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It was morning again. This time, they didn't wake up to go downstairs for breakfast - or maybe later, but woke up to the sight of their dear friend in a hospital bed. Andy stretched as he woke up and discovered a stiff back.
'Ouch... my poor, poor back... and to think I'm only 23...' Andy sighed and looked at his brother. He was still asleep, very peaceful but... the mask was not on his face any longer. It was on his hand. Andy narrowed his eyes. "Terry?" he tried testing his brother. Terry was still sleeping, his chest moving up and down in a regular rhythm and the IV machine still blinking regularly. Though Terry doesn't go to the hospital for his injuries much but he sure knows his brother hates to be treated like he's wounded - not that his injuries weren't proof enough. He tried again. "Terry?"
Suddenly, Terry inhaled and smiled. "Morning. Slept well?" he asked in a very weak voice that Andy's heart cringed at the sound of it. He's never heard his brother's voice like that before. Terry opened his eyes and looked at Andy. "Mind giving me some water?" he made a face, indicating he was in great need of water. Andy rushed to the side table and poured him a glass of water.
Terry tried sitting up but Andy saw this and stopped him before he could try anything. "Listen, Terry, the doctor said you have broken ribs and massive internal injuries. It's a miracle you can even talk since your lungs are bleeding that you coughed blood practically all night last night. I think the nurse also told me both your legs and a few other bones are broken. We wouldn't want anything worse to happen now do we?" Andy asked his older brother, who looked like a younger brother now sternly.
Terry looked at him cluelessly. "I coughed? ...Blood?" he seemed to speak with a lot of difficulties and his voice was quivering. Andy just nodded. It hurts him to see Terry looking so pale and battered.
"Just stop talking. It'll make your injuries worse." Andy tipped the glass to Terry's lips but the water just spilled down the pillow. Terry shut his lips tightly and put up an annoyed look. Andy rolled his eyes. "What is it now?" he asked, exasperated.
"I'll drink... myself..." Terry said, demandingly.
Again, Andy rolled his eyes. "You are so damn stubborn! Look, you can't even breathe properly much less talk or move!" Terry just looked at him as if he was bored. It wasn't the first time his little brother lecturing him about health anyway. Thanks to Andy's loudness, the other 3 woke up. And like Andy, they were surprised to see him awake - without the mask.
"Terry!"
"How are you feeling?" Mai asked. Terry gave her a thumb's up. Then, she turned to Andy. His face told her he was angry because he had that familiar shade of red on his face even though he put on a fake cool façade. "Andy? Are YOU all right?" she turned to him. Andy didn't say anything.
Mai, Joe and Lily looked at each other and shrugged. Joe just shrugged it off, 'Must be the usual worry-over-health-quarrel' he messaged them with his face.
Terry looked at Joe, "Can I have some water?" he asked with his normal voice that Andy's head snapped up at him in surprise. Terry avoided Andy's gaze.
"Sure." As Joe turned to pour him some water, Andy noticed him trying to suppress a cough. Then, tiredly, he turned to Mai.
"Could you help me... sit up? ... please?" he asked, gasping in between. Now, Mai realized why Andy looked so angry just now. Lily looked at Mai and Andy. Mai nodded at her. As they helped him sit up, Terry suddenly felt an electrifying jolt of pain at his back. "UGH..!!!!!" he squeezed his eyes shut and gritted his teeth trying to suppress the pain. Mai and Lily were both shocked while Joe and Andy almost dropped the glass they were holding.
Andy quickly put down the glass on his hand and helped hold Terry up while Mai and Lily put the bed in a sitting position. When Terry was in a sitting position, he looked as if he was in great pain trying to control his cough. All of them noticed it this time. He was covering his mouth and squeezing his eyes shut, sweating heavily. The pain was agonizing.
Suddenly, they saw blood seeping through his fingers and straight away tried calling the doctor. "NO!" Terry suddenly yelled. Everyone's head turned to him in surprise. It took every drop of his energy just to yell, he just managed a head shake when they looked at him in surprise. When he felt the cough subsiding, Terry rested his head against the pillow behind him and gasped for air. Mai and Lily took a few tissues and helped him wipe the blood away. Unfortunately, Terry was too persistent and insisted on doing it himself - and he did.
After catching his breath for a bit, he turned to Joe. "Water?" he mouthed, thanks to the last yell, his voice box was out of order at the moment. Joe stood dumb-founded for a minute before suddenly realizing he was standing with Terry's glass of water. Like Andy, Joe tried helping him but he took the glass and tried drinking himself. His grip wasn't strong enough though. The glass almost fell when he first tried to take it from Joe. It took him a few tries before actually holding the glass and drinking it, sip by sip, with great difficulty. As he finished drinking, Joe took the glass away and Terry gasped for air - again.
'Wow... even drinking takes a lot out of me... I can't imagine how I can manage walking to the bathroom!' Terry thought.
After the drinking trial, he turned to Andy and smiled as if trying to say, 'See? I told you I can do it myself.' Andy didn't say anything but looked at him worriedly. He was beginning to act like a dad.
Suddenly, Lily spoke. "Mr. Bogard... I'm very sorry... all this happened because of me. Please forgive me." she said, looking down. Terry was taken aback by this and motioned Joe to say something to her.
Joe understood and turned to her. "Hey, it's okay. What're men for if not for protecting women? Besides, Terry said he doesn't mind. Right Terry?" he asked, turning. Terry nodded and gave a thumb's up. Suddenly, he made a gesture of a phone with his hands and mouthed 'call' and then pointed to himself and mouthed 'me' and then mouthed 'Terry'.
"Sure. Thank you very, very much Terry." Lily said. And they kept him company the whole morning until the doctor (a new doctor) came to check on him. He groaned and chanted silently (in his head) 'I hate hospitals, I hate hospitals, I hate hospitals, I hate hospitals...'
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A few days later, in another hospital, in another prefecture, Ryuji Yamazaki was in a comatose condition and unlike Terry, he didn't ask for water and made anybody angry at him. Just sleep peacefully. A woman entered his ward with a bouquet of flowers. "Hi." She greeted. "Look, King sent you these flowers. I hope you'll thank her once you're up." She had long, black hair which she tied up in a ponytail (like Mai) and wearing a business-like suit (like Leona in KOF). Suddenly, she took out a bottle of ointment and tipped it into Ryuji's mouth. After a few minutes, Ryuji stirred and opened his eyes.
"Good morning." She said. "Slept well?"
"Yeah right." He said. "What's with the outfit, babe?" he asked, his throat dry.
"We have a job to do. Are you well enough?" she asked as she headed to the door.
"Give me 5 minutes." Ryuji replied, covering his head with the covers, yawning.
She shook her head and turned to leave. As she closed the door behind her, "How's he doin'?" a man asked her in a heavy British accent. She glanced at him.
"Fancy meeting you here, early in the morning, Mr. Kane."
"Well, what can I say? I have a new resolution this year." Then the man stopped and looked at her from head to toe. "Very nice. Going on a date?" he asked her mockingly.
"Very funny, Mr. Kane, don't you realise the importance of our next job?"
"Please, the name's Billy, only for you, beauty." He said, snaking his arms around her. She looked uneasy and looked around.
"Not now, people are looking." She whispered and tried pushing him away; he wouldn't budge an inch, in fact, he pulled her body closer to his.
"What?" he asked earnestly. "With the different face, does it mean a different person inside too?" he asked, whiningly.
The girl bit her lip and rolled her eyes. "I have to go now. I must investigate who was capable of doing this to the 'Orochi Ryuji'. I'll be back before dinner." She pecked him on the cheek and was about to go. Suddenly, he grabbed her and pulled her in a passionate kiss. It was a very hard kiss and she pulled away before he decided to 'borrow' any vacant ward in the hospital. They were both breathless and her face was all flushed-up. "I have to go. Bye." She said and went.
Billy looked at her retreating figure and traced his lips with his finger. "Sweet..." he said to himself.
Outside, the 'girl' was disturbed by his abrupt 'kiss'. "We've been together for a long time... been through a lot together but..." she stopped on a bridge and looked at the busy port whereby ships come and go, load and unload. "What's wrong with me?" she sighed and went off.
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P/s from Tyrant-Scizor:
I HATE YOU, SIS~~~~!!!!!
Dark Gemini: :p I understand you like Billy... but, couldn't you flame me or something?!?!?! Sheesh!
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Chill out whatcha yelling' for?
Lay back it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
you will see
I like you the way you are
When we're drivin' in your car
and you're talking to me one on one but you've become
Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me
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In Terry's hospital, "Terry, we brought you some... food... Terry?" Andy looked around and saw an empty room. Mai, who was right behind him, looked over his shoulder and saw a note on Terry's bed. 'See ya' bro! Terry.' Andy shook in anger as he read the note and then crumpled it. "TERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mai sweatdropped and stuffed his mouth with the meat bun they bought for Terry.
"This is the hospital, Andy. No screaming." She said. Andy sighed in defeat and ate the meat bun.
"Why does he have to go and make things so complicated...?"
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Terry was walking outside, whistling. He thought he heard Andy scream out his name like he always did when he's frustrated or angry about something. He went to a train station and entered. He needed some time alone.
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
The girl was walking down the bridge and entered a train station to go to another prefecture, as she waited for the train, the tried to think who could have injure her friend so severely but, Billy Kane kept on filling her head. She shook her head to get the thoughts off of her brain.
Life's like this you
And you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
and promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
As she entered the train, which was not fully occupied, she decided to take a seat and think it over. Probably also to calm herself down.
On the other hand, Terry saw the girl enter the train. As he looked at her (though she didn't see him) he thought he's seen her from somewhere. Then, something rang a bell. A scene when he was sullenly drinking and a girl walking to the stage giving her back to him flashed. 'It's her.' Terry thought.
Unconsciously, he walked over to her. Not knowing why. He just did.
Meanwhile, she was sitting and thinking. "I sure hope I know what I'm doing... whatever this project is doing, I just hope no one else will get involved..."
"Excuse me, miss." She turned and came face to face with the ever famous Terry Bogard. She paled. 'TERRY?!?!?' she screamed mentally.
You come over unannounced
dressed up like you're somethin' else
where you are and where it's at you see
you're making me
"Oh, hello... um... uh... hi." She finally stuttered. 'Oh, smooth girl.' She thought to herself sarcastically. She managed a small laugh. "Uh... may I help you... sir?"
laugh out when you strike your pose
take off all your preppy clothes
you know you're not fooling anyone
when you've become
Somebody else round everyone else
"No. It's just, have we met? In a bar, perhaps." It sounded more of a statement but she just took it as a question anyway.
'Oh, I'm acting silly!! He doesn't even know me!' she thought silently. "Um, yeah. We did." She said, suddenly straightening up. "Why?"
Watching your back, like you can't relax
Terry suddenly felt his broken legs stiffen up and his chest (lungs rather) hurt. He took a seat next to her and tried to breath in an unobvious manner. She took it wrongly though. She flushed up.
Trying to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
and You fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
"Um, uh... the, weather's pretty cool, don't you think?" she turned just in time to see him hunch down, coughing ferociously. "Hey, are you okay...?" he held up his hand. "No, you're not okay."
"I'm fine. Just, a cold." He said, quickly hiding a tissue and prayed no blood stain is left on his face. "I gotta' get going." He said and stood up to leave when the train screeched to a halt.
"Wait." The girl said. "I'm stopping here too. May I tag along with you?"
He thought about it for a moment before nodding a yes. "Sure. You don't have to if you don't want to. Trust me, the place I'm heading is boring."
"I don't mind at all. So, you're a traveling fighter huh?"
"How did you know?" Terry asked her, raising an eyebrow.
"Everybody knows you, Terry Bogard." She beamed.
"... I don't know why, for some reason, you remind me of a friend." He smiled.
"Oh? Do I? She must be a lucky girl, isn't she?" she glanced at him as they walked along a path to a temple a distant away from town.
"Hmph. No girls are lucky to befriend me. They just end up getting hurt... and dead." He replied sadly but hid it.
"... I knew that too." Terry suddenly stopped walking, shocked. "Who are you?" he asked with full of curiousity. This girl suddenly showed up in the bar and as suddenly as she showed up, knows a lot about him. Even his love life. How?
She inhaled deeply and turned to face him. "Let's just say, I understand you because we go through the same thing." She walked to him and offered a hand. "Friends?"
Terry looked at her for a moment and smiled. "Friends." He said and kissed her hand, a very gentleman gesture.
'What a lady killer.' She thought and smiled at him. Then, they walked to the temple. Suddenly, she grabbed his arm and clung onto him like a bride to a groom style. "Say, would you like to have some coffee or something? There's a bus over there which go to town." She pointed to a bus in a distant.
Terry just gave a small shrug. "Sure. If you want to."
"Let's go." She pulled him to the bus and Terry just followed.
"Hey, I didn't catch your name." He suddenly said.
"My name?" she thought for a moment. "Call me May"
"May? Thanks for the 'treat'." Terry smiled.
"Treat? Oh, the water. No problem." She winked.
To Be Continued...
As usual, leave a review and as promised, this chapter is more interesting than the last so, I hope to get a review for this! I mean it!! I better!!! I MUST!!!!!
It was morning again. This time, they didn't wake up to go downstairs for breakfast - or maybe later, but woke up to the sight of their dear friend in a hospital bed. Andy stretched as he woke up and discovered a stiff back.
'Ouch... my poor, poor back... and to think I'm only 23...' Andy sighed and looked at his brother. He was still asleep, very peaceful but... the mask was not on his face any longer. It was on his hand. Andy narrowed his eyes. "Terry?" he tried testing his brother. Terry was still sleeping, his chest moving up and down in a regular rhythm and the IV machine still blinking regularly. Though Terry doesn't go to the hospital for his injuries much but he sure knows his brother hates to be treated like he's wounded - not that his injuries weren't proof enough. He tried again. "Terry?"
Suddenly, Terry inhaled and smiled. "Morning. Slept well?" he asked in a very weak voice that Andy's heart cringed at the sound of it. He's never heard his brother's voice like that before. Terry opened his eyes and looked at Andy. "Mind giving me some water?" he made a face, indicating he was in great need of water. Andy rushed to the side table and poured him a glass of water.
Terry tried sitting up but Andy saw this and stopped him before he could try anything. "Listen, Terry, the doctor said you have broken ribs and massive internal injuries. It's a miracle you can even talk since your lungs are bleeding that you coughed blood practically all night last night. I think the nurse also told me both your legs and a few other bones are broken. We wouldn't want anything worse to happen now do we?" Andy asked his older brother, who looked like a younger brother now sternly.
Terry looked at him cluelessly. "I coughed? ...Blood?" he seemed to speak with a lot of difficulties and his voice was quivering. Andy just nodded. It hurts him to see Terry looking so pale and battered.
"Just stop talking. It'll make your injuries worse." Andy tipped the glass to Terry's lips but the water just spilled down the pillow. Terry shut his lips tightly and put up an annoyed look. Andy rolled his eyes. "What is it now?" he asked, exasperated.
"I'll drink... myself..." Terry said, demandingly.
Again, Andy rolled his eyes. "You are so damn stubborn! Look, you can't even breathe properly much less talk or move!" Terry just looked at him as if he was bored. It wasn't the first time his little brother lecturing him about health anyway. Thanks to Andy's loudness, the other 3 woke up. And like Andy, they were surprised to see him awake - without the mask.
"Terry!"
"How are you feeling?" Mai asked. Terry gave her a thumb's up. Then, she turned to Andy. His face told her he was angry because he had that familiar shade of red on his face even though he put on a fake cool façade. "Andy? Are YOU all right?" she turned to him. Andy didn't say anything.
Mai, Joe and Lily looked at each other and shrugged. Joe just shrugged it off, 'Must be the usual worry-over-health-quarrel' he messaged them with his face.
Terry looked at Joe, "Can I have some water?" he asked with his normal voice that Andy's head snapped up at him in surprise. Terry avoided Andy's gaze.
"Sure." As Joe turned to pour him some water, Andy noticed him trying to suppress a cough. Then, tiredly, he turned to Mai.
"Could you help me... sit up? ... please?" he asked, gasping in between. Now, Mai realized why Andy looked so angry just now. Lily looked at Mai and Andy. Mai nodded at her. As they helped him sit up, Terry suddenly felt an electrifying jolt of pain at his back. "UGH..!!!!!" he squeezed his eyes shut and gritted his teeth trying to suppress the pain. Mai and Lily were both shocked while Joe and Andy almost dropped the glass they were holding.
Andy quickly put down the glass on his hand and helped hold Terry up while Mai and Lily put the bed in a sitting position. When Terry was in a sitting position, he looked as if he was in great pain trying to control his cough. All of them noticed it this time. He was covering his mouth and squeezing his eyes shut, sweating heavily. The pain was agonizing.
Suddenly, they saw blood seeping through his fingers and straight away tried calling the doctor. "NO!" Terry suddenly yelled. Everyone's head turned to him in surprise. It took every drop of his energy just to yell, he just managed a head shake when they looked at him in surprise. When he felt the cough subsiding, Terry rested his head against the pillow behind him and gasped for air. Mai and Lily took a few tissues and helped him wipe the blood away. Unfortunately, Terry was too persistent and insisted on doing it himself - and he did.
After catching his breath for a bit, he turned to Joe. "Water?" he mouthed, thanks to the last yell, his voice box was out of order at the moment. Joe stood dumb-founded for a minute before suddenly realizing he was standing with Terry's glass of water. Like Andy, Joe tried helping him but he took the glass and tried drinking himself. His grip wasn't strong enough though. The glass almost fell when he first tried to take it from Joe. It took him a few tries before actually holding the glass and drinking it, sip by sip, with great difficulty. As he finished drinking, Joe took the glass away and Terry gasped for air - again.
'Wow... even drinking takes a lot out of me... I can't imagine how I can manage walking to the bathroom!' Terry thought.
After the drinking trial, he turned to Andy and smiled as if trying to say, 'See? I told you I can do it myself.' Andy didn't say anything but looked at him worriedly. He was beginning to act like a dad.
Suddenly, Lily spoke. "Mr. Bogard... I'm very sorry... all this happened because of me. Please forgive me." she said, looking down. Terry was taken aback by this and motioned Joe to say something to her.
Joe understood and turned to her. "Hey, it's okay. What're men for if not for protecting women? Besides, Terry said he doesn't mind. Right Terry?" he asked, turning. Terry nodded and gave a thumb's up. Suddenly, he made a gesture of a phone with his hands and mouthed 'call' and then pointed to himself and mouthed 'me' and then mouthed 'Terry'.
"Sure. Thank you very, very much Terry." Lily said. And they kept him company the whole morning until the doctor (a new doctor) came to check on him. He groaned and chanted silently (in his head) 'I hate hospitals, I hate hospitals, I hate hospitals, I hate hospitals...'
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A few days later, in another hospital, in another prefecture, Ryuji Yamazaki was in a comatose condition and unlike Terry, he didn't ask for water and made anybody angry at him. Just sleep peacefully. A woman entered his ward with a bouquet of flowers. "Hi." She greeted. "Look, King sent you these flowers. I hope you'll thank her once you're up." She had long, black hair which she tied up in a ponytail (like Mai) and wearing a business-like suit (like Leona in KOF). Suddenly, she took out a bottle of ointment and tipped it into Ryuji's mouth. After a few minutes, Ryuji stirred and opened his eyes.
"Good morning." She said. "Slept well?"
"Yeah right." He said. "What's with the outfit, babe?" he asked, his throat dry.
"We have a job to do. Are you well enough?" she asked as she headed to the door.
"Give me 5 minutes." Ryuji replied, covering his head with the covers, yawning.
She shook her head and turned to leave. As she closed the door behind her, "How's he doin'?" a man asked her in a heavy British accent. She glanced at him.
"Fancy meeting you here, early in the morning, Mr. Kane."
"Well, what can I say? I have a new resolution this year." Then the man stopped and looked at her from head to toe. "Very nice. Going on a date?" he asked her mockingly.
"Very funny, Mr. Kane, don't you realise the importance of our next job?"
"Please, the name's Billy, only for you, beauty." He said, snaking his arms around her. She looked uneasy and looked around.
"Not now, people are looking." She whispered and tried pushing him away; he wouldn't budge an inch, in fact, he pulled her body closer to his.
"What?" he asked earnestly. "With the different face, does it mean a different person inside too?" he asked, whiningly.
The girl bit her lip and rolled her eyes. "I have to go now. I must investigate who was capable of doing this to the 'Orochi Ryuji'. I'll be back before dinner." She pecked him on the cheek and was about to go. Suddenly, he grabbed her and pulled her in a passionate kiss. It was a very hard kiss and she pulled away before he decided to 'borrow' any vacant ward in the hospital. They were both breathless and her face was all flushed-up. "I have to go. Bye." She said and went.
Billy looked at her retreating figure and traced his lips with his finger. "Sweet..." he said to himself.
Outside, the 'girl' was disturbed by his abrupt 'kiss'. "We've been together for a long time... been through a lot together but..." she stopped on a bridge and looked at the busy port whereby ships come and go, load and unload. "What's wrong with me?" she sighed and went off.
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P/s from Tyrant-Scizor:
I HATE YOU, SIS~~~~!!!!!
Dark Gemini: :p I understand you like Billy... but, couldn't you flame me or something?!?!?! Sheesh!
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Chill out whatcha yelling' for?
Lay back it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
you will see
I like you the way you are
When we're drivin' in your car
and you're talking to me one on one but you've become
Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me
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In Terry's hospital, "Terry, we brought you some... food... Terry?" Andy looked around and saw an empty room. Mai, who was right behind him, looked over his shoulder and saw a note on Terry's bed. 'See ya' bro! Terry.' Andy shook in anger as he read the note and then crumpled it. "TERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mai sweatdropped and stuffed his mouth with the meat bun they bought for Terry.
"This is the hospital, Andy. No screaming." She said. Andy sighed in defeat and ate the meat bun.
"Why does he have to go and make things so complicated...?"
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Terry was walking outside, whistling. He thought he heard Andy scream out his name like he always did when he's frustrated or angry about something. He went to a train station and entered. He needed some time alone.
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
The girl was walking down the bridge and entered a train station to go to another prefecture, as she waited for the train, the tried to think who could have injure her friend so severely but, Billy Kane kept on filling her head. She shook her head to get the thoughts off of her brain.
Life's like this you
And you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
and promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
As she entered the train, which was not fully occupied, she decided to take a seat and think it over. Probably also to calm herself down.
On the other hand, Terry saw the girl enter the train. As he looked at her (though she didn't see him) he thought he's seen her from somewhere. Then, something rang a bell. A scene when he was sullenly drinking and a girl walking to the stage giving her back to him flashed. 'It's her.' Terry thought.
Unconsciously, he walked over to her. Not knowing why. He just did.
Meanwhile, she was sitting and thinking. "I sure hope I know what I'm doing... whatever this project is doing, I just hope no one else will get involved..."
"Excuse me, miss." She turned and came face to face with the ever famous Terry Bogard. She paled. 'TERRY?!?!?' she screamed mentally.
You come over unannounced
dressed up like you're somethin' else
where you are and where it's at you see
you're making me
"Oh, hello... um... uh... hi." She finally stuttered. 'Oh, smooth girl.' She thought to herself sarcastically. She managed a small laugh. "Uh... may I help you... sir?"
laugh out when you strike your pose
take off all your preppy clothes
you know you're not fooling anyone
when you've become
Somebody else round everyone else
"No. It's just, have we met? In a bar, perhaps." It sounded more of a statement but she just took it as a question anyway.
'Oh, I'm acting silly!! He doesn't even know me!' she thought silently. "Um, yeah. We did." She said, suddenly straightening up. "Why?"
Watching your back, like you can't relax
Terry suddenly felt his broken legs stiffen up and his chest (lungs rather) hurt. He took a seat next to her and tried to breath in an unobvious manner. She took it wrongly though. She flushed up.
Trying to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
and You fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
"Um, uh... the, weather's pretty cool, don't you think?" she turned just in time to see him hunch down, coughing ferociously. "Hey, are you okay...?" he held up his hand. "No, you're not okay."
"I'm fine. Just, a cold." He said, quickly hiding a tissue and prayed no blood stain is left on his face. "I gotta' get going." He said and stood up to leave when the train screeched to a halt.
"Wait." The girl said. "I'm stopping here too. May I tag along with you?"
He thought about it for a moment before nodding a yes. "Sure. You don't have to if you don't want to. Trust me, the place I'm heading is boring."
"I don't mind at all. So, you're a traveling fighter huh?"
"How did you know?" Terry asked her, raising an eyebrow.
"Everybody knows you, Terry Bogard." She beamed.
"... I don't know why, for some reason, you remind me of a friend." He smiled.
"Oh? Do I? She must be a lucky girl, isn't she?" she glanced at him as they walked along a path to a temple a distant away from town.
"Hmph. No girls are lucky to befriend me. They just end up getting hurt... and dead." He replied sadly but hid it.
"... I knew that too." Terry suddenly stopped walking, shocked. "Who are you?" he asked with full of curiousity. This girl suddenly showed up in the bar and as suddenly as she showed up, knows a lot about him. Even his love life. How?
She inhaled deeply and turned to face him. "Let's just say, I understand you because we go through the same thing." She walked to him and offered a hand. "Friends?"
Terry looked at her for a moment and smiled. "Friends." He said and kissed her hand, a very gentleman gesture.
'What a lady killer.' She thought and smiled at him. Then, they walked to the temple. Suddenly, she grabbed his arm and clung onto him like a bride to a groom style. "Say, would you like to have some coffee or something? There's a bus over there which go to town." She pointed to a bus in a distant.
Terry just gave a small shrug. "Sure. If you want to."
"Let's go." She pulled him to the bus and Terry just followed.
"Hey, I didn't catch your name." He suddenly said.
"My name?" she thought for a moment. "Call me May"
"May? Thanks for the 'treat'." Terry smiled.
"Treat? Oh, the water. No problem." She winked.
To Be Continued...
As usual, leave a review and as promised, this chapter is more interesting than the last so, I hope to get a review for this! I mean it!! I better!!! I MUST!!!!!