Ryu sat nervously in the waiting area outside of the therapy room. He had revived a call the night before from Dr. Leland that his mother had been returned back to Arkham, and that the first session would begin tomorrow, Just like at the tournament, he had a million thoughts going through his head. The door opened to reveal Dr. Leland.

"You can come in now"

Just like yesterday, Harley was panicking. The idea sounded a lot easier than it actually was. Ryu followed Dr. Leland into the room, Harley thought about getting up or even saying something, but she couldn't. They both took quick glances at each other. She felt pathetic that she couldn't even greet her own child, however it eased the pain when she realized Ryu also felt uncomfortable. There was total silence in the room.

"Is it done yet?" Ivy demanded.

"I'm a scientist Pamela, not an IT technician!" Shouted Crane. Since hearing about Harley and Ryu's sessions, Ivy had crane set up a secret live stream of the sessions through to a hidden hole in their cells. She wasn't being nosy, she just didn't trust Ryu. The stream started, the inmates gathered round the small screen and watched carefully.

Dr. Leland tried but the two stayed silent. She then had an idea.

"Okay I'm going to try an exercise with you, could you wait outside please Harley?" Harley left the room and Dr. Leland turned to Ryu. "Please take a seat" Nodding to the couch. Ryu stretched himself out. "Okay lets start out basic, tell me about how you feel about your mother."

"Before or after Harley Quinn debuted?" Ryu asked.

"Before."

"Kind, warm, loving, etc"

"And After?"

"Cruel, Cold, Heartless, Self Centered, etc"

"And do you still love your mother?"

"Yes" Emotionally, Dr Leland could tell Ryu was Harley's child.

"How did you live when your mother was gone?"

"I was good thief back then because of my size, you see rather than pick pocket or break into a store I would wait until the stores closed then go through the air vents."

"So what did you do in Japan?"

"I trained in Master Gouken's arts, I trained for six years until I chose the path of a fighter."

"I see" said Dr. Leland , taking notes. She decided to ask Ryu the million dollar question. "Tell me about your father"

"Who's that?"Dr. Leland was surprised by this.

"What do you mean?"

"I can''t tell you about him when don't know who he is." Dr. Leland would never expect Harley to not tell her child who his father was. It wasn't in Harley's nature. She went over her notes and determined there was nothing more she could ask him. "I want you to come back tommorow, I'll need the rest of the night to interview your mother.?" Ryu nodded and left. Harley entered the room shortly after.

"Harley, did you leave Ryu because you wanted him to be safe?"

"Well, not really."

"What do you mean I by that?"

"Well I planned to come back for him, but I just forgot"

"You...forgot?"

"You see Joan, when my puddin's around he's my whole wide world. I came back for him eventually"

"When?"

"five-five months later..."

"Harley, why have never told Ryu who his father is?"

"I lost contact with him, so it was just me and Ryu, I didn't see the point" Dr. Leland felt like Harley wasn't telling the whole truth. It was then when she had an idea, an idea of why Harley might be so obsessed with The Joker.

"Harley...are you still in love with Ryu's father?" Harley stayed silent. It looked as if Harley refused to answer. Dr. Leland decided to move on to a more lighter subject. "Why don't we talk about Ryu growing up?"

"Well that's all we have time for today, I'll see you at tomorrow's session." Smiled Dr. Leland. For the past hour she had listened to Harley talk about her memories of Ryu. It was wonderful to see Harley talk so warm and lovingly about someone other than The Joker for once.

"Okay, bye Joan!" Dr. Leland watched Harley skip away. She sat in her office chair and waited, she looked at the clock, it was 10PM. He would be hear any minute now.

"How did it go?" spun around in her chair to face Batman.

"The one on one sessions went great, but the group session was like a gathering of statues."

"I have an idea" said Batman "I think we should put them both in the room alone together, that way they can settle their differences themselves." Dr. Leland thought about the idea.

"Okay then, we'll do try that in tomorrows session." Batman nodded and headed for the window.

"I'll be there" He said, before disappearing into the night.