Author's notes

This is the beginning of a hopefully long Asuka x Female Leo fic. I'm planning on having Leo have gender identity and sexual identity issues. I'm also hoping to have Leo and Steve realise their connection and possibly have some Lili x Steve on the side. Hope that all sounds good to you guys~ Please point out errors, I am terrible with comma splicing.


Life as a something.

Leo Kliesen was one of the calmer, more rational participants in the Iron fist tournaments but even she had two things that she couldn't work out. Two things that confused her, frustrated her and baffled her completely and here they were, right next to each other on the letter in her hands.

It was a simple letter that listed all of the tag teams for the new tournament, they were chosen based on fighting style and personality by a group of 'impartial' judges. About half way down the two things Leo didn't understand were side by side. Team 8 Asuka Kazama – Leo. She liked Asuka and she didn't know why or in what way, she had a very hard time keeping her cool around her.

Also included with the letter were travel details and a plane ticket to Scotland, where they were to meet up and train for the first fight next month, and the address of the hotel they were staying at. On yet another piece of paper were Asuka's contact details, she could bet Asuka had hers too. Thinking about it all was already giving her a headache. She put the small pile of paper off to one side of her table, grabbed her keys and phone and made for her door. She had to get some fresh air and have a little think.

It was about an hour later when her pocket shook with the familiar sound of her generic ringtone. Without pausing to think about who it might be she fished it out of her pocket and pressed it to her ear. "Hallo? Leo Kliesen hier"

"Hello Leo, This is Asuka Kazama, have you gotten your … your letter yet?" called the familiar voice down the phone, seemed she was still working on her English, listening to her trip over words was cute. Leo sighed inwardly at the thought and put on an enthusiastic voice.

"Yes, A little while ago. I was slightly surprised about a few of the teams. Lili is going to kill me," she joked down the phone, attempting to instantly make a slightly light mood between them.

"For being teamed up with me? Are you two close?"

"Uhm, I guess you could call us friends, we occasionally meet up for lunch with Steve."

"All that yellow hair in one place? Sounds like a sight. I have to go, my break is almost over. I hope we work well together. See you in Scotland Mister Kliesen."

The phone went quiet before Leo had even said goodbye and she was left standing there in the middle of the busy Berlin street with a sad look in her eyes. "Sie auch, huh? Konnte nicht von ihr erwarten darüber wissen" She slipped her phone back into her pocket and span around on her heals to walk back to her apartment.

Leo had always had one major problem in her life other than her parents being dead and that was that she didn't know who she was. She was a girl physically but everyone assumed she was a boy because of her figure and way of dressing. Whenever she did girly things she got laughed at and she was never sure on how to deal with that. Was it better that way? Or should she be striving to change her image? She couldn't answer these questions on her own and no one could help her after her Mother died.

Asuka only made the problems worse. She liked Asuka more than she liked most people. Was it love? Did she love Asuka as a male or as a female? Did Asuka know? Would Asuka be alright with Eleonora Kliesen, the lesbian or did it have to be Leo Kliesen, the guy?

There were two things Leo Kliesen didn't understand, Asuka Kazama and herself.