The Life of Leon Loire

The Life of Leon Loire

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Ifrit or Leviathan speaking

Chapter 7 ; Locked Hearts

"No !" the voice was raspy, pained and torn sounding, but it had determination.

"This isn't your body." Stronger now, angry, furious and more determined.

"You will never control me !" Stronger still, a growl of rage accompanying this declaration of freedom.

"So, Get out !" finally having managed to gain enough control Leon grabbed a needle from one of his many belts and hastily injected it.

"Uh, It's always the same, I say all this and you come back anyway, I don't suppose there are any beautiful woman out there like you then ?" asked Leon sardonically, letting his eyes wonder over the trashed sewer around him.

Master ?

'Ifrit ? Is my junction that released ?' asked Leon annoyed, it always recovered faster when he used his junctions abilities

You lost a lot of blood Master, even if it did seal the wound.

'I'll be fine Ifrit, sleep.!' Leon calmly commanded the voice in his head, spotting a mildly damaged exit, if nothing else then it defiantly gave him power.

Grr, but Master….

'Sleep !' commanded Leon more forcefully this time, he almost regretted it when he felt the unbridled effects of the blood loss.

"I wonder if Seifer had the sense to stay out of trouble ?"

( With Seifer )

"You call that a punch ?" laughed Seifer as he ducked the youths punch, sweeping the boy as he moved.

"For the resistance !" cried another boy as he threw himself at Seifer's unguarded, or so he thought, back. Seifer quickly spun catching the youth in a choke hold.

"A little advice kid, don't go shouting about your 'secret' resistance and never underestimate your opponent." Advised Seifer before tossing the rebel into his comrades.

"I've had enough of this ! You can come out now, Xu !" Called Seifer turning to face the now visible silhouette of a woman.

"Seifer, Seifer, Seifer, still using brute strength to make up for tack I see." Observed Xu.

"And you still have that military uniform Fetish, just like old times, ne ?" asked Seifer causing Xu to blush and glare at the blonde.

"Where's the Commander ?" asked Xu tightly.

"Unless you want him to kill you, I wouldn't call him that." Advised Seifer with a small laugh.

( Leon )

Silently scaling the wall Leon landed in a crouch on the other side, quickly moving himself into the shadow of a large oak tree Leon surveyed his surroundings.

Everything seems the same, more or less anyway I think he got new curtains

Ifrit was right, bar the curtains, it seemed that Caraways mansion hadn't changed. Though the place did have much better security now.

'In from above' asked Leon through his mind.

Looks like it, should I wake up that overgrown lizard ?

'No, sprouting Bahamut's wings would give me away' responded Leon silently.

So we scale the building then, are you up for that ?

'No, not on my own, but with your junction it'll be easy.' Answered Leon.

Haha, You really did lose a lot of blood to say something like that

'Whatever'

( Seifer )

"So what do you think of my troops then ?" asked Xu from behind a desk.

"I find it sickening that with all that has happened your still an uptight bitch sending kids to there death and never fighting yourself." Answered Seifer with a sneer.

"You know as well as I do what happened, none of it was my fault." Responded Xu heatedly.

"Maybe not, but you sure didn't do anything to help, Leon on the other hand blames himself completely, and seeks redemption for what wasn't his fault, that's why I can stand with him proudly. That day put him into the same situation as me." Seifer spoke as he gazed through a window at the rebels training.

"Where is the Commander ?" asked Xu, slightly put off by Seifers speech.

"Right about now, hm he should be reading the good generals diary." Said Seifer smirking when Xu gasped.

( Leon )

Leon silently dropped through the skylight to Caraways office, landing gracefully he silently made his way to the Generals desk.

Doing a quick scan Leon noticed something odd, behind the Generals desk there was a fairly large cooler, Industrial sized actually.

Moving carefully to the cooler and gently, as not to make noise, popping the lid of the cooler open Leon looked inside.

"Oh Hyne !" gasped Leon.

The cooler, the large industrial sized cooler was filled to the brim, with, with hearts, human hearts. Leon gagged biting back the urge to vomit.

"Beautiful, aren't they ?" came an eerie voice from behind him.

"You, your the.." Leon had to fight down the urge to throw-up once more.

"You sound surprised I had thought you traced me from Dollet. Wait, I recognize you, you understand then, yes you must." Mumbled General Caraway in a far away tone.

"Understand what ?" Leon barked as a platoon of soldiers entered the room.

"It was for her, she asked me to, and who am I to refuse my princess ?" asked Caraway in a broken tone, but now Leon knew.

"Your blaming this on her, you sick son of a bitch, you think your dead daughter wants you cutting out and collecting peoples hearts, huh ?" Leon roared his eyes turning a fiery red and crimson streaks appearing in his hair.

"Dead ?" Caraway looked confused at this, Leon sneered at him the bastard still hadn't accepted that truth.

"What you've done, and using her name for it, I'll make you suffer for it !" Leon roared in a feral rage, flames jumping to life all along his forearms.

"I'll make you burn !" Leon roared as a pair of wings sprouted from his back.

Giving off a battle roar Leon hurled a large fireball at Caraway, he was infuriated to find it blocked by some sort of shield.

"What's wrong Squall, surprised to see someone else with a full-junction ?" Laughed Caraway as Leon took to the sky through the window.

Leon ?

'Shut up !' thought Leon landing a safe distance from the mansion.

"It's seems, the dead aren't staying buried Ifrit." Said Leon as he stared at the sky.

"Too many people like digging up the past huh ?"

Now, I've been planning this since chapter 2, so I'm over the moon with this chapter, what do you think, another little hint of what happened to Squall and Seifer.

R&R