Leonuela

Leonuela is the het ship between Leon Kennedy and Manuela Hidalgo from the Resident Evil fandom.

Operation Javier
In 2002, Leon is sent to a small South American country with comrade Jack Krauser. A former researcher for Umbrella contacted ex-drug lord Javier Hidalgo, leading to a secret military operation to apprehend him. Within a village, Leon first learns of “a girl” who escaped from Javier’s mansion from a fatally wounded man who was supposed to be his and Krauser’s guide. The man dies before he can reveal who or where the girl is. With their guide dead, Leon and Krauser aim to seek out the mysterious girl.

The men spot a church in the distance and make their way for it where they find the girl singing on the floor. She sees them too and stops, before passing out. After a brief battle with a large B.O.W, Leon runs back for the girl. He and Krauser take her to a boat and begin their way to Javier’s mansion. The girl wakes up some time later and Leon immediately assures her she doesn’t have to worry, that she’s fine, and that he and Krauser aren’t going to hurt her. Leon notices the girl holding her wrapped up arm and asks if she’s alright. Krauser asks if she’s “the girl” they’ve been hearing about, when Leon explains they’re there on a mission for an American who contacted Javier for a virus. He further explains they need to locate Javier, and if she’d be willing to take him and Krauser to Amparo. The girl remains silent, though nodes her head.

The three arrive to the water channel the girl had escaped from leading to Javier’s mansion. Within the channel, Leon questions what of the girl’s name and she reveals her name to be Manuela. Leon politely tells her he’s pleased to meet her. Knowing there are B.O.Ws lurking around, Leon tells Manuela he needs her to be more careful, and how she needs to do as they say. As they’re walking through the channel, they’re attacked by different kinds of B.O.Ws, leading to Leon telling Manuela to stay back for her protection. They arrive to a hallway, closing a steel door behind them. Manuela informs them going forward it’s “like a maze” and for them follow her. As they traverse the area, Leon protects Manuela from attacking B.O.Ws, and Manuela in return warns Leon of oncoming ones. They leave and enter into an elevator, still in the channel. B.O.W piranhas attack the group, causing Manuela to fall down a slope of water. Leon jumps in to help fight, but calls out for Krauser to get Manuela out of the water. Manuela thanks Leon as they continue forward. Giant spider B.O.Ws drop from the ceiling, startling Manuela back into an adjoining room and she disappears from his view. Leon runs into the room and shouts her name. He hears singing and questions if that’s her. Manuela rounds the corner, looking slightly dazed and stutters out Leon’s name. He asks her if she’s alright, and seeing she is, voices he’s glad she’s okay.

Over a loud speaker, a man voice’s says Manuela’s name. Leon recognizes it as Javier’s, just as Manuela shouts out “Father!”. Leon is stunned to discover Manuela is the daughter of the man they’ve be searching for. Manuela runs away and Leon and Krauser give chase. They find Manuela standing in front of Javier as he’s telling her how the “man who gave us the Veronica virus told me it would work”. Moments later, a flood of water sweep Leon and Krauser down the channel. As they’re carried away, Manuela yells Leon’s name, and jumps in after him as her father watches on in shock.

Leon and Krauser meet back up, with Manuela nowhere to be found. They express their bewilderment at Manuela being Javier’s daughter, stating how “it wasn’t in the file”. Despite Javier being their target, Leon aims to find Manuela again. As Leon and Krauser are making their way back through the same route they took with Manuela earlier, Manuela spots Leon first, yelling his name as she rounds the corner. She is relieved to see him alive and voices how she was concerned something might have happened to him at the hands of her father. Reunited, the group recognizes a greater threat to them at that moment: the room they’re in is about to be flooded with water from another room. Manuela spots a valve past some pipes. She immediately crawls underneath them as Leon shouts her name. As Manuela works to turn the valves, she is attacked by a few zombies, leading to Leon protecting her.

The water is flushed from the other room, allowing the group to leave. As they encounter more B.O.Ws, Leon tells Manuela to stay close, to which Manuela happily accepts. They arrive outside to the top of the dam where they’re attacked by multiple large B.O.Ws. They run back and Manuela asks if Leon will protect her, to which Leon tells her of course he will. Upon killing all the B.O.Ws, Leon questions Manuela why she keeps running away from her father. She informs him she contracted the same disease that killed her mother years prior. Her father began using the Veronica virus has a treatment for her ailment. Manuela unclothes her right arm, revealing a green-scaly patch covering her skin. Those infected with the Veronica virus are unable to control it, leaving Leon wondering how Javier is keeping Manuela from turning into a B.O.W herself.

Leon, Manuela and Krauser head for Javier’s compound. Out of earshot from Manuela, Krauser voices his concern for Manuela. Knowing she’s infected with a highly dangerous virus, Krauser implies he and Leon should kill her before she becomes a threat to them. Leon tells him how Javier is able to keep Manuela from transforming. Leon needs to take her with him and find out how, revealing he’s under order from the U.S. President which Krauser wasn’t aware of.

At Javier’s compound, Javier welcomes Manulela back home via the loud speakers. Even with his daughter with Leon and Krauser, he still unleashes his army of zombies upon them. Leon and Krauser fight off the attacking infected, when Manulela informs them of an underground passage not far from their current location. Together the three head inside and evade more zombies. They find a ladder and climb up into the inside of the compound. The group moves through the building, coming to the storage area where they find the dead bodies of girls who have gone missing. Manuela screams in pain, clutching her infected arm. Leon rushes to her side, kneeling and wrapping his arm around her shoulders.

Moments later, Javier enters the room, informing them how Manuela’s organs must be transplanted regularly to help with the pain, to keep the virus at bay. As Leon and Krauser had brought his daughter back to him, he tells them their “deaths will have meaning” as he unleashes the same large B.O.W they fought earlier when they first encountered Manuela. Leon yells for Manuela to not come out, and for her to stay put as he fights the monster. Midway through the battle, Manuela emerges from her hiding spot and begins singing. Leon sees her and yells for her to get out of there. Manuela realizes when she sings the monster won’t attack her. Manuela collapses in pain again, beginning the battle once more. Leon and Krauser finish off the monster. Just before the monster succumbs to its injures, Manuela recognizes the creature as her mother.

Determined to win, Javier willing infects himself with the Veronica virus, becoming a massive B.O.W. Seeing her father become this great monster, Manuela decides she wishes to die human. She runs straight for him, aiming to be crushed. Leon watches her run past him and in return, runs after her, grabbing her hand and rolling down a steep hill. As they roll, Leon lands on top of her. Manuela sees her father aim to kill them both. She shoves Leon off of her and uses her power of fire blood to ward off the oncoming attack. Realizing she’s still alive, she joins the battle and instructs Leon where to shoot – the joints. Leon tells Manuela to be careful and also yells at Javier when he threatens to devour Manuela into him, Leon claiming he’ll never let that happen.

The group manages to kill Javier when they notice the virus is taking over him. On the helicopter ride out of the area, Manuela tells Leon she should have died back there, only for Leon to tell her she now has the obligation to live for all the girls who died for her to live.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

 * Leon assures Manuela.
 * Leon asks Manuela if she’s alright.
 * Leon asks Manuela to be more careful.
 * Leon tells Manuela to stay back.
 * Manuela warns Leon of attacking B.O.Ws.
 * Unable to himself, Leon calls for Krauser to rescue Manuela.
 * Manuela thanks Leon.
 * Leon is glad Manuela is okay.
 * Manuela dives into rushing water to save Leon.
 * Manuela is glad Leon is alive.
 * Leon protects Manuela from a few zombies.
 * Leon tells Manuela to stay close to him.
 * Leon tells Manuela he’ll protect her.
 * Leon asks Manuela if she’s okay.
 * Leon rushes to Manuela’s side when she screams in pain.
 * Leon tells Manuela to stay put as he’s fighting the large B.O.W.
 * Leon yells for Manuela to leave during the fight with the large B.O.W.
 * Leon saves Manuela from being crushed by her turned B.O.W father.
 * Manuela saves Leon by shoving him away from her.
 * Leon tells Manuela to be careful.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
"You don’t have to worry. You’re fine. We’re not going to hurt you."

- Leon to Manuela, assuring her.

"Are you alright?"

- Leon to Manuela, noticing her holding her wrapped up arm.

"Krauser, get her!"

- Leon to Krauser, unable to pull Manuela out himself, Leon calls out for Krauser to get Manuela out of the water.

"Manuela, don’t come out! Stay in there!"

- Leon, fighting the large B.O.W.

"Manuela… Manuela, get out of here!"

- Leon, fighting the large B.O.W and seeing Manuela emerge from her hiding spot.

"Manuela, be careful!"

- Leon, when Manuela gets too close to her turned B.O.W. father.

Fanon
is an incredibly small ship within the Resident Evil fandom. Manuela is a one-off character from a non-major release of the series. Those whom are a fan of the pair like to believe Manuela developed a crush on Leon. Since there’s so little in way of this ship, it’s difficult to find a concrete fanon base.

On AO3, has 1+ works in its romantic/het tag, and 1+ in its platonic/general tag.

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FAN FICTION
 * Leon/Manuela (Gameverse) tag on FanFiction.net
 * Leon/Manuela (Gameverse) tag on FanFiction.net
 * Leon/Manuela (Gameverse) tag on FanFiction.net

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