Dan was practicing in his dojo, if you saw practicing as sitting in your office & writing your name over & over again, that is. Dan was the kind of guy who practiced a different skill every day, & today, he was practicing his ability to make autographed pictures of himself. He'd gotten hundreds of pictures of himself laminated & was practicing how to write his name down correctly with a permenant marker. He was getting good at it: the first 10 were challenging though, cause Dan didn't want to mess up the autographs.

A ding-a-ling at the door told Dan someone had entered his dojo. His office door was open so he said "Come in!" & went back to mastering his mighty signature skills. When the man came in, he was wearing black jeans, a shirt saying "Master Blaster" & a denim jacket, but the most recognizable feature was the blond hair, which stood in stark contrast to his jet black eyebrows.

        "Ken!"
        "Hey Dan!" said Ken.
        "How have you been?" Dan asked.
        "I'm doing good, what with the being rich & all!"
        "Man, Ken, that's one thing I wish I could have..."
       "Money? If you needed some, all you had to do was ask! I'm actually giving some out!" Ken said as he handed Dan a small fortune in Yen.

        Dan's eyes grew wide as he flipped through the stack of cash. He quickly pocketed it & asked "Why are you giving money away?"
        Ken had a VERY valid response: "Eliza wants me to be more generous, so she said I had to give out 10 million Yen by Friday, or we won't be taking a second honeymoon."

        "Ah! How are you planning to give it away?"
        "Well, I gave 5 million Yen to my travel agent for a 5 star vacation in Cambodia, & now I'm passing out large denominations of cash to my friends, then I plan to take all of us to a club & buy a few rounds of drinks for us. We'll dance while we're there, too, so you're probably gonna be the life of the party..." Ken winked & said, "...as long as you don't sing!"

        Dan growled but remembered the lump of Yen in his pocket, so he patted Ken in the back & they shared a laugh. Dan offered once of his signed autographs to Ken & he refused, saying that he already has a lot of them, but Dan took the autographs anyway, so he could hand them to the other Street Fighters. They took Ken's customized Lamburghini (with DVD player, CD player, & PS2s in the back of the headrests) & drove over to Sakura's. Dan took a little coaxing out of getting off of the PS2 until Ken gave him a memory card to use.

        Ken & Dan walked up to Sakura's front door, & Ken rang the doorbell. Sakura opened the door & both Ken & Dan were greeted with a hug. Dan liked the hug particularily well, mainly because of the fact that Sakura's bust size has grown since their last meeting. Sakura must have noticed the effect, because Dan stood in that dreamy stance. You know, where the knees are bend inwards on themselves, the arms are extremely relaxed, the tongue is hanging out, & the eyes are rolling in circles? Sakura gave Dan a peck on the cheek & his legs started to buckle. Ken said that he'd carry Dan in & he'd tell about what's going on. Well, Ken offered to, but Sakura wanted to see how much she could lift, so Dan got a Ken-free ride into the house.

        Ken handed Sakura a big wad of cash & she was shocked! Sakura asked why she deserves so much cash, so Ken explained the drill & what he was going to do. Sakura thought it was a nice thing to do, & she had the same reaction Dan did when she flipped through the Yen, with the addition of jumping up & down shouting "Thank you!" many times. Ken said that they all should go now, but it was late & Sakura noticed that Ken looked tired & hungry, while Dan looked just plain hungry. Sakura said "I'll go fix us some grub!" but Dan walked into the kitchen while Sakura was thinking of something to make. He offered to help make the food & they shared ideas. Sakura would make her best dish while Dan would make his, & they would both make a Ken-friendly dessert.
 
        Sakura was in the middle of chopping garlic & Dan sniffed the air. He called out to the living room where Ken was watching TV & asked "Ken, did you take your socks off? It stinks all the way in here!" Sakura laughed & had giggles while trying to peel some vegetables. Dan was making his secret recipe for buffalo tenders, where they were just as tasty & spicy (probably more) as buffalo wings, but without the bones. Sakura was cooking a dish she learned one time she went to America: Beef Ramen Noodles, but she threw in some chili powder to improve the overall taste. Then they made a dessert with pineapples in blueberry jello covered with whipped cream, & Sakura called it "Little Gadokens" which made Dan laugh.

        Dinner was served out on the coffee table in the living room, where Ken had it on a pretty cool karate movie. It was one of those ones with Jet Li, so he knew it must be worth watching. The three had a good meal & Ken had a good laugh at Sakura's name for the dessert. He decided to head upstairs & sleep in the guest bedroom. Dan & Sakura stayed in the living room to watch the movie. A little while after, Dan asked Sakura a question...
 
"Sakura?"
        "Yes, Dan?"
        "How have you been, lately?"
        "I've been OK, I don't have to lie about my bra size anymore..."
        "Sakura?!"
        "What? I like to be honest!"
        "You know us guys, Sakura. If a girl talks about stuff like that, we tend to think it's OK to do..."
        "Yes?"
        "...other things!"
        "Oh, really!" Sakura asked. She then smiled, then blushed.
        Sakura later asked Dan a question...
        "Dan?"
        "Yes, Sakura?"

        "You know I idolize Ryu, right?"
        "...yes."
        "Yeah, I think he's cool & all, but he's got Chun-Li, & he never stays in one place for long. Even if we did get together, it would probably never work out."
        "What are you saying Sakura?"
        "Can I have another one of your signed autographs?"
        "Oh, sure...yeah..." Dan handed over a particularly handsome picture of himself. Sakura thought something was wrong with it, though.
        "This picture is missing something!"
        "What?"
        "It's supposed to say, "To Sakura, Love, Dan Hibiki""
 
 Dan wrote down the missing parts. Sakura hugged Dan.
        "Want to go out?"
        "What? Now?"
        "Sure!"
        "Where?"
        "Anywhere!"
        "OK, but on one cond..." Sakura kissed Dan, but not on the cheek this time. Sakura blushed redder than a man who's been hung upside-down for 2 days & asked "What were you saying Dan?"
        Dan said "You just met that condition!"