Reiko Hinomoto vs Johnny Atlas: It’s just Business.

“Maybe if you focused so much on fighting as you did talking. You would’ve seen that one coming.” The zero fighter muttered as she quickly rolled back to her feet and looked at the damage. Her chest burned with the lingering sting of the Ginger’s palm on her chest. But Reiko opted to simply ignore it and to instead focus on showing Johnny that getting her signature was going to be harder than he thought.

So still crouching down, Reiko would raise herself up as she kept her eyes on the recovering manager. Her form shifting into that of a runners position on the track as she waited for just the right moment to strike. The moment she saw Johnny roll over and get onto one of his knees is when the zero fighter would shoot off from the corner like a rocket! Getting to the ginger haired man in an instant, she would use his knee as a jumping point to shoot up and slam her knee into his head for a stunning Shining Wizard!!

As Reiko may have already rightfully surmised about the Dapper Grappler, it's that one of Roman's most effective weapons is his natural gift for quick-witted gab. Smooth articulation alongside a penchant for deceitful obfuscation having saved Roman's backside more times than he can count, although it seemed they weren't affording him much headway against the Zero Fighter. Even with a cracking thwack against her bosom Reiko overcame the aggravating irritations and sent Roman flying overhead.

"Hggh...Kinda sorta doubt anyone would'a seen that one coming..." Roman muttered out after thwacking his back against the canvass, feeling winded not only from the flipping upchuck into the air but the battering kick to his breadbasket. This unfortunate pattern of being caught unawares by a fired-up Reiko would continue onward as Roman had barely situated himself up by one knee before getting clocked upside his head by a crimson kneepad. The rattled conman seeing stars and hearing bells as he flopped over onto his back in a spreadeagled daze.

The Zero-Fighter’s leg slammed into the side of Johnny’s head with the force of a cannon! And left the smooth talking ginger sprawling on the canvas while the rumble rose Ace immediately hopped back to her feet with her fist in the air! The crowd were all on their feet after seeing such a monument is strike from the Zero-fighter. But the match had only just begun, and Reiko had a lot more in store for Johnny.

The first of which was ensuring he stayed where he was before Reiko would suddenly run to the nearby ropes and rebound off of them! She would pick up speed and even hop over her opponent as she ran to the opposite end of the ring and bounced off those ropes as well! Then as she grew close to Johnny, Reiko would leap into the air and flip backwards. Doing a complete rotation before her toned abdomen would crash on Johnny’s midsection for a stunning Morningstar Crossbody!!

Aside from a generous bribe comprising fat stacks of C-notes, or the threat of immediate and in all likelihood lethal violence, there wasn't much in this world that could effectively silence the smooth talking con-man. An ambitious entrepreneur like himself always used his gift of gab to secure all of his unscrupulous dealings, although now it seemed like the Zero Fighter was intent was finding her own method of quieting the hustler. A tad primitive considering it was just through blindsiding him with one offense volley after another, but few could argue that it was pretty damn effective.

Johnny taking in the sights of the roof-lights above when he squinted from what appeared to be a sprinting shadow dashing over him, warbled noises becoming clearer over time after getting his metaphorical clock cleaned. Shifting his head off the canvas being the preliminary step towards evading whatever he sensed was coming, but unfortunately it was a day late and a dollar short as Reiko's slender breadbasket became pancaked upon Johnny's abdomen. "Oooophah!!!" A puffed exhale and spastic uptick of his limbs from Mr. Atlas still splayed out beneath the fan favorite.

It was a move she had done so often, that Reiko didn’t even feel the vertigo of being upside down for a second. Instead all she felt was the feeling of her abdomen impacting against Johnny’s midsection! And even that didn’t hurt as much as it did her opponent. She had done such move and those similar in the past that it was shocking her belly wasn’t made of steel at this point. But that was neither her nor there and Reiko wasn’t going to give Johnny the time to think about such things as she got back up to her feet.

Seeing how breathless the ginger was at the moment. The zero fighter thought that would be the first thing she should capitalize on. So quickly attempting to roll the manager onto his belly, the former rumble rose would then sit onto his back and try to hook his arms over her thighs. It all worked as planned, she would grab hold of Johnnys chin and yank back as far as she could go! Locking in the camel clutch and ensuring that his spine was filled with agony!

Let this be a lesson to any undersized wrestlers out there aspiring to qualify for any of the professional federations...the right maneuver can knock the wind of any one's sails regardless of if you're jacked to the gills or not. Johnny learning this factoid the hard way once Reiko's breadbasket splashed down onto his own and robbed the hapless conman of every breath in his lungs. About the only facet of that which he could be thankful for was that Reiko couldn't be considered a heavyweight by any stretch of the imagination. The rumble rose's rotating aerial slam sapping some strength out of Johnny, who scarcely had any left to offer given Reiko has practically run roughshod over the dapper yapper up until now.

*...Hngh...this is beginning to look more like a bad bet with every second...* Johnny internally lamented his underestimating of the Zero Fighter's capabilities as he remained splayed out on his back until feeling himself tussled over onto his stomach. Huffing out from her curved backside saddled upon him but recognizing the spine arching threat of a camel clutch to come. The gambler seemingly complacent until his arms were hooked over her knees, Johnny than hiking himself up to his feet with Reiko riding piggyback. Adrenaline coursing as he backpedaled into a turnbuckle to have Reiko flattened against him, afterward taking a few steps before snagging her by her auburn locks to hairmare Reiko off of him.