I can't believe I've taken so long to update this. I was planning to update sooner, but other stories, procrastination, writer's block, and life in general got in the way. However, I'm finally reviving this story. I hope you will all enjoy it. Hopefully, I will be able to update sooner next time.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Street Fighter series or its characters. Capcom owns them.

Chun-Li's Revenge

Chapter 5

Several months have passed since Chun-Li started living and training at Ryu and Ken's dojo. Every morning and afternoon, she would spar with Ryu. Sometimes, she would also spar with Ken. She also got to see them spar with each other from time to time. When she wasn't sparring either of the two men, she was either training on her own or doing chores.

Although Chun-Li wouldn't openly admit it, the sparring, training, and even the chores seemed to make her stronger. Sure, she was a fairly skilled fighter before, but now she felt that she was almost ready to face Bison. Of course, it still would be a difficult task. If Chun-Li simply charged up to Shadow Law Headquarters, not only would she face Bison and all of his bodyguards but also the hundreds of guards and solders stationed there. Even if she convinced Ryu and Ken to help her, they would still be faced with impossible odds. She would have to think of some sort of plan before she stood even the slightest bit of a chance.

Besides, Chun-Li still did not know where Shadow Law's base was.

She didn't think that Ryu or Ken knew where it was either. Of course, even if they had known, they probably wouldn't tell her. That fact was especially true for Ryu. Chun-Li knew that Ryu was against her revenge plot against Bison. She didn't know the exact reason why he was so against it, but she had a few theories. It could simply be that he was concerned with her safety. After all, an assassination attempt against Bison would extremely dangerous and nearly impossible to pull off.

However, there was another, more personal, reason as to why Ryu was against some sort of confrontation with Shadow Law. According to Ken, Ryu once had a bitter rivalry with Sagat, one of Bison's henchmen. She didn't know all the details. In fact, even Ken didn't seem to know everything. All that Chun-Li knew was that several years ago, perhaps even before Sagat joined Shadow Law, Ryu and Sagat fought each other several times. Exactly what was the result of the rivalry was still unknown; though, Ken believed that it was a draw.

Either way, it seemed that Ryu didn't want to relive that rivalry for some reason. At least, he was not ready quite yet.

Of course, Chun-Li was still determined to fight Bison whether Ryu and Ken helped or not. Her training would have been in vain if she just simply gave up. Still, if she could convince Ryu and Ken to help, her mission would be at least a little easier. Then again, it wasn't really their battle and she didn't want to force them to get involved. Ultimately, it would be their decision if they wanted to help her or not.

While all of these thoughts were running through her head, Chun-Li continued to complete her chores. Since they needed more fire wood, she gathered a bunch of logs and decided to chop them using her martial arts skills. One by one, she broke them in half using her kicks and punches. After she broke them all, she gathered the wood up and set them aside.

After she was done with the rest of her chores, Chun-Li went into the dojo to practice her moves some more. To her delight, she saw Ryu meditating as usual. If she could either beat Ryu or end the match in a draw, then she would definitely be ready to face Bison. So, she decided to challenge Ryu to another match.

The fight began with both Chun-Li and Ryu standing in a defensive position, both looking at their opponent. Within a split second, the two fighters suddenly switched to an offensive position and charged each other. Ryu successfully landed the first punch on Chun-Li, but she quickly countered with a kick. Catching Ryu off guard, Chun-Li unleashed a flurry of quick kicks upon him. After the attack finished, Ryu fell upon the ground hard; however, it would take much more than that to finish him off.

Ryu was soon back on his feet and began to retaliate against Chun-Li. Before Chun-Li knew what hit her, Ryu attacked her with a strong upper cut. She was knocked high into the air and crashed onto the wooden floor of the dojo. Fortunately, Chun-Li was able to get up just in time to doge Ryu's next attack. Then, she countered with airborne kick, but Ryu blocked it with his arms. This caught Chun-Li off-guard and gave Ryu the opportunity to inflict a combo of punches and kicks upon her. While Chun-Li was still recovering from the onslaught, Ryu retreated back a few feet and powered up. Then, he shouted "Hadouken!" and launched a fireball. However, Chun-Li saw it coming and jumped high into the air to dodge the attack.

The fight continued for several minutes with the two fighters punching, kicking, blocking, and dodging each other. There were several cracks on the wooden floor that indicated where either one of them had fallen hard. There were also several burn marks on the wall which were created when Chun-Li had dodged the fireballs. That's not to say that she managed to dodge all of the fireballs since there was several times where Ryu caught her off guard. However, Chun-Li had a few surprises of her own. One particular tuning point in the match was when Chun-Li jumped up, flipped upside down, and spun towards Ryu. Ryu wasn't expecting such of an attack and took it full force. Still, Ryu somehow found the strength to get back up.

By this time, both Ryu and Chun-Li were quite exhausted. They both knew that the fight would not last much longer, and it would all come down to a final attack. So, they both made one final charge and leapt towards each other to deliver an airborne kick. Both of the attacks connected and they both fell to the ground. Thus, the fight ended in a draw.

"Your fighting skills have improved greatly," said Ryu when they regained consciousness.

"Thanks. You were a skilled opponent," replied Chun-Li.

Suddenly, loud clapping filled the room. Chun-Li and Ryu turned to see Ken standing in the doorway. "That was an awesome fight!" exclaimed Ken. Chun-Li and Ryu nodded in agreement, and all three decided to take a break.

That night, Chun-Li slipped away from the dojo and headed towards the city. She figured it would be safe since Shadow Law seemed to have stopped looking for her. Her battle with Ryu earlier that day had given her the confidence she needed. Now, she just had to find out where Bison was and form some sort of a plan. She decided to find out Bison's location by heading to the same club that she went to several months ago.

To her dismay, Chun-Li found out that the club had closed down. Whether her fight with Shadow Law caused too much damage, or if it had been in too many drug busts was unknown. In any case, it looked like her search was at a dead end. But just as she was about to give up, a cloaked man appeared and approached her.

Chun-Li didn't know what to expect and she braced herself for a fight. However, the man never attacked. Still, Chun-Li kept her guard up. There was something vaguely familiar about that man, but she didn't know what. Then the man pulled out a cylinder container and a white card with an address on it from underneath his cloak.

"Take this card," said the man, "because it has the address to Shadow Law headquarters. You will find Bison there. The container has an object within it that you should find useful."

Hesitantly, Chun-Li took the card and container from the man. She placed her ear near the container, but didn't hear suspicious ticking noises. Still, there was something strange about the whole situation. Voicing her suspicion, she asked, "Why are you helping me? Why should I trust you?"

The man let out a deep chuckle and replied, "I have my reasons for helping you. Also, I can understand that you don't trust me. You have good reason not to. However, I have given you Bison's whereabouts and something else to help. What you will do with them is up to you."

Absorbing the man's words, Chun-Li found herself deep within her thoughts. There was a good chance that this could be some sort of trap. Still, she didn't have any other leads and she didn't want Bison to get away with his crimes any longer. She turned back towards the man, only to find that he had disappeared into the night.

Chun-Li knew that following this lead would be risky, but it was a risk she was willing to take.