First day, first punch, first rivalry

Aoko had just arrived in AFW, she hadn't been her for long although so far she was liking this place, most people were nice to her and treated her well....although she hadn't met many other wrestlers, so that was why she went to the gym today. She wanted to check up and see if she could find someone here that could maybe be her trainer, and right after she had watched the PPV of AFW, the one named Summer Splash, she had seen quite a few people that she could think of. One of them that came into mind was a girl named Angel, or maybe the champion herself Sarah. There where others put at the moment those two where the ones that she was looking at the most.

Aoko was wearing not much more than a white tank top and a pair of black lycra shorts, she wore a pair of white training shoes. When she finally moved out from the locker room and into the gym there seemed to be no people in there at all...it was disappointing to see, but she figured that she would just take a while to work out a bit and hope someone would show up. So she walked over towards a rowing machine and sat down on it, and started to work out a bit, rowing away as she did.

Heather Sunderland was making her way through the hallways in the Friction facility, stretching her arms out as she wore her usual wrestling attire. She was in not the greatest of moods after her sour victory at Summer Splash. "Kuh..Disqualification at a Pay Per View..the hell does that get me. I hate Summer Splash.." Heather would say to herself, remembering last year's not turning out too well for her either. To take out her frustrations as much as she could, Heather was headed to the gym, figuring it wouldn't hurt to get a little training in as well.

As she got there, she would notice the fact that the room was mostly empty. It was a relief for her in the mood she was in, but then she would spot someone she hasn't seen before. Someone new maybe? She would make her way near, trying to play it off as she caught a glance at her, getting a good look at her face. It was actually someone she recognized, she thought. The look reminded her of a certain actress in a movie she had watched recently. She would shake her head a bit before looking again, there was no doubt about it that it was, Aoko Reinhardt.

Heather would tilt her head a bit before taking a few steps over to the girl, getting on one of the same machines next to her. She would work on it for a bit before glancing over to her. "You know..last time I checked this was a gym for wrestlers only.." She would say in passing, looking forward after her glance.

Aoko was just doing what training she could do at the moment, as she didn't have any skilled wrestler that could show her to ropes and become her teacher, still Aoko wasn't all that broken up about it, this was the first day that she looked for one, it was bound to be a little hard to find one of the top wrestlers and then get her to start training a near novice when it came to wrestling and such, she already had her eye on almost every one that was a champion or in the top ten ranked wrestlers list. There were so many to ask, but she didn't know who to pick, she could find a lot of things she liked about most of the girls on there, and little she didn't. But she figured that if she wanted a good trainer, then she had to take the on that she felt resonated the best with her...and not just the top wrestler there was. If that was the case then she would have just immediately gone for Sarah Gatt, as she was the top ranked and the main champion...besides she seemed the easiest to get to be a trainer...rumor had it that she would do anything for money after all.

Aoko kept rowing up until the point where she had been so lost in her thoughts about finding a trainer, that she had been oblivious to the sound of someone walking up to her and speaking, and as she heard the voice she jumped up a bit, startled by the girl. " Woah! oh Oh....uhm sorry. you scared me." Aoko said as she let go of the rowing handlebars and looked over towards where the voice came from, when she gazed upon the girl she saw that it was actually the 5# ranked wrestler Heather Sunderland. Which caused Aoko to spring up to her feet and scratch the back of her head. " Aaaah! Sooorry!...I didn't mean to jump like that. I just...didn't think there was anyone here and.." Aoko was blushing a bit, even though she was a big movie star, she still watched a lot of wrestling and what she ended up watching the most was AFW. So most of the girl that were big names here....probably was like movie stars for Aoko. And that was kinda how it felt for Aoko to meet Heather for the first time. Almost as if she had met a movie star.

"It's a pleasure to meet you ! Heather Sunderland ! Right ? ....I didn't screw up the name or anything did I ? or get confused ?" Aoko said as she still blushed quite a bit, when she then tried to grab a hold of Heather's hand and give her a two handed handshake.

At Heather's words, as Aoko jumped Heather would look back at her, not expecting to startle the girl like she did. As the girl looked over to her, springing up to her feet as she did, Heather would stare at her, blinking a few times at her reaction. She seemed quite flustered by the fact that she was startled, frantically apologizing as she did. "...uhh...it's fine?" Heather would let out, not really knowing what to say in response to the girl's actions as she saw her blush.

Heather would tilt her head a bit before she would hear Aoko talk about her, taking her hand in a two-handed handshake. "Yeah, you actually did get it right. Some people are stupid enough to pronounce it wrong somehow." Heather would say with a big grin as it seemed the girl regarded her quite highly. "Of course though, it's only obvious people on the outside would know me quite well. I AM the best in the business anyways." Heather would say with a little sigh as she stood up.

"But really though, I know who you are. Aoko Reinhardt? I've seen a couple of your movies...they're good..but again, this is the AFW Friction gym, it's not open to the public. Maybe you came to the wrong place or something?"

Aoko looked on and was still blushing as she did, she waited to hear what Heather had to say really, she didn't really hear it the first time but if she admitted that she didn't really listen the first time, it might come across as rude or something so she tried to act as if she just hadn't really heard Heather say anything and it was her approaching her that startled her. Aoko looked on as Heather did seem a bit confused by the two handed hand shake, so she retracted her hands and looked away a little.

" Really ? You're the best ? I thought you were...like 5th best ? " Aoko asked as she then quickly added, " Not to mean that you aren't good, but I thought that was what the rankings were for, so that people could see who was the best." Aoko asked as she looked rather nervous and flustered still, she wondered if Heather could be the one that should train her. She was certainly boastful so that was something....but other than that she didn't know enough or fell well enough about to the girl to ask her to train a novice like Aoko was.

But it seemed as though Heather had a question, and when Aoko heard it she straightened her back and looked quite stiff for a moment, as she thought she had really done something stupid....before she remembered that she was a part of AFW. " Uhm...I am a part of AFW, I joined right after Summer Splash." Aoko said as she then cracked a smile. " You've seen my movies ? ...wow....didn't think a hard training athlete such as you would have time or yet alone be interested in my movies."

At Aoko's little retort, claiming that she was the 5th best, Heather would cross her arms, gritting her teeth a bit as she tried to hide her slight frustration. When it came down to it, according to the ranking systems that may be the truth, but Heather would shake her head. "That..means nothing. All that means is that that's four people I haven't had a rankings match with, that's all really." Heather would say, shrugging a bit as she did. She tried to play it off as a matter-of-fact, but it was clear it got to her a bit.

What Aoko said next though really got to her. She would stare at her a bit after she finished speaking before letting out a little chuckle, shaking her head. "No no, I mean, it's for WRESTLERS only...What did you join as..promotion staff or something? I guess being an actress can help out with that." Heather would say before Aoko talked about her movies.

"Well..I DO get some downtime...and I might just enjoy that sort of thing a bit..so what? It means nothing got it?"

Aoko shook her head a bit as Heather seemed to be upset by the fact that she called Heather the 5th best wrestler, she didn't mean to insult her and just thought that was how it was. The movie star would attempt to fix that, until Heather explained things about how the rankings and such worked. Aoko looked on at Heather for a few seconds, before she would move one hand up and then punch down her other hand against her open palm. " I get it ! So that means that anyone on the list could be considered one of the best right ? And that even though someone is the champion, it doesn't mean that they are the best. right ?" Aoko asked as she then put on a very ponderous look, placing the tip of her finger against her chin and tapped it a bit.

" So that means that people like Cecilia Northman, Angel, Natalia, Tiffany, Kelly and so on are really strong too right ? And could rival you or the champion. Or am I getting things wrong ?" Aoko said as she actually was a bit relived if that was it, cause then it meant that she could just find the wrestler she thought was awesome and was a good fit for her to be her trainer, instead of just going for the absolutely highest up on the list.

Aoko then pouted as Heather began to chuckle, she put on a bit of a scowl on her face as Heather talked about gym only being for wrestlers. Aoko would let out a loud " Hey! What's so funny!" before she stepped up a step closer to Heather. " I am a wrestler! I just joined here!" Aoko said as she then just shrug her shoulders.

" Hey I didn't say it was wrong, Just didn't think someone like you would watch teen movies and stuff like that. " Aoko said with a bit of a mocking tone, she had become rather pissed at Heather for her insinuating that she wasn't good enough to be a wrestler.

"Eh..n-no that's..." Heather would let out as Aoko turned what she said around on her, intentional or not. She would rub her forehead a bit with her thumb and pointer finger, trying to come up with what to say in response. "N-no..The higher up means that...Well..." Heather would continue, raking her brain as she would scratch her head, trying to make her points be the truth, but still correct the girl as she did. She was getting increasingly frustrated in it, not being able to do so.

"Eh..well..not exactly..I-I mean the higher up the better...in name...or..Kh just forget it!!" Heather would let out finally, stomping her foot on the ground in frustration as she couldn't come up with anything further to say. The girl, not knowing anything about the system it seemed, had stumped her and shown she was just being arrogant.

Next though, as she chuckled at the girl's words, she would see her step up to her, exclaiming that she was indeed a wrestler. Heather would stare at her, blinking a few times before she would cross her arms. "...We don't have stunt doubles out here you know. You actually have to get in there and wrestle. It's meant for people who know how to do that.."

"Kh...I..I DO have time a-alright? On my off time..s-so what..I enjoy them."

Aoko did try and make things clear for herself and clearing that with Heather to see if it was true, but the more she heard from Heather she started to get confused, the small things that Heather said that was made in attempts to correct Aoko just left question marks over her head. " But...then it means that you aren't the best, if you are better the higher up you are ? " Aoko asked as she looked on at Heather for a few moment, before the girl stomped at the ground and shouted out as she did.

Something that just left Aoko staring at her, the fact that Aoko didn't really understand the system all to well or maybe that Heather had confused the system for her from the beginning had made things into quite a troublesome weave to try and untangle.

Aoko was forced to pout a bit as she heard what Heather said, it caused her to cross her arms under her impressive chest as she glared at the more experienced wrestler. " W-what do you mean by stunt doubles !!! " Aoko shouted out at Heather, seemingly more than a little upset by what Heather had said, " I have never used stunt doubles in all my life !! I always do my own stunts!" Aoko shouted out at Heather as she was starting to get a bit angry by what Heather was saying.

" Haaa~ I see..It's fine, I mean if you want to spend your time watching my movies....then that's good isn't it ? It means I'm making something that you enjoy! Maybe someday the same could be said for what you do for me. " Aoko said back at heather as she was trying to throw a little not to obvious insult at Heather.

"Kh...That's.." Heather would let out, unable to respond to what Aoko was saying as she proved quite the point. It was true that that was how it really was. Technically, ranking wise, Heather certainly wasn't the best. She couldn't call herself that until she got a hold of that title. The girl had a point, and Heather really couldn't argue with her when it came down to it.

"You know EXACTLY what I mean. I've trained my whole...egh...as...long as I remember to be a wrestler! That's why I'm here. My moveset was developed well before I came here." Heather would step forward as well, getting into Aoko's face as they almost stood chest to chest. "Regardless of what you might think, there are no safeguards here, no crew to stop you from getting hurt. It's a JOKE that you think you can just come in here and call yourself a wrestler.." Heather would say, a little harsh, but the girl calling her out on her words of being the best had already riled her up too much.

"Kh..What??? You're pushing me right now. Keep doing it and I'll show you the difference between an actress and a wrestler."