In small town in Japan, on the roof of an old, run down dojo, Dan Hibiki sulked over his lack of students while doing his best to fix the roof. "I can't believe I forgot to put the address in the commercial! So stupid!" Suddenly, he smashed his thumb with the hammer, "Yeowww!" he screamed before falling backwards off of the roof. He landed on his chin, resulting in the world's most painful headstand. When he opened his eyes, he saw a pair of sneakers.

"Ummm, Dan Hibiki?"

Dan quickly stood up and dusted off. He looked at the owner of the sneakers. It was a scrawny young asian man around 15 or 16 years old, with short black hair, green eyes, wearing a lime green t-shirt, and denim jeans with holes torn in the knees.

"Ah! Another adoring fan looking for an autograph." he pulled out a pen, "I'd be happy to..."

"No actually I uh..." the boy started but Dan had already become upset and started back inside.

"Wait, I came to learn at your dojo!" he called out, Dan stopped and disappeared, suddenly reappearing in front of the young man, startling him.

"Ah, well why didn't you say so? Come in, come in!" he started dragging the boy inside the dojo.

The two sat in the floor at a small table, "Tea?" Dan offered happily, holding out a cup of hot tea.

"Thank you sir," he took the cup and sipped, slightly choking from the terrible taste.

"So what's your name kid?" Dan asked as he poured himself a cup.

He set down the cup, "Chao,"

"So, what made you want to learn the supreme style of Saikyo-ryu?" Dan laughed loudly and stuck out his chest.

He got up, walked over to Dan's side of the table and bowed, "I saw you in the last world warrior tournament on t.v. and knew that I had to learn from you! I've spent the last two months looking all over Japan for your dojo because nobody could tell me where it was,"

Dan's eye's began to water and he placed a hand on Chao's shoulder, "You went through all that trouble to learn from me? Of course I'll teach you!" he stood up, "Starting tomorrow, I am YOUR MASTER!"

Chao looked on with starstruck eyes. In his mind, he was the luckiest boy in the world.