A/N: ... I had a good chunk of this chapter typed out before the laptop shut down and I'm having to type this all over again but WHATEVER.

So, this fic... I haven't been planning it long. Or much. Really, it was just a spur of the moment thing. But it was an appealing idea, and I like writing canon-aus. I also wanted to try writing Leon in a different setting.

While this fic is directly related to the ADT series, they're not involved with each other so much that the main plot changes. And despite the fact that this fic will change quite a bit for the main plot of Asia Circuit, it's to be treated as a side story to ADT. Meaning updates won't be as constant and chapters wil be relatively short in comparison. I'll also only be going over important points in Asia Circuit, so there won't be much in the way of fillers(which can be a good thing, if you don't want them). Of course, there'll be a good amount of nonsense as usual, but mostly because Leon won't be the cynical brat he was back when the season started and I'm going to make use of the fact that they didn't explain how he took living in the "outside world" for the first time. Meaning his character is open to development for this fic.

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He stopped wondering what the outside world was.

Violet eyes stared up at the sky, a slight sting coming from them from the sea water. It couldn't be any different outside, could it?

At least, that's what the elders told him.

He would have sighed, but he was prompted to keep his mouth closed. It wouldn't do to drown during one of his favorite pastimes.

But then a hand broke through the surface of the water, and he closed his eyes in annoyance as it closed around his wrist.

"Leon." The man - one of the adults from the settlement, but he couldn't place a name in his dazed state - said once he was pulled out of the water, a frown on his face. "I believe the elders have told you to stop this."

Leon shook his head, mostly to get rid of the water, blindly reaching for a towel he knew he put aside. It was handed to him after a moment, but he bit back a thank you.

"It feels nice." He said, earning himself an odd look. "Looking at the sky from under water. It's... different."

This time, it was a roll of the eyes and a sarcastic snort.

"You can't even swim; you lie in the shallow holding your breath for hours every day."

"It builds lung strength." He wasn't going to say that he only read it in a book, but the adults gave it to him, so it was hardly his fault if he believed it.

Right?

His comment went unanswered as the man stood up and walked away, but Leon knew he was to follow. It didn't matter to him that he was dripping wet, but he was sure someone was going to say something. Or just give him those looks again.

"Where are we going?" He asked, although he wasn't sure he would get an answer. He usually never did, depending on who he was talking to.

There was a pause, then he was briefly glanced at before the continued through the ruins. They passed by a few of the other inhabitants - and he proved himself right when he received several disapproving looks - but there was relative silence until the reached the living quarters.

They stopped outside the clan leader's room. Leon couldn't be blamed if he was visibly confused, as he couldn't remember breaking any rules - recently, at least.

The man who escorted him here - his name was Rolan, he realized, now that his head was clean - motioned for him to enter, and at Leon's questioning stare, sighed.

"You have a visitor."

... What?

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A/N: I deleted half this note because knowing me, the word count for both of them combined would put the actual chapter to shame. But since I like paraphrasing: math is a bitch, I should start taking my laptop to school, and no new Arc-V means I finally got to finishing this after about a month. Sounds about right.

Anyway, despite the fact that I'm probably just going to to think of a random title on the spot, I'm going to upload this now so that people know I haven't died yet.

Yet.

Oh, and for those of you waiting on it, ADT season 2 will probably be out 5-7 chapters into this one. So like, that's your cue to bully me into writing, guys.