Tension Tag Tourney Round 2! The Ishii Siblings vs. King's Crew

After being tossed back into the referee, Mariko had heard quite a bit of commotion off to the side where King was, but she hadn't so much as looked over there yet. But now she's had a moment to recover. And as she started to get up, she saw that King seemed to be completely knocked out on the mat! "What the…?"

Looking toward the entrance ramp, she saw the Brat Pack walking out with the 24/7 belt, and though she didn't know what happened, it seemed she'd been given the opportunity of a lifetime by the kawaii team. Yamato noticed it too, and slid in the ring.

"Do it now!" The young man shouted to his sister while sprinting across to the corner where Kent was, before aiming a running dropkick in attempt to send the big guy off of the apron. And at the same time, Mariko dove over to lay across King's chest.

Finally starting to recover from the inadvertent shot she'd taken moments ago, the referee saw Mariko's pin attempt and slowly crawled over before slapping the mat to start the count.

"ONE!…"

Kent was watching from his corner while recovering from getting hurt quite a bit, seeing the two kawaii girls who both were defeated by him and his partner King, though seeing em again pinning down King and claiming their title belt right back where they were, Kent couldnt stop them in time, hopefully King doesnt wake up with a foul mood.

"Crap! Maybe I should of taken the ti----- UGH!" He didnt see it coming when Yamato comes around and dropkicked Kent right off the apron and tumbling down right to the floor on his back, groaning as he lay there.

For King who is still down laying on his back out cold from the double teamed from the Brat Pack, soon unaware that Mariko comes in and went to crawl on top of King and goes for the pin.

"TWO!"

King starting to wake up, his head is still hurting, barely remember whats going on, just the only thing he can think of is trying to wake up and figuring out what the hell is going, trying to move his body if he could. "Grrrr.... fuck..... ughhhh....?"

Yamato had sent Kent dropping down off the apron outside the ring, ensuring he wouldn’t be running in to break the pin. And though Killer King was just starting to stir and regain consciousness, it was too little too late.

“THREE!”

The crowd exploded, and Mariko immediately threw herself off of the beast as the count was finished and the bell rang, and rolled under the bottom rope to get out of the ring, with an expression that reflected both joy disbelief. And huge smiles spread on the face of Yamato as he immediately climbed out of the ring too and ran to meet sister. Once he got to her, he wrapped his arms around Mariko’s waist and scooped her up off her feet before throwing one fist up in the air.

“WE DID IT, MARIKO!” he shouted at the top of his lungs. “WE’RE GOING TO THE FINALS!” Hearing the words and the confirming roar of the crowd seemed surreal to her, though she managed a nod in response. Sure they had gone into this entire tournament with confidence, but they knew the kind of talent they were up against, and how high the odds were stacked against them. In all the expert predictions on who would be competing in the final bout of the tournament, almost no scenario included the Ishiis.

And yet, albeit with some unlikely help from the new 24/7 champs, that’s exactly where they were headed now as Yamato continued holding Mariko up while they headed up the entrance ramp. “We’re almost there, Yamato-kun. Just one more match...” Mariko said, resulting in a nod from her brother. The unlikely contenders stepped through the curtain to move to the backstage area, and the next time they took the stage together for a match, it would be for the Tension Tag Team Championships.

Winners: The Ishii Siblings via pinfall