Disclaimer: Not mine, Squeenix's.
Rating: PG-13 for Leon's pissy whining.
Pairing: Absolutely none.
Summary: Leon bitches to (at) Cloud after the Hades Cup.
Notes: Continuation 15-Minute Ficlet for the word 'loss'. 799 words/19 minutes. I had to do it… I love pissy, bitchy Leon. XD

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Leon stalked into the holding area - once again, pissed as hell - as the caped blonde walked carefully behind him. Cloud had a feeling that if he wasn't walking on eggshells with the older man, Leon would shoot him.

"I… can't believe we fucking LOST!!"

The blonde looked over to his companion and shrugged. He felt sort of bad that Leon was taking their defeat so badly, but… Cloud had to throw the fight. The kid was… well, the kid was a kid, and the blonde needed to let him win, considering he was going to kill him not too long ago… and he had to make up for that somehow.

Besides, the Hades Cup was a very long, boring tournament, and Sora had gone through quite a bit already. Cloud didn't want the kid to lose now; just because Cloud sided with the Heartless for a while didn't mean he was an asshole…

"There's no way we could lose!!"

"Settle down," the blonde murmured, setting the Buster Sword off to the side, "it isn't the end of the world, Squall…"

Leon glared at him. What, now another one was going to call him by the wrong name? What the hell was the matter with these people!? "I fucking told you, I go by 'Leon' now." The blonde shrugged.

"Yeah, well, we haven't seen each other for nine whole years, you can't just expect me to go calling you by your fake name so easily, gods…," Cloud frowned at the older man.

"WHATEVER."

"You're so pissy about this… it's not a big deal…," the blonde reiterated, turning to look out the window. The kid was doing pretty well for himself, and nearly on the 15th Seed already… he was winning those matches pretty damn quick. The blonde was impressed.

Cloud was surprised to see Sora at Olympus again, but he was even more surprised to see his old friends from Hollow Bastion after such a long time… it was a small, small world.

…er, worlds.

"I can't fucking believe this!!" Leon growled, once again clutching at his hair, "we… lost!!"

Cloud shrugged and continued looking out the window.

"This is your fault," the brunette grunted, glaring at Cloud, "I thought at least you would be able to beat that kid, but I guess I was wrong."

"It is my fault," Cloud replied, moving over to look out towards the courtyard, "I let him beat me."

Leon's eyes flared. "You WHAT!? You… let him WIN!?" The blonde shrugged again, watching Phil waddle his way over to an adjacent holding area. "WHY!?"

"Because, Squa—Leon, he's just a kid…"

The brunette scowled and stood, taking a place right next to Cloud, ready to shoot the younger man as he simultaneously stabbed him with the gunblade. "I was SO wrong about you… you're just a fucking softy, not the hard-ass I expected when I first saw you practicing."

Cloud frowned.

"I need to find someone who won't give a damn… someone able and willing to beat that kid… if I can't do it, anyway," Leon muttered under his breath, sorely tempted to kick Cloud's ass in the worst way possible.

The blonde's breath hitched in his throat as he saw a familiar figure waltz cockily into the arena, a huge, bluish-black wing gracing his back, and, of course, a shitload of glittering, long-as-hell silver hair. "Oh, FUCK!"

Leon watched as Cloud grabbed his sword and ran frantically outside and confronted… well, confronted Sephiroth. The brunette wasn't an idiot, he could tell right off the bat who the guy was. Everyone from Hollow Bastion knew who SEPHIROTH was, considering the guy was the greatest swordsman that ever lived - not to mention the fact that Sephiroth was one sick, crazy fuck.

……hmm.

Leon's eyebrow perked up as he saw the blonde pull his weapon on the taller man as Sephiroth simply watched him with a - very pronounced - smirk.

Now, Leon had a new, even more ingenious idea.

Since Sephiroth was a sick, crazy fuck, that meant he probably wouldn't give a shit either way what happened to - or with - Sora… and then… yes… since Sephiroth was one hell of a good swordsman, too…

Leon turned face and cackled, steepling his fingers wickedly in front of him. Yes… yes… Sephiroth was sure to work to his advantage, since Cloud was nothing but a worthless softy, and Yuffie was just worthless, period.

Fuck Cloud and Yuffie. Even if Sephiroth wouldn't fight by his side, Leon would still take great pleasure out of the silver-haired psycho's victory against the little, key-wielding brat.

Leon still wanted to win, and he didn't care how he did it.

He WAS going to beat Sora one of these days.

He WAS!!!

…even if it wasn't exactly him who got the victory.