A/N: So I was watching "Encouragement Of Climb" when I got this insatiable urge to write some Gen!

... I know, not enough reason to ditch everything and start a new story, but you all know how I am. And hey, maybe this'll get me back into a Vanguard mood, especially after the most recent episode. The first thing I wonder was where the hell was Leon when all this was happening? Did he go back to Hong Kong? SO THIS IS MY EXCUSE TO WRITE MORE LEON and Aichi and Ren of course.

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"Leon, if you don't keep climbing, you'll never get to the top!"

"J-Just a little more, Leon-kun!"

Leon swore under his breath, gripping the rocks harder as he tried his best not to look down. Ren knew he was afraid of heights, yet there he was, dragging the blond out on a Sunday morning(even he had classes to study for, regardless of being currently abroad. His captain would kill him if he failed any classes) and telling him they were climbing a mountain.

A fucking mountain.

And not the easy way.

"I don't want to make it to the top, I want to get down!" He shouted, clutching the safety rope in his left hand while his right hand stayed holding the rock. It wasn't that high up, he'll admit, but after that nasty fall he'd had when he was nine(he didn't know the towers on the island were that unstable), he wasn't about to climb any higher than he could see.

"But it's sooo pretty up here!" The Ren sang, jiggling the rope slightly. He heard Aichi saying something along the lines of That's dangerous, Ren-san! and the older boy's laughter following, and he was not amused.

"And maybe this'll cure your fear of heights! Come on, Leon, just do it!" Ren laughed. He peered over the edge of the cliff, grinning down at the blond. "Unless you really wanna get down?"

"Yes!" Finally, the red-head seemed to get it. He shifted his feet slightly, heart beating faster every second. He was starting to feel sick, and the crunching noises under his feet did not help alleviate his worries. He heard Ren hum.

"The fast way or the slow way?" He said, and Leon looked up in confusion. Ren was still holding the rope, though a little further out so it was in his view. Something was off.

"... Fast?" He said hesitantly, and immediately regretted it.

"Okay~"

He felt his insides churn the moemnt Ren's fingers loosened on the rope, gripping the rocks tightly with both hands before he felt the jerk of the rope and Ren's laugher floating down.

When they were back on ground level, he was going to kick the bastard's ass.

"Ren-san, don't do that!"

"But he said he wanted to get down." Leon's head shot up.

"I said I wanted to get down, not for you to kill me!" He paused. "I'm not Aichi!"

"Hey!"

It was only fifteen minutes later, when he'd finally been talking into climbing up by the instructor, that he made good on his self-promise and tackled the red-head to the ground.

It was twently minutes later that Aichi asked him, "So... are you still afraid of heights?"

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A/N: I have this strange head-canon that Leon was extremely energetic as a child and got into all kinds of trouble, which was why he was around their clan leader so much, to stop him from doing stupid things. It includes the idea of the geography of the island they lived on(I can't remember the exact image of it, but since there were a lot of ruins, I assume they had towers or something) and that he has the whole place mapped out by memory because of all the stuff he's pulled when he was younger. Another head-canon is that he does not get along with the captain of his school's Vanguard team(it's a school like S.I.T., but there's most likely someone in charge of them during things like tournaments). and the vice-captain always has to settle their arguments. Cuz I honestly do not believe Leon can lead a team with more than 3 people. Haha, my opinions of my favorite characters.

But other than that, I plan on updating this slowly with whatever pops into my head. Ah, these will probably be set between episodes 116 and... 129, maybe some after if I can work it out.

Now, I should really be uploading this on my other profile, seeing as it's Gen, but then I remembered that one is reserved for one-shots.