Good Deed Queen - (Open)

[Fairy Dragon]

While Kirie ran through Kyoko's completely bizarre plan, she could at least do right by Akiko who had always done the same for her, her stories were true and she could say them with without any sense of nervousness or a quiver in her voice which she was hoping just seemed like she was a really big fan of the masked Super Kitty. "That's the kind of stuff I expect from hero's like you, I know many people who would love to see this place still open a month from now." Kirie said before they finally got to the pumps themselves, the bright red variant they had in stock she let Katherine observe and take an interest in. The sale seemed to be going well, at least the one that would likely never happen if the Belly Queen had her way.

"Mind on work a little too much? Thinking about all the places you could throw someone in the store?" Kirie joked When Kat talked about her thoughts of fighting in said pumps. She was most likely thinking about the possibility that someone might try to fight her while she was wearing it but since Kirie was helping with a situation that might actually end up with that result she decided maybe she should stop talking about it. "Shorter heel size 9 got it." Kirie said with a snap of her finger and ran to the back to check, passing Kyoko in an aisle and doing everything not to stop and stare at her since she was crouched trying to look at Kat without poking her head out. It took her only a minute to find what she was looking for when she checked storage and came back with a pair of red pumps with shorter heels in the size Kat had asked for. "Good news is size 9's seem to have plenty of stock, this one has a shorter heel by about an inch and a half if that suits you better." Kirie said handing Kat the pair. "You can try that on, legally I have to watch you at all times but I don't see the great cat with an awesome track record trying to short change us so if you want me to leave you alone as you get a feel for the shows just say so." Kirie said hoping to build up some trust with Kat before she had to enact the crazy part of Kyoko's plan.

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"Hehehe~" Kat covered her mouth with three fingers to stifle the softest giggles as Kirie joked around with her.

"After hearing all I've heard about this store, I'd never dream of causing trouble here and upsetting you or your lovely boss. I mean, what kind of jerk would, right?" Kat would say out loud, likely audibly enough for Kyoko to hear since Kyoko herself was crouched just a couple of aisles over, and there were no other people on the floor to drown out the sounds of Kat and Kirie's conversation.

"Thank you!" The masked, brawny heavyweight would say while putting her hands together after Kirie snapped her fingers and took off.

"That girl is quite dedicated to her job. Good at it, too. Maybe I can cut a check to Macaques for a healthy lump sum and talk Akiko into giving Kirie a raise..." Again, with no one else in earshot (that she knew of), Kat would voice her thoughts aloud, not even considering that the sound could travel and that both Kirie and Kyoko might hear.

As Kat waited for Kirie to return, she'd continue walking down the aisle to look at the selection of shoes. It was a little-known fact that among all the SWAT Cats, probably among most women on LAW, Kat hated walking in stilettos, particularly big, thin heels the most. As she perused the shoes, she could feel an odd, sinking feeling within her. The Super Kitty paused for a moment.

"Why do I feel....like I'm being w-" Kat's whispers would be interrupted by Kirie returning much sooner than she anticipated!

"Oh! Kirie!" She greeted her. Kat would nod to acknowledge Kirie as the brunette explained.

"Gotcha, gotcha! Yeah, that's fine by me! I appreciate the vote of confidence, but really, you don't have to give me any special treatment" Kat blushed slightly.

"It means a lot to me that you think me a hero and you trust me, but it's a slow day today anyways, right? And I was enjoying our talk! Let's hang out together while I try 'em on!"

"Do you guys have slip-on socks? Oh, actually before that, is there a designated place to try them on? I didn't see any benches or seats." Kat would say as she stepped out of the aisle and tiptoed to get a good look around. She was genuinely looking around for a seating area, but she was also keeping an eye out to see if there was anyone nearby that actually was keeping an eye on her without her consent!

[Fairy Dragon]

Kirie nearly cracked at Kat's comment about causing trouble, it felt too close to home to feel like a coincidence and she thought Kat may have been on to her. All she could do was laugh to try and get the jitters out of her somehow while Kyoko rolled her eyes from afar. Of course the universe would use Katherine Hart to try and guilt trip her into backing out of her hastily drawn plan, the thoughts were already running in her head but now that they had been partially voiced by Kat gave her pause and brought a nasty feeling to her gut before she tried to remind herself that Kat would likely never rat her out to Akiko or try to discredit the store for something Akiko didn't plan on. The idea that banking on the standards of someone she was about to beat up didn't cross her mind but she was too busy trying to drown out her doubts to notice while Kirie split and quickly got the shoes that Kat asked for, Kyoko slinked back when she heard Kat walking around knowing that if she saw even the slightest sight of purple on her hair she would draw attention to it or walk off thinking something was amiss. "For once it might be nice if I was that Hinata chick everyone keeps calling me." Kyoko muttered to herself before realizing she said that at all, it was one thing for Kat for say things out loud she thought she was alone, Kyoko doing it was just careless on her part even if she was just whispering and soon after she heard Kat concerned that she was being watched. She might have been in trouble but thankfully Kirie showed up soon after...she noticed that she was nearly sprinting, as if she knew that Kyoko would nearly fuck things up without her.

"Oh please we reward good people here, plus with a certain advertisement from a specific local 'queen' we've had some...characters show up and mess with the staff. You have been a model citizen with or without that mask that I would do the same for anyone who came here to actually shop!" Kirie said trying to brush off her being polite as no big deal, and throw in a jab at Kyoko to see if that would put her at ease by implying she wasn't a big fan of Kyoko either. She immediately realized it was a bad idea since Kyoko was still the one to teach her and she might take offense to that, even now she imagined Kyoko growling at the mention of the other people who had bothered her today, and it was possible that Kat might not be receptive to that so she quickly laughed. "Uh sorry, today's been busy before the final hours hit. Good for the business but with new faces means sometimes trouble follows. Go ahead and ignore me rambling like a gossiper." Kirie said before she went back to into business mode and walked with Kat, she was looking around and thankfully because she was looking at her she missed Kyoko walking past the aisles to go the other way and out of sight, tip toeing like she was on a tight rope. "We sure do, but if you prefer we show you a place you can sit down or relax its right by the changing stations, this way Kat....Might be getting ahead of myself but I shall see if I persuade you to look at some other things while you're here." Kirie said playing coy and skipping along to where she needed to take Kat. If she could just convince her to try on new things she could pull this off, but if Kat sniffed out Kyoko something told her she'd be eating those clothes and shows

[winner3]

Fortunately for Kyoko and Kirie, the latter's timing was quite impeccable. Just as Katherine had grown even the slightest bit suspicious of what was going on, the young woman rushed her way back onto the scenes and directed her attention to The Super Kitty right away, denying Akan the chance to out herself!

Despite not knowing about Kyoko's conflicting feelings or even her presence nearby, despite not knowing about the plot being put in action against her, for a moment, Kat had genuinely thought something was up. But her suspicions were done away with altogether when brought up the fact that "characters" had turned up and given the staff a hard time. Having known what she knew now of Macaque's Athletics, the wonderful store owner Akiko, and the helpful and kind staff like Kirie, Kat's righteous anger, and moral compass surfaced for just a split second.

"Queen or no Queen, I can't stand the idea of anyone giving hardworking and generous, upstanding people like yourself a hard time! It blows my mind how many wrestlers are dumb enough to get in the way of people that are dedicated huge parts of their lives to helping wrestlers and the wrestling industry!" Hart ranted with her fists balled in front of her.

Ironically enough, it was that same moral compass and moral fiber that Kyoko, and by proxy Kirie, were banking on to see to it that Kat wouldn't divulge news of what would happen today. Of course, no one wanted to see Macaque's reputation tainted. No one wanted to see sweet, old Akiko and her business setback. Not even Kat. No matter what went down. Though Kyoko and Kirie couldn't have possibly known that for sure.

Kat caught herself after the small outburst and she continued conversing with Kirie as her usual, sunny self. The jab at Kyoko wasn't lost on her, of course, but with her mind cast on bigger problems, Kat had forgotten all about the feeling she had of being watched.

"Oh, please! I love your rambling and I'll ramble along with ya! I had wanted to take the seating option and try them on quickly because I was in a rush, you see. But I'm really glad I had the chance to take things slow and learn about Macaque's Athletics...about Akiko...about you, Kirie...." Kat smiled as she looked around the store in appreciation.

"You guys are doing tremendous work! I just wanted you to know that I'm thankful for it. And that I'll do my part to deal with anyone that gives you guys trouble!" Hart would finish with a confident wink and smile on her face.

"Oh, but let me not get too caught up in just talking! Let's walk and talk! You guys have changing stations or fitting rooms like you said, right? Please, lead the way." Kat would gesture, and beckon Kirie to walk ahead of her. As she followed Kirie, the masked woman would comment.

"I did mention I was in a rush but I've killed enough time at this point that it shouldn't matter. When you say you want me to look at some things, I take it that you want to see me try them on?"

"You've got great fashion sense. I mean you do work here, after all. And you look great, Kirie! If I'm receiving an earnest request from a fan to try on something she'd like to see me wear, I'll totally do it! I can just push my plans back a bit to prepare for my big interview with Alaina and Lexy, and prep for it in the morning. It isn't until tomorrow evening anyway so I should have time. And I'll probably end up buying more than just the shoes anyways, you guys have a lot of cute items, hehehe~"

[Fairy Dragon]

Kat's caution seemed to be gone with Kirie finding it easy to make someone feel at ease, even when she was anything but hoping Kyoko wouldn't fall out of whatever hiding place she made for herself. "Not every wrestler shares that, she meant well but I think Kyoko volunteering for the day brought more trouble. Like most things she does." Kirie added being more direct, and expressing her legitimate annoyance at the kind of rowdiness that has affected an otherwise normal working day. She was smart enough to know that it was the people who came in here causing trouble's fault of course but she figured that she could voice it to continue rambling and maintain her easy to talk to nature with Kat. "Thankfully they seem to have cleared out so you won't have to ruin your nice day by having to deal with some troublemakers." Kirie said stepping along to the fitting rooms where Kat could try anything she needed, she looked around to get an idea of where Kyoko could be but made sure not to do it for too long in case Kat got curious and gave anything a look. She didn't see any sign of her but thankfully when she stopped by a bench she turned around to give Kat her attention again.

"If you insist, I have a few things that I think might be really good for you! You can just try the shoes on here while I go get them. Be right back." Kirie said before sprinting off in the area where Kyoko told her the clothes would be, the Queen had picked out the idea when she told her the plan and she knew the store well enough to go get them. Back then Kyoko mentioned a cutoff shirt in this nice pink shirt that read "Live and Love" On the front in a pale purple. On Kat it would a slightly tight fit that she was banking on Kat letting Kirie help her with it for what she wanted next and she went right for it first. It turned out not to be necessary as she went near them she saw Kyoko already holding the clothes in her arms as well as a few other fits. "You want me to make her try on all of them?" Kirie asked confused and keeping her voice down while Kyoko shook her head. "These are so you don't look like you planned this by having only one outfit, let her try on any of these she wants first and when she tries on the one I picked out is when you make her move." Kyoko said as she handed the clothes off. Kirie had another wave of second thoughts mostly for the stores sake but she really wanted to try wrestling and she knew Kyoko had a great path for her once she was past the whole Young Lioness thing. "You better not be lying to me about that deal." Kirie said as Kyoko rolled her eyes. "I've never lied to you, do this for me and I'll help you pull of anything you want, now get to work." Kyoko said before ducking down and waiting for Kirie to move in.

Once she returned having placed the main articles that Kyoko wanted between the rest of the clothes she picked out Kirie would come in on Kat to see how she looked in the new shoes. "Do those fit fine? We have other sizes if that's not good and I have a few selections here, some casual stuff for every day wear or athletics for working out that I think you'll love and compliment the mask, or your eyes!" Kirie said showing off a few things she had picked up, most of which she might have grabbed anyway if Kyoko wasn't the one pulling the strings.

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"Heh...out of respect for her family friends and this establishment....I won't comment on Kyoko. She was real jazzed to see me by chance earlier, though." Kat would bring her hands behind her head and followed Kirie to the fitting rooms at a leisurely pace.

Given the recent happenings between them, one might expect The Super Kitty to jump at the chance to bash Kyoko. Yet for reasons pertaining to tact, she chose not to while inside Macaque's. Kat chose not to, in general, until she was given a reason otherwise. Bashing Kyoko required her to care about The Belly Queen on some level.

As Kirie rambled on, Hart was happy to ramble with her. As they neared the fitting rooms, Kat continued to engage the perky store clerk. She nodded as Kirie confirmed that the store seemed to be done seeing its fair share of troublemakers today. Kirie showed the luchadora to the room before another topic of conversation came up. It seemed like your standard, run-of-the-mill fitting room in a department store. Maybe a little smaller, actually.

"Oh! Sure! Take your time, Kirie! It's no problem!" Hart would call out as Kirie ran off with the quickness. Kat began to worry that she was making Kirie feel uneasy somehow.

"I hope trying on clothes for her will help calm her down and maybe make her day. Maybe I'll take selfies with her or something. Whatever helps puts her at ease. Poor girl works hard..." Kat thought you herself aloud as she closed the door to the changing room she was occupying.

Kat was now alone in the room. It was just her and her impressively toned and curvy frame, the shoes she was hoping to buy, the bench, and the mirror. It didn't take long for her to find a small stock of slip-on socks in the fitting room. Kat easily slipped a pair on and put on the red pumps. The heel on the shoes was short enough to somewhat practical. She didn't care if anyone commented on it when she planned to wear it while out in the public eye, working at LAW events where wearing them was appropriate. As she stood up and scoped herself out on the mirror, Kat took a few powerstances while making some silly faces before Kirie finally circled back with her.

While she was still blissfully unaware of Kyoko's ploy and Kirie being complicit in it, Kirie came back and fetched The Super Kitty's attention.

"Oh! Hey! Are these the clothes you wanted me to try on? Lemme know how I look in them, okay? I'll take pics with you and tag Macaque's online. I know poor Akiko won't accept donations, but I can do my part to get more traffic to her store, can't I? Hehehe."

Kat hadn't a clue in the world that one of the shirts in the pile was the one with which Kyoko and Kirie would make their move. In her mind, she was just trying to make a fan's day. A deed no one could blame her for committing to, despite dropping her plans to spend more time at Macaque Athletics. Kat eyed the stack of clothes for just a second before reaching into the like Kirie held in her hands.

"Oh! I know! I'll go with this! And this! I know it's super obvious that lilac is my favorite color, but like, how can it not be, right?! It complements the pink so well!" Hart would say playfully as she pulled out a pair of very flattering white yoga pants and the exact "Live and Love" shirt that the scheming duo prepared!

"Hey, I hope you don't feel weird about it, but I'll just slip into these here. I don't mind giving you a bit of a show~" Kat would purr teasingly as she undid her belt buckle and quickly slid out of her jeans. The denim was form-fitting and she did struggle for a hot second to slide the jeans down over her toned backside, but the jeans had been broken in well enough that getting them off wasn't much of an issue. Someone like Tracy would have run with this joke a bit further by Kat backpedaled quickly. She slipped each foot into the legs of the yoga pants and pulled them up her big, defined legs with no issue. They were even more flattering and form-fitting than the jeans! Her quads, glutes, and hamstring really stood out in them!

"I'm just kidding! If it's weird, you can totally step out. I'm trying to change quickly so it isn't embarrassing for very long."

"I've almost got this top on. I do think the outfit will be super cute, so I can't wait to show you! I'm happy you picked these clothes out for me! Maybe I'll find a new look I can rock to the gym or clothes I can lounge in or something." Kat rambled on as she slid her tight tee shift off to try and slide into the even tighter tee shirt that Kirie had brought her. She had gotten her arms into the holes but even that was a tight fit. Kat struggled to get them over her substantial biceps. She struggled for a moment in her white sports bra and mask and after a few seconds, she'd beckon Kirie for help.

"Hey, do you guys have a size up from this? I might be able to get it on but I definitely don't see myself getting this on without help. Jeez, if I wanted to make myself feel like I need to slim down, I'd be at the department store instead of an athletics store, you know, haha." Kat continued to joke and to try to keep the mood light. If and when Kirie did come in with the assist, she'd cooperate entirely in the hopes of getting the "Live and Love" shirt on.

[Fairy Dragon]

Kirie had gotten back to Kat as quickly as she could, even though she might have been able to stay back a bit and calm herself down from the awful thing she was about to help be involved in, oddly enough despite liking Kat it wasn't really guilt over hurting the Super Kitty but worry for Akiko and of course her immediate health. Part of it actually excited her, even though she was walking on eggshells the entire time because if it paid off she'd be set, besides this kind of thing was pretty common in LAW, it was almost a tradition to beat up someone. She slowly opened the door and saw Kat in the pumps. "Wow those look really good on you!" Kirie said honestly before stepping in all the way to hand the clothes off, Kat offering to highlight where they came from gave her another pang of concern that this might not go as well as she was told. "Good thing I'm in uniform. We can take as many as you like I'm really photogenic." Kirie bragged before Kat grabbed the pile of clothes...and happened to pic the exact outfit Kyoko had in mind for this idea! In that moment Kirie almost felt like it was fate...or maybe Kyoko was just really good at guessing Kat's taste and matching it to her agenda because that was a pretty fucked up thing for fate to just do.

"I had a hunch that those would look really good on you!" Kirie said proudly before looking startled when Kat actually started undressing right in front of her. Granted she only removed her pants and put the yoga pants on right after so it wasn't like she saw a whole show but Kirie was surprised to get that much and gave a nervous laugh when the Super Kitty said she was just kidding. "Not that I would want to miss this show but I do need to be a professional with standards. Let me know when you want those pictures." Kirie said stepping out with a smile and closed the door. She saw her director standing out by the side and gave her a thumbs up, and she simply nodded and faded out of sight again. Soon after she heard Kat talking about the shirt and asking for help...the moment of truth she had been waiting for. It would be easy to just claim she gave her the wrong size, go get a bigger one and move on, Kat might even train her if she asked and the same result would follow. But Kirie for some reason was drawn to the things Kyoko did even though she knew most of them were wrong and quickly opened the door to go 'help' Kat. "That's odd, I could've sworn I got the right size... Hold on let me help turn a little so I can get behind you." Kirie said before moving in behind Kat and adjusting the shirt, pulling it out a little so it didn't hug her shoulder and back so much and start sliding it down. She felt it prudent to at least give her the decency to get it to cover what it was supposed to cover first. "Okay give your hand a for a second almost got it down." Kirie said waiting for Kat to comply as she slowly pulled what she needed out of her pocket, with Kat moving her hands behind her just as Kirie was getting the short down and around Kat's waist. "There we go...and I'm sorry." Kirie said as she quickly placed the cuff on Kat's hand before moving to secure the other trapping her arms behind her back and stepping away. Without another word she stepped out of the dressing room leaving Kat there. When Kyoko saw her walk past she knew the time had come and stepped over to the dressing room before opening the door.

"Don't you just love a good worker?" Kyoko said moving in towards Kat and quickly throwing a punch to Kat's exposed belly. "You're going to have to bear with me here. Between several guests who up and decided to take advantage of me and a few of them actually hitting me when no one was looking all because they could I'm very pissed right now...If you couldn't tell." Kyoko said before she would throw another punch to the abs of Kat hammering them with hard hitting blows all while her voice kept a calm but chilling tone to it. "Normally I'd just wait and go pound on a heavy bag or something but in between everything going on in my life I needed a live victim and you were standing right there just as everything broke...to be perfectly honest with you, not that you give a shit about my honesty, you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time." Kyoko said before she would throw a third punch and then push Kat against the dressing room wall.

[winner3]

Kyoko's plan had finally come to a head! To say that things had gone south would be quite the understatement! Just as Kat had risen to prominence that had denoted her as the face of the company, she was also, sadly, the poster girl for getting sought out by heels and jumped during her matches, after her matches, inside and outside of the ring. Anyone who had followed her career over the years knew that she was painfully aware that being one of if not the top face wrestler at LAW made her one of if not the prime target for heels to jump her to fulfill some malicious agenda!

As she struggled to get that tight purple shirt on, as Kirie, who had so kindly chatted with her and filled her in on what the deal was with Macaques and with the day they were having, Kat had actually genuinely become invested in the store and in the meeting she was having with an adoring fan! The Super Kitty had been accused of being naive by wrestlers of questionable character before, but when Kirie slapped those cuffs on her, it was a rare instance there Kat had felt that for once, she didn't straddle the line between altruism and naivety carefully enough!

"Hm?" Kat reacted with a modicum of surprise.

Kirie had entered the fitting room to help her get the tight tee-shirt on. By this point, Kat was convinced the shirt was too tight and that Kirie had given her the wrong size. But she has no reason not to give the perky store clerk the benefit of the doubt. After all, it was still workable. The well-endowed/well-toned luchadora felt that the shirt could fit. It was just a pain to get on. It could have been the cut of the shirt or something particular about the brand. Either way, a fan was genuinely asking her to try it on and take pics. When Kirie asked for her hand, Kat gladly obliged....but the feel of something being slipped very quickly onto her wrist and the sound of the metal click that came from the locking mechanism drew the aforementioned expression and reaction of mild surprise.

It wasn't apparent on the outside, but right away Kat began to process everything. There were only a handful of assumptions she could make to rationalize what was happening right now. She focused her mental facilities on working out the answers to the big questions. Why now? What motive would Kirie have for doing this? Was she working for someone? Did Kirie lie to her?

All these questions and more swarmed Kat's mind. But on the outside? Outwardly, Kat looked strangely calm. She had been in similar situations enough times. The moment she heard Kirie's "I'm sorry" she began to piece it together. Just as she anticipated, the pitter-patter of Kirie's steps as she swiftly made her exit were the next few sounds The Super Kitty would hear.

Kat had her back turned to the door for the fitting room when she called for Kirie seconds ago. It just made sense. It made it easier for Kirie to get behind her and help put the shirt on. But now, she had turned around and faced the door. After checking her wrists and applying pressure to make sure these were indeed real cuffs and they were locked around her wrist tight, she raised her eyebrow curiously as the sound of footsteps drew close end close

"Yeah that's not Kirie....but I think I might know who it is..." Hart said under her breath.

She stood there with her arms restrained behind her back. Suddenly, the choice of shirt made sense. The way it fit on Kat with her bust size and her heavyweight build, it practically looked like a crop top, stopping right above her rather well-defined abs, yet another sign that this was the result of very carefully planned coordination and handiwork from Kirie and....the girl she was now expecting to see who had arrived just now!

Kyoko Akan strolled right in through the wooden doorframe and got to work nearly right away without so much as saying more than a sentence! Thankfully, that sentence gave Kat some much-needed context; context that she processed silently as she endured a hard right to washboard abs, right between her white yoga pants and purple "Live and Love" shirt!

Not even a grunt escaped Kat's lips. She didn't double over! She didn't move even an inch! She didn't make a sound!

The thud of Kyoko's fist meeting Kat's abs a second time echoed throughout the empty fitting room area as she continued to explain herself whilst pounding The Super Kitty's super midsection! A flat expression settled on Kat's masked face as Kyoko's tone grew more collected, more sinister.

Wrong place/wrong time was a classic excuse. And this was the precise picture of something Kyoko would do and the lengths that someone like Kyoko would go to in order to "blow off some steam". These were the thoughts that now emerged at the forefront of Kat's mind.

Kyoko got in one last hard jab before pushing Kat towards the wall! The third punch made Kat stifle a very small cough. It wasn't audible but she had no intentions of giving Kyoko the satisfaction of indulging in any of her pained expressions, hence Kat keeping a neutral expression on her face all this time. This was nothing she couldn't tough out, at least for now. They called her The Super Kitty for a reason. Hart was strong enough and tough enough to pose a threat to anyone in or out of the ring. But she was also quite the savvy veteran.

Kyoko was pissed for reasons other than just being in Kat's presence? She was certainly swinging like it, but there was always the possibility that Akan was lying. She couldn't put it past her. After all, she and Ayame didn't need to conjure up a reason to work in tandem to put her through a table on live television. Why would she need a reason to go to such lengths even after her plan worked? Why did she feel the need to explain herself to Kat?

Kyoko was in an honest mood, was she? That's what Kat was supposed to glean from this setup. Kat looked inwardly and told herself: let's test that theory.

The Super Kitty took a step from the wall. She leaned her head toward her right shoulder and then her left. A nonchalant, indifferent attitude manifested in her. She skipped the obvious questions and panic that any concerned victim in her shoes would have and she opted to test Kyoko's patience. After all, if there was any iteration of Akan that was going to be forthright with her, it'd be a pissed off Akan! On top of the disrespect that came with Kat shrugging off and tanking this purple-haired woman's blows, she'd ask point-blank.

"You're the belly queen, right? Oh wait, I'm sorry. That's a moniker people gave you, right? It's not something you proudly own up to even though you claim to care about the few Kyoko fans out there? You carried the belt they gave you proudly, after all." Kat was naturally chatty. Kyoko also seemed to like to talk. The two of them tended to mesh together in conversations about as well as oil and water.

"Oh, but I digress!" Kat perked up without a care in the world, as if she wasn't restrained in handcuffs and being subjected to cruel and undeserved punishment right now!

"If they really do call you The Belly Queen, then why are your belly punches just....So....Weak???" She finished with a condescending head tilt and a smile on her face.

[Fairy Dragon]

She knew right away she had some work to do, her punches connected but it was clear Kat Hart had taken the time in between Kirie cuffing her and Kyoko stepping in to try and process and prepare for the worst. She was hardly the first person to take a punch and try to no sell it, many of her bigger opponents in the ring did. If they thought it scared her, it failed since it only made Kyoko eager to try and take the challenge of chipping away it until it crumbled as she had done to girls like Ying Tao and Karen Starring before her. Her first few punches were always the kind to test out the defenses of her opponents abs, feeling out for spots to focus on and the strongest areas to hit, and three punches in which mostly focused on the upper region showed that Kat's middle to upper core was mostly solid as could be, she still felt some spots she would need to test out later but it seemed to be the area that was stronger. She would need to test the lower part before she came to any conclusions and readied herself to do so when Kat started talking...which made Kyoko's eyes go from fierce to confused as she was sure her entire face followed as Kat gave a question that she couldn't wrap her head around. "Sincerely what the hell are you talking about? I haven't even started yet and gibberish is already coming out of your mouth. Of course I own the nickname, it's my entire brand." Kyoko asked as her eyes wandered and her faced scrunched up while her brain tried to process Kat's question before looking back at Kat with clarity. "Wait is this about me telling you I didn't name myself the Queen? You do know that meant I didn't start calling myself that until fans started calling me that first right? Everyone knows a nickname is better when it's earned, not when you start calling yourself that. Do you even realize how arrogant it would be for me to just start calling myself a Queen? A name like that had to start from the fans first or I would look like a complete loon out there....wait why am I explaining this to you, you don't give a shit? You know what I'm just going to go back to punching you, that suits our relationship better." Kyoko said before she would throw a punch to Kat's lower belly, hitting her just below the navel and then going for the sides just above the yoga pants. She wanted to strike at each region and get the best possible idea of how strong Kat's core was and the game plan to tear it apart.

"Weak? Kat has someone been improperly trained? You should know no one should be going all out from the start, this is stress relief if you collapsed too early I'd be punching a soft bag. But we shouldn't fear for that with these abs, I think we can go a whole 5 minutes before you're brought to your knees. That's just what I needed to hear, don't worry you're shoes will still be waiting for you when it's all over. I'll even pay for them." Kyoko said before she would test the center of Kat's body, a slight upper cut to the middle, a right hook, and a jab all hitting different spots of Kat's hardened core, each punch with a different bit of power to mix things up on Kat in every possible way.

[winner3]

For a lot of women in Kat's position, it'd be about that time to resign oneself to their fate. Shoot, a lot of LAW wrestlers in Kat's position right now would probably be panicking and pleading rather than putting up a strong front right now. It was mildly disturbing to have to accept the fact that Kyoko was probably prepared to work with either behavior. Especially at a time like now, when she needed stress relief.

Kat stonewalled the first set of blows. The nonchalant expression on her face persisted undisturbed. The fact that the purple shirt picked out for her was so form-fitting and left nothing to the imagination have Kyoko easy access to each muscle and crevice of Kat's core and oblique muscles!

Kat noted that Kyoko's punches seemed to come in a rhythm, with the sharpness and speed of a girl that did, in fact, train profusely. But they were also subdued. Not by remorse or any sort of positive emotion. But by negative ones. They say that trading blows with someone is one way of getting to know them. In this case, taking these blows from Kyoko seemed to give Kat some insight on her. At least, that's the feeling that the masked woman got. Akan must have just been taking her time. Treating this bout of belly-busting like an appetizer before she could really let loose and dig in and enjoy her main course. But was there something else there? Why was Kyoko punching like a woman that had a lot of her mind?

Kat dismissed the thought in favor of studying her aggressor's body language. Kyoko's actually stopped to entertain her question. The eyes of The Belly Queen wandered for just a moment. Katherine eyed her curiously.

"Yeah..." She offered a small nod when Kyoko asked her next question. The small rant that followed actually made Hart smirk.

"Hehehe" Kat chuckled in response to Kyoko saying the punching suited their relationship better. She wasn't wrong. It wasn't like either woman was in the headspace to care to understand one another better. Even if some of that seemed to be happening inadvertently.

"Look at that! For once, we actually agree on something!" But the jovial attitude couldn't last with Kyoko bent on indulging herself. A swift jab aimed right below Kat's navel once again established the tone. Another small combination followed before Kyoko exclaimed that she was looking forward to Kat lasting anyways.

Keeping the conversation going definitely had its merits, though. As the blows kept coming and as Kyoko continued to test the sides, the dead center, every nook, and cranny of the muscles that made up the renowned luchadora's impressive abdominal wall and frame, the facade Kat kept up grew harder and harder to keep up. Kat's ears perked up when she heard the phrase "this is stress relief". That's when it dawned on her. That's all this was to Kyoko. Of all the things she could do this is how she chose to let off some steam?!

Similar to Kyoko, Kat had her own introspective discourse. Smiling, taking something like this in stride, it wasn't easy. Especially for someone like her. For Kat, the hardest thing about always trying to be the moral compass and the person to set a good example for others was the fact that she didn't owe it to anyone to do the right thing or to act in the best interests do anyone others than herself.

As each of Kyoko's blows connected, as Kat tightened her core each time in the fraction of a second she had before Akan's fist collided with her abs over and over, a new thought popped into Kat's head.

"I came here to buy shoes! It wasn't even supposed to be a long shopping trip!"

"I stayed for a fan. And she lied to me. Kyoko used Kirie to get me."

"I'm handcuffed in a fitting room at a sporting goods store. And why? Because Kyoko doesn't know a healthier way to vent?! Girl needs therapy!"

"Does she really think she's entitled to this? Does she really not understand that her actions have consequences?!"

"This isn't fair! I shouldn't have to take this BS! Her problems aren't MY problems!"

"I could do it...! If a big name like me publicly bashes this place when I get out of here, Macabre's certainly wouldn't recover. Their rep would be shot and they certainly couldn't bounce back financially. Akiko's probably already in the red even now, by the looks of it. If I was the final nail in the coffin, Kyoko would know it was her fault for pulling this little stunt."

"I don't HAVE to let this slide! I don't HAVE to care what happens to this store or anyone in it! I don't HAVE to look out for anyone!"

As the maelstrom of thoughts swarmed around in Kat's head, as she became more and more fed up with this whole situation, she landed on a decision. She didn't owe it to anyone to keep this under wraps and settle this in the ring with Kyoko later. She didn't even know that was the outcome Kyoko was hoping for. The Super Kitty had been pulled into trouble that she wasn't looking for and didn't deserve. And when she got out, it was entirely within her power to retaliate when she got out. And yet, despite all this being true...

"Hghe-" As the last blow connected, something between a cough and a chuckle escaped Kat's lips. She smiled. She was sure such a reaction would catch Akan off-guard.

"Yeah....I'm convinced...." She began, slowly. The heavyweight rolled her shoulder. Her usual perky and confident demeanor returned. She stopped acting stoic.

"I needed to be sure that this scene here wasn't also part of some bigger ruse that you or someone else was trying to pull. Like you said, this is just stress relief for you, right? That's why you're speaking with me so openly, like this?" Kat would stand up straight with her back no longer against the wall. She continued, confident that she was right on the money about this.

"Ha! You're not a good person, but you do wear your heart on your sleeve, don't you, Kyoko? I mean seriously, do you have any idea just how pent up you looked when I walked in?" Kat teased her aggressor here. She leaned in as she spoke, nearly getting nose to nose with the purple haired girl. Surely, this behavior would provoke yet another stiff blow to the abs. And when it did, Kat would lean her head over Kyoko's shoulder. At first, it would come across like actual damage was being done, and it was. But Kat would push past it and intentionally lean in so that she could whisper into The Belly Queen's ear.

"Hey....get the door, would you...? You left it open when you came in." Again, The Super Kitty would stand up straight, pulling her head back, this time to do so.

"I don't know how packed your store gets during this time of day, but do you really wanna take the chance that someone happens to come by the fitting rooms? If someone comes by and investigates, I can explain us being in the same fitting room together by saying you're helping me try stuff on. What I can't do is explain away these handcuffs. And I don't think you want to have a conversation that awkward with a stranger, much less Akiko or a coworker." Kat motioned her head towards the fitting room door.

"You're probably worried that I'll try something. I won't."

"Look, you don't have to like me but you can trust that I wouldn't lie to your face. I'm The Super Kitty but even I'm not so "super" that I think I'm gonna overpower you, get my stuff back, change, and leave this place in one piece all while wearing handcuffs. And even if I COULD do all that, I couldn't pull it all off without making a huge scene and ending up on the news, okay?"

If Kyoko did find it within herself to hear Kat out and get the door, Kat would prompt her as she did.

"Hey, I know I'm not exactly in a position to be asking this. But let me ask you a question. I wanna make a deal with you."