Chapter 2

The Fight and a New Friend?

Kary was making her way down the hallway following a sign that pointed to the direction of the ring entrance. As she turned a corner, she noticed another girl talking to the security guard who she met not that long ago.

All of a sudden, she's not sure why, she looked at her feet and said, "Christ, I forgot my shoes in the locker room. I guess it doesn't matter much now though."

She felt like she could do things a lot better barefooted. As she quickly hurried to the ring entrance, the guard noticed her.

"Well um" he looked at a piece of paper on a desk next to some sound equipment and a laptop, "Kary Hart. It's about time. Candy Cane is almost done with her entrance."

"I'm sorry. It's because I kind of got lost. I've been a little nervous and forgetful since I got here." Kary said motioning to her feet for an example.

The other girl Kary recognized as Makoto Aihara, the Judo Babe and Judo prodigy, from Japan.

"Now from the little city of Boonville, MO. The newest Rose to the tournament, lets give a welcoming round of applause for Kary Hart!" the three heard the announcer say to the crowd.

A loud applause was heard as the guard ruffled his thick, curly hair. "Well you better get going now. Can't keep them waiting plus Candy looks a little more violent once your name was said," the guard said.

Kary looked nervous as she said, "What am I suppose to do for an entrance? I was put in a match without warning."

"Don't worry. I'll work something out and I think you have something in your pocket to. By the way my name is R.J." the guard had said.

He then quickly walked over and typed something on the laptop. Makoto motioned her towards the entrance. Kary all of a sudden heard From Heads Unworthy by Rise Against, one of her favorite bands, start playing. R.J. flashed her a thumbs up and then she walked through the entrance. The crowd started to applaud and go wild. Kary thought she must have seemed weird looking cause she looked like someone from Dirty Dancing. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a pair of black, fingerless leather gloves with a skull and crossbones symbol on them. Kary recognized them as the Christmas present from her brother and sister and had no idea how she could have missed those. She quickly put them on and started walking down the entrance lane. As the chorus of the song started, red, white, and black fireworks exploded along the sides of the lane. As that happened Kary quickly burst into a sprint and while a couple of feet from the ring, she leapt over the second rope, and rolled onto her feet. Trying to look intimidating (but knows she didn't do a good job) Kary started punching the air and finished with a Capoeira move. She flicked her snow-white hair back and the music stopped and the crowd continued to cheer. R.J. had good timing so he must work with the other wrestlers entrances. Kary noticed Candy Cane didn't have her guitar as a weapon so she must have thought she wouldn't need it on the newcomer. Kary and Candy Cane squared up in fighting stances, as the match was about to begin.

"Roses are you ready? Fight!" the announcer said.

Candy Cane shouted, "I'm gonna kick your ass!"

She then lunged at Kary knocking her off her feet. Kary put her arms up like a boxer does and blocked the wild punches. Kary quickly grabbed Candy Cane by the arms and rolled her onto her back. Kary quickly launched an elbow into the side of the schoolgirl's head then kicked her on her stomach. Kary grabbed Candy Cane's hands and wrap her head between her legs. Kary then rolled over onto her back holding Candy on her head and against her own leg. Candy started struggling and grunting trying to get out.

"Feels a little airy in that skirt doesn't it?" Kary asked.

Kary then pushed her opponent away with her body slamming onto the mat. As she backed up Candy Cane started to get up and but quickly sprinted head first into Kary's stomach. Kary felt weightless all of a sudden and was then slammed back first into the turnbuckle. Slumping to the ground she received multiple kicks to the head and shoulders. She felt like she was being carried up stairs and then felt pressure on her shoulder. Kary quickly reacted with a head butt to Candy's face. She did it multiple more times and fell face first onto the mat. Slowly getting up and clutching her head, Kary saw her opponent outside the ring, holding her nose. Quickly Kary took the opportunity that her opponent's head was down and climbed the turnbuckle to the top. She then jumped, heard the crowd's cheer, and slammed Candy Cane's head into the metal floor. Kary got up, pulling the dazed wrestler with her, and rolled her onto the mat. Just as she got back in the ring herself, Candy Cane started to roll out of the ring and Kary quickly slid and kicked Candy the rest of the way.

"Now it's going to get fun you little twit!" Candy Cane shouted. She then pulled from under the ring a bright red guitar.

"Crap" was all Kary could say before the guitar was thrown at her stomach.

She fell as she saw Candy Cane, her face bloody from cuts and a broken nose walk towards her. She quickly picked up Kary and through her into the turnbuckle with enough force that she spun around the turnbuckle and fell onto the metal floor. Candy Cane then picked up her guitar and climbed to the top turnbuckle.

"Now your really going to be in a world of hurt and should next time be a smart girl and stay out of wrestling!" she shouted. She then jumped and swung the weapon down.

The crowd gasped at what they saw next. Kary had quickly grabbed the guitar out of the air and swung it and Candy Cane into the steel boundaries surrounding the wrestling area. Kary quickly scrambled towards Candy Cane. Kary stood her up and hit her with three DDT's. She then threw the stunned schoolgirl head first into the turnbuckle and back into the ring. As Kary climbed back in, the surprisingly durable schoolgirl quickly threw a kick at Kary's face. Barely getting caught by the kick, it was enough to throw her half way over the second rope.

"You think I'm going to get hurt by those moves? You may be better than I thought but I'm going to make you regret it!" Candy Cane shouted. She then grabbed Kary by her hair and started choking her out on rope then slammed her face into the ground. Candy Cane then let go of Kary's hair and repeatedly stomped on her head. Kary, who was on the verge of consciousness and unconsciousness, tried to roll out of the way of Candy Cane's blows.

"Where are you going? I'm not done with you yet!"

With saying that Candy Cane picked up Kary's head and slammed in on the mat again and on her knee. She then crawled on the back of Kary and ripped her shirt on the back, partly exposing Kary's back. The wrestler then started to brutally pound the spine of the new wrestler until it was as red as her hair. Continuously grunting and holding back cries Kary finally swung to try and catch her opponent off guard but failed and made a painful mistake. Candy Cane quickly grabbed the wild swing and swung it into a fatal arm lock. This had Kary on her side with Candy Cane bending her arm all the way back trying to rip it out of its socket. Kary was holding back tears as she slowly felt her arm and shoulder getting broken in two.

The scene shifted to R.J. and Makoto watching the match. "Damn, I can't believe that Hart girl could even get this far. Can't believe she even is taking this kind of punishment. Just damn." R.J. said shaking his head and brushing his hand through his curly hair.

"I've never seen Candy Cane this ferocious in a fight. What did the one girl do to her?" Makoto asked R.J.

"Hell if I knew. Should ask someone who hangs around Candy Cane. Maybe ask Miss Spencer?" R.J. replied.

"I think that girl has potential. She also has a good reason to be here according to her" said the teacher wrestler Miss Spencer, walking up to the two, "and I sort of think its an okay reason to. Its family matters. She told me the only family she has left are her two twin siblings, a 16 year old brother and sister."

"God, so young and taking care of her family. Kind of reminds me of Candy Cane's reason to." R.J. said. "And now that you mention it Kary Hart does sound familiar. I think my little brother told me of someone like her. Wait now I'm sure of it, I've hardly seen her though."

All of a sudden they heard a small noise and then a short scream. The three turned to the laptop and watched. R.J.'s keen sight showed him that the Hart's girls shoulder had been dislocated.

Candy Cane had started putting more and more pressure on Kary's shoulder. Kary couldn't do anything but grunt and struggle. She took one way that she could think of and tried to roll over on to Candy Cane. Candy Cane quickly kicked Kary back in the opposite direction and both soon heard a loud snap. Kary let out a short cry as pain ripped through her now separated shoulder.

"How do you like that huh? Give up yet?" Candy Cane asked.

Candy Cane started to get cocky stood up with the intention to further harm Kary's shoulder. She picked her up and threw her into one of the rings corners and rushed Kary. Kary clutching her shoulder in pain quickly sidestepped causing her opponent to slam face first into the turnbuckle.

Kary quickly grabbed Candy's hair and whispered in her ear, "I'm not one to mess with and I'm going to make you regret dislocating my shoulder jackass!"

With that said, carry slammed her opponents face against the turnbuckle. Kary then turned the bloodied girl around facing her and slammed her head against Kary's. Candy Cane then fell to the ground dazed and holding onto her head. Kary then adjusted her shirt to make sure in stayed on a little longer and picked up the rising Candy Cane. Kary used her good arm to throw Candy Cane against the ropes. As she rebounded Kary ran towards her and wrapped her arm around Candy's throat. As her whole body went airborne, Kary then brought her back down into a massive backbreaker. Both wrestlers went to the ground, Candy Cane writhing in pain and Kary trying to catch her breath.

"Pin her, pin her, pin her!" the crowd started chanting.

Kary's shoulder started to throb again as well as her head after she noticed blood around the ring. She felt her head and felt blood from a large gash on her forehead and along both sides of her head. Some of her hair fell in her eyes showing her hair was stained more than she assumed. Sudden pain ripped through her shoulder as Candy Cane on her trying to pin her down. Kary reached and grabbed Candy's shirt, pulled her forward, then delivered a final head butt that knocked Candy Cane unconscious.

Kary then slid herself on to Candy Cane's chest and heard the crowd start chanting, "1…2…3!"

The crowd erupted into a cheer as the bell rang and the newcomer slowly stood up in victory. Kary slowly made her way to the ropes but started to get dazed from the blood loss, slipped and fell catching herself on the ropes by her dislocated shoulder. Grunting in pain, she slowly stood back up. She slowly climbed down as she heard Strength to go On by Rise Against play and Candy Cane groaned and started to come to so Kary started walking to the entrance. When she got to the ring entrance she turned to looked to one of the cameras and waved hoping her siblings and friends saw. The song chorus ended and she made her way through the entrance.

"Hey Hart! You did good!" R.J. said. "Christ didn't look as bad before. All I could see was a dislocated shoulder. You better come with me and get patched up."

"Hmm? Ok" Kary replied "I feel sick all of a sudden."

"Ah don't worry. It's because of the adrenaline that's leaving." R.J. said. "Just take it slow. I'll patch you up."

R.J. sat her down and checked her head. She noticed Candy Cane walk up and then walk with Miss Spencer whom she just noticed was standing there. Candy Cane shot her an evil look so Kary just looked back to R.J.

"Okay nothing really wrong here. I'll sterilize the head wounds later. I have to take care of this shoulder now. I swear if my older brother saw this, he would hurl and he has seen some pretty GROSS things." R.J. said looking over her shoulder.

"Now this is going to hurt worse more going back in than it will coming out." Kary didn't see any sign of Makoto so she must have gone to the locker room.

She heard multiple faint footsteps walking from one of the hallways. "Okay get ready Hart. Its going to hurt like hell and then it will hurt like your coming back from hell."

"Just do it now and call me Kary-OW! My god-OW! Quit doin-OW!" Kary shouted in pain as she heard multiple snapping sounds in her shoulder as it went back into place.

"What did I tell you? It would hurt and I suggest not using it until you've iced it for a day or so." He said and then went to a med-kit hanging on the wall taking some sterile strips and bandages out of it.

"Feeling dizzy still?" R.J. asked.

"Kinda but I still feel sick and my head still feels like there's a rock band inside of it." Kary replied.

"Okay but first I need to wash this so you should get to the showers." R.J. added, "Take this to. Keep pressure on those gashes cause I think they're still bleeding."

He then gave Kary a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to her. She did as she was told and pressed in on one of her head wounds but found they had scabbed over already.

"I think your wrong, its not bleeding. My head still really hurts though."

She handed it back but he didn't take it. "Keep it. I did the same with my younger brother. You might know him by his name because he lives in the same city as you do. He's also in the band Faded Blue a state known band not very well known in other states, his names Bret McNeil."

All of a sudden three people came into the entrance area. One woman had a notebook and a pencil, another woman was leading the other two and had a small microphone, and a cameraman followed behind the first woman who stopped.

The first woman turned to the cameraman and said, "This is Cheryl Blison with channel 13 News. We are looking for new stories for our newest segment of our broadcast called What's New Outside the News, so we came to the Rumble Roses tournament site in Sunny Day, CT. We came here after hearing that there was going to be a new rose in the garden and came to interview her after her first match. Lets go to her now."

Cheryl Blison then walked towards Kary and R.J. as he was putting a sterile patch on the gash on Kary's forehead.

"Excuse me but are you Kary Hart? We would like to ask some questions?" Cheryl asked.

"Sure I guess-OW! Will you stop that?" Kary said as R.J. checked her shoulder.

"First we'll start off with why you decided to come wrestle and which, if any, of the other wrestlers might have inspired you?"

"Well to answer the second question" Kary said, "The wrestlers that somewhat inspired me are Reiko Hinomoto and Dixie Clements. Reiko I probably look up to the most because of her strong will and able to play fair. When my siblings and I could we would always watch matches whenever we could. The reason I decided to come would be well…its kind of personal. I would like to keep that to myself right now."

"That's completely understandable. Another question: What do you suppose your fighting style is and what would you say about your first match?" Cheryl quickly followed up.

"Well my fighting style isn't really much. Whenever I feel confidant I use the little bit of Capoiera I taught myself but mostly I just fight with my brains and strength. I've been told I'm stronger than I look. About my first match well I say a very narrow strand of beginners luck."

"I see. Now something that has been probably on a lot of peoples minds: Are you really albino or do you just have hair die and contacts in?"

Kary replied, "No. I have been asked that before at school and if people never asked me, I normally got strange looks. It's one of the reasons that targeted my siblings, friends, and me for bullying. In case your wondering, this is blood in my hair not make up."

"Okay then so I'm going to ask a few more, not very important questions that's just thrown into the mix: are you planning on changing your outfit and do you have anyone in mind for hopes of a tag partner in the future?" Cheryl asked looking at R.J. as he finished checking the wrestlers back for any damages.

"Well outfits I'm not so sure about. I only had this because it's my workout clothing. I had normally thought of fashion would be second to skill in something like this. As for being in tag relationships I'm not sure who to ask and I guess it would matter if any of them took a liking to me or not. I really hope Dixie or Reiko take a liking to me and at least try one match with me or spar at least." Kary replied with a slight hint of nervousness.

"Well I'm glad you took the chance to let us talk to you Miss Hart. We'll hope the new segment starts off well and hope it wasn't just a waste of time on yours or our parts. You did a good match today and hope we'll be able to have another interview with you again."

Cheryl said turning to the cameraman, "I'm Cheryl Blison and I'm signing off from our interview for What's New outside the News, in Sunny Day, CT for Channel 13 signing off."

"Clear" the cameraman said.

"Goodbye for now and maybe we might be back for another interview." Cheryl said and walked off with her two partners in tow.

Cheryl quickly turned around and said before walking off, "Oh yeah and nice tattoo."

Kary laughed a little as R.J. pulled out his cell phone.

"Thanks for not asking the person patching up your interview material questions. Goodbye!" R.J. said trying to sound funny as he looked up from his cell phone.

"My little brother just told me something to tell you that everyone was cheering you on the whole way and that your brother and sister are proud. Took me the whole interview to text him back two sentences. I tell him he should just call to save us both a headache since he's just as bad a text messenger as I am."

"Guess that answers the question on if I know him or not? I should really get to the showers or else this blood is going to start stinking or I'll just look weirder than I already do." Kary said sliding down from the stool.

"Nah you look find. I'll walk you there because I don't want some crazy Candy Cane fans to get…well crazy and I want to make sure your shoulder doesn't slide back out." R.J. said.

They both turned and with Kary almost landing on her face from blood loss they made their way to the locker room.

"Epic fight epic fight! Can't believe she won her first match against someone like that Candy Cane girl!" a tall, lanky guy said.

The scene shifts to a large living room with a group of teens.

"What makes it better is that she met my brother to. Kary should be in good hands there. Can't believe it, he finally was on T.V.!" said a teen who looked close in resemblance to R.J.

"Riley where did your sister learn any of those moves? Those were freaking amazing!"

A blond, green eyed girl looked away from the T.V. and said, "I'm not sure. Guess it shows that Kary is stronger than she looks and can still surprise us?"

Riley laughed and turned to her twin Johnny, "Guess watching movies and beating up bullies really helped her with that eh Johnny?"

"Yeah I'll say. Might get made fun of while she's not here but when she comes back there gonna stay away from her like she was plague." Johnny laughed.

"Hey you know what? Maybe good ol' R.J. can help train her? He's boxed a couple times and he can take a decent amount of pain. Hell maybe he can be her ringside manager? He can be trusted enough!"Bret said punching the air a few times.

"No Bret you've just watched Real Steel to many times." A short blond girl said.

"So what it's a good movie. Plus I've only seen it about 20 times Teal. Geez." Bret replied with a smile.

"Well whatever so what should we do now? Re-watch the match because I recorded it?" the tall, skinny guy said.

"Hey Miguel be quiet. Everyone quiet down! I think I here something." Bret said.

Tire screeching sounded faint in the distance but was closing fast. Bret went to one of the windows in the room they were in. A Crown Vic quickly sped by the house and next thing Bret knew he was on the ground with a large rock next to his head.

"God Bret what just happened!" Riley said crouching by his head.

"Who do we know with a Crown Vic besides my brother? Douche Bag Damien." Bret replied.

"Hey look this has a note on it." Miguel said. "It says: Your sissy ain't here now to protect you so prepare for the worst harassment you'll ever see."

Bret sat up wiping blood from his forehead and said, "Get the fireworks. We're going to deal with those jackasses once and for all."

"Hell yeah! It's about time someone does something about Damien!" Abigail said.

"He's got the whole town in his pocket." The short and fiery red head quickly went out to the garage closely followed by Patrick.

"Do you want us to get the paintball equipment or anything? Wait stupid question, the answers probably hell yeah!" Patrick said.

Bret stood up and laughed at his childhood friend and took the ice pack Johnny got.

"Glad my head is hard. All I get from a rock is a flesh wound and we'll give him public embarrassment." Bret said as Riley looked nervously back to Johnny with a nervous look in her eye.

"Hey R.J. can I ask something?" Kary asked pushing the locker room door open.

"Sure what is it?" R.J. said pulling his phone out.

"Why did you decide to want to help me? Is it because I'm friends with your brother?" Kary asked finding her locker and opening it.

"Pretty much. I see that with plenty of work you can make it through this thing and plus I've heard stories from Bret that I want to confirm about you." R.J. replied.

"Apparently my brother is deciding on humiliating Douche Bag Damien. I've tried to talk him out of that but a messenger rock that had a threatening message to your brother and sister hit him apparently. I just tried to get him to think smarter than he already is but its not working. God that rat bastard of a kid has everyone in Boonville in his pocket."

"Seriously? He's going to get in trouble just to help my brother and sister?" Kary asked.

She picked out some clothing and made her way to the showers.

"Not just him, it's the whole rest of the group. Their planning on using fireworks and paintballs but he didn't tell me anything else." R.J. said shaking his head wishing his brother could do something else besides vandalism to deal with a punk.

Kary found the shower while R.J. stayed by her locker. She took her gloves off, putting them and her change of clothes on the ground. She carefully took off her shirt and then her shorts.

Looking at her shirt she thought, "That was one of my favorite workout shirts. I've got to get a new one sometime."

She quickly slipped her underwear off and made her way into the shower.

She started turning on the water and soaked her head under it when she heard R.J. ask, "For a change of subject do you have any planned fighting styles you want to learn? Because I have one in mind that you might like."

She pulled on her hair in the water and saw blood on the ground and her hands. Seeing it was coming out of her hair, she asked, "What do you have in mind?"

"Well its more two styles. One is boxing and two is wrestling, the American style. If you combine that with the speed and skill of Capoeira then you could have a pretty solid attack and defense. Plus you could keep your opponent guessing." R.J. said.

Kary lowered her head down letting the water run over her head and down her back.

"I guess but who's going to teach me? Do you even know anything?" Kary asked.

She felt her arm, brushing her tattoo and then turned off the water.

"I can teach you. I was a state wrestler and I boxed a little. Don't worry you don't have any more matches today. That match you did today was just a match to showcase the new wrestler: you."

Kary walked out of the shower and quickly put on her clothes and walked to her locker. R.J. quickly looked up as Kary put her fight clothes in her duffel bag.

"You'll probably want to take your stuff. I can show you to the hotel they gave you. I'm not sure if your sharing a room with any of the other wrestlers if any at all."

Kary sat down and put on her converse shoes.

"Its not to far from here so I can show you where it is. I'll have to head off and talk to my brother in private so I'll give you this number. He took a pen from his shirt pocket and tore a piece of paper from a small notebook and wrote down a number.

"Okay thanks R.J." Kary said picking up her duffel bag.

She took an mp3 out of it and up a headphone in her ears and the mp3 in her pocket. R.J. walked out the locker room with the young wrestler following behind him, adjusting the shoulder of her Rise Against t-shirt and fixing a pocket of her sweatpants. Her eyes were shining in gratitude at the big security guard who was deciding to help her. Kary's hair shined like snow in the hall lights as it was cleaned of blood and bouncing lightly behind her. R.J. pushed a door open with his foot and walked into the entrance to the stadium.

He closed his phone and put it in his pocket saying, "I just told my boss I'm taking the rest of the day off and my plans to help you around, the hotel etc. I think he bought it."

Kary smiled as the two new friends made their way into a parking lot and to a Crown Vic car.

R.J. stopped the car outside an average size hotel. Kary read the sign above the door: Just Like Home Motel.

"They sent me the room number. It's room 204 on the second floor. I've been to this place before, its better than it looks trust me." R.J. said. "The tournament people paid for it so that means you have to use your own money for anything else. At least there's a Sonic across the street."

"Okay so ask for room 204 on the second floor. What if they say it's taken? Do I say I'm with the tournament?" Kary asked pushing a strand of hair out of her eyes.

"Yeah just say that. Might find out if your going to be sharing a room with someone to." R.J. replied.

Kary got out of the car with her duffel bag and made her way to the driver's side window. "Thanks for helping me. I feel a little less nervous now that someone is going to be cheering on from the ringside to." Kary said.

"Hey tell me if you think you want to learn wrestling and boxing. Like I said they might help." R.J. said.

"I'll get back to you on that." Kary laughed. "See ya." She said to R.J.

He drove off with a wave outside the window as she turned and walked to the front door of the hotel. As she entered, she heard a small bell jingle and a woman at the counter say, "Welcome to Just Like Home Motel. Are you checking in miss?"

Kary walked to the counter moving her shoulder around and said, "I need a key to room 204. I'm in the tournament."

The woman looked at a clipboard and took a key from under the counter. She handed the key to Kary and said, "Yeah I remember you. You're the new wrestler aren't you? Your rooming with another wrestler."

Kary took the key and said, "Thank you."

She walked to the stairs and made her way up them. She counted the doors till she got to 204.

She knocked on the door first and heard someone say, "Coming!"

Kary was thinking about R.J.'s offer to teach her some extra fighting styles and didn't recognize the voice. The door opened and Reiko Hinomoto opened the door. Reiko was shorter than Kary by two inches and had short black hair. She was dressed in a t-shirt and jeans as she looked at Kary.

"Hi. You're the new wrestler Kary right? I'm Reiko."

Kary stood standing in the door at the wrestler she looked up to. Reiko Hinomoto was who she was sharing a room with during the tournament.

"Hello? I said I'm Reiko. Do you want to step into the room and unpack what you have?" Reiko asked.

As Kary was standing she managed to speak, "Sure-sure."

Reiko grabber her hand, laughed, and pulled her into the room. Reiko took Kary's duffel bag and tossed it on one of the beds.

"I'm sorry Reiko its just that I'm a fan of yours and I find it really hard that I was given a room with you to share."

Reiko laughed and said, "Well I can't believe you lasted that long and won against Candy Cane. I had more trouble than that in my first fight against her. The worst you got was a dislocated shoulder and a bloodied head. When I walked past her and Miss Spencer she almost punched a hole in the wall she was so mad."

Hearing dislocated, she felt pain in her shoulder and held her shoulder.

Reiko then said, "I think we should go around town a little. Get to know each other a little better because we'll definitely meet in the ring sometime. Plus there was a package that came here addressed to you."

Reiko then walked to a table and picked up a wrapped package. She then tossed it to Kary and when she caught it a piece of paper fell to the ground. Kary picked it up and read the words on it aloud, "Dear sis, I asked Abigail and Teal for help on this and we managed to come up with this. I figured that you would need to wrestle in something other than your workout clothes since you told me that's all you had. I also though it would make you look flashier out there to have something to wrestle in and you could show off to your idol Reiko. Just so you know we sent this after you left the airport. Bret said it would make it there after your first match so I figured it would be a good surprise. I hope you like it because Teal, Abigail, and I put a lot of work into it the two days we had before you left after you got the notice of joining the tournament. We send it with love from Riley."

Kary smiled as Reiko looked at the package.

"Aren't you going to open it? I want to see what's in it as much as you do!" Reiko said bouncing on her feet.

Kary tore the package and in the light of the room saw something shine. She brushed her hand against it and it almost felt like leather. As she opened the rest of the package she pulled out a pair of red leather like pants with a white matching top made of the same type of material. It had a small skull and crossbones emblem imprinted on the right breast.

"Whoa. That's awesome! You should try that on and see how it fits." Reiko said.

"I think your right. I'll do that." Kary said.

She went to the bathroom with the clothes in her hands and closed the door. She took off her shirt and then her bra. She took the top and placed it over her head. The top was similar it seemed to Reiko's but looked like a more fancy sports top so it just slid on. She adjusted it around the shoulder. It fit perfectly as she adjusted it a little more. She then slipped off her sweatpants. Taking the new bottoms she slid them on. She noticed laces on the thigh part of her legs. Taking a minute she figured out how to tie them in. Looking at her self in the mirror, noticed the pants showed a decent amount of leg where the laces were. The pants extended down to her ankles like most attire she's seen. They extended down from the middle of her thigh to the middle of her calf. Strangely the laces were hardly visible as she felt more of the fabric. The whole outfit matched her hair and eyes perfectly and the top showed enough of her figure.

There was a knock on the door as Reiko said, "Hey Kary, you done in there yet?"

"Yeah almost. This is looking cool!" Kary replied.

Kary adjusted some of the laces and the waist a little then said, "Okay I'm coming out."

She then opened the bathroom door and walked out. Reiko eyed her from the top to the pants.

"That note said your sister and some friends made that and in two days to? She should go into business making wrestling outfits. Now one question: What are you going to do about shoes?"

Kary blushed at Reiko's admiration of her outfit. "Well I'm not sure what to do with shoes."

Reiko admired Kary's outfit more then said, "Shoes are a small thing. What probably is the coolest thing to me is how well it matches. Your hair and eyes go very well with the top and pants. Plus it also matches my outfit a little bit to."

Kary started blushing even more to where her face matched her eyes. "I guess I could fight barefoot. I can't fight in heels unlike the others can and I'm not sure how boots would go with this." Kary said.

"That sounds like one of the smarter ways to go. Now about the shopping thing, think you might want to go?" Reiko said bouncing on her feet.

"Sure let me get changed real fast." Kary replied.

Kary quickly changed back into her Rise Against shirt, bra, and black sweatpants and took a wallet out of her sweatpants. Thinking in the process that she just befriended one of her idols.

"I've been around here before so the mall is only a few blocks away. It is a really good place to go shopping. You'll think its better than most."

Kary and Reiko walked out of the hotel room talking about everything from wrestling to favorite foods.