Leon went back to their ship and if he had a smoke he would have had one right now as he was thinking about their future...Minutes later he heard footsteps and from there he realised it was Kuina that had appeared behind him as he was a little surprised.
Leon : What are you doing here Kuina??
Leon : Weren"t you sleeping??
Kuina : We have gone through h.e.l.l from all the training we had you think a little bit of wine and sake will be enough to put all of us down??
Leon : I see...
Just as he finished his words he was shocked even more as Kuina jumped and hugged him from behind while feeling the spot in his back where her head was rubbing against a bit host as she had become embarra.s.sed from this...
Leon : You!!
Kuina : I"m sorry!!!
Leon : Ai, you still can"t let it go... Can you??
Kuina : Don"t do it ever again, sniff, sniff, sob, sob.... I don"t want to lose you...!!!!!
Leon : Oya, the fearless Kuina that likes my sister.... Guauaaa....!!!
Kuina : I don"t like her!!! The one i like is YOU!!!!!!!!!!
YOU!! YOu!! You!! you!! Her voice resounded in the cold wind of the night leaving everyone who might hear it speechless...
Leon had been turned around when she said that with a light flashing in his eyes and a small happy smile as he kept staring at the face of a tear strain Kuina looking at him with mixed feelings waiting for his response...
Kuina started to panic inside her as she listened to Leyla"s advice to first follow him up here while the rest came from the bottom of her heart but now she wanted to struggle her...
Her wait, didn"t go on for long as Leon went ahead without warning and sealed her lips with his while he slowly hugged her from her waist.
Kuina : Mmmmnnnn...
She wanted to protest for this sudden kiss but felt she would regret it later on and as she had confessed to him she knew this was his way of acceptance of her...
At the same time, 3 pair of hidden eyes were seeing them and had happy smiles on their faces especially a female figure...
They were kissing each other for about 2 minutes before they stopped and Leon looked at the horizon more specifically towards the three who were watching...
Leon : Why don"t you come out??
Kuina : Ehh?? Who??
Kuina became beat red as she thought back to her actions and now the kiss and she suddenly imagined Leyla turn into a devil...
However contrary to her thoughts, a light blue hair and tanned skin figure appeared before them shocking everyone except Leon who had noticed all of them but focused more on Nojiko in front of him...
Kuina : Ugh... How long were you there??
Nojiko : From the moment your voice was heard throughout the seven seas...
Kuina : He is mine, you thieving cat!!!
Leon could swear he saw a tiger and a dragon fighting in the background until they heard Nojiko"s words leaving them speechless...
Nojiko : I want to join your crew!!
Boom!!! Kuina almost drew her sword ready to fight... But she was stopped by a hug from behind and turned to see Leon with a serious face as he spoke up...
Leon : Pirates aren"t games you know...
Leon : You should be perfectly clear that there are far worse cruel natured people than Arlong...
Nojiko : I know, but all of you are different... You treat everything as an adventure...
Nojiko : I want to see the world Nami saw while paying with her life on the line...
Nojiko : I want to be strong enough so that i can support her future...
Leon : Well....
Nojiko : Furthermore, i want to be with you....
As he was interrupted and throwing a bomb at everyone"s mind the only thing that remained was a chilling wind...