Saiki

Psyche (佐伯, Saiki) is the name of a character that will debut in The King of Fighters XIII as an antagonist. During the early development stages of The King of Fighters XIII, developers worked with the prototype name for a character named Dark Ash (ダークアッシュ), it is believed Psyche could be him.

He is voiced by Mitsuhiro Ichiki.

Story
During the 2003 edition of The King of Fighters tournament,while his teammates left to solve their own vendettas, Ash, however, went to the place of the Orochi seal, where Kyo, Chizuru, and Iori were facing Mukai. After the fight ended, he somehow plucked the Yata Mirror from Chizuru's body, badly injuring her in the process. He taunts that Iori will be next and flees from the scene.

Due to Orochi's strong presence in the eleventh tournament, Iori entered the Riot of the Blood and badly beat his teammates. Ash took this opportunity to effortlessly steal Iori's Magatama. Before he left the tournament grounds, Elisabeth Blanctorche and her team appeared before him. She accused Ash of abandoning "their mission" and be fighting for personal gain. To intimidate her, he unleashes his new purple flames and disappears using the Yata Mirror. He chillingly warns them that he plans to target Kyo next. After that Ash absorbs Iori's Magatama and gains new powers.

In the The King of Fighters XIII trailer a scene shows Ash struggling with a three-colored flame, after that falling under his influence and covering in black; it is explained in his official story that Ash can create now purple, green and red flame, even he has not absorbed Kyo Kysanagi's powers, so this is left unexplained by the moment. The later poster (as other trailer scenes) of The King of Fighters XIII shows Ash weilding black flame powers. Ash appears fighting Psyche at the ending of the locketesting prototypes of The King of Fighters XIII machines, implying Ash and Psyche being two different persons, but the relation between these two characters is still yet to explain.

Psyche seems to act as a "boss" of Those from the Past, speaking to Mukai about the disappearance of Shion, and the "death" of Magaki. In another cutscene, taking place after the sixth stage, he is seen with the overall championship victory and Rose's congratulations. At that time, the scene changes and he is shown talking to members of Those from the Past about whether they managed or not to gather enough energy to initiate the ceremony and gets mad at them. Psyche also says, referring to Botan, Mukai and Ash, that they are useless. He also has a final transformation with a yet unknown appearance.

Game Appearances

 * The King of Fighters XIII

Similar Characters

 * Ash Crimson