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Author's Note: Here's chapter six. I hope you enjoy. Go read and then review! Love you all!
Chapter Six:
Waking up is Hard to Do
"Hmmm? Who are you?" Chun-Li asked as she stood face to face with a guy that was dressed in an army looking outfit with his hair tall and sticking straight up.
He looked down upon the girl he was in front of and grinned. She had an attitude, that much he could tell, but he liked her. His eyes were cool calm as he placed his hands firmly on her shoulders and leveled his eyes on his. "My name is Guile. Who might you be little lady?" He asked as he locked his eyes steadily on hers knowing that he would make her squirm.
"I'm…Chun-Li." She replied staring deeply into his eyes and then realizing that he had a firm grip on her she jerked away from him. "Don't get too close buddy. I might just be the last person you see standing before you." She said just as coolly giving him a grin of her own and then tossing her hair over her shoulder.
Guile couldn't help but to watch each of her movements with amazement. She had worn her hair down that day and when he saw her training, he just had to annoy her. "Who said that that would bother me? Hmm?" He asked as he stepped back from her and lifted his eyes above her making her have to look up to him.
"Ugh!" She growled as she turned around and began to walk away shaking her head in anger. As she was walking, she heard his voice ring out behind her and she turned around just in time to see one of his sonic booms hit her hard.
"Didn't you daddy ever tell you never to turn you back on a guy like me?" He asked as he offered his hand to help her up. "Give me your hand and I'll help you. I was just playing around with you kid. You're not even my opponent." He said.
Chun-Li pushed back his hand and got to her feet on her own. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail and then glared at him. "You jerk." She yelled hotly. "No one treats me like that and then tries to be my friend."
"Oh get off it honey. You'd never make it in the real world. You have no purpose here do you?" He argued back making her step up towards him.
"That's where you're wrong." She said coldly and blinked hard raising her hand to slap him.
Guile grabbed her wrist and pulled it down to her side in between them. "No you don't. No one tries to do that to me. Not even a girl like you. I may be in the army but I'm not blind sweetie. Try to hit me again." He said.
She did just that. She brought her other wrist up to his face and he gabbed it too and placed it along side the other one. "You got me." She mumbled quietly in a tone of defeat.
"Yeah I do. You need to train better kid. Learn your opponent better and get to know their tactics." He said as he looked down into her eyes and found that there was a little bit of fear behind the heartless gaze.
"Hmmm." She mumbled softly as she averted her eyes off of his and down to the ground.
"Chun-Li." Guile said calmly as he took his fingers and lifted her head up to where her eyes were locked on his. "What's wrong Chun? Is it something I said?"
"No. It's nothing." She lied. Calmly she stared at him and found concern in his deep eyes. For some odd reason, he was able to look beyond what she used as a mask. What was so different about this young man before her? She gave him a soft smile though she knew that he wouldn't believe it to be real.
"Are you sure you're alright?" He asked again before he released her completely and gave her cheek a little peck for reassurance.
Blinking, Ryu looked outside of his cabin window. He didn't sleep well the night before and now he had to go meet his opponent for their battle later that evening. He hated to admit it but he was actually dreading meeting him. It was later in the day and he was too weak to get up out of bed. Nevertheless, he got up and changed and then headed on outside.
As he walked, he passed Ken talking with some people he didn't recognize and then later he passed Cammy who was walking into the forest. Sighing, he made his way to the arena. To his surprise, he saw Chun-Li there with a guy that he had never seen before. Though he didn't like to say that he liked Chun-Li anymore, he didn't exactly like the way the guy was holding so tight onto her wrists with such force.
"Chun-Li!" He called out as he approached the arena and went inside. "Are you ok?" He asked, as he looked hard at Guile.
"I'm fine Ryu. Why did you come here? I don't need you to check up on me." She retorted hatefully at him and stepped back towards Guile.
Guile looked down at Chun-Li. Why was she being so mean to this other guy for? She hadn't been that bad around him. He knew there was something that she was keeping hid from him and he wanted to know what it was. He looked back at Ryu and thought he caught a glimpse of affection in his cool eyes.
"I came to meet someone. I saw this guy grabbing your wrists and I got a little bit concerned. Sorry for caring." He replied icily as he began to turn and walk away.
"Ryu stop!" Guile called after him shocking both Ryu and Chun.
Turning to him, Ryu leveled his eyes. "Guile." He said shortly as the realization finally dawned on him. "So you're the one I must face tonight?"
"That would be me. But if you care so much about Chun here then why don't you try being just a little bit nicer to her." He said as he toned his voice with hardness.
Ryu glared at Guile. "Excuse me." He said as he walked up to him. He was tempted to strike him but instead he gave him a cool and calm glance and then turned his attention to Chun-Li. "Why don't you ask this young lady that question." He suggested as he blinked at her and then walked over to an empty spot of the arena and trained on his own.
"Let's walk a while." Guile ordered as he and Chun-Li turned away and walked out of the arena and down to the woods. Once they had gotten there, Guile perched himself on a tree limb and relaxed with Chun-Li along side of him.
"What did you want to talk about?" She questioned as she studied the ground below her and then looked up at him.
"What was the deal with Ryu and you hmmm?" He asked the question that burned in his soul. He wasn't going to mention it but once he opened his mouth, it was the only words to come out.
"Nothing really. He and I just don't have the best past in the world. We used to love each other but that all changed. Now whenever we're together, we just don't get along. I don't know why I'm like I am Guile. I've just changed. That's all there is to it. I just got to wake up and face the reality of it all."
"Yes well waking up is sometimes hard to do. If you still love him then you shouldn't try to push him out the way you do right now. Though I can see why you do. He seems to be quite a guy to be on his own. Doesn't strike me to be the kind of guy to fall in love. He seems devoted."
"He is. And so am I. Duty before pleasure. That's what I live by. That's what's brought me safe thus far and that's what will lead me on. It's weird I know but I put my work before anything else. That's because I have a purpose that follows that work." She said as she sighed deeply and laid her head back against his shoulder without thinking.
Smiling inwardly, Guile nodded. "You're not weird Chun-Li. Don't worry about it. Everything will be fine. You just have to wake up and get out of that dream world of yours." He said as he gave her a simple hug and smiled down at her.
"Thanks Guile. You're a really good person to talk to. I've not opened up to many people but there's just something different about you." She said as she snuggled closer to him and closed her eyes enjoying the warmth of his arm around her.
"I can tell you're a closed off person. Glad you finally allowed someone to get into you. But still, Ryu seems to care a lot and you shouldn't be so hard on him. It's up to you though. I must fight him later." He said sighing a little.
"Oh. I wish you luck because I know you'll need it going up against him. He's very good. I enjoy watching him fight. He's so talented." She said smiling up at Guile and then dropping one leg over the limb letting it hang freely.
"Thanks." He said giving her another peck on the cheek.
Later that evening, there was a large crowd around the arena and Chun-Li stood at the edge with stars in her eyes as she watched Guile and Ryu battle it out. They were pretty much tied at that point and Chun-Li stood at Guile's end and watched them both lovingly.
Ken stood on the opposite side of Chun-Li on Ryu's side. He had seen her there and had watched the way she looked at them both and had actually got involved in the fight himself.
The battle was at its peak but there seemed to be more there than what met the eyes. They were fighting harder than what anyone expected and they were using moves that would seriously hurt the other. And as it looked, Guile was gaining the upper hand when out of nowhere; Ryu threw an energy ball at him followed by his dragon kick. That did it for him. Guile lay on the ground breathing shallowly. The battle was over and Ryu had won his first match.
After everything was all said and done, Chun-Li ran into the arena and fell to Guile's side as she pulled his head in her lap as she blew on his face until he finally opened his eyes and stared up at her.
"Sorry I let you down." He mumbled softly as he felt her hand run across his chest where he felt a great pain and saw blood on her hand when she pulled it away.
"You didn't let me down Guile. He was very well prepared. Besides, you did very well and I'm proud of you." She said as she gently rested her cheek on his and then waited while the on ground doctor came over to take a look at him.
"Those two are close aren't they?" Ryu mumbled as he watched Chun-Li's actions with Guile and then turned to look at Ken and Cammy.
"Yeah they are. But look Ryu; you just defeated that guy in battle. You don't need him or her right now. Just concentrate on your duty." Cammy stated as she studied the two of them across the arena and then joined Ryu and Ken on their walk back to their cabin.
"Really Ryu. Just get over her. Wake up and realize that she doesn't love you. I don't get how you can't see that." Ken agreed as he patted his friend's shoulder.
Ryu gave his friend a playful grin. "Waking up is hard to do." He mumbled as he walked into the cabin and left Cammy and Ken outside alone so they could talk.
"Poor Ryu. I'm so worried about him." Cammy admitted once Ryu was gone out of sight and earshot and she and Ken sat side by side on the edge of the walk.
"Yeah I know what you mean. It's not healthy for him to be like this. All over some girl. They're so not worth the time." He said and then regretted them once they escaped his lips.
"Oh are we?" She growled as she punched him in the arm.
Catching him off guard, Ken fell back on the walk and just stared at Cammy. "I seriously didn't mean that the way it came out." He said laughing lightly.
"Sure. I know what you guys think of us. Hey, wait a second…isn't that Bison? If so, I need to go talk to him." She said as she got up and fled over to where Bison stood waiting for her once he was able to see her chasing after him.
"Women…you can't live with them…you can't live without them." Ken muttered as he lay back in the warm sunshine, allowing it to bathe him as he thought about his upcoming battle with a guy named Zagief. What kind of match would that be? He hoped he could win it but nevertheless, it didn't really bother him the way it did Chun or Ryu. "Ryu's right…" He said calmly. "Waking up is hard to do."
End Chapter Six
Author's Note: Well what do you think? Do you like it? I hope so cause I REALLY do get into this story now when I type it up. There's going to be a lot of mixed up stuff in the next few chapters but I'm putting more action and thought into it. Well you've read so go review.
Manda
