chapter one of fearless: kof fanfic...unedited
Athena brought her right hand up, it was dressed tightly in a purple finger glove, and a reddish glow engulfed her figure as the hand slowly rose to her chest. She smiled, and her long purple hair draped in her face, the long strands flowing to all sides, as if she hadn't styled it in quite a while. Athena wore a tight red short sleeve shirt, and a short, but baggy purple skirt that swayed up and down when she moved. Athena pressed her purple boots that had shiny golden lining against the ground, and a few clouds of dirt rose up, but swiftly faded off into the air. Athena's gloves and her tight red short sleeve shirt were both lined with gold, and her shirt inparticular, had two golden lines running down the front. She faced across to a figure, and her eyes narrowed.
"Ugh..." The figure came from the shadow under a large three branch, and into the blinding sunlight and fell straight on its face onto the dirt. From looking down at its back, the figure looked as if it were wearing a short sleeve jean jacket, and a short sleeve white shirt under it with a hood coming out of the top. It was Sie Kensou, a member of the Psychic Warriors team that consisted of he, Athena, Bao, and Chin. Athena stepped forward and her body stopped glowing, and her skirt fluffed over her thighs as she knelt down and brought her purple clad left hand to the back of Kensou's head. Her fingers rubbed against his soft brown hair, the hair not arranged or combed in any certain direction. She ran her fingers through the ridges of the back of his head, and small strands of hair flickered to the left and right as soon as she released pressure on them.
"You have to train harder. Eating all day isn't going to help you...and neither will chasing after me..." Athena looked down with a concerned look. This look was one that had not donned her face often, and she looked a bit unnatural when she was like this. "Come on...get up." Athena had just finished a sparring session with Kensou where she had pummeled him to the ground, almost untouchable from his fighting skill. Athena had been training for the next King of Fighters, hoping to find a way to defeat the ones who had surpassed her abilities in the past. Athena had always been a fighter, but she had other things in her life now that weren't receiving the attention that it needed. It was no matter to her, for she was pushing her self to the breaking point, and now she had felt her training was over. It was time for her team partners to match up with her so they could take home next year's King of Fighters title.
"Athena...time for SAKE!" Chin came stumbling out, his green attire ruffling as the sunlight hit it from all different directions. His baggy green clothing had white lining down the middle, and white buttons that were buttoned together in the middle, and the bottom of his sleeve, and the bottom of his pants were lined with white while a rope was tied around his waist and hooked to a gourd full of sake. Chin's face was rugged, his mouth lined around with a slick white beard that was combed down to a few inches under his chin. His large white eye brows seemed to cover half of each eye, and his white messy hair was padded down and draped onto his face from his angular green hat atop of his head. As Chin opened his mouth, it was apparent that he had been missing way too many teeth; a result of fighting in King of Fighters tournaments.
"He he..." Athena's eyes shut as she let out a giggle and her head bobbed. She brought up both open palms and bent her arms, motioning that she didn't want any, and her head moved from side to side indicating the fact. Kensou stood up behind her and slammed his palm on her right shoulder and smiled.
"Yay! Sake! Maybe some dumplings too?" Kensou panted as he spoke, beads of sweat running down from his forehead. Chin nodded in content and turned around, skipping back to the small triangular abode in the center of these woods. His brown boots smacked against the ground, kicking up dust as he skipped. Bao wasn't out there because he was lieing in bed, seeming to be completely out of energy. Athena walked forward, step by step, moving her legs comfortably until she stopped at the front door, and let Kensou walk pass her to open the sliding rice paper and wooden doors. Her purple hair blew forward slightly and laid back naturally onto her shoulders and chest as her eyes widened a bit, and she stopped and said, "Is Bao alright?"
Chin, a few steps infront of the two, stopped, and both of his hands found themselves intertwined at his lower back as his head turned, and his eyes focused on Athena. "His condition hasn't differed since..." Athena's eyes widened and she recalled what had happened during their training.
"ATHENA!" Bao, dressed in a long sleeve shirt and short shorts orange attire with a ball shaped hat, stood about feet six inches tall and was standing in a low fighting stance. Athena had crossed her arms and waved them infront of her chest, letting loose a sparkling energy ball toward her tiny opponent. Bao tried to move, but couldn't, and was struck head on in the chest. The ball dug into his abdominals, and the rest of his shirt creased toward the center of his body as he was pushed straight back into the side of a hill. His clothes impacted with the dirt, and his body gave them the weight to dig into the ground. Athena swiftly dashed over, her purple boots running against the surface of the ground as she dashed to see how her partner was doing. Bao had thrown his arms up and his legs down, all four apendeges completely extended as a yellow light engulfed his body. Athena knelt and threw her right hand up above her head, her palm exposed to the energy, and kept her left fist down by her side, one knee pressing against the ground, and one foot on the other leg doing the same. A purple dome of light surrounded her just in time to shield her body from the yellow spirit energy. By the time she had released the dome and her own energy faded, Bao was passed out, embedded in the dirt, streams of blood running down every part of his exposed skin. He had used the forbidden power of the Dragon Spirit unknowingly, and was taking the punishment for it.
Athena's eyes narrowed as the memories of the distant training session had faded, and she stepped forward into their small training house. She slid both of her boots off and ran both of her hands dressed in purple gloves right through her hair, and arranged her hair to flow behind her shoulders. She bit her bottom lip, her teeth pressing against it and making it stretch back a little. Their training in solitude in the woods had been peaceful for the most part, and the King of Fighters 2003 tournament was coming up next year. Athena was determined to own the entire tournament this year with her new "special technique".
Meanwhile, K, Kula, and Whip were sitting comfortably arranged about a round wooden table in a small cafe in Osaka, Japan. K was dressed in his usual black leather and straps; a leather jacket open in the front and a black tight under shirt, and straps along the arms of the jacket as well. His pants were bound tight to his waist by a black strap, and his leather pants draped over his heavy black shoes. Both of his hands were covered in tight black finger gloves, both a small ceramic mug rubbing against the palm of his left gloved hand. Kula was dressed in a purple belly shirt, the short sleeves coming about halfway down to her elbows, and her hands were bare, one half of a bagel resting between her right index finger and thumb. Her pants were bell bottom jeans that draped over stylish white shoes with the laces tied neatly and secure. Whip's purple hair draped down in her eyes as she turned and took a sip from her ceramic mug, bringing in warm coffee between her lips. She wore a brown belly shirt and matching brown shorts that came extremely close up to her waist. Her short shorts were bound to her waist by a black belt, and her feet were dressed in dark tinted sports shoes.
"Teams of three? Like traditional K.O.F?" K inquired, his pupils running across Whip's eye lashes to her eyes.
"Yeah, and there's no secret sponsership or anything...It's actually funded by the Government of Japan. It's to make money and publicity." Whip replied, looking back, simultaneously taking another sip of her warm coffee.
"Not happening. We may watch, but I really don't want anything to do with that tournament." K spoke, his silver spiky hair arranged in a messy fashion swayed to the left as he turned to Kula, who hooked her arm around his and looked up to him with wanting eyes.