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Sangcun was eating her meal when she said to Kitty, "Speaking of Viper and Lily, do you ladies know whatever happened to Shingo Yabuki?"

Sangcun then finished her burger, wiped her mouth with the provided napkin, then said, "I had heard rumors of Inferndriss adopting a boy whom Iori doesn't like, but I wasn't sure who that was. I guess it must have been Shingo who's now an official Kusanagi. I wonder if he takes care of the dragons up on that mountain?"

Dee piped up then and said, "Kyo is a dragon tamer and trainer up on DragonTane mountains on the weekends and during the weekdays he teaches a course called Finances in Fighting at Southtown Finishing school. Sadly, I failed his course."

She sipped up some noodles then to keep herself from saying to much and waiting for the laughter.

Dee smiled and said, "Shingo! Long time no see, dude. So, how've you been?"

"That's good to hear." Dee served Shingo a drink, then asked him, "So, have you been doing any training for the upcoming tournament?"

Dee smiled and said confidently, "That's good because you might be facing me in it. I am entering this year, just for the fun of it. I don't know if I'll win, but if I do, awesome. If not, well... I will be spending some quality time with Terry. I wonder if I will face off against Terr... oh, yeah, that's right, he can't enter anymore. Oh well, I might be facing Andy then."

She began to laugh. It was a hearty laugh filled with volume. She was just tickled pink that she was going to enter in this year's king of fighters tournament with a chance for the top prize. She knew the competition pretty well, and by knowing each fighter made her that much happier. She knew she was going to be facing off against Iori in a more serious bout, but she hardly cared. She craved to face off against him again. She missed having to rumble with the big boys. In that sense she was becoming more and more climatized to Southtown ways it was almost... scary.

Chuckling, Dee answered, "Nah, Iori needs a break too. Besides, Blaze is in the kitchen cooking and if Blaze needs help, he'll let us know."

Just as Dee said that, Blaze asked Dee for some assistance. She said to Shingo as she was heading into the kitchen, "See? I told ya so."

Blaze wanted her to help him serve some dishes as Dee then saw that he got some secret help. Kakkorot aka Goku as well as Gohan and Goten were in there helping with the cooking. Dee promised not to tell a soul and just served the meals as the customers were even more satisfied than ever. Soon the entire steakhouse was emptied again as the morning had hit and it was time for a new day of mining. It was now Friday morning and the sunlight was very bright in Flower Bud Village. The heat within the mines was stifling. Dee put on an air mask that looked like a Goran Mask and then went to work.

And while she was working, Kurtis had found her in there. He said with a surprised look on his face, "Empress Dee? What are you doing here?"

Dee continued working and replied, "Workin. I have to try and mine out as many good clay as I can."

Kurt scratched his head and asked, "Uh, why? Saibara does sell clay now, you know."

Dee said to that, "I know, but not enough for what I need. My workforce here and I have to try and dig out a total of 1 million pieces before Monday in order to beat Saibara's time for you villagers to mine out the same amount for the same project. Its a contest really. And the Goddess has some awesome prize for the winner as I have heard last night, so if you don't mind, I must try and work faster."

Kurt laughed and said, "You do know that our boy is dead right?"

Dee chuckled and said, "No, he isn't. He had you fooled. You were probably mistreating him so he purposely went fishing and knowing he was too weak for whatever he caught. He isn't a human like you, Kurt. He has wind fish genes in him. He can breathe underwater. I know where he is."

And just as she said that, Dee transformed into her wind fish form. "See? This is only one of my many forms. And that feels much better. It is so stuffy in this mine today."