I'm not dead! Well not yet anyways, as long as I got some readers I will live! (this is the part where I cry)
My my… thanks to you all for your reviews, I appreciate very much the encouragements. About DoA Ultimate… I finally finished the game! XD I can't believe there are 31 pages to the cg (drools)
Anyways. hope you enjoy this, it took me a huge kick in the butt (once again) to write this.
Unexpected chapter4
Christie was standing in the middle of a huge gym, stretching and waiting for Helena to show up. Julianna was bouncing around her, as usual, babbling about this and that. Christie had stopped paying attention for fifteen minutes now. Finally, Helena entered, dressed with sports pants her usual shade of red and a white tank top that was hugging her chest. Christie stared. And stared more. Then she felt a pair of eyes like burning through her and noticed Lei Fang.
The younger girl grabbed her arm and pulled her aside. "What are you playing at?" She almost growled.
"Whatever are you talking about, lady Lei Fang?" Christie kept her tone polite and posed.
"Don't play dumb, I saw you stare at her." Lei Fang squeezed her arm harder.
'She's strong' The albino cringed. "I really don't know what you're talking about." She mumbled, trying very hard not to fight Lei Fang off. Usually, Christie wasn't the kind of person you could maltreat without getting horrible pain in return. But she wouldn't blow her cover for something that stupid.
"Is something the matter?" Helena interrupted with her soft yet commanding voice.
"We're both fine, thank you." Lei Fang answered with an innocent smile.
"Let us begin then." The blond smiled back at her and looked over at Christie. "You know a little about the arts, is that right?" Christie nodded.
An hour later, Helena had shown her the basic moves and some of the simple bokuho combos. Since Christie's She Quan is based on the same principle than the Pi Qua Quan; a relaxed stance where you need to contract your muscles only at the climax of the attack; it was very easy to assimilate. As a matter of fact, she had already surpassed Julianna's level.
"Renken-Kikyaku" Helena stated, bringing Christie's full attention back to her. The blonde, already in the bokuho stance executed a punch, punch kick combo and ended back in bokuho. (AN: during bokuho, forward, punch punck kick if you wanna take a look in the game :P) Christie whistled. Helena stood back up "well?"
"well?" Christie repeated.
"aren't you trying it?" Helena smiled, breathing a little hard because of the past hour of exercise.
Christie took the fighting stance and a deep breath 'It's probably a lot harder than it looks like' She mentally prepared herself and tried the combo. She successfully threw the punches, the kick was a little hard to perform but she managed it pretty well only… she couldn't make it in falling back to the bokuho position and as a reflex she ended in a She Quan position…
"What's that?" Helena was intrigued.
"I wasn't able to end the combo properly" She quickly stood back and looked at her watch then at the small red head next to her. "we should go prepare the supper."
"Aww… Already?" She whined, whipping the sweat from her brow.
Christie sighed at the display of childishness. "Yes already."
Julianna grumbled as she headed to her room to take a shower. Lei Fang raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms as Christie just rolled her eyes and followed her out of the gym. Helena simply laughed quietly at the scene and went over to her guest.
"Let's go too, Honey." She rested a hand on her shoulder.
Lei Fang turned to her. "Before that…" She took the blonde's hand in hers, squeezed it a little and released it. "…shall we dance?" Then she took up a fighting stance.
Helena closed her eyes. "As you wish." She also got ready to fight.
They both observed each other, not in a way two opponents try to find an opening in the other's stance, but rather in a serene way. Their peaceful eyes met in an understanding that they would not hurt the other as they were sparring.
Lei Fang was the first one to move (well aside from the fact that her stance requires hypnotic movements of the arms). She ran to her and attempted a spinning air kick. Before her foot could meet the back of Helena's head, the blonde grabbed it and twisted her whole leg, making her fly a few meters from her. Lei Fang somehow managed not to un-ceremonially crash on the floor as she landed on her feet, mentally thanking the controlled violence of the counter.
She ran back to her opponent and tried a sweeping kick this time. Helena, having expected another high attack, was caught off guard and lost balance. She caught herself with her hand and got back on her feet with a graceful flip. They continued like that, loosing all notion of time.
After she finished with her shower and put her uniform back on, Christie was heading to the kitchen. She passed in front of the gym and, hearing noise, took a peek inside. Helena and Lei Fang were fighting. But it seemed like a choreography. Like every single one of their moves had been pre-examined, pre-written to fit perfectly into this composition. Both of their movements were elegant, their blows almost never landed, as the other always found a creative way to doge or counter it. Christie was stunned by the beauty of it all. She may not like Lei Fang all that much, but she had to admit that this was amazing. And Helena… 'Oh god.' Christie watched her move. She was all grace and style. She was fluid, brilliant, breathtaking. She watched the fight to the very end not getting bored for a split second.
Both women were now out of breath. Lei Fang, who was resting in a kung fu stance, smiled. "Tiered already?"
Helena smiled back as she observed her, still on her guard, from her low bokuho position. "You seem pretty exhausted yourself, dear."
"I can dance forever if it's with you." Lei Fang kept her small smile as she looked deeply into Helena's eyes.
Helena sighed and stood back up, eyeing sadly her friend. "I told you a million times…" she began but was cut off by the Chinese girl.
"I'm not blind Helena. You know as well as I do that you're into women." Lei Fang gritted her teeth. "I saw the way you look at that British woman."
Christie held her breath. 'looks at me?'
Helena rolled her eyes. "Honey you're imagining things, you're jealous that's all."
The albino felt like she was popped out of a bubble. Then she caught herself. 'Oh god, stop lusting after her, it's not going to happen. She'll be dead in a few weeks anyways.' She still was glued to the door, curious of the outcome of the conversation.
"Stop denying!!" The brunette roared and grabbed Helena's arm rather firmly. "Why? Tell me why!"
"tell you what?" Helena had been taken aback by that sudden outburst and was admittedly a little scared.
Lei Fang took hold of her other arm and shook her a little, seemingly desperate for an answer. "Why can't you love me? What's wrong with me?"
Helena tried to free herself. "How many times do I have to tell you?" She was now a little unnerved, not begin able to pry the other girl's hands off her. "Let me go!"
As an answer Lei Fang bent over and kissed her. Helena's eyes widened and before her of the brunette knew it; Lei Fang was flat on the floor, an enraged Christie standing over her. "Don't you dare touch Lady Helena." She spat at her.
The younger girl sat up, whipping the blood that trickled down her mouth. "Who do you think you are? It's not like it's of your business" She growled and stood up.
"Arrêtez, toutes les deux…" Helena started but decided it was better to speak a language they could understand clearly. "Enough, both of you." She sighed and ran her hand through her hair, thinking this over. "Pack your bags Lei Fang, you're leaving tonight." She stated quietly then looked at Christie. "You, we need to talk."
The British woman nodded at her mistress and threw the other girl a mocking glare. 'You had it coming, bitch.' She thought as she exited, content of herself at first. Then she started mentally kicking herself again. 'What's with the sudden outburst? Keep your cool Christie, it's not like anything she does is of your business.'
"What?? Really?" Julianna squealed as Christie related the events, well leaving some parts out of course. "Grah! If I could get my hands on her, she'd be sorry she ever did it!" The little redhead strangled her spoon as if it was Lei Fang's neck.
Christie looked at her, finding the scene quite amusing. "I don't think you would've been able to make her regret it. She's way stronger than you are. Remember where she and Lady Helena met."
"Dead or Alive, I know." Julianna sighed. "I wish I was strong enough to make her pay." Then something came to her. "how were you able to knock her down?"
Christie yawned. "She had just fought Lady Helena, plus she wasn't expecting it."
"oh." The answer seemed good enough as Julianna resumed washing the dishes.
"I could've handled it myself." Helena was a little annoyed. She was looking out her giant window to the newly risen moon and the beautiful stars.
"I'm sorry." Christie bowed as the French woman turned to look at her.
The blonde closed her eyes, seemingly deep in thought. "did you hear the whole thing?" she quietly asked, her expression had considerably softened.
"Yes." She admitted after a little pause.
"What Lei Fang said…" She began, then was apparently searching for the right words.
"I know, it's false." Christie saved her the time to look for the right words.
Helena fidgeted. "Don't take it personally, you're a very very beautiful woman… but…"
Christie smiled. "Thank you." She raised her head and searched the blond's eyes, curious to know if that was really all there was. She frowned at what she saw. "Are you alright?"
Helena shook her head no, very slowly. "I'm such a liar." She confessed, tears coming to her eyes.
At loss, the albino took a few step toward her. "What do you mean?" She carefully asked.
"Don't, please. " Helena sat on her bed. "you are dismissed." She waved tiredly.
Christie frowned once again but decided to leave it at that. She exited quietly. 'What the bloody hell was that?' She asked herself as she walked to her room.
to be continued