A Challenger Approaches

Alex Kennedy cozied up in her bing bag chair. Her dark room was illuminated by the colorful twinkle light strewn across her walls, and of course her wide screen t.v. shining the “Street Fighter” logo brightly. Short lines of texts and emojis scrolled up her laptop rapidly as viewers poured in to join the late night stream.

“Early Gang represent!”

“Hi Alex!”

“Lmao, are you gonna rage again tonight?”

“Play Bison pls”

Alex chuckled to herself as she read each comment. “Lmao, hi you guys… Thank you! Am I gonna ra- lol, no not tonight! Tonight is comfy night, fellas. No raging will be had!” She laughed as she did her best to reply to each comment. It had been a long week, and Alex had been looking forward to this cold Friday night stream. The excitement from gaining so many viewers it was exhilarating. At this rate she could reach a thousand subs in no time!

Alex was dressed in a thin white long-sleeve shirt with a faded crash derby logo on the chest, her trusty light grey sweatpants, an old lime-green unzipped hoodie, and some low cut ankle socks. Underneath she was wearing some boy shorts as underwear with no bra. Tonight she just didn’t want to deal with the uncomfortable material digging into her skin. Besides, her viewers were none the wiser. Hell, with all the layers on they were convinced that she was flat chested and tried to tease her about it, though she would only flip them the bird in response and laugh about how they’ll never know.

“Lmao why are you dressed for a snowball fight”

“Are you gonna sweat your ass off in ranked?”

“I hate Bison”

“This is like my super suit guys. I’m not even that cold. I just like this outfit cause it’s soft, you know? It’s the best. I play at my best when I’m wearing it.” Alex responded to her inquisitive viewers. As the menu showed the roster of Characters Alex picked Bison. It wasn’t her best character but she was sure she could easily beat any challenger tonight. She is, after all, the best player in her town and has never faced an opponent she couldn’t beat.

After a short loading screen the first match began. It was Bison v Ken. Immediately Alex pounced on her enemy unleashing a flurry of combos and kicks. For the first match of the night she was already doing great. Her super aggressive play style was doing wonders for her and before long her opponent’s health bar was depleted. Next Round Alex continued to dominate keeping her opponent trapped in their corner and securing a perfect K.O! Her opponent disconnected before her victory screen could even properly be shown.

“bodied”

“What a sore loser.”

“He’s just like me fr”

A smug smile spread across Alex’s face. “I can’t help it, I’m just that good.” Alex cocky personality couldn’t help but shine through. Her competitiveness is her drive and she wasn’t afraid to admit it. All the praise she received from her fans, and her ever increasing popularity was intoxicating. No one could stop her momentum, she would climb and climb the totem pole until everyone knew she was the best! Suddenly the next challenger loaded in. When she saw the name her cocky smile disappeared. It was none other than BustGhoster2 otherwise simply known by her real name, Kimi.

“Uh oh, looks like she’s stream sniping again.”

“Lol her again”

“Alex lives in Kimi’s head rent free”

The chat reflected Alex’s attitude. This Kimi chick has been trying her hardest to get under her skin for a while now. Their feud started when Alex found out a couple weeks ago that she had moved into her building and was also a fighting-game streamer. Of course Alex soon deduced that Kimi wasn’t a REAL gamer. The girl had absolutely no skill at the game, at all. Hell, a child could probably beat her blindfolded with on hand tied behind her back. Kimi was more of an influencer. A pretty girl with big tits who put down instagram, and picked up a controller when she realized she could show her cleavage and gain hundreds of followers instantly. If only she wasn’t so incessant on trying to beat her.

The match began. This time it was Bison vs Ryu. Alex wasted no time, once again immediately unleashing numerous combos on her opponent. The way kimi played was positively embarrassing. It was as if she was incapable of using both her hands at the same time. How on earth the ranking system ever allowed the two to match each other in the first place is mystery Alex would never understand. On the brink of defeat Ryu was struck with a defeaning blow to the head sending him to the earth like rock. “K.O. Perfect!”

“Aww poor Kimi.”

“My little brother could play better than her, and he’s five years old.”

“This is embarrassing.”

“She should move on with her life already.”

Like the times before, many of kimi’s fans made their way into Alex chat as they began feuding with each other. Enough was enough. It was time this dumb feud came to an end. Quickly Alex opened a tab to see Kimi’s profile who was streaming as well. Of course she was. A tanned shortstack young asian woman sat in her overpriced custom made gamer chair pouting at the defeat screen. She brushed the strand of red dyed hair from her face to join the rest of her black asymmetrical bob-cut underneath her white beanie. Her baggy white tank top did almost nothing to cover her black sports bra which showed off her generous sun kissed cleavage. Alex eyes narrowed on the girls many purple and red swirled wristbands on her right arm, around 3-4, and the fingerless black gloves which showed off her ruby nail polish. Finally she wore some baggy black sweatpants. Everything about her shouted out like a **** cry for attention to Alex.

The pale girl started a video chat for both their viewers to hear. Kimi answered, “Hello Alex.” her voice oozed disdain as she pouted her glossy lips.

“C’mon Kimi, we both know why I called.” Alex began as she rubbed her right temple while Kimi crossed her arms. Attempting to keep things civil she continued calmly, “can we end this little feud and let bygones be bygones?”

Raising one of her eyebrows Kimi was astonished that her rival would have the audacity to ask for amnesty “Let bygones be bygones? Yeah okay that’s really funny considering you were the one who stream sniped me first!” Kimi said in a feisty retort. “I’m not letting you off the hook until you apologize.”

“Oh puh-leaze!” Alex voice gained more attitude as her patience grew short. “I stream sniped you ONE TIME. that doesn’t compare to you doing it CONSTANTLY. Besides, it’s not like you have much of a future streaming any how. I mean you play like a gorilla with no thumbs. Someone like you should go back to posting selfies on Twitter you know.” It wasn’t often that Alex lost her temper or was openly rude to others, but this blow up was a long time coming.

“Holy fuck”

“Brutal”

“Wow what a bitch.”

“Lmao she’s right tho”

“Don’t listen to her Kimi!”

The chat continued to boom as more and more viewers from both sides piled in. Kimi was speechless. Her cheeks were bright red and puffed up as she pouted with fury. Those big eyes of hers were looking shiny. Oh man did she go too far? Alex wondered to herself if that was the right thing to say. She just wanted an end to their feud, but this had taken a drastic turn. The pale girl’s expression was unwavering though. The competitive desire in her heart spurred her on. Suddenly the asian tomboy stood up from her seat, controller in hand, and walked outside the view of her camera.

“Oh god oh fuck”

“She’s just going to get milk chat it’s fine.”

“She’s already got milk iykwim”

Alex paused looking at Kimi’s feed as her stream suddenly came to an end. Both their chats were in utter chaos as no one knew what Kimi was up to. Suddenly the distant sound of a door slamming shut made Alex jump in her seat and then she could here the sound of stomping steps approaching her door. Her heart thumped loudly in her chest! BOOMBOOMBOOM!!! Has she lost her mind? Kimi was banging down her door like she owed her money.

“Wtf”

“Someone’s at the door”

“Yo there’s no way”

“Somebody’s knocking”

For a short moment Alex froze. Without showing her expression to her camera she stood up and went to answer her door. When she opened it she was stunned. Standing right below her chin was Kimi scowling at her. The viewers watching thanked heaven Alex’s cam was good enough to capture the sight and sound of this monumental clash. “You think you’re so great, so high and mighty! Let’s go, me and you! Right now!” Kimi’s yelled indignantly at Alex’s stunned face. “Let’s make a bet, every K.O means the loser has to strip and then we’ll see who’s the slut who needs to pander to simps, you pasty flat-assed ghost!”

“Yooooo!”

“She can’t talk to Alex that way”

“ghost??”

“Don’t worry Alex! We still like your flat ass”

“Kimi is a gd savage”

At first Alex was absolutely stunned at the challenge before breaking down with laughter. “You can’t be serious. YOU’RE going to beat me? Hahaha! ” Busting at the seems in a giggle fit Alex could hardly contain herself.

“I’m completely serious! Come on ‘gamer girl’” Kimi emphasized while making quotation marks with her fingers, “Do you accept or are you afraid of getting beat at your own game?” Alex stopped laughing as the two stared daggers at each other.

“So you really want me to humiliate you this badly, huh? You know what? Fine! I’ll be happy to expose you to everyone, and show them I eat posers like you for breakfast!” with that Alex had accepted her challenge.