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THE RESURRECTION
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	Two years had passed since the fateful battle against the Orochi clan. During 
this period of time, the winds of peace blew again throughout a world that had 
suffered the consecuences of the ambition of the Orochi power. Once having been a 
fighting stage to the death between the Kusanagi and Yagami clan against Orochi, 
the people of the world once again lived with joy and satsifaction. The fighters of 
the past tournaments could finally get a rest from so many years of battle, and 
decided to only hone their skills in local tournaments, in order to maintain 
themselves in practice. Thanks to these warriors, the human race could live to see 
the dawn of another day. 
	However, unknown was the fate of the two main fighters that fought bravely 
against the menace of the Orochi power: Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami. After the 
final battle, the two latest descendants of the legendary clans had vanished, and 
nobody had heard anything about them. Not even Chizuru Kagura, the descendant to 
the Clan of the Yata, protectors of the Orochi seal, knew what was the fate of the 
two young warriors. Despite that, all the fighters decided to take a rest, knowing 
that now that the Orochi threat was gone, the world would be at rest, since nobody 
could attempt the revival of the Orochi power for 100 years. But destiny does not 
respect personal thoughts....
	All of a sudden, and out of nowhere, invitations were sent out once again to 
the most powerful fighters in the world in order to gather around for the fifth 
King of Fighters tournament. This time around, the tournament would return to the 
shades of secrecy from where it surged, away from the glamour of public attention 
and massive communication transmission. The battles would once again retain its 
category of honor and glory battles from the bases of the fight.  No longer was 
there any business profits among the battles, but just sheer, pure brawls to the 
finish. However, that was the least important modification to the tournament. For 
the first time in 5 years, the basic rules of the tournament had changed. This time 
around, now up to 4 fighters could make up a team: three of them would act as main 
fighters of the match, the remaining warrior was only allowed to participate for a 
short while in the match, executing any attack they would prefer, and their 
appearances would be restricted to a certain number. This would made the battles a 
lot more dramatic than ever before, with up to four fighters dueling at the same 
time!
	Basically, the main teams of the past four tournaments were to be invited 
again to this ultimate brawl, some of them bringing back faces from the past in 
order to do battle again, and some of them had new faces among their lineup, for a 
shocking new experience. The Lonely Wolves finally accepted the red-haired female 
ninja Mai Shiranui in their team (of course, to fight aside her one true love, Andy 
Bogard). The students of Kyokugenryo Karate joined their master, Takuma Sakazaki, 
once more in order to show the world the might of their martial art! The Ikari 
Warriors recruited a new mercenary among their ranks: another young female soldier, 
whose name reflected her weapon of choice: Whip. The Psycho Soldiers introduced a 
new child with psychic powers called Bao, but with the Sie Kensou enigma, who had 
began to lose his own powers himself. Kim Kaphwan's old training partner, Jhun 
Hoon, joined the Tae Kwon Do justice fighters in order to show which way of justice 
was more adequate (much to Chang Koehan and Choi Bounge's dismay!). King gathers 
her Southtown female friends (Blue Mary, Kasumi Todoh, and newcomer Li Xiangfei) to 
form a more beautiful and more lethal gorgeous team! However, the new fighters were 
to create quite the mysterious athmosphere in the tournament....
	Benimaru Nikaido, decided to take Kyo's spot as number one fighter, and 
Shingo Yabuki, intent of honoring the memory of his master, were teamed with two 
enigmatic warriors. Both were silent, but had furious looks in their eyes, showing 
no trace of feelings. A gloomy aura and violent fighting techniques soon awaked the 
bad feelings of the other participants. Their names, as mysterious as their lives: 
K' and Maxima. Nobody knew their real purpose, but many obviously suspected about 
them....
	The most incredible thing ever saw was the two new single entries. It was Kyo 
Kusanagi...times two! It was unbelievable how the two fighters had such a striking 
resemblance to the most powerful fighter that ever graced the King of Fighters 
scene. Both clones used the legendary Kusanagi techniques that made Kyo the legend 
he was, precise to the drop of a dime. How could they appear? Did they knew 
anything about the fate of the real Kyo? Before any questions could be asked, the 
tournament was already in progress....
	Despite having been out of activity for two long years, the fighters could 
develop new and devastating techniques that were prompt in lighting up the battle 
stage in a more brilliant way than ever! It was almost like a new battle once 
again...the battle that indicated the beginning of a new millenium! The four member 
rule made the fights a lot more strategic than ever before, and the will of 
becoming the new champion impulsed the warriors to make their best effort, more 
than ever before. With the memory of Kyo in the minds of many fighters, and the 
shadow of the Orochi power being only a bad dream, the contestants could unleash 
forward their true power with no withdrawl or regrets. This time around, the sense 
of vengeance and score-settles were replaced by the glory and excitement of facing 
a worthy opponent and fighting with all their might to become a more complete 
fighter and hone their skills!
	Taken by the hand by K' and Maxima, Benimaru and Shingo realized their dream 
of arriving to the final match, and becoming the new figures of the King of 
Fighters scene. The last fight was scheduled at a very rare spot: the sewers. Not 
quite the place to fight the last match. While the new Hero team was waiting for 
the last team to arrive, the sewer stream suddenly dried out, running through some 
shafts below them. They suddenly found themselves standing on a metal surface. As 
if it weren't enough, the floor began to move, and sent the four warriors down! It 
was no other than a huge elevator platform that was sending the young fighters 
underground, to an unkown location....
	Meanwhile, at the Ikari Warriors command room, the commander of the mercenary 
squad, Heidern, was monitoring several parts of the world, and detected a weird 
signal pattern. Several bizarre radio patterns were being emitted from many 
countries worldwide. Heidern ordered the origins of such signals, and to his 
surprise, all the signals came from exact replicas of Kyo Kusanagi! There were Kyos 
all over the world: among the citizens of the big cities, hidden in the deepest 
forests, underwater, in the air...everywhere! Heidern could present an evil stench 
at the core of the tournament, and the source came from the more powerful signal: 
sector 70599.
	The elevator that was taking Benimaru, Shingo, K', and Maxima finally stopped 
in front of a huge metallic door, with the inscription "70599" at the front. 
Benimaru and Shingo are confused with the whole situation, but K' and Maxima don't 
seem to be altered at the very least. Before Benimaru and Shingo could realize what 
was going on, the huge door opened. It was too unexpected. Suddenly, red lights 
flashed everywhere, and several computer screens turned on. Among the whole show, a 
deep, daring voice invited the team to enter his domain. The finals would begin as 
soon as possible. Benimaru and Shingo demanded the man to show himself. The man who 
came out was more than intimidating: he was rather tall, not very well built, but 
his eyes expressed anger and bloodlust. He weared a very thick clothing, not 
revealing anything of his body. Stranger than that, the fighters could not feel any 
fighting spirit from him...but his strength showed otherwise. Benimaru cried out: 
"What is this all about?!". K' sneered and said: "I don't know, but it's a 
challenge that I'm sure we can't decline!".
	The ultimate match began. The bloody fight raged on, with the mystery man 
showing no effort in executing devastating moves. The Hero team suspected that this 
ravaging warrior wasn't using his whole power, and was merely playing with them. 
Sensing something funny going on, they decided to hold back to see his reaction. 
However, despite not using their full power, the ominous fighter was getting the 
upper hand with his overwhelming, unnatural power. The fight was certainly getting 
nowhere, and becoming terribly long. All of a sudden, in a display of raging 
outburst, Benimaru attacks the man with his full power. K' tries to stop him, but 
strangely enough, Benimaru knocks the man down to the ground rather easily. Could 
this be the end of the match...?
	The mysterious man slowly stood up, and began to chuckle eeringly. All of a 
sudden, all the computer screens surrounding the whole dark room lighted up, 
displaying a bunch of computer data. The whole chamber lighted up, to show an 
inmense base, displaying the ultimate technology! Benimaru and Shingo are puzzled 
at the size of the facility. The man begins to laugh manically, and grumbles in a 
low pitched voice: "You knew, didn't you, K'?". Benimaru and Shingo turn back to K' 
looking for an answer, but are met with the cold gaze of the mysterious warrior. 
Shingo wants to know who he is and what he wants. The man introduces himself as 
Krizalid, and that he brought them here to accomplish his ultimate purpose. Shingo 
affirms that what does the King of Fighters tournament have to do with anything. 
Krizalid smiles and says he used the King of Fighters name to call the strongest 
fighters, so he could bring them to his facility, and accomplish his goal. 
Suddenly, all the screens display the same image: scenes of the Kyo Kusanagi 
replicas all around the world. Krizalid accepts that he took the unconsicious body 
of the original Kyo Kusanagi, worn out by the effort made in the last battle 
against the Orochi clan, and took his DNA to clone him into several clones, two of 
which entered the King of Fighters tournament. However, the real Kyo Kusanagi 
escaped midway through the process, and his whereabouts unknown. He would input the 
fighting data that he had collected through the last battle in order to activate 
the clones, and create a unified attack that would take out all the governments of 
the world, and surrender to him! Benimaru and Shingo gasp in terror.
	At the Ikari Warriors command room, Heidern orders the deploy of his units in 
order to stop the Kyo invasion, and that he would soon follow. However, before the 
operation begins, one of the radios manages to capture the dialogue in the 
underground base. In it, Benimaru asks how could Krizalid capture the fighting 
data. Krizalid informs him that it was sent through his body, and channeled through 
the computers. As a matter of fact, Krizalid reveals that K' is no other than his 
clone, since Krizalid infused himself with the power of the Kusanagi through a 
battle suit, and K' being a clone of himself. However, since K' had no control over 
his power like Krizalid could, he was forced to use a special glove in order to 
retain the inmense power inside him. K' refuses to believe this, but when Krizalid 
asks him about his parents and childhood, K' is speechless, as he can't remind it. 
Krizalid reveals that one last data is to be collected...the killer instinct! And 
he would do that by killing them all! Suddenly, Krizalid burns his clothes out, and 
remains with his battle suit. The true battle was about to begin....
	The change of pace of the fight soon began to become terribly one-sided. The 
power of Krizalid was more than godlike, his inhuman powers just plowing through 
Benimaru and Shingo. Using the power of the Kusanagi, Krizalid's violent attitude 
was more than anyone could withstand. His speed and strength had no match. Soon 
enough, Maxima and K' were alone to fight Krizalid. Despite fighting with all their 
might, Krizalid's superior power almost obligates them to kneel before his 
advantage. Krizalid laughs, and is impressed by their resistance, but it would soon 
end. Suddenly, Maxima nails Krizalid with a power punch from behind, making 
Krizalid reel. Maxima shouts out for K', who in an instant, used his whole power to 
channel a full-fledged flame blast at Krizalid. The consequent explosion sends 
Krizalid flying away. Maxima and K' fall   to the ground, sure of their victory.
	However, as both help Benimaru and Shingo up, Krizalid still stands behind 
them. Maxima and K' are dumbfounded, having no remains of strength. Krizalid is 
downright mad, and is about to eliminate the couple of traitors. However, suddenly, 
a crimson flame blast shoots through the room, lighting up the whole room, and 
tearing through Krizalid like paper. Krizalid falls to the ground, and another 
mysterious figure draws near. K' senses a familiar presence. Benimaru and Shingo 
could barely believe what their eyes could see....it was Kyo, the real Kyo! It was 
evident, thanks to his huge fighting spirit. Kyo smiles and greets his friends.
	Krizalid slowly helps himself to his feet. He just can't believe that he had 
lost with his inmense power. Suddenly, a very bright light shines from above. 
Everybody is dumbfounded at the shine of it. An omnipotent voice shouts: "You have 
failed."  Now fearful and insecure, the once raging Krizalid begs for his life, as 
he can still activate the clones with the data he has collected. However, the 
clones have already been deactivated, and the data shall be saved for another 
time...and all the agents of this project must be eliminated. Krizalid is paralyzed 
by the fear, but he does not have any time to think it over...a huge rock falls 
from above, burying Krizalid to the ground. 
	Kyo, enraged, demands the true intention to the light. The omnipotent voice 
rings again: "We, the Nests cartel, plan to forward the plan for 10 years! But you 
must be eliminated!". Kyo laughs, and says arrogantly: "Don't mess with me, pal!". 
Suddenly, the base begins to shake, and pieces of scrap begin to fall from above. 
The base is beginning to crumble! However, K' is more than intent on fighting his 
original. "I've been waiting to fight a powerful opponent...someone like you, Kyo 
Kusanagi!", K' growls. However, a door shuts between him and Kyo, as well as 
closing Benimaru and Shingo out of the room. Shingo wants to help Kyo out, but 
Benimaru warns that their own lives are in danger, and persuades him to escape from 
the base. 
	Meanwhile, K' and Maxima are ambushed by the unit of the Ikari Warriors.... 
and the leader of the unit nears Krizalid's inert body. A female figure....
	Meanwhile, inside the base, Kyo Kusanagi stands among the chaos around him. 
He seems confident, as always. He smiles, closes his eyes, and says: "So, you're 
still around, eh?". A mysterious voice approaches Kyo: "You knew that I would come 
back for you...". Kyo waves his hand and affirms: "Well, that guy's toast, anyway. 
Besides, only those of the bloodline could control such power! He didn't have a 
chance!". The figure behinds him laughs, and stands into the light. It's Iori 
Yagami, who has returned as well. He smiles and says: "Good memory of yours...shall 
we get this show done?". Kyo just shrugs his shoulders and says: "Really need to 
ask?".
	The two legendary fighters engage in battle once more. No longer is there 
hatred in their eyes. Only the feeling of fighting a worthy opponent, and the 
excitement of battle....