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A Champion Time For The Heart Ch31 Through Golden Eyes P1

(WARNING And Disclaimers: Character death implied and mentioned and Flashbacks to when Reader was knocked out by a roof along with the mentioning of Leon having been slightly hurt from his encounter with Eternatus! The backstory isn't cannon except for just the story. This chapter will be Leon's P.O.V during the duration of reader's time with them so far. Also how many people would be interested in a Gordie x Reader once this book is finished? Also give me some nickname ideas for Leon to call reader by.)

He could still remember it like it was yesterday to him.

He was just eight years old when it happened. The day his father passed away. It was so clear yet so blurred at the same time. He was there one moment smiling at him and kissing his mother good bye before heading off to work, and assuring he'd be back in time for dinner and then the next thing he knew everyone including himself was crying once the news were broken too them. The bad news. The news about the tractor accident. No one could've seen that it would've tipped over when the wheels came loose and that his father would be standing so close by it-...No one could've known he would've-..No one could've known it would-...I-It would-..He-....

.....

He still cries to this day whenever it's brought up or he thinks about it.

But maybe what hurt the most to him was that Hop would never be able to know him. He was too young to remember when it did happen. Only two months old at the time. Everything after that happened so fast it was almost blurred together by a godly fast forward button, or maybe it was because he was so young at the time, but so much happened in so little time after that. His mother started working longer shifts at the local supermarket often leaving him and Hoppy with his 'Auntie' G and her husband or his grandparents to be babysat and not return until much later looking so tired and sad but she didn't let that stop her from smiling at them and loving them as much as she could. Around that same time other things started happening around him as well. Auntie G's husband left leaving her with the two crying newborns that weren't older than Hoppy was. His grandparents sold their home and moved in with them to help his mother with watching over them and the bills. Auntie G and his mother began to hang out more often than they previously did, most likely helping each other through the loss of both losing their spouses just in different ways. He always thought this was the reason he saw Gloria and Victor as other little siblings. Victor another brother and Gloria the little sister he always wanted, and G as a second mother and vise versa with them and his family. It helped him heal a little knowing he had another family just across the road from him but it still was a struggle. So he vowed to help his family in any way he could. He'd start to help look after the babies and try to do more chores around the house to get the strain off his grandparents and mother. And he'd try to put a smile on his Auntie's face whenever he saw her. ...His Auntie started having to work so much harder as well, his grandparents ended up babysitting both Hoppy and the twins which strengthened his idea of having to help. But what could a child do to help them? His answer came all thanks to Sonia. He remembered how excited she was mentioning that the next gym challenge would fall upon them in a couple years soon and that she was so excited because her grandmother was making her a dynamax band for the journey ahead she would take. And it hit him! THAT WAS IT!! The gym challenge was the PERFECT chance to get a place to help them! Although it wouldn't be that easy. Becoming the Champion wasn't really something he was likely to do but it was a chance, and if he did a good enough job he might catch the attention of a gym leader who could make him their apprentice! That would make tons of money and he'd be able to help everyone! But it wouldn't be that easy. It needed work. And boy did he work hard. Having Sonia help him study battles strategies and dynamax effects, getting up early every day to train, and taking notes of what worked best for him and what was most effective in which ways. He was even able to catch a charmander that wondered out from the Slumbering Weald. He put so much work into building that special bond with his team knowing they could trust him and he could trust them. It sure took him a while to convince his family it was a good idea and thanks to Ms. Magnolia he was able to get a sponsorship and dynamax band of his own and set off on his own gym challenge with Sonia when he was around nine and a half. It was scary at first but he trained harder, made friends, and after a long grueling fight he came out victorious against the old Champion. If you think that's where the hardships stopped you'd be wrong. So much responsibility...so much-..stress...At only ten. If someone would've asked him now if he regretted becoming Champion, he would be honest and say no. Because he loved being Champion and all the things that come with it, including the stress now that he was an adult but he wishes things weren't so forced and stressed at the beginning. He would forever thank his friends and family for being his rock during that time of his life and to Mustard for being his mentor throughout the entire experience.

But it wasn't all bad. He was able to make sure his family weren't struggling and later his mother was even able to buy more land she was able to rent out to the local farmers to make enough to take care of herself and Hoppy and both his grandparents with no problem! He was also able to help his Auntie by referring her to a good local farmers market she could sell all her crops too to make enough to live comfortably with the twins! He was proud of himself, and vowed to do everything he could to make sure his family lived as best as they could. Which meant keeping his title as Champion in tack for so long and giving his little brothers and sister the best upbringing he could provide. So it wasn't too surprising to see the champion coming back to Postwick just to hang out with them all and giving the three children pointers to how to take down someone in battle and giving them advice. He didn't mind becoming a prominent male figure in their lives, and he had already been planning on sponsoring all three of them for the gym challenge anyways but made it clear he wanted them to wait until they were older than he was before they took on anything as challenging as a journey this big. So on the ripe old age of fourteen when the next Gym Challenge was approaching he finally decided they were ready. He couldn't put this off from them forever no matter how worried he was for them but it wouldn't be fair for them if he didn't let them go. So it was only a matter of time when he had Sonia send him some starter pokemon for the three of them and went off to go meet them. And that was also the first time he had ever met Y/n. He had just arrived on charizard to get to Wedgehurst Station and Postwick. Guess word must've gotten out he was visiting because a crowd was waiting for him.

"Hello, hello, Wedgehurst!!,'' He greeted the crowd with a smile and wave, "Your Champion, Leon, is back!! I promise I'll keep doing my best to deliver the greatest battles for you all to watch!!."

"It's our unbeatable champion!" "Leon, you and charizard are the best!" "WE LOVE YOU LEON!!" "SIGN MY BOOK!!" "THAT'S THE MAN MY DAUGHTER WENT TO SCHOOL WITH!!" "LEON!! MR. LEON!! PLEASE LET ME GET A PHOTO OF YOU IN YOUR VICTORY POSE!!" "LEON!! LEON!! LEON!!" "WE'RE ON IT!! We've all been working on our battle skills just like you've taught us, Lee!!" "But that charizard of yours is to strong for the likes of us to take on!"

The poor champion hadn't even noticed the figure of his younger brother through the crowd as he smiled and tried to answer the crowd as best as he could. "Well thank you for that! I hope you all carry on training up your pokemon and never shy from battle!....Oh! Of course Ill sign it for you little buddy!...Then come challenge me for the Champion title!...Too true Charizard is blazingly strong. But other pokemon can be strong as well! That's why I want the strongest of challengers to fill the Gym Challenge and come battle me! My wish is for Galar's Trainers to work together to become the strongest in all the world!....OH! Yes! Of course! I'd love to have a picture with your daughter!"

He hadn't even noticed Hop and Gloria was there in the crowd until you had comically helped to lift Hop above the crowd high enough to wave his arms.

"LEE!!" Hop shouted at the top of his lungs and waved his arms around just as Leon turned back forward.

He blinked for a moment surprised to see his little brother so high up, before he smiled widely. "Hop!" He called back and made his way towards his little brother. Charizard in tow.

He'd gone through the crowd and right up to the three of you smiling and instantly hugged by his little bro.

"Leon!" Hop shouted into the hug. "I missed you!"

"So, my number one fan in all the world has come out of his way to pick me up!" They soon pulled away from each other with Hop absolutely beaming up at his older brother. "Look at you, Hop!" He hummed eyeing him a moment. "I reckon you've grown....exactly an inch and a quarter last time I saw you!"

"Bingo! That's the sort of sharp eye that's kept you undefeated for so long, eh, Leon?"

"Hm. Well it's funny because for a moment I could've sworn you got a growth spurt and grown taller than me," he teased back and Hop shook his head turning to you and Gloria.

"Nah. They helped me out in getting your attention."

Leon turned to the two of you and Gloria smiled widely when his smile landed on her with another hum. "And these bright eyes over here...I've got it! You must be Gloria! Am I right?" He asked in the same teasing voice which made Gloria playfully roll her eyes. "I've heard LOADS about you from my little brother."

"Oh knock it off, Lee! You know it's me." Her response from him was him ruffling her hat and hair playfully.

"Oh y'know I was just teasing! It's good to see you too, Glory! How's your Mom and Victor doing?"

Gloria giggled before shaking her head at the ruffling and reaching up to fix her hat. "Fine. Pretty sure Mum's helping with the barbecue dinner and Victor started his journey earlier this year."

"Wow. He did? I must've missed a lot since being back."

You were standing there too but you seemed to space out thinking about something until Gloria rose a brow and spoke making you blink back at them.

"There you go again." You blinked at Gloria again as she rolled her eyes. "You were staring off at nothing again, Y/n."

"Oh..Uh sorry. Just thinking about something....Again." Gloria rose a brow but you looked up past her when Leon stepped beside her.

" Oh. So you're the other one that helped Hop, yes?" He asked in a friendly tone and smile.

Before you could speak tho, Gloria chimed in proudly. "YEP! That's right! Not only did Y/n help but she agreed to be my traveling buddy for my upcoming journey!"

"Is that so? Good for you Glor! But I don't think we've properly been introduced." With a swish of his cape Leon proudly pointed at himself and smiled confidently. "I'm the Galar Region's Greatest ever Pokemon Champion!...And a massive charizard fan, too! People call me the Unbeatable Leon!"

And you had chuckled which made him smile more! That's good! He always loved making people smile! Everyone should get a chance to smile. But you didn't get to say anything else when Hop spoke again.

"Come on, Lee! And you two, Gloria! Y/n! Bet I can beat the both of you back home!"

"You're on! And this time I can finally catch up with you!"

Hop smirked with a challenge. "Oh yeah!" Gloria opened her mouth- Hope turned and bolted back up the dirt road. "LAST ONES THERE IS A SMELLY SKUNTANK!!"

"NO FAIR!! YOU NEVER SAID GO!!" Gloria shouted running right after him.

Leon laughed out loud watching the kids run off and shake his head. "That Hop...Always wanting to be the best, isn't he? With a proper rival of his own, I bet he'd push himself to become something truly special..."

"Oh he will. I know he is-..." You had froze up as he turned to you in surprise. You..thought Hop was special too? "B-Because he has such a great role model! H-H-He r-r-really looks up to you y'know! You're a really kind person and good brother!"

"Thank you!".....You blinked staring at his smile and made a 'Huh' sound and he chuckled again. "I said thank you. " He was happy you thought Hop was special! He thought so too and at the time happily returned that nice compliment. "That's honestly really nice of you to say so. I always try to be the best person and role model I can be for Hop and others like him. It's just one of the many duties as the best Galar Champion."

"Uh...Your w-welcome."

He smiled and turned back to the watching crowd with another cape swish. "Well, everyone! I bid you farewell for today! But don't you fret..." In a sudden blur he struck a pose with his arm pointed towards the sky and the crowd cheered loudly for it! Giving the same hand signal back. "I'll always be around to make sure everyone in Galar can have a Champion time!" You couldn't help but smile as he did so. Yep. At least this Lean was pretty spot on from the vaugue memories you have of when you played the game. He turned back to you with a smile. "Hey. Since the kids already ran ahead why don't you race me there? It'll be fun!"

He wasn't expecting for Gloria to get a traveling partner but you seemed nice and that sobble he gave- Oh. Silver Veil. He forgot you named him Silver later. Silver seemed to love you a lot. Although he couldn't believe you never had a pokemon before and how you met his family certainly was one of the strangest stories he'd ever heard. He decided to ask you when his curiosity peeked during dinner.

"You're Y/n right?," Lean asked and you blinked back up at his smile. He chuckled and pointed a hand up. "I don't think we had the chance to talk since you all met me at the station. You helped my little brother stand a little taller-"

"And give Lee an ego boost," Gloria teased.

"Hey! C'mon Glory. She just gave me a compliment." He chuckled and looked back to you. "I also heard you agreed to be Glory here's traveling buddy. Are you two friends?"

You opened your mouth to speak but Gloria cut you off as she pointed her fork at you two. "Actually we just met this morning. She was camping in the Slumbering Weald and was chased out by a flock of wild Corviknight." She shoved the food into her mouth and you wanted to sink into your seat as Lean blinked in surprise before looking at you.

"You went camping in the Slumbering Weald? Even I wouldn't get lost there, and corviknight are big pokemon. How'd you manage to get into that mess?"

"Uh-...It's actually a f-funny story. You see I'm n-new to Galar! I've been uh-...T-T-Traveling around and I guess I didn't know what I'd be getting myself into."

"Oh. Well at least you were able to get out of there alright by the looks of it. So...You're new to the Galar Region?" You nodded yes. "I see. So where are you from?"

"Uh...I-I'm from the K-Kalos Region actually..B-But I've been..Traveling around for a l-long time so...y'know I've been here and t-there."

He blinked. "Kalos Region huh? Wow. That's a long ways from here, across the ocean even. You must really enjoy traveling."

You smiled. "YEP! It's the best!"

Lean smiled at you. "I admire a free heart and spirit! So what brought you to the Galar Region? Was it just to see me?"

"She's here to see the Champion's Cup! And since she's going to be sticking around until everyone can finally battle you, I offered her to come along and BOOM! Instant traveling buddy," Gloria chimed in.

"Y-Yeah! That's right! It's not every day there's a big event like this! And who knows? I might just be eating with the next champion right now, or if you manage to stay champion that is."

"Oh. Well then you're in for a real treat! I have a feeling that this year is going to be full of excitement and powerful trainers like these two here," he gestured to the two teens who seemed to be proud-

"Lee." Leon froze as his mother pointed her own fork at him with a scowl. "I didn't slave away all day making your favorite lunch just so you would be too busy talking to eat it. Champion or not you're still my son in this house and what I say goes! Now hush and eat up!"

"Yes, Ma!"

He thought you seemed nice enough but you sure gave him a good impression later when you went to visit Sonia..and when you alerted him to the dangers that he failed to overlook-

"So, how do you know Sonia?,'' you asked to keep up conversation as you two walked over the bridge leading to the train station.

He was happy to answer. "Oh me and her go way back. Actually she was my rival when I first started my journey to become the Champion I am today. I think you'll like her actually. She's really smart and a great cook to boot! Not to shame my mom's cooking, but if I had to chose between hers and Sonia's dishes, I think I'd have to go with Sonia's." He chuckled smiling widely and reaching a hand up to rub the back of his neck.

You chuckled along as you both turned right at the train station and kept walking towards the research lab. Walking past you heard and noticed a lot of people stopping to stare at Leon as he passed with you pointing, and he just smiled and waved to them. A few women swooning and giggling like fangirls as he walked past with you.

"Heh. You must be pretty popular with the ladies," you teased and you were surprised when he got a bashful look over his face.

"Yeah..Well I don't really have much time for really thinking about dating or anything. Being the Champion means more responsibility for me to handle. I'm lucky the Chairman gave me a few days off to sponsor the kids. Now a days you need a sponsorship by one of the main benefactors to compete in the Gym Challenge, and I wanted to help those two when I had the chance." He felt a bit bashful at that but thankfully you both arrived at the lab at that time. "AH! Here we go! Looks like I remembered the right way after all!" You blinked and looked up to the building in front of you. A pokeball was painted above the doorway and it looked like a fancy old cottage home with a purple roof, and a few leafy plants hanging off of it. Leon grabbed the door without hesitation and smiled. "Let's head on in then."

Before you could protest, he had already walked into the home and left the door wide open for you to follow. You looked at your sobble for a brief moment and it made an unsure face. Ultimately you decided to follow him in since after all you had been there before in game, so it couldn't have been much different in person right? On instinct, you closed the door behind you with your foot and ended up finding Leon standing a few feet away looking around at the place. So you looked around too and slowly got a sense of the area. Next to the door was a small kitchen like area with a sink, table with chairs, coffee pot, and a tea set sitting on said table. The walls and floors was a simple white, with a few table and desks covered in books, equipment, and what you guessed was whatever 'research' they were doing here with all the books on the shelves. Literally. There was a LOT of books with a staircase leading up to even more, and of course a few houseplants here and there. A lot more like a library than a lab to you really. You looked back to Leon as he whistled.

"I've got to give it to Professor Magnolia. Everything in here looks fascinating."

You went to walk to stand beside Leon until you jumped back with a yelp as Sonia's yamper showed up.

"Hey there lil buddy!," Leon exclaimed kneeling down and reaching out to pet the small pokemon who gladly accepted his affection with a couple yips. "It's Sonia's Yapper. Which means she's in here somewhere."

And close she was. "What is it today, Leon?" You both looked up at the voice and the small Yapper turned around and barked happily seeing it's master. Hands on her hips looking down at you two. "Looking for info on another never-before-seen, super strong pokemon? I wish you'd stop with these outlandish requests."

He opened his mouth to say something- "ACK!!" He turned his head away as the yamper jumped up and licked his cheek like a dog, causing Leon to laugh and stand back up shaking his head. "Good to see you, too, Yamper!" He turned his head as the orange haired lady came walking down the steps. "Yamper here is a real champ when it comes to helping you find your way around." He pointed to the pokemon who barked. "He came to my rescue plenty of times back in the day, when I got lost on the road. Oh yeah, and that's his trainer, Sonia!" He pointed to the lady who by now was at the bottom of the stairs and walking towards you two. The small pokemon barking and running over to her feet. "What can I say about Sonia? Well I like the way she cooks. She makes food you can gobble down in a flash."

"Tsk." He turned back to the woman with a smile as she suddenly stood before him arms crossed. "What kind of an introduction is that? Did you forget we were rivals during our Gym Challenge? It wasn't just Yamper helping you out. I did, too! "

He chuckled and reached a hand up to sheepishly rub his neck. "Yeah. Can't forget how many times you had to drag me to the right gyms for my battles?"

She rolled her eyes. "I still for the life of me how you end up in the most random of places. Seriously. The only place you never get lost to is the kitchen for a snack."

"Oh come on, Sonia. You don't have to be so mean." he pointed to you. "I even brought a friend to wait while we get the pokedexes."

Sonia looked over at you and the Sobble on your shoulder peeking out from it's last spook. "Are you one of the trainers Leon's sponsoring?"

"Wha- Oh no! This is Y/n. She's actually going to be traveling with one of the trainers I'm sponsoring. She just tagged along to wait for them...aaand to make sure I didn't get lost on the way here. Ahehe."

"Oh I see." ...A smile came back onto her face. "Anyway, nice to meet you!" She pointed a hand at herself. "Name's Sonia. I'm the professor's assistant. It's very nice to meet you."

You smiled and waved a hand. "Hello. It's nice to meet you too." Your head did another look around the place ultimately landing on the glassed off area with plants. "This is an interesting lab you've got here.." You pointed at the area. "What's that?"

"Oh that?" She glanced to it quick before looking back to you. "That's the terrarium my grandmother and I sometimes conduct small environmental study tests with although it's not being used for anything at the moment." She pointed back to your Sobble. "Oh what a little cutie. It reminds me of the starter Sobble Leon was given by my grandmother for the trainers he's sponsoring."

The sobble chirped and Leon gave her a nervous chuckle. "Actually that IS the same Sobble Professor Magnolia gave me."

Sonia blinked to him faster than lightning and he gave an even nervous smile holding up his hands. "WHAT?! Lee! What's it doing back here then? Grandmother made sure you had the starter pokemon for three trainers!"

"Take it easy, Sonia. I'm not returning it." He held up a finger. "I-It's actually a pretty funny story."

She hummed. "Uh huh. I'm going to LOVE hearing about this." She started walking and you stepped aside as she passed one hand reaching up to rub her temples as the other one motioned for you to follow her Yamper at her heels. "Come on. I'll make you two some tea." You watched her go before looking to Leon who shrugged with that nervous grin and turned to begin walking towards where Sonia went, you following. "So. Mind telling me why the sobble we gave you is back here?" She asked grabbing the coffee pot and placing it on the small oven by the sink and reaching over to click it on as Leon and you came over.

"Well you see." He gave that nervous smile as she turned around to him brow raised. "Those three kids I told you about was reduced to two when one decided to go on a separate journey instead of doing the Gym Challenge with the others. So Sobble was kind of an extra." He took a seat across from her as she went to sit down, and pointed to you and the sobble. "But luckily Y/n here was in need of one too so it kinda worked out for the best."

The sobble chirped happily as you took a seat opposite of both of them and shrugged. "I mean...It's better to have one now just in case right? Still kinda getting used to it."

"Oh that's right. Hop mentioned you never had a pokemon before like Gloria."

Sonia rose a brow to you. "You've seriously never had a pokemon before?"

You quickly shrugged "I had more interest in traveling really. New to the region."

Sonia hummed but nodded. "Well I think you'll find the pokemon here very interesting. Especially the dynamaxing battles?"

"......Dynamaxing?," you asked confused. "What's that?"

"You DON'T know what dynamaxing is?," Sonia asked eyes wide.

"Oh boy. Here comes the professional speech," Leon smiled good naturedly and leaned back in his seat. Arms and legs crossed. You looked to him and was about to ask what he meant...only to get interrupted by a speech of intel by Sonia.

"It's known as the Dynamax Phenomenon. This phenomenon, in which pokemon take on gigantic forms, has only been observed in the Galar Region. Moreover, it only seems to occur in specific locations and under set conditions." You opened your mouth- "On the gigantification of pokemon, while the general principal holds that pokemon grow stronger and larger by evolving, it is also true that simply making oneself appear larger is another survival strategy with merit." You raised a hand- "But regarding the changes pokemon can undergo. Pokemon do not only change in appearance when they level up. They can also do so through the use of certain items or under the influence of the area they live in, in some cases. It is hypothesized that some factor within the pokemon itself is what allows for these changes to their form and biology, but thus far, conclusive evidence of such a factor has not been found by researchers."

She finished with a smile content with her eyes closed and arms crossed, her Yamper not understanding but barking in total agreement anyways as you just....stared. Leon seemed to be the only one to make a noise as he chuckled in amusement at himself for Sonia seeming to break you for a long moment of silence.

".....So basically dynamax-whatchamacallit stuff is just pokemon Super evolving for a hot minute?..Cool," you finally replied seeming to make some kind of sense of what she just spewed out to you. Sonia stopped and stared at you. Leon however snorted and quickly covered his mouth, turning away to shake as snickers escaped his body as you blinked. "Was it something I said?"

Sonia gave her laughing friend an annoyed frown before clearing her throat professionally and looking back calmly to you. "Oh no. But trust me when I say that Dynamaxing in the Galar Region is more than just pokemon with super evolving. We're the only region in the world who's pokemon is able to do so. We still don't know why, but it's one reason why our pokemon battles are so popular around the world."

"So you guys like to brag about your region of super hero pokemon evolving into bigger super hero pokemon to gain viewers??"

"PFFFT!! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Leon couldn't contain himself anymore. Arms coming to hug his middle as he half leaned over the table laughing his lungs out. Sonia back to glaring at him annoyed and you raising a brow. What was so funny? Isn't this basically what is was?...Well from you're point of view yes, but now that you're seeing these two, maybe it's just that serious to Sonia. "I-I-..." He wheezed. "I-I-I'm so-o-orry! Ahahaha! I've just never heard anyone say something like that especially to Sonia! M-Most d-d-don't even question what she says. Hahaha!" He coughed a few times covering his mouth as he started to come down from his laughing high Sonia still scowling.

"OH!" You held up your hands catching Sonia's attention. "I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to make you feel bad I swear."

Sonia huffed but shook her head. " Nevermind. It's fine. Some people." She side eyed Leon with the stink eye as he wiped his eyes coming back from laughing. "Just don't get how scientific research is."

"So what is it exactly that you two do here?," you asked trying to lighten the tension. Luckily it seemed to work as Sonia smiled back towards you.

"Oh. Leon's a right amazing Champion, and I'm basically just an assistant. I'm not even Gran's official assistant, either." She looked down to the table with an almost sad look, "I've just been calling myself one. Somehow, it makes me feel a little restless. ...But to really answer your question." She pointed back towards the desks and tables covered in books, papers, etc. "We do research on ancient history of the pokemon and dynamaxing phemnonenon. We also supply starting trainers in this town with their first starter pokemon, although this is the first time Lee's delivering them personally. I just hope that whoever he decided to give them too aren't reckless. No offense."

"None taken," you replied, "But don't worry. I think they'll be in good hands with the new trainers." You smiled.

"Speaking of those two, where are they?" Leon hummed and gave the door a curious look as if Hop and Gloria would burst through it any moment, before looking behind him at the clock on the wall. ".....It's been almost a whole hour. Telling Mum can't take that long, and surely they couldn't have gotten lost. That's my thing."

He couldn't remember when the last time he laughed that hard was, and although he did feel kinda bad, the bewildered looks you made Sonia have was just too funny to NOT laugh at. You had a blunt but funny sense of humor about you. But it was after he said that last sentence did you stop being funny. Instead gaining a far away stare about you before you turned paler than a abomisnow. He would've asked if you were alright if you hadn't literally jumped out of your seat and slammed your hands onto the table-

Your hands slammed on the table and you desperately looked at Leon. "WE HAVE TO GO! THE KIDS ARE IN THE SLUMBERING WEILD!!"

"WHAT!?" Leon asked eyes wider than dinner plates as if you were far away and he didn't hear you.

You nodded. "They went there after this wooloo knocked over the fence leading to it by Gloria's house! We have to leave right now or else they could get seriously hurt!"

He wasn't sure what possessed him to do that but too many panicked feelings were running through him and he only heard that Hop and Gloria were in danger and in the SLUMBERING WEILD of all places!! That place was so dangerous even an experienced Pokemon Ranger would think twice before going in there. So imagine his horror when he saw what you had said was indeed right and they had gone after this wooloo.

"No.." It came out so quietly you weren't sure if Leon even spoke but you looked to him regardless. A look of horror, panic, and absolute FEAR on his face. "No...NONONONO!!" He suddenly darted forward again and stopped right at the fence entrance darting his hands up to cup his mouth. "HOP!! GLORIA!!"

His only answer back was the echoes of his own voice which eerily and spookily echoed back to him slowly fading out into the woods before them and even tho breathing heavily for breath you forced yourself to walk up next to him and in an urgent voice said. "We HAVE to go after them! They could be hurt!"

"NO!" He turned to you a determined scowl on his face. "I'm going after them! I need you to stay here in case they come back before I get out or in case I get lost and can't find them! I can't risk you coming with me and getting lost too! And if they come back and notice Im gone they might just come right back in looking for me!"

"WHAT?!," you blurted out, "But won't two of us searching make it easier to find them!?"

"I CANT RISK THEIR LIVES OR YOURS, Y/N! Don't worry about me! I'll get charizard to fly me out if I need to! If none of us are back within an hour I NEED you to run back to Sonia and tell her what happened! She knows where to get the proper help!"

THANK ARCEUS THEY WERE ALRIGHT!! By some miracle he was able to find the two and got them back out ok but he still dreads to think about what might've happened if you hadn't figured out where they went. He was also curious to how you figured out so he asked.

"How was Sonia after you explained what happened?"

He groaned leaning his head back and crossing his arms, giving a closed eyed grimace as you two walked. "Not too good. She yelled at me about how rude it was to just run out like that without giving her a heads up, and then she got even more annoyed she's going to have to fix that fence. Hopefully no other wooloos get the idea to enter Slumbering Wield...." His eyes popped open for a moment before he turned to you with a look. "Speaking of which, how'd you know they went in there?"

"Um...Well like you said. I saw the wooloo earlier with the other two when it was trying to bust down the fence yesterday, and your little brother must really love wooloos by how much he talks about them....So it was just a lucky guess based off..wooloos??"

"I see..." He smiled. "Well that was a pretty good guess. I can't say how grateful to you I am for helping Hop and his friend."

He had to admit it. He would've never thought of something like that or put the two pieces together so quickly in the way you did. It's true Hop absolutely adored wooloos, especially his own...and going into Slumbering Weald to rescue a single wooloo sounded exactly like something Hop would do and Gloria going in right by him was something she'd definitely do too. He'd be forever grateful you were able to connect the dots quickly. From there it was just a matter of just getting Victor who arrived late set up with a back up starter and repaying you. He had felt you had done him a great favor helping to keep two people he cared about safe and he decided to repay that kindness in full by getting you all set up with a pack worthy of traveling. He was buying supplies for the other three as well and being Champion he could certainly afford it all, so helping you the same way he was helping them seemed like the least he could do to repay your kindness. He was absolutely NOT about to let those three go out there unprepared and with nothing like he first did. Better to be safe than sorry. He repaid his debt to you and he left and...well that was it for a while. He didn't see Y/n again for a long, long time after that. He saw the trio at the Entrance Ceremony but considering you were in the stands he didn't get a chance to say hi. He did see the trio throughout their journey on the league's official website. Watching them battle against his gym leader friends and through Vic's online photo blog with all the pictures he took. He saw you in the background of a few of them but he really didn't see you in person until much later when he agreed to meet up with the Chairman-..Well now Ex-Chairman Rose about a plan to put up some more wind mills to generate more power to the powerplant. So he went, got lost, had Raihan pick him up on his flygon, and arrived in Hammerlocke. Imagine his surprise when he saw both Y/n and Gloria there. He surprised you enough into giving a funny squeal sound and Gloria practically knocked him over from her hug. He heard from his earlier enounter with Victor and Hop (who felt down at the time-) that you had been helping to keep them safe-....You...Were? He wasn't sure what to think about that, but none the less he was just happy someone was looking after these three on their journey around Galar, especially when Victor told him about you defending someone from a couple of goons dressed as rockstars...Hmm. Sounded familiar. He made a mental note to give Piers a call later when he had the time. But he was grateful still all the same and made sure to thank you for it that same day he saw you..Until he was chased to the powerplant by a group of fans. Sigh. And then there was even more time before he saw you again too before he saw you at Hammerlocke yet again when he came around to visit Raihan. It was short, brief, and simple before he went with Sonia to see what that shaking in the powerplant was all about. Turns out it was just an 'accident with one of their machines exploding' but considering what actually happened with battling Eternatus he highly doubted that now, but when he parted ways with Sonia and caught up to Raihan he was...Well he was sure something. He found his friend sitting in the gym hands clasped in front of his face and staring off.

"Raihan!," he greeted with a giant smile and wave to his rival, "It's been a while! I came to see how the challenge was faring for you!" ...When Raihan didn't respond, the champion blinked and rose a brow at him. "Rai?" He questioned with a poke to the gym leader's shoulder. "Hey. Are you alright there? You look like you're thinking real hard on something."

And then Raihan inhaled. "You know that Y/n girl?"

His brow rose higher. "....Yyyeesss. We're friends." He considered you as a somewhat friend at this point. "Why do you ask?"

Silently Raihan patted the space next to him. "Sit down. You're gonna want to hear this."

He wasn't sure what he was expecting when Raihan said that but he was nervous since his friend was acting so serious, but when Raihan did tell him about yours and his first meeting-....He laughed. Not just laughed. But hugged his sides because they hurt so much laughing because he had never heard anyone doing that to him before. The poor fella seemed so flabbergasted when you so suddenly, but nicely turned him down on the spot before he even made any moves. First Sonia and now his Rival. Gosh. Already you shocked two people who were really hard to shock were shocked by you with expressions he'd never seen before and he wasn't the only one who laughed. Apparently Piers had done the same when Rai told him. Gosh you were really amusing. He again wouldn't see you again until much later again after the trio had defeated Piers, he had gotten called out to take care of a rampaging dynamaxed pokemon on Route Nine when he ran into all of you. Of course it was too dangerous to go to Hammerlocke that way so he had the four of you take the back roads back to Hammerlocke with the promise he'd meet you all there. He'd rather not see the four of you hurt if he could help it. He did end up keeping his promise to the four of you at Hammerlocke to talk to the now Ex-Chairman Rose about the strange dynamax pokemon he took down, but he unfortunately couldn't keep his promise of eating with the four of you. But he was able to give you all some money which surprised you-

"Hmhmhm. You're doing a great job capturing those shots on your blog! I know Hop looked so great in those pictures you took of him Battling against Opal! I'm so happy the camera I got you is working so well! I'm sure both our Mums are so happy you three are doing so well for yourselves." Victor groaned even after Leon stopped ruffling his head but didn't complain like he did with the snow in Circhester. You blinked when he finally turned to you. And your eyes bulged out of your head like those funny googly eye stickers when he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small stack of money!! And it was small. Only being around sixty dollars as you stared silently as he held it out to you. "Now I believe I promised you all lunch. I'm afraid I can't join you as the Chairman has called me as well, but this should be enough to tide you over."

".............Huh?,'' you asked.

"Wha- But Lee. We didn't get here before you remember?," Victor pointed out.

And you finally snapped out of it nodding and pointing to him. "Y-Y-Yeah! What he said. ...And why are you giving this to me?"

He smiled before placing the money in your hand using his other hand to close your fingers around it, and you looked between him and the money into your hands as he waved you off. "Take it as a thank you for looking after my little bro and his friend on their journey." You opened your mouth but he held up a hand to stop you. "No. Please. I don't give hand outs, but I also know it's a bit rough for you out there not having any money like the others. I can't give a whole lot but I hope this helps you. Go ahead and get everyone some lunch and the rest is yours."

It was the least he could do since you had your hands full helping to take care of everyone, and he was technically right. You probably didn't have a whole lot to spend compared to the money they earnt from the challenge and himself. So that made you both even now! He didn't like owing people much anyways. From there it would certainly be a long time since he saw you again. He laughed when Raihan told him the tale of you pulling the hood over him again but that was the extent of how much he heard from you until around September when he got a phonecall from his mother letting him know you four had safely returned home until the finals that years after defeating Raihan. Oh good. So at least he didn't have to worry about you all and he was sure they wouldn't just wonder into the Slumbering Weald again so for now he'd focus on his own duties until those finals came. Speaking of which, he needed to get his Christmas shopping done. He wasn't sure how much time he might be able to spend with them this year so he might as well send the yearly package to his family. He had gotten most of his friends and Family in Postwick something. Extra notepads for Sonia and Ms. Magnolia. Calling in a favor from said Ms. Magnolia to get Hop a special book he knew he wanted. Some cookies he knew his grandmother adored. A cozy sweater for his grandfather. Self pampering kit for his mother because she deserved it. A gardening tool set for his Auntie. A waterproof camera for Victor (it'd be helpful for underwater shoots or if he got caught in the rain-). And a whole bunch of curry and pokemon pictures for Gloria (since she was working on those dexes-). ...But...that also left one other person. Y/n. What would Y/n like? It'd be rude for him to not get you something especially since he considered you a friend by this point. He was having a hard time deciding what to get you when he saw it in a store window. A small matching pair of a blue hat and scarf with a small sobble face on the front. You liked sobbles right? It was getting cold anyways so that'd be a good gift! He ended up sending that along with a cookie tin over to you. There! That outta be a good gift. He was sure happy when he saw you nearly a month later wearing the set when the two of you met during the start of the semifinals. Mr. Rose and Olena were 'busy' so he was in charge of putting together the entire thing together and he finally got to thank you for all your hard work.

"I'd better go find a s-s-spot in the stadium," You added a little shaken because of the cold as Gloria grabbed her pale brother hand and started carting him off behind Hop,"So I c-can get a good view o-of their battles."

You blinked when Leon patted Your shoulder. "Don't worry about that." Leon smiled widely. "You're being treated to the V.I.P lounge and watching the semifinals with me this year!"

F/c eyes widened as you smiled. Ah. That's the Leon you know. "No way! You're serious!?"

Leon chuckled and nodded. "Yep! I've already promised myself to make sure you would experience a Champion Time and nothing can be more so than joining me to watch the matches. Besides, I couldn't let you sit out in the stadium knowing your stuttering worse than Victor with a cold."

"A-Alright! That sounds amazing!"

"Is this that Sobble I gave you?" With a giant smile he gestured his hand out to Silver in your arms. "Wow! I see you've been taking care of that pokemon real well! He looks like a real healthy drizzle!"

....You smiled and nodded back. "Thanks. But he has a name now. Silver Veil."

Leon blinked at Silver who chirped out an answer when you spoke his name. "Silver huh?...Hmm. I think that name suits him real well." he complimented you.

"Thanks. How have you been by the way?" Your eyes scanned back over the crowd. "Seems you really stirred up quite the crowd."

He chuckled and waved a hand. "Well I do try to make everyone as happy as I can as Champion. OH! But while I have the chance, I also wanted to thank you for all the help you gave Mum. It can be a chore for her trying to do everything herself since Gran and Gramps aren't always in the best shape to help."

Your face gave a look of surprise for a moment. "Wha- How'd you know about that?"

"Hop and I talk to each other on the phone all the time. Same with Mum and I. They've all said some really good things about you and how helpful you were!"

You stood there for a moment before chuckling bashfully. "Well it wasn't a big deal. It was the least I could do for how much she helped me out." You then pointed one hand towards the stadium. "Besides are you sure its ok if I join you? I couldn't ask that of you, you know that. It wouldn't be fair to everyone else around here." As if to get your point across you gestured to the crowd and Leon looked to where you were pointing. You didn't want to just take him up on his offer no matter how nice it was. It wasn't fair to everyone else who couldn't have this chance. "It's much appreciated though. It's fine really."

"But I insist." you paused as he turned back to you with a giant smile. You opened your mouth to protest but he held up a hand. "You've helped my mother a lot. You've helped to keep my little brother and his friends safe. And from what I've been told from the incidents in Stow-on-Side and Spikemuth, you've also risked your safety a few times as well to do so." You still stared at him as he returned his hand to his side. "Part of being a Champion is being able to know people. You've done a lot and haven't asked for anything in return or taken advantage of the fact you've been around my friends and family. That's the signs of a good person. And the least I can do to repay that kindness is making sure you have a Champion Time like the rest of us." He smiled friendly to you but there was something..Different about his face. It could've just been the snow and cold air adding a rosey pink to his cheeks but he almost seemed more affectionate as he smiled at you. "And... I-I can promise that none of the others would mind either."

It was really considerate of you to not want special treatment but he was glad when you took him up on his offer! But then when the matches started on more and he watched along with you...it was then that he started to understand a bit more when you both spoke.

"Y/n?" You yelped with a jump and whirled your head around to stare at the man who walked up behind you, only to find Leon smiling and holding up a hand. "Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you." He then gestured to the window. "Going to watch the matches."

"Um..Oh! Y-Yeah. Thought I'd better get a good view y'know," you answered back voice a bit more shaky.

He nodded humming Gold eyes looking you over for a second. "...The snow's beautiful isn't it? It may be cold but it makes the perfect atmosphere for Christmas. I can't remember the last time I got to properly celebrate the holidays with Hoppy...What about you? What's your favorite thing about the holidays?"

....Your head shook before you returned your now crestfallen eyes downwards to the glass, not even able to look at your own reflection. The fabric of your coat felt rough as you ran your hands over your sleeves. Leon rose a bold brow, clearly taking note of the sudden change in mood so fast.

".....I don't remember. My mom never celebrated Christmas since I was just twelve." The champion blinked at you, fully turning his face to you now. "I never had any gifts or christmas tree or stockings...Yeah. I GET that's not what Christmas is about. It's about spending time together and stuff. " You scowled down at the glass your fists digging into your sleeves' fabric. "But would it have hurt her to at least get me a candy cane? A sweater? A small card?! I GOT!!...." Your body deflated along with your face. "....I never got anything from her." Leon stared as your arms flopped to your sides. ".....She n-never did want to celebrate holidays. T-There was a-always some k-kind of money problem..."

"She never wanted too...Or did she not just ever let you?," Leon asked softly and you froze, your reflection's face mirroring the giant bomb that was just suddenly dropped onto you by Lee as he watched you. But his head immediately lifted up high as he saw the telltale signs of your eyes becoming shiny, and not in the sparkly kind. More like the 'Im about to cry' signs showing. AW RAPIDASH CRAP!! Great going Leon! You just goofed up again as always. Some Champion you were for making a girl cry. He wanted to smack himself and groaned. What was he thinking!? Instead he...reached up a hand, hesitated for a moment when you didn't respond from the movements, and then gently grabbed your shoulder. Of course you jumped at the touch and snapped to him wide eyed to him. "Hey. You shouldn't cry. Look at this. Your mum's not here is she?" No..Of course she wasn't. "You can celebrate Christmas now however you please right?"

.....Sniffling you shook your head no and reached a hand up to wipe at your eyes. "I-I'd l-love to...But I can't?''

"Why not?," Leon asked genuinely confused blinking.

"B-Because you're spending Christmas with the guys," your gaze turned back down sadly. "As much as I'd like to spend the holidays with them, I can't just invite myself with them all the time. Besides they deserve a chance to just hang out without me being tagged along with them, especially with their own family. I can't invite myself onto something that I wasn't even invited too."

"What about your dad? Dontcha have any other friends to hang out with?"

"No!," you shot back at him but somehow no one noticed again. "I don't! Because of my mom all my friendships sort of just...faded when when I didn't hang out with them and then they went off after highschool to who knows where! My dad's gone and my mom is...a-also...gone. ...I don't know where they are. Heck! I didn't even have Silver until you gave him to me this year! I-....I haven't had anyone for a l-long t-time ok?" You let out in a shaky voice and looked back away staring back out the glass. "I'll be fine! I was fine then and I'll be fine now, Leon. Thank you b-but I'll be fine by myself for a bit."

You might've not meant to sound so harsh towards Leon but to his credit the man didn't even flinch when you had snapped at him. Another silence resumed where you two slacked and he went back to looking out the window himself. All of it clicked so fast in his head as he stared silently out the window as the current battle ensued. So...Your mom was controlling? Is-...I-Is THAT why you started traveling around and so far from Kalos? Well that would explain why you were currently crying. What mother did that? And your father left you too huh? Yeah. He could relate to that. Not having a father around was certainly tough. He should know all too well he was afraid. He felt a pang of guilt for having pushed the topic the bit, but he was glad he found out more about you although he did feel bad about you crying. SO he was gonna do what he did best, and that was making sure everyone had a Champion Time. Especially someone like you.

".....Hey. Y/n?" You hummed but didn't look away from the glass as Leon spoke your name. "You said you weren't invited right? Well how about I invite you anyways?"

You stared at him mouth agape suddenly and eyes blown wide at the sudden offer. "Wait...You want to invite me on your Christmas trip? But you already planned it."

Without looking at you still he nodded again. "Yeah. It'd be a nice change of pace to have someone like you around, and don't worry about it." He smiled wider at you making your face light up just a wee bit. "It's my job to make sure everyone has a Champion Time around the holidays. Especially my friends."

That Christmas had been one of the best ones he had ever had. Not only was he able to spend it with his siblings, but he also got to spend it with you too! It was full of fun and surprises. He managed to get you a pokeball through that game, Hoppy and the others had a good time, and he even got a small gift from you. A small metal Charizard key chain he still has attached to his regular keys. He...He couldn't remember the last time he was able to get a gift from someone too. He was usually too busy so-...S-So it really meant a lot when you did give it to him. But it was that one incident. The accident...that really made him question how he really felt towards you. You both were just standing there at the park exit waiting for the trio to finish making up their minds about a purchase when it happened. You squealed which startled him into looking at you and jumping when you slipped on some ice on the sidewalk and he dove to catch you on instinct, not wanting you to hurt yourself. Then IT happened-

You gasped as your foot slipped on the slippery surface with a loud gasp enough to catch someone's attention. Your arms reached out for nothing but balance which even escaped you. No balance and nothing to grab onto to stop you from slipping on the ice and falling and hurting yourself on the hard concrete-

But..

No hard concrete hurt you.

You had squeezed your eyes shut hard expecting to feel the cold hard concrete but instead you felt a soft but firm ..something around your shoulder and lower back, and on instinct your hands reached to clutch at the thing stopping you from falling. And your body froze.....Well you weren't fallen on the ground but then how were you suspended in ...air-...You body all but froze up as soon as you opened your eyes and stared wide eyed into just as equally wide eyed gold ones. Silently you both stared at one another registering why yours and Leon's faces were so close. Until it finally dawned on your buffering brain. GOOD GRIEF!! Leon must've tried to catch you when you fell but instead managed to catch you and held you in a perfect dip (ironically under that blasted mistletoe as if mocking you and your situation-) and his arms holding you. On instinct your hands had clutched onto his front jacket and the quick jarring had pulled Leon's 'disguise' (his scarf covering the lower half of his face-) down so his full face was looking at you as if equally surprised he caught you like this. The cold wind blowing over you was countered by Leon's warmer breath..before he opened his mouth to say something. Something like 'Are you ok' or something like that, but that wasn't about to happen. Leon moved but not by his own accord. Leon's foot, which was STILL standing on the same ice you were, squeaked as it slipped against the slick ice and sent him lurching forward until his face collided with something soft and warm...

And that something just so happened to be you.

His face from collided with yours. Both frozen as something soft collided with your own lips. Everything in time froze for the both of you that moment.

There you stood frozen as Leon stood above lips against yours but not on purpose. After all he did just slip on ice. But your body was frozen, numb as you stood there looking up at him like your eyes turned into those funny googily eye stickers. He did in the same. Seeming in shock, frozen in time as his gold eyes stared back in the same state at you. Both mind blanks and bodies not being able to feel anything but neither could tell if that was due to the cold or the fact you two were in more shock than if a pikachu had zapped you. Eventually someone did move. You did. Your brain finally processing what was happening enough for common sense to finally return to your thought process and you moved your head back. Freeing your lips from his that was thrown forward from the trip, his soft purple bangs that hung off him tickled your forehead as it brushed against it from the moment you pulled back. The action seemed to make himself overcome the shock as well, after a moment righting his weight and yours up and slowly retracting his hands from the you to rest at the front of his body.

And you both stared at one another.

And then your brains finally processed what really happened.

The snowflakes and cold air colliding with his face couldn't extinguish the fire that froze in his cheeks as they instantly lit up the brightest shade of pink you've ever seen. But it wasn't just his face. His ears and whole face was now a pretty primrose pink instead of the usual complexion they were every other time you've seen him. And he suddenly reacted. You jumped when a gloved hand of his slapped over his mouth and his face gained a flustered expression as you just stood there. And your face also heated up-

YOU TWO HAD BLOODY KISSED!!....NO! No. Stay calm. It obviously COULDN'T have been a kiss! Not really. After all he had no intention of ki-ki-kissing you and you probably absolutely had no intention of kissing him of all people really when both of you were clearly just friends! And one could hardly call accidently slamming his face into yours a kiss! It was just because he slipped on the ice too and lost his footing! YEAH! Definitely! So it absolutely was NOT a kiss! Nope!....R-Right? Well he didn't have time to think on that because the Eternatus incident happened. It was such a blur. Such a wreck. Such a painful experience. Quite literally. He just remembered racing to Hammerlocke on Charizard once he got the situation in Wyndon checked and came face to face with pure CHAOS!! The skeletal red and black creature-...This was Eternatus. A creature that lived to destroy until it was sent to the grave by the ancient heroes and then brought back to life by Mr. Rose's evil deeds. The battle was the most painful he'd ever been through. His team one after another was defeated, exhausted, and not able to dynamax until all that was left was himself and his trusty charizard whom was the strongest of all his team. The purple air around them was just full of wind blowing around and pieces of Hammerlocke stadium's roof floating around. It was like a tornado from the underworld! Some of that things moves even hit him, covering him in painful bruises and scratches and even a black eye. Then the worse possibly thing had happened while he had wore the thing down, or so he thought, they showed up. He just remembered hearing footsteps running behind him and snapping his head when a voice rang out.

"LEON!!"

He froze..before snapping his head around him in horror at what he saw. It was Hop. But not just him. Victor and Glora!! No...NO NONONO!! THIS COULDN'T BE HAPPENING!! THEY COULDN'T BE HERE!! IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS!! HE COULDN'T RISK THEM GETTING HURT FOLLOWING HIM!! THEY WERE STRONG BUT NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE THIS MONSTER ON!!

"You came to help me in spite of the danger?! Thanks, Hop. And you two too. You three have really grown tremendously." he gaze turned back at the monster. "But no need for you kids to worry. It seems like some power of Eternatus's was keeping my team from dynamaxing but we've had a champion time all the same. Charizard and the rest of my team have really worn it down. Now if I can simply catch it in a pokeball." He slowly reached for the most powerful pokeball he kept on him. Could he even catch a legendary!? Unlikely, but it was his only chance they had!! "We should be able to get this madness under control. Then everything should be back to normal. Watch! It's gonna be a real champion catch!"

It..didn't go that way at all. The pokeball didn't work. It completely backfired! It broke out of the pokeball and thrown him backwards landing with a giant thud to the ground. Thank goodness Charizard protected the trio on instinct so he knew they were protected from the blast. He was dazed. Head spinning and body numb until his body slowly regained feeling and focus as someone roughly shook him furiously.

"LEON!! *Hic* LEON!! P-Please wake up! P-Please be alright!," a younger male voice called out to him desperately and choking up, begging him to wake up. He was expecting Hop at first but instead was met with Victor crying with tears down his face scared and worried.

He wasn't sure how long he was down but by the time he was able to wake up, Hop and Gloria were in a furious battle with Eternatus along with two other legendaries. Victor had to help him wobble onto his feet and on instinct he had put himself between Victor and the battle going on, Charizard knocked out a few yards away from him. He could only watch in horror as the battle insued. They-...They looked like they were winning! Although no one could've seen what happened next. He was unaware of the danger he and Victor were it.

"LEON LOOK OUT!!"

He had barely turned an inch when something smaller but hard rammed into his chest and again sent him flying back, and in a domino effect he had knocked Victor over as well making the two hit the ground and there was a loud thud behind them as well. Like something fell just beside them.

"VICTOR!!," he cried out in a panic, despite the pain in his body he scrambled up and over to the boy who sat up with a groan rubbing his head, but yelped when Leon's two hands grabbed the side of his head in worry. A panicked look in his gold eyes. "ARE YOU ALRIGHT!? YOU AREN'T HURT ARE YOU!?"

Victor shakily shook his head no lip quivering and body trembling under his hold..Until light brown eyes looked behind him, and Victor froze in his grasp. Leon looked behind him following his gaze. And all at once his world shattered like glass. Tiny pieces falling around them all. There. Yards away from him. Was Y/n. Her body laid there limp as a ragdoll's. Eyes closed clearly indicating you were unconscious. And just a little bit away from you where he and Victor had currently been standing, was a decent sized piece of roof that could have hit them...If Y/n hadn't pushed them both out of the way.

"Y/N!!!"

His voice was loud enough to have been heard over the battle and make both Hop and Gloria look over their shoulders, the howling wind making the agonied voice echo out above even the winds. Gloria SHRIEKED! Hop's jaw dropped and Victor remained frozen where he was sitting on the ground shocked as the Champion scrambled on hands and knees towards her. She couldn't feel the shaking hands that gently turned her face towards him and she definitely couldn't feel the tears form on his face and land on her soft skin one after another.

Leon was crying, shaking. Begging you to silently wake up as he patted your face to no avail.

The battle was won when Eternatus EXPLODED to death in a ball of light and the other two legendaries disappeared. GOOD!! BACK TO THE GRAVE WITH IT FOR ALL HE CARED!! They all must've looked such a sight to Raihan and Mr. Rose. The Hammerlocke gym leader had stayed back to detain Rose so imagine it. Three young children were crying over someone's unconscious body, Leon all scraped and bruised up came hobbling out cradling someone's limp body in his arms. He was crying his eyes out making sure to carefully cradle your head as he wrapped you in his cake. His stomach did summersaults like he never imagined before. He never expected to see you of all people hanging limp in his arms wrapped up in his cape as the hurt champion struggled to take you to safety. Raihan had froze seeing his friend and the children crying and clinging to their big brother as he limped to them, even Mr. Rose standing next to him seemed absolutely speechless at the sight of you. Leon, looking more panicked than Raihan had ever seen him before, looked desperately at Raihan eyes widened and full of fear. Yelled three words at Raihan.

"GET AN AMBULANCE!!"

Raihan didn't hesitate. Leon all but sobbed when his friend took her limp form from his arms, no doubt to take you to help and the look he gave Rose was VERY clear. 'MOVE OR YOU DIE!!' Rose didn't argue or say a word when Raihan carted both him and you off back down the corridors. Leaving his friend to turn around and address another issue at hand.

Gloria's hands were wrapped around one of his as she cried, completely sobbing by this point. Victor was just silent. Not even making a peep, but he still stared off where you disappeared, fat tears rolling down his face. And Hop looked about ready to start sobbing as hard as Gloria was currently doing.

"...it's ok." It was BARELY above a whisper as his hoarse voice was forced out, arms shakily reaching towards them. "...it's g-gonna be alright-" Gloria didn't hesitate to throw herself at him in a hug Hop following suit. Victor had to be gently pulled into him but he didn't fight against it as the three all but sobbed into his arms. And he couldn't help but sob along with them. Rubbing their shoulders, and backs, and arms. They were alive. They were alright. They would be ok. "I-It's ok. B-Big b-brother's here. *sniff* B-Big brother's g-gonna make sure e-everything's o-ok. I'll p-protect you f-from all the monsters. N-Nothing's g-gonna happen t-to any of you." He choked on another sob as he slowly rocked them. "I promise. I promise."

Golden eyes glanced over to where you had disappeared and in that moment he made another vow. One where you would be ok. Wouldn't be hurt either. Where they would all be ok. No one would hurt his mother! No one would hurt his grandparents! No one would hurt his friends! No one would hurt his Auntie! No one would hurt his little brother and sisters! No one would hurt his pokemon!

And no one would ever hurt you again.

"I promise."

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soryualeksi · 1 year

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Time to inflict my headcanons on everyone again, so.

I just had this lovely conversation in my own head where I was trying to articulate how I’m lying. (Without outing myself as autistic because it’s none of anyone’s business. But basically, I give people disclaimers if something comes up how I’m likely going to go about dealing with it so they won’t be too surpised.)

And after a long long fictional conversation to try and find the right words, my brain kindly spat out the line, “If I’m making a story up whole-cloth there’s just too many details I need to keep track of. It’s far easier and more efficient to tell a PART of the truth and then keep in mind WHICH part of the truth I’m telling.”

Aaand in the next moment my brain added the very helpful “lmao yuan”.

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THINK ABOUT IT

Is he ever telling outright FALSEHOOD to the party? (As starkly opposed to SO MANY OTHER CHARACTERS WHO GET A PASS!!!) The things he IS telling are correct and honest. You get like 90% of your exposition from him, he just DUMPS it all on you like “okay look I made a handy flowchart here’s how Yggdrasill runs the world and here’s the underlying mechanics and here’s how we’re in the grand scheme and by the way I’m a double agent for Cruxis while I’m actually running the resistance no harm from telling that to just any rando btw what you need is that sword at the Tower of Salvation but only half-elves can wield it so that’s a problem bye”.

Yuan is being hmmm not-entirely-truthful (lmao) by not telling PART of the whole truth and frankly? The parts he DOESN’T tell? Are actually mostly personal business. “I’m taking you hostage, Lloyd, to further my goals. WHY is none of your business. I’m trying to get Martel off the machines that keep her body alive. WHY is none of your business. Lloyd, you look JUST like someone I know. WHO is none of your --- for fuck’s sake, Kratos, you WILL tell your own damn kid that you’re his damn bio dad OR I WILL and also, Kratos, I’m 100% planning to kill you for Origin’s Seal and I told you so 2 billion times already AND I’M GOING THROUGH WITH IT ANY MINUTE NOW KRATOS!!!!!”

YUAN isn’t the one who boldly LIES into the party’s face, he doesn’t even really stretch the truth, he just WITHHOLDS parts that uhmmmmm couuuld maybe be worth knowing but ehhh (unbiased lmao).

Anyway, enough rambling. Neurodivergent!Yuan. The character that gets the reputation of being “shifty”, “weird”, “a liar”, “untrustworthy” and whose social mannerisms everyone keeps making fun of (me included tbh because he’s my nerrrd) despite lying FAR LESS than like every other character in the damn game. ;___;

#see me constantly justifying every shitty thing my blorbo ever does #but no honestly i keep thinking and thinking how he is depicted with weird social mannerisms and avoiding eye contact #BUT VERY TRUTHFUL in what he actually SAYS #and somehow a big part of fandom took it as 'look at this shifty shady liar who lies'#and i'm just sad at the discussions i have to have defending him as MANY bad things but NOT a liar #and yes it's my personal thing to fixate on because of people thinking i'm lying to them bc i'm not constantly STARING into their damn eyes #lol #but what is a blorbo but a canvas to project our issues onto hm #anyway #neurodivergent yuan my love #doesn't like eye contact has a large personal space collects weird shit is VERY truthful actually and blows up when pushed too hard #and is surrounded by people who think it's HILARIOUS when he blows up too #if that isn't the ultimate nd mood then what is #and martel actually knew how to deal with his issues in a way that's comfortable to him too #unlike mithos and kratos who tried to 'tough love' him out of his more uncommon behaviours and it didn't work AT ALL #tales of symphonia #yuan ka fai #inflicting my headcanons and projections on all of you #yuan ka fai defense squad #lmao

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