Shattered Confessions
In Dedication to my loyal friends, without your support I wouldn’t be
who I am today. Thank you for helping to grow into a beautiful adult.
I love you all.
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“Gadoken!” Screamed the opponent at the other end of the arena
as a small ki attack shot out of the palm of his hand, after only a
few meters the fireball dissipated into nothingness. Cammy sighed as
she turned to face the judge, her pale face showed the slightest sign
of irritation. Slowly the tall blonde trusted her long braids behind
her shoulder and turned back to her un-formidable opponent, a soft
chuckle escaped her light red lips as the man in the pink gi did a few
poses for the onlookers that were seated behind a chain link fence
that separated the fighting arena from the crowded bleachers. Cammy
sighed again and slowly stepped towards the cocky man in the tacky
fighting gi, her hips gracefully swayed side to side as she carefully
approached the longhaired brunette; she had learned her lesson years
ago about looks being deceiving.
“Come on love, let’s get this bloody scrap started!” Cammy
yelled in a mocking tone, her thick British accent cut though the air
like a white-hot lightning bolt. The Asian fighter smiled sweetly at
the blonde woman and chuckled slightly; overdramatically the gi-clad
man raised his hand into the air and shook his fist at Cammy in a
gesture of dominance. Cammy gently touched her hand to her forehead
and shook her head.
“Hehe, bring it on babe! I don’t like to hit women but I think
you can be an exception, by the way sweetheart call me Dan. As in Dan
the man, hehe!” The pink gi wearing fighter said in a giddy tone,
Cammy sighed heavily and rushed the annoying Japanese man. Quickly Dan
dropped to the ground and rolled a few meters back causing the blonde
Brit’s jump kick to connect with nothing but air, Cammy turned to face
the Asian man with a furious scowl.
“Listen bloke, I don’t have time to play games with a stuff
shirt snot nosed little punk like you, so if you can actually fight
show me. Otherwise I am just going to have to beat the bloody pulp out
of your worthless hide!” Cammy growled in a low-tone as she continued
to shoot death glares at the male fighter named Dan, the Japanese
brunette grinned at Cammy seeing that he was making her upset.
“Aw, what’s wrong babe? Don’t like a man showing you up huh?
Well your just gonna have to get over it, cause I am gonna mess that
pretty little face of yours up so bad your mama won’t recognize you!”
Exclaimed Dan as he jumped into the air and kicked at Cammy, without
the use of her highly honed skills the tall blonde simply sidestepped
the midair kick and easily clotheslined the Asian projectile. A loud
gasp escaped Dan as he hit the concrete ground and slightly bounced a
few times, Cammy grinned maliciously at the fallen man.
“What was that about my face love, I think you might be just a
wee bit confused about whose face is going to be messed up!” The tall
Brit shouted at the Japanese brunette, without warning Dan jumped to
his feet and beamed a cocky grin at the surprised Cammy.
“Gadoken!” Dan yelled as he shot his open hand towards the
blonde woman’s chest, the small fireball fully connected with its
target sending Cammy back ten meters. The blonde Brit slammed against
the chain link fence hitting her head on a metal pole that kept the
wirework in place, quickly Cammy’s light figure fell to the ground
with a soft thud. Gracefully the blonde bound back on her feet and ran
towards Dan with an uncanny speed that made her pale frame blur
slightly, angrily Cammy rushed the pink clad man.
“Bastard!” Screamed the British woman as she flung her right
fist against Dan’s jaw and jabbed her left hand’s knuckles into his
sternum, with catlike reflexes Cammy backed up a meter and skillfully
lunged into the air wrapping her legs around his neck.
“Ohhh Kami-sama!” Dan yelped in pain as Cammy tightened her
thighs around his neck, with ease the longhaired Brit slammed her fist
into Dan’s face over and over again just to toy with him before she
finished the weak fighter off. Suddenly Cammy’s eyes shot open in
shock as she felt something wet brush against her thigh, furiously the
blonde looked at Dan, the Asian’s eyes were closed tightly and his
face was an odd crimson colour but his mouth was wide open and his
tongue was lapping attentively at Cammy’s alabaster thigh.
“Bloody freak!” Exclaimed the blonde Brit in outrage, with that
Cammy tightened her grip on Dan’s neck and quickly twisted her body as
she lend into a backbend, bring her whole body to the ground the tall
blonde grabbed the Japanese man’s knee with her left hand and harshly
flung her right elbow into his crotch. Instantly Dan’s body violently
jerked forward, skillfully Cammy let her hands drop to the concrete
floor to support her weight as she locked her feet around the back of
Dan’s neck. Ruthlessly Cammy brought the pink gi wearing man’s head to
the solid floor with the extra force of her leg strength as she let go
of his neck with her feet. Gracefully Cammy stood up and looked at the
unconscious fighter on the ground, a small puddle of blood slowly
began to surround his head and soak the tacky gi he wore. The tall
blonde smiled slightly as she rolled Dan’s over with a well-placed
kick to the ribs, with mock curiosity Cammy lend over and examined the
defeated man’s face, suddenly the blonde woman spit on his cheek and
roughly kicked him in the stomach before she turned and walked towards
the exit-gate.
“Winner in twelve minutes and eight seconds, the British
beauty…Cammy!” A loud voice cried over a P.A. system and a roar of
cheers and applauses deafened the arena, the tall blonde shook her
head at the foolish people who were no doubt her fans. Slowly Cammy
made her way down a long hallway that was for fighters use only, as
she tiredly walked down the passageway her skin began to crawl ever so
slightly as if she were being watched. With a heavily sigh the slender
Brit turned to see who it was that was following her; slowly a figure
emerged from the shadows. Cammy’s blue eyes widened slightly as she
stared at the person, he wore a pale grey fighting gi with a matching
bandana, but due to the dim light the slender Brit wasn’t sure if it
was grey or white. Slowly Cammy backed up slightly, for some odd
reason this person made her quake with fear.
That energy, it feels like Psycho power! But that can’t be,
Bison is dead! Cammy declared to herself with a shutter, slowly the
dark figure stepped out into the better-lit fluorescents. Again,
Cammy’s eyes widened in shock.
“Ryu?” Inquired the tall Brit in a genuine tone of amazement,
the man in the pale grey fighting gi nodded slightly as he crossed his
arms over his barrel chest.
“Listen Cammy I don’t have time to chitchat with you right now,
I only came here because I have some important information to pass to
you. I think that it is best for you to drop out before your next
match, understand!?” Ryu suddenly shouted in an irritated tone that
was uncharacteristic of him. The blonde raise a slender brow in
question, carefully Cammy backed away more.
“Ryu love, in all the time I’ve known you, you have never asked
anyone to ever pull out of a street fight. No matter what the cost
might be, so what is the bloody problem all of a suddenly?” Cammy
asked in a calm tone, suddenly Ryu pulled a paper from out of his gi
and tossed it to the tall blonde.
“Read.” Ryu ordered in a voice that seemed odd somehow, Cammy
gently opened the paper with slightly trembling hands. The title of
the paper was ‘Grand Tournament: The Contestants’ slowly Cammy read
the paper over before she stopped and felt herself go slag-jawed.
“Bison, Bison is alive?! How in the bloody hell is Bison
alive?!” Cammy screamed and threw the paper to the ground, Ryu shook
his head and stepped closer to the blonde woman.
“This is why I am telling you to stop now, I don’t want you
getting hurt because you are blinded by revenge.” Stated Ryu in a soft
voice that was eerie instead of comforting, Cammy smiled lightly and
nodded. Curiously Cammy looked at the Japanese man in the grey gi.
Ryu doesn’t wear a grey gi, he wears a white gi…is this really
Ryu? Cammy asked herself as she continued to stare at Ryu; slowly the
blonde noticed he had his eyes closed the entire time he was talking
to her. Suddenly Ryu let out a long laugh that made Cammy jump back a
few meters, grinning the grey gi fighter flashed his eyes open; a
bright red colour emanated from his optical organs evilly.
“I don’t want you to get anywhere near Bison because his Psycho
power is mine, hahaha!!” Exclaimed the faux Ryu with a maniacal laugh
that could have put M. Bison to shame, Cammy dove into an open doorway
as the grey clad man fired a large ball of flames at her general
direction.
“What the fuck?!” Screamed the tall Brit as she jumped up and
ran to the nearest door that lead away from Ryu’s doppelganger, as
Cammy rushed into the room her body froze in mid step. A soft chuckle
was heard from behind her as she stood there like a statue made of
stone.
“Cammy, Cammy, Cammy! Do you honestly think that running will
get you anywhere, of course not because you are a smart girl aren’t
you? Haha, well lucky for you I don’t want to kill you because if that
were the case you would already be dead,” The Ryu look-alike stated in
a gleeful tone as he walked up to Cammy and stroked her cheek with the
back of his rough hand. “You may go now, I just wanted you to know you
can run but you can’t hide from death. But remember I don’t want to
kill you, but if you get in my way I will gladly slaughter you with
great pleasure. Have a lovely day Cammy.” Simply declared the Ryu
look-alike as he let the tall blonde woman fall to the ground, slowly
he shook his head and walked back out of the room they were in. Cammy
looked up from her position on the floor and hesitantly stood up, her
knees slightly buckled under her weight but she managed to stagger out
of the room and down the hallway that lead to the arena.
A loud buzzing sound drew the attention of the two fighters in
the ring, at the blue end a feminine figure was standing with her head
bowed ever so slightly. At the red end of the ring a dark figure with
a lithe frame sat cross-legged on the cement floor, slowly the figure
stood up revealing an ebony skinned man clad only in a pair of ragged
shorts.
“Fighters prepare to pummel your opponent! Ready, three, two,
one, fight!” Exclaimed a voice over a loudspeaker in an excited tone
that made the other people who worked the P.A. system pale in
comparison.
“Yoga fire!” Yelled the ebony skinned fighter named Dhalsim, the
woman in the blue corner gracefully back flipped out of the small
fireball’s line of destruction and landed on her feet in a catlike
stance.
“Kikoken!” Screamed the female fighter as she let a fireball of
her own fly towards Dhalsim, the dark skinned man frowned lightly and
quickly teleported out of harms way. With a coy grin the woman spun
into the air and kicked behind herself instantly connecting with the
yoga master who had hoped to surprise attack the Chinese woman from
behind.
“How did you know I was going to teleport behind you?” Inquired
Dhalsim through gnashed teeth as he scowled at the shorter female
fighter.
“Simple, I followed the flow of your ki. If I wanted to I could
fight you blind folded.” Stated the woman seriously, Dhalsim’s frown
deepened as he looked at the woman in front of him. Slowly the ebony
fighter sighed, his movements were that of someone who already lost
the battle. The female fighter scowled at the dark skinned man before
she backed up a few meters and crouched down on her left knee.
“Yoga flame!” Dhalsim suddenly cried out as he let loose a
stream of fire from his mouth, spontaneously the shorter female
fighter jumped off of the ground and turned her body in midair;
slightly spinning towards the man in the ragged shorts.
“Whirlwind kick!” Exclaimed the Chinese woman as her kick land
square against Dhalsim’s head sending the man eleven meters back.
Suddenly the crowd began to boo and taunt the female fighter for her
actions.
Chun-li, my god that is Chun-li fighting that man! Cammy
exclaimed to herself in a half relieved thought as she made her way
over to the bleachers, slowly Cammy looked at a man that was to her
left. He had on a red leather jacket and a pair of dark sunglasses to
hide his eyes; he looked over to the tall Brit and smiled a vile smirk
then turned back to the arena.
“Go home communist, beat it ya chink!” He yelled at the
ring in hopes Chun-li would hear him, Cammy suddenly felt her pulse
rate rise as she stared at the racist man beside her. Softly she
cleared her throat and glared at the man, the red leather clad man
turned away from the arena again to look at the tall blonde.
“Bugger off you bloody prick, that woman happens to be a
good friend of mine!” Cammy yelled in a pissed off tone, the man
beside her stood up to his full height. Cammy took a step forward and
sized the man in the leather jacket up, just then the tall Brit
noticed that the man in the sunglasses looked vaguely familiar.
“Long time no see Miss Cammy,” He stated in a calm
low-tone, softly he smiled at the tall blonde slowly his smirk turned
into a gentle frown. “Come on Cammy you must remember me, for goodness
sakes it’s me Ken!” The blonde-haired man exclaimed in a slightly
shocked tone, Cammy felt her stomach knot up into a tight ball.
“Ken?! Why the bloody hell are you yelling those…nasty
remarks at Chun-li ?!” The tall Brit asked in a loud shout as she
looked Ken Masters in the face. Slowly the longhaired man slid his
dark shades down his nose and stared at Cammy for a moment.
“She is a weak fighter and a stupid whore, that is why I
am screaming those comments at her!” Ken yelled as he looked at the
tall blonde woman and pushed his glasses back up his nose with his
index finger. Cammy shook her head and moved closer to the chain link
fence that blocked her from the arena.
“Your heart isn’t in this fight Dhalsim, what the hell is
wrong with you?” Chun-li inquired in a high-pitched shriek as she
bounded towards the dark skinned fighter who as now on the cement
floor. The Indian man looked up at the shorter female fighter as she
rushed him and extended his arm and fist seven meters away from his
body like a human rubber band. With a great amount of speed the
Chinese woman sidestepped the oncoming strike and swung her open hand
at the dark skinned fighter’s forearm, quickly Dhalsim retracted his
arm before Chun-li had a chance to take hold of his limb.
“Yoga flame!” Dhalsim screamed as he suddenly teleported
behind the shorter female fighter and caught her off guard, the stream
of fire submerged Chun-li’s whole form in a matter of seconds before
she began to roll on the concrete ground in effort to extinguish the
flames.
“You…do have some fight in you, huh?” Chun-li asked
rhetorically as she stood up on her trembling legs and slowly began to
walk towards the ebony skinned fighter, Dhalsim smiled softly and
gently placed a hand on his necklace made of sculls.
“I fight for them, I fight for the innocents lost to
hunger and famine. I will not lose, because I have their small souls
cheering me on!” Exclaimed the dark skinned fighter as he looked at
Chun-li with an odd expression set in his facial features, the Chinese
woman sighed heavily and bowed towards Dhalsim in a gesture of
honouring his beliefs.
“Mr. Dhalsim your cause for fighting is one of the most
noble and honourable I have ever heard. But I am afraid that this
battle must end with me as the victor, I am so sorry but this fight
must end now.” Declared Chun-li in a soft tone that spoke volumes to
the other fighter, Dhalsim nodded slightly and rushed towards the
pretty Asian woman. Quickly Chun-li jumped into the air and planted
both of her feet into the dark skinned man’s back, Dhalsim forcefully
slammed against the chain link fence face first and instantly turned
around.
“Yoga fire…” Dhalsim cried in a desperate attempt to
attack Chun-li as she rushed up to his cornered figure, with great
skill the shorter female fighter lifted her right leg as she run up to
Dhalsim and focused her ki into her lower limb.
“Hyakuretsukyaku!” Chun-li screamed as she let loose her
deadly attack, as each of her kicks landed on its set target;
Dhalsim’s body pressed farther into the wirework of the fence cutting
his bare back into pieces. With a loud screeching sound the chain link
fence gave way and Dhalsim’s battered form flew through the broken
metal boundary, lobs of dark flesh hung onto the twisted and bent
pieces of the metal chain link fence that dangled down like torn
cobwebs. Hysterical screamed and cries emerged from the crowd of
onlookers as a group of medics scurried over to the dark skinned man’s
body, bright red blood was splattered all over the bleachers and the
floor before the four medics finally reached Dhalsim’s mangled form on
the cold concrete ground.
“Winner in twenty-three minutes and twenty-nine seconds,
the Asian Aphrodite…Chun-li!” Exclaimed a giddy voice over the P.A.
system, Chun-li slowly made her way over to the exit gate and gently
forced the latch open.
Ken’s baby blue eyes harden underneath his dark shades as
he stared at the fighter’s exit gate and watched for the Chinese woman
to come out, slowly Cammy walked around the bend in the pathway to the
gate that lead to the arena. Cammy’s hands began to shake ever so
slightly as Chun-li pushed the metal gate open and stepped out, her
head was bowed and her face and every other part of her body was
scorched from the battle she had just fought. Hesitantly the shorter
female fighter looked up towards the tall blonde Brit, her pale brown
eyes sparkled slightly with unshed tears but the short Chinese woman
forced a soft smile.
“Cammy, it’s good to see you again.” Declared Chun-li in a
businesslike tone as she lifted her right hand out for the blonde
woman to shake, Cammy smiled back and accepted the other woman’s
extended hand and firmly shook it. Chun-li winced slightly at a sudden
twinge of pain that went from her right hand all the way up to her
shoulder and around to her other shoulder, Cammy pulled her hand back
and apologetically gave a half smile.
“Oh so sorry about that love, I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
Cammy declared in a soft tone and smiled gently at the shorter woman,
Chun-li shook her head and placed her right hand on the corresponding
hip in a semi-cocky manner.
“Miss White do you honestly think you can hurt me anymore
than what I already am?” Chun-li inquired with a soft smirk on her
pretty face, Cammy chuckled under her breath at the comment the
shorter woman made.
“Chun-li, we meet again.” A masculine voice stated from
behind the two women, hesitantly the Chinese woman and the tall Brit
turned to face the unseen speaker, Ken smiled sweetly at both women
and dramatically pulled his dark sunglasses off in one swift motion.
In her peripheral vision Cammy could see Chun-li tense up slightly
while leveling her shoulders in a almost defensive stance, the short
female fighter glared at the longhaired man in front of her.
“Mr. Masters.” Chun-li coldly stated in a semi-monotone
voice as she let her clear brown eyes cut deeply into Ken’s form;
Cammy raised a slender brow as she watched the two fighters stare each
other down.
“Umm, excuse me chaps but what the bloody hell crawled up
your knickers and died?” Inquired Cammy in a joking tone as she
continued to look at Ken and Chun-li, both of the street fighters
turned and stared at the tall blonde with slightly pissed off
expressions on their faces. Ken scoffed lightly and quickly put his
glasses back on in a manner that slightly surprised Cammy, coolly the
longhaired man turned away from the two women with a cocky demeanor
and slowly strolled off in the opposite direction. Cammy gently
reached up touched her left hand to her forehead and began to rub her
temple with extra care, quietly Chun-li sighed and placed a trembling
hand on the tall blonde woman’s shoulder.
“It’s a long story Cammy, a very long story.” Declared the
feminine Chinese woman in a soft tone that was oddly depressed in a
way, the tall Brit glanced at Chun-li with a slight bit of curiosity
glinting in her pale blue eyes.
“You okay love? I mean you sound a wee bit sad, not like
the good old Chun-li I know.” Cammy declared in a hushed voice that
dripped with concern, slowly Chun-li nodded and let a soft sigh escape
her light pink lips.
“I am fine Cammy, thanks for asking,” Chun-li sighed again
this time a little heavier as her eyes began to mist over with a warm
salty liquid. Cammy’s brow furrowed slightly with deeper concern.
“Really, I am fine…things have just been hard lately. A lot has
changed since the last time we saw each other.” Softly stated Chun-li
in a weak voice that almost cracked into a sob, Cammy frowned lightly
as she placed her hand on the pretty Asian woman’s shoulder and patted
it in a soothing manner.
“Listen love, I am here if you need me. If you need a
shoulder to cry on I am right here.” Cammy stated with a gentle smile,
Chun-li looked up at the tall blonde with tears hanging on her long
dark eyelashes; a reluctant smile hesitantly spread across the shorter
woman’s face as she looked into Cammy’s pale blue eyes.
“I know Cammy,” Stated the short Asian woman in a meek
whisper, suddenly Chun-li cleared her throat. “Let’s go to the locker
room I need to get my things before I go back to my hotel. That is if
it’s okay with you of course.” Chun-li stated in a normal tone that
had an undertone of grief to it, Cammy playfully waved her hand in
front of her and tilted her head to the left slightly.
“Oh Chun-li you don’t have to ask me before you do
anything. Come on love, let’s get your things and get the hell out of
here.” Cammy declared in a half cheerful tone as she turned to walk
off towards the female fighters locker rooms, Chun-li flashed a quick
grin as she strolled beside the tall British woman and headed down a
long poorly lit corridor.
Silently the two women walked down the long yet narrow
hallway; at the end of the passage there were four doors, going
counterclockwise the one on the left hand side lead to the first-aid
station, next to the first-aid station was the men’s locker room.
Facing the men’s locker room and the first-aid station were two other
doors; the one opposite of the first door was the women’s locker
rooms. And the door that faced the men’s locker room was an emergency
fire escape that was lit with a bright neon green exit sign, Chun-li
sighed heavily as she pushed the fourth door in the corridor open.
With a quick flick of her wrist the short female fighter turned on the
overhead lights, a long buzzing sound emanated from the dusty
fluorescent bulbs as they begrudgingly flashed on. Stale air and a
light musk filled the small room that the two women walked into, Cammy
slowly looked around the female fighters locker room curiously eyeing
the badly dented metal storage cages that were lined up vertically
along the wall. With a slight limp Chun-li hobbled over to a small
locker in the corner of the room, carefully the pretty Interpol agent
opened the less than spacious metal cage and hurriedly pulled out a
black gym bag that had a blue water bottle stuck in the side carrier
pocket.
“Um, Cammy could you turn around? I need to change into my
street clothes.” Chun-li asked in a soft voice as she unzipped her
black gym bag and pulled out a pair of old blue jeans and a folded
black top, Cammy looked up at the short Chinese brunette with an odd
expression on her pale face.
“That’s sort of funny, the world’s strongest woman is
shy.” Declared Cammy as she let out a soft chuckle and turned away
from the Asian woman, Chun-li looked down at the floor for a brief
moment before she slid her blue fighting dress off of her sore body
and gently tugged her loose pants on. With a gentle cough the pretty
Chinese woman indicated to the tall blonde that she was dressed, as
Cammy slowly turned around her pale blue eyes widened slightly and she
suddenly felt her cheeks set aflame.
“Cammy!” Chun-li yipped in an embarrassed high-pitched
voice as she quickly closed her long sleeved black Kung-fu button up
shirt, the tall blonde covered her eyes with her hands as she turned a
bright shade of royal crimson.
“I thought you were dressed, I am so sorry Chun-li!” Cammy
exclaimed in a yelp and stumbled backwards towards the door, the
shorter brown-haired woman slammed her locker as she picked up her gym
bag and rushed towards the exit. Simultaneously both women reached for
the door handle in effort of get out of the room due to their
embarrassment, Cammy’s right hand firmly gripped the knob and clumsily
fumbled with it as she tried to open it.
“Move Cammy! Just get the hell out of my way, okay?!”
Chun-li stated in a subtle scream as she reached for the doorknob but
only managed to take hold of Cammy’s right hand, the blonde Brit
quickly began to hyperventilate and fumble with the door handle more.
“I didn’t mean to…honest Chun-li I really didn’t! Please
don’t be angry with me!” Cammy pleaded in a desperate voice that
startled the shorter woman, a sudden wave of embarrassment washed over
Chun-li as she pulled her hand away from Cammy’s and took a weak step
backwards.
“Cammy, I…I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to overreact like
that, I just didn’t want you to see how ugly my body is.” Chun-li
muttered with a tremble in her voice, quickly the shorter of the two
women looked down at the floor with shame written on her face; Cammy
trembled slightly as she let the doorknob go and looked at Chun-li
with shocked.
“But you have a lovely body Chun-li, I don’t see why you
think otherwise.” Cammy declared in a soft tone as she tried to take a
step forward but realized her knees would give way, a soft yet bitter
laugh escaped from the Asian woman’s light pink lips as she looked at
Cammy and slowly began to open her black kung-fu shirt with her right
hand.
“Look,” Chun-li ordered in a low-tone that was a cross
between anger and sorrow, underneath the soft cotton fabric of the
button up shirt was well toned flesh and three slightly jagged long
scars running from her right shoulder diagonally down to her left
breast. “How can I have a lovely body when it’s covered with such
hideous scars?!” The shorter woman lashed out angrily as she glared at
the tall blonde who just looked at her with pleading eyes, carefully
Cammy moved over to Chun-li and stared her square in the eyes.
“At least your scars can be hid, look at me mine is on my
face! What do you think about me Chun-li, do my scars make me ugly in
your eyes? Am I hideous Chun-li?!” Cammy shouted as she felt her pulse
beat in her ears, Chun-li let out a meek throat gargle as if she where
about to be sick. Coyly the Chinese woman shook her head from side to
side.
“Of course not, that is the most idiotic fucking question
I have ever heard! I think you are gorgeous Cammy, every inch of you
is perfect. Even that scar on your face.” Chun-li declared in a soft
low-tone as she suddenly broke eye contact with the tall blonde,
Cammy’s eyes hardened for a brief moment before a single tear rolled
down her alabaster cheek.
“Chun-li…” Cammy whispered under her breath before a loud
knocking sound cut her off, with great speed Chun-li quickly buttoned
up her black top. The tall Brit cleared her throat as she wiped her
face with the back of her soft hand, slowly the blonde woman pulled
the door open with a slightly shaking hand.
“Cammy! Wow it has been forever since the last time I saw
you!” Shouted the man in the doorway with a slightly cheerful tone to
his heavily accented voice, quickly the tall blonde took several
trembling steps back until she bumped into the short Chinese woman
behind her. The man in the doorway raised a ridged brow as he stood
just outside of the room with two bouquets of wild flowers in his
hands and took a gentle bow in their direction, Chun-li sighed heavily
and begrudgingly stepped up to the large man in the arc of the
doorway.
“Mr. Honda it’s a pleasure to see you again, what brings
you here?” Inquired Chun-li as she eyed the sumo wrestler who was
wearing a loose fitting navy blue traditional kimono, E. Honda beamed
a happy smile as he stepped up to Chun-li and handed her one of the
two bouquets of flowers.
“Just came here to see how my two favorite women friends
are doing and to congratulate you both.” Declared the kimono clad man
as he sidestepped the short Chinese woman and walked over to the tall
blonde, Cammy raised a brow as E. Honda held out the wild flower
arrangement for her to take; the tall blonde unaccustomedly accepted
the offering with a soft smile.
“Err, thank you Honda love. They are quite charming.”
Cammy muttered half sincerely as she took a quick sniff of the floral
gift, unconsciously the tall Brit’s nose twitched side to side like a
small white rabbit. Suddenly a soft chuckle escaped the pretty
Interpol agent’s mouth and gradually became a full-fledged laugh as
her clear brown eyes locked on to Cammy’s wrinkling nose, politely
Chun-li covered her mouth as she continued to laugh at Cammy’s
actions. Slowly the tall blonde stopped smelling the sweet flowers and
looked to the pretty Asian woman with a slightly playful pouty
expression on her pale face.
“Hehe, that’s so cute Cammy! You look like a little bunny
when you wiggle your nose like that.” Chun-li stated in a giddy tone
as she smiled broadly at the other woman, Cammy beamed a quick grin
and bowed her head slightly to hide her lightly flushing cheeks.
“Eep!” Cammy exclaimed in an embarrassed yip as she held
her nose and slowly began to giggle like a small child, with a hearty
laugh E. Honda held his ribs as his face contorted oddly from laughing
so hard at the two women.
“Kami-san, you two giggle like little schoolgirls!” The
heavy sumo stated in a loud voice that slightly startled Cammy, slowly
Chun-li took in deep breaths and gradually stopped laughing with that
the blonde woman folded her arms over her chest and lightly glared at
Honda.
“I do not giggle, that was a slightly giddy chuckle you
heard Edmund dear.” Cammy stated seriously as she nodded her head to
add to the effect of her statement, Chun-li found herself rolling her
eyes to the taller woman’s actions and folding her arms over her well
endowed chest and shook her head lightly.
“That was a giggle Cammy, don’t try to deny it because I
heard it too.” Stated Chun-li as she emphasized the ‘I’ in her
sentence and winked playfully, stunned Cammy’s pale skin began to glow
a bright shade of crimson as her knees weakly trembled causing her to
gracefully fall on the long wooden bench behind her. With a perplexed
look the kimono clad man shook his head in a slightly disapproving
movement.
“Now, now, now,” Teasingly chastised the sumo fighter
while shaking his index finger at Cammy. “Don’t go and fall over
yourself just because you know she is right. Why don’t we all go to
this little restaurant that I know of and celebrate our first
victories instead of staying here and arguing?” Inquired E. Honda in a
soft tone that was almost pleading, Chun-li sighed heavily and nodded.
“It’s a tradition and I am not one to break traditions.”
Chun-li stated slightly less than happy but still pleasantly, Cammy
just smiled softly at the two and slowly stood up making sure her
knees didn’t buckle again.
“I’ll pay.” Honda chuckled as he directed his statement to
the tall Brit, Cammy found herself scratching the back of her head
nervously as she realized she was being invited too.
“I’ve never passed up a free meal in my life, I’m game
loves.” Cheerfully stated the tall blonde as she grinned at the two
Asians and bowed slightly, E. Honda snorted loudly at Cammy’s bowing
and how naturally it seemed to fit her as if she were a native to
Asia.
“I am the luckiest man in the world,” The sumo declared
out loud happily, Chun-li just scowled at him and shook her head. “I
have two of the world’s strongest and most beautiful women joining me
for dinner, woohoo!” Honda playfully cheered and beamed a smirk that
was of utter contentment, Chun-li giggled light as she elbowed him in
the ribs.
“You are such a big ham.” She plainly stated with an
amused smile, the man in the blue kimono flashed her a toothy grin as
he looked at her.
“Are you implying I’m fat?” E. Honda chuckled as he
managed to sound semi-serious, spontaneously Cammy and Chun-li both
cracked up laughing at the sumo’s remark. After a few attempts the
tall blonde managed to stop her light chuckling and cleared her throat
to speak up.
“Um, I was wondering if I could stop off at the entrance
gate before we leave? I need to get my stuff.” The tall British woman
asked as she looked at the large Japanese man with a sweet smile, E.
Honda shook his head and grinned back at her.
“Don’t see why not, we have to go back that way to get to
my car anyhow.” Stated Honda as he slowly began to walk over to the
open door, with a slight groan of relief the pretty Chinese woman
shifted her gym bag on her shoulder and followed the heavyset sumo.
Slowly the three fighters walked down the long narrow
hallway that lead to the main arena where all of the important battles
took place and casually strolled along the corridors to the entrance
gates, as the trio finally approached the main entrance gate Cammy
began to walk faster until she was ahead of both Honda and Chun-li. As
the tall blonde gracefully sprinted towards a well-lit office her hips
swayed from side to side and her scantily clad backside left very
little to the imagination. Chun-li gave a soft cough as she tried not
to stare at the other woman’s firm arse, slowly the pretty Asian woman
shook her head and lightly touched her temple with her right hand in
effort to calm her brightly flushing face. Suddenly the tall blonde
woman turned around as she reached for the doorknob of the office and
looked at her two friends.
“I’ll be just a sec, I have a little business with good
old Jasper.” Cammy stated with a happy tone to her very feminine
voice, Chun-li’s brow furrowed in thought for a moment as she
struggled with two thoughts.
Why the hell was I looking at Cammy like that…I’m just
jealous of her body that’s all. Isn’t it…wait, who the hell is
Jasper?! Chun-li inquired to herself as her mind started to burn
slightly. With a cocky smirk Cammy suddenly emerged from the small
well-lit office with a dark blue gym bag on her right shoulder, her
fighting outfit was now replaced with a pair of khaki pants and a
light pink dress shirt. The tall blonde slowly walked back over to
both Honda and Chun-li as she tugged at the neck of her silken shirt,
slowly the door of the office opened with a barely audible click and a
tall old man walked out holding a baseball bat.
“Cammy White! I swear if I find out you fixed those fights
I will track down your worthless crumpet-loving ass and stomp it into
next Tuesday! Do you hear me young lady?” The elderly man screamed in
a warning tone as he menacingly swung the bat back and forth towards
Cammy.
“Whatever Jasper, you are just a old fusspot who gets
steamed up when people win! And don’t you ever accuse me of
dishonouring the street fighter’s codes and morals again, otherwise I
will have to kick that withered excuse of an arse of yours!” Cammy
shouted in a slightly angered tone, slowly the furious old man named
Jasper walked back into his office and slammed the door closed behind
himself. With a questioning glance Chun-li looked at the tall blonde,
smiling Cammy walked up to Chun-li and looked up at her. The pretty
Asian let out a soft chuckle as she realized the once tall Brit was
shorter than she was, Cammy crossed her arms over her chest and
motioned with her head to her feet which were now covered with low top
black dress shoes.
“What was all that about?” Honda asked in a hushed voice as he
looked at the short blonde and the tall brunette. Cammy sighed a
little knowing Chun-li would nag her if she told what it was about,
she shrugged and took in a deep breath.
“That bloke was just pissed because I won my two bets,” The
blonde Brit stated in a sigh, out of the corner of her right eye she
saw Chun-li open her mouth to say something. Quickly Cammy turned
towards the pretty Interpol agent. “Listen love before you give me a
lecture on how betting is wrong, let me just tell you this. I came
here with fifth U.S. dollars to my name, how the bloody hell am I
suppose survive on that?” Cammy snapped and stared deeply into
Chun-li’s eyes, Cammy couldn’t help but notice a light pink rising to
the surface of the other woman’s cheeks.
“I wasn’t going to say anything.” Chun-li lied with a straight
face that was highly convincing, Cammy pursed her lips slightly and
placed her arms akimbo as she looked at the other woman.
“Sure, I believe you,” Cammy teased slightly and stood on her
tiptoes so she was slightly looming over Chun-li, the pretty Asian
woman tried not to laugh at the shorter woman.
“Why do I feel like I am being ignored?” E. Honda muttered under
his breath as he watched the two female fighters playfully bicker.
With a slightly shaky hand Chun-li lightly pushed down on Cammy’s
shoulder making the woman return to her normal height.
“Down shorty.” Chun-li chuckled and let her hand rest on the
British woman’s shoulder, Cammy swallowed hard and managed to flash
Chun-li a charming smile.
“Hey, I am not short I am just vertically challenged.” Retorted
Cammy with a giggle, Chun-li released the other woman’s shoulder.
“Just like the ‘I don’t giggle’ thing huh?” Snickered the taller
woman as she watched Cammy’s face twist into an embarrassed lopsided
grin, coolly the short blonde flicked Chun-li’s left ear with her
right hand and stuck out her tongue. The taller woman flinched
slightly and instantly poked Cammy in the ribs.
“No! Not that, please don’t tickle me!” Begged the short Brit as
she tried to maneuver around the taller woman’s playful assault, with
a highly amused grin E. Honda watched the two women make jackasses out
of themselves.
“Would you two save the foreplay for the bedroom, I mean jeez
right here for everyone to see.” Teased E. Honda but the looks that
the two women gave him sent shivers up and down his spine, with
equally red faces both Cammy and Chun-li pulled apart and awkwardly
moved away from each other and made their ways over to the kimono clad
sumo.
“Let’s go eat…err I mean, who is up for some Chinese…oh bloody
hell that didn’t sound right either!” Cammy groaned with an almost
painful undertone to her words, her already reddened face slowly grew
to an odd shade of neon crimson. E. Honda grinned ear to ear as he
looked at the short woman and shook his head.
“Well we know what is on your mind, don’t we?” He playfully
teased her again but stopped when he felt Chun-li jab him in the side
hard enough to wind him, gasping he looked at the Chinese woman who
had tears in her clear brown eyes. Silently he muttered an apology to
both of them and slowly continued to walk on towards the parking deck,
after a few minutes the three seasoned fighters where standing next to
a midnight blue Porsche. With raised brows both women looked from the
car back to E. Honda, then to the car again.
“Err, where do I sit?” Cammy asked politely as she looked at the
kimono-clad sumo who pulled a pair of keys out from an unseen pocket,
the sumo looked at Cammy and grinned.
“I call shotgun!” He laughed lightly, Chun-li rolled her eyes
and tenderly slapped the back of his head.
“It’s your car, you’re driving it.” Simply stated the pretty
Asian woman as she looked in the window of the car and back to E.
Honda, the heavyset sumo shrugged and unlocked the car from the
driver’s side.
“Well if you’re going to make me, fine then I’ll drive. Um,
Chun-li you can ride up front and Cammy you can take the back, how
does that sound?” He rhetorically inquired and slid into the left hand
driver’s side seat and buckled up, slowly Chun-li looked from the
front seat to the back and sighed.
“Okay, I ride shotgun, Cammy is that okay with you?” The pretty
Asian woman asked as she opened the car door, Cammy nodded and took
her seat in the back of the small vehicle. Suddenly the sound of loud
daiko drums filled the midnight blue Porsche as E. Honda started the
car, Chun-li instantly turned to face Honda.
“You are kidding me right? We are not going to listen to that
ungodly music the whole way are we?” Inquired the Chinese woman with a
displeased tone to her voice, the sumo sighed and clicked the CD off.
“And here I thought you were going to be listening to J-pop or
Billy Idol,” Stated Cammy in a low voice, Honda and Chun-li turned
around in their seats and stared at her. The short Brit shrugged and
slightly began to pout. “It sounded better in my head, I’ll shut up
now.” She muttered bitterly, slowly both fighters in the front seat
turned back around with heavy sighs escaping both of their mouths.
After five minutes of arguing Chun-li gave up and turned E. Honda’s
daiko drum CD back on just to have him shut up, she sighed lightly not
knowing why he wouldn’t let her put in her Rob Zombie compact disk.
The stoplights seemed to change more quickly in the Eastside of
the city as E. Honda continued to drive towards a little restaurant
that only he knew about, softly Cammy tapped her knee against the back
of Chun-li’s seat to the beat of the fast daiko drums and lightly
began to hum the slower rhythms out loud. Slowly Chun-li cleared her
throat as she messed with one of her buttons on her kung-fu shirt, for
some reason she didn’t realize until just then the outfit she was
wearing made her look like a reject from a Bruce Lee or at least a
Fei-long movie. The kicking continued and the pretty Interpol agent
found herself wanting to either slap the crap out of Cammy for kicking
her seat or E. Honda for listening to the music to begin with, she
decided on smacking E. Honda but refused to give into the impulse.
“Are we there yet?” Cammy whined in a mock childlike voice, the
kimono wearing sumo sighed heavily as he merged into the next lane.
“No, and if you ask again within the next five minutes I will
come back there and hundred hand slap you right upside your pretty
little head.” E. Honda stated between gnashed teeth as yet another
person cut him off, Chun-li scowled slightly as the beating of the
back of her seat continued but with a little more force. Slowly the
pretty Chinese woman reached between her seat and the passenger’s side
door and gently took hold of Cammy’s knee through the khaki pants she
wore, softly Chun-li’s thin digits dug into the short blonde’s skin.
“Stop hitting the back of my seat Cammy, otherwise I’ll have to
come back there and kikoken that cute ass of yours into next week.”
Chun-li stated and tightened her grip on Cammy’s knee, quickly the
short blonde took hold of Chun-li’s hand and pulled it off with one
skillful flick of her wrist and tightly held it.
“Like to see you try love, that little kikoken thing wouldn’t
have a snowballs chance in hell against my…wait, nope you would kick
my ‘cute ass’ into next week.” Cammy nodded playfully although the
other woman couldn’t see her, Chun-li let out a soft giggle and
clasped her hand with Cammy’s and lightly began to squeeze it
affectionately. Slightly unsure about how to react to the other
woman’s actions Cammy only mimicked the gesture before Chun-li
suddenly let go of her hand, surprised the blonde Brit almost whined
at the loss of the taller woman’s touch.
“Sorry,” Chun-li stated as she cranked her neck around to look
at Cammy. “Holding my arm like that was hurting my shoulder.” She
continued and slightly gave the Brit a haft smile, slowly the car
turned off into a parking lot and E. Honda sighed heavily in relief.
“Are we there yet?” Cammy asked defiantly and beamed a wolfish
grin, the kimono-clad sumo threw the car into park and
melodramatically hit his head against the steering wheel.
“Yes we are. And that was less than five minutes, prepare to be
mercilessly smacked all the way back to England.” Honda joked as he
turned the midnight blue Porsche off, suddenly the large sumo spun
around in his seat and smiled at Cammy. Startled, the blonde Brit
jumped back lightly hitting her head on the low roof of the sports
car, a soft groan escaped from her light red lips in irritation.
Giddily E. Honda chuckled to himself as he opened his door and stepped
out, with a concerned glance Chun-li unbuckled and turned around in
her seat to look at Cammy. The short blonde Brit made a low throat
growl as she rubbed the back of her slightly sore head with an
irritated vigor, the pretty Interpol agent smiled softly at the
disgruntled Cammy as she gently reached over the seat and lightly
brushed a piece of unruly hair from her alabaster face; slowly her
fingers stroked the soft flushing flesh under them.
“Err…sorry.” A stuttering Chun-li stated in a hushed voice as
she fumbled for words as she pulled her hand away from the blonde
woman’s face, silently Cammy’s pale blue eyes pleaded with the pretty
Chinese woman.
“Don’t be…” Cammy declared barely above a whisper as her stomach
began to knot up with a perplexing nervous feel to it, quietly the
pretty Asian woman turned around in her seat and opened her car door.
“Will you two hurry up, I’m starving!” The heavyset sumo
playfully shouted as he walked towards the restaurant’s front
entrance, with a slight limp Chun-li hobbled out of the small car and
slowly caught up to the kimono clad sumo wrestler. Without warning
Cammy feverishly swung the car door open and practically jumped out of
the Porsche, coolly the blonde gave both Asians a half smile as she
gracefully walked over to the two. Chun-li and E. Honda oddly stared
at the short blonde Brit with puzzled expressions on their faces;
Cammy unknowingly gave the pretty Chinese woman a sweet innocent smirk
as her pale blue eyes locked on her.
“I have a hyperactive metabolism, I tend to act rather queer if
I haven’t eaten in a long while.” Cammy said flatly as she saw the
looks the two fighters were giving her, E. Honda only nodded to the
response but Chun-li downcast her line of vision to the pavement below
her.
Queer? For the love of Zen why the hell did she use that
phrase…I mean why not ‘weird’ or ‘odd’, no Miss British had to use
that word…wait, why am I even reacting like this? I…I…what the hell is
wrong with me?! Chun-li toiled within herself as she tenderly pressed
her index finger against the middle of her forehead and gingerly
massaged the surface of her brow, suddenly the sound of a copper bell
brought the brown-haired Asian out of her inner thoughts as she
realized E. Honda was holding a door open for her.
“Thanks.” Muttered Chun-li as she walked through the doorway and
into a poorly lit dinning hall followed by Cammy then E. Honda, the
lowlight of the room accented the gold and red décor of the obviously
oriental restaurant. Chun-li’s clear brown eyes scanned her new
surroundings, to her left was an open bar and cash register; the soft
glow of the liquid in the full bottles some how seemed to heighten the
humble nature of the dinning quarters with an almost eerie ancient
look. The pretty Asian woman slowly turned her attention to her
right-hand side, occupied in the corner of the room was a large stone
statue of a soaring phoenix that looked as if it were rising from the
ashes of death once again. Slowly a woman emerged from a side door
farther down in the dinning hall that looked to be in her late
sixties, with a kind smile the coal-haired hostess approached the
three fighters.
“Ah, welcome to Happy Palace! It is a great joy to see such
well-known warriors come to my humble restaurant. Please, please, come
this way; we have special table reserved for heroes such as
yourselves.” Chimed the elderly woman as she bowed her head
repetitively and waved an arm in the direction they were to go, the
kimono clad sumo bowed slightly at the waist and casually strolled
into the back of the establishment. Silently Chun-li and Cammy slowly
followed the heavyset sumo as he walked over to a large table in the
middle of the backroom, a small paper lantern lit the dinning area
from its spot in the center of the square oak table.
“Well, I call the left-hand side. You two can sit on in front of
me, so I can see your lovely faces while I eat.” Chuckled E. Honda as
he pulled out both chairs for the two women, simultaneously the two
female fighters sighed and gracefully slumped down into the offered
seats.
“Why do I feel out of place here?” Inquired the blonde Brit as
E. Honda sat down across from Chun-li and smiled lightly at a pretty
black-haired waitress who was coming up from behind her, the young
woman smiled warmly at the three fighters as she made her way around
the table and bowed her head.
“Welcome honored guest, please let me offer you three the house
special appetizer plate while you order your main course. I will come
back in a few minutes so you maybe left in peace to decide on your
meals.” Stated the young waitress as she sat a large tray with
multiple types of food onto the table and placed menus beside each
person; before the pretty waitress turned to walk back to the kitchen
she placed a small metal teapot with three porcelain teacups on the
table right beside the dishes of various foods. Inquisitively Cammy
looked at the foreign cuisine with a wrinkled brow; slowly the blonde
Brit’s eyes focused on a small plate of triangular shaped deep-fried
crab cakes. Chun-li smiled wholeheartedly as she poured everyone a cup
of hot Thai honey tea, carefully the pretty Chinese woman lifted her
cup to her soft pink lips and blew the steam emanating from the piping
hot liquid.
“Whoa,” Yipped Cammy as she dropped the deep-fried crab cake
back onto the plate it was sitting on, calmly the short Brit brought
her index finger to her mouth and sucked on it lightly. “It burnt me.”
Plainly stated Cammy as she gave the breaded shellfish a harsh glare,
slowly the blonde turned her attention to the cup of tea to her right
and gave Chun-li a soft thankful smile. Carefully Cammy brought the
rim of the porcelain cup to her light red lips and deeply inhaled the
sweet scent of the hot liquid; slightly hesitantly the blonde Brit
positioned her bottom lip on the outer brim of the cup while tipping
the sooth china glass upwards.
“Do you like Thai honey tea Cammy?” Inquired Chun-li as she
sipped her own brew of the sweet herbal beverage, with that comment
the short blonde fumbled with her cup, as her eyes grew large in
shock.
“Honey! This tea has honey in it?!” Cammy loudly gasped and set
the teacup down with shaking hands, the pretty Interpol agent looked
at the short blonde with a concerned stare.
“Yes, it’s Thai honey tea what else is it supposed to have in
it?” Rhetorically asked E. Honda as he stuffed a piece of beef into
his mouth, Chun-li quickly shot the sumo a warning glance that told
him to shut-up. Gently the pretty Chinese woman reached over and
placed her hand on the pigment fleeting British woman’s shoulder and
lightly held it there, Cammy suddenly began to lightly shake.
“I…I…I’m allergic to h-honey.” Stuttered the short blonde woman
as she slowly lifted her left hand up and tightly gripped the hand on
her shoulder, Chun-li frowned deeply as slid her seat closer to
Cammy’s chair.
“Are you okay, you didn’t drink any of it did you?” Asked
Chun-li with a hint of fear in her voice, Cammy slowly nodded and
lightly bowed her head as a wave of nausea hit her full force. Slowly
the blonde Brit let go of Chun-li’s hand and stood up, the pretty
Interpol agent pushed her chair behind herself as she suddenly jumped
to her feet as well.
“I…I…I need to g-go to the washroom.” Stammered Cammy as she
started to stumble backwards, quickly Chun-li came up beside the dazed
Brit and tightly wrapped her arm around her waist.
“Come on, I’ll make sure you get there okay.” The pretty Chinese
woman whispered into Cammy’s ear causing the hair on the short blonde
woman’s neck to rise and a slight tremble to go down her spine, gently
Chun-li lead Cammy to the entrance of the restaurant where the
restrooms were located off to the side of the front doorway next to
the Phoenix statue.
“Thanks love.” Cammy declared in a serious tone as they entered
the washroom and lightly tried to pushed the pretty Asian woman away
so she could head for a empty stall, Chun-li’s grip only tightened
around her waist and slightly brought the British woman’s body closer
to her own.
“I don’t want to let go of you Cammy, you might fall.” Chun-li
proclaimed in a soft tone as she headed over to a large stall at the
end of the white restroom, Cammy only nodded in agreement and tightly
gripped the other woman’s hand that was on her side. Carefully Chun-li
pushed the door of the spacious public toilet open and skillfully
maneuvered both of their bodies into the stall, Cammy gave a low
throat gargle as the pretty feminine Chinese woman gently placed her
on the floor.
“Please leave me alone love, I don’t want you to see me get
sick.” Cammy begged as she positioned her head over the toilet bowl
and gave a soft moan as her stomach knotted up into an ice ball,
Chun-li bent down onto one knee and tenderly held back the other
woman’s long braided hair with one hand while rubbing her back with
the other.
“Shhh, it’ll be okay Cammy just get it all out.” Chun-li said in
a soothing voice and gave the blonde Brit a soft reassuring pat on the
back, suddenly Cammy’s back arched slightly as she pushed her face
farther over the ceramic seat of the toilet bowl and gave a long
painful moan as a gush of vomit spilled into the water of the commode.
Tiredly Cammy’s head slowly lolled to one side as her body wreathed
with dry heaves, tenderly Chun-li pulled Cammy into a upright sitting
position and laid the short blonde’s head on her shoulder for support.
“I feel so much better now.” Commented the blonde Brit in a
small voice as she lightly nuzzled the pretty Interpol agent’s
shoulder with her pale cheek, slowly Chun-li stroked the shorter
woman’s hair and smiled sweetly.
“Are you going to be okay now, I mean we don’t have to take you
to the hospital or anything like that do we?” Inquired the pretty
Asian woman as Cammy pulled her head up from her shoulder, the
alabaster skinned Brit feebly smirked and timidly brought her right
hand up to Chun-li’s cheek and lovingly cupped it.
“No, I’ll be quite alright now love.” Stated Cammy in a low-tone
that slightly cracked, gently the pretty Interpol agent reached up and
took hold of Cammy’s small hand that was on her cheek and politely
removed it. Cammy’s brow furrowed in thought for a moment before her
eyes tightly shut, a steady flow of tears suddenly poured down her
pale face and took Chun-li by surprise.
“Cammy, what’s the matter? Why are you crying huh?” Chun-li
fumbled for the right words as she slid her right hand to Cammy’s damp
cheek and kindly wiped it with the back of her soft hand, the blonde
Brit sobbed harder and clumsily staggered to her feet.
“Nothing is wrong Chun-li, not one bloody thing!” Snapped Cammy
with an angered tone to her feminine voice, Chun-li quickly rose to
her feet and grabbed the blonde Brit’s wrist from behind.
“Cammy! What the hell has gotten into you?” Chun-li inquired as
she practically spun the shorter woman around to face her, Cammy’s
pale blue eyes locked on the pretty Chinese woman’s clear brown eyes
that were almost glowing in the dim light of the restroom. The short
Brit’s expression softened as she gazed helplessly into Chun-li’s
gorgeous dark coloured optical orbs, slowly Cammy’s gaze gradually
lowered to Chun-li’s light pink lips.
Bloody hell, she is so damn beautiful…her eyes, they’re so deep
and mysterious…and those full rosy lips, they look so kissable and
sweet…WHAT THE BLOODY HELL AM I THINKING…I do not want to kiss her!!!
Cammy screamed in a loud pulsating thought that sent a jolt of pain
through her temples, shyly Cammy smiled at the pretty Asian woman as
she broke eye contact and looked at the floor.
“Are you two okay in there?” E. Honda’s muffled voice called
through the door of the restroom, Chun-li smiled sweetly as she
wrapped her arm around Cammy’s waist and lightly helped her out of the
stall and over to the sinks.
“Give us just a few more minutes Honda, Cammy needs to get
cleaned up some.” Stated the pretty Interpol agent as she turned on
the water facet and wetted a piece of paper towel; slowly Cammy
lowered her hands into the crystal-clear liquid with a heavy sigh and
carefully began to wash. Timidly Chun-li cleared her throat and turned
to look at the blonde-haired Brit, questioningly Cammy looked over to
the other woman with her eyes slightly narrowed and her brow drawl
into a light wrinkle.
“Hmm?” Was the only response from the short Brit as Chun-li gave
her an odd look that seemed almost motherly, Cammy pursed her lips as
her brow furrowed slightly.
“Come here, let me help you wash off.” Chun-li insisted and took
a step towards the blonde woman; carefully the pretty Interpol agent
lifted the wet paper towel to the British woman’s face and gently
wiped the corners of her mouth and her chin.
“Th-thanks love, I…I…err…thanks.” Cammy stuttered as she saw her
reflection in the mirror, her colour had returned tenfold making her
once pale face gleam a dark shade of red. Chun-li smiled and gently
stroked Cammy’s flushing cheek with her right hand.
“Your very beautiful Cammy, especially when you blush.” Chun-li
giggled playfully and pulled her hand away from the other woman’s
face, Cammy blinked a few times before her voice returned to her.
“Look at yourself some time love, you are after all the ‘Asian
Aphrodite’.” Chuckled Cammy in retort as she grinned warmly at the
pretty Interpol agent, Chun-li flushed a neon pink colour before she
let out a light laugh and shook her head.
“Let’s get back out there, I think Mr. Honda is slightly worried
about you.” Beamed Chun-li in a somehow relaxed tone, Cammy nodded and
nimbly turned 180 degrees to face the exit.
“Well then love, let’s go out there and show him I am alright.”
Cammy stated in a soft tone as she linked her arm with Chun-li’s, the
pretty Asian woman smiled a slightly wolfish grin and lightly clung
onto Cammy as they headed back out to the dinning hall.
“About time you two came out here, for the love of Kami-sama you
two had me worried sick.” The heavyset sumo bellowed in a serious
tone, Chun-li sighed and narrowed her eyes at the kimono-clad man.
“Edmund Honda,” Sighed the pretty Asian woman with a half smile.
“Cammy is just fine, but I think she needs something in her stomach
and a good night’s rest. Wouldn’t it be a shame if she lost her next
match because she was too weak from tonight’s little fiasco?”
Commented Chun-li as she shook her head, E. Honda frowned and placed
his hand on his chin in thought.
“One less fighter for me to worry about.” Teasingly grinned the
kimono-clad sumo as he slowly began to walk back over to their table
at the end of the restaurant; Cammy forced a devious smirk at the
joke.
“Like bloody hell you could get rid of me that easily, I had to
walk from the airport to the arena in two hours to make my fight.
That’s one hundred and two kilometers, I seriously doubt a little lack
of sleep could keep me from ever losing a match.” The short Brit
cockily stated in a boasting tone, Chun-li and E. Honda both quirked
an eyebrow with slightly surprised expressions on their faces.
“You walked from the airport to the arena? That’s outrageous,
why didn’t you hail a cab?” Chun-li yipped in a seemingly perturbed
voice; E. Honda shook his head disapprovingly.
“What, like I didn’t try to catch a bloody cab! I hail one down
and asked how much it would cost me; the rotten bloke told me the fare
would be over sixty dollars! I only had fifty to my name, so I decided
a little jog would loosen up the old leg muscles and help prepare me
for my bout with that freaky pink guy.” Cammy declared as she shook
her head trying to dislodge the image of Dan licking her thigh,
Chun-li unlinked her arm from the shorter woman as she pulled out the
chair for Cammy to sit in. Out of habit the blonde Brit sat down
without thinking a thing about the action, the pretty Chinese woman
gracefully slid into her own seat while the kimono-clad sumo looked at
the two perplexedly.
“Oh, by the way I already ordered for the three of us. I hope
you two don’t mind.” Sheepishly muttered Honda with an embarrassed
grin set on his masculine face as he sat down in his own chair, Cammy
shrugged and shot her teacup an evil death glare before breaking eye
contact with the inanimate object to look at the triangular crab cake.
Hesitantly the blonde Brit poked the small deep-fried appetizer to
test its temperature before she picked it up with her left and brought
it to her mouth. Chun-li let out a short chuckle as Cammy eyed the
breaded shellfish over a few times before she took a petite bite out
of it, lightly chewing on the cream filled crab cake the blonde Brit’s
expression lit up with overwhelmed approval. Hurriedly Cammy shoved
the rest of the lukewarm morsel into her mouth savouring every bit of
it, beside her Chun-li gave a wholehearted laugh at the shorter
woman’s lost table manners.
“Aw, Cammy you look so cute when you stuff your mouth like
that.” E. Honda chuckled deeply as he teased the blonde woman across
the table, Cammy only grinned with her mouth closed as she chewed the
large particle of food. Out of the corner of her eye the blonde Brit
could she the same young Asian waitress pushing a small cart of some
kind.
“Oh so sorry for the wait, but your orders took longer than we
expected. Please accept this bottle of sake for the inconvenience.”
Begged the pretty oriental waitress in a singsong voice, E. Honda
frowned lightly.
“Miss, you did not in any way inconvenience us. We cannot accept
any items without paying for them.” Stated the heavyset sumo in a
serious tone, as he looked the young waitress in the face, her onyx
eyes began to quiver ever so slightly as if she were about to cry.
Coolly Chun-li cleared her throat and took the sake bottle and its
three cups and poured everyone at the table a drink, the kimono-clad
sumo gave her a puzzled look. Slowly the pretty Interpol agent cleared
her throat again and began to speak in a smooth flowing Chinese
dialect that made her sound more feminine than she already was, the
young waitress beamed a happy smile and nodded to what the pretty
Interpol agent was telling her and quickly bowed her head a few times
before she walked back the way she came. Chun-li suddenly gave Honda a
harsh glare.
“You should know better Mr. Honda, you just insulted that poor
girl by not accepting her gift.” Growled the pretty Chinese woman as
she shook her head and took a sip of the sake; E. Honda rolled his
eyes at Chun-li’s remark.
“Well what did you say to her that made up for my rudeness?”
Mockingly inquired the sumo wrestler with his arms crossed over his
large chest, Chun-li giggled as her cheeks already stared to flush
from the alcohol.
“I promised a big tip,” Chun-li giggled and sipped her rice wine
more. “Just joking, I told her you were a foreigner to Chinese customs
and just over all apologized for you.” Stated the flushing Interpol
agent with a lopsided smirk, E. Honda shook his head and sighed.
“Well thank you Miss Mandarin, by the way you don’t handle your
liquor well do you?” Rhetorically inquired the heavyset sumo with a
frown, Cammy shook her head slightly.
“Xiang actually.” The blonde Brit muttered with her pale blue
eyes closed, E. Honda looked at her with a confused stare.
“What are you muttering over there?” Inquired the sumo with a
slightly perturbed tone to his voice, Chun-li swallowed the last dregs
of her rice wine and glanced over to Cammy with a slightly amazed
expression on her face.
“How did you know what dialect I was speaking?” Chun-li asked
slightly flabbergasted, Cammy smiled and picked up the small sake
glass and looked it over as if she were looking for flaws in the
chinaware. E. Honda’s frowned deepened lightly as he once again felt
he was being ignored.
“I spent half a year in Southern China while I was training last
year, I recognize the differences in the dialects but I still can’t
understand one single word of Chinese. Wait I take that back; I will
never forget jiao and jian, when I got those two confused I damn near
got kicked out of a small village. Jeez, I was only trying to
complement on the woman’s silk dress.” Pouted Cammy as she kept
looking at the sake glass in her hand, Chun-li giggled and shook her
head.
“You called her an adulteress? Oh my gods that’s horrible.”
Chun-li held her side and giggled harder, E. Honda rolled his eyes and
started eating his meal. Cammy looked the sake glass over once more
before she took a long sip from it, with a light cough she growled at
the glass slightly.
“Chibi.” She stated in reference to the cup’s size, the kimono
clad sumo almost choked on a piece of rice noodle as he heard Cammy
speak his native tongue.
“You speak Japanese too, I am surprised you are still single
with all the tricks you can do.” E. Honda teased and playfully winked
at the short blonde, Cammy just smiled and shook her head.
“Last year China, this year Japan. I hate Europe; there is no
challenge in that dull continent so why bother going back? I swear all
the great street fighters are Asian, damn me and my Anglo-Saxon
heritage!” Cammy shook her fist in mock anger and giggled, the pretty
Interpol agent chuckled politely into her left hand as the heavyset
sumo burst out laughing.
“That is absolutely great Cammy, I don’t think I have ever heard
anyone say anything so funny in my entire life!” E. Honda bellowed in
a deep chuckle that made his stomach rise and fall heavily, the short
Brit beamed a pleased smirk as she looked at her two fellow street
fighters. Slowly Chun-li reached over to the cart that was left beside
the table and pulled off the two other metal trays.
“So what did you order for us Mr. Honda?” Chun-li inquired with
a soft grin as she looked at the two dishes in front of her, E. Honda
grinned slight and pointed a stubby digit at the plate closest to the
pretty Interpol agent.
“The one on your left is sesame beef and the other one is sesame
chicken. You two can decide who gets what.” Lightly declared the
kimono-clad sumo as he stuck a large piece of soy sauce soaked beef
into his mouth, Chun-li smiled politely at Cammy and set the two
dishes between them.
“Do you want to share?” Asked the pretty Interpol agent with a
soft smile set on her fair skinned face, Cammy nodded her head causing
her long blonde braids to fall over the center of her back.
“Sure love, um that is unless you don’t want to then I
completely understand.” Declared the blonde Brit as she eyed the two
steaming trays of oriental food, Chun-li gently lifted Cammy’s plate
from in front of the short blonde and generously loaded an equal
amount of both sesame dishes onto her plate. The short blonde Brit
cleared her throat embarrassedly; Chun-li smiled as a light flush
discreetly crept across her ivory pale cheeks and she carefully placed
the pungently sweet smelling food back in front of the short blonde
Brit.
“Eat up.” Simply stated Chun-li as she bit her bottom lip and
flushed a deeper red, Cammy raised an eyebrow at the other woman’s odd
mannerisms until she suddenly realized her leg was slightly brushing
against Chun-li’s muscular calf. Panic almost completely took hold of
the short blonde Brit before she managed to move her limb away from
the other woman’s firm and well-defined leg; Chun-li smiled lightly at
Cammy and bowed her head with embarrassment. With a shaking hand the
blonde Brit timidly reached over and fixed Chun-li’s plate for her
causing the Asian woman to blush more, slowly Chun-li looked up and
stared at Cammy with a slightly seductive expression on her pretty
face.
“Hey,” Slightly shouted E. Honda in a loud voice as his ebony
eyes raked over a small sheet of paper in his hands. “Do either of you
know what they are going to do about the title fight?” The heavyset
sumo asked without looking up from the sheet in his hands, Chun-li
cocked her head to one side and gave E. Honda a confused look.
“What do you mean, they are going to conduct the grand fight the
way they always do. The winner of last year’s tournament is the title
holder and whoever makes it through the preliminary rounds faces him.”
Proclaimed the pretty Interpol agent with a confused expression on her
face, E. Honda quirked a rough brow.
“Chun-li, the grand champion hasn’t shown up yet. And as of
today they are trying to figure out if they are going to wait for him
to show up, or hand the crown to the runner up.” Announced the
kimono-clad sumo as he handed the paper over to the feminine Chinese
woman, hesitantly Chun-li took the sheet of smooth printing paper and
slowly began to read silently to herself.
“Bullshit! This is complete fucking nonsense,” Shouted the
pretty Interpol agent as she slammed the paper onto the small wooden
table, cautiously Cammy peered over and stole a glance at the black
print paper; her pale blue orbs widened as she realized this was the
same paper that the fake Ryu gave her earlier. “How could he not come,
he lives for the fight! Where the hell could Ryu be?!” Chun-li yelled
as she pounded her hand against the hard oak dinning bench as a warm
tear ran unnoticed to her from the corner of one eye and tracked down
her soft cheek, timidity the blonde Brit gave Chun-li’s hand a
companionable caress with her long slender fingers while restraining
the Asian woman’s balled fist from striking the table yet again.
“No worries love, I saw Ryu a little bit ago. Right after my
bout with that Shotokan wannabe.” Cammy stated in a dry tone that made
her voice seem harsh almost bitter in a way, with a slightly trembling
bottom lip the pretty Interpol agent pushed a welling thought back
into the farthest region of her brain. More than anything at that
moment the Chinese woman wanted to be held in strong comforting arms,
like her father used to do on storming summer nights back when she was
a small innocent child in Ch’ang-sha.
“You saw Ryu? Is he okay, did he say anything?” Rambled Chun-li
as she toiled with the rising image in her head again, the mental
picture made her stomach knot into a hard acidic ball that felt as if
it were going to melt straight through her whole being. Cammy flinched
nervously despite knowing those types of questions would be asked,
slightly shaking the blonde Brit covered her mouth with her right hand
and gave a deep thoughtful look into the nothingness that she was
staring into.
“I did see Ryu,” She muttered with a pained expression smeared
across her facial features like recalling the meeting with the
vagabond hurt her physically, for a few moments Cammy kept silent as
sweat droplets suddenly began to gather on her crinkled brow. “I don’t
know, he was so different than how I remembered him. I think something
happened to him, that man no matter how much he looked and sounded
like Ryu; he was not the Hoshi Ryu we all know.” Cammy stated weakly
as she wiped the sweat with the back of her hand, shyly the pretty
Interpol agent patted the other woman’s shoulder as she saw a small
amount of fear flickering in her pale blue eyes.
“Cammy, what was wrong with Ryu? Do you know?” E. Honda asked
with a bit of concern barely masked with a roguish guise that he used
to keep from sounding nervous or weak, absentmindedly the blonde woman
chewed her bottom lip causing it to turn a darker shade of red as her
lithe light frame began to uncontrollably quiver. With one swift
movement the pretty Chinese woman tenderly wrapped her arm around
Cammy’s waist and tightly pulled the other woman into a soft hug that
spoke volumes to both Cammy and Chun-li, this action was something
they both needed and wanted at that exact moment.
“The power that he emanated and those eyes, such an inhumanly
red,” Cammy’s voice was distant sounding and her eyes had a slight
glazed look to them as if she were about to break into tears,
soothingly Chun-li stroked the blonde woman’s hair and lightly nuzzled
her face against her shoulder.
Her scent…it’s so…intoxicating. Chun-li thought lazily as she
breathed in Cammy’s slightly floral scent that was lightly laced with
a sweaty musk, the blonde Brit felt the air catch in her throat as the
pretty Interpol agent’s warm breath danced on her sensitive neck.
“What kind of power, was it evil?!” Angrily shouted the
kimono-clad sumo wrestler as he watched the two women console one
another for no apparent reason, begrudgingly Chun-li lifted her head
from the comfortable spot on the short Brit’s warm shoulder and passed
a sideways glance at the heavyset man in front of her.
“It felt like Psycho power,” Cammy stated as her voice suddenly
broke and trailed off, weakly the short blonde reached over and lifted
the small sheet of paper off of the table and gently flipped it over
so the front page was face down on the wooden surface. “He’s back.”
The short Brit choked out as the words ‘The Return of Bison’ in bold
print jumped out from the rest of the article, Chun-li’s clear brown
eyes widened in complete and utter shock; not so much as in the fact
Bison was still alive but rather in the fact Cammy knew he was alive
and was terrified of it.
“Bison is alive! That can’t be, Ryu defeated him last year at
this very tournament!” Screamed E. Honda in a tone that he had never
before used in front of anyone, startled Cammy snapped her attention
to the heavyset sumo that was becoming red in the face from anger.
Hesitantly the short blonde took in a lungful of air as she dipped her
head to keep from looking E. Honda in the eyes, amorously Chun-li
tightened her grip on the short blonde woman’s body as she felt it
tense beneath her hand.
“Bison is a demon, there is no way to rid this world of his
parasitic existence! He has the power to take away peoples lives and
control their minds, I have no doubt at he could cheat death with ease
and look back on it and laugh! Damn that bloody horrible laugh of his,
it still haunts me to this very day like a reoccurring nightmare that
I just can’t shake from my mind!” Frantically shouted Cammy as she
broke into a hard sob and buried her face into Chun-li’s shoulder;
melodramatically E. Honda pushed his chair away from the table and
stood up with a furious expression claiming hold over his normally
pleasant facial features.
“I can’t take this shit anymore, every year someone faces Bison
and every year that person is defeated! Until last year our only hope
arrives, Ryu beats the crap out of that maniacal madman and we all
thought we could rest easy! But no, Bison somehow manages to rise from
the ashes of death only to come and fight in the tournament once
again?! This is so fucking sickening, I am so tired of fighting for
some hidden agenda! Every damn year it is the same old bullshit, we’re
all rounded together to fight for some big corporate tycoon’s
amusement like little toys! And why do we always come back, because of
honor and proving ourselves to the world! But does the world care
about our honor and integrity, hell no! Does the world care about
fighter’s pride, no! So why do we even bother showing up for this
stupid game of cat and mouse, can either of you tell me that?!” E.
Honda screamed as he looked at the two women who were still seated at
the oak table, before Cammy or Chun-li could respond the kimono-clad
sumo stormed off towards the entrance of the restaurant. Blinded by
anger E. Honda threw his black leather wallet at the cash register
sending both yen and U.S. dollars scattering across the room, like
moths fluttering to an open flame the paper currency gently floated to
the red and gold treaded carpet of the floor. Sitting there in a dazed
stupor both women didn’t realize what was happening until they heard
the sound of a sports car peeling out of the small restaurant’s
parking lot, terrified Cammy turned around in her seat accidentally
slapping Chun-li in the face with one of her long braids. With a
slight flinch the pretty Interpol agent rubbed her now sore cheek and
stood to her feet.
“Honda didn’t really just leave us here did he love?” Cammy
inquired as she tried to suppress her sobbing, slowly she rose from
her place at the table, Chun-li took a few steps in the direction of
the entrance and peered out of the restaurant’s front window which as
made of a solid piece of plate glass with the words ‘Happy Palace’
written on the outer surface of the large window. The short Brit
looked at the Chinese woman with a slight bit of fear showing in her
pale blue eyes.
“I can’t believe E. Honda left us here!” Chun-li shouted with
the tiniest bit of anger emerging from her highly feminine voice,
slowly the alabaster skinned Brit took a step towards the taller woman
and gazed over her shoulder to look out of the restaurant’s front
window. The sight that met her baby blue orbs was that of an empty
parking lot save for two gym bags that laid a strewn on the slightly
wet pavement, a soft gasp escaped from Cammy’s mouth as the wave of
shock from being left subsided and a flash flood of anger lapped over
entire conscience.
“That bloody bloke abandoned us, I have never been so outraged!”
Raved Cammy as she moved from around Chun-li and quickly made her way
to retrieve her bag from outside before it began to rain; equally
flabbergasted and insulted the pretty Interpol agent followed her
friend from their table to the outer chamber of the Oriental
establishment. Within two steps from the entrance door that also
served as the exit, an elderly Asian woman at the cash register
clasped her frail hands around a wad of yen and dollars that was
almost neatly piled on the counter in front of her.
“Oh, so nice for you honourable fighters to grace us with your
wonderful presents here tonight.” Muttered the elderly Asian woman
that greeted them earlier that evening, Chun-li couldn’t help but roll
her clear brown eyes in response to the hostess’s mannerisms. Quickly
the pretty Interpol agent bowed at the waist and offered a half smile
that was still overwhelmingly charming even if it was forced, in
return to Chun-li’s actions the old woman dipped her head a few times
and slowly turned her back to the two women who were prepared to leave
her small restaurant. The clank of copper bells rang out as the taller
of the two women pushed the door open and slowly walked over to her
bag on the ground, Cammy slowly followed suit but her pale blue eyes
could only see the slick pavement that was littered with crushed and
torn wildflower. With a deep-throated sigh the short Brit slowly
walked around the left side of her Chinese companion with a slightly
wrinkled brow, Chun-li lifted both gym bags from the ground and handed
Cammy the small blue one that was hers. Timidly the short Brit reached
out a slightly trembling hand and gently took hold of her belongings
before the pretty Interpol agent let it loose from her own grip.
“Cammy,” Chun-li muttered in a tone that betrayed everything
that she was feeling at that moment in time, the alabaster skinned
Brit looked at her with deep thoughtful eyes that made Chun-li want to
take Cammy in her arms and hold her closely. In an almost tiredly
manner, Chun-li closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. “Let’s call
a cab before it starts to get dark.” Stated the pretty Asian woman in
a barely audible voice, Cammy nodded numbly and reached into a side
pocket on her gym bag and pulled out a small black and silver cell
phone, weakly the short Brit pushed the redial button on the handheld
device and held it to her head. Silently Chun-li stood there watching
Cammy for a moment and noted how the other woman placed her hand on
her hip and cocked her head slightly to the right as she waited for
someone to pick up the other end of the phone.
“Ello’, is this Light Breeze Taxi Company? It is, bloody
wonderful. I was wondering if you gents could be ever so sweet and
send one of your blokes over to,” Cammy looked around for a street
sign and an address number on the front of the Asian restaurant’s main
window. “1311 East Douglas Lane. In about ten minutes you’ll be here?
All right, much thanks love. Good bye.” Cammy spoke quickly and was
straight to the point when she was on the phone, slowly Chun-li
brushed her light brown bangs from her clear brown eyes and looked at
the short Brit with a soft smile etched on her pale face. Without even
taking notice of Chun-li’s facial features Cammy licked her bottom lip
as she put her cell phone back into her bag, she sighed and lightly
slid one of her long blonde braids behind her shoulder.
“They will be here in ten minutes then?” Chun-li inquired almost
rhetorically as she suddenly felt her heart start to race as she
thought how seductive Cammy looked when she licked her lips, slowly a
light blush crept up onto the pretty Interpol agent’s cheeks. With a
sudden change in her whole demeanor the short blonde woman grinned ear
to ear suddenly and took a step towards Chun-li, in turn making the
taller woman loose her center of balance for a moment.
“Yes, that is what that horrid stuff shirt told me, but I
seriously doubt that they will show up that soon.” Cammy declared as
she looked into Chun-li’s eyes and lightly lifted her small hand onto
the other woman’s shoulder, shyly Chun-li took hold of the short
Brit’s hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze that for some reason made
them both smile weakly. Shivering lightly as she swallowed the lump
that had formed in her throat the pretty Asian woman took a step
closer to Cammy until their faces were only centimeters apart,
instantly Cammy’s cheeks grew a shade of neon red as she felt
Chun-li’s hot breath beat against her pale skin, slowly a soft smile
gradually spread across the short blonde’s face as she continued to
stare helplessly into the other woman’s clear brown orbs. Hesitantly
Chun-li opened her mouth to speak but only managed to let out a ragged
sigh, with an almost shy manner Cammy slowly slid her hand from
Chun-li’s shoulder up to her cheek and tenderly began to lean forward
drawling their faces closer together.
“Cammy,” Rasped out the brown-haired Asian in a low voice that
slightly shocked herself and caused the alabaster skinned woman’s eyes
to grow wide with a sudden realization of what she was doing, quickly
the blonde Brit let go of the other street fighter and staggered as
she took a large step backwards. “I think I see the taxi.” Chun-li
declared in a soft voice that sounded vaguely upset and had a slight
undertone of disappointment to it, embarrassedly the short blonde Brit
found herself numbly nodded to what the feminine Chinese woman was
telling her.
Bloody hell, what the fuck was I just about to do…kiss her?! My
God I am losing it! Mentally screamed Cammy as a tacky yellow car
pulled into the parking lot of the Asian restaurant and slowly rolled
to a stop a few meters away from the two women, with a slightly
befuddled expression on her face the short Brit clumsily walked over
to the cab and opened up one of the passenger doors in the back as did
Chun-li. Both female street fighters sat in silence for a few moments
before the pretty Interpol agent leaned forward and muttered something
to the driver of the vehicle, in response the man in the front seat
nodded once and peeled out of the privately owned parking lot and onto
a desolate street. As Chun-li slumped against the leather seat behind
her she tiredly shut her eyes and slowly reached up and massaged her
temples with her right hand. With a concerned glance Cammy peered over
at the taller woman beside her and gently placed her hand on Chun-li’s
shoulder and lightly held it there.
“Are you okay love? You look a bit pale, is anything the
matter?” Cammy inquired with a meek tone to her now very quiet voice,
timidly Chun-li slid closer to the other woman and suddenly started to
sob onto her shoulder, the short Brit blinked in complete confusion
for a split second before her arms instantly wrapped around the pretty
Interpol agent in a comforting hug. The mental blockades that Chun-li
had spent over a full year building had suddenly and unexpectedly gave
way to the ocean of mixed emotions that were boiling inside of her,
the image that she had been fighting with at the restaurant surfaced
again but this time she couldn’t subdue it into going away.
“No,” Stated Chun-li in between her ragged sobs, comfortingly
Cammy stroked her light brown hair and held her closer until she felt
the pretty Asian’s body pressed firmly against her own, slowly Chun-li
took in a deep breath and slowly sobered up from her sudden burst of
emotions. “I’m so sorry Cammy, I didn’t mean to cry like that
but…things have just been so hard lately.” Meekly declared the taller
woman in a low voice that was slightly gravelly and held a hint of
pain to it, compassionately Cammy looked her friend over and softly
rubbed her cheeks with the back of her hands.
“Do you want to talk about it love, you might feel better if you
do.” Cammy tenderly asked and felt her own tears starting to fall from
her pale blue hues, Chun-li nodded her head slowly and lightly leaned
forward and wiped the short Brit’s eyes with a long slender finger.
“I think that I would rather talk about this privately, away
from prying ear and eyes.” Chun-li stated as she suddenly turned her
head towards the cabby and shot him a harsh death glare causing him to
jerk his eyes away from the rearview mirror and back onto the road.
“Why don’t we talk at your place then?” Cammy asked in a tone
that was somewhere between hopeful and cautious, Chun-li sighed
lightly as she nodded her head and fidgeted with the straps of her gym
bag that was close to the door beside her. Skillfully the driver of
the taxi switched lanes and cutoff several people as he zipped in
front of them and proceeded to zigzag though the lanes until he came
across a turnoff that read ‘Mt. Piermont Highland Hotel’. With a quick
flick of the steering wheel the yellow cab sped onto the off ramp and
within twelve minutes arrived at the Mt. Piermont Highland Hotel
drop-off strip, with a pleased grin the man in the front bellowed
something out in a deep voice.
“Your fare for this evening comes to thirty-one fifty.” He
stated in a low tone that sounded slightly gruff, Cammy pulled out two
twenties and handed it to the man in the front seat.
“Keep the change bloke.” Declared the short blonde Brit in a
soft tone as she handed him the money and in return caught Chun-li
glaring at her warningly, Cammy turned to look at the pretty Interpol
agent with a raised eyebrow and an expression that said ‘what?’.
Chun-li sighed lightly as she shook her head and lightly rubbed her
temples with her delicate fingers trying to calm the raging headache
that was making her head pound, the blonde Brit gazed at the Chinese
woman with a highly concerned look in her pale blue eyes. A sudden
soft click broke Cammy’s continuous stare as she realized Chun-li was
opening her door, clumsily the short blonde followed suit fumbling
with her own handle a few times before actually managing to open it.
Chun-li lightly giggled at the other woman’s actions before she slowly
turned to the main door that lead to the lobby of the hotel, Cammy
shook her own head at her actions. What the hell is wrong with me,
every time I look at her my bloody hearts starts to pitter-patter like
a schoolgirl with a crush on her teacher…a crush?! What the bloody
hell, I DO NOT LIKE CHUN-Li LIKE THAT!!! The blonde Brit screamed to
herself and balled her fist at her side, the alabaster skinned Brit
gnashed her teeth together and followed the pretty Asian woman
closely. Once inside Cammy felt oddly compelled to stay as close as
humanly possible to Chun-li, on several occasions the short Brit
knocked the taller woman a few steps forward causing Chun-li to sigh
deeply and inch the shorter woman in front of her. After a few moments
of light pushing and coaxing the pretty Interpol agent had the short
British woman in front of her rather than constantly bumping into her,
sighing deeply Cammy trudged along a long hallway that was lit with a
string of overhead lamps that were decorated with copper coloured
rungs connecting each lamp together. It caused a brilliant glimmering
effect on the highly polished marble floors that were almost like a
black mirror, with a light tap on the short blonde’s shoulder Chun-li
motioned over to a pair of stainless steel doors with a panel of
glowing buttons in the center of the two; quietly both women walked
over to the pair of doors without so much as a word spoken. Slowly
Chun-li mashed a button on the bottom of the panel, a few moments
passed by as the two female street fighters stood there waiting for
the elevator doors to slide open. A soft ding suddenly made the pale
complexioned blonde to jump slightly at the un-expected sound,
giggling softly the browned haired woman beside Cammy looked into her
pale blue hues then smiled lightly.
“What’s the matter Cammy, why are you so edgy?” Inquired Chun-li
as she moved into the elevator closely followed by the short Brit,
Cammy shrugged and watched her companion press a button at the top of
a silver coloured panel.
“I really don’t know love, I just feel rather odd.” Stated Cammy
in a low tone as she pressed her index finger to the middle of her
brow and lightly rubbed it. Shyly Chun-li lend over to Cammy and laid
her hand on the European woman’s shoulder lightly rubbing her long
slender digits into the tense muscle underneath her hand.
“When we get up to my humble abode I’ll get you some medicine
for that headache of yours. And you need to relax, then again I think
both of us deserve to relax tonight huh?” Half rhetorically commented
the Asian woman as she let her hand slip off of Cammy’s shoulder
causing the shorter woman to sigh longingly. Awkwardly the lily-white
coloured Brit fumbled with her hands to relieve herself from thinking
about how nice it felt when the other woman touched her or when she
got close enough to smell her scent, meekly Chun-li passed a glance at
the short Brit only to catch herself blushing lightly at the beauty
the other woman possessed. With a slightly startled looked Chun-li
returned her attention to the elevator door as they opened; she
blinked almost like she was in a daze as she realized that they were
already on the top floor where her room was located. Taking a step out
of the cable operated elevator Chun-li slowly trudged along a short
corridor until she came up to a door with gold lettering that read
‘903’, taking out a small keycard the tall Asian woman slid the card
into a slot above the knob of the door receiving a low click in
response. Tiredly Chun-li pushed the heavy door open and stepped in
leaving Cammy standing just outside of the archway looking timidly
inside, turning around with a soft smile on her pretty face the
Interpol agent walked over to where the blonde Brit was standing and
gently took her hand and pulled her inside of the room. Suddenly the
two women burst into giggles at the odd mannerisms they both her
displaying, shaking her head Chun-li pointed to a large couch in the
center of the spacious living room area. “Take a seat and make
yourself comfortable, I’m going to go get some Advil for that headache
of yours.” Chun-li stated in a low tone causing the Brit to quirk an
eyebrow questioningly, shaking the tone off with easy the blonde
haired woman walked over to the couch and sat down. After a few
minutes the pretty Asian brunette emerged from the kitchen holding a
tray of two cups of steaming brew and a large bottle of Advil, slowly
sauntering back over to her friend on the couch Chun-li sat the tray
on a table in front of the piece of furniture.
“No honey I hope, right love?” Cammy giggled lightly and took a
cup of tea and sipped it idly, Chun-li gave a soft smile in response
to the joke and picked up her own chinaware drinking the hot liquid
carefully. Silence engulfed the two women as they sat side-by-side,
fleeting glances passed between them for brief seconds before they
both stared out into space again.
“Cammy.” Chun-li slowly spoke out in a soft voice that was full
of guilt, slowly turning to the taller woman the pale Brit locked eyes
with Chun-li and found herself wishing this night never had happened.
“What is it Chun-li,” Cammy asked with a pleading look on her
face, the pretty Interpol agent stiffened up slightly as she sat her
cup of tea down onto the table in front of her; slowly Chun-li turned
to face Cammy. Her clear eyes were already moist and tears had started
to form in the corners as she looked into the short blonde’s pale
orbs, the pretty Asian woman’s bottom lip trembled as she opened her
mouth to speak, a soft whisper came out wrapped in a pent up sob.
“That man you saw was Ryu,” Stated Chun-li as salty tears
spilled from her eyes and slowly dripped down her cheeks, carefully
Cammy reached over and wiped the other woman’s face with the back of
her soft hand. Tenderly reaching up Chun-li took hold of the blonde
Brit’s hand and held it awkwardly, almost as if she were trying to
intertwine their fingers together. “Cammy, Ryu has changed. He is no
longer the kind-hearted warrior he used to be, he is dark now. Ryu is
evil.” Chun-li proclaimed as her voice suddenly became hoarse and
gruff, Cammy blinked back a confused expression as she slid closer to
Chun-li wrapping her right arm around the taller woman’s waist. For
the first time the short blonde realized how frail and fragile Chun-li
felt under her embrace, an almost pained look flickered in Cammy’s
face before she mustered the will to look the other woman in the eyes
again.
“But how?” Cammy inquired lamely feeling all the blood from her
face drain as she saw the hurt reflecting in Chun-li’s clear brown
eyes.
“Its my fault! Its all my fault!” Screamed the Asian woman,
pushing Cammy away from her as she suddenly went into a blinding fit
of guilt, with skill the short Brit snapped out her open fist and
grabbed both of Chun-li’s hands and held them roughly.
“Stop it love! Whatever it was that turned Ryu, it wasn’t you!
Don’t go and bloody pin everything on yourself!” Snapped Cammy as she
shook Chun-li lightly but with a stern authority to the action, trying
to pushing away from the shorter woman’s grasp Chun-li fell backwards,
sprawling out on the small couch trying to force her way out of the
other woman’s tight grip.
“I wasn’t supposed to see! I wasn’t supposed to see the world’s
greatest fighter being ass fucked by his best friend!!!” Screeched
Chun-li as the last of her strength gave way causing her arms to
suddenly go limp in Cammy’s protective grip.
“What?” Stuttered the short blonde perplexedly, her face
completely blank of any emotion. Chun-li turned her head to the side
letting her gaze harden on the farthest wall of the room.
“I walked in on them, Ryu and Ken. It hurt Cammy; it still hurts
to think about it! And that is why Ryu turned to the dark path, I
wasn’t supposed to know, no one was.” Chun-li stated as she voice
trailed off into a broken whisper, Cammy felt her stomach knot up with
unease as she looked down at Chun-li. The brunette’s eyes were tightly
shut as hot liquid rolled unrestrainedly down her face, the images she
had been fighting with all that night flashed clearly in her mind
making her heart beat coldly in her chest. It was just like that; Ryu
was bent over with his white gi hanging open for the whole world to
see. Ken was behind him, thrusting in and out, making those sickening
sounds! I could see the sweat beading up on his brow and his jaw
clenched with pain, maybe it was pleasure, then he looked up with
those ungodly deep eyes of his and stared at me, into me! His mouth
fell open like he was going to explain himself but…he just moaned and
closed his eyes. He changed right then and there; the Ryu Hoshi I knew
and loved was gone, lost in lust. Why didn’t I turn around and run
away, no, I had to see it. I couldn’t lie to myself anymore about him;
I knew he didn’t love me! But why did I have to find out like that,
why did I have to cry in front of him? Those eyes…so deep…so red.
Thought Chun-li painfully, suddenly water dripped rhythmically onto
her face slowly pulling her out of her own mind, the pretty Asian
woman blinked and turned her head towards the origin of the warm
liquid.
“Chun-li.” Cammy choked out meekly as the tears spilled down her
pale cheeks and gathered at the bottom of her chin before plummeting
off and landing on the other woman’s face, Chun-li bit her bottom lip
as she gazed up at the blonde woman on top of her.
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry for everything Cammy. It is all my
fault, now no one will be able to defeat Bison.” Declared Chun-li in a
low quivering voice that was filled with sorrow, Cammy shook her head;
causing tears to fly off dramatically.
“ Fuck you! Do you think you are the only one that has been hurt
like that?! You’re not; it isn’t bloody fair for you to be able to
wallow in your own self-pity when I can’t! At least you have good
times to remember, fond smiles and carefree days! I don’t have any of
that; all I have is the memories of someone I thought that loved me
who would beat me and rape me and made me think that was love!!! Do
you honestly know how that feels, do you know what you are doing to me
right now, it hurts to see you like this! It hurts Chun-li because I
care! And I stopped caring a bloody long time ago! So just stop it!
Stop blaming yourself because he didn’t love you, stop blaming
yourself for everything that is wrong in your bloody life!” Screamed
Cammy as her walls broke down and let a gush of raw emotion pour out,
staggering on weak legs the short Brit pushed herself up from the
couch and hurriedly headed towards the door, she couldn’t look at
Chun-li again; not after what just happened. She came to me for
comfort and I just go and bloody blow up at her! I am a heartless
bitch!
“Cammy! Please don’t go!” Chun-li pleaded as she found her
footing and ran over to the blonde Brit, Cammy pulled the doorknob but
the door slammed shut from the force of Chun-li pushing it closed
again.
“Move Chun-li.” Cammy managed to say without stuttering, shaking
her head in opposition Chun-li kept her hand firmly against the door
making sure to Cammy she wasn’t going anywhere.
“No, I refuse to move. Please stay, I need you.” Chun-li said in
a tone that was low and almost unsure sounding, Cammy blinked at the
last part of what she said.
“Need me? How the bloody hell do you need me? You are the strong
one, the strongest woman in the world needing a preppy Brit, now
that’s a jolly good laugh!” Yipped Cammy in a smug tone as her heart
beat in her chest painfully, she didn’t know why but being around
Chun-li made her heart ache.
“We need each other. We need to feel love, real love.” Chun-li
stated softly as she wrapped her arms around Cammy’s neck and held her
gently, the short blonde blushed slightly as she felt herself give in
and slowly hug the other woman in return. With a shaking hand Chun-li
stroked the pale flesh under her fingertips and tenderly caressed the
sides of Cammy’s face with a slender digit, a bright flush rose up
onto both of the women’s faces as they stared deeply into each others
eyes.
“Real love.” Cammy declared softly and leaned up and gently
kissed Chun-li on her pale pink lips savouring the warmth and taste
that matched the scent of the pretty Interpol agent, Chun-li smiled
inwardly as she pressed her body closer to Cammy’s lithe frame
deepening the meek embrace. Moments passed by before the two pulled
back from the passionate kiss breathing lightly and blushing a deep
shade of scarlet, Chun-li smiled sweetly as she leaned in and gently
kissed Cammy’s lips once again before she spoke in a small voice.
“Do you have anywhere to stay for the night?” She inquired
innocently but the sly grin tugging on the corners of her mouth gave
away her intentions, Cammy giggled and turned a colour of red that the
pretty brunette had never seen before.
“No love, not any place at all.” Cammy stated with a deadpan
face, Chun-li broke into a giddy laugh as she slowly lead the short
Brit by the hand into her bedroom, turning on her heels the taller
woman gave a mirthful smirk and looked into Cammy’s eyes with a flash
of mischief.
“You get the floor.”
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Author’s notes: Thank you all for read this long fic, goddess it felt
so good to finish it! I might add a second chapter just for –ahem-
fun; I hope you enjoyed my story, thank you. Ands please give reviews
because without those I won’t know how I did. Thanks!
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