Mystery Science Theater En Masse: The Movie

Super Special 1: A Cruel Angel's Thesis (Part Thirty-One)

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Note: The Epilogue was written after the Afterword, but to keep the flow of the story going, the Epilogue will be riffed first.

This final part will be riffed by Sonic, Miyu, and Benimaru.

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Epilogue - Baby Love Child

"Thank you for visiting, Mr Prime Minister..."
Kira bowed her head low as the Benz limo slowly rolled out of the Izumo shrine's grovel entrance.  The sun was blaring in the high summer sky and even standing in its marvel for a brief moment causes her to get a head ache. Or was it from the sun?

Sonic: Well, we all have a headache from this fic.

"Damn, I can't do this kind of job anymore..."

Benimaru: You had like... 5,000 jobs! You were bragging about having them much earlier in the fic, and now you want to complain?
Miyu: I think we're into the future, Mr. Nikaido. She finally figured everything out.
Benimaru: It's a Sue fic. She probably never figured it out.

The second the car hummed out of sight, the priestess whirled around and rubbed her forehead. Her now considerably long hair was tied behind her head with a paper ribbon to keep them from her face.
"They gone already?"
A voice from the temple called out.
"Yeah, you can come out now, Fubuki!"
"Hmph, those damned cars....I gotta sweep this darn place everytime they leave..."
Fubuki scratched his head and laughed, a bamboo broom in his hand.  His wooden sandals clattered as he started to shuffle among the grovel pavement.

Sonic: The heck did they do, leave lots of wrappers or something?

"Shi-en wants to do too~~!"
A high shrill sang from the temple again as a tiny girl in white and red priestess robes clumsily hurried out into the sunlight.

Miyu: Please don't taste like diabetes, please don't taste like diabetes... I don't want to get a pill from Kyo...

Blinded by the summer sun, she abruptly stopped and burried her small face in her hands.
"Oooww...."
"Ahaha, you okay, Shi-en?"
Fubuki laughed and swept the girl from the grovel and into the air.
"I'll be fine with the sweeping, so you go play with your mommy, okay?"
"But I wanna hewp too."
Shi-en pouted in Fubuki's arms, clinging to his polo-shirt as if to never let go.  The bright red of her hair was complimented by Fubuki's lime-green shirt.

Sonic: Oh, good gravy, she tastes like diabetes.
Miyu: Darn it.
Benimaru: As if we haven't had enough characters that could grate on anyone's nerves already.

"Shi-en!"
Kira exclaimed, seeing the girl unwilling to let go, her hands on her hips.  Shi-en peeped over from Fubuki's chest, eyes wide in anticipation for a scold.
"Now, be a good girl and listen.  If you want to help, why don't you go to the kitchen and get some cans of coke for us?"
"....Hai (yes)!"
Relieved of her sin unpunished, the girl pounced from Fubuki and dashed back into the shrine.  Her red ponytail tied with a paper ribbon swayed behind her tiny head. The two, left behind in the beating sun, laughed.

Miyu: *confused* That was supposed to be funny?
Benimaru: Getting a wisdom tooth pulled would be funnier.

"God, time flies, eh? How old will she be this year?"
"Four."
"Hmm, that makes it five years since that summer. Five years, already...."
"No wonder I feel old."
"And we're only what, 26?"
Fubuki chuckled.  Kira smiled, then looked up towards the sky.
"......so, we're the only ones left here, huh?"
"Us and Shi-en, I guess."

Miyu: Even after all of that, Fubuki still clings to the Sue. Sir, you... you're just hopeless, aren't you?

"Gawd, make it sound like we've abandoned you two, eh!?"
The sudden voice from behind jolted the two. 
"Yeah, we come here every...what, 2 months?"
Another voice, deeper than what Kira remembered, but sweetly familiar.  The two newcomers laughed at each other as they approached.
"....Ruka! Raiya!"
"Yup, that's our names, alright."
"What's up?"
Raiya fondly slapped Fubuki on the shoulder, which caused him to cough a bit.

Sonic: Yes! He's back! All hail Raiya, the only likeable OC in this fic!
Miyu: The only one?
Sonic: Well, the only likeable one who had a decent amount of screentime.
Benimaru: Well, being the Sue's teammate in the tournament helped a lot with that.

"Man, you look pretty well off, Raiya.  How's the music industry treating ya?"
"Hmmmm.....producing music isn't as bad as I thought it would be.  Well, the fact that Athena was popular since the King of Fighters tournaments kinda helps and all...but the CDs are selling pretty well."
"PRETTY WELL!?" Ruka laughed. "It's been on the hit charts for how many months now!

Sonic: Wait, so he's producing Athena's music now?
Benimaru: I guess so. Shouldn't be surprised that her music would be on the charts. It's Athena, after all.

Now can you pay back all that money you've been owing me?"
"What money?"
Raiya laughed, taking his sun glasses off.

Cassy: Now he's a mix of Manic and Rory. Speaking of that... Rory, you owe me five dollars.
Rory: Oh, come on!
Cassy: You're lucky that I didn't add a couple of zeroes after that five, dude!

"But man, I don't mind the popularity and all, of course, but poor Kensou! He's Athena's manager, but those fans of hers are pretty crazy...I guess it was like that since the tournaments too...they send the girl all kinds of crap from flowers to an engagement ring, and Kensou goes and barks at every one of them that sends her a present!"
"God, things never change..."
Fubuki scratched his head.

Miyu: Oh. Now we mention her fans. *sarcastically* I guess her terrible singing amounted to something now!

"Oh, Kira, Hotaru was supposed to come too, but her store's pretty busy today, she said..."  Ruka handed her a paper bag. "So she wanted me to give ya this."
"Great, Hotaru's cakes...I bet she wants me to gain weight again!"
Kira giggled.  In fact, there is actually no physical features that suggests that she is a mother (like, a sagging stomach ^_^;)

Benimaru: *facepalms* Oh, good lord. Of course the Sue gets to keep her "perfect body" after having her child. This is so unrealistic.
Miyu: Well, in real life, some mothers can go back to their original bodies. It all depends on the woman. *adjusts glasses* This Sue probably Photoshopped herself instead.
Sonic: *laughs*

"But busy in May..? Isn't school out by now?"
"Well," Ruka began as he opened the box full of cakes that was intended for his friend,
"Today's Shingo's (college) graduation, ya see, and

Miyu: ...and why is "college" in parenthesis? It doesn't need to be in parenthesis.

they decided to have a big-ass party at Hotaru's coffee shop.  She's been up all night trying to get everything set and all."
"They're still going out?"
"'Guess so"
Ruka stuffed his mouth with a strawberry torte.

Sonic: Wait, wait, wait... Shingo and Hotaru are a couple? When, where, how, and why?!
Benimaru: Who cares, they're not the Sue and Iori. Of course we're not going to get a side story about that.

"As for me, I got no time for girls! Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines...I didn't think a computer programmer for games was this hard!"
With that, Ruka pulled out a CD case from his backpack.
"Here, Kira, this is for Shi-en. A demo version of the game we're making right now."
"Cool!"
"Kira, you heard it's for Shi-en. We're not gonna be playing that all night like last time...."
Fubuki sighed as he reached for another cake.

Miyu: Fun must be a foreign concept to you.

"Shut up, Fubuki! Oh, isn't this the sequel for that first game you made, Ruka?"
"Yup, you remembered, eh? This one's obviously better, though. Of course, we practically broke our backs in the process of creating it.  Man, I had to program the characters with more frames...10 for each super move they have! They now look all smooth and stuff now, but..."
Ruka waved his hands as he continued, with his three audience glancing at each other for a simpler explanation of his words.  Finally noticing that they have no clue as to what he was talking about, Ruka straightened himself and coughed.

Sonic: *as Ruka* It... just looks good, okay?

"A-hem...well, in other words, I put a lot of effort in that game, so I'm sure Shi-en chan will like it."
"Thanks."
Kira waved the CD and winked.
"What's up with brother Itsuki lately?"
Raiya looked up from his cheesecake. 
"God knows...last time he called me he was on his way for Okinawa for some fishing. But then, I guess you don't have to worry that much about working when you're married to the head of the Kagura Enterprise."

All: Whaaaaat?
Miyu: *as her glasses slowly slide off of her face and land on her lap* Are you kidding me? He's married to Miss Kagura?
Sonic: *stammers*
Jessie: I don't know why I'm even suprised. I should be used to seeing pairings that come out of nowhere.
Benimaru: *facepalms* This is absolutely ridiculous. Just when I thought that this fic couldn't be any more contrived in relationships, it continues to prove me wrong.
Miyu: *as she puts her glasses back on* Nonsense has no limits, Mr. Nikaido.

"Man, he's one lucky guy to get such a rich wife, eh?"
"Too bad his sister ain't that lucky!"
"I heard Shizuku started a new brand on the fashion market?"
"Hell yeah, and it's getting pretty popular now!"
"I cracked up when the stylist of Athena made her wear their clothes..."

Sonic: Because Athena's clothes weren't cool enough, am I right? Her clothes were too "girly" and "feminine", right? *weakly laughs, stops* We get it, Suethor, you don't like Athena. Stop being petty.
Benimaru: This pettiness is practically hitting Benji Himura levels of awful.

"But of all people, she didn't have to team up with Aika to make that brand!"
"Yeah, her biggest rival in school!"
"They hated each other's guts! Don't you think they'd get away from each other already?"
"Well, though they always competed with each other in school, they did admit that they were both pretty good at designing...."

Miyu: And then a fanfic was written. Axl will be first in line to read it.
Axl: Oh, stop it, Miyu.

"Oka-sa---n! (mommy)"

Sonic: Uh-oh. The walking sugar coma's back.

The frantic gossiping of the old friends abruptly ended as Shi-en trotted over, carrying two cans of coke as if they were the heaviest load she's ever carried in her life.  Noticing there were more people than before, she stopped.
"Wai! Raiya nii-chan (brother) and Ruka nii-chan!  Uh-oh, not enough coke...."
She looked down at her load and shook her head.
"Come here, Shi-en."
Kira took the cans from her and handed them to the guests, who gladly washed down the cakes that still lingered in their throats.

Benimaru: I'm going to miss you, purple prose.
Sonic: I won't.

"Now let's go and get more together, okay?"
"Mommy's coming too?"
Shi-en jumped around enthusiastically as she clung to Kira's robes.  Kira turned to her visitors.
"Sorry, gotta get changed before I get rashes from wearing these darn robes for too long!"
The men laughed as Kira and Shi-en disappeared into the shrine.

Miyu: *adjusts her glasses* Well, you are a walking rash, Mary Sue.

*****

"Man, she hasn't changed a bit!"
Ruka laughed again.
"Kira never will, you know."
They all knodded in unison.

Sonia: Oh, so she'll always be a two-faced Mary Sue? How unfortunate.
Sonic: Yeesh.

".............Fubuki?"
After confirming Kira has *entered* the shrine and out of their audible distance, Raiya turned to his friend with a low voice.
"....Shizuku's waiting for ya."
"I know."
"What are you doing here anyway?"
"...Shi-en needs a father-figure. It's the most vital time of her life for mental and emotional development, you know..."

Miyu: Well, yes, but, um...
Benimaru: Are you sure that you're not using Shi-en as an excuse to stay attached to the Sue's hip?
Sonic: Man, you need to move on. She doesn't like you in that way. It's been five years.

"But that's not your business."
"...."
"Damn," Ruka said, trying to look serious (which he naturally wasn't used to). "I could never stand living with someone else's kid."
"....She's Kira's child. That's all that matters to me."

Miyu: So he is using the child as an excuse to stay attached to her mother. That's just creepy. This fic really didn't age well.

"Yeah, but you're not the dad.....hey, you might be more open minded than I ever gave credit for."
"....is that supposed to be a compliment, Ruka?"
"I dunno."
The three laughed again.
"Raiya, Shi-en will probably go to Shizuku's anyway next year to go to an elementary school, as she and Kira talked and decided. I'll....take her to Shizuku's with me."
"Good."
"...Fubuki, don't tell me you still like Kir...."
Fubuki interrupted Ruka's line, poking him on the forehead with his finger, and laughed again.

Miyu: Yes. He does. Especially with that conversation that just took place.

"That's none of your business, brat."
"Hey, I'm 23 now, I DON'T think I'm a brat!"
"Heh, seems you've grown up a bit. Well, I should too..."

Sonic: It took Fubuki this long to grow up? Yeesh.
Benimaru: He should've picked up a personality along the way, too.
Miyu: Trust me... he hasn't.

"What are you guys talking about?"
Kira suddenly popped her head into the conversation, the three totally unaware of her approaching or presence.
"AAARGH!!"
"N...nothing, Kira!"
"..what are you guys so hyped up about? Something I shouldn't hear?  You guys are sick!"
Kira laughed triumphantly as the three looked at each other with red faces.
"It's nothing like that!"
Fubuki coughed as Shi-en handed him his can of coke.
"Sick? Does Fubuki have a cold?"
Shi-en blinked.

Benimaru: Well, he is sick. It's just not the definition that you're thinking about, young lady.

"Well, we gotta get going, Kira. I got to get to Osaka for some recording stuff in like, an hour...."
"Glad to see you guys again."
"We'll be back soon," Ruka flashed his vibrant smile that still makes him look somewhat childish for his age, "Whenever we get tired, we'll return here."
"I'll be waiting then."
"Me too!"
Shi-en jumped around again.
"Ahahahaha...you're acting more and more like your mom, huh, Shi-en?"
Raiya chuckled as he clumsily scrunched the girl's crimson hair.
"Oh! I almost forgot!"
Suddenly straightening himself, Raiya reached into his pocket and pulled out an envelope.
"Kira, this is for you."
"Hope it's not another invitation to the King of Fighters..."
Kira joked.

Kyo K.: Please, no. We don't want you back.
Athena: I second that statement.
Benimaru: *snickers*

"No, but similar. It's from Kusanagi."
"Kyo...!?"

Sonic: Well, who the heck else, you dingbat?!
Kyo K.: It's either that faker or that other faker who keeps running around trying to kill me.

"Well, gotta go.  Take care, you guys."
"Yeah....."
Watching the two figures receed back into the forest path (and into reality, it seems), Kira looked back down at the crisp envelope.

Miyu: Reality? *adjusts her glasses* The Sue's never lived in it.

*****

"An invitation to a wedding!?"
Fubuki exclaimed at the content of the envelope, silently praising how much cooler the temple was compared to the direct-sunlight.
"It's about time Kyo and Yuki chan got married, thank god....so, they're finally tying the knot, after 1800 years..."
Kira sighed in relief as she fell backwards, lying on the wooden floor which was black from its long use.

Benimaru: So let me get this straight... the original Orochi legend had Kushinada falling in love with Kusanagi, and... so did this legend, correct?
Miyu: Well, yes... until the botched legend said that Kusanagi was supposed to marry "Yayoi". Meaning that Pod Mr. Kusanagi and Miss Yuki were destined to be together the entire time.
Sonic: Even though Pod Kyo spent all of that time chasing the Sue? And if that's the case, then Yuki's supposed to have the Kushinada surname, not the Sue. So... what the heck's up with that?
Miyu: Um... because... reasons, Sonic.

A note fell from the envelope as she sat back up, and Kira opened it.
"Aha, Kyo's writing! Man, his handwriting hasn't changed a bit...almost impossible to read!"
She laughed as her eyes skimmed across the lines.

Kyo K.: My handwriting's fine, you jerk. I'm not Usagi Tsukino...

Fubuki stared at her.
"Well?"
Glancing at him irritatedly, she began to read.

Benimaru: I'm surprised that she didn't throw him out of the temple. He's such an ass.

"'I'm getting some contact from Dad lately, it's about time, really!  He left our home behind years ago now, saying he will be on a journey for training, after I defeated him in 1995 (he actually got me worried a bit at the time). But can you guess from where he sent me a postcard? Nice, France!! I don't think he's doing any *training* there!' That sounds like Uncle Saishu alright..."
Kira giggled as she skimmed through the letter silently again.

Miyu: Um, I don't think that he's your uncle, since Miss Yuki isn't your blood sibling... *facepalms* ...oh, forget it.

"And?"
"...he want me to bring Shi-en to the wedding. But do you think that's okay?"
"I think Shi-en can behave for the occasion..."
"No, I mean....."
Kira fingered a long strand of her hair as she searched for the words, but Fubuki already sensed her point.
"If Kusanagi doesn't want any Yagami-blood at his wedding, I don't think he'd invite Shi-en in the first place, now would he?"
"...you're right."

Benimaru: But... he did invite her... *facepalms* ...never mind.

"A wedding, eh? ...and what about you?"
Sitting by her, Fubuki asked, without turning around to meet her eyes.
"...I dunno."
"He's coming for you sometime in the future, isn't he?"
"I dunno..."

Miyu: This fic's terrible, right?
Sonic: I dunno...
Benimaru: Is my sanity getting restored?
Miyu: I dunno...

"Oh come on, it's been 5 years already..."
Fubuki finished his now warm can of coke.
".....I don't know...."
Kira blankly stared at the ceiling as she muttered to herself.

Sonic: Think I can finish this riffing with you two without my eyeballs falling out?
Benimaru: I don't know.

"Mommy!"
Shi-en jumped onto her mother from behind, hugging Kira's neck.
"Who was dat letter from?"
"It looks like we're attending a wedding, Shi-en. It's from mommy's friends."

Benimaru: Puppets. Mommy's puppets.

"What's a wedding?"
"Mmmm....when a boy and a girl likes each other a lot, they have a wedding ceremony to celebrate it and tell their friends and family that they're gonna be living together."

Sonic: And then they'll stop liking each other after seventy-two days.
Benimaru: Oh, come on, Sonic.

"Is mommy and Fubuki married?"

Miyu: *adjusts glasses* They're two horrible people who actually deserve each other, but no. No, they're not married.

"Uh..... ^_^; "

Tomoko: Didn't we tell you to leave that crap out of your fic?! I know that I'm not riffing, but that's just driving me nuts!

"No we're not, Shi-en."
Fubuki chuckled at the girl that was still puzzled.
"Then is Fubuki Shi-en's daddy?"
"We-ll....do I look like you, Shi-en?"
"Hmm...??"
"Do I have red hair like you?"
"No."
"Do I have purple eyes like you?"
"No."
"See? Then, I'm not your father."

Benimaru: Damn, did you have to phrase it like that?

"Then who is my daddy?"
The tiny girl hopped onto her mother's lap and peered into her large blue eyes.

Sonic: Well, see, Shi-en... when a mommy doesn't use protection and has plenty of friends around, she goes to America to play a little game show to find out who the winner will be... if there is a winner.
Miyu: *lightly elbows Sonic* Oh, you know that Mr. Yagami is the father. Stop it.

"Hmmmm, how should I describe him, Fubuki?"
"Beats me, you know that bas....Yagami better than I do..."

Benimaru: Easy, you put Kyo next to her and listen to how whiny he'll get.
Miyu: Father of the year!
Sonic: And criminy, Fubuki, it's been five years. She didn't pick you. Get over it.

"Well, he has red hair like you do,"
"The red of blood, by the way,"
"and is really tall...."
"and kinda lugs around,"
"and doesn't talk much..."
"You can also call that unsociable."
"and is easily misunderstood by other people..."
"because he beats the crap out of everyone else..."
"FUBUKI!!"
"Sorry, just trying to help..."
Fubuki laughed as he took the empty cans to the kitchen.

Kyo L.: You can help by fuckin' off and going to Hell, you sour asshole!
Miyu: Oh, my... Kyo!
Kyo L.: Sorry, sorry, he's just bugging me. A lot.
Benimaru: I'd have to take your boyfriend's side, Miyu. I mean, he has been complaining that he wasn't picked by the Sue in the end.
Sonic: Oh. So he's one of those "nice guys". Ugh.

"...so why is daddy not here?"
Shi-en asked, her amethyst eyes wide, anticipating an answer.
"Hmm...well, daddy and mommy aren't married, Shi-en."

Benimaru: In Japan? Pardon me? There should've been a sort of "shotgun wedding" here!
Miyu: Well, to be fair, Iori's parents are deceased, and there was no mention of the Sue's parents anywhere. So... would anybody really notice?
Benimaru: You have a point, Miyu. But... there's also the part where she's going to be enrolled in school soon, too.
Miyu: Oh. Um... well... reasons, Mr. Nikaido.

"Why not?"
"Getting married is a pretty complicated thing, you see, and both the boy and the girl needs to be ready for it."
"So daddy wasn't ready?"
"I guess not."

Sonic: Oh, so he finally regained his original personality and ran the heck outta the fic!

"Hmm?"
Kira wearily smiled at her daughter. Shi-en, unaware of Kira's change in expression, hopped on her lap again with vigor.
"Tell me more about daddy!"
"Lemme see..." Kira tried to think what to tell her child.
"Fubuki called daddy 'Yagami'. Is that daddy's name?"
"Yeah, but it's the same as 'Kushinada' for you and me. He as a different name too."

Miyu: So... her name is "Shi-en Kushinada".
Sonic: Hey, anything's better than "Renesmee Carlie Cullen".

"What's his first name then?"

Benimaru: Given name. This is Japan, you know.

"Iori. My, you question a lot, don't you?"
"And? What else?"

Benimaru: He was incredibly OOC, but then fled after the Sue's spell wore off. He doesn't remember a single thing.

Shi-en pounced more on her lap.  But Kira didn't move.
"Mommy?"
The girl looked up at her mother, then followed her eyes, which were fixed on an intruder of the temple, standing in the garden before them, hands in his pocket.  He nurvously scratched his head, rustling his red hair.
"Yo."

Miyu: Why did you come, Mr. Yagami? You ran out of the fic! Go, Mr. Yagami! Free yourself again!
Sonic: *chuckles* It's not "Free Willy", Miyu.
Miyu: *shrugs* Can't blame me for trying.
Benimaru: I love how he conveniently shows up when her daughter asks about him. "Twu luv" indeed.

"Mommy, who's that?"
Shi-en tried to keep her balance as Kira slowly got to her feet, virtually unaware of the child that was at first clinging to her lap.
"Shi-en......"
Kira looked down at her, and stroked her hair.
"Go say hi to daddy."

Benimaru: It's probably going to be the only visit you'll ever have. Treasure it.
Kyo K.: Especially since my old man's never home.
Emi: And my father basically ditched my family after Keiko was born.
Jessie: Um... my dad's dead. Long story.
James: My dad's a jerk and I can't stand him.
Kyo L.: And I saw my own dad die right in front of me when I was a kid.
Akiko: ...I'm not even going to start with my dad.
Sonic: ...this got really dark.... really quick. Let's stop with the dad talk, guys.
Kyo L.: Alright, sure.

END
*****
NOTE:
To those who know Japanese, or who's just curious, the characters that consist the name of "Shi-en" is "Purple Flame".  Pretty simple for a name, huh?  ^_^;;;

Miyu: Granted, some of KOF's characters do have meaningful names, so I can't say much.
Sonic: I can. It's cheesy.
Benimaru: Of course you'd say something, Sonic.
Sonic: Hey!
Benimaru: *ignores Sonic* Now... let's get the afterword out of the way. I'm ready to finish this thing.
Miyu: I'm ready, too.

Afterword - Lights out...

AARGH! Finished at last!! *lol*

All: *cheers*
Miyu: Our long national nightmare is over!

Well, what begins always ends, and so my fanfic has finally reached its ending. And thank God I finished this pre-KoF 97 story before the release of KoF 98!! Hope you all liked it ^_^;;;

All: We didn't!
Akiko: And I want my money back!
Kyo L.: Yeah, me, too!
Sonic: This fic was free, you two!
Jayleen: And so were the services. If anyone is going to pay for anything, it should be you all for making me sit through this nonsense!
Sonic: We didn't make you sit through anything. You wanted to watch us riff this.

It was at least a great deal of fun for me to write.....maybe I'll draw it now! Wait a minute, even if a chapter's 10 pages, which I'm sure is much more than that, and multiply that by 30 chapters.....a 300+ pages comic book...uh, never mind ^_^; Though that was the first intention of this whole story.

Benimaru: If it was a comic, we wouldn't have been able to riff it.
Miyu: Sure, we'd probably praise the art, but the story? Mm-mmm. Nope.

I first began this story to solve the many questions the KoF series have and seemingly neglects to answer. How did Iori get his Orochi blood?

Benimaru: *points to Kyo K.* Kyo just explained the backstory...
Miyu: And there was a thing that you knew about that was called "supplemental material"... which you conveniently left out!
Sonic: Not to mention that you also mentioned some parts that could only be found by some supplemental material, like King mispronouncing Iori's name. So you just randomly picked things for this fic, Suethor.

What are the Orochi fighters' powers?

Miyu: Look at the Hakkeshu. We already know about the four Heavenly Kings and their powers. About the other four... Yamazaki's is death, Mature's is light, Vice's is darkness, and Gaidel's is supposed to be water.

What happened to Vice, Mature, and Goenitz (Ok, so they died!)?

Sonic: Well, duh.

How does Kyo exactly fit into this? And Yuki??

Miyu: He's the Kusanagi heir. And she's Kushinada's descendant. You should've beat KOF '97 with Mr. Kusanagi, Mr. Yagami, and Miss Kagura to find that out.

All of these seem to be touched on but not fully answered. So, this fanfic was created to sooth that really itchy part of my mind that SNK refused to scratch for me *lol*

Sonic: It was already there!

I also wanted to portray the characters in great depth.

Benimaru: And look at how well that went! They all have the depth of parking lot puddles!
Sonic: I think the Suethor actually meant "Kira and OOCori". Those are the only ones with depth.
Miyu: Those two and the incredibly bland Fubuki.

Characters like Kyo and Iori are nonetheless popular, but the fanfics I've read prior to my writing was just of their violent side, of blood and brawls.

Benimaru: *facepalms* ...that's what a rivalry means. It's a fighting series, for Christ's sake.

Either that, or the sick Yaoi stuff from Japan my friends beg me to draw ^_^;; (Yaoi, BTW, is a kind of dojinshi or manga made by amateurs that portray characters in adult situations, namely homosexual)

Miyu: "Sick Yaoi stuff"? Uh-oh. I'm getting some "lovely" homophobic vibes from this thing.
Sonic: Hey, we're not saying that you have to like yaoi. It's just that... don't say stuff like that.

I hate such cheap readings to begin with, and believe the characters can be made more "three dimentional", with a life. That's why the first half of my fanfic is totally dedicated to this; with Kyo, Iori, Yuki, Athena, Shingo, and even Kensou in their busy everyday lives.

Miyu: I think you actually meant "smut". Also, don't call them "cheap readings". You're making yourself sound incredibly haughty and "above it all".
Benimaru: You tried to make them "three dimensional"? You reduced them to idiotic caricatures! Kyo's an idiot, Iori's whiny, Yuki's just... there, Athena's been warped, Shingo was turned into a mouthpiece with no confidence, and Kensou was just a butt kisser!

Kira ended up being my ideal girl...at least, I wish I was like her *lol*

Miyu: Oh, my god, we were reading a self-insert fic the whole time!
Benimaru: *facepalms* Great. Nice follow-up after I swallowed an incredibly unhealthy dose of "The Benji Show".

But even so, a lot of her actions are of course influenced greatly by my own life. Like the conversations in the art classes, and Kira's habit of using mechanical pencils for sketching, and the band itself is modelled after the band I'm in, called "Repllica", which does already-existing popular songs from Japan and America. Well, I'm not that open hearted as her, but I nonetheless am very pleased at how I was able to portray her. But she is, and I stress this, by no means the same as me! ^_^;

All: Yes, she is!
Sonic: She hates the same characters that you hate. She likes the same characters that you like. Everything that she does is based off of your actions in real life. Everything good that happens to her is probably stuff that you wish would happen to you, like being with Iori and not dying after giving birth to Iori's kid. Almost everyone speaks positively about her, while we can't stand her. Don't give me a stone slab and tell me that it's a comfy mattress, Suethor. Kira is a self-insert Sue. You are Kira.
Tails: Also, um, the archived site that this fic was from was actually named "Hesperia". So... yeah, she really is a self-insert.
Miyu: And if the Sue really was open hearted, she wouldn't act like a jerk to everyone who rightfully criticized her. So that's another lie right there.

But I'm suprized that Fubuki and Itsuki's the most popular original characters so far.....the original characters are based on my friends' tastes, so I figured that someone would at least like someone from the original characters cast..my favorite, BTW, was Raiya.

Benimaru: How in the world were Fubuki and Itsuki popular?! None of us liked the former, while the latter barely got any screentime. How does that make any sense?!
Miyu: Reasons, Mr. Nikaido.

Overall, I had most of the story figured out in my many rehearsals that went through my mind during class..er, during my daydreams. So writing it out wasn't that difficult. However, realizing the demand some of the readers had for other characters I didn't originally had in the story line, which is, uh, most of the KoF cast ^_^;;;, I squeezed in the whole tournament in.

Sonic: And look at how well that went! Some of them had like... two lines at best! The cast was incredibly unbalanced when it came to scenes!

I didn't have the concept of Guardians until I was figuring out exactly how many chapters this darn fanfic was gonna be....but I guess it turned out pretty well.

Miyu: Let's see how Axl will respond, then. Axl?
Axl: That was a giant mythology clusterfuck, and you know it.

You can probably tell which characters I like and which ones I hate by the way I protray them....^_^;
(like King and Athena, for contrast)

Benimaru: And that's the surefire sign of a bad writer. You're supposed to keep your character biases out of your stories. That just cemented your pettiness there.

I threw in Vice and Mature because they were my favorite characters in KoF 96, and I just didn't want them to die like that. And I wanted to emphasize the understanding between them and Kyo.

Miyu: There was no understanding! They worked to revive Orochi! And Vice hated Mr. Kusanagi's father! That was it!

So, the chapter I dedicated to them, chapter 4, ended up to be a bit cheesy, but oh well! And chapter 4 is where their lives in my fanfic was to end, but due to a passionate letter from an anonymous fan, I squeezed them in chapter16 again. They're probably working hard in their little boutique even to this day, in the fanfic, at least. And for this exact reason, I had Goenitz end himself the way he deservered *lol*

Sonic: So... the end result was Goenitz being thrown by Orochi Chris after sounding like a stereotypical Canadian? Okay, sure!

There might be good and bad comments you may have welling up in your chest reading this, and though I've finished the story now, I'm more than willing to listen (and revise, if necessary ^_^;).

Miyu: Might as well scrap the whole fic and start from scratch, because this was bad.

Another fanfic? Maybe....but I'm thinking of a couple of totally new stories I might be working on this summer as a manga series.

Sonic: As long as it's not another KOF fanfic.

Let's see what I come up with when the details of KoF 98 come out....OK, enough rambling, I'm outta here....

CHIKAKO ISHIKAWA
March 21, 1998, 11:02 pm

Benimaru: Well, there was no tournament in 1998, so there's that.
Sonic: Speaking of that... when did that game come out in arcades?
Tails: July 23, 1998, Sonic.
Miyu: Oh! So this fic was written before that game. Still doesn't stop me from saying that this was a terrible fic.
Sonic: Oh, yeah, yeah.
Jessie: That Mary Sue needs to die. James, let's go.
James: Wait, wait, we also need to get rid of that Benji guy. *pauses* Who the hell is Benji?
Jessie: All I know is that he's a sexist ass who also needs to die. We just got a message that we need to get rid of him, too.
James: Alright, fine. Whatever.
Benimaru: So... what now?
Miyu: I'm just going to go back home and rest.
Sonic: Same. Glad that this fic's done.
Benimaru: No kidding.
Jayleen: Oh, and if any of you leave any messes on your way out... you're cleaning them up.
Akiko: I'll just litter on purpose. At least I'll get something exciting while I'm here!

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