McGuire, Lily

Lily McGuire was Terry Bogard's first love, introduced prior to Blue Mary. She was an orphan living on the streets of South Town, but Geese Howard took her under his wing. She worked for him without hesitation, although she did not like him. One day, Geese instructed her to sell flowers to a man named Jeff Bogard to create a diversion, allowing his men to attack him. That was the day Geese killed Jeff in front of his sons.
Years later, Geese Howard was hosting a King of Fighters tournament, and Terry, Andy, and Joe were entering. Terry entered a bar without knowing it was run by Geese; Lily was there, apparently drunk and teasing the men by telling them to catch a rose that belonged to her, so Terry remembered her and caught it. He flirted with her a little, but this started a fight between him and the other men. A while later, Terry found her in the streets, talking to a group of street children she had apparently befriended some time ago; they openly recognized each other and then spoke about their lives.
During the tournament, Geese ordered her to give Terry poisoned wine, but she could not do that to him; she then broke down crying and explained the plan to Terry, who promised her he would save her from Geese's hands. During the semi-finals between Terry and Andy, the lights went out and a sniper attempted to kill Terry, but Joe saved him. Lily then tried to show them the exit, but Geese appeared in front of her and killed her with a Reppuken blast, which not only injured her gravely but threw her out of the nearby window. The unfortunate Lily perished in Terry's arms.
Terry swore revenge on Geese for killing his father, his love, and later, his master. Lily, Jeff, and Tung were essential in the movies since they provided inspiration for Terry to continue on his quests and not to give up.