Hello there everyone. How are you doing? I'm great. I'm sure that some of you are going, what the heck is the Abresa Mall? Well it's the lovely building you see on the main menu of Tekken Tag 2 when you highlight the online store. It was something too good to not pass up. Now, shall we?

After leaving the hotel, Liam was voted to be the one to find their way to this mall. The night was just getting started. Liam kept to himself of communicating with Leo on directions.

"Do you know how to get there?" Asuka asked.

"I have no idea." Liam chuckled as he finished his sentence.

"Well you're voted to find out for us. You seem to have the best sense of direction." Lili said encouragingly.

"Yeah, Lili hasn't really learned on how to travel by herself without the help of Sebastian." Leo pointed out

"I'll learn to do so eventually." Lili retorted quickly. The group laughed among themselves.

After ten minutes of walking, Liam asked a local food stand clerk they learned all they needed to do was take a train two stops away from the hotel. They traveled to the local train station then waited for the next train which was ten minutes. Liam kept trying to shake off the pain, hoping that none of his friends would take notice. The station was moderately full this various people traveling around. Two businessmen stopped behind the group. While lingering for the train one of the men snickered.

"Hey kid, I lost 20,000 thousand yen because of you. You better step it up." Liam lifted up his head to see the man standing there with body language that he wanted to ruin Liam's evening. Asuka rolled her eyes, Lili stroked her hair and Leo remained emotionless.

"It isn't a good idea to gamble." A girl's called out behind the man. He checked his phone seeing that he still needed to wait for another seven minutes. Leo tapped his shoulder then nodded his head to the men. Liam did so to see Ling Xiaoyu, with Miharu Hirano and Alisa Bosconovitch. Liam straightened his posture while his friends were distracted by the other fighters.

Liam's group met Ling's group back from the first semester of school, but are still on formal terms. They'll meet in the sub series that I will add soon. So please bear with me for the moment.

"Hi Ling." Asuka called out, after a moment she was spotted by Ling and her friends.

"Wow, you guys got the same idea as we did huh?" Miharu fixed her hat. She was dressed with a black shirt with white sleeves, along with a black skirt, with blue flat tennis shoes with a purple hat. On the hat was a pair of heart shaped sunglasses. Her hair underneath looked unkempt.

"This wasn't an idea; you blackmailed me to come here." Ling shoved Miharu. She was dressed in casual clothing. Such as a grey track pants with a lovely blue vest that had a hood attached with a black undershirt. She also had a small backpack with her too. Her hair still set as pigtails.

Alisa was dressed differently tonight. She was wearing beige pants, with a special purple t shirt that exposed her back. Liam guessed she was proud of her back. Everyone needs to take pride into something. Alisa smiled then bowed. Liam responded with a smile.

The train finally arrived. They entered when the current passengers exited the train. Lili and Asuka kept close and stood before a window. Liam walked in and decided to still stand and hold his grip of the railing. Ling's group walked in to but as more people were entering both groups was cut off from each other. Ling and Miharu joined Lili and Asuka at the window. It looked like they enjoyed each other's company. Leo was with Alisa on the other end of the train car. The streams of lights glided along the buildings the train passed.

Liam was shoved farther back into the car until he bumped into a person.

"I'm sorry." Liam said hoping his clumsiness won't cause a scene.

"I'm not bleeding or in pain, you have nothing to worry about Mr. Jaeger." Liam made the connection that this man saw him on TV. With no one else shoving Liam was able to get a look at the man.

He has blonde hair and is of Caucasian descent. His physic was quite large, like he never missed a day of training. The man wore a sleeveless red vest, along with a red cap, and flat shoes all shared the same red color and the man also wore a white undershirt. This guy could do some damage, Liam thought.

"Good point." Liam angled his neck slightly upward. "Nice hat."

"Thank you." The man looked away as if pondering something. With his easy expression Liam took the initiative.

"Is something on your mind sir?"

"From what I saw last night, you were really trying weren't you?" Liam nodded as he braced for another insult. "Good, I like to have a nice brawl every now and again. It happens to the best of us, so next time you'll be ready." The man grinned then did a thumb up as his way of expressing reassurance.

After the man said that they were already at Liam's destination. "Thanks, good luck on your next match." Liam said as he exited the train. The man adjusted his cap with a smile as the doors closed.

"Did you make a new friend?" Miharu tapped Liam's right shoulder.

"You can say that." Liam turned around. After a moment he was in complete awe. This district was covered in bright and colorful lights. The signs took shape with a great art forming before him. The sidewalks were a light grey so it was still was easy to see. The place looked new even though it was built eighteen years earlier. Right before the second King of Iron Fist was announced.

"Hey." Liam didn't notice Leo calling him.

"Hey." He was still in deep thought of how well this place was built.

"HEY!" Liam felt Leo's fist hit his back. The fight earlier flared with pain. Liam wasn't prepared and leaned forward. Leo tried to grab him but only felt the tip of his shoelace. Liam realized he was falling from a fifty foot platform. If he didn't destroy his bones he'll be in a hospital for weeks. Liam kept looking down as the concrete became eager to meet him. From fifteen feet he closed his eyes.

Suddenly Liam felt a tight grip on his legs. He opened his eyes seeing that the ground was inches from his face. What confused him more was that he heard what sounds like jet stabilizers.

"Are you okay?"

Liam tried to bend his body upward but barely to see Alisa holding onto his legs. She still looked like she was happy. What surprised Liam more was the jet wings coming from Alisa's back. That can explain the shirtless back.

"Uh, Alisa can you let me go?" Liam said without thinking about it, and then what it meant struck him. "Waitwaitwai- Alisa did as his request and he landed on his stomach.

"Oh come on, you're still fragile." Lili shouted from the platform.

Liam rolled over. "You're not helping."

"I know, but this is too good to pass up." Lili waved.

Liam sighed, and then slowly returned to his feet. By the time he cleaned himself the rest of the fighters made their way downstairs. Ling took a step forward; she made a fist with her left hand then punched Liam's gut. Liam grunted in pain then fell to his knees.

"You dumbass, learn to become more careful."

"Yeah, I deserved that one." Liam got back on his feet. Alisa retracted her jets then gently landed on the ground. "Thank you, Alisa."

"My protocol of 'friends mode' is to aid them if in danger unless engaged in combat with them."

"So are you a cyborg or something?" Liam stood tall again hoping someone else won't attack him.

"Incorrect, I am a replica of my creators' deceased daughter. I am still a machine."

"Ok, so are you a unique prototype or finished product?"

"I am the first model so my programming is vastly different than other models. I am 'unique' by that I different experiences then my creator can see the data then improve upon it."

"Well that's cool." Liam responded. "Are you in the tournament?"

Miharu cut in front of Ling. "Well duh, didn't you see her fight?"

"Well no, I was talking to Combot when that happened."

"Long story short, Alisa and I faced off against my grandpa Wang and that ex-merc Bruce Irvin. We fought and won. Alisa floored them in the second round. Those guys didn't stand a chance." Ling boasted. Alisa heard this then did some kind of bodybuilder's pose with her back arched then flex her arms.

Lili stood there smiling. Leo was behind her looking more confused than angry.

"You can take a hit. How could my punch hurt you so much?" Lili folded her arms.

The area turned black and there was an invisible spotlight directly set upon Liam. "Uh, today I let Combot show me what it's made of. I'm sorry I didn't tell any of you sooner." The light intensified.

"It's ok." Leo walked in front of Lili. The expression Leo gave changed to calm.

"Great, now can we more on?" Miharu cut in while she removed her sunglasses.

"What are you doing it's nighttime." Ling grinned.

"What? It looks cool." Miharu flicked the sunglasses open.

The stage light uplifted then the darkness disappeared. The lights of the shopping district took over.

Asuka began to walk alongside the stores. "Hey slowpokes are you coming or what?"

Liam snapped out his train of thought to see Alisa there with him while the rest of other contestants walked with Asuka.

"Be right there." Liam shouted as he began to walk.

"Hey Jaeger since you can't repay Alisa you owe Miharu and I a snack."

"What?" Liam stopped in his tracks. "Not cool."

"You're a guy, deal with it." Miharu teased.

"Damn." Liam grumbled to himself as he jogged to catch up.

The rest of the evening of went smoother as the night went on. Liam was almost dragged into clothing stores. He took a stand by staying he'll be outside. But he was lucky that Leo and Alisa kept him company as he stood outside. The reason why Alisa wasn't allowed inside was that the last time when she was with Ling and Miharu they accidentally caused Alisa to eject a flame thrower from her wrist then burned down a whole clothing store. Lucky for them the cameras were blinded by the smoke.

"Wow, I really like this skirt." Asuka shrieked. He held the unfolded piece of clothing with what Liam believed to be a sparkle in her eye.

Lili looked over her shoulder. "I'm surprised that you actually have a fashion sense."

"What does that mean?"

"It means this proves you're not such a tomboy." Ling cut in the conversation while looking at hair pins.

Leo saw that the girls began to emit fumes from their heads. From there Leo chuckled.

"May I asked what is amusing you?" Alisa blinked.

"Not much, it is just that for much of my time in different places this one is proving to be the most fun." Leo fixed his scarf.

"That is because of your mother's work right?" Liam added while looking around for a store he could like.

"Yeah, I've always been isolated until I met you all."

"Don't mention it." Liam saw am arcade in the distance. 'Awesome I was always curious to see a Japanese arcade' Liam thought.

"Hey, I'm going on ahead. I'll meet you all later." Liam suggested in a calm manner.

"Sure, I saw a battle glove store down a ways. Alisa do you want come with me?"

"New objective updated, developing response." There was a half second pause. "Yes, I would love to go."

After that Leo did a sigh. Not of distress but more of alright cool sigh. "See you later."

Liam walked ahead the mall was great and they were still just outside it too. I guess the place was divided into such plazas. Liam was just about to reach the arcade but a voice called from the distance. Then a man with an orange overcoat cut him off.

"Ah, sorry there kid." The overcoat spoke in a deep tone.

"No problem. This place is impressive isn't it?"

"Oh man it is." Liam agreed.

"But beware; there is someone you know that is hiding an important secret." The over coated figure said while he had his back bent so Liam could see his face.

"Wait what?"

"Are you okay?" The voice from the overcoat turned his towards Liam.

"Huh?"

"You're face looks like it's in pain."

"Well kind of-"Liam's words were cut off by a punch to his forehead. He was pushed back for a moment then Liam looked forward to see nothing before him.

"What was that about?" Liam rubbed his forehead. In his mind he decided it must have been some sort of prank caused by a local. But what did he mean by someone holding a secret. He skimmed the surrounding area and discovered nothing. Oh well, he had his fun, now it's my turn with joysticks. Liam finished his thoughts as he entered the arcade.

Hey everybody thank you for coming. In case if anyone is wondering, yes I used some of my personal experience for this chapter. Not he falling of a platform part but the other stuff. I'm growing up in a family of women. Also I forgot to mention chapters ago that I would refer Leo as a male. It's not that I'm saying that a clear gender just for the sake of writing. As for the figure in orange, he's someone worked on for a while. I know the Ling and Miharu part was short just give me a little breathing room for progression, please? Thank you. It is now Response corner time.

Samuel the Optimist: Well it's been three days and I sure you're still alive I hope. In your review I am guessing you said "Yay anime" because of that on how the characters react to each other. I'm okay with that as long as it's coming off as decent social interaction. I wait to learn if you're still breathing.

Deadliest Soul: Thank you very much for your kind words. About the grammar and stuff, I see what you mean. I'll be sure to spend one of these days polishing up the older chapters. The characters are fun to do. I mean without much given to us for the games it makes this easier for do what I think how such interactions to go down. Have a nice day.

Scca: Well I appreciate on your excitement for Anna Williams. I don't want to be overly flirtatious with her though. I just think it wouldn't be fair of her character because of how she is displayed in the games. She is still a deadly woman, I want people have a growing amount of respect for her. Well, I hope you liked the fight at least. Have a wonderful day.