If you've skipped Chapter 9 (Helena ending) just to see Leon's ending, I'd recommend reading Chapter 9 up to the point where it says "(this will be the part and forward that is alternated in the alternative endings)" as that where it continues for this alternative ending if you get me. For da Leon and Bayman shippers!

"Not a very nice way to answer the phone, Marie," Bayman sighed, struggling to multitask with a phone and shopping cart, "I'll be a little late to the Freedom Survivor's arrival, I'm doing some shopping."

"Why phone me, you gay Russian?"

"Oh wow, what a great insult you have there," Bayman sighed, "anyways, homophobe, Happy Valentine's."

"Why are you phoning me about it, you baka moron?! Answer me! And I'm not homophobic!"

"Hmph, well I was thinking about buying chocolates for everyone, and I was going to phone Helena but apparently, her number's changed?"

"Yep, and I'm guessing Leon's did, too."

"How'd… how'd you know I was going to phone Leon?" Bayman was red in the face, thanking the gods that he was only talking to Marie over the phone and not face-to-face.

"You were too shy to phone Leon… right?" Marie sounded…overly-happy about this, "I mean, come on, this is the Leon ending, right?"

"Um… I don't know what you mean by that, but I have a reason to phone you," Bayman tried to make up a good excuse, "I have a new phone and I lost my old one and I forgot to ask him for his number"-

"I see, I understand," Marie said, "so, are you buying Helena any special chocolates? Hehe!"

"Yeah, of course, she loves caramel, right? I'll give her the caramel-based ones, you can have-hmm, this adorable rabbit-shaped one"-

"MORON! I'm not a kid!"

"Alright, kid"-

"DON'T"-

"Ugh…kid"-

"DO NOT… it is Marie Rose. That is my name. Anyways, are you getting a heart-shaped one for Leon?"

"You know what, sure, whatever. It won't work out, you know."

"I am the captain of this ship!" Marie yelled.

"Wha"-

"You won't understand obviously," Marie did this… witch-like laugh, "but…BAYMAN AND LEON, SITTING IN A TREE"- Bayman hung up. I have no time for foolish people like her, Bayman thought. He carried enough boxes of chocolates for the whole cast, and headed to the cashier.

"Naotora? What the hell are you doing in France?" Bayman tried to get an answer out of her as she was putting the chocolates into the bags.

"Would you like anything written on this heart-shaped one? Or this rabbit one?" Not a single 'sorry', and she seems tired, Bayman thought, I guess this line of work doesn't suit to her standards.

"I'll write them myself," Bayman said, quickly scribbled the names on the special boxes, paid, and left.

…

"Marie, that was kind of…rude, you know?" Helena said when she was entering the ship along with the rest of the cast, "announcing that out loud, putting the phone on loud-speaker… Leon's been awfully quiet."

"Oh god, my bad," Marie murmured, "I…I knew it was a mistake to hire me"-

"No, no," Helena said, "no one's perfect, plus you also double as a bodyguard if Bayman's too busy trying to get his revenge as usual… I know you tend to get hyper around the thought of- hey Marie, don't cry!" Helena tried to console Marie, who was probably faking it.

"Yo! Leon!" Zack was almost jumping with joy. If Bayman likes Leon, I have a higher chance with Helena! I gotta set Leon up! "That lil' demon can't shut her mouth, can she? Oh, come on, cheer up, you've got someone for Valentine's eh? I'll help you!"

"I guess," Leon whispered, "it's just…shocking news? I don't know, um…" Everyone walked to the main area of the Freedom Survivor.

"It's so beautiful," Helena whispered, letting go of Marie and started to stare at the black and white monochrome design, all the buffet tables set out with scrumptious food, large lava lamps at each corners of the room, and a bunch of two-seated tables, "Zack…you did all this for me?"

"Yeah, babe- Helena- I mean Helena. Heh…" Zack tried to cover his face, "I really didn't mean to call you that, I swear!" A couple of giggles from people around the ship. Man, I messed up, Zack thought.

"Well, I'm not too bothered," Helena giggled, "I wonder where the star of the show is, you supported him heavily, didn't you?"

"Hope he's okay, you don't think he's…too embarrassed to come? But I don't want him to be too embarrassed to come! I mean it's canon, baby! He's gotta confess!" Zack squealed a little, "It'll be the best day of my life!" Zack's eyes widened behind those sunglasses. Sh**, sh**, Zack thought, that last part came out wrong…I meant because it would give mean a higher chance with Helena…urgh! Why am I so awkward today?

"Oh, another fujoshi," Mila rolled her eyes, "wait, do male fujoshis exist?"

"They have to!" Marie grinned, "didn't know Zack was into yaoi, you know"-

"I am not!" Zack yelled, and he wasn't being tsundere or anything, yaoi legitimately scared him, but he had absolutely nothing against two guys, so there was no issue with this, "I shall say no further on this matter."

Helena giggled a little. "Just be yourself, Zack," Helena whispered, "I like the occasional yaoi or yuri once in a while"-

"EVERYBODY STOP!" Leon yelled, "can we all just enjoy the party for now? Or talk about your yaoi and yuri, whatever that means."

"You know what it means, Leon," Marie grinned, "if you didn't, why would you suddenly go 'EVERYBODY STOP' at the mention of it?" To her surprise, Leon just ignored Marie and went to go talk to the others. Everyone relaxed, picked at the food on the buffet, waiting for Bayman and a few others to arrive.

…

Bayman left the shop with bags full of chocolates., pushing through the huge crowds to get to the docks on time. They'd never leave me, he thought, right? I need to see everyone, and especially Leon! He managed to get into a small space with fewer people there. They were all looking at a small TV in a corner shop. He shoved past annoying fans that even wanted just one autograph to look at what was happening on the TV.

"Helena Douglas, here!" Was she…live streaming? It seemed so…unprofessional for the leader of DOATEC to do, as if she were running a family blog and not a huge company, "I'm so excited to announce that all the fighters have gathered around the Freedom Survivor to attend this special party for DOATEC's big return! Everyone, chant with me. DOATEC! DOATEC!" The other fighters were chanting in the background. Bayman couldn't help but smile. He then realised how long everyone would be waiting for him and he headed to the docks, which were about ten minutes away.

The crowds had disappeared and Bayman started to heavily think about how this would go. Is Leon even into guys? Even worse…could Leon be homophobic? He didn't seem like it…but he couldn't judge a book by its cover…

"Hey, lover boy," a British accent whispered. Bayman turned around to see Christie with that tattoo guy…Rig, was it?

"Christie," Bayman glared into her eyes, "what are you doing here?"

"Spending Valentine's with Rig of course!" Christie seemed…too happy, "aren't you going to with Helena?"

"Well…no," Bayman said, "single on Valentine's as usual..." Bayman did an awkward giggle, he turned around to walk away but that Rig guy touched his shoulder, "what the hell do you want?"

"I see a heart-shaped chocolate box in that plastic bag," Rig said, "I think you are lying…who have you got in mind?"

"Why should I tell you?" Bayman asked.

Get Ready, Fi-

Bayman dropped the bag to fight, but Rig picked up the bag and looked inside.

"To…Leon," Rig grinned, "oh my…Christie! I think I know why Bayman rejected your advances when you were partners!"

"Give it back!" Bayman yelled.

"And this bunny shaped one is for the pancake!" Christie laughed.

"Why did you call Marie 'Pancake', I don't get it"-

"Never mind," Christie said, "you're done for, Bayman."

"No, he's not!" A voice shouted. Two figures came running up to Christie and Rig… it was Hayate and Ayane.

"Oh, my god, it's the two ninjas," Christie said, "look, just leave us in peace, we don't want to start anything…yet." Christie took out a smoke bomb and both her and Rig vanished.

"Bayman, follow us to the docks," Ayane said, "we don't want you to waste any more time."

…

Everyone was sitting at two-seated tables, chatting and brining plates of food to their tables. It really was a relaxing party, and nobody went all-out. Marie was sitting with Honoka.

"Honokaaaaaaaaaaaa," Marie whispered, "Bayman's coming soon… he's going to ask Leon…"

"W-what about it?" Honoka asked, "do you think Leon will say no?"

"I'll say yes," Leon said, overhearing them from the table behind them.

"SQUEE!" Marie stood up and then 'fainted'. Three people entered the Freedom Survivor.

"Hayate!" Hitomi shouted, "sit here!"

"Happy Valentine's, Hitomi," Hayate said and pecked Hitomi on the cheek. Ayane took out a spare seat and sat with Kasumi, Lisa and Hayabusa.

"Hey," Ayane said, "breaking the norms here with four seats instead of two, eh?"

"Single life forever!" Lisa held up her glass to do 'cheers' with everyone at the table.

"Cheers!" the four said in unison

"You're finally here, Bayman," Helena said, sitting at a table with Zack, "take a seat, will you?"

"Don't worry about the chocolates," Ayane took the bags of the regular chocolates off of Bayman, "you should give out the special ones individually."

"I will," Bayman rolled his eyes, and took out the bunny-shaped chocolate box and approached Marie and realised she was lying down, "oh she's dead." Bayman threw the chocolate box onto Marie's face.

"I AM NOT DEAD YOU BAKA MORON!" Marie yelled, the box muffling her voice a little, "LADY HELENA HE BULLIED ME!" As Bayman walked away she stood up and held the box, "Honoka, we got free chocolates to share, yay!"

"I thought you were mad at Bayman." Honoka said.

"I AM BUT HE GAVE ME CHOCOLATES SO I AM SLIGHTLY LESS MAD."

"My bad," Bayman said, "you know, Helena, I thought you and Zack could share this box of caramel chocolates." Bayman winked at Helena from afar, approached the table, "it's my gift for partially ruining DOATEC, I guess."

"Oh, come on Bayman," Zack said, "get more confidence in yourself bro!" Zack's voice turned into a loud, obvious whisper, "you need to be confident for Leon!" Bayman flushed slightly and nodded, taking the heart shaped box of chocolates out of the plastic bag, he looked around to see if anyone was staring at him, but they weren't, they were too busy in their own conversations, but Bayman didn't see that, he felt as if everyone was staring.

"Bayman," Leon said, "I saved this seat for you. And nobody's staring, I can tell you're obviously panicking about this…"

"I know, I know…" Bayman took a huge deep breath and placed the chocolates on the table, "I don't want any, they're all for you."

"Not even if I feed you one myself?" Leon ripped open the box.

"Not even that," Bayman sighed, "why so cheesy? Is it because it's Valentine's- L-Leon!?!"

"Say 'aaah'," Leon was holding the chocolate and had this… strange grin with eyes that were almost hypnotising Bayman's into doing what he said, "come on, it's orange-flavoured chocolate, your favourite." HOW DOES HE REMEMBER THAT, Bayman thought, WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELL?!

"A-ah…" Bayman opened his mouth for a split second then grabbed the chocolate off Leon and ate it by himself, "thanks for that but you can finish the rest of the box, okay?"

"Okay, that was pretty cheesy of me," Leon said. Bayman swore he heard Marie Rose squealing in the background.

"Marie, come on, it's rude to stare!" Honoka said.

"She's obviously hyper off all those chocolates," Leon said, "ignore her. How about we get up and sing some karaoke"-

"I WANT TO SING!" Marie shouted, "what song should I sing? I want to sing… for Honoka."

"Gay Bar by Electric Six," Bayman grinned.

"WHAT, NO! STOP SHIPPING ME AND HONOKA YOU BAKA!"

"Do it and I'll kiss Leon," Bayman said. God, did I just say that out loud, Bayman thought? I don't want to kiss him, what am I saying?!

"Oh wow," Bass said, sitting with Mila, Brad and Eliot (barely anyone was actually sitting in tables of two, wow) "I prefer the Helena ending."

"I want a driiiink!" Brad yelled, "I hate being sober…zzz…" Brad had fallen asleep.

"Will he be okay?" Mila asked, "will this make him nerfed at all?"

"Yeah," Eliot said, "if he can at least go a week without being drunk I'll be really proud of him. And no, he won't be uh, 'nerfed' whatever that means."

"Bless the guy," Bass said, "back in the fourth tournament he was a state but look at him now, eh?"

"Can you stop breaking the fourth wall?" Ayane shouted, slightly tipsy… but shouting made her sound worse than she really was.

"Well, they're all obviously drunk," Leon said, "let's save Marie the humiliation."

"What do you mean by- mmph!" Leon's lips were surprisingly soft, it wasn't a kiss that was too long nor too short, it was just perfect. Bayman looked around to see if anyone was staring.

"Bayman, nobody's staring," Leon said.

"Except for me!" Marie shouted, "it's canon! Fully one hundred percent canon!"

"Except Marie," Leon laughed, "but…hey, Hitomi and Hayate are singing karaoke! Should we listen to them? I heard they're good."

"Eh, why not," Bayman said, "this was an…eventful day, wasn't it?" Leon and Bayman sat back down, listening to Hitomi and Hayate's surprisingly near-professional voices as they shared the chocolates together on the table.

"So…you did want to share after all," Leon said.

"W-what's your problem? I was just…shy, that's all!"

(Insert Hayate and Hitomi singing That Song by Amaranthe (because it's good why not))

…

Victor Donovan watched over through a camera.

"What an… interesting ending," Donovan said, "I rooted for him to go with Helena, but hey, we can't all get what we want, right? But for now, let them enjoy the party and give it a few days… MIST will succeed. Repeat after me, clone army, 'MIST will succeed', 'MIST will succeed'"

I hope you guys liked this alternative ending, I have two more endings to go, the No-Romance ending (where Bayman becomes the Ultimate Matchmaker) and a secret romance ending with someone else, and feel free to guess who is the secret romance ending is in the reviews.