Ace & Deuce

""Sooo..."

Nicole said as she looked across the table to her sister. The girl was dressed in a slate tank top that said "Desjardin Savate" on it. It was still sweaty from the hard workout and a bit of her black sports bra was showing as she leaned forward and leaned on the cafeteria table. Nicole herself was wearing a baggy shirt with a cute anime panda hugging some bamboo. Her bunny ears twitched as she looked at her sister.

"You couldn't even clean up to come meet your sis for lunch, eh?" She teased.

Gabbie rolled her eyes. "I'm going back into the gym after this." She said tersely and sipped on a sports drink she had bought.

"Ahh, well.. why don't you take the rest of the day off? I know I am, eheh..." Nicole said with a grin.

"You take too many days off."

"Yeah, welll... eheh... Anyway, I saw your debut! I'm so proud of you, Gabs!"

Gabbie flushed and turned her head. "Well, I would have won a lot easier if she hadn't cheated the whole match." She muttered.

"I saw... I can't believe it. The girl wasn't half bad. If she was more serious about fighting and less serious about being noticed, maybe she would have given you a run for your money."

"Tch, as if."

"Eheh..." Nicole turned her head at Gabbie's seriousness and munched on an eggroll she had gotten. "So... Cass is moving back home, you know."

Gabbie tensed up and stared at her sister, glaring at her red headed sibling. Her arms crossed and she lifted her head in the air.

"Gaaaabie..." Nicole frowned. "That's not a very nice look at all." She scolded.

"So? Good riddance. Elliot is nothing but a coward. That's all I have to say on the matter."

Nicole gasped. "Gabrielle Charity Desjardin!" Nicole scolded. "Cassie's a nice girl and she's one of the toughest girls around. If she's leaving, then she must have her reasons. Either way, Akashi invited me to her going away party and I want you to come."

Gabbie stood up and glared at Nicole. "I'm not going to it. I said it once and I meant it. Good riddance to Cassie Elliot! If she's just going to abandon everything here, then she can just go! Whoever that girl is that's running back to Japan, I have no clue who she is. I wouldn't say goodbye to someone like that."

Nicole began to fret. "Gabbie... stop." She said. "At least be sympathetic to Taylor. She could use some support, right?"

"That girl hates me too." Gabbie said tersely with a blush on her face. She quickly turned. "I'm going back to the gym, Nikki." She said and trudged off.

Nicole slumped in her chair and sighed deeply, her bunny ears drooping with her. "Oh, Gabbie... Why can't you just learn how to make friends..." Nicole said as she despondently poked at her rice.

Haley blinked and turned her head. The Friction fighter, hair back in her natural blonde state, her hazel eyes looking quite normal without her usual contacts, had been enjoying her day, having a light workout, mainly just for something to do, until Valley Doll could meet up with her for lunch.

Once she get a text from her Doll, having to cancel, she pouted a bit, before deciding to just save time and have lunch in the cafeteria. Consisting of some kushayaki grilled chicken and rice, it was much better than she had expected for her first time in the cafeteria, and without as many wrestlers around on this day, it was quieter than she expected.

At least, it HAD been quiet, till some woman began shouting loudly not that far away from her began yelling loudly about something or other. Given the rather...interesting personality types AFW liked to hire, hearing somebody yelling anywhere AFW related was never a surprise. It wasn't until she caught a name she recognized, Cassie Elliot, in the ranting.

Her curiosity peaked, Ace got up, wiping some rice off her tank top and gym shorts, before going over to the previously yelling girls table. The girl herself had left, but her companion, some cute thing with bunny ears...for some reason...remained, Ace moving into her field of vision and raising a hand in greeting.

"Uhh...Hi there! I'm Haley...I don't wanna like, butt into anything, but uh...was your friend there saying something about Cassie Elliot... I'm sorry, its just, I'm kind of a friend of hers, are you one too?"

Nicole blinked as she was suddenly greeted by Haley. She wasn't expecting to talk to any strangers today, but she hoped the girl hadn't caught her sullen look and she instantly perked up to offer a friendly smile in return. She raised her hand and flapped her fingers in a greeting back at the girl.

"Heya, Haley, eheh. My name's Nicole!" Even from the short greeting her Canadian accent was pretty obvious. She was not surprised that the girl had a bit of an ulterior motive in her actions, but when she explained herself, Nicole blushed. She'd definitely have to scold Gabbie a bit about keeping her voice down. Still, Nicole's smile didn't fade.

"Oh, You know Cass? I've been friends with her almost as long as I can remember! She's heading back home, yeah." Nicole said. "But I don't think she's running away, eh. Don't mind Gabbie. She's my little sister and she's just upset that she didn't get to spend much time with Cassie. We just got here not too long ago ourselves. We're from Canada if you couldn't tell, eheh! I guess it's harder to pick out a an accent on this part of the world though..." Nicole shrugged.

"Anyway, you're a friend of Cass'? That's great!" She said, beaming at Ace. "How did you two meet? Here in the ring? She's pretty tough, eh?" Nicole them stopped and blinked. "Oh! Why don't you have a seat!" She urged and motioned for Ace to sit down. "How rude of me, eheh."

"Heh, not that hard. There's so few of us around here it would be hard to miss somebody with a similar accent to mine. Honestly, if I hadn't heard Cassie's name, I would have just come over to say hi to some fellow Canadian girls. What part are you from?"

Haley replied, giggling at Nicole's motioning, sitting down across from her.

"Yeah, I'm a friend of Cassie's, sort of. We've never like, hung out or anything, but we seemed to get along alright mostly. I think its a shame she's leaving. She IS pretty tough, I've seen her actually snap some girls limbs in matches, but I've never actually faced her in the ring. We just met through some other people we both know. How did you meet her?"

"Toronto."

Nicole said it without a thought and beamed. Her and Gabbie were quite proud of being Torontonians. Gabbie especially so, but Nicole was also very proud of where she lived. "Oh, I wouldn't know about all that really, eheh.  I really came for Momentum. Actually Gabbie and I both live in Yokohama. At least, that's where we got our apartment. Really, though, we've spent more time in Tokyo, eheheh... But that's pretty friendly of you!" Nicole said and smiled.

"Oh, Cass could get along with an ornery bear!" Nicole said. "She's just like that. It's pretty inspiring, eheh." Nicole frowned just a bit at Ace mentioning Cassie's rather brutal victories. "Oh my!" She said. "Well, shame on those girls." She said, as though they were at fault. In Nicole's eyes, they certainly were. "The only thing being stubborn is going to get you is injured. tsk. tsk." She wagged her finger.

"Oh, me? My family owns a Savate school. I picked up Jiu Jitsu and I have did competitions. I was the best... well, until i fought Cass, eheh... Never beat her once. My trophy case sure has a lot of silver in it, eheh." Nicole shrugged. "So, how long have you been wrestling?" She asked.

"Me too! That's awesome! What neighborhood? My family owns this estate on The Bridle Path, I grew up there before I became a wrestler."

Haley replied, the old shyness at admitting she was wealthy no longer a factor. The so called secret had leaked out onto the internet soon after her debut, and Gwen wasn't shy about blurting it out to the world when they were fighting.

"Hey, Silver is awesome. That's why I made a name out of it, or its one of the reasons anyway. Still, I bet having to fight you so much is what made Cassie as good as she is!"

Haley blinked, having to actually think about how long she had been doing this for. Seemed like a long time.

"Well lets see...this is my second year in AFW, and I left home to start training about 4 years before that, when I was 16...soo...yeah, this would be my 6th overall year wrestling. But, I mean, I started young, I was just a trainee and a student the first few years, it wasn't until my third year I started having legitimate singles matches that weren't training matches or just tag matches with a trainer."

"Oh, we're in Yorkdale-Glen Park." Nicole said. "I mean, we don't live at the school, eh." She added, blushing a bit.

She looked quizzically at the girl as she explained her name and Nicole tried to piece it together. "Haley.. Silver?" She asked. "Well, it's kinda neat, eh?" She said and nodded in approval. Nicole shrugged. "Oh, well, I sure hope so. I'd love to say I was responsible for her being the best, but all she really did was step over me to get to the top. Her school is really really good and she never transitioned from  Jiu Jitsu to anything else. Maybe it was the little things that helped her, eheh. I like to think so, at least!"

"That's pretty good, eh." Nicole said and smiled at Ace. "I really haven't wrestled much at all. I trained heavily in Jiu Jitsu and studied Savate, but I have come to love kickboxing. I've been pretty much fighting my whole life, but..." Nicole sighed. "Well, I didn't want to compete professionally in mixed martial arts... I'm pretty  much happy where I'm at, I guess." She said and put on a bright smile.

Haley couldn't resist a giggle. "Nah, its Silver Ace actually. I die my hair silver when I wrestle."

She leaned back in her chair, relaxed. "Momentum seems pretty cool, I like that we have a kickboxing league. Still if you want something a bit different from MMA and similar stuff, why not give Friction a try? We've got all kinds of crazy stuff."

"Ooooh..." Nicole nodded. It certainly was a very assertive name, if not a little confusing. Ace was first, Silver was second... shouldn't she be the Golden Ace! Nicole's eyes lit up at the thought but she kept it to herself. Silver Ace was cute and Haley seemed cute too, so maybe it fit.

"I did sign up for Friction too!" Nicole said and puffed out her chest a bit. "Yeah, I think I'll have a great time. Hopefully I pick up some wrestling though, eheheh..." She giggled at the thought as her cheeks began to flush a bit.

"Heh, I'm sure you will. You can't expect to win many matches in Friction without it. Heck, maybe we should have a match!"

Haley replied, getting a little excited at the prospect of fighting somebody with so much combat experience.