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After a long road trip with an ex-convict truck driver, Dan found himself in Osaka wondering were to go and what to do next. With that in mind, he decides to walk up an intersection that contains a big building. With nothing else going for him, Dan decides to sit on the curb hoping for some miracle to happen. Luckily, it does when a man walks up and sits next to him.

There was nothing like this man. He had a medium build with a face that showed his age with a long ponytail that ended just near the top of his back. He was wearing a white karate gi and sandals.

"Why sit on the curb?" the strange man asked.

"There's nothing going for me. I came down here from Hong Kong, and I met up with some crazy truck driver. He had me do some strange things just so I could get a ride here."

"What kinds of…things?"

"I don't even wanna talk about it. I only came here to learn martial arts, and now…now my mission's failed!" Dan wailed. With that, Dan began to cry.

"Stop your tears! I will teach you martial arts like you've never learned before. Are you ready for hard work and sacrifice?"

"Hell yeah I'm ready. I'll be the greatest student you've ever had to teach!"

"Good then, follow me."

Dan followed this strange man up to the mountains outside the city. He went up a long trail that was full of rocks on the ground. Dan was so excited about the prospect of avenging his dad's death, until he realized something was wrong.

"Excuse me…sir."

The man turned his head.

"How did you find me?"

"Oh, I believe we haven't really gotten on top of things…"

"No don't say that!" Dan groaned, thinking about the truck driver.

The man cleared his throat, "Sorry…anyway, we haven't fully introduced ourselves. I am Shen Long, and you would be?"

"Dan Hibiki, son of Go Hibiki. The greatest Muay Thai master China ever had."

"Ah yes, I've heard of him."

"You have?"

"He was a good friend of mine, we trained together for many months…now I remember you, you were at the funeral."

Seeing the confused look on Dan's face, he quickly said, "But you might not remember me, you were so young back then."

"I'm sure I would've remembered you. I remember everybody in my kindergarten class, including my teacher's name, Mrs. Kian…Jhun, the class nerd…Dong, the school bully…Shei-Sung, the pretty girl…and Ming, the star athlete, even though he was two feet tall. I'm sure I don't remember you."

"Well…yes…ummm…anyway, your mother told me you were upset about the loss of your father. I thought you'd get over the loss by now, but I can sense the hatred in your ki, but if you train with me, I can help you balance that ki."

Dan thought about it: might this stranger truly be a friend of his dad? If so, why couldn't he have trained him when he was six? Should he let out his gas, which was immensely piling up inside?

Shen Long, however, stopped walking and held out his hand saying, "Do we have a deal?"

Dan, with no other alternative, shook Shen Long's hand. At the same time, a sound of breaking wind was heard between the two men. Dan was caught blushing, and Shen Long looked very stern.

"DID YOU JUST BREAK WIND IN FRONT OF ME!" he shouted.

"I'm sorry man, but I couldn't hold it in any longer."

"Yes…yes…well back to the trail, then."

They continued up the mountain trail, until they could see a house in the distance. As they edged closer to the house, the bigger it seemed to become. When they had nearly reached the house, which now was a wall with an archway in the middle, a bear jumped out of nowhere to attack. It growled menacingly, and Dan had wet himself.

Shen Long, however, put on the Shotokan karate stance and motioned to the bear to come to him. The bear ran on a four legs, and just when he was about to attack, Shen Long jumped and yelled "HADOUKEN!"

He let out a big blast of ki that knocked the bear out. He heard Dan gasping for breath behind the trees.

"It's okay, you can come out," Shen Long called.

Dan walked out of the bushes and said, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!"

"That was the Hadouken, a special technique you'll learn at my school…if you'll step inside."

Dan walked into Shen Long's dojo with no clue what he was going to do or what to expect next.


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