Ace in the Hole

Tai Kamiya hummed softly to himself as he and his companion, a silver haired girl dressed in a tank top and jean pants, rode the elevator up the floors of Friction's main office. Tai himself had chosen a more formal attire, a grey suit, white undershirt, matching pants and even a matching tie, as well as not dying his hair pink, instead combing it and tying it back in a pony tail while leaving it its natural black color. He had even made the effort to arrive on time for once!


There was good reason for him dressing up nicely, he had managed to get an appointment with Friction's main manager, Lukretia, somebody Tai had several....less than enjoyable meetings with in the past. He was still excited however, as he looked over the girl he brought with him, certain Lukretia was in for a surprise this time. The girl behind him, meanwhile, was trying to look confident, having heard some horror stories about this "GM" she was about to meet for the first time.

When they arrived a their floor, the pair quickly made their way through the hall to stop outside the bosses office, at her assistants desk, Tai smiling and winking as he greeted her.

"Hilde!Long time no see, how ya been? Did you ever get my emails inviting you to dinner with me? Listen, hate to bug ya, but my friend and I here have an appointment with the boss lady...mind buzzing her and letting her know we're here? I appreciate it alot!"

Hild fidgeted as Tai walked in. Ever since she'd set up the appointment between him and Lukretia, she wondered how it might go. She might have discouraged to not even bother, but it wasn't about him. It was about a new prospect. The girl who followed in after Tai. Hilde looked her over. Her name was Haley but she went by Silver Ace in the ring. She was already an employee with the company but had yet to have even a debut match. Hilde could only guess at what the meeting might be about. Had Lukretia been denying match requests? Hilde never even sent any to her concerning the girl as far as she knew. It was quite puzzling.

Despite all that, she smiled pleasantly at Tai. "Good afternoon, Mr. Kamiya." She said and nodded. "And Ms. Haley." She said to the silver haired girl. "Ms. Von Creuzfeldt is ready for you." She said, ignoring tTai's questions about the emails. Of course she had gotten them, but she had politely ignored him. Even if she had time for frivolous inner dates with Tai, which she didn't, she knew of the man's reputation and Hilde was one tree he'd be barking up quite futilely.

Hilde pressed the intercom and it buzzed. She then nodded tot he two. "You may enter."" Her eyes drifted towards Haley. "Good luck." She said in a teasing manner.

Haley smiled as Hilde added the honorific to her name, nodding politely in response.

"Thank you Ms. Hilde, we appreciate it."

She said, glad that at least Lukretia's secretary was nice, though she was still nervous about meeting her boss. Technically, she had signed her first contract with Tai, who then got her a deal to sign a contract with AFW, but she had yet to meet the infamous Von Cruezveldt face to face, having nothing but stories from some of the other girls she had met, and Tai's firsthand experiences. She was thankful she had Tai here to do the brunt of the talking, as she was nervous with verbal confrontations, and if anybody would speak with Lukretia for her, she was glad it was somebody with experience in doing so.

Tai smiled and nodded as Hilde buzzed them in and wished them luck.

"Yeah, tell me about it. Stay cool Hilde, see ya soon."

He said, waving a farewell as they came up to and started to enter the room, Tai, despite looking oh so confident, having to fight back a small wave of apprehension, which was justified, seeing as there had never been a good outcome to him entering this room and dealing with this one particular woman.

"Just hope she doesn't bring up the maid outfit"

He thought to himself, recalling the last time he was in her office. Best not to let his client know about that particular little incident. After all, He had promised that he was going to bat for her and was going to guide her career, it just wouldn't do to have her image of him ruined.

When they entered and shut the door behind them, Tai smiled and offered a small, yet polite, japanese bow of respect towards Lukretia, with Haley quickly copying him.

"Miss Von Cruezveldt, thank you for taking the time for this meeting. Es ist ein Vergnügen, Sie zu sehen, wie immer. May I introduce one of my new clients, Silver Ace, soon to be one of AFW's best and brightest?"

Haley smiled and followed Tai as they stepped into the center of the office.

"It's a real pleasure Miss, you can call me Haley though, if you like."

She said, hoping being polite would help her make a good first impression.

Lukretia was sitting in her desk staring down at some papers when the two entered. In fact, she was looking over Harley's file. She did not even spare a glance upward until both of them were finished introducing themselves. Once they were finished and a thoroughly long silence permeated the room, she stood up and looked at the two. She was dressed in a black dress that was sleek and tight but did not reveal a lot of skin.

Lukretia swung around the desk and looked at Tai. She tilted her head and stepped forward until she was close. She brought up her finger and ran it along his tie. She grabbed his lapels and gave them a tug and then tilted her head to look back at his hair. "A fine sight better zan last time.' She said simply. "A man who can dress unlike a derelict vill alvways do much better for himself." She said in an even tone, not giving away her own position on the matter. She then grinned. "Still, I think it is lacking something. For meine preference, I still prefer ze one vith lace."

Lukretia then turned her attention to Harley. "So zis is ze Fraulein you vish to bring into ze organization." She said to Tai as she looked at Harley. She reached out her hand and pressed it against Harley's cheek and brought her lips close tot he other girls as she stared into the silver haired girl's eyes. "Tell me." She said, continuing to talk to Tai while staring at Harley, even pressing her body against the girls so their breast gently brushed together.

"Vhy are you in meine office vasting meine time? If you vant to manage, zen meine secretary or Ms. Fortuna can handle match requests.

Normally, Tai would have felt the need to say something, fill the awkward silence in the room after their introductions. He had learned, however, from past encounters, keeping quite and, when Haley looked like she was about to say something, giving her a subtle nudge to keep her quiet.

Tai continued the silent act as Lukretia looked him over, not making any perverted jokes like he normally would have, simply smirking as she finished looking him over, even brushing aside her comment about the lace...though he did pretend not to notice Haley's confused expression over the comment.

Haley was next for inspection, finding herself staring directly into Lukretia's eyes as her boss held her face close to her's, their soft lips faintly touching as Lukretia spoke, Haley's modest bust gently brushing against the German woman's impressive bust. Tai had warned her multiple times that Lukretia enjoyed intimidating people and that Ace's best chance was to stand tall and not show sign that she was intimidated. While it was impossible not to feel intimidated, and Haley had no doubt that Lukretia could probably sense it easily either way, She still, to her credit, kept her back straight, and stared directly into Lukretia's eyes she claimed they were wasting her time.

Tai quickly stepped in to answer that question, carefully watching Ace to see how she was doing.

"Yes, I could have asked Ms. Fortuna or the lovely Hilde for a simple debut match...but we came to you because we feel this deserves to be something...bigger, than just a normal match on Friction."

He said, adjusting his tie before continuing

"I'll cut to the chase. I'm going to be bringing in and managing several girls, all of them immensely talented and well trained. Ace here is one of them, having spent years training and working in independent leagues around the world, from Mexico, to America, to even the few companies in Japan that AFW hasn't bought out already.

She has trained in a variety of styles and combined them together into her own unique style that is highly effective. This is a girl who could face anybody on Frictions roster and hold her own. She could go toe to toe with any Entropy or World Champion Friction's ever had and be their equals, if not better. On top of that, she's just ONE of the girls that I'm bringing into AFW, so you can just imagine what a group could do!"

He said, smirking as he finally got to his point.

"So, given Ace's talents, Her debut deserves to be special, where she can show off her skills and act as a preview for what our fans can expect from now on. I feel that the best way to do this, is for Silver Ace's debut to happen at AFW's biggest and most important event: Avalanche!"

He finished, standing back next to Ace and watching Lukretia for her reaction, though he was preparing for some kind of insulting comeback.

Lukretia didn't stop staring at Harley once as Tai spoke. She continued their intimate staring contest until finally Tai was finished. She then lifted up her hand and pressed it against Harley's cheek. She took a step back and drew down all but her index finger, using it to tilt Harley's face in one direction, slid her finger under the girl's chin and tilted her head the other way. She then removed her hand altogether and crossed her arms. She hadn't looked at Tai since she started looking over his Ace.

"Und vhat do you think, Fraulein?" She asked. "Do you agree vith Herr Kamiya? I'm sure it vill be easy enough for you to bob your head in agreement." She said as she smirked at the silver haired girl. "But I vant to know if you can at least speak on your own."

Haley frowned as Lukretia turned her face with her finger, feeling like she was being treated like some kind of doll.

Finally she let go and stepped back, still looking at her as she demanded that Ace speak for herself. While Haley had never been comfy with confrontational speaking, this was clearly a situation where she had no choice, it was up to her to convince Lukretia that she deserved this.

Crossing her arms, she maintained eye contact with Lukretia before responding.

"Yes, I do agree with him. Unlike a large part of your roster, I'm not just some slutty bikini model coming in for a fast fuck and a fat check. I'm not here to flash my breasts or let people take pictures of my pussy. I have spent years preparing for this, I've trained everywhere I could, Canada, America, Mexico, Germany, Japan, everywhere. I've been stretched till I cried and passed out during training, and been beaten up in opening matches, paying my dues and learning my craft, constantly improving until soon, I was the one getting my hand raised in victory.

I've given up everything to do this. I haven't been home or seen my family in years, I've got scars on my body from Japanese Deathmatches, I've had my ass kicked and I've given it back tenfold. In the ring, I don't care about being popular, or doing stupid hentai crap, or looking pretty or any of that crap. In the ring, my sole focus is the fight. I'm here because I want to fight the biggest and best wrestlers you have to offer, to test my skills against theirs, and give them the toughest fight they've ever had!"

She said, getting more passionate as she talked, walking closer to Lukretia until they were face to face, eye to eye, again.

"So....what do you say to that?"

Lukretia listened to Harley's words with interest, focusing on her much more than she did with Tai. It was an impressive resume she was spouting off. If it was true then maybe she would get to the places she and her manager insisted they already belonged. But AFW was a different animal. Whatever this woman thought about wrestling she was not prepared. And when Harley pushed back so they were eye to eye, Lukretia pushed herself up on her toes to make it happen for real, leaning forward so her breasts mushroomed around Harley's. Making their lips touch without showing one sign that she was going to kiss the girl.

She stared with a hard, furrowed brow for a long moment, softly breathing through her nose before finally she pulled away and looked at Tai. She closed her eyes and raised her hand dismissively. "Very vell. I'll put you in ze first televised match of ze evening. I know you von't disappoint my expectations. I just hope you can live up to your own."

Lukretia then turned and looked at Tai. She stepped forward and pressed a finger at the base of his tie's knot and ran her finger down the length of the tie. "Mmmm, let me straighten zat for you." She said and reached out with her other hand. She then clenched the base of the tie with one hand and the top near the not with the other. She pushed up against the not and pulled on the tie until she was sure she was choking him and leaned forward so their lips almost touched.

"Vere you expecting me to berate her, Herr Kamiya? To berate you? To say how vorthless ze two of you are? But you've gone to all zis trouble to make yourself presentable. Und your Fraulein is quite charming. Who says zat I am not a generous voman? Mein herz ist sehr groß, Herr Kamiya."

Lukretia patted Tai's cheek and pulled away. She turned around with effortless grace and walked back to her desk.

Haley hadn't exactly been expecting Lukretia to push their breasts and lips together again, but she was fired up after her little speech, and didn't back down from the boss, until Lukretia finally turned away and waved them off in a dismissive fashion, granting them their request, making them part of the opening match to boot, which was quite an honor.

"Thank you Ms. Von Cruezveldt. I swear I shall exceed your expectations."

She said, offering another small bow of respect, standing back and watching curiously as she appeared to adjust Tai's tie, the movement of her lips indicating she was whispering something to him.

Tai wasn't expecting Lukretia to begin straightening his tie, and his caution became understandable as she tightened it quite tightly, causing Tai's nostrils to flare as he tried to maintain a breath, also trying to show no outward sign of choking, now lip to lip with the Friction GM. Looking into her eyes, she would see several things in his. Nervousness, as she was choking him, yet also a strange kind of pride, clearly stemming from Ace standing up to her how she did. On top of that, of course, was lust, it being no secret that Tai had always had an attraction, or at least, really wanted to sexually experience, the powerful and beautiful Lukretia.

Finally, Tai stammered out a response-

"W..W-Wie großzügig, wie du bist s-s-schön"

-before she released his tie, patting his cheek and walking away. Tai adjusted his tie, taking calm, deep breaths, before bowing respectfully.

"Thank you for your time Miss Lukretia. We appreciate it greatly, and I look forward to our next meeting."

He said, giving a standard farewell before turning and, if Lukretia didn't have anything to add to the conversation, he would show Ace out and take one last, fleeting glance in Lukretia's direction, a smirk of victory on his face, as he closed the door, flirted briefly, and unsuccessfully, with Hilde, and left the building.