August 23rd 2015…
Amanda yawned as it had been a draining tour, Finn lightly placing a cup of coffee in her hands.
"How come you didn't get much sleep last night, Love?" Finn asked.
"Some drunk moron was banging against the wall." Amanda explained as she drank the coffee.
"Well, you have to stay up, there's new talent coming tonight. And I believe the drunk moron is Sami with his pretend girlfriend." Finn explained.
"You know, I think we should just put Fifty Shades Of Grey on and…" Amanda replied before her face turned a light red. "Why did I say that? It's not funny!" She responded as Finn laughed.
"Why? I thought it was adorable, Love." Finn replied as he moved in close.
"I lost my fucking filter." Amanda muttered as Finn slipped his right arm around her.
"No, you haven't." Finn responded, before they kissed.
Amanda ran her fingers through his hair, both having finally given into their impulses.
But they heard someone clear their throat… and turned to see a raven haired woman, who saw their blushing faces.
"Shouldn't you be saving that for a hotel or somewhere?" She asked.
Amanda tried to talk but couldn't get the words out, the raven haired woman chuckling and turning to Finn.
"Are you the new talent we've heard about?" Finn asked.
"Yes… That's me. Yukie. Yukie Yang in the ring." The woman introduced herself.
"Sorry… what?" Amanda replied, the woman turning to the startled brunette.
"Yukie's my name. Got a problem with it?" The woman responded once more.
"I… I knew someone with that name. I just… I haven't seen her in years." Amanda replied, Finn lightly rubbing her back.
"What if that same person was me?" She asked, after rolling her eyes.
Amanda managed to stand up but stumbled and Finn caught her, his right arm around her back and left hand under her right thigh as she held onto him.
"What is wrong with her? She's doing drugs?" She asked.
"No, of course not. It's just been a long few days." Finn explained.
"I can see… I'll go." The woman responded before she left, Finn sitting down and pulling Amanda into his lap.
"What's the matter, Love?" Finn asked.
"The last time I had seen Yukie, she had… well, I thought she had flipped and slammed my right hand against John's Charger after I told her I had gone through with my first tryout match." Amanda explained, Finn seeing the aged scars.
"But is that the same Yukie you've known?" Finn asked.
"She seems calmer." Amanda responded as 16 Candles by The Crests played on the radio and they stood up and slow danced as they held each other.
Tohru watched from a distance, nodding slightly.
"As long as I ruin my cousin's reputation, it seems that Mandy will forget about her. And think of me more." Tohru responded to herself.
She walked away, hoping things would work…
Present time, November 6th 2017…
Every step was followed by a painful hiss as Finn held Amanda upright while helping her to the backstage area as Samoa Joe had been too rough with throwing her onto the ramp.
"Hm, I laughed so hard at you. I hope you stay away from the ring." Tohru responded with a sadistic smile.
"Anata wa anata no atama o shirabenakereba naranai, meinu!" Amanda retorted, Tohru walking away with an offended look as Finn helped Amanda sit down.
"There is something wrong with Yukie these days." Finn responded.
"I'm telling you, that's not Yukie. I noticed the shift in her behavior the first time she showed up in WWE." Amanda replied, cursing in Irish when Finn moved her right arm around.
"You have such a bad little mouth, Darlin'." Finn responded.
"Damn right." Amanda replied before they kissed and Seth ran to them with Dean and Roman following.
"Are you okay, kiddo? You want me to take care of Samoa Joe myself?" Dean asked.
"I think he's licking his own wounds." Amanda replied before she felt tiny arms around her and heard a girl sobbing. "Hey, it's okay, kiddo." She responded softly to the young fan, hugging her with her left arm.
"I'm sorry that Samoa Joe did that to you. I've been wanting to see you since I first started watching wrestling." The young fan repiled, before she looked up at Amanda showing her innocent face as she wore red rimmed glasses.
Amanda held her closer as she noticed similarities.
Similarities between the young fan and Yukie.
"Sarada!"
The group heard frantic footsteps and the young girl ran to her.
"Mommy!" Sarada responded as the raven and silver ombre haired woman lifted the 8 year old up into her arms.
"Don't run off again, Sarada. This is an arena and you can easily get lost here." The raven and silver haired woman replied.
Amanda pulled herself up to her feet with Finn's help as the woman's smokey grey eyes widened.
"Mandy?!" The woman responded.
"Yukie?!" Amanda replied, startling Seth, Dean and Roman.
"That's not Yukie. The one who had that sadistic smile is her." Seth responded.
"No, wait… that's the woman who was hugged up with Sami." Dean replied.
"Let kiddo talk!" Roman responded as Amanda tried to walk over but her legs buckled and Finn caught her as Yukie ran over to them with Sarada.
"That mean man hurt this nice lady! Her boyfriend protected her!" Sarada replied.
"We all know, Sarada. But are you okay, Mandy? I haven't seen you since the day before you left for good." Yukie responded.
Amanda gave her a one armed hug and Yukie held her as Amanda let her tears fall.
"It's really you…" Amanda whispered.
"Yeah, of course, it's really me. The same Yukie from childhood." Yukie explained.
"There's someone pretending to be you." Amanda whispered once Finn covered Sarada's ears.
"What? Wait… I was supposed to be signing into NXT two years back to surprise my daughter, but my lame for brain scammer cousin, Tohru loves playing as me all the time." Yukie explained.
"Stay here." Amanda responded before she limped off to where Tohru was.
Sneaking up after shaking off the pain, Amanda trapped Tohru in a chokehold and Tohru's IPhone 8 fell to the carpeted floor as she hissed and tried to fight back.
But she lost consciousness and Amanda set her to the ground as Finn and Seth reached them.
"The fuck what was that for? She works here, Mandy!" Seth retorted.
"She stole my friend's life, Seth!" Amanda responded as Finn held her upright and Alexa turned the corner.
She went wide eyed to see who she thought was Yukie unconscious and Alexa looked at Amanda.
"What the hell is your damn problem?! Wait until Hunter and Stephanie hear about this, Mandy! I guess being on the road for 12 years fucked up your damn brain!" Alexa retorted angrily before she left.
"If she only knew the truth." Amanda muttered as Seth dragged Tohru to The Shield locker room and Finn guided Amanda to the trainer's room.