A Ranma ½ King of Fighters crossover fanfiction

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ and King of Fighters characters. Especially some macho chick! That's built like a stick! Dumb as a brick! Thighs are too thick! Can't even kick! *WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!* Ugh… shutting up now… oi…

Flames of Destiny

By Insane Blight

Chapter 10: Blue Eyes Blues

"We shall now begin the 1997 King of Fighters Tournament! The first bout: The Yagami Team vs. the Psycho Soldier Team! Will the fighters please step into the arena…"

Vice and Iori stepped up into the arena along with their opponents. Iori was calmly staring at Athena for some strange reason while Vice just smiled at the rest of the Psycho Soldier Team.

"Match… START!!!"

Athena and Kensou immediately ran around the red-haired man in a circular pattern whilst Vice lured the old man Chin away from the two teenagers. Iori casually stood there with his eyes closed; Kensou clenched his teeth in anger at the early dismissal that the Orochi warrior was giving them. The dark-haired boy planted his feet on the ground before he leapt towards Iori with a straight punch and Athena went behind Iori as she cupped her hands to concentrate her energy.

"Psycho Ball!" she shouted as a ball of energy surged towards Iori.

Iori's eyes snapped open, he grabbed Kensou's face as soon as he was in range and used the boy's body as a shield against Athena's projectile. The dark-haired boy screamed as the blast hit and to make it even worse, Iori slammed his head onto the ground. Athena teleported right beside the red-haired man but she backed away when Iori tried to reach for her head as well. That distraction was more than enough for Kensou to break free of the hold and then he used his legs to deliver an upward kick that connected to Iori's face.

Vice winced as she watched the scene with Iori and the two psycho kids. "Ouch! Now that had to hurt!" she exclaimed. She chuckled slightly before focusing back towards her opponent, who was currently dead drunk as he was sprawled on the floor. "How amusing… shall we fight?"

The red-head slowly approached the old man; she then stopped right beside Chin's head. She had a vicious gleam in her eyes as she attempted a foot stomp on the old man's head. Chin rolled backwards, barely avoiding the red-head's attack. Vice was quicker though, she managed to grab the old man by the shirt.

"Tanoshii, ne?! (1)" she shouted in glee as she dragged the old man across the floor. She threw Chin up in the air and then she followed it up by grabbing the man's waist and performing an airborne powerbomb. The impact of that attack formed a large crater on the ground; Vice stood up and chuckled at the old man. "Anmari bakarashii kara!!! (2)" she taunted.

Chin managed to do a backward roll despite his injuries. Vice tried to run after him but Chin blew fire from his mouth that forced the red-head to jump out of the way. Chin stopped the attack a few moments later, his eyebrows furrowed when he felt someone grab his leg. "Fall!"

The old man was flung to the other side; Vice followed it up with a running punch to the chest that caused Chin to be hurled back even farther. The red-head ran towards the old man, she was caught by surprise when Chin used his sake bottle to strike her face.

Vice placed a hand on her cheek before she scowled viciously at the drunken old man; her anger forced her to charge at him recklessly. This act allowed Chin the opportunity to strike, he blew yet another set of flames from his mouth that hit home.

The crowd gasped as they thought the worst for the Hakkeshu member. Chin was already celebrating as the flames started to die down but it was short lived when no one was found there. They were then treated to a light show when a pillar of violet light appeared and a transparent skull surged upwards before it dissipated.

Vice laughed as she recovered from the attack, her clothes were scorched a little but that's about it. "Hahahahaha… Geezer, you don't know the powers that you're messing with. I guess I should take this fight a little more seriously… we wouldn't want you to suffer when you die, now would we?" she laughed out.

Meanwhile…

City Outskirts

"I knew I'd find you here!" Chris exclaimed. He blinked when the ponytailed boy failed to respond, Ranma just sat under a tree and was seemingly in deep thought.

Chris waved a hand in front of the ponytailed boy but Ranma didn't even blink. Chris observed his sensei a little bit more before he shrugged his shoulders and decided to sit by the ponytailed boy's side. He looked towards the direction Ranma was staring at and he saw a small grassy hill with a lone tree planted at the top of it. Both blue-eyed boys sat in silence under the tree.

Ranma broke that silence with a hard smack to Chris' head. "Idiot! You're not a fighter and so are your other companions! What the hell were you thinking anyway? Are you trying to get revenge on Yagami for beating one of you huh? Well?" he asked angrily, not minding at all that the one he was talking to was currently seeing stars.

Chris got another smack on the head before he sobered up. "Nice way to say hello Ranma." he said grumpily. "So… I take it that you've heard this story from someone?"

"Yeah, I heard it from the same man that beat one of your friends up." He turned to face the wide-eyed Chris. "I fought him once and it ain't no picnic Chris, the fight ended up in a draw so I suggest you think about it a bit more." He told the smaller blue-eyed boy.

The brown-haired boy pondered about it for a just a second before he grinned at his master. "Then you could just train me when we don't have any fights for the tournament!" he replied cheerfully. "Hmm… I think that Shermie would like to learn too so I guess I'll introduce her to you very soon but I don't think that poor Yashi-kun would like to do this, he's to prideful for his own good."

Ranma grabbed Chris by the shirt. "Weren't you listening to a word I said?! And NO! I am not going to train you any further, you should just walk away from the tournament Chris and I most certainly will not teach my version of Anything Goes to your teammates! Nope, not in a million years!" he bellowed.

"Geez, what got into you Ranma? You're acting like a different person from the last time I saw you." The brown-haired boy mumbled out.

That response caused Ranma to back down. 'Different? Damn… I guess I truly have changed.' "Feh… fine, see if I care!" he said as he crossed his arms.

Chris brightened up. "So… you'll teach us?" he asked. He then saw a small nod from his master, Chris squealed in delight at the news. "Cool! When do we start?"

It's Ranma's turn to be slightly unnerved. "Now you're the one acting strange, what's with the bubbly attitude all of a sudden? For that matter, where did my sarcastic student go to anyway?"

The brown-haired boy shrugged. "I guess being around Shermie kind of gotten to me a little bit. In case you were wondering… the sarcastic boy is still here, only a little happier than usual."

"You seem to be doing much better now with your friends, I can tell that you care for them greatly." He finished sadly. 'Friends… I guess I have a few but…'

Chris raised an eyebrow. "What about you? You and that blonde seemed to get along well on the stage earlier and she is your teammate… don't tell me…!" he gasped. "… is she your girlfriend?!"

"She is not!" The older blue-eyed boy countered.

Ranma's student wasn't buying it though. He grinned at the fuming ponytailed boy. "I can see it in your eyes! She is your girlfriend! Ooohh… is that a blush?"

"For the last time she is not my girlfriend!"

"Is too!"

"IS NOT!"

Osaka Stadium

Iori's head jerked up when the kick connected. Shingo rolled to the side to distance himself from the Orochi warrior while Athena jumped up in the air and proceeded to concentrate her energy once more.

"Phoenix Arrow!" Athena shouted as she performed a diagonal rolling attack to Iori's back. She finished the move with a hard kick to the back of Iori's knee causing him to lose his balance. Shingo continued the assault with a series of lefts and rights to Iori's face, he finished it up with a running punch that seemed to have knocked Iori out.

Iori fell to the ground hard, Athena and Kensou cautiously walked towards their downed opponent. The red-haired man had his eyes closed and a little blood was trickling down his mouth. Kensou was already thinking that their team won while Athena had a sad look on her face. She was about to kneel beside the red-haired man when purple flames surrounded both teenagers.

"Raku ni wa shinenzou! (3)" Iori yelled as the move connected, paralyzing both Athena and Kensou in place. Iori lunged towards Kensou; he grabbed the boy's head and slammed it to the ground. He followed it up with a weak uppercut motion coupled with wave of purple flames that sent the boy flying in the air.

"It's not over yet!" The red-haired man shouted as he summoned his purple flames from both his hands, he arched his body back before he released his flames to the ground. A pillar of flames burst forth like a geyser, engulfing the already burnt boy. Kensou screamed one last time before he fell unconscious as he crashed to the ground.

Iori didn't even waste any time as he immediately turned around and faced the still frozen Athena. He grabbed the girl by her neck and he slowly lifted her off of the ground. "You… you messed with my mind a year ago right? I did recall saying that I'd pay you back… (4)" he evenly said.

Athena struggled to pry herself from Iori's grip but the red-haired man just tightened his hold every time she did so. "I… what I saw was a boy crying… crying out for help… any kind… of… help. You're lonely… aren't you…? I saw it in that boy's eyes…" she managed to squeak out in response.

The red-haired man's eyes hardened. "Lonely? You… do you have any idea what you're talking about? Do you even know how it feels to be tortured everyday of your life?! Hell no! So how can you understand anything from just prying my mind?!"

The purple-haired girl was about to respond when Iori chose to end the match right then and there. He released his grip and began to rip into Athena's body with his sharp fingers. The young girl screamed as her body was slowly being covered in cuts and slashes, blood was flying everywhere and Iori was just smiling with his teeth bared at the entire scene. "Cry! Scream! Then… DIE!!!"

He followed it up by clamping his hands on the girl's head and then he summoned his flames in small bursts multiple times. Iori looked at Athena one last time before he finished it off with a large flame burst. Athena fell lifelessly to the ground; she let off a small whimper before she finally lost consciousness. Iori soon hunched over as he started to laugh quietly…

"Hm hm hm hm… heh heh heh heh… Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!"

The crowd started to boo the red-haired man; some of them even threw various items at the arena in an attempt to hit Iori. The Orochi warrior ignored the curses and promises of vengeance as he spat some blood out before he wiped his mouth with his shirt. "Bah! What the hell do all of you know?!"

"What took you so long?"

Iori tilted his head to the side and saw a smirking Vice standing beside her opponent Chin, who was currently in no condition to fight… perhaps for a very long time. The old man's eyes had gone blank, tears were falling from his eyes and drool was coming out of his mouth as he mumbled gibberish every now and then.

"What did you do to him?" Iori asked, intrigued at the way Vice handled her opponent.

Vice shrugged. "Oh… nothing much, I just wanted to see if I'm back at full strength. I guess I'm okay now, as for him… well… I merely gave him a quick summary of his life." she answered in a cryptic manner.

Iori scoffed at her reply before he turned around and walked away. Vice smiled at Iori's attitude, she patted the messed up Chin on the head before she followed the red-haired man out of the arena.

"Th-the winner of the match… the Yagami Team!"

Reiko announced the winner of the match with a little bit of fear from what she just witnessed. She jumped up from her seat as she felt someone grab her shoulder; she turned around to get a good look at the person. "Oh! Chizuru-sama, please don't scare me like that my lady." she said as she sighed in relief.

Chizuru smiled at her loyal servant and childhood friend. "I'm sorry about that but didn't I tell you to skip the formalities when we are not in the presence of the other Kagura clan members Reiko-chan?"

The dark-haired teen nodded sheepishly. "My apologies my la… um… Chizuru-oneechan, I kind of gotten used to calling you by that name." she reasoned out.

The Kagura priestess sighed; she sat on a chair next to her friend as they await the next bout to take place. 'So far the rest of the Kagura clan has set up fake seals all over Japan and to a few chosen locations around the world… that should confuse the Orochi clan for a little while. Hakkeshu Team… why so blunt in naming their team like that? Are they that confident in their powers this time around?'

Reiko blinked when she saw her 'big sister' frown as she sat down. "Chizuru-oneechan?" she hesitantly asked.

Chizuru snapped out of her musings and turned towards Reiko. "Yes Reiko-chan, what is it?"

The teen smiled at the priestess. "Please do not think too much about it for now, it will only lead to frustration in the end oneechan. I'm sure Maki-oneechan wouldn't like that to happen to you too."

The priestess blinked before she began to laugh softly. "Hm, hm… you're right, if she were still here… she'd scold me until her voice breaks. Thank you Reiko-chan, I'll try not to worry too much."

Reiko's smile widened before she heard the sound indicating that the start of the second bout. "Oh! The fighters are here already? Oh dear, *ahem* I… um…"

"The second bout: The Hero Team vs. the Korea Team!"

Goro and Benimaru calmly walked up to the arena while Kyo seemed hesitant to participate in his team's match. He had his head down as he followed his teammates and he frowned as he recalled Iori's match a few minutes ago. 'He's gotten stronger while I… no… I won't accept that. I have to train harder…'

Kim bowed in respect to his opponents and both of Kyo's teammates did the same as well.

"Match… START!!!"

Chang and Choi moved to the side with Benimaru and Goro hot on their tail while Kyo still has his head down as he was facing Kim. Chang planted his feet on the floor as he swung his iron ball towards the charging duo, Benimaru nimbly evaded it but Goro couldn't quite make it.

"Gah!" Goro gasped out as he tried to catch the ball with his hands instead. He managed to reduce the impact but the ball still hit his chest area, blood spewed out of his mouth but he quickly recovered from the attack and pulled the ball with all his might. Chang struggled in keeping his grip with the chains attached to the iron ball; both giants were at a stalemate so their partners took over from there.

Choi jumped from Chang's back and he dove for Goro with his arms and claws stretched out. He was about to stab the man when his path was suddenly blocked by a circular lighting attack. Benimaru quickly kicked Choi to change his trajectory.

Benimaru leapt at the small man. "Raijin ken!"

The small man rolled backwards to avoid the circular lightning attack, he shouted nonsense before doing a rolling attack to Benimaru. The blonde man noticed that Choi rolled past him; he looked down… only to see the small man stab him in the butt. Benimaru screamed but quickly did a one-hand spinning top that slapped Choi silly. "It's over… Rai Kou Ken!!!"

Choi shrieked as Benimaru continued the lightning attack several seconds longer than usual. The blonde finally released the attack; the small man slumped on the ground. Benimaru checked his opponent before dusting himself off. "Yare, yare…" he said, brushing his hair slowly.

Meanwhile, Goro released his hold on the iron ball causing Chang to fall to the ground hard. Chang grabbed the chains and slowly spun it above him, Daimon lunged at his opponent with clenched teeth and he deflected the spinning iron ball with both of his hands. Chang was about to do a shoulder tackle until he noticed that Goro was smiling, his eyes widened when he received one helluva electric shock. His body shook for a few more minutes even after Benimaru stopped his offense.

Daimon went for the finish when he did a couple of body slams and one last backdrop to the huge man. "That takes care of that!"

"Shall we help him?" Benimaru asked, looking at their leader.

Goro shook his head. "Nah, he can do that on his own. I think he has a lot on his mind right now."

Osaka Hotel

"For the last friggin time, she is not!"

Chris just threw his arms in the air. "Hai, Hai, fine. Whatever you say sensei!"

Ranma rubbed his temples as they headed upstairs to their hotel rooms. "So? What are you gonna do now? Why aren't you watching the matches anyway? Shouldn't you be at the stadium studying Yagami's moves?"

The younger blue-eyed boy shrugged. "Yashi-kun is taking care of that, he has this revenge thing going on in his mind right now and I wouldn't want to tick him off."

"Oh! Chris! Perfect timing, I want to ask you something… who's this?" a familiar French woman asked.

Chris smiled. "Hi Shermie! This is my master in martial arts, Ranma Saotome. Guess what? He wants to teach the three of us if you and Yashi-kun feel like it and he's going to train me the advance forms too!"

'He's cute but why does he seem so familiar?' "Hi, I'm Shermie. It's nice to meet you Ranma." The twin ponytailed woman greeted Ranma with a smile of her own.

Ranma nodded. "Nice to *splash!* meet you too…" Ranma-chan finished lamely as she removed the bucket on top of her head that the cleaning lady accidentally dropped from the second floor.

Shermie stood there frozen for a minute before she fainted with a loud thud. Ranma-chan and Chris sighed at the same time, Ranma-chan carried the dazed red-head by the arms while Chris led them to CYS' hotel room. The red-head placed the other ponytailed red-head on the bed to let her rest and the blue-eyed boy heated some water for his teacher.

"Your curse has changed huh?" Chris began as he handed Ranma-chan a kettle of hot water. "You're taller too… I had to take a second look to check if it was really you back there. Care to tell how that happened?"

Ranma-chan poured the contents of the kettle onto her head. "It's… a long story; I'd probably bore you if I explain it right now and besides… your friend is coming to."

"Uhhnn… what happened?" Shermie asked as she sat up. She looked up and saw a laughing Chris and a very nervous Ranma staring back at her. "What happened?" she asked once more, only to receive a nervous laugh from both men.

After a few more times fainting, demonstrating and explaining, Shermie was finally able to understand how it works even if only a little bit. "This will take some time to get used to Ranma."

"I'm just glad you didn't freak out too much, so you up to learning martial arts?" Ranma-chan asked.

Shermie clasped her hands together. "I'd love to! I don't know much about fighting so I want to learn as much as I can, a woman must know how to defend herself after all."

Chris snickered. "You two really do look like sisters, with those ponytails and that bust size!"

"What?!" the two red-heads shrieked.

"It's true isn't it?" he said, chuckling once again.

Shermie smiled and laughed with the blue-eyed boy while Ranma was ready, willing and able to rip the kid's head off. 'You are sooo dead… no, better yet… I'll save it for your training, heh heh heh…'

Osaka Stadium

Kim couldn't wait any longer so he performed a spinning kick that connected to Kyo's side. Kim continued with several well placed consecutive strikes to his opponent's knee, midsection and head. The Kusanagi heir fell to his knees after that attack, his eyes widened as he received another kick to the face followed by a half-crescent moon slice that connected to his upper back area.

Kim stopped in his assault and watched as the Kusanagi heir fell face first to the ground. Kyo struggled to get up but the brown-haired man simply kicked him back down. Kyo finally couldn't take it anymore; he snapped his fingers and crimson flames soon came out of it.  He randomly swung his flame-covered arm around while he was getting up, his eyes narrowed as he saw Kim running towards him at high speed.

"Don't underestimate me! Kurai Yagare!!!" he shouted as he performed his Orochinagi at his charging opponent. Kim anticipated the move so he jumped high to avoid the flames but he did not anticipate the Kusanagi heir charging up one more time. He crossed his arms in front of him as he started to descend in hopes to counter whatever move Kyo will pull off this time.

"Kore da Kusanagi no ken da!!! (5)" He shouted as a pillar of flames burst forth from the ground, he then performed a series of flame covered punches through the pillar and onto his opponent. Kim tried blocking the move but the flames and the power behind the punches were so intense that he was forced to drop his guard for just a minute but that was more than enough time for Kyo to make his move.

"Rekishi ga chiga un da yo! (6)" he yelled more to himself than towards his opponent as he charged his right fist with crimson flames, he then aimed for Kim's face as he delivered the attack. Kim's entire body was quickly engulfed in flames just when he was flung to the far side of the battleground.

The Kusanagi heir didn't even do any arrogant poses or taunts after that, he just stared at the bruised and burnt form of Kim while breathing heavily before he decided to leave the arena.

"The winner of the match… the Hero Team!!!"

Benimaru and Daimon waited for their leader to congratulate him but Kyo merely pushed them aside. 'Dammit… it wasn't good enough! I have to be stronger if I hope to have at least a snowball's chance in hell to beat Yagami as he is now.'

At the back

Iori smiled when he saw the look on Kyo's face. 'Are you scared Kusanagi? I swear that I'll end your life sometime in this tournament.' "Hm hm hm hm… what the hell are you still doing here?" he asked harshly at the Orochi Hakketsu Shuu member.

Vice just smirked. "Nothing, I told you before didn't I? I find it rather interesting to see your uncontrollable anger towards that Kusanagi boy. I really hope that you get your chance to fight him seriously this time…" she said as she placed a hand on Iori's cheek, she smiled at him before she started walking away.

The red-haired man scoffed at Vice's retreating figure. "Bah! Hell with it… I'll fight him even if he somehow manages to avoid me in this tournament."

Mature waited for Vice around the corner. "How do you feel?" she asked with a somewhat knowing smile.

"I feel wonderful! All that power… you know, it feels great to have it course through your body like that." Vice responded gladly as she stretched her arms. "I think I'll take a rest for now… say, where is Ranma anyway?"

The blonde demeanor turned serious. "He needed to cool down; Yagami was really getting to him. Anyway, I asked him that question earlier and I was right… he really is of the Orochi clan and if my instincts are correct, I think that he would be more than happy to help us later on."

Vice nodded. "That's good news; we now have another one to use in the tournament. Well, I'm going to bed Mature… see you later."

Mature looked uncertain for a moment after Vice left for the hotel rooms before she shrugged the feeling off. "Someone to use…" she muttered to herself.

Chizuru got out of her seat and decided to leave the room. "Kusanagi… you noticed it too didn't you? Yasakani's power and bloodlust is growing by the day which means that Orochi is getting stronger as well. Where is that temple?! Why can't I find it?! Why… ah!" she exclaimed as she bumped into someone. She turned to her side and saw a young man with white hair.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me, I didn't mean to!" The young man quickly apologized.

Chizuru waved it off. "It's alright, just be careful next time." She replied as she walked away.

The white-haired teen rounded the corner before he stopped to look at his left hand. He removed his glove and a circular mark suddenly appeared on his exposed hand, it showed a greenish glow before the mark vanished. "Haha… just as I thought, it is inside you. Miss Chizuru Kagura… you have something that I need so badly and I'm going to have so much fun taking it away from you."

(1) – Fun, eh?

(2) – You are quite the fool!

(3) – You won't die so easily!

(4) – That event? I pulled it out of the HK manga's. Athena couldn't control her powers very well when she interfered in the impromptu fight between Iori and Kyo at their school. She accidentally used her powers to see Iori's memories, what happened after that… well… how would you feel if someone actually knew your innermost thoughts and secrets? Worse… how would someone with unstable Orochi blood take it? ^^;

(5) – This is the fist of the Kusanagi!

(6) – History proves otherwise!

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AN: Sorry for being a little late on the update, I was feeling kinda down after reading quite a number of angst fics this week (That and a few hours fighting that cheap ass Goenitz, my thumbs are still sore *stupid controller* ~~;). Not much advancement in the story this chapter but I'll make it up to you guys next time. 'Till then, Ja ne!

Next Childhood Days

Lonely Wolves Team vs. Special Team; Hakkeshu Team vs. Ikari Team. Childhood friends meet once more; will it result in a joyful reunion or a hate-filled one?