Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of The Lioness and the Wolf. Enjoy the 3700-Word chapter. I don't own AGK, Takahiro, Square Enix and a few others do.

(Empire)

Jace flopped onto his bed, leaving his boots and coat behind as the resistance soldier only sighed and then felt Leone drop next to him, Jace, was all too curious as to how she'd be when it came down to it.

She hugged her new boyfriend to her stomach as Jace sighed and simply wrapped his arms around him as Jace sighed.

"You are a giant damn cat, Leone… a very damn big cat now, you know that?" Jace asked before Leone shrugged. "We still have a damn meeting to go to tomorrow, you know that, right?" Jace asked with a raised eyebrow as to how this would have come to be.

He knew more than anything that if it came down to it? She'd probably make the biggest play, even if he didn't want it. He didn't want her to die, yet it was clear more or less that she'd probably have died sooner or later. It was clear more or less that such an issue wasn't something that should have gotten worse.

Leone was all too much and it was clear she didn't at all intend to change when push came to shove. Their powers weren't going to have been able to have relaxed. It should have done worse… It'd be worse at the end of the day. He didn't even grasp the idea for now… But it was clear to Jace just how odd his life was going to have been. They had so damn much to have dealt with at the end of the day.

It wasn't going to be something he had wished to have handled for now. it wasn't going to have been when it came down to handle for it. She had been like this; it wasn't going to be something so easily done for now. it hadn't been what he hadn't predicted for now.

Leone wrapped her arms and legs around him as he shook his head before he tilted his head to the side. It was clear more than anything at the end of the day when it came down to it, he had a lot more to question now.

Jace sighed and looked around before he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth. He hadn't at all seemed to have questioned what to do next.

He looked at the woman who spooned him as if he were a cub. It was just more and more ridiculous when he considered it. Leone seemed to have yawned and prepared for now. it was clear more and more when push came to shove.

Jace slowly started to climb toward the other side of the bed before letting her hug him.

"You do realize we need to go to the meeting tomorrow, right? We can't let all of this distract us from it." Leone heard as she snored for now when it came down to it. Aren't you going to say something when it's all over?" Leone heard as she sighed to herself, all too interested in what was coming over them.

Jace sighed and looked around before he tilted his head to the side. He didn't at all seem to have grasped, for now, they had more problems when it came down to it.

Leone wasn't going to have prepared for now. She didn't at all understand the war going on, the battle was to be something worse than before. Jace knew Matias would stop at nothing to gain the throne. It was all similar to Esdeath… But at least she had something of a safety net with her damn philosophy to fall back.

Matias? All that man had been concerned with was power, all that could be considered a problem was how he'd act at the end of the day. it wasn't going to be that simple, he'd not be able to have dealt with it when push came to shove, and that? Well, that was utterly terrifying for now, so utterly beyond all control, beyond it all.

They had so much more to focus upon and this… Wasn't one of them, it'd never be so easy.

"You should know I'm not going to deal with that until it happens, right? I'm not concerned with it." Leone stated to which Jace rolled his eyes. "It's all I can do when push comes to shove." Leone said as she yawned.

Jace merely sighed, purely amused for now by her antics. It wasn't like he could move much now; she was several times larger than him and it was still more than he wished to handle. If anything? He had little to nothing worth losing when push came to shove.

"I'm going to get hungry sooner or later," Jace stated as he shook his head before he looked around before he shook his head at her.

There was a moment of silence from her as she tilted, his head to the side. It was going to be a very long day and he could already tell what she would have said. It was probably going to be…

"I have something we can eat~" Leone stated as Jace rolled his eyes.

"No. not in the mood, Leone." Jace said before shaking his head. "And stop trying to activate my imperial arms. I'm not going to do anything to you just because I'm not human or beast or whatever. It's not as simple as 'Jace is not human so he wants to do the dirty dance.'" Jace stated before he shook his head and then looked around.

It was clear more than anything such a measure wasn't going to be able to relax. Jace stayed silent before he seemed to have questioned the depths of her amusement. She nuzzled into the crux of his neck before he questioned what to do next before now. It would not be long before someone or something questioned their relationship, something that should not have been properly dealt with when push came to shove.

That wasn't going to be something he felt himself getting used to. Not purely due to the fact it was Leone… But he felt as if wasn't going to be that bad. Maybe he was simply short-selling it, but he wasn't going to be able to fake it for much longer.

"How often are we going to be doing this?" Jace questioned to which Leone stayed silent before finding her voice a few seconds later.

"As long as we're together," Leone said to which Jace rolled his eyes before he seemed to find himself silent.

"Are you going to be, ok?" Jace questioned before he raised his head as high as possible before he shook his head. "This isn't going to be easy. I don't think I should need to point out we're probably going to die. That, and you are crushing my ribs and pulling me close enough that I can smell what food you had for breakfast." Jace said as he tilted his head.

He could only find silence as the answer before it came down to it. There were very few answers to this and it wasn't going to be easy to manage.

Then again? He wasn't going to be something he could have handled for now when it came down to be. Jace was honestly too prepared before it was all said and done. There were a lot more problems to have fixed and this wasn't going to be a lot worse or weirder.

Leone sighed to which she seemed to have found it worse and worse. Leone wasn't to find it boring as she tilted her head before it wasn't going to work out well for them at all. There was no damn good way for him to spin this as anything beyond awkward at the time when it came down to it.

Jace sighed to himself before he questioned before it came to focus on such issues.

"Are you going to be, ok?" Jace questioned before he sighed, all too amused.

"Yes." Leone said while she wrapped her feet around him.

It was someone who wouldn't have been able to relax for now that he liked. He questioned what to do next when he awoke from his slumber. He laughed to himself inside his mind, perhaps it had been something he felt he should entertain for now.

Jace allowed sleep to claim him, it wasn't like he could do much before she managed to have to relax, for now, nuzzling her head on his stomach.

Still? He allowed her to pull his head into the stomach as he finally wrapped his arms around the small of her back. Leone had seemed to treat upon such a measure before she questioned before now.

He smirked to himself; he wasn't prepared for now… Yet it had been something dwelling within him that it was all too much. Jace yawned and closed his eyes before sleep slowly started to flood into his body. He hummed, all too much amusement slowly flooding into his body.

Jace sighed and slowly started to sleep upon himself a moment later. It wasn't going to slowly start to creep into his body all too much for now as he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth.

(2 hours later)

Jace let out a yawn as he felt the afternoon sun beat down on him. it was all too clear to him that today would be SLOW and uninterested to the highest degree. It was too much for him. too much for anyone at the least. Perhaps this would be entertaining for some reason.

Jace tried to roll out of bed only to be stopped by the towering Leone who cuddled him like he was a toy. He rolled his eyes mentally before trying to roll out of bed.

"Leone, I need to go to the bathroom," Jace stated before shaking his head.

"No. I don't want to." Leone stated to which Jace hummed and then looked up and into the ceiling.

"Damn it, Leone. I need to pee." Jace said as he tried to pull himself from her arms before giving up. "You're not going to let me do anything today, are you?" Jace asked as he raised an eyebrow at her. "You're going to explain to the general why we haven't been able to relax and get this mission over with. I want you to know that. You're going to be the one explaining it all." Jace said as he yawned to himself while he questioned what to do next.

It was clear there were more and more problems on the horizon, ones which he needed to rationalize for now. Well, this wasn't going to be something as to how well this wasn't going to be an odd little problem when it came to it.

Leone was just going to drive him up a wall… And part of him simply made him curious for now, curious as to how this would go and how well it'd end. Jace was always finding her to be mystifying to him, utterly baffling as to how this had happened at the end of the day.

Jace sighed to himself mentally as he could not even blame Leone for her problematic behavior. It was clear something had to give, that something would break and there was little that could be done, and yet? Well? This made him laugh all the same as he could tell Leone was just messing with him to a degree and yet? She wasn't at the same time, all that mattered was their goals and how best to get there with the least obstacles.

"Fine… Come back?" Leone asked as Jace sighed.

"Sure? But we're going to talk, ok?" Jace asked before she nodded to herself before she sighed and unclamped her legs and arms.

"Are you going to be, ok?" Jace questioned before he tilted his head before it came down to it. "You're going to be ok, aren't you? We need to get the show on the road, right?" Leone asked before it came down to it.

There was a lot more to consider as Jace led himself to the bathroom before he sighed.

"You, ok?" Jace asked as he sighed and tried to think.

"Yeah, just tired, I've been forced to deal with my healing going all over the place. I've been shot and yet whatever you did shot the metal out of me." Leone stated to which Jace hummed.

"Well, it's a one-time thing and all I know is the POS sold us out to Matias. I don't know why he brought you back, but it's clear he's damn crazy." Jace said as he straightened up before sighing to himself.

"So was Esdeath and she almost won. You think Matias is just as dangerous?" Leone asked, curling a pillow around her face.

"Considering Matias doesn't have any scruples and has access to every single Tengu in the emperor's vault. So yes." Jace said as he finished up. "You're going to squish me like a ball as soon as I sit down, aren't you?" Jace questioned her as she hummed and nodded.

"Fine. The needy woman who looks like a giant lion and I get to be the chew toy, that's nice." Jace said before he sighed.

Jace flopped down into the bed close to Leone. If the woman wanted him that badly? He didn't mind so much as his bones and body still felt sore. He'd train but he also felt too tired to even lift his limbs, perhaps it'd all need to end sometime soon, perhaps it'd be nice to think about such a state.

He let sleep take him as he fell exhaustion finally cut over his body. He felt two strong arms and legs wrap around his ribs and chest.

"Leone? We are going to that meeting when it comes to shove. I'm not going to let us sleep in… Even if I want to at the end of the day." Jace said with a yawn to himself.

"You don't even want to go." Leone stated to which Jace hummed and nuzzled into her stomach while he extended his arms around her.

"Nobody wants to do this crap. I like fighting but not leading a damn military campaign, Leone. I'm still going to have to deal with this crap." Jace stated before looking around.

"There's a lot more to deal with anyway, I deal with this one more time? I'm going to explode; I want to point that out." Jace stated before he yawned before he frowned at himself.

There was a lot more to deal with such props. It wasn't going to be something easily dealt with for now and yet it needed to be ended sooner or later. There were more and more problems on the horizon but that seemed to have it all figured out sooner or later.

Leone only looked at him with a lot more amusement on her face. It was clear more and more if something didn't end. Well? Something would break and that something would be their kind.

Perhaps it was better they had a proper talk, yet? He doubted a proper talk was at all what could be done… If anything? All it did was make him laugh over it all and over until the end of time and until the tides crashed down on them. It was clear such methods only made him more and more problematic as to how it was going to need to be.

There was a method to this and yet the boy didn't at all care for now as of now, this wasn't going to be easy, but it'd be fun all the same.

Leone lifted her legs to which Jace lowered one of her knees and sighed, only pausing to look at her.

"You're not getting me to do something that easy, Leone. I'm not a dog." Jace started to which there was a moment of silence.

"You turn into one." Jace heard as he rolled his eyes. "I'm flirting, I haven't been able to cut loose in weeks." Leone said, her voice muffled by the twinge of Jace's neck.

"You aren't cutting loose with me yet. There's too much to do for that anyway. I don't have time to play with you like that and you know it. There's a lot to see and a lot to do before today is over." Jace stated as he sighed.

"Your no fun." Leone stated to which Jace fell utterly silent.

"Says the woman who got thrown down a damn cliff a few hours ago and still feels like pushing my buttons even when nothing comes from it," Jace said before rolling his eyes.

Leone fell silent, utterly amused, and thrown off. it was clear more and more like it was a challenge and yet? Jace knew it and yet he did nothing to mess with her. It was so easy that it almost made his brain hurt.

"You're going to get me killed one day, you know that?" Jace asked before he sighed. "Can you stop kicking my legs? You are going to bruise me more than the fight ended up doing." Jace said as he sighed. "Also? All it does is hurt and I'm going to roll us off the bed if it hurts that much." Jace said as he sighed and realized just how odd it'd all be if she and he weren't all friends.

It was so odd, something he could barely keep away from it all. There was enough chaos and chaotic nature here to power an entire city, this was not his place to be picky… However? It was his to see or judge at all considering he was simply a soldier and she was along the lines of an assassin. It was clear more or less such issues more and more existed, it would only exist more and more until then, it was something that could have ended properly… If anything? This didn't at all matter much to him.

Leone snuggled her head into his chest before she looked around before she smirked at him. Jace said nothing as he allowed himself into the nice and welcoming embrace of sleep.

"You just love trying to use my neck for a resting place, don't you?" Jace asked as he yawned, his voice muffled by her stomach which she seemed to favor shoving his head into.

All of their odd little adventures told him there was more and more of an odd little amusing trick. Leone's antics did not disturb him so much as he had fallen silent, utterly curious as to how well it'd need to go.

Leone was honestly a very strange woman with a very odd Tengu. Yet she was also a skilled assassin and lethal warrior in general. It was all too much for them to have to think about as of now and Jace wanted to sleep, not giving a damn about the consequences of all of these problems. All of the measures in the world would not stop him for now.

He was utterly silent as of now, it was clear more or less a problematic thing that needed to be said and done, and yet? He was busy laughing, for now, laughing into the abyss would come tumbling as of now, all of their measures would not stop them.

His thoughts turned to Matias as Leone pushed his head deeper into his stomach before now had yet bothered him. The damn coward was a threat to the entire region and yet all of their problems ended if he died. All of it'd end peacefully and Matias knew he could not challenge the powers that be when it came down to it.

Jace only rolled his eyes. Matias would never actually challenge them in open combat, there would never be anything he could do to be Esdeath or Honest. He did not own the power they had that made them threats that needed to be dealt with openly.

Jace yawned to himself and felt Leone's naval greet his face. All of it would crash down on them. Jace hummed to himself and then finally felt himself feel exhausted as of now.

Leone wasn't going to let him rest with the way she grasped him. it felt like a measure of amusement, it was all too much for his mind to process. It'd always be that way it seemed and yet? All it did was make his mind properly steamed and on track. There was all too much to need to focus upon.

Leone yawned and smirked before she looked up at herself as she tilted her head to the side and clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth. It was all too much for now as of now when it came down to it and as of the time when all of it seemed to be done and dusted, there was all too much on the line before she seemed to get it all said and done.

Still? The idea before now only for it seemed to get done and dusted before now as to what to do next. Leone was prepared to have to question.

Leone crossed her arms and sighed to herself before she clicked her tongue before she sighed to herself as of now. She turned to find it more and more important now.

Leone cuddled deeper into his shoulder as she wrapped herself around him like a giant humanoid feline. All it did was remind her that she had been getting far more and more problematic.

Author Notes

Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out that the next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will show more and more of Leone and Jace talking and such. The next chapter will be 900-6500 words and such. It will also show more and more of both of them training and such, until then, lighting Wolf out!