Chun Li woke up notice that
the young man, Ryu Hoshi, she helped earlier on today was turned away from her
and didn't notice her wake up. She suddenly became aware of her shirt lying on
the ground a feet away from her. "You pervert!" Chun Li screamed at Ryu and she
threw a pebble hitting him slightly on the head. "What was that for?" he didn't
dare turn around. "I save your life and this is how you repay me? By possibly
raping me?" Chun Li glared and attempted to throw another pebble at him, but
decided against it. "If you don't mind, I'll explain. So put your DAMN shirt
on." He said. Chun Li ran to her shirt and quickly put it on. "You can turn
around now." Ryu turned around. "Someone knocked you out and took your shirt
off. If you didn't scream, you would be hoping the drug stores are open at this
time, so you can get birth control pills." "Sicko." Chun Li resumed to put her
jacket on and went to find her backpack. "Thanks for the rescue but if you
don't mind I have to go now." Chun Li started walking away leaving Ryu with a
look of disbelief on his face. Chun Li was about a half a mile away from Ryu
when, a blond girl stepped out of the shadows. "What kind of girl would walk
out at night without a companion to save the damsel in distress?" She asked
quite rudely. Chun Li was ready to defend herself. "What have we got here
Cammy?" An unfamiliar voice boomed through the air. A burly man stepped out and
greeted Chun Li. "What's your name doll? Ooooohhhh she got a nice ass." "Yeah
and I suppose that you're the one with no brain, no brawn only flab. And lots
of it." Chun Li answered with a tight smile on her face. "Cammy! Kill her!" he
shouted.
Ryu continued his jog and
wondered why Chun Li was so cold towards him. As he continued he heard someone
bellow, "Cammy! Kill her!" Ryu ran towards the direction of the voice and found
Chun Li fighting against a blond girl. Chun Li was losing and was obviously
tired from her recent fight with the thugs. She was down and Cammy was about to
shoot Chun Li in the head when Ryu intervened. "SENPUU KYAKU" Ryu yelled, thus
blasting Cammy away from Chun Li and into the man. "Leave her alone Bison." Ryu
glared and stood in front of Chun Li, who was very dazed at that moment, to act
as her shield. "Ryu Hoshi. Very bad move. I always have next time and you won't
be so lucky pretty girl." Bison frowned at Ryu and walked away with Cammy. "Are
you ok?" Ryu asked Chun Li. "Come on." Ryu led Chun Li out of the alley and
into his car, which was a brand new silver, convertible mustang. Chun Li got
into the car and brought her jacket tighter. Ryu got into the driver's seat and
slowly began to drive in the deserted streets of LA. The ride was silent until,
"Where are you taking me?" Chun Li whispered. "Where do you wanna go?" Ryu
asked gently. "I don't know." "Why did you run off like that? If I didn't hear Bison
yell, you might have been killed." Chun Li sighed. "What's it to you? I mean I
don't even know you and who knows where you're taking me." Ryu stopped the car.
They were in front of the Royal Caribbean Hotel. "Do you need a place to stay?"
"I don't know!" "You know you are being so stubborn. C' mon. You can stay
here." Ryu opened his door and rushed to Chun Li's side and helped her out.
They walked in the hotel and rode on the elevator to the penthouse suite on the
78th floor. Ryu led her to room 7865. When he opened the
door, they were greeted by a blonde American who happily smiled to see Ryu and
the girl. "Heelllllloooo" the blonde greeted. Ryu spoke up, "Ken this is Chun
Li…" "Xiang. Chun Li Xiang" Chun Li finished. Ryu continued, "Oh and Chun Li this
is Ken Masters." The two shook hands and smiled at each other. Ken prepared
coffee, Ryu explained Chun Li's situation.
"Oh! So she's like kinda run
away. But she doesn't know where she's going." Ken inquired. "Actually, I
wanted to find Mr. Hoshi." Chun Li nodded at Ryu. "I know that's you. I wanted
to get some information about a street fighter crime lord who runs Shadowloo."
Ryu looked surprised. "Why do you want to know about Shadowloo?" Ken asked,
running his hand through his blonde hair. "My father was an Interpol agent.
While on a case he was murdered by someone working for Shadowloo. Possibly an
officer or Shadowloo's leader. I have been trying to find out the connection
between Shadowloo and the Street Fighter Tournament. I found out that some of
the people that work for Shadowloo is also a street fighter." Ryu looked
stunned. "But why would Shadowloo send someone to murder an Interpol agent?"
Chun Li shrugged. "Well if you want to find out, you could stick with us and
check out Little Edo tomorrow. We're meeting a friend there tomorrow and you
could talk to some people there, since you don't have anyplace else to stay."
Ken replied. Ryu spoke up, "Yeah. You could stay in my room." "Thanks." Chun Li
mumbled as she followed Ryu into his bedroom. "If you need anything, I'll be
sleeping on the couch so just call. And Ken is right next door." Chun Li laid
down on the warm, soft, cushioned bed and fell asleep on the spot.
The next day Chun Li found
herself surrounded by Japanese trinkets and art. She had been here before but
it fascinated her. Maybe it was because she came here with her stepmother who
was Japanese. And Mika's babbling always gave her a headache. But this trip was
quiet. Ryu, Ken and her went to little Edo early and Ken had left Ryu and her
to find his friend. "So what did you want to find out about Shadowloo again?"
Ryu spoke up, breaking the intimate silence. "Ummm…well who the leader is for
starters and finding out what they had to do with the case." Chun Li glanced
up. "This would be a good place to start looking, but not really asking." Ryu
pointed to a rusty building about 3 floors. Chun Li looked at him skeptically,
"A bar?" "It's a club. Kind of a fight club, open to the public. I'll do the
talking and you stay close to me. There are some people you don't want to mess
with." As they went in, they didn't notice that someone was following them.
