Chapter 10
The following week, Tomoko gets ready for her second Raw taping. This time she will actually go out to the ring with John after he wins his match against his scheduled competitor Y2J.
When she gets to the arena, John is already there going over his match with Chris Irvine. While both men practice maneuvers in the ring, before the arena doors open for the fans, John sees Tomoko off in the distance and calls her over.
As Tomoko makes her way toward the ring, John leans over to Chris with a big smile on his face.
"She's beautiful isn't she?"
"Hey, playboy, you're spoken for remember?" Chris responds.
"How could I forget bro?" John responds with just a tinge of regret in his voice.
When Tomoko reaches the ring apron both Chris and John hold the ropes open for her like total gentlemen. John introduces her to Chris and they shake hands.
"Y2J, right?" Tomoko says hoping not to offend the superstar.
Chris nods.
"I'm sorry, I'm still learning all the stage names." Tomoko acknowledges.
Chris raises an eyebrow and looks over at John.
"So you're the girl that's going to help John here win the match tonight?" Chris asks.
"I suppose, I'm actually suppose to meet Stephanie in wardrobe right now to go over the spot." Tomoko responds.
"Well, you better get moving. Don't want to keep the billion dollar princess waiting." Chris replies with sarcasm.
Tomoko giggles appreciating Chris's obvious sense of humor, then turns to leave.
Before she goes, John takes her hand and kisses the top of it, staring at her waiting for a reaction. Tomoko curses herself for blushing like a little schoolgirl.
"Tonight we show the fans we are a couple." John says smiling like the little devil he truly is. Tomoko again at a loss for words, smiles back and then rushes out of the ring to meet Stephanie.
In the meantime, Victoria finds Shane McMahon sitting alone on a couch in one of the green rooms finishing a call on his cell phone. A mischievous grin crosses her face as she waits at the door for him to notice her. She checks her outfit to make sure the cleavage from her top is well exposed.
When Shane hangs up the phone he sees Victoria and invites her in.
"Hey Victoria, what's up? " Shane asks unsuspecting of Victoria's intentions.
Victoria moves over to him like a cat in her scantily clad outfit and high heels. Shane checks her out from top to bottom as she approaches.
"Hi Shane. I wanted to talk about the new girl Tomoko." Victoria now standing in front of Shane who is still sitting on the couch, her eyelashes batting away at him. When Shane stands up, the two are practically inches away from each other. The sexual tension getting higher and higher.
"Tomoko, what about Tomoko?" Shane responds barely able to keep his eyes off Victoria's breasts.
"I think she'd be much better off doing Smackdown. She's not experienced enough to be playing John's sidekick, and I'm not the only one who thinks that."
Shane raises an eyebrow as if to say, Oh really? At this point, Victoria turns on the sexual heat. She's manipulated men before with her body, and actually enjoys doing it. To see them eating out of the palm of her hand gave her more enjoyment than sex itself. Doing it to Shane was taking it to a whole other level. Besides, Shane was definitely easy on the eyes. This would be fun.
"Well that's not the feedback I've been getting." Shane responds smugly. "I'll have to discuss it with Stephanie."
As Shane turns from Victoria and heads for the door, Victoria grabs him by the arm just before he reaches the hallway. Once again she pours on the heat by taking Shane's hand and guiding it to her ass.
"Why bother your sister with something so trivial Shane. You're the heir apparent, not her."
With Victoria still holding his hand on her ass, Shane looks at her, her breast, her ass, her whole body. He steps even closer to her, his hot breath on her face as he opens his mouth, moving even closer to her lips. Then suddenly, without warning, he says to her, "No. Tomoko stays."
As he moves his hand off her ass, Victoria is shocked. How dare he play her like that, she thinks to herself. If he wasn't her boss she would have slapped him, or kicked him in the groin right then and there, but she couldn't. Instead, she stormed away with her tail between her legs.
As Shane watches her leave, he smiles, basically congratulating himself for being such a prick. Let's face it, Victoria had that one coming.
Soon thereafter, Victoria marches through the backstage area full of steam and with a scowl on her face. Without even noticing him, she walks right past John. John sees her and tries to catch up.
"Victoria, babe, wait."
Still not slowing down, John grabs her by the arm and spins her around.
"Damn girl, what's wrong?" He asks concerned.
Victoria is almost hyperventilating at this point she is so angry. With her hands on her hips she replies.
"Shane McMahon is an asshole!"
"Well, okay. Mind telling me why and what happened?" John asks, still confused.
"I figured since Stephanie won't have Tomoko sent packing, I'd talk to Shane."
John shakes his head, now completely understanding Victoria's behavior. The woman just doesn't give up.
"And?" John responds.
"And, he refuses to let her go. That damn bitch doesn't deserve to be here, we all know it. If I didn't know better I'd say she's probably fucking Shane to hold her spot."
With that remark, John loses whatever sympathy he may have had for Victoria at that moment. Barely containing his own anger, he pulls away from her.
"Give it a rest Victoria." He says with a raised voice, getting the attention of people standing close by. "Maybe Shane won't let Tomoko go because he sees what the rest of us see. Talent and potential."
Now realizing that their argument had become a spectator's sport, John subdues his anger. He grabs Victoria by the arm and pulls her away for one final word.
"Listen Victoria, you don't need to be jealous of Tomoko. You've got your own fans, your own thing here in the WWE. Tomoko's not going to replace you. Seriously, just give it a rest."
John pleads with her, hoping to calm her down. He then lovingly strokes her hair.
"I love you babe, don't do this to yourself."
Victoria looks up at John, her eyes burning with intense fire.
"Well that's not good enough John."
With that Victoria turns from John and continues on her path, just as angry as she was before.
Unbeknownst to John and everyone else, Tomoko was standing within earshot as Victoria and he were arguing, and therefore heard the whole thing. She is truly flattered that John stood up to Victoria like that for her, but what surprised her even more was hearing that Shane stood up for her as well. She honestly thought that Shane saw her as nothing more than a whore. Granted, this didn't prove that Shane was a saint by any means, but his actions of late did seem to prove that maybe he was an okay guy underneath it all.