Disclaimer: Not mine, Squeenix's.
Rating: PG-13 for Leon's pissy whining.
Pairing: Very, very slight Seph/Cloud implications.
Summary: Leon bitches to (at) Sephiroth after the Platinum Match.
Notes: And to finish it off, continuation 15-Minute Ficlet for the word 'loss'. 886 words/17 minutes. Leon has gone psychotic.

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"How… the fuck… did that HAPPEN!? There's no way YOU could LOSE!!!"

"Well, I did."

Leon paced back and forth across the holding pen, glaring at Sephiroth as the silver-haired man sat easily on the bench, Masamune in hand. He had just thrown the fight against the little Keybearer and, naturally, the one who asked him to challenge Sora in the first place was rip-roaring pissed.

Sephiroth smirked at the brunette's behavior. It was amusing, to say the least, to see the man get so worked up over something so… completely trivial.

It wasn't as if he lost to the boy against his will, of course. Sephiroth had all the means to completely incapacitate - not to mention destroy, maim, torture as well as kill - the young hero, but… he didn't. While Sephiroth may have been brutally insane, he wasn't about to ruin his chance to drag Cloud into the Darkness with him.

After all, he loved causing the blonde mental anguish.

Besides, Cloud asked Sephiroth before the fight to let the boy win… and, the silver-haired man grinned, the demon-winged blonde promised he would put up a good fight against him before Sephiroth ultimately pulled him into a never-ending nightmare.

It was fun to bother the blonde. He always did it at Hollow Bastion, so why the hell would he stop now?

"How did you lose?! I mean… you're even more legendary than SORA is!!! How the FUCK did you lose to a little BRAT, Sephiroth!?" Leon shouted, flailing his limbs about like a man possessed. "This isn't fair…!!!" the brunette growled, clenching his fists at his sides, "who the HELL is ever going to beat that kid?!"

"I could have beaten him, as I'm sure you're well aware. However, it's all Cloud's fault that I lost."

Leon's expression turned deadly. "WHAT!?"

Sephiroth shrugged. "Cloud made me do it."

"And you actually LISTENED to him!?" Again, Sephiroth shrugged.

"I wanted to. I need companionship in the Darkness, Squall, and I must keep Cloud with me. After all, he is my unwilling counterpart-slash-puppet." The silver-haired man smirked. "You did notice the wings, didn't you?"

And, as he did with Yuffie, Leon stopped listening to Sephiroth talking after he called him by the wrong name. Fuck, was anyone ever going to get it right!? IT WASN'T THAT FUCKING HARD!!!

"You're angry at me for addressing you as 'Squall'?" Sephiroth asked, completely amused, "I never realized you could get so enraged over something quite meager as that."

"Shut up you fucking loser," Leon muttered under his breath. He would have moved in - or entertained thoughts - to shoot Sephiroth, but… Leon didn't have a death wish… just because the psycho didn't murder Sora, that didn't mean Sephiroth wouldn't have any qualms about killing Leon.

Sephiroth continued smirking as Leon glared at him. "I'm going to kill Cloud for this…"

The silver-haired man narrowed his glowing aqua eyes at Leon and snarled, "no. No, you're not. You keep your filthy hands off my property or I will destroy you."

Leon frowned, ignored Sephiroth, and turned to look out the window, hoping to see someone - anyone - who looked like they'd be able to give Sora a severe ass-kicking in the arena.

But… hope was completely lost, he knew that now. Hell, the Rock Titan lost to Sora… not to mention the Ice Titan… even Hades lost to the fucking kid… and Sephiroth was obviously a complete waste…

…granted, Sephiroth wasn't as worthless as Cloud or Yuffie, but he was pretty fucking close, considering he took an order - rather, a request - from CLOUD, of all people…

…damn Cloud-obsessed psycho…

The brunette frowned heavily, hoping… hoping… anyone at all would do at that point… but he could see no one that would pose even the littlest threat to the young Keybearer… beyond Sephiroth, that was, and it was obvious Sephiroth was too goddamn crazy to look beyond Cloud and grant Leon one innocent little request.

He scowled. Life sucked. It wasn't fair! How could Cloud and Sephiroth have turned against him like that!? Were they out of their minds, letting themselves lose to a little BOY!?

Leon looked around the small enclosure and frowned. Where the hell was Cloud, anyway?

"I suppose I'll be off now," Sephiroth started, casting Leon a smug look of superiority, "I have my own business to take care of."

The brunette watched as Sephiroth teleported away at the same time Cloud strode into the arena, ready to fight against his 'Darkness'. Leon frowned again.

…this constant failure really, really sucked.

Leon raised his eyebrow as he thought, only partially watching the two winged ones as they went on to engage in a rough, lightning-fast battle.

After a short pause, the brunette cackled wickedly, turning away from the spectacle.

Yes… that was it… of course… that would work…

……Ansem would be able to beat Sora.

Upon further consideration… Leon cackled even louder. Even though it meant all of their worlds would inevitably be consumed by absolute Darkness and overrun by the Heartless - and all things bad and evil that the Darkness entails - the brunette silently hoped that Ansem would be able to give him a good, solid - not to mention merciless - victory.

…so Leon he was spiteful. Big deal.

He wanted to WIN, goddammit, no matter the consequences.