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Psyche (佐伯) is the name of Ash Crimson's new form that will debut in The King of Fighters XIII as the main antagonist. He is the result of Ash absorbing the powers of Iori Yagami.

Story
During the 2003 edition of The King of Fighters tournament, his teammates left to solve their own vendettas, Ash, however, went to 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 beats 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 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.

While he plans to target Kyo next, he then absorbs Iori's Magatama, gaining him new, unexplained powers and a brand new appearance, as seen in the mid-game demo, he acts as "leader" of Those from the Past, speaking to Mukai about the disappearance of Shion, and the "death" of Magaki. And 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 a distant land' about whether they managed or not to gather enough energy to initiate the ceremony. He gets mad at them. Ash (normal one) is shown then in some mysterious place trying to start something. He also has a final transformation, with an unknown appearance.

Game Appearances

 * The King of Fighters XIII

Trivia

 * In the source code of the Xbox 360 version of The King of Fighters XII, which contains eight other characters which were also intended for the console release (Eight of the characters would later make it in the sequel), and during early development of The King of Fighters XIII, Psyche is known by his prototype name, Dark Ash (ダークアッシュ)