STREET FIGHTER XTREME - Chp. 2

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.