Disclaimer: Not mine, Squeenix's.
Rating: PG-13 for Leon's pissy whining.
Pairing: Not-so-slight Seph/Cloud implications.
Summary: Leon bitches to (at) everyone after Sora's battle with Ansem.
Notes: Because it was requested, the (very) final 15-Minute Ficlet installment for the word 'loss'. 912 words/30 minutes. Went way over, yes. I don't really like this one much… bleh. Leon… GET HELP.

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Leon was absolutely shocked when they all found themselves - not just himself, Aerith and Yuffie, since they were already at the place, but the rest of them, too - back at Hollow Bastion. Cid came in with Cloud directly behind him, shouting something like 'look who decided to show his fuckin' face 'round here', as the blonde walked directly up to Aerith, surprised to see his former girlfriend once more.

…of course, their little reunion didn't last too long, seeing as Sephiroth had returned to the castle as well. Upon catching sight of the younger man, Sephiroth pulled the Masamune on the pink-clad girl as he wrapped his other arm securely around Cloud, growling at Aerith for even dare entertaining thoughts of hugging his blonde.

Not that Leon was paying attention to any of that, of course. Since they were all back in the castle, that could only mean one thing…

"…THERE'S NO WAY HE COULD LOSE!!!"

Five sets of bewildered eyes - the majority of irises blue, for some strange reason - set themselves upon a red-faced Leon as the man harshly kicked a bookcase in the library.

"HOW DID HE WIN!? HOW!? ANSEM SHOULD HAVE WON!!!"

Sephiroth snorted in wicked amusement, Aerith covered her mouth with her hand, Cloud struggled against Sephiroth without really paying attention after that initial bit, Cid swore, and Yuffie's jaw dropped upon hearing Leon's outburst. They all knew he was spiteful, but damn. That was very, very strange, even from him.

"Err… Leon…," Yuffie started, taking a tentative step towards her partner - rather, former partner now, considering they didn't need to deal with Heartless anymore - "…it's a good thing Ansem lost, remember…? Don't be such a freak…"

The brunette simply turned to glare at her, fingering the trigger of his gunblade.

The silver-haired man tightened his arm around Cloud's chest, simultaneously pulling him away from the crowd as he spoke. "Nevermind that, girl, Squall has a terrible grudge against the young Keybearer…"

Leon's eye twitched. Sephiroth's voice was even more chiding than usual, and he hated it… not to mention Cloud's constant struggling wasn't helping the brunette's rapidly growing headache.

"Goddamn, Leon, you gotta let that shit go," the pilot muttered, wiping at his nose with one calloused thumb, "just because you lost to the kid a coupla times don't mean ya gotta dwell on it, shit…"

The brunette turned to snarl at Cid. Like the oldest man was one to talk… he nearly killed Yuffie for accidentally putting a ding in one of his Gummis three years ago and still wouldn't let her borrow one of his precious ships…

Leon scoffed. Hypocrite.

Aerith took a step forward - and managed to carefully bypass the sharp tip of Sephiroth's precious sword poised at her throat - and suggested, soothingly, "maybe we should let you rest, Leon… you've had a rough day…"

Leon shrank away from the girl's touch and hissed. "No… NO! I'm not going to stop until someone beats that fucking kid!"

Once again, Sephiroth snickered, mocking the gunblade wielder even as he continued backing out of the room, demon-winged counterpart nearly cemented to his side. The silver-haired freak only laughed harder as steely blue eyes shot in his direction, no doubt wishing him a very, very painful death.

"Sq—Leon, come on," the ninja muttered, taking a place beside Aerith, "just let this crap go already!" Yuffie huffed, placing her balled fists upon her hips. "Y'know, this side of you is makin' you a lot less cute and a lot more annoying."

With a loud cry, Leon kicked the bookcase, the force even - somehow - spinning the little revolving niche on the other side of the room. His fiery rage would not be quelled until someone beat Sora… but it was useless. Absolutely, positively useless…

There was no hope for him, now. Absolutely none. Ansem had obviously lost, Yuffie and Cloud sucked as partners, Sephiroth was a fucking freak, and Cid…

Leon turned slowly, raising an eyebrow at their smoking father-figure. Maybe Cid could—

He cut that thought short with a sigh. No, Cid wouldn't be able to run Sora over with a Gummi… hell, they were probably never going to see the spiky-haired boy anymore, anyway.

Leon crossed his arms and leaned up against one of the bookcases, taking on his normal bored, apathetic stance. Now that Sora beat Ansem and all their worlds - or so Leon assumed - were restored, that meant he would eventually forget about Sora, so it didn't matter.

…well, if he was lucky he would.

Perhaps that was the only way Leon could beat Sora - by simply forgetting him. That would be the best thing to do, right? Obviously it wouldn't be the most satisfying, but it was for the best… after all, he didn't want to kill Sora…

…not really, anyway.

Leon sighed. Fuck it. Whatever. He would never, ever win to Sora.

Ever.

But… that was okay.

The brunette looked over to Sephiroth as the crazy fuck happily tortured the spiky-haired one in his arms.

…well…

If he couldn't utterly destroy Sora then the least he could do is go after a decent replacement, Leon figured…

…and Cloud looked enough like Sora, he supposed, the both of them had bright-as-hell blue eyes and scarily spiky hair…

So… maybe Leon could get his revenge that way…

Leon turned face and cackled. Yes… yes… all would be well for him, soon…

…if Sephiroth would allow him the chance to get near the blonde, that was.