The Heart of Kyoto
Round 2: The New Fight
Ryu heaved a heavy grunt as Cammy moaned in pleasure, they had been at this for the past few hours and frankly he was wearing out. If he had not been trained in Shotokan Karate for the better part of the last twenty years he'd been alive, he would have worn out quite a long time ago. Little did he know when he invited Cammy to stay with him just how much of an animal she could be. Cammy ran down to the next store and let out a long rapturous squeal as she spotted a dress in the window. Ryu lugged the eight bags of the current shopping spree that they had been on. "Ryu!" Cammy called out, "what do you think of this one?"
"I think you have roped me into buying enough."
"Aww, come on, just one more!" Cammy pleaded
"That's what you said three ago!" Ryu retaliated as he took a stand against the evil that was this woman.
"Please just look at it." Cammy rushed over to Ryu and pulled him by the arm to the window. Ryu watched as the amused glances of passers by and house wives on daily errands shot in their direction. From thumbs up from the male population to delighted giggles from teenage girls Ryu had almost wished he still had access to the Dark Hadou to rain down unholy genocide on everyone who muttered 'good luck with your girlfriend' to him. However, all of his thoughts halted rather violently as Cammy physically turned his head to a stunning winter kimono made from a soft smooth cloth that was as pure white as fresh snow on the top of Mt. Fuji with small cherry blossom petals sown into the cuffs and the skirt. It was quite beautiful, and, Ryu looked at the tag, quite expensive. "Now," Cammy turned Ryu's head to meet her gaze, "Imagine how it would look on me." Now Ryu was a strong, mentally stable, person who had complete control over his own mind at all times, but he was a man and a traditional one at that. Images of Cammy walking gracefully to the table in the dining room and pouring him a drink of green tea with her hair up in a knot exposing the nape of her neck danced happily through his mind. "Pervert," Cammy smiled at him in a suggestive way, snapping Ryu back into reality.
"But... I... I wasn't..."
"Save it for the judge. Sentence, you must buy me that dress!"
"Yes ma'am." Ryu nodded, defeated.
They went back to the dojo; Ryu plopped the bags down just inside the door and collapsed face first on the floor. Cammy walked in behind him and stopped. "Ryu, who is he?" she wondered. Ryu looked up from the floor and saw that it was none other than colonel Guile of the
United States armed forces. His face was a welcome addition to Ryu's home. Guile had a long history with Ryu and Ken, from the time when they were both traveling the world to strengthen themselves to the fact that Guile is married to Eliza's sister, rather rockily. All of that aside, Ryu found a new burst of energy surge with in him as he jumped to his feet and launched a fierce kick in guile's direction. Guile dodged and retaliated with a punch aimed at Ryu's midsection; Ryu caught the punch and threw Guile across the dojo. Guile landed on his feet and rushed toward Ryu. Ryu raised his guard but was startled when Guile affectionately embraced him.
"Long time no see!" Guile roared as he continued to bear hug Ryu.
"Sure has," replied Ryu as Guile put him down, "How's your wife and little girl?"
"My little girl is great... but looks like you sure found something to do." Guile looked Cammy up and down.
"Ok, you're creeping me out." stated Cammy as she moved behind Ryu to shield herself from Guile's gaze.
"What brings you to Kyoto ?" wondered Ryu
"Serious matters, you see a dictator from a small country next to
India has started a tournament; one, in which he will participate in as he does every three years." Guile pulled out some pictures and handed them Ryu, "Ken was going to help me take him down by entering, but he's in the hospital now and can't." Ryu scanned the pictures and saw a rather large muscular man in a bright red uniform with a strange skull-like symbol on his hat. "You want me to take Ken's place in this tournament?"
"Yes, we've been trying to take this guy down for years, but everyone we've sent after him has gone missing."
"Why don't you go?" wondered Cammy not bothering to look at the pictures.
"Because the guy knows my face and knows that I'm after him. Listen, he's into everything from the illegal drug trade to slave trafficking. We've got plenty of evidence against him; we just need to catch him." Ryu handed the pictures to Cammy as he pondered what he would do. Then something caught his attention as he felt a sense of fear and anger rise behind him. Ryu turned to see Cammy had dropped the pictures on the ground and was now staring at them shaking from head to toe.
"Cammy." Ryu coaxed the now frozen girl, "Cammy?" Ryu noticed a single tear roll down her cheek. Ryu walked over to Cammy and looked at her. She shook with pain and frustration; her skin blushed from the exertion it took to hold herself back. Ryu had not been with the girl for very long but he knew that she was not an emotional person; in fact he had not seen any other emotion than the excited, uplifted version of Cammy. Ryu got the distinct feeling she was holding back because of a stranger in the room.
"Guile, can you come back tomorrow?" wondered Ryu.
"Yeah, sure." Guile realized that this was not his business and decided to take his leave, "Come see me at the Hotel Granvia tomorrow when you've made your decision." With that Guile left the small dojo.
"Cammy, what was that about?" inquired Ryu
Cammy leaned down and picked up the pictures from the floor, they seemed as if they weighed a ton in her hands and she shook as if they were burning her, "This man, I know him..." Cammy stuttered, "He did... something... something terrible to me." Cammy's face was still flushed with tears that were streaming down her face more consistently now, but she refused to let her expression devolve into a sob as she it wanted to do. Cammy stood there quivering under the stress of whatever had happened to her before. Not knowing what else to do Ryu moved to Cammy and took her hand. As he did so he got more than what he was expecting when she latched onto his as her knees buckled beneath her. "I'm sorry," she whispered, "I don't know why..."
"Don't worry about it." replied Ryu as he turned toward Cammy and wrapped her small arms around him and buried her head in his chest. She didn't know why she was crying, and that frustrated her even more. She knew that that man and either done something to her or made her do something that she did not want to.
Ryu knew what he had to do, he was going to enter that tournament and he was going to help Cammy connect with her past. For some reason he felt he owed that much to her. So there they stayed for the remainder of the night, and in the morning they went to the Hotel Granvia together. Guile was surprised to see that the young blonde girl was going with Ryu, but did not complain. Both Ryu and Cammy knew that something was going to happen and that whatever it was it was something bigger than just catching a criminal.