Second Chances (Part1)
By Miki Robasu (miki_robasu@yahoo.com)
A tall blond gazed longingly out the airport window, his sky eyes far off and unseeing. The hustle and bustle around him went unnoticed as his eyes wavered with unshed tears and his mind raced, until a familiar voice pulled him back into reality.
"Terry, you okay man?" Joe asked, as he looked worriedly at his friend.
Terry looked up, seemingly in a daze. "Huh?"
"Of course he's not okay, you idiot!" Mai yelled, and lowering her voice to a whisper. "He just lost the girl he loved, do you think he'd be okay you muscle-headed moron?" The busty brunette rewarded the kick boxer with a swat to his head.
Joe put a hand behind his head and chuckled. "Yeah well-" He stopped, realizing the insult she just dished out. "Hey! What do you mean by 'moron', you no good tramp!"
Blue suddenly shot toward him as he found himself in Andy's icy gaze. "Hey, I was uh...just kidding man," Joe stammered under the blonde's piercing blue eyes. Mai stuck out her tongue, and clung to Andy's arm, until she felt him shaking beneath her arms. Mai looked up confused as Andy broke into a wholehearted laugh, but found it hard to keep a straight face. His two comrades soon joined the blonde in a fit of laughter, as Terry continued to stare melancholy out the window unnoticed.
"Now boarding Tokyo, flight 975. Tokyo, flight 975," the airport attendant's voice boomed over the loud speaker.
"Well, I guess that's us." Andy picked up his carry-on bag, and looked over at his brother. "Terry, it's time to go," he said softly, and walked toward the plane, Joe and Mai following behind him, bantering as usual.
Terry stood up slowly, and took one last look out of the terminal window. As he turned around, he gasped something crash soundly into him.
"Ow..." a feminine voice replied softly. The girl raised her eyes and gazed lightly at the tall blond man. "I'm really sorry," she said and bowed politely before running off.
"Terry! Terry, come on man! We're gonna be late! Ow! Damn it Mai, get away from me!"
Terry ignored the commotion, as everything around him grew hazy. All sounds failed to reach his ears as only one thing filled his mind; eyes...hazel eyes...
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"Yo man, I'm famished!" Joe called out, throwing his keys onto the table. "When do we eat?"
Andy laughed at his friend's one-sided mind as he put his bag down on the floor. "Well, I certainly don't feel like cooking, so why don't we order out?"
"Oooo! I say we get ramen and sushi!" Mai said excitedly bounding up to her boyfriend.
"Nu uh. It's Pizza all the way!"
"Says who?" The ninja girl asked, putting her hands on her hip and glaring at the brunette man.
"Me."
"And why do YOU get to decide for us?"
"Because I said so!" Joe rose to his feet and matched Mai's venomous gaze with his own, as energy seemed to crackle between them.
Andy sweatdroped at the pair. "Well, I don't care either way, so that leaves you to be the deciding party, okay Terry? Huh? Terry?" Andy watched as his older brother slunk toward his room, shutting the door firmly behind him.
"What's wrong with him?" Joe asked, his mouth full of chips that he had managed to locate in the pantry.
Mai cringed at the kick boxer, and grabbed the bag away from him. "Oh, that is SO gross! Do you know how old those are?"
"Hey! Give them back!"
"You idiot! These will make you sick!"
"Who you calling an idiot, snack stealer?"
The pair's voices trailed off in Andy's mind as he stared at his brother's door. His eyes wavered as he muttered the only thing his voice could form. "Terry..."
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Darkness cloaked the entire room in blackness, which seemed to match perfectly with its owner's depressed state. Terry lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling, his mind racing. Those eyes, He thought, his own eyes quivering. He closed his eyes, hoping to block out the memory, but the same image kept pushing itself into his consciousness. Eyes...that girl's eyes...Hazel eyes brushed lightly by lavender bangs. "Co...could it be?" he asked himself aloud.
"Terry..." a soft voice seemed to echo inside his head.
"Huh?" Terry shot upright and looked furiously around the room. "Who's there?" He asked the darkness.
"Terry..." the voice called again. The blonde looked toward the window as his drapes swayed with unseen wind. He closed his eyes and surrendered to the warm breeze that softly moved itself around him, filling him with a strange peace. "Terry..." the voice called once more, but with a new found clarity. Terry opened his eyes as a blue mist swirled in front of him. His eyes grew wide as a familiar figure formed in the illuminating light, a face he's seen in my memory a million times over.
Terry was barely able to utter the name forming on his lips. "Lily..."
"My poor Terry." The turquoise haired women said, her hands clasped firmly in front of her. "You're suffering so much."
"Oh Lily, you can't possibly understand. TWICE I failed to save the woman I love," Terry relied sadly. "I couldn't keep my promise to you or Sulia." Terry hung his head as tears slid idly down his face.
"You did everything you could," Lily said, as she slipped behind him, wrapping her arms around him.
"No!" he retorted. "I should have been stronger! I should have been there to protect her...like I promised I would. I let her down, just like I let you down."
"Terry, you showed me a love that I've never seen, and gave me hope that I never felt before. You did everything BUT let me down, my love, and I'm sure that Sulia feels the same way."
"Lily...." Terry gazed tenderly at her, and brushed a silky emerald lock off her face.
"Terry..." Her voice was soft and full of emotion, as Terry tilted her chin up and kissed her gently. Her body was light and airy in his arms as she began to fade away. Lily smiled through her tears as she looked longingly at her love. "I love you Terry Bogard."
"And I will always love you, Lily McGuire," He replied as she faded into the mist. "Please Lily...don't leave me here alone. I don't want to be alone anymore." As the blue light vanished completely, Terry threw back his head and screamed. "Lillllly!"
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"What was that?" Mai asked, her eyes wide. Joe took this opportunity to grab the bag that she's been holding behind her back.
"Alright!" Joe said and shoved a handful of the contents into his mouth. "Nye mont doe." Joe swallowed as Mai gave him an incredulous look. "It sounded like it came from Terry's room."
"Andy, do you think that something could be wrong?" Mai asked, turning toward the blond.
"Terry..." he muttered, and broke into a run toward his brother's room.
"Andy?"
"Well, I'm not waiting around here with you. I'm going to go see what's up. Huh?" As the kick boxer looked toward Mai, he found that she had already taken off after her boyfriend. "Hey! Aw man, this makes me look REALLY bad!"
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"Terry!" Andy yelled as he threw open the door in panic. His eyes softened as he focused on the image of his brother kneeling on the ground, tears falling gently to the floor. "Terry?"
"Andy, is everything okay?" Mai asked softly, her voice filled with concern.
"What the hell happened here?" Mai's eye twitched and she elbowed the brunette in his stomach.
"Shut up!" she hissed angrily, and turned her back as Joe attempted to catch his breath.
Andy had a slight smile as he watched the pair, who always managed to fight in even the gravest circumstances...with each other. The young Bogard turned his attention back to Terry, who slammed his fist angrily into the floor.
"Why me? Why always me?!" He cried out, his voice cracking. He turned his tear stained face toward his brother, hoping to find the comfort he craved. "I don't know how to go on anymore Andy. I don't know if I even want to!"
Andy offered a small smile to his anguished brother. "Terry...did she come again?" Andy's assumptions were confirmed as Terry nodded his head.
"Every time she comes, I feel as if I lost her all over again."
"Who came?" Mai asked rather confusedly.
"Lily," Joe told her as he stepped up next to her, his arms crossed in front of him, and a seriousness on his face that she only witnessed one other time not too long ago?
"But...how can that be? I thought Lily had-"
"She did," Joe interrupted. "But ever since Terry gained the power of the Hakiyoukusaiken, he's been able to communicate with Lily and Master Tung."
Shock was written all over Mai's face as she took in the piece of information that she would have thought ridiculous about a month ago. As she downcast her eyes, she noticed something clenched in Terry's grip. She took a step forward to get a better look at the object, and found it to be a photograph of an emerald haired girl.
"Is...is that Lily?" Mai asked slowly, pointing to Terry's hand. Terry only nodded in response. "May I see?" The blond man held out his hand, never looking up as he offered the photograph to the ninja. "She was beautiful!" Mai exclaimed, and she could see how any man could fall in love with her.
"Yes, she was..." Terry's voice was barely above a whisper.
"I feel bad for him," Joe began softly, causing Mai to look up. "He wasn't over Lily when he met Sulia. Now, he's dealing with the loss of BOTH of them. He's a lot stronger then me, just for simply waking up every morning. I doubt I'd have the courage to do even THAT..." He looked over to see tears rolling steadily down Mai's face, and instantly regretted that he ever opened his mouth. He had forgotten about the girls anguish over loosing "her only REAL friend", as Mai had put it, and Joe feared that he reopened the wound that had taken her so long to heal.
Mai began to weep openly, and put her face in her hands. She looked up surprised as Joe wrapped his arms around the girl's small frame, hoping to give her what little comfort he had. As Mai sobbed into his shoulder, he was shocked to see Andy giving him a look of gratitude, before he turned back and put an arm around his older brother.
Andy whispered softly to his brother, as one would a small child, as sobs continued to wrack Terry's body, until he fell into an uneasy and dreamless sleep.
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The thick midnight hung silently like a black fog in the outskirt of Tokyo. The only thing that could penetrated it were the moon's glowing rays that seemed to gently cover everything in dusty white, and the stars seemed to smile at the small form that stared longingly up at the building. The figure lifted a hand and brushed away wispy bangs revealing a pair of penetrating hazel eyes that carried a light of sadness.
"Why did I come here?" the girl asked, as she turned her head and whipped at the tears that spilled down her cheeks.
Suddenly, the girl choked and fell to her knees. "W...what's happening to me?!" she croaked as a think fog swirled around her. Grabbing her head, the girl screamed in pain before she was engulfed in murky gray; smoke billowing around her, as her eyes glowed red.
To Be Continued
Disclaimers- Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu is (c)Masami Oobari 1993/Viz Video (bless their little hearts. . .sigh.), and a bunch of other people that I'm not too sure of, but I have absolutely *nothing* against . . . I just don't know who you are. So, please don't sue me. . . I really don't have anything you'd want, and even if you *did* find something, It would be in pretty crappy condition!
By Miki Robasu (miki_robasu@yahoo.com)
A tall blond gazed longingly out the airport window, his sky eyes far off and unseeing. The hustle and bustle around him went unnoticed as his eyes wavered with unshed tears and his mind raced, until a familiar voice pulled him back into reality.
"Terry, you okay man?" Joe asked, as he looked worriedly at his friend.
Terry looked up, seemingly in a daze. "Huh?"
"Of course he's not okay, you idiot!" Mai yelled, and lowering her voice to a whisper. "He just lost the girl he loved, do you think he'd be okay you muscle-headed moron?" The busty brunette rewarded the kick boxer with a swat to his head.
Joe put a hand behind his head and chuckled. "Yeah well-" He stopped, realizing the insult she just dished out. "Hey! What do you mean by 'moron', you no good tramp!"
Blue suddenly shot toward him as he found himself in Andy's icy gaze. "Hey, I was uh...just kidding man," Joe stammered under the blonde's piercing blue eyes. Mai stuck out her tongue, and clung to Andy's arm, until she felt him shaking beneath her arms. Mai looked up confused as Andy broke into a wholehearted laugh, but found it hard to keep a straight face. His two comrades soon joined the blonde in a fit of laughter, as Terry continued to stare melancholy out the window unnoticed.
"Now boarding Tokyo, flight 975. Tokyo, flight 975," the airport attendant's voice boomed over the loud speaker.
"Well, I guess that's us." Andy picked up his carry-on bag, and looked over at his brother. "Terry, it's time to go," he said softly, and walked toward the plane, Joe and Mai following behind him, bantering as usual.
Terry stood up slowly, and took one last look out of the terminal window. As he turned around, he gasped something crash soundly into him.
"Ow..." a feminine voice replied softly. The girl raised her eyes and gazed lightly at the tall blond man. "I'm really sorry," she said and bowed politely before running off.
"Terry! Terry, come on man! We're gonna be late! Ow! Damn it Mai, get away from me!"
Terry ignored the commotion, as everything around him grew hazy. All sounds failed to reach his ears as only one thing filled his mind; eyes...hazel eyes...
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"Yo man, I'm famished!" Joe called out, throwing his keys onto the table. "When do we eat?"
Andy laughed at his friend's one-sided mind as he put his bag down on the floor. "Well, I certainly don't feel like cooking, so why don't we order out?"
"Oooo! I say we get ramen and sushi!" Mai said excitedly bounding up to her boyfriend.
"Nu uh. It's Pizza all the way!"
"Says who?" The ninja girl asked, putting her hands on her hip and glaring at the brunette man.
"Me."
"And why do YOU get to decide for us?"
"Because I said so!" Joe rose to his feet and matched Mai's venomous gaze with his own, as energy seemed to crackle between them.
Andy sweatdroped at the pair. "Well, I don't care either way, so that leaves you to be the deciding party, okay Terry? Huh? Terry?" Andy watched as his older brother slunk toward his room, shutting the door firmly behind him.
"What's wrong with him?" Joe asked, his mouth full of chips that he had managed to locate in the pantry.
Mai cringed at the kick boxer, and grabbed the bag away from him. "Oh, that is SO gross! Do you know how old those are?"
"Hey! Give them back!"
"You idiot! These will make you sick!"
"Who you calling an idiot, snack stealer?"
The pair's voices trailed off in Andy's mind as he stared at his brother's door. His eyes wavered as he muttered the only thing his voice could form. "Terry..."
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Darkness cloaked the entire room in blackness, which seemed to match perfectly with its owner's depressed state. Terry lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling, his mind racing. Those eyes, He thought, his own eyes quivering. He closed his eyes, hoping to block out the memory, but the same image kept pushing itself into his consciousness. Eyes...that girl's eyes...Hazel eyes brushed lightly by lavender bangs. "Co...could it be?" he asked himself aloud.
"Terry..." a soft voice seemed to echo inside his head.
"Huh?" Terry shot upright and looked furiously around the room. "Who's there?" He asked the darkness.
"Terry..." the voice called again. The blonde looked toward the window as his drapes swayed with unseen wind. He closed his eyes and surrendered to the warm breeze that softly moved itself around him, filling him with a strange peace. "Terry..." the voice called once more, but with a new found clarity. Terry opened his eyes as a blue mist swirled in front of him. His eyes grew wide as a familiar figure formed in the illuminating light, a face he's seen in my memory a million times over.
Terry was barely able to utter the name forming on his lips. "Lily..."
"My poor Terry." The turquoise haired women said, her hands clasped firmly in front of her. "You're suffering so much."
"Oh Lily, you can't possibly understand. TWICE I failed to save the woman I love," Terry relied sadly. "I couldn't keep my promise to you or Sulia." Terry hung his head as tears slid idly down his face.
"You did everything you could," Lily said, as she slipped behind him, wrapping her arms around him.
"No!" he retorted. "I should have been stronger! I should have been there to protect her...like I promised I would. I let her down, just like I let you down."
"Terry, you showed me a love that I've never seen, and gave me hope that I never felt before. You did everything BUT let me down, my love, and I'm sure that Sulia feels the same way."
"Lily...." Terry gazed tenderly at her, and brushed a silky emerald lock off her face.
"Terry..." Her voice was soft and full of emotion, as Terry tilted her chin up and kissed her gently. Her body was light and airy in his arms as she began to fade away. Lily smiled through her tears as she looked longingly at her love. "I love you Terry Bogard."
"And I will always love you, Lily McGuire," He replied as she faded into the mist. "Please Lily...don't leave me here alone. I don't want to be alone anymore." As the blue light vanished completely, Terry threw back his head and screamed. "Lillllly!"
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"What was that?" Mai asked, her eyes wide. Joe took this opportunity to grab the bag that she's been holding behind her back.
"Alright!" Joe said and shoved a handful of the contents into his mouth. "Nye mont doe." Joe swallowed as Mai gave him an incredulous look. "It sounded like it came from Terry's room."
"Andy, do you think that something could be wrong?" Mai asked, turning toward the blond.
"Terry..." he muttered, and broke into a run toward his brother's room.
"Andy?"
"Well, I'm not waiting around here with you. I'm going to go see what's up. Huh?" As the kick boxer looked toward Mai, he found that she had already taken off after her boyfriend. "Hey! Aw man, this makes me look REALLY bad!"
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"Terry!" Andy yelled as he threw open the door in panic. His eyes softened as he focused on the image of his brother kneeling on the ground, tears falling gently to the floor. "Terry?"
"Andy, is everything okay?" Mai asked softly, her voice filled with concern.
"What the hell happened here?" Mai's eye twitched and she elbowed the brunette in his stomach.
"Shut up!" she hissed angrily, and turned her back as Joe attempted to catch his breath.
Andy had a slight smile as he watched the pair, who always managed to fight in even the gravest circumstances...with each other. The young Bogard turned his attention back to Terry, who slammed his fist angrily into the floor.
"Why me? Why always me?!" He cried out, his voice cracking. He turned his tear stained face toward his brother, hoping to find the comfort he craved. "I don't know how to go on anymore Andy. I don't know if I even want to!"
Andy offered a small smile to his anguished brother. "Terry...did she come again?" Andy's assumptions were confirmed as Terry nodded his head.
"Every time she comes, I feel as if I lost her all over again."
"Who came?" Mai asked rather confusedly.
"Lily," Joe told her as he stepped up next to her, his arms crossed in front of him, and a seriousness on his face that she only witnessed one other time not too long ago?
"But...how can that be? I thought Lily had-"
"She did," Joe interrupted. "But ever since Terry gained the power of the Hakiyoukusaiken, he's been able to communicate with Lily and Master Tung."
Shock was written all over Mai's face as she took in the piece of information that she would have thought ridiculous about a month ago. As she downcast her eyes, she noticed something clenched in Terry's grip. She took a step forward to get a better look at the object, and found it to be a photograph of an emerald haired girl.
"Is...is that Lily?" Mai asked slowly, pointing to Terry's hand. Terry only nodded in response. "May I see?" The blond man held out his hand, never looking up as he offered the photograph to the ninja. "She was beautiful!" Mai exclaimed, and she could see how any man could fall in love with her.
"Yes, she was..." Terry's voice was barely above a whisper.
"I feel bad for him," Joe began softly, causing Mai to look up. "He wasn't over Lily when he met Sulia. Now, he's dealing with the loss of BOTH of them. He's a lot stronger then me, just for simply waking up every morning. I doubt I'd have the courage to do even THAT..." He looked over to see tears rolling steadily down Mai's face, and instantly regretted that he ever opened his mouth. He had forgotten about the girls anguish over loosing "her only REAL friend", as Mai had put it, and Joe feared that he reopened the wound that had taken her so long to heal.
Mai began to weep openly, and put her face in her hands. She looked up surprised as Joe wrapped his arms around the girl's small frame, hoping to give her what little comfort he had. As Mai sobbed into his shoulder, he was shocked to see Andy giving him a look of gratitude, before he turned back and put an arm around his older brother.
Andy whispered softly to his brother, as one would a small child, as sobs continued to wrack Terry's body, until he fell into an uneasy and dreamless sleep.
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The thick midnight hung silently like a black fog in the outskirt of Tokyo. The only thing that could penetrated it were the moon's glowing rays that seemed to gently cover everything in dusty white, and the stars seemed to smile at the small form that stared longingly up at the building. The figure lifted a hand and brushed away wispy bangs revealing a pair of penetrating hazel eyes that carried a light of sadness.
"Why did I come here?" the girl asked, as she turned her head and whipped at the tears that spilled down her cheeks.
Suddenly, the girl choked and fell to her knees. "W...what's happening to me?!" she croaked as a think fog swirled around her. Grabbing her head, the girl screamed in pain before she was engulfed in murky gray; smoke billowing around her, as her eyes glowed red.
To Be Continued
Disclaimers- Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu is (c)Masami Oobari 1993/Viz Video (bless their little hearts. . .sigh.), and a bunch of other people that I'm not too sure of, but I have absolutely *nothing* against . . . I just don't know who you are. So, please don't sue me. . . I really don't have anything you'd want, and even if you *did* find something, It would be in pretty crappy condition!