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As Vega told the story of the past, and as Chazz, Epcor, and Amelia were engulfed in it, Terry Bogard decided that he would do something about the Orochi situation.

Whispering to Alba, "Psst, Alba, may I talk with you downstairs a moment? Let Vega and the others tell their story of the past. I need to talk with you about Lily, about my wife, and about this whole Orochi situation."

Terry leads Alba into the basement where it was definitely quiet. He then turned on the light and said, "I am grateful to you for this. I have been getting worried lately about this whole Orochi situation. First, what happens? Sangcun gets a crush on Ash Crimson. Like when you first met Sangcun, what was your impression of her?"

Terry nodded, "Right, we all thought that, Alba. But, we all know who she ended up with, right? Ash Crimson. You do recall what he did to our town some time ago, don't you? He toasted it! And Sangcun ends up with a guy like him? Doesn't that seem a bit... odd to you? It certainly does to me. What would a guy like Ash Crimson who brags and boasts about excitement see in a quiet girl like Sangcun?"

He could feel his "fur" getting ruffled at the horrid thought of what Sangcun did or better yet, what Ash did.

"Do you think he really wanted to change that part about him? And what was with that song of his? It was like the snake charming everyone!"

Terry began to pace like a wolf that is confused. He then asked, "When Ash and Sangcun encountered each other, wasn't Ash in that cat form? Perhaps it was Sangcun falling in love with Ash and seeing opportunity because of who Sangcun's parents were agreed to loving Sangcun. She probably felt bad for Ash because I think you wouldn't like being transformed by a magic spell into a cat either. Okay, bad example because you pick up strays, but you get my point."

Calming down, Terry then found a couch to sit on. Alba of course followed and sat down beside Bogard with a concerned look on his face. Alba knew Terry to normally be cool, calm, and collected. Very relaxed. But what Alba was seeing in Terry now was that Terry was a wreck!

Then Terry said, "Now... after that...after that was the kitchen experience. Sangcun followed Ash. No, wait, she first helped Ash catch a turkey. She said he got lost and found the beehive forest. Do you honestly think a guy like Ash would get lost by accident, or do you suppose it was deliberate, like he was pretending just so Sangcun would help him again since no one has ever truly been kind to him before?"

Dee smiled and said to Lily who was with Iori now, "Well, well, well, it looks like I have a 1, 2, 3 on Lily. Tee hee hee. What did Sangcun want? Did she want to bring you here? Silly her if that's true. She should have invited Alba and Ash to come with her. Tee hee hee."

Sometimes, the odd time, Dee was completely oblivious to what was going on.

Dee used her scouter and detected her in Iori's bedroom. She giggled. "She's in Iori's bedroom jumping on his bed like the kid she is. Clone or not, she's funny. Iori would never forgive anyone jumping on his bed without permission."

Dee said, "Actually, she's getting bored waiting for you and Iori to show up so she can beat the crap out of you both. She was sent here by the Orochi obviously. Why else would she be here? Because she thinks you two are her parents? Come on! Like I know for a fact that Violun considers Simon and Gohan Yagami to be his parents because that was the intention, but the same cannot be said for Yuki. So, why don't you just do your business?"