1 *Jeff's view
Here we are. Saturday. In about 2 hours I meet the girl I'm expected to work with for the next year or so.
"Jeff? When do we meet her?"
"When Vince calls for us. I haven't even seen her. All I know is she's supposed to be pretty, she came for Tokyo, she isn't Japanese, and she can talk English."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Jeff? Matt?! You boys come on in!" Vince shouted. We walked in and saw Vince sitting there. "Boys, meet your new diva, Jacy." The girl turned around and I gasped.
"Jacy?" I asked in a quiet voice. "Is that you, Jacy Adams?"
"Umm… I think you have me mistaken with someone else." She said in her beautiful voice.
"Umm… Yeah. Sorry about that. You just look like someone I once knew."
"Its okay. Don't worry about it."
"Why don't y'all go find a room and talk. Get to know one another." Vince suggested.
"Sure." Matt said.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You hungry?" he asked as we left the office.
"Actually, I am. I haven't ate since yesterday." She said. We past Shawn Michaels and she ran over and gave him a hug. I heard her say, "Thank you, Shawn-sensei. I am in your debt. Thank you for giving me the chance to be a WWF wrestler."
"No problem, Akiko. Oh, here are your keys. Boys," he called to us, "Swing her by WWF New York. Her apartment is above it. Thanks."
She came back over to us and we headed to the parking lot, where Amy was waiting for us.
"Hi!" Amy bellowed. "I'm Amy. Who are you? Are you the new girl? You have funny hair. I like your shirt!"
"Excuse me?" She asked.
"Amy is being herself. Just ignore her." Matt said, getting into the Corvette, with Amy.
"Get in the front." I said to her.
"Okay. Where we going?" She asked in her bubbly voice.
"WWF New York."
"Okay."
"I can't believe Vince let you have a room there! He wouldn't even let the Rock stay there." Amy chimed in.
"Well, he said I needed a place to stay and that I could stay there for a while but have to get my own apartment when I become a major Diva."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
2 *Akiko's view
We reached the building a few minutes later. Amy was bout on my last nerve with all of her gibberish. I couldn't help but notice Jeff's constant stares. We got out of the car and went around the back of the building.
"My bike!" I exclaimed happily. The bike Amara gave me had gotten here safely. I ran over to it and pulled the plastic covering off it.
"I like your bike. It's a new model isn't it?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah! It is. One of my best friends gave it to me before I left Tokyo."
"Isn't that the model that only a pro-racer can order?"
"Yes. My friend is Tenou Haruka. She races for a living."
"I know her! Doesn't she use the name Amara? And she's married to a chick named Michelle?"
"Yeah, that's her."
"She beat Bob Holly at that one race! Remember Matt?" Jeff said, getting very excited.
"Yeah! I remember. Can we go get some food now?"
"Oh, yeah! Gomen, Matt-sama."
"Huh?"
"Sorry. I still feel as if I am still in Tokyo."
"Its ok." We went inside where we were greeted by a man.
"Miss Tsukino?"
"Yes?"
"Please follow me. Mr. McMahon has instructed me to show you to your room before you eat."
"Okay." I said, following him up a set of stairs. Then we boarded an elevator and went up to the top floor. He led me to a door on the right.
"This whole wing is yours for use. The other side of the floor is used as guest rooms for other wrestlers." He handed me a ring of keys and left. I looked at Jeff and Matt confused. Amy had gone downstairs to get some food. I turned around and opened the door, taking 5 minutes to figure out with key to use. We walked into the room behind the door to find something big enough to be an actual house. On the table in the living room, I found an envelope. It was addressed to me and the instructions were that I had to read the packet before I could eat.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You have to read that whole thing before you eat?" Matt asked in distress. I looked at him.
"You guys go ahead and go eat. I'll join you when I'm done reading."
"See ya!" Matt said, leaving the room.
"I'll stay up here with you." Jeff said.
"Okay." Just then I heard mewing. "Neona!" I jumped up and ran to a room to the right of the living room. There was a note taped to the door.
Akiko,
I wasn't sure if you wanted me to leave your cat in the pet carrier, so I let it out in this room. Don't worry, I left a litter box in there with it. Along with some food and water. Have fun. I can't wait to see you in the ring. I'll be watching for you.
Shawn
I opened the door and Neona pounced out. I laughed and caught her. I hand her to Jeff.
"Be useful and hold my cat, will ya?"
"Umm… Sure. Why not?" I sat down and for the next half-hour read about all the rules of living in the building.
"Wow! That was boring."
"Not really." Jeff said. "I have a question."
"Ask away!"
"Why does Shawn call you Akiko?"
"It's my Japanese name. My sister gave it to me. I'm adopted. It's a really long story."
"I've got time. Tell me."
"Well, when I was 7 years old, I was in a car with my birth mother and we were in an accident. My mom was killed, and I was pulled out of the car right before it caught fire. Everything of my past was burned along with my mother's body. I hit my head somewhere in the process and suffered from amnesia. I was in the hospital when I first met my sister and best friend. She came in and tried to cheer me up. She said she named me Akiko because it means 'bright light' and she said it describe my smile. Since then that was my name and I don't remember anything from before that. All I have from then is a teddy bear and a few pictures."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. Because if none of that ever happened, I wouldn't be here in the WWF and never would have met my sister, family, and friends."
"Don't you ever wish you could remember?"
"Sometimes. Just to ask a few questions. Such as why I am so fascinated with the name 'Jacelyn'. Or what my real name is. Or who the boy in the picture with me is."
"Picture of a boy?"
"Yes. It's rather personal, otherwise I would show you the picture."
"Its okay. Where did you live in Tokyo?"
"Near Cherry Hill."
"Did you by any chance know a girl named Jacelyn Adams?"
"No. Why?"
"My best friend as a child was named Jacy. She lived next door to me, and when I was 7 and she was 6, her mother moved them across the world to Japan. She told me she would be living across the street from a Cherry Hill Temple."
"I don't remember anything about someone named Jacy. What was her mother's name?"
"Katrina Adams. Why?"
"I thought maybe that would simulate my thoughts. Guess not."
"Why the name Jacy?"
"Well, like I said, I have a fascination with the name and I needed an English name as well as a gimmick name. Vince didn't want me to use Eclipse. He said it sounded too superhero-ish."
"Okay. Why do you wear your hair like that? I mean with the two meatballs?"
"Usagi, my sister, did her hair like this and when I moved in with them, I copied her. And they're called 'ondagoes'. Only her hair is so much longer. Her hair goes down to her knees when it's down. Mine goes down to mid-back when its down."
"How old are you?"
"23. You?"
"24. What is your favorite color?"
"Silver and black."
"How long have you been wrestling?"
"Since I was 11. It took me two years to convince my mom and dad to enroll me in a school."
"You've been wrestling for over a decade?"
"Yes, I have."
"Are you guys done reading?" Matt's voice suddenly filled the room. "You've been in here for over 2 hours."
"Huh?" Jeff and I said in unison.
"We have?" I asked, baffled.
"Yeah. Jason, Adam, Dwayne, Mark, and the others are here and are asking for you, Jacy."
"Hey, Matt?"
"Yeah?"
"Why?"
"To welcome the newbie! DUH!"
"Okay. Go tell them I'll be down in a bit. I'm gonna change first." I got up and started to root around in my boxes.
"I'll stay and wait for her, Matt." Jeff said.
"Whatever, dude."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I can't find that box!" I yelled in frustration.
"What does it look like?"
"Its black, with silver stars all over it. It's a cardboard box. Me and little Firefly got bored."
"Little Firefly?" Jeff asked, shifting through my boxes.
"My friend, Hotaru. Her name means 'firefly'."
"Okay. I found it. Well, there are two of them."
"Great!" I opened the top box and started to pull the things that my friends had given me out.
"This is a cool picture!" Jeff said, examining the painting Michelle painted for me.
"Amara's wife painted that for me. Its me and all my friends." I pulled out a black fishnet shirt and a gray tank top. On the tank was the words 'rock star' in teal. I also pulled out my favorite leather pants.
"Who's the girl with the blond ondagoes?"
"My sister, Serena. The little girl with the pink hair is my cousin, Rini." I yelled from the bathroom. "The other Blond is…"
"Mina Aino! She's in that movie with the Rock!"
"Yeah. The girl with the blue hair is Amy. The one with long, black hair is Raye, Priestess at Cherry Hill Temple. The one with short black hair is Firefly. The one with brown hair is Lita. The lady with green hair is Trista." I said, coming out of the bathroom. "And the guy in the Tux is my future Brother-in-law, Darien. You should know the rest of the people."
"Yeah. I do. This is a great painting."
"I know." I said, pulling my boots on. I stood up. "Okay. Ready to go." Jeff looked up.
"Wow… you look great."
"Thanks. Come on. Everyone is waiting for us." I put Neona on my shoulder and took his hand. We went down stairs together.
Here we are. Saturday. In about 2 hours I meet the girl I'm expected to work with for the next year or so.
"Jeff? When do we meet her?"
"When Vince calls for us. I haven't even seen her. All I know is she's supposed to be pretty, she came for Tokyo, she isn't Japanese, and she can talk English."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Jeff? Matt?! You boys come on in!" Vince shouted. We walked in and saw Vince sitting there. "Boys, meet your new diva, Jacy." The girl turned around and I gasped.
"Jacy?" I asked in a quiet voice. "Is that you, Jacy Adams?"
"Umm… I think you have me mistaken with someone else." She said in her beautiful voice.
"Umm… Yeah. Sorry about that. You just look like someone I once knew."
"Its okay. Don't worry about it."
"Why don't y'all go find a room and talk. Get to know one another." Vince suggested.
"Sure." Matt said.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You hungry?" he asked as we left the office.
"Actually, I am. I haven't ate since yesterday." She said. We past Shawn Michaels and she ran over and gave him a hug. I heard her say, "Thank you, Shawn-sensei. I am in your debt. Thank you for giving me the chance to be a WWF wrestler."
"No problem, Akiko. Oh, here are your keys. Boys," he called to us, "Swing her by WWF New York. Her apartment is above it. Thanks."
She came back over to us and we headed to the parking lot, where Amy was waiting for us.
"Hi!" Amy bellowed. "I'm Amy. Who are you? Are you the new girl? You have funny hair. I like your shirt!"
"Excuse me?" She asked.
"Amy is being herself. Just ignore her." Matt said, getting into the Corvette, with Amy.
"Get in the front." I said to her.
"Okay. Where we going?" She asked in her bubbly voice.
"WWF New York."
"Okay."
"I can't believe Vince let you have a room there! He wouldn't even let the Rock stay there." Amy chimed in.
"Well, he said I needed a place to stay and that I could stay there for a while but have to get my own apartment when I become a major Diva."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
2 *Akiko's view
We reached the building a few minutes later. Amy was bout on my last nerve with all of her gibberish. I couldn't help but notice Jeff's constant stares. We got out of the car and went around the back of the building.
"My bike!" I exclaimed happily. The bike Amara gave me had gotten here safely. I ran over to it and pulled the plastic covering off it.
"I like your bike. It's a new model isn't it?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah! It is. One of my best friends gave it to me before I left Tokyo."
"Isn't that the model that only a pro-racer can order?"
"Yes. My friend is Tenou Haruka. She races for a living."
"I know her! Doesn't she use the name Amara? And she's married to a chick named Michelle?"
"Yeah, that's her."
"She beat Bob Holly at that one race! Remember Matt?" Jeff said, getting very excited.
"Yeah! I remember. Can we go get some food now?"
"Oh, yeah! Gomen, Matt-sama."
"Huh?"
"Sorry. I still feel as if I am still in Tokyo."
"Its ok." We went inside where we were greeted by a man.
"Miss Tsukino?"
"Yes?"
"Please follow me. Mr. McMahon has instructed me to show you to your room before you eat."
"Okay." I said, following him up a set of stairs. Then we boarded an elevator and went up to the top floor. He led me to a door on the right.
"This whole wing is yours for use. The other side of the floor is used as guest rooms for other wrestlers." He handed me a ring of keys and left. I looked at Jeff and Matt confused. Amy had gone downstairs to get some food. I turned around and opened the door, taking 5 minutes to figure out with key to use. We walked into the room behind the door to find something big enough to be an actual house. On the table in the living room, I found an envelope. It was addressed to me and the instructions were that I had to read the packet before I could eat.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"You have to read that whole thing before you eat?" Matt asked in distress. I looked at him.
"You guys go ahead and go eat. I'll join you when I'm done reading."
"See ya!" Matt said, leaving the room.
"I'll stay up here with you." Jeff said.
"Okay." Just then I heard mewing. "Neona!" I jumped up and ran to a room to the right of the living room. There was a note taped to the door.
Akiko,
I wasn't sure if you wanted me to leave your cat in the pet carrier, so I let it out in this room. Don't worry, I left a litter box in there with it. Along with some food and water. Have fun. I can't wait to see you in the ring. I'll be watching for you.
Shawn
I opened the door and Neona pounced out. I laughed and caught her. I hand her to Jeff.
"Be useful and hold my cat, will ya?"
"Umm… Sure. Why not?" I sat down and for the next half-hour read about all the rules of living in the building.
"Wow! That was boring."
"Not really." Jeff said. "I have a question."
"Ask away!"
"Why does Shawn call you Akiko?"
"It's my Japanese name. My sister gave it to me. I'm adopted. It's a really long story."
"I've got time. Tell me."
"Well, when I was 7 years old, I was in a car with my birth mother and we were in an accident. My mom was killed, and I was pulled out of the car right before it caught fire. Everything of my past was burned along with my mother's body. I hit my head somewhere in the process and suffered from amnesia. I was in the hospital when I first met my sister and best friend. She came in and tried to cheer me up. She said she named me Akiko because it means 'bright light' and she said it describe my smile. Since then that was my name and I don't remember anything from before that. All I have from then is a teddy bear and a few pictures."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. Because if none of that ever happened, I wouldn't be here in the WWF and never would have met my sister, family, and friends."
"Don't you ever wish you could remember?"
"Sometimes. Just to ask a few questions. Such as why I am so fascinated with the name 'Jacelyn'. Or what my real name is. Or who the boy in the picture with me is."
"Picture of a boy?"
"Yes. It's rather personal, otherwise I would show you the picture."
"Its okay. Where did you live in Tokyo?"
"Near Cherry Hill."
"Did you by any chance know a girl named Jacelyn Adams?"
"No. Why?"
"My best friend as a child was named Jacy. She lived next door to me, and when I was 7 and she was 6, her mother moved them across the world to Japan. She told me she would be living across the street from a Cherry Hill Temple."
"I don't remember anything about someone named Jacy. What was her mother's name?"
"Katrina Adams. Why?"
"I thought maybe that would simulate my thoughts. Guess not."
"Why the name Jacy?"
"Well, like I said, I have a fascination with the name and I needed an English name as well as a gimmick name. Vince didn't want me to use Eclipse. He said it sounded too superhero-ish."
"Okay. Why do you wear your hair like that? I mean with the two meatballs?"
"Usagi, my sister, did her hair like this and when I moved in with them, I copied her. And they're called 'ondagoes'. Only her hair is so much longer. Her hair goes down to her knees when it's down. Mine goes down to mid-back when its down."
"How old are you?"
"23. You?"
"24. What is your favorite color?"
"Silver and black."
"How long have you been wrestling?"
"Since I was 11. It took me two years to convince my mom and dad to enroll me in a school."
"You've been wrestling for over a decade?"
"Yes, I have."
"Are you guys done reading?" Matt's voice suddenly filled the room. "You've been in here for over 2 hours."
"Huh?" Jeff and I said in unison.
"We have?" I asked, baffled.
"Yeah. Jason, Adam, Dwayne, Mark, and the others are here and are asking for you, Jacy."
"Hey, Matt?"
"Yeah?"
"Why?"
"To welcome the newbie! DUH!"
"Okay. Go tell them I'll be down in a bit. I'm gonna change first." I got up and started to root around in my boxes.
"I'll stay and wait for her, Matt." Jeff said.
"Whatever, dude."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I can't find that box!" I yelled in frustration.
"What does it look like?"
"Its black, with silver stars all over it. It's a cardboard box. Me and little Firefly got bored."
"Little Firefly?" Jeff asked, shifting through my boxes.
"My friend, Hotaru. Her name means 'firefly'."
"Okay. I found it. Well, there are two of them."
"Great!" I opened the top box and started to pull the things that my friends had given me out.
"This is a cool picture!" Jeff said, examining the painting Michelle painted for me.
"Amara's wife painted that for me. Its me and all my friends." I pulled out a black fishnet shirt and a gray tank top. On the tank was the words 'rock star' in teal. I also pulled out my favorite leather pants.
"Who's the girl with the blond ondagoes?"
"My sister, Serena. The little girl with the pink hair is my cousin, Rini." I yelled from the bathroom. "The other Blond is…"
"Mina Aino! She's in that movie with the Rock!"
"Yeah. The girl with the blue hair is Amy. The one with long, black hair is Raye, Priestess at Cherry Hill Temple. The one with short black hair is Firefly. The one with brown hair is Lita. The lady with green hair is Trista." I said, coming out of the bathroom. "And the guy in the Tux is my future Brother-in-law, Darien. You should know the rest of the people."
"Yeah. I do. This is a great painting."
"I know." I said, pulling my boots on. I stood up. "Okay. Ready to go." Jeff looked up.
"Wow… you look great."
"Thanks. Come on. Everyone is waiting for us." I put Neona on my shoulder and took his hand. We went down stairs together.