In a nearby medical room that was attached to the tournament arena building.Ryu Hoshi's wounds were being tended to.

An elderly doctor sterilized the scratch that Nadji gave Ryu and then bandaged it up.

"There you are young man."he said. "But you'd best be careful not to add too much force to the wound or you'll re-open it.

"I'll be careful doctor,and thanks."said Ryu as he placed his tunic back on and left the room.

"Nice to see you're doing okay,Ryu."said Ken.
"Yes,you had us really worried there."said Li.

"Nothing I really can't handle in the end."said Ryu. "That Nadji chick had me suprised. Now i'm kind of worried about what's gonna happen to her."

"We'll have to sort that out with her later,Ryu."said Guile. "Right now,we've still got the rest of the tournament to deal with."

"That's right."said T.Hawk. "Even though we've become pretty good friends,we're all still gonna have to act as rivals to make it in this contest."

"And that also means we have a common enemy to face as well--M.Bison!"said Cammy.

Suddenly,the tourney organizer,Darren Cho came in to greet them.

"All right everyone."he said."Thanks for waiting,i'm here to inform you of the next installment of the tournament---the finals.
And congratulations to you all for fighting so well to make it here. Now,if you'll all just follow me..."

The red suited organizer and announcer led the street fighters to a large pair of double doors and opened them.

"Step right into this room please."he said.

Each of the finalists stepped into the room of darkness until they were all inside.
Darren himself closed the doors behind them and waited.

All 12 fighters were in a darkended room with nothing but walls and a floor.
"I don't like this."said Blanka. "It's dark."

"Be patient,Blanka."said Dhalsim."I have a feeling we'll find out."

Suddenly,a bright light appeared on the wall in front of them,and an image of a man sat before them.

He was sitting in a chair of some kind and was draped in a black cloak and had a red hat on.
Most of his face was concealled in darkness as well,but one of them recognized him at once.

"BISON!"said Guile. "I knew you had to be the one behind all this!"

"Nice to see you as well,Captain Guile."said Bison. "And yes,I am the one solely responsible for this tournament.
I am the one who through Shadaloo organized and funded it. And you I am pleased to see are the ones who shall fight each other until a few of you remain,to fight myself---and my minions."

Images of Balrog,Vega and Sagat appeared beside Bison's own image.

"Yes,but be warned,they are twice as powerful as they once were last you fought them. But even if any of you do make it...you'll still have to face me! Are any of you whelps up to it?"

"Just bring it on,B-man!"said Fei Long. "We're ready!"
"YEAH!"said Ken.

Bison snickered. "Glad to hear it. Now,let us begin with how the finals shall work."

The image of evil vanished from the screen and an image of the world itself appeared on it it's place.

There were six locations of ready battle arenas for each of the fighters to duke it out in.

"A pair of each of you shall be placed in these areas, as each of will battle it out until only three of you remain."said Bison.

"They are merely places in either cities or towns and such,but you're fights will be broadcast here and around the world as the glorious World Warrior tournament finals go underway.

And once the finals are all over,then there shall be the supreme finals of where you shall each fight it out with each other,and once it's over--only of you will remain to face---ME!

If you are up to it,prove it and see!
Until then,fight hard,Street Fighters---HAHAHAHAHA!"

The image of Bison vanished again from the screen and the lights came on in the room.

"Man,I could just smell the ego of that guy."said Blanka. "And it stank like hell!"
"That monster killed my friend Charlie years ago."said Guile as he cracked his knuckles. "He's gonna pay!"

"He'll pay one way or the other Guile."said Ryu. "But we mustn't lose our heads here,that's what he obviously wants."
"Well,do you know what it's like to have a loved one taken from you?"said Hawk. "Cause for some of us here,that's what he did before."

"I almost did lose some loved ones."said Ryu as he looked over at Ken and Chun-Li. "But I promise I won't let that happen ever."

"Well,then we've gotta fight hard and see who faces Bison and his minions."said Guile. "I wish you all the best of luck,just watch out--for anything."

"That Cho guy must be working for him,otherwise he wouldn't be concerned that a madman like Bison is behind all this."said Li.

"Then we'd best play along for now."said Ken. "Cause here he comes now."

The doors opened up and Cho stepped inside.

"Well now."he said. "Now that you've all been--established with the rules,shall we begin?"
"Just point us in the right direction,buddy."said Honda.

"Good,cause you Mr.Honda,and you Ryu Hoshi shall be first to fight it out."said Cho.
"Us?"said Ryu. "That was pretty quick."

"Yes,since you were the last champion of the last contest,you shall be privelleged to be one of the first to begin.

Now,follow me,cause the plane is waiting."