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(�You killed Master Goutetsu! I should�ve known.�)

(�He was too much of a coward to unlock the Raging Demon. He was weak. Just like you!�)

The mountains of Japan, today...

�Sensei Gouken died about a week ago. I was there to see his final breath.� Ken Masters pouned his fist against the wall of the dojo, breaking through it. He stood there for a moment with his back to his training partner. He then spun around, his hair whipping around in along with him. He was filled with rage, and his left eye twitched a little bit.

�Who did it, Ryu?� Ken asked. �Who killed Sensei Gouken?�

�I don�t know,� Ryu replied, brushing his red hair back with his hand. �I only know what he looks like.� Ken�s rage calmed, and he looked down at his feet. The callous� had vanished, and his feet were soft. He had slacked off in his training, and he knew that Ryu had noticed. Ryu always did.

�What...what did he say before he...he...�

�It was hard to make out,� Ryu replied. �But he said he wanted us to enter some kind of tournament.�

�Tournament? Which tournament?�

�The Street Fighter tournament,� Ryu replied.

�He wants us to join the Street Fighter Circuit?!� Ken exclaimed. �But that�s with all the top martial artists in the whole world!�

�I know,� Ryu said. �That�s why I�m not going to enter it.�

�What!? Don�t you want to do what Sensei Gouken wants us to?! Aren�t you going to honor his last wish?�

�He was near death, Ken. He wasn�t thinking clearly.�

�Sensei Gouken always thinks clearly, Ryu,� Ken said. �You know that just as well as I do. He knows we�re capable of doing it. Come on, Ryu, our Shotokan karate is unbeatable!�

Ken outstretched his hand to Ryu, who looked at it, then looked at Ken for a bit. Finally, Ryu smiled, and clenched hands with his training partner.

�I�m in,� Ryu said.