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The final bell rang at Capcom High School and students began pouring out of the building headed for their homes. As energetically pumped teenage Capcom fighters headed home, their teachers sighed in relief as they looked at their burned out damaged classrooms, which had been the victims of countless fireballs, whirlwind kicks, and hand to hand combat techniques.

"All right! School's out!" crowed Ken as he strutted over to the oak tree where the group was sitting under its cool shade. Spinning in a full circle so the others could clearly see the big "C" on his sports letterman jacket, he turned to face the girls and dropped his shades onto the bridge of his nose. Winking he flashed a gleaming smile and a victory sign to the group. "Am I cool or what guys?"

The assembled girls, among them Chun-Li, Cammy, Maki, and Sakura only laughed loudly. Ken frowned and shoved his shades back onto his face; shrugging his shoulders, he stood there pouting. "Thanks for the support guys," he muttered as he looked down at his shoes.

Ryu strolled up along with Guile, both of them carrying an armload of books and other school materials that they no longer needed. "Hey crew," sighed Ryu as he dropped his books onto the ground and lay down next to them. "Hard to believe school's out huh?"

His girlfriend Chun-Li crawled over next to him and gently kissed the tip of his nose. "That's not a bad thing, because now you and I can spend more time together my muscular honey bunch," she giggled as she kissed him. Ryu kissed her back and then winked. "Of course my little snugglemuffin," he said as he grinned at her.

All around them, other Capcom High students were busy making gagging noises and pretending to stuff their fingers down their throats. "Awww man! Get a room you guys!" pleaded Guile as he turned away from them. As he did, a flash of red across the campus caught his eye. Looking closer he finally noticed what it was, and then his eyes opened wide in astonishment. Reaching out, he punched Ken hard in the shoulder. "Dude! Look!"

Ken turned around and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. "Dude! Is that who I think it is?" Guile only nodded dumbly in response. "That's only the hottest girl in school!"

Ken drooled. "Mai Shiranui...the transfer student from SNK High...oh man, she's sooooo fine!"

Cammy tossed her braid back and straightened the collar of her blouse. "Geeze guys, stop drooling, the girl's a slut."

"So!? She's still hot!" said Ken as he turned back to watch her. His eyes opened wide in amazement again and he socked Guile in the shoulder. "Dude! She's coming this way!"

"No way man!"

"Way dude! She's coming over here!"

"Dude! How's my hair look!?"

"One big gelled flattopish mess as usual man! How's mine?"

"One raggedly cut yellow mess as usual."

"Dude! We're so stylin!" shouted Ken and Guile as they high-fived each other. Cammy, Maki, and Sakura only sighed and looked at each other.

As the Capcom students sat under the tree, the gorgeous Mai Shiranui sauntered in. Wearing a sleeveless red Chinese dress (she wasn't allowed to wear her kunoichi outfit to school) she was definitely something to stare at (or drool over in Ken and Guile's eyes.) Her chest, already famous back at SNK High School, was quickly becoming well-known at Capcom High, causing many of the male fighters to stare, and many of the female fighters to envy her.

"Hi guys!" she said in a perky tone of voice. "Could any of you tell me where the main office is?"

At this, both Ken and Guile passed out from immense bloodloss due to major nosebleeds. With disgusted looks on their faces, the girls stepped forward and gave Mai the directions to the main office.

"-and make a right at that corridor over there and its on your left," smiled Maki.

Mai bowed to her. "Thanks!" she shouted in her bubbly voice as she "bounced" off towards the main office, leaving behind three head-shaking girls and two unconscious guys on the grass.

As the group lounged on the grass, Dee Jay and Kyosuke passed by. Both of them had become pretty popular around campus lately: Kyosuke had been giving out cheat sheets to help people pass their finals (plus the girls liked him since he'd been working out) and Dee Jay had been busy releasing a solo rap album with a small studio. Both guys were generally well liked by the student body and didn't let it all go to their heads either.

"Hey Ryu!" shouted Dee Jay as he passed. "You guys busy on Saturday?"

"I don't think so," said Ryu as he sat up and adjusted his headband. "Why?"

Dee Jay smiled, flashing a mouthful of gleaming teeth. "Kyosuke and I are planning a beach party over at Gamer Beach on Saturday. You guys interested in going?" Ryu thought for a moment and then responded, "Any parents?"

Kyosuke snorted. "Do you take us for some kind of lamers, Ryu? Of course not!! Plus it's not just a Capcom High thing, Dee Jay and I got connections at ALL the other schools in Gamer City. It's gonna be a big event man, you'd have to be whack to miss this thing."

Guile sat up from his prone position on the grass. "What other schools did you guys invite?"

Kyosuke shrugged. "Mostly people from SNK High, but we got people coming from Konami High and Squaresoft Academy too."

Guile's eyes opened wide. "Squaresoft Academy!? Man, they have some hot girls there!!"

Cammy smacked him over the head. "Shut up about the hot girls, flat-top, it's getting old."

Guile turned red and then went back to laying down on the grass. Kyosuke only laughed in response and tossed a flyer at Ryu. "Well call us if you're interested man. Later."

Ryu waved back in response and then turned his attention to scanning the flyer. A grin lit up his face and he stood up, raising his fist over his head. All of a sudden a strange wind blew through the yard, ruffling his hair and blowing his headband back behind him.

"Yes! We are so going to this party!" crowed Ryu while all the other Street Fighters sadly shook their heads.

"What a loser!" snorted Ken.

Chapter II: Getting Ready for the Party (coming soon)