Kamikaze (Akashi+Taylor) vs Shiro Shinde (Naoko+Stephanie)

Standard Tag Team Match
One fall


As usual, the AFW arena was completely sold out. The crowd was still excited about last match and held great expectations for the next one. After all the champion, Akashi Tanikaze, was going to fight together with her partner, and although their opponents were two rookies who had never fought in the AFW before, they had drawn quite some attention to them, first by assaulting Sarah Gatt in a match and then by appearing during Kamikaze´s promo to issue a challenge. Rumors were already spreading about these girls connections with the yakuza, and that only helped to increase the hype for this match. 

The lights turning off, save for those that illuminated the aisle, and the slow rhythm of a gloomy byou-daiko drum signaled the entrance of the Shiro Shinde. Wearing their characteristical white trench-coats with a white wrap like a bandage around their chests, white leather pants and white high heeled boots, Naoko and Stephanie appeared to be received by a rain of boos. Naoko ignored the crowd as she walked, unemotional as always, with her hands in the pockets of her trench-coat. A couple of steps back came the redhead, Stephanie, carrying a shinai and taking her time to give  ´the finger´to the crowd a couple of times just for kicks. Naoko climbed to the ring and without removing her hands from her pockets doubled over and slide into the ring. Stephanie followed closely, grabbing the ropes and jumping over them, only to be greet by the referee that although a little nervous made sure to take Stephanie´s shinai away. 

The two gang-girls then moved to their corner to take off their trench-coats. Naoko left the ring to stay outside in the corner, while Stephanie finished her warm up inside.

"Lets deal with.... your friend... Taylor first. Akashi is going to be the real problem..." Naoko whispered to Stephanie with a malicious grin, teasing the redhead with the intonation of her words. Stephanie frowned and looked back into Naoko's eyes, slowly copying her smirk.

"Fine... But I want...my friend... to bleed..."

The house lights went down again, and the moment hung in the air while the crowd anxiously anticipated the arrival of the champ. When the new team's [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ4X7tly9Uo:3cbltyj7]comparitavely raucous music[/url:3cbltyj7] thundered through the arena it was met by an explosion of cheers from the crowd. Taylor couldn't hold back, and as soon as their music kicked in she was off like a shot, bounding onto the top of the ramp with bright blue pigtails trailing behind her. Akashi followed after her with a bit more dignity.

The ring announcer kept it brief this time. "Making their Friction debut, Kami-kaze!" More cheering. Taylor took a moment to strike a pose, setting her feet wide and pointing straight up with one finger. She flashed a punk grin and confident eyes to the crowd. She took a couple running steps and threw herself into an aerial, no-handed cartwheel, followed by a backflip with a half twist so that she landed in a run toward the ring. Inevitably she got too far ahead of Akashi, so she took some time to greet some fans, do some flirting and some clowning, and made a lap back around Akashi.

Her usual pigtails were cinched in place by a pair of clips that read "Punk" and "Rock". Her deep blue eyes were accented with some black eye liner and a less-than-subtle amount of steel-blue eyeshadow. She wore a white spandex half-shirt that stopped with a blue band just under her bust. It had tight 3/4 length sleeves and a scooped neckline that was also lined with a blue stripe. Then she had a tiny pair of stretchy blue shorts that hugged her hips and just barely covered her butt with a slightly loose black studded belt that hung around her hips. Her usual black kneepads, with a white smiley-face-and-crossbones no the right one, were present just on top of a pair of white kickpads that covered her shins and the tops of her feet, held securely in place with white spandex that hugged her calves. Black sneakers picked up where her shin guards left off. Her black fingerless gloves creaked over her knuckles as she made a fist, and what looked like a rolled up red bandana was tied tightly around her right thigh.

She leaped onto the ring apron and sat on the middle rope to make room for Akashi to get through, and then made a lap around the ring while doing some more cheerleading. She gave Stephanie a wink and a laugh as she passed, then hopped up onto a turnbuckle to strike a pose. Once she was done, she stood in front of Akashi, shifting excitedly from foot to foot.

"Looks like the squeaky-toy wants a piece of me. I'll handle her, and don't worry, I'll let you beat up the other one for a bit before we're done."

Akashi's heart was pounding as she looked at Taylor backstage. She had a nervous grin on her face. She wasn't afraid of who she was about to face but the situation gave her a few butterflies. She let out a sigh as their music began to play and Akashi raised her fist "Yosh!" She declared and began to walk out even as Taylor sprinted out ahead of her.

Taylor's energy always made her smile. It warmed her up on the inside and the roar of the crowd and their opponents standing in wait in the ring made her even more excited. Akashi made her way stoically down the ramp, A big grin on her face as she waved to the crowed and bowed a bit. She was dressed in her leopard print sumo mawashi and a tight fitting forest green sports bra. Strangely enough she was dressed more provocatively than her punky partner if the criteria was amount of skin shown even though the flashy Taylor was certainly getting more of a rise out of the crowed with her sexy attire.

Akashi hopped up on the apron and bowed her head as Taylor let her pass. She then took the time to perform her sumo ritual, squatting low and pantomiming throwing salt on the ring, clapping her hands loudly and lifting up her leg and slamming it down and doing so with the other as well. She then bowed to all four sides of the ring and then to her opponents before making her way over to their corner. She gave Taylor a reassuring smile as she gripped Taylor's shoulder firmly as she stepped out of the ring and into the corner. She then reached over and gave Taylor a hard shoulder rub like she was a coach. "Go get 'er, champ." She said and then laughed but then lowered her head and spoke in a lower tone. "Expect them to fight dirty, Taylor-san." She then let out a soft sigh. "Be careful." She added finally before clapping her hand against Taylor's shoulder one last time and removing it as she set her hands on the top rope and rolled her own shoulders back and loosened up her body a bit.

"Of course they'll fight dirty, they suck." Taylor said. Until that point she'd only been excited and confident and ready to go, but then standing there in her corner, looking across at her opponents, it suddenly hit her that this was it. It was on her to perform, and if she didn't she'd be letting Akashi and the fans down, and would be in for a long night if either of the two larger girls got a hold of her. Being dirty fighters, who knew if she'd get seriously hurt if that happened. Suddenly, she felt nervous.

She looked back at Akashi with a grin that only hinted at how she felt. "Yosh." She said.

Well, the nerves meant it was time to turn on the charm. She strode a bit out of her corner and stood up straight, arching her back a bit and drawing some cat calls from the crowd. "You look upset." She said to Stephanie. "Are you gonna cry? Did you cry about everything after last time? You did, didn't you? In the bathroom where your boyfriend couldn't hear..." She taunted, nodding her head at Naoko. "What a joke." She spat with a cocky grin.

Stephanie took a deep breath and moved out of the corner; she felt actually excited about this, and was sure it was going to be fun. She always had fun when beating people, but the fact that this was actually a sanctioned fight and she didn't had to fear the cops coming to stop it made her feel strangely relaxed. She though very little of all this wrestling nonesense and although that Akashi sure looked tought, she had no doubt that Naoko and her were going to kick her ass... and of course Taylor's too, but for that she didn't felt like needing any help.

The tough redhead quickly step into a classic shotokan stance, her right leg one step behind the left, turning her body slightly to the side and with both fist raised up in front of her. Taylor immediately reminded Stephanie why she wanted so bad to make her bleed. The redhead frowned but an evil smirk appeared on her lips.

"Of course I cried..." she said sarcastically as she moved closer to Taylor. "Because nothing hurts me as much as what cheerleader dropouts think about me..." she continued moving to the left, circling Taylor, looking for an opening.

"You know... At least my 'boyfriend'... Isn't overweight" the redhead finished leaning her head towards Akashi with a malicious grin. And then without warning she rushed forward, lifting her right leg aiming to hit Taylor right below the belly with a quick frontal kick aiming to hit the punky girl with the sharp tip of her boot.

Taylor laughed. The girl was trying to trash talk her back, but Taylor lived and breathed trash talk. What did she think she was going to accomplish that Taylor hadn't already done better.

"Hey. It was gymnastics. I only quit because everyone was super lame." Taylor's grin turned into a bit of a sneer.

She moved easily into the middle of the ring, bouncing and gliding over the mat the way she always did. She stayed light on her feet and never stopped moving, circling one way, then the other, throwing little fakes just to get her opponent thinking. She wasn't the biggest or strongest girl in Friction, or the most experienced, but she moved very very well. She always tried to use it to her advantage.

Then Stephanie crossed the line. If there was one thing Taylor hated, it was when stupid psycho-girls insulted Akashi. She hated it. Immediately she felt her face flush warmly and her hands clenched into fists. She would've yelled something back at her, but then the girl made her move.

Taylor didn't back up, and when Stephanie threw her kick she sprung to the outside and slapped at her leg before leaping straight up with both her legs coiled up, knees to her chest. She kicked out with both feet aimed for what would be Stephanie's upper back.

Akashi growled at Stephanie's mocking. She leaned over the ropes. "You'll wish I was skinny as bones when you get hit by one of my slaps!" The sumo called out. "C'mon Taylor-san! Kick her Yanki ass!"

Stephanie didn't expected at all that Taylor would be that fast; her kick easily slapped to the side leaving her off balance and with the punky girl ending up behind her. The redhead knew that couldn't be good at all, but she had no time to recover before she felt two soles impacting her back full force.

"Aaaaagh!" Stephanie groaned as the hit send her crashing down, she managed to put her hands in front of her to end up on her fours on the mats. Her red mane covering the grimace and the twitch in her face.

Naoko sighed on the corner, but so softly that it was impossible to hear with how loud the crowd was getting. Stephanie arched her back, rubbing it with one hand as she started to get up.

"You are...so...fucking...dead" the redhead threatened as fought the pain.

As usual, Taylor wasted no time and didn't even pause to watch Stephanie hit the mat. She bounced back to her feet and launched herself at the ropes. She was behind Stephanie as the girl began to sit up, and at a full sprint she threw her black-armored knee up to crash into the back of Stephanie's head.

The beginning of a match was always the most fun. She felt fresh, she felt good, and the adrenaline was in full effect. The thrill of overwhelming opponents with her speed and aggressiveness never got old.

Stephanie got up only to be brought down again harder than before. This time the impact was much worse and concentrated on a much more vulnerable place. The redhead didn't had the chance to put her hands down to stop her fall this time and hit hard the canvas with both face and breasts. But despite the hard landing with such sensitive spots, what hurt the most was still the back of her head.

"Ughhh you...phucking grrrr" Stephanie growled without making much sense as she held the back of her head with both hands and kicked her legs on the canvas furious.


"Stop fooling around, Steph." Naoko said, sounding bored.