Chapter six: Vs. Youth
Link and Zelda were now hanging out with the Rescuer Team in their locker room. While Joe was talking with Zelda, Choi had a talk with Link.
"So, you're telling me that you managed to defeat a giant dragon, a pair of witches, a phantom and an evil thief all with that sword you've got there?"
"And that was all on one adventure." Link replied. Link was silent for a few seconds. "How has Malon been since she left?"
"She's been doing great inside the ring, but out of the ring, she's been acting depressed." Choi explained.
"I can see why." Link said. "Her father died, the ranch closed, and I took her favourite horse like it was nothing."
"It's not just that." Choi said. "I know the feeling. She's looking for love."
"Really?!" Link asked, eyes wide.
"Yep. She's said that she's had a crush on you, but now that you've married, she's got no hope with you."
Link lowered his head in guilt. "I can't believe it. I feel so horrible."
"Don't worry about it." Choi said. "Look over there."
Choi pointed to a bench, and Link turned to it, seeing Malon and Billy sitting on it.
"Billy?" Malon asked.
"Yeah, Malon?" Billy asked.
"I don't understand." Malon said. "I'm glad that Link and Zelda are here, but at the same time, I feel as depressed as I was when I left Hyrule."
"You feel alone." Billy explained.
Malon looked at Billy. "I guess so. Seeing such a happy couple as Link and Zelda, I guess I feel upset that I don't have anyone to love me." She was silent for a few seconds. "How'd you know?"
"Just a gut instinct." Billy explained. "But I have a feeling that your true love may be closer than you think."
"Why?" Malon asked. "Who could possibly love a horse lover like me?"
Billy gulped. It was now or never.
"I would." Billy said.
Malon's head sprang up as she turned her head around to face Billy.
"What did you just say?" Malon squeaked.
"You heard me right, Malon." Billy said. "I love you."
Malon couldn't believe what she was hearing. Someone, not even from her own time, actually loved her!
"I-I-I don't know what to say." Malon said.
"You don't have to say anything, Malon." Billy said. "And I'll understand if you don't love me back. I'm just glad that I finally got it off my chest."
Billy looked at the clock on the wall.
"We'd better get going." Billy said. "This'll be our final fight, and if we win, we'll challenge the man who's going to fight the winners."
As Billy stood up and walked away from the bench, Malon stared at him, thinking about the words he had said.
"I don't believe it." Malon thought. "Billy actually loves me! But do I love him back?" Malon stood up. "I guess I'll just have to wait and see."
"Joe. Choi. Come on. The finals await." Billy said, grabbing his staff, which was leaning against the wall.
Link and Zelda said that they'd watch the finals on the locker room TV as the Rescuer Team left the room and walked towards the stadium.
Malon, Billy, Joe and Choi walked into the arena and waited for the announcer to speak up.
"Rescuer Team, please step onto platform one." The announcer said.
The Rescuer Team did as they were told, and as soon as they stepped onto the platform, they vanished.
Malon opened her eyes. She found herself standing on a street, where many people were watching.
"Hey, isn't this the USA Sports Team's old arena?" Choi asked.
Suddenly, the other team appeared on the arena: Shingo Yabuki, Kasumi Todoh, Chris and Li Xiangfei. A team of youths. Malon immediately recognized Shingo as the boy she collided with when she first arrived in Southtown.
"Hey, look at this!" Billy laughed. "Ol' Shingo's got his own team!"
"Isn't Chris dead?" Joe asked.
"This shouldn't be so hard." Choi said.
"Don't be so sure." Shingo said. "In the first round, we managed to beat the Female Team."
"And in the second round," Kasumi continued. "We pounded the AOF Team into the floor!"
"And if that weren't enough," Chris continued. "In the last round, we beat the snot out of the Hero Team!"
"So, who's going first?" Xiangfei asked.
"I might as well." Shingo said.
"I'll go second." Kasumi said.
"I might as well go third." Chris said.
Meanwhile,
"Okay, team order is Shingo, Kasumi, Chris." Billy said.
"I'll go first for a change." Malon said.
"I call seconds!" Choi said.
"I'll finish the fight, then." Billy said.
Everyone wished Malon luck as the Hylian jumped into the arena to face Shingo. When he saw her, Shingo's eyes sprang open.
"Oh, man! I remember you!" Shingo said.
"Yeah. You and I literally ran into each other when I arrived in Southtown." Malon laughed. She then got into a stance. "Let's fight. I want to see what you've got."
Shingo gulped. "I don't want to hurt you, but if you insist."
"FIGHT!"
Malon and Shingo darted at each other. Malon leapt into the air, landing a flying kick to Shingo's face. Shingo quickly countered with an uppercut. Malon landed on her back, but jumped to her feet. Shingo charged at Malon, but she simply zoomed past Shingo, jumped into the air and slammed her fists into Shingo's back. Shingo quickly spun around, doing a kick at the same time. Shingo's foot made contact with Malon's face. Shingo then threw three quick punches to Malon's stomach. After recovering, Malon leapt into the air and spun around, nailing Shingo a few times with her feet. Suddenly, Malon's fist flashed. She charged forward and grabbed Shingo. She pulled her fist back.
"I'm sorry!" Malon said as she thrust her fist into Shingo's face. The hit took a healthy bite out of Shingo's energy, and the boy was sent to the ground.
Shingo leapt to his feet. "Xiangfei! Let's do this!"
"Oh, goodie!" Xiangfei said gleefully as she leapt into the arena.
Xiangfei cupped her hands together as, much to Malon's surprise, a small beam of energy fired from them. Malon was injured by the attack and recoiled as Xiangfei left the arena. Shingo then leapt towards Malon and kicked her in the face. Shingo jumped back as both his fists flashed.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Shingo screamed as he charged towards Malon, going so fast that he left a blue blur as he moved. Shingo grabbed Malon and started throwing rapid punches to her stomach, not giving her a chance to block or counter.
As soon as Shingo had stopped, Malon felt herself growing weak. She knew that she had been defeated, so she allowed herself to collapse to the ground.
"KO! Shingo wins!"
"Malon!" Billy cried as he tore into the arena and arrived at Malon's side.
"Oh, no!" Shingo cried as he too rushed to Malon's side. "What have I done?!"
Malon groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. When her eyes were fully open, she found herself staring up at Billy and Shingo. Malon, much to everyone's surprise, chuckled.
"You're good, Shingo." Malon said. "Really good."
"Are you alright, Malon?" Billy asked as he helped Malon up.
"I'm fine." Malon said as she was ushered off the arena. "I've just never met anyone with Shingo's skills before."
As soon as Billy had gotten Malon off the arena, Choi jumped into the arena. Both fighters were silent.
"FIGHT!"
Both fighters charged at each other. Shingo attempted a running tackle, but Choi saw this coming. The midget jumped over Shingo and took a slash at his back. Choi landed on the ground and pointed at Shingo.
"Joe! Show him that we don't take too kindly to him beating up our teammates!" Choi said.
"I hear ya!" Joe said as he jumped into the arena.
Joe lashed out his arm, sending out a typhoon. Shingo was lifted off the ground, as Choi jumped after him and slashed at Shingo. While this was happening, Joe had left the arena. As soon as Shingo landed on the ground, Choi's claws flashed. Choi spun around countless times, taking multiple bites out of Shingo's energy. As soon as Choi finished, Shingo collapsed.
"KO! Perfect! Choi wins!"
Shingo was dragged off the arena as Kasumi leapt in.
"Ready, Choi?" Kasumi asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Choi said.
"FIGHT!"
Choi leapt at Kasumi, but Kasumi saw him coming. She lashed out her arms, sending our two short waves of energy, canceling the attack and injuring Choi. Choi quickly spun around, slashing Kasumi a few times. Kasumi fell on her back, but quickly sprang to her feet. Kasumi leapt into the air, as did Choi. Both fighters tried to kick each other, but each only managed to hit each others foot. Both fighters landed on the ground, and advanced on each other. Choi managed to slash Kasumi twice before Kasumi did her energy attack again, sending Choi back. Choi sprang to his feet.
"Joe! Help me out!"
"Will do!" Joe said as he charged into the arena.
"Xiangfei! Let's show em what we got!" Kasumi said.
"Okay!" Xiangfei said as she jumped into the arena.
Joe landed in the arena and lashed out a typhoon, but at the same time, Xiangfei jumped in, cupped her hands and let out an energy beam. Joe's typhoon lifted Kasumi off the ground, but Xiangfei's beam plowed into Choi's stomach. Both fighters were now near defeat.
"I'll win this!" Choi shouted. "Prepare to lose!"
"Not on my account!" Kasumi countered.
Both fighters lunged at each other. Choi leapt into the air and prepared for a downward slash while Kasumi prepared for her energy attack. Choi managed to slash Kasumi, but he did so as soon as Kasumi lashed out her energy attack. Both fighters were attacked, and the each fell to the ground.
"DOUBLE KO!"
As Joe dragged Choi off the arena, Malon looked at Billy. "Billy, you're the last fighter. You have to win this."
"Don't worry." Billy said. "I know my sister would be counting on me if she was here."
Billy leapt into the arena, facing off against Chris. The small boy snickered.
"You look tough." Chris said as he got into his stance.
"I still find it weird to see you alive." Billy said.
"FIGHT!"
Billy leapt into the air in an attempt to bring his staff down on Chris' head, but the boy blocked the move, then quickly tripped Billy with his feet. Billy quickly shot to his feet and plunged his staff into Chris' stomach. Chris suddenly shot forward quickly and struck Billy with his fist. Billy retaliated with a flying kick followed by a staff uppercut.
"Joe! Stall him for a second!" Billy said.
"I got it!" Joe replied.
Joe jumped into the arena and lashed out his arm, sending a typhoon at Chris. Chris was sent into the air, and while that happened, Billy charged underneath the boy. As soon as Chris landed on the ground, Billy's staff flashed. Billy spun his staff around in circles, igniting it in flames. Every time Billy spun his staff, Chris was hit. Suddenly, Billy lashed out his staff, sending the ring of fire out. It attacked Chris, burning him. Chris stood up as his hand flashed. Chris dashed forward, attacking the air with his palm every split second. He managed to attack Billy during the first few attacks, so Billy was damaged greatly once the move finished. Both fighters were almost defeated.
"I have to win this!" Billy shouted. "I'm gonna do this for Lilly!"
Bily lashed out his staff as it extended into three pieces. The extra-long staff attacked Chris, stalling him. Billy used this opportunity to lunge forward and attack three times with his staff. The power from Billy's staff was enough to make Chris collapse.
"KO! Billy wins! Rescuer Team wins!"
The Rescuer Team didn't have time to celebrate, as they all vanished.
The team appeared again, back at the stadium. The fans were screaming wildly, as the Rescuer Team had just won the tournament.
"Presenting the Rescuer Team, the KOF 2003 winners!" The announcer shouted.
As everyone in the stands gave Billy, Joe, Malon and Choi a standing ovation, a man with a microphone and a man with a camera rushed over to them.
"Rescuer Team!" The reporter said. "How does it feel to be the winners of the tournament?"
"It feels great!" Billy said. "But we're not done yet."
"That's right." The reporter said. "As we speak, there is a helicopter being prepared for you to take your trip to face off with the founder of the tournament." He then turned to Malon. "Miss, you've managed to win the tournament on you first year! How do YOU feel about this?"
"I can't believe it!" Malon said. "I've never had this many people cheering for me before!"
"Uh...I'd like to say something." Billy said. The reporter turned his microphone to him. "We entered this tournament to win, but NOT for the prize money. We did it to help someone very close to me." Billy grabbed the microphone and held it closer to his face. "Geese, if you're listening, we've won the tournament, and are about to fight the founder. So, you'd better prepare to let her go." Billy raised his voice to shouting level, as if to make sure that everyone heard. "IF YOU HARM ONE HAIR ON LILLY'S HEAD, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"
Malon watched as Billy made his little speech. She suddenly felt a feeling about Billy that she never felt before. Maybe she DID love Billy...
Meanwhile,
In a cold, dark room, somewhere in a tower in Southtown, a blonde-haired girl sat alone, staring out the barred window on the far wall.
Lilly Kane sighed. She was worried sick about Billy, and scared stiff, wondering about what Geese was going to do to her if Billy's team lost.
Suddenly, Lilly heard the door to the room open, followed by footsteps.
"I have some news for you." The visitor said.
Lilly shuddered at the cold tone in the man's voice. She didn't even need to turn around to know it was Geese.
"What?" Lilly asked, her voice holding no emotion.
"You brother's team won the tournament." Geese replied.
Lilly spun around, staring at Geese with a hopeful glare. "Really?!" She asked. "That means that they can save me!"
"Maybe so, but that doesn't mean that I'm releasing you before they get back with my information."
"I don't care as long as you don't try to double cross them!" Lilly snapped. "Because if you double cross Billy, he'll be on you like a hawk!" Lilly was silent for a few seconds. "But I guess you've already done that by kidnapping me in the first place!"
Geese let out a loud laugh. "Don't make me laugh, girl! A long as I have you, your brother can do nothing to harm me."
Without another word, Geese left the room, leaving Lilly alone.
"Please, Billy." Lilly said to herself. "Help me."
To be continued...
Link and Zelda were now hanging out with the Rescuer Team in their locker room. While Joe was talking with Zelda, Choi had a talk with Link.
"So, you're telling me that you managed to defeat a giant dragon, a pair of witches, a phantom and an evil thief all with that sword you've got there?"
"And that was all on one adventure." Link replied. Link was silent for a few seconds. "How has Malon been since she left?"
"She's been doing great inside the ring, but out of the ring, she's been acting depressed." Choi explained.
"I can see why." Link said. "Her father died, the ranch closed, and I took her favourite horse like it was nothing."
"It's not just that." Choi said. "I know the feeling. She's looking for love."
"Really?!" Link asked, eyes wide.
"Yep. She's said that she's had a crush on you, but now that you've married, she's got no hope with you."
Link lowered his head in guilt. "I can't believe it. I feel so horrible."
"Don't worry about it." Choi said. "Look over there."
Choi pointed to a bench, and Link turned to it, seeing Malon and Billy sitting on it.
"Billy?" Malon asked.
"Yeah, Malon?" Billy asked.
"I don't understand." Malon said. "I'm glad that Link and Zelda are here, but at the same time, I feel as depressed as I was when I left Hyrule."
"You feel alone." Billy explained.
Malon looked at Billy. "I guess so. Seeing such a happy couple as Link and Zelda, I guess I feel upset that I don't have anyone to love me." She was silent for a few seconds. "How'd you know?"
"Just a gut instinct." Billy explained. "But I have a feeling that your true love may be closer than you think."
"Why?" Malon asked. "Who could possibly love a horse lover like me?"
Billy gulped. It was now or never.
"I would." Billy said.
Malon's head sprang up as she turned her head around to face Billy.
"What did you just say?" Malon squeaked.
"You heard me right, Malon." Billy said. "I love you."
Malon couldn't believe what she was hearing. Someone, not even from her own time, actually loved her!
"I-I-I don't know what to say." Malon said.
"You don't have to say anything, Malon." Billy said. "And I'll understand if you don't love me back. I'm just glad that I finally got it off my chest."
Billy looked at the clock on the wall.
"We'd better get going." Billy said. "This'll be our final fight, and if we win, we'll challenge the man who's going to fight the winners."
As Billy stood up and walked away from the bench, Malon stared at him, thinking about the words he had said.
"I don't believe it." Malon thought. "Billy actually loves me! But do I love him back?" Malon stood up. "I guess I'll just have to wait and see."
"Joe. Choi. Come on. The finals await." Billy said, grabbing his staff, which was leaning against the wall.
Link and Zelda said that they'd watch the finals on the locker room TV as the Rescuer Team left the room and walked towards the stadium.
Malon, Billy, Joe and Choi walked into the arena and waited for the announcer to speak up.
"Rescuer Team, please step onto platform one." The announcer said.
The Rescuer Team did as they were told, and as soon as they stepped onto the platform, they vanished.
Malon opened her eyes. She found herself standing on a street, where many people were watching.
"Hey, isn't this the USA Sports Team's old arena?" Choi asked.
Suddenly, the other team appeared on the arena: Shingo Yabuki, Kasumi Todoh, Chris and Li Xiangfei. A team of youths. Malon immediately recognized Shingo as the boy she collided with when she first arrived in Southtown.
"Hey, look at this!" Billy laughed. "Ol' Shingo's got his own team!"
"Isn't Chris dead?" Joe asked.
"This shouldn't be so hard." Choi said.
"Don't be so sure." Shingo said. "In the first round, we managed to beat the Female Team."
"And in the second round," Kasumi continued. "We pounded the AOF Team into the floor!"
"And if that weren't enough," Chris continued. "In the last round, we beat the snot out of the Hero Team!"
"So, who's going first?" Xiangfei asked.
"I might as well." Shingo said.
"I'll go second." Kasumi said.
"I might as well go third." Chris said.
Meanwhile,
"Okay, team order is Shingo, Kasumi, Chris." Billy said.
"I'll go first for a change." Malon said.
"I call seconds!" Choi said.
"I'll finish the fight, then." Billy said.
Everyone wished Malon luck as the Hylian jumped into the arena to face Shingo. When he saw her, Shingo's eyes sprang open.
"Oh, man! I remember you!" Shingo said.
"Yeah. You and I literally ran into each other when I arrived in Southtown." Malon laughed. She then got into a stance. "Let's fight. I want to see what you've got."
Shingo gulped. "I don't want to hurt you, but if you insist."
"FIGHT!"
Malon and Shingo darted at each other. Malon leapt into the air, landing a flying kick to Shingo's face. Shingo quickly countered with an uppercut. Malon landed on her back, but jumped to her feet. Shingo charged at Malon, but she simply zoomed past Shingo, jumped into the air and slammed her fists into Shingo's back. Shingo quickly spun around, doing a kick at the same time. Shingo's foot made contact with Malon's face. Shingo then threw three quick punches to Malon's stomach. After recovering, Malon leapt into the air and spun around, nailing Shingo a few times with her feet. Suddenly, Malon's fist flashed. She charged forward and grabbed Shingo. She pulled her fist back.
"I'm sorry!" Malon said as she thrust her fist into Shingo's face. The hit took a healthy bite out of Shingo's energy, and the boy was sent to the ground.
Shingo leapt to his feet. "Xiangfei! Let's do this!"
"Oh, goodie!" Xiangfei said gleefully as she leapt into the arena.
Xiangfei cupped her hands together as, much to Malon's surprise, a small beam of energy fired from them. Malon was injured by the attack and recoiled as Xiangfei left the arena. Shingo then leapt towards Malon and kicked her in the face. Shingo jumped back as both his fists flashed.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Shingo screamed as he charged towards Malon, going so fast that he left a blue blur as he moved. Shingo grabbed Malon and started throwing rapid punches to her stomach, not giving her a chance to block or counter.
As soon as Shingo had stopped, Malon felt herself growing weak. She knew that she had been defeated, so she allowed herself to collapse to the ground.
"KO! Shingo wins!"
"Malon!" Billy cried as he tore into the arena and arrived at Malon's side.
"Oh, no!" Shingo cried as he too rushed to Malon's side. "What have I done?!"
Malon groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. When her eyes were fully open, she found herself staring up at Billy and Shingo. Malon, much to everyone's surprise, chuckled.
"You're good, Shingo." Malon said. "Really good."
"Are you alright, Malon?" Billy asked as he helped Malon up.
"I'm fine." Malon said as she was ushered off the arena. "I've just never met anyone with Shingo's skills before."
As soon as Billy had gotten Malon off the arena, Choi jumped into the arena. Both fighters were silent.
"FIGHT!"
Both fighters charged at each other. Shingo attempted a running tackle, but Choi saw this coming. The midget jumped over Shingo and took a slash at his back. Choi landed on the ground and pointed at Shingo.
"Joe! Show him that we don't take too kindly to him beating up our teammates!" Choi said.
"I hear ya!" Joe said as he jumped into the arena.
Joe lashed out his arm, sending out a typhoon. Shingo was lifted off the ground, as Choi jumped after him and slashed at Shingo. While this was happening, Joe had left the arena. As soon as Shingo landed on the ground, Choi's claws flashed. Choi spun around countless times, taking multiple bites out of Shingo's energy. As soon as Choi finished, Shingo collapsed.
"KO! Perfect! Choi wins!"
Shingo was dragged off the arena as Kasumi leapt in.
"Ready, Choi?" Kasumi asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Choi said.
"FIGHT!"
Choi leapt at Kasumi, but Kasumi saw him coming. She lashed out her arms, sending our two short waves of energy, canceling the attack and injuring Choi. Choi quickly spun around, slashing Kasumi a few times. Kasumi fell on her back, but quickly sprang to her feet. Kasumi leapt into the air, as did Choi. Both fighters tried to kick each other, but each only managed to hit each others foot. Both fighters landed on the ground, and advanced on each other. Choi managed to slash Kasumi twice before Kasumi did her energy attack again, sending Choi back. Choi sprang to his feet.
"Joe! Help me out!"
"Will do!" Joe said as he charged into the arena.
"Xiangfei! Let's show em what we got!" Kasumi said.
"Okay!" Xiangfei said as she jumped into the arena.
Joe landed in the arena and lashed out a typhoon, but at the same time, Xiangfei jumped in, cupped her hands and let out an energy beam. Joe's typhoon lifted Kasumi off the ground, but Xiangfei's beam plowed into Choi's stomach. Both fighters were now near defeat.
"I'll win this!" Choi shouted. "Prepare to lose!"
"Not on my account!" Kasumi countered.
Both fighters lunged at each other. Choi leapt into the air and prepared for a downward slash while Kasumi prepared for her energy attack. Choi managed to slash Kasumi, but he did so as soon as Kasumi lashed out her energy attack. Both fighters were attacked, and the each fell to the ground.
"DOUBLE KO!"
As Joe dragged Choi off the arena, Malon looked at Billy. "Billy, you're the last fighter. You have to win this."
"Don't worry." Billy said. "I know my sister would be counting on me if she was here."
Billy leapt into the arena, facing off against Chris. The small boy snickered.
"You look tough." Chris said as he got into his stance.
"I still find it weird to see you alive." Billy said.
"FIGHT!"
Billy leapt into the air in an attempt to bring his staff down on Chris' head, but the boy blocked the move, then quickly tripped Billy with his feet. Billy quickly shot to his feet and plunged his staff into Chris' stomach. Chris suddenly shot forward quickly and struck Billy with his fist. Billy retaliated with a flying kick followed by a staff uppercut.
"Joe! Stall him for a second!" Billy said.
"I got it!" Joe replied.
Joe jumped into the arena and lashed out his arm, sending a typhoon at Chris. Chris was sent into the air, and while that happened, Billy charged underneath the boy. As soon as Chris landed on the ground, Billy's staff flashed. Billy spun his staff around in circles, igniting it in flames. Every time Billy spun his staff, Chris was hit. Suddenly, Billy lashed out his staff, sending the ring of fire out. It attacked Chris, burning him. Chris stood up as his hand flashed. Chris dashed forward, attacking the air with his palm every split second. He managed to attack Billy during the first few attacks, so Billy was damaged greatly once the move finished. Both fighters were almost defeated.
"I have to win this!" Billy shouted. "I'm gonna do this for Lilly!"
Bily lashed out his staff as it extended into three pieces. The extra-long staff attacked Chris, stalling him. Billy used this opportunity to lunge forward and attack three times with his staff. The power from Billy's staff was enough to make Chris collapse.
"KO! Billy wins! Rescuer Team wins!"
The Rescuer Team didn't have time to celebrate, as they all vanished.
The team appeared again, back at the stadium. The fans were screaming wildly, as the Rescuer Team had just won the tournament.
"Presenting the Rescuer Team, the KOF 2003 winners!" The announcer shouted.
As everyone in the stands gave Billy, Joe, Malon and Choi a standing ovation, a man with a microphone and a man with a camera rushed over to them.
"Rescuer Team!" The reporter said. "How does it feel to be the winners of the tournament?"
"It feels great!" Billy said. "But we're not done yet."
"That's right." The reporter said. "As we speak, there is a helicopter being prepared for you to take your trip to face off with the founder of the tournament." He then turned to Malon. "Miss, you've managed to win the tournament on you first year! How do YOU feel about this?"
"I can't believe it!" Malon said. "I've never had this many people cheering for me before!"
"Uh...I'd like to say something." Billy said. The reporter turned his microphone to him. "We entered this tournament to win, but NOT for the prize money. We did it to help someone very close to me." Billy grabbed the microphone and held it closer to his face. "Geese, if you're listening, we've won the tournament, and are about to fight the founder. So, you'd better prepare to let her go." Billy raised his voice to shouting level, as if to make sure that everyone heard. "IF YOU HARM ONE HAIR ON LILLY'S HEAD, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"
Malon watched as Billy made his little speech. She suddenly felt a feeling about Billy that she never felt before. Maybe she DID love Billy...
Meanwhile,
In a cold, dark room, somewhere in a tower in Southtown, a blonde-haired girl sat alone, staring out the barred window on the far wall.
Lilly Kane sighed. She was worried sick about Billy, and scared stiff, wondering about what Geese was going to do to her if Billy's team lost.
Suddenly, Lilly heard the door to the room open, followed by footsteps.
"I have some news for you." The visitor said.
Lilly shuddered at the cold tone in the man's voice. She didn't even need to turn around to know it was Geese.
"What?" Lilly asked, her voice holding no emotion.
"You brother's team won the tournament." Geese replied.
Lilly spun around, staring at Geese with a hopeful glare. "Really?!" She asked. "That means that they can save me!"
"Maybe so, but that doesn't mean that I'm releasing you before they get back with my information."
"I don't care as long as you don't try to double cross them!" Lilly snapped. "Because if you double cross Billy, he'll be on you like a hawk!" Lilly was silent for a few seconds. "But I guess you've already done that by kidnapping me in the first place!"
Geese let out a loud laugh. "Don't make me laugh, girl! A long as I have you, your brother can do nothing to harm me."
Without another word, Geese left the room, leaving Lilly alone.
"Please, Billy." Lilly said to herself. "Help me."
To be continued...