Failure To Launch

It was for a middle of the day workout that brought Zero Kotobuki to the gym at this time. It had been a busy couple of weeks for Zero with talks of a title belt shot coming her way. As a result of this she had been nonstop with the training. The potential to become the champion so soon after joining this new league was too much to pass up If she could rise up again as a champion she would truly have found her place her.

Dressed in a baggy light blue workout coat underneath which was her wrestling outfit Zero strode into the gym with her bag slung over her shoulder, her yellow eyes shining with surprous, her face as blank as it always was. The gym was sparsely populated at this time of day, which was exactly why Zero came here now. She preffered to exercise on her own, with little distractions. But it seemed that despite her intentions there was some commotion to be found in the gym that day. Zero raised an eyebrow at the sound of grunting and laughter going on, and raised an eyebrow. Curious, she set off in the direction it was coming from.

Zero would soon come upon a strange sight before her. It was a man and several women, playing twister in the middle of the ring. The first thing that came to Zero`s mind was why in the world would these idiots take up a perefectly good practice ring to play their silly game. The other was that the man looked very familiar. She narrowed her eyes, focusing on his features until her eyes widened in realization. "Clyde?" she questioned loud enough for the man to hear her. It was CLyde Gastin who was playing with the women, the same man who challenged her to a POW match about a month earlier and ended up getting a taste of his own medicine. "What are you doing?"

"Heather! W-Wait... Don't!" Clyde would let out to Heather just she rotated her body and placed her right leg over his arm she rested her other leg against his body, feeling her breasts pressing tightly against his chest, trying his hardest to keep him and Heather up as she pressed against him, remaining in a rather awkward position as he felt Heather's inner thigh pressing tightly against his crotch, causing the bulge in his pants to grow more and more, making the situation slightly uncomfortable as he struggled to hold himself up within the erotic position, biting down on his lip as his body began to heat up from the intimate friction the two were engaged in, not even noticing that Alessa had just been eliminated.

From out of nowhere however, Clyde would hear a voice calling his name. Hearing that familiar voice from someone whom he had not heard in quite a while. This prompted Clyde to turn his head and see none other than Zero Kotobuki, a young woman whom Clyde had met a while ago after a couple of drinks clouded his better judgement and got him into a bit of trouble with Zero. That was the old Clyde though, the kind of shameless person that he now longer was. The kind of person he was before he met Heather. But upon seeing Zero, Clyde's eyes grew wide as he saw the woman who had trained and prepared him for his match to capture the 24/7 tension and become the first holder for that belt in Tension as a result.

Left Hand Green, Bonnie. Dulsa would say before Bonnie went to place her hand on the third green spot from the bottom, at least before her brother ended up yelling. "Z-Zee!?!?!" before his right leg slipped up and pulled back as a result before collapsing down on the mat, moving Heather's leg with his arm as a result. Clyde's right arm would also end up pushing against Bonnie just as she lifted herself up to reach the green spot, causing her to nearly lose balance.

"Wahh!!" Bonnie would let out as she shook about but managed to catch herself by narrowly putting her right hand out on the third lowest green spot, but would also inadvertent cause her tank top covered breasts to loom down and press against Dante's face as she almost fell over him, standing in an awkward position at this point, her face flushed as she felt Dante's arm at the bottom of her crotch with his face against her breasts, trying to remain as still as possible with her body stretched out.

"Left hand blue, Dante." Dulsa would say, uncaring as to what was going on by the two left on the mat.

Meanwhile, Clyde still shocked to see Zero. "Zeee!!" He'd call out happily from under Heather before crawling out from under her to slide out of the ring and sprint towards her, attempting to leap towards Zero and give her an affectionate hug, with his head practically nuzzling against her breasts. "Long time no see!"

"Huh? Don't? Why not?" Heather would say, clearly teasing Clyde as she did her little maneuvering, placing her thigh over his crotch and feeling the bulge in his pants begin to grow. "I thought you said not to do it? You seem to be enjoying it quite a bit that I am doing it." Heather would say, laughing slightly at his predicament as she remained in her spot. "Careful Clyde, don't move around too much, you might fall."

Heather would begin to move her body slightly, rubbing her chest against his, just loving messing with him before she would hear the game continuing. She would hear another voice, but would block it out at first before she would hear Clyde yell back suddenly. "Huh!?" Heather would let out as Clyde would spring up, pushing her leg and casing her to fall over on her side as she would stare at Clyde in disbelief.

Meanwhile as all that was happening. Dante would be caught in quite the position as Bonnie would stumble, moving her hand to where she would and balancing herself, but would find her breasts pressed against his face and his arm against her crotch. Dante's face would turn an even deeper red at he would let out a small muffled sound as his eyes widened, frozen in place as he was in the very compromising position. Hearing his color assignment it wouldn't even really click to him as he would slide his left hand from the red circle to the first blue circle, inadvertently pushing himself up a bit more,his face still pressing against Bonnie's breasts.

He would raise his right hand up a bit, signalling about what was going on, though he figured Bonnie obviously knew as he would continue to balance himself. In his mind he was thinking that he should just fall, but his embarrassment was causing him to still freeze in place. Somehow, Alessa didn't seem to catch the situation at all as she had already at some point gotten to her feet and slid out of the ring, walking around a bit and looking around the gym, seemingly fascinated at all the stuff there.

Heather on the other hand would roll out of the ring as well, walking to one side with her back towards the ring, crossing her arms as she looked on at Clyde and Zero, tapping her foot slightly. She would loudly clear her throat at the situation, trying to hold in her arising anger at Clyde acting so friendly to someone she saw as some random girl.

Zero frowned a bit when Clyde, under the weight of all the people twisting and turning on top of him, sprung from the mess of limbs and to his feet, and quickly made his way over to her. Zero had not seen Clyde for some time, not since he slipped out of her room while she was sleeping after spending the night in her dorm. She had since found better accomidations. Not because she didn't want him to know where she lived...mostly.

When Clyde slid out of the ring Zero thought she was ready for anything. She wasnot, however, ready for when he wrapped his arms around her in a hug. Zero's unique eyes widened and she went stiff as a board, unable to surpress a small squeak of surprise. Her normally blank slate of a face now suddenly looked very alarmed, and her face went read when he felt what Clyde was doing to her breasts.

A few seconds later, Clyde would recieved a well deserved knee straight into his private parts, which Zero hoped would be enough to getthe man to back off. "D-Don't act so familiar!" she managed to get out.

Much to Clyde's poor judgement and choice, he once again found himself on the short end of the stick regarding his reunion with Zero after he gave her that hug and inadvertently nuzzled into her ample bust before he noticed how red in the face she was, prompting Clyde to stop what he was doing. "Uhh... Zeee?" Clyde would let out before a sudden flashback coursed through his mind that the last time he tried messing with Zero like that, he paid a heavy price, it was at that moment Clyde eased off the hug before he felt a reaction from Zero's leg that his own leg was rubbed up against, prompting Clyde to desperately and quickly turn his knee on the inside to narrowly block Zero's knee strike towards his crotch, wincing from the hit slightly before he fell back away from Zero and landed on the floor in front of her.

"Ahh!! H-Hey Hey Hey! T-The Hell you tryin to do!? Im Injured!! That any way you greet an old pal!?!? Besides you can't act like we don't know eachother, Teach!" Clyde would say as sat up and reached for Zero's hand to shake it frantically an apologetic manner. "Okay! Okay! I'm sorry! My Bad, Zee! Won't happen again! Promise! Sorry, Sorry Sorry! You ain't still mad about the milk are ya?" Clyde would tell her with a nervous laugh before he turned his head towards Heather, scrambled up to his feet towards her to grab her hand and guide her towards Zero.

"Uhmmm Heather... I'd like to meet an old lady-friend of mind... Zero Kotobuki... My Mentor... And Zero I'd like ya to meet the love of my life and my Fiancee... Heather Sunderland..." Clyde would say as he guided Heather over towards Zero while looking at the green haired Japanese girl with a rather nervous stare, hoping Heather and Zero could get along.

Meanwhile Bonnie was completely flustered by what had occurred and was struggling to keep herself standing upright despite the position. "Dee! Can ya breathe!!?!? We still playin'!?!?? Bonnie would ask Dante as she tried to turn herself would inadvertently caused her her inner thighs to rub along Dante's leg while her cleavage only sunk his head in Further. "Dulsa!! SPIN!!" She'd Command, even though Dulsa just sat there with her legs, crossed, having quite a bit of fun watching the two.

Heather would watch, still tapping her foot on the ground as she watched Clyde's interaction with Zero. She would see him keep himself pressed against her before Zero would throw her knee up, blocked by Clyde slightly. She knew where Zero was going to hit and it caused her to let out a small chuckle that she would instantly stop and try to erase the expression of amusement on her face completely, trying to keep her serious, annoyed face on.

She would hear Clyde's words to her, seeing hearing that this person that she could just make out being named "Z" was some sort of teacher to Clyde. She would scoff a little bit, thinking she was a just fine enough teacher and Clyde didn't need this "Z" girl to help him out as well. Though when Clyde came up to her suddenly, she would shoot him a little glare before he would lead her over to the girl.

With the introduction that Clyde gave, Heather couldn't help but slightly smile at how he introduced her as the love of his life. She would let out a sigh, tapping her foot a bit more before letting it go as much as she could. "H..Hi..it's ...nice to meet you...I hear Clyde had quite a bit of..'lady-friends' before he met me...though you don't seem like someone who would overstep her boundaries at this point." Heather would say, slightly hinting at her as she put on a smile.

Meanwhile as this all went on in the ring, Dante was still 'trapped' in quite the position in their game of twister as he would hear Bonnie's words. Dante would wave his hand a bit, trying to tell her it was fine, just hoping that Dulsa would give her a new place for her to move so they could get out of the position they were in. Though he would feel Bonnie try to turn herself, just causing her inner thighs to rub against him and her breasts pressing even further onto his face. He would let out a small groan, his arms shaking as he was running out of air, just hoping that Dulsa would spin like Bonnie was saying.

Zero quickly composed her self after her knee made Clyde back off, even if it didn't find its intended target. She quickly smoothed out her jacket, glaring daggers at Clyde for having the gall to do what he just did. At least he frantically appoilized, and allowed her hand to be taken and shook. Although the rate he was shaking it quickly had her retracting it back. "It's fine," Zero muttered.

It was then Zero would notice the sound of a tapping foot, and turned to face the woman who was producing the sound. It wasthen Clyde would invite the woman to meet her. Zero gave her a once over. She was shorter than Zero but carried herself as someone who knew how to take care of herself. Another wrestler in seemed. Then the woman, Heather apparently, seemed to scoff at Clyde introducing her as his Mentor. While Zero was not exactly sure she was CLyde's mentor she did not like Heather's attitude concerning it. In fact, the woman's whole condescending aura ticked Zero off.

Still, at the risk of being impolite, Zero would smile softly before taking the offered hand. "Nice to meet you too," she said, althought she felt anything but. Rather than get onto the subject of her and Clyde again, she looked back into the ring again. "What were you doing in there?" she asked.

Witnessing first hand the kind of uneasy atmosphere that was developing made Clyde really start to worry and was actually starting to regret introducing the two now that the situation was on the verge of gotten out of hand, most likely because Heather

Hearing and seeing the way Heather was in regards to Zero worried Clyde more than anything. He witnessed how Heather got when he referred to Zero as his old mentor before she glared at him while he pulled her along towards Zero, seeing the way she just tapped her foot with in attitude before Heather finally introduced herself to Zero, but Clyde could tell that Heather's introduction was anything but a truly pleasant one, even with Heather's statement to Zero, Clyde could tell Heather was slightly bitter, basically telling the green haired girl that Clyde's was her's and that she shouldn't get in the way. While Clyde found that common for Heather to get defensive around other girls he knew, Clyde didn't like the way Heather was talking to Zero since he considered her to be a close friend who helped him quite a bit.

"Uhmm... Zee... Can you excuse us for a sec?" Clyde would ask before pulling Heather away by her wrist, taking her away from Zero and the ring for a moment as he whispered to her with a look of alarm.

"Ok! What's goin' on? Why the attitude all of a sudden? Did Zero do somethin'?" Clyde would whisper to Heather with a serious look in his eyes as he tried to grasp what was going on.

"Hm.." Heather would let out as she would shake Zero's hand, keeping her gaze on the girl's eyes as she did. Every time she heard something of Clyde's past come up like an old lady-friend of his, she always became uneasy. She wanted to get rid of any troubles that his past was causing him and the fact that another part of his past just showed up got Heather going quite quickly.

"What were we doing? Simple, I was training Clyde. Stretching him out for-" Heather would begin to say before Clyde would interject, grabbing her by the wrist before pulling her away. "What Clyde!?" she would let out, still slightly offed by what he did earlier, running off on her to jump at another girl.

"Nothing, she did nothing. I'm just being careful Clyde. I don't know what went on between the two of you, but not knowing is what worried me more. I mean, the way you just jumped at her...just..almost completely ignoring what we were doing in there...How can you not expect me to be worried?"

When Clyde heard Heather voice her worries regarding him and Zero, the Texan would let out a small sigh before he looked to Heather with a troubled stare, knowing where Heather was coming from with her troubles, honestly feeling more guilty about his own actions more than anything.

"Nothin' happened between me and Zee. Nothin' at all... I promise ya." Clyde would tell Heather, trying to assure her that she wasn't like all the other women he had met before Heather. "Zero's just a friend, a good friend that I ain't seen in a while... She helped me... I got beat up real bad and she took care of me. I was a bigger jerk back then too and she helped make a better person... just like you ended up doing when we met. But dang Heather... Even if she was a girl I once I had ties it wouldn't change nothin'... I ain't pickin' anybody over you I promise, and Im sorry If I fucked up just now, but gotta trust me." Clyde would say to Heather with a soft stare into her eyes as he tried to end her worries.

"Now... Can we please try this again and be a bit nicer? For me, pleeaaassseeee? She's a little grouchy but she ain't so bad once you get to know her. You said it yourself once that you wanna stop makin' enemies and want more friends... Here's your chance!" Clyde would tell her as he reached for her hand, pulling up slowly before kissing the top of her hand softly, looking at her with a smile. "Try again?" He'd ask.

Meanwhile Dulsa would finally spin for Dante and Bonnie, all while watching the situation go down. "Pity that Gastin's gone soft... The old him was very... Interesting..." Dulsa would add before hitting the spinner with her finger. "Right leg Green, Bonnie." Dulsa would say before Bonnie managed to twist her body while throwing her leg out wildly to place it on the third highest green spot, twisting her a body a bit as a result so that her breasts were no longer on Dante's face, but the position would leave Bonnie's head resting against Dante's chest, breathing heavily against his body as she struggled to keep herself up.

"Dante, Right Hand Red."