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Chapter Four:

Walking Backwards

            Cammy awoke to the bright sunshine being shone in her face as she drew the blanket over her head and then remembered that she and Chun-Li had agreed to try to train together that day. "I'm awake," she mumbled though her pillow drowned it out.

            "No you're not. Now get up!" Chun-Li argued as she shook Cammy's bed until she fell out and landed on the floor with a thud and a whimper.

            "I am now!" She growled as she untangled herself free from her covers and struggled to her feet then blinked at Chun, who was already dressed in her tight tan pants, white boots, and blue short dress with slits on all four sides. Then she took notice of the spike bracelets around her wrists. She gave her a questioning look and Chun-Li looked at her uneasily.

            "It's a long story Cammy. Please don't make me explain it right now. These were a gift and I won't take them off for anything. Now, are you getting dressed or are you fighting like that?" She replied coolly as she gave her a smile that was completely false but she was so used to faking that it won.

            "Alright already!" Cammy cried as her accent became heavy once again and she turned and stalked away to her clothes and then to the bathroom to change as Chun-Li sighed deeply and then slipped out of the door and ventured around the grounds until she found a tree.

            She quickly climbed to a higher branch and pulled out her cell phone to make her first call to her boss. She closed her eyes and dialed the number almost hoping that he would be out on call…no such luck this time around.

            "Hello." His voice rang in her ear as sounding thunder that shook the ground.

            "It's me. I'm here and settled and everything but I haven't see one sign of Bison being involved anywhere." She replied shortly as she propped one leg up on the branch and let the other one dangle freely as she chatted on with her boss.

            She heard him curse and silence then followed. "You're not just fooling around up there are you kid? Because if you are, I'll abort you and send someone else. This isn't a time for fun and games. Now, if you're actually serious then stay, but if you're playing games and making friends then we don't need you up there. You're not worthy enough to stay if you do such things. Do you understand me Chun-Li?" He said as his voice became clipped as if he couldn't believe that she was serving her duty well.

            "I…I'm fine." She stuttered and then found herself cowering into a ball up on the branch. "There is no time for fun and games up here sir. In fact, I'm off to train right now just so that I can find and get Bison even sooner than what we had planned and I'll be able to return home back to China." She said after she was able to regain her control of her thoughts.

            "That's what I wanted to hear." He said and then hung up suddenly.

            After the call was all said and done, Chun-Li closed her eyes tight and rested her head back against the tree. ' How in this world am I supposed to make it through this alone? I can't turn to anyone here, by no means but still, it's pretty lonely when you don't have anyone. Why can't I at least stay with Ken, Ryu, and Cammy? I should have known better than to go rushing into things. I'll have to be something and someone that I don't want to be when I am around them now. I will have to be my worst nightmare…I will have to be a female type of Bison. That's going to be so hard around those three. I'll never make it…I feel like I'm losing my grip now.' She thought but the sound of a crackling stick brought her straight up on the branch and she peered down to see Ken walking around with his head hung low.

            "Chun-Li?" He asked once he felt someone's eyes on him and then turned to find the girl that he had befriended standing behind him. "What are you doing here?" He asked as he gave her a quick smile though she could see true pain deep within his eyes.

            Casting her eyes away from his, she slowly gave her reply. "I could be asking you the same thing…Mr. Masters." She said as she studied the ground and then once she was sure that a heartless and icy glare had overtaken her eyes, she lifted them back up and locked them on his.

            "What's…wrong…with you?" He mumbled as he just stared at her and took a step backwards from her as if he were almost afraid of her. "You're so dark…so cold…did you and Ryu have a fight already?" He asked curiously.

            Instead of answering him, Chun-Li tuned away and then walked back the way she had come and down the arena not noticing the odd stares she was now receiving from people. She was cold and heartless. She was everything her boss wanted her to be, however, she was completely unhappy.

            As she approached the arena, she saw Cammy there with Ryu and they were training quite well together. Quietly as she could, she crept up to them and leapt inside of the arena and stood face to face with a radiant Cammy.

            "Shall we rumble?" She joked as her accent wavered slightly and she looked at Chun-Li with pure eyes for the first time since they had met.

            Without a warning call, Chun-Li did her spinning bird kick and knocked Cammy to the ground with a hurt shoulder with such strength that Cammy struggled to her feet and just stared helplessly at her "friend".

            Again Chun-Li struck Cammy only this time it was with a ball of her electrical chi and then stood towering above Cammy who had terror in her eyes. "STOP!" she cried at the top of her lungs as Chun-Li brought her spikes down and where she would have killed her, only swiped across her cheek as Ryu hit her with his own ki.

            "Chun-Li. Stop that right now! What has gotten into you?" He demanded as he lifted a knocked out Cammy in his arms and held her protectively shielded with his own body.

            Taking a step back, Chun-Li looked down at her hands and turned them over and over and over again examining them. Then she looked back at Ryu and Cammy and backed away from them even more. She had just struck possibly the only friend that she could have gotten close to. What caused her to do it, she couldn't figure out?

            She turned away and fled as fast as she could and closed her eyes as tears threatened to spill out of them. She ran and ran until she was deep in the forest grounds and there she curled up into a ball beside of a small stream and sighed deeply. 'What is wrong with me?' she demanded of herself as she stared blankly at her reflection in the water.

            Meanwhile, Ryu and Ken took Cammy to the ground's doctor and then returned to their cabins. "I just don't get it Ken…I thought there was something special about this girl." He said as he stared at his best friend with confusion in his wise eyes.

            "Ryu, she's a Chinese chic. They're always unpredictable. Maybe you two were just moving too fast and she wasn't able to handle it all. I noticed when I ran into her in the woods that she looked really stressed out and pained though she merely shrugged me off and went to the arena. Maybe she just needed to let out some steam and Cammy was the only person that she thought she would be able to do it to. Oh I don't know Ryu, all I know is that we might want to start staying away from her for a little while. Wouldn't you agree?" The young blond headed guy replied as he gave his friend a reassuring pat on the back.

            "Sure…whatever you say Ken. But I still don't understand why she acted so cold towards me and then ran away from me the way she did. Did I really go too fast for her liking? I've never liked a girl before so I wouldn't know." He admitted sadly as he looked at his friend sadly.

            "I don't know. Maybe it's a sign that you should get back to the reason that you came here and leave you head away from that girl. She means trouble. Sure I'm the one that introduced you to her but I regret it now that I see what kind of pain she brings upon you. Just leave her alone and everything will work itself out and then you'll be fine and standing as the number one warrior." He replied with a smile on his face as he laid down on his bed and looked over at him.

            "Yeah. I guess you're right. I mean it was one of those "moment" things. You know like when you meet someone and think it could go somewhere but really you weren't meant to be together at all."

            "That sounds about right buddy. As for me…I sort of like that Cammy girl though if she's anything like Chun then forget her. I'm not getting myself into trouble for some girl."

            "Aren't you just sweet? Though I see your point Ken. I agree. This trip was to become the World Warrior not a lover. Besides, I don't really even like her that way."

            "Good. Now, let's get some rest before the big speech tonight."

            "Right."

            Chun-Li sat silently by the river and stared hopelessly at her dark reflection. ' What is wrong with me? I never do things like this. Why am I so heartless? I guess it's just something that has to be done now. Forget relationships and all of that stuff, I'm better off just sticking to my case. Sure I like Ryu and all but Bison will be worth a whole lot more than that. That much I can promise you.' She thought as she sighed deeply and stared at her reflection. What stared back her was a strange girl in which she didn't recognize.

            Blinking at the sudden awareness of the darkness settling around her, Chun-Li got to her feet and soon found her way back to her cabin as rain began to fall freely against her already chilled skin. Soon she was soaked and she stared at the ground and was soon upon her cabin in no time. She went inside and sighed. She took a quick shower and then got into some loose comfortable clothes taking her hair down and brushing it quickly. Soon afterwards, she was curled up in her bed with her eyes closed though she knew she wouldn't be sleeping that night for Cammy wasn't even there yet and it was getting late by now.

            She looked into a mirror and frowned. She wasn't who she thought she had been. Her world was spinning around and around. Instead of walking forwards she was walking backwards. She was lost and alone and didn't know how she was to get out of the hole she was digging for herself. Whatever the way, she knew it would have Ryu, Ken, and Cammy all involved one way or another. So with that thought in mind, she closed her eyes tightly and waited patiently for Cammy to arrive home soon.

End Chapter Four

Author's Note: I hope this chapter explains a few things though it is rather confusing. Please don't flame me but I hope this story is worth reading. Review please!

Manda