The Street Fighter’s Love

Almost time to go home

I’m currently getting a tattoo on my left thigh. It’s a dragon wrapped around a sword breathing fire. In the fire it says “Never mistaken me for weak.” It means a lot to me since I had a hard life in the past and I’m still getting over what happened to me. I’m strong and I won’t let anyone make me feel weak anymore. I’ve been disrespected all my life but I won’t tolerate it anymore. After everything I’ve been through, I won’t let anyone disrespect me. I don’t care who it is they won’t get away with disrespecting me.

Kell looks like she’s about to be sick from the sight of the blood from my tattoo and she strongly hates needles. Noah keeps gagging to f**k with her but it’s also f*****g with they guy doing my leg. “Noah stop your going to make the poor man throw up with Kell.” I say to Noah but that just makes him laugh harder and the guy doing my leg blush. “Sorry dude I didn’t know you had a sensitive stomach.” Noah says making him blush even more. “What’s your name? I want to know who I’m going to ask for the next time I want another tattoo because this looks f*****g amazing!” I say after he finishes my tattoo. “My names Anderson but you can call me Andy.” He says smiling at my excitement about the tattoo. “Thank you Andy and I’ll probably be seeing you soon for another tattoo.” I say and he just smiles and nods. “Sorry again about almost making you throw up man.” Noah says “It’s fine I should be used to it by now since multiple customers end up gagging then passing out but I’ve only worked here for five months I’m still trying to get used to all that.” Andy says blushing lightly. We say our goodbyes and trade numbers before heading out. “Let’s go get food I’m starving.” I whine and at that moment my stomach growls to show I’m not kidding. Both Kell and Noah bust out laughing “Your always hungry Rae.” Kell says still trying to stop laughing. Noah wipes a few tears from laughing so hard and says “The day you aren’t hungry I might just have a heart attack I’m surprised you have abs from how much you eat.” He says but tenses when he sees me glare at him. “Oh shit.” He says and tries to take off but before he can I’ve already tackled him to the ground. “b***h did you just call me fat!” I say pulling his ear. “Ow Rae let go.” He says whining about his ear. “Alright alright I’m sorry but I technically didn’t call you fat I said he have abs.” Noah says finally giving up on trying to pry my hands from tugging his ear. “Oh yeah.” I say realizing he did say I had abs. “b***h I got better abs then you.” Noah says while we’re both getting up. “Kell tell him I have the better abs.” I whine while she looks at us like we’re both five year olds. “You guys act like toddlers and not deadly fighters.” Kell says fake scolding us.

“Well are we getting something to eat or not I’m f*****g starving.” I whine some more about my empty stomach. Kell rolls her eyes but she’s smiling even though she’s trying to hide it. Noah just chuckles and sakes his head. “You pick since your so hungry.” Kell says “I want a burger right now. OH and some fries.” I say while rubbing my belly and licking my lips while day dreaming about it. “Damn you really are obsessed with food.” Noah says “Yes food equals happiness.” I say with a huge grin. We all separate to our own cars I head to my black and red Hennessey Venom GT. This was the first car I bought when I had the money from all of my street fights. I love the adrenaline rush I get from driving my sports cars. I Bluetooth my phone to the car and blast my music while driving to meet up with Kell and Noah at our favorite fast food restaurant. I finally get there and get out with my usual cold look. I only show emotions in front of the people I’m closest to and sometimes I can’t even show emotions in front of them. It’s hard to explain why I am the way I am now. I used to be weak and show my emotions easily but I refuse to do that now. I will never be that weak little girl again.

There’s a group of guys outside of the fast food place and when they see my car they try walking over but before they could Noah pulled up beside my car in his black hummer. Kell pulls up on the other side of my car in her black hummer too. They both decided to get hummers because they don’t share the same love for sports cars as I do. They love riding with me but never want to be behind the wheel even though they know how to drive. They hop out their cars and we just stand and talk for a minute before deciding to go inside and eat. We get inside and everyone’s looking at us. Even though I don’t like the attention Noah is loving the female attention he’s getting even though he doesn’t show it. Kell looks annoyed with everyone staring and I’m not showing any emotion. Finally a waitress comes over and takes us to a table. She gets our orders and goes to get our drinks. “The waitress is pretty hot.” Noah says watching her walk away. Kell looks even more annoyed. There’s something they aren’t telling me. I squint my eyes at them but before they notice I stop. I’ll just ask Kell about it later. The same guys that were outside checking out my car comes in but this time instead of the whole group there’s only two of them. They walk over to our table and tries having a conversation with us but I don’t want to have to listen to them so I excuse myself and go outside to smoke. I know it’s a bad habit but I only do it when I have a lot on my mind. I don’t smoke cigarettes I vape. I’m hitting my Hyde when one of the guys walks outside and stands next to me but doesn’t say anything just pulls out a cigarette and starts smoking. When I’m about to go back inside he finally speaks up. “That’s a nice car you got there.” He says pointing over at my car. “Yeah I know.” I say not wanting to have a conversation with him. “How can some little girl like you afford that car.” He says and I stop walking. I turn to him with a hard glare that could even make a grown man piss himself and he looks very much like he’s about to piss himself. “Don’t question me when you don’t know me or what I’m capable of and I’m not some little girl.” I say the last part in a mocking tone. He glared at me clearly not happy with my response. “Who are you talk to like that bitch.” He says starting to get more angry. “I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to upset the big bad wolf.” I say sarcastically while acting like I’m scared. This just pisses him off and the next thing I know he’s charging at me. I wait patiently for him to get close enough and when he’s about to hit me I step out the way and trip him causing him to fall on his face and he gets up pissed off even more but I’m hungry and don’t want to waist my energy on some sexist guy who thinks he can hit me. I walk up and punch him so hard in the face he blacks out instantly. I didn’t realize we caused a crowd to form until I look up and see everyone looking at me surprised. I glare at all of them and go back inside to eat.

I see the waitress has unbuttoned some of the buttons to her shirt trying to flash Noah. She’s flirting with him when I walk up and I see Kell looks ready to beat the s**t out of her so I decide to get rid of her when I notice we have our food. I sit down and turn to her “We have everything we need you can go sieve your other customers” I say pointing at the group of people at the front waiting for someone to take them to their seats. She blushes and quickly walks off. I look over and see Kell looks a little relieved now and I let a small grin show. “Why’d you get rid of her Rae Rae?” Noah asks whining that I got rid of his company. “I didn’t want some w***e around the table while I’m trying to eat. If she’s flirted with you then she’s most likely flirted with many of her customers.” I say with a shrug. Noah whines some more when I say that while Kell giggles. We eat and head to our cars and drive back to the school.

When we got back we all decided to go work out to work off the fast food. When we get in the gym room we see Layla and her two friends over in the corner talking in their ridiculously short shorts and crop tops that could be considered bras but even a bra covers more then what they’re wearing. I’m walking on the treadmill for thirty minutes as a warm up when I hear her annoying ass voice yell my name. I ignore he and decide to switch to running on the treadmill instead of walking and begin to run and the next the I know Layla is standing beside me and turning off the treadmill I’m using. The never of this b***h, she thinks I won’t hit her just because her rich ass parents are here b***h please they don’t scare me. I get off and glare at her “What. The. f**k. Do. You. Want.” I say struggling to stay calm. I hate when people interrupt my work outs. “Watch your mouth when you talk to my daughter little girl.” I hear the scratchy voice of her mother and turn around and glare at her. “Your f*****g daughter just interrupted my work out and I’ll talk to her how I feel. I don’t give a f**k who you are and you already know who I am.” I say with a sarcastic smirk. Layla’s parents are involved in shady business and I know about it but they cover it up with legal work so nobody gets suspicious about how they are getting their money. They run a business of selling illegal drugs to other drug dealers to give out but their business isn’t very big but they still get good money from it. They fear me because they know I could ruin their business since I’m friends with most of the drug dealers that they sell to and I could easily make them lose their customers.

When Layla’s mother sees who I am she instantly pales. I’m a very well know fighter and not someone’s they would want to f**k with either but Layla doesn’t know of their shady business yet. “I’m sorry I didn’t know Layla interrupted your work out. Layla leave her alone and let her finish her work out especially if you only came over to annoy her.” Her mother Cherry said scolding her. “But mother her work out can wait I just wanted to let her know I was happy she was leaving in a few months.” Layla says whining that she didn’t get to say what she wanted to say. “ Let’s go young lady I’m sure she’s happy she’s leaving soon too but I know that’s not what you actually came over to say. You need to stop being bitchy with everyone.” Cherry says scolding her even more.Layla storms off mumbling about her mother being a b***h and not giving a s**t about her. I have a feeling there’s more to the story between those two but it’s none of my business so I decide to just go back to working out.

As I’m finishing up with my workout I get a call and read the caller ID to see it’s my mother again. I’ve been ignoring her lately because I’ve been so caught up with everything else and it’s hard to talk to her about things that’s going on here without slipping up about what I do and that I have money. I decide to turn my phone off and ignore her call again so I can go get in a shower. I need one really bad after that intense work out and I need to clean my tattoo so it doesn’t get infected from all the bacteria.

I finally got out of the shower, I was in there for about an hour and a half because I was lost in my own thoughts. I couldn’t stop thinking of how I’m going to tell my mom about all that has happened while I was here. After a while of thinking of how I’m supposed to tell my mom everything about how I got my money, how I became cold, how I am a fighter, and about what happened to me I decided I didn’t want to think about it anymore and washed up. I’m now standing in front of my mirror looking at my tattoo. It’s so mesmerizing Andy did so good, I can’t wait to get more tattoos!

After spending a good fifteen minutes looking at my tattoo I finally decide to get ready for my fight tonight. I decide on black jeans, a bandage crop top, and some black sneakers with my purple contacts I wear when fighting on and my mask that hides from my chin to the bride of my nose and I keep it tied around the back of my face so it can’t be ripped off. I’m about to head out with my duffel bag in hand when someone knocks on my door. I open the door and see Noah standing there looking a little upset. “Hey Noah what’s up? You look a little upset are you alright?” I ask with concern clear in my voice. “Hey Rae Rae I know I should’ve texted you since you have to get to your fight but I was already by your room so I decided to just come and ask. Do you know why Kell is ignoring me?” He asks sounding sad. We’ve always been close the moment we met we instantly became inseparable so it was concerning if one of us ignored the other. “No I haven’t talked to her since we worked out in the gym. I’ll talk to her tomorrow about all of it I promise.” I say with sincerity in my voice. “Okay thanks Rae Rae good night and good luck at your fight tonight.” He says and we part ways.

I get to the warehouse that I’m going to be fighting in tonight. This warehouse isn’t really a warehouse it’s a secret bar where a bunch of street fights are held. I see a long line of people and two guards at the front of the door to get in. I walk over cutting through the line and some people complain which shows they must be new since most people know me when they see me. All of the usual people who come to watch or fight know I’m the second best and stay out of my way. I’m mostly loved and feared but I’m also hated by many too. I finally get to the front and see the guards are new too. The people in the back stop complaining when the usuals keep telling them to shut up and not to piss me off. The guards look annoyed with me. They are tall I’d say about 6’3 and I have to look up to be able to talk to them. I’m about 5’9 1/2 so it’s not like I’m extremely short but they are pretty tall. They have a good build too. They aren’t extremely muscular but they aren’t skinny sticks either. “Get lost little girl your not getting in. Go do your make up or something.” The guard to my left says. He’s wearing black cargo pants with black combat boots and a black T-shirt same as the other guard. He has his black hair slicked back and has a mean look on his face but not enough to even make me worry. “I’d be careful how you talk to me. I don’t handle disrespect very well.” I say with my usual cold look. Everyone’s quiet behind me after he disrespected me like that. I reach in my back pocket for my ID card that all street fighters have so they can get in. We need ID cards so the guards know we aren’t narcs or cops. On our ID cards it doesn’t have our actual name, it has our street fighter names. Mine is Diavola it means hellion in Italian. I take it out and show it to the guard and he laughs. He f*****g laughed in my face. When a guard doesn’t let you in they usually try to fight you off away from the warehouse. I’m so angry and decide to see if the other guard wants to laugh in my face too. “You the smarter looking one. Do you recognize me?” I say looking annoyed. The other guard gulps and nods his head. “Good then tell this f*****g i***t to get the f**k out of my way. I have a big fight coming up and I’m not about to miss it because this stupid ass is new to the job.” I say with anger clear on my face. The smart guard shudders at the thought of me getting pissed off while the other looks confused. “Let her in if there’s one thing you should know is to never piss her off and that’s exactly what your doing. She’s Diavola and not someone who handles disrespect well.” The smart guard says and the other one busts out laughing but I’ve finally had enough. I growl in anger and punch him so hard in the face that he falls to the ground looking like he’s about to pass out. I kick him in the stomach and slam his head into the concrete knocking him out cold. The other guard looks like he’s about to piss himself and I decide to ask for his name. “What’s your name?” I say and he gulps. “My names Richard.” He says sounding a little worried. “Richard let all the other new guards know that I’ll kill them if they get in my way and disrespect me like this i***t just did. Not waiting for his response I walk in and go to my private room to drop off my duffel bag with my other clothes, phone, and car keeps in it. I’m finishing up my push ups when I hear them announce my fight. I drink an energy drink and head out to get ready to go in the fighting ring. I see my opponent is the third best fighter and he’s looking at me cockily like he’s already won. He gets called on first and there are many people shouting that they love him. I finally get called on stage and everyone is shouting and cheering and I wave at them. I pass my half empty energy drink to the closest person to me and look back at my opponent. “Alright our queen already knows the rules but I still have to tell you since it’s your first time in here. We do not allow weapons and if you get caught with one we will have the weapons taken and let our queen here-“ the announcer says pointing at me.” Fight you and if she doesn’t feel like stopping we will not get in her way. If you lose and decide to try to attack her outside of the ring you will be beat by either our queen or if she doesn’t feel like doing it -which is unlikely- we will have our guards fight you but not kill you and you will not be allowed back here. If you are good with these rules then you are welcome anytime, if you are not okay with these rules walk out of the ring right now.” The announcer says and we wait to see if he will walk out or not. “I’m good with the rules.” He says and gets in a fighting position. I get in fighting position and the announcer counts down from three and as soon as he says one the third best who goes by Demonic comes charging at me. He lands a good right hook and a punch to the stomach but that was so I could find his weak spot and I finally found it. His cheek twitches when he’s about to throw a punch. I block his uppercut and punch him in the gut that makes him stagger back. I knock his feet out from under him and as soon as he hits the floor I’m on top of him punching him in the face non stop. He punched me in the stomach and pushes me off of him and puts me in a headlock. I elbow him in the ribs six times before I hear a snap and he lets go of me. I get up and land a hard punch to the face that knocks him out. The announcer lifts my arm up and claims me the winner and I go back to my room to get my Hyde to go out back for a quick smoke. I hate vaping inside so that’s why I go out the back door. I get out there and see two people in an argument but decide not to get involved. I realize it’s one of the guys I fought last week and the third best arguing. I decide to listen in and see how they know each other. “I told you to slip something in her energy drink before she went out there to fight me in the ring” Demonic says “I was about to but the guards seen me trying to sneak in her room and kicked me out now I can’t come back unless I tell them why I tried to go in her room.” They other guy says sounding annoyed. I forgot his name but I’m pretty sure it was Loco or something like that. “We’ll now I have to wait for her to leave the warehouse to drug her and quickly take her to the car so I can take her to him so he doesn’t kill us both.” Demonic says sounding pissed off. I decide I’ve had enough and speak up “You know you guys don’t only suck at fighting but you also suck at whispering and please don’t damage my ego by thinking I’d be that easy to capture.” I say the last part mockingly and roll my eyes. They look startled for a second but quickly decide to glare at me. I wonder who they were talking about. “You know it makes you look pretty weak to need to use some drug to catch me.” I say flicking imaginary dust off the jacket I put on before I came out. They look pissed off because of what I said but I just shrug. “He’s going to find you either way even if we fail to catch you girl.” Demonic says sounding angry. “He’s a p***y for sending you two idiots to do his dirty work.” I say and the other guy growls in anger. “So are you still going to wait for me when I leave this place or do you want to handle this now.” I say already getting in fighting position. They get in fighting position and Demonic charges at me first. His cheek twitches and I side step him causing him to trip and fall the other guy goes charging at me not a second after and he looks where he plans to hit. What an i***t he’s giving himself away. He almost lands the punch to my shoulder before I squat down and flip him over me sending him on top of Demonic. “Get off of me you fool!” Demonic yells and they both get up. Loco comes charging at me again and I give him a strong uppercut that sends him flying to the floor and he smacks his head off the ground almost passed out I’m about to stomp his head on the ground when someone grab me from behind slamming me against the wall causing a flash back from that night and in a fit of rage and panic I turn around and kick the person in the balls causing them to fall to the ground holding their junk and I kick him in the head knocking him out and I realize it was Demonic. I look to see if Loco is still there but he’s gone. I shrug it off and go back inside to rest for a few minutes and calm down before my next fight.

It’s two in the morning and I’m finally done with all my fights and I make sure there’s nobody around to try to drug me or anything. Nobody appears so I get on my black Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa and head back. I get in another shower and go to bed thinking about what Demonic said earlier. I finally pass out with my hand wrapped around the black mark I trench knife under my pillow. Before I passed out I think about how I’m going to explain the scar on the left eye that goes from an inch and a half above my eyebrow to an inch and a half below my eye. I got it the night I was raped by that disgusting bastard.