"Conway's Crib" Feat. Akashi Tanikaze & Taylor Parker

[align=center:4mx7coay]Camera fades in to view a small studio stage set with a desk and large elegant throne along with a plain wooden guest chair off to the side of the desk while [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1kbu5yfLxc:4mx7coay]"Sick of You" by GWAR[/url:4mx7coay] played throughout the room with a live studio audience applauding and cheering behind the cameras as the host the show walked up on the stage from behind a curtain, wielding a microphone, looking towards the cameras with a confident smirk upon her face while bobbing her head to the music that was playing. She then marched herself past the large TV in the center to take a seat on her chair crossing her legs as she sat behind her desk. The host was none other than Kelly 'The Ghoul' Conway, and this was Conway's Crib...[/align:4mx7coay]

[align=center:4mx7coay]Tokyo, Japan - AFW Friction Complex: Studio C - 8:00 p.m. [/align:4mx7coay]

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[size=150:4mx7coay][align=center:4mx7coay]With Kelly Conway[/align:4mx7coay]
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[size=150:4mx7coay][align=center:4mx7coay]Akashi Tanikaze & Taylor Parker[/align:4mx7coay]
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The song then began to fade out and the crowd grew quiet. The Host was about to speak.

"Good Evening Sadomasochists and Uneducated and Over-Funded Drones around the world! I am Kelly 'The Ghoul' Conway and THIS is Conway's Crib! AFW's Number One Talk Show starring yours truly! Kelly opened her show in a joyful and bright mood. Wearing Nikolette's leather pilot hat that had aviator goggles on it. Treasuring the item she stole because it looked cool.

"You know I normally talk a lot of Shit, folks! And I could be sitting here ranting about how Sarah Gatt should be publishing a "Where's Sarah Gatt" book series while I bring a 300 pound roided freak on stage to protect me, even thought I'm a wrestler, but I'm still a pussy. No. Tonight isn't about Me or My Vandetta's at all...Tonight Kelly Conway is on her best behavior for Mommy and Daddy. Tonight we have a very very special show you all tonight, ladies and germs. BECAUSE tonight is no ordinary, run of the mill, break-the-mold episode, oh no! Tonight is special! Tonight we got something real HOT and DANGEROUS between two former friends turned bitter enemies who will meet THIS December at AFW's end of the year Pay-Per-View: AVALANCHE in what could be the one of the most highly anticipated and talked about feuds this past year set to go off at our Company's biggest and greatest show of the year!" Kelly let loose into her mic with high energy in her voice, genuinely pumped up about her show hosting such a thing and trying to put on as much a spectacle as she could to make some good impressions along with showing off her charisma at the mic.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Tonight's episode of Conway's Crib will feature two of Friction's Elite! Former Best-Friends and Tag-Team Partners turned Bitter Rivals, set to Fight at our Upcoming Pay-Per-View! But Tonight the poor folks at home will be able to witness the official contract signing to solidify that match here on Conway's Crib for Akashi Tanikaze Vs. Taylor Parker at Avalanche!" Kelly jeered into her mic before looking to her left.

"On to our FIRST GUEST! Hailing from New York City! Perhaps one of the charismatic, genuine and dedicated athletes in AFW Today. A controversial figure among her fellow co-workers but a favorite among the fans from both East and West nonetheless. She is perhaps most famous for defeating Natalia The Dream by Submission at last years Avalanche to become the very FIRST Holder of the Entropy Title. Ladies and Gentleman.... Leader of Blue Team in The Temple Games... [size=150:4mx7coay]Taylor Parker!"

Taylor had some spring in her step as she strode out from backstage. She stopped and gave the crowd a huge, exaggerated wave, moving her arm over her head like a windshield wiper once right, and once left. With a lopsided grin and a coy look, she swaggered over to her chair next to Kelly.

She was dressed just the same as she would have been off TV, but with a few extra touches. Her eyes were made up a little more darkly, more dramatically, her hair had sections tied back to look like pigtails, but the rest of it was loose, silky, and slightly wavy as it hung around her shoulders. She wore a black cord necklace, a tight black Rise Against t-shirt with a clenched fist inside a heart on the front, and a pair of skin tight dark blue jeans ripped over one knee, frayed threadbare over one hip, and very slightly ripped at the top of the back of one thigh with a black, chrome studded belt around her hips and pair of bright red Doc Marten's laced to the ankle. She had a ring in one eyebrow, a tiny stud in her nose and one in each ear, and a little silver ring in her belly button that just showed under the hem of her shirt along with a thin strip of her midsection.

She flopped into the chair and propped her boots up on Kelly's desk while she waited for the crowd to settle back down. She kept a little grin on her face and gave the crowd another little wave with both hands, and peered at Kelly with bright eyes, raising her eyebrows and resting her chin on her palm.

Kelly would stand from her chair and proceed to start clapping in order to get the audience going a bit quicker with their response, not that they needed Kelly anyway, the crowd was clearly familiar with Taylor and they welcomed her with a strong, positive reception that was quite genuine.

Kelly remained clapping as Taylor made her appearance and grinned as the punk took her seat and got her boots up on the desk, making Kelly's grin fade a bit. That was her desk! But Kelly kept herself calm, good things would be in store for her if she behaved. Had to behave.

"Pleasure to have you, Parker!" Kelly would let out, reaching over to offer a handshake to Taylor.

Regardless if Taylor shook Kelly's hand or not, The Ghoul sat back up and pointed to her left. "AND NOW! For our next Guest and fellow participant in this year's Avalanche event! A veteran and Icon within this promotion! She is without a doubt the most decorated athlete in AFW history, having made it the semi finals in past tournament to determine the number #1 contender for the AFW Title! Winner of the Inaugural Hentai Blitz Tournament to obtain contendership for that divisions title! She is THE Former AFW Champion... From Japan.... [size=150:3qn8rd6f]"Akashi Tanikaze!!!" Kelly would let out into her mic as she spoke with great intensity before calling out the final guest whose name would garner a thunderous pop from the crowd to welcome the sumo icon.

For now the crowd wasn't choosing sides, they all seemed to greet both wrestlers with a postive reaction. But only time would tell who would earn the favor of the crowd. Only time would tell if someone took a DDT on stage.

Akashi tugged on her obi sash as her name was called. She was wearing a a royal purple kimono top that had golden dragons embroidered on it. It was open, showing off a bounty of cleavage and was tied by a deep purple Obi sash. She was wearing a pair of black hakama pants and as she stepped out into the stage, her wooden geta sandals clacked on the ground. Her hair was partially tied up in a messy bun that was stabbed with two gold tipped chopsticks. Her hair was so great in mass, that there were still ringletted tendrils hanging on either side of her race and bouncing against her shoulders. Her make-up was done up brilliantly and she looked like a beautifully regal samurai from a long forgotten era.

She turned to the crowed as it cheered and bowed deeply before turning and looking first at Kelly and then at Taylor. She bowed to Kelly and nodded to Taylor, barely bending her shoulders. She wasn't nervous. Not like she had been with the boxing. And not since right after their split. If anything Akashi had felt fatigued but in an anxious way. She had really just wanted to put all this behind her. It was consuming her life and she didn't like that. Whether Taylor and her would ever truly be sisters again or they would just simply agree to hate each other, Akashi was tired of dancing around the issue. She needed it to be settled. That was why she wanted this. So that neither of them could back down. So that neither of them could be interfered with.

She took her own seat and folded her hands in her lap. "Thank you for going through with this, Conway-san." Akashi said as she looked at Kelly. She then turned and looked at Taylor. "And Taylor-chan as well. I hope you're as eager to settle things as I am. After I walk out of Avalanche with a victory, I would like to finally put all of this nonsense to rest."

"Yeah." Taylor said absent mindedly, and gave Kelly's hand a single pump. She was preoccupied by the imminent arrival of... her.

Taylor's lip curled while she watched Akashi make her entrance and sit down next to her. She turned her head away and rolled her eyes, and didn't give Akashi the dignity of making eye contact. She quickly turned her scowl into a lopsided grin.

"Yeah, it's been a while for ya, hasn't it?" She said with mock sympathy. "Sorry to inconvenience you, but you're going to be thinking about the beating I'm going to give you for a long, long time, so I'll just get nice and comfy up there in that roomy head of yours." She reached out with her finger and gave Akashi's forehead a sharp tap.

She looked over at Kelly and smiled. "Alright, do your thing, Kelly." Taylor realized that while she was trying to make a reference to Regis and Kelly, the TV show, Kelly actually was the girl's name. She let it go.

Akashi shook her head at Taylor. That wasn't going to happen anymore. When Taylor came close, she swatted the girl's hand away and looked to Kelly as well. "Hai." She said in a calm manner. "Whatever formalities that are planned, please proceed, Conway-san. I have a few things I would like to say before we settle things and sign the contract, however."

No one told Kelly she supposed to dress up. She felt outclassed. These two girls were all spruced up and she felt she was in the middle of a culture class or something. East Meets Wests. It was funny because Kelly was American but her wrestling outfit was modeled after a Chinese dress. She would have worn something a lot nicer had she known Akashi and Taylor were going to do the same, she expected them in their wrestling gear. Oh well Kelly thought.

Having shaken hands with Taylor, Kelly extended her hand to greet Akashi the same way as the sumo sat down, her words making Kelly's eyes widen. "Wah!? Oh! It was... It was my pleasure to be in the grand service of the AFW's needs! Conway's Crib is..is... Happy to serve!" Kelly added nervously while scratching her pilot hat and giving a thumbs up to the camera before going silent as the two future combatants started exchanging banter with one another, the scene making Kelly grin wide. This was starting to get rather juicy. The atmosphere SEEMED very lax but she was willing to bet that these two were ready to go off at any moment given a few more exchanges.

She found it interesting how the two addressed her. Taylor was very casual and Akashi was very formal, it made Kelly wonder how these two even managed to mix at first. Part of her wanted to express that she honestly liked the duo because of who they fought, but Kelly kept her opinions to herself. It would be bad for business if these two started made up right here because Kelly opened her yapper.

Following Akashi's defense from Taylor's finger, Kelly blinked at Sumo's words while she gripped the clipboard that held the contract that she was about to read out for the duo before Akashi claimed to have something to say.

Kelly nodded with a pleasant smile. "Go ahead, Ms. Tanikaze! Say whatever you feel like! We're on a commercial free airing and the only thing I have to share with you are some liability statements... Don't worry they're still covering medical expenses." Kelly joked before she cleared her throat and grabbed her mic to point it between Taylor and Akashi, leaning more towards the latter.

"Go ahead, Ms. Tanikaze."

Akashi sighed as Kelly spoke. She thought that this was going to be ... different... But she wasn't exactly sure how. When Kelly told her to speak, Akashi stood up. She looked at Taylor and stared her down. "I don't care what type of match we're in. I'm sure if we don't do standard then you'll probably complain that it didn't prove anything. It's fine. That, I don't mind. Whatever circumstance is required to show you how utterly disrespectful and embarrassing you have been towards myself, your Onee-chan, and yourself is fine." Akashi furrowed her brow and glared at Taylor.

When it came down to it, Akashi had felt truly disrespected. In a culture where respect, especially for one's elders and family, was was placed upon the highest pedestal, Taylor had committed the ultimate sins. Akashi wasn't doing what she was doing for herself, but for Taylor as well. In a long forgotten time, all this would have resulted in complete disgrace for both of them and almost certainly seppuku. Taylor just didn't understand the depth of what she was doing and Akashi was forced to take care of the situation as the head of their 'family'.

But But this ordeal had put a lot of perspective into her own life. She felt things that she also didn't want to feel. Things about her own family. Everything was confusing and ridiculous. As she thought about it, she shoved all those thoughts away and focused on Taylor. "Aside from the contract I earned at the Temple games, I want one more thing when I defeat you. I want your ranking spot. You have been sitting on it too long and I am well within my right to challenge you for that as well, seeing as you're only two spots in. It is time for you to go."

Akashi clenched her fists and sneered at Taylor. "To speak plainly, there are places where you belong that do not include place holding a spot in line for a title you have no business going after!"

Taylor sneered at Akashi, and put her feet back on the floor when the sumo stood up. She very deliberately looked relaxed, but in fact her heart was pounding. She was ready to fight right then and there, and the more she thought about it, the more certain she was that they would. She took short, measured breaths, and put on a punky grin that belied her true feelings.

"I've given you all the respect you deserve, you greasy little pudgemonster." She retorted. But as Akashi went on, her smile faded. Her spot in the rankings? It was true that she'd gone nowhere since being placed there, but she had the Entropy thing first, and that didn't affect her rank, and then the injury, and...

She scowled, and by the time Akashi was finished she was holding her breath. She clenched her fists to stop her hands from shaking. She was sure her cheeks were red. She looked like she was going to say something, and then looked away, her eyes burning a hole in the floor until she took a deep breath and looked back at Akashi.

She stood up, and spoke in a low, seething voice. "I don't know if I belong in the rankings, and I don't care. You want my spot, you can take it, win or lose. I know it must be killing you that I have something that you don't." She paused, and when she continued, her voice was gritty and her eyes dangerous. "But when we do this, I don't want any chance of one of your girlfriends showing up to mess with me. I want you and me, in a ring, and that's it. I want an I Quit match."

She paused, consciously took a breath, and then added. "And by the way, you," She said. "Are not my sister."

Akashi listened carefully as Taylor began to speak. She had been around the girl long enough that she knew quite well when the girl was trying to hide her true feelings. Which, Akashi mused silently, was quite often. And she couldn't go one sentence without trying to fling a verbal insult either. At this point, those were all but white noise to the Sumo.

Akashi could barely contain herself when Taylor was finished and even before she got the words completely out, her hand came out to slap Taylor hard across the face. "No!" She shouted. "I do NOT accept your terms! I have no interest in hearing you say those words. When I beat you, and you finally can't take anymore, I want you to say it. I want you to admit I was right and properly give me the respect I deserve as your sister. The only words of submission I will accept from you is "I am sorry. Forgive me, Onee-chan!"

Akashi crossed her arms under her breasts and snorted. "I want the world to hear it." She growled. "And if, by some miracle, you put me in an intolerable position, then I will admit that we are not sisters. I will say that! I will say "I admit it! We are not sisters!"

Akashi turned and looked at Kelly, as though she could some how make it happen. "Those are the terms I agree to!" She said and snapped her head back to Taylor. "How is that, Imouto-chan?!" She asked, staring hard at Taylor.