Makin' An Entrance...In Style

         At the end of the month at the Coliseum...

 "Welcome back and welcome to those who are just tuning in! I am Ichigo Yoshimiro!" Ichigo greeted as fireworks and cheers of the audience rumbled the stadium.

 "Bruce Mccain signing back in as well! We are live in the Coliseum at the outskirts of Tokyo for the fabled King Of Fighters tournament! We've got returning teams like Team Art Of Fighting and Team Sacred Treasures. Also, there are new teams like Team Super Heroine and Team Krohnen!" Bruce listed off.

 Ichiro squinted his eyes for a closer look, "Speaking of, Bruce, the last team for the tournament is the last of the new ones called Team Vybe."

 They quiet down as trap music began to play and out comes Team Vybe. One by one, Ty, Duck King, and Momoko do a quick but elaborate dance number* before going to the other teams.

 "Are they...dancing?" Ichiro asked, utterly perplexed.

 Bruce nodded, "Indeed, they are, my friend. I talked with the team captain, Tyani Cunningham, who simply said they are just here for the good vibes and to test themselves. Gotta respect that."

 "Agreed, comrade, agreed," Ichiro nodded.

  Team Vybe made their way to their own spot between Teams Sacred Treasures and Fatal Fury. The ST member that is closest to Team Vybe, who is a male Japanese brunette with a white headband, gave a look of utter annoyance combined with 'WTF' towards Team Vybe. The FF member that is closest to Team Vybe, who is a male Amercian blonde with a red baseball cap, seems to know Duck King and greeted as if he hasn't seen him in a long time. Duck King wholeheartedly welcomed the blonde's greeting.
 
       At a undisclosed ballroom...

 “Cheese!” Ty, Duck, and Momoko shouted, doing funny poses as a cameraman snapped a photo.

 “Sweet! Thanks for the photo op. G’ luck at the tournament!” The cameraman departed.

 Ty stretched his limbs, “Aight, photos are done. What now, squad?”

 “Well, can I go catch up with Athena? It has been a while since I seen her,” Momoko asked, armed with the puppy dog eyes.

 “Same, I’m gonna go catch up with Terry and the boys,” Duck stated, walking towards the FF team.

 “Cool,” Ty said before looking at Momoko. “You ain’t gotta ask, girl. You grown. Go on. I’ll be fine.”

 Momoko smiled before jogging toward Athena. Ty scanned the room. Various contestants were mingling amongst themselves. Some, like Ty, were on their own and were even enjoying the solitude from the activity. A red haired guy even left right after his own team’s photos were done. “Hm, seems he had somewhere to be. Anywho, if I were the food table, where would I...Bingo!”

 A long table filled with delightful food stretched far as the eye could see was positioned at the middle of the ballroom. Ty made his way to the table for a closer look; his eye honed in on some gourmet sliders. “Oooooh shit!” Ty smirked, taking a plate and filling with seven sliders. He walked away to a table and sat. Taking off his face wrap, Ty is ready to dig in.

 “Hey, new guy!” A male voice called out to Ty. Ty sighed in annoyance and looked towards the source. It was the white headband wearing guy in the leather jacket marching towards Ty.

 “Yeah? I’m tryin’ to eat here!” Ty replied, gesturing towards his sliders.

 Headband rolled his eyes, “Whatever. When you and your team are lucky enough to go against mine, don’t hog the fighting time with your shitty dancin’! Some of us are here to win!”

 “How sweet! You worried ‘bout poor wittle me! Ha, relax, baby boy cuz we are ready to run the ones just as much as you are; ain’t no harm with a little fun. Now, check in with your own team cuz one of your mates just walked on you straight after the photos!” Ty pointed out, raising an eyebrow underneath his bucket hat.

 “Pshh, who, Yagami? Why should I give a rat’s ass about that literal snake?! Just remember to not take all the attention after I whoop ya!” Headband smirked, starting a flame with his fist. Ty took off his bucket hat.

 “Eh, you can have the attention. Shame that’s the only attention you can get since your parents didn’t give nada damn thing of it when you were younger,” Ty glowered, tilting his head slightly.

 “You sonnova-“

 “Kusanagi!” A female voice called in an authoritative manner.

 The two men turned their heads towards a woman in a leather jacket of her own that was walking towards them. She stopped just before them. She looked at Kusanagi with a glare, “I can’t leave you for one minute without you trying to start a fight with someone other than Iori.”

 “We were just havin’-“

 The woman raised her hand to silence Kusanagi.

 “Sir, I apologize for Kyo’s actions. He’s rowdy but he means well. I’m Chizuru Kagura.” Chizuru introduced herself warmly, holding a hand out.

 Ty grabbed it and shook it gingerly, “Charmed. Tyani Cunningham. Say, that last name sounds familiar. Kagura Interprises, right? You are the CEO?”

 Chizuru chuckled, “Guilty as charged. I presume that you heard of our products?”

 “Yep, the air fryer is divine. My aunt has one and she kept prodding me about so I bought it myself. Haven’t went back to a traditional fryer since,” Ty praised.

 “I’m happy to hear another satisfied customer. Now, Cunningham-san, we’ll be going. Hopefully, you and your team will cross paths with Kyo’s and I’s. Speaking of, let’s go, Kyo.” Chizuru urged, walking away from Ty.

 Kyo followed behind her slowly, “Yeah, yeah.” As he was trailing Chizuru, Kyo turned his head to Ty and mouthed, “Your ass is mine in the tournament, bitch!”

 Ty just responded with a double middle finger. “Welp, found the asshole. Prolly the champ; however, I’m patient. He’ll get his.” He thought to himself.

 “’Ey, Ty!” Duck called out. Ty turned his head and see Duck and the blonde in the red baseball cap were walking towards him. “’Ey, man. This is my old buddy, Terry Bogard! Terry, this is the guy from New York that was tellin’ you about. From the Terrordome?”

 “Oh yeah, Veinte right? You rolled with D-Mob?” Terry queried, holding out his hand to Ty.

 Ty grasped Terry’s hand and shook it firmly, “I used to. Now, I popped up in New York every summer.”

 “Ah, gotcha. Say, don’t worry about Kyo; he’s a hardass but his heart is in the right place if he warms up to ya. Now, you wanna roll with us for dinner? I know one helleva mom pop joint that make damn good shrimp!” Terry smiled.

 Ty nodded, “You had me at shrimp. Lemme send a message to our third.”

 “Take your time, man,” Terry assured.

 Taking his phone out, Ty sent a message to Momoko about him and Duck is eating with the Fatal Fury team and that she’s free to spend the day with Athena. Seconds later, Momoko responded with thumbs up emoji. “Aight, Momo will be fine. Now, what spices do the shrimp have?” Ty asked, putting his phone away.


It seems that one of the KOF vets isn't taking a liking to Team Vybe.

Enjoy, peeps!

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