If One Wasn’t Enough Already… Chapter 3.

Title: If One Wasn’t Enough Already… Chapter 3.
Fandom: King of Fighters
Pairing: Iori Yagami x Kyo Kusanagi
Characters: Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, Shingo Yabuki, Chizuru Kagura

Status: Completed (10 chapters)
Summary: [The remake of 2 Kyos - 1 Yagami]
[This story is set in between KOF96 and KOF97]

When everything seem to back to normal, Kyo has no idea about the new opponent lurking just around the corner, who might be a more intimidating and fearsome, than other foes.
Who is this youngman? How did he got there? What kind of business he has with Iori?
Read and find out.

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Meanwhile, the Kusanagi heir occupies the shower room, and Iori sits back and relaxes. After all, there isn’t much he can do about such an unexpected guest.

So, after making himself a cup of coffee, the redhead chills out on the couch for the rest of the evening.

Unfortunately, he does not know about the new incoming threat, who is on his way to disturbing poor Yagami.

Speaking of the devil, the younger brunette makes his way to the door of Iori’s apartment. It wasn’t a simple journey because of one third-rated cosplayer assaulting him. Despite that, Kyo’s desire to have his revenge against the impostor and beat answers from Iori is stronger. More so, it helped to forget about the pain.

For now, the Kusanagi’s heir clenches his palm into a fist and knocks on the door as hard as he can.

Meanwhile, the redhead nearly spills the coffee on himself after hearing the sudden banging on his door. More so, a familiar voice yells his name.

‘‘How did he get there? A few minutes ago, he went to the shower, and now he is behind the door! How?! Why? That stupid fool…’’ Iori complains as he stands up and is about to check whether or not he is going insane.

After reaching the door, the redhead addresses whoever is banging and shouting at the doorstep ‘‘Will you stop breaking the door, you idiot!’’.

Finally, the person behind the door shuts up. However, when Iori opens the door, he feels how accidentally someone’s fist touches his chest.

Yagami’s annoyed gaze only follows to see the owner of this fist resting in between his pectoral muscles.

Once Iori’s and Kyo’s eyes meet, the brunette instantly with-draws his palm. Yet, both remain silent.

There is no mistake - it is the Kusanagi’s heir. However, the brunette suddenly avoids facing his rival while clenching his hands into the fists. More so, the redhead notices the bruises on Kyo.

‘Just what in the world happened to him?’ Yagami wonders.

Secondly, the Kusanagi also wears an entirely different outfit. Currently, he wears a pair of jeans, a black shirt, and a white jacket. These clothes look in a worse condition than the ones which Iori saw earlier.

In the end, the redhead is the one who breaks the awkward silence between them ‘‘How did you get here?’’.

Kyo backfires in an indignant tone ‘‘How? Of course, on foot, you dumbass! Don’t just stand here. Will let me in or not? I don’t have any time to waste.’’. For sure, the brunette just impatiently stares and waits to be invited.

‘First, he stormed in with no permission, and now he acts like this. What a hell is wrong with him today?’ Iori wonders while facepalming. In the end, he lets his rival inside his apartment.

As soon as Kyo is inside, he heads toward the couch. He doesn’t care what Iori thinks about him because he wants to rest his injured leg.

For sure, the way how Kusanagi strangely walks only makes him more suspicious.

Iori doesn’t like a bit the way how the brunette is limping while making sure that his left leg won’t be touching his right one. More so, it soaks one shank of his jeans in some sort of dark liquid. For now, the redhead doesn’t say a single word and follows his unexpected guest.

As the redhead joins on the couch Kyo, the brunette frowns and turns his head away from him.

However, Yagami remains silent as well and continues to observe the Kusanagi. He cannot understand for what reason acts like this? What does he try to achieve? If he wants to piss off the redhead, then he did it.

More so, Kyo’s mood swing is getting on Iori’s nerves. That’s why the redhead breaks the silence between them again.

Just as he opens his mouth, the brunette interrupts him ‘‘Listen, I know what you are thinking, but I don’t care. I’m not planning to leave. At least, not until you’ll apologize for what you have done, you fucking idiot!’’.

That’s it! It’s the last drop of Iori’s patience.

“You were asking for this!” The redhead comments as he aggressively pushes the Kusanagi down on the couch.

Without even letting Kyo react, Yagami gets on top of him. Then Iori lifts Kyo’s wrists above his head by his hand while another one roughly grasps the brunette’s throat.

As the redhead grinds his teeth, he growls ‘‘I had enough of this! Not only do you storm in here and act arrogant brat, but you have the guts to blame me for your goddamn problems… Why don’t you just lie here while I’ll finish you up?’’.

Iori could even kill him with his the wild beast’s gaze alone.

Despite being in such a position, Kyo refuses to give up. As the brunette furrows his eyebrows, he tries to shake off the redhead.

Unfortunately, he fails. More importantly, the brunette’s legs violently touch.

Therefore, it reminds Kyo about his injured left shank. For now, all he can do is roughly breathe and quietly whimper.

Such an unexpected reaction makes Yagami crack a smile and chuckle.

After Iori loosens his grasp around Kyo’s throat, he removes that hand and corners the brunette. Lastly, he addresses the Kusanagi in a nearly mocking tone ‘‘What’s the matter, Kyo! I barely did anything, and you’re already like this.’’.

Just when the redhead is about to declare his victory, the Kusanagi uses his chance to escape. As the brunette keeps eye contact with Iori, he crawls up by using his elbows and right leg.

After Kyo closes his eyes, he sends a side-kick to Yagami’s left side.

However, when he thinks that he get rid of the redhead, Iori tightly holds into Kyo. And thus, both land on the floor.

Kyo lies on top of him and catches his breath yet, he tries to get up. Unfortunately, it’s easier to say than to do.

As the brunette lifts himself for a moment, he falls again. However, Kyo’s behavior annoys Iori.

That’s it! Yagami can’t just let the brunette make fun of him any longer. He’ll finish him right here, right now!

After the redhead hustles Kyo away, he stands up and observes the brunette struggling yet shielding his left shank. Lastly, the more he stares at the brunette, the more he doesn’t understand him. For sure, that only angers him further.

Suddenly, Iori squats near Kyo and grabs his left shank while ignoring the brunette’s groaning and the painful expression on his face. Lastly, the redhead takes a better look at the limb which he holds.

After the redhead rolls up the left shank of the jeans, he silently stares at the burn on Kyo’s leg. Lastly, he speaks up with a pure rage in his voice ‘‘Who the fuck did this?! Why the hell did you let this happen?’’.

For the moment, even Kyo fears that Iori will tear his leg. Suddenly, he widens his eyes when he feels how such an outrageous man’s hands are shaking. Yet, it’s still surprising to hear the redhead growling and whimpering like a scared wolf.

Nevertheless, the brunette ignores Yagami’s emotional reaction while backfiring ‘‘Hmph! I’m glad that you finally realized to ask, you moron. However, you should know better. Because this time, you’ve gone too far, Yagami. And I won’t forgive you for this. So, your fake whining won’t trick me. Not only you are a coward, but a cowardly backstabber! Your buddy attacked me like a fucking coward from behind. Hell, not sure where you find types like this. Perhaps nasty types stick together, huh? Whatever… Not only that bastard rip-offs my style, but somehow he imitated my flames!’’.

Instead of unleashing his rage, Iori looks unaffected by the Kusanagi’s words and gives a serious gaze. After carefully lowering Kyo’s leg, he remains still for a moment.

Suddenly, Yagami holds Kyo by his shirt and harshly slaps his cheek. The brunette only dumbfounded stares at Iori, who indignantly stares at him.

After the redhead deeply exhales and facepalms, he addresses the Kusanagi in a disappointed voice ‘‘What is wrong with you? Are you sure that you didn’t fall and hit your head? Not so long time ago, you claimed you defeated someone. But now, you say that someone beat the shit out of you. Make your goddamn mind up already.’’.

As Iori stands up and puts his hands in his pants pockets, he adds ‘‘Just make sure that you’ll remove your pants before I return, got it?’’.

For sure, his rival’s request is more shocking than getting silenced by Yagami’s palm. All he can do is stare at him while rubbing his hurt cheek.

More importantly, Yagami is not a man who would lightheartedly joke about things like this. When Kyo is about to object, he notices that Iori is gone.

In the end, the brunette still doubts whether he should listen to what Yagami asked him to do. On the other hand, who knows what Iori could do to him if he won’t behave himself? Lastly, he lowers his head while waiting for the redhead.