 While the trio has continued living their normal lives, with Cody taking a vacation with his girlfriend Jessica, Guy going off to a training journey, and Haggar continuing to run Metro City as Mayor, the surviving Mad Gear members have secretly regrouped plotting their revenge under a new leader.They begin by kidnapping Guy's fiancée in Japan, Rena, along with her father and Guy's former sensei Genryusai.With Guy nowhere to be found, Rena's younger sister, Maki Genryusai, calls Haggar and informs him of the situation.