KyoRi

"His arrogant behavior used to get on my nerves but now its the opposite..."

- Iori.

KyoRi is the slash between Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami from the King of Fighters fandom.

Canon
When Iori first entered the King of fighters, he hated the fact that Kyo was very popular. While Kyo got used to Iori's jealousy, he used to his own arrogant behavior to get on Iori's nerves. Iori hates Kyo and this hatred grew stronger. This was shown in almost all of KOF video games and mangas and even their anime shows. As shown Iori's hatred doesn't last long enough.

During the Ash saga, Iori loses his flame due to an issue in nests, this causes a lot of problems between everyone and starts the dark age. Although Kyo is agreeing on helping Iori retrieve his flame. Iori asks why and Kyo answers with "I just want you to fight back". This dialogue gets on Iori's nerves and he pushes Kyo away with anger although Kyo just laughs it off.

After Iori retrieves his flame, Kyo asks Iori to thank him for all the help and Iori blushes and replies. with a little thanks but when Kyo starts laughing he just sighs and walks away.

From there onwards, it was hinted that Iori might have gotten over Kyo's behavior, he doesn't even remember why he started fighting with Kyo in the first place. Kyo's behavior doesn't bother him much in KOF XIII, KOF XIV and in KOF XV (the upcoming game) they are even said to be in the same team.

In the sequel to KOF XIV (tag team frenzy; SNK heroines) Iori is said to be part of the game, but as a female though. Kukri, the boss in the game makes him wear a Kyo fangirl shirt.

Iori's ending in TTF shows that he suddenly blushes after Kyo winks at the screen during his interview.

Fanon
KyoRi is the most popular ship in the fandom next to its rival ship, ShunRo. The ship became so popular mostly because of their opposite personalities and how their made for each other only.

The ship is overall very popular in the fandom and the fanbase. Fans ship them in every aspect, since they think their opposite personalities go in contrast with each other. They even have their own mangas, and are said to have kissed in the mangas, this shows even the creators ship them. The ship gained popularity after the videogames and it gained even more popularity after TTF. In which the Iori blushing scene caught fans hearts and now people ship them a lot more then its imaginable.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7TdMdYw5Fk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttKPhA1Czc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEaWqSpSVF0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GXs7exNvQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td9Mk65PDLg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVLmq-dGKEA