"And now! Introducing! Miyabi Mey!"
The crowd waited for a moment as they expected Miyabi to make her entrance. However, no one came out, leaving an awkward silence in the air. This silence quickly turned to murmurs as the LAW staff scrambled to find Miyabi.
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Meanwhile, backstage, the sound of a zipper being unzipped went completely unnoticed due to the commotion caused by people frantically searching for Miyabi. A few moments later, a little head popped out of Claire's duffel bag. The head inquisitively looked around at the surroundings. After looking around for a bit, the head made a noise:
"Meow!"
Suddenly, a kitten leapt out of the duffel bag! The kitten had been Niko, a Siamese kitten owned by Ayame Aoi, the roommate of Claire Thomas. Before then, Niko had always wondered what both Ayame and Claire did during their time away from their apartment, but never got an opportunity to follow them. Eventually, Niko noticed that Claire would occasionally take her duffel bag with her when she left and would always return with that same duffel bag.
"[Chance!]" though Niko. Of course, the kitten did not think using human language. However, it was clear to Niko that hiding in Claire's duffel bag would allow him to discreetly follow Claire---furthermore, Claire always returned with that duffel bag so Niko figured that Claire would not abandon the bag. Thus, prior to Claire leaving for her match, Niko hid in Claire's duffel bag.
Now, Niko found himself in an unfamiliar area. Niko then began to explore the backstage area, making sure not to be seen by any wrestlers or staff members. Eventually, Niko found his way out from backstage.
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"I wonder if this is a curse..." thought Claire with an amused look on her face. She thought back to her first match where Katsumi Oshiro's opponent, Lacey Stardust, had failed to show up, resulting in Claire substituting in for Lacey. And now, Claire was once again in a situation where someone failed to show up.
"Perhaps someone will substitute in for Miyabi," thought Claire. Suddenly, the announcer began speaking.
"What is this?! A kitten has made its way onto the ramp and is now heading towards the ring!"
Suddenly, all of the cameras turn towards the kitten and project images of the kitten onto the screens for the audience to see. Confused murmurs began permeating the air as the audience tried to figure out if this was planned or not.
"Niko!" yelled Claire. Claire instantly recognized Niko but was extremely confused as to why he was there. Then, Claire figured it out: Niko had hidden in her duffel bag.
Seeing a familiar face, Claire, standing in the ring, Niko began to run towards the ring. Halfway down the ramp, the following music began to play:
One of the staff members had the quick idea to put that song on as the kittens "entrance music". Upon hearing the music, Niko's ears pricked up as he paused for a moment. Then, Niko continued down the ramp. Once Niko reached the edge of the ring, he deftly jumped into the ring, landing in the corner opposite to Claire.
"Hi Niko," said Claire.
"What are you doing here?"
Suddenly, the announcer spoke up.
"Due to Miyabi Mey failing to show up, we must make some last minute modifications to tonight's competitors." The crowd began to murmur, not sure of what the announcer meant.
"Instead of Miyabi Mey, Claire Thomas will now be facing Mittens the cat instead!"
"It's Niko-kun!" yelled Claire. Then, a realization came upon Claire.
"Wait, I can't face him in a reverse-hentai match! That'd be bestiality!"
"Oh. Right," said the announcer upon hearing Claire. Disgusted faces could be seen on many of the crowd members since the vast majority of people in that crowd were not into bestiality. Some of the audience members even began to wonder if LAW management had gone off the deep end.
A moment later, the LAW management quickly commanded the announcer to explicitly announce that the match type was being changed to a standard match. It turns out that the LAW management was
not into bestiality---instead, the people in LAW management had simply just forgotten to change the match type.
"Of course, this will be a standard match, not a hentai match. Sorry to all you bestiality fans out there," said the announcer. The little joke about bestiality that the announcer added at the end did not go over well with management, and the announcer was reprimanded for it later---the official wording was
"LAW announcers should not allude to such unsavory acts, nor should they joke about them."
After the announcer made that important clarification, Claire breathed a sigh of relief: she was not going to have to pleasure herself using an animal in front of an audience. Sorry to all you bestiality fans out there.
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Meanwhile, the referee began "briefing" Niko on the rules of standard matches. Niko knew that the woman was trying to talk to him but was unable to understand what she was saying. Quickly giving up on trying to understand, Niko began playing with the referee's shoelaces as the referee stoically continued explaining the rules to Niko. Once the referee was done with her explanation, she began to walk away.
BAM!
The referee fell flat on her face---Niko had tied her shoelaces together. Groaning in pain and embarrassment, the referee slowly got up and fixed her shoelaces. Afterwards, the referee signaled for the match to start.
DING!
