Leon Sainoa

"Please, say anything! You can be as mad as you want, just talk to me! I need you, Lana, please don't leave me!"
- Leon begging Lana to speak during his torture.
Leon Sainoa is the protagonist of Book 5, the secondary protagonist of Book 6, and the primary antagonist of Book 7. He is a dark brown cat with deep purple eyes, after the Reset, Leon gained various dark markings on his body. Leon is missing his right eye, due to it being ripped out by Ashton. He is emotional, irritable, and rude. 
He's quick to anger, and hates those who have wronged him. He deeply believes in the importance of equal treatment, which leads to his obsession with revenge. He hates several people, but none more than Ashton. Leon can't stand people who he finds annoying or too emotional, and despises when others don't listen to him.
Leon has several bad habits, but the worst is arguably is refusal to sleep. Leon has traumatic visions and dreams in his sleep, causing him to hate sleep and only rest when absolutely necessary for his health, otherwise, he'll stay up all day. 
He chose to take his mother's last name, Sainoa, disliking the reputation that Mayflower had. However, his birth name is still Leon Mayflower. This name change was undecided by Raiverin, the first of few mortal choices Leon would have.
== The Vessel ==
Leon was created on June 23, 2011. However, Hayseed and Verona had not tried for another child. The two were perfectly content with their daughter, who they saw as perfect. Leon was given to them by the Gods directly, albeit unannounced. Leon was created with the purpose of capturing and containing Ashton's spirit. As such, he was designed to be exactly the same, or atleast incredibly similar, to Ashton. The two share many personality traits and could even be mistaken for one another. Leon was meant to be captured and killed by the Impulse, as Ashton could not handle the thought of someone being like him, afraid of being replaced. Unfortunately, due to forces outside the Gods' control, Lana was taken instead. After Leon's first introduction to Ashton, a part of the demon was absorbed into Leon, causing the young cat to become more like his Uncle than was initially intended. Leon started to become more apathetic, manipulative, selfish, uncaring, and sick, although he couldn't see any of this happening to him. As a result, Leon gains the ability to tap into his true form that the Gods designed him as, Pure. This is apparent in the events of Book 6, where Leon is nothing but aggressive towards Paris, using him to get what he wants. The death of Ashton Mayflower.
== Book 5 ==
Leon awakes from a dream of his sister, Lana. He makes his way down to the river that separated his home from the rest of the world, he states that "After six years, I thought it would be done. I thought I'd be over you, I thought I could make myself hate you…". He then injures his paw, washing the blood away in the water. He for once feels calm and relaxed, but it is short lived. Hayseed arrives to talk with his son, the two discuss Lana shortly, Hayseed dismisses the topic rather quickly as he believes Lana is still alive. Leon drops the conversation of his sister, choosing to instead discuss his Uncle, Ashton. Hayseed is quickly upset by this and storms off after a short argument. Leon laughs to himself and enjoys his alone time before returning home, after he arrives, he hears creaking on the roof. As he climbs to investigate, he feels drops of blood falling on his head, Before he has time to check further, his parents begin yelling from the entrance.
Leon drops down to check it out before realizing it's his sister. Lana quickly embraces him, but he pulls away. He is furious that she could just return after years and expect him to be okay with it. He storms away, returning to the lake and discussing to himself where she could have been. Lana soon joins him, explaining why she had left and that she didn't want to be away from him for so long. As Leon heard this, he began to understand how she felt, and his mind changed. Leon comforted his sister, apologizing for being so angry at her.
The next day, the siblings went out rock collecting. Leon, for once, had to be the one who was encouraging Lana. She seemed out of it, when they finished, Leon gave her a salt rock to keep. They returned home for a party that their parent's had planned, everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves... except Lana. When it was over, Leon was preparing to rest when Lana asked if he trusted her. Leon assured her he did, to which she smiled and thanked him before striking him over the head with the rock, knocking him out. 
When Leon awoke, he was tied to a chair with a cloth around his muzzle. Lana stood in front of him, taunting him before removing the cloth. Leon began shouting questions, which annoyed Lana. She charged at him, but Leon fell back and removed himself from the chair. He ran down the stairs, running into his mother and tumbling down with her. Verona berated her son for being so careless before starting to walk up the stairs. Leon screamed for her to stop and tried to run after her, but he was knocked right back down with her corpse. Her blood covered him, all he could do was stare at his mother's body in front of him. As Leon exited to bury her body, he's caught by Hayseed and shares a moment with him.
The next morning, Leon is awoke by the screams of his father and is caught by Lana, knocking him unconscious after killing his father. He awakes in a forest and is forced to run before he can understand anything as a dog chases him down into a bush. He bumps into a tall cat, who prepares to leave him before Leon screams and begs for them to help. They eventually agree, and introduce themselves as Badger.
== Trivia ==
* Leon was originally conceived as a "were-ferret", cursed by Ashton and forced to become a ferret at night, this was scrapped due to feeling unnecessary and made writing future Books a chore.
* Leon had a few names prior to his final, these included Haiki, Rantaro, Liam, and Chian.
* His namesake is Leon Kuwata from the Danganronpa series.
* It was briefly considered that Leon and Badger may enter a romantic relationship, however, it was realized that neither would have interest in the other.
* Leon has canonically killed at the minimum, at least 8 billion people. (Estrogen would have saved him)
* He shares zero physical traits with Hayseed, only being a secondary version of Verona.
* Leon's physical body is about 23 years old, but he has not progressed mentally beyond the age of 16.
* His hopping in Book 7; Chapter 7 is similar to Dabi's Dance from My Hero Academia.
* His creation was mildly inspired by Vergil from the Devil May Cry series, specifically his role in the fifth game.