Kula's Valentine

Pairing: Athena x Kula

Genre: Friendship

Disclaimer: I do not own King of Fighters or any of its characters.

Author's Note: Welp…this is a risk I am willing to take. Don't know if anybody will allow this, but I'm doing it anyways. Kula is also my favorite next to Athena. SNK Heroines game poster had them paired like this in the first place, so I figured why not? XD Hehe!

Enjoy!

Kula Diamond sits in the living room, watching her favorite idol on television. She is singing and dancing with her fellow members and twirling around, making her lovely violet hair sway gracefully. The strawberry blonde child swoons and leans closer to the screen, having hearts in her eyes.

"Athena…one-chaaaan~!" she says.

She has admired the idol for as long as she can remember. She has her autographs, figurines, wallpaper on her phone and a few posters of her concerts. Athena Asamiya is the number one idol that Kula loves. The concert comes to an end unfortunately and the strawberry blonde turns off the television.

"Oh, well," she says. "I can just eat some ice cream for the time being." She starts to skip to the kitchen when the calendar catches her eye. She rushes toward it and her eyes widen at the date.

"Tomorrow is Valentine's Day!" She cries in surprise. "Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no! What do I do!? What do I do!? I don't know who I should give it to, how to present it….oh, dear!" She shakes her head roughly after grabbing it with her hands.

Unfortunately, Dianna and Foxy are out of the house, leaving the child to watch over the house by herself until their return. The Former NESTS girl pumps two fists and skips over to the kitchen to grab one of the cookbooks.

"Diana actually taught me how to make chocolate once or twice," she says to herself as she grabs the ingredients needed and sets them on the counter. She gets out bowls, measuring spoons, whisky and other utensils. Once that is done, she looks at the instructions. "Okay…time to see if my training paid off."

She rolls up her sleeves and gets right to work. She pours and mixes the ingredients to the right amount of measurements and stirs carefully and quickly. She starts to see that the chocolate is mixing well, making her smile. In her mind, all she can think about is her number one idol. It is then that she knows exactly who to give the chocolates to. She wants to make her idol proud by making her the best chocolates ever. And thanks to Diana's training, Kula is confident that her chocolates will turn out wonderfully.

She gets out a tray with cut outs that are shaped like hearts. She pours the mixed chocolate into the holes and then puts the tray in the pre-heated oven, setting it at the correct time. She then uses the time to wash the dishes and clean everything up. Again, her mind is filled with Athena. It makes her start swooning as she cleans every dish and sets them on the dish rack. She even thinks about how she presents it to Athena and the idol blushing and taking the chocolates, thanking her. That beautiful, sweet smile of hers makes Kula blush herself.

"Ohhhhh, Athena-onee-chaaan~!" She cups her own cheeks and shakes her head. "You're too kind!"

Thinking about it makes her more and more excited. Tomorrow is Athena's day off, so it will be the perfect opportunity for her to give it to her number one idol. Luckily, she has Athena's number, so she will text her the exact place they should meet up and the strawberry blonde will present her chocolates to her.

She finishes washing the dishes and hops off the stool to check the timer and open up the oven door to fully check on the chocolates. They are rising for sure and this is a good sign. She gives a slight nod and closes the door to let it bake a little longer.

About 10 minutes later, the oven beeps and Kula rushes in to check the chocolates. They look finished, so she grabs some oven mittens and takes the hot tray out. She decides to let them cool off for a little while before putting them in the fridge to let them harden so that she will put the chocolates in a special baggie. Thinking about all this makes her more and more excited. Tomorrow is a special day. And she will have to make this perfect.

"Athena-onee-chan will love them! I just know it!" Kula says, pumping two fists. "Diana's training will be so worth it if she likes them! I worked very hard on these chocolates!"

**Later**

After putting on her usual purple attire, she says good-bye to Diana and Foxy after getting her small bag of chocolates she made yesterday and heads out. She skips outside, singing to herself some of Athena's songs as she is on her way to the local park. She texted Athena that they will meet at that spot at 1:00 p.m.

Once she steps foot into town, she notices some guys smirking and stepping toward the little girl, blocking her path.

"And where do you think you're going, little girl~?" one guy asks.

Another notices the bag Kula is holding. "A bag of chocolates? Hey…aren't you a little…young to give chocolates?"

Kula frowns. "I'm not a kid."

"Suuuuure you are not," a third one says. "Looks like you are to us. Why don't you drop it and come with us?"

"Why would I come with you?" Kula asks, backing away a few steps, only to encounter a big guy she bumped into. She quickly turns around to see the big man grin and crack his knuckles. "Th-this is none of your business!"

"Ohhhh, we are not going to let you go, little girl~" the first guy licks his lips. "We enjoy not only teenage girls, but little ones as well!"

"That's gross!" The strawberry blonde ducks to evade the big man's grasp and slides over to the side. Thankfully there is no one else around and there are only about 6 men and one big fat one. "I guess I have no choice, do I?" She sets her chocolate bag down and closes her eyes. Her strawberry hair turns icy blue and the cold air surrounds her. She opens her eyes and faces her opponents.

"Is this some sort of magic?" the first guy raises an eyebrow. "Well, no matter! WE want to play with you, no matter who you are!"

"You are mistaken." Kula says, assuming battle position. "You have no idea who I am…or where I come from."

"Charge!" The guy shouts and the 6 guys charge all at once.

Kula skates around them, making them run after her, but they are too slow. The bluenette spins around like a ballerina for a second before skating toward two of the guys. She thrusts her hands out, creating a large ball of ice, freezing them solid. She turns around to see another pair try to hit her with wooden clubs and knives. Kula skates backwards and holds up her palm. She blows ice from her mouth, freezing the other two immediately. The last two growl and charge at her with crow bars and knives. Kula turns around and starts to evade their silly attacks and jumps away to create distance. One guy starts to charge at her, unaware that he steps on her chocolates by accident, making the blunette gasp in horror.

"Noooooo!" Kula screams. "My chocolates!" She grits her teeth and clenches her fists. "You…..asked for it!"

The two men and the big man who just stepped in, chuckle and take several steps toward the angry ice doll. She raises her arms and then throws them down hard, creating a powerful blizzard, making them feel all cold and cannot move at least an inch. The two men begin to move very slowly due to them being chilled to the bone. Kula finishes them off with some kicks, a couple jabs and then an icy uppercut on two men at once. They fall to the ground unconscious, leaving the big man left. She thrusts her hand forward, shooting out an ice ball and chilling the big man, making him move slower than he already is. This makes her have a huge advantage. She jumps up and spins around, producing a powerful ice kick and then a side kick to the gut. She then raises her arms high and then slams them on the ground, creating her signature ice spikes, sending him flying and falling to the ground with a thud, knocking him unconscious. All the men are defeated.

Kula huffs. "This will teach you not to mess with the former NESTS member." She then turns to her bag of chocolates she left on the ground like a dumb idiot and picks it up. She can see bits and pieces and come of the hearts cracked in half. She drops to her knees, examining the ruined project. "My chocolates…they are ruined…how in the world am I supposed to give them to Athena-onee-chan now…?"

"Kula-san…?" a familiar sweet voice startles the ice doll.

"Ah…AHHHH….AAHHH!" Kula jumps to her feet and clutches the bag to her chest. "A-Athena-onee-chan…!?"

"I sensed a commotion…" Athena says as she takes a few steps toward the little girl. "And then I saw…you were fighting these guys by yourself. Did they try to hurt you?"

"N-no…they were trying to take me away…" Kula says truthfully. "They wanted to prevent me from giving you…" She sighs and presents her bag of broken chocolates. "These. H-Happy Valentine's Day…"

"Oh…" Athena slowly takes the bag.

"I'm so sorry…Athena-onee-chan…" Kula says. "I should've picked a better place. Then I wouldn't have to fight these guys and…have them ruin my hard work…" She has tears form in her eyes.

Athena takes a piece out and gives it a taste. "Mmmm…Kula-san, these are delicious~"

"EH?!" Kula jerks her head up. "But…but….they are broken! Ruined!"

"I understand that," the idol says as she takes out another small piece. "But…despite that, you baked some very yummy chocolates. Here try it for yourself~" She holds out one for Kula to eat.

"Okay…" Kula opens her mouth and Athena feeds the piece to her. "Mmmm…yes, it's delicious."

"Hehehe~! Told you~" Athena giggles and takes out another small piece to eat. "Thank you very much, Kula-san. It means a lot to me."

Kula brightens. "Athena-onee-chan~!"

"I will save the rest for later," the idol says. "For now…why don't you come with me to spend the rest of the day? I have my day off, so if you'd like…~" She winks at the ice doll.

"Y-yes…Athena-onee-chan~!" Kula says excitedly. "I would love to!"

Athena extends out her hand and the ice doll grips it. And together, the two girls are off to spend the rest of Valentine's Day together.