Win or Leave

[Bearhug Goddess]

That night again, Cleophée surprised everyone with an exceptional match but the end was still the same: a tie. It was almost sad, Cleophée gave everything she had, faced women stronger, more known and with more experience than her, she could not win these matches! It was already her 5th tie since the beginning of her career. She must have been really unlucky to arrive at this kind of conclusion at the end of each match but the worst was yet to come.

As she walked down the hallway to reach her locker room at the end of her match, a person was waiting for her, a giant wrestler with long white hair like her. It was her big sister, Britanny Ysé, a woman still undefeated and one of the most known and strong heavyweights of LAW. Cleophée seemed a little sad to see her sister now, but they had things to say.

"Brit...?"

Britanny crossed her arms under her chest and looked at her little sister with a rather mixed look. She knew and took her sister seriously more than anyone when Cleophée said she wanted to become the best lightweight, she had even been able to stand up to middleweights and extremely strong wrestlers! But they had a bet, the one where Cleophée had to win at least one of her first 5 matches.

"You didn't lose your matches but you didn't win them either... It's a bit annoying for us."

"A tie is like a defeat..."

"Is that so ?"

Cleophée didn't dare raise her head and eyes to look her big sister in the eyes, she was covered in shame. She had to train even more than before but if her bet was over, she had no reason to stay at LAW any longer... In the end, she wouldn't be able to stand proudly alongside her mother and big sister. Britanny sighed and tapped Cleophée's forehead with her finger to make her change her mind.

"I'll give you one last chance sis, I'll find you an opponent and if you beat her I'll consider that you've done your part of the bet! On the other hand, if you lose or end up in a tie again... You'll be forced to leave LAW and return to France."

The end seemed rather cold but it was the last chance that Cleophée could accept. She finally looked up to look Britanny in the eyes with eyes more determined than ever, she knew she was strong, she knew she was skilled, she knew she was fast... She couldn't lose her next match, no matter who she was going to fight.

"Fine ! Do you have any idea who it could be?"

Because of her popularity, the giant ojou knew a lot of people but was only interested in the strong ones. The opponent that Britanny was going to choose was going to be someone powerful but unfortunately for her, she didn't know much about lightweight! She thought for a few seconds and stroked her cheek with her hand.

"A name? You don't want it to remain a surprise ?~ Oohohoh! I'll tell you then, your opponent who will put your wrestling career on the line will be..."

Cleophee

Britanny

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As the two sisters are discussing and talking about Cleophée's latest ties, a certain heiress walks by and overheard the two. Hearing the two conversations, Ayame looked interested. She knew how popular Cleophée is and the thought of defeating Cleophée, not only would she undoubtedly get more popular in the league but also would feel great satisfaction at sending the taller woman back to her home and forced to leave LAW. Especially after hearing how much her frie-rival, Vanille "Cream" Cadieux, has been complaining about the youngest Yse family member.

Seeing this as her chance, Ayame decided to speak, interrupting the two conversations. “Excuse me~ I couldn’t help but overhear your conversation.” Ayame said as she got the two attention. The smaller woman flashed the two a smirk. “If you’re looking for someone, I would be more than happy to be Cleophée's opponent!”

Spoiler

[Bearhug Goddess]

As the two sisters were talking to each other about their bets, someone intervened, interrupting the giant heavyweight. Britanny and Cleophée then looked towards where the voice came from and lowered their eyes, meeting the gaze of a little blonde with a haircut similar to Britanny's.

"Hmm?... Who is she?.."

Cleophée wondered as Britanny smiled slightly. She had a few names in mind as potential opponents for her little sister, but meeting a woman with as much elegance as her made her feel confident. She put one of her hands on her hips and the other at the level of her lips to hide her smile and laughter.

"Oohohoh!~ And who are you little thing? You don't seem to be very well known at LAW.~"

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“Hmph! That’s due to LAW sadly not recognizing my talent and not giving me that many matches.” Ayame said with a huff, annoyed that the organizers had only given her a match against some army brat and a stupid weak cat lady. However she saw her chance against Cleophée! If she could defeat Cleophée and send her backing, she knew LAW would immediately make her a big name.

“And I am Ayame Reikadou.” Ayame said with a smirk. While her last name wasn’t the most famous to the general public, those that are equally as prestigious surely knew her family reputation for being rich and numerous deals they had made throughout the years.

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Cleophée's face seemed perplexed, almost disgusted to see a woman like Ayame introduce herself to her and her sister as if she were an important person in this league. Her goal was to defeat the most famous lightweights and the strongest to become the best, fighting against no-names would be a waste of time.

"She's a complete unknown... Let's ignore her sis, she's not worth our time..."

Britanny continued to smile and stroked her chin as she thought. She had only lived in Japan for a year but she had been able to meet some big names and the Reikadou were part of it. A rich family for generations, clearly more popular and influential than the Ysé.

"In any case, she doesn't seem to have any victories to her credit unlike a certain one here!~"

"I.. Tsk!"

Cleophée crossed her arms, turned her back to her big sister and the blonde eye then puffed out her cheeks. She was much more sensitive when the truth came out of her mother's or her older sister's mouth.

"It may not be the case just in LAW but do you have other exploits in other leagues? Before joining LAW?~"

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Ayame narrowed her eyes a little at Cleophée's comment, annoyed at how the taller woman was dismissing her. Though hearing Brittany defending her, Ayame sent Cleo a mocking smirk. “Actually I won against a certain annoying hellcat. Which you know, put me above someone else that doesn't have a win to her name.” Ayame said with a smirk, flipping her hair a little with her hand.

“And of course. I was a former lightweight champion and tag team champion with my tag team partner, Tara.” Ayame said with a proud smirk, knowing the reign of terror the two caused in their former wrestling company. Hmm…speaking of Tara, Ayame couldn’t help but wonder where she was. Oh well Tara will find her.

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Britanny seemed delighted to hear this kind of thing coming from Ayame. The little blonde ojou seemed special enough to be an opponent for her little sister... Especially since she managed to be champion of two titles at the same time! No doubt that Ayame would become a new rival for Cleophée, maybe even the kind of rival that would push little Ysé to her limits.

"I like this mini blonde, would it be okay if she becomes your opponent Cleo? A woman who has already been champion of two titles at the same time is the perfect opponent for your challenge!~"

Cleophée stopped puffing out her cheeks and turned back to the two ojous, still looking at them with an annoyed look and with her arms crossed.

"Not too much. I'm sure you were planning to send me into a rematch against Ichika, Hoshiko, Chris, Madeleine or even that cheeky Vanille... I would have preferred it to be them, even Vanille, rather than a nobody..."

Cléophée's first five matches were rather tormented. She made many rivals, friends and an enemy but still no victory in sight.

"And then... I would be surprised if a short stack could become the tag team champion, her partner must surely do all the work for her... A sort of slave or something like that..."

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Ayame smirked at hearing Britanny complimenting her. She had seen a few of her fellow ojou’s matches and liked how the white haired woman wrestled. Hmm, maybe they could do something else time. Though Ayame doubted that Britanny would want to do anything with her once she sent Cleophée backing.

“Aww, what’s wrong? Scared of me? Is that why you don’t want to do a match? Hmph! I thought since you are a Yse, you would be braver.” Ayame asked with a mocking smirk. After seeing her match against Cream, she knew how much Cleophée takes great value from her family name. Hopefully this will make the taller woman angrily accept her challenge.

“And cocky words from a woman that doesn't have a single win in the league. You’ve been into what? 5 matches and haven’t even won once? And plus your last match against Cream? You barely got a draw from that one, honestly if you didn’t get lucky in the end, you would have either been knocked out or submitted to her, begging for mercy.” Ayame asked in a taunting grin. As Ayame kept on taunting Cleo, her eyes drifted behind the two women in front of her. Her grin turned into a smirk at seeing Tara spotting her and walking towards them.

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Cleophée first looked at Ayame with a haughty air but her gaze became colder and colder and showed more her anger than anything else. She squeezed her arms even tighter, puffing out her chest as she passed and walked towards the little blonde to try to impress her with her size.

"Big talk for someone that tiny. Looks like you need to know your place."

Britanny put her hands on her cheeks, it's not often that she could see Cleophée being angry and having a beginning of rivalry against another wrestler... And she was more than happy to be the reason for this meeting. But after a few seconds of glare exchange between the two lightweights, a person appeared and approached Ayame. This woman was tall and powerful... Maybe it was her, this famous Tara. Britanny preferred not to impose herself for the moment and let her little sister argue a little more against her new opponent.

"I don't know you, nobody does, but I'm sure you won't be able to beat anyone from the five big names I've fought. I'm not lucky, I'm just unlucky but I don't need luck to beat you and your partner if she dare come to save you!"

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Ayame smirked at seeing Cleophée’s look getting more annoyed and angry the longer she spoke. Seeing the woman walking to her, puffing her chest out and trying to intimidate her with her size, only made Ayame think she got Cleophée right where she wanted her to be. This wasn't the first time that some taller wrestler tried to intimated her with her size, so Ayame only felt glee at seeing Cleo falling for her words.

“Well then, it sounds to me like we got a match then! Also I hope you don’t mind but since you don’t sound threatened by my partner at all, I see no reason why she shouldn't be at ringside~ Not unless you know. You’re afraid of her.” Ayame said with a grin, knowing the cocky white haired woman had no choice in the matter.

Behind the two Yse family members, walked Tara, standing at a tall 6’4 and weighing 230lbs of pure muscles. She didn’t seem intimidated by the Yse family in the slightest and instead looked bored, knowing by how Ayame was talking, she had gotten a match. Probably against the smaller, angrier looking wrestler.

“Oh and she’s right behind you~”