Chapter 6: Order of 10 Pt. 3

A/N: Well... I am just going to drop this off right here...

Hopping out of his mother's lap, Leo quickly fashioned the bandana around his head before his urge to just say fuck it and open his eyes early could get too strong. As soon as the silk-like cloth touched his head Leo could feel his breath catch for a moment. 

No matter how many times he had done it over the years, to feel all his powers and energy simultaneously fall under such restrictions always felt unbearable for a moment. The closest thing Leo could compare it to was like having a weighted blanket wrapped around each of his organs. 

Years of borderline abusive environmental training had long toughened Leo up physiologically, even though he shuddered remembering how those initial days had been. The worst part of the whole situation for Leo was that his dad would force him to train and then retrain everything. 

Honestly, he was unsure if any actual newborn could handle the life he had been put through the past 10 years. That being said, Leo grinned as one of his best friends {PF:...also the only one.} came out of his soul now that the view was being limited even more. 

A pitch black Pokemon with kaleidoscope style spots that glittered like stars that spread across its skin seemed to shimmer into existence. There was an audible pop sound, as if air was rushing into a vacuum. Following which, intelligent magenta eyes with cat-like pupils flashed as they scanned the surroundings one time. 

Not finding anything of note, the pokemon that was clearly a variant Mew, made a cute 'meow' noise and floated down from the space above the bed it had appeared at and nuzzled Leo's mom. 

 Lenora, who was still upset that her baby wasn't playing along with her anymore immediately jumped up in excitement after noticing the mew and lovingly pulled the pokemon into her arms. 

 "I knew there must be someone out there who still loves me! Eve can you believe this guy? Not even wanting to play a game with his mother and so power hungry at a young age, can it be that I am raising a big villain?" 

 Lenora's face as she held the 'serious' conversation with the little mew couldn't help but tremble when she saw Eve adopt a thinking pose with her chubby hands and furrow her brows as if she was seriously considering what Lenora had said. 

Curious what jokes were being told between those two, Leo walked back over towards his bed where his mother and Eve continued to have a whispered conversation. Leo walked over just in time to catch the public mental proclamation of Eve, "Even if my master is evil, at the very least he will be the final big boss at the very end of the Epilogue that never gets certainly defeated." 

Feeling extra speechless in his heart at this cultivation-esque bullcrap, Leo decided in his heart that he will not let this become another cultivation novel. Pulling his beast out of his mom's arms, Leo turned an exasperated look onto her. 

"Mom, can you please let me finish this practice? I understand you are bored, why not go get dad to take you somewhere?" Leo knew his mother was just getting nervous for him and wanted to spend more time with him before he finished the first stage of his training. 

"I will do whatever I please whenever I please and you will not tell me otherwise young man!" His mother spoke in an almost admonishing tone. "That being said, I really don't want you to leave mama. You are all I have; without you I will wither away and die!" 

Lenora even flung her arms up and began to fake cry, hoping that her act would make Leo postpone his decision for a while longer. "Mom, I love you dearly, but you are really not a good actress..." Leo commented with a wooden expression on his face, trying his hardest not to think about how his dad would react to hearing his wife forget about his existence. 

"Moreover, I know for a fact that dad has the same protections on me as he does you. Not to mention all the stuff you have put on me, I am certain both you and I will be just fine mom you need to stop stressing so much before it gives you wrinkles." 

Saying that, Leo leaned over to his mom to give her a kiss on the cheek, watching as her persistent frown finally started to fade away. "Still, you know you still have a problem with..." Lenora cut herself off as she felt a strange, yet familiar feeling wash over her skin. 

"Mom, I may not have ever killed before, but if anyone thinks I will hesitate to do whatever it takes to make it back here they are sorely mistaken." Leo turned his still covered head to his mother as he spoke. 

'Ahh, so that really was my little Keeper's killing intent. The fact that he can cultivate it at all without killing proves he at least won't hesitate at the key moment. I guess that's enough training for him then.' 

Lenora sighed, but then a small smile fell onto her face, and she finally shrugged "Fine, fine, I won't baby you anymore about this. Just remember to come back. And you better not bring a bunch of girls back here!!" Lenora relented finally, after making sure that Leo once again 'thoroughly' understood her rules for his expected behavior. 

Deciding to leave him to his training, Lenora gently floated off the bed, moving towards Leo, she kissed the top of his head as he continued to refine his essence energy. Shaking her head, she decided to go beat up his dad for passing on those stubborn genetics to her child.

After all, they all knew that after this he would be gone until he managed to claim the universe he was going to descend into. Thanks to both his wishes and lineage he already had 3 choices of universes to start in. 

After much discussion and understanding what would be required of him, Leo felt that it would be best to start with the Pokemon World, even though it was already known to him that the lvl 10 Reality had a very different setting than what he was used to from his previous life. 

His parents also agreed with his choice, if for no other reason than it being the least dangerous of the origin sources, he had access to currently. Leo pondered over his upcoming travel as he continued to push and refine the energy leaking out from his eyes into his entire being. 

After a few hours of circulating the energy while pondering battle strategies and tactics for a smooth takeover, Leo could feel a familiar rumbling inside his body. That was the sound of his essence being perfected for its current level.

At the very next moment, Leo broke through to a Level 0 Universe Master.