All right, dudes and dudettes! This is the second to last chapter for this story...if its a disappointment for some of you on how I plan to end this, then please tell me what I could have done...but in a nice way!

Anyway, thanks to my fellow reviewers that actually got the chance to review the last chapter! axel, LegendarySuperNamek, Silverquickstar, and Morbent Fell. Thanks you guys! XD

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the SNK characters used in this fic! Also...a certain part of the ending from the 3 Sacred Treasures team that is italicized.

Notes: Italicized parts are flashbacks(part of ending from the ending in KOF 2003...you'll know once you get to it...it's like a classic...hehehe)Translations are at the end...and are italicized in the chapter-so no worries!

Chapter 20: Reconfirmations Pt 2

(Where can he be?) Kyo paced around his room, Yuki stood at the door, looking at him with nervousness.

"Kyo?" Her voice seemed to break at his name.

"What?" Kyo stopped pacing for a moment, his back was to her.

"Are you all right?" She asked.

"I'm fine."

"Okay..."

"Look, I'm going to go. Make sure you and Shingo stay here." Kyo headed out.

"But-" Yuki began, but got cut off as Kyo turned around, and pointed at her.

"Just stay!" Kyo ordered. This kept Yuki quiet. Kyo left without another word, slamming the front door...

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Meanwhile...

"Today's the day, Beni-kun!" Ash laughed, a small hint of evilness in his laughter.

"Hmm..." Ash looked over to Benimaru, who was slumped on the couch, looking at the scar on his arm.

"What's the matter? Aren't you excited?" Ash smirked, going over to him.

"No."

"Why not?"

"I just don't feel like doing whatever it is you're going to do..." Benimaru replied with almost no emotion at all.

"Et... pourquoi pas?" Ash smirked. Benimaru groaned.

"You know I can't understand that...why do you speak to me in French for?" Benimaru looked at him.

"Hmm...someone has an attitude today." Ash laughed slightly, placing his finger to his own lips for a moment in thought.

"Benimaru-kun...I have a new idea. Maybe you'll like this one." Ash's small smile became another one of his smirks as he finished his sentence. "I know your friends will..."

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"Where can that damn bastard be hiding at? For all I know he could be planning it up...whatever was in that damn suitcase." Kyo grumbled along the way as he walked down the streets. He couldn't care less of what people thought of him as they heard him almost talking to himself as if he was crazy.

He ventured far into an alley, where he thought he'd find who he was looking for, but instead found someone he preferred he'd rather not have met.

"Kusanagi...still chasing after that fag?" A deep voice suddenly filled the alley. Kyo looked behind him, but saw nothing. He turned around, and found someone there suddenly. Kyo stepped back, almost tripping over his own feet at the shock of it.

"Yagami. What the hell are you doing here?"

"None of your business." Iori grumbled.

"Then how do you know I was looking for Ash?" Kyo demanded.

"Oh, no...I wasn't talking about that certain faggot...I was talking about your friend...Nikaido." Iori had a small, vile smirk on his face.

"Shut up."

"You're still defending him, aren't you?" Iori laughed. "You know Ash has got him now. You're just afraid that he'll beat you now, aren't you? You're afraid that your friend is going to defeat you-"

"Shut up!" Kyo's anger flared.

"Hmph. You might as well stop. You're too late. He's made a decision. He'll eventually destroy you..." Iori smirked.

"Ash marked you next-you're the one who's afraid that he'll get you." Kyo remembered when Chizuru had gotten the Yata mirror taken away from her. Iori closed his eyes tightly, remembering the incident.

"...And now who will serve me next?" Ash seemed to be in thought. "...I got it! Iori Yagami! You're it! Full of so many surprises. I'll not tire of you."

"Bah! That's rich! Me, serve the likes of you? Contrarily, I'm gonna tear your dreams up one by one." Iori tried to uppercut him with his flame, but failed as Ash teleported behind him.

" Ah hah, hah. That sounds delicious..." Ash had the small smirk on his face. "I bid you farewell for now. Bonvoyage... Hoo, hoo, hoo...ah, ha, ha!"

"Admit it, you're afraid!" Kyo shouted, snapping him back into the present.

"Shut up! I don't feel that kind of foolishness. He's the one who should fear me." Iori turned his back toward Kyo.

"We have to stop him from going any further."

"Yes...I we have to stop him..." Iori seemed silent for a moment.

"Then help me find him." Kyo demanded.

"I don't need to. I already know." Iori began to walk away from him.

"What? Where is he? This is important, Iori. Tell me where he is!" Kyo's hand moved to Iori's shoulder, where he attempted to turn him around, but Iori managed to shrug his hand away. Iori's stare seemed serious now.

"Very well...but...I doubt that we'll get there in time."

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"This is very...fascinant..." Ash smirked. "How nice of you to protect your elderly father...almost ancient, I suppose. My career still has a long way..." Ash trailed off.

"Just who do you think you are?"! Yuri shouted, barely able to stand from the fight she had just fought alongside her brother. Ryo lay faced down on the ground, unconscious.

"Hmph...why, how should I put this?" Ash trailed off in thought. He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but then shut it quickly. He formed a small smile on his face. "This is vague. It seems as if I have plans else where." Ash snapped his fingers.

"Allons." He walked away. Benimaru let go of Robert, who had finally given up struggling, then left without another word. Yuri went over to Robert.

"What...what is Benimaru doing with that man? I don't understand." Robert managed to say.

"I don't know. Father is fine. We should be grateful for that." Yuri shook her head. "What did he want from us...?"

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"I got the first one...this is going quite well, don't you think?" Ash asked Benimaru, who walked alongside him. He then remembered. "Say, how come you understood what I said just a while ago?" Ash smirked.

"I don't know. You snapped your fingers."

"You're like my obedient dog, aren't you?" Ash laughed slightly.

"I'm not your dog." Benimaru tried to hold back his anger.

"I just assumed, Beni-kun. No reason to get mad..." Ash trailed off, almost in thought.

"What next?" Benimaru still had the nerve to ask.

"Hmm...Terry Bogard." Ash managed a short laugh. "...I'm quite sure he'll want to see me again."

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(Why am I having these sudden headaches? Why at this time?) Benimaru closed his eyes for an instant. A sudden image flashed in his head. His eyes widened.

"Benimaru? What's the matter?" Ash asked.

"N-nothing..." Benimaru assured him, walking along side him.

"It's weird...every time you do that, you scare me." Ash stopped walking for an instant. (Maybe he's getting his memories back...no, not at this time-I'm just too close to my goal...) Ash turned to Benimaru, who still held his head.

"I think Robert hit me on the head a bit too hard..." Benimaru took his hand away. Ash noticed blood flowing from the side of his neck.

"You're bleeding!" Ash caught Benimaru's hand before he went to reach up at it again. "It's...it's coming from your ear." Ash commented. Benimaru looked at his glove. It had blood smeared onto it.

"...it's no big deal...let's just keep going." Benimaru seemed frustrated. (Why does this always happen to me?)

"Fine...whatever you say." Ash sighed. They continued to walk to their next destination...

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"He's not here!" Kyo kicked a box in frustration.

"Hmm...there's no trace that he could've been here. Maybe he's elsewhere." Iori sniffed the air.

"I think he's going to come back to this spot at a later time." Kyo looked around.

"Well then...we'll just wait for him here." Iori stood beside the door.

"Good idea." Kyo, for once, agreed with the Yagami. "Let's just wait..." Kyo's eyes widened as his eye caught something familiar. "No way..." He pulled off the sheets from the object. Iori now stood beside him.

"That son of a bitch has been planning this for a long time..." Kyo trailed off. Iori laughed for no particular reason.

"Looks like we've gone back to the past, eh Kusanagi?"

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"Something feels wrong..." Ash murmured to himself as they walked inside Terry's apartment. Ash's eyes widened. (He's not here...) Ash turned back to the door. Benimaru followed him.

"What's wrong?"

"Hmph. It seems like Terry has been warned. We must go. Come on!" Ash signaled him out.

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"I came here as fast as I could." Terry tried to catch his breath at the door.

"That's good. Now it's Ash's turn to come running back to this place." Kyo looked under some more sheeted objects.

"Ash?" Terry grunted. "What does that wimp have to do with this place?" Terry headed over to Kyo.

"He's planning something with all this." Kyo responded.

"From what we've seen so far, he's been sneaky about it." Iori suddenly spoke up from the shadows, startling Terry.

"What's he doing here?" Terry asked.

"He helped me find this place...we're going to have to fight together in this if we want to win." Kyo responded. Kyo then smirked. "It won't be long before he and Benimaru get here...we'll be sure to surprise him this time..."

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A few moments later...

Ash stopped by the door to the warehouse, putting his index finger to his lips, indicating for Benimaru to keep quiet. (Oui...I was right. They've caught up to my plans...) Ash leaned back onto the wall outside of the warehouse. (Now is the time to use the power of the Yata mirror...) Ash closed his eyes, and whispered a chant. Once he was done, he then smirked. (Oh, how they'll enjoy the surprise...) He looked over to Benimaru, who still held his ear. The blood dripped off from his elbow, as the blood ran down quickly.

"Now is the time..." Ash whispered. "Now our bondage breaks..." He sensed that it was all going to come to an end soon.

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Inside the warehouse...

"Hey! What was that noise?" Terry and the rest heard it coming from above.

"It's him. I can smell it...that bastard is too smart to come in through the front." Iori looked up as well, a stern, angry look on his face.

"That coward..." Kyo was trying to spot something from above, but failed.

"...Oh, my...what a crowd I've got here..." Ash's voice suddenly echoed through the warehouse.

"Show yourself, you bastard!" Kyo yelled out.

"Aha, ha, ha...gladly." Ash suddenly appeared behind Kyo. Before Kyo knew it, he was on the ground, and Ash's mocking laughter filled the warehouse. Ash was then hit by purple flame. Iori rushed at him, and held him, and threw him onto the ground, shouting out.

"Iku zo!" He then picked Ash up by his neck, and held him in the air. He surrounded himself with a flaming pillar. Iori finished with an explosive crimson blast that sent Ash flying across the room. "Shine!" Ash lay still for a moment.

"Whoa! I think that did it, Iori!" Terry seemed surprised. Ash grunted. He let out a small laugh.

"Don't you ever give up?" Ash stood up slowly. Blood ran down his nose slowly.

"I'm going to finish you off!" Kyo ran toward him. Ash disappeared before Kyo could uppercut him with his flame.

"Aggressive, now are we?" Ash laughed.

"Come and get it!" Terry punched him from behind, sending him skidding onto the ground.

"Argh!" Ash yelled out, frustrated. "Hmph." He snapped his fingers. The lights suddenly flickered off. Kyo's eyes widened. Ash stood there, it had almost been as if they hadn't even touched him.

"Bonjour, Kyo. I see you've had your share of what I'm capable of..." Ash suddenly stepped out a little more.

"What did you do to him?"! Kyo shouted.

"Nothing, really." Ash shoved Benimaru to stand. Benimaru had a bandana tied around his mouth. His eyes were now fixed on Kyo's, who now looked at him, then back at Ash.

"It seems as if I've yet tricked you again, Kyo Kusanagi..." Ash smirked.

"Let him go." Kyo took a step, but his eyes were suddenly fixed on what Ash had in his hands.

"Take another step...and I'll make sure none of you make it out of here alive..." Ash smirked while closing his eyes. His finger was fixed on the detonator's button. "Your friend...he was quite an obedient one..." Ash let out a short laugh. "It was nice working with you, Beni-kun. But it all ends here." Ash opened his eyes, then turned to look at Benimaru. His face neared his bloodied ear, then he whispered something in French. "Cette mission... plus de."

"Take this!" Out of almost no where, a crimson flame struck both Ash and Benimaru. Kyo and the rest looked in the direction it had come from.

"K'. What in the hell are you doing here?" Kyo seemed angered. K' grunted slightly with a small smile.

"Anyone with the mind to use something of the NESTS again is on my to kill list." K' turned to Ash, who had recovered from the sudden blast. He suddenly saw someone else there. Blue hair, and an almost innocent look on her face. She blew an icy wind, which sent him back onto the ground while K' managed to take Ash by the hair, and threaten him with his flame.

"Leave him to us. This isn't any of your business." Kyo took another step. Kula slid on the ground, almost as if the ground was made of ice, and knocked Kyo down. Kyo fell on his back, his breath gone for a few seconds. He looked up to Kula's image. She smiled at him almost too innocently.

"Leave us. We'll take care of this from here." K' smirked, looking at Ash, who struggled in his arms.

"Fools. I can't be defeated this easily." Ash laughed. It sent an ongoing chill in almost everyone's spine. "This is my spot light!" Ash suddenly lit himself with his green flame, which sent K' back like some explosion. Ash's eyes gleamed almost red. He smirked now. He began to form the ball of green flame.

"Au revoir...until the next time we meet, Iori Yagami! Aha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" He released his Thermidor attack, then vanished into almost thin air. The flame hit almost everyone. Iori was the first to recover.

"Come back here, you bastard!" He yelled. Terry suddenly remembered about the detonator. He picked it up.

"It was all a fake!" Terry yelled out to Kyo who got up, suddenly remembering about Benimaru. He went over to him. It looked like he had hit his head with something. (Why in the hell does it always have to be his damn head?) Kyo thought with frustration. (...He got away...again. I wonder...what are his true intentions...?)

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Okay...so what'd you think? Common, don't tell me it was dumb or anything...I spent practically half the day trying to write it! lol Anyway...this next chapter will be the last, so if you would review, it would be awesome. Also, a pretty lengthy chapter for you all! Thanks for all your support everyone! XD

And...if you didn't get what was actually in that suitcase after reading...he was actually going to use the 'battle data analyzer' to make clones of himself. Though, that plan was ruined(as you can clearly see)-but was it his real intention? I plan to make a sequel...that's when I gather a bit more info. Whoa! And...I just noticed...my first fic without yaoi in it. Proud of myself, ain't I? Although, I've still got the next chapter to screw it up! lol NOW...will Benimaru REMEMBER anything in the next chapter? Find out next time! Please review! Later, peace!

Translations:

(Iori)

Iku zo: Here I come!

Shine: Die!

(Ash)

Et... pourquoi pas: And...why not?

Fascinant: Intriguing

Bonvoyage: Good trip

Allons: Let's go

Oui: Yes

Cette mission...plus de: This mission...is over.

Au revoir: Good bye.