The King of Fighters Tournament

Snooping

K' stared at Leona's message in surprise when she informed him about the imposter using a picture of him for his obviously fake passport, complete with a photo of the passport copy.
"Max?" K' called, turning to look for Maxima. He was just beside him a minute ago, but it seemed that he had vanished now. "Max!" K' called again.
"Yo, chill, he went to the bathroom," Krizalid said, coming up. He noticed how stressed K' seemed and frowned. "What's the matter, Dash?"
K' simply handed his phone to him. "Look at this."
Krizalid frowned at the messages, his mouth agape. "Davis Kalimba? But... why is he using your picture?"
"I don't know," K' shrugged, still looking disturbed. "But I need to know where this is going."
"Dash, wait, there isn't time," Krizalid gripped onto his arm. "Our bout starts in ten minutes."
Zayn soon came up, at least three paper bowls of banana split piled in his arms. "So, I got snacks." He noticed the tension in his teammates. "Is something wrong? You guys look stressed."
Krizalid handed K's phone to Zayn, not realising that his hands were full. K' eventually relieved him, leaving only one bowl in Zayn's hands since he wanted to eat one of the banana splits as well. He took the phone from Krizalid and frowned at it.
"But... Dash... you were with us the whole time," Zayn looked concerned. "So this is an imposter?"
K' nodded. "Seems like it. But why they're using my picture to stay at that hotel, I don't know." He looked at the things that Zayn brought. "Also, you know I don't like sweet things."
"I got you cheesy fries," Zayn pointed out, looking at each of the cups in K's hand before taking away one of the banana split bowls to give to Krizalid, who took it without a word. "I know you, Dash." He realised that K' still didn't look all that convinced. "I'm pretty sure they're gonna catch this guy and unmask him. Look, Leona knows that it wasn't you."
"How could it have been me?" K' added, frowning.
Maxima eventually came up and they handed him a bowl of banana split too, which he gleefully took, then filled him in on what Leona had told them.
"I know," Maxima nodded. "She told me too."
Kula and Isolde came up too and they both received banana split as well. They ate their snacks, trying to comfort the frustrated K' in the meantime, then went for their next bout.

Iori nudged Kyo, wearing a deep frown as his fingers furiously moved over his phone screen. "Kyo, there's something up." He said.
"What's up?" Kyo asked, leaning in to look at Iori's screen.
"The guy from Holmes', the one that we suspect took Rugal, is using Dash's picture in his passport," Iori informed.
Kyo's eyes widened in surprise. "That can't be good."
"Yeah, and you know what's worse?" Iori lifted his phone to read something. "His name is Davis Kalimba."
Kyo couldn't help but laugh at that. "Kalimba de Luna!"
Iori thought of something and started nodding. "Yeah! We should create a cover of that next! The version by Boney M. has a sick bass score."
"Sure, sounds fun," Kyo smirked. He looked around for Chizuru and found her sitting with Yuki and Honoka not far off. "I think we should tell Kagura about this."
"Where's your dad and gang?" Iori called after him. "They should be here by now."
Kyo turned to look at him, walking backwards to where Chizuru was. "Outside. They'll be here in a minute."
Iori nodded and turned back to his phone to continue texting the rest about whatever that was going on. The Veterans soon arrived, laughing at their own jokes.

Aiko frowned at her phone. "This is insane, the name that the weirdo used was apparently Davis Kalimba and no one found that suspicious?"
"Worse still, he's using Dash's photo," Benimaru added. "That makes it a hundred times worse."
"Indeed it does," Shingo added. "Did they catch him?"
Aiko shook her head, scrolling through the messages. "Unfortunately, no. He checked out at seven this morning."
"That's bad," Shingo frowned. "So does this mean the weirdo looks like Dash?"
Benimaru shrugged. "Maybe."
"I'll call Leona," Aiko pressed her phone to her ear.
"Aiko, our opponents are here," Benimaru nudged her.
Aiko looked up to see the Bogards and Rock walk up to them.

Leona and Mary scoured the room while King made her way to the bathroom.
"Any clues in there?" Leona asked.
"No!" King called back.
Mary frowned as she touched the bedding, even when she was wearing gloves. "This is disgusting."
"Mary, I've already checked the bed," Leona said. "Nothing there."
"He didn't take his trash out," King informed when she exited the bathroom with a wastebasket. "Mary, you mind helping?"
Mary nodded and came over. They started rummaging the trash basket and found a few other receipts, which they didn't really need now.
"Guys, I found something," Mary said, pulling out a brochure.
Leona came over to take a look. "It's for the Shinkansen."
"This guy really is sloppy," King frowned, shaking her head as she pulled out a train ticket to Osaka. "So he took a train from Tokyo."
"Tokyo?" Mary repeated, looking at the brochure. "This one's a Shinkansen to Tokyo."
"Does that mean our next stop is Tokyo?" King asked.
Leona nodded. "Seems like it."
Mary frowned when she remembered something. "Isn't the Grand Finale taking place in Tokyo, together with the closing ceremony?"
King nodded, also frowning. "Tomorrow afternoon, together with the closing party."
"We need to tell Dad," Leona finally said. "We need to tell him now."
They collected whatever evidence they found and Mary placed them in an evidence bag. Then, they left and went straight to meet Heidern.
"He's watching the Fatal Fury's match since something feels off," Leona informed. "Nothing to do with them, just that we're afraid of this presence that Rock keeps feeling."
Mary nodded. "That's good. We're still not sure what it is, though Terry did inform me that he and Rock came across some lady that had Marie Heinlein's jewellery."
"That just makes things even more confusing," King groaned. "Who is that woman anyway?"
Mary shrugged. "Let's just go over to their arena."

Ash posed with his teammates, still wondering who was opposing them.
"Here comes a new challenger!" The announcer exclaimed enthusiastically.
And then a familiar face appeared, smirking at them as it walked over. He waved at them, dressed in a similar fashion as Ash, but in an all-white version.
"Hey, Ash," Saiki greeted, grinning. "Didn't expect to see me, did you?"
Ash started laughing. "Look, it's Psych!" He pulled his ancestor. "You're gonna take some pictures with me, take a few back."
Saiki shrugged. "Sure."
"What brings you here anyway?" Elisabeth asked, smirking.
Saiki shrugged. "Felt like coming and then they ambushed me with an offer to enter the tournament. Naturally, I said yes." He frowned. "Also, I need to get into my Awakened form for this bout. I wish you luck."
And then he transformed right there.
"Hold up, we're getting more pictures, especially with you in this state," Shen grinned, grabbing his arm.
Saiki growled, they weren't sure if it was because of his Awakened form or because of his Awakened form.
"Oh, yeah, this one's gold," Ash chuckled, also hugging Saiki's arm. "Say cheese, Monster Psych!"
To their surprise, Saiki actually grinned for the photos. Elisabeth chuckled and joined them as well.