Minney Navarre Vs. Kasumi Tsuji

Minney's heart was racing as she bounced on her heels in the backstage area. It was her first match in the AFW and she was more than a little nervous. Well, to her it was her first match but the higher ups in the AFW office insisted that it was her seventh match. Some girl had been apparently been pretending to be her and she wasn't going to stand for having her reputation disgraced like that.

She was dressed in shorts that snugly fit yet giving her room to breath, coming down to mid thigh and rolled up. She also wore a a buttoned up male dress shirt with a brightly colored bikini underneath 'just in case'. After a suggestion from a passing wrestler, she also opted for a pair of black elbow and knee pads.

Suddenly her the fast and blaring trumpets of her entrance music began to play and she darted out towards the ramp. Her heart raced as the crowed cheered. Mostly cheers but some boos could be heard as well. When she wrestled as Minerva, the crowd cheered for the perpetual underdog, either rooting for her to finally pull off a victory or to get humiliated by a particularly sadistic opponent. The boo's came from when she wrestled as Virginia, a cold and brutal girl who showed no mercy to her opponents.

Either way, Minney gave nervous waves and cheerful smiles as she jogged down the ramp. She slid into the ring and hopped to er corner, bouncing on her heels again as she turned to face the entrance ram, excited to see who her opponent would be.

Kasumi sat backstage, taking deep breaths to calm herself before going out to fight her match. She was meditating and focusing her mind just like her martial arts sensei's taught her to, ignoring the nervousness fluttering about inside and pushing away her misgivings about being a real fighter in a league that seemed to focus more on putting on a good show. To Kasumi though, a good fight meant a good show. She just hoped her opponent was up to it.

Soon her opponent's music faded away, and Kasumi's fight music started. She opened her eyes, hopping onto her feet. She stepped onto the ramp, taking a fighting stance and letting out a yell as she punched the air. Despite that strong show though, she wasn't intimidating anyone. Some members of the crowd even chuckled. Oh well, when they see her properly fight, then their opinions would change.

Kasumi walked quickly down the ramp, her face managing to make determination look extremely cute. There was no flashyness to her entrance, she simply hopped up onto the ring apron (Not an easy task for someone her height), and climbed in between the ropes. She turned around after climbing inside, giving the crowd a bow, eliciting a few more chuckles, mostly from how formal Kasumi seemed. She turned around and faced her opponent.

"Minerva-dono," Kasumi said, addressing Minney, "I'm your opponent, Kasumi Tsuji. I hope we can have a good match!" She gave Minerva a curt bow.

Minney watched as her opponent came down the ramp. Suddenly her eyes widened and she pressed her hands into her lips. "..." She bit her index finger as she watched Kasumi come stoically down the ramp. By the time Kasumi made her way into the ring, Minney was practically shaking. When Kasumi bowed and addressed her so formally, the red head burst.

"SO KAWAAAIII!!!" Minney leaped forward to hug Kasumi tightly. She was just too cute for words. Her eyes sparkled as she tried to nuzzled Kasumi. "Y-you get to be my opponent?! That's awesome!" Minney pulled back. "Awww, You're so adorable!" She couldn't help herself."Waaah! And don't call me Minerva-dono, silly! I'm not some old lady, call me Minney-can!" Minney beamed brightly. "I bet we'll have lots of fun, Kasumi-chan!" Minney beamed.

"But, try and go easy on me, This is my first match!" Minney teased. She had no idea that Kasumi was actually skilled.

Kasumi hadn't even taken a good look at her opponent yet when suddenly she got hugged tightly. She let out a cry of surprise, almost lashing out instinctively, but just barely holding herself back. She didn't want to break any rules after all. And it seemed her opponent was just gushing because of how cute she was.

"A-ah. Ok!" Kasumi said, blushing and trying to push Minney away, "Alright Minney-chan!" Minney released her after that, leaving Kasumi panting and red-faced, blinking and wondering what the heck just happened. She took a close look at the redhead... she didn't seem tough, rather she seemed inexperienced. Kasumi didn't want to go all out on her in fear of really hurting her.

"Alright then," Kasumi said, "I'll try to not make it hurt too much... Let's have a good and fair match then Minney-dono!"

"Wahh!" Minney cried out. "I don't really want to be hurt at all.' She admitted, blushing a bit before turning her head and wagging her finger at Kasumi. "No no no! Kasumi-chan, It's Minney-chaaaaaaan." She elongated the honorific so that Kasumi would understand. "I'm not an old lady!" She exclaimed and giggled.

But then the bell rang and it startled her. "Oh!" She cried out and backed away from Kasumi. She put on her toughest looking face and lifted her fists up, her thumbs tucked inside as her fingers curled around them. "I-I'll show you that I'm not afraid, Kasumi-chan!" Se said and moved forward but then stopped. Well, even if she wasn't scared of Kasumi, she certainly couldn't throw a punch at the cuties.

Kasumi was saying dono as a sign of respect for Minney, since she barely knew the girl and this to her was a proper fight. She thought that Minney would find that to be respectful, but it seemed this girl was still childish. Not that it mattered too much to Kasumi. She just shrugged and got into her fighting stance, arms raised and moving slowly forward.

She saw Minney with her thumbs tucked inside her fists, and decided to give her opponent a bit of fair warning. "You know, if you punch like that, you're gonna break your thumbs," Kasumi said. She stayed back, waiting for Minney to make the first move, wanting to see how this girl was first.

Minney was ready as she cutely put up her fighting stance. She looked determined and ready but it seemed she wasn't exactly properly acclimated to fighting. When Kasumi spoke, Minney looked down. "Oh? O-Oh!" She opened her palms and looked at them. "R-really? B-break my thumbs!? I don't wanna do that!" She tried closing her fists once more but her thumbs seemed to slip under her fingers. "Hrm... well.. " She then grinned at Kasumi, sweatdropping and blushing. "I didn't really want to throw a punch at a cutie like you anyway."

But that presented a new problem. Now she would have to find a different tactic. She lifted her hands up and stepped towards Kasumi. She offered up a test of strength. Well, she wasn't totally sure if she was stronger than Kasumi but it seemed better than her other alternative. She just hoped that Kasumi would accept.

Kasumi sweatdropped as well as she saw Minney close her fists again with her thumbs underneath. That was really dangerous... Kasumi would just have to make sure this girl didn't hurt herself too much. She couldn't bear to beat up an opponent that was this inexperienced.

Seeing her opponent offer a test of strength, Kasumi stepped forward, out of her stance, her small hands closing around Minney's. "You wanna do this?" Kasumi asked, "Alright!" With that, she pushed forward hard. Even if Minney seemed like she barely knew what she was doing, Kasumi wasn't going to hold back! That would be quite dishonorable for both of them.

When Kasumi asked Minney the question in that way, The mousey girl paused. Did she? The moment's pause caused her to be startled when Kasumi leaped forward. "Yaa!" Minerva was pushed back when Kasumi psuhed forward, locking fingers with the cutie. She then shook her head as she backpedaled. She stepped back and forced her leg to straighten and put a cute determined face on, shaking as she tried to push against Kasumi.

"nnnnnn!"

But her shaking made her stilted leg wobble and she began to lose balance and fall backwards. Her instinct was to grip whatever she was holding onto as tightly as possible as she began to tumble.

"W-wahh!"

Having much more training and experience than Minney, Kasumi's strength easily won out as she shoved the mousey girl backwards so much it seemed like she couldn't backpedal fast enough! But then Minney's leg slipped, and she tumbled down to the mat, dragging Kasumi along with a death-grip in her hands. Kasumi yelped in surprise, falling over right on top of Kasumi, her face buried in her opponent's shallow breasts.

Kasumi immediatly shot up, her face bright red, scrambling backwards. "Ahh-, I didn't mean to do that!" she gasped as she blushed profusely.