Monkey See, Barricuda Do

Akashi couldn't help but roll her eyes when Taylor threw her finger back. That was pretty typical, a very Taylor response. Akashi was honestly tired of it. Taylor took everything so personally and it was impossible to deal with the girl in any reasonable way. She'd never listen to reason and she'd never just let things pass under the bridge. She was so afraid of getting hurt that she took every opportunity she could find to seek out injury to justify how she lived.

Akashi couldn't live that way. She needed harmony in her life, she needed balance. She wanted to believe that there was good in everyone which is why she even befriended a bitch like Sarah Gatt. She had done and said terrible things to Taylor, Akashi couldn't deny that, but in the heat of passion, people say and do things they don't mean to say, even if they believe those things. Maybe Taylor was right about Akashi. Maybe she didn't respect her. But Taylor took Akashi's sisterly affection and tough love as disrespect when it was the opposite. The things she had said and did, she did out of kindness and affection. Akashi always believed in tough love, why should she treat Taylor different. If anything, the harder she was on Taylor, the more she was expressing her love. Why couldn't Taylor understand that? Why couldn't she just accept that Akashi had her best interests in mind! Or that Akashi was human too and maybe sometimes she took things too far because she, herself, was super competitive. There was a part of her that didn't want to admit that she might be threatened by Taylor, who was certainly a rising star in the league. That boiled her up. Even if Taylor was er sister, Akashi still wanted to be the best. The top. The Yokozuna and she had to set sisterly bonds aside when the time came.

Maybe that was her problem? Maybe it was Taylor's problem with her? But would Taylor be any different? Akashi was pretty sure that if Taylor had to chose between their bond and her own career that there wouldn't be a choice for Taylor at all. That hurt Akashi because she knew at least that she would consider it. Akashi stamped her foot though out of frustration, not of anger. Taylor really was a brat and her double standards made Akashi angry. The sumo knew what she had to do and after she was done beating the living tar out of Taylor, she would thank her for straightening her head back. And then she would hug her tightly and they would cry together and everything would be fine again. And then she'd kick her ass for putting her through all this in the first place!