[Misfortunate Encounter?] For Bluemouse

It had just been another lazy morning for Karina, who had taken a liking to being less and less active in the morning.There was very little that drove Karina into some kind of frenzy. Since she was no longer a hot headed, violent bull that rampaged at every little remark given to her. She checked the time on her iPhone, glancing at it with half opened eyes. " ..One PM.. Just going to sleep a litt-- FUCK! " She quickly jumped out of her bed and got her shit ready. Kimono, pigtails, jewelry, boots. She practically dashed out of the house and towards the federation building.

She had almost forgotten that she had an appointment with Yuriko that they would train together today. Her little sister was probably at the gym already and waiting for her! She was taking no notice of the red lights she crossed nor the cars that honked as they barely missed her. She still did not eat yet but she would deal with that later, she was pretty sure she could manage an entire session without getting hungry.

She decided to take the side door which would lead directly to the gym and off course, faster to her little sister. She held the guitar by it's neck, gripping it roughly within her hand while she made her way to the side door.

Taylor hadn't had the best week. It had it's ups and downs, and while the ups were great, the downs sucked. A lot. Her rivalry with Adrian having gone the way it did, losing the match despite putting Adrian down for good, Adrian wigging out and Taylor's awkward little speech. Apology, whatever you want to call it. It left her feeling unsettled. She didn't feel like herself, and it wasn't even necessarily a bad thing, which only confused her more.

She'd worked out hard, but the workouts lately didn't feel as good as they usually did. Maybe her motivation was suffering after fighting so hard and beating her opponent only to lose the match. Sometimes she wondered why she didn't just take some time and not walk away without prying the win loose from Adrian, but she knew what she did was right. It was just a shame that the AFW didn't value her stunning nobility quite as highly.

So there she sat, on her bench in the grass, outside the side entrance to the Friction building, the one closest to the gym. She still wore her sneakers, her short, white-trimmed bright blue retro-y workout shorts, notched on the sides, and her white tank top, but she'd added a light, zippered hoodie. She pulled the hood tightly over her head to hide her tell-tale bright blue pigtails, and to hide herself from the stream of people coming and going. She felt like a turtle when she tucked herself away inside her hood.

Hands in her pockets, she'd sat there for at least twenty minutes while the cool breeze chilled the glaze of sweat on her legs and gave her goosebumps. She watched passively each girl that came and went. Most of them were headed to the gym, like she had been. One caught her eye, stuck out from the rest, someone in a big damn hurry.

Well, well. Whatshername. She'd met this one in the ring before. It was the one Taylor was beating, and then she turned it around and beat Taylor half to death with a guitar and got DQ'd. Maybe Taylor's un-loss to Adrian was karma for her un-win against Karina. There was a sister involved in there somewhere... but her memory of that match was pretty hazy.

Whatever it was in Taylor that made her so discontent couldn't help but slouch in her seat and stick out her foot, just in time to trip the fast-moving crazy girl.

Karina wasn't actually sure why she was in a hurry anymore. She was an hour too late. She had completely forgotten to check the messages on her phone she forgot at home, cursing along the way. She had not even noticed the people around her, she couldn't even miss a second to check out how the looked since it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

However, her foot suddenly hooked on something, causing her stability to falter and fall flat on her face, barely able to use her free hand to protect her face from the impact. She remained on her front for just a little while before she came into action, eyes narrowed and fixated whatever was behind her, rolling forward and turning around to remain in a crouch stance, now infront of the instigator, the animalistic fury once again with Karina's eyes... But faded when she recognized who it was.

" It's you.. " She'd spoke out rather softly, her eyelids starting to lift slightly while she herself stood back up and faced.. What was her name again.. She took her steps forward and quietly eyed the girl for a little while longer before she finally came to a conclusion.. In their match, which had no real reason for her injuring this girl so much, was only instigated by her little sister who wanted revenge. While she had to admit that Taylor was powerful, her taunts riled Karina's feathers enough to damage her with her guitar.

She sighed out, the rather combat like expression on her face dissapeared as she tried to speak a honest apology, which she actually did meant. " Look.... Taylor. " Yeah, that was her name. She thought to herself. It was also because of her that she and Akashi.. Got to know eachother which ultimately resulted to Karina laying back on the super violent stuff. " I've never really.. Had the chance to.. You know.. " She rubbed the back of her head with her free hand while she gripped the head of the guitar tightly. This was harder then she thought it would be.. Infact, this was her first apology ever!

People who knew Karina would now be left with their jaw on the ground. This was completely unlike Karina to just stand there, almost looking shy while she apologized to someone who might have deserved it at some point but not in the way Karina dished it out. " This seemed alot easier in my head. " She'd knock the back of her head, just a soft bump on the head to make sure she wasn't drifting off and still find the courage to speak out like this. " I want to say I'm sorry for the shit that happened in that match.. You were totally right. "

When Taylor had Karina in a choke hold in that match, she did speaek out the truth. Her sister was not exactly a innocent person and she was truly someone who in the end, won from all of this. Perhaps it was because of that that Taylor deserved on apology. If her sister had lied about some of the many things about Taylor and even when she had Karina in the hold, she didn't even brag about a victory. She found herself believing Akashi more then her own little sister and that alone sparked Karina to apologize to Taylor and look at her with an honest expression on her face.

Taylor stayed slouched on her bench with her hands in her pockets and raised an eyebrow at Karina's feat of spontaneous acrobatics. She wondered for a moment if she'd actually have to fight her right there, she wouldn't even have minded, really, she was sort of looking for trouble, but then Karina's body language changed completely. She recognized Taylor, and remembered her name. Taylor was a little surprised. Not many people did that.

She watched with amusement as Karina fumbled her words. Her eyes widened and her face twisted as she did her best to hold back a smile. By the time she finished... she was apologizing? Taylor sat stunned for a moment, before laughter slowly began to bubble out of her.

"I was right? About what?" She asked with a grin, genuinely confused. "Alright, I remember you, and I've watched that match a few times and what happened... But just like that? Jeez, I trip you and bam! You hit me with an apology. If I hit you with a car what would you do, go down on me?" She laughed obnoxiously.

"Sorry, psycho-killer, I don't put a lot of stock in apologies from psycho-killers who clearly don't mean it. If you want to clean up and get sober and stop psycho-killing, go find a support group. I don't give a fuck about what you think about what happened that night." Taylor was a little surprised by how angry she was getting, but she quickly reined it in and put on a big grin while she leaned back on the bench and spread her arms out across the back.

It was truly getting hard for Karina to put her things in order now. It felt like Taylor wanted her to get angry at attack her but that would only prove her right that Karina's apology would be false. It was honest though, it was really hard for Karina to see things in a different way which would result to her apologizing and with this being the first time, she had to keep herself in control.

All she had to do now was keep calm and show Taylor that she was meaning it and that she wasn't a psycho killer.. Then she remembered what Akashi said to her back then and soon enough she released a very loud sigh, taking a few moments to recollect her thoughts.

" You know.. About my sister not being innocent.. She kinda lied about you hurting her so much and that you were some kind of bad girl. And actually.. Your sumo friend helpd me reconsider my actions.. "

She could actually say that without blushing but that was pretty much because it was the truth. Maybe she figured what the girl really wants, forgetting about the apointment with her little sister for the moment and brought her guitar forward to Taylor, holding it out to her.

" If you need proof that I am telling the truth, I'll let you wack me with my guitar without me dodging or anything because even back then I was anything BUT a liar. "

Still inert, slouched on her bench with her hands in her pockets, Taylor looked at Karina's guitar and then up at the girl like she was the most ridiculous person in the world. Finally, she reached out and took the guitar, placed it over her right thigh and began plucking strings and trying to tune it.

She thought for a moment about how she missed playing guitar. The way it just seemed to fit to her body, sliding into place in such a familiar position. It just wasn't something she could put time into right now, though. Maybe that was sad, but it's not like she was ever that good anyway.

She pulled down the hood of her sweatshirt and shook her blue pigtails free, and then looked back up at Karina. Did this girl just walk around thinking about her with an apology loaded and ready to go? And of course Akashi had something to do with it. Nobody ever did anything nice or good for Taylor unless Akashi told them to. It was such bullshit. It only proved to her that she really was a total loser, not worth anyone noticing unless someone important told them to.

A scowl spread across her face and she gripped the neck of the guitar tighter. She wound up and threw it like a frisbee out into the grass where it landed with an unceremonious clatter that could only have been bad for the health of the guitar.

"Sorry, I don't like Ric's. You don't look much like the Beetles type either. Lemme as you something, how long are you going to stick it out with this retarded apology attempt, or whatever you're trying to do here, before the true colors come out?" She asked, purposely staying seated because she knew if she got up she would almost certainly find herself in a fight one way or another.

Now it was becoming flat out irritating. Karina was really trying to resist punching this girl silly, especially with what she did to her guitar. Still, she managed to control herself just enough so she could walk over to the spot her guitar landed and quietly pick it up, checking for any damage before she walked back infront of the instigator, her eyes were starting to narrow and that soft look on her turned into a sharp glare.

Even though Karina had self control and managed to ignore most things, she could not allow Taylor to keep going at her like this and calling her a liar for long, her hand gripped the neck of the guitar, the same way Taylor did but this was out of pure frustration because of the girl's behavior and finally, she spoke out just as sharp and cold as that glare of her had become.

" Listen... Taylor. I'm going to make this clear ONE last time. If I wanted to injure you or attack you, I would have done that a loooonngg time ago! Why the fuck would I stop and make this kind of example to catch you off guard, huh? I really am sorry for what I have done to you. My little sister lied to me about you and I mistook you as someone who really needed to pay. "

She then brought the guitar over her shoulder and pressed the neck of the instrument against the back of her neck, her eyes never shifting nor changing as they remained fixated upon the girl.

It was never difficult to get people to show their true colors. All you had to do was push them far enough.

"You DID do that a long time ago, you stupid FUCK!" Taylor leapt to her feet and shouted in Karina's face. She recovered her temper, lowing her voice, but she couldn't stop herself from being angry. The sudden adrenaline feeling, the shakiness in her hands, it was the most familiar thing in the world and yet she'd never get the hang of it.

"So what, you say you're sorry and it doesn't go how you imagined, and then five seconds later you're threatening me? I know you, I know what you are, okay? Maybe you mean it right now, but you're only saying shit to me for yourself. People like you don't give a shit. C'mon." She gave Karina a hard shove. "Prove me right." She sneered.

The closer Taylor got to her, the more that animinalistic instinct inside Karina was taking over. Was this really going to turn out in a fight? Was she really going to have to trade punches with this girl just to prove a point? And then her questions were answered. She started to smirk, the shove was enough to make Karina take two steps back.

" So that is how you want to play it.. Alright. " Karina would give a nod, at the door that lead towards the gym before she shot another glare at Taylor. " Let's have a match in the gym. If I win, You accept my fucking apology and hang out with me for the day. " Karina was serious, she knew that the only way she could get through Taylor is to practically beat her up and while she had promised herself it would not come to such a decision, she would have to break that promise just so she could show Taylor that she meant it.

" No guitar, No back up. Just you and me. What do you say? "

Taylor shook her head. "You don't get it, do ya killer? I have nothing to prove to you. Why the hell would I waste my time rolling around in a ring with you? I already put in my workout, and I did it without getting all greasy and nasty." She said drawing a circle in the air around Karina's body with her finger.

"Let me explain my point. You-- wait, what?" Something registered and Taylor couldn't help but crack a smile. "Hang out with you for the day? Holy shit, how hard up for attention are you? Wow, dude." She said, backing up a step and laughing.

"Alright," She started, putting in some effort to stop laughing so she could talk. "Alright, so, you came here for, like, whatever reason, I trip your ass, and then your first reaction is to say sorrrry, kick my ass, and be BFF's. Really? Okay, maybe you aren't all psycho-killer. Looks like you're half clown." She got a good laugh out of the whole thing.