New arrival (Chigusa and Kairi)

After the disastrous promotional event at the Sex Wars arena, Chigusa was highly depressed. She refused to see anyone other than her Eclipse comrades, and even then she spoke little. She spent most of her time holed up in her apartment. But she couldn't keep that up for too long. Despite what happened, Chigusa wasn't the type to be depressed for long. So, after a few days of moping about, she finally left the apartment while Megumi and Tomomi were both out.

She walked around the AFW complex while thinking, ignoring most of the people within. The arena was filled with cheering as wrestlers fought inside the ring. Chigusa entered the arena, standing and mingling with the crowd, watching the match. She hoped nobody would notice her.

Then suddenly a hand appeared, tapping her on the shoulder. It made her jump quite a bit. Turning back, she found Drake standing behind her. He was looking down at her with a small smile on his face.

"Hey, haven't seen you in a while," Drake said, "Wanna come somewhere to talk in private?" Chigusa looked at him for a moment, then smiled and nodded. They worked their way out of the crowd, heading over to Drake's AFW office. Drake shut the door after the both of them entered.

"So, you ok?" Drake asked, "I guess I should apologize for what happened."

Chigusa sat down in one of the chairs. "Well, it's fine," Chigusa replied, "I don't blame you or anybody for what happened. I mean, you didn't know that Tai Kamiya would decide to show up. And I didn't think I would lose to him either..." She sighed and shook her head.

Drake knew enough to stay quiet and let Chigusa sort things out. She sat on the couch, head in her hands, thinking about everything and all that had happened. She finally looked up, giving Drake a small smile.

"I'm fine Thomas," she said, "Really."

Kairi sighed as she walked around the backstage areas at the AFW Friction Arena, dressed in a light blue miniskirt, sandles, and tanktop of the same color, eagerly checking the names off of doors. After a few, easy to win matches, she had grown rather tired of the easy to manipulate boys that roamed around Sex Wars, whos entire lives consisted soley of finding easier ways of getting a blowjob. Finally, Kairi decided that she wanted some real action, some real competition, and felt that the only way to get that was to leave SW and make the move up to Friction....however, one slight problem was the fact that, as she had no lawyer or manager, she had been forced to sign a contract for Sex Wars without any assistance, and paid dearly for it with low wages and other small problems. So, determined do things right this time, she had come to the nearby Friction show and used her SW pass to get backstage, where she now wandered, hoping to find a manager she could convince to sign her and negotiate a good deal for her that would let her leave SW and join Friction without problems...after a couple tries, She finally came to a nice, solid door, with a plaque on it reading "Office of Thomas Drake, Manager" Impressed by the wording, as other managers simply had "Manager" or "Dude" written on their doors, Kairi quickly turned the nob and thrust the door open, looking around to find this Drake guy!

The sudden interruption to their conversation surprised both Drake and Chigusa, both of whom turned to look at who opened the door. "Dammit, I knew I should've locked it," Drake thought. From the outside came a girl, unfamiliar to both of them. She seemed rather pretty looking, and was dressed quite nicely, so she obviously wasn't a spectator who got lost.

Chigusa gave Kairi a cursory glance and then turned back around, going straight back to brooding. Drake walked over to Kairi, standing in front of her by the door. "Can I help you miss?" he asked, trying to keep civil despite his annoyance.

Kairi blushed as she noticed another girl in the room, looking down at her feet and rubbing the back of her head, a Kamiya trait it seemed, as she realized she had clearly barged in on another appointment. "Ummm...Mr. Drake sir....Im sorry for the interupption, My name is Kairi Kamiya....Ive been is Sex Wars for a few months now...and its ...just not working out...long story short, I was wondering if perhaps I could hire you as my manager and you could help me negotiate a deal with AFW to leave my Sex Wars contract and get one for Friction?....I see your busy with another client though...so How about I just leave my number and maybe you can call me when your free?" Kairi asked rather quickly, before looking around for a pen and paper to write on.

"Kamiya?..." Chigusa thought. She immediately payed more attention to this girl. After all, the whole reason she was so down right now was because of what another Kamiya, Tai, did to her. She turned around in the couch, looking at Kairi.

"Oh? You want to transfer to Friction?" Drake said, "It's fine, we can talk here. I'm sure Ms. Yuuki wouldn't mind." He took a quick look at Chigusa, basically telling her to stay quiet. "Come in and sit down." He grabbed Kairi's hand and pulled her inside of the room, purposefully sitting her down on the couch right next to Chigusa.

"May I ask why you came to me for this?" Thomas asked as he walked behind his desk and sat down in his chair.

"Yuuki? Why does that sound familier?" The young teen thinking as she sat down next to the purple haired girl, nodding politely at her before turning towards the desk, shrugging at his question. "Actually, it was your door sign that attracted me, the other managers around here just had a piece of paper or the word "Dude" etched on the door, while yours looked very professional....I guess its true what they say about first impressions ya know? Truth be told, I havent seen much Friction so I wouldnt really know much of your other clients...but you certainly seem better then those others out there at least. In answer to your other question...Yes, After a few months in sex wars, im rather tired of it...for one thing, the only boys there that are even interested in an actual competitive fight are my siblings and thats not fun. So I was hoping to get a....Im sorry....this is just bugging me...Do I know you?" She asked, turning at Chigusa. "Im sorry, but you just seem really familier to me...like Ive seen or heard your name before..."

"My door?" Drake said, thinking about it for a second before laughing, "Oh, so that's why you came to me? And here I thought you were another rare talent or something." He continued to smile and shake his head. "I wanted them to put my real title on there, but they wouldn't let me," he said, "I guess it wouldn't look too good for Sellers if someone else had the title of President, now would it? Even if it's from another company..."

He paused for a moment, still shaking his head. Chigusa meanwhile was starting to fume angrily from the frustration and sheer awkwardness of the situation. It seemed that this girl was the younger sister of Tai Kamiya. Chigusa knew she couldn't get angry at her, since she did no wrong, but she sheer butthurt she recieved from Tai was still fresh on her mind. She ignored Kairi, closing her eyes and turning away.

"It's not nice to ignore our guest Chigusa," Thomas said. He addressed Kairi again. "Let me properly introduce myself. I an Thomas Drake, entrepreneur. I's the owner of Starlight Productions, a company that specializes in Idol entertainment, and I am the head manager of the idol group Eclipse. That girl sitting beside you if Chigusa Yuuki, the head singer and captain of Eclipse."

"Oh,I see, well Mr.Drake, Im not exactly a rare talent...my brother is but....wait...did you say Chigusa Yuuki?" Kairi turned and looked at Chigusa again, frowning "Werent you.....Your...Hey Yeah I remember now, Your that Idol girl that my bro....th..er....fought and....oh......Oh...OH" She said, her voice getting flatter by the word, eyes now wide as she recalled exactly why she remembered that name, Tai's bragging over his rape and victory of her recently....gulping noticiable and blushing, Kairi looked at the ceiling for a bit, before getting to her feet. "Well Mr. Drake...I appreciate you seeing me...but I dont think this will work out....besides...Eclipse is a big enough task...managing me as well would just be a pain in the ass...Oh......Umm....heh....sorry bout that..." Kairi blushed again, wide eyed at her faux pax in choice of words, slowly making her way towards the door. "Umm...Ill just be going now...."

"No no! Stay, I insist," Drake said, an evil smile appering on his face. He raised a remote control, and pressed a button. The door behind them promptly locked. "Why didn't I do that before?" Drake thought, "Oh well, maybe it's destiny."

Chigusa looked with surprise at Drake. "What's the meaning of this?" she asked in a low voice. Drake just smiled and shrugged.

"Well, I thought you might want to settle a few things with Kairi here," Drake said, "Especially considering how depressed and angry you are. Oh yeah, Kairi, I'm sorry in advance." He turned to her and smiled again. "You see, Chigusa hasn't been doing too well since your brother, well, did what he did. So I really want your help on this." He pressed another button, and a secret door opened in the wall, sliding aside to reveal the Eclipse dressing room. "I want you to fight Chigusa," Drake said, "Consider this your audition. If you do well, I might just consider taking your case."

He got up and grabbed Chigusa's arm. The purple haired idol seemed to not want any part in this, but with a sharp pull Drake forced Chigusa up and dragged her over into the dressing room. Inside and enclave, there was a large bed enough to sleep three at the very least. He pushed Chigusa onto the bed.

"You'll fight on here," he said, turning back to Kairi, "Well, come on! I don't like to wait!"

Kairi had just reached the door, turning the knob only to find it locked "Hey! What the.." As she heard Drakes explanation she shook her head, getting hands up defensivly. "Woah! No way! I didnt do anything to her! Its not my fault!" She yelled, turning around and shaking the door as much as she could, now cursing what she once was impressed by, after a few minutes she shook her head and sighed, turning around before slowly walking into the revealed dressing room, staring wide eyed at the bed. "You want..me and her..on that? Are you out of your mind!?" It was then his words about him possibly considering her for his management sunk in, and after much debate, she sighed and hung her head, defeated. "....Fine.....you win...Mr. Drake...But you wait out there! I dont want you watching this....whatever this ends up being..." When Drake would leave, hopefully closing that secret door of is, Kairi would sigh and turn towards Chigusa on the bed. "Do I have to do this? I figured youd be mad at him, but Im just the little sister, what can I do about it?"