Title ; The Lion and the Fairy.
Disclaimer ; I do not own Kingdom Hearts, last time I checked anyways.
Summary ; Something's revived the heartless and Radiant Garden has fallen, but two still stand against the darkness, with Sora seemingly gone what hope do they have.
Note ; Going with a popular idea in kingdom hearts fanfics I'll be constructing pasts for all the FF characters in Radiant Garden, so they they'll have grown up together, of course I won't fundamentally change their situations, Leon and Cloud will be orphans ect.
Chapter 3 ; Rumble in the Jungle.
( Jungle )
Leon pushed another large tree branch out of his way as he continued his search, he'd been looking for an hour now and he still hadn't come across even a footprint, and he had an eerie feeling in the back of his mind that he was being watched.
Leon continued his trek taking great care to take light steps and to keep them in an irregular rhythm, he'd be damned if he let anyone get the drop him.
Just when Leon was about to abandon his gut feeling he heard a small cracking sound of a tree branch being stepped on.
Leon spun, fatigue forgotten, and drew his blade to the ready just in time to block a spear stab, pushing back against his opponent Leon spun horizontally making the jungle man jump back a couple of feet.
"Tarzan !" Leon shouted hoping to get through, it was really his only hope to try and help the man, he needed to wake him up.
"Uhhrar !" cried Tarzan swinging his spear diagonally at Leon in what seemed like a tantrum, there seemed to be hope for Leon's plan yet.
As much as it pained Leon to admit it he was having trouble blocking Tarzan's onslaught, it's not that he was weak or anything it's just that the best way to stop these random sloppy attacks would kill Tarzan.
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Not far from where Leon was battling Tarzan stood a strange man who looked a bit out of his element in the jungle, all the black leather he wore and his unusual hair would make him hard to miss.
"So you made it off the planet Squall, or is it Leon now ?" asked the man to no one, he watched as Leon lured the corrupt jungle man to the waterfall cliffs.
"That's good, I'll probably need you're help with my plan, I wonder how you'll react when you discover the truth." Mused the man as he watched Leon give his opponent an uppercut with his free hand.
"I guess it's time for our reunion ?" asked the man before setting off in Leon's direction.
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Leon blocked another attack for the enraged jungle man before hitting him with the dull side of his sword.
"What about Jane, or any of you're other friend's, are you going to leave them unprotected ?" asked Leon as he prepared for another onslaught.
"Rrrawrr !" howled Tarzan grasping his head in pain before charging at Leon in a tackle, Leon was caught off guard by the form of attack and couldn't dodge in time, both men's bodies collided violently before they toppled over the edge of the cliff and into the plunge pool below.
Leon broke through the surface of the water gasping for breath with Tarzan in tow, he quickly swam to the embankment pulling the jungle man with him.
As Leon pulled Tarzan from the water he heard several pop's as several heartless appeared, not good, as they jumped at him Leon made a few desperate grabs for his blade.
Before the Heartless could finish they're assault a long blade swept above Leon's head decimating the shadow stalkers.
Leon looked up at the towering figure standing above him.
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( Camp )
Yuna bounced around the camp in a fit of giggles, Jane had given her something she called 'candy'.
"So Jane did Cloud tell you how he got here or anything before he went out to look for you're boyfriend ?" asked the giggling Yuna.
"He is not my boyfriend, and who's Cloud ?" asked Jane a little annoyed at the fairy.
"The guy you told Leon about, you know, blonde spiky hair, big sword, glow in the dark eyes." Finished the still bouncing Yuna.
"No, no, the man I met had beautiful long flowing sliver hair, and what was his name again, s-s " explained Jane trying to remember the name.
"Oh Shit !" said Yuna cutting out any bouncing and getting a strange look from Jane.
"No, I don't believe it was Shit." She said right before Yuna darted out of the camp.
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( Jungle )
"Sephiroth !" called Leon as he finally managed to get his sword back in his hand, he raised to his feet ready to defend himself if need be, Sephiroth however seemed completely relaxed.
"Yes, it's good to see you too Squall." Greeted Sephiroth friendly, this agitated Leon.
Before anymore word's could be exchanged Tarzan being screaming before in a flashy light show a shapeless heartless burst from his chest, Leon took a stance immediately and was surprised to see Sephiroth take one next to him.
The two moved in unison striking at the shadow with parallel slashes, the combined power of the attacks destroying the beast, Leon used his momentum to roll putting some distance between himself and Sephiroth.
"Disgusting creatures." Muttered Sephiroth in distain.
"Sephiroth ! Why are you helping me ?" asked Leon in a threatening tone.
"Squall I'm sorry to say I can't quite tell you that, not yet anyway." Answered Sephiroth before angling his sword at Leon.
"But, before I go I would like to test you're skills, we haven't sparred in years." Challenged Sephiroth as he waited for Leon to take a stance.
Leon was incredibly confused, he had asked Cloud about Sephiroth, and he had seen the man in action before, this Sephiroth wasn't as ruthless and bloodthirsty, he seemed off, or maybe it's a trick, in any case there was only one course of action that Leon could take, he took a stance.
"Go !" shouted Sephiroth before he shot foreword in a large sweeping slash, Leon blocked with the edge of his blade and rammed into Sephiroth with his shoulder.
Sephiroth managed to grab a hold of Leon and throw him using the momentum of the tackle, Leon managed to stay on his feet despite the throw and moved back into range slashing at Sephiroth's side, the attack was easily blocked by Sephiroth and the favour returned as a slash at Leon's legs.
Leon jumped into the air to avoid the attack before responding with a powerful downward cut, Sephiroth's blade made an upward ark blocking the attack, sparks flew from the collision and Leon could feel his blade crack, not good.
Leon was soon sent skyward as Sephiroth pushed violently against him, pulling a few fancy flips Leon managed to land on his feet once more but had little time before Sephiroth was upon him again striking at Leon's guard furiously.
Leon jumped back from the fray as he sent several fireballs Sephiroth's way, taking in the busted condition of his sword Leon figured he'd have maybe one more attack before it broke, he'd have to make it count.
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Yuna was involved in an epic battle of her own, against a rather mean monkey, try as she might the heartless seemed completely unaffected by Yuna's miniature bullets.
The bullet's did annoy it though as Yuna discovered as she preformed a number of aerobatic dodges, finally she managed to kill the monstrous beast by trapping it beneath some fruit she shot down.
As Yuna took a second to enjoy her moment of glory she suddenly saw something that made her blood run cold.
"Spider !" screamed Yuna as she took off away for the ugly creature.
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As Leon dodged another of Sephiroth's slashes he finally saw the opening he had been waiting for, now was his chance.
Just a second before Leon could connect his attack a bright blue and white blur blocked out his vision, hoping to still hit Leon continued his attack blindly.
When Leon's vision cleared he discovered, much to his dismay, that he had just broken his sword against the trunk of a tree, and that there was now a fairy hiding beneath his jacket.
"Save me, Leon ! There's a really big spider after me." Begged the little fairy giving Leon the puppy dog eyes.
"Yuna, Why aren't you at the camp ?" asked Leon in an annoyed tone.
"Oh ya ! Leon, Sephiroth is here, he's the guy with the big sword." Explained Yuna sounding somewhat smug.
"You mean that Sephiroth ?" asked Leon gesturing towards Sephiroth.
"Ya ! oh shit." Answered Yuna.
"Hm, so now you're dating a fairy Squall, though I see she wasn't always a fairy." Observed Sephiroth.
"You know something about her curse, I've got a lot of questions for you." Said Leon as he took a stance with his now broken sword.
"Well, you know how to get the answers." Replied Sephiroth taking his own stance.
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End Chapter
So what's the verdict, don't worry about some of the thing's Sephiroth says won't make sense yet, but will later on, the one thing I'll say is that Sephiroth and Leon have history together, as do Leon and Yuna.