//------------------------------// // Chapter 10 // Story: A Punk's Love: The Story of Straight Edge // by AC Punk //------------------------------// The Trip, Part 2: Week 1 As the weekend came to a close, the first week of the training seminar began. It is early in the morning and straight is asleep on a cot in what appears to be locker room turned into a makeshift living area for the boys attending the seminar. As the clock hits 4:00 a.m. a lone individual enters the room, his dark curly hair and trench coat being the only thing visible in the doorway to the room. While the boys are unaware of his presence, he pulls out an air horn from his coat pocket and gives them a wake up call. "RISE AND SHINE!!!" He yells at the top of his lungs, the air horn filling he room with it's loud and unbearable sound. Straight and many others wake up with confused looks while others roll out of bed and all to the floor in shock. Turning to the source of the disturbance, Straight can only stare in awe at who has woken him up. "AJ Styles?" Straight asks. "Yeah, that's me. Now get your asses ready, The Bullet club wants everyone in the dojo in ten minutes!" Styles then leaves the room. Hearing this, Straight sheds his sleepwear for his wrestling attire: a pair of Kick pads, knee pads, his wrestling tights (They come down to the top of his knees, fully covering his thighs), and his hand wraps. After getting dressed, Straight bolts out of the locker room and towards the dojo, leading the others who are close behind him, not wanting to be late as well. As he enters the dojo, He finds all the members of the bullet club standing in front of the ring, clearly waiting for everyone to arrive. When they turn to him, AJ smiles and looks at his watch. "You sir, have arrived with four minutes to spare. You are given this Saturday off to do as you please." he tells him. "Wait, by getting here early, I'm rewarded?" Straight asks as the others arrive. "Yes, if you want to be the best in this business, you have to be the first one to arrive and the last to leave." Straight keeps that in mind as the current IWGP heavyweight champion, Kazuchika Okada walks to the front of the group. Everyone in the room can only stare as he throws his belt over his shoulder. "Welcome," he begins," As some of you may already know, I am Kazuchika Okada. And I am the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. I am here to give you a brief summary of what is expected of you while you train here. As some of you know, the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo is one of, if not, THE toughest wrestling academy in the world. Each and everyone of you are expected to do as told without question, you will be pushed to the limit the entire time you are here. Should you fail to do as told, or if you disobey the rules of this place, you and everyone you brought with you will be sent home immediately." an audible gulp is heard in the room after Okada finished his sentence. "Now, I will leave the rest to Mr. Styles as I have a press conference I must attend." Kazuchika then leaves the building and AJ motions for the Bullet Club to leave. After doing so, Several native wrestlers enter the room. "Now that introductions are out of the way, you will now be split up into groups and will begin a six hour workout regiment. Afterwards, you will have 45 minutes to rest, then we get in the ring." Styles explains and begins splitting up the group of about 30 teens. Three hours later... "Don't tell me one finger is going to keep you from finishing your rep!" Styles exclaims to an exhausted Straight who is bench-pressing 150 lbs. Styles has his index finger placed on the barbell, making the already difficult task much more than it should be. "GAAAHHH!" Straight exclaims as he begins to push the bar up. Seeing this, AJ smiles and finally removes his hand as Straight finishes his reps. Now panting heavily, Straight props himself up on the wall andbegins drinking his water bottle. "I wonder what Soul and Warhawk are doing?" he asks himself. Meanwhile... "So why are you buying that again?" a confused Warhawk asks Soul. The two are in a clothing store in the shopping district of Tokyo and Soul is about to buy a light blue kimono dress. "It's a gift for Sunset." Soul explains. "Arigato." The clerk smiles at soul before handing him the dress that has been placed into a cardboard box for safe keeping. "What now?" Soul asks as the two exit the shop. "Want to go see if we can find were they shot Tokyo Drift?" Warhawk asks. "Lead the way." Three Hours Later... The workouts have finally ended and Straight is exhausted. As he takes a seat in the floor, he looks around and finds a couple of guys getting IV's for dehydration because of the lack of air-conditioning in the well insulated building, the Trainers obviously had the heat on and didn't bother to turn it off the day before. "Hey, mind if I join you?" a voice asks. Straight turns in the direction of the voice and finds a boy in a Lucha mask standing there. "Go ahead." Straight replies. The boy complies and takes a seat next to straight. "Thanks, I'm Dominic." "David, Where you from?" "San Diego, California, what about you?" "Originally from Chicago, But my folks and I moved to Canterlot on the west coast." "Who are your parents?" "CM Punk and AJ Lee, I'm Adopted." "I can't believe you don't recognize me." Straight looks at the boy who then removes his mask. "Oh my god, is that you Dominic!?!" Straight asks in shock. "The one and only amigo." dominic says before putting his mask back on. Straight laughs and hugs the kid before getting up to his feet. "Man, I haven't seen you in what three years?" "Something like that?" "How Mr. Mysterio doing?" "Dad's doing well, keeps having to travel between home and Mexico city for work, but he's doing good." Before the boys could continue, AJ Styles blows a whistle calling for the groups to head to the rings. "Crap, See you later man." Straight says as he heads to the wrestling ring. Three Hours Later... "You think the NJPW Fans want to see that!?!" AJ Exclaims to Straight and the boy he had met on the plane. Straight responds to this by ducking a clothesline and running to the corner, preforming a backflip over the boy and delivering a roundhouse kick to his abdomen. Styles smiles at this but then quickly gets into the ring as Straight's opponent locks in a Boston crab (Walls of Jericho) and refuses to release it after straight repeatedly taps out. "BREAK IT UP, BREAK IT UP!!!" Styles exclaims while pulling the boy off of Straight, "What the hell do you think your doing?" The boy says nothing and charges at straight who is climbing the ropes to get back to his feet. The boy drives his knee into Straights ribcage ad sends him tumbling to the floor of the dojo. The boy smiles at this only to be slapped and turned upside down by AJ who hits him with Styles Clash. "You're done for the week, got the hell out of my ring." Styles says before going to Straight who is propped up on the ring apron, holding his ribcage. "You okay?" he asks. "I'm fine, just hurts to move a little." Straight relies before standing up, slowly. "I still want you checked out by the medical staff." Styles then motions for one of the trainers who then take straight to the doctors in the locker room. As the doctor examines his ribs, Straight turns on the TV and smiles as an Episode of the anime Fairy Tail begins. Thedoor then opens to reveal Warhawk and Soul who gasp a the sight of Straight having his Ribs taped. "Hey guys." Straight says. "What happened to you?" ul asks. "Lethal Legend is what happened to him." A voice ays behind the two boys. Soul and Warhawk turn to AJ Stles nter the room, a freshly cooked bow of Ramen in hand. "Hey teach." Stright says as AJ hands him the bowl of ramen and a pair of chop sticks. "Wait, AJ Styles is your coach?" Warhawk asks. "Yeah, I'm the guy in charge. Why, you want to get body slammed?" Styles asks. "No, no, were good." Soul say with a nervous grin. "Thanks for lunch." Straight says. "You're welcome" "Wait, I've heard that name." Soul says, "Lethal Legend... He goes to Crystal Prep!" "What!?" Straight and Warhawk exclaim as AJ looks at them confused. "What is crystal prep?" he asks. "Our rival high school that likes to brag about being the state champion in almost every sport they play, except Lacrosse." Soul explains. "Great, and just when I thought we would be able to get away fro all that friendship game nonsense." "It still doesn't explain why he would go out of his way to try and physically injure you." Styles says. "I bet he's sending a message to Straight." Warhawk suggests. "Probably trying to tell him that no matter what it is, Crystal rep will still b better than everyone else." "But the kid is terrible." Styles points out. "WHAT!?!" the boys exclaim at hearing this. "Yeah, the kid only got in because his School literally bought him an invitation. It happened about thirty minutes after we got the conformation from David that he was coming." "So what should we do?" Straight asks. "You need to focus on your training and recovery. Your friends need to focus on their tourist stuff." "Which reminds me, We're going to be late for the Attack on Titan live action movie." Soul says as he turns to the door. "But the reviews for the movie say it sucks. And Captain Levi isn't in it." Warhawk explains as the two leave. Straight can only laugh at the spectacle as his friends finally leave, he then begins eating as AJ leaves the room.