Powers of Competitive Friendship

So it's time to bring out the best...Cecilia thought to herself as she stood in the center of the ring, crowd around her screaming and cheering for the 8# best ranked wrestler, she had been getting a lot of recognition lately, for her matches, her little winning streak as of late, and from what people had heard and seen about Queen of Valkyries and her friends, Adrian and Rebecca, and their forming of the Avengers, the newest faction in AFW.

She stood there, with a microphone in her hand, waiting for the crowd to calm down a bit, the arena lights were bright and shined down strongly on Cecilia's, she stood in her usual attire, the blue halter tank top, the red plaid skirt, white wrestling boots, the brown stockings and the brown gloves with their red streaks, she even wore her necklace, a sliver chain with Thor's hammer, Mjölnir as a pendant, She looked around a little at the crowd, wild as it had ever been, but now calming down as she gestured for them to calm down and be a little quite.

The crowd finally became quite, and Cecilia raised the microphone to her lips, " Thanks, Great the be out here as always! I come before you guys today, as well Cecilia Northman, the 8# best ranked wrestler of AFW, and it won't be long before I'll be Number one!" Cecilia said, most of the crowd seemed pleased with this declaration, some were quite and a few of them seemed to dislike it.

" But that's not why I am out here today! you see, all you guys know that I have many enemies perhaps, I mean during my time here, I probably managed to make the Entire Gatt Attack my enemies, so what, that's about 6 people right ? But I have other people who have been gunning for me as well, and I might have been gunning for them a little as well, but you know what, Fuck that !" Cecilia said as the crowd began to stir up and mumble, talk and seemed to wonder what this was all about.

" You See, Today I am not here to introduce a new enemy, but a friend! A damn good Friend! and to introduce my newest tag partner!" Cecilia shouted out as she looked around at the anticipated crowd, taking a moment to let them think about who it could be, who would be the tag partner of Cecilia Northman, " Now now, don't try and figure out who it is, because you will never be able to guess, A few weeks ago we didn't really get along to well, and if you guys saw my first match here in AFW, on Tension ! then you might have seen some of the...let's call it Competitive Nature that we both share!" Cecilia said as she moved up to the side of the ring that faced the ramp.

" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! I want you to give the biggest damn round of applause, for the best damn high flier in AFW, the best damn partner that I could ask for! The 7# best ranked wrestler and my friend!!!!!!! HEATHER SUNDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Cecilia shouted out as she shot out her hands and gestured for the arrival of Heather.

"Heh...this girl is crazy.." Heather would say as she was backstage, slipping on her dress, leaving it open on top of her usual attire, her black bikini top and black baggy pants. What a time that it has been for Heather recently as she was thrown through various ridiculous events one after another. With the condition Clyde was in, her mindset was off slightly, part of her always worrying about his well being. It felt like nothing could be brought back to normal until Clyde was back awake and her payback was achieved.

However, through her hardships she found what could possibly be a light that could lead her through these tough times. She already gained the support of Bonnie, Clyde's sister. Someone she is quite a bit grateful for helping her out in her tough times. However the light also came from an unexpected source. Meeting up with a certain group and developing a friendship with someone who used to be considered an enemy in her mind. Cecilia Northman had been there for her when Heather came for help and assistance. Now the girl had requested to form a tag team with her. With the warm welcome that she gave her, there was no way that Heather could turn her down, so here they were.

Shortly seconds after Cecilia's introduction of Heather, the lights would turn to a red tint as fog started to engulf the stage area of the entrance ramp. A piano tune would begin to play over the speakers before the rest of the instruments would kick in and a new sounding theme would play. Given the introduction, the crowd knew it was Heather, introduced to her brand new theme, signifying her considering a part of the "Avengers" team that had formed. The theme was [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn-hZhuV9Sc:2mfwt1ev]"Outcry" by Dream Theater[/url:2mfwt1ev]

Heather would step out to the stage area to a surprising, to her at least, applause from the crowd. She owed it to Cecilia's introduction no doubt, but Heather was never one to care about the crowd reaction. Though, she couldn't deny it did actually feel quite good. She would walk down the ramp with a grin on her face before sliding into the ring from under the bottom rope. She would nod to Cecilia before walking past her, grabbing a mic from one of the ringside crew members. As her music died down, she would bring the mic up to her lips.

"Weeell thank you very much for the introduction Cecilia! Not one thing I can argue about that introduction one bit. It's pretty obvious I AM the greatest high flyer AFW has ever SEEN, but that's beside the point." Heather would say, a wide grin on her face "Well you called me out here and here I am. You're lucky I was feeling generous. The greatest team in AFW has just been formed."

"Even with all this stuff going on, everything we've been through individually, we can still kick ass in this ring. As much as I might not admit it, I'm pretty damn glad you asked me for this. Been lacking in the amount of matches lately, this will be a perfect chance to pick up some more wins." Heather would say with a bit of a cocky tone as she kept her grin, keeping her eyes on Cecilia.

Cecilia smiled as she looked on at Heather making her way down to the ring, the crowd cheering wildly for her, for them, for their team, the greatest thing this world had ever seen, the team between number 7 and 8 had been formed, and it was going to take Friction by storm, Heather music was a welcomed music to listen to.

So much bad had happened to them, and it seemed like this was going to be the best thing for the two, to have such a great team, and to have so good friends around them, Heather had become a good friend to Cecilia, and she found that she liked this girl a great deal, it was just amazing to have a friend like her, they thought the same about many things, they shared similar feelings and they were both pretty competitive.

When Heather came in Cecilia shot her a little wink and a friendly smile, she listened to Heather's words and nodded and smiled, and then walked up to Heather, standing right in front of her with her, she stood taller and bigger than Heather, " Of course nothing was wrong, because If you weren't, if you weren't the best! then how could we be the best team! We all know that I am the best damn grappler, the best powehouse that AFW has, and you are the best damn High flier that AFW has! We are the best damn wrestlers here! and now WE ARE THE BEST DAMN TEAM!" Cecilia said and shouted out to Heather, to the crowd, and to the rest of AFW.

" Heats! I am damn glad you agreed to this! " Cecilia said as she would move in and give her a half hug, pulling her in and forcing her into it the light embrace, she broke it quickly and turned to the crowd, " Let me hear what you guys think! Me and Heather gonna be the best damn tag team ever or what?!" Cecilia shouted out to the crowd, and was met with a thunderous amount of cheers and screams, " The two best damn wrestler here have finally joined together and there won't be anyone that can stand in out way!" Cecilia said as she turned to Heather and smiled.

She moved the microphone away and gave Heather a smile, " Thanks Heats, Gonna be awesome to team up with you" She said before bringing the microphone back up again and smiling towards the crowd and towards Heather, " So, how about it Heats, Open challenge?! give the little girls in the back a chance to come out here and get the shit kicked out of them" Cecilia said with a little smile to her friend.

" I mean, they are going to fight the future number one and number two best ranked wrestlers of AFW " Cecilia said with a smile, before she brought her microphone down again and smiled at Heather, whispering to her, " Don't worry, we'll figured out who holds what spot when the time comes, right now, it's just you and me as the best damn tag team this world has ever seen."

"That's right. Pretty obviously the best team by far. Both our styles combined for one team, I doubt there will be anyone out there who could fight against us." Heather would say with a carefree smile, just living in the moment as much as she could. Anything that could take away from the inner pain that she was feeling she would welcome with open arms.

As Cecilia came up to her then, pulling her in for a hug, Heather's eyes would widen slightly as her face turned red. "Hugging me in front of a packed crowd?? Heather would think to herself before Cecilia would break it and Heather would go to dust herself off. "W-well, to be honest Cecilia, it did take quite a while for me to come up with a decision if I SHOULD agree to it or not. I mean when it comes down to it I'm sure everyone knows that I'm not a tag team wrestler. I like to go out on my own and kick everyone's ass. But I thought about it, for a while, and I finally decided what the hell, why not give it a shot." Heather would say in response to Cecilia before she would watch as she girl got the crowd riled up before announcing their team's greatness yet again.

"Open challenge huh? That sounds like a plan to me. Doesn't really matter who it is, there really is no team that could take us both down. It's just impossible." Heather would say with a shrug, her grin coming back on her face as Cecilia smiled at her.

"Heh. The future number one and two huh? I like the way you think. That's just the way I see it as well." Heather would say before she heard Cecilia's whisper to her. "Oh I look forward to it. Will prove to you who the better of this team is." Heather would whisper back with a grin before bringing the mic back up to her lips. "I love the idea of the open challenge so much, but you know what I can actually think of a better one. I heard the champ has her own team does she not? With her partner that...whoever her partner is really I have no idea. Why don't THEY come out and answer our challenge? If they are up for it that is. Unless they're scared of the two best that AFW has to offer...Which really I wouldn't blame them."

No sooner had Heather finished than [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ4X7tly9Uo:8dscb6k4]Kamikaze's now familiar music[/url:8dscb6k4] filled the arena, and before it was even through the intro Taylor Parker bounded out from backstage. She looked almost weightless, like she was more at home in the air than with her feet on the ground. The crowd, who had just been all geared up to cheer for their beloved champ, quieted back down a bit when it was only Taylor, but if nothing else her boundless energy and spirited animation won her some cheers of her own.

She skipped quickly to the front of the ramp, bright blue hair in pigtails, wearing her ring gear with a light blue zippered hoodie over it that read "I like Japanese boys" across the front in large block letters, followed by a big yellow smiley face with fangs. She waved her arms to get the production people to cut her music. She wasn't waiting for dramatic effect. The music quickly died down.

She bounced lightly in place on the balls of her feet, a big, sharp grin on her face, as she looked down the ramp at the new tag team in the ring. She lifted the mic. "HI!" She crowed loudly, and gave the crowd a huge wave. "Hey skank." She said, directed at Cecelia. Finally, her eyes fell on Heather. After a short pause, she continued.

"So maybe you're wondering how I got out here so fast. You may be thinking, 'was she waiting backstage for someone to mention her name?' The answer is... well, sort of, you didn't use MY name. It's okay. But yes, I was. I heard this giant yellow douche talking her trash, 'oh, we're the best! We're the bestest of the best in the whole world!'" She laughed obnoxiously. "You want to climb up the rankings, sure, but you're going to have to fight the best to get there. So you want to fight the best, and of course, the first Friction tag team that comes to your mind is Kami-freaking-kaze. Congratulations! How very astute of you. If I had a cookie, I'd give it to you. Cecelia looks like she looooves cookies. But, here's the problem."

She took a moment and strolled to the front corner of the top of the ramp and crouched down, resting on the balls of her feet with her elbows on her knees. "The thing about fighting 'the best' is that they're, we're, better than you. We'll give you the match, but you won't like it. Lucky me, though, I've got a score to settle with you, Heather Sander... Souther... Whatever. Basically, you're a bitch, and I don't think you deserve to be here. And you're not that great. Cecelia... you're not worth the effort for me to come up with some clever way of describing how much you suck."

Taylor stood up and walked back to the middle of the ramp. She stood up straight and put her free hand on her hip. "So that's it, did you guys want to say anything, like to save face at all. Like maybe now you can be all 'you guys are great opponents and we look forward to challenging you'. That sort of thing. And please, Heather, you do the talking, I don't need to hear Cecelia grapple with the English language with her deep, manly baritone."

Cecilia looked on at the ramp as she heard the music of KamiKaze play, she looked on in anticipation to see the champ and whoever her partner was, sadly Cecilia didn't know, and she didn't really care, all she really cared about was the champ, her partner was non important, all that really mattered was that Heather and her could take down the champ and whoever her partner was, that would be a clear sign that they would be the best in AFW, or it would be put on the champs partner, that it was her fault that she lost, of course when Cecilia saw who it was, she laughed a little, and even more when she noticed the crowed reaction, nearly silent.

The Swedish beauty raised her mic and laughed out a little in it, " Looks like the crowd is bored by you...ehm...ehm...what was your name again? I want to say Fish... something" Cecilia said with a little laugh as she poked Heather and smiled a little, " Seriously this is her partner ? this must be a joke right?" Cecilia was about to burst out and being rolling on the floor laughing her ass off at this.

" Heather, it looks like you were wrong, it's not KamiKaze, it's Kami-freaking-kaze...strange name, anyway, I don't know If I want to face KamiKaze anymore Heats, I mean, when the champ loses to us, well...the blame is all going to go on Taylor, Everybody is going to say that it was the two of us against The champ and that it was unfair right?" Cecilia kept talking, to Heather, taking a bit of advice she had gotten, to just ignore Taylor, but of course she wouldn't keep that up, she didn't really enjoy what Taylor was saying about her, but she didn't care.

" You know Taylor, we know about fighting the best, and last time I checked, you weren't in the rankings, I mean at all, Heather is, so am I, and Adrian" When Cecilia mentioned Adrian it came back to her, how the match she had seen with Taylor and Adrian, and what Taylor had done, she gritted her teeth and started putting on an angry scowl towards Taylor, " Love cookies huh...that the best insults you can think of ? damn, you should be ashamed of yourself, apologize to the crowd for sucking, do it now!" Cecilia shouted out a little as she kept her scowl and gaze on Taylor.

Cecilia could take being insulted by Taylor, that wasn't a problem, " I think it's Sunderland, you idjit, must be hard to fit any kind of information in that pea sized brain of yours, and before you go calling my friend a bitch, go take a look in a mirror will you" Cecilia said as she was getting a bit fed up with Taylor, she really was just to much, it was a wonder how anyone hadn't shot her already.

" Well, Sorry about that then, I guess someone here has to have manners, doesn't seem like the child there has." Cecilia said as she pointed to Taylor, and then put on a fake smile and said in a fake voice, " We Look forward to a great match with you Akashi-san! you will be a great opponent and we hope it will be a great match" Cecilia said, purposely leaving Taylor out of the entire thing.

As Heather heard the entrance music immediately after she finished talking, she turned her attention to the entrance ramp. Like Cecilia and everyone in the crowd, Heather was quite expecting the champ herself to step out. She could feel the excitement building up in her. She wasn't really one to boast without wanting to prove it as she did, and getting the chance to take on the champ, even in a tag match, Heather felt it as an unbelievable opportunity that she couldn't pass up.

However, when she saw who stepped out, she tilted her head slightly. She knew who it really was, regardless of her joke earlier, so she couldn't say she was completely disappointed, although it was there. She would have preferred the champ, but Taylor's showing up more than likely meant the challenge was going to be answered, and Heather was quite glad at just that. Then the girl began talking, straight out calling Cecilia a skank, which right there took away the excitement in her. Cecilia's words about her though, and the poke she gave Heather, caused her to let out a little laugh before looking back down at the girl.

Heather would cross her arms as she listened to what the girl had to say. She wasn't afraid to talk right back at her and Cecilia, which Heather didn't dislike. It was something Heather felt everyone needed to do and she hated the goody-goody people in this type of business. Her brother being the prime example of that type of person. She would simply grin and shake her head at the girl's laugh before she talked about Cecilia. Heather would turn to her as she heard Cecilia's rebuttle. Heather would slightly snicker at Cecilia's words, shrugging her shoulders and shaking her head, saving her words for when they would count.

As Taylor went on though, Heather would narrow her eyes as the girl began talking to her. She would look at her in confusion at her claiming they had a score to settle. Her mispronouncing her name didn't really click because of that confusion until Cecilia mentioned it. Heather would look over at Cecilia, still with a bit of a perplexed look, though she would nod her head at her friend having her back at the insult Taylor threw her way.

As Cecilia bounced back at the girl with the sarcastic remark, Heather would bring the mic up to her lips immediately afterwards. "Wait a second..Hold on." Heather would say to Cecilia before bringing herself over to the ropes, leaning on them slightly before bringing the mic up to her lips again. "Do I know you? You come out here and talk alot about how sure you seem to be. Hell I'll admit we were doing it too before you came out here. Still though, I know who you are, but you talk to me like I'm some kind of long rival of yours. Calling me a bitch, telling me I don't belong out here. I'd love to know what the hell you're talking about when it comes to score to settle. Really I'll kick your ass either way, but last time I checked I didn't have anything to settle with you.."

Taylor's grin stretched wider and she laughed. "Wow, man." She said to Cecelia. She kept talking, loudly, confidently, and quickly. "I mentioned she was a douche, right? Look at you, all lit up. Do you want any pointers on how to really go for my throat? If you really have something to prove to me, my dad left when I was little and he wasn't around, so maybe you could talk about that."

"And you, Heather, you don't know me." She gave her a crooked, devilish sneer. "But you will. While we're admitting stuff, I'll say it, I like you a lot more than than the dickhead you're jumping into bed with down there, I mean I can't imagine that you like her either, but I'm going to kick your ass so hard you'll cry every time you see a pair of boots."

The bit about Adrian didn't sit well with Taylor. She wanted to let it go, but she couldn't. "And let's just get this shit out in the open, a'right? Me and Adrian got booked into an I QUIT MATCH. I-GODDAMN-QUIT, get it? Do whatever it takes to get the other person to say the words, that's it, that's the job. I did that, okay? I'll admit that having some shit between me and Adrian might've fueled the fire a little, but damn, you don't think she would've done worse to me? She came after me with a SPIKEY FREAKING BASEBALL BAT! The only reason I'm not dead is that I'm WAY FREAKING BETTER than her. So yeah, she's ranked, I'm not, whatever. All these people in the stands saw me beat the shit out of her, so yeah. I wasn't going to kill her just to try to win a match, so there's another 'L' on my record, but NO ONE in the world would say that Adrian BEAT me."

She paused, a heavy scowl on her face. She tossed her hair back and kicked her hip out to the side. "Ya know..." She said, more quietly. "Akashi might not like you saying that she'd just make excuses and shit. She's real polite and stuff, but you don't fool around with her sumo-honor. Not for nothin', you might get an extra special ass-beating for that one."

Cecilia looked on at Heather and then at Taylor, Taylor's voice was still like nails on chalk board, and it was just the most annoying thing in the world, the worst part was that she seemed to love her own voice, " Blah Blah Blah...." Cecilia let out as she rolled her eyes and then began to walk around the ring a little, looking like she was really restless for some reason.

Cecilia was really about to either laugh or fall asleep she didn't know what really, " Sure you don't like me Taylor, why ? because Johnny couldn't keep his hands off me, or because I called you out on being a bitch when you talked about Mamouru ?! so far I haven't done anything bad, and I haven't been a dick head or a bitch to you, you don't let a little kid miss behave, you tell them that they shouldn't do that right? I mean if we don't, then we end up with a lot more people like you" Cecilia said as she then waved her hand dismissively at Taylor, Cecilia did have doubts that she was a good friend to Heather, she liked to think she was, but Taylor comment there might have made a bit of a impact on Cecilia as she just walked to the other side of the ring and leaned back against the ropes.

Cecilia didn't care to much anymore, there wasn't anything to say about the Adrian thing, it was either running out of the ring and beat the crap out of Taylor or holding her tongue about it, and that was a hard decision to make, she figured that she wouldn't make it really, Taylor would just run away like a little bitch anyways, so it didn't matter.

" Oh I'm sorry, I didn't say Akashi would blame you, I said that everyone else would, I am sure the champ is a good girl" Cecilia said as she rolled her eyes, after what Adrian had told her, she really couldn't understand the champ on bit, being friends with Gatt, " Well, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor...love that you even agree with it, it's Akashi that will be doing everything for you, it's good that you at least are aware of that." Cecilia said before she walked up to Heather.

"Kh.." Heather would let out as the girl first addressed Cecilia. Clearly the two weren't too fond of eachother as they were going back and forth with their words. With what Taylor said, Heather would shake her head, letting out a sigh as she looked back and forth between Cecilia and her. Then of course, the girl answered her question, though not in the way Heather would have liked.

"Big talk coming from you. I'm still not sure what got you so pissed at me, but I'm sure I'll find out sooner or later. Honestly, I don't mind kicking your ass all over the arena if you want to come at me like that. I was gonna do it anyways, but now at least I have a reason to leave you begging in the middle of the ring." Heather would respond with a grin as she got off leaning on the ropes. "As for Cecilia, as a matter of fact I do like her. Sure I didn't before, I wanted to kick her ass just like I'm going to kick yours, but that was then and this is now. I actually do consider her a friend."

At the end of Heather's words, she would listen to Cecilia's response, revealing that the two did indeed have some sort of past altercations. Still though, it didn't explain why the girl seemed to already hate her so much. Then, they would begin to talk about a match that apparently happened between Taylor and Adrian. While Heather is now acquaintances with Adrian, she wasn't one to watch many matches that had nothing to do with her, so she figured she would just keep her mouth shut on that topic, not knowing much about it. She was afraid she would actually agree with Taylor in the end anyways, do whatever it takes to win, that was what Heather went by no matter who it was she was facing.

"Honor...Like any of that matters when it comes to the ring. Tell her she can take her honor here if she wants. Honor, pride, any of it. Regardless, you two are done. Cecilia said one of us has to have manners here, well it's not gonna be me that's for sure. I can't wait to shut you up."