The characters in the story speak Japanese, their words have been translated to their intended English meaning.
Chapter 1: The Desire of a Genius
July 2022, Exact Date Unknown
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In front of a converted former warehouse in downtown Tokyo, Io Shirai, the WWE wrestler who would soon go by the name Iyo Sky, unlocked the front door of the building she co-owned and stepped in. A tall white man named Ezra, her business and romantic partner, greeted her as she entered the building and kicked off her black boots. Eagerly, the wrestler hugged and kissed her partner before leading him to the couch and sitting him down, ready to share some news.
"WWE has made some changes and they want me back!" she exclaimed as she sat down next to him, resting her bare legs across his jeans-covered lap. "I'm returning at Summerslam!"
"But what about...you know, us?" Ezra asked, running his hand up her thigh until his fingers found her tight pair of black shorts. "We spent the last few months building this up."
"You don't have to worry about that," she said. "COVID restrictions are lessened enough that I can make some more trips back and forth from here to the States than before. You are going to stay here and make sure things run smoothly while I can use my connections to grow everything."
"But Io, I have...ya know, needs," he said, his finger tickling at her prominent cameltoe.
"Well, you know how we had that agreement that we wouldn't 'play' with the merchandise?" she asked, leaning forward until their lips were less than an inch apart. "Consider that null and void. As long as you are nice to the girls, you can do whatever you want."
While the couple began a passionate hookup on the sofa, several feet below them sat their large basement. During the day, it was quiet and nearly empty but once the sun went down, the big room was filled with various wrestlers from the joshi wrestling scene. This was not just a standard basement beneath the warehouse but instead it was a large mini-resort that extended beneath several other formerly abandoned warehouses. The other buildings could access 'The Basement', but only after Ezra and Io purchased them as well.
Ezra had moved to Japan several years prior after attaining a massive amount of wealth through smart investments. It had always been his dream to leave the outskirts of Montreal, Quebec and relocate to a major international city. His original plans saw him moving to London, but it was a chance encounter with Ms. Shirai at an airport in Detroit that began the series of events that saw the two build their empire.
The question on every mind is 'what benefit is there to this 'Basement'? While the joshi wrestlers got to spend their free time in an area that sported a full gym, a large pool and restaurant-quality meals, it did come at a price, that being their bodies. Every wrestler that lived in 'The Basement' was required to service any and all customers that Ezra and/or Io allowed downstairs.