Zoey Satoshi vs Jay Zokaro

Time had been very giving and patient to Jay. He had not been in an official match for a long time. Maybe almost a year. That time was spent well. Jay trained his heavy hitting skills and honed them, making his attacks more direct and his ability to block better. But, that still kept him pretty grounded. He could jump and the like pretty well, but he wasn't able to put that into a fighting style. His opponent tonight was all the more special. Not a native to Tension is what he was told.

Everyone by Adema plays to the full arena to play Jay on. He steps out onto the stage, wearing a black shirt, jeans and sneakers. His green eyes would start scanning the crowd, looking at them like he hated every individual there. Since he was coming back after such a long time away, he wanted to do things right. Or, at least better than he did before. Behind him would be his manager. Not a lot of people knew he had one. Even less knew that the two were an item. While walking down the ramp and getting into the ring, Jay looks back over his shoulder. "It looks pretty packed tonight."

"It does yeah." Lina responded as she followed Jay as he made his way towards the ring. Even though she's better known as the manager for the WhiteGale faction/current reigning tag team champions, she also had other people's in-ring careers in her hands, Jay's was one of them. They were about enter the ring when he stopped and held the ropes open for her. She gave him a quick smile before stepping in.

She's been pretty busy lately dealing with matters involving Sion, Lita, and Daisuke, as well as anything that might involve people they are close to like Yamato and Mariko. The time Jay spent away was a confusing time for her, but she was glad to see him back and competing again.

Zoey was a little nervous. Though it wasn't her first match, it was the first time the teenager had been put up against a man, something that confused her to no end when she was informed, given she had signed on for Friction. She watched the man's entrance from backstage and wasn't filled with confidence at all. With no knowledge of his backstory, he still seemed like quite a challenge, standing a few inches taller and quite a bit more muscular than the Friction girl.

As soon as his music had died down to silence, and the arena faded into darkness, Zoey's rather bouncy choice of music replaced it. Zoey made her appearance to a remixed version of Pumped up Kicks by Foster the People, a wide smile on her face and hopping down the ramp, timing her steps with the music as she always does. It seemed that she was getting better at performing her entrance, as she pulled it off near flawlessly, vaulting the ropes in one big jump.

She was dressed in her typical attire, red knee-high boots and white knee pads with tight red briefs squeezing around her waist. Her chest was hidden by a matching red sports bra, with white elbow pads on her arms. It wasn't anything particularly special besides the strong strawberry smell coming off of both outfit and wearer. Her long, red hair was tied up into a simple ponytail to keep it out of her way, though her opponents so far had a way of yanking on her hair anyway.

Once in the ring, she threw up two fingers in a peace sign for the audience, receiving a warm reply that made her giggle in her adorable tone. With the music dying down, she looked across the ring at the two opposite her, looking at Lina curiously and meeting Jay's eyes with her own, a cute smile on her face and cheeks slightly red at the idea of fighting with him. The two were just about opposites as far as fighting style went, with Zoey relying heavily on her exceptional speed and agility to make up for her severe lack of physical strength and endurance.

"Konnichiwa!" she called out to the pair, winking at the same time.

He lets Lina in, opening the ropes for her. He did so out of being courteous. He didn't know what she was getting in the ring for, Lina flashes a smile while she steps inside. And not too soon after, music came on to signal Jay's opponent. He looks towards the opposing entrance ramp in anticipation. Admittedly, Jay liked the music choice. It was...Rather different. She comes down the ramp, and vaults over the ropes in one big leap. Jay's eyes narrow slightly.

If that was any giveaway for her style, and if Jay was a guessing man, then it seemed that she was a flyer. Jay did feel a bit of concern, as he was definitely not that. But he wasn't afraid, not in the slightest. To show off his unwavering confidence, he simply stares her down when their eyes met. She sort of broke the eye contact in both that she calls out to the two and makes Jay lose concentration and the somewhat overwhelming smell of strawberries that Jay noticed after a moment or two of her being in the ring.

He gives her a subtle nod in response.

Zoey's hands went to her hips once the music had settled down, her eyes switching from the woman to the man curiously. She hadn't been told this would be a handicap match, but the woman certainly didn't seem dressed for fighting like Jay did. The teen gently bounced in place, awaiting a response to her greeting that wouldn't come, instead Jay just gave her a simple nod. That was a little strange, and quite off-putting. Were all the Tension fighters like this?

Her small, un-muscular body was another big giveaway that she wouldn't be trying any power moves this match, her eyes about at the level of Jay's neck and almost sixty pounds lighter. "Uh, hello? Are you alright?" she asked again in her soft tone, trying to get some vocal response from her opponent and preferably before the match began. "And who are you, miss?" she asked Lina cutely, swaying her hips from side to side again.

The bell rang a moment later, and Zoey stepped back a short distance to put a decent gap between the two wrestlers.

She didn't notice Zoey's gesture towards both her and Jay as she had her attention focused on Jay, giving him some last minute talk before the match began. As she finished saying to Jay what she had to, she noticed the same smell of fruit that Jay did and turned towards Zoey to see if it was coming from her. Turning and looking at Zoey for about a second she was able to tell the source of the smell before turning her attention back to Jay.

"Anyway you got this babe" Lina tells him, giving his butt a motivational tapping as she turned to leave. However she stopped when she heard Zoey call out to her. She turned her head a little bit and while looking at Zoey she made a small gesture with her thumb pointing Jay, saying "He's the one you want." before continuing on her way and stepping to the outside of the ring.

While she's use to being in the corner of those who she manages, this is the first time in...as long as she can remember that she's been there for one of Jay's matches. A little different than what she's been doing lately and lower profile as well, however that didn't mean that this didn't have the chance to be a rememberable one.

"Thanks. The encouragement...Helps." Jay says to Lina as she exits the ring. Zoey was probably thinking this was some sort of handicapped match but no, that was just Jay's manager. He shut his eyes and looked upwards when slapped on the bottom.

He wasn't used to having said manager in ring with him, nor used to showing off affection publicly with Lina. But there was a first for everything.

"Yes, Miss. I am Jay, your opponent tonight." The bell rings. Jay opens up his arms, widening his legs and bends down a bit, and taking stance.

Zoey nodded in response, her wide smile still on her face. The Friction girl stepped forwards after Jay had taken stance, looking him over again a couple of times during her approach. This would be interesting, if she could win anyway, her hopes weren't particularly high for beating a man, but the girls of Tension managed to do it so why couldn't she? As the pair got closer, Zoey bit her bottom lip softly and took a sudden step forwards.

Her right leg swung up high towards Jay's head, trying to land an early kick to put her opponent off-balance for a short while. It was something she had done at the start of most of her matches, as few as she had, and it worked well if it landed. She'd take a quick step back away if her foot found it's mark, the feeling of boot against skull was always satisfying when she wasn't on the receiving end.

She was a little distracted by Lina standing at ringside, not used to seeing another person standing so close to the match when they weren't taking any part in it. No matter, so long as she stayed on the outside, it wasn't anything to worry about.

Jay and Zoey slowly inch closer together. Lina being behind him was just a minor distraction. He worried what she'd think of him a little, as she probably has never seen him fight before. But it was too late to back down now.

A high kick flies towards Jay's head. His eyes widen slightly, not ready for that. His arms shoot up to block his head. Zoey's leg slams hard into both blocking arms instead of his head. Thankfully that happened or else he'd probably be floored. Jay stumbles a few steps to the side. He didn't launch any counter attack yet, it wasn't an appropriate time.

Zoey let out a gasp as her foot bounced against Jay's wrist, expecting at any second to be yanked in and punished for messing up her attack. To her surprise, it never happened and her foot gently fell back onto the mat under her, the young Friction girl taking a few quick steps away from her opponent in the hopes of denying any quick counter-attack. Her arms came back up in front of her chest and legs went to a more stable position.

If she managed to land a poor hit like that, she was quite sure this would be a lot easier than she had expected. Jay being slow to counter-attack meant a great advantage for Zoey, inspiring confidence in her as she waited to see if Jay would try anything, or continue to be defensive. "Lucky" she teased, her cute smile returning to her face, Zoey's tiny body bouncing from foot to foot in anticipation.