The evening was perfect; the weather divine, the music pumping and the guests engaging. The
party was a rousing success…..or so Lucy Liu thought until the last guests arrived. It was Ziyi
Zhang and her fiancée. The source of Lucy’s sudden scowl was the comments Ziyi had made to
an entertainment magazine a month earlier. The younger actress had basically dismissed her
rival’s acting credits, citing the lack of substantial work such as her own in Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon and Memoirs of a Geisha. She further compounded her by saying she’d love to
work with Lucy but the older actress would have to play her older sister or mother.
Now, Lucy was forced to swallow her anger and greet the young woman. Lucy was still seething
a few minutes later when someone walked up behind the actress and tapped her on the
shoulder. Lucy turned around to see an old and familiar friend, Min Yung Kim.
“You look like you are ready to explode Gaijin,” said Min, hoping to get a smile out of her friend.
Min and Lucy had trained together nearly seventeen years before, helping to hone each others
special skills; Min’s in hand-to-hand combat and Lucy’s expertise in knife-and-stick fighting.
“I would so love to take one of my swords and carve her into tiny, tiny pieces,” replied Lucy as
she hugged her long-time friend. “I have no idea why she has singled me out, but I would love to
make her eat her words.”
“Sounds like you should be in my company,” shot back Min with a sly grin.
“I did hear you switched jobs,” answered Lucy, “How does the new company look?”
“Pretty good; it’s growing slow but sure. We’ve got some money behind us but it would help if we
had some name recognition on the Board of Directors.”
“Min, you sound like you’re trying to recruit me. I already did that for you at your previous job
and they ran the company into the ground. Why should I invest my time and money again?”
“Tell you what,” said Min, her smile widening a bit, “If I can make it possible for you to get your
hands on that girl tonight with no repercussions, will you re-consider?”
“If you can do that, I’ll not only sign up, but I’ll recommend a few friends to you as well.”
“Leave it to me,” replied Min as she caressed Lucy’s cheek before heading off to mingle with the
guests.
The party was winding down and only about a dozen guests remained. Lucy had just seen one
couple off when Min came up behind her and whispered in her ear.
“You got your wish doll,” said Min with a smile, “She’ll be waiting for you in the entertainment
room. The guys should be done by now clearing a fighting space.”
“How the hell did you do this Min?” quizzed Lucy with a dubious look on her face. “This isn’t
another of your practical jokes, is it?”
“I gave those up long ago,” replied Min, “now, I operate with ruthless efficiency. Haven’t you
ever watched any of my matches?”
“Alright….spill it,” asked Lucy, “How did you manage this?”
“That’s my secret,” answered Min, “all you have to do now is extract your revenge. You do
remember how to do that, don’t you?”
“Some things,” shot back Lucy, “you never forget.”
The entertainment room had a giant plasma screen on one wall with various audio and video
units on either side of the screen. There were numerous speakers built into the walls around
the room and on another wall was a display of various martial arts weapons; something that Lucy
was very skilled with. Two steps led down to a sunken, square area in the middle of Lucy’s
entertainment room where a half-dozen plush reclining chairs and a modular pit sat moments
before. Now, the furniture had been lined again one of the wall on the floor above the pit. The
guests stood on the floor above the sunken pit and waited with anticipation for the two
combatants.
Ziyi stepped down into the pitted area and wordlessly removed her dress to reveal a satin bra
and panties set that accentuated her porcelain-like skin. The young woman began to stretch
and warm up as the smile at the display of her exquisite body. Lucy strode over to the edge of
the pitted area and undid the evening dress she was wearing; allowing the garment to slide to
the thinly carpeted floor. The older actress then stepped down into the pitted area and like her
opponent, began warming up for the confrontation.
“Ready for your lesson?” hissed Lucy as she struck a martial arts stance.
“Are you insane or do you think I am?” replied Ziyi with a disdainful look on her face. “There is
no way I am going to fight you hand to hand. As fat and heavy as you are, all you will have to do
is fall on me and I am finished.”
Lucy replied with a string of expletives while she motioned wildly with her hands. Only when Min
stepped down next to her and whispered in her ear, did Lucy regain her composure and reply
calmly. “Okay then, what do you suggest we do? Thumb wrestle?”
“No, I was thinking more along the lines of those,” answered Ziyi as she pointed toward the wall
where the martial arts weapons were displayed. A samurai sword set was the center piece with
various other blades and spears around it. But it was a pair of bamboo swords called kendo
sticks that Ziyi began to stroke. “I hear you are supposed to be a master with these weapons
but I think it is much like your acting ability; non-existent.”
For a second Lucy tensed as if she were going to attack her antagonist, but then she simply
gritted her teeth before she spoke, “You are making a big mistake child. While I know you
trained for your role in Crouching Tiger for over a year, but I have trained my whole life with
these weapons. It would unfair to you.”
“Spoken like a true coward. I am your equal and with this, your weight has no meaning,” sniped
back Ziyi as she removed one of the kendo sticks from the display, “Only speed and precision
matter……something only a young person, like myself, has an abundance of.”
“Fine,” hissed Lucy as she walked over to the wall while keeping her eyes on her foe. The
professionally trained beauty grabbed the other kendo stick with a sly smile on her face as she
stepped back down into the pitted area. “When you are in tears a minute from now, remember
that you brought all of this upon yourself with your lack of respect.”
“As if you had anything I could respect,” replied a cocky and impudent Ziyi, “you are old, you are
fat and you are a whore. I will treat you as such after you beg me to surrender. I may even
have mercy on you.”
“Enough useless words,” bellowed Lucy as she backed away from her foe, “it is time!”
With that, Lucy and Ziyi raised their kendo sticks and touched each other’s weapon briefly they
began to circle each other carefully; the training for both kicking in like second nature.
Gracefully, the two women continued to circle each other carefully before they charged at each
other, their weapons cutting through the air. The sound of bamboo hitting bamboo filled the air
as Lucy and Ziyi wielded their kendo sticks with ruthless efficiency, but found their foe equal to
the task.
Suddenly, the older beauty struck a glancing headbutt against her foe’s jaw as they were locked
up. When Ziyi dropped her hands for a second, Lucy spun around and brought her weapon
across her foe’s spine and then drove the end of the stick into the stunned beauty’s stomach.
Like a shark smelling blood, Lucy’s eye opened wide as she began to nail the younger Asian
beauty with a flurry of strikes to stomach and back. While Ziyi managed to block half of the
blows, the others found their mark and soon, they left the younger woman on her knees. With
amazing quickness, Lucy brought her weapon in a downward arc and just stopped centimeters
away from her opponent’s left eye.
“Yield,” hissed Lucy with an assassin’s glint in her eyes.
Ziyi responded by dropping her weapon to the carpeted floor and bowing her head as the small
circle of lucky guests applauded Lucy’s victory and a beaming Min respectfully bowed toward her
friend, Min. The older actress allowed a smile to cross her face as she bowed to her fans. She
then turned to bow to her defeated opponent and turned back to bask in her admirer’s ovation.
The moment was short-lived as Ziyi grabbed her kendo stick and smashed it into the back of
Lucy head, causing her to drop her weapon and drop to her knees.
As Min moved forward to intervene, she was quickly restrained by a trio of Ziyi supporters who
urged the actress to continue the fight. The half dozen Lucy supporters quickly lost their will to
interfere when Ziyi began swinging her weapon in their direction and freezing them in their tracks
while the remaining, neutral guests leaned in, wanting to see a definite conclusion to the battle.
Now it was Ziyi’s turn to punish her foe and punish her she did; each blow that Lucy failed to
block struck the older beauty either in her face, the back of her head or across her supple
breasts. After nearly a minute of this punishment, Ziyi stopped to admire her handiwork. Lucy’s
mouth rimmed with blood while crimson from down her chin from a split to her lip while crimson
also streamed from the freckled beauty’s nose. However, the worst injury was the gash that ran
across her left cheek, just below the now swollen shut left eye of the older actress.
Ziyi then shoved the dazed Lucy down to the carpet, tossed her weapon aside and dropped
down butt-first onto the still tender chest of her foe. As she pinned Lucy’s arms at her sides with
her legs, Ziyi ripped open her foe’s bra and began twisting her nipples with ruthless abandon;
the reddened flesh starting to turn purple from its abuse. When Ziyi dug her nails into Lucy’s left
breast, the older actress began to scream, her pain threshold being neared.
Suddenly, Lucy began to bridge out of the trap her foe had her in but Ziyi simply leaned
backwards while she dug her nails deeper into the breast of the older actress. The move
proved to be Ziyi’s undoing as Lucy had clearly wanted the young woman to react that way when
she snaked her legs up and wrapped them around Ziyi’s throat. Lucy tightened her legs as she
brought them down and now it was the younger woman who was trapped. Lucy secured her
opponent further as she trapped her foe with an anklelock, turning it as far as it would go without
dislocating it. Thanks to the triangle lock Lucy had applied with her legs, Ziyi was not only
unable to scream, but she could barely catch a breath. Frantically, the younger beauty began
to tap out her submission but Lucy was unfazed.
“That worked once, but this time, I will make sure there is no more fight in you,” said Lucy as a
cruel look came across her face. A second later, she twisted a bit harder on Ziyi’s ankle until a
loud ‘POP’ could be heard; the younger woman unable to scream thanks to the choke Lucy had
her trapped in. Finally, Lucy unlocked her legs and the choking Ziyi began to wail; her ankle at
an angle nature never intended and clearly dislocated. Several men rushed forward to help the
injured beauty as Lucy shakily stood up. She started to collapse when a released Min rushed
forward and caught her former sparring partner.
“Are you going to be alright,” quizzed the Korean beauty as she helped Lucy stand.
“I’ll be fine. Just get me to the hospital so they can stitch me up,” replied the actress. “I think
that cunt will need a bit more attention though.”
“I didn’t think you still had that in you,” said a bemused Min as she led Lucy toward the front door
where she retrieved an overcoat from the hall closet for her scantily clad friend.
“Some things don’t change,” responded Lucy after she spat out a wad of blood, “like we were
taught, always make an example. Now, she’ll always think twice about starting another fight and
she’ll never come at me again.”
“Not unless she wants a matching set,” shot back Min.
The two women shared a laugh as they headed toward Min’s car. A few minutes later, they were
speeding off into the night.