Zion Wrestling Presents: Destiny II Night One!!

[Kai Morgan]

The ring is setup for the next match and the crowd looks about as weary and on edge as the commentary team. The two sides of the ring facing the crowd have light tubes lining along the ropes. The side closest to the commentary table has the ropes wrapped in barbwire. There’s a noticeable roll of barbwire resting around one of the ring posts nearest to the entry ramp as the crowd waits in anticipation. Fusion Senior Official Heather Young stands back in a far corner, wearing gloves and long sleeves, careful not to touch the barbwire by her. As the lull in the crowd continues…

The lights go out. 'Bad' by Royal Deluxe begins to play. A single spotlight shines over the entrance. Inside the spotlight Isis has her back turned to the camera. She turns around. Flexes. Holds her pose for a couple of seconds. Then she saunters down to the ring with the spotlights following her. Upon reaching the ring she walks up the ring steps, walks across the apron. She signals for the referee to come over to open the ropes. The ref obliges. She walks to the center of the ring, awaiting her are three full length mirrors. The lights in the arena come alive. Isis turns around to look at herself in the mirror. She flexes to her heart's content admiring what a physical specimen she is. She turns around, drops to the mat, performs push ups in a manner where she is simply showing off. Isis walks over to the turnbuckle, she leans back as she watches people remove the mirrors from the ring. She remains there until the match starts.

Winter Mae: Undefeated, unstoppable has been the Goddess of Zion and tonight, ISIS looks to continue that streak while breaking that of the Zion Hardcore Champion.

Eddie Red Apples: You hear the words of her entrance music, Winter: “I made the Devil” run but tonight she’s about to stand up to a Devil who’s never run in her entire career!”

The lights of the Tokyo Dome fade out until the entire area is shrouded in darkness. After a moment of uncomfortable silence, the low sound of a sludgy bass tune starts flowing from the speakers. Phones start coming on, with fans trying to give themselves some semblance of light. Once there’s a sea of lights across the arena, we can see enough that inside the ring, ISIS is hunched down across the ring, intently watching the stage. The bass tune fades out, a moment of quiet, then a gritty guitar riff starts up, beginning Black Sabbath’s “N.I.B.”

After the beginning of the riff, the drums and bass kick back in and the stage is showered with white and purple strobe lights, smoke filling the stage. The telltale “color scheme” of Yukiko Kusanagi.

Some people say my love cannot be true
Please believe me, my love, and I'll show you
I will give you those things you thought unreal
The sun, the moon, the stars, all bear my seal

After the first verse, the camera creeps up the ramp, focusing in on the smoke filled entry way as Yukiko makes her appearance. While some might have expected “big match white” for her gear, she’s thrown a curve ball that only those closest to her will understand: her gear is made up of wrestling tights designed to look like ripped jeans with holes in the knees. Her gear top is the same as she usually wears, but a cropped, sleeveless “Osaka Devil - QoC” shirt covers it. Her boots are the same style as she normally wears, but solid black this time. She wears the late Roni Ozborn’s “battle vest” over her shirt, adorned with heavy metal band patches. It appears she’s even added some new ones recently, representing metal bands from Japan. The Hardcore Championship belt rests strapped around her waist as she flares out the vest to give the crowd and cameras a damn good look at it. A “QoC” bandana is tied around her head like a headband and over that, Roni Ozborn’s barbwire “crown of thorns” rests on her head. Her half mask she wears is specially designed with the word “DEVIL” in white across the front, curved up at the ends to almost resemble an evil, toothy smile. It’s also noticed that Yukiko is clutching a small black bag in her hand. Soaking in the reaction of her home country, she releases the folds of her vest and starts walking to the ring.

Follow me now and you will not regret
Leaving the life you led before we met
You are the first to have this love of mine
Forever with me till the end of time

Your love for me has just got to be real
Before you know the way I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel
I'm going to feel

Winter Mae: Eddie, what do you do to prepare your mental state when you see that woman - The Zion Hardcore Champion, undefeated ever since stepping through our doors - walking towards the ring with you in it?

Eddie Red Apples: What do I do? There’s nothing I can do, Winter. Now, if you’re ISIS? You’ve probably got a little more confidence in your abilities than anyone else on the roster. She’s never faced Yukiko Kusanagi, but Yukiko Kusanagi’s never faced her. Both of these women are two unstoppable forces that have never been brought together.

Winter Mae: But they’re about to be and I’d wager there’s gonna be an explosion when they are here in just a moment.

Yukiko reaches ringside and steps up onto the apron, stepping through the ropes where she pulls the title belt off of her waist and holds it up to the crowd, extending her hand out to the camera.

Now, I have you with me under my power
Our love grows stronger now with every hour
Look into my eyes, you'll see who I am
My name is Lucifer, please take my hand

And on that last line, she turns her extended hand, offering it out to ISIS with a wicked gleam in her eyes. It’s clear she’s got that devious little smile under her half mask. Yukiko moves then to the turnbuckle and climbs up, raising the title and offering her hand out to the crowd. She steps down to the mat, removing her entrance gear and placing it all into a neatly folded pile into the corner with that little black bag. Yukiko moves to join ISIS and the referee in the center, staring up at ISIS from just a couple feet away from her. As they settle into position, the ringside crew comes in again and proceeds to take that roll of barbwire from around the ringpost and hastily yet “generously” - if you can say that about barbwire - wrap it around the ropes, finally and completely surrounding the champion and challenger in a world of hurt. At ringside, Vivian Blake begins the announcement while the last of the wire is wrapped in place.

Vivian Blake: The following contest is scheduled for one fall!

Crowd: ONE FALL!

Vivian Blake: There are no Disqualifications! No count outs! And it will be for the Zion Wrestling Hardcore Championship!!

Introducing first, the challenger! From Chicago, Illinois! She stands before you with a Zion Wrestling record of 16 wins with 0 losses! She is, The Goddess…ISIS!!!!

ISIS beams with self pride as she turns towards the hardcam and the crowd and flexes her muscles, striking a pose before turning back and holding that smug look as she stares down at Yukiko.

Vivian Blake: And, introducing her opponent! From Osaka, Japan! She stands before you with a Zion Wrestling record of 24 wins with 0 losses! She is the Undefeated! Undisputed! Zion Wrestling Hardcore Champion! The Osaka Devil…YUKIKO…KUSANAGI!!!!!!

Yukiko promptly pulls the the Hardcore Title off from over her shoulder, turns towards the crowd and raises it up. The Tokyo Dome…goes…WILD!! She also turns her back to the camera, showing that the back of her t-shirt says “24 - 0” on it. She rests the title over her shoulder and steps back to square up with ISIS again. Her eyes just staring right up into the soul of her challenger. ISIS seems unphased as she opens her arms out and steps up to Yukiko directly, bumping against her. Yukiko doesn’t budge and ISIS smile wavers a bit as the referee gently guides them apart and convinces Yukiko to hand her the championship. She does so, and both women go to their corners as Heather Young raises the title up and hands it off to the ring announcer outside. She motions to the two competitors to make sure they’re ready…before calling for the bell!



Eddie Red Apples: Quite the height difference between these two, Winter.

Winter Mae: Very true but Yukiko Kusanagi isn’t letting that break her focus!

ISIS and Yukiko step out of their corners and slowly make their way towards one another, bumping against one another to see who gives way first. But neither of them do. ISIS begins her trash talk, motioning around them. It’s clear she’s telling Yukiko she’s about to end her reign in her own country. As she finishes, she places just her fingertips against Yukiko’s shoulder and pushes her back. ISIS motions for her to come on…and Yukiko SLAPS HER ACROSS THE FACE!

Eddie Red Apples: OHHHHHH MAN!

Winter Mae: DID YOU HEAR THAT?!

Eddie Red Apples: I think the locker room heard that one!

ISIS looks like she’s in disbelief. The Lion, the Witch and the Audacity of this Bitch. She turns to Yukiko, asking if she wants to try that again. Yukiko just smiles up in her face like a madwoman…and pats her own cheeks, turning it out for the Goddess. The crowd “ooooh’s” as the Osaka Devil dares her opponent to take her shot. ISIS smiles like it’s the most amusing thing in the world…and SLAPS YUKIKO ACROSS THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF HER FACE!! Yukiko’s head snaps to the side as the crowd lets out a louder “Ohhhhhhhh!!!!” The Japanese woman turns her head slowly, smiling through a curtain of silvery hair in her face. ISIS makes a motion with her hands. “C’mon, bitch. Let’s go!” The two step in and lock up, collar and elbow, starting to jockey for position! Yukiko pushes in against ISIS but the more powerful woman presses right back against her, starting to push Yukiko towards one side of the barbwire ropes. Yukiko anchors her feet down to stop the movement and ISIS gives her a mighty shove, sending her to the mat and rolling back on her butt, almost hitting the ropes themselves. Bad news with the wire around them, but Yukiko manages to stop herself in time and gets to her feet. She nods to ISIS and the two start circling back around the ring. The Tokyo crowd starts a rhythmic “Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!” These two women are a deadly combination of combustible elements and it’s only a matter of time before they mix together and blow the roof off of the Tokyo Dome! ISIS motions for Yukiko to come get her some but Yukiko mimics it, trying to goad her into doing something stupid. ISIS takes a look around the ring then back to Yukiko, telling her she’s got something for that ass. ISIS turns and walks over to one of the sides of ropes with light tubes on them and plucks two off, tossing one to the Osaka Devil. Yukiko catches it and gives ISIS a very amused smile. She taunts ISIS in Japanese but ISIS just opens her arms out, wielding the light tube like a club or a sword in one hand. “What’s poppin’, bitch?”

Eddie Red Apples: The Goddess is calling the Osaka Devil out, Winter!

Winter Mae: Yeah, but you know what they say, Eddie! You knock on the Devil’s door, eventually, she’s gonna answer!

Yukiko finally obliges ISIS’ invitation and swings for the fences with her light tube in hand! ISIS jumps back. ISIS comes in and swings but Yukiko ducks. Yukiko whips around and swings again, high this time and ISIS is able to just duck under it and Yukiko goes stumbling past her from her own momentum. She whips around as ISIS cocks the light tube in her hand up overhead for a big downward swing but Yukiko nails her in the gut with a stiff thrust kick. ISIS doubles over and drops her light tube, stumbling back. Yukiko rushes in and swings hers again. ISIS rolls forward, out of the way as Yukiko’s weapon comes down and SHATTERS across the top rope, breaking the tube in half. ISIS snatches her light tube up from the mat and as Yukiko turns back around, she swings hard like a baseball batter and the light tube explodes in a burst of glass and dust across Yukiko’s stomach. Yukiko crumples to one knee and ISIS smashes the other half of the tube across the back of her head. Yukiko grabs her head as she goes down. ISIS picks up the other half of her opponent’s light tube and kneels down beside her, looking to dig the broken end right into her face.

Yukiko’s able to catch her by the wrists and it becomes a struggle between the two again. ISIS is getting that light tube dangerously close to Yukiko’s face when suddenly she’s able to move her head to the side and stops resisting, causing the tube to crack against the mat. Yukiko rolls back in towards ISIS and catches her with a back elbow across the temple. ISIS falls back and gets to her feet but so does Yukiko. The Osaka Devil comes rushing in fast and Dropkicks ISIS backwards right into a set of barbwire ropes! ISIS SCREEEEEEAMS as the barbs pierce into her flesh and she’s able to pull herself off with spots of blood forming on her back, shoulders and arms. She stumbles right towards Yukiko who flies into a series of stiff martial arts kicks to the legs and body, mixing in rapid fire palm slaps and forearms before finishing off with a Spinning Back Fist right across the jaw. ISIS stumbles and Yukiko grabs her by the wrist, Irish Whipping her violently across the ring. ISIS slams into one side of the light tube riddled ropes and there’s a bigger explosion of glass and dust as she repels right back down to the mat. Yukiko slowly steps over, shrugging her hands out, asking ISIS what’s wrong. Was she not ready for a little pain? She wipes some of her own blood, speckled on her stomach. Not much but it’s there. She rubs it between her fingers and licks it off with a wicked grin, much to the disgust of the audience. ISIS pushes up onto her hands and knees but Yukiko casually sweeps an arm out from under her, causing her to fall back down and starts lightly booting her in the head. More insulting than damaging. ISIS pushes herself back up and Yukiko grabs her by the hair, dragging her over like a dog on a leash towards one of the barbwire sides. Once ISIS realizes what she’s doing, she starts trying to resist but Yukiko shoves her forehead against the unforgiving coils and starts raking her face across it, eliciting more screams from the Goddess.

Eddie Red Apples: I don’t even wanna imagine how that feels, Winter!

Winter Mae: Not good for the challenger but the reigning champion seems to be enjoying herself!

Yukiko finally pulls a now bloody faced ISIS away from the ropes and over to the center of the ring. She stands her up and plants her back into the mat with “N.I.B (STO)”, rolls her onto her back and hooks a leg.

ONE!

TWO!

ISIS gets the shoulder up and Yukiko just laughs with enjoyment that this isn’t over yet. She gets to punish her victim even more, evidently. Yukiko pulls ISIS up and whips her, hard, into the furthest corner. She comes right in behind her with a cartwheeling, handspring back elbow, catches ISIS around the head and runs her back in for a Running Bulldog. ISIS lays on the mat, writhing as Yukiko gets back to her feet, laughing to herself. She snatches up one of ISIS’ arms and twists around, flipping ISIS onto her back into a Cross Armbar and wrenches back hard! ISIS kicks her legs and tries to pry Yukiko’s legs off of her chest as the referee checks if she wants to submit. Eventually, she musters her strength and manages to force one leg off, allowing her some leverage and rolls over, folding Yukiko in half, pinning her shoulders to the mat. The referee counts!

ONE!

But Yukiko lifts one shoulder off and swings her legs around into position to transition the armbar into a Triangle Choke. ISIS growls in frustration and wraps her free arm around Yukiko’s thigh. She powers her up off of the mat, lifting her for a powerbomb but instead of dropping her to the mat again, she just throws her into the light tubes! More glass explodes as Yukiko slams into the ropes at full force and staggers, falling down to the canvas. ISIS kneels back, clutching her arm, blood pouring down her face from the lacerations in her forehead. Yukiko rolls slowly around on the mat, grimacing from the bits of glass sticking into her back and shoulders.

Eddie Red Apples: Call it a move of desperation, call it sheer determination but ISIS isn’t gonna make this easy for the champion!

Winter Mae: You see that power, Eddie? She just tossed her like a child!

ISIS shakes out her arm, flexes her hand and gets to her feet, walking over and picks Yukiko up by the hair. She drags her over to the corner and sits her back against it. ISIS starts laying the boots to her, stomping a mudhole into the Osaka Devil. She’s mad now and it shows as she starts talking trash, pausing in her stomps to lean down and just start rocking her in the head with closed right fists which soon become forearm shots. She stops for a moment and sees how she has Yukiko positioned, shaking a finger and nodding at her as she backs up.

Winter Mae: What’s she…?

Eddie Red Apples: Oh, I don’t like this one bit, Winter.

ISIS comes barreling in full speed ahead and delivers a Running Face Wash, kicking Yukiko across the face and slamming the other side of her face into the barbwire on the middle rope! The crowd goes nuts, shocked at the simple yet effective brutality as the Hardcore Champion grabs her face and rolls out under the bottom rope. She curls up on the padded floor, clutching her face and slapping the floor with her other hand.

Eddie Red Apples: Is that a tap?

Winter Mae: I think that’s a “son of a bitch, that hurts.”

Eddie Red Apples: Good point!

ISIS looks down at Yukiko outside of the ring and looks for a way to go out after her. She could drop and roll but instead, she starts taking some light tubes off of the ropes and letting them clink to the mat, giving her a path to step through the ropes, drop down to the floor and pursue Yukiko.

Eddie Red Apples: Are they coming around to us?

Winter Mae: Sure are! I’m moving.

Eddie Red Apples: Yup! Me too!

ISIS grabs Yukiko and picks her up to her feet, trying to shove her face onto the barbwire of the bottom rope but Yukiko grabs onto it with her hands to keep her face from being mangled further! Blood trickles from between her fingers as she fights against ISIS’ force and she finally throws a leg back, kicking her low! ISIS lets go, Yukiko grabs her by the hair, getting blood into it and drives her face right into the apron. ISIS stumbles and Yukiko grabs one of the little monitors on the commentator table and just yeets it right at ISIS head. Yukiko pulls a steel chair out from underneath the ring and brings it down whacking ISIS right over the top of the skull with it! She tosses the chair aside and starts pulling stuff out from under the ring and sliding it in under the bottom rope. Another package of light tubes - two in fact. Then comes a table which gets the crowd excited. Then a familiar black bag. Next she pulls out…a stack of glass panes?!

Eddie Red Apples: What the hell is that doing under the ring?!

Winter Mae: Knowing her, she put it there!

Eddie Red Apples: My god, this woman is insane.

Winter Mae: Ya think?!

Yukiko reaches under the ring one more time and comes back up with…

Winter Mae: Eddie, is that a goddamn pizza cutter?!

Sure is! And Yukiko walks back over to where ISIS is and clocks her in the head with the handle, dropping her down to one knee. She presses the pizza cutter against her forehead and rolls it across! The crowd exclaims in horror as Yukiko laughs and licks the blood off. ISIS holds a hand to her forehead as Yukiko steps in again and starts pushing the pizza cutter across her back and shoulders a few times. ISIS cries out in pain and Yukiko laughs again, tossing the pizza cutter through the ropes inside the ring before grabbing her and rolling her back in. She climbs back inside and starts setting things up to bring the pain even more. The glass panes get propped up in a corner. She sets up the table and rolls ISIS onto it. Yukiko climbs up with her and picks her up. Both are standing on the table now and Yukiko hooks ISIS around the head for a DDT but the table COLLAPSES underneath them on one side! Yukiko and ISIS slide down with the table at an angle. ISIS rolls back across the mat and up onto her feet, leaning safely against one side of the ropes where she removed the light tubes earlier. She sees Yukiko laying against the slanted table, charges in and hits a Cannonball Senton, busting the table right in half and sending Yukiko through it!! The crowd pops for the comeback as ISIS shoves the broken table off of Yukiko and looks for a pin.

ONE!

TWO!

…NO!

ISIS stands up and nods her head. Of course that wasn’t enough to put the Devil down. She picks up one of the loose light tubes and readies it as Yukiko rises up onto her hands and knees. ISIS shatters it across her back and Yukiko recoils up onto her knees in pain. ISIS picks up another one. Yukiko laughs through the pain and dares her to do it. ISIS taunts her with it and Yukiko SPITS in her face. ISIS’ eyes flare with anger and she shatters the light tube right across the woman’s head! Yukiko leans down but stays off of her hands. ISIS picks up one - no two - of the light tubes and holds them together. Yukiko looks back up at her and ISIS homerun swings the glass tubes INTO HER FACE!!! She pulls Yukiko up into her arms and delivers an Exploder Suplex!

ONE!

TWO!

YUKIKO KICKS OUT AGAIN!

ISIS sits up in shock now. She can’t believe that didn’t do it! Neither can the crowd! ISIS looks around for something before pulling Yukiko to her feet and shoves her forward, leaning her against the barbwire ropes. Yukiko grimaces in pain but she’s too dazed to immediately pull herself off. ISIS picks up the pizza cutter and yanks her head back with a handful of hair. She presses the cutter against Yukiko’s forehead and holds it there, just pushing. Yukiko screams as blood starts to dribble down her face. ISIS angles the cutter downward and keeps trying to push inward! Now the crowd’s really horrified!

Winter Mae: Aww, that’s disgusting!! What’s she doing?!

Eddie Red Apples: She’s gonna slice the flesh right off of Kusanagi’s face!

ISIS finally rolls the cutter. Thankfully it doesn’t take a hunk of flesh with it but it’s a deep cut that’s now pouring blood down the champion’s face. They’re both sporting the proverbial crimson mask now. ISIS pulls Yukiko off the barbwire ropes and back into her grasp, delivering a Leg Hook Saito Suplex onto some of the loose fallen light tubes!! Yukiko lays there, not moving. ISIS makes the cover.

ONE!

TWO!

…

BUT YUKIKO KICKS OUT!!

ISIS can’t believe it and she stands up, pulling Yukiko with her. She steps back and comes in for a Discus Lariat but a swaying Yukiko ducks underneath it, slips behind ISIS and catches her with “Into The Void (Jumping Reverse STO)”!! She picks ISIS up and shoves one of the bundles of light tubes into her arms. Yukiko delivers a stiff Shoot Kick to the spine, causing ISIS to lean forward against the standing tubes. She runs past her and bounces off the one clear side of the ropes. “The Wizard (Shining Wizard)” from Yukiko collides with the glass tubes and explodes in a cloud around ISIS, sending her down to the mat! Yukiko grabs the writhing woman and pulls her onto her back, going for the pin.

ONE!

TWO!

…

KICKOUT FROM ISIS!!!

Yukiko sits up and falls back onto the mat, both women lying there in a bloody heap. Stains of red from both of them on the white canvas, mixed with the broken glass, wood and other weapons. This match is starting to look like a fucking murder scene. Referee Heather Young checks on both women and starts considering ending the match. She turns to call for the ringside doctor but Yukiko’s hand reaches out and catches her by the foot! She pulls herself up on the referee’s legs and arms, shaking her head with wild eyes. She better not dare stop this match! She pushes the referee back and turns just in time to see ISIS coming in with a steel chair! Yukiko ducks, evading possible doom. ISIS turns back around right into a Pele Kick from Yukiko that sends her backwards against the glass panes in the corner, leaning against them. Yukiko steps back towards the opposite corner, gritting her teeth as she starts psyching herself up.

Eddie Red Apples: Oh no, Yukiko don’t do it!

Winter Mae: The title’s not worth this! You’re gonna kill her!

Yukiko Kusanagi: ISIIIIIIIIIIIIISSS!!!!!!

Yukiko screams as she comes charging forward. Before we can tell what she’s gonna do, though, ISIS rushes out to meet her and levels her with a Bicycle Kick right to the face!!!!! Yukiko goes down!! ISIS grabs her around the waist and picks her up!!! German Suplex!!!! ISIS doesn’t let go though and rolls up to her feet, pulling Yukiko with her. Another German Suplex!!! ISIS holds on still!!! She rolls back to her feet and delivers a third German Suplex!!! This time, she bridges for the cover!!

ONE!

TWO!

….

TH–NO!!

ISIS shakes her head in disbelief and picks Yukiko up again. She grabs her by the throat and lifts her up, looking for “Welcome To Dystopia (One Armed Powerbomb)” but Yukiko grabs her wrist and torques her body to the side, rolling ISIS down to the mat and right into “The Ultimate Sin (Koji Clutch)!” Yukiko squeezes tight on the hold and reaches over, grabbing that black bag which is just in arm’s reach. She reaches into it and pulls out…a handful of her signature metal skewers! ISIS continues trying to break free out of the hold as Yukiko uses her fist to hammer the skewers into her scalp!! ISIS screams again but she’s refusing to give up and Yukiko lets her out of the hold, having had enough. ISIS sits up, wide eyed as she gingerly feels the skewers in her head but behind her, Yukiko’s digging into the bag again. She’s clearly not finished. She pulls out another handful of skewers and starts hammer fisting them into ISIS’ shoulder!! The crowd reacts in disgust but Yukiko keeps going, hammering a third and final handful of skewers into ISIS’ other shoulder!!

Eddie Red Apples: ISIS looks like she’s been slapped by a porcupine!

Winter Mae: Oh, that looks like it hurts so bad!

Yukiko steps back in front of ISIS, looking woozy from blood loss by now, but she cocks back and drives a Superkick right into ISIS’ jaw and knocks her back. She gets into position quickly and just leaps up, delivering a Standing Shooting Star Press for the cover!!

ONE!

TWO!

…

KICKOUT!

ISIS is still alive in this match and Yukiko falls back onto her butt. The champion and challenger sit and lie there for a moment; starting to feel the effects of blood loss now. They start getting to their feet again, veeeeery sloooooowly. ISIS still looks like a human pin cushion with skewers sticking out of her but she motions for Yukiko to bring it on. Yukiko rocks her with a back hand chop. ISIS staggers and delivers a back hand chop of her own but pain shoots through her shoulder because, well, she’s got goddamn skewers sticking out of her flesh! Yukiko laughs, wiping some blood out of her eyes and flicks it at ISIS just to taunt her. Before ISIS can respond, Yukiko grabs her by the head and gives her a STIFF - AS - FUCK Strong Style forearm to the jaw! ISIS staggers back and steps back in for a Big Boot but Yukiko catches her foot, shaking her head. She shoves ISIS’ foot down and pivots. “STEEL FEATHER (BLACK MASS KICK)!!!!” ISIS staggers backwards, hits the turnbuckle and slides down to the floor. Yukiko smiles devilishly and comes charging in and leaps right into ISIS with a “Gyrating Bronco Buster!!” Yukiko bucks her hips violently, thrashing ISIS’ head around. She literally then grabs her by the hair and continues pounding her pelvis into the Goddess’ face.

Winter Mae: Oh now that’s just wrong!

Eddie Red Apples: I hope there’s no kids watching!

Yukiko steps back, grinning and biting her thumb, looking like she enjoyed that a little too much as ISIS looks like she might be on her last leg. Yukiko squats down across from her and beckons her with a hand, telling her to come on. Get up. ISIS takes a moment to pull the skewers out of her body, causing more blood to ooze out of the little holes in her skin.

Eddie Red Apples: Oh man, I hope nobody watching has Trypophobia!

Winter Mae: Look away if you do!

ISIS pulls herself up to her feet and stumbles forward. Yukiko kicks her in the midsection, looking to put her away with “Kuro Gishiki (Double Underhook Brainbuster) but ISIS powers up and sends Yukiko crashing to the mat with a Back Body Drop into the barbwire ropes! Yukiko flails on the mat from having her back scrape against the wire and ISIS clenches her fists, starting to feel a second wind coming on. She pulls Yukiko up and delivers a Snap Suplex back down to the mat! She picks Yukiko up again and delivers a big Cobra Clutch Slam! She picks her up one more time and clutches her by the throat, looking for “Welcome To Dystopia (One Arm Powerbomb)” but Yukiko hammers her fists down onto her head, causing ISIS to let her slip back down to the mat. Yukiko goes for a Spinning Back Fist but ISIS ducks and scoops her up under the leg, hoists her up and twists around to deliver a SPINNING “Welcome To Dystopia!!!!”

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

NO!!

Eddie Red Apples: I thought that was it!!! I thought that was it, Winter!!!

Winter Mae: I don’t know how Yukiko Kusanagi’s able to take this kind of punishment!!

ISIS can’t believe it either as she sits, shaking her head at Yukiko on the mat. She goes to pick her up again and looks to hit a second “Welcome To Dystopia” but this time, Yukiko twists around her and lands behind. ISIS spins around and eats another “Steel Feather” kick! This time, Yukiko keeps her from falling back and hooks the arms!! “Kuro Gishiki (Double Underhook Brainbister)!!!” She rolls over and makes the cover.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

YE–NO!!!

Eddie Red Apples: ISIS still has some in the tank!!

Winter Mae: She’s gotta be running on fumes now! They both have to be!

Yukiko pulls herself up to her feet and pushes ISIS over onto her stomach, folding her feet over and locks in “50 Shades Of Pain (Muta Lock)!!” The camera zooms in on ISIS as she screams in pain with Yukiko fish hooking her mouth to complete the hold. The blood oozing from the multiple wounds in her head and arms!! Yukiko arches her back up, screaming in frustration. Her silvery white hair now streaked red with the massive amount of blood she’s lost as well. ISIS pries at Yukiko’s hands, trying to get loose but she’s unable to…until she catches Yukiko’s fingers in her teeth and bites down. Yukiko’s screams of rage turn to shrieks of agony as she’s forced to let go. ISIS stands up and boots Yukiko in the head before lying the second log of light tubes across her torso. Wasting no time, she delivers a Standing Moonsault, CRASHING down on top of the tubes and the champion! She braces through the pain and hooks the leg.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE?!

YES?! NO!!!

Yukiko somehow kicks out again and ISIS is in total disbelief still!! She winces as she stands and moves to the corner, looking to deliver a Middle Rope Springboard Moonsault but one foot doesn’t come off and she lands unsteadily. Her boot’s stuck to the rope!

Eddie Red Apples: Winter, I think ISIS’ boot might be caught on a barb from the wire!!

Winter Mae: Lucky for Yukiko!!

Eddie Red Apples: And a window of opportunity, here she comes!!

Yukiko has enough time to make it to her feet and just as ISIS yanks her boot off of the wire, the Osaka Devil springs up and catches the Goddess with a brutal Poisronrana right onto some more of the stray light tubes!! ISIS staggers to her feet through the momentum and Yukiko sizes her up! She flies into a series of big strikes! Spinning Thrust Kick! Discus Forearm! Runs in with a Slingblade! Lets ISIS get to her feet again and finishes off with another “Into The Void (Jumping Reverse STO)!!” She pulls ISIS up once more onto her knees and smiles. Yukiko suddenly leans in and lays one on ISIS, RIGHT on the lips! ISIS flails her arms until Yukiko pulls back from the kiss, grinning and licking her opponent’s blood off of her lips. She sets her up! “Kuro Gishiki (Double Underhook Brainbuster)!!”

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!!

NO! NOT THREE!!

Yukiko sits up, snarling like a bloody faced psychopath. She grabs one of the panes of glass from the stack in the corner and stands it up, leaning it against ISIS when she reaches her knees. Yukiko stands back and points a gun finger to the sky. She aims it down at ISIS and fires. BANG! She runs in, looking for “The Wizard (Shining Wizard)!!” ISIS shoves the pane of glass out at Yukiko and it smacks her in the head, spider webbing the glass pane! It’s still leaning against Yukiko who’s holding her head as ISIS rolls to her feet. Yukiko grabs the glass, looking to push it back into ISIS but the Goddess comes in and SHATTERS it with a devastating Superkick against Yukiko and they both collapse to the mat!

Winter Mae: DAMN!!!

Eddie Red Apples: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!!

ISIS staggers up to her feet and pulls Yukiko back up, she hooks an arm under her leg and plants it on her chest. Lifts her up! “Welcome To Dystopia (One Armed Powerbomb)!!” ISIS covers!!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!!!!!

NO!!!! KICKOUT AGAIN!!!

Not only that, but Yukiko throws her legs around ISIS arm and head, locking in a Triangle Choke!!

Eddie Red Apples: Just when you think it’s over, these two pull a wild card out of nowhere!!

Winter Mae: This is insane!!! But one of these two has to take the L tonight!! A streak will be broken!!

Yukiko wrenches tight on the Triangle Choke and ISIS looks like she’s starting to fade…until she actually does go limp! The referee lifts her arm and drops it. ISIS’ doesn’t respond.

ONE!

She lifts ISIS’ arm again and releases it. It falls a second time.

TWO!

Heather Young picks up ISIS’ arm and lets it go, ready to call for the bell. The arm drops…

THREE–

AND IT SHOOTS BACK UP!!!! TOKYO JAPAN GOES WILD AS ISIS SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE!!!!! YUKIKO CAN BARELY BELIEVE IT AS SHE PULLS TIGHTER ON THE HOLD!! ISIS FIGHTS THROUGH IT AND GETS HER LIFTED UP INTO THE AIR!!!!! SHE TAKES A RUNNING START TOWARDS THE CORNER AND DELIVERS A THIRD “WELCOME TO DYSTOPIA” THROUGH THE GLASS PANES TO YUKIKO KUSANAGI!!!!! THE GLASS EXPLODES UNDERNEATH THE IMPACT!!!!

ISIS falls down to one knee, gasping for that much deprived oxygen. The referee checks on her to make sure she’s okay. She nods. The referee goes over to check on Yukiko in the corner who’s just showing signs of life by her own heaving breaths, bleeding profusely from what just happened. Still, somehow, she crawls out of the pile of glass and waves the referee off. ISIS shakes her head in disbelief and she rises to her feet, just standing there. She can’t even believe that Yukiko’s still moving and trying to come at her, but she is. The Osaka Devil crawls across the mat on all fours until she reaches ISIS feet, blood running down her arms, down her back. Coating her face. She grabs onto ISIS trunks and starts pulling herself up. She makes it up to her feet and collapses down to one knee. Yukiko looks up at ISIS with a painfully weak smile and chuckles. ISIS shakes her head slowly, tears starting to form in her eyes.

Eddie Red Apples: Yukiko Kusanagi is clawing her way back up to her feet. What a show of determination!

Winter Mae: But she can barely stand after that, look at her! And look at ISIS!!

Eddie Red Apples: Is the Goddess crying? Is she showing sympathy for the Devil?!

Yukiko keeps that weak smile to ISIS and slowly nods. ISIS nods back, mouthing, “You’re the one, babygirl. You’re that bitch.” She reaches down, taking Yukiko under one arm and helps her to her feet. ISIS and Yukiko press their foreheads to each other. Yukiko closes her eyes and a tear runs down her bloody cheek. She mutters something in Japanese and ISIS says “I know.” Yukiko weakly responds with: “It’s over…” ISIS nods again and presses a kiss to Yukiko’s forehead. Yukiko doesn’t even try to resist then as ISIS hooks an arm under her leg and lifts her up high, delivering a fourth and final “Welcome To Dystopia (One Armed Powerbomb)” to the Hardcore Champion. She makes the cover. Referee Heather Young drops down for the count.

ONE!

…

TWO!

…

THREE!

Vivian Blake: Here is your winner…..AAAAAAAAND…NNNNEEEEEEEEWWWWW ZION WRESTLING HARDCORE CHAMPION!!!! THE GODDESS…ISIS!!!!

Eddie Red Apples: We just witnessed a history making moment here in Zion Wrestling!! Streak versus Streak and the light has broken through the darkness!!

Winter Mae: And we have a new and - since its inception - only our second Hardcore Champion!! Congratulations ISIS!!

Royal Deluxe’s “Bad” plays throughout the arena as ISIS sits up and looks at the fallen former champion, nodding in respect to her. Yukiko, meanwhile, is absolutely out cold as Heather Young brings ISIS the Hardcore Championship and presents it to her. ISIS stands painfully and hugs the title against her chest. The Tokyo audience are all on their feet, applauding what they just witnessed from both women. ISIS reaches down to offer Yukiko a hand up but the referee motions her back as EMTs come running down to check on both wrestlers. ISIS waves them off for now, bidding they tend to her opponent. She raises the title belt up to the crowd, slapping the center plate and pointing to them, thanking them all for their support. From down the ramp, some of the Queens of Chaos start rushing down to the ring. Jessi Ozborne, Zara Ivory, Ollie, Faizah Marshall, Kimberly Williams, Cordelia Cromwell, even Mikaela Callaway, all come running down to check on their fellow Queen. Jessi specifically makes her way around to the front row to console and reassure Yukiko’s little brother Yujiro, who looks absolutely distraught over everything.

By now, ISIS has let some of the EMTs come check on her as she sits back in the corner with her title. The crowd continues to applaud as the champion rolls out of the ring after the EMTs give a thorough check. She holds the title up again, continuing her celebration. Yukiko is put out on a stretcher and wheeled off with the present Queens following her out. Jessi helps Yujiro over the barricade and brings him along with them as the camera fades to an advertisement.

WINNER: ISIS (#ANDNEW)
RESULT: PINFALL (WELCOME TO DYSTOPIA)

[Kai Morgan]

[Flashback]

Maddi has pulled Maki up WARP DRIVE!!!!!! THE CODE RED CONNECTS!!!!!!! Maki couldn't move but Johnny stomped on Maddi until she was lying on the mat and Johnny ran to Nami. With Big Boot, she fell from the apron. Johnny turned around to check Maki's condition, but she nodded to say she was alright. Johnny pulled Maddi up but Maddi hit back. Japanese Arm Drag Johnny rolled out of the ring, Maddi got up. Meet Maki kicking her stomach until she collapses into her seat position. Maki puts her green tea powder on her hand and connects with THE RISE OF DEVIL!!!!! MANDIBLE CLAW!!!! Maddi tries to resist and kicks on Maki's stomach!!! Maki fell to her knees in pain!!! WARP DRIVE!!!!!! WARP DRIVE CONNECTS!!!! Maddi is still upset to ensure she is going to win the match as she climbs to the top of turnbuckle!!! MAGICSAULT!!! LAND ON TOP OF MAKI!!! It's over, this match is over. The referee woke up, Maddi was about to be pinned but Nami hit the referee with the steel chair!!!! What the fuck happened!? Maddi was completely shocked. Nami looked at the referee with a smile but not her normal smile. Maddi tried to talk but Nami hit Maddi's head!!!! Maddi lay down on the mat, Nami pulled her back in a kneeling position!!! TSUNAMI!!!!!!!! Maddi Knocks out cold from Tsunami!!! Nami rolled off the ring to the shock of the audience. The whole arena was silent!! Maki crawls onto Maddi! Johnny kicks the steel chair out of the ring. and wakes the referee. The referee slowly woke up and saw that Maddi's shoulders were on the mat and Maki was on top of Maddi's. Referee counts it!!!

[Present]

Nami Megumi: Last year I remembered that I had made one of the biggest decisions I could ever think of. I turned my back on the world and joined one of the most evil people I've ever known in my life. But that was sad because that person was my sister. I think I have no excuse for what happened last year at Destiny. I betrayed everyone. I chose to do something that many people didn't expect. But now I realize I did the stupidest thing of my life. I really shouldn't have done it. It's disgusting and there's nothing I can do to make excuses for what happened. I would like to apologize for what happened last year. Then I let my emotions take away the best of me. I've changed into someone I've always hated. I'm lost in the dark I got lost in my sister's tricks. I've become the devil I've been trying to resist I wasn't so wise then to betray everyone like that. I let the hopes of many I was wrong and I think I can't go back and fix anything. But now everything has changed. I'm back to myself again I will do everything better. Even being a devil made me happy for a short time, but that was incomparable from receiving encouragement from all the fans. I know what I'm enjoying now makes me feel more valuable. I just want to promise that I won't let something like that happen again. I will be here I will be by everyone's side from now on. And I have another chance at Destiny II, I won't make that mistake again. I'm going to end this crazy story. This is a destiny that could have been avoided by me and Maki, I hope... I will be able to finish this on my own.

[Flashback]

We cut back to the ring, with Maki now approaching Nami in the ring. She helps her sister to her feet, who profusely apologizes to her for the result of the match. Maki shows forgiveness, the two embracing in the center of the ring! The hug lasts long enough for Nami to crack a smile, despite everything else that’s happened tonight! The two eventually break away, with Nami in a hurry to exit the ring and make it to the back. Maki doesn’t allow her to make it that far however, pulling Nami in and clocking her with a Clothesline!

Winter Mae: WHOA!!

Trick Morrison: What the hell does Maki Megumi think she’s doing?!

Nami lays on the mat, looking up at Maki with a face full of shock and heartbreak! Maki returns her gaze with nothing but malice, pouncing onto her younger sister and nailing her with Forearms and Elbows to the head! The fans fill Times Square with the sound of boos as Maki stands over her sister, who is in near tears over her betrayal! Maki moves, expressionless as she drags Nami under the bottom rope and drapes her over the apron! She deals the fatal blow, dropping her headfirst on the concrete ground at ringside with an Apron-Hung DDT! Medics crowd around the fallen Nami as Maki backs away, her face still expressionless as we fade.

[Present]

Nami Megumi: What had happened three months ago was still a recurring image in my head of being betrayed by someone I trusted. I was hurt, but it also woke me up. It made The Cosmic Bird defeat the Evil Bird inside of me. It made me realize that I had to stand up for it. After that I disappeared because I had to heal my injury. I disappeared from the ring But when I came back it wasn't a good comeback for me. I didn't win a single match after the first match I came back here but everything happened because of you, Maki, you're the one who made me like this. But I think it's time for me to be decisive and put an end to this shit. It may sound crazy but this match if you win I will leave Mayhem but if you lose you will leave my house! Mayhem is my place I used to be the captain here and you're just an intruder to me. I will take revenge for what you did to me three months ago. I never forget what happened to me. So fate must pay Maki and it's time to decide between you and me who will be in Mayhem and you say I'm weak right? You have never trusted your sister for one second of your life. You must have forgotten who made you a Tag Team Champion, I was the one who helped you succeed. So I'll make you learn that you're not that strong because I'll destroy a demon like you. You'll see my true strength like you've never seen before, and after this I hope I won't have to meet you again. After this, I will make my own history without you!

[END]

[Kai Morgan]

Vivian Blake: “Ladies and gentlemen, our next bout is a standard contest. Introducing first, standing at five feet, two inches and one hundred twenty-one pounds, hailing from Okinawa, Japan, she is La Llorona... MAKI MEGUMI!”

The lights are off! Before a mischievous laugh sounded from the darkness, a cloud of smoke rose before the sound of the music. The entire field of fire turned purple, the smoke faded to Maki, standing with a wicked smile and full of plots that many could not have guessed before she walked over to take the drink from an audience member. She drinks the water in front of him before laughing at the audience, she walks to the ring, entering it, and confidently spreads her arms before waiting for her hated sister.



Vivian Blake: “And her opponent and sister, standing at four feet, eleven inches and one hundred four pounds, also hailing from Okinawa, Japan, she is the Cosmic Bird... NAMI MEGUMI!”

Nami’s music comes on but the petite fighter barrels into the arena, stomping down the ramp, a mic in her hand. She holds it to her mouth.

Nami: “NO! Not a standard match! This needs to be the end of it!” (pointing at Maki) “No disqualifications! I want no holds barred, I want everything on the table. Tonight, we end this… even if it kills us both!”

Once she gets to ringside, Nami hurls the mic at her sister’s head, but Maki manages to catch it. Maki momentarily looks surprised her sister suggested this. Of course, Maki had planned on going brutal anyway, but this would remove any possibility of her losing for it.

Maki: (glaring at Nami as she raises the mic to her mouth) “… fine.”

Maki and Nami look to the referee, who turns to the time keeper. The time keeper picks up a phone and calls someone. Less than a minute later, she nods to the referee. The official sighs, but nods.

Nami slowly enters the ring, glaring across the ring and Maki, as the referee nervously raises a hand and signals the start of the match.



The bell doesn’t quite ring before both women run at each other. Nami is intercepted by a low kick that drops her. Maki smirks as Nami cries out and clutches the impact zone. A damned little fool, challenging her of all people to a match with no DQ. Maki steps forward to Nami and gouges repeatedly at her eyes. The referee pleads for her to stop, but with the rule change he’s impotent and unable to stop the cruelty. Maki smiles at him as she grabs Nami’s hair and yanks her forward, a knee slamming into her throat. Then, with another yank, Maki hurls Nami backwards to the mat and begins stomping up and down the smaller Megumi’s body, practically chortling as she does.

Enjoying seeing her smaller sister splayed out, Maki stands on her knees, bouncing up and down. Then, she jumps and brings her full weight down on Nami’s kneecaps, and does it one more time. Nami sits up, yelling in pain, to which Maki drops a falling fist into her skull cap. Maki shoves her onto her back and goes for a pin, grabbing and pulling the back of Nami’s gear for good measure.

One…

Two…

THRE--

Somehow, the tinier fighter bucks free, landing on her side. Maki turns to the ref and reminds him he has one job in this match. Do it fucking better. The official informs Maki it was a count of two. He holds up one middle finger. He holds up the other middle finger. Two.

Maki refuses to show it, but she secretly respects the referee’s use of official obscenity.

She grabs Nami by the locks and starts to pull her up. That’s when the upper cut slams into Maki, in a spot to perfectly repay the low blow. As Maki drops to her knees, gasping, she stares and Nami in disbelief. She never would have expected this from her baby sister. Nami, however, raises a boot and slams a stomp into Maki’s throat. La Lloroona falls backwards and Nami throws herself forward into a handstand, bringing a knee down on her mouth, busting her lips and stunning her. Nami immediately curls her sister up for a pin.

One…

Maki feels the first slap on the canvas and wakes back up, thrusting a palm into Nami’s face. The two roll away from each other before rising to their feet. Maki rushes her sister, who grabs her arm and tosses her back to the mat and drives a foot into the back of Maki’s skull.

Nami looks at her momentarily stunned sister. This match now has no DQ. She needs to take advantage of this. To end the fight, to end the rivalry. She rolls out of the ring and slides under it, fishing around for something. She sees ladders and tables, even a few chairs. But then she spies the large tool box. Nami grabs it and starts to pull it, but the thing is heavy. She knows she’s no weakling, but this thing is loaded. She pulls it from under the ring and starts to pick it up just as Maki, having recovered and waited, launches herself across the ring and baseball slides into Nami. The smaller Megumi is hurled into the steel, padded barricade. Maki grabs the handle of the toolbox and beings to airplane spin it, finally colliding the metal box with Nami’s face. The impact of the toolbox, the unforgiving barricade behind her, guarantees Nami is down and out.

Maki brings the tool box down on her sister’s face again, guaranteeing a bleeding gash on her face, before pulling her up for a pin. But there’s no count. She looks into the ring and demands the official count. He reminds her, aggressively, that only DQs were dropped. She still has to pin Nami in the ring. La Llorona cries out in frustration, then sees her sister starting to stir. Her eyes drift back to the toolbox.

Maki throws it open and spills it over. Tools roll out, as do nails and boxes of screws. Maki’s eyes fall on a large, solid looking red wrench. She returns to the barricade and strips the covering. Pulling Nami up, she laces her smaller sister’s arms into the barricade’s bars before retrieving the wrench. Drawing the new weapon back, Maki begins slamming it into Nami’s chest repeatedly. The smaller fighter can only cry out as each hit thuds harder and harder. There’s no question her sternum and ribs are bruised by the end of the barrage, but Maki’s not done. She places the wrench against Nami’s throat and begins to choke her with it, long past a standard five count – not that it matters here. Nami sputters and gasps, slowing down and her eyes growing glassy.

Finally, Maki pulls the wrench from her sister’s throat and grabs a handful of hair, pulling her free from the barricade. She tosses Nami’s limp form into the ring, following closely. Nami gets up to wobbly legs as Maki readies the wrench like a batter at the place. She swings, but Nami scarcely ducks it, kicking Maki in the side of the knee. A bicycle kick puts Maki down.

Nami pulls the wrench from her sister and straddles her, ramming the tool against Maki’s throat and returning a favor. The referee begs Nami to stop but the Cosmic Bird either ignores him or is so gone she doesn’t hear his pleas. She stares into Maki’s eyes, watching her sibling’s frantic flails and panic grow slower. For a moment, though, there’s something in Maki’s face.. fear? Remorse? Nami’s eyes look to Maki’s lips, which are quivering as they attempt to mouth something. For… forg… forgive?

Nami softens and pulls the wrench away. Instantly, Maki smirk and throws a fist at her sister’s temple, but Nami yanks the wrench up in time and all her sister punches is steel and iron. Maki clutches her hand and screams out a few swears in Japanese and English. Nami rises and hurls the wrench down, bouncing it off Maki’s skull. As Maki cradles the now bloody wound, Nami steps back. Maki slowly beings to sit up and Nami races past her, bouncing off the cables and launching herself at Maki in her finisher – Tsunami. Her feet connect and Maki goes limp. Nami instantly folds her for a pin.

One…

Tw-

A kick out. Fine, Nami thinks. This will continue if it must. But she’ll make sure it hurts. Nami rolls out of the ring and grabs a box of small screws. It’s not thumb tacks, but it will still hurt like hell. She rolls back into the ring and throws the box open, spilling tiny glinting screws. Nami hauls Maki up by her throat and attempts to lift her in a chokeslam, but Maki wraps a leg around her attacker’s. A punch to the gut makes Nami release her sibling, who then spins her around, lifts her and drops her on the screws in her own chokeslam. Nami spasms as she feels a slew of screws biting into her back, legs, and neck. To make sure it hurts – or at least embarrasses her a little – Maki places a boot on Nami’s face and grinds it into the screws.

Maki drops onto her sister, sitting on Nami’s head and pulling her legs up for a pin, but the Cosmic Bird grabs one of the screws and slams it into Maki’s rear. Instantly, La Llorona is up and yelling. She jumps back down on Nami and mercilessly pounds at her face, threatening her in their native tongue for not just giving up. Nami takes the beating, her face growing redder.

Maki rises, pulling Nami with her but only to send the battered smaller woman over in a snap suplex. Then, Maki looks around the ring for her precious wrench. She sees it and turns to grab it. As she does, Nami quickly rolls from the ring, returning to the side where the toolbox and its content lay.

Maki picks up the weapon and turns, startled to see her sister missing. She looks side to side, confused. Then, Maki looks back to the mat and spies the blood trail. Droplets betray the direction of her sister’s escape. Maki looks outside the ring and sees her sister slowly rise. La Llorona whips herself into the cables and goes for another baseball slide, but this time just as her legs leave the ring, Nami whirls around with a hammer. Specifically, she aims the claw ends at Maki, nailing her in the side of the left calf. Maki howls out. But the cry is cut short as Nami draws the hammer back. For a split second she considered driving it into Maki’s chest, but a voice nags at her. She is still your sister. Instead, Nami slams the flat of the hammer against Maki’s gut.

As Maki doubles over, Nami grabs her in a side headlock and bulldogs her to the concrete. If it were a different person Nami was brutalizing, Maki might be proud to see her sister finally following in her destructive path. But it’s hard to be proud when your forehead is meeting the floor. Nami hoists Maki back up, rolling her into the ring and following immediately after. Maki groggily tries to crawl away, but Nami decides it’s time to end this, throwing herself back into the ropes and launching into another Tsunami. Maki drops and Nami goes for the pin.

One…

Two…

THRE--

Somehow, Maki finds the strength to roll a shoulder up. Nami isn’t angry. She can see her sister’s tank is empty. She stands, backing away, and waiting. She could brutalize her more. It would be easy, and maybe ever feel a little good. But there was a point to all of this. The point has been made. Now it’s time to bring this home.

Maki slowly pushes herself up from the mat, looking down at all of the blood dripping from her face onto the canvas. She feels the mat trembling but she’s so dizzy she can’t tell where her sister is. She can barely tell where she is. But then she realizes, if she were on the other end of this, she’d want to end this entire match. Getting on her knees, she whips her head around just in time for Nami’s feet to slam into her face as the smaller Megumi lands her third Tsunami on Maki. Maki crumples backwards, laid out.

Nami rises and returns to Maki, dropping a knee across her chest as the official counts.

One…

Two…

THREE!



Vivian Blake: “Your winner by pinfall… ‘THE COSMIC BIRD,’ NAMI MEGUMI”

The bell rings as the ref helps Nami up and lifts her hand, but her eyes never leave Maki’s gasping body. EMT roll into the ring and hurry to Maki’s side to check on her, but Nami shoves herself free of the referee and steps between the medical staff and the fallen Maki.

Nami: “Stay away from her.”

The lead EMT starts to protest but Nami turns her back on him, stoops, and gazes down to Maki. Maki, panting, does her best to return the gaze.

Nami: (sternly) “We’re done with this.”

It isn’t a question she’s asking. Nami is telling Maki they are no longer at each other’s throats, that they are moving ahead and this is behind them. Maki does not raise her head. She only stares back. Finally, she slowly nods

Nami takes Maki’s hands and carefully pulls her to her feet. The two share a brief, weak hug, although the lack of effort isn’t from a lack of emotion. They’re both in pain and their bodies have given up. Nami drapes Maki’s arm over her shoulder and aids her in walking, as an EMT gets on the other side. Another EMT helps both women from the ring, and they all slowly limp up the aisle, away from the ring and the remnants of their blood feud.

WINNER: NAMI MEGUMI
RESULT: PINFALL (TSUNAMI)

[Kai Morgan]

Razzles Mars paces. She's dressed in a pink trenchcoat, clung tight to the body. Pink tinted hair is in loose waves with a few sparkling gems and bits weaved throughout it and affixed stylishly to her scalp. They flicker and catch the light, sending starbursts and vectors in the right angles.

Razzles Mars: Tonight is a love-letter to a girl who didn't get a lot of it once upon a time...

She said to the camera. Her doe eyes are a bit more welled than normal. The mental journey she's been on, reflecting and improving, to go into the main event has taken its toll on her. But still, she stands.

Razzles Mars: I've made no secret of the valleys that I've seen on my road to tonight. Zion Wrestling found me on the heels of someone breakin' my heart. It took me a long time to feel good about myself. To feel like I deserved the nice things that came my way... whether they were earned, or given. It took a long time to be me. And, to my great surprise... Zion Wrestling fell in love with me, in whatever state of brokenness I was in. Zion Wrestling was the only constant I had. It was the glue that put me back together again, and all I've wanted since I got here was to show this place how much I appreciate it, and bring home the Zion Wrestling Undisputed Championship. All I've wanted was to make them proud of me. Gettin' to tonight was never about me. It was always for us.

She shudders, overcome with emotion. Clutching her hands together so tightly that her knuckles turn milky white.

Razzles Mars: Fallin' short of winning The Case. Fallin' short of beatin QUEEN Sakamoto. I am living proof that opportunities don't come around often since those were about a year apart. And here we are... over a year and a half from my first forray into failure, and I know that if I don't make the most of tonight with Kasey Kash? The chance ain't comin' again. Not for a long while, if that. But... I'm different than I was then.

Razzles says, defiantly lifting her chin.

Razzles Mars: I've learned. I've grown. I've adapted and overcome. I've put in the work, and the Razzles of days past may have bought into the hype train that wanted her to believe she didn't deserve to be here, but I know damn well that's not the case now! And I know even more staunchly that that's the difference between someone like me and Kasey Kash. No part of any move he makes is for anyone but himself! It's for the good of no one but him! He doesn't care. He doesn't bleed for this business the way that I do, and when he busted my head two weeks ago? He assured me that tonight? My Destiny? It's to end this reign! Kasey, I know you thought you were going to run me off and put doubt in my head when you hit me with that tube, but all you did was make me hungrier and more determined to prove you wrong! You didn't scare me... you just showed me that you're a coward, and when it comes to the two of us in that ring?

She unties the trenchcoat, shrugging the garment off. A white pearlescent body suit is on, flickering with gems and sparkles. Eagle-eyed viewers will know it's a wrestling-friendly version of the Lover bodysuit, as seen from the recent Taylor Swift shows. Proving her Swiftie status further, Razzles speaks to the camera with a coolness unlike anything she's ever displayed before.

Razzles Mars: I'm the one that's The Man.

She winks, red lips pursing into a proud pucker.

Razzles Mars: You wanted to show me that I can't outrun myself, but I'm proud of having grown from that broken girl to the woman I am now! You didn't make me retreat, you just made me mad! That does you no favours, mate. I was already going to make it my mission to see to it that you left Tokyo empty-handed, but now? I'm going to make sure that you're going to leave the way you left me: scarred and embarrassed!

Razzles said, the camera getting a slight of the raised skin under a thin layer of makeup. There's only so much hiding that could be done during the process of healing.

Razzles Mars: Kash may Rule Everything... but tonight? Everything comes crashing down around you! The villain dies, and the hero prevails. Kasey, tonight? I'm going to go from Top Banana... to top champion.

The camera pans out and we transition back to the ring.

[Kai Morgan]

Vivian Blake: The following contest is our main event of the evening, and it is a singles match for the Zion Wrestling Undisputed Championship!

Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!



A pulsing beat of light flickers the stage and the fans in hues of pink. It flashes before the howling starting notes of "Strawberry Shake" by POP LEVI reverberate through the PA system.

AWOOOOOOOOOOOO!

The beat increases as "Strawberry Shake" gets into its energetic rhythm. Razzles Mars excitedly rushes past the velvet-lined curtains, a lollipop's stick seen prodding from between her lips. She bounces on the stage, hands clapping in time with the beat, exciting the crowd.

She undoes the attachments of her entrance jacket and skirt, before collecting a few high-fives from the fans in attendance! She excitedly climbs the stairs and poses for pictures before bending into the Ring through the ropes, rebounding herself off the bottom rope to catapult herself into the center of the Ring with a very flouncy twirl. Striking a pose with her arms voguing, her chin placed on her bridged fingers before "Strawberry Shake" faded in the distance.



At that moment, Kasey Kash marches through the curtains and into the center of the stage, where he stands for a few moments, looking out over the crowd in the arena, smirking, before holding his arms out wide and soaking in the reaction from the crowd as makes their introduction.

At that point, Kasey would lower his arms and walk down the ramp, paying no mind to either side of the fans. He makes his way to ringside, where he begins to walk around to the side of the Ring facing the hard cam, hopping up on the ring apron and looking out over the crowd just as the breakdown of the song begins to build, going through the ropes and standing in the center of the Ring, squatting down low as the investigation creates.

Kasey does the signature Mitch Lucker Stomp in the center of the Ring, looking around at the crowd, before making his way to the corner of the Ring and sitting on the bottom turnbuckle, waiting for the match to begin.

Vivian Blake: Introducing first, the challenger, hailing from London, England but fighting out of The Candy Kingdom! At five feet, seven inches tall, and weighing 13,607,711 sugar packets! She is the 2023 Madness Rumble Winner, Razzles Mars!

And her opponent! Hailing from Canberra, Australia! At five feet, six inches tall, weighing in at 165 pounds! He prefers to be announced as the Longest Reigning and GREATEST…UNDISPUTED CHAMPION OF ALL TIME…KASEY! FUCKING! KASH!!

Winter Mae: We are finally here at the main event of Night One for Destiny II! Kasey Kash is defending the Undisputed Championship against Razzles Mars! Razzles Mars won the 2023 Madness Rumble match to earn this opportunity.

Trick Morrison: You're proper, Winter! Kasey Kash has been on a streak of title defenses facing competitors from outside of Zion Wrestling in a string of open challenges to defend his Zion Wrestling Undisputed Championship! He faced many competitors from various promotions, but in the end, Kasey Kash emerged as the champion!

Winter Mae: These are the two biggest stars on our Mayhem roster, and they're primary eventing night one for the most coveted championship in Zion Wrestling, the Undisputed Championship! Tonight at the biggest stage of them all, Destiny, it will be a match you will never forget! So let's kick it off!



Kasey and Razzles are in their opposing corners, momentarily staying in a stare-down. In the Tokyo Dome, the audience of Tokyo, Japan, already appreciates the tense atmosphere. Then, finally, both competitors leave their corners and circle the Ring while maintaining eye contact until squaring off in the center of the Ring. Once they lock up, they push each other back and forth until Mars secures a Side Headlock squeezing down the head of Kasey Kash!

Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

But Kasey pulls back on his opponent's hair and uses the opportunity to slip his head out into the Hammerlock! The referee warns him to keep it clean, but Razzles quickly switches behind him and takes the right arm into an Arm Wringer! Kasey quickly rolls forward onto his back, kips up onto his feet, and spins the Arm Wringer into an Arm Drag! Razzles body hits the canvas, and she rolls up onto one knee shaking her head at Kasey mouthing her off!

Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Kasey begs for Mars to give him a fight, and she gets up to her feet before charging into him, instantly knocking him down with a Shoulder Barge! She runs to the ropes behind her and rebounds into Kasey, turning onto his stomach to try and trip her; Instead, Razzles jumps over him and bounces off the ropes again to duck under the leapfrog of Kasey Kash! When she returns, he attempts to Hip Toss, but she spins around, taking the arm before twisting under it to land a Roundhouse Kick into his head!

Crowd: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

Kasey falls over into the nearest corner and leans back against the turnbuckles. She comes running into him to land a Stinger Splash that drops him down into a seated position. She sees an opportunity to run back into the ropes and then rebound right back into Kasey to land a beautiful Meteora planting both her knees against his shoulders! Razzles bounce off from the impact and drag him into the center of the Ring for the first pin attempt of the match!

ONE...!

T-!

Kasey kicks out from the pin attempt and then rolls out of the Ring down to the canvas. Razzles follow behind him and drop down from the apron onto the ringside mat. She grabs onto him from behind, but he quickly digs his thumb into her right, temporarily blinding her! The referee demands respect and begins the official count, where Kasey grabs his opponent and bulls her head first into the steel steps!

Crowd: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

She sits down against the steel steps only to reveal blood trickling down from being cut over her right eyebrow. Kasey walks down to her and unloads a series of fists right onto the open cut. He grabs her hair and yanks her back onto her feet before throwing her spine first against the barricade! The referee urges both competitors to be back into the Ring, and Kasey manages to roll her back into the circle but keeps her head exposed over the apron. He backs up for a few seconds until running into her full speed to deliver a Yakuza Kick!

Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Razzles roll back into the Ring, and Kasey sees an opportunity to turn up the match. He quickly climbs onto the top rope from the apron and then stands up on the top rope before leaping forward for the Swanton Bomb! He crushes his body weight over her and immediately goes for the pin!

ONE...!

TWO!

She kicks out, and Kasey Kash throws her back onto the canvas for another barrage of punches into her head. The referee pushes him off and tells him to stop the madness, but Kasey pushes him aside to walk back to Razzles, who catches him with a kick into the head from the ground. It drives him back for her to get back up and land a flurry of strikes that leaves him stunned in the center of the Ring. She runs back to the ropes and rebounds, attempting the Running Big Boot, but Kash ducks under the leg and hugs her from behind for the Snap German Suplex with the pin attempt!

ONE...!

TWO!

Razzles shoots her body backward, rolling onto her knees. Kash sees an opportunity to try and end the match early, so he runs to the ropes behind him, rebounds into her to drop down for the Basement Dropkick knocking her down to the canvas again! Kasey lays down on her back, and he jumps on top of her for the pin attempt!

ONE...!

TWO..!

Nope! Another kick-out has Kasey Kash losing his temper. He looks off to the official and blames him for counting two slowly; Kasey leaves him and goes off into an unoccupied corner to remove the top turnbuckle exposing the metal ring behind it. He walks back over to Razzles Mars in the corner and stands up before unleashing a flurry of chops and strikes, leaving in a party fashion. He takes the right arm and launches her into the metal turnbuckle, but she stops just before impact! She turns around and sees Kasey approaching her, so she throws him in the air to Flapjack him face-first onto the exposed metal structure!

Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

He falls onto his knees and raises his head as he starts bleeding down the middle of his face. Kasey Kash grabs the top rope with both hands until turning around into a Running Dropkick that plants him down onto the mat! He crawls into the center of the Ring until he stands up on his right knee for her to deliver the Shining Wizard, busting her knee off his face! They both land on the canvas and lay there with the audience applauding them loudly in the Tokyo Dome; The referee stands between both competitors and begins the count!

Crowd: THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME!

Both competitors get back onto their feet at the count of six. Kasey Kash throws a Knife Edge Chop, but Razzles Mars returns with a Forearm Smash. Kasey throws another chop, but Razzles returns with a Forearm Smash as the two exchange back-and-forth strikes. Finally, Razzles ducks under the Knife Edge Chop and turns around to deliver another Roundhouse Kick into his temple, leaving him stunned! She quickly grabs him from behind for the Russian Leg Sweep, landing him on his back!

Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

But she doesn't stop there! She knows this is the perfect opportunity to have the match back in her favor, and she does so by leaving onto the apron and waiting for Kasey to stand on his feet. She holds onto the top rope with both hands, slingshots herself over the top rope, and catches Kasey Kash to spike his head on the mat with her signature Slingshot DDT, "Mars-Ipan Kablam!" Kash's body slumps onto the canvas, and Razzles hooks the right leg for the pin attempt!

ONE...!

TWO...!

Kash kicks out from the pin attempt, and Razzles sits up, wondering what to do next. She looks over to the corner turnbuckles and gets back on her feet, approaching from outside the ropes on the apron edge. Mars climbs from the bottom turnbuckle to the top, but as she stands on it, Kasey Kash erupts from the grave and throws himself into the ropes, causing Mars to be unbalanced, where she falls seated on the top turnbuckle! Kash quickly climbs onto the middle rope and locks her in his grasp before standing back on their feet for the Superplex! But wait, he doesn't stop there; Kasey rolls over her body back onto his feet for the Ripcord Bicycle Knee signature strike, "Fuck You and All Your Friends!". She collapses onto her face, and Kasey rolls her over for the pin attempt!

ONE...!

TWO...!

THR-

Nooooo! Razzles Mars shoots her body out from the pin attempt, and Kasey sits up, confused from the kick out. He backs up into the corner and holds onto each side of the top rope, Leaning forward as he watches his opponent stand up on her right knee, barely for him to charge across and attempt the finishing Shining Wizard, but she moves out of the way in the nick of time! Razzles quickly runs into him and shoots her body around, wrapping her legs around the arms and legs and having enough torque for the signature Octopus Stretch, "Sugar Krash"!

Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

With all her might, she yanks back on the head, and the referee closely checks Kasey's physical condition. He demands the referee not to call the match, and the fans of Zion Wrestling are all going crazy in the Tokyo Dome crowd; Kasey falls on his right knee and then collapses onto his hands and knees. He's fighting every inch of the signature submission, but Razzles is trying to tighten it to the tee. He spins her onto his shoulders with energy for the Death Valley Driver! Mars rolls over onto a seated position long enough for Kash to bounce off the ropes for the finishing Shining Wizard, "Going The Distance!". Here is the pin attempt!

ONE...!

TWO...!

THREE-NO!

Holy moly! Razzles kick out of the finishing Shining Wizard, and the entire audience inside the Tokyo Dome goes ballistic. Kasey can't even believe it, but he looks over to Mars, who is still not moving on the mat, and stands up on his feet, then reaches down for a handful of her hair. He slowly drags her back up to her feet and slaps her in the face a few times, screaming it's over for her. Then, Kash lands a beautiful Spinning Back Kick to the stomach that bends her forward and runs back to the ropes; she rebounds into him only for Razzles Mars to land a Superkick!

Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Kasey steps back from the kick and shakes it off to the point he charges back into her to eat another Superkick that drops him back to the ropes and causes him to spring back into Mars; She leaps up and takes Kasey's right arm in his grasp for the Double Knee Arm-Breaker and converts him onto his stomach with her on top for the Fujiwara Armbar! Razzles Mars applying the finishing submission hold of hers, the "Mars Bars," in the center of the Ring, and the Japanese crowd is going insane!

Crowd: RAZZLES MARS! RAZZLES MARS! RAZZLES MARS! RAZZLES MARS! RAZZLES MARS!

She's pulling back on the arm with all her might, but Kasey Kash refuses to tap out! The referee is on the mat checking on the physical condition of Kasey Kash, who is in a lot of pain; Kasey refuses to tap out again and starts dragging their combined weight near the ropes. Mars continues to pull backward on the right arm, and Kash is getting closer to the strings. Finally, he stretches his free arm to the ropes and uses the last bit of his strength to grab onto the bottom rope to force the rope to break!

Crowd: THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME!

Mars falls onto her hands and knees, then holds onto the middle rope to catch a breath. She looks over her shoulder at Kasey Kash in the perfect position before climbing up the turnbuckles to the top rope. Kash sees what's about to happen and gets up, trying to grab onto his opponent's right foot, but she kicks back her leg, kicking him in the face. He steps back, and she tries to leap off until he sits her in an Electric Chair and runs into the center of the Ring for the Joker Driver! This is it! Kasey Kash has completed the "Not Here To Fuck Spiders" and has her pinned for the win!

ONE...!

TWO...!

THREE...-NOOOOOOOO!!!

Mars shoots her body over to the side, having the Tokyo Dome completely razzled by sheer resiliency. Kasey sits on the mat and buries his face into his hands, wondering how to end it. But instead, he looks over to Kasey, back to the referee, and then to the commentary table. He rolls out of the Ring and then walks over to the Announcer's section, where he violently rips the belt from a production member's grasp and returns to the Ring.

Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Kasey rolls into the ring and stands up, wiping the blood from his forehead as he holds the Undisputed Championship belt in the palm of his hands. The referee tries to grab the belt, but Kasey shoves him off, causing the referee to collapse to the mat; Kasey stalks Mars as she moves back onto her hands and knees. Kasey is screaming at the top of his lungs, and she rises back to her feet; he takes off in a charge and nails her with the be-NO! Razzles ducks under the belt and swing into a run to the ropes; she rebounds, and Kash props her up in the air, only for Mars to come down on top of him for the Pop-Up Meteora!

Crowd: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Kash lands down on the mat, and Razzles rolls forward from the landing to her feet in an unoccupied corner. She holds onto each side of the top rope and goes insane. Kash tries his best to fight through his stunned state in attempting to stand, but it gives Razzles the perfect leeway to launch herself out from the corner and finish Bloody Sundae Knee Strike that topples him over onto his face! She drops to the mat, rolls him over, barely onto his back, and hooks up both legs for the pin attempt!

ONE...!

TWO...!

THREE...!!!



Vivian Blake: Here is your winner and the NEW Zion Undisputed Champion, Razzles Mars!

Trick Morrison: Oh my god! Oh my god! Razzles Mars has done it! She defeated Kasey Kash in the main event of Night One! The Tokyo Dome is on fire because we have a new ZION Undisputed Champion!

Winter Mae: Congratulations to Razzles Mars! Kasey Kash had a plethora of a run, but in the end, his tricks cost him, and now he will witness walking into a new era led by Razzles Mars!

Razzles Mars stands on her knees and wipes the blood from her face. She can barely stand on the mat, but receives the Zion Wrestling Undisputed Championship belt. The referee raises her arm and then assists Kash as she stands on the middle turnbuckle in a corner. She presents the championship high, cueing the pyrotechnic ending showcase celebrating her world championship victory.

WINNER: RAZZLES MARS (#ANDNEW)
RESULT: PINFALL (BLOODY SUNDAE)

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