The king of chaos M.Bison hovered over the group of Street Fighters,his presence his power,everything about him shone true evil.

“His chi power…!”said Dhalsim. “It is more dark and deadly than I imagined!”
“What are you doing here,Bison?”said Guile. “Here for a one-on-one?”
“Not in the least Guile.”said Bison. “I have come to notify you of a few things. First—the lot of you combined are more of a match against my warriors than I thought. That is good for some things,and bad for others. I will tell you this—that the rest of the forces as well as myself,will not be as easy to take down.

So,if you wish to face me,then you must come to the annual Street Fighter tournament.”

“The street fighter tournament?”said Ryu. “What do you have to do with it?”
“That would be telling of course.”said Bison. “Needless to say,I and Shadaloo have much to do with indeed. All you need do is this,watch for the trailers,train to the full,enter and compete in it. The rest will come to you eventually.

So,enter the tournament and face me---if you dare! Be seeing you heroes---especially you Ryu! Your match with Sagat is still far from over---HAHAHAHA!”

The warlord then vanished in a flash of light,and was gone.
“Whoa mon!”said Dee Jay awestruck. “He sure knows how to make an entrance.”
“He’s pure unadaltured evil!”said Hawk. “He killed my father.”
“As he did with my friend Charlie.”said Guile.
“So…he must be the one who killed Chun-Li’s father.”thought Ryu.

“There you have it Ryu.”said Guile. “That is the enemy we must face and bring to justice,or the world is in serious danger of his evil,the evil of Shadaloo.”

Ryu clenched his fists in anger and determination. He was going to find and stop Bison---no matter what,before anyone else he held dear would be greatly injured.

Bael Hoswang saw everything that occurred through a window. At least now,he knew where Ryu was and what he was going to do. He then decided to change some planning,he would returrn back to Korea and continue his training for the upcoming tournament. He originally wanted to face Ryu in a fierce battle,but discovered it was all at a bad time. He then decided that if he ever wanted to face Ryu and win the title of World Warrior,he had to enter the tournament.

The Korean then ran off and out of the base as he came.
Suddenly,a militart private came rushing into the room.
“Captain Guile sir!”he said. “The prisoners Sagat and Vega—they’re gone!”
“Wh-what do ya mean gone?”said Guile. “How can they be—we placed them in secure holding cells!”
“I don’t know,they just vanished in a flash of blue light!”said the private.

“Bison.”said Dhalsim. “It had to have been him. He posesses strange and demonic powers we do not understand.”

Guile slammed his fist up against the wall.
“DAMN!”said Guile. “Hoodwinked us again!”

Minutes later,Ryu along with Fei Long went to see Chun-Li at the hospital.
Ryu entered the hospital and saw Chun-Li herself still sleeping,she was dressed in a hospital gown and under the covers with a blood transfusion attached to her right arm,her lovely locks pulled back into a bun.

Ryu placed his hand on hers and looked into her angelic face.
He squinted his eyes,trying to hold back the tears and fury he felt.
Fei placed his hand on Ryu’s shoulder.
“Don’t take it so hard Ryu.”he said. “We’ll get those bastards for doing this,and Chun-Li’s a tough girl,she’ll pull through this.”

“Ken….”Ryu thought as he looked out the window into the night sky. “….where are you? Are you still alive?”

The next morning at 8:00 am at a beach house…

Ken awoke with a groan and found himself in an unfamiliar place.
He found he was in a bed with green covers and two large pillows,one was beneath his head.

Ken looked up at the ceiling and found a skylight with the blue sky looking down at him.
As he got up,his head felt like he was in pain.

He reached up and felt---bandages?
He then got up and went to a nearby mirror,and foud that not only was he clad in white pajamas but the top of his head was bandaged up like a white beehive.

He then remembered what happened the night before,Sagat grabbing him by the throat and the last thing he felt before blacking out was a sharp bladed object.

Was he—scalped?

He then smelled something in the next room—food.
He staggered forward and found that the next room was a kitchen.

There up ahead of him was a man in a red tank top,blue shorts and the back of his head was greyish hair with a long pony tail hanging from it.

He was at the stove fixing what appered to be silver dollar pancakes and bacon.
A side of freshly squeezed orange juice was at the counter.

Ken stumbled and into the doorway.
“Hmmm…?”said the man as he turned to see who it was.
The man in question had a thick grey mustache and a pair of john lennon type glasses. He looked like an old hippy.

“Ah,you’re awake I see.”he said. “But---you shouldn’t be up and about,c’mon back to bed at once.”
The man helped Ken back to bed and placed the covers back over him.

The man then went back to the kitchen,finished preparing breakfast and brought in on a tray to Ken.

Ken was propped up against the bed and the man served the food to Ken.
Ken was hungry,but still pretty weakened.
“C’mon now—“said the man. “—you need your strength,eat up. This is better than any crappy health food or california sushi roll any day.

Ken gripped a fork and dug into the bacon,wolfing it down.
“Attaboy!”said the man. “You eat up and continue to rest now,I have things to do.”

Ken wanted to thank the man,but decided not to bother him further and continued eating.
While back at the air force base in a special breifing room,Guile and the rest of the street fighters were seated at around a large oblong table and Guile was seated up front.

“You’re all aware of the situation and the enemy we face.”said Guile. “We have a major common enemy on our hands here and---well,it may be up to the whole lot of us to stop him. I’m sure most of you were planning on entering the annual Street Fighter tournament,but now we are implied to attend for certain. I represent the military forces of this nation and am asking all of you to join this cause in taking down M.Bison once and for all. And to do that,we must enter the tournament—and once of us must win—at all costs. So,there you have it,you can either join this cause or leave,the choice is yours and yours alone.”

The room went silence,finally after a minute Ryu Hoshi spoke.
“I speak for all of us captain.”he said. “Bison has hurt my friends,and has obviously done many horrible things to others. We shall face him.”

“That’s good to hear.”said Guile. “And I must also apologize for my earlier behavior,but I suppose you’ve learned much of my hardships are due to Bison himself. But remember—when we face in the tournament—don’t expect me to go easy on any of you.”

“That’s just what we’ve been waiting to hear mon.”said DJ enthusiastically.
“So now what do we do?”said Honda.
“We shall do this.”said Ryu. “Each of us shall return to our homeland and begin training,day and night without rest,until we have fully attained pefection to be able to face Bison and his minions. And the prize shall not be riches,not glory,not fame—but the freedom of destroying Bison once and for all!”

“But—what about Ken?”said Blanka.
“The military and police will keep searching for him as well.”said Guile.
“And you’ve got the trust of the British military on your side as well captain.”said Cammy saluting him. “I was on assignment to investigate the existance of Bison and I’ve got plenty to go on when I report back.”

“All right then.”said Guile. “And Ryu,once Chun-Li has healed,I’ll inform you immediately so you can come back to collect her.”
“Thank you Guile.”said Ryu. “And good luck.”
“You as well.”said Guile. “Okay then,back to the airports for all of you and head back to your place of training,but we’ll meet again at the tounament one year from now.”

Everyone in the room left and headed back to the airport via military trucks.

Ryu along with Fei and Honda were discussing things at the airport before taking off.
“As soon as we get to the contest,look both Honda and myself in case of anything okay?”he said.
“You bet.”said Ryu. “No way am I going to lose any more friends to this Bison bozo!”
“We’ll get ‘im Ryu—COUNT ON IT!”said Honda.

The three warriors then bowed to one another and left for their separate plans to take them back to their homeland.

Ryu and Honda both arrived back in Japan and said their temporary goodbyes before returning to their homes.

Ryu then decided to visit his old sensei the great Sheng Long to discuss with him the situation at hand.
When he arrived there,he found that someone else was there. A plump woman with black hair greying at the sides,bluish grey eyes,her hair up in an oriental bun fashion and she wore a green kimono and wore wooden sandals. She was polishing a clear mug glass in her hand with a white cloth.

“Oh---does the master have company?”asked Ryu.
“Oh,pardon me.”said the woman bowing. “My name is Kimori Hinako,I am one of two people currently taking care of Master Long.”

“Taking care of him?”said Ryu puzzled. “Is there something wrong with the master?”
“Very much so.”said Kimori. “He—was recently poisoned.”
“Poisoned?”said Ryu. “Let me see him—where is he?”

“No wait—he’s very ill!”she said trying to stop him.
“He’ll know me,I am a student of his.”said Ryu as he rushed to the master bedroom.

Ryu burst in through the door.
“Master!”said Ryu.
“R-Ryu…?”said an old weakened voice. ‘Is that you?”

“I’m here sensei.”said Ryu as he stood before the bed. “But….what has happened to you?”
“I…I’m not sure myself.”siad Long. “It happened almost a month ago. I was eating some miso soup,I went back to get a cold drink. And a day after I ate the soup,I began to feel deaftly ill. Just then,a young woman named Nadi came in,asking for my teachings.

She realized that I needed help and has been taking care of me since. Most of what poisoned me is out of my system,but I have been weakened,and not for certain when I shall regain my strength.”

“That’s terrible.”said Ryu. “I was hoping you would be able to help me of the situation I’m in.”
“And..what situation is that my young pupil?”siad Long.

Ryu sat down and explained the situation of what had occurred the last few days to his master.
“So…that is why you and Ken have been out of contact for so long.”said Long.
“Yes,I am sorry for not contacting you for so long sensei.”said Ryu. “But I was so caught up in everything after what happened to Ken,and I still haven’t been able to find him. You—don’t think he could be dead?”

“I trained you to be the strongest of the Shotokan did I not?”said Long. “Ken may very well be injured,but you should know that I trained both of you to survive any harsh climate or situation—never give up hope that he is.”

“Yes sensei.”said Ryu. “I just hope I find him and soon.”
“I must continue to rest to conserve my strength.”said Long. “But if you are to find Ken and defeat this Bison villian,then you must continue your training,that is all I can tell you to do for now.”

“Yes sensei,I will.”said Ryu. “Please try to get better.”
“God luck my student.”said Long. “Oh,and before you,I wanted to tell you that Nida herself will be training under me as well someday—she is already a skilled warrior but—she seeks the power and enlightenment of Shotokan as well.”

“She sounds like a nice girl to know.”said Ryu.
“She should be.”said Kimori. “She’s my daughter,she also asked me to come here and take turns seeing after him,she goes off to train in her own fighting style in either the woods or the waterfall.”

“That’s good to hear.”said Ryu. “Well,I’d better get moving and get to work,the tournament begins next year.”

“Good luck Mr,Hoshi.”said Kimori.
“Thank you,I hope to meet your daughter.”said Ryu as he took off back to his home.

Meanwhile out in the woods…

Nadi Hinako was as usual training every part of her body as she trained.
She swung out both of her lgs and arms in every spin and roundhouse attack,and continued to swing her two blade weapons about,slicing them through rocks and trees about her.

“I shall find Ryu Hoshi!”she thought in fury. “And I shall fight and kill him!”

Nadi remembers back when she saw the whole thing unfold two years ago….in the Philippines.
(Her mother is Japanese and her father is Philippine btw.)

Her father,a law enforcement officer was leading a Swat Team into a drug bust operation at an abandoned warehouse.
The bust was a near success,but when they were about to arrest the dealers and pushers,a mysterious and lone warrior assassin came flying from the ceiling and attacked the police squad.

The heavily armed police officers were no match for the shadowed warrior and were beaten senselessly by the warrior.

What’s worse,when Nida was walking home from college,she saw what was happening and was just in time to see her father get his neck ripped open by the assassin.

The drug ring leader called for everyone to flee before anyone else would come.
As Nida ran to her dying father,she saw who and what the killer looked like.

He was dressed in a black karate gi with a red headband on.
As the man turned his head,she saw he was a japanese man with brown hair on his head and a pair of red evil eyes that glowed.

The man said nothing and vanished.
She then looked down at her father’s lifeless body and screamed in despair.
“NOOOOOO!”she cried.

After her father’s funeral and graduating from college,she began to look up on the identity of the man who killed her father.
Then,one fateful day,at the Street Fighter tournament,she saw a warrior defeat the champion Victor Sagat.He had on a red headband and brown hair and fought the same way the assassin did back in the Philippines.

She learned that it was him---it was Ryu Hoshi! And she vowed that she would make him pay for what he did.

Suddenly,Nida broke out of her reminisence when she heard a sound.
“HADOUKEN!”

“What th---someone is crying the name of the Shotokan chi fireball? Master Long maybe?”she thought.
Nida ran as fast as she could and overlooked a hill cliff where she saw a man near a waterfall.

It was Ryu,and he was practicing his fireball at a target board on a large boulder.
“I DON’T BELIEVE IT----RYU!”she thought. “HE IS HERE?”

Nida couldn’t contain her rage from seeing Ryu before her.
She then gripped the baton in her hand and stuck out a foot long spear blade from it,like a hunter ready for the kill of wild game.
 

“RYU!”she shouted.
“Eh…?”said Ryu as he turned his head.

“YOU ARE MINE!”shouted the warrior as she sprang down upon him. “AND YOU ARE DEAD!”