. She walked forward and let Redemption fall behind her. Sunny then picked Redemption up and tossed her to the side right on top of a grave. Just like she hoped, it blew up and sent Redemption flying knocking her out before she hit the ground.
"Redemption has been eliminated!"
"Guess that's why she was the Ninth Wonder of the World." Sunny said.
"WONDER THIS!" cried out a Russian voice. Sunny was grabbed from behind and lifted upwards by the running Olga Valeria. Olga stopped and let go letting Sunny fly forward and land facefirst at the nearest tombstone.
Sunny wasn't knocked out though. She was disoriented, but she struggled to stay awake. Olga caught her trying to get up and sat on top of her before locking in a sleeper hold. That plus the head injury made Sunny fall down in mere seconds.
"Sunny Kinsman has been eliminated!"
Carol March raced across the graveyard trying not to step on any unknown graves. Eventually, she came across a pumpkin. She was cautious that it was a Trick pumpkin, but considering her circumstances, she had to see for herself. She opened the pumpkin and pulled out what appeared to be a piece of paper. What was on it made Carol smile.
"Oh, look at this. What a wonderful way. It's a map of the cemetery. Callou, callay. And look at these graves that are so clearly marked. They must be bombs which I can't see in the dark. With this, I know which are safe, so I'll find some sap, and lure them into what is clearly a trap."
"I'LL FIND YOU, DEMON SPAWN!"
Carol flinched hearing an aggressive voice echo from nearby. She peeked through a couple of tombstones to find Vanessa Slayer, the monster hunter, spin herself around looking at the fog around her. The sound of evil snickering echoed through the fog. Carol recognized it as the laughter of his dark teammate, Selena.
"You might be right about me being a demon spawn." Selena hissed through the air making Vanessa paranoid. "Then again, what does that say about your chances? I'd say that they're… SLIM!"
Selena jumped out to pounce at her, but being the professional monster hunter she is, Vanessa caught her by the throat before slamming her down on the dirt. She then pulled out a hammer from her belt and prepared to strike it at Selena's head.
"Time to die!"
"Not so fast. Not so fast. Your worries are long past." Carol interrupted revealing herself to Vanessa.
"You!" Vanessa yelled. "Stay out of my way or else…"
"Shhhh." Carol pulled out a pocket watch and opened it up. "Gaze into the hands. Listen to the tick-tock. One observation, and you're dull as a rock."
Vanessa only saw the watch for a moment, but it was all it took. Suddenly, her pupils dilated and her limbs weakened so that Selena could slip out.
"Very well. That wasn't so hard." Carol said. "Now, you're my slave here in this graveyard. Now, look before you at the path forward. Take a few steps at the path toward."
Without much resistance, Vanessa complied taking only few steps until her foot rested at a grave. One click and she was blown into unconsciousness.
"Vanessa Slayer has been eliminated!"
"Thanks for the help," Selena said, "But I didn't need it. What's in your hand anyway?"
"In my hand, my dear Selena, is the ultimate weapon." Carol answered holding up the map. "And I could use your help if you'd like to step in."
"Sounds intriguing." Selena said. "All right. I'm in."
Over at another part of the graveyard, Olga had run into Zombie Girl and the Leopardess at once. The Leopardess had Olga in a full nelson keeping her on her hands and knees while Zombie Girl delivered such strong kicks to her face. The Leopardess capitalized on it by sinking her teeth hard into Olga's shoulder. They nearly knocked Olga out before she stood back up and shot her arms outward.
Olga's freedom launched the Leopardess backward until she came across a pumpkin. She opened it up thinking it was a Treat pumpkin, but was caught off guard when it was revealed to be another concussion bomb which knocked her out.
"The Leopardess has been eliminated!"
Olga wasted no time in going after Zombie Girl. She knew she was strong, but Olga still had the size advantage which she used when applying a bearhug on Zombie Girl. The miserable kid tried to power out, but Olga applied more and more pressure keeping her trapped with extreme difficulty. However, the bearhug stopped when Olga heard the ticking sound.
Carol appeared from the fog with Selena right next to her. Carol held up the watch which mesmerized the Russian.
"Listen, listen, don't feel so bereft. Instead, take ten paces to your left. The path your feet tread is the path I choose. Call it a merciful way for you to lose."
Olga tried to fight it, but even with all her willpower, she carried out her orders. She walked down the path she was told until her path stopped at the explosion which knocked her out.
"Olga Valeria has been eliminated!"
"Just two more left." Selena said. "We're on a roll."
"Just you wait. Just you wait, my two friends." Carol said. "Only we know how this game ends. With my influence and you two for support, we'll take care of the rest of the opposing sort."
"Are you sure about that?" a new voice asked. Everyone turned to a tombstone that was beginning to be revealed as the fog began to part. At the top of it, Rahn was shown to stand above it. She jumped off to confront the remaining three on the other team.
"Of course, of course. Don't think you'll win." Carol replied holding up her ticking stopwatch. "Just listen to this, and even you'll give in." Rahn stared at the watch and was drawn to its sound. "Excellent. That's a good girl. So keen. Now, fall back behind you to be blown to smithereens."
Much to her surprise however, Rahn resisted the command. Though the hypnosis was beginning to take ahold, Rahn clearly had a matching strength of will. Carol was getting furious at how much she was resisting.
"Give in! Give in! Follow my command! Your next action is my utter demand! You'll fall to your defeat and our…"
"Oh, let's just do it the easy way." Selena said. She went behind Rahn with a waistlock. She invited Zombie Girl to join her. The two of them attempted a German suplex, but Rahn still had her feet planted. "Damn it! March, give us a hand!"
"No, no! You're doing it all wrong! My spell will work, no matter how long! Away from her and let the plan fall through! I won't it be ruined by the likes of you!"
"I beg your pardon?" Selena asked in offense. However, she and Zombie Girl were struck hard. They were blown off Rahn's back and right beside her. It was Yuri Ora who kicked them off before proceeding to launch her martial arts skills at Selena. While she did that, Rahn picked Zombie Girl up before tossing her to the grave she was about to fall on. The explosion knocked her out.
"Zombie Girl has been eliminated!"
At last, it came to the final four, two on each team. While Yuri traded blows with Selena, Rahn turned her attention to Carol March, who panicked and kept trying to hypnotize her.
"Hold it! Cease! Do desist! You're under my spell! You can't res…" She was cut off when Rahn chopped her in the neck.
While Carol was stunned, Rahn kicked her in the stomach before lifting her up over her shoulders. She then landed a powerbomb. Though she was hit hard, Carol wasn't done yet. She tried to wrap her legs around Rahn's head, but that backfired quickly when Rahn set her up for a piledriver position. She fell to her knees driving Carol's head hard on the ground knocking her out instantly.
"Carol March has been eliminated!"
Hearing that she was the only one that was left, Selena began to panic. She tried to gain some distance between her and Yuri by hiding out in the fog, but Rahn stopped her. She pushed her back to Yuri Ora who sent a flurry of punches, kicks, and chops that she couldn't defend against. Yuri then concentrated much of her own aura into her fist before sending a strong uppercut to Selena. She fell backwards and struggled to get back up, but Selena collapsed with her lights going out.
DING-DING!
"And that's the last of it, folks! Selena has been eliminated! The final survivors and the last two candidates for the MVP are… Rahn and Yuri Ora! These two powered and strengthened their wills to finish this match and we're all happy they did! See you two at the final contest!"
*MVP*
At the front of the dark mansion, all the winners gathered up standing side by side to each other. Yami finally came out sitting in her chair next to the winners while her partner addressed the crowd with an envelope in her hand.
"Thank you for all your votes! We've had a very interesting match with blood, sweat, and tears every minute! Now, we are going to announce the MVP! First, let's congratulate our winners!
"Number 42561, you pulled off a brutal win over Sister Justice! Penny Twist, I know a lot of our fans won't forget your bloody victory over Ryona Kuno! Queen Combination, your victory over the Won Sisters was truly electric! Fiona Fangs, you practically buried the Serpent despite having every disadvantage! Imperia, you escaped the wild lion and the cage while Leodora was left sniffing on catnip! Shion Kagura, with both your brains and your skill, you fed Joker Lady to the giant jack-o-lantern! Cyclone Fuyuki, you had possibly the closes match and ended up with a hundred scars, but you still won! Cloud 9, not only did you pull off the party brawl of the night, but you looked good doing it! Lastly, Rahn and Yuri Ora, the two of you managed to survive the main event as the last one standing outlasting eight other strong women!
"All eleven of you pulled off great wins, but only one of you has been chosen as the MVP! Even Yami contributed her vote! So let's get the drawing process started!"
Jessica Jacklyn opened up the envelope and read the letter inside. She cleared her throat and professed.
"In third place, we have… Fiona Fangs!"
"Just third?" Fiona asked.
Jessica shrugged before continuing. "Second place is… Penny Twist!" Penny shrugged with a playful smile on her face while sticking her tongue out. "And our first place and MVP is… SHION KAGURA!"
"Me?" Shion asked in complete surprise.
"That's right!" Jessica said giving the MVP a check. "Here's your ten-thousand dollars!"
Shion screeched in excitement accepting the check. She then swiped the microphone before confronting everyone yelling. "HALLOWEEN PARTY, EVERYONE!" The crowd cheered accepting the MVP's invitation.
Jessica chuckled. "Well, that's our Halloween Special, Hardkor style! Thank you for checking in, and remember…"
Suddenly, the lights went out for a moment. When it came back, Jessica was missing. In her place was Yami herself, but she didn't look remotely close to how she looked before. She looked like a frightening nightmare, like every female monster and ghoul combined into one with demonic makeup, dark eyes, and a black robed outfit. She spoke on a demonic echo.
"Happy Halloween. Hehehe."
Author's Note: And that's the end of the Hardkor Halloween Special. I hope you're satisfied with the results. I've thought hard about them.
Next chapter will be the headcanon before the Xtrema Christmas Special, which I will post on December 1st. I've already come up with the match-card and I think I'm going to write up the entire special a month early.
Thank you for your support. Any and all comments are welcome.