History
K' was a normal human being before the cloning operation, though nothing is known of his life at that time (the memories of Krizalid allow to suggest that K' and Whip are of Irish origin). As a child, K' was taken away by the NESTS agents, as the experiment subject for the prototype. He would be infused with Kusanagi power, and then the NESTS cartel would prove how feasible it was to inject the immense Kusanagi power in a human being (obviously, the results were to be expected: normal human beings were unable to control the power, and thus, the neccesity of a special glove). NESTS also altered K's memory, and the only thing K' remembers of his past life is a little girl that kept calling him "brother" and cried out for him. But this memory only exists in dreams now.
The NESTS Saga
After activation, K' is sent out by his master, Krizalid, to join with his partner Maxima, and team up with Benimaru Nikaido and Shingo Yabuki in order to enter the King of Fighters tournament and collect battle data from the fighters of the competition in order to activate the Kyo Kusanagi clones around the world. Disgusted by such petty orders, K' joins Benimaru and Shingo with little, if at all, interest in the King of Fighters tournament. He didn't even talk with Maxima a lot, either. He was just a clone on a mission, and soon, many would fear the new beast of fire.
K' demonstrated his capacity as a fighter in the tournament, using interesting variations to the Kusanagi crimson flame power. Based on his sheer violent spirit, K' became a force to be reckoned with. Soon enough, he jumped to be the most sighted fighter of the tournament, not only by his cruelty and quickness, but by his totally different attitude and techniques from Kyo. K' doesn't mind any of it, and soon enough, he guides Benimaru and Shingo to the place of reunion set by Krizalid, in a sewer. The sewer drains to reveal a secret elevator that takes the whole team to the underground base of Krizalid. Somehow, K' sensed something exceptional would happen that day.
K' watches with little amusement as Krizalid does battle with Benimaru and Shingo. He knew that their attempts would be futile, but why did they keep trying? K' felt something exceptional in those persons, something he had failed to sense before: human compassion. He knew that the plot of Krizalid was to extract enough data from Benimaru and Shingo in order to activate the clones. So, as Benimaru was about to deliver a devastating blow, K' tried to stop him, to no avail. Krizalid had finished his process, and thanks K'. K' refuses to follow orders for Krizalid anymore, but Krizalid then reveals that K' himself is a clone. When in doubt, Krizalid asks K' about his parents or childhood, to which K' can not reply. However, one final data is amiss: the killer instinct. Krizalid asks K' if he desires it, but K' is not so sure anymore. However, before he can know it, Krizalid's final rampage is already in its fullest.
K' fights Krizalid alongside Maxima with unexpected feelings. He felt both excited and angry. He was tired of living under the shadow of Krizalid, and he would show him who manages the Kusanagi flames best! K' puts it all into his techniques, and manages to make Krizalid pass a hard time. However, it is not enough to defeat Krizalid. The end seems near, when all of a sudden, a crimson flame blast puts Krizalid down. The assailant was no other than the original Kyo Kusanagi! Embittered byt the knowledge that he is a clone, K' fights Kyo, finding in him the true challenge he was looking for. But before the fight against his original can conclude, Shingo intervenes. At this time, a steel doors slam between them, separating both K' and Maxima from Kyo. A voice from above thunders in K's ears, asking him if he would prefer to live the life of a normal human. K' demands he shut up, shouting, "I'll do as I please!" The omnipotent voice of the NESTS cartel dooms both K' and Maxima to a swift death, as they are surrounded by the Ikari extermination squad that have already infiltrated the facility.
However, K' is not the one to be impressed by such toys. At the limit of his capabilities, K' unleashes the remaining force he has to blow several soldiers away, making his glove collapse. Now unable to stop his hand from flaming, he is aided by Maxima in escaping the collapsed base. There is still much to do for K', at the beginning of a new millennium, and a new life.
During a whole year, K' and his friend Maxima have been running away from two parties: first, the Ikari Warriors, who have been hunting them as fugitive criminals, and second, the NESTS cartel, who wishes to exact punishment for the traitors. K' has been on the run ever since, and managed to get away fighting from several precarious situations. K' thinks he should enter the next King of Fighters tournament, in the year 2000, in order to clean up his image, and eliminate his persecutors at the same time. However, he can't blow his cover by teaming up with Benimaru and Shingo again, so the situation gets even more complicated. It is then when K' is met by an enigmatic woman called Vanessa, who is accompanied by a jolly Mexican wrestler called Ramon. She offers to team up with them. K' doesn't trust Vanessa at all, but if you want to beat the lions, you might as well go in the den with them.
And so, K' gets another chance of proving his own worth, aside from the fact that he was just a Kyo clone. However, during the last few nights, K' has been having some weird nightmares: in each nightmare, a little girl shouts out for him in a lonely background. She claims to be his sister, but K' remembers nothing about her. What could all this mean? This further fuels K's rage to burn every poor commoner that cruised his way. This motivates K' and his partners to once again return to Southtown for the final encounter. K' feels a lot of deja vu once he enters Southtown, and feels deeply connected to it. K' and his teammates walk through the docks in order to arrive at the factory zone, where they are supposed to fight their final match. It is then when K' senses a cold wind in the air, something that makes him feel full of fear. K' bids Maxima and the others to hurry on to the factory zone, and that he will stop the threat here. Maxima tries to talk K' out of it, but K' activates the flames in his hand. Maxima understands, and leads Vanessa and Ramon out.
K' shouts for the intruder to show himself. Oddly enough, an innocent young girl with long, chestnut hair, and a similar outfit to K's, appears in front of K'. She claims to be the "anti-K'", and suddenly activates her powers, enshrouding the area in ice as her hair becomes an equally icy blue. She proceeds to attack K' with attacks identical to his own. K' has a hard time fending off the girl's ice attacks, as he tries to counter with his own fire attacks. Each attack counters the other, and the battle begins to wear out both of them. K' wonders who this girl really is, but by wandering off in his own thoughts, K' is blasted by a full-fledged ice blast from the girl. The memory of the young girl calling out for K' flashes in his mind again. Could this girl really be his sister? Desperate to know the truth, K' invokes a wave of fury, and creates an inmense raging fire aura around him. He gathers them to blast the young woman with a final flaming attack. K' drops to his knees, spent and exhausted.
To his surprise, the young woman is still standing. Burned badly, but with a kind smile on her face. The girl introduces herself as Kula, and she has been sent here to stop Zero, a NESTS agent that has become power-drunk, and intends to destroy his superiors with the help of the Zero Cannon. K' doesn't understand anything, but he gets animated when Kula tells him to go look for his sister, since she is looking for him. With new enthusiasm, K' rushes to aid his friends in the abandoned factory.
When K' arrives, he notices how Zero has already dealt with most of his partners, and even former partners. Zero notices K', and bluffs about how K' is in such a bad shape. K' realizes this will be a tough match, but is further simplified by the fact Lin has poisoned him previously, and Maxima and the rest had already worn him out. With this in mind, K' calls upon the remaining ounces of strength, and fires Zero to oblivion. This unleashes the fury of Zero, who now intends to fry K' and the other fighters with the Zero Cannon. K' is dumbfounded, since he is too weak to attempt anything else. Nothing to worry about, though, as NESTS itself takes care of Zero via two female agents. With a bad feeling about all this, K' leads his friends to safety before the Zero Cannon destroys Southtown completely.
On their way out, K' finds out that Ramon and Vanessa were lost, but there was no time to stay around and think. Suddenly, a familiar figure appears in front of him. Is that the girl in his dreams? She seems older, but once she calls out K's name, there is no doubt: it is K's sister, and it turns out to be Whip, a member of the Ikari Warriors, K's persecutors. K', along with Maxima, escape from the devastated Southtown amidst a beautiful meteor shower. A beautiful show to eclipse the disaster. K's decides to willingly discard his protective glove. Maxima warns him, but by taking a glimpse at Whip, he promptly tears it off. To everyone's surprise, K's flaming power does not go out of control. He has finally learned how to control the legendary crimson flames of the Kusanagi. With a smile on his face, K' burns in anticipation of his final match with his former bosses, the NESTS.
