"You know you are pathetically stupid to face me, don't you?"

"Keep your own stupid opinion to yourself, Iori!"

The stadium was large, great for fighting and that is what it was used for. The Shang-Wai Fighting Arena was a monument of battle since the day it was built every day there were new opponents duking it out in the ring. It was where the best of the best tested their strength against others who also thought that they were in fact the best of the best.

The battle that is being waged is Iori Kinzomi versus Dan Cleue.

"How do you like this?! Dust Gale!!"

Dan skillfully dodged the attack and leapt forward for an attack of his own.

"Gadouken!!"

A red beam shot from his hand and struck Iori at full force. He fell to the ground, and just lay there for a while as a memory from the back of his mind came into his vision.

"You are useless to me now, Iori, shall I destroy you or not?"

"Wh.why are you doing this, Akuma?"

"Like I said you have no use to me! You stupid human, as I said either leave or I will blow you to smithereens right here and now!"

Iori was gone before he finished his sentence though because he knew that if he didn't leave then he would be killed. Suddenly he was shot into the present as he dodged another blast from Dan's hand.

"Hey, Iori! Falling asleep in the middle of a fight really isn't a very good strategy!!" Dan said as he snickered at his foe's stupidity. (If this were any easier I would be fighting a ten-year-old girl!)

As soon as he finished that thought though he felt pain. He fell to the ground and winced from the slice on the base of his right arm.

"Hey! You're gonna pay fo."

Before he could finish his sentence he found himself on the ground.

"OK, AKUMA WHO'S GONNA FINISH WHO NOW?!"

"I give! I give!!" Once again Iori flashed back into the present, and found himself staring into the eyes of a terrified man.but they weren't Akuma's.