Bleeding Heart (Tam Nakano X Male OC)

End Of An Era

~With Aleki~

It was Raw, and it was the day for me to announce my retirement from wrestling forever.

I dread going into that ring and tell everyone that I'm not wrestling anymore thanks to the heart attack from months ago. The upsides about it is that I get to wrestle one more time, win that match, and help Cody win the title his father never won, and a title I'm probably never gonna hold, but it doesn't matter, Cody deserves it more than I do.

After that, Yuria and I arrived at the arena and Kyoko and the others were here, as I learned that they were going to be at ringside to hear me announce my retirement and address everything.

I hugged Kyoko, who was in tears, just not ready for me to step away for good, and the same can go for Arata, because he looks up to me, almost seeing me a role model.

Here's the thing, I can't consider myself a role model because I'm just a normal human being like everyone else and I'm trying to do whatever I can to prove that I can be a good person when I need to be.

Also, I'm living on the catchphrase of "Everybody's different and everybody's special", Hana's motto, and I'm doing whatever I can to keep it alive, as giving Samantha Irvin, the ring announcer, my handkerchief, the same one I used when I made my debut in New Japan as the newest member of the Bullet Club is a perfect example.

She came up to me, wanting to give me back my handkerchief, but I refused.

Samantha: Aleki, please, you need it back.

Me: No, Sam, you keep it.

Samantha: Aleki, I don't want to have it.

Me: Hey, I'm the one who's retiring tonight. You need it more than I do since I got a speech being worked on. You practice your announcing, okay?

Samantha: Okay. Thank you.

I shook her hand as I looked to mentally prepare myself for the main event, as I was gonna say goodbye to professional wrestling.

~Main Event~

As soon as it was main event time, Yuria and I got to gorilla as I'm actually feeling great. There is still some pain, but it's not as much as it was yesterday.

I mean, those ice baths really helped and so far, we got a long way to go.

Also, I did say that I had a speech being written, but I did not want to write one, knowing how hard it would've been for me to write one, so I'm doing it by heart, like I've done for my promos on Rock, who I hope doesn't interrupt me for the gazillionth time.

However, I wanted to be alone as I made the speech, and as my normal music played, Yuria and I just hugged and before I went out, we kissed for a few seconds, before she said to me...

Yuria: I love you.

Me: And I love you too, sweetheart.

I kissed her cheek with a tear down mine, as I walked out of gorilla to hear the roar of the crowd, as there were signs paying tribute to me, saying "thank you Alek" and all this other stuff.

I cannot express how it feels to be that beloved by everyone. It really meant so much to where I saw my friends at ringside, Yū, Kris, the former Oedo Tai and Tokyo Cyber Squad, everyone had shown up.

I didn't bother with the "let's go, you assholes" bit because I'm a bit emotional about announcing my retirement tonight and I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it.

Sam: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, "The Ultimate Assassin", ALEK HUNT!!!

Instead, I slapped some hands and when I got to a sign that said "RIP Hana Kimura", I smiled. I gestured for that sign and I was given it as I held it up for everyone to see.