Chapter Three - Girls' Night Out
Later on that day, Chun Li and Eliza had ditched their respective men and hooked up with one of the other contestants in the pageant, a person which both Chun Li and Eliza knew.
That person was Cammila White. Cammy, as she was called, was a member of England's elite MI-6 unit. She was a former Shadowlaw assassin who had lost her memory, but was restored to her and not wanting to return to Shadowlaw, she was recruited into MI-6.
The three girls were at the local mall, checking out various stores, enjoyng themselves at Ken's expense, and shrugging off the stares of various men who passed by. After they had raided the mall, Fei Long had given them tickets for his new action-comedy movie, 'Enter the Fists of Mayhem 3.'
Right now, they were at an outside cafe, enyoying a late-afternoon lunch. Several shopping bags were around their feet, as they chatted about their lives, and their men.
Cammy sipped on her glass of tea. "You know, I gotta admit, you must have done something good to catch a dense guy like Ryu, Chun."
Chun Li shook her head. "It wasn't that hard. Ryu and I met through his sensei and my sifu when we were teenagers."
Eliza frowned. "Sifu?"
"It's Chinese for teacher," Chun Li explained.
"Oh." Eliza leaned forward. "So what's the story between you and Ryu?" she asked with a mischevious glint in her eye. "Is everything...you know?"
Chun Li went red. "ELIZA! That's personal!"
"Ooh, gossip!" Cammy clasped her hands together. "I wanna hear! Is Ryu good in bed?" she asked, nudging Chun Li in the side.
"Does he always wear that headband of his to the bedroom?" Eliza mused. "Come on, you can tell us. It's just us girls."
Chun Li looked at both of them and sighed. "All right, it I tell you, then no one must find out. Not Ken and expecially not Ryu."
"Agreed," both Eliza and Cammy replied.
Chun Li bit her lip. "Ryu and I had slept together before. He's...he's pretty amazing in bed," Chun Li admitted. "He can make my body come alive. The first time I slept with him, was after the tournament, when he was staying with me in Hong Kong. Anyway, I had a sprained ankle and Ryu was staying with me in Hong Kong..."
{Flashback}
Evening. A spacious high-rise apartment in Hong Kong. In the living room, Chun Li, dressed down in a sleeveless shirt and a pair of shorts was lounging on the living room sofa, reading a book. Her left ankle was wrapped in bandages. Seated in the armchair, was Ryu, this time, dressed in a T-shirt and sweatpants (his karate gi and red headband were in the wash). He was sitting crosslegged in the armchair, meditating.
Three weeks had passed since Ryu fought against Bison in the tournament, and won. He was in Hong Kong as a result of an invitation from Chun Li to rest and recover from the tournament. And in Ryu's case, free room and board was something he rarely passed up.
Chun Li placed her book aside and looked at Ryu, who had just completed his meditation. "Ryu, have you figured out what you plan on doing when you goback to Japan?"
Ryu stood up and stretched. "Well, I guess that since my old dojo was destroyed, I'll have to find another one to set up shop in."
"Have you found some places?"
"A couple. Other than Tokyo, I'm looking around in Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, and Hakadote." Off Chun Li's look, Ryu answered, "How did I get the money, you're thinking? Well, when Gouken died, he left an sizable inheritance for me and I've been saving most of the money I won from fighting in past tournaments. I let Ken handle all of my finances."
"So how much money you got?" Chun Li asked.
Ryu thought about it for a moment. "Let's see...close to $450,000 American, and ¥700,000."
Chun Li blinked. "You have THAT much money?!"
Ryu shrugged his shoulders. "You really have no need for that much money when you're on the open road most of the time. So I wire Ken most of it and tell him to place it into two accounts, one in the States, and another in Japan."
Chun Li frowned. "Your line of work is fighting and you make more than I do."
"You think that your job is dangerous?" Ryu replied. "I fight in underground martial arts tournaments all over Southeast Asia. With all the bad people down there, you'd take a desk job at Interpol in a heartbeat." He looked at her ankle. "So how's the ankle?"
Chun Li adjusted herself on the sofa. "It's okay. You know...most guys would not be as considerate and caring like you," she said softly.
Ryu moved from his place on the armchair and sat beside Chun Li on the sofa. "You can say that I'm a sucker for being a person who holds honor and respect in high regard."
"I wouldn't say that," Chun Li replied. "In fact, that was the reason that attracted me to you." She was silent for a moment, trying to think how Ryu would handle her next statement. "Ryu...ever since we met again at the tournament, I really haven't stopped thinking about you, and...I wanted you to be close to me. That's why I invited you here. You're not like most guys. You're kind, funny, and considerate of my feelings. I know we've been friends for a long time, but I want to be more than friends."
Ryu looked at her for a long time. He then gave her his reply. "I always known you loved me," he replied softly.
Chun Li blinked. "You did?"
Ryu smiled. "I may be a martial artist, but I'm not that dense of a guy to figure out the clues that you liked me." He placed one hand on he side of her face. "But it was Master Gen who told me this morning when I went to pay my respects, which confirmed my suspicions. Chun...I really do love you."
That did it for Chun Li. She threw her arms around him in a bear hug, not wanting to let him go. Ryu hugged her back. Not waning to release Chun Li, Ryu stood up, stull holding Chun Li until they were both standing, Chun Li placing most of her weight on her good leg.
She was now noticing how tall Ryu was. She was no petite woman herself, but tall enough. (Note: According to the original SF2, Ryu is 5'10" while Chun Li is 5'8". I know it is unlikely for Ryu to be this tall, but Chow Yun-Fat is 5'11", but I digress. You can say that Ryu sprouted after the Alpha tournaments.)
Chun Li wrapped her arms around his neck, Ryu placed his arms around her waist. She stood on her tiptoes while Ryu met her halfway.
Their lips met in a gentle kiss, but to the two martial arts, it was like two combustible elements creating fire. Chun Li's grip on Ryu's neck slackened and her legs went completely weak. Had not Ryu been holding her, she would have sank to her knees. Instead, she leaned on Ryu for support as they kissed.
Finally, they broke off the kiss. Chun Li stared at the Japanese fighter in wonder, the same guy who had defeated Victor Sagat as a teenager, and had wasted Bison several weeks ago. Now he had her heart, and she didn't mind one bit."
"You win," Ryu whispered.
"What?" Chun Li asked.
"You gotten me."
Chun Li smiled and they kissed again, this time, with increasing passion. She slipped her tongue into his mouth, and they dueled for supremacy, with Ryu winning. Chun Li squealed as Ryu swept her off her feet, Ryu not wanting her to injure her ankle even more, and carried her into her bedroom)
-Several hours later...-
Six-thirty in the morning. Inside Chun Li's bedroom, the two lovers were in the bed, limbs entwined, a bedsheet covering them for modesty. Ryu was on his back, while Chun Li was resting her head on his chest, her hair in wild disarray. A trail of clothes led to the bed.
Chun Li stirred, then opened her eyes. The memories of last night's lovemaking session came back to her in a rush. She looked at Ryu, who was still asleep, his face peaceful. For the first time, Chun Li was at peace with herself. Her father's death had been avenged, and she was with the man that she loved.
Ryu groaned and opened his eyes. He saw that Chun Li was looking at him, a grin on her face. "Hey," she greeted.
"Hey," he replied.
She kissed him on the lips, then giggled. "Who would have thought the infamous Shotokan champion was also a great lover in bed?"
"You feel like getting up?" Ryu asked.
"No, not really. You wore me out last night. You?"
Ryu looked at the clock on the nightstand. "I guess my training can wait." He wrapped his arms around Chun Li. They cuddled for most of the morning, kissing occasionally and carressing each other. Finally, at around nine, they got up.
{End Flashnack}
"...and the rest is history," Chun Li finished.
Eliza sighed. "Wow. It seems that Ryu is full of surprises. I think I married the wrong guy."
Chun Li knew she was kidding when she said that. "You leave Ryu to me, and you deal with your husband. At least I know he is loyal to me. All of the women want him, but I know he wants me."
Eliza stood up. "I'll go and get the car."
Eliza had parked a short distance from the cafe. As she rounded the corner, she bumped into a well-dressed man. "Sorry," Eliza apologized.
"No. It is my fault," the man replied with a heavy Spanish accent.
Eliza looked at the man, he was handsome, slender, and the Armani suit he wore looked like it was made for him. His long brown hair was tied into a single braid.
Guess who Eliza has bumped into?
"What is your name?" Vega asked.
"Eliza. Eliza Masters."
"Masters...you wouldn't happen to be Ken Masters' wife by any chance?"
"Yes, I am. You know my husband?"
The Spanish fighter grinned. "You can say that." he took a step closer. "You are very pretty, Kitten. You remind me of the women in my native Spain. You are competing in the pageant, correct?"
"How do you know that?"
"My boss is a judge there," Vega replied. "I will be seeing you real soon, dear Kitten." He then turned and vanished into the crowd, just as Chun Li and Cammy rounded the corner.
"I thought you were getting the car," Cammy said.
"I was," Eliza replied, "but someone ran into me. Some guy, pretty smooth, but there was something disturbing about him." She dismissed the thought. "Anyway, let's go."
Later on that day, Chun Li and Eliza had ditched their respective men and hooked up with one of the other contestants in the pageant, a person which both Chun Li and Eliza knew.
That person was Cammila White. Cammy, as she was called, was a member of England's elite MI-6 unit. She was a former Shadowlaw assassin who had lost her memory, but was restored to her and not wanting to return to Shadowlaw, she was recruited into MI-6.
The three girls were at the local mall, checking out various stores, enjoyng themselves at Ken's expense, and shrugging off the stares of various men who passed by. After they had raided the mall, Fei Long had given them tickets for his new action-comedy movie, 'Enter the Fists of Mayhem 3.'
Right now, they were at an outside cafe, enyoying a late-afternoon lunch. Several shopping bags were around their feet, as they chatted about their lives, and their men.
Cammy sipped on her glass of tea. "You know, I gotta admit, you must have done something good to catch a dense guy like Ryu, Chun."
Chun Li shook her head. "It wasn't that hard. Ryu and I met through his sensei and my sifu when we were teenagers."
Eliza frowned. "Sifu?"
"It's Chinese for teacher," Chun Li explained.
"Oh." Eliza leaned forward. "So what's the story between you and Ryu?" she asked with a mischevious glint in her eye. "Is everything...you know?"
Chun Li went red. "ELIZA! That's personal!"
"Ooh, gossip!" Cammy clasped her hands together. "I wanna hear! Is Ryu good in bed?" she asked, nudging Chun Li in the side.
"Does he always wear that headband of his to the bedroom?" Eliza mused. "Come on, you can tell us. It's just us girls."
Chun Li looked at both of them and sighed. "All right, it I tell you, then no one must find out. Not Ken and expecially not Ryu."
"Agreed," both Eliza and Cammy replied.
Chun Li bit her lip. "Ryu and I had slept together before. He's...he's pretty amazing in bed," Chun Li admitted. "He can make my body come alive. The first time I slept with him, was after the tournament, when he was staying with me in Hong Kong. Anyway, I had a sprained ankle and Ryu was staying with me in Hong Kong..."
{Flashback}
Evening. A spacious high-rise apartment in Hong Kong. In the living room, Chun Li, dressed down in a sleeveless shirt and a pair of shorts was lounging on the living room sofa, reading a book. Her left ankle was wrapped in bandages. Seated in the armchair, was Ryu, this time, dressed in a T-shirt and sweatpants (his karate gi and red headband were in the wash). He was sitting crosslegged in the armchair, meditating.
Three weeks had passed since Ryu fought against Bison in the tournament, and won. He was in Hong Kong as a result of an invitation from Chun Li to rest and recover from the tournament. And in Ryu's case, free room and board was something he rarely passed up.
Chun Li placed her book aside and looked at Ryu, who had just completed his meditation. "Ryu, have you figured out what you plan on doing when you goback to Japan?"
Ryu stood up and stretched. "Well, I guess that since my old dojo was destroyed, I'll have to find another one to set up shop in."
"Have you found some places?"
"A couple. Other than Tokyo, I'm looking around in Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, and Hakadote." Off Chun Li's look, Ryu answered, "How did I get the money, you're thinking? Well, when Gouken died, he left an sizable inheritance for me and I've been saving most of the money I won from fighting in past tournaments. I let Ken handle all of my finances."
"So how much money you got?" Chun Li asked.
Ryu thought about it for a moment. "Let's see...close to $450,000 American, and ¥700,000."
Chun Li blinked. "You have THAT much money?!"
Ryu shrugged his shoulders. "You really have no need for that much money when you're on the open road most of the time. So I wire Ken most of it and tell him to place it into two accounts, one in the States, and another in Japan."
Chun Li frowned. "Your line of work is fighting and you make more than I do."
"You think that your job is dangerous?" Ryu replied. "I fight in underground martial arts tournaments all over Southeast Asia. With all the bad people down there, you'd take a desk job at Interpol in a heartbeat." He looked at her ankle. "So how's the ankle?"
Chun Li adjusted herself on the sofa. "It's okay. You know...most guys would not be as considerate and caring like you," she said softly.
Ryu moved from his place on the armchair and sat beside Chun Li on the sofa. "You can say that I'm a sucker for being a person who holds honor and respect in high regard."
"I wouldn't say that," Chun Li replied. "In fact, that was the reason that attracted me to you." She was silent for a moment, trying to think how Ryu would handle her next statement. "Ryu...ever since we met again at the tournament, I really haven't stopped thinking about you, and...I wanted you to be close to me. That's why I invited you here. You're not like most guys. You're kind, funny, and considerate of my feelings. I know we've been friends for a long time, but I want to be more than friends."
Ryu looked at her for a long time. He then gave her his reply. "I always known you loved me," he replied softly.
Chun Li blinked. "You did?"
Ryu smiled. "I may be a martial artist, but I'm not that dense of a guy to figure out the clues that you liked me." He placed one hand on he side of her face. "But it was Master Gen who told me this morning when I went to pay my respects, which confirmed my suspicions. Chun...I really do love you."
That did it for Chun Li. She threw her arms around him in a bear hug, not wanting to let him go. Ryu hugged her back. Not waning to release Chun Li, Ryu stood up, stull holding Chun Li until they were both standing, Chun Li placing most of her weight on her good leg.
She was now noticing how tall Ryu was. She was no petite woman herself, but tall enough. (Note: According to the original SF2, Ryu is 5'10" while Chun Li is 5'8". I know it is unlikely for Ryu to be this tall, but Chow Yun-Fat is 5'11", but I digress. You can say that Ryu sprouted after the Alpha tournaments.)
Chun Li wrapped her arms around his neck, Ryu placed his arms around her waist. She stood on her tiptoes while Ryu met her halfway.
Their lips met in a gentle kiss, but to the two martial arts, it was like two combustible elements creating fire. Chun Li's grip on Ryu's neck slackened and her legs went completely weak. Had not Ryu been holding her, she would have sank to her knees. Instead, she leaned on Ryu for support as they kissed.
Finally, they broke off the kiss. Chun Li stared at the Japanese fighter in wonder, the same guy who had defeated Victor Sagat as a teenager, and had wasted Bison several weeks ago. Now he had her heart, and she didn't mind one bit."
"You win," Ryu whispered.
"What?" Chun Li asked.
"You gotten me."
Chun Li smiled and they kissed again, this time, with increasing passion. She slipped her tongue into his mouth, and they dueled for supremacy, with Ryu winning. Chun Li squealed as Ryu swept her off her feet, Ryu not wanting her to injure her ankle even more, and carried her into her bedroom)
-Several hours later...-
Six-thirty in the morning. Inside Chun Li's bedroom, the two lovers were in the bed, limbs entwined, a bedsheet covering them for modesty. Ryu was on his back, while Chun Li was resting her head on his chest, her hair in wild disarray. A trail of clothes led to the bed.
Chun Li stirred, then opened her eyes. The memories of last night's lovemaking session came back to her in a rush. She looked at Ryu, who was still asleep, his face peaceful. For the first time, Chun Li was at peace with herself. Her father's death had been avenged, and she was with the man that she loved.
Ryu groaned and opened his eyes. He saw that Chun Li was looking at him, a grin on her face. "Hey," she greeted.
"Hey," he replied.
She kissed him on the lips, then giggled. "Who would have thought the infamous Shotokan champion was also a great lover in bed?"
"You feel like getting up?" Ryu asked.
"No, not really. You wore me out last night. You?"
Ryu looked at the clock on the nightstand. "I guess my training can wait." He wrapped his arms around Chun Li. They cuddled for most of the morning, kissing occasionally and carressing each other. Finally, at around nine, they got up.
{End Flashnack}
"...and the rest is history," Chun Li finished.
Eliza sighed. "Wow. It seems that Ryu is full of surprises. I think I married the wrong guy."
Chun Li knew she was kidding when she said that. "You leave Ryu to me, and you deal with your husband. At least I know he is loyal to me. All of the women want him, but I know he wants me."
Eliza stood up. "I'll go and get the car."
Eliza had parked a short distance from the cafe. As she rounded the corner, she bumped into a well-dressed man. "Sorry," Eliza apologized.
"No. It is my fault," the man replied with a heavy Spanish accent.
Eliza looked at the man, he was handsome, slender, and the Armani suit he wore looked like it was made for him. His long brown hair was tied into a single braid.
Guess who Eliza has bumped into?
"What is your name?" Vega asked.
"Eliza. Eliza Masters."
"Masters...you wouldn't happen to be Ken Masters' wife by any chance?"
"Yes, I am. You know my husband?"
The Spanish fighter grinned. "You can say that." he took a step closer. "You are very pretty, Kitten. You remind me of the women in my native Spain. You are competing in the pageant, correct?"
"How do you know that?"
"My boss is a judge there," Vega replied. "I will be seeing you real soon, dear Kitten." He then turned and vanished into the crowd, just as Chun Li and Cammy rounded the corner.
"I thought you were getting the car," Cammy said.
"I was," Eliza replied, "but someone ran into me. Some guy, pretty smooth, but there was something disturbing about him." She dismissed the thought. "Anyway, let's go."