DISCLAIMER: I do not own the KOF series nor the characters in them.

Prologue

It was the middle of October and the air was growing thicker. For most people in Southtown, today was a normal day. But within the border of the city limit, there lied a house that was currently in flames. In it, was a woman. She was about 5'6", with soft icy blue hair that came down to her hip, delicate snow white skin, and beautiful ruby red eyes. The woman was desperately searching for some way out. The fire was quickly spreading throughout the building, covering every exit she came across and entrapping her within. She tried using her ice powers with the little energy she had left, but failed once again. She was starting to lose consciousness as the smoke filled her lungs. The ceiling suddenly began collapsing around her and she felt her knees give in. She fell to the ground and called out to someone before she gave into the darkness. "K'…."

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Kula was walking home from the convenience store near her home. She currently lived alone though she didn't really want to. She loved living with Whip, Maxima and…K'…But that was just it. That was the problem. K'. It wasn't so much that she disliked him, no, quite the opposite. She was in love with him. However she couldn't stand being so close to him any longer, it only deepened her unrequited love. When she told everyone she was moving out, they were all shocked. Whip kept asking her to reconsider and Maxima was lecturing her about how she was too young, but K' being K', said nothing. NOTHING. Just sat and stared. She would have been happy if he tried to stop her, or even if he told her to go, but he just sat there, ignoring her existence, then left when they finished their conversation. She knew that would happen but yet she still felt disappointed and hurt when it did.

Kula took out the cold bottle of melon flavored Ramune from the plastic bag it was in and opened it. She took a sip and smiled. It was sweet! Just like her favorite candies. That made her frown a bit as she became deep in thought. She missed her old home! Kula couldn't help but remember how Whip would sometimes bring her candies when she came home from working, or how Kula and Maxima would sometimes go out and get ice cream on his days off. Ugh! I have to stop thinking about those memories! It's been 6 months already and I still can't stop thinking about them...Or K'…That made her frown grow. She missed K' the most. Though she wasn't sure why. He was usually very mean or just flat out ignored her, but it was the times he HAD a heart that made hers beat faster.

-Flashback-

Kula had just turned 16 and she SHOULD have been happy. But she wasn't. Her day was getting worse and worse as the minutes went by. "EVERYONE FORGOT..." Maxima left early in the morning to work and was staying late tonight to cover for someone else. Whip had said good morning to her, as usual, but then she left to go grocery shopping. Kula thought she went to buy her a present, but she was wrong. Whip had called later on that day and said she was going to be late coming home because she ran into an old friend of hers. Leona if she remembered correctly. K' was…Well K' was K'. He went out, not saying where he was going, and she was left by herself.

It was already 8 pm. No one was back yet. Kula kept reassuring herself that it would get better and that everyone would come home to celebrate but deep down she knew no one was coming. She got up from the couch she was sitting on, and went to her room. She started crying, and as it got darker, she got louder. K' had opened the front door and immediately heard Kula's muffled cries. He ran into her room to see what was wrong, and found her crying into a pillow. She looked up at K' and tried to stop herself from crying. She smiled weakly and said, "Welcome home…" He didn't say anything. He sat down on her bed and gently wiped the tears from her eyes. She blushed deeply as his fingers lightly touched her cheek, hoping he wouldn't notice in the dark. He pulled her into him and gave her a tight squeeze that seemed to last forever, then took out a small jewelry box. It looked like one of those boxes that they have in the crane games. When she opened it there was a small silver necklace with a ruby stone pendant. The necklace itself looked poorly made, but to her it was worth more than a million yen. K' looked away and said, "Happy birthday…" Then he got up and began to walk away. Kula tugged on the sleeve of his leather jacket and smiled quite happily, with a tinge of pink on her cheeks. "Thank you…" He stared for a moment then left her room. She decided that was the best birthday she ever had.

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Kula held the tiny pendant close to her heart. She felt like crying when she thought about him, and she was about to until she reached the door to her small town house. Someone was apparently waiting for her. "Angel…"

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"Yo!" Angel turned around and smiled at her. Kula was a bit nervous. Why is she here…Kula looked around to see if anyone else had followed her and Angel caught her glances. "Nothing to worry about sweetheart, I'm the only one here. Can I come inside?"

"I…I suppose so." She unlocked the door and let Angel go in first. They went to Kula's living room and she offered Angel a seat on her couch, as she took off her prized necklace. Angel sat down on the couch, then Kula joined her. "So…What brings you here to see me?"

Angel smirked a bit, "Oh nothing really, just missed you and decided to drop by." Kula raised an eyebrow and looked at her as if she had two heads. They never had the best relationship, especially after Foxy died. Angel laughed. "Was it that obvious?" Kula just stared, waiting for her to continue. Angel stretched her arms up. "Just wanted to have a little chat with you." Kula stayed silent. "So how are Whip and Maxima?"

Kula was growing annoyed. "They are fine," she said, voice laced with irritation.

"Oh, that's good. I figured they would be worried sick when you just up and left. Just goes to show what I know about family. And K'? Is he still ignoring your childish advances?" Kula glared hard at her. Angel smiled, "Oh you poor thing! It must feel awful having the man you love treat you as if you didn't exist."

Kula was pissed beyond words. "What the hell did you want to talk about?!"

Angel looked at her with that mischievous smile of hers still PLASTERED on her face. "I wanted to talk to you about some unfinished business." Angel's face became a bit more serious.

Kula frowned and her nervousness crept up again. "What business did we have..?"

Angel patted her head. "It's not so much my business as it is NESTS."

Kula got up and stared down at Angel very angrily. "NESTS no longer exists! Now if that's all, I would like you to leave! You are wasting my time; I need to get ready to go job hunting."

Angel got up and walked to the door. She turned back with a serious expression on her face. "Just remember, I tried to warn you…"

Kula got shivers down her spine. What could she have meant…NESTS is gone. So why would she have any business with me…UGH!! What am I thinking about, I need to get ready!!

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Kula was in the bathroom trying to put on her make up while music played from her room. She wanted to look mature so she could get a job. She was 18 already but her face was still that of a 15 year old. It didn't help that she ate so much candy but candy was the only thing that made her happy now that she was alone, she couldn't just give it up. She shook her head trying to get back her concentration. She lightly put on an icy blue eye shadow on her left eye. She blinked, deciding it was a good color, she moved on to her right eye. While she was putting on her makeup, someone had broken her window and slipped in. She didn't notice due to her MASSIVE concentration and the blasting music from her stereo. The person inside looked around the house, and came to the conclusion that it had nothing valuable to offer for selling or keeping. They decided to finish off their purpose and poured gasoline all over the floors of her kitchen and living room. It was then lit on fire, and the person jumped out the window they came from. Kula was oblivious to the fire that was growing.

She finally finished her makeup. "Now it was time to get changed!" When Kula opened the door, she saw a lot of smoke coming from under her bedroom door. She tried to open the door but it burned her hands. She then realized what was going on. She looked around for a phone, but remembered she left it on the couch earlier today. She knew she could get out from her window, so she opened it up and began to crawl out when she realized that she left the cheap necklace that K' got her two years ago for her 16th birthday on the kitchen counter. She knew it was stupid to go back for something like that but it meant the world to her! She turned back and froze the door knob so that she could open it. When she was able to grip it she opened the door and stood still in shock. The WHOLE place was in flames! The door was already beginning to fall off, and she couldn't see anything but flames. She used her ice powers to freeze as much fire as she could. The ice melted as soon as it was out, but she still ran to the counter to grab the necklace. Once she had it she ran used her ice to put out the fire that was leading to her bed room but it was too late. She tried going to every window and door there was but her ice powers were decreasing rapidly. The ice was no longer putting out the fire and she realized she was dehydrated from using so much of it. She gripped the necklace tightly in her hands and prayed with all her might that he would come. K'…Please, PLEASE, come find me!!

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Authors note: How is it so far? Good? Okay? Bad? Let me know please. It's my first time writing a fanfic though I read them a whole lot. I love Kula/K' pairings, but I've read all the fanfics with them…Only 3 had a satisfying ending, the rest finished abruptly, had too much OOCness, or didn't finish at all! Minus the ones in Spanish…I used to know Spanish fluently but I forgot most of it, so I used Google translation to read the Spanish ones lol, I became desperate. That's why I decided to write one of my own! o I hope you like it.

The fire scene is kind of random, but uhh…I was listening to the Killer 7 soundtrack and a song from when a house is on fire came on so that's how I came up with it. I hope it's not too much. WELL ANYWAY!! REVIEW PLEASE!! :D

Oh, about Kula's house. Diana left Kula money, along with Foxy, and combined she had enough to get a small house. VERY small. She needs a job though - She'll get one soon. If anyone has ideas for a job then let me know! I'll pick the one I like the most if I get any responses. If not, she will be a balloon vendor…OO No one wants that for her, so give her a job! :D Thank you.

Whoever gives the best job idea for Kula will be the boss! Meaning, if pen name "Yuri-chan" gives the job I like the most, then "Yuri-chan" will be in my story as the owner. :D Am I trying too hard? Lol. WRITE REVIEWS PLEASE!!