HI. So I got a pm about my story Addicted. BUT… it's on hold for a little bit longer, because of lack of ideas. I've gotten part of what I want to happen down in my head, but unfortunately, it really isn't enough for me to get another chapter out yet. I'll get around to it eventually, I guess. I don't intend to leave it hanging in limbo forever, but please understand that it may take awhile.

I really wanted to get something out though, especially since I've been all over tumblr and fanfiction (And I've been playing A LOT of league) and now am filled with extremely shippy feelings, so please understand that this one shot is merely one of self-indulgence. So expect a lot of GL pairings. Heh. Also expect a decent amount of OOC-ness and fluff. Part of this is also inspired by SilverOfSoul's Wounded, except not quite as her story is unfinished and there are too many details that I can't explain in a short one-shot.

Also this is rated T, for containing implied mature themes.

Full Circle

Main pairing: Diana x Leona
Guest starring: Ashe x Katarina

Diana ran a hand through her hair as the last of the summoning magic ebbed away and she found herself in the waiting lobby for her team. She rolled her eyes at her company, not the least satisfied to see her teammates. Not that she didn't have a particular dislike for nearly everyone else, but she there were a special number of people that happened to get on her nerves. Today wasn't exactly her day, as most the members gathered were those that she didn't particularly get along with. Not that she had a major problem with Teemo, it was more like his adequacy in a match was often questionable and reliant on the skill level of the summoner. More often than not, the little yordle was often nowhere to be found in a pinch or a particularly brutal team fight. The frost archer, Diana supposed, was probably the most tolerable person present. She was smart, reliable, and left Diana to her own devices, exactly as she liked it. And then there was the too-chipper-to-be-real Lux, who's ramblings tended to give Diana a migraine. The cheerful girl had already greeted Diana and then proceeded to talk to no one in particular of the trivial matters of her day. Diana secretly harboured a special unnecessary dislike for her as her fighting style was quite luminant, which in turn reminded Diana of someone else's abilities.

Her silver eyes briefly met a pair of bright gold as she scanned her team. The owner gave her a curt nod in greeting, from which Diana sharply turned away and scoffed. Diana pretended not to see the look on Leona's face when she did that. What was that expression? Contempt? Hatred? Loathing? Something else?

Diana gnawed gently on the inside of her cheek, tuning out all the noise around her. Lux was currently rambling something about team strategies that Diana didn't care much for. She fought however she wanted, and no amount of incessant pre-game, teenaged babbling was going to change that anytime soon. She sighed, it was going to be a long game.

The beginning of the match went off without a hitch. No surprises from the enemy, and every member of their team was off to an even start. Diana squinted through the overgrown foliage of the jungle, surveying each member of her team, making sure each lane was doing well. Despite her aversion to the chatty light mage, Diana had to admit that the young girl held her own well. Likewise, despite his size, the yordle was dominating where he was. It was almost laughable at how Teemo was keeping the brute Darius at bay.

Diana shifted her line of sight to where Ashe and Leona were facing off against Caitlyn and Soraka. Although Caitlyn was notorious for being an impeccable shot with her rifle, Diana felt like they would probably be able to win out their lane as well, so much if nothing went wrong. She was just about to direct her attention elsewhere when she spotted movement from the brush. A magic sigil that Leona had placed in the river glowed ever so slightly, granting Diana vision of the figure lying in wait. Katarina. Diana cursed, mentally chastising Lux for not having notified the team earlier.

Leona and Ashe were too focussed on their targets to heed Diana's mental warning, and engaged upon Soraka who had stepped slightly too far forward. Not surprisingly, the two made quick work of the starchild, but both were completely caught by surprise when Katarina jumped from the brush ambushing the two. Katarina dove straight for Ashe, knives at the ready, only to be stopped at the very last second by Leona's shield.

"GET BACK." Leona shouted with her back to the frost archer, trying to defend herself as she began to back away as well. Diana broke into a sprint to join the fray as well, adding the confusion.

Diana swore again as she felt another one of Caitlyn's bullets rip through her shoulder. The magic inhibitors placed upon her prevented her from unleashing her full power at the moment and she too was forced to begin retreating. Katarina gave her a cocky smirk before dashing back into the shaded darkness of the river. The trio began to call upon teleportation magic to send them back to the summoning platform when suddenly the sound of a gun being loaded was heard. Diana looked around; Caitlyn must be readying a shot for someone, but whom?

Leona. She had taken the brunt of the damage from the skirmish, and Caitlyn was sure to finish her off. Before she could comprehend what she was doing, Diana made a dash to stop the shot, without realising how injured she was as well. The resounding gunshot went off a split second before Diana's world turned black.

Moments later, Diana felt the pull of summoning magic pulling her back into consciousness.

"What happened?" She groaned, rubbing her head.

"You took the shot for Leona." Ashe said curtly, extending a hand for Diana to grasp. Diana accepted the cold hand gratefully and pulled herself to her feet. The aforementioned sun warrior was nowhere to be seen, the magic link between the five team members told Diana that Leona was already heading back to lane, fully recovered. "I don't know why you did something as rash as that, especially since I was prepared to block that without having to surrender a kill to them."

"Force of habit." Diana muttered.

"Well, I can't say that you doing so didn't just make it a little more difficult for us, but we got the first kill bounty, so I'm sure we'll be able to manage."

Diana merely grunted in response as she stepped off the dais and headed back into the darkness of the jungle.

The rest of the match went off without any further 'complications', and their team pulled through with a win, although having very few moments of agreement between the team members. The five champions all stretched out their aching joints when they were pulled back into the summoning lobby.

Diana was the first to step off the platform, making a beeline for her room where she would enjoy her solitude. She strode purposely down the corridors, not noticing she was being trailed until she was nearing her assigned room. She let out an exasperated sigh and turned on her heel, poison seething in her tone. "What do you want?"

"Ah…. Not here… Mmph!"

A chuckle, "I didn't hear you complaining about this last night."

"We're in public." The other hissed in response.

"Yeah so? No one comes down this part of the corridors."

"We're still in public."

"Aww, you're not still upset about earlier." The second voice cooed.

The conversation was abruptly ended by the sounds of an altercation occurring just around the corner.

"Ugh, what does it take to get a little privacy around here?"

"I told you we're in a public place." The first teased, while tugging gently at the other's belt loops. "We'll continue this later."

"Fine, fine. You go make yourself scarce before someone sees you here. I'll go check out what the commotion is."

"You gave Caitlyn a boost up that we didn't intend for her to have." Leona pointed out in an accusatory tone.

Diana shook her head in disbelief before responding. "Is that why you followed me over here? To bother me about a minor detail that no one even cares about? Besides, it was your oversight that put you and the archer in danger anyway. You would have died yourself if I hadn't been there in the first place."

"I didn't ask for your help. Ashe was reading to intercept anyway. No one asked you to help."

"Well SORRY for trying." Diana snorted.

"Why did you do it anyway?"

Leona's question caught Diana off guard, her tone softer than the previous words. Diana found the emotion in her voice unreadable. Then again Diana was always poor at understanding the intentions and feelings of others. Was it shame? Perhaps the sun warrior's pride was wounded in the act. Or maybe it was… something else? Diana dispelled that thought instantly. That was out of the question.

"It was nothing okay? Something stupid I did because I wasn't thinking. You're just so useless that you need protection from others, by the people that you need to protect."

A hurt expression crossed Leona's face. "Sorry." She muttered in response. "I didn't mean to blame you. That was wrong of me. I was thinking too much of-"

"Nothing. You were thinking too much about nothing." Diana cut her off coldly, not wanting the other woman to finish her sentence. Diana had an inkling about what Leona was about to say, and she didn't want to hear it. She didn't want the past to be brought up, or to hear the dissappointment and loathing Leona must have secretly harboured since the incident. The way Diana spoke indicated the end of the conversation. Understanding, Leona nodded curtly and left.

Diana let out a deep sigh, and relaxed, letting the tension she had unknowingly built up in her body fade away. She turned to enter her room when she was interrupted yet again.

"Trouble with the girlfriend?"

"What do you want, Sinister Blade?" Diana crossed her arms, turning to face Katarina. "And she's not my girlfriend."

Katarina grinned smugly back at her. "Well aren't you a sourpuss?"

"Right back at you, kitty."

Kat frowned. "That wasn't funny."

"Really? Well I thought it was. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a nap to take."

The dining commons in the Institute of War was always bustling with energy, as would be expected of a place designed to house the many champions of the warring states. There were your Demacians, your Noxians, your Ionians, Freljordians, there were the loners and every other faction of Valoran. Sometimes people made friends and acquaintances and tended to sit with others, but you would almost never see a Demacian ally mingle with a Noxian and vice versa.

Diana found it all a very trivial matter. It was almost like primary school back with the Solari. Children forming their own silly cliques, and making their own clubs while keeping others' out. She was about to grab food to have on the go when she heard her name being called. She almost groaned aloud when she saw the owner of the voice to be the nosy redhead from before. Diana contemplated ignoring her, but figured she had nothing better to do, before she walked over to where Katarina was seated by herself.

"What's your problem?"

"I felt like you needed to make a new friend." Katarina flashed an almost Cheshire-like grin at the other woman.

"Seriously? That's what this is about?" Diana asked in disbelief.

"Pretty much." Katarina shrugged.

"Since when was the sinister blade so benevolent to assist in the social lives of others?" Diana mused.

"Since you and Miss. Chosen-of-the-Sun decided to make a loud fuss in the corridors earlier today."

Diana groaned. "That was nothing. It was just a little argument about the match."

"You mean the match where you lovingly saved her from Caitlyn's bullet, mmhmm."

"Oh my god will you stop insinuating that we're lovers?"

"You're not?" Katarina purred, "What a shame, you two just looked so good together."

"I... what?" Diana felt her face colouring.

Katarina chucked, "What? You don't think so? Personally I think it'd be pretty… hot… Y'know? You and that ginger, alone, doing unspeakable things to one anothe-"

"Stop. What do you want and why are you trying to play match maker?" Diana cut off the assassin. "And what do you know about any of this anyway?" She added just under her breath.

"Hmm, I wonder…" Katarina mused. "Well, there isn't much to do in our free time anyway, and needless to say, you have piqued my interest. I think you and the uptight hot head would look really good together. Besides, your tiff earlier interrupted my fun."

Something about the way Katarina had said that tipped Diana off to the meaning behind those words. "Are you seeing someone?" Diana asked, not exactly sure where her sudden interest came from. Perhaps maybe Katarina could help her with her little… predicament. She quickly pushed those thoughts away. Those personal thoughts weren't exactly ones she could share willy-nilly with just anyone. These were private matters from a time long gone. Being upset about them would solve nothing. Telling a completely unrelated person she wasn't particularly close to would be pointless.

"Am I?" Katarina countered, a sly grin spreading on her face once again. The assassin's attention was suddenly diverted, and she quickly got to her feet. "I'm going to get some food for us to chat over."

"I can get my own food, Katarina."

"No, I've got it. Don't worry about it. You wait right here." Katarina winked, before striding purposefully to the cafeteria area. Diana's gaze followed the leather clad woman as she walked towards the food platters, and straight into Ashe. Diana's eyebrows shot up as she watched the situation unfold. The way the trained assassin had accidentally bumped into the warrior. The lingering touches that would just overlooked by the casual observer. Diana watched as the pair conversed before Katarina broke off and returned to their table with two plates of food.

"Grilled cheese? I don't even like this." Diana remarked offhandedly. Watching as Katarina's face remained in a too-wide grin even at the jibe.

"Take it or leave it."

Diana shrugged and took a bite, chewing thoughtfully before making a comment. "The Freljord Queen? Are you for real?"

Katarina stared bug eyed at Diana, before swallowing her own food and responding. "A little too obvious just now, wasn't I?"

"Well considering how you were just all over her, yeah… Just a little bit."

"I wasn't all over her." The redhead hissed.

"Uhuh. Right. Just like how she isn't a married woman."

Katarina crossed her arms, giving Diana an unreadable look before proceeding to explain, "It was a political marriage. Their unity was a symbol of the unity between the Avarosan and the barbarians. It sure as hell messed up the Noxian pacification campaign. Through their marriage, the barbarians are now allied to Freljord. It's an arrangement that benefits both the Avarosan and the barbarians. There is no romance or intimacy in their relationship, so I am told. In fact, I'm pretty sure the knuckleheaded King is probably off frolicking with some young summoner girls as we speak. Likewise, their Queen is also free to seek companionship herself, so long as everyone keeps hush-hush about it."

Diana mulled this information over. "So… you and her… She's like a quick fu-"

"NO!" Katarina abruptly cut her off. "No, she is not." She stressed, rage suddenly entering her tone.

Diana was taken aback by the sudden anger and protectiveness Katarina displayed. "Ohhh, I get it. That's why you're being so nice. It's because you're all lovey-dovey with the Avarosan Princess now. You're just so happy and in-love that you just feel like you need to share it with the world but you can't. Oh my god, you are so screwed. The Kat's been de-clawed!" Diana exclaimed, chuckling to herself.

"… You are so lame."

"Or you could say, she's like your Kat-nip. Get it? Kat-nip? With a K?" Diana almost exploded with laughter. Any bystander would probably think she was in the midst of concocting an evil plot.

"I don't know why I bothered trying to talk to you in the first place."

"But you didn't deny it. Admit it, you are so whipped."

Katarina's face burned almost as brightly as her hair by this point. "This isn't about me. Shut up right now before I stop talking to you."

"No one asked you to talk to me in the first place."

"Well I still think you need help getting together with that lover-girl of yours."

"Would you stop that? I don't love her anymore." Diana quickly clasp a hand over her mouth, cursing herself for being too caught up in the conversation.

Diana refused to look up, knowing full well that that cheeky grin was back on Katarina's face. Diana felt her face reddening.

"Oh so you don't love her anymore… Really. How intriguing." Diana could practically hear the smile in the assassin's voice. "Now this story… I really need to hear."

"So Diana slaughtered all the Solari elders, fled and hasn't spoken properly to Leona since?"

"Pretty much."

"And this about them having a so-called history?" Ashe asked, pulling the linens of the bed further up to her chin.

Katarina shrugged, "That's all she would tell me. She didn't go into any details, but from the sounds of it, they were probably more than just friends." She turned on her side to look up at the archer, a smile already forming, "Which by the way means you owe me a hundred gold."

Ashe groaned, "Why is it you are so good at this?" The two have had an ongoing game in which they bet small amounts on the relationship between certain individuals. "I don't even want to know how you found out about Ahri and Sona… Is it sad that the only one I ever got right was Ezreal and Taric"

"Who by the way are no longer together."

"Where'd you hear that?"

"My gossip mongering younger sister of course." Cassiopeia was a social butterfly and despite having her appearance drastically changed, much of her initial demeanour remained. She was still a nosy busy body who constantly needed to be in-the-know. Which, admittedly, was a hobby that acted as an asset for Noxus.

"To be honest, I'm surprised she hasn't found out about us." Ashe shivered slightly when she felt Katarina's deft fingers lightly graze up her bare thigh.

Katarina hummed, "Well… Let's put it this way. You and I both know we need to keep this on the down low, so I've taken extra care to keep this quiet."

"Which is why it is completely sane and safe to sneak me into the Noxian corridors to your room every night?" Ashe chuckled, giving a contented hum as Katarina began to draw patterns on her hip.

"Besides, even if she catches wind of anything, I know for a fact…" Katarina's voice suddenly dropped, and she leaned in, whispering into the frost archer's ear. "She wouldn't dare." She gave her lover's ear a playful nip before descending into giggles.

Ashe chortled, "If only people could see you now, the deadly Katarina Du Corteau, fraternizing with the Queen of Freljord."

"That can hardly be fair. I'm still quite the same cold-blooded killer."

"Yes, of course, which is why you care so much about the relationship between our two Solari acquaintances."

"To be fair, I think the sexual tension between the two could be cut with my blades." Katarina retorted before snuggling up closer to the cold-bodied queen. "They're never going to sort anything out unless you push them in the right direction."

Ashe nodded in agreement. "And from what I know of Leona, she would not be so quick to make judgement of a person, much less a person dear to her without hearing their side of the story." She added. Ashe enjoyed conversations like this, wherein she could experience a side of Katarina that had not been shown before. The assassin's personality had taken quite a thawing since when they had originally began to interact, however much of that was only seen by Ashe herself. She liked it that way.

"Probably... And speaking of sexual tension…" Katarina started, fingers tangling into silver locks as she captured her lover's lips with her own.

"You want me to TALK to her!?" Diana exclaimed incredulously at the redhead. "What is this? Children's school? Where we're supposed to hold hands, say I'm sorry, and everything will be okay again? Forget it."

"You haven't even tried."

The two were now in the training halls, which were shared by all members of the League. This was the main location where many champions interacted with one another despite alliances, as many had to share equipment with one another. Sometimes, there were friendly (and not-so-friendly) spars held under the watchful eye of the surveillance orbs situated around the facility. Today was a slow day, many champions were out participating in matches, so the area was quite deserted. The only other champions present were Akali and Irelia. Diana was seated against a training post, watching as Katarina threw her knives at the hanging targets with deadly precision.

"I don't need to. I kind of killed her people? Remember? She hates me and wants nothing to do with me."

"You make it sound like she hasn't shed any blood herself." Katarina replied indignantly.

"If you mean on the fields of justice, that doesn't quite count. Leona wouldn't hurt the ugliest of bugs."

"Wouldn't you know?"

"She has a point you know." Diana directed her glare at Ashe, who didn't look away from her own target. The center of the disc was already pierced with multiple arrows, and coating the entire target with an icy sheen. "From what I've heard, it seems you never even had the opportunity to converse with her."

"There's nothing to talk about."

"From the sound of it, it seems there is. So I suggest you swallow your pride for just a little bit and give it a shot. Speak of the devil, here's your chance now."

Diana's gaze shot up in panic, and she saw the archer wave Leona over.

"Ashe." Leona greeted curtly with a nod. "Katarina. Diana…" She greeted each in turn, slight confusion on her face. She could understand Ashe and Katarina sharing training equipment, but she couldn't quite fathom why Diana was there.

"Good afternoon." Ashe greeted in response.

Katarina turned her attention to the new arrival as if that was her first time today acknowledging anyone other than Diana. "Fancy seeing you here, Radiant Dawn."

Leona eyed the assassin warily.

"Don't look at me like I'm going to stab you." Katarina teased, enjoying watching the other woman squirm. "Actually Diana here says she wants to spar with you."

"What?" Came the almost simultaneous reply.

Katarina elbowed Diana in the side as discretely as possible before continuing, "She says that it's been awhile so she would like to spar with you. Isn't that right?"

Diana shot Katarina the coldest glare she could as she got to her feet. "Yeah. What she said." She began to mentally kick herself at how idiotic she must have sounded at that moment.

Leona regarded the situation, wary that there seemed to be some sort of ulterior motive or mutual understanding between the two assassins. Prior to this day, she had never seen the two interact, it would be foolish not to be suspicious of the entire situation.

"Alright." She finally responded, quickly taking control of the situation, she added, "But if I win, you and I are going to have this talk that you have been avoiding."

Diana could practically feel Ashe and Katarina's gazes even with her back turned to them. She could imagine the latter with a smug I-told-you-so smile as well.

"And what if I win?"

Leona thought for a second before answering, "I will owe you a favour. I will do anything you want me to do within reason. Like a debt for you to collect."

"You sound quite confident, setting the stakes so steep for yourself." Diana noted as she rolled up the sleeves of her tunic.

Leona shrugged as she wound her hair back with a ribbon. "You and I will have this talk."

"We'll see about that."

Diana made the first move, striking low. Leona reacted quickly jumping backwards. "I'm not the same meek girl you knew back on Mt. Targon." Diana warned.

"It would be foolish to think so."

Diana leaped again, this time aiming blows for the face, which were deftly deflected. Diana ducked as Leona retaliated with a fist of her own. She analysed the situation. She had only fought on the fields of justice against Leona, never having spared physically with the other woman before. She knew Leona had a tendency to fight defensively, using her magic and swordsmanship as a means of protection for her allies. She didn't quite expect Leona to be so much more brutal in her movements upon hand-to-hand combat. Her movements were much more forceful and lacked the elegance she usually carried on the fields.

Diana was suddenly taken by surprise as Leona feigned a low kick before shifting her weight to dive at the white-haired woman, knocking the wind out of her and pinning her to the ground.

"The Rakkor…" Leona panted, "Are brutal in their teachings." Diana had forgotten that Leona had grown up among the warring Rakkor tribes. Their battle traditions were well known to the peaceful Solari, having branched and broken off from the Rakkor many centuries prior. It was a stupid thing to forget, that Leona hadn't always been among the idle sun-worshipping people as she had. Diana felt her anger boil up within her. She wasn't about to lose to someone who lived in the peace and acceptance from the same people that shunned the moon warrior.

"You may have your upbringing, but you are soft, Leona. And that is what makes you weak."

Diana felt magic swell within her, and burst outwards, knocking the other woman off her. She stood, slowly walking to the dazed redhead. "You don't have the intent to kill. You don't have the strength that I pull from this hatred. The hatred I carry for everyone who has betrayed me. The hatred that comes from deep within me. The hatred that I know you yourself have for me. You have it too, but you are far too soft and innocent to ever gain strength from it the way I do."

Diana's hand began to glow with lunar energy as she gazed down on the woman before her, anticipating her next move. Leona got her feet and looked up at Diana with an expression that she didn't expect to see. She had expected to see contempt, hatred and disgust. Instead, she all she found was concern.

"You think I hate you?" Leona took a step closer to Diana, who responded by taking a step back, hand still upraised. Leona ignored it and kept stepping closer and slowly enclosed her hand around Diana's. The energy faded. "Diana. I don't hate you."

Diana felt her heart swell. Understandably so. For the past several years, she had been outcast from the very people who were supposed to be her family. They hated her and tried to kill her for being different, and knowing too much. Everything she had done thus far was on her own.

Not everything

Old memories resurfaced. Ones of summer day picnics, evening stargazing, lengthy overnight library excursions. She hadn't always been alone.

Almost as if reading her thoughts, Leona spoke softly, "You were supposed to wait for me that day. I was supposed go with you to the elders…" She trailed off. "I was so frustrated at you. You left without a word or explanation. The slaughter of the elders unexplained. You left me behind."

Leona closed her eyes, before continuing. "You were always like that, so eager to run off on your own and do things yourself. People had a hard time understanding you, so you felt so very alone. You aren't alone, Diana."

Diana could feel her knees shake. This assurance wasn't quite what she expected. It was something that she had been internally seeking. She had felt so hated, and so alone and disjointed from the rest of the world. No one else had ever made her feel so safe before. Old memories of times long gone continued to resurface. Ones she had forgotten in her plight of hatred.

Without realising it, she found that she had embraced Leona. Her familiar and comforting scent enveloping her senses. Then, as if a dam had been broken, she began to weep.

A few things. I'm aware Leona and Diana didn't have much interaction prior to the whole heresy fiasco, but I'm just playing around with fluff and events.

Also yes, very OOC in some aspects. Sorry. (Though I do also mentally picture Katarina as the playful tease type).

I got really sleepy near the very end, so it just becomes a mess at the end but w/e. I wanted to end it. Was a bit shorter than I wanted it to be but WHATEVS. Maybe I'll rewrite the latter half of the story later. BLAH. I know things aren't going to be ironed out THAT easily, but this is a fluffy one shot so YAH. OKAY. NO1CURR IF IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN LIKE THIS, JUST LET ME INDULGE, OKAY? (And yes, I do ship DianaLeona, AsheKat and AhriSona [Because boobs] very much).