Chreon

Chreon is the slash ship between Chris Redfield and Leon Kennedy from the Resident Evil fandom.

Canon
With Claire Redfield, Chris’ sister, as a mutual contact, it was only a matter of time before Chris and Leon did met for the first time. Their respective organizations are highly restricted, but when they do finally met, both are able to understand each other’s deep convictions, particularly those related to the eradication of bio-organic weapons. The conversation that followed between the two of them is confidential. However, Ingrid Hunnigan wrote down the details of their meting into a report she sent to Adam Benford, the then U.S. President. Below is an excerpt from that report:

''Chris and Leon’s confidential first meeting - “Terra Save member, Claire Redfield, introduced the two and they shook hands firmly, smiling. It looked almost like they were two friends who hadn’t seen each other in 10 years. They didn’t say much and it was a short conversation, but I believe they came to understanding of each other’s hardships in their battles against bioterrorism.''

I believe this meeting was an important step in breaking down the barrier between the U.S. government and the B.S.A.A.”

History


After the events of the Mansion Incident, Chris goes off to Europe to fight Umbrella. His younger sister Claire goes looking for him in Raccoon City. Along the way, she meets Leon, and together travel into the zombie infested city. They help one another out and both make it out alive. Afterward, Claire ventures off by herself to find Chris while Leon and Sherry are found and picked up by the United States Government.

During the events of Code: Veronica, Claire is taken to Rockford Island after breaking into the Umbrella Facility in Paris. While there, she runs into fellow inmate, Steve Burnside. An outbreak occurs, and Claire reaches out to Leon for help. Using his newfound position and resources, Leon looks for Chris and finds him. He goes to tell Claire, but she herself goes missing. Leon offers to help Chris find her, but Chris insists that he get a rescue team ready and have it on standby while Chris searches for Claire himself.

Chris and Leon don't cross paths again until the events of Resident Evil 6, but there are references to the two in the games between. Chris references the Kennedy Report during the events of Resident Evil 5. The Kennedy Report is in reference to the events of Resident Evil 4, which recounts Leon's mission in Spain. It is assumed that the B.S.A.A has also been informed of said report, probably as a guide or source of information in regards to the Las Plagas parasites and Ganados.

Resident Evil 6
During the events of Resident Evil 6, Leon and Helena Harper chase Derek C. Simmons, the National Security Advisor and one of the main antagonists of the game, to China. Along the way they also encounter Chris and Piers Nivans, who are chasing after Carla Radames, who they believe to be Ada Wong. Leon and Chris get into a brief scuffle, ending with them pointing their weapons at one another, Leon defending who he believes to be Ada, insisting that she is a key witness and that they need her to prove their own innocence. Chris is on edge, arguing otherwise and saying that she is the one who did all this due to the events of Edonia six months earlier as well as the events in China that caused Chris to lose his second team. Chris recognizes him and Leon is able to calm him down momentarily before Carla drops a flash grenade.

Piers pursues her and Chris goes to do the same, but Leon momentarily stops him. He tells Chris that they want the same thing. Understanding that their goals align, Chris agrees to not kill Ada, telling Leon to capture Simmons. Leon tells him that he knows that Chris will do the right thing, meaning that he trusts the latter's judgement. Helena questions Leon's decision, but Leon reassures her that they have been in this for a while and that he trusts Chris.

Vendetta
Later in the Vendetta movie, Chris mission to stop Arias brought him and the Silver Dagger team to New York City, where he rescued Rebecca Chambers from an outbreak of the same virus from Mexico. Rebecca explained that the mysterious virus contained traits similar to the Plaga parasite used by Los Iluminados, leading Chris to take her in order to meet Leon S. Kennedy in Colorado. Chris argued with a drunk and defeated Leon to ask for his help, as Rebecca managed to convince Leon to provide some intel about the Los Iluminados.

In the novel after Rebecca left, Chris tells Leon how difficult the Lianshang incident was, that he wanted to leave the BSAA, and that he had the same feelings that Leon now knows (after the death of their comrades). But Chris tells him that they can’t leave everything, otherwise their comrades will have died in vain. As survivors of Raccoon City, it's a fight they inevitably took part of and Leon tells Chris that he killed the president, an incident that has haunted him ever since. Every time Leon looks at the current president, he always feels uncomfortable. As the new threat outcomes, threatening the lives of New York populace and Rebecca himself, Leon agrees to join Chris in his mission to bring down Arias. Chris leads his team to New York City, briefing his mission with Leon who called him « Boss ». As they departed in the city, Chris took an armored Humvee while Leon put dibs on the Ducati, both vehicles provided by the BSAA. The two battle their way to Arias, during the first attack, Damien is killed by a pair of Cerberus. Leon leads the dogs away in his motorcycle as Chris rushes to Arias' base. Arias unleashes a horde of zombies to deal with Chris but it ended up being a failed attempt. Chris proficiently made use of his marksman and hand-to-hand combat skills, completely annihilating the first horde of the infected before Leon's crashing arrival by motorcycle down the stairs. They fight side by side before split to pursue the mission and save Rebecca. Later, Chris confronts Arias on the rooftop. They engage in a close quarters battle that involved both a gunfight and hand-to-hand combat. After winning the fight against Arias, Chris made his way back to Rebecca but he was ambushed by Aria’s creature, Diego. Lucky for him, Leon appeared and saved his life and eventually managed to get the creature's attention while Chris went to look for the vaccine to save Rebecca. After they defeated the creature, Chris and Leon met on the rooftop and agreed there’s one last thing left to do. After yet another successful mission, Chris, Leon, and the team proceeded to spread the vaccine around New York.

In the osprey Leon asked to Chris how much longer can they keep going on like this. Chris replied with a warm smile that he doesn’t know, he never make plans that far ahead, echoing Leon’s line from the restaurant in the beginning. It ends with them smiling to each other, relieved to have save the world again.

Resident Evil 6
(Chris in the aircraft) "Chris : Chris Redfield with the BSAA here.""FOS : Hold on, I’m patching you through to Agent Leon Kennedy.""Chris : What ? Leon ?! Leon, where are you ?""Leon : Chris ! We’re just outside of Tachi, why ?""Chris : Get the hell outta there !""[…]""Chris : Damn it !""Leon : Chris, listen to me. I need you to rescue two hostages from an underxater oil field. Agent Sherry Birkin… and Jake Muller. He’s Albert Wesker’s son.""Chris : Wesker ?!""Leon : Chris, he’s got antibodies for the C-Virus.""Chris : I got it. On my way.""Leon : Good. Thanks.""Chris : Leon, wait. There’s something I need to tell you. Ada Wong is dead.""Leon : Copy. Sherry and Jake need you. Don’t let them down."

Vendetta
"Leon : Careful you don’t scare the locals. Your stealth’s for shit." "Chris : It’s a little early to be that deep in the bottle, Leon.""Leon : Well, look who it is. The BSAA’s Golden boy and Dr. High Hopes. What the hell do you want ?""Chris : I got a job. We need your help.""Leon : I’m on vacation.""[…]""Chris : So, what ? You just gonna sit aroung here another week and do nothing ?""Leon : I never make plans that far ahead. Hey, another bottle here.""Chris : Cancel that.""Leon : Hey, who the hell do you… ?""Chris : Enough ! All right ?""Leon : What do you want, Redfield ?""Chris : What do you want, Leon ?""(Leon taking his flask with a provocative look. Chris grabbed his wrist). ""Chris : Cut the shit.""[…]""Leon : Who’s the bad guy her ?""Chris : Arias. And it’ our mission to bring his ass down !""Leon : Your mission, not mine !""Chris : Goddamn it, Leon !""[…]""Chris : Did you hear what he said ? It’s our lucky day.""Leon : Lucky ? Are you crazy ?""Chris : He’s gonna lead us right to our guy.""[…]""Chris to Leon : We have leads. Look, man. I need you." (In New York city) "Chris : Damnit ! Any ideas ?""Leon : I’ll lead the dogs away.You go blow some more tankers. Good ?""Chris : Yeah.""[…]""Chris : Leon.""Leon : Sorry I’m late. I had to take the stairs." (Final battle) "Chris : One more thing left to do.""Leon : So let’s do it.""[…]""Leon : Hey, Chris ?""Chris : Yeah ?""Leon : How much longer can we keep going on like this ?""Chris : I don’t know. I never make plans that far ahead."

Fanon
As the series’ two most prominent heroes, it wasn’t long before Chris and Leon were being shipped. On AO3, Chreon is the third most written ship within the Resident Evil - All Media Types tag; Leon’s most written and Chris’ third most written.

Fandom
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