REIgnite Towards Apex! Shiori & Ichika In-Ring Interview

[FreestylePoet]

"Hai hai, everyone!!!" Shiori Takeda's ecstatic voice boomed throughout the LAW arena. "What an awesome card of matches tonight, huh?" Every syllable popped with excitement, and every wide wave of her hand was more exuberant than the last. She was beaming and bouncing and absolutely brimming with delight, not that anyone was surprised. After all, it wasn't every day that a LAW superfan went from being a NEET to writing, managing, training, and wrestling in her favorite promotion.

Or, for that matter, interviewing up-and-coming stars in front of the entire world!

Shiori-Chan the LAW Interviewer!!!

"A-Anyway, it looks like we've got a little break in the schedule tonight, and, uh..." Still, there was another emotion written on her face, just as plain. Anything beyond a cursory look would reveal the bullets of sweat streaming down Shiori's forehead, leaving her face shiny with a tell-tale sign of her nerves. How could she not be nervous? One of LAW's hottest rising stars was about to walk down that entrance ramp for an in-ring interview, and Shiori wasn't sure she could last ten minutes without totally wigging out. She was a fanfic writer, an otaku! Not an interviewer!

But she'd have to be an interviewer, at least for tonight. LAW was counting on her. Shiori gulped behind her doofy grin. "Well, we've got a great interview for you all tonight!" The crowd popped with anticipation, eagerly waiting for Shiori to introduce her interviewee. Meanwhile, the eager fangirl reached deep into her mind for every bit of Bruce Buffer she could muster. She closed her eyes. When she opened them, she did so with a brave step forward and a sweeping gesture towards the crowd! It was time.

"She's five-foot-four-inches, 125 pounds of puuuuure fighting spirit! She's a rapidly-ascending fireball buh-lazing up the LAW ladder! She's a walking thrill. A living weapon. The next generation of LAW greatness! Please welcome to the ring... Ichika! The Blue Flame! Reiiiiiii!"

[Violet]

Entrance Music

There was no time wasted between the last of Shiori's welcoming words and the first outburst of dancing tunes and colors as Ichika's music flooded the arena! Bright blue and white lights spangled the lively crowd as they cheer and pop. Pyrotechnics and smoke filled the stage and the aisle as the spotlights centered to the entrance of none other than, Ichika Rei!

Ichika Rei

The bluenette darling came out wearing an outfit different from the usual wrestling gear she had worn before! Her white crop jacket tightened around her shoulder and revealed the tight-fit blue top that hugged her chest as Ichika threw her gloved hands up in the air and struck a pose. Her hips, measly covered by a blue skirt and white bikini underneath. sashayed as she strut down the ramps. The outfit left little to no imagination for the rest, exposing her pristine abs and athletic thighs and legs clad in knee-high boots.

It didn't take long until the agile girl occupied a side of the ring apron, waving at the fans as she entered and climbed a turnbuckle to earn another pop. But soon enough, Ichika turned her attention to her partner for the segment for tonight, with a mic in hand.

"Arigatooo, Shiori-chan! That intro really hyped me up!" Ichika exclaimed with a laugh. "You should do that for me again some time." which she posited with a wink.

"But first of all, I'd like to say that this is a new experience for me and I'm glad to be here!" Ichika remarked as she took in the panoramic view of the crowd from the ring. "An in-ring interview so early in my career was something I didn't expect and it's all because of you guys! Thank you very much!" Ichika bowed her head as claps and cheers for the young hopeful filled the arena!

[FreestylePoet]

The crowd swelled in appreciation for Ichika! It wasn't as if Shiori couldn't relate. After all, Ichika was one of the people that Shiori was most excited to meet when she first joined LAW. She was positively quaking in her fancy flats right now!

As the crowd rang out in thunderous applause for someone who had quickly become a fan favorite, Shiori huddled in close to the young star-in-the-making. "Oh my gosh, did you really like it?" she whispered, so that the mic wouldn't pick it up. "I was honestly suuuuper stressed about it, and I practiced it over and over and over in front of my mirror, and I thought I had it but when I was on stage, I completely forgot because you're super cool and I got nervous and-"

"Eep!" The applause had died down. Shiori cut her rambling and scampered a few steps back, bringing the microphone back to her mouth. "Ehehe... Ahem. Anyway... Wow! What a warm welcome for you, Ichika. It really sounds like everyone here wants to hear what you have to say... And I think that's a good place to start, right? When you first started out in LAW, did you ever see yourself getting such a big fanbase so fast? Or were you worried that you might not be able to stand out on such a star-studded roster?"

[Violet]

The atmosphere in the arena was something the young hopeful could have never imagined. It was her first promo and an in-ring interview to boot! Even so, the bluenette felt so at ease once she got to meet her would-be interviewer in the ring. Ichika have heard a lot about Shiori even before she was featured in one of her articles. A diligent but cheerful LAW writer slash social media icon helping to showcase wrestlers of all kinds and beginnings. Totally someone that could be expected to deliver an event such as this.

But then they huddled. And Shiori rambled on for her response with Ichika's remarks, totally leaving the audience out of it! Ichika could only chuckle as Shiori retreated as she realized it. "I'd love to talk about it more later backstage if you want to. It'd be our little secret." Ichika said without the mic either to tease Shiori even more as the greenette tried to recompose herself.

Ichika was quick to pick up though, holding the microphone with her two hands close to her lips and nodding to Shiori as she talked. The first question was something the bluenette saw coming as a young wrestler. "Thank you Shiori for that question and well....." Ichika looked around her with a smile, spanning the entire crowd stands packed of people cheering for her, that she could see without turning her back on Shiori. "Absolutely not!" Ichika said with a giggle.

"At first, I did think that at least a few would know about me already because of my great mother." Ichika continued. "But it was already so long ago. And a newcomer being in the same pedigree of past greats isn't really that uncommon anymore. I bet everyone here can even list more than five family lines active in the circuit right now." Ichika looked around, addressing the people, as she revealed her thought process coming into LAW. "So I didn't come in hoping that would be the case. I'm here to make a name for myself and I want it to come from my achievements rather than my background.”

“My first few matches didn’t go with that plan for sure, yet still, they stayed and even grew as I stayed and grew.” Ichika trailed off with a slight chuckle as the crowd cheered for her. “Thank you! Thank you!” Ichika tried to reciprocate with her gratitude as she was bit overwhelmed.