Just a regular girl looking for wrestling guidance (For Deus001)

To not be used to opening up was one thing. But Kotone wasn't used to talk about herself a whole lot, thank god for John in that way. He was a good listener, because it appeared that not only did he seemed to care for her troubles, but he also was capable of understanding them. For the first time, at least with a person that she just knew, she managed to get comfortable enough to actually drop the act from time to time, either to get less formal with him, or to show her weaknesses. Quite a feat for someone as introverted as her, it appeared that they managed to hit it off very naturally.

The way she saw it, he was a weird person, so experienced, yet so naive. It was curious, and she could tell that he wasn't playing it, he was genuinely this pure in spirit. She found herself looking at him with wonder, but she needed to stop doing it or he would find out, so she started to throw punches at him. Her knowledge of martial arts was somewhat extensive, and yet she was fully aware that she didn't shined because of it, so she wanted to test herself compared to the former title holder. It... could have gone better. He was quick to take the air out of her lungs with a swift strike to her plexus, and able to force her in quite the predicament by applying pressure to her neck with his other arm. Yeup, she could have done better, probably keep it simple for the future and stick to flying maneuvers.

Kotone started to clutch at John's strong arm in a desperate attempt to pry it away from her neck. She wasn't a weak girl at all, but she was hardly at the same level to most male athletes. She wasn't winning against him in that kind of competition against Carnaby. No, she needed to use what she had; her smarts. If he wasn't letting go, then she would have to take him with her. She would jump, elevating her legs and then dropping down with all of her strength and weight, hoping to fall down on her own behind. Yeah, it would hurt, but it would also make him bend over and weaken his choke if done correctly.

John wasn't the sort to go catch these hands usually, but he was accustomed enough to prevent a good enough obstacle when needed. He had a little bit of reservation going against Koto-chan like this, but what kind of mentor would he be if he didn't give the idol what she asked of him? Besides he was feeling like he vibed quite well with her, granted it had been a sort of awkward start with her entering the gym. But look now, she had spoken to the artist about her concerns and John was grateful she had. Because they could address them, showing that they had some pretty good chemistry when the sparring wasn't happening......the fact that Kotone was also cute as a button didn't hurt there either.

The artist had heard of the idol industry being a bit of a minefield at times, like wrestling in a way. Kotone had a good head on her shoulders and it was quite inspiring to be honest, John had a similar sort of enthusiasm when he first started out. She was getting stuck in and proving to be quite the handful for the artist, who decided it best to go for no muss and no fuss. After taking the air out the lungs it was time to try and do a choke of sorts, John was making sure he wasn't going too hard there though. But just enough to make the idol squirm and get her motivated to try and do something about it.

She played to her strengths, realising that she might have issues getting herself out of this on the stand up game. So Kotone decided to jump backwards, using that idol flexibility of hers to leap up and go back and take the artist down with her for the ride. The way she lept down made John's arm behind her beck land smack dab on the mat, shooting up a numbing pain into it from the awkward fall down. The artist's face twisted into a grimace and he grunted heavily, John tried to play it cool but on reflex his arms welt asleep as he tried to ignore that numbing feeling. But regardless the idol would surely find his arms were like jelly at this point in time.

"Ouch!!!" Okay, Kotone had already steeled herself to the idea that it would hurt. Badly.FOr the few seconds after her last measure senton against the floor, all she could feel was pain and regret. But after that she realized how much the artist's grip on her neck had diminished. It looked like her desperate attempt managed to do the trick. That was almost worth the literal pain in the ass at least. The bluenette would get back up after that, realizing that John's choke hold was practically non existent at that point, so she took his arms off of her neck like they were a necklace.

"Were you expecting that one? If your answer was yes, then let me ask it again after this!!!" Filled with excitement and getting in the moment, Kotone began to treat this training session like it was the real deal. And with that she even decided to give John a little bit of punishment for that choke that to her felt very real. She was a dramatic girl, yeah. Kotone would try to wrap the british wrestler's head with her arms while in the same position that they were in. Meaning that he was still behind her, and that she was hugging his head from the sides. It looked that she was about to try and do her own thing, hopefully it wouldn't hurt very bad!

"GYAAAAH!!!" Giving a little warcry, the blue-haired idol would use all of her might to try and subject the former title holder to a Snapmare, attempting real hard to use her shoulder and arms to push him up and slam John to the ground like a true wrestler would. Koto-chan was, of course, not the strongest teen around, so there was a true chance that she would fail, and she knew it. But she still tried to do this one just to show, unconsciously probably, that inside of her lied untouched potential that needed some self-esteem to be unlocked.

John's arms felt like jelly right there, numb and wobbly. Granted Kotone had probably felt that impact just as much as John did, but he landed on his limbs in an awkward angle that resulted in the sensitive buttons being pushed hard. He had to fight hard not to just grimace and wince there, he gritted and grinded his teeth as he tried to muster something up. But as it stood the artist was at the non-existent mercy of the idol apprentice, which Kotone was going to take advantage of here given how she gingerly undone the previous hold that John had attempted against her casually.

The artist gulped quietly as Kotone's tone of voice was indicating that she was indeed getting into it, John didn't even have time to try and deliver a retort as the idol moved into action with her idea in mind. She wrapped her own arms around him in their current position, given that John's arms were still silently screaming from the crash earlier he wasn't in much of a position to try and grapple out of it. He'd have likely been able to resist this earlier if he didn't land on himself there in a funny way, but alas the idol had him in her clutches here.

Koto-chan's warcry had managed to actually surprise John with her enthusiasm, as she took the artist for a ride with a snapmare. Using John's own weight and momentum against her combined with her petite frame to make John give a loud "Woahhhh!" as he fell to the mat with a hard hitting thud! John's eyes were shut and he groaned out hard, the former title holder was left reeling as he tried to shuffle himself upwards to at least get an idea of his bearings here.........

In a sudden moment of power intoxication, Kotone thought that she would be able to slam John's bigger and stronger body to the ground if she just tried. And she was right1 The bluenette managed to lift the artist off the ground and make him fall on his back with a quick Snapmare. She had trained in martial arts for a good couple of years, so this wasn't her first time slamming an opponent in a sparring, but they tended to be other girls, and most of them weren't even taller than herself, so you can imagine her surprise when she realized that she actually managed to carry that feat. "Hoooooooolly heck that actually worked!"

It took her a good ten seconds of looking dumbfounded at her own work for her to snap out of it. She saw the former champion, the one who used to be at the top of Tension mind you, groaning on his back at a move that she just pulled on him! Finally, she accepted the fact that no matter what, a champion is still a human being. And even if she did manage to bring Carnaby down, he was far from defeated, and just as that sinked in, she watched as the man started to rise up and was beginning to get up to his feet once again. "Uh oh..." She said upon realizing that he probably wasn't happy after being smashed down, so she needed to move, and move fast!

Koto-chan looked up, down and to the sides, desperately searching for a way out of John's revenge, upon realizing that she needed to start fighting for real. She kind of knew that no matter if she did hurt the male, he wouldn't just beat her up in revenge, but even so, she did knew that if she wasn't ready to attack a downed foe in AFW, then she would be in for a very painful career. She needed to steel herself and double tap her fallen enemies, even if she was beginning to like them like in John's case.

The wannabe idol ran towards the ropes, but not to just run away from John, but to use them as a makeshift trampoline, hoping that they would give her the necessary boost for her to charge at the powerful man and overcome his defenses. She needed to strike him, and strike him down, she wasn't sure if a kick would cut it, so she decided to try something else... Just as John was sitting and about to get up, Kotone would sprint at high speed towards him, sticking her rear end at the last second, attempting to hit him with a Hip attack to his head!

John wasn't a stranger to being flipped around, heck he'd often exercise by doing forward rolls and backward ones. But still he was taken by complete surprise from Kotone flipping him right onto his back there, it felt like it hadn't been the first time the idol had did that. But something had told the artist earlier that she wasn't really used to tussling with guys in that manner, still it could have fooled John for sure! He could hear Kotone's exclamation of joy that she'd managed to flip him like that, but she wouldn't have had long to wait as the artist was slowly on instinct shuffling his way back up, the fact that the idol had wasted a few seconds there reeling from her sudden display of prowess helped the the artist become more likely to get his bearings here.

Kotone likely was wary of John's response to this, but had he got his full senses he'd have likely actually been congratulating on the idol's surge in confidence and that he knew she could do it. As it was though the former champ was still proving that he was quite durable given how he was slinking himself back upwards to a more vertical position, this seemed to make Kotone suddenly realise that she needed to capitalise on this opening. The idol got into motion as if realising it was her cue to be up on stage now. Just in time for John to become more aware of himself.

The idol was rebounding off the ropes and lunging right at the artist, with her turning and leaping into the air with a hip attack aimed straight at John's head. His eyes widened and he could have sworn the world went into slow motion as the very ruffled and fluffy skirt of the idol was flying right into his field of view, a very loud 'Thuwmp!' as the cute backside of Kotone crashed right into the former champ. It felt so soft, yet so solid with that combination of her momentum and cute attire.

The artist let out a grunt of pain and surprise as he was sent crashing back down to the mat, left in a splayed and spread eagled position. His eyes were open but they were more or less swirly eyed and no doubt he had musical notes flying around his head as John lay there a surprised and stunned mess from the cute idol's hard hitting hip smack!

Kotone learned that moment that you really can't aim at your objective when you're hitting them with the rear-end. "Gyah!" She yelped lightly and cutely upon feeling her butt bumping against John. Did she hit him in the face? Did she actually hurt him? Her thoughts suddenly began to make her own cheeks burning up. It appeared that she was still far from being as cool-headed as she would like to be. As she stood up and looked back to the male, it appeared that her "cheeky" attack did manage to give some good results! This wasn't the time to keep doubting herself like a goofball!

Koto-chan went to see just how far gone was the artist after the impact, and upon realizing that he really was out of it at least for the time being. "That worked out" She said, half expecting to see if he would respond or if he really was in between this world and the other side. Either way, she wouldn't miss this chance to pin the artist after having him ragdolling like that in front of her!

The bluenette would grab Carnaby's leg and start a pin by resting her back against his stomach and waiting for it... This was the moment that she realized that there was no referee to start the countdown. In fact, this whole thing wasn't even a real match. "Welp, that's awkward... Should I do the counting?" She asked out loud, joking but also interested in John's response. Truthfully, she wasn't feeling like releasing him until she made sure that there could be something learnt from this situation.

John couldn't remember the last time he'd been slammed by a pair of hips before, it made his cheeks redden a bit once the pain had begun to subside somewhat. If Kotone was an idol, well.......hips didn't lie as the saying went. He could swear that he could envision musical notes dancing around his head from the impact, John hadn't.......expected a move like that from the idol. But then again, considering the way she could rile him up earlier Kotone smacking him with her playful posterior wasn't the farthest thing from the realm of possibility. Perhaps that might be a future mainstay of the rookie idol's moveset, to make sure they felt her wrath in an adorably powerful way!

Now that he was left at the whims of the rookie it seemed Kotone suddenly realised that she should capitalise on this moment! Prior to that she vocalised on how it worked out, as if doubting that her hip attack lacked the power it actually did have. It was a spar, but Kotone decided to follow up by going for a pin attempt on the artist. She made her way over to the former champ and cutely hooked one of his legs up for the try. This had brought John back to his senses proper, it'd usually be accompanied by the loud sounds of the ref slapping the mat. But the sweet scent of the idol's perfume certainly helped bring John about to his surroundings more also here, was it......bubblegum? Delightful all the same.......

It seemed that Kotone had suddenly realised that there.........was no ref. John had woken himself up by this point and was finding himself staring right into the idol's cute little eyes, he chuckled a little at Kotone's little comment before giving a little wince. The artist then said "Well you can, but before you do....." John took a deep breath and said "Nice pin try here, one tip if your facing someone lighter than you try going for hooking both legs. Helps you press down on their chest with your upper body. Me I've discovered that sometimes muttering in your opponent's ears can help, distracts them from the pin count. You might wanna give it a try, sing em to defeat or something." the artist gave a little chuckle at his remark. But he had sound advice there, John figured he'd want to make sure not to seem too flustered by her earlier......attack by using his ring experience to give Kotone some ideas.

He then playfully put his hands on his head and relaxed for a bit, John then said "Speaking of that.....What do you reckon? Sing me a quick cappella for being such a great teacher?" the artist was curious there about the idol's background in that field!

For a good 10 seconds or so, things went a little awkward for Kotone and John. Fortunately, the artist corrected this by providing some useful comments on her pinning. Something about the most efficient way to pin a lighter opponent, could come in handy if she once decided to pin a loli or something. "Heh... Could even try that one on you if you made a diet" She giggled at a little joke at his expense. "Heheh... Not that you're fat or anything" Yeeeah... pretty smooth there, Kotone.

John told her that he found it useful to mutter to your foe's ear while the countdown is happening. An interesting theory that she was more than glad to test out. "Oh yeah? What should I talk about then? I mean, the weather is nice this time of the year..." It appeared that Kotone was beginning to act out of all formalities and now she was goofing around. That had to be some sort of record. "I mean, if I feel like they are jerks, I might as well give em this!" She then proceeded to give her teacher a noogie for a good three seconds. It was mostly a joke, because she quickly stopped and began to laugh out loud.

The Idol stood up and then offered her hand to John. She was having a really good time with him; if her pink cheeks, reddened by her laughing, and the not so elegant, but waaaay more sincere smile weren't of any indication. She even listened to him request for a little song. Her laugh came slowly to an end as that petition sinked in her mind. By no means, did he said something wrong, she wasn't angry, but the red of her cheeks extended all over her face. "M-me? S-sing?" No, she wasn't irritated, she was flustered.

This was the first time someone asked for her to sing. Up until now her career as a singer was short of a private hobbie, shared only by her, her social media accounts (or Koto-chan's, more accurately), and some other small places that allowed for people like her to bring recordings of instrumentals and sing without pay for an audience that could either be slightly appreciative or straight up mean (normally, the latter, much to her misfortune). So, in short, she wasn't expecting this. Dress up was one thing, to act like the real deal was another.

"...Can we take a breather before we continue?" She said, her expression, still at unease. But far less exaggerated than before. She would just step outside of the ring, sitting in the edges, leaning her back against the ropes... She was deep in her thoughts. John had been very kind to her, and she wanted to repay that kindness... But she was nervous about it... But she also wanted to sing for him...

She gave a deep breath, inhaling and exhaling. Already deciding what to do. Listen to her wishes, or her insecurities. After all. What could be more absurd than an idol scared of singing?

Just a regular girl, singing:

"... Was that any good?"

John could be called eccentric at times, given how he could give Kotone honest advice with most of a straight face despite the awkwardness. The lad wouldn't lie he honestly wouldn't have minded being pinned by the idol if had ended up like that, with her being such a delightful peach. The double legged pin would honestly likely happen at some point for her, heck some folks in Tension were smaller than her and more so compared to the handsome artist. John was calling it now she'd probably end up doing it on someone and the scribe would be sure to try and watch and say 'Gotcha' Kotone made a crack about weight there. To which John simply raised a bemused eyebrow and said "With these muscles and my dummy thicc thighs I ain't a kawaii anytime."

Kotone probed John's brain a bit on talking to your opponent to distract them from a pin count, John during his return to the ring had taken to a more.....darker turn. The artist had developed a few new moves in his gameplan, the odd.....dirty blow here and there, not that he was gonna teach Kotone any of this. It wasn't because of him trying to handicap her, it was more that......yes she could be a tad underhanded with her mind games of how she could render the artist a puppy in her clutches. But under that John could tell that Kotone was a sweet girl, it reminded the artist of happier times just in general. A sort of drive to protect emerging in him and a desire to see her progress emerged there. John chuckled a bit as Kotone playfully noogied him, John would have responded with "That can work too! Me I mutter in Latin at them~" the artist was a man of culture after all~

The former champ would take Kotone's dainty hand and hop himself up, his own cheeks tinted red. Totally from the spar so far, totally not because they were having some really natural chemistry here and moments of intimacy here. Yep totally. John had a soft smile on his facial features that quickly gave way to a hint of concern for the idol as she acknowledged his request for Kotone to give a little performance, he'd mostly just asked out of genuine curiosity and a bit of a playful remark. Looking back on reflection John could understand why, idols usually had things with them like a band and other things. As opposed to the artist who could whip out a sketchbook and draw a person's head in less than an hour on the spot.

John was about to open his mouth to say to Kotone that it was alright and that she didn't have to, while mentally kicking himself and thinking of that one song. Known as 'Baka Mitai'. But Kotone requested if they could take a breather, to which John nodded and softly muttered "Yeah, take as long as you need." watching as Koto-chan would exit the ring and sit on the apron thinking deeply. The artist bit his lower lip as she breathed.

Then when she flawlessly entered into a song, John just felt the tension around his shoulders just evaporate. As if beings from above descended from above and lifted it off of him. John curved his lips into a smile and gingerly moved near the idol, taking a seat to her left and behind her. Still in the ring but close enough he reasoned, lest he break the spell that the idol had cast over him. Though after a short while the artist would quietly turn and shuffle through the ropes as Kotone wrapped up her song. His heart was beating rapidly, John had to draw on his wrestling composure to stay his enthusiasm till the very end. The artist clearly had a wide smile on his face though, the way Kotone sang. It came from the heart there, John was a painter by trade. But he knew it when someone had the enthusiasm behind them in their work.  

Koto-chan quietly asked if it was any good, John would softly move his hand up and pat the idol on the head and say "You were great! I should have brought my glowsticks! It was.....moving. I do paintings and stuff and I can tell when someone ya know.....performs from within as it were." the former champ gestured with his hand by patting his own chest and then leaning back on the ropes and chuckling a little at his poetic waxing, his cheeks tinted red a bit from bearing witness to Kotone's magnificent performance there!