"Mom's running late ain't she?" Rei comments to his sleeping twin girls as he checked on the infants. Noticing the raindrops on the window slowly fogging it up, Rei doodles the words "Lake Superior" and draws an arrow pointing at the lake in the horizon, chuckling at his own picture.

"I'm just impatient, I guess" Rei answers to himself before kissing his daughters and returning to the couch.

挿話3

Her

"Hello" the girl said staring with a shy smile, she's seemingly of East Asian descent having wavy brown hair, cream colored skin, almond-shaped eyes that were a light brown. She wore a pair of white Converse high tops, a red skirt, and white long sleeve collared blouse as moved a strand of hair behind her ear. Rei simply stared at with a confused look on his face before realizing she had said something.

"Uhh...Hi, how are you...how may I help you?" Rei asks stumbling over words as he spoke.

"Could you help me?" the girl asks pointing at a tree were a kite was lodged "I got it stuck in there pretty good" she added. Rei looked at the kite and the girl repeatedly before answering.

"Of course" Rei replied calmly before jumping on top of a bench and then the top of a fence steadily walking over to the treetop. "Just like top rope Rei, steady as you go" he said to himself referencing the top ring rope and months of practice balancing on them, Rei reached the kite and gently grabbed it as his perception of time once again became distorted. Suddenly he was handing the girl her kite as scolded him for worrying her.

"Don't ever do that again!" she scolded hitting softly on his chest. A memory raced across Rei's mind as he watched him perform a corkscrew moonsault off the park fence landing hard on his front. "I jumped off?" Rei asked himself as the girl hugged him. "But I was able to remember this time" Rei thought returning the kite to the girl.

"My name is..." the girl said with smile before Rei's hearing faded, he focused on her lips watching her mouth her name before everything once again became distorted. Rei found himself in his apartment room lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling throwing and catching a weightball.

"Anna" Rei says recalling her name before drifting away into sleep.

A few weeks would pass as Rei followed his friends' advice and took a small break from wrestling. The nineteen year old would spend his days working before strolling into the park where he had met Anna in hopes to see her again but to no avail. Nevertheless Rei was content with the memory she left him as he prepared himself for a return to the ring.

"You ready for a solo match?" a booker asks Rei as the nineteen year old did his stretches and warm up. Rei looked around trying to confirm to himself that the booker was talking to him "Yeah you kid!" the booker said slightly losing patience.

"Umm yeah sure" Rei replied hesitantly.

"Good you're going up against Eric Drago, he's going over" the booker said trying to find some notes "Oh yeah there's some recruiters from other promotions here tonight, so give your all kid! It's your time to shine!" he said before leaving the locker-room.

Rei nervously waited as Raine finished his match against Chuck Taylor in a losing effort, the urge to vomit was strong but the nineteen year old held it in. "Don't be so nervous" Raine said as he and Sara patted him on the back, "Good luck, we're gonna talk to some recruiters!" the couple said before leaving.

"Right, I'm up next!" Rei says pumping himself up before quickly running to a toilet and vomiting.

Superman - Goldfinger

"From the Protected Nature Reserves in China, weighing in at 200 lbs...Panda RED!" a new ring announcer announced as Rei somersaulted his way out of the entrance running and then again somersaulting through the bottom ropes into the ring. He did a Balor-like pose before going into his corner.

Ballad of a Champion

A man with a muscular build, average height, blonde Ivy League style haircut, and slightly droopy Aqua blue eyes wearing a all matte outfit. He was wearing blue and black combat gloves, light blue tights with a black eastern dragon running down them from the side(from waist to his knees), and light blue elbow pads. He also wore half-colored boots, which are blue and black.

"From Ajax, Ontario, Canada weighing in at 167 lbs... Eric Drago!" the announcer said with the excitement of the crowd rising. The two wrestlers faced each nodding before shaking each other's hand.

"Don't be so nervous" Eric said noticing Rei shaking a little. The two wrestlers started off with the classical collar n' elbow tie up with the larger Rei taking the advantage before Drago placed him in a headlock. Drago sent nineteen year old into the ropes before leveling him with a powerful clothesline.

"Come on we've got a show to steal!" Drago said with a reassuring smile to Rei as lifted him from the ground and kneeing him in the stomach. Rei felt a little surge of vomit rush to his mouth but swallowed it back down and returning a knee strike to Drago.

"We've got a show to steal!" repeated in Rei's head as they traded arm drags and scoop slams, Rei looked into the crowd watching bored faces on their phones, recruiters talking to other wrestlers, and some fans trying their best to enjoy the show. "Damn it, I'LL SHOW THEM!" Rei yelled out loud from anger surprising the crowd as he attempted to sweep Drago's legs only for the crafty aerialist to backflip away. The audience clapped at feat of agility from Drago as Rei quicly caught him with a overhead Belly to Belly suplex.

"That's the spirit!" Drago says before being launched across the ring as the crowd claps at the feat of strength. With his cat-like reflexes Drago lands on his feet impressing the audience even more as Rei and himself quickly rush towards the middle of the ring starting brawl. The two wrestlers trade kicks, chops. and punches before returning to arm drags and scoop slams until Rei nails Drago with a German Suplex with a bridge.

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Drago powers out of the pin attempt regaining ground as he pummels Rei with more chops and kicks before whipping him into the ropes as Rei counters with a handspring enzuigiri only for Drago to catch it and place Rei into a Rolling Kneebar. The audience claps and cheer harder as Rei fights out of the submission, the two once again lock up as Rei attempts another German Suplex before Drago elbows his way out of it. Drago attempts his Dragon Backbuster(knee backbreaker) only for Rei to flip out of it and nail Drago with a V-Trigger-style Knee Strike to Drago. Rei climbs the top rope looking out into the crowd to feel their energy before noticing someone.

"ANNA!" Rei's mind screams as he leaps off for a Phoenix Splash, his mind races as thoughts stream internally for what seemed like forever until Drago nailed him mid-flight with a Dragon Halberd(Spear).

"OOHHHHHH!" the crowds crescendos at the amazing timing of the spear. Drago goes for the cover.

"Hey! I wanna really steal the show now!" Rei whispers into Drago's ear.

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"AWESOME!" Drago whispers back as Rei kicked out at the last possible second. The wrestlers kip-up as the crowd roars once more, Drago and Rei trade powerful slams before Drago is sent flying over the top rope, Rei looks at the crowd (trying to find Anna) before launching himself over the ropes for a Fosbury Flop. Drago and Rei slowly staggered up as the former noticed a handler signaling to wrap up the match, Drago nodded as he put his opponent back into the ring. Drago stands in the corner raising his hand in the air as Rei slowly staggers up, Drago quickly rushes him for his Dragon Ascension(Superkick) only for Rei to drop down and Pele Kick him countering the move and then quickly executing a snap suplex rolling into a Reverse ButterflyLock with a bridge.

"We've gotta wrap things up now!" Drago says while wincing in pain trying to free himself from the submission.

"I've got an idea!" Rei replies as lifts Drago up and plants him with a Bridging-Butterfly Suplex going for the pin. "I'll go for a Superplex, you push me off and hit with the Dragon Asteroid(Frog-Splash/Backflip) while falling!" Rei continued as Drago broke out of the pin at two. Drago quickly places Rei in a side headlock.

"It's a bit risky don't you think?" Drago replies taking Rei down with a side headlock takedown.

"It'll be worth it! I'm trying...impress someone!" Rei says breaking out of the headlock hold and attempting to place Drago in a grounded Chickenwing hold.

"Aaah a girl I see! Okay I'll help you get laid!" Drago replies easily escaping the Chickenwing hold before Rei hits him with another Jumping Knee Strike.

"That's not my intent" Rei mumbles embarassedly before Irish Whipping Drago into a corner, he hoist the matte-claded warrior on the top turnbuckle as they stood precariously balancing together before Drago pushes the nineteen year old while simultaneously doing a backflip off the turnbuckle and landing hard on Rei with a lightning fast Frog Splash.

"OOOHHHH" the crowd yells reacting to the dangerous spot as Rei felt the wind rushes out of his diaphram and a small surge of vomit spew from his mouth.

"That's embarassing" Rei mumbled as Drago lifted his right leg for the cover.

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Afterwards Rei returned to the locker room to find Raine, Sara, Eric Drago, Adam Rogers (Capitán America), and Jason O'Neil (El Fantástico) waiting for him. The group applauded the nineteen year-old as he entered.

"What's all this about?" Rei asks with a confused expression.

"You did a great job tonight! Come on we're going out!" Sara says chugging a beer before tossing it in a trash bin.

"Did you forget?" Raine asks the confused Rei. "Its Adam's birthday!" Raine adds as Adam nods repeatedly already tipsy.

"Come on, we're gonna drag your ass by force if we have to!" Eric says as the group quickly rushed Rei to change before setting off into the streets of Philadephia. Despite Rei being underage they enjoy there festivaties at a local pub were the group talk about the recruiters and the prospects of the future. Suddenly in the corner of Rei's eye a familiar brunette sits next to him, tapping on his shoulder.

"Hi"

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