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A/N: Hello, and thank you for reading. Well, we're moving steadily along as the end comes ever closer. As you read, this focus now shines on the Williams sisters. What will become of their signature rivalry? Please read and find out. And here … we … go:

The King of Iron Fist Tournament 7: A Final Tragedy for the Finest Future

Anna and Nina: Sisters to Sisters

Crouched down behind dense foliage, her camouflage cat-suit perfectly concealing her presence, Nina Williams was situated on a nearby hill where she was far enough to not be seen yet close enough to get a good angle. In her hands rested a sniper rifle with a mega-powered scope on it, and she looked through a pair of binoculars as she patiently waited for her mark to come into view. She was in the perfect position when her targets surfaced her reasons for being on … The Bosconovitch Estate. Finally, into her sights came her targets… … … Two blue-eyed little girls playfully drifted into the yard: one with long blond hair; the other with long hazel-brown hair.

Nina placed her binoculars aside, and took her exacting firearm in both hands… She looked through her scope, getting the brown-haired girl in her sights first… She calmly placed her finger on the trigger…

Suddenly, she was interrupted by the feeling of cold-steel as an incredibly-sharp knife was placed against her throat from behind.

"Put the gun down, and back up slowly." An extremely recognizable voice followed with a coolly assertive tone.

It didn't take Nina any time to know who this was. She knew the fragrance of the perfume. She knew the voice all-too-well. All of this was only confirmed by the red-gloved hand holding the knife. Caught in a disadvantaged position however, Nina did as she was ordered, placing the rifle on the ground and backing away from the spot as she slowly rose to her feet.

"That's right; good girl," Anna responded with a slightly mocking tone.

Without delay, Nina quickly grabbed Anna's arm, and twisted it backward as she spun around, causing Anna to drop the knife. With the sisters facing each other and thinking the exact same thing, Anna and Nina simultaneously pulled out their pistols with their free hands, and pointed them at each other. They had locked in a stalemate especially with neither having a clear advantage (nor wanting to be shot).

"Anna…" Nina exclaimed with annoyance, "How did you get here? How did you find me?"

Anna scoffed and replied in a matter-of-fact tone, "Oh, come one; I'm still your sister. I know how your mind works. I can find you anytime I want to… Now, are we going to stare at each other all day or … are we going to talk?"

Nina stalled as she considered the suggestion. Finally, both cautiously lowered their guns, and put them away.

As the Williams sisters walked over the spot overlooking the younger versions of themselves, Nina observed with slightest hint of … concern? "I thought Kazuya had taken you out already."

"No…" Anna said, picking it up with her keen observation, "Lucky for me, I was pretty low on his hit list… but why do you care? Were you … worried about me?"

Ignoring Anna's playfully prodding question, Nina asked as they saw in front of the plant, "Just why are you here anyway?"

Anna replied as she pulled a pair of binoculars, "To stop you from doing something drastic. It looks like I came just in time… Were you really going to gun down two little girls?!"

"…" Nina remained silent as she looked away, unsure of an answer.

Anna, letting the silence go unchallenged, looked through her binoculars at the two blissfully-unaware, frolicking girls and asked, "So those are our two replicas…"

Nina picked up her scopes as well, and observed as well as she expressed, "Yeah… I still can't figure out why that Doctor cloned us, and didn't tell us about it."

"Maybe he was afraid we'd mess them up… that they would treat each other … like we treat each other." Anna suggested rather poignantly.

Nina couldn't argue that; that would probably be the outcome if they met the little ones. Eventually, Anna and Nina just kept watching the girls in silence, in quiet amazement of and the tiniest sliver of … jealousy at their interaction. The little versions of Nina and Anna were just laughing and playing, simply enjoying each other's company.

"They sure look happy together, don't they?" Anna thought aloud.

Nina replied, trying to sound disinterested, "… I guess so."

Anna went further, inquiring deeply, "Do you think we were that close when we were their age?"

"You know I can't remember that…" Nina replied before herself asking, "What do you think? Your memory is more reliable than mine."

Anna paused as she tried hard to recollect anything … before ultimately resigning, "Honestly … I don't know. I guess we've had so many bad times, it's hard to even remember the good ones…"

The sisters came away from their binoculars at the same time, hit by the truth in Anna's reply. They didn't look at each other; all they could do was simply stare in the direction of the girls.

"Makes you wonder…" Nina finally mused aloud, "If we hadn't been trying to kill each other all these years…"

Anna thoughtfully finished the idea, "What might have been… Who knows? We might've been a good team or something…"

Silence again fell between the sisters, and rested for a while as they contemplated everything that they had just come up with. In that silence, they started to question every decision they'd made, every act, every aspect of their lives that included each other. What really might have been had their rivalry not taken place? How would their lives have turned out? What would Anna and Nina Williams have been? Anna picked up the rifle…

Abruptly and nonchalantly, Anna suddenly suggested, "But… they're our clones, right? They'll probably end up just like us anyway..." Anna then dropped the firearm into Nina's arms as she continued, "We've done enough fighting for them already; maybe you should save them the trouble, and kill them now after all…"

Nina stopped as she reflected on everything once again, and stared down at the sniper rifle as she decided what to do. At last, she made a choice…

"No…" Nina said as she slide the rifle onto her back, "Just because they're our copies doesn't mean they'll make the same choices we did… We should leave them out of our war."

"My thoughts exactly," Anna said with a triumphant smirk, "My work here is done."

That sequence of events evaded, the Williams sisters rose to their feet, and Anna started to walk away.

"Anna…" Nina called as she discreetly drew her pistol.

"Nina…" Anna stopped and replied as she drew her pistol as well.

Their backs to each other, the sisters froze in silence, practically in each other's heads, waiting for the right moment. Instantly, they in unison spun around and aimed at each other in one fluid motion…

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BANG! BANG!

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Little Nina and Little Anna were easily startled by the violent explosion of nearby sound, and frightened ran to the arriving Alisa Bosconovitch.

"Big Sister! Big Sister!" the girls cried in concert and in a panic.

Alisa responded, trying to comfort the two 6-year-olds, "Girls? What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Frantic and animated, Little Nina replied, "Big Sound!"

Little Anna added along with a widespread hand gesture, "The sound went BOOM! It was scary!"

Little Nina animatedly continued, "What was it, Big Sister?! What was it?!"

Alisa asked in comforting tone, "Now, settle down… Where did the 'big sound' come from?"

Both girls answered in chorus as they pointed to a nearby hill, "Over there! Over there!"

Alisa smiled to ease her 'little sisters' as she offered, "Alright, stay right here. Don't worry; Big Sister will take care of it."

Stepping up, Alisa prepared herself. Her wing-like jets quickly shot out of her back. They buzzed and whirled as they fired up, glowing with blue light as power rushed to them. The thrusting jets on the back of Alisa's legs fired as she jumped into the air, and Alisa took off toward the hill…

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Two pulled triggers… Two fired shots… Two smoking guns… … Two intentional misses… Both bullets whizzed past their heads, barely touching their hair. Satisfied smirks surfaced on the faces of both sisters. They knew what that was. That was their last stand-off, the shot they would fire at each other, the last gasp of their rivalry…

"See you around … sister." Nina simply stated.

"Not if I find you first … sister," Anna replied with her smirk still present.

With that, they both lowered their guns, and ran off in opposite directions. Seconds later, Alisa flew into the brush, the chainsaws in her arms drawn, to find no one in sight. She paused for a moment as she scanned the area for any signs of danger, but she couldn't detect any hazardous. Alisa retracted her weapons, and left with no clue or indication of what had happened there. Meanwhile, the two young girls were waiting for their older sister to return when Alisa flew back in sight, and landed in front of them.

"You see; there's nothing to worry about." Alisa said reassuringly as she pulled her jets back in, "I looked, and there was nothing there."

Still slightly frightened, Little Anna asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes…" Alisa succinctly replied.

Little Nina then empathized with her sister, adding, "Are you really sure?"

Alisa reiterated, "Yes, I'm sure…"

The girls asked once more in unison, "Are you really really sure?"

Alisa then said with a smile, "Yes. There's no reason to be afraid. And if there were, I would make sure nothing happened to my little sisters… now, come on you two; Lunch is almost ready."

Little Nina and Little Anna accepted Alisa's sentiment with smiles, and promptly reached out their arms, the little child symbol for 'please pick me up'. Alisa happily obliged and scooped the girls into her arms as she headed to the main house. As they were being carried, the two girls couldn't help but look back at the spot one more time, oddly fascinated and drawn to whatever caused the sound…

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Meanwhile, Anna and Nina were far apart now; they'd run for minutes and put a good distance between each other. Soon, they stopped for a breath, but … they too couldn't help but look back one last time, the gravity of what had happened to them both just hitting them. After a moment, they continued the opposite directions. Since Anna mailed in her resignation as bodyguard right after the tournament, no one knows for sure if they ever met again… But maybe… Just maybe… If they did ever meet again, it could finally have been on friendlier terms … not as mortal enemies, but, for the first time in a long time … as sisters.

End Chapter

Next Time: "Why?! Why didn't you tell me?! Why didn't you say anything?! Why did you go and die on me?!?!"

A/N: There you have it. Yes … I know it's pretty short, but I have a lot planned for the second Nina and Anna once they've grown up. In any case, thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoyed it. We've only got two chapters left! So I really hope you come back. Please R&R, and, as always, Rant, Rave, and Review.