Chapter 5: Claiming To Have Strength

Author's note: Hey everyone! Alright, next chapter. Hope you enjoy it!

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Much love and thanks, Sarai.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the RE characters that are included with this story. Capcom does.

As Sheva was grabbing the handle to the bar door to leave she heard a man cry out and then shouting coming from the surrounding people. She tried to see what was happening but people were gathering where the noise was coming from, blocking her view. Sheva noticed the commotion was coming from the direction that she was just at; the direction where Chris was sitting.

She started pushing through the growing crowd becoming uneasy. She heard another shouted cry and took note that it didn't sound like Chris. But she wasn't really worried about him getting hurt rather than him hurting someone else. Sheva was getting closer and finally she made it to the front of the crowd and got a look at what was going on.

Chris had some poor man in a headlock. The man locked in Chris's arms looked pathetic. He had blood pouring from his nose and had a split lip and if Sheva didn't know better, she'd say the man was crying. Some other man started pounding on Chris's back and shouting at him to let his friend go. Chris simply freed one of his arms and elbowed the man behind him in the face. The man flew back and grasped at his nose.

Sheva tried to rush in and break up the fight, but when she took one step forward a man grabbed hold of her arm and said, "Hey there, you don't want to get in there, you're gonna get hurt."

"I'll be fine. Now let go of my arm." The man tightened his grip on her arm and she was about to punch him when she heard a yelp coming from the man who was chocking in Chris's arm.

The man that was still in a headlock was about the pass out when Chris let him go. The man fell to his knees trying to gather his breath. Out of nowhere, another man from the crowd grabbed ahold of Chris's shirt collar and punched him square in the jaw. The man yelped in pain, clutching the hand that he just punched Chris with. He started cowering away when Chris pulled the man and made stand straight and Chris threw a punch to the side of the man's face and the man was knocked out.

Before Chris could hurt anyone else the bartender yelled aloud for everyone to hear, "EVERYONE STOP! GO BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE DOING OR LEAVE!" When he said from them to leave he looked to Chris. Chris got the gesture and grabbed his jacket. As he was about to leave, he noticed that the girl had come back to see the fight. He gave her a quick glance and proceeded to leave.

Sheva was in awe. Everything had happened so fast that it almost seemed it never occurred. She caught the glance Chris gave her as he was walking away. The man that was holding her arm let go of her. She immediately took off after Chris. The crowd was still around and people were shoving her. Finally she got to the exit and slipped out the door. Sheva was grateful that it was quiet outside. She noticed that Chris was walking a few ways ahead of her and she ran after him.

"Do you do that often?" she asked frankly. She swore she could feel the heat and anger radiating off of him.

"Do what?" The question came out in an almost growl.

"Get into bar fights."

"Only on Thursday's," he said in a sarcastic tone.

It was silent for a moment as Sheva tried to keep up with him. After a minute she asked, "Who started the fight?"

"Does it matter?" Chris was the one who started it. But the man was asking for it! The man was going to go hit on her. Plus his anger had reached to a peak where he just needed to hit something and nothing felt better than hitting a man in the face.

Sheva pouted in frustration. He never answered any of her questions. What the hell was she going to tell Piers? What was she going to tell HQ? She didn't want the BSAA to send another person out here to try to recruit Chris. She knew he would just say no to them to like he did to her.

"Are you alright?" Chris asked in a calmer voice, breaking Sheva's train of thought.

She was caught off guard by the question. "What do you mean?"

"I saw that man grab at you."

"Oh. I was going to break up the fight but he stopped me, he thought I was going to hurt myself." She scoffed at the reason the man held her back.

"Hmm, he was probably right." Sheva stopped in her tracks and looked at Chris. He noticed she stopped walking and he looked back at her confused.

"I can handle myself, thank you very much." She said in an irritated manner.

He let out a chuckle. "Sure you can." He continued to walk on.

Sheva chased after him again. "Hey! I can handle myself and I don't need any man to tell me whether I can or cannot!"

He smirked. "Good for you."

Sheva cursed at him under her breath. She picked up her pace and walked past him. Chris watched her from behind and had to admit that he liked the girl this way better rather than the pesky one always asking questions. They made it to the motel and Sheva went straight for her door. Without looking back she slammed her door behind her. Chris held back a laugh as he opened his own door.

Chris fell asleep thinking about the girl across the hall. She was cute, Chris thought. But it made him weary knowing that she knew him before and he knew her. Were they friends before? What did they talk about if they were? He continued wondering about these things as he drifted off.

Across the hall, Sheva was pissed off. Not because he didn't believe her when she said she was strong, but because he got a rise out of her. Sheva always felt belittled by her male colleagues when she was on missions. She knew she could hold her own and she showed them she could. But they always told her to stand back and let the men do the work.

There were few men that treated her with respect and equality. Josh Stone was the first to treat her well. They soon became friends and grew a strong friendship together. Another was Piers Nivans. They fought like crazy but they held great respect for each other; though they would never admit that to one another. Sheva thought of the other men she liked and bonded well with. She could think of a few more but her mind went back to one man: Chris Redfield.

Author's note: Sheva's so cute, right? Getting all worked up and such :). I hope the fighting scene wasn't hard to follow. I'm not used to writing that kind of stuff, I'm such a romanticist that it makes it hard for me to convey that type of stuff into words. But I did my best and I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter!

In the next chapter a certain someone (*wink wink*) comes to his senses and accepts an offer. Oooh! I've written a lot for this and I can't wait for you guys to read more!

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