Chapter Three

Ryu was back in the dojo, going through one of the more complex katas that his late sensei had taught him. As he practiced, his mind was still troubled. Rose had wandered off deep into the grounds somewhere, leaving him alone.

'How can I stop the Dark Hadou from destroying Chun Li?' he thought as he continued to practice.

"Hello, anata."

Ryu stopped his kata and turned around. Chun Li was standing in the open shoji doorway. Her long hair was down, falling around her face. Several buttons from her pajama top were unbuttoned, giving Ryu a glimpse of her bra-encased cleavage. Her eyes held a seductive, yet...disturbing gaze in them as she slid closed the shoji door and began to advance on Ryu.

"Chun--" Ryu managed to get out before she pushed him to the wall and pressed her body against his. One hand was masaging his chest, while the other was on the side of his face. Without giving him a warning, she leaned inward and pressed her lips to his.

"Ryu..." Chun Li began as she kissed his jawline. "There's something I want to ask you."

"What is it?"

"Why did you take away my vengeance?"

Ryu thought that they went through this. Bison, knowing about his and Chun Li's past had pitted them against each other in a match to see who would face him in the final match. He was hoping that Chun Li would win, but in the end, Ryu had prevailed.

"I didn't," Ryu replied.

Chun Li looked up at him. "You did. The right to fight Bison was mine, not yours." Her voice had taken on a steely hardness. "You cheated me out of that right!"

Ryu tried to move, but Chun Li pushed him against the wall. Hard.

Then he saw her eyes. They were turning from brown to dark purple.

"Oh, shit," he muttered.

Chun Li had fallen under the influence of the Dark Hadou.

"Now...husband," Evil Chun Li was saying. "I will take my vengeance on you!"

She threw a punch at Ryu, who rolled out of the way, just as her fist smashed into the wall, where his head was at moments earlier. But she was already upon him, attacking in full force, Ryu was hard-pressed against her attacks. She then kicked at the side of his led, causing him to drop his guard. Then she punched him nuerous times in his chest, which was folowed by a drop kick that sent him through the shoji door and outside.

Ryu landed hard on his side. He rose to his feet as Evil Chun Li made a beeline for him.
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Rose was on the way back to the dojo when she heard the unmistakable sound of a fight taking place. Upon reaching the dojo, she saw that Ryu was having one hell of a time in defending himself against Chun Li's attacks.
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Evil Chun Li struck him again, whis time knocking him against the wall.

'I don't want to hurt her, but if this continues, then the person's that's gonna get hurt is me!' Ryu thought as he struggled to his feet.

Evil Chun Li raised her hands above her head, summoning the combined ki of hers and that of the Dark Hadou. "Ahhhh..."

Ryu had a pretty good idead of what was coming up next. Seeing that he had no choice, he summoned the power of his own Dark Hadou.

Evil Chun Li thrusted her hands forward. "KIKOU SHOU!"

A ball of purple energy surged forward towards Ryu. When the smoke cleared, there was a gaping hole in the wall.

And Ryu was nowhere to be seen.

'Where did he go?!' Evil Chun Li thought.

"Temma Gou Zanku!"

Her question was answered when she looked up, and saw Ryu sailing down at her, foot outstretched. He caught her in the chest, knocking her against a tree.

Ryu landed on his feet. He assumed his fighting stance, not once taking his eyes off of his wife.

Evil Chun Li had her hand on her chest from where he had hit her. "You bastard!" she cried out. "How could you hit me? I'm your wife!"

"You're not her," Ryu replied. "Release my wife...now."

Evil Chun Li leapt in the air, foot extended in a leaping kick....

Ryu prepared to execute his Dragon Punch...

"Soul...Spark!"

A glowing orb of energy smashed into the small of Chun Li's back, sending the Chinese woman to the ground and rendering her unconscious. Rose stood behind Chun Li's unconscious body, her usual yellow scarf in her hand. "It's okay. She's knocked out."

Ryu dropped his stance and rushed over to check on his wife. Aside from the bruise on the side of her head from when she landed, she was okay. He checked her ki, and saw that it was back to normal. Ignoring the pain in his side, he gently picked her up and carried her back to the house, Rose following him.