A/N: Here's my third try at this chapter.
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To be honest, he was quite confused at everything that was going on.
Upon entering the room, Leon was surprised when he was met with pale white hair and shining golden eyes. Before he could say anything to the child, he was ushered into another room with instructions to "put on some dry clothes".
Well, the exact words were a lot ruder than that, but he'd been taught not to use that kind of language.
Right now, though, he was sitting across from the strange boy who had yet to introduce himself. The adults were all eyeing him suspiciously, especially with his next words.
"While I'm sure there is much explaining to be done, let me get straight to the point." He looked at the clan leader, then at Leon. "I'd like to take Leon-kun with me to Japan."
The gasps of surprise were quickly followed up with shouts of protests and questions, to which the leader silenced them with his own.
"Why."
It was a simple question, but the way he said it demanded an answer. The boy simply smiled.
"His power will be necessary in the events to come." He said. "In a few weeks, I intend to hold a tournament to gather the world's strongest fighters. I wish for Leon-kun to be one of them."
There was mumbling now, from all around them. While he felt he should be freaking out at the fact that someone was asking to take him outside, Leon couldn't bring himself to speak up.
Besides, in the end, it wouldn't be his decision to make. The leader was watching the boy now, less suspicious but still questioning.
"Does it specifically have to be Leon?" Someone from the side asked. It was a woman, who was watching both of them with distaste. Unsurprising, as Leon had always been the one to act out among the children. Even if they were so few.
But in response, the boy held his smile, and reached into his sleeve. He pulled out a stack of cards, with a pattern Leon had only seen in the books their leader used to hide from him. They were placed on the table in between them.
Leon looked at him, then at the cards. The boy nodded, gesturing to the stack, and Leon reached for the top card. Flipping it over, he felt his eyes widen in surprise.
He couldn't be blamed if his heart stopped for a moment.
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A/N: Apparently automated messages don't know how to hang up. Nice to know I have school tomorrow despite the seven inches of rain and flooding we're getting.
I'm going to be editing the shit out of this fic once we get ten chapters in, I just know it. I'm not actually happy with how things have been going, but once I'm further in the story, things will flow better.