Oono's Residence, Caifornia, 14:00. March 4th, 1999,

Lillith sipped a glass of wine and listened to Jago's full account.When he got to the end of the monologue, she sighed. "Just as I tought. That pansy men wannabe washed my younger daughter's head out. iI's time to take action and deal with the situation." "Is my madam planning on taking the young guy, who's dating Akira into her harem?" "What's your point?" She asked, blushing, but coughed and continued. "That's not a bad idea. Thanks, Jago." I feel sorry for him." Jago whispered softly, when Lillith smacked him. "One last joke like that, than I..." "Then you no longer let it into the other hole?" Ask he fast. "There's not much else you can do, because I fulfilled my mission and I went to see my daughter yesterday. The doctor's did the most professional work, so she can leave the hospital the next day in a supervise." The word got stuck in Lillith, though she preferred not to waste any more comments on Jago's stingy comments. She sighed and took the photographs in her hand. She remembered Morrisons ' remark, and the execution of the threat was hovering over him like a sword of Damocles. But, she had one strange thing on her mind. Why do you have to wait for that stupid game tournament to the end? Jago didn't give you details on purpose? "Why I'm wait for the end of this... something? Isn't that why they would be able to file for divorce?" Jago already had the answer for this, even though he hadn't spoken to Daniel. "The young Fortesque and your younger daughter, with a considerable amount of money, supported the tournament. If we cut it off prematurely, it would be a huge loss of money, and the company who host this would be looking into us. We're in enough trouble as it is, aren't we?" Lillith looked Jago in the face. She was looking for a lie, but she couldn't find one. in the end, she take another suprising step: smile. „Fine. We waiting for this. In fact ... I'm gonna go to the tournament and sponsor it." „Are you trying to tell me, ma'am, that you're in the mood for video game?" „Hell no! If it were up to me, I would bankrupt every company producing this kind of digital waste, starting with Nintendo. However, do you remember my family motto?" „Aren't we going to stop the adult act, while he has an intact pelvic bone?" Asked Jago, then Lillith had found the instrument closest to her hand, which is a cup of tea and try hit with this. But, as usual, he avoided it. „ Fuck you and your sense of humor!" Shout Lillith. When she calmed down, she continued. „Our family motto is to achieve perfection! I expect my daughter to rule the video game championship. If my heart softens, then I'm willing to give her that much if she stays with Daniel." He didn't think Lillith was serious, but she had to compromise. „Anything else, ma'am?" „Yes. Take a bath and go to my bedroom in an Adam's suit. I'll give you 20 minutes of my time." „Same problem as last moth?" „Unfortunately, yes. By the time I got to the red light district, no gigolo was free." „I know it." Jago sighed, and stood up. He were proud of himself for deceiving Lilllith and giving Daniel time.

March 7th. 1999. In front of an unknown restaurant, Japan. 13:00.

Daniel Fortesque appeared before the scheduled time. He had more important things to do, which made him shut down the stores faster and did the repairs yesterday. After a while the invited person, Hidaka appears. He would never have believed that one day he would fall in love, but ever since Hidaka came into his life, he became more and more fond of him, and later he had much higher feelings for her. There were times, when she helped fix a console or a cartridge, and it was no stranger to talking to them late at night.They had to, because they heard clearly that Oono was enyojing with a different kind of yostick, which is not plastic, but Yaguchi's flesh and blood stiff joystick.

When Hidaka arrived, she almost spat out her lungs. "Sorry for the late. The train is got away in front my eyes." Said she, while bowing. Daniel just pat her head. " It's okay. This is for you, by the way, my dear." Daniel give Hidaka a box of cognac candy bars. "Thank you." Said she, while blushing and taking over. "Where are we going? Do you need help with some console repair?" "Actually, no. You're the star of today." Said daniel blushed and scratched the back of his head.
"I thought we could have a day together, leave the monotony of everyday life behind." "I'm very grateful for that. Thank you." Hidaka embraced him, who slowly returned the favor. Then they entered the building with their arms around each other. It was a fairly elegant restaurant, where the elite class used to dine for the most part. After handing over the order to the waiter, they began to talk. the whole situation was the theme as many times before. Apparently, there was no past record of this topic next to video games. Daniel liked that Hidaka kept coming up with a new strategy for Finance. But he didn't care at the moment. It was driven by a much different motivation today, and it was suddenly voiced. "Do you have a boyfriend?" Asked he, faster than Sonic. Hidaka surprised, but she answer silently. "I don't have. I told you before the reason. I have absolutely no time, because games and teaching work give me very little time, and besides helping the Dove couple means I have zero time for myself. What about you? Do you have a girlfriend?" Daniel's mind was spinning. He wanted to say that she was sitting opposite him, but he felt it too intrusive. He didn't want to lie either. "Maybe yes, maybe not. It depends on one thing. She notices my advances and answers to my request." Hidaka took the hint in a surprising way, because she smiled sincerely at him. Daniel got very close to her. Last night when they two talked, he had to resist kissing her. Hidaka's mind was spinning too. Maybe, she can dream of having a partner? She don't even have a competition here. Makoto wasn't too excited about seeing Daniel. The older Oono girl was constantly consulted with both parents about possible emergency plans. There was another obstacle in her conscience. Can she tell Daniel?

After fifteen minutes, the food was delivered to the two guests. Hidaka and Daniel tried to focus on food, but they kept looking each other in the eyes and you could feel both heartbeats missing a beat. Pretty slow, but they finished and paid the bill. When they got in front of the restaurant, they were puzzled for different reasons. Daniel had no idea what to do, and Hidaka was afraid that his actions in the past would make him hate her. But, if he find out sooner, he have a chance not to disappoint. "Well, what do you want to do? Arcade, park? Maybe..." "Can we talk about something?" Hidaka asked, with complete inspection. Daniel smiled. "Sure. Is there something wrong?" "No... yes. About my past." "Okay. You can share or discuss anything with me." "Follow me, please." She whispered and grabbed Daniel's hand and headed for a nearby park. The weather was just favourable for picnic. They went to a huge oak tree. Hidaka used to come out here when she wanted to think. When she spoke, his eyes began to weep. "I have only one question for you. can you go out with a bad girl like me? I know you're in love with me, and believe me, it's not one-sided." "I'm happy to hear that, but what do you refer to bad girl?" "More like a bastard. Do you remember when we talked about two months ago that I was a rival of Oono?" "Then you said you gave up because you realized you were fighting against your common sense. Would that be the problem? Can't you go beyond that?" No. I did something long before that and I could ever forgive myself." Daniel tried to hug her, but Hidaka held both his arms. It was time to tell the whole truth.

Hidaka calmed herself down, before she burst in tears. "Yaguchi was headstrong and emotionally blind, as you know. The first time I stood against Oono at Yaguchi's apartment in Virtua Fighter, he couldn't take the pressure and ran away from home and they don't saw a long time. Wild rumors said, that he joined a gang in Shibuya. I can't belived my ears, so I wanted to see for myself. I joined Felicia, who went to a gang war against one of the biggest Shibuya's gang. I saw Yaguchi there. I got pure anger inside. So much so, that it gave a force that never went through again. I beat all of my opponents and then lied to them as Yaguchi's girlfriend. And I would have been able to tag the arcade with those two Shibuya's gang sluts if they wanted to keep pushing my nerve." "There is nothing wrong with that so far. In fact, you did your best at that moment." Said Daniel. Hidaka continue her story after a little break. "Because after that, there's no excuse, what I done. We spent the night in a 24-hour restaurant, where Yaguchi tried to talk to me about video games. He didn't even realize what was going on around him. And in the morning I hugged him in a park and tried to convience him... or should I say, rape him. I wanted to force you to accept my feelings. This was also seen and confirmed by Oono, who see everything." "And what Oono do about that?" "Since Yaguchi didn't return my feelings, she didn't get angry. She made it clear that we had to close this thing about us. But that's not the point right now. What I did then, I will never find forgiveness for. I lied, when I said I never had time to make a date. Actually, I didn't have one men, who try to make out, but I just pushed them all away because if they found out about me, they'd hate me. You have the right to know the truth, because you've always been good to me. I'm just asking if you hate me for this then let's just stay as... as..."

At the end of her sentence, Hidaka couldn't stand it and cried. She muttered in a low voice, that she did not deserve to be loved. Daniel think otherwise. "You didn't really do anything wrong back then. You were driven by despair." "You're just trying to fool me, aren't you?" "I'm honest, you know that. You really didn't do anything wrong then. It really sounds like at first, but you totally panicked. You were afraid if you didn't do it then, you'd be alone forever. It doesn't matter at that moment any common sense. That's the real reason, why Oono didn't get mad at you. She felt the despair that drove you to do so. If you force Yaguchi to connect his joystick into your console, that I would have agreed with you. But that's no happened." Hidaka slowly hug Daniel. "You really don't see me as bad person because of this?" "Absolutely. For me, you are the same blonde angel I met the first time. I love you. I would be most grateful if you and I were together." "Thank you very much. You're the man of my life. I appreciate you not pushing me away. In return, I promise to stay by your side forever." "You don't need to. I know that, you will." That's when Hidaka kissed Daniel. Her first kiss was sweeter than anything she'd ever eaten. It seem like hours before they finished. "Would you like to try my console with your joystick?" "If that mean what I think... It's too early for that. Don't you think?" Ask Daniel. "You deserve it. Let's go to my house." "I'm not say no to you. By the way, I'd like thank you." "For what?" ask Hidaka. Daniel smile a little. "You saved me more than 15 years of waiting. Maybe you could tell me more about the story." She looked at Daniel and he laughed.

They couldn't make it that far, and ended up in a love hotel. Separated from their clothes, between the four walls, their bodies boiled together into one. They both felt they were in heaven in each other's arms. When they were finished, they hugged each other. Daniel lit a cigarette. Hidaka was not a smoker, but she felt it was essential to this moment. When she served herself, she hid Daniel again. "The stakes are higher now, than ever. Aren't you afraid of losing everything?" ask she. "Even if I was scared, do you think I have a step backwards? And if I did, would I do that?" Daniel asked back, while caressing the Hidaka's bare breasts. "No. For now you are the happiest. So as I. You will not regret reciprocating my feelings and listening me." "You don't have to. You're here for me and that's the most important thing than words."

In the evening they continued to make out, only this time, they used the living room. Oono and Yaguchi noticed them, when they coming out of the bathroom." And he even told us, that he never find a girlfriend." Yaguchi whispered, leaning towards Oono, and she is giggled. She was happy that her rival had found happiness. After a while, she took her partner up to they bedroom to leave fresh lovers alone.