Narration (done by Carlos Pesina): It is now the final day of the King of Fighters '97 tournament. Kyo and his Japan Team company had made it all the way to the finals. On the other side, their last opponent Special Team led by Blue Mary had left the Lady Fighters team with a high hospital bill. It seemed as though the tournament was about to drop its curtain. Elsewhere, Iori was beginning to have strange convulsions. Neither competing finalist noticed that dark forces were at work.