"What do I think? I think this is absolutely amazing! What do you mean this is for Lucky in the first place?" Teemo was having trouble holding Lucky as he was squirming in his arms as he clapped and had the biggest smile he has ever seen.

"Hold on let me turn this off and I'll meet you guys in the living room," said Rumble as he sat back down in the machine and was looking at the lights that flickered on his face. Teemo could only stare as he saw how the lights, the helmet, the attitude that Rumble carried made him look like some fictional hero. One that is rightous, honest, and brave, things Teemo used to value above all else. Teemo snapped out of it when Lucky managed to break free and run out of the workshop screaming with joy, Teemo quickly followed him as he peeked one last quick look to Rumble as he took his helmet off.

Teemo sat in the living room playing a quick game of peek-a-boo with Lucky as Poppy sat across the room smiling at the two. "Teemo what will you do after this match? Will you be able to find peace? Find love? Have a family of your own?" Poppy thought as she couldn't help but think that he would make a great dad one day.

Ten minutes had passed when Rumble entered the room no longer wearing the mask or cape and took his spot next to Poppy giving her a quick kiss on the cheek and whispering something to her making her giggle. Teemo picked up Lucky and sat him nest to himself as Rumble began to speak.

"Like I said Teemo I've been working on this for a few years now, to be honest I started the day I found out Poppy was pregnant. My whole world was turned upside down, we were no longer a couple, we had become a family. That day I found out that there is so much more to me than I ever knew and all I wanted to do was protect my family as best as I could do. And the best way to do that was build a machine that would protect Lucky when he grows up, one that I can feel safe in the fact that he will be protected in it even if I'm not there." Rumble paused as he looked to Lucky as gave him a big smile as he walked around the table and reached up to Poppy.

Poppy picked him up and placed him on her lap and hugged him from behind as she continued to listen to Rumble's story. "Once I finish this suit it will be the most advanced thing on this planet. Nothing can campare to it, not even Viktor's creations, not Blitzcrank, not even Heimerdinger's inventions will be a match for it. I made this because the love for my family is far more important than fame or money, which is why I will never give the plans for it to Kitsu or the military. It was made to protect, not to fight and kill. The helmet and the cape you saw are made from the most resilient materials that were light enough to not be a burden on the pilot." Rumble was leaning forward by now as he had his hands wrapped around each other as he stared at the table between them.

"I don't care what people say about me anymore, I don't fight recklessly when provoked and thats because I have others to think about," said Rumble as he looked to his left as he gave a slight smile at the sight of Poppy and Lucky looking at him with big smiles of their own.

After a long pause did Teemo realize he had a chance to ask his question. "Why tell me all this?"

"Because I'm retiring as well, along with Poppy. We want a chance to live a normal life, Poppy will go on one last expedition next spring to find the hero and then she will put the hammer away in a safe place that only the "hero" could reach and live here in Bandle City with Lucky and me," said Rumble as he stood up with a look of determination.

"What do you mean you're retiring? Is this because of me?" Teemo was stunned at the declaration made by Rumble.

"This isn't because of you Teemo. It has been five years since the league was established, Its time for us veterans to step down and let the next line of champions to take our place. I mean we can't add any more champions till some of us step down and with three of us leaving in the span of one year three new young heroes can take the spot light and lead Bandle City to a new era of peace. Face it Teemo, we can't hold this together anymore, we are getting too old for this." This time it was Poppy who spoke up as she calmly told Teemo all this.

"Its because of him is it not?" Teemo looked to Lucky as he realize it really was not because of him.

"Yes we don't want him to grow up with us not around all the time. When Katarina kidnapped him we came to the desicion to remove him from all this." Poppy waved her hand in the air as she gestured to to her "world" as she once again stared Teemo down assuring he was not the problem.

"I will take that machine into a few matches to make sure it will do its job and keep the pilot safe and once thats done I will be retiring." Rumble pointed to the workshop with a jerking motion of his thumb as he looked at Teemo. Teemo couldn't believe what he had heard from them. They were going to retire from the league so they can be a family. Teemo felt a terrible tug in his chest as he thought the word family. He had no family anymore his parents died when he was young and he lost his only brother to Vladimir because he couldn't feel the emotion to care enough to even help him at the time he needed him most.

Teemo zoned out for nearly a few minutes and couln't hear anything despite both Poppy and Rumble trying to get his attention. He only snapped back into reality when Lucky grabbed his hand and looked up at him. "Uncle Teemo? Are you weetiwing as well? Will that mean you can come over and play all the time?" Lucky had a big smile on his face as he was excited at the thought of playing with him all the time.

"Yeah I will be RetiRing here in less than a week. Hey kiddo keep working on those R's," said Teemo as he once again enlongated the letters for Lucky so he could get better at speaking. Teemo was then greeted with Lucky jumping up and down extremely happy as he said yes over and over untill Poppy finally caught him in mid-jump.

"Lucky its about time for your nap," said Poppy as she carried him out of the room and up the stairs.

"But I don't want to, I want to play with Teemo some more." No sooner had he said that he gave a mighty yawn and his eyes began to grow heavy.

"I feel like you are doing the right thing for your family, Rumble." Teemo didn't look at him when he said this as he was watching Poppy carry the tuckered out kid with care.

"Same here Teemo, well I got work the wiring was slightly faulty on that machine and I need to fix it," said Rumble as he got up along with Teemo and left the room to enter the main hallway.

"Thank you or inviting me for lunch Rumble, I had a good time and I support your decision to retire one hundred percent," said Teemo as he began to head for the front door.

"Before you go Teemo, I would like you to go say sorry to Tristana," Rumble said sternly as he put his hand on Teemo's shoulder and held him there for a moment.

"I think you are right, I should not of smacked her hand away like that." Teemo didn't look at Rumble and opened the door and left the house.

"Do you think he'll do it?" Poppy asked as she came down the stairs and stopped just behind him.

"I hope so, she did not take it to well," said Rumble as he turned around and went to the living room followed by Poppy. Poppy walked over to a cabinet and grabbed two clear glasses and a bottle and poured the drink into both glasses.

"You still care for her?" Poppy gave him a slightly sad look and her tone was that of slight pain.

"Yes, but as a friend, she was just a crush but I love no one as much as you my sweet flower," said Rumble as he walked over and taking both glasses from her and putting them on the table. He brushed his hand slightly against her cheek before continuing.

"Poppy I would never leave you, I love you and Lucky more than anything in the world." Rumble assured her as she looked back to him and was greeted with a deep kiss from him, the kind that caused her to melt into his arms and was led to the couch.

"Do you promise to never leave us?" Poppy broke the kiss and looked him in the eye as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I promise I will stay with you till the end and should I ever break that promise I hope I die for my lie to you and out family." Rumble gave her a her a warm smile after saying this and she accepted it by pulling him into another kiss.

Teemo walked down the street as he headed towards Tristana's house to apologize to her for the pain he caused her when he slapped her hand. He was imagining the pain she must be feeling, the feeling of being hurt by the one you cared about, one whom you never expected it to come from. With these thoughts he knew he had wronged her a few days ago and was set on saying sorry to her. He thought of all the ways he could say sorry for nearly a hour before he was suddenly knocking on her door and every plan he had was thrown out the door.

Teemo suddenly felt that tug in his chest once again as the sound of each knock he made on the door made it stronger and more painful. Her house was similar to his own, the only difference was that it had one extra room and was within the city with neighbors and friends. Teemo watched as the door slowly opened up to reavel Tristana standing there. Teemo felt instant pain as he saw her eyes were red and puffy, her fur was not well groomed at all and look as though it had been left to run wild. He saw that her hand had a cast on it and thought, "Had her actually broke her hand when he slapped it away?"

"Tristana are you ok?" Teemo quickly put his foot in the door before she could slam it shut causing him to bite his lip as he held back his grunt of pain.

"What do you want?" Tristana attempted to slam the door on his foot again but Teemo held the door open this time as she snarled out the words.

"I came to say sorry for how I treated back at city hall, I should have NEVER slap you in any way, shape or form. I have no excuse for my actions and want to make sure you are alright..." But was cut off by Tristana as she held up a finger to shut him up.

"Teemo you have no idea the pain I've been through this past week! I damn near had a heart attack when I saw you on that hospital bed when Rumble brought you back from the cave! The suffering I went through trying to get you to Ionia to find Soraka before to keep you from dieing! These burn marks I will have till the day I die because I gave up my own life force to help Soraka to heal you!" Tristana had tears rolling down her face as she pulled up are sleeve to show the burn mark and the collar of her shirt to show the burn there as she screamed at Teemo with all should could manage.

"Trist..." But Teemo was once again cut off as Tristana slapped him across the face with her good hand and continued to yell at him

"Don't Trist me! I had thought that you would be grateful for what we have done to save you! You say that you are but your actions say otherwise!" Tristana held up her hand as she screamed out her words to show the cast he had forced onto her. "You hurt and endanger everyone around you because you don't care! All you care for is this city but not the ones who also want to keep it safe! Do you even love anyone? Do you even care for friends at all? Do you even love me? I love you Teemo!" Tristana shouted the last words and slapped Teemo across the face once again when she realized that she finally confessed her love for him, to him.

Tristana was about to slap him again when she saw that he was now crying as large tears rolled down his face as he slowly slumped to the ground as he began to sniffle heavly.

"I do care Tristana, I do love people but its like you said! I get those I love killed, you want to know why I became like this recently? I got my only brother killed when we infiltrated Noxus last year! I relive all my sins every night when I sleep! All the people I've killed, all the families I've ruined with a dart or knife! I've killed innocent lives to keep them quiet as they just had to see me run by! I've killed so many lives but I see all of their faces including the children that had to be silenced! I've done things I'm not proud of! I loved so many and one by one they have all died either in front of me or in my arms! I don't want you to be another victim because of my other side's inability to feel the emotions needed to save instead of kill! I... I... love..." Teemo couldn't finished as he could no longer speak coherently as he cried at the feet of Tristana.

Tristana couldn't believe what she heard. "He does love me but he is can't even speak properly to admit it and say it outright." Tristana thought as she fell to her knees also and hugged Teemo as she cried into his shoulder as he also did the same thing. They stayed like that for a while crying and letting all the emotions they have held inside out all at once.

Tristana started to get up and held Teemo's hand as she did so bringing him up aswell. "Please Teemo stop crying and come inside with me." Tristana gave him a slight shake and looked him in the eyes as he looked into hers. They stared at each other for nearly a minute before Teemo leaned forward ever so slowly, inch by inch until finally his lips made contact with Tristana's.

((((Author's Notes))))

I know a some of you have been wanting some romance in this story and this chapter and two more (I won't tell you when ;) so you will need to be patient)

was and going to be all about romance between the characters of my story. I imply scenes but will not write them out so I'm sorry about that.

back to the story at hand Teemo had just found out that Poppy and Rumble want to retire after Rumble tells him why he had built the giant suit.

Teemo heads over to Tristana's house to apologize for hurting her at city hall and after some emotional yelling did they finally confess their love for each other

causing Teemo to finally kiss Tristana! (squeals loudly!) I had been waiting to write this scene for months!

And as always please have a great weekend!

(edit)

The glitch has been resolved and if you have enjoyed this story or hated it feel free to leave a review!