Nova vs Tenshi DiHughes

And now...

The moment the whole world has been waiting for!

...Innnnntroducing!

From Santa Monica, California...

Supermodel... Pop star... Professional actress... Ready to take the wrestling world by storm!

SHE IS!

"Noooooovvaaaaaaaaaa..."

Nova DellaPietra closed her eyes and raised her arms toward the locker room ceiling and spun around to soak in all of the cheering she imagined. The arena was huge, the crowd had to be massive, an in a few minutes they would all be watching her! She could just imagine it! Or, maybe she couldn't!

Either way, she couldn't wait to get out there and tear some little Japanese girl to pieces. She was going to get so many Twitter followers from this!

Which reminded her... She grabbed her phone from her locker again, for the millionth time tonight, and tweeted:

This stars rdy 2 shine!!! soooooo excited!
#Superstar #AFWfriction #WednesdayNight #omg #2cool #flawless #LetsFight!

An AFW production assistant interrupted to cue her for her entrance. "Ugh, I'm coming!"

To the tune of Kylie Minogue, Nova strutted her way out through the curtain and onto the entrance ramp, arms up high, hips swinging. She blew kisses and waved to the...

She stopped. The arena wasn't full. It wasn't even half full! Not even a tenth! She was FURIOUS! This wasn't the deal! She stomped back to the curtain and grabbed a microphone before heading down the ramp. She tried to play to the fans that were there, smiling and blowing kisses, but none of them were even close enough to notice. She gave up, and pouted her way up the ring steps and slowly through the ropes.

She stood in her corner, fuming mad, clutching her microphone and shifting from foot to foot. She didn't even pay attention to the top of the ramp where her opponent was about to appear.

Tenshi was psyched. After her last, and only encounter with a Friction rival had not quite gone Tenshi's way, the wondrous, humble, magnanimous and excellent Queen of Perfect Storms was ready to make her true debut!

In a true show of sportsmanship and humility, Tenshi had decided to take on another girl making her debut. She knew that she already possessed the skill to fight the current Friction champion, but it would be quite rude of her to skip past all of those deserving people and step right to the top of the ladder. No, instead, like a true gentlewoman, she would dutifully climb the rung one leg at a time.

"Mmm.... But I may have to hold back a bit." She said aloud as she waited for her cue. "I also wouldn't want to send this rookie's path to fame and stardom out of control just because they had the unfortunate chance to draw me as their debut opponent."  Tenshi dismissed the thought when her entrance music began to play.

She slipped into the arena and looked around. It seemed the seats hadn't filled up yet and so the crowd wasn't as large as it could be. No, that couldn't be it at all. Tenshi smiled and waived to the crowd as she shuffled up the ramp. She gracefully dipped in between the ring ropes daintily and then turned and faced her opponent with a wide, but polite grin.

"I am pleased to meet you, Miss Nova-chan-sama!" Tenshi greeted with the customary suffixes of one of her many, many native tongues. Her family was well known in every part of the world but Tenshi always strove to be the pinnacle of grace and civility wherever she hung her cute hat.

"Although I am sure my reputation precedes me, allow me to introduce myself for the sake of formality. Our family pride's itself upon our formality and, in fact, have several records of distinguish in its honor. I am Tenshi DiHughes, Queen of Perfect Storms."

Tenshi bowed her head and then shuffled back to her corner. She took off her hat and set it very carefully on the turnbuckle. "I have mastered several techniques during my training, but for humility's sake, I shall not pridefully overindulge. A lady must take care not to be vainglorious."

Tenshi then began to stretch. Once she was finished, she waited for the bell.

Nova stared incredulously at the little puke coming down the ramp toward her. She was slack jawed to the point that her mouth couldn't open any wider. She pointed a finger at little Tenshi and turned to the crowd, which was nearly non-existent, which made her even more angry.

She waited until Tenshi was in her corner, and then hurried out to the middle of the ring, holding up a finger to stop the bell-ringer guy from ringing the bell.

"Wait just a minute, I got somethin' to say!" She announced, the microphone carrying her high-pitched, nails-on-chalkboard voice to the back row. She paused, and held up her hands in exasperation, sputtering like the crowd should already know what the problem was.

"WHEHE IS EVEWYBODY!?" Her petulant wail made a few in the crowd giggle, but the joke wore out fast. "I was TOOOLD... That Fwiction had the biggest cwowds in the WOWLD! And thewe's only, like, TEN of you!" She wagged her finger at them, red faced and indignant. "And I just want you all to know that this is UN. ACCEPTABLE."

The tiny crowd wasted no time booing the pink-haired superstar, much to her dismay. She did her best to keep her composure. "Okay... Okay... You guys... Who AHEN'T being TOTAL LOSERS wight now... Don't listen to the haters. You can still cheew foh me. It's okay! Now I'm gonna teah this little dork in half!"

She pointed directly at Tenshi, and then stood there and waited for the bell. After a moment, the referee herded her back to her corner, and the bell finally rung.

Tenshi blinked at Nova's words and smiled politely through them, nodding along as if she agreed with every word of it. However, she did not believe a word of it, but she didn't think Nova was lying either. She spoke with such heartfelt passion, that Tenshi could not bare to bring such an accusation against the pink haired novice. In fact, she wiped away a sentimental tear. Her family were renowned throughout the world for being particularly empathetic and would often gather together for group crying sessions at birthings, movies and birthday parties.

Oh, how the DiHughes did weep! Many people said they had never seen a more magnificent cry in all their lives, bringing them to tears as well.

While Tenshi brushed away her sympathetic tear, the bell finally rang and she hopped forward, smiling at Nova. "Miss Nova-chan-sama, I have seen into your eyes and truly my heart goes out to you. Truly you deserve the accolades you are so passionate about receiving. I am truly sorry that a private benefactor purchased most of the tickets to tonight's bout. Naturally to view myself in her glorious debut." Tenshi lifted a hand in the air but then pulled it down. "However, I do not necessarily approve. I find the gesture to go against my humble nature. Everyone should be able to witness my blossoming career first hand!"

Tenshi bowed her head after her soliloquy, as though the audience, and Nova herself should be clapping. Though she'd adamantly refuse kudos if they came.

Again, Nova was agape at Tenshi. She did a double take, shook her head, and struggled to understand what she was hearing.

"Th..." She tried to fit the pieces together. "The awena is empty... Because of YOU?!"

Nova sucked her teeth and stepped out of her corner. "Oh, uh-uh. Oh hell no." This little jerk had ruined EVERYTHING! Her DEBUT!

She stopped, several feet from Tenshi, and clenched her fists. "MY DEBUT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPECIAL!" She screamed, and her voice could've peeled paint.

After a moment's hesitation, and lunged ahead the several steps to Tenshi and grabbed at her shirt.

Tenshi's eyes widened at Nova's screech. It reminded her of the hawks that the famed Tenshi austringers bred. Their marvelous caw rang through the Alpine estate majestically. Well, Nova sounded like one of the less majestic chicks, but the sentiment was still there for the humble Tenshi.

As she contemplated the lovely birds of prey, she was seized and gasped. Tenshi shook her head and held up her arms, waving them at Nova. "W-What do you mean, Miss Nova-chan-sama?!" Tenshi asked with a confused tone. "The debut is even more special with less people! They are all most certainly dignitaries and luminaries from across the world!"

Tenshi's hand came up and grabbed Nova's wrists. "But in your haste, you've wrinkled my shirt! A DiHughes cannot abide any sort of marred garment, be it a tear or even the slightest wrinkle! I'm afraid you leave me no choice but to employ the secret family judo technique that's been passed down through generations and no one else could possibly have learned it or learned to have countered it!"

Tenshi twisted her body and put all ninety five pounds of her to work as she yanked on Novas wrist and tried to pull her into a perfectly executed judo flip!

"Nnnnghhhh! Ngh... HYAAAH!"

Naturally Nova would be on her back in awe at Tenshi's technique. There was a good chance that she would be so enamored with it, that she might just submit right there. A natural outcome when one faces such insurmountable odds. Tenshi hadn't even used one percent of her gifts but she dared to not use anymore for fear of seriously injuring the fired up, pink haired cutey!

Nova's jaw was getting tired from gaping at Tenshi. She held on tighter to the little girl's shirt, out of spite, and held up a finger with her other hand.

"WHAT. Is a DI-HUGHES!?"

Then, suddenly, without warning of any kind, Nova's wrist was being tugged in such a way that her heels completely off the mat, and her weight shifted forward a little. Her toes remained firmly planted, but she leaned to one side. She stared in disbelief, the NERVE of this... this...

Whatever. Nova drew back a hand and began to whale away at Tenshi with open handed slaps, driving her palm up into the girl's face and bullying her back toward the ropes.

"Guah! Ahgh! Fgh! Ngh! Guhh!"

Tenshi had gotten so worked out trying to help the girl that she hadn't properly positioned herself for her perfect judo flip! She had remembered that it had required an exact set of movements to performed. That was how it remained so secret!

While she was getting mercilessly slapped in the face, she cursed herself for her lapse in technique. She sputtered and staggered as well until she flopped against the ropes. Nova was just trying to break her concentration! She could see the fear on the girl's face, though she tried to hide it with an angry expression!

It was working too, and Tenshi knew that it had to be because of the overwhelming scope of having to live up to an entire clan of perfection personified! But, no more!

Between yelps of pain, Tenshi flailed her own hand at Nova's face. She could break someone's concentration too! DiHughges were nothing if not masters of instantly being able to copy a technique once they've seen it in action!

"Feh! Ow! Ngh! Fwah!" Between squeals of pain, she tried to soliloquy again. "I've.. ow! Argh! I'll use your technique against you! Di Hughes are renowned for -Owwie!" Tears welled up in Tenshi's eyes after a particularly hard slap reddened her cheek.

She was doing the family proud with her weeping! Now she just needed to take the fight back to Nova!

"Aie!"

Nova flinched and turned her head away when Tenshi returned fire. She adjusted, and began windmilling slaps at Tenshi's stupid face while keeping her own face as far away as she could, all the while advancing until Tenshi's back was against the ropes.

"Aieeee!" Came her shrill battlecry.

Tenshi was panting hard from exertion as she felt her back hit the ropes. She leaned against them while extending her own arms until Nova was just pawing at her nose and collar with her slaps.

Granted, Tenshi wasn't doing much to Nova now either, leaving the two to essentially flail at each others arms. Tenshi was starting to think that Nova was a little craftier than she gave the girl credit for, but while she flailed away, she had to try and devise a plan!

The DiHughes house were notable strategists back in the olden times. The walls of their estates were lined with portraits of generals from every land, fighting for noble causes. People around the world compared their military essays to the likes of Sun Tzu and Erwin Rommel and Tenshi had that blood running through her veins!

Even better was the fact that she could concoct a strategy on the fly at a moment's notice and they were always sure to succeed!

"Fweeeh!"

Tenshi halted her attack to confuse Nova. The second that she was lured in by the distraction, Tenshi would make her move. Brilliantly leaning on the ropes Tenshi lifted up one leg and put it against Nova's hip and shoved as hard as she could.

Someday she'd write a tactical manual of her own!