Chuang Lingxian vs The Oni - The up and comers

Standard match won via pinfall or submission

Tonight Chuang Lingxian was having a match tonight, over the holidays he had gone back to his home in China. To catch up with his parents and pals, who of course asked him what he was doing in Japan. Chuang embellished a few details and omitted some, his parents asked him about the lovely girl that he met called Mikoto Kusanagi. The ex wrestle angel member and priestess, the Japanese woman was the dream girl for the warrior of Beijing. Though he omitted the details of their sparring matches, the first one in particular and moreso how it ended.

Chuang had learned quite a few things from Mikoto, her background in WA meant the young man could improve his skills in the squared circle. It had been a rather far cry from his days of slugging it out in the streets of Beijing, the ropes and turnbuckles and apron. Chuang had been working on getting the hang of using them to mix things up. The Japanese priestess was such an inspiration that Chuang had been growing his hair out longer, now sporting a small ponytail. It was nothing compared to the length of her mane, but it was a start.

Dressed in his ring attire Chuang had been doing some shadow boxing, his opponent for tonight was a rather mysterious sort. The Oni. Made the young man wish he had asked Mikoto on how to expel demons, no matter. Chuang had seen a picture of this guy's outfit, looked awesome. But did Oni have the skill to back up the looks? Time to find out.

Spoiler:

It was time to get to the ring, taking a deep breath Chuang left the locker room. Walked with determination in his blood, inwardly the young man felt this was going to be a good fight. Time to show what he'd learned with his girlfriend's mentorship, also to be happy he got tomorrow off from his work. Because Chuang was probably gonna need to ice pack himself once this was said and done.

The new theme song of Chuang was heard throughout the arena. Flying Heaven with the martial artist stepping out of the curtain, tapping his foot lightly to the catchy rhythms of the song. Before suddenly bursting out into a run, leaping right up towards the apron. Grasping the top rope with both hands Chuang lept high over it, landing into a forward roll and standing straight promptly after. He then stood at his corner, casting a look over the audience to see if Mikoto was around. Chuang didn't see her anywhere right away, but he was sure she was watching. Knowing that regardless the young man waited for his opponent for tonight's bout........

All eyes were trained on the stage for the appearance of The Oni, an eagerly awaited new addition to Tension's roster. Suddenly the lights in the arena would all go out, save for the glow of lightsticks in the audience and humorously enough, camera flashes. His entrance was marked by the sound of a traditional Kabuki opening, and following the loud 'iyooo' shout, the crowd roared to life when two bright red dots appeared behind Chaung's corner.

The lights in the arena came up to find the Oni already in the ring, perched in a crouch on the top of the turnbuckle behind Chaung. The red dots turned out to be the eye holes in the Oni's mask, which was already curved into a devilish smile.

The Oni:

The crowd loudly whooped and cheered with applause, and the sound of the drums intensified into a steady taiko beat, prompting the Oni to launch himself into the air with a flip and land in front of Chaung. He bowed in front of his Chinese opponent and then turned on his heel, quickly making his way over to his corner. Head to toe he was covered in what could be assumed was a ninja's garb. He removed the sword from his back and handed it to the referee, this was no place for such a weapon.

The red eyes in the mask dimmed down so that the demon beneath the mask could actually see again, and he then strode forward towards the center of the ring. "I hope you have made peace with yourself, a demon has no mercy on his foe" he said with an eery, metallic, almost otherworldly tone to his voice.

Chuang had to admit he was already feeling eager for the fight, there was that pounding in the heart that came with the anticipation of battle. He was looking out at the entrance to get a better look at this mysterious opponent, Chuang wasn't that well known in Tension yet. Though he'd clearly been a lot better than he had been when he first started out thanks to the help of his girlfriend. The lights went out in the arena though, Chuang moved around though. Seemingly not fazed by this turn of events the young man bounced around on his heels.

Though Chuang had the feeling he was being watched, from behind. And not just by the crowd, Chuang turned around and sure enough The Oni was there. Like one of those ninjas Chuang heard so much about, the guy looked flashy. Weren't they meant to be hard to spot? Okay the guy got the drop on the warrior of Beijing, but still. Dang that outfit was pretty damn cool though. Chuang glanced down to his emerald green attire, tailored by a sweet dear lady from down the street back home.

Oni launched himself in the air with a flip, the Chinese warrior kept his gaze on his opponent. The guy bowed to Chuang, who smiled and gave a nod of the head. With the enigmatic warrior handing his weapon over to the ref, thankfully. While Chuang had learned what to do if someone gave at you with a knife a sword was probably another matter.

Oni's words sounded odd, a filter effect surely. Though it wasn't something Chuang heard everyday, but he smirked and scratched the back of his head. "Demon huh? Funny thing is my girlfriend's a priestess, probably should have asked her for some advice on how to handle otherworldly foes. Ah well....." Chuang said as he moved to the centre to meet Oni.

Chuang offered a handshake and muttered so that only Oni could hear with "Seriously though dude, I always respect someone with guts. That leap there told me you got them. I can tell this is gonna be a good fight, let's do it." theatrics aside the warrior spoke man to man with that.

Once Oni did whatever he did Chuang would go back to his corner and take a deep breath, settling into his stance as he did so. He was hoping Mikoto was watching him here tonight, an unknown opponent and having had training made Chuang want to show the progress that he had made. It wouldn't be long till the bell rung.......