Salutations, curious reader. This is a redo of a story that I began and never actually completed a few years ago. It was sitting here rotting in my account and kind of pissed me off with it's arbitrary shittiness. Therefore, I decided to rewrite it. It was a cute little story that I thought of when it struck me how similar KOF's Yabuki Shingo is to SF's Kasugano Sakura. I love Shingo's character (not as much as Yagami Iori, but hey) and I always thought Sakura was interesting. So anyway, I hope you enjoy this little crossover. This is just an intro, I promise it'll get interesting.

Yabuki Shingo sighed as he sat on a park bench and waited for her. She was late, but then again, it wasn't like he'd expected her to be on time. Besides, even if he intended to be angry with her, he always found he couldn't be.

He thumbed absentmindedly through his black notebook, but didn't really pay attention to the notes contained therein. He remembered the day he'd met her. There was a fighting tournament going on at the time that he was participating in as a single entry. It wasn't all the usual cast of characters that participated in the King Of Fighters tournament. There were new people there too.

Shingo had wanted to show off his new skills that his master, Kusanagi Saiyasu, had taught him. His roster had indicated that he was to fight a woman by the name of "Kasugano Sakura." He hadn't thought much of it until he actually met her.

At sixteen, she was a year younger than Shingo himself. She'd fought using a self-taught style modeled after her hero, a man named Ryu. She tried to emulate him, though she still fought in a school uniform. It was sort of like looking into a frightening mirror.

Still, he'd found himself strangely attracted to her at the same time. Ultimately, as per usual it seemed, the tournament had ended without a real winner as there was some ulterior motive behind why the sponsor had held the tournament in the first place.

Shingo had felt an odd fear at the thought of never seeing her again, and had blurted out this feeling to her. She'd laughed at him, but then told him they would hang out together sometime.

They had quite a few times, but they weren't really dating. Shingo hoped in the back of his mind that he could change that.

"Shingo-kun!" a female voice yelling his name made his head snap up. He grinned at her as she ran up to him. "Sorry I'm a little late…"

Shingo waved his hand dismissively. "Don't even worry about it, Sakura-chan. I've ceased thinking that you'll ever be on time." Sakura put her hand on her hip. "Am I really late that often?" she asked, furrowing her eyebrows.

Shingo stood up and put his hands on her shoulders. "It's not a big deal. Besides, you look really good today," he replied with a smile. She beamed up at him, "Really?"

Sakura was clad in a pair of flared jeans and a tight pale blue top. Sandals that were the same pale blue color and tasteful jewelry completed her summery ensemble.

"You don't look half bad yourself there," she laughed, giving Shingo a playful shove. Shingo had decided to wear a pair of jeans with a black T-Shirt with a short-sleeved white button up shirt overtop.

"So, uh, you said you had a place planned to go hang out?" Shingo asked as he shoved his hands and the notebook into his pockets. Sakura nodded. "We're going to the arcade, Shingo-kun!" she declared, as she grabbed his hand and dragged him along behind her out of the park.

Yeah, maybe the arcade was a little childish, but Shingo found he didn't care as long as he was with Sakura. He just held her hand tighter and let her lead the way.

So there is the introduction chapter. Hope you liked it. There will be more chapters and more characters from both games making an appearance. Reviews are cool, and usually help inspire me to write. Until next time, this has been B.R.Y.