By Chunli

Two days later, Shadowlaw's destruction had been confirmed, after Guile had reported the location of what was left of Bison's base of operations. The UN mopped up what was left over. Charlie had received medical treatment for his transformation. Fortunately, the process was reversible and he made a full recovery and re-joined Guile in Air Force as his wingman.

Juni, Juli and Cammy on the other hand, were less fortunate as they had no memories of their past. The British Secret Agency took them in to train them as they had found a use for their combat skills.

Sagat was declared dead, even though he opened up his own Muay Thai Dojo under the name of Victor Saget, which was sponsored by Ken.

ChunLi, Eliza, Ken and Ryu returned to Masters estate. Even though Ryu insisted that he and ChunLi shouldn't burden Ken and his family any longer, Ken insisted that they stay with him because they were like brothers when they trained under Gouken.

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"So you're going to propose?" Ryu asked while they were meditating in Ken's dojo.

"Yup, after what we've been through, the sooner the better. Speaking of which, when are you going to propose to ChunLi?" Ken asked.

"Well, I don't know if she will say yes." Ryu replied

"She loves you, you know that. You have been taking care of her for the past 6 months. What do you have to fear?" Ken asked.

"Well, she was also pretending to helpless. She might have also pretended to fall in love with me to throw Bison off guard. She might keep pretending to fall in love with me to take advantage of me." Ryu explained.

"Hmm....you got me on that one. She did manage to fool us all. But think about it this way, if she is intending on taking advantage of you, then what do you have that she wants? You live like a hermit by choice. If I was a girl, you would be the last guy I would even think of dating. Unless she really loves you, she wouldn't even be paying attention to you, you have nothing that she wants." Ken replied.

"Well I am better looking and better built than you are. What if she just me for my body?" Ryu replied.

"BS, if she wants you for your body, you would be the last person on her list. Who the heck would want you for your body? You probably shower once a year. By the way, you seriously don't think that you are better looking and better built than me, do you?" Ken asked with a threatening gesture.

"With a better win record too!" Ryu added with a smirk.

"I'll show you who has the better win record!" Ken said as he jumped on Ryu and gave him a noogie.

"Don't you ever get tired of getting beat on?" Ryu replied as he threw Ken off his shoulders.

"Hah, never. Ladies first...." Ken replied as they tapped fists.

"Hope you have your cell phone nearby cause you're going to need it." Ryu replied as they bowed.

And thus their rivalry flared up once again...

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"Do you think Ken will really propose to you?" ChunLi asked.

"Do you think Ryu will really propose to you?" Eliza asked in return.

"I asked you first." ChunLi replied trying to avoid the question.

"Well, why wouldn't he? If he likes some other girl, he would have broken up with me already. And the fact that he risked his life to save me from Bison tells you something doesn't it? Not it's your turn. Do you think Ryu will propose to you?" Eliza replied.

"Yes... well no.., umm, I don't know. After what I did these past few months, pretending to be helpless, he might think that I was pretending to fall in love with him. I like Ryu, I really do, but what if he doesn't feel the same way about me?" ChunLi asked.

"If he didn't feel the same way about you, he wouldn't have been by your side all this time to protect you when you needed someone to do so. Everytime you were in trouble, he was right there willing to throw his life away for you. That tells you something doesn't it?" Eliza asked.

"Well, I don't know, he isn't the brightest of people, so he might think otherwise of me." ChunLi replied sadly.

"Well, only time will tell. Now get dressed, its time to go shopping." Eliza replied with a smile.

"Yes ma'am." ChunLi replied.

All of a sudden there was tremendous explosion from the dojo.

"I think our boys have had enough fun for the day, its time for their daily exercise." Eliza said with a wink.

Both girls walked down to the dojo, or what was left of the dojo. The entire building was torn in half and both Ken and Ryu were lying on the ground, both exhausted from fighting.

"So who won?" Eliza asked.

"It's a tie, I would have won, if I didn't slip on that banana peel." Ken replied.

"Well, you boys have had your fun for the day. Now for your daily exercise, go shower and get dressed." Eliza ordered.

"Uh oh...." Ken and Ryu replied in unison.

"Maybe we should have left her and only saved ChunLi." Ken whispered Ryu.

"I heard that Ken." Eliza replied...

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2 hours later....
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Eliza was being merciful that day, she only cleaned out half of the stores in the entire shopping mall. While Eliza and ChunLi were "browsing" through a perfume store, there was another couple fighting beside them.

"What do you mean I am a shop-a-holic?" the woman replied.

"You always spend too much time in a shopping mall. You said that you only wanted to buy a pair of sandals. How the heck did we end up in a perfume store?" the man replied.

"Well excuse me, Mr. Idon'tknowhowtoshop. I asked you to buy this brand of perfume for me yesterday and what did you come home with? You came home with men's deodorant. What the heck where you thinking? Do I look like a man to you?" the woman replied.

"Just like how I asked you to prepare the chicken while I was shopping for you. Does this look like a chicken to you?" the man replied waving a bag with containing a CD player that was covered in seasoning and barbecue sauce.

"Umm, excuse me, do you mind arguing elsewhere? This is a public shopping mall." Eliza asked politely.

"MIND YOU OWN BUSINESS!!!!" They both replied in unison.

"Guy!?!? Is that you?" ChunLi asked.

"ChunLi? What are you doing here?" Maki asked.