Two years later, Andy was again sitting anxiously in a hospital waiting room. But Mai, his wife for nearly a year and a half now, was right beside him, her hand in his and her head resting on his shoulder. She was also about six months pregnant with their first child. Not far from them sat an equally anxious Joe and Chizuru, who Joe had recently proposed to. All four had been there since Terry had called them nearly three hours ago, telling them that Mary, his wife, was about to have their baby.

At last, Terry came into the waiting room.

"Well, it's over, finally," he said, smiling. "I have a daughter!"

Everybody congratulated the new father.

"Can we see her?" Mai asked, eager to see her niece.

"You sure can!" replied Terry. "Just follow me."

The others followed Terry into Mary's room, where she sat holding her new daughter. The others stood around admiring the little one, who looked a lot like her father.

"She's beautiful," said Chizuru.

"Terry, you've outdone yourself!" exclaimed Joe.

"Way to go, Terry!" said Andy, giving his brother a quick pat on the back.

"What's her name?" asked Mai.

"Her name's Susanna," said Mary.

"That's really pretty," said Mai. "Fits her just perfectly!"

"Yeah, we thought so, too," replied Terry.

What nobody knew was that Susanna had known Terry once before, back when she had aqua hair and her name was Lily McGuire.


Notes: Mary is Terry's girlfriend in "King of Fighters '98", the only "Fatal Fury" related video game I've played and really liked, and she is a far better match for him than either Lily or Sulia. Not only did she not die, but she has more in common with Terry. Chizuru is also a character in "King of Fighters '98", and although she isn't officially Joe's girlfriend, I still think they would make a cute couple (random as that may seem). I made Lily Mai's guardian angel because I thought it would be interesting that someone else who had once died (more or less) for their beloved would fill that role, and I like Lily better than Sulia. And there's a significance behind my choice of name for Lily's reincarnation/Terry and Mary's daughter: "Susanna" means "lily".