Cagnes-sur-Mer, France

Minerva was in her room one evening gritting her teeth as she stared at her MAC OSX's screen.
"Name; Emilie De Rochefort, age; 16, blood type; A...She's the daughter of a wealthy oil magnate in Monaco...hmm, Principauté de Monaco, huh? She attended The Monacan Institute for Young Ladies as a sophomore and has received top honors. Only recently had she transferred to Mishima High as a sophomore, still receiving honors. Mishima? Japanese I suppose." Minerva scrolls down and spots a link that reads: 2008-2009 Freshman Yearbook Picture. She clicks hastily and the picture loads just as quickly.
So this is what Miss Emilie looks like? Pretty. She looks much like Mother. Blue eyes, long blonde hair, full lips, tall and skinny.
I love that uniform.
Minerva continued to read the background information, "...won the Iron Fist Tournament 5 only a few months ago. It is a competition held by the powerful Mishima Zaibatsu."
Iron Fist Tournament? Mishima Zaibatsu?
The fifteen year old girl checked her watch and realized there was not enough time to investigate the tournament or the zaibatsu and closed the laptop. She proceeded downstairs. Minerva searched for her father, running into her pesky little brother on the way and eventually found her father in his study, looking over paperwork.
Minerva stood at the door and made herself known, "Father, it's me, Minerva. May I talk to you?"
"Yes, dear, come in," Gaspard Paradizo answered. Minerva stepped into the study, glancing at the hundreds of books on shelves that she had read several times over.
"I have agreed to let you invite Miss Rochefort here. After checking her background, I find that this visit could actually be pleasurable."
"That's good to hear," her father said smiling at his daughter.
"I'm sorry to disturb you, please carry on," she said and left.
Yes, this could be quite pleasurable. Maybe we might actually get along. Who knows? We could become great friends.

Monte Carlo, Monaco

"Why must I go to my cousins' house? What have done wrong?!" Lili Rochefort whined once she had heard the news.
"You've been participating in unsavory behavior, Lili. I think that my brother-in-law and his daughter can help you get back on the right track," her father explained calmly, "You will be taken out of that Japanese high school and put into a school in France as soon as you arrive. I expect you to be on your best behavior for these people, am I understood?"
"Yes, Father, but what if we don't get along?" she asked.
"I'm sure you will."
After that conversation, Lili went upstairs to her laptop and searched this "Minerva Paradizo". When she did, she couldn't find anything. It was as if the Paradizo's didn't want to be found by anyone. Lili could fix this little problem.
She opened up her webcam chat program on her computer and clicked the name Alisa Bosconovitch. The screen loaded and displayed the word Connecting... next to the female robot's name.
Soon enough, Alisa's face popped up on the screen. Emilie greeted the robot and she did the same.
"I need you to do a deep search on someone for me. I'll owe you one, big time!" Lili requested.
Alisa agreed and at Lili's request, looked up Minerva Paradizo. After a moment or so, Alisa came back with more results than Lili would have thought possible.
"Name; Paradizo, Minerva; Age; 15, Blood type; AB. She is the daughter of the wealthy cosmetic surgeon, Gaspard Paradizo. She is considered a child prodigy and a genius, as she has won multiple mentally challenging competitions including the National Spelling Bee at age four..."
"She was four when she won the national spelling bee? Wow," Emilie mumbled in astonishment.
The robot continued the analysis, "information of her mother, Penny Paradizo is unknown. Paradizo, Minerva has one younger brother, Paradizo, Beau. He does not seem to show any signs of having the same mental prowess has Minerva. Would you like me to look up her Internet Protocol Address for additional information; maybe for a better look on her interests?"
"You can do that?" Lili asked, stunned, "No, no. It's fine. Thank you. Goodbye." With that, they both signed out of the webcam chat program. Emilie closed her laptop and looked out the large window in her room.
"Genius girl, hm? Smart and rich is a deadly combination." she smiled, "This could get interesting."

The young Rochefort began to pack her things for the next morning. No way was she going to give up street fighting. She'd just have to find a way to get away from the Paradizo family a few times a week and quench her thirst for a good fight.
She left her room and in the hall called for her butler, "Sebastian! Come, come! We have much we need to do before tomorrow's flight!"