if the story wasn't rush, kyo and iori fought human saiki in the vessel room, (human saiki supposed to be the first mid boss fight). both kyo and iori discovering about the orochi energy,but both of them easly stomp by saiki, forcing the two of them to back off / run away while being chased by saiki minions. in the rose stadium, elisabeth team or any another team was supposed to fight ash as the second mid boss fight. ( in the story lore,elisabeth confront ash,while duo lon & shen holding back, saiki minions and ash is forced to do this on saiki orders). After defeating Ash, Ash decided to retreat and immediately carried out his plan to stop Saiki plan, this was because Saiki and the others appeared at Rose Stadium to kill Elisabeth. and in this part, the story goes the same in the game.
@@chocolateindomie3125 Wow nice eye there I love how you see my Kyo comboing Saiki like if it was a canon story. And also the stage which is "Rose Stadium" which is my favorite stage ever made in fighting game history. And yeah the Saiki lore is pretty interesting also a nice villain. I don't think he will ever return sadly.