Authors Note:
This is a King of Fighters/Virtua Fighter crossover. It's set TWENTY years from now. So, the next generation of fighters arises. Okay!
Summary: PAIRINGS ARE A SURPRISE UNLESS I SAY WHAT THEY ARE. But, if a kid only seems to have one parent e.g. Shingyoji, Shinya, Setsuna, Kyo, Hiro… you can guess who's kid they are. Everybody has two parents, unless they're a clone. Yeah. Starts in the VF world, so next chapter, will be the day before the tournament starts. I have used some names that are already taken. There are two Kasumi's and two Kyo's, old and new. But that's because those names are extremely common. Have fun, and don't forget to review!
King of Fighters: A New Fight- Chapter One
"I guess we'll send three then." Aoi said, looking down at the invitation in bewilderment. She'd always expected to send a student, just one, the best, to the World Tournament, not to this King of Fighters.
But, the invitation to the World Tournament had never arrived. Her and Akira's best guess was that it wasn't going on anymore.
"Yes… Which three?" The answer was obvious to them both. The three thickest files on the desk where set in a pile.
"Setsuna Kunisaki." Aoi said first.
"Kyosuke Takamoto." Akira added the second.
"Hirosuma Fujiwara." She finished, and they both stood up, to go announce the chosen students to the classes.
"Alright." Aoi looked over at the combined class of her Aiki Jujitsu, and Akira's Judo students. They were all unusually silent and anxious; each one hoped to be the one to go. Only three would be leaving, but it felt like the heart of the class was going with them. She looked to Setsuna; she'd known the girl's mother, and was extremely proud of her. She, along with Hiro and Kyo, had been here the longest out of all the students. Ranked among the world's best, and Setsuna was only 15! Aoi's heart swelled with pride.
"Three of you are entered." Akira announced, and everyone brightened further, thinking that the chances of them getting picked where increased.
A raven haired girl, Kasumi, exchanged a glance with a blond boy, Sho, and they both seemed to know who was going.
"First, Kyosuke Takamoto." Akira tossed the blond one, Sho's twin Kyosuke, a manilla packet. All the students clapped politely, and Sho and Kasumi cheered. "Hirosuma Fujiwara." A brunette got a packet as well, and all the girls shrieked. Hiro was very popular in the class, because he had great manners, and was a gentleman.
"And… Setsuna Kunisaki." Setsuna smiled, graciously accepting hers from Aoi. Kasumi threw a fist in the air triumphantly, then hugged Setsuna.
"I can't believe it! You're going to be the youngest person there, probably!" Kasumi was a year older than Setsuna.
"And the prettiest." Kyo spoke up, giving Setsuna a wink. She just rolled her eyes at him.
Hiro glared at him, but secretly agreed.
"Hey… There's a program…" Setsuna muttered, pulling the thick glossy magazine from the envelope. "King of Fighters?" She asked, her brows knitted in confusion.
"What?" Both Kyo and Hiro ripped into theirs, and then stared down at the program. They weren't going to fight in the World Tournament, like their teachers before them?
"Yes. Open it up, and see your competition." The teachers replied.
"This is going to be awesome!" Setsuna exclaimed, as she and Kasumi flipped through it. There were eight teams, including the one that the Umenokouji students were on, all named after a country. They had the honor of being team Japan.
Far away, in Southtown USA.
"Bring it on, Howard!" A blond girl, of medium height and build said to her identical twin brother.
"Mom said no fighting in the bar…" He was annoyed at her. Ever since she'd gotten into fighting in cages matches on the Underground, she'd been doing that to everyone. For three years, since she was 16.
She'd entered illegally, of course, much to their mother, King's, dismay. Rock wasn't so worried about, he thought she'd lose, and they'd kick her out.
But no. Garnet won, and even after her age was discovered, she was still the greatest attraction. From all over Southtown, people would bet on her. And she'd always win. 'The Gem of the Underground' she'd soon earned the title.
"Aw, come on, live a little. Maybe I'll call Jeff, and he'll spar with me." She teased. Elijah, the boy, pulled his waiters jacket down a bit nervously. His sister and Jeff Bogard, Uncle Terry and Aunt Mary's son, would rip up the L'Illusion, and then King would rip them up. That wouldn't be good.
"Please don't. Do you want to live to our twentieth birthday?" He asked, their matching green eyes locking. How the two had gotten green eyes out of parents with brown and red eyes, no one had known.
"Of course I do. And that's why you're not on my team." She said casually, taking a seat on one of the stools, and leaning back against the bar.
"Oh, don't remind me. You get paired with the FAMOUS book critic Toshiya Kusanagi, and Miss Iris no-last-name…" He muttered, starting to wipe down the counter top, wary of his sisters elbows.
"Hey, at least I got paired. Where's your team?" She asked, tilting her head back, and looking up at him. The red Fatal Fury cap that their father and passed down to her nearly touched the shining counter.
"They're coming." As he spoke, an Italian-looking boy, much younger than the two already at the bar, and a blond, with chocolate eyes, wearing an orange Kyokugenryu gi, entered.
Garnet laughed loudly. "Hi, Garcia. Sakazaki." She said to the two.
"Mikey, Kaoru." Elijah looked up at them with a smile. His teammates had arrived.
And in ANOTHER part of Southtown, more specifically, the Todoh Dojo.
"Shingyoji, pay attention!" His mother, Kasumi Todoh, said sharply, as he just barely blocked another of her blows.
Standing along the back wall, Mikey's brother, Leo Garcia, laughed, as he watched with his girlfriend, Li Yi-Che.
"Shut it, Leo!" Shingyoji threw his leg out, kicking his mother back.
"Alright. That's enough for today." Kasumi picked up the hem of her hakama, shaking it out like she always did. "You may leave, Shingyoji." Both the teacher and the student, mother and son, bowed. Then Shingyoji looked to Leo and Yi-Che, and they all left.
The Bogard Household.
"JEFFY!" Jeff cringed at his cousin, Sakura's, nickname for him. What did she want now? She was annoyingly like her mother, Mai. The petite brunette walked into the room. "Have you seen my pink top? The shiny one?"
Jeff gave her a curious look. What he wouldn't give to be down at the L'Illusion, sparring with Garnet, or having a drink with Uncle Rock and Elijah. Just… relaxed, not helping Sakura pack her things for the tournament. Why couldn't Joe, jr. help her? He was her boyfriend, wasn't that like… his job?
Author's Note: Yes, there are more teams. This chapter is three pages, typed, on my Word. Pretty long, for me. Next chapter, the fighters meet! And no, you shouldn't have to guess who Sakura's dad is. Or Joe's. I will kill you if you guess. Please review! But you can try to guess who Shingyoji's is! Yes, Jeff was named after his grandfather. Ja matta!