It was September 20th, 2006, the day of the big tournament. This was a major event for Southtown as fans from all over the world gathered to watch their favorite teams duke it out to see who was king of fighters. The first match scheduled that day was the Kusanagi team vs the Ikari Warriors. The streets were blocked off so these two teams could battle, but people watched from their houses, their cars, from public buildings, and even from rooftops. The first match was Shingo Yabuki versus Ralf Jones. Ralf spit out his cigarette butt, and said, "Honestly, are you really that confident that you would send out a kid against me? Well I will shatter your self confidence." Ralf said as he pointed to the young Shingo. Shingo put his hand over his heart and took a deep breathe, and ran towards Ralf, and took a swing at Ralf's face but Ralf shifted to the right with ease. After watching Shingo's punches go in vain, a group of snobby girls started to laugh at Shingo and taunting him.
"Give it up kid. You cant beat me." Ralf said while shrugging his shoulders, but out of nowhere, Shingo managed to jump up and punch him in the jaw. The boy looked at his hand as he couldn't believe he just hit a high ranking lieutenant. Ralf was now serious and was furious that someone who was much younger and less skilled managed to hit him. "Ow!" Shingo shouted in pain as he was hit multiple times by Ralf's Vulcan Punch. Everyone watched in horror as Shingo fell to the ground, but Shingo got back up. Ralf charged towards him and kicked him. Yet again, Shingo refused to quit.
"That does it kid! Your going down and that's all there is to it." Ralf shouted as he held up a fist in the air and it had a quick shine. Shingo was thrown to the ground and punched very violently.
"There's now way that kid can survive this move." Leona said. But when Ralf made the final punch, Shingo climbed up but he was stumbling. No one could believe such a young kid could take such a beating.
"I'm not going to loose. IBM gonna-" Shingo passed out and collapsed in front of Ralf. "Wow, he took all that so his team would have a better chance to win. What a trooper." Ralf said as he advanced towards Shingo. Kyo's fist burned red with flames and he shouted towards Ralf, "You get away from him! You have caused enough trouble! Don't make me finish you off!" Ralf picked up Shingo in his arms and handed him to Kyo.
"Kids got potential. Don't loose sight of him. He may even become stronger than you." Ralf said as he walked away. He turned around and took off one of his medals and placed it on Shingo's jacket.
"Its not like me to be this nice or to give up a medal, but I also didn't expect a kid to survive everything I threw at him." Ralf said. Heidern patted Ralf on the back, but then turned to Kyo, "Why not use some of that blind fury on me"
"With pleasure old man!" Kyo shouted as he held up his hand that was still burning with fire