The Heavenly War Begins

Himeko would grunt out in pain a couple of times as both she and Manami exchanged some vicious blows. Each of their fists landing hard against each other's faces, except for a few that missed their target. The giantess remembered this ferocity that belonged to the wolf girl well. It was like fighting a wild animal, honestly, but the larger woman wasn't worried. Even after her opponent had managed to snake her legs back around the general's neck, she was still very determined to bring the woman to her knees.

Even if Manami was as brutal as opponents came, Himeko wouldn't be bullied. This wasn't just a simple brawl, this had become a fight to determine their places in the AFW. The wolf girl seemed to think this was her territory, a personal playground for her to break apart. But the giantess was an obstacle, whether her old rival liked it or not. She represented a recurring opposition against pretty much all of Manami's goals.

"Gak! MaybeI am slower...but I think...at least in my case...strength is better than speed!" Himeko would bark back as she tried to grab the woman's short hair, and then smack her head a few times against the bench. That way, if Manami's hold loosened, she could also try to pry those legs off from around her neck.  

Himeko was still taking a lot of punishment, though. The strikes, the intense pressure of the holds, both of which the giantess had to defend herself better from. Sure she was dealing the same level back, but when facing a woman like Manami, Himeko liked to have a bigger advantage. Hopefully an opening would present itself so that the giantess could teach her animal-like rival a lesson in humility.

Manami wasn’t really sure to expect by way of a response, aside from the obvious.

Himeko’s weight was a double edged sword. It kept her opponent’s down, but the same could be said for her. If she wanted to maximize the damage, she had to mount in such a way that used her weight to her advantage. She’d chosen her position poorly. Now the wolf had her in a headscissor and was using her own muscle against her.

So what could she expect? A powerbomb? Not entirely feasible while she was getting her face rearranged. Maybe try to break the scissors? She had the strength to do it if she could deal with some punishment in between.

Nope. She went for the hair. This is why Himeko Akan was by far her most hated adversary.

“Honestly?! Hair pulling? Are you a frail little schoolgirl? You forget who you're fighting Akan!”

Fine. If Himeko was content with leaving herself open, the Wolf Girl was more than happy to oblige. She kept pouring on the strikes as Himeko yanked at her hair. It made dodging the haymakers a bit less managable, but she’d thrashed around with fistier opponents in the past. Getting her immaculate strands pulled was the least of her concerns.

She upped her offensive while she was at it. In addition to a number of hard left jabs, she threw her elbow into the bridge of Himeko’s nose. This is where things were going for the both of them. It was getting dangerous. Anyone caught between the two of them would only have themselves to blame.

Manami was going to paint the walls with this woman. She had to learn her lesson. The past wasn’t going to repeat itself any longer.

The giantess was in a rage as she fought with the wolf girl. Both were throwing vicious strikes at one another with no signs of either slowing down. But then Manami did something she would regret...something she really shouldn't have done. She called the Heavenly General a schoolgirl. And not to sound too hulk-like...but Himeko didn't like being called a schoolgirl. The giantess wasn't even sure why, but it made her very, very mad.

"OH I'M THE SCHOOLGIRL!? That's pretty funny considering you're, what? A FIVE FOOT TALL SHRIMP!?" Himeko would bark back angrily at the wolf girl after receiving a punch to the bridge of her nose. Now she was mad, in pain, and still on top of the pack leader...a combo that didn't bode well when facing a true giantess such as the Heavenly General.

"WELL HOW'S THIS FOR FRAIL!?" she'd growl while grabbing tightly onto the straps of Manami's attire, the larger woman would try to pull her rival straight up, and deliver a thunderous headbutt right to the wolf girl's forehead. If successful, Himeko would shove her back as well in one solid motion so that the brunette would crumble back down to the bench and possibly even the floor. Hopefully this would give the giantess a few moments to clear and cool her head. After all, this fight was getting more and more violent between her and Manami.

If this all out brawl went too far...Himeko might end up regreting something...

Fat schoolgirl. She should have said fat schoolgirl. Damn it. Manami was never one for childish insults. Himeko just always managed to bring out that side of her. She hated it. As though she was being forced down to this woman's level. As if she were regressing somehow. All the more reason the larger woman needed to be taught this lesson.

At the same time, she knew how much insults like that got under Himeko’s skin. For all her might, she didn’t have the most secure ego in the world. It was something she could take advantage of and often made the difference for her in the past. At the very least, the giantess seemed to be taking things a bit more seriously. When Himeko went for the headbutt, Manami met her with one of her own. Didn’t stop her from getting slammed into the oblivion, but it helped a bit.

The Wolf Girl went straight through the bench. The wood splintered beneath her body and cut the sides of her torso, making her wince before her body hit the concrete. It was nearly enough to knock her out. As it stood, the shock simply made Manami realize how dire her situation had become. She was bleeding, had the wind knocked out of her, and trapped underneath an incredibly angry giant. Not a very favorable situation to be in.

Couldn’t let her get away with that, however. Himeko was looking to recover. That meant the wolf had to strike, no matter the condition she was in. As dazed as her mind was, Manami still had more than enough adrenaline to get her body moving again. Wrapping her strong legs around the general’s torso, Manami would reach up and wrap her arm around the woman’s thick neck, trapping her tightly in a guillotine choke.

Moment by moment, Manami would sap the giantess of her strength. Himeko could throw her around all she liked. Once she ran out of enough breath, she wouldn’t be able to stand let alone fight back.

Himeko was very surprised to see that the bench gave way as she shoved Manami down on it. That hadn't even been part of the plan, but she was glad things were going her way. That headbutt had stunned her a bit more since the wolf girl had sent her head smacking together with Himeko's as well, but she was one tough bitch, and wasn't about to get floored by such an attack.

However, when she reached down to grab the beaten and broken Manami to finish this, that's when things turned for the worse. The wolf girl would instantly wrap her legs round the giantess's waist while locking one arm around her head too for a tight guillotine choke!  The move came out of nowhere as Himeko had believed that her long time rival was far to battered to keep going. Manami was just proving once again though how resilient she was to the giantess...and why to two were such bitter rivals.

Himeko would struggle and squirm in the woman's hold as she fought to remain on her feet. Throwing strikes into the wolf girl's side, the giantess tried loosening the woman up so she could break free. The general couldn't keep this up for too long though, as her strength slowly faded along with the loss of oxygen. Try as she might, Himeko would begrudgingly fall down onto her knees as her strikes to Manami's ribcage slowed.

"Uggh...uck...damn it...no..." the giantess would groan out weakly as she started to waver. At the same time though, Himeko realized that her fist was bloody...the problem was...it wasn't her blood. Her punches at Manami's side were clearly hitting some sort of cut, and that woke something up in the enraged giant. Concern.

The wolf girl cared little about the wounds she received and handed out, but the giantess was the opposite. In her heart she worried about opponents and sadly...Manami was no different to her. Himeko couldn't tell just how much her rival was bleeding due to the fact that her head was stuffed under the woman's armpit. But just from feeling the amount on her fingers...she was concerned.

"Wait...Manami...stop it...you're...you're bleeding too much..." Himeko would struggle to say as she tried to put her long time foe's safety above her feelings...something she knew her rival wouldn't appreciate, but she had to try. Meanwhile her hands would move up to Manami's hand and chin to pry off the woman's hold while pushing the wolf's head back. After all she couldn't just keep punching the brunette's side anymore, and she still needed to get her off some way. "Manami...stop this...stop this...right...now..."

This was more like it. The rush of adrenaline. The danger pulsing through her veins. Manami lived for moments like this.

And Himeko just had to go and ruin it with her prattle. For fuck’s sake.

Her stomach was getting knots. Everything inside felt hot. It wasn’t from the wounds. No. It was a deep, boiling disgust for the woman that had the audacity to treat her with pity. If the roles were reversed, it the giantess were the one bleeding from the sides and giving it her all the emerge the victor, she would receive nothing but the utmost respect from Manami. Seems as though her rival didn’t feel like reciprocating such a notion.

It's not like the wounds were anything serious. The Wolf Girl hadn’t had a chance to lick them quite yet, but she could already tell they were far from severe. They stung, for one, which was a good sign. They hadn’t cut past the nerve endings and too far into the dermis. Her body would heal itself fine. She was a young woman full of vitality. The blood would coagulate and there would be nothing more to worry about.

Suppose the white-clad giant didn’t have the brain to match that brawn. It was hard to get invested when she did this. Expressed concern. Pity. All it ever did was make the She-Wolf feel cheated. As though she were holding back for some reason. Himeko was clearly in the wrong profession if a bit of blood scared her. It made Manami sick.

“Shut up, Akan! Take this seriously, or I’ll snap your neck like a twig!”

Seems the General wasn’t very suited for war now, was she? Had she forgotten that she was the one who refused to back down? That didn’t walk away and was ready to prove herself by whatever means necessary? Where was any of that now? The wolf would teach her the consequences of hesitation. She redoubled her efforts on the body scissors. Maybe taking a rib or two would have her rethinking these efforts.

Great. Just great. This was just like her. The second she tries to stop things before they get too serious, Manami gets even more angry. Himeko was cursing herself for allowing this to happen. She knew better, but instead of brushing her rival off, she started a fight...just like every time they meet up.

"Ugh...god...YOU...ARE SO ANNOYING!" the giantess would growl as the hold tightened around her body and neck. She was sick of this woman's violent tendencies, so much that she wanted to break her in half! The lack of air was apparent by now and her neck was aching in this hold. Plus her rib cage was hurting from the pressure being exerted by Manami's legs. Himeko was squirming in pain, but she was far from defeated...so if the wolf girl wasn't going to end this fight, the giantess would end it for her!

"That's...IT...if you want to fight that bad...THEN FIND SOME BITCH IN A BAR!" Himeko would roar as she started to pull herself back up on her knees. If successful, the giantess would get to her feet as she slowly tried to pry Manami's legs off her.

The large woman wouldn't bother breaking the hold on her neck, though. Instead, Himeko would simply hold onto her foe's legs, turn around, and charge straight towards the locker room mirrors to smash the wolf girl's back into one before dumping her into a sink below them. Her body was already aching, but the giantess believed she could take the pain and succeed. Hopefully ending this fight in the process...

For someone so big, she just loved to complain about little things, didn't she?

Typical Himeko. If she spent even half as much time actually fighting as she did whining about her opponent’s ability to get one over her thick skull, she might actually have been remotely impressive. As it stood, all she could resort to was another slam. Manami could feel it coming. The question was which spot she would choose, and she would admit, the mirror wasn’t a bad choice.

Manami hit it right on, feeling the glass shatter behind her and the grip around Himeko slacken slightly. She was far from done, however, and was working to put the hold back to full strength. Oh, it was a shock alright. Her body felt half-dead. But the fact that Himeko thought it was enough to put her down was downright insulting. There was only one way Manami could picture this fight ending. She mulled over it for only a second, but her mind decided on what was best soon enough.

Himeko Akan had to die. Sometimes, things were just that simple.

Manami was already fixing the grip back underneath her chin, looking to give it a good twist and hopefully paralyze the giant, when she heard footsteps. Heavy ones, multiple, coming in fast. The next second, a couple of black-clad men rushed into the room, one giant and line with bulk, the other fairly top-heavy, but with enough mass in the legs to make it work. A loud voice came from behind them.

“Cease hostilities!” A tall, rugged woman with shimmering white-hair would step forward from between the two guards, legs apart and fists clenched. “You two have damaged property belonging to the federation absent official supervision! Back away from each other!”

The wolf raised an eyebrow. White hair? Balanced stance? Damn it, that’s right. She’d heard that AFW sometimes took to hiring former talent as bodyguards. A good way to keep the bigger Heels in check, the ones normal security couldn’t handle. Ones like Manami. Besides, ex-wrestlers weren’t exactly in demand anywhere else. This one clearly worked her way up the ranks.

Manami clicked her tongue. Normally, she’d simply deal with these uninvited guests and get back to her private affairs. But this one was skilled. Not to mention Himeko was likely to intervene, with her disgustingly kind disposition. The odds were against the Wolf Girl. No choice this time.

Manami unwrapped her legs and released the hold around Himeko’s neck. She climbed down from the sink, wincing slightly from the glass lodged in her back.

“What are your names?!”

Himeko had to give it to Manami...the woman sure could fight through the pain. Even after being driven into a glass mirror the wolf girl was still holding on tightly to the giantess's neck. Himeko's face was becoming a bit purple in fact as she was constricted by the tight guillotine lock, but soon enough she'd be saved by the security guards as they rushed in. Clearly someone had notified them that two women were trying to kill each other. Of course Manami wasn't one to give up so quickly, especially by security.

However, one of them included a strong looking woman with white hair. Clearly she was a step above normal security. In fact it looked like the white haired woman had been through a war and won. So when the woman demanded that Manami and Himeko back away from one another, the wolf girl begrudgingly let go of her long time rival.

"Ugh...you're as good as ever Manami..." she would groan after being released. The giantess would then back away with her hand rubbing her aching neck as she breathed heavily. "Oh...um...Sorry about that...I'm Himeko Akan...and that's Manami Kuroda...we got a little carried away hehe..."

Himeko was trying to down play their little...well...full out brawl. But she wasn't doing a very good job. It looked like she'd be paying for what went down here tonight in more ways than one. Her body was feeling pretty banged up...she'd probably be scolded by security at the least...and then she'd be paying for what was broken during the fight.

"Well...this is kinda my fault ma'am...I'll pay for all the damages..." Himeko would sigh as she rubbed the back of her neck. Maybe she could get a loan from her war sister's if the price was a little too much for her...hopefully this wouldn't be that expensive...

Manami finished pulling the last shards glass out of her back as Himeko finished her well-earned apology. She was always a brute. Thinking with her fists before her mouth. Staying around her for too long always spelled trouble for the wolf.

“Himeko Akan. Manami Kuroda. I had a feeling you two would make trouble.” One of the guards was writing something down on a little notepad. “Akan, for each of your matches from now on, a portion of your earnings will be dedicated to paying for the damages until the adequate sum is met. You’d best fight hard.” Her attention turned to the smaller, bleeding woman beside her. “Kuroda-san, get to the infirmary. I won’t have you bleeding over my boss’s floor.”

Manami merely rolled her eyes at the suggestion. Whatever, this farce was done with as far as she was concerned. The nagging feeling in the back of her mind told her otherwise.

"Tch. Fine."

The white-haired woman placed her hand on Manami’s shoulder as she attempted to walk past. She made sure not to aggravate the wounds as she applied some firm pressure between her grip. The Wolf Girl’s eyes shot wide as her pupils shot to the side, trailing from the woman’s hand up to her face. The guard remained stern in the face of her bloodshot gaze.

“I’ve got my eye on you, Manami.”

“Hands off!” She slapped away the woman’s hand, snarling up at her. ”Don’t you ever touch me again!”

The white-haired guard merely looked down at Manami with an indignant glare. These Heels were all the same to her. Big mouths and even bigger attitudes. The wolf tore her gaze away and stepped past her. She stopped just short of the open doorway before throwing a scowl back at the white-clad giantess. Her stomach was burning up, everything felt hot. Oh yes. This was Himeko Akan before her. There wasn’t a doubt in her mind.

“Stay out of my way, Akan. This federation is mine. If you care about the well-being of you and your sisters...” She turned and walked back towards the door, disappearing around the corner with her final words. “...you’d best learn your place.”

This wasn't over.