Rendering to
Emotion Ch. 4
By Silvercane
'At the beginning and end of phrases, means the person is
thinking, not saying aloud.
One month later
"Baba, I needed to come talk to you again." Chun Li knelt down in
front of the tombstone. She was still drunk in her anger. "Baba, ever
heard of the saying, 'Life is but a dream on the way to death'? There is so
much meaning and truth in it that I don't understand why I'm living this
nightmare". She paused and then continued. "Baba, I've come to admit,
in shame, that I have finally shattered".
***
"Akuma, it has been a painful journey to seek you, but your blood on my
hands will be my prize". Ryu stood tall and stiff, watching his opponent.
The demon glared at him, then spoke.
"I can see the fury in your eyes, Ryu. I no longer see hope in doing
what I had planned; to train you as my own".
***
"I will experience the bliss. There is no use to live on this world
when my soul is dead, don't you agree, Baba?" Chun Li smiled sadly to
herself, almost insanely?
***
"I will start this fight, Akuma, and I will end it". Ryu took a
step forward.
"Very well, then I will feel your wrath, young dragon". The demon
took a step forward and bowed. They prepared to fight to the death.
***
"I will trade my soul in for something pure and true…I will be
happy". Chun Li reached forward and kissed the tombstone. She got up and
left.
***
Blood shed for freedom. Freedom from a life of anger, resentment, and
misery. Ryu rushed forward again with an attack. Everything was an illusion
now.
***
Chun Li's hair blew in the wind. She surveyed the view around the cliff from
which she stood. A tear rolled down her numb and solemn face.
'Ryu, I will cry for you, I will wash away your pain with all my tears'.
***
Ryu lay on the ground and coughed from the blood caught in his throat. Blood
rolled down Akuma's mouth like a string of beads.
***
'I suffered, prayed and cried for you. I can't suffer the torment anymore.
You will understand'.
***
"Finish it", ordered Akuma as he lay on the ground, unable to move
his limbs.
Ryu walked over slowly and fell. Blood poured from his mouth. He forced his
tired legs to stand and he walked up to Akuma. Without another word, he raised
his leg slowly. Akuma closed his eyes, his expression was neutral. Within a
second, Ryu swung his heel down onto Akuma's head; cracking his skull in a victorious
instant.
***
Chun Li closed her eyes. 'I will cleanse away all the pain that I am living.
I will be free…I believe in you, Ryu. Stay strong'.
***
Ryu lay against a rock. The wind made his cuts sting, but it didn't matter
anyway. His body was going numb as his soul began to drift from his collapsed
body.
***
'I will always be a part of you. I will always love you. I will do anything
for you…I will die for me'.
***
'I'm sorry that I must leave you, Chun Li. I broke my promise, I failed you…I
love you'. Ryu's eyes closed. The Dragon's raging fire died out.
***
Chun Li floated off the cliff, like an angel. She felt Ryu's presence by her
side the whole way down.