Fire and Ice

Declaimers: We are the Generation A

Ramon: first things first, we're Portuguese and we're making this fanfic in English

Sunny: so don't be surprised if you see some graphic errors …and …this was our first fan fic. So be nice.

Air Jay: And to end, I just wanna say that KOF doesn't belong to us, it's a very cool awesome video game made by the SNK.

Wednesday; 1:30

K' was arriving back to his apartment, after talking to Robert about how to date with Kula, he spend these last days on the Kyokuken karate school so that Robert could give him all the details about dates, and today were the final tips, and later on, he had a rematch with Takuma, and K' end up winning again, and Takuma said that on KOF 2003 he would beat him. What a stubborn old man. But the one thing that goes on in K' mind was what Robert said about the "the most crazy things" that happens on a date. What could he be talking about? I don't understand! But come to think of it, Kula's being very exited on these last days, I wonder what could it be? Would it be because of her date with him? Who knows? K' was so in deep in his thoughts than he doesn't remember arriving to the door of his apartment.

Once entered he hear some noises coming from the living room, it was Maxima sitting on the sofa with a lot of beer cans around him. This was the first time that K' sees his old friend all drunk, they have been travelling for 3 years but he never thought that Maxima could do something like this. " Maxima, what are you doing?"

" Drinking beer man." Said a very drunken Maxima. " (hiccup). Do you want one? No, no, no, no, you can't! You're too young! More for me (hiccup)! Heheheh"

K' sweet dropped.

"Tell me something K'!"

" What?"

"What's so god damn special about Kula?" Asked Maxima crushing the can "COME ON! TELL ME! Man, I need another beer" he said after throwing the can behind the sofa.

Now K' is confused "What do you mean? What happened when I was gone?"

Maxima just opens another beer can before starting to explain what happen. "When you were at the Kykuken dojo I was making the dinner, but I don't know how, the stove got burn up again…… Burning really bad……. but Kula manage to put out the fire with her ice power, and in the end Diana just keep calling me worthless and all that crap…"

"That's nothing new…….." said K' very sarcastically.

"Yeah, but who does she think she is? At least I know how to cook! She only gives attention to Kula! TO THAT BRAT!" Maxima accidentally crushes the beer can. "Damn! I didn't drink this beer can!"

"Right……." Said K' with a grin "or are just obsessed that Diana kissed Kula on the check after she put out the fire?"

Maxima just blushed furiously. "WHAT? I NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT! And how do you know that?"

K' let out a small, mocking chuckle "You just told me right now!"

Maxima didn't say anything, he just open up another beer can and continuo on drinking (where does he get all of those beer cans?)

"K'………" said Maxima a little more calmer "when I was a kid ,I was poor and alone, always fighting to have some food in my mouth, and I manage to join the army by luck, since then my life changed, I was a proud Canadian soldier with a wife and everything, I was send to many wars, I always, ALWAYS, executed every order, the day NEST killed my best friend and turn me into a cyborg, our superiors didn't even border to send out a rescue party to save my team. Kinda funny, isn't it? Our superiors have left us to our fate! And Diana start's to sound just like them. I work harder that anyone around here, but she's always the one who takes me down" Maxima stopped talking to finish drinking the beer can and throwing aside ". Hey, if I ever end up dead in the hands of K9999 or Yagami, do you think that she'll give more importance to me or do you think that she'll just keep on only giving importance to Kula?"

K' didn't say anything; he just walks to the window of the living room, staring at the street below him. "Maxima………as a soldier, and as a fighter, you should know the answer to that question of yours."

"What do you mean?"

"Think about this for a moment. Kula is 16 now, and she was an agent of NEST, what did you do in her age?"

"I was fighting to survive!"

"True, but can you imagine having that kind of responsibility, so young? That's exactly what we are different from her, we decided to revolt against NEST, making them pay for all the harm that they have done, even with all the danger that we took, but Kula never had our choice. She received a power similar to mine, with the difference of using ice instead of fire, with out any training and nothing, but she had 3 friends witch she loved so much, and 2 of them die just right in front of her. For as strong she might seem she's juts a 16 year old girl, the reality that she faces forces her to take the actions of a person with double of her age. Do you think that she ever dream about anything else but to follow the orders of NEST? And as for Diana, she lived in NEST ever since she was a child, and she's always been on her own, she knows how it is working for NEST, so she supports Kula the best she can so that she could survive in that organization. NEST took their youth, and now it is destroyed, so this is new world for them, they feel a little lonely and scarred, disorientated. So don't mind them Maxima, just don't turn your self into a heart of stone.

Maxima tried to understand what Kula and Diana are going throw in their life's, but he couldn't "……with Kula's age, I've already killed 3 men………it's hard for me to understand……"

The two just remain in silence, unknown to them that they were being heard, by two females, Kula and Diana. They've been woke up because of Maxima's yelling. Diana already had her sword in her hand, ready to punish Maxima, even if Kula was trying to stop her, when bout of them heard the boy's conversation. Kula never imagine that Maxima had such a thought life, and that he felt so unappreciated for all the hard work that he does every day, it's true, he is the one who works very hard to give us with money from his work and all the things in the house, she know exactly how he feels, in school, she's the smartest, but every one treat's her like she's not one of them, how much she hates that, but she always wanted to live a normal girls live, and she's not going to give it up so easily, never. And Kula never thought that K' thought of her as a victim, a cursed person of NEST with no life of her own. "But you're wrong K', I always dreamed on living a normal persons life! Always! And I'll prove it to you, someday." Thought Kula.

As for Diana, she was really surprised on hearing K' words, she always thought that K' was nothing but cold, ruthless man, even with all this years that he lived on the orders of Krizalid, and she never agreed with this date of K' and Kula, she was even planning on spying on them to make sure that K' wouldn't do anything funny with Kula, but now that she hear his opinion on her and Kula, she begin to have more trust on him. Diana never thought how Maximas life was before NEST turn him into a cyborg, a life completely ruin, and he's trying very hard to get that life back, and it's true that she's always treating him like shit, and she never understand why. Could it be that K' is right? Is she afraid of this new world? Was she showing that fear picking on Maxima?

She looks very shamelessly to her sword. " Kula, we better go back to bed before they notice us!"

"Right!" said Kula following Diana back to their room, leaving silently with out the two men knowing.

"Well, I better go back to my room, I sleepy" said K', taking one of Maxima beer cans.

"Hey K'! You're too young to……"

K' just punches Maxima on the face, leaving him KO, and went on back to his room drinking his beer. And he hated it." How can people drink these things? This things tastes like pee!"

The Next day:

We find the girls already waiting for Maxima to do their breakfast, Whip was a little worried for Maxima, after what happened yesterday, she feared the worst. But just then Maxima got in. He really looks like dirt.

"Good Morning Maxima!" greeted

Maxima covered his ears with his hands "FOR GOOD SAKES KULA! DON'T YELL! I've on terrible head edge!"

"I didn't yell. Did I?"

"Well Max, We were just wondering if you could do those famous pancakes of yours" said Whip trying to change the subject.

" Well…………………………… Alright, as long as you guys shut up!"

And so Maxima when on making his famous pancakes, and delivered them to the girls, a little annoyed after what happened yesterday.

And for last he delivers a pancake to Dianas plate, without looking to her in the eyes. "Here you go."

Diana blushes "Thank you, Maxima."

This was new. Could it be true? Did Diana just thank Maxima for something? This amazed every one in the kitchen, except for Kula

"Wow, wow, wow!" Maxima pressed his ear near Dianas face. "could you repeat that again, Diana? I believe that you just thank me!"

Diana turns her back to him. "So what?"

"This is a first."

"Could we skip that, please!"

"Wow, now you say please, man……"

Diana was getting enough of this and holds her sword. "Maxima! You just don't rest until I slice your head open, Right?"

Maxima backs off, avoiding the contact with the sword. "Ok, Ok Ok, I'll shut up." He was kind of happy of what he just heard, for the very first time, in his life he fells that he is being appreciated for his hard work. Maybe now things can go much smoothly for him.

Whip was also amazed by this scene her self, she never thought that Diana would ever thank Maxima for something, it almost looks like that we are finally beginning to be a family. Just then K' enters the kitchen.

"What's with all the yelling around here? Can a guy sleep in peace around here?" complained a sleepy K', getting in the kitchen.

"I think that you don't want to know what's going on!" said Whip.

To be continue.