Hello there everyone I am back with another update, I finally have the chance to do so. I haven't forgotten you. Ah yes time for Leo to have the spotlight so I hope you'll like it. The song for this fight is "I Believe You" by Celldweller.

Here is the link: watch?v=YQrN0HgSb4A

Also I owe all of you a big apology for the wait. I have been dealing with some stuff. I know I said that I'm not going to pick favorites. And I plan to keep that promise. Thank you for sticking around for this long. Now let us continue.

Liam leaned against a wall on the opposite end of the training floor. Combot stood beside the main entrance. After a minute passing Leo appeared.

"Hey Liam, you ready to practice?" Leo did a quick wave.

"Yeah." Liam walked on the opposite end of medium arena.

Leo tilted his head, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, but I know you're hiding something." After Liam said that the thought sunk in. "Is it involving Asuka or Lili?"

Leo took a step back and heard the clang of Combot's chest plate. Leo looked at the ground. "It is not like that." Leo looked up at Liam with determination.

"Tell you what, you beat me and I'll tell you what's going on. If I win, you drop this matter entirely and I'll disappear." Leo took off his scarf then tied it around his right arm.

This bet meant that Leo was serious. Sure he was mysterious but to Liam he just seemed to be distant. He looked at Leo. "I accept your terms."

Combot walked around Leo and between the both of them. The machine rotated its helmet to Liam.

"It's okay buddy, I can handle this alone." After Liam said that Combot lifted its right pincer. At the end of the pincer a small blue whistle ejected and Combot made a small opening of the front end of its helmet, after that Combot put the whistle in the opening and pointed one of each arm at Leo and Liam.

"Combot is full of surprises." Leo took his stance.

"Always and is a great friend." When Liam said that he wished he could have taken that sentence back. It would give Leo the wrong impression. Though Liam also meant what he said too.

You can play the song now.

Combot walked backwards to the outskirts of the arena and held its left arm high. In a way Combot signaled Round 1.

Liam kept his guard on high and made several snail paced steps forward. Just standing there Leo made a slight smirk and sprinted forward to Liam. Now within punching distance Liam braced himself for a power punch. From watching Leo fight he keeps his balance and uses power strikes to end his opponents. I know I can take a hit but Leo could end me sooner than others, Liam thought.

Leo didn't waste any time and clasped his hands together and with his right leg he pegged Liam's left shin. It wasn't much but it loosened his guard and Leo came in with his right hand in a palm and punched Liam's chest. It was a strong punch because it forced Liam to not only lose his balance but fall to the ground as well. After a moment of recovery Liam wanted to back off and think of a strategy so he rolled backwards.

"You're not going to escape." Leo dashed forward and ducked in by spinning his right leg sweeping Liam out of his roll. In the moment of flight, Leo spun around again bringing in his left fist and punched Liam's back and he landed with his head pointing at Leo.

Liam grunted and raised his legs and flipped himself to the stand up. His back was to Leo and so Leo grabbed Liam. Liam reacted quickly and with both of his hands with a fierce grip he lifted Leo into the air and halfway down Liam slammed Leo into the arena. Leo was still surprised to see that Liam kneeled down and did a clean straight punch into Leo's chest. From the impact Leo coughed, no blood but enough to knock the wind out of him.

He backed off thinking of his next move as Leo stood up from the floor then turned around. Liam thought "how could that chest punch be so effective?" Liam didn't want to exploit that for fear of the obvious. "You think too much." Leo dashed forward. From that moment with his right arm he elbowed Liam's stomach, Liam couldn't react because after that attack Leo brought his right arm halfway again with his fist hitting Liam's stomach again while he was stumbling away. Liam coughed out some saliva.

"Where is your strength Liam? Am I too much?"

"No, I can handle you no problem." Liam sprinted and had a strong high kick planned. Something he wouldn't normally do.

Leo ducked the attack. Oh crap! Leo smiled; he came up with a strong punch that launched Liam in the air from a heavy uppercut of Leo's right arm. Leo bent forward and with another strong punch peg Liam's left leg. Liam hit the ground but this assault isn't over. Leo strengthens his back and stepped forward with great force that lifted Liam again. Leo did a knee kick to Liam which kept him in the air. From there Liam lifted his right leg and punched Liam with his right arm. Leo jabbed with his right fist then brought both his fists from his face and forced Liam to slam down the ground again. Liam legs went to the sky. Leo finished the attack by stepping forward and turning back. Leo kept his hands close but turned around again and punched his chest with Leo's left arm. Then from there Leo did a right punch sending Liam across the room.

Combot blow the whistle twice. Round one is over. The feeling around Liam's body wasn't stinging or burning instead he had no energy at all. Liam leaned upward.

"Ow." Liam set one arm for support and got off the ground. Ignore the pain! I need to be in this moment, Liam thought. No words for needed for the next round. Combot raised one pincer and blow its whistle.

Both fighters readied themselves. Leo made the first move by ducking in with his legs out and his body angled with his legs. As soon as that happened he came up again whiffing the air with a left punch but the right punch came up aimed for the stomach. Liam blinked his hands open and caught Leo and pushed him down. Leo did a slight bounce but Liam wasn't going to miss this opportunity. Liam brought his right leg up to lift Leo, in the air Liam did a right punch and with his left palm turning into a fist it came in as an uppercut. Liam wasn't stopping; he pegged the ground as Leo fell, Liam's right fist half circled around hitting Leo's side and fell down. Liam reinforced his back as he fell down for an elbow drop. Leo recovered quickly and rolled to his left and Liam hit the ground. Damn, I didn't finish the attack. Liam's mind echoed.

Leo stood up baring his teeth. Uh oh, Leo's pissed. The scorching aura of blue appeared around him. Liam must be really focused to make up such odd visuals for himself.

Wasting no time, Leo dashed forward then crouched in sequence of Liam taking a step back. Leo laughed and did a left punch, right punch and raised his knee. Liam took action of trying to grab Leo but Leo hopped back and smashed his right shoe on top of Liam's left foot. Liam grunted, his mind emptied and focused entirely of his foot as it were on fire. Leo pegged Leo's left shin and brought a viscous punch to Liam's upper body. He fell back and Leo did a quick stomp on Liam's chest.

Liam jabbed his right leg in the air for Leo to back off. Liam laughed, as he got to his feet. Leo didn't ask what was funny and ducked down and did a quick spin and his left leg came on high and missed. Liam was barely outside the range while Leo was regaining balance Liam tackled Leo. Leo responded swiftly and grabbed Liam's punch then kicked Liam off. It was reset and the two stared at each other.

Liam did a right jab and made his left fist come around. Leo ducked and while rising, he did a speed kick. Liam endured the attack and grabbed Leo. Liam did his signature grab of punching then tripping. Leo raised his legs and jumped to his feet however he fell into Liam's trap. Liam did a right, left punch and high kicked Leo away. Leo grunted in pain.

Round two was Liam's. The final round started stared as Leo loosened his jacket.

Both didn't wait and charged at one another. Liam did a jump kick while Leo did a slide kick, so both missed. Leo stopped himself and did a backwards trip kick catching Liam. Leo stomped Liam. He took a step back. I see now, his fighting style didn't teaching him much of attacking a prone opponent. Liam thought. From there he returned to his feet. Leo got low again and was about to do the jump kick again. Liam dashed and did a dense punch knocking Leo way off. Liam sprinted forward and stomped on Leo while appearing on the other side.

Leo was slower to return to his feet, he was tired. Liam was exhausted too; he overextended himself way too much. That one special attack will end either of them. Leo did a barrage of punches to keep Liam at bay. We're both desperate; I need to do something now! Leo thought.

Leo did a random high kick, punch and high kick again. Liam blocked the first two while the three connected. He was shaken up and Leo did his right elbow attack and was blocked. He was exposed if he stopped so he continued with his right fist attacking afterwards. Prepared for the attack Liam made both of his fists close to his forehead while Leo was reeling back. Liam brought down the hammer and Leo slammed to the ground. After that Liam was spent on all energy and stumbled back and fell on his back.

The whistle blew and Leo didn't get up. Combot walked and lifted Liam raising his weary arm. Combot then helped Leo.

"A deal is a deal. What do you want to know first?"

Liam walked to an observation bench and took out two bottles of water. He passed to Combot and then to Leo. "How do you know so much of the Mishima Zaibatzu?"

"I have found those secrets along with me trying to find the truth about my mother. She, she… she died for reasons unknown and those I asked for in the beginning always gave me the cold shoulder. I set out to figure it out myself. On a train in France I learned that my mother was the head researcher for the Devil Gene project. In the months that followed was when she... died."

Liam was at a loss of words, he didn't know what to say to comfort and if he did it would just sear the wounds.

"Relax; I accepted it and I cherish the memory of my mother Emma."

"Ok, am I part of your personally mission?"

"Yes, I was when you started school. Heihachi Mishima cancelled my appointments and meetings to see you. He has taken an odd interest in you. I choose to come to your school to learn his plans too."

"So that is why you were 'lost' so many times. Why did you stick around for so long?" Liam took a large gulp of water.

Leo didn't answer right away then took a deep breath. "After a while I lost sight of my objective. I didn't have any real friends before I met you and the others." Leo looked the ground. The weight of his guilt must have really taken a toll.

"Well you're still in high school so you have time to-"

"I'm Nineteen." Leo cut Liam off.

"…Oh…"

"I look younger than I really do. I helped when I forged my paperwork."

"That's okay Leo."

"By the way my name isn't Leo. It is really Eleonor Kliesen."

"It's okay if a boy has a girl's name." Liam said without thinking.

"I guess I fooled you there." Leo took off his jacket and his belted shirt was loosening too. Liam dropped his bottled water. Underneath was tightly wrapped cloth over Leo's upper chest. "I'm a girl. The Zaibatzu is on the lookout for a girl and my Leo persona is what allows me to be here."

"Uh uh gh." Liam didn't make sense. "I'm at a complete loss for words." He shook his head. "Alright, do you need help? I can keep a secret from Lili and Asuka."

"Well here's the thing…" Leo fixed her jacket. The elevator doors opened and the two were dressed in relaxed clothing.

"Sorry Jaeger, we already know." Lili brushed her hair aside and Asuka laughed and pointed at Liam.

"This proves you're not that sharp Liam." Asuka walked behind Leo.

"So I'm the last to know… this is a lot to soak in." Liam picked up his water.

"Believe me, we wanted to tell you but we just don't know how." Leo said quickly.

"How long ago did you two know?"

Lili turned her head away and so Asuka punch her arm. "Okay fine, we known for about two months."

Liam felt a little betrayed. Nothing he can do about it now and a least they told me about it. So there are two options, go in shock or accept it.

"You guys owe me big time." Liam emitted an evil aura.

"Wait, what's with that look? Stop that!" Lili ordered seeing the face of Liam.

"Seriously knock that off, or I will have to hurt you." Asuka warned.

Leo turned to the others. "Uh girls… I think we should run."

All of them sprinted to the elevator to be cut off. Its eyes went from bright red to blood red. It made some cracking joint sounds and it rubbed its pincers together. "Whoop whoop beep."

"Good idea, buddy." Liam said in a deep tone. The girls didn't know what to do.

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"Now we're even." Liam entered the elevator with Combot.

"… We had that coming…" Asuka said in a raspy voice.

"It was your fault." Lili coughed.

"Enough. Now help me up." Leo ordered.

Hey there everyone, thank you for reading this chapter. I'm very sorry for taking so long. 2 weeks ago my sister used my computer and "accidentally" deleted my stories. I had to rewrite my work with my bad memory. Sadly the family Wi Fi is still down and won't be for a while. I will try to upload when I can. Thank you so much for reading.

Samuel the Optimist: Thank you so much for sticking around. England is cool. I apologize for not being around sooner. So thank you for reading.