I'm Not A Jobber

My name is Kokoro, and... I am what many in the wrestling industry refer to as a "jobber".

But I refuse to stay a jobber. I openly challenged La Mariposa, one of the best in the business, to free myself of this... Title.

I'm tired of losing. I'm tired of being considered weak. I will defeat her. I will earn the respect of the fans!

Ergh...! That hurt... She's so fast. But I knew this wouldn't be easy!

Gagh! A single backhand is sending me sprawling to the mat?! But... I can still...!

Ungh... Everything is getting blurry... And I haven't landed a single blow on her...

Ah, ahh! She's mixing in submission holds flawlessly... I can't keep up...

She's laughing at me as she keeps hitting me... Am I really so feeble? All that talk, and yet-

Uagh! It... It hurts...

That sound... I'm nearing the ropes! N-No, if I touch them, I'll be electrocuted! Please don't--

Uaaaaagh! No more, no--

Ouf-aaaaaaaiiieeee!!

Hahh... Hahh... It feels like my entire body is on fire... Please stop...

I'll... I'll give up... Just stop hurting me...

Unff! Can she not hear me? Maybe I can't form the words, or maybe she just doesn't care.

I'm nothing more than a punching bag to her--Owch!--and if... If that's really the case...

She wasn't accepting my challenge... She was looking for a work-out. She isn't wrestling me, she's merely practicing her moves--

OUGH! ...But... I don't... Want to be a jobber...

She won't even pin me...?

Wait, what is she--

Aaagh!

She's just playing to the crowd at this point... Not taking me seriously... Just taunting and playing... That laugh of her's... I... I...

I'M NOT A JOBBER!!

RRRAAAAGH!!

Wh-What? That scream... I just, just shoved her into the ropes!

F-Focus! Capitalize on this! I'll just pull her into a headlock, and then--

--whoop--

Oh no, oh no oh no! I just unmasked La Mariposa! I-I just... What do I... D-Don't panic!

Keep her off balance! I'll just lay into her with some strikes!

And another right to the stomach! I'll bring her down one hit at a time!

Whew, her body is so resistant to my punches... Is this the body of a champion wrestler...? No matter, I'll take her down one way or another!

And the final blow! YAAH!

Huff... Huff... Wh-what...? She's getting back up?!

N-No, my hits didn't take her down! She was simply dazed about her mask! But that means she's probably--

Hurk... Right... Across my... Throat... Urk... Can't breathe...

Ough! Wait... I'm sorry--

N-No, please don't, I'm so sorry--

Aaaah!

Oouhh! So dizzy... I made her... So angry...

She won't let me rest... Every hit hurts worse than the last...

M-My arm! Aaaah! Sh-she wants to break the arm that unmasked her...! Ow, ouch... Please don't...!

Hahh... I'm sorry... Please forgive me...

Ghurk...! No... Can't go out... Like this!

I'll hit her with everything I have... All in one blow...! My strongest strike!!

I AM NOT--

--A JOBBER!!

Heh... Heh heh... That was... My best... What do you think of that, champion...?

...Ouff...Uff...Aagh...Ough...

She just keeps... Beating me... I guess I really... Made her mad...

I guess in the end, I've done what no other jobber could do...

I hurt the pride of a champion wrestler.

And... I've proven once and for all... I'm not a jobber.

People will not remember this as a top card pummeling a weakling... They will remember this as the almost-upset, where La Mariposa was unmasked... By the rookie wrestler; Kokoro.