A FEW HOURS LATER, AT THE KYOKUGENRYU DOJO...

"Oh, come on, for Orochi's sake! Answer this, Athena!" Shingo exclaimed, holding on to his cellphone for dear life. Finally, the person in the other side of the line answered.

"Hello?" Said Athena, wondering who could've called her.

"Hi, Athena! It's me, Shingo!" Said Shingo, happy to receive an answer.

"Shingo? Aren't you Kyo Kusanagi's pupil, with the blue clothing and stuff?" Said Athena, silently cursing under her breath, for she knew the trouble this could be for her.

"Yes! It's me! Please, could you do me a favor?" Answered Shingo, much to Athena's distaste.

"Urgh... fine. What is it?" Answered Athena, to Shingo's burst of happiness.

"We need you to promote our upcoming show: Shingo's Awesome Trials! Named by yours truly." Said Shingo, his eyes shining with hope.

"Oh... I see. Well, lemme see with my agents what could I do about it." Said Athena, willing to help but also scared of the consequences.

"Great! Bye!" And Shingo ended the call, without even giving time for Athena to answer.

He then immediately ran to the dojo's arena, where Goro was fighting against the master of the dojo, Takuma Sakazaki, to practice for the upcoming KOF tournament.

"Guys! Guys! I just got Athena to promote us!" Said Shingo, making everyone's jaw drop. Besides his three colleagues and Takuma, Robert and Ryo were also present.

"You're kidding me." Said Benimaru, realizing the mess that would happen.

"Is this about your project that is totally not a copy of Jackass?" Said Robert, having heard about the story from Benimaru.

"Yup!" Said Shingo.

Everyone fell into laughter, except for Kyo, Benimaru and Goro. Their emotions were a mix of extreme rage and depression.


AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hi. I kinda forgot I had a profile in this site, and thus I took so long to update it. I'm sorry to all of you who wanted to see further of this, but I'll try to update more regularly.

FUN FACT: Shingo's theme song is named "Still Green", despite the fact that his signature color is blue. Not exactly a fact, but still a nice piece of trivia.