Tag Team Title Ceremony! [Open to Rival Tag Team]

The thread will be open in a few posts to those tag teams who would like to speak their mind, cause a scene, etc. I'll give the signal in the post when it becomes open but first there will be a few posts between Lukretia and Eclipse.

The crowd had settled into the AFW arena tonight and there was a soft murmur throughout the massive dome as the crowd awaited what was to come. The ticket price was paid but there would be no main event inside the confines of Tokyo's 'Sexiest Squared Circle'. After a few dark matches to appease the crowd, the Giant Titantron flickered on and the huge cube shaped device lowered from the middle of the arena, Giant screens were on all sides of the expensive contraption and they flickered on as well. The lights dimmed and crowd hushed,

On the various monitors scattered throughout the arena, showed the scene of the evening's happenings. A podium was set up. Scaffolding with lights and a backdrop was shown. A wide shot from a helicopter showed that the venue was a frozen lake, covered with snow and a cold gusty wind blew in. There was a small set of bleachers and a few lucky members of the AFW Universe were given special access to what was deemed the AFW Fall Super Special! A prelude to the upcoming winter PPV that was the buzz of the AFW world. A ring was set next to the stage for the single match of the evening but it sat idle for the moment.

Inside the arena and outside on the frozen lake, the speakers began to blare and "Hellraiser" began to play. Lukretia Von Creuzfeldt, the general manager of Friction began to step forward. She was dressed in a long sleek dress that was covered by an expensive mink coat. She stepped up to the microphone at the front of the podium and a hot breath could be seen as she was about to speak to the crowd. From inside the AFW Arena, boos reigned down. They could hardly be heard from the live crowd, but they were certainly present. Lukretia gave the music a few more seconds to fade away before she began to speak.

"Guten Tag, everyone!" She said in a pleasant voice. "First off, I vould like to velcome everyone who came to zis event in person. I know vith ze cold, it is a bit difficult to adjust, but I assure you it vill be quite vorth it. I hope zat ze action ve vill be providing vill really heat things up for you!"

Lukretia cleared her throat. "But first, ve have some business to discuss und I thought zat zis vould be ze perfect opportunity to do so. As you may or may not be avare, ze tag team titles have been vacated. An attempt vas made to rectify ze situation but unfortunately ze miserable state of our tag team division has left me unable to allow something zat is so sub par to be viewed by meineself. Alzouth I don't expect you to have ze same sort of refined tastes as meineself, I believe zat anyone could have seen how pitifully atrocious zat display vas."

Lukretia then clasped her hands together and smiled. "So, I have decided to declare new champions. To have a tag team division und to not have title holders is a mistake zat I am going to correct. Please...."

Lukretia then turned and looked off tot he side and smiled. "Allow me to introduce you to ze newest Tag Team champions. I assure you zat zere vill be no question zat zey deserve ze titles. Ms. Mutoh, Ms. Yuuki, come, schnell!"

Lukretia turned back tot he audience. "Please give an applause in a circular manner to your new tag team champions, Megumi Mutoh und Chigusa Yuuki, better known as Eclipse!" Lukretia side stepped the podium and gave Chigusa and Megumi the floor as a raucous cheer filled both the arena and the outdoor stage area.

From behind the stage, Chigusa and Megumi slowly walked out. They were smiling and waving to the crowd, however they seemed to be lacking the giddy energy that people would expect from regaining a championship. The both of them wore long coats that reached down beneath their knees and gloves, but despite all that still appeared quite cold.

In truth they were a bit apprehensive about this. Chigusa knew that taking these titles back came at a price, and even though she never told Megumi about her deal with Lukretia, she suspected that her best friend knew what was going on. She only told Megumi about this a few days earlier, and while they were happy about getting something that belonged to them back, Lukretia's actions certainly made them suspicious.

Even so, they had to remain pleasant. They stepped up to the podium, taking the belts out of Lukretia's hands and held them above their heads, while the crowds both inside the arena and at the lake cheered. Chigusa cleared her throat, allowing the crowd to fall silent before taking the microphone.

"Thank you all for being here tonight! Without the support of all you loyal fans and this great audience, we would certainly not be able to stand here and take this title back!" Chigusa said. The crowd cheered once more, though there was a little muttering about how this title was just being given away. "As you all know, we were once the tag team champs, winning the title fair and square. And you all know that we lost the title in a rather embarrassing upset... but that was because someone was cheating! It was an unfair and rigged match, and I am sorry that you all had to see it. Fortunately now though, the title is back where it belongs, with the real champs!"

"I realize that many of our fellow wrestlers will not like this arrangement, since this title was not reclaimed in a match," Chigusa continued, "However, we are the tag team champs by right. If you don't like it, feel free to settle it with us in the ring!"

Megumi's brow furrowed. "An open challenge?" she said quietly to Chigusa, hoping to convince her friend to excercise some caution. However, it was clear that Chigusa wasn't going to bother with that.

"Don't worry Megumi, you know we're the best," she replied, the microphone just barely catching her words.

The Open Section of this RP Begins, NOW!

Any tag teams may show up to congratulate, call out the champs, etc.

Lukretia looked at the two with interested eyes, stepping aside and giving the idols the floor. Indeed there was controversy in the way the girls had lost the title and the tag team division in general had a cloud over it. But really, for the German Domme this was perfect. Those who were interested in the Tag Titles, including the champs themselves now had everything to prove. The competition should be heightened manifold from this action.

Lukretia clapped softly as she looked on over the girls. Though she didn't much appreciate being called a cheater, she had done it to prove a point, not to try and take the belts away from the girls. The boos that Lukretia received wouldn't be increased very much anyway. The crowd mostly hated her even though she was constantly providing them with the best that the AFW had to offer.

She looked at the two of them and stepped forward, putting a hand on each of their shoulders. "Congratulations." She whispered so only the two of them could hear before leaning forward. "Please, continue to be gracious vith your cheers for ze new champions, zey may need all ze support zey can get!" She spoke cheerfully despite her words.

Accompanied by [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ4X7tly9Uo:1inhurmo]their music,[/url:1inhurmo] Taylor bounded out to the top of the entrance ramp in full ring gear, with a wide grin and endless energy, followed a moment later by a slower-moving, more sober Akashi.

She lifted a microphone to her lips and threw a fist over her head. "Heeey!" She crowed. "I'm gonna make this quick, alright. Megumi, hi, we haven't met. I'm Taylor Parker. Chigusa might've mentioned me. I once beat her ass in the gym.

"And Chigusa, hi. You're looking well. You're amazing, really, I mean it. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you sleep with your boss. It warms my heart to see this title given to you, because I was a liiiittle bit worried that since all of your humiliating losses to Tai, and since you seemed to have nothing going for you, that you were going to have to WORK for it. What's next? What do you give to the girl who's already been given everything?" Taylor asked, shrugging her shoulders. "Oh, I know! I'll give you a present, in honor of your big day, I will teach you how to fight! God knows you'll need it, based on past experience and stuff, because I'm sure when us two up here meet you two down there, all those people out there would like the match to last longer than three minutes. And no one wants to see their champs crying like little girls, so I guess get yourselves ready, because it's only a matter of time before we show up down there and take away ONE of the things that you never really deserved in the first place."

With a crooked grin, Taylor tossed her bright blue pigtails back and put her hand on her hip. "Anything to add?" She asked Akashi into the mic, and handed it to her.

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(ooc- ugh.. started writing before Blue's post but didn't see it till I finished.. so sorry if it seems kinda disjointed or if its like I've ignored the last post a bit -_- I've tried to edit in places to accommodate... And I didn't want to not post mine... Always happens when you make a long ass post)

The obviously 'sincere and heart felt congratulations' from Taylor and Akashi was abruptly cut short as the light faded out and then an entrance theme started playing. It was a theme that the crowd instantly recognized and in fact a theme that Eclipse should recognize also.. They might also recognize the fact that the girls that were about to come out on stage were most likely not coming out to offer additional congratulations to them.

A spot light shone around the audience with some strobe lighting effects and just as the lyrics kicked in to "All the things she says" by TATU, the Love bunnies stepped out hand in hand at the top of the ramp way. It looked more like Leah was dragging Mara along on this occasion, the blonde haired bunny had a microphone in hand and a frown on her face.

"What a load of crock!" Leah spat out into the microphone, obviously opting for a less subtle approach then had already been used... "back with the 'real champs' my furry lil' bunny tail and cute ass! Perhaps you remember us? ...Hmm? ...The love bunnies? we featured in such matches as that one where we were kicking the distinctly less cute asses of 3 other teams all over the ring- oh wait.. how silly of me, you guys featured in that match as well didn't you?

And then surprise surprise, the man-" Leah said pointing at Lukretia, evidently using the phrase 'the man' to mean the person in authority "... screeeeews us over again. Interfering so that we don't get the gold that should be in my jewelry wardrobe... This is the same as what happened with the kitty katts and us way back, we should have had the titles back then and then out came the man there too..." Mara furrowed her brows at what Leah had said

"Who's the man? I don't remember any man"

"She is right there..!" Leah pointed at Lukretia.

"The blue haired girl's a man?"

"No that one there... And Cassandra was the man back when she just awarded the Kitty Katt's the tag belts... We had just beat them fair in a match for god sake..."

"You mean the woman in the office...?"

"Yes... That woman was the man. But now this man" She pointed at Lukretia again "Is sucking up to that other man and has become the man's man..."

"Uhm... ..?"

"That doesn't matter!" Leah screeched, her face going red with irritation "point is, this is the same shit on a different day. Instead of Katts, this time we are dealing with dogs... Cause the only way I can see that they were gifted the belts was by becoming someones lap dog. And you know something











We don't like dogs..."

"I thought we don't like cats..?"

"... We don't like cats or dogs"

"I like puppies."

"Puppies aren't dogs... They are a different breed"

"I like kittens too.. <3"

"Mara, would you forget about the god damn kittens and puppies!! I'm angry here and you're spoiling my tantrum!"

"They are so hug-able... I like hugging and squishing them and cuddling and-"

"Here.." Leah pulled a carrot from out of her bunny costume somehow "A present."

"Yay!"

With Mara distracted, Leah continued

"So yeah... Like I was saying, I'm calling shenanigans on yous!"

Akashi was right behind Taylor but decided to remain quiet. She knew better than to try and speak out when Taylor was her partner. The spunky punk couldn't help but be talkative and while her mouth often wrote a lot of checks, checks that sometimes Akashi had to help her cash, the Sumo knew that Taylor's antics were all in good fun. Even as she chastised the current champs, which made Akashi sweatdrop a bit, it wasn't anything that either wasn't true or something Chigusa or Megumi couldn't handle. Akashi had been called and accused of much worse in her time and part of the wrestling business was having to eat some insults every once in a while.

After Taylor finished, Akashi smiled and gave her a pat on the shoulder, about to speak as well when suddenly two cute bunnies decided to take center stage. She quietly brought her microphone down and listened to them. They were amusing and cute. Akashi hadn't really studied the tag team division until recently but it seemed these girls were one of the major players. Would Kamikaze have to blow through them to be able to even face the champs? Akashi wondered as they continued on. The bigger one seemed a little on the dim side, but she also looked like she might be strong. While she considered this, the bunnies finished up.

Akashi stepped forward and lifted up her microphone. "It seems like there is certainly some spirited competition here to receive you." She said to Chigusa and Megumi. She then bowed tot hem. "Congratulations!" Her voice was enthusiastic. "I have been a part of this machine long enough to know that things aren't always what they seem." Though there wasn't as much outright controversy, there had been a bit of a cloud above her own championship match up. "And I know the two of you deserve to be the champs. But ... I want to prove myself against every level of competition this company has to offer. I know Taylor-san feels the way so we won't stop until those belts hang around our waists!"

Meanwhile, Lukretia had gone off tot he side, she had her arms folded under her chest as she watched the scene with a smirk. She wasn't going to interrupt the scene even if her name had been called directly a few times. This little ceremony seemed to be going exactly as she planned and it was turning out quite wonderfully.

THe lights in the AFW went dim, and blue and red lights started to flash in dizzing sequences. Kingdom of Gold by Wyvern hit the loud speakers, and Nha and Sha, the Ancestors of Isis, appeared at the top of the ramp, in matching outfits and matching smirks. Ever the talker Nha was the one with the microphone, which she soon brought to her blue painted lips.

"Bunnies and idols and morons, oh my!" Nha chuckled, earning her small laugh throughout the watching audience. "I realize that my sister and I have not been involved in many events, and unfortunately have not had the pleasure of facing off against many of you. But as I look around at the dreadful gathering of so-called tag teams I see before me, I realize that someone has to bring a bit of style back to this title, and I believe that the Ancestors of Isis are the ones to do it."

Sha looked around at the gathering of teams. She immediately spotted Akashi, the woman's hulking form standing out quite clearly. She smiled slightly upon seeing her. "So in short, people of the AFW," Nha went on, asmile spreading across her features. "We're bored! So why not become champions? Chigusa and Megumi, as long as we're stil standing, you won't be keeping those belts. In fact, I wouldn't bother celebrating at all."

Leah looked the new comes up and down out of the corner of her eye with an obviously unimpressed expression

"Who the hell are you? ..And for that matter, why should I care? In fact.. The second question is way way better..." That said, she gave Nha and Sha an upraised hand to talk to and then walk away from them, mainly because she wanted to distinguish herself away from the common rabble. Mara happily nibbled at the tip of her carrot

"You know what... When people say 'AFW Friction tag team', they think 'the love bunnies'... You know why they think that?" Leah seemed to be addressing those in the ring, but at the same time appeared to be address Lukretia who had slipped out. "Because we were the first tag team on the Friction roster... not one of the first... THE first. That was back when all of these other nobodies were at home watching the wizard of Oz and trying to mangle together some kind of resemblance of a witty one liner to use in their imaginary wrestling fantasies. We were the ones creating the fantasies for yous lot...

And despite that, do you know how many fair shots of the title we've been given? That's right, a big fat none... Meanwhile, the sparkles and glitz team are just given the belts cause the man is currently sweet on them or something?

Shenanigans!"

Akashi watched as Nha and Sha came into the ring. She wasn't sure whether or not to scowl or smile. She liked Sha, the cutie of the twin sisters. She didn't like Nha so much and unfortunately the blue themed twin seemed to be the one with the voice. She furrowed her brow but really she was excited. She lifted up her microphone but was interrupted by the Bunnies again.

She waited for them to finish before looking over to them. "Usagi--san!" She said sternly. "I can understand your frustration with not getting a title shot but if you work hard and take on all comers eventually you will get your due. You look strong and I hope that one day we can meet in the ring."

She then turned to the twins and looked at Nha. "But, I'm actually glad that you showed up." She paused and gave a little wave to Sha. "Sha-chan, Hello!" She cleared her throat and looked back at Nha. "Giving me the opportunity to kick your cute little butt with no reservations!? That's perfectly fine with me! I'd love it. And I'd love the chance to get to roll around in the hay a bit with Sha too." Akashi then blushed suddenly and shoved the microphone into Taylor's chest. She was making quite the fool of herself and even if Taylor liked to run her mouth, it was probably going to be better than what Akashi was coming up with.

Seeing the various challengers pop up and make their statements, most of them rather inflammatory, Chigusa wanted to go ahead and give them all a piece of her mind. Of course, she was overcompensating a bit considering what Lukretia was forcing her to do to get these belts back, but she still needed to have a semblance of pride at least. But before she could speak, Megumi put a hand on her shoulder. "I'll handle it," she said firmly. Chigusa wisely backed down, knowing that whatever she said would only make things worse.

First Megumi addressed Taylor and Akashi. "Akashi-dono," she said, choosing the more traditional honorific, "I'm glad that you've taken the time to come out here to congratulate us. It is a great honor." Megumi bowed her head slightly at Akashi. "If you wish to challenge us, all you need to do is ask. We'll will never turn you down." She then turned to Taylor. "Taylor, I realize that this must seem strange to you (and strange to me too!)," she continued, "But before you go insulting us, realize that we had the title taken away very unfairly, and this is simply justice served. If you don't like it, we can settle things in the ring."

She then turned to the Love Bunnies. "It was a shame Lukretia cut the match short before we had a chance to fight Bunny-san," she said to Leah, "Trust me, that was the part of the night I was looking forward to the most. If you want a shot at the title, then come. We'll put on a show that AFW will never forget!"

She turned to Nha and Sha last. "I've heard of you two," she said, "What was it, Era of Hell and Sarah Gatt's posse? You know, people like you who take their heel personas out of the ring are the worst. But I guess if you like hurting people, it's your call. I'm not gonna judge you for it. Though when you come to challenge us, don't expect us to play nice like we're gonna do with the others."

Chigusa gave Megumi a rather wry look. "Way to calm things down Megumi," she said. Megumi looked back and smiled. "Well, I guess you did better than I would've," Chigusa continued, "Considering I might've just lost it there. Thanks for dealing with them calmly."