Ryu and Honda stood before a small airplane that was going to take them back to their homeland in Japan to fight it out in actual fight match.

"Well,this is it then."said Ryu.
"Yeah,we gotta fight it out at last in the tournament."said Honda.

Mr.Cho the organizer stood before them as well.

"It's all simple really, "he said. "you must both battle it out until only one stands and the other is not.
The winner must then return to the tournament site and await his next battle while the eh--non-winner must return home and quite possibly train for a comeback."

"Well,whatever happens,i'm ready!"said Honda.
"As am I."said Ryu.

"Very well then,"said Cho. "now,onto the plane if ya please."

The two fighters then began to board the airplane.
Ryu took a look back at Ken and Chun-Li.

"Please be careful,Ryu."said Li.
"Yeah,we may need ya for the worst."said Ken.

Ryu raised his fist and winked,hinting that he'll be back for certain.

The two fighters then boarded the plane and it then took off for the sky.

"And what of the rest of us,Cho?"said Guile.
"You'll all be chosen for each match once the current one is over."said Cho. "So,please come around to the finals arena where the action will be broadcast for the world to see."

"I guess--we wait."said Guile.
"Honda's good,but I sure hope Ryu wins this one."thought Ken.

TOKYO,JAPAN.

The plane landed at the local airport,and the pilot instructed both fighters to head to an adress that was written down on a piece of paper handed to them.

Ryu and Honda then took a cab and they were taken to the back door of a local public bath house.

Ryu went up to the door,and found that it was unlocked.
"Huh,I guess we're expected."he said.

"Let's get in there before we're caught then,i'm itchin'to fight."said Honda.

Ryu opened the door and the pair then went inside.

Once there,they found themselves in a bath room with a single filled bath with a white tile floor,towels on the side and a strange but colorful painting of a samurai and MT.Fuji on the wall above the bath.

Ryu scratched the back of his head.
"Hmmm..is this the sort of place to hold a fight?"he said.

"Looks good enough to me,especially a sumo wrestler like myself."
"Well then,I guess now would be a good time to start old friend."said Ryu. "But remember,I intend to use all I have in this first match."

"That's good to hear,"said Honda. "because I intend to use all I have as well. You and your friends may have a better reason in winning this tournament,namely that bastard villian we all saw...but I intend to show the world how great a sport Sumo can be."

"That's good reason enough,Honda."said Ryu. "Just give it your best.
Now,shall we begin?"

"Sure thing."said Honda.

The two warriors bowed and the match began.

Ryu made the first move as he thrust his hands forward and fired a Hadouken at him.
Honda dodged the fireball and thrust forward with his flying head butt move.

Ryu ducked under the move,but Honda landed on his feet.

Ryu then thrust forward with a roundhouse kick,but the sumo caught his rightleg and threw him across the room and into a nearby wall.

"UNNF!"went Ryu.

Honda then thrust forward again with his Thousand Slaps move and Ryu was hit in the chest by a barrage of slap thrusts.

"UGHHH--UNNGHH!"he replied in pain.
"I've gotta get out of this or i'm done for!"he thought.

Ryu then caught one of his hands,and thrust forward his right foot into his gut,knocking him backwards.

Allowing him a new opening,Ryu then thrust forward with a few punches to Honda's stomach and then slammed him in the chin with a hard Shoryuken!

"KRAAAKK!"
Honda fell backwards and landed on the floor with a loud thud.

"Unnnh..not bad,but it's not over---yet!"said Honda as he jumped back to his feet.

Honda then spun on one foot and then charged forward again with another Flying head-Butt.

Ryu collided into him with his shoulder,the force was so great,Ryu skidded on his feet across the wet tiles.

Honda then eased off and then tried for another attack.

He did another set of slaps,this time they were harder and faster than they were before and Ryu was hit so hard and head-on by them,he suddenly became dazed.

Honda then saw his chance,he grabbed Ryu in a bear hug and squeezed him real hard a few times,then threw him across the floor.

Ryu landed on his back,but was still conscious.

"Ughh--i've gotta--stay focused!"he thought. "Can't lose now!"

Honda then charged at Ryu again and did another Flying Head-butt at him.

Ryu then regained consciousness,jumped back to his feet again and then unleashed another of his own attacks.

"HADOUKEN!"

Ryu slammed a full force fireball right into his head,causing him to fall back to the floor.

Once down,Ryu jumped into the air and landed a drop kick right into Honda's stomach,knocking him down for the count.

Honda was out for the moment,but Ryu had won the first match of the finals.

On the screen in a stadium back at the tournament grounds in Thailand,everyone was watching Ryu win his first match.

Beside Ryu's image,the words in red appeared:"RYU HOSHI WINS MATCH 01 OF THE FINALS!"

Everyone cheered and roared to Ryu's victory.

"Well i'll be,"said Guile. "he really is great."
"His inner ki is a most powerful one."said Dhalsim. "Perhaps he will be the one to vanquish this evil before us."

"Yeah,but let's hope it'll be one of us besides him who wins the tournament."said Fei Long.
"Yeah mon,I aim to be da best as well."

"Just hold your horses,soldiers."said Guile. "We'll all get a shot soon enough."

"And right you are,Guile."said Cho. "Cause you and Ken Masters are up next."

"We-we are?'said Ken.

"That's right."said Cho.

The two blonde haired fighters stood across from each other,both inwardly suprised to fight it out so soon.

This was going to be one hell of a tournament to compete in tonight.