Onboarding the Newcomer - Takeuchi Style

Sera was very curious to see how the "prince" would react to her words, and a tad anxious about it at the same time. The fact was that she did actually not have any idea who she was dealing with, and even if she had managed to take him down with a clever move now, it didn't mean that actually having a match against him would turn out to be as easy at all. In fact, he appeared to be rather muscular and strong, probably experienced too. La Liana Azul could be far from sure that he would not turn out to be too much for her to handle in the end...

So, there were both pros and cons in each option. Having a match here and now? Well, that could give Sera the chance to train that she had been looking for tonight in the first place. There would be no pressure from an audience, and if the guy turned out to actually manage to make her submit, she would be the only one to know it. Then again, having a match at the gym meant that there would be no referee, and she had no idea whether the guy used to fight fair at all. Plus, if she won, no one would witness the cocky dude getting the lesson he deserved...

And a match at the arena? Well, that could give Sera the chance for quick singles debut. She could also get a chance to prepare, and study her opponent. Plus, if the guy actually was a prominent figure here and she managed to defeat him, well, that could prove to be quite spectacular for her. But then again, if she turned out to suffer defeat, she could be easily seen as just a flailing rookie, as the "prince" was so eagerly calling her...

But those who fear do not play. And fear holds little place in wrestling.

Listening as the guy made his choice, it became obvious that he had way too much dignity to ignore the ninjette's challenging words. The official ring it was, then.

"Fine. Practice your restraint, then. You're going to need it."

But what now? They could no longer just stay in the gym, right? At least one of them had to leave. And based on the guy's attitude, Sera was far from eager to allow him to just stay there doing his training.

"So, why don't you just go ahead and set up the match. Tell me then when and where to come. I still don't know your name, though." Finishing off the last remark with a rather condescending tone, its purpose was to enable her to find out later just who she was dealing with, and what kind of history did he actually have in the league.

There was some thought put in by Sera by offering the choice of wrestling in the arena instead of an impromptu one right here and now. Whatever the thought process was, it was probably more coherent and strategic than what was going in the mind of the wrestling prince when he chose to accept the condition.

Daisuke simply thought it would be more of a grand celebration and importantly a better opportunity to rub the victory in the face of his opponent if it was officially recorded in the books and ofcourse done in front of a live crowd.

Sera seemed to be content in Daisuke's choice as well. The two were now at an impasse. Sera would remain in the ring, she was not going to allow Daisuke to disrupt her training regime. She would instruct Daisuke to set up the match and she would be there. Oddly enough, despite their arguments and disagreements neither were aware of the others name.

"Daisuke Takeuchi but you may simply refer to me as 'Prince'" he said with a snarl. He would shrug his shoulders before making his way out of the ring, rather hesitantly, but alas he had to because where Sera got her way of having the match in the arena, Daisuke would have the choice of when, where and how.

Right now, Sera was so lucky that she knew Japanese. Otherwise there would have been a great chance that she had never managed to catch the guy's name - even when he said it. But now she knew that it was Daisuke Takeuchi, the man who she was soon going to have to defeat, one way or another.

"Fair enough. We'll meet again, Daisuke." Making sure not to call the guy "Prince" as he had requested, Sera intended her words to fend him off the gym, hoping that his departure could allow her to be the symbolic victor of the night...

And it worked! Daisuke began to leave, and it was La Liana Azul who prevailed in the gym!

Patiently waiting as the guy exited, Sera stayed inside the ring for a full thirty seconds to allow him time to get away. But if he thought that the newcomer was going to be training twice as hard tonight for the upcoming match, he'd be dead wrong.

Sera had absolutely no intention to train at all tonight. No, this turn of events had rendered it impossible. Her head was full of thoughts, full of questions. Now she just had to go to her apartment, Google his name, and find out about everything he had done in AFW so far. She needed to know exactly who he was and what he could do, so that she would be fully prepared once the day of their actual match would arrive!