These changes coming over me
I don't know who I am anymore
Can you tell me who you see?
What do I do, how do I
Beat these feelings down
My heads a spinnin', my knees are weak
And my feet can't touch the ground.
So can you help me please
This is something I can't fight
And I don't really know
If I'm handling this right...
I don't think you understand
The urgency of this situation
And I don't think these subtle twists
Were part of the whole equation
Hold me closer, grasp my hand
And we've got it all made
But why the hell can't I do this alone?
Why am I so afraid?
So can you help me please
This is something I can't fight
And I don't really know
If I'm handling this right
Help me please...
Act 1: Metamorphosis...
[Six weary travelers arrived at their
destination, a beautiful valley of springs. In the
distance, the grand, yet peculiarly shaped mountains
of Northern Guilin could be seen. An ephemeral mist
rose just above the numerous ponds, obscuring their
watery surfaces and adding a mysterious, almost
magical glimmer to them. Poking out of each and
every spring were bamboo poles of unequal lengths,
lithe stepping stones to the martial-arts inclined...]
Ryu: (looks around) So this is it, eh?
Chun Li: Yeah...This is the legendary training
grounds...
Ryu: Hmmm...doesn't seem like much to me...(yawns
and puts down his duffel bag)...
Chun Li: Well, the ad said it was extremely
dangerous...
Sakura: You mean the one you found in that tattered
old magazine?
Chun Li: Yep, see...it says so right here (ahem)
'Training grounds! Very unsafe... if you have nerves
of steel and are in want of a challenge then go to
Jusyenko. Guide and Amazons...but be warned...'
(pauses for a moment...doesn't continue)
Cammy: (perks up) Warned?
Chun Li: That's where it ends. The rest was torn
off...
Cammy: You mean we don't have a bloody clue of what
it was warning us about?
Chun Li: (gleefully) Nope! Doesn't this make it so
much more exciting?
(everyone sweatdrops)
Ken: This is stupid, I could have had people build
this in my mansion.
Charlie: (agreeing) Yeah, what did we travel all the
way out here for?
Cammy: (giggling) Oh, don't be such buggers. We're
'ere so we might as well bloody enjoy it, aye?
Sakura: I agree! Any place is a good place to
train...right, Ryu?
Ryu: Hmmmph... (tightens his headband)
Chun Li: (frowns and puts hands on hips) Well, I'm
glad I've got SOME support for choosing this place.
Honestly! You people are such critics! Hey, if you
don't like it, then leave!
Sakura: (stretches) Don't worry, we like it! Hey!
Last one on the bamboo shoots is a stinky tentacle!
(jumps nimbly onto one of the poles)
Cammy: Wait for me! (hops on after her)
Charlie and Ken: CHEATERS! (leaps after the two girls)
Chun Li: What losers...(climbs onto one of the poles
and starts practicing a kata)
Ryu: Hmmm...(climbs on an opposite pole) Would you
mind if we sparred?
Chun Li: Me? I'd be thrilled.
(the two start a sparring session >>
scene change to the other four)
Sakura: HIYA! (aims kick at Charlie)
Charlie: Hey! Watch it! (blocks kick and wobbles abit on the two poles he's balancing on...regains balance)
Ken: (hopping from bamboo to bamboo) Nyaa nyaa! You
can't catch me!
Cammy: Oh yeah? Come back 'ere before I bloody rip
your 'ead off! (pushes past Charlie)
Charlie: Yikes! Stop that! (wobbles)
Sakura: Oh, come ON, Charlie! How am I supposed to
train with you if you don't learn to balance.
Charlie: I'm TRYING! Not my fault I'm used to
fighting on the ground.
Ken: (hopping back towards them and singing) Up, High,
Low... Cammy's too slow!
Cammy: Shut up, you! (pushes past Charlie again)
Charlie: Yeep!
Sakura: (sighs)
(scene change: A little hut close to the springs.
A man is sitting contently in a small room,
humming to himself and reading the 'Daily China'. He
pours himself something to drink and is about to
raise the cup to his lips when he hears something...)
Male voice: SHIRYUKEN!!
Guide: What is that?
Female Voice: KiKOKEN!
Guide: (realization dawns over his face) Oh NO! Not
more visitors fighting! (runs out the door) Stop!
Visitors! Don't fight!!! Springs is DANGEROUS PLACE
to fight in!
(And the owners of the voices just happen to be
Ryu: Hadouken!
Chun Li: (avoids the missile by hopping to another
pole) Hyaa! (launches a kick)
Ryu: (ducks the kick, slides down the pole and swings
onto another one. uses his momentum to twirl around
and fly at Chun Li)Hai!
Chun Li: (gets into Lightning Kick Stance and waits
for the right time to...) YAYAYAYAYAYAYA!
Ryu: (gets juggled up in the air 20 some times)ugn...
(falls into one of the ponds...emerges a few seconds
later, completely wet and promptly hops onto the
nearest pole) heh! Got me that time!
Chun Li: (in shock) R-ryu?
(Ryu
in an incredibly feminine voice)HADOUKEN!Chun Li: (still staring at Ryu as the chi ball gets
closer, doesn't realize it's coming till too late)
EEK! (falls into another pond...doesn't resurface
immediately)
Ryu: (still in the high feminine voice) Chun Li? Are
you okay?
Chun Li: (comes up, gasping) Yeah, I think I'm
fine...
Ryu: (stares at her blankly) I'm sorry miss, but have
you seen my friend? I think she's down there
somewhere...
Chun Li: Wha? (realizes her voice has changed) How
the... (reaches for her hair. It has been cut short)
EEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!
Sakura: (from farther away) EEEEEEEK! (runs towards
them) Charlie's been eaten by a tentacle!!! (sees Ryu)
Who the heck are you? And what are you doing with my
Ryu-sama's clothing?
Ryu: (frowning) Now now Sakura. It's not a time for
games. Chun Li just went down there and she hasn't
resurfaced...
Chun Li: (still floating in the lake) I'm right HERE!
Sakura: (blinks) Who are you? (turns back to Ryu)
And WHO ARE YOU? How do you know Chun Li and why the
heck aren't you covering your bust? Have you no
decency?!?
Ryu: Wha? (looks down...pokes 'his' chest...two round
balls seem to be protruding from there)...Hmmm, I
wonder what these are...My god. (realization dawns
across his face) I'VE BEEN ATTACKED BY MUTANT
MOSQUITOS!!
(Both Chun Li and Sakura facefault)
Guide: (rushes in) NO! NO! NO! Stop fighting!!! You
might fall in Springs!
Chun Li: Who are you?
Guide: (stares at Chun Li for a sec): Why Tendo-san,
how nice you visit!
Chun Li: (facefaulting) I'm Chun Li!!
Guide: So...is any of you fall into accursed magical
springs yet?
Sakura: a-accursed?
Chun Li and Ryu: (raise hands) H-hai...
Guide: (Tears at little mao cap in frustration) NO!
(points meaningfully at Ryu) Which is you before?
Ryu: (blink) What?
Sakura: (pause) Well, she's wearing my friend Ryu's
clothes...
Guide: (puts face in hands) Oh no! That meaning you
is fallen in the Spring of the Drowned Girl...very
sad tale over a thousand year old. Yes, many year
ago young woman fall in and drown. Anyone who falls
in spring take form of young girl...We call it
Nyaanichuan.
Sakura: Y-you mean..
Chun Li: Th-at...th-at Ryu...
Ryu: I'm a girl?
(Guide nodding solemnly) Mm-hmmm. Your Ryu-san is
Ryu-Onna now...
Ryu-onna: (thinks for a moment) That's a bit of bad
luck on my part, isn't it?
Chun Liclimbing out of the Spring) Well now, being
a girl can't be that bad. Does every spring have a
curse?
Guide: (nods) Is true.
Chun Li: Then what curse makes you a foot shorter
and slashes off half your hair?
(Guide thinks) I is not getting riddle...
(Chun Li in chinese...growling)Which... Spring...
is... that...one? (points at the one she just got
out of).
(Guide also in chinese) Ah, Tendo-san...your Chinese
is impeccable. To tell the truth though, I don't
really know. I can only tell by what the person
becomes when they fall in it...
(Chun Li in chinese...a little louder) I...am...NOT
TENDO-SAN! And I fell in the Spring! G*dd@mit!What
the *@&# does it take to get through to you &*#%$%#!
people!?!
(Sakura whispering to Ryu) What's she saying?
(Ryu blushing) err...she's...uh...expounding on what
a nice day it is...
(Guide misses a beat) You...is not Tendo-san?
(Chun Li gritting teeth) No.
Guide: Oh, is easy to say then. You is fallen in
Spring of the drowned Tendo Akane. Very sad legend
from sometime last year. Anyone who falls in spring
takes form of Tendo-san.
Chun Li: Spring of the drowned Tendo Akane?
Sakura: Wait...Some of our other companions fell
into Springs too. Are all the Springs...human?
(Guide tears at Mao cap again) Oh No!!! (to Ryu and
Chun Li) You go back to my hut...to the North, is
only hut in area. (to Sakura) Come! We must find
your friends, yes?
(The Guide and Sakura run off into the distance. Ryu
and Chun Li stand there blinking for a moment)
Chun Li-Akane: Weell. This has been a weird day.
Ryu-onna: (almost in awe) I'm a girl...
Chun Li-Akane: (pats Ryu-onna's back) Oh come off it,
it's not THAT bad. Think about it as a whole new
dimension of training.
Ryu-onna: Training?
Chun Li-Akane: Yeah, training your body to fight
like a girl instead of a man. It'll be fun!
Ryu-onna: Fun?
Chun Li-Akane: Besides, you don't look too bad as a
girl, ya know?
Ryu-onna(blushing) Really? Well...well...you look
fine as an Akane...
Chun Li-Akane: Thank you Ryu. (smiles) That's the
sweetest thing I've heard all day. (puts an arm
around Ryu-onna's shoulders) Come on, I think this
may be the start of a beautiful relationship.
Ryu-onna: (confused) N-nani?
Chun Li-Akane: (shakes head) Forget it...come on.
[The two walk off into the misty afternoon, spying
out for a small hut slightly to the north]