Today...I met an angel

Early morning in Tokyo was still pretty lively compared to many other places in the world, though at least at around 5 am the city wasn't utterly lively everywhere, sure in the middle of town it was but a bit outside the dead center there was not that many people. There was a young blond with short hair who wore an all blue tracksuit...a huff every other second escaped her lips as her shoes scraped against the pavement.

Jogging this early in the morning wasn't something that Belinda Northman usually did but she at least had started doing so as of late, she needed to keep herself in tip top shape after all and with it she had to dedicate a lot more time to things like her jogging, working out, improving her moves and so on.

She had been jogging for quite a while, long enough that she decided to take a bit of a rest, she stopped and move her hands down onto her knees, bending her body over a bit as she'd open up her track suit jacket, to reveal a slim fit tanktop hugging her curevy torso. " Phew....how long have I gone I wonder.." The Swede let out as she'd remove her earbuds and reach down for her right pocket to pull out her smartphone, swiping to unlock it she'd open up the step counter. So far she had gone roughly 15 km...there was sweat around her chest and shoulders, armpits and her brow. She'd been going pretty fast for a jog if she was honest....Where was she even ? The Swede would start to look around and with it noticed that she was by the old Wrestle Angels building, she was pretty sure they had a gym, though she was also surprised no one had bought the property and re-purposed it for something.

While most would be asleep at this time so early in the morning, certain other people would take this chance to get out and enjoy the lovely scenery while getting some exercise. As the nice cool air, the morning silence, and the slowly rising sun made it a wonderful time to be out. One girl in particular, is the young and energetic angel Katori Kimura following her regular routine of going on early morning jogs to get stronger and stay in shape. She was wearing an all red track suit with the hood on which partially concealed her face from view as she took quick but small breaths of air every 2 steps while listening to her music with the volume at a low setting.

Following her return from Alaska after Summer Splash ended, Katori made it a goal to further improve herself to get better and be taken more seriously in AFW among the management and other wrestlers. Since being put in a Dark Match showed her how they viewed her, and Katori wanted to change that which fueled her determination. With all the jogging she did without taking a break, one would think that the angel had lost her way, but she knew where she was going. To her home away from home.

After a while, the said home had made it into her vision as Katori went: the old Wrestle Angels building. To Katori, this old abandoned place was her second home as well as her secret hideout where she goes to do some training in private. Once she came up close, the bluenette finally stopped jogging and looks around the premise. Katori made sure not to get spotted when sneaking in or she'll possibly get trouble for trespassing or be followed, so she always made sure to check around multiple times. Feeling certain that the coast is clear, seeing no one around, Katori took a few steps back to get a running start. She charges at the tall fence like wall before bending her legs then pushing them up to do a high jump to climb up and over the wall, landing on the ground on the other side. With the hard parts out of the way, Katori does the easy last part and runs towards the WA building to head inside through the back entrance.

Belinda had just about finished her light rest and was ready to start jogging again before her muscles cooled down and started to stiffen up...she couldn't have that happen after all, she had only really finished half of her intended run for this morning. She put her phone back in her pocket, pulled her earbuds up to put them in her ears so she could keep listening to her music....but when she was about to sip up her jacket...she noticed something.

A woman in a red tracksuit jumping right up and climbing the fence of the old Wrestle Angels building as she then entered the place. Belinda wondered for a second if she should maybe call someone...but who would she even call ? It wasn't like it should matter who enters that building right ? It was practically abandoned, though if she got injured or something in there then it most likely wouldn't do well for the owner...yet if she called the police things might not go well for the young woman who'd just entered the building.

There was only one thing she could think of doing, she'd have to go in there and try and convince the girl to leave or something...though maybe it was more that Belinda wanted to go in from curiosity alone. The Swede took a few steps back and would then spring up to the fence, jumping up and scaling it before dropping down onto her feet.

After which she proceeded to make her way into the building, the same way that the red tracksuit wearing girl had, perhaps she was just some old fan of Wrestle Angels and wanted to go in and have a peek at the old place ? Who knew, all that was left was to try and find out.

Katori knew the layout of the Wrestle Angels building very well since back then she and the rest of the roster practically lived here during their career. But of course, she had to get in first. Every entrance and exit was locked after they shut down but there was one little detail that was overlooked which gives people an easy way in, courtesy of the younger members of WA. Katori cannot remember who it was, but someone stole the WA president's back entrance key and made a few copies of it so they can sneak inside.

Among the wrestlers this became public knowledge to them and some laughed it up while others merely shrugged it off. The Mighty Successor had knowledge of this and had one such copy hidden around the back entrance behind the "Employees Only!" sign so she can enter. After taking the key out and unlocking the door, Katori heads inside.

The back entrance leads into a hallway that goes directly to the wrestler's lounge which was a huge area for a lounge. Every time Katori came in here she felt nostalgia hit her despite it looking like an abandoned warehouse room. But she didn't waste time and kept moving, she went down another hallway that had a location label "To Gym --->" next to it.

"Yosh!" Katori exclaimed after entering the gym and taking off her hood before turning the lights on, and unlike the rest of the building this room looked close to decent since the bluenette girl cleaned it up and even made some additions to the room. There was a basketball hoop in a clearing in the gym where workout equipment used to be, a mini-fridge, a microwave, newer workout equipment and appliances, a stereo, and a generator that wasn't on.

After doing a quick stretch with her arms, Katori smiles then takes off her jacket, revealing a white T-shirt underneath. She plugs her iPod into the stereo and plays her music, with the English cover of  Chouzetsu Dynamic playing on a normal volume setting, and goes over to a punching bag that was also new and picks up a roll of training bandages then wraps her arms with it. Once that's done, Katori starts to punch at the punching bag, doing all kinds of punches as she tries to time them right between combos.

For the better part of a couple minutes at most all that the Swede was doing was following the trail of the other woman who had entered this establishment, looking to find out who she was, why she was here and to then of course bring her out of this area since it wasn't like either of them were allowed in here.

She figured still that it was some sort of fan though when she came up to the door and opened it to notice that it was unlocked...maybe it wasn't just some average fan ? Either the woman was good at lockpicking or she had a key...or maybe no one cared enough about this place to not lock it ? Who really knew.

Belinda followed in where she thought the young woman had gone, moving in to the big wrestlers lounge and then taking a wrong turn somewhere...

She hadn't gone straight away to the gym but instead found herself looking around for a few minutes, walking in to the arena area, walking towards a few offices and locker room which were all locked up...before finally she found her way towards the Gym. As she started to reach closer to the gym she began to hear music, which only made her all too curious. She finally arrived and opened the door to see that the gym was in far better condition than the rest of the place....and to see a blue haired girl working over a punching bag.

" Uhm...Excuse me ?" Belinda let out as she'd raise her hand, walking into the gym as she'd tilt her head a bit and look on at Katori, starting to slowly walk towards the blue haired girl who she hadn't really caught onto who she was, though she'd probably figure it out when she got a more clear view of the girl's face and all.

With the combination of the music playing from the speaker and the punching on the punching bag, Katori was fully focused on what she was doing. One of the best things about training by herself in the Wrestle Angels gym is that she has no distractions and can train in peace as well as having no one see her training methods to study the girl. The current song playing helped psyche her up as the lyrics on both the original and the english cover were very motivating and inspiring.

Among the punches Katori threw at the bag, she started to use some kicks as well, to help add some variety to the mix. Until she got tired and needed a break it almost seemed like the bluenette can keep going for quite a while thanks to the fact that nothing can bother her besides fatigue, hunger, and thirst. Well, that is what she thought anyway.

Right after the Successor landed a strong punch that knocked the punching bag a bit back, she heard a voice coming from behind her. Immediately her eyes went wide and quickly turned around once her focus was broken, showing she very startled by the sudden voice. So much that she forgot about the punching bag. "Huh?? Wha-Oof!" It came back and hit Katori which made her stumble back a bit, but after she regained her balance and barrings the girl turned around to see who was here. It was a woman with shoulder length blonde hair in a blue tracksuit, and Katori recognized her instantly since how can anyone not know the little sister of Cecilia Northman? "B-Belinda Northman??"

Belinda winced a bit as she saw the punching bag swing back and hit Katori like that, she hadn't exactly intended to startle the young woman as much as she had and she'd take a few steps forward...up until Katori mentioned her name like that. The blue haired girl did look familiar as well... "Y-yes ?" Belinda let out as she'd look at Katori with a bit of confusion...

" A-ah! Aren't you Katori Kimura ?!" Belinda let out as she'd start to walk up closer to Katori, she had seen the blue haired girl's match while she was at Summer Splash in Alaska, other than that she didn't know all too much about Katori...Oh yeah! Katori used to be a part of wrestle angles, didn't she ? Belinda would start to walk up to Katori and then look around the gym a little bit.

" What exactly are you doing in here ? No one is allowed in here right ?" The Swede asked as she'd bring her hand up to scratch at the back of her head a bit...unsure how to handle this situation. It felt odd to try and drag a person who actually used to be a part of this league out of here, it wasn't like she had much business with in here to begin with.

Katori was still in a state of shock after learning she was followed inside the WA building, but it was slowly subsiding while staring at her chaser. She was rubbing her chest and face which was hurting a bit after the punching bag hit her but that too wasn't much and it went away right when Belinda deduced the angel's identity. "Yeah, that's me." Katori answered with her face having red from the hit.

In all the confusion, Katori just realized the music was still playing and it wouldn't help with having a conversation with it going on. She walks over to the stereo and manages to hear what Belinda asked before reaching it as the music got a bit louder the closer she got. "As it looked like, I was training." She said slightly louder then usual enough so she can be heard among the music.

She hit the stop button on the stereo and paused paused her iPod so it wouldn't waster battery, then turned to finish the answering the Blonde's question. "And technically, yes. No one's suppose to be here but I don't care." Katori said then turned around to walk over towards the mini-fridge, but kept talking to finish up her sentence. "This place was an important stepping stone in my life, and it still is. I want it to still be one." She finished saying, as she opens the fridge and takes out 2 bottles of water from the box.

"Want some?" Katori asks while holding out one of the bottles towards Belinda. Looking at her tracksuit, the angel deduced she also was jogging earlier and might be a bit thirsty, so it wouldn't hurt to offer a drink to her to freshen up. Obviously though there is a large distance between them though now, so if Belinda accepts the offer Katori will just toss the bottle of water over towards her.

Once Katori went and turned off the music, the Swede would step in a bit closer towards the gym, folding her arms behind her head as she'd rest it against her arms. She took a deep breath as she'd looked around at the old gym, though a lot of the equipment and stuff did seem rather new... perhaps Katori had been coming her a lot and made this a place where she could train.

If so it only made Belinda feel a bit more awkward about telling the blue haired woman that she shouldn't be here, cause her say wasn't a very prominent one in this case. She cleared her throat a bit, though when she started to hear what Katori had to say for herself she did wonder if she shouldn't just let the girl be here, though that would perhaps bother the owner ? if something were to happen to Katori on this property.

" I see...well..." Belinda let out, she didn't really know how to approach this. " You do know that if something were to happen to you inside this place, you'll probably cause a lot of problems for people right ?" The Swede spoke out before she'd shake her head. " Though, I suppose if you really want to be here, there is nothing I can do to stop you." Belinda let out as she'd finally see Katori hold up that bottle to her.

Belinda would start to walk up to Katori, moving right up towards the blue haired girl as she'd try and take the bottle of water and give Katori a sincere smile. " Thank you, was feeling a bit thirsty actually."

"No problem." Katori says to Belinda after giving her her water, returning the smile back to her. But that smile quickly dropped after she had to respond to that thing Belinda said about the owners having problems with her being here. If he had still owned the rights to his building, the former Wrestle Angels president wouldn't even mind her being in here.

But it's new owners however, even if they WERE to care, they really wouldn't considering they left this place in the sorry state it is now and never bothered to do anything with it since day one of their ownership. "I'm pretty sure Lukretia and the Seller sisters wouldn't care what happens in and to this place." She started to say as she was opening her bottle of water, then took a few slow sips to drink a bit of water before continuing. "Since they're the ones who own this place, but only for bragging rights."

Right after saying that, Katori scoffed a bit before taking a seat on one of the benches then took a deep breath. That day when AFW bought out Wrestle Angels was still a dark day for her and most of the roster, and remembering it never sit well with her considering what happened then. "And even IF something did go wrong in here, I can just call my big brothers, my friends, or the former WA president to come get me. I keep my phone in my pocket while I train in here." She said then took another sip of water, enjoying the nice cool and refreshing taste.