Chapter 1

At the heart of Rusuo City, Japan, a wrestling gym stood proud above half of the other buildings. The front sign read "Xtrema". At the front, a man stepped out of his car with a notepad in his hand. He entered the front door and the first thing he finds is a tall woman with raven black hair and blue eyes. She had on a business suit.

"Welcome to Xtrema, Mr. Okumura."

"Call me Natsuki. Thanks for this interview and tour. It's an honor to get this from the legendary Sayuri Rogue."

"I should thank you for spreading the word of my league. With this, we might get deals for shows outside of Japan. Right this way."

Sayuri and Natsuki traveled down the hallway and entered the real gym. All across, there were several ladies on workout machines, sparring in rings, and mingling over energy drinks.

"Let's get started." Natsuki Okumura said. "What can you tell me about how you created Xtrema?"

"Well, as you may know, I used to be the world champion of Shangri-La. That is, until my rival, Jackal Tojo, defeated me and won the belt. Shortly after that, I won a major lottery. I used the money to retire from Shangri-La and invest in my own wrestling promotion. Here, talented women from all over the world can earn their stripes and make their claims. We even have some special guests from WWE, Rumble Roses, IJWPW and more willing to throw down with our girls."

"Well, that sounds exciting." Natsuki said. "Anyone in particular going to show up soon?"

"Now that you mention it," Sayuri said, "For our opening match, we have invited the new member of Berserk to compete, Sakura Hagiwara."

"Hagiwara?" a new voice asked from behind Sayuri. She and Natsuki turned to see a woman in fabulous workout clothes. She had her blonde hair tied behind her head. She laughed through her ruby-red lips. While her blue eyes were closed. She then continued with her French accent. "Hagiwara is ze best you can do for an opening match? She's a loser."

"She only lost one match." Sayuri defended.

"Twice, if you count ze time she was steamrolled by Rio Kazama. The point is, she belongs back on the stage singing, not in ze ring screaming."

"I don't think you should talk about Hagiwara that way, Willow. After all, you share a similar background."

"Wait." Natsuki said. "You mean this is Willow Powell? The star of the movie Apocalypse Ring? What are you doing here?"

"Well, if you must know, Nathan…"

"It's Natsuki."

"I don't care. You see, I had a lot of fun playing in Apocalypse Ring. It's a wrestling movie, and let's just say I really got into method acting. In fact, I liked it so much, I dropped my movie life to get into ze real thing. And as for your statement, Rogue, you're wrong. Hagiwara and I are nothing alike. For one thing, I'm a star and she's a princess. Stars excel at everything, while princesses are only good as eye candy. Secondly, I'm actually a winner while Hagiwara is a loser. I can take her hands down."

"Care to make it official?" Sayuri Rogue asked.

"You know what? Oui. Give zat pop star princess your best of luck, though it may not be enough to save her." She walked away to continue her workout.

"Well, Mr. Okumura, I guess you have our first match. Sakura Hagiwara will go against former movie star, Willow Powell."

Natsuki wrote everything in his notebook. "Any other matches that'll take place on the same night?"

"Of course." Sayuri said. "After the opening match, we'll have the Goddess of Chaos, Eris, against the slippery snake, Madame Python. After that, our super-heavyweight, N-Bomb, will face our Russian powerhouse, Liza Surkova, for the number-one contender spot for the Xtreme Championship. And next, we have our young, energetic girls, Team Spirit, against the sneaky mother-daughter tag team, the Killer Kitties. Lastly, we have our main event match with our ace, the legendary Queen Bee. Her opponent, however, we still can't figure out."

"Someone say my name?" A woman approached. She had blonde hair and a two-piece wrestling outfit with yellow-and-black stripes. She also had on a pair of boots with the same colors.

"Hello, Bee." Sayuri said. "We're just talking about your match."

"Have you found my opponent yet?"

"Not yet."

"Good, because I have someone in mind. I was thinking… Kaito Marx."

"Kaito?" Natsuki asked. "That's a man's name. Sayuri, I thought this is a women's wrestling federation."

"Kaito is our exception. His mother and I used to compete together back in Shangri-La, so I owed her. The problem is, Bee, that Kaito is a jobber. He always loses. And you're the ace of Xtrema. You really want a match like that for the main event? The fans probably won't like it."

"Which is why I have a couple of ideas to spice it up." Queen Bee said. "First, to make it more fair, I will start the match with both my hands tied behind my back. Not only that, but Kaito will be free to deal the first move. I won't defend against it. Second, I'd like to make it a stipulation match. Whoever loses has to do one thing the winner says."

Sayuri tapped her chin thinking it through. "And you're sure you want Kaito Marx?"

"Very sure."

"All right then. But on one condition. Each contestant has to tell me their command that they plan to use. We don't want this to get NSFW."

"You got it. I'll tell you in the morning." She grabbed her towel and headed towards the locker room.

"Well, that's about it." Sayuri said. "You got anything else to ask, Mr. Okumura?"

"No. I think I got everything. Thank you for your time." He walked away with a smile on his face. He returned outside and to his car while Sayuri Rogue stepped outside to admire the sign hanging at the front of her building.

"I can't wait."

Author's Note: So now, we have our first match-ups in the story.

1.) Willow Powell vs Sakura Hagiwara

2.) Madame Python vs Eris

3.) Liza Surkova vs N-Bomb

4.) Team Spirit vs the Killer Kitties

5.) Queen Bee vs Kaito Marx

Any and all comments are welcome.