Hello, everyone, I'm back! This chapter took a while for me to put together for a multitude of reasons I don't want to bore you with. I'd love to take this time to thank you all for the favorites, follows, reviews, and views. They truly mean a lot to me and they motivate me to keep writing and pushing out ideas for this story and possibly more to come. Without further ado, let's get into the chapter!

Chapter 4: A New Lincoln

Three months... three months have passed since Lincoln got started on his training regimen and the results have been immense!

The grueling training that Lincoln put himself under has given him bulging pectorals, washboard abs, muscular toned up arms, and legs, and even a slight increase in his height putting him at eye level with Luna now! One would say that if he had spiky blonde hair he wouldn't look too far off from a certain alien warrior race.

He didn't get his new physique all on his own though, thanks to his sisters, they made the road to Lincoln's transformation a little easier to deal with. They complied with Lincoln's plan and even gave Lincoln help in reaching his goal in their own way.

Lori helped Lincoln by watching everything he ate and aided him in eating healthy foods.

Leni made Lincoln a sleeveless orange GI complete with black custom-made MMA gloves that have Lincoln stitched in orange across the bottom. She got the idea from watching Lincoln play Alley Brawler with Clyde one day.

Luna made a playlist for Lincoln to listen to while he exercises, with the songs ranging from rock, hip-hop, EDM, and even some of Luna's original songs at Lincoln's request. She would also sometimes use Lincoln to help out Chunk by lifting her equipment into Chunk's van for her gigs.

Luan would sometimes have Lincoln help her by carrying her props and even putting on an act of being a strongman, uniform and all much to Lincoln's confusion. He asked her why he has to wear the leotard, she simply says, "Because it's funny".

Lynn, who was the most ecstatic about Lincoln's workout regimen, helped Lincoln by teaching him proper exercise routines involving cardio, strength training, and even self-defense. They occasionally spar during the week and much to both her and the sister's surprise, Lincoln has beaten Lynn quite easily during the sparring sessions. When Lynn asked Lincoln how he beat her so easily he shrugged his shoulders and explained to her, "I merely saw an opening and went for it."

Lucy didn't really have a way to help Lincoln with his training, but she does use Lincoln's height and strength to her advantage in the form of getting piggyback rides from him. Despite her love for the darkness and all things macabre, she loves to cling to the back of her brother and have him take her either around the house to find a new dark place or simply just for fun.

Lana loves to have Lincoln help her when she's tinkering with vanzilla or just fixing something heavy around the house. Like Lucy, she also doesn't pass up a chance at a piggyback ride on Lincoln or riding atop of his shoulders.

Lola now exclusively uses Lincoln as a bodyguard instead of a butler due to his new physique and she often asks him to be carried around like the princess she is. She simply wants a more dramatic way of being carried compared to Lana and Lucy.

Lisa helped Lincoln by creating advanced weight bracers and shoes to help Lincoln further develop Lincoln's body and yield greater results. She often asks Lincoln to let her conduct tests on him to monitor his muscle growth and to see if he went through many changes in his general psyche with the increase in testosterone.

During those three months, he finished the Batman Arkham series and the Devil May Cry series, and just like Yakuza Kiwami, he took something from the games to apply to himself.

From the Batman Arkham series, he not only found that he loves Batman as a superhero due to his use of detective work, action-packed fighting, and gripping story, he took Batman's great detective skills as a sign to increase his own intelligence as well as take the time to assess any situations being put in front of him and plan out the best course of action for the situation.

After reading a few Batman comics, he quickly became Lincoln's favorite superhero next to Ace Savvy.

When it came to the Devil May Cry series, Lincoln learned while there are some moments in your life where you have to be serious and there are moments when you should just have some fun.

Lincoln loved the cool factor that Dante has in the games and he even changed his hairstyle to match Dante's from Devil May Cry 4 much to Leni's elation, however, the cowlick still stayed since it never goes away no matter how hard they tried to get rid of it.

Lincoln's workout regimen brought him and his family closer to each other due to all the time they spent together.

Lincoln's family loves his new look and as such try to spend as much time as they can with him, however, it did take some time for them to get used to how Lincoln operates within the 'family dynamic.'

Lincoln's sisters had to get used to Lincoln putting his foot down when it comes to their wants or demands. He set the record straight with them that if he didn't have any plans prior to their request he would consider helping them, if not, well then tough titty, (he didn't actually say that, he really said either you do it yourself or get someone else to help you.) Because of this Lincoln's family gained a new level of respect for Lincoln.

Lincoln's change did not go unnoticed by his friends and the students at his school. Many were wondering what caused this change in Lincoln. A few of the athletes at the school were jealous of Lincoln's new physique, and quite a few of students of the female variety started swooning over him, especially during gym where he would be wearing a tight white shirt with loose gym shorts that would give them a good view of his body.

He would often find several girls standing by his locker waiting for him to come by so they can flirt with him.

He wasn't an idiot, he knew they wanted more than just to simply flirt with him and he knew that if they weren't in school right now they wouldn't hesitate to try and get in his pants.

Despite this, he was a little unnerved whenever he had lunch in school or walked the hallways, mainly because he could just feel the eyes of several girls on him as well as the ire of several guys.

He would just try to block it out and go to the table where he and Clyde always sat.

The rest of the school day went by rather quickly for Lincoln as he was walking on the path home with Clyde.

"So Lincoln, you've been noticing the looks you're getting in school right?"

Lincoln shrugged his shoulders, "Yeah I have, I guess I became the target of a few girl's crushes."

Clyde stopped walking and turned to Lincoln dumbfounded by what his best friend said.

"Dude seriously? A few girls crushes? Try our whole class! Lincoln you're practically drowning in it, man!"

Lincoln chuckled at Clyde's reaction, "Dude ever since I started working out I've been getting weird looks constantly, I barely notice it anymore unless one of them just outright does something. To be honest the popularity isn't all that great when you just want some time alone to study or think."

Clyde shook his head with an amused expression, "Whatever you say Lincoln." Lincoln and Clyde arrive at a fork in the road.

"Well this where we split, I'll see you tomorrow Lincoln."

"See you tomorrow Clyde."

With that said both boys split off to go to their own houses. When Lincoln arrived at his house he found Luna and Luan watching tv. Upon hearing the door open their moods perked up quite a bit when they saw their brother enter the house.

"Hey, Lincoln."

"Hey, Luna, hey Luan what's up?"

Luna sunk into her spot on the couch and sighed, "Nothing much dude. We were trying to find something to watch on tv but none of our shows are on."

"Yeah, at this point I'm wondering if the tv is better off watching us." Said Luan with her signature laugh.

Lincoln gave a small laugh at Luan's joke while Luna groaned at it.

Luna then pats the open spot between her and Luan, "Hey Linc why don't you join us, bro… we could watch your show."

"I would but ARRGH! doesn't start until later on tonight. I was honestly going to get my training equipment." Said Lincoln scratching his neck sheepishly.

Luna and Luan give him the puppy dog eyes treatment.

"Awww come on Linc can't you take at least one day off?"

"Yeah, Lincoln can't you?"

Lincoln chuckled and shook his head, "As much as I would like too, I can't, I don't want to develop the habit of skipping out on my training days."

He walks up to them and pulls them both into a hug, "Tell you what, if I don't get too into my training I'll come back and hang out with you guys… how's that sound?"

Both Luna and Luan have a blush on their faces as they return the hug Lincoln gave them. Luna then tenderly kissed his cheek and said, "Sure bruv, sounds good."

Luan merely nodded since she buried her head in the crook of his neck.

Lincoln then tried to break the hug but Luna and Luan kept the hug going and buried their heads into the crooks of his neck, and maybe it was just his imagination but Lincoln could have sworn that Luna and Luan were rubbing their hands on his back and slowly going down.

"Uhhh… Luna… Luan… C-could you let go… I kinda have to get going." Stutterd a deep blushing Lincoln.

Their brother's words snapped them out of their trance and they both immediately released him.

"Sorry, Lincoln… uhh, it's been a while since I had a hug from you is all." Said Luna with a deep red face, she immediately turned away hoping Lincoln didn't see her blush.

Luan was having a bit of a panic attack and to avoid any further embarrassment, she quickly grabbed Luna's arm and raced upstairs to their room without a word.

When Lincoln heard the door close he let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding.

"I know my sisters are weird but this takes the cake." Said Lincoln to himself.

A few months since he started the training regimen he has noticed that some of his sisters have been acting rather strange around him. He noticed that at times such as watching a movie or eating dinner with his family, the older sisters would occasionally stare at him or give him passing glances when they think he's not looking. At some point, he planned to confront them about this and ask them why they're doing it, however, he had to focus on getting his equipment to meet his sensei… speaking of which.

Another thing that happened to Lincoln was that he met a rather strange yet hardy man by the name of Ryo Sakazaki. Standing at 5ft 10 inches sporting a spiky head of blonde hair, Ryo maintains a really fit body and a hardy yet serious spirit, he is also the owner of one of the rarer non-fusion restaurants to be placed in Royal Woods known as 'Kyokugen BBQ', that also operates as a dojo on the second story in which he is the teacher and overall master of his family's style known as Kyokugenryu Karate.

Lincoln met Ryo during one of his runs around the town during his training regimen, ironically enough Lincoln was thinking about picking up a fighting style to learn, he would go to for help but he wanted to find one on his own that spoke to him personally.

Luckily for him, Lady Fate was listening and decided to do Lincoln a solid in the form of having Ryo take an interest in Lincoln upon seeing him run past his restaurant one morning.

Flashback to April 19, 2018, the second month of Lincoln's Training

Ryo was sweeping dust out of the front door of his restaurant/dojo and getting ready to open up for the day. He was whistling a tune while he was sweeping until he saw our white-haired lad running along the sidewalk as usual.

Ryo chuckled, "There's that boy again, I gotta say I admire his dedication to his exercise, don't see many kids his age pushing themselves like he does." He thought while looking at Lincoln run down the street with extreme speed. "The intensity of his face, the amount of energy he uses to push himself… I wonder if he's willing to learn a style fitting to him?"

While Ryo was contemplating on talking to Lincoln, Lincoln was contemplating on what to do with finding a fighting discipline to learn under.

"Man… now that I think about it… there are not that many fighting styles to learn from in Royal Woods. *sigh* Damn I'm just gonna have to keep looking then." Said Lincoln in between breaths.

He noticed that he was passing up the Japanese restaurant he always did and noticed that a middle-aged Japanese man was watching him, he also noticed that this man was the definition of physically fit, to Lincoln it looked like every part of this man was muscle. He was wondering why the man was looking at him but was shaken from his thoughts as said man was calling out to him.

"Hey, you! Kid with the white hair! Think you can spare a minute!?" Bellowed Ryo with a Japanese accent as he was waving at the white-haired lad.

Lincoln stopped in his tracks and gave the man his full attention, he was honestly confused as to why this guy wanted to speak to him, however, he didn't want to be rude so he immediately made his way to the man as he was standing outside of his restaurant.

When Lincoln walked up to him he was able to get a good look at the man. He was right about the man being extremely fit and muscular, hell the guy looked like he could throw a car with no problem. Lincoln also noticed that man had spiky blonde hair, black eyebrows, brown eyes, and a rather neutral expression on his face. Despite the neutral expression on his face, Lincoln could tell that he was quite friendly since he didn't give off any sense of danger or malice, in fact, Lincoln felt comfortable being around him and he just met the guy.

Once Lincoln was face to face with the restaurant owner, Lincoln asked, "Hi there sir, you wanted to speak with me?"

Ryo cracked a smile, "why yes I did, I've been seeing you running down the road for quite some time now and I gotta say I like the determination and commitment you have with your exercises. I don't see many kids your age pushing themselves as hard as you and I wanted to commend you as well as make you an offer."

Lincoln was both flattered and curious now, he was flattered at the praise he was receiving from the restaurant owner and curious at the offer being made.

"What kind of offer are you making mister…"

"Ryo, Ryo Sakazaki… sorry for not introducing myself earlier I'm the owner of this restaurant/dojo." He said while scratching the back of his neck out of embarrassment.

"I'm Lincoln, Lincoln Loud…. wait… did you say that it's a dojo as well?" Said Lincoln perking up.

"Why yes I did and it relates to the offer I wanted to make to you. You see, I've been thinking about following in my father's footsteps in not only keeping the family restaurant going but teaching others about the Kyokugenryu Karate fighting style as well."

Lincoln's eyes lit up upon hearing Ryo say that he taught a fighting style that was exclusive to his family. If he eager to know more before he definitely does now.

"If you don't mind me asking, what is Kyokugenryu Karate?"

Ryo's eyes grew wider at the opportunity to explain the style to a possible new student. Upon asking that question Ryo explained how his father Takuma found the style and explained how it involves fast yet powerful strikes using both the hands and feet. He even went as far as demonstrating a few moves such as the Kyokugenryu Renbuken (a series of fast but powerful punches ending in an uppercut) and the Hein Shippu Kyaku (a spinning multi kick attack). To say Lincoln was awestruck was an understatement. On that same day, Lincoln decided that he would like nothing more than to have Ryo Sakazaki as a master.

"So what do you say Lincoln would you like to learn the art Kyokugenryu Karate?" Asked Ryo with a wide smile and his arms folded.

Lincoln returned a bright smile showing his chipped tooth, he nodded and said, "Sakazaki-san I would like nothing more."

End of Flashback

From that day on Lincoln was taught the way of Kyokugenryu and he surprisingly excelled in learning the techniques, stances, and attacks the style had to teach him. They had a bit of a laugh at how they both have sleeveless orange gi's before they got serious in training. Training under Ryo was by no means an easy task. Lincoln had to endure many trials that would build endurance, speed, power, and precision, all of which not only brought varying levels of pain but the overall exertion of energy just to complete. Lincoln came home sore and dead tired after each training session from Sakazaki-san but to Lincoln, it was more than worth it.

Ryo not only taught Lincoln the way of Kyokugenryu, he also taught Lincoln many things such as how to cook several Japanese dishes such as tempura udon, yakitori, and yakiniku. He introduced Lincoln to the staff of the restaurant and everyone took an immediate liking to the white-haired lad and Lincoln liked them in return. As the months went by Lincoln not only saw Ryo as a master but a dear friend as well.

Lincoln was soon entering his master's restaurant/dojo and after he greeted the staff he made his way to the second floor where he found Sakazaki-san performing what he calls one of his signatures known as Ryoku Ranbu (a fast and powerful series of punches and kicks ending with his spinning uppercut known as Koho).

"Woah! Sakazaki-san that was amazing! Can you teach me how to do that!?" Yelled Lincoln in excitement upon seeing one his master's signature moves.

Ryo chuckled, "Maybe one day Lincoln, I actually plan to teach you one technique known as Koho.

"What's Koho?" Said Lincoln, confused on what the technique was.

"Remember the spinning uppercut I did at the end of my attack?"

"Yeah I… Wait!? You mean I'm going to learn that!?" Yelled Lincoln excitedly.

"Yep, go change into your gi and gloves so we can begin."

Lincoln didn't need to be told twice as he dashed to one of the bathrooms on the second floor to change into his proper attire. Soon enough he left dressed in his gi and gloves and was ready to learn a new technique.

"Okay Lincoln, I want you to use Koho after two body blows and roundhouse!" Yelled Ryo

Lincoln took to his stance (his stance is similar to Ryo's stance in the King of Fighters 13 but his left hand is open instead of closed.) and delivered two body blows with extreme speed and force followed by a fierce roundhouse kick, he then spun with the roundhouse kick to a crouching position and then launched his right fist into the training dummy's chin while spinning as he launched both himself and the dummy into the air finishing the spinning uppercut attack known as Koho. Lincoln landed on his feet into his stance as the dummy crashed onto the floor as it fell back down from the attack.

Lincoln was breathing heavily after delivering the attack, "How was that Sensei?"

"You're doing great Lincoln, you just have to keep practicing to perfect it." Said Ryo with a sagely nod.

Lincoln was practicing Koho for up to two hours and he was mixing up his previous combos and attacks with the new technique, and it was yielding great results so far. Lincoln asked Sakazaki-san why they had to practice the same attacks with new techniques thrown in, Sakazaki-san merely replied, "I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times." With that Lincoln didn't question it anymore and kept practicing with the new technique and attacks.

Back at the Loud House, all of the girls were home watching Operation Dessert Storm and wondering where their only brother was. They were about to call Lincoln and question where he is but he texted Luna first saying:

Sorry Luna but I'm gonna be running a little late.

Can you tell the rest of the family please?

Thanks and I'll see you guys later!

*Sigh* "Dudes, Lincoln is gonna be home late today." Said Luna a little downtrodden.

"Again? This is literally the third time this week. What is Lincoln doing out this late?"

"He told me and Luan that he was gonna be out training today and he left it at that."

"What kind of training is Lincoln doing if it keeps him out until late at night?" Asked Lynn, who was both curious and suspicious about the situation.

"I don't know but I trust Lincoln enough to know that he isn't out there doing anything crazy."

"But none of you are the least bit suspicious?" Piped up Lola

"Come on Lola do you really think Lincoln, our brother Lincoln is up to no good?"

"hmmm… maybe your right but it doesn't hurt to ask where he's going and what he's doing that keeps him out so late."

"Didn't Lincoln already have a talk with us about being nosy?" Said Lucy, scaring everyone in the room.

"God Lucy don't scare us like that!" Yelped a frightened Lori.

"Sigh, I was here the whole time. Anyway Lincoln already had a pretty serious discussion with us about being nosy and intruding on his business, I don't think he'll like it very much if we start pressing him for information if he already told us what he was doing beforehand."

"Yeah, he did say that didn't he?" Mused Luan, "With the way things are with Lincoln now I sure wouldn't want to muscle in on his business! Get it?"

The family responds with a series of groans and head shakes.

"Well as much as I respect our male sibling's wishes It wouldn't hurt to at least question Lincoln about where he goes to train and why it keeps him out till later in the night." Said Lisa who was rather curious about Lincoln's whereabouts herself.

"I'm pretty sure Linky is fine, I mean he's all big and buff now right? I'm pretty sure he can protect himself if he had to." Said Leni with a curious expression.

"Yeah, he is all big and buff now isn't he? I swear Lincoln looks like a short bodybuilder now doesn't he?" Said Luna with a blush as she was remembering hugging Lincoln and feeling his back muscles.

The rest of the girls started to blush as they were remembering Lincoln's new physique. The reasons for the blushes, however, had different reasons as to one might think.

The younger ones going from Lucy down to Lisa have a big brother crush on him since he's not only such a caring and giving person but now he's so big and strong to match it.

The older ones, however… they were having a few thoughts that would make a succubus blush. They wanted to feel Lincoln all over and have him ravage them like a beast in heat. To simply have him pick them up in his strong arms and fuck them savagely. The thing that's strange to them was that during the months they gradually grew more and more content with their thoughts about Lincoln and accepted that they are actually in love with him. The only obstacles that they had to face now were telling Lincoln about their feelings and hope the other sisters don't find out about it… well, this is gonna be interesting.

Time has passed, the parents came back from work, and dinner was ready. Just as the family was getting ready to eat Lincoln came back home and it looked like he was just done running… in his Gi.

"Hey, son, you're just in time for dinner!" Said Lynn Sr., "you look like you've been running a marathon son."

Lincoln was wiping the sweat from his brow, "Yeah, I've been running around town and doing some parkour around the buildings." Lincoln half lied, he didn't want to reveal he was taking up martial arts yet since he wanted to surprise them and he made it known that he uses the gi whenever he trains both because it's fitting and comfortable and because Leni made it for him.

This confession put the sisters at ease... for the time being anyway.

Lincoln regained his breath and pointed to the stairs, "I'm gonna go upstairs and take a shower and then I'll join you guys."

"Okay sweetie we'll have your plate ready for you." Said Rita.

With that said Lincoln went upstairs and took his shower, he was thinking hard about everything he learned with Ryo today. He ended up learning how to perform the spinning uppercut Koho and due to learning the move's uses rather quickly, Ryo taught him how to perform the Kyokugenryu Renbuken.

Lincoln loved how powerful and fast his attacks were coming out from the training and he aimed to push himself to absolute limits and go even further beyond them! He was honestly wondering if he could get some practice in at home so he wouldn't have to solely rely Sakazaki-san to practice his moves and techniques on. It was when he was scrubbing his back when he realized that Lisa could help him with his dilemma. He would go talk to Lisa after dinner and see if she was willing to help him.

Lincoln was soon done with his shower he put on his day clothes since they weren't sweaty and dirty and joined his family for dinner. Dinner was rather mundane since the only conversation going on was how everyone's day was. Unknown to Lincoln since he was focused on eating his food, Lynn was giving Lincoln a look that could only be described as wanting. It seemed as if Lynn was thinking about talking to her brother about something rather serious.

After dinner was done Lincoln and his sisters went upstairs to get their nightly rituals done and soon shove off to bed. Lincoln had to be quick to speak to Lisa about helping him and he decided to make his move once she was walking off to her and Lily's room.

Before she closed the door Lincoln called out to her, "Hey Lis can I talk to you for a minute?"

Lisa was caught off guard by being visited by Lincoln, "Oh… h hello Lincoln… yes, what is it you want to talk about?" Said Lisa with a pink blush.

I wanted to ask you if you could build a fighting robot for me to practice on.

Lisa was quite confused by the request, "Lincoln, as much as I would like to build a machine capable of fighting someone while also adapting its own skills to match the opponent, why don't you ask Lynn to commence sparring sessions with?"

"I want to be able to go all out on my opponent without risk of causing serious harm or damage to them. As good a fighter as Lynn is I can't fight her with any serious intent without causing some major damage to her. Please, Lisa, I'll even be your test subject for a month if you do this for me."

Lisa was quite surprised that her brother was this serious about wanting a fighting automaton, after thinking about the request for a few seconds she decided that she would like to take up Lincoln's offer and evaluate his physical and mental behavior while he was fighting the machine.

"I'll grant your request Lincoln, however, I will put your offer as a test subject to use sooner rather than later."

Lincoln gulped after hearing that.

"I want to evaluate your physical and mental behavior as well as any physical growth that may occur during your combat sessions with the robot."

Lincoln was quite surprised that the request from Lisa to use him as a test subject was rather trivial and merely observatory, he was honestly expected to test some strange serums or experimental equipment. He nodded once and bent down to give Lisa tight hug to show his gratitude.

"Oh, thank you, Lisa, I really appreciate it!"

Lisa's face was as red as a roman tomato, "Y your welcome Lincoln, c could you p please release me so I can begin the project?" She said stuttering.

With that said Lincoln released Lisa, ruffled her hair a little bit, and made his way to his room.

Lisa closed her door and leaned against it, "Oh… Lincoln the things you do to this family." She said with a small smile.

Once Lincoln was inside of his room he was setting up his bookbag and clothes for tomorrow once he was finished he was about to undress for bed until he heard a knock on his door. Wondering who it was he opened it to find Lynn wearing the oversized jersey that covered most of her rather small body.

"Hey Lincoln, uh can I talk to you for a sec?"

Curious as to what she wanted to discuss he nodded once and let her in.

She made her way to his bed and sat on the end of it with a look that looked like a mixture of nervousness and annoyance.

"So what is it you wanted to talk about Lynn?"

"…Lincoln can you keep a secret?" She said staring straight into his eyes.

"Yeah I can, what's up Lynn is it something serious?"

"Well… yes and no, *sigh*, It's about a boy that I like."

Lincoln eyes were wide upon hearing that, "My sister found a boy she likes?" Thought Lincoln while donning a serious expression on his face.

"I like this boy quite a bit honestly but I don't know what to say to him. He's handsome, strong, caring, and he always puts others before himself. I really like him but… I just don't know what to say or what he'll think of me if I tell him."

Lincoln placed a hand on his sister's shoulders and looked straight into her light brown eyes, "Well, I know this is gonna sound cliché as all hell… but my advice to you would be to just follow your heart and take the chance to let this guy know how you really feel about him… you say you really like him and you want him to know how you feel towards him then just try to get you and the guy alone and tell him how you feel towards him. You never know Lynn, he might be feeling the same way towards you and he just doesn't know how to tell you either."

Lynn gave Lincoln a big smile and surprised him with a tight hug, "Thanks, Lincoln, I'll tell him but… I'm gonna need some time to get my words right for him."

"Anytime Lynn, I'm always here if you need me… not that I'm complaining but why did you go to me and not Lori or any of the other sisters about this?"

Lynn laughed, "Are you kidding they would be asking so many questions that I would never be to talk about my situation… not to mention the meddling they would do… oh sorry about those times Lincoln."

"No worries Lynn, I'm glad I could help and don't worry I'll keep this between us okay?"

"Thanks, Linc." She said giving his arm a punch. She then got off of the bed and made her way out of his room and into her and Lucy's room.

After closing his door, Lincoln undressed, got in his pajamas, and got under the covers of his bed. He was rather happy with the way today turned out and he could feel that it would get even better tomorrow.

Whew! This was quite a chapter in the making. I apologize for not dishing out a chapter for this story in a while. There were quite a bit of personal matters that needed attending to and I had very little free time to work on the chapter that much. But now its finally out and it marks as the longest chapter I've written… well typed but you get what I mean.

Also, what is Ryo doing here!? Yes, we have Ryo Sakazaki from the Art of Fighting and the King of Fighters games living in Royal Woods and keeping the family business going as both a restaurant owner and teacher of his family's fighting style. I decided to keep his age In his mid-thirties since aging in the SNK games seems to be a wonky thing in and of itself anyway. Ryo and a few other characters from other games or shows will make appearances here and there in the story but I wanted Lincoln to learn Kyokugenryu since it meshes well how his favorite dude Kiryu fights. I'm not sure I should have Lincoln learn the Ko'ouken (fireball) move since I want to keep some level of reality here, but I'll let you guys decide on that. Anyway tell me what you guys think and I'll see you guys in chapter 5!