Chapter 14: Korishio's rehab is successful.
Can you believe it? A whole year had gone past and dad had finished his rehab on his leg...you should see how big the damn scar is on his right leg...it's HUGE! Anyway...we got a letter through from TNA wrestling...which was addressed to dad.
"Hey dad, you've got a letter...a big letter from Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan. This is not good!" I said as dad came down the stairs, took it out of my hands and then looked at it.
"Ah, I was wondering when this was gonna come through...it's my new contract for TNA. Five more years...not to mention that they want me back as the top guy." Dad replied as I nodded, watching him sign it and then sending the contract through via the fax/scanner/printer (all in one and it means it!) "Well, as that's all done and dusted; how about we go swimming or something? I'm pretty good to go; I don't need to walk around with a walking stick...never liked it anyways!" Dad said as he went to the car and started it up, but the engine made a huge bang...meaning something went. "Aw man! I pretty much liked this day already...now this goes and craps it up!" He said as mom came out.
"I heard something go bang...what was it?!" She said as dad opened the bonnet of the car and then coughed straight away. "Oh great, the gasket has gone Sora...it's leaking oil here!" He replied as mom looked on. "That car has not been right since the Final Resolution pay per view!" She said as dad nodded, shutting the bonnet. "I'm gonna have to phone the garage...I think this car has given up the ghost." Dad said as he walked back in (Don't forget, that he walked out of the house to the car and back again without the walking stick) and phoned the garage that he visited the week prior; when he was allowed out of the house; but with his walking stick, and then came back out.
"The gasket hasn't blown as much as I thought; it's an old car...they're gonna give me a swap over for another car." Dad said as we got in the car; managing to get all the way to the garage to get the engine looked through; and to pick a new car.
We picked a nice new car out; said that it would take a few more weeks to get through; since both mom and dad had to supply their drivers licence and everything else. Luckily for us, our car (the one that had to be checked), had a nice new engine put in and everything went well. Dad on the other hand, decided that he would make his return to iMPACT! A little bit early...to the shagrin of mom...he had everything planned out; he would wear the same attire from before (Red tights, black boots, tape around his wrist/hands and black leather fingerless gloves for the ring, and for his entrance to go with his attire; a long, black, leather trenchcoat and a red bandanna) and would become a whole new person.
"Honey, do be careful okay." Mom said as dad nodded. "I'll be fine sweetheart. I'm just gonna make my return...no running down to the ring, beating people up at all, I'm just gonna stay there at the top of the ramp and then look at the ring, then make my way back home...won't be that long at all; it'll just be I think around about half an hour to an hour." Dad said as he put his stuff in the car and then left as we sat and watched the show and then at almost at the end, we saw that dad got a pretty good pop (It means that they cheered for him quite a lot) and stood on the ramp, looking at AJ with Ric Flair as dad had the microphone.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" Flair said as dad smirked and then let out a wolfpac howl and then started to talk. "I'm here because I'm signed. You see, I had a little friendly chat with our bosses Dixie Carter and the Hulkster...and gee, let's see. I get my rematch for MY World title AJ next week!" He said as AJ raised the belt but got restrained by Flair as I laughed, watching it, suddenly, Hulk Hogan came out and stood by dad with everybody else.
"Actually...I know I made a promise to my wife and children, but honey, I'm sorry...this has gone too far. AJ and Flair has tried to put my legacy down and I'm not about to do that...so everybody surround the arena and ring; so no one can get out and I think we'll have this world title rematch...RIGHT NOW!!!" Dad finished as Hulk accepted it and made himself the special referee, banning Ric Flair to the back and rang the bell.
"I knew he'd have something to do there...but I guess it's what he does!" Mom said as she put her hands on her face, messing her hair up at the same time. "Mom...dad wants to keep this house over our head, surely you know that's the price he's gotta pay to do so." I said as mom cried and cried, but then as I heard dad's music, I thought that he walked back up to the entrance without the world title, but I heard "And new TNA Heavyweight Champion of the world...The Butcher – Korishio Takenouchi!"
"He's done it! He's world champion once again!!!" I said; getting happier as I knew dad wouldn't take any crap...so he must have turned baby-face once again from being a heel." I said as mom had left a few minutes prior to me talking to myself, but Kou was there. "Yeah, he's turned back to being a baby-face...I mean; look at the face-paint that he wore to the ring...it was uncanny that dad would wear that...he would never wear anything like that, but I guess there's always first for anything." Kou said as I nodded, then dad came back home with the world title.
"Well done dad, you're back on top of the mountain!" I said as we all hugged him and mom came down in a really bad mood. "You promised!" She said as I looked at dad. "Yeah, but I didn't expect to get that little conversation with them, telling me that AJ was gonna drop the title to me right there and then...I never had chance to get ready for the match; it sort of happened." Dad said as he and mom had an argument.
"Kids...go upstairs; this is going to get ugly straight away." Dad said as mom fumed. "You're damn right it's going to get ugly. How could you run down to that ring in the state that you're in? For heaven's sakes Korishio, you're not one hundred percent and you could have re-injured yourself!" Mom said; screaming at dad...so I had to step in as the peace maker. "All right...I HAVE HAD IT! Mom, you can't criticise dad for wrestling, so please; stop the arguing. This has started since dad injured his quadricep last year against the same person he won the title from!" I said as I got angry and made mom and dad apologise. (Mainly mom)
"Look, I get really worried about you wrestling honey...I just...can't..." Mom said as she started to cry again, dad looking really sad and then embracing her. "Look, my quadricep is healed up nicely...there's no need to be worried about me when I wrestle...the injury happened because it happened. There's no if's and's or but's about injuries." Dad said as mom kept crying and making her face go a beetroot red. "Oh, come on sweetheart...don't cry." He said as mom looked up at him. "I...guess you're right...no need to cry." Mom replied as dad handed her one of his handkerchiefs from his box that he got for Xmas. "You don't suit those tears at all Louise!" Dad said as mom hit his arm.
"Ow, What was that for?!" Dad said as I laughed. "Don't call me Louise...you know how I hate it!" Mom replied as she looked at dad with daggers in her eyes. "Fine, but I think you look cute when you get all stressed from me saying that name!" Dad said as he laughed afterwards, so mom went outside to regain her composure and then came back in.
"What is it with Louise?" I said to dad as mom looked my way. "It's my middle name...and yours too." She replied as dad looked at mom and nodded. "Yep, that's correct...though don't ever call your mom by "Louise", cos she'll flip out like she did a moment ago." Dad replied as I looked puzzled. (Not the first time by the way!)
"So if my middle name is Louise, what's Takuya, Kou and Koji's middle name...and what's yours?" I asked dad as he thought about it. "Hmm...Let's see here; Kou's is...god, I know what it is, but I can't remember it...Rose! That's it, it's Rose. Koji's is David, since he was born on saint David's day, Takuya's is Francis...after my grandfather and mine...well; it's Ashley...but it's spelt a bit different to the way it's pronounced." Dad said as I looked at him.
"What he means honey is that his middle name is spelt "Ashleigh" Mom said as I giggled. "You mean you've got a girly name? That's funny dad!" I said as mom laughed too. "Now you know why I never say my middle name. Yeah, the guys at TNA had a right laugh when they found out my middle name was Ashleigh. "Why is it spelt like that?" I asked as Dad looked away. "You...You're not a girl are you?!" I said as dad laughed. "No...It's just that the midwife wrote it that way; so it's been like that forever." He said as I nodded and then went back to playing the PS3, but sighed.
"What's wrong sweetheart?" Mom asked as she walked into my room. "Nothing...I just wonder if it would be alright for JP to come and visit sometime...I kinda miss him mom; he's been the best friend I've had since kindergarten...but now I've moved out here; sure I have friends, they're around this block...but I really want him to see what Orlando looks like...I've only been able to chat to him through instant messenger on my PC." I said as mom nodded.
"Well, I suppose we could have him over, the couch is big enough for him to sleep on since it's one of those fold out beds...sure, what the heck; I'm pretty sure Kou and Koji are missing him as well." Mom replied as I nodded and smiled. "Thanks mom." I said as she nodded as I yawned. "C'mon, it's time for you to go to sleep sweetheart...it's quarter to nine already." Mom said as I jumped into bed after changing into my pyjamas and mom pulled the covers over me. "Goodnight sweetie." She said as she kissed me on the head and stayed with me until I got to sleep. (I haven't had any sleep the past few nights, so mom's been up with me...and it's making her grouchy...hence why she yelled at dad) I could tell mom was stroking my blonde locks, she always does that when I'm ill, she stays with me and strokes my hair to help me get to sleep.
Anyway, about an hour later as I was fast asleep, I could tell mom, dad, Kou, Koji and Takuya were in bed, all fast asleep as well; but dad's leg played up due to him returning to wrestling, so he got up and went down to watch some television...He likes to watch the NFL when he gets a chance to, mom told him off for making a bet with AJ and Kurt that his team would win the match against the opposing team. (I don't really know football that well; I just hear it from dad and the others) Anyway, you could say that I was "up and about", but for some unknown and insane reason, I decided to do a moonsault from the top of the stairs, but came crashing down...I was sleepwalking; almost sleep-wrestling if you will (Dad had the same habit, he used to map out his moves and used to Chokeslam anybody onto the bed whenever he or she came to check on him...didn't realise until the morning) and dad looked my way and walked to where I was.
"Zoe, are you okay? Zoe, you just fell; are you okay?" He said as I giggled and snored a little bit. "Well; she's asleep, but she'll be feeling that in the morning." Dad said to himself as I wrapped my arms around dad and snuggled into him like Takuya would and as he placed me back into my own bed; he noticed that I had been sweating quite a lot since the heating was on. "Oh dammit Sora...I don't mind the heating being on; but it's not exactly a cold winter!" He said quietly as he turned the heating off and turned the AC on just a little bit, not too much and then went to bed.
I woke up to the sound of "you've got mail! You've got mail! You've got mail!" from my PC. (I keep the PC on hibernate, but it switches itself on whenever I have mail), so I hopped out of bed to a serious pain in my back, which forced me to lie down for a while as dad came in.
"Are you okay honey?" He said as I nodded no. "I feel a sharp pain in my back dad." I replied as he nodded and laughed. "It's not funny dad!" I said; getting very angry due to the pain in my back. "I know it isn't sweetheart, but you did that yourself; you hit a moonsault down the stairs and fell the rest of the way down." He said as I looked at him.
"Get outta here." I said as he shook his head. "I heard you, you thumped all the way down the stairs; luckily your brothers, sister and your mother are all heavy sleepers; otherwise they'd have been woken up." Dad replied as the pain went away and I walked to the computer and answered the e-mails. "Oh, one's from JP... "Dear Zoe, how is it in Orlando? Hope you're having a swell time living there, both myself and Tommy miss you much, can't wait to hear from you soon. JP."
"Well; aren't you going to reply back and tell him that you're inviting both of them over here for a few weeks? It's not even near school time yet you know." Dad replied as I nodded; then sent a reply e-mail back to him and within a few short minutes; he sent one back saying that he would love to come and see me and spend some time with me and my family.
Anyway; I thought that since mom and dad were up; Takuya, Kou and Koji were still asleep, I'd go downstairs and make myself something to eat and then see what the day brings.