Chapter 2: Chun-Li vs. Cammy
Interviews
Chun-Li is a practitioner of Tai Chi, an agent of Interpol, and is one of the most dominant forces in The World Warrior Tournament. She steamrolled through her competition up to the championship during the very first tournament, earning her the title of "The Strongest Woman in the World". She dominates her opponents by being hands-down the quickest striker so far to enter the tournament, surpassing even Fei Long. Her most famous attack is the Hyakuretsu Kyaku, where she repeatedly kicks her opponent so quickly that the kicks appear to be a blur of motion in front of the camera.
Tell us a little bit about yourself, Chun-Li.
"Hi everyone, I am Chun-Li. If you're watching from prison, you may already know me. (laughs) Anyway, I'm an Interpol agent who enters The World Warrior Tournament to showcase the ability of our agency. Did you know that statistically, the crime rate had been going down ever since the first World Warrior championship? (laughs) I'd like to think that I'm one of those reasons."
Cheerful as always. Chun-Li, most of your very few losses were from Sagat, who is sponsored by Shadaloo. How do you feel about taking on Cammy, who is also sponsored by Shadaloo?
"I'm ecstatic, actually! This is my opportunity to take back my title as the World Warrior Champion. You know, I really feel that I can win it again this time. Now, I have respect for Cammy as a fighter; I've only seen her fight during the qualifying rounds, and I will admit she is impressive. She finishes her fights very quickly. But I just can't let her take this one."
Cammy White is the newest member of the Shadaloo Tournament Fighters. She practices an original martial art taught by Shadaloo's CEO, M. Bison. This martial art was designed for the company's security units to dispatch an intruder in the quickest and cleanest way possible. Which is why she went through all her opponents in the qualifying rounds in less than a minute each. Sporting a variety of wrestling and grappling maneuvers, can Cammy take on the best of the best in The World Warrior Tournament?
Introduce yourself, Cammy.
"My name is Cammy White. I am one of Bison's security units, and I am here to promote Shadaloo's health products by demonstrating the capabilities of someone who takes them."
Both you and Chun-Li seem to have experience outside of a tournament arena. You've probably seen Chun-Li fight before. How would you compare her abilities to yours?
"Based on tournament data alone, I have concluded that Chun-Li's fighting style is inferior to Shadaloo fighting techniques. Unless she can bring out something she had never done before, she will lose this fight."
Introduction
Chun-Li's music played. People cheered. Chun-Li had a lot of fans for three reasons. First, her winning the First World Warrior Tournament catapulted her into stardom. Second, she was fun to watch. While other fighters could win with tactics that some would consider cheap (such as grappling and zoning), Chun-Li was one of the few who took acrobatic moves that require a high amount of flexibility and athleticism, and made them work inside the ring. Not to mention, one would not be considered to have lived a full life until they saw the Hyakuretsu Kyaku.
The third reason was simple: She was attractive. She came out of the locker room and into the arena sporting a blue leotard underneath her blue qipao with golden accents. Her hair was held up in what's known as the ox horns. Her extremely large and muscular legs were covered with brown stockings. She walked towards the ring, her feet light enough inside her white combat boots that even if the audience's noise was taken away, she would still make no audible sound.
She looked at the crowd. There was really only one reason for her to look at the crowd: the fan signs.
90% of Chun-Li's muscles are from her thighs.
DANGER: GIANT THIGHS AHEAD
Chun-Li: 1/4 awesome, 3/4 thighs
Typical. While other fighters had creative fan signs, hers was all about how big her thighs were. It's always been this way, though. Her fans loved to mess with her. She couldn't decide whether or not this was a testament to how creative can be, or how annoying they can be. Nevertheless, she smiled at them. The fans of Chun-Li and her dangerous thigh line.
"Chun-Li. Practitioner of Tai Chi," David began his description. "She uses her agility, flexibility, and athleticism to get herself out of any situation. She also uses her extremely quick strikes to wear down her opponent before finishing them off with a relentless barrage of kicks."
She reached the ring, stepped inside, and took the time to start her Tai Chi exercise as a warmup. She punched and kicked and crouched and twirled around, and it looked like a dance to some.
Cammy's music started playing. This was literally the first time she has ever had to fight in a televised show, or in an arena with a crowd for that matter. So almost no one knew who she was, and the crowd was dead silent. When she came out in her blue thong leotard (with a small yellow tie), blue cap, and brown combat boots, the crowd murmured to each other, as this was the first time they had seen her. She did get what seemed to be ten or twenty men cheering for her, if only because of her slender figure.
None of this mattered, though. Because Cammy did not enter the tournament to please the crowd. Her only objective was to gather tournament data for Shadaloo. She nonchalantly walked towards the ring with a straight body, and in an almost robotic fashion. Her long, braided blonde hair flowed behind her at each of her steps. Steps that were every bit as light and silent as Chun-Li's, except much more effortless.
She reached the ring and just stood there. Arms on the side, face forward, feet together... She was like a soldier at attention. No, a statue of a soldier at attention.
"Cammy White. Based on data from the off-air qualifying rounds, her technique consists of finishing the opponent quickly through simple grappling maneuvers," David read through his notes. "She finishes off most of her fights through submission holds, and throws. She is mostly an enigma to the general population, but being a member of Shadaloo, she is almost certainly not an easy opponent."
Seeing both fighters now in the ring, the announcer stepped in the middle and grabbed his microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a no-time-limit battle. The only way to win is through submission or knockout.
"Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner! Standing five feet, six-and-a-half-inches tall, weighing in at 132 pounds. Fighting out of China! Chun-Li!"
"And now her opponent fighting out of the red corner, standing five feet, four-and-a-half-inches tall, weighing in at 101 pounds. Fighting out of the United Kingdom, and sponsored by Shadaloo! Cammy White!"
As per the tournament routine, Chun-Li and Cammy had a stare-down in the middle of the ring. Chun-Li's face was serious and focused as she looked down on her smaller opponent. Cammy's face on the other hand was more calm and lifeless, almost as if she felt no emotion at all. The perfect poker face. Chun-Li had no idea what she was thinking.
"Alright," the referee began speaking to them. "I want you to do as I say at all times. Defend yourself at all times."
He signaled the fighters to go to the opposite corners. They did so.
"Are you ready?" He pointed to Chun-Li. Chun-Li nodded.
"Are you ready?" He pointed to Cammy. Cammy nodded.
"FIGHT!"
Fight
As soon as she heard the word "FIGHT", Chun-Li started walking left and right, trying to stay mobile to make herself a harder target for Cammy in case she decided to make the first strike. The blonde girl was just standing there with a straight body and with her arms down. It was still the same position as when she had entered the ring. It was as though she wasn't even in a fight. The only parts of her body moving were her eyes that were following Chun-Li's movements. This was admittedly intimidating for Chun-Li. Was Cammy confident that she could follow the movements of the fastest striker in the World Warrior tournament? Part of her wanted to test the reaction time of this Shadaloo fighter, but there was just something about her motionless stance, her calm expressionless face, and her cold, calculating eyes that just screamed 'I am waiting for you to come at me so that I can counter you with a one-hit-kill attack.'
Chun-Li opted for something safe: a simple Kikouken. She lifted both arms, focused her ki into her hands, and pushed it forward, her fingers lined up straight. A ball of ki started travelling slowly forward.
"Chun-Li starts off the fight with a Kikouken," Chen narrates. "Tell me what you know about this technique, David."
"Well, Chen," David responds. "The Kikouken is a very elusive ki attack. It travels more slowly than other ki attacks. You'd think that would be a disadvantage, but then you realize that it also takes a very long time to dissipate. So in the heat of the battle, you not only have to avoid Chun-Li's quick strikes; you also have to avoid moving into that Kikouken that just won't disappear."
It was useless. Both the Kikouken and this defensive play by Chun-Li. Cammy knew this. She just ran up to the ball of ki, crossed her arms in front of her face, and ran towards it, and blocked it. The Kikouken could only be annoying if it isn't dealt with, and the fact that it dissipates on contact meant that Cammy could easily block it every time it came out.
Upon quick analysis of the current situation, Cammy had concluded that there were two options for Chun-Li after her Kikouken is blocked like this. She could move in and strike with her so-called lightning-fast kicks, to which Cammy was confident that she could catch the lightning-fast foot, and then take the strongest woman in the world down with a leg-lock. Her other option was to throw another Kikouken.
Chun-Li chose the second option. Disappointing. This whole defensive style was unbecoming of the winner of the first tournament. She was probably scared, but she should know that there was no escape from Cammy.
The blonde girl took a giant leap forward like a cannon and went over the Kikouken. Her thighs landed on Chun-Li's shoulder. The crowd popped. The commentators were shouting at each other "Did you see that? Did you see that?"
"She must have jumped like, the length of 6 people!" David reacted.
Cammy was now riding on Chun-Li's shoulder. The brown-haired Chinese girl audibly gasped. Pathetic. A Frankensteiner will finish this. Cammy squeezed her opponent's head in between her thighs and flipped backwards to smash Chun-Li to the ground head-first and completely vertical. This should break her neck for sure. The fight was over.
"Holy crap! That was probably the most lethal move I've seen in this tournament!" Chen flipped out.
Fortunately for the world's strongest woman, her arms were still free. So before her head hit the ground, she made sure she did not, in fact, land head-first. She landed hands-first. Chun-Li was now doing a handstand while her head was still in between Cammy's thighs. The crowd popped in surprise to Chun-Li's excellent use of her athleticism.
"It's a good thing this was Chun-Li she was fighting," Chen continued. "She managed to save her neck by using her hands to lessen the impact of that Frankensteiner. If this was any other fighter, they would probably have a severe neck injury right now."
Cammy was surprised. It was very uncommon for opponents to react this quickly and counteract the Frankensteiner. And this was usually her one-hit-kill move. No matter. This simply meant that Chun-Li was worth her time. Still, there is no escaping from Cammy.
The blonde woman folded her legs around Chun-Li's neck and tried to squeeze the life out of it. Cammy's two boots sandwiched Chun-Li's neck, almost trying to crush it flat. Chun-Li dropped her handstand, and her feet went down. She was now on all-fours like a dog, whilst her head was still buried in-between Cammy's immovable legs.
"Cammy now trying to suffocate Chun-Li into submission," Chen continued to narrate. "This doesn't look good for Chun-Li."
Chun-Li grabbed Cammy's two legs and tried to pull it apart, but they were looped to each other like a knot, so there was no way she could force it apart. The fact that she was running out of air meant that every second she was losing strength. To any other fighter, this would probably be it. It was time to tap out. But this was Chun-Li. The champion of the first World Warrior Tournament. The strongest woman in the world. There was no way she was going down in only two moves.
Cammy suddenly felt a sharp pain on both of her thighs, as though they were being stabbed by ten needles. She then came to a stunning realization. Chun-Li's hands were still free, and she was burying her nails in Cammy's legs. She felt a bit of blood trickling down, and she quickly let go of her hold before her opponent could claw all the way to her bone, and rolled away. This was the first time Cammy felt alarmed with any of her opponents, both inside and outside the ring. She blamed herself entirely; it was her job to control those arms, and she didn't.
Cammy stood up straight and motionless again as she observed her opponent. Chun-Li was up and in her Tai Chi stance, her hands dripping with blood from Cammy's thighs. She was gasping for all the air she hadn't taken in during those agonizing twenty seconds of Cammy's hold. She was tired and weakened. Now was the time for the Shadaloo fighter to take advantage.
Cammy moved in with the intent of doing another takedown.
Chun-Li reacted by speedily doing a handstand and spinning her legs around like a top to drive her opponent away.
"Chun-Li here doing the Spinning Bird Kick," David said.
Cammy reacted just in time to stop and block the Spinning Bird Kick. Before Chun-Li was finished spinning, Cammy punished the blocked attack by doing a low dropkick while spinning like a drill. Her feet hit Chun-Li's stomach and pushed her backwards, stopping her spinning and breaking the balance on her handstand. Chun-Li ended up lying down with her face on the ground.
"And Cammy punishes it with her Spiral Arrow," David continued. "She is just in full control of the fight at this time."
Chun-Li willed herself upwards again, ignoring her fatigue and the pain in her stomach and neck. She went into her stance again, still breathing heavily and showing clear signs that she wasn't in good shape. There was definitely something about Cammy that didn't seem normal. The blonde woman was unafraid to just stand still with her arms down and without any defensive stance, confident that she was safe from any strike. She could move with the most unsafe stance and body position, and still somehow block any strike that could come from anywhere. Nobody could have that kind of reaction time. Shadaloo had done something to her for sure.
Although she didn't like it, Chun-Li was forced to admit that she was fighting a losing battle against this super-woman. She moved closer to Cammy while the blonde woman was still in her stance. Cammy was still calm and motionless with her arms down, even as Chun-Li is within range for her kicks.
Chun-Li did a single leg kick with speed that's too blurry for the camera. Cammy crouched down and parried it with her arm with the same kind of speed.
Another kick, this time to the head. Cammy parried again.
Another kick aimed at the neck. Cammy blocked with her palm.
Eventually, Chun-Li started her famous Hyakuretsu Kyaku. Her right leg became a big blur of motion as it went rapid-fire all over Cammy's body. This was no trouble for the Shadaloo fighter. She danced, twisting and writhing around as she parried every single one of her opponent's so-called 'lightning legs'. The crowd was getting hotter and hotter with each parry, as this is the first time they've seen something so amazing.
"Cammy just outright disrespecting Chun-Li's Hyakuretsu Kyaku," Chen said. "Usually fighters have some sort of defensive stance to help block these kicks, but do you see how calmly Cammy is just standing there and parrying everything?"
But then, miraculously, one of those kicks hit Cammy straight at her right cheek.
"Oh, but that's the consequence of that disrespect," Chen continued. "This is probably Chun-Li's first hit of the match. Am I right, David?"
"Yeah, you're right," David answered. "Cammy is just so in-control of the match, that this is the first time Chun-Li could get a hit in."
Cammy's usually cold and calculating eyes were now wide in shock. She stumbled backwards and regained her composure with a struggle. She looked at Chun-Li. The bastard was smiling. The brown-haired Chinese Tai Chi practitioner looked at her with a mischievous smile and said, "I know you're on some kind of performance enhancer. And if you weren't, I would have kicked your ass all over the place."
Chun-Li moved in and did her Hyakuretsu Kyaku again. Cammy would not have any of this. She immediately grabbed Chun-Li's foot at the first kick, punched her in the stomach, and then quickly did an upward kick to Chun-Li's chin. After the kick connected, Cammy bent her body backwards and did a backflip.
"Ouch!" shouted both the crowd and the commentators. "That is one solid Cannon Spike from Cammy!" David described.
Chun-Li stumbled backwards. She wanted to continue fighting. Testing how far she could go against this cheater. Her mind wanted to go on, but with a combination of her fatigue and the amount of damage she had taken, her body was disagreeing. She dropped on her knees, and then dropped sideways. She couldn't go on.
Cammy rushed towards her opponent, dropping a couple more strikes to Chun-Li's head. The brown-haired woman didn't move. Before the third punch could be thrown, the referee suddenly grabbed her by the arms from behind. He signaled for the bell, and the bell ringer obeyed.
"And it's all over!" announced Chen. "Cammy had defeated the world's strongest woman! Chun-Li is going to the loser's bracket!"
Post-fight
Chun-Li just lied on the ground, soaking up this loss. Cammy had her. There was nothing she could have done differently to overcome this. There was absolutely no shame in her loss. She accepted that. What she could not accept was that there was a fighter in World Warrior who was on performance-enhancing drugs. What kind of drug was this? Was it undetectable through the standard drug tests of the World Warrior medical staff? Or were the medical staff on Shadaloo's payroll? Either way, as an agent of Interpol, she had to make an arrest.
"Are you okay, Chun-Li?" she heard a feminine voice. And then she felt what seemed to be hands with rubber gloves feeling he hurting chin. "Everything seems to be fine over here. Can you hear me?"
Chun-Li opened her eyes. The paramedics were here. "I'm fine," she replied. "Just a little beat up."
As the paramedics continued their routine check-up on her, she could hear the interviewer talking to Cammy.
"Cammy, you were completely dominant throughout the fight. Were you expecting the fight against the former champion to turn out like this?"
"This was more of a hassle than anticipated. Regardless, there was not a moment in the fight wherein I believed that I would lose."
"Very confident, as expected from Shadaloo. Well, we'll see you in the next show."
"Thank you."
The interviewer walked over to Chun-Li, who had just gotten up. "Chun-Li, you weren't able to get much offense in. Do you think you can come back from this loss?"
"Definitely. I can come back from this. The next time Cammy and I face each other..." she turned to look at Cammy in the eye. Cammy was still showing her poker face, but she did look at Chun-Li to make her aware she was listening. "It's going to be a lot more even."
"Well, it's good to see you haven't lost your spirit. Good luck, and see you in the next show."
"Thank you."
