Kilik was lying behind a large boulder. He had taken Panda's advice. He was in the fearsome cave of True Ogre. No one had entered and lived except for one. He took Eddy's live earlier. Kilik knew of the danger. He needed the star chips, and would have tom rob True Ogre to get them.

He was incredibly lucky. True Ogre was sleeping. If he weren't so stealthy, True Ogre would awake and eat him. He could not defend himself well, for his staff was broken. He could also not make quick movements, for he had a horrible wound in his stomach.

He slipped past the boulder, and was out in the open. Kilik crawled over to the nest of True Ogre. The star chips lay under the beast. Desperate, Kilik snatched a rock and slammed it against True Ogre's head. True Ogre shook awake.

"Intruder! You have met your doom!" True Ogre shouted as he hopped up. The star chips were visible, but Kilik was in trouble.

Suddenly, a roaring figure pounced on True Ogre and knocked him to the ground, swiping away.

"Grab the chips!" It was Panda. He fought off True Ogre while Kilik grabbed all of True Ogre's star chips.

"I'm coming, Panda!" Together, they fought True Ogre, but their efforts were useless. So together they ran.

When they were a good distance away, Panda asked, "How many chips did he have?"

"Four! Here, let me show you." Kilik pulled them out of his pocket. "Man! Only two! They must have dropped when we were fighting."

"Two is enough. Damn! True Ogre is strong! I pity Tiger." Panda said.

"He picked the fight himself. It's completely his fault. If he didn't want to fight the beast, he wouldn't."

"Well, I must be on my way, Xiaoyu has a match and she wants to spar with me first. Goodbye Kilik." With that Panda turned and trotted away.



Kilik was back at Doctor B's lab. B was mixing chemicals.

"Hey Doc. Is Yoshimitsu here?"

"No, he is sparring with Gon."

"Oh, I'll catch up to him. Say, what are you whipping up over there?"

"You will see in good time. Now run along, Kilik. Yoshimitsu should be expecting you."



Kilik stepped out of the laboratory onto B's courtyard. There, Yoshimitsu laid spread out on the floor, dented. Gon stood on top of him with his arms raised.

"It's so cheap, Gon. Just spinning involves no skill. Learn a real technique." Yoshimitsu yelled. The little dinosaur looked pained. "I'm sorry, don't take it hard, I was just-"

"It was then that Yoshimitsu spotted Kilik. "Hi Kilik. Just getting ready for my big match against Xiaoyu."

"What?! Why are you fighting her?! She's a very nice girl. She never did any harm. Fight a jerk."

"Kilik, we have been rivals for so long. I need to settle the score. Come to my forest, I'm going to meditate. Gon doesn't appreciate such things. Run home to daddy, Gon."

Kilik laughed and followed Yoshimitsu into the forest. They meditated in the most beautiful patch of land Kilik had ever visited. The trees seemed to twinkle as the sun touched their leaves. The grass was beautifully kept. They sat and meditated. And Kilik decided he had never felt more peaceful.

Just as Kilik was reaching the climax of his meditation, he was shaken awake by the stampede of Heihachi's troops. They came lugging heavy sets of chairs on their backs, and quickly set them all up.

"Just what is the meaning of all this?!" Demanded Yoshimitsu.

"This is where the fight will take place, my dear sir. Now, will you please excuse my men while they set up the seats for the audience?"

"Audience? In my forest?! Why not in your courtyard? This is a place for peace! Not the screams of fans and the blood of humans!"

"Yoshimitsu, you may have taken a liking to this forest, but it is by no means yours! I own this island and everything on it. So please, excuse my men."

Yoshimitsu snarled and climbed a tree.

Kilik approached Heihachi. "Sir, I have come across two star chips, as your servant requested of me. I would like to invite my friend, Maxi. Am I allowed to perform that task, Master Mishima?"

"Yes, Kilik, only if you give him one of your star chips. Here, use my cell phone. What the hell, keep it. You can be sure that there are many more where that came from." Heihachi chuckled and walked away to greet the incoming audience.

Kilik climbed the tree Yoshimitsu was in and dialed Maxi's phone number. After a few rings, a young man picked up the phone.

"Who is this? It's pretty early, you think you could of called when I was awake?!"

Kilik looked at his watch. It was 3. "Maxi, I know you sleep late, but honestly."

"Kilik! How's the island? Did you beat Jin? Huh?"

"Slow down! Yes, I have the chip. Come on down, man!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I'll be there tomorrow! See ya later! Say hi to Yoshi for me!" Maxi slammed the phone down and shot out of bed and ran over to his laptop. He opened it up and tried to find tickets to the Bahamas.

"Maxi says hi." Kilik told Yoshimitsu. Yoshimitsu was snarling and watching the ever-growing crowd in disgust.

Xiaoyu could be seen in the distance, riding Panda. She jumped off her mount and ran over to where the others were. Yoshimitsu jumped out of his tree.

"Let us engage in the tribal warfare that I have looked forward to for years." He yelled to her. "The Phoenix clan is going down."

"This match is set for one star chip. Does anybody want to raise the stakes? No? All right then. Let the battle commence!"

Yoshimitsu hopped on his sword.

"Ah, the flea-stall. I have seen this before. Give me your best shot." Xiaoyu taunted.

Yoshimitsu jumped forward, trying to land on Xiaoyu and cut her in the process. She jumped swiftly aside. She held her hands forward and shot a small flame of fire out of them.

"Technique of the Phoenix. Like it?" She was smiling as Yoshimitsu was on fire.

Yoshimitsu rolled around and sat up in the meditating position. This is a trick that would fool most, but Xiaoyu had fought Yoshimitsu many times before. She jumped forward and slammed her leg into Yoshimitsu's head, sending him spiraling backwards.

The meditation technique allowed Yoshimitsu to regenerate health. It had not worked for him that time.

Xiaoyu used her speed to assault Yoshimitsu with fists of fury, pounding him so fast that you could almost not make out her hands. She backed away, and stepped into the 'Art of Phoenix' form. When Yoshimitsu stood, dazed, she shot forward and delivered a huge kick to the face. She shot yet another cone of fire out at him, this one stronger.

Heihachi ran forward. He lifted Yoshimitsu's hand, and let go. It fell immediately to the ground. He did this twice again, and both times, Yoshimitsu showed no reaction.

"Xiaoyu wins via knockout!" He raised the teenager's hand in victory.

Kilik hopped out of the tree and ran in the opposite direction, heading towards the lab.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Not much to say here, except tell you a little about next episode.

Tiger challenged True Ogre. In Episode 6, he got his wish. They battle in True Ogre's cave.

Also, Maxi arrives at the island. Kilik and Maxi have a lot to talk about.

UNTIL NEXT TIME.