Another Like Me

Note: in this chapter you must use this soundboard: This one in order to get the full impact of a certain character's words in the beginning of this chapter. So whenever words are bolded and italicized spoken by the character named Terry Bogard, switch over to the soundboard and click the corresponding phrase to hear the sound!

"Alright guys settle down!" Kyo called out to the group he had gathered, who were currently chattering among themselves amongst themselves. The group he had gathered consisted of his good friends Benimaru, a man with blond hair that stood straight up in a spiky tower and was able to wield lightning, Goro Daimon, a tall and very powerful judo master, Terry, a blond haired fighter from America, and his brother Andy, a shiranui ninja. Along with these people were a couple of Shingo's friends who were Sie Kensou, a young boy who used his psychic abilities along with kung fu, Kasumi Todoh, a sapphire haired girl who was a practitioner of her families style of fighting, Yuri Sakazaki, a brown haired girl who practiced Kyokugen Karate, and Rock Howard, the adopted son of Terry.

Together Kyo had gathered them at his house the moment that Shingo had been whisked away by the mysterious energy from the Yata Mirror. He figured that with their help, he could find a way to bring back his student, but so far they had gotten nowhere with the discussion. "Guys come on! We need to figure this out!" He sighed as they continued to ignore him and finally nodded to Terry after waiting a second. Terry pounded his fist loudly on the table, making all conversation in the room come to a stop.

"GET SERIOUS!" He yelled out.

"Thanks Terry!" Kyo told the blond haired fighter gratefully, who nodded in response, prompting him to continue. "Alright guys, I'm sure you're wondering why I gathered you here today."

"Mmphhphh" Kensou tried to respond to the statement, but couldn't as his mouth was currently invested in eating his favorite snack, a baozi, or meat dumpling. As he tried to speak however, he began choking, much to the shock and somewhat disgust of everyone present. As he tried fruitlessly tried to cough up his food, Terry went over and slapped his back quite hard, dislodging the offending food, but also making Kensou giving a yelp of pain.

"ARE YOU OK?" Terry asked the younger boy who was currently giving out a last couple of coughs.

"Yeah, but did you really have to hit me that hard?" The boy whimpered as he rubbed his throbbing back.

"Hey C'MON C'MON!"

"Yeah I guess you're right Terry! Even though it hurt it sure helped, so thanks!" Kensou agreed as Terry gave him a thumbs up and went back to his seat. "So Kyo as I was saying, yeah we were wondering! Over the phone you said something about Shingo right?"

"That's right, I hate to say this guys but...he's gone..." Kyo said a bit sadly as everyone gasped, while Terry made a "defeated" sound in response to the news.

"Wait, but do you know where he went though?" Yuri questioned hopefully, trying to see if there was some possible place to search.

"That's just it! We don't know..." Kyo trailed off, recalling how Shingo had disappeared into thin air.

"Hm...I think you'd better tell us the entire story my friend." Goro rumbled in his deep voice.

"Well...it all started..." Kyo began to explain the entire incident back to them, and by the time he had told everything, everyone had a different reaction, Goro and Benimaru had looks of deep thought, Shingo's friends ranged from worried, to downright sadness as they heard what happened, Terry and Andy were talking over what they thought might've happened.

"Hey Kyo, you said that the Yata mirror was responsible for the disappearance right?" Andy asked the fire-wielder, who nodded in response to the question. "Well I know this might sound a little crazy, but what if that energy didn't destroy him, what if it transported him somewhere?" Everyone in the room stopped to consider this, before Rock decided to speak up.

"But if it did, wouldn't somebody have found and recognized him by now? I mean he has been in a lot of KOF tournaments so someone out there is bound to recognize him!" He said with a raised eyebrow as a couple of others nodded in agreement.

"Hm...well you don't think..." Benimaru said, but trailed off as he shook his head at the thought, "nah forget it!"

"Oh come on Beni what's up?" Kyo said, trying to coax his friend's idea out of his head.

"Well I was just thinking, and this'll sound weird mind you, but what if he got transported to an entirely different world?" The spiky haired man offered his friends as he glanced around the room at them.

"But we don't have enough power alone to do something like that, and even if a force like that were present the only one strong enough to do that would be Orochi, and he's been sealed away for a while now!" Kyo said, furrowing his brows in thought.

"Then what if an other-worldly force intervened?" Andy offered up, which got everyone to think what force could possibly have done this.

"Well guys, if that's true, then we better figure out where to start..." Kyo proposed, to which everyone nodded. "Shingo, wherever it is you are...I sure hope you're alright..." He thought with worry as everyone headed to leave.

~Another Like Me~

"Alright Shingo, think, you're up against six mares who think you've endangered Scootaloo...and they want to fight..." The young man thought furiously as he braced himself for the battle to come. "I can't go full power, or else they could get seriously injured, but man I just wish they'd listen to me right now, but they probably would question me even more on how I could talk..." He rationalized this, and figured that the only way out of this was if Scootaloo could convince them to stop, which hopefully would be shortly.

"Rainbow, ya'll be careful with this thing, it don't seem to be from around here!" The orange mare warned the cyan one, who cockily grinned before facing Shingo.

"No worries Applejack!" The pegasus reassured her friend, "I'll take down this thing down in less than ten seconds flat or my name isn't Rainbow Dash!" She then took a fighting stance as she and Shingo prepared to fight. (Click link for the fight music.)

"Alright, here I come!" The pegasus named Rainbow Dash yelled as she flew at Shingo with blinding speed. He barely dodged, rolling out of her way as she did an aerial flip to change direction.

"Man she's fast!" Shingo thought in awe at the speed at which she flew, but grinned, "luckily I've dealt with fast before!"

"Twilight wait!" Scootaloo said on the sideline as she called out to the older pony.

"Not now Scootaloo!" Twilight chastised the filly, shooing her away, "I'm trying to determine what sort of creature we're facing here, it isn't like anything I've ever read about before!" The little pegasus groaned, knowing she wouldn't get any attention from Twilight, and decided to try one of the better candidates, namely, Fluttershy.

"Fluttershy!" Scootaloo called out to the pale yellow mare, who snapped out of her current task, which was watching a couple of critters stroll by, preferring to watch out for animals in need rather than watch a fight.

"Oh, hello Scootaloo, are you alright? I heard from the others that the creature over might have hurt you! Are you alright?" The mare asked, checking the filly for any injuries.

"That's just it Fluttershy! I need to tell you about the creature over there!" Scootaloo said exasperatedly as they both sat down. Fluttershy then looked at Scootaloo curiously, but nodded to the filly to continue you on. "Well..." The filly sighed as she began to explain what had happened the previous night.

"And now!" Shingo thought as he watched Rainbow go in for a dive, attempting to punch him with her hoof outstretched, but Shingo, being an experienced fighter, sidestepped the blow, grabbed her by her wings, and slammed her on the ground behind him.

"Not bad!" Rainbow complimented as she quickly got back up, "But I'm just getting warmed up!" She declared as she let her wings flare out and began hovering above the ground. She then flew towards Shingo before attacking at a fast pace, pelting him with a barrage a punches, kicks, and bucks, all of which Shingo managed to dodge, making her eyes go wide in surprise. "What? He dodged *all** of them???*" She thought before Shingo decided to counterattack.

"Here it goes!" He thought as he brought his fist into her face, making sure to hold back a bit, while following through with his elbow and then shoulder, lauching the surprised pegasus into the air. He then conjured up his energy, channeling it into a flurry of kicks as he rose higher and higher, pummeling the pegasus in the process. With one final overhead kick he finished his combo as Rainbow gave a yell of pain before flying to the ground in a heap. Shingo however, couldn't control his descent unlike his teacher, and ended up falling down onto the cyan mare as she attempted to get up, incapacitating her. The other mares, except Fluttershy, and another bright pink mare, gasped in surprise at seeing their pal get taken out so quickly.

"Why you! Ya'll just bought yerself a one way ticket ta' Hurtsville!" The orange mare named Applejack said angrily as she gave Shingo a glare.

"Well so much for not getting them angry!" Shingo thought as he face-palmed. He made sure to get the rainbow-maned pegasus out of the way as the mare with the stetson stepped up to challenge him. After a second of staring between the two, they both charged at each other, the mare deciding to turn as Shingo got close and readied herself to buck. However, what she didn't see coming was that Shingo kept running, but put his shoulder forward as he summoned his chi into the shoulder facing the pony. As his shoulder and her hooves collided together, there was a brief struggle as the two forces tried to overcome each other. However, after a couple more seconds the farm pony ended up getting launched backwards, her face covered in surprise and pain, Shingo sliding back only a few feet in contrast.

"B-but how! Nopony short of Big Mac can possibly have that kind of strength!" She thought in alarm as her face held a mixture of awe, respect, and a bit of fear towards the creature she was facing. She shook it off and got back up, trying to think of a plan.

"Ok, *never** doing that again!" Shingo thought gritting his teeth while rubbing the shoulder that had taken the brunt of the impact. "Man I really hope I didn't just dislocate this thing...wait what's she doing?*" He thought in alarm as he saw the pony he was facing take out a lasso and begin swinging it around her.

"Let's see how ya like this!" She called out as she swung the rope towards him, Shingo holding his ground as he watched the loop intently, waiting at the proper moment to react. As he felt the rope come around it, he calmly stood, waiting for it to tighten around him. "Gotcha now!" Applejack thought in triumph as she began to tighten the loop around Shingo's waist. However, he was ready for this, and simultaneously pushed the rope down while jumping out of the loop just as it tightened into a knot. Applejack's eyes widened at this as Shingo went on to grab the rope and tug. "Uh oh!" Applejack thought to herself as she felt herself get tugged away by the creature. Shingo went on the spin the rope round and round, making the mare get very dizzy. After he decided that she'd had enough he let go of the rope, making her fly away into a nearby bush.

"Another one down!" Shingo thought in triumph as he saw that the mare hadn't come back.

"Consarn it Pinkie why are ya making the world spin again like that!" Applejack said dizzily as she then fell unconscious.

"Ooo Ooo me next me next!" The pink mare called out excitedly as she literally bounced up and down in anticipation.

"Pinkie Pie!" Twilight said in a chastising notion, "This isn't a game- oh no!" she groaned as she saw Pinkie already trotting up to the creature happily.

"Hi my name is Pinkie Pie nice to meet you! Do you like parties? I like parties! In fact we should totally have a super duper awesome welcome-to-Ponyville-Party after we get done here!" The bubbly mare chattered excitedly. Shingo himself was surprised by her friendliness, but wondered if she had even taken a breath through her entire speech.

"Um...sure! I'd love a good party!" Shingo answered, barely managing to follow what she had said.

"Ooo you can talk? Awesome! I can't wait to introduce you to all my friends! I've got a whole bunch!" The mare chirped happily, "let's see there's Twilight, she'd love to learn all about you, Rarity, ooo that's the white pony over there, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Cran-"

"Pinkie!" The lavender unicorn cut her off, obviously annoyed by her willingness to warm up to the unknown beast. The pink pony was snapped out of her thoughts as she suddenly realized what she was supposed to be doing.

"Oh right!" She said as she clopped her hooves in realization, "Serious time, I'm in a fight!" However, despite her attempts to be serious, she still giggled a little at the end of her sentence. She then hopped back a distance from Shingo and gave him a surprisingly convincing serious look.

"I don't know if I can actually fight this one...she just seems so...warm and happy!" He thought hesitantly, however, he jumped back and gasped as the pony in question had somehow appeared right in front of him. "W-what the?" The pony giggled in response however as she pulled out a large object from behind her. "Is that a cannon?" Was all Shingo had time to think as he promptly got launched into the air by a rather festive ball of party items, the cannon itself going off with the rather comical sound of a party noise maker. However, as surprised as the young man was, he was even more surprised as he saw the pink mare with him in the air.

"Ah let's see now where were we?" She asked him casually as she pulled out a clipboard and pencil from seemingly nowhere. "Oh! What's your favorite flavor of cake?"

"Um...chocolate?" Shingo responded, a bit scared at how she was doing all of this.

"Ooo that's a good one! Now how about your favorite type of drink?"

"Um...raspberry lemonade?"

"Hey I like that one a lot too! Now your favorite music?"

"A bit of techno and dubstep sometimes, but mostly rock I guess." Shingo decided to give up trying to figure the mare out and decided to go along with the odd questions.

"Well I don't know about that last one, but I know Vinyl Scratch can probably work out those first two for us!" The pink mare said giddily. "Oops, forgot! Rarity catch me!" The pink mare ordered as she fell towards the white unicorn on the ground.

"Wait Pinkie I-" The mare didn't have time to protest as she was firmly face-planted into the dirt by the pink mare, who patted her on the head.

"That'll do Rare, That'll do!" She said proudly.

"I just don't know about that pony..." Shingo thought shaking his head at Pinkie as he grabbed a nearby tree branch, using his momentum to swing around a couple of times before letting go and landing, but not before doing a couple of flips in mid-air.

"Guess it's up to me then!" The purple unicorn muttered to herself as she saw that Rarity was busily trying to clean herself up while Pinkie was telling her about all the party ideas for the creature. As Twilight flared up her magic her horn began to glow a raspberry color, an aura surrounding it.

"What's this now?" Shingo whispered to himself as he tensed up, feeling her energy begin to rise. Suddenly, her horn let out a short blast of magic that Shingo dodged. However, Twilight wasn't done yet as she began to fire rapid bolts of magic, waiting until the moment Shingo jumped into the air to use her plan. Her horn then began to charge for the upcoming spell, and then fired burst of magic that Shingo was unable to dodge due to being in mid-air, "Aw crud!" he thought as he felt himself unable to move, feeling himself getting encased in a layer of rock and falling to the ground shortly after. He was still able to hear what was going on outside, but it was slightly muffled.

"Well that should hold him for a bit!" Twilight declared proudly, admiring her handy work. "It may not hold it near as long as Discord's prison, but it should be able to hold him until the princess gets here!"

(Music Stops)

"Oh no! Shingo!" Scootaloo cried out as she ran up to her friend, seeing him get encased in stone.

"Oh no Twilight! Are we too late?" Fluttershy said in fear as she saw the state of the creature, which she recently found out meant no harm.

"No, I just managed to wrap things up, but who is Shingo?" Twilight asked the mare, curiously awaiting an answer.

"There they are AJ!" A voice called out from the woods as Rainbow Dash and Applejack galloped up to the group. "Whoa! Since when could it turn into a statue?"

"It couldn't, I just used a minor petrification spell on it to make sure it doesn't try to hurt us any more!" Twilight explained to the group.

"Oh Twilight! Will he be alright?" Fluttershy asked the unicorn, worry evident in her voice.

"Yeah, of course! Why do you ask?"

"Well...I think Scootaloo can explain the best." She said motioning for the filly to come forward. Scootaloo stepped into the middle of the group as she took a deep breath before starting to explain.

"Well you see, it all started yesterday night." The filly said as she began to recall the events of the previous night. "I had been practicing trying to fly, and had gotten a bit down in the dumps, when suddenly I heard a loud sound coming from the Everfree Forest. I also saw a bright flash of light, and decided to check it out. However, not knowing the area, I began to get lost in the forest, and ended up getting nowhere. Then, at the worst possible moment, a Timber wolf came out and began to chase me!" The filly saw that the mare's eyes had all widened, except Fluttershy's, having heard the story once before, "I had ran away, but tripped over a tree root and got cornered. Just when I thought I was done for, a creature came out and fought the timber wolf and started to fight it, and actually won against it. It turned to face me, but I guess it hadn't ever seen one of us before, so it fainted!"

"Huh, I guess that means it ain't from Equestria then..." Applejack rationalized as Scootaloo nodded in response.

"I figured that since it hadn't done anything thing to me, I'd sleep by it for the night." The young pegasus continued, "When he woke up I found him trying to climb down a tree, but he'd fallen in the process," Scootaloo and Pinkie giggled as they both imagined it happening, "afterwards, we both introduced ourselves, and he actually cheered me up, and we were about to leave when you all showed up!" Scootaloo finished her tale as she looked around the group.

"Oh...so he wasn't trying to capture or eat you after all?" Rainbow asked guiltily as she stared at Shingo, who was lying on the ground.

"Nope!" The filly responded affirmatively.

"Oh...I reckon' an apologies in order then...when'd ya say he be out of the stone Twilight?" Applejack inquired to the lavender unicorn.

"Oh he shoul-" She was cut off as Shingo suddenly burst out from his prison of stone, patting himself off in order to get the dust off of him. Everyone's jaw, but especially Twilight's dropped as he stretched to loosen his muscles back up.

"Shingo!" Scootaloo yelled happily as she ran up to her human friend, embracing him in a warm hug as he grinned in response.

"Scootaloo! I'm glad to see you're alright!" He said, laughing as he returned the hug. The mares all softly smiled at this, knowing for sure that he didn't mean anymore harm. Twilight however, still had her jaw dropped as Pinkie decided to tug on her lower lip before letting go, making it roll up much like a projector screen would.

"B-but you should have been in there for at least a day or two!" She yelled out, shocked at the ease of his escape.

"Oh...was I not supposed to break out of there?" He asked with an apologetic look, "sorry if I did that too soon, but it was pretty easy to do..." Twilight shook her head at her statement.

"Never mind that, I'm just sorry we assumed that you meant to hurt Scootaloo here!" The other mares nodded in agreement as they had looks of guilt, Rainbow Dash and Applejack especially.

"Hey it's alright guys!" Shingo said, trying to cheer them up, "I know you were just looking out for her, so no hard feelings! How's about we just start over?" He offered, making the mare's faces brighten considerably.

"Absolutely! My name is Twilight Sparkle! I'm a student of Princess Celestia of the city of Canterlot! If you'd like to come over to the library when this is done I'd like to learn more about you!" The unicorn introduced herself as the rainbow one was up next.

"My name is Rainbow Dash! Fastest flyer in all of Equestria and the one and only pegasus ever to do the legendary Sonic Rainboom! You seem pretty awesome, so let's hang out sometime!" The pegasus said heartily, as the orange farm-pony stepped up next.

"Mah name is Applejack, hardworking farm pony from Sweet Apple Acres, if ya'll ever need a place to stay, or fresh apple treats to eat, don't hesitate to call us up!" The pale yellow pegasus, who seemed a bit nervous, went up to him.

"M-my name is Fluttershy, I-I take care of the animals around if they're sick or injured. I-I'd love to have you over anytime!" The mare almost whispered, obviously taking a lot of courage as her namesake would imply. After she went back, the white unicorn with a mane that seemed very well taken care of, went to greet him.

"My name is Rarity! Aspiring fashonista and one of the most sophisticated ponies around. Darling you simply must come by my boutique sometime! I have loads of new fashion ideas that would be perfect for your kind!" She said as Shingo thanked her and agreed to her offer. Last, but certainly not least was the pink pony from earlier.

"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! Nice to meet you! I know we've already met but I just wanted to say that it's great that you came here and when we get back I should totally give you the grand tour of Ponyville, and afterwards throw you your party!" She took a deep breath after she finished, not bothering to inhale during her constant stream of words. Shingo simply chuckled and told her that he'd love to have a tour.

"Well in spite of the welcome I got earlier, I'm Shingo Yabuki, it's a pleasure to meet you all!" He said with a smile as he shook each one of the mare's hooves. Scootaloo hopped onto his head as they both shared a smile. "So now that that's out of the way where do we go next?" He asked curiously as he looked at the mares.

"Well I suppose the only thing to do now is to head back to Ponyville and officially welcome you!" Twilight said to him, Pinkie cheering at the last part of the statement. As they all shared a laugh at the pink pony's antics Shingo knew that even though he wasn't from here, that whatever happened now, he'd have good friends to help him through it all the way...