Leyla got up after she saw Ace beating up Luffy and dragging him away, Kuina did the same and followed them behind in secret...Ace having been trained with Leon had sharper senses that he had meant to have and kept feeling something is off, he couldn"t shake this feeling no matter how many paths he changed...
Luffy was perplexed about Ace"s behaviour and started whistling in hopes to cheer him up, making it even worse for Ace...
Ace : Stop it Luffy, i think we are being followed...
Luffy : Eeehh, but i don"t see anyone...
Ace facepalmed himself and the hidden away from them Leyla and Kuina wanted to laugh at his remark but they held it in...
After 30 minutes or so Ace brushed it as his imagination, he was way too cautious after what happened with Sabo and since when Leon left them.
He had to act now as the big brother for Luffy since they were on their own...
As they moved forward so did Kuina and Leyla, but then something happened which made Leyla freeze on her tracks and Kuina hit her face on her back...
Kuina : Ugh... why did you stop so suddenly... Ugh... my nose.....
Kuina : Hmm?? Captain?? Errmm... Leyla??
Kuina went in front of her and saw her with her jaw dropped down and her eyes wide open looking up ahead... She followed the same line as her and saw something like a dome in the far far away side of the forest...
Leyla : This.... how can this be here...
Leyla started running ahead not caring anymore for being hidden and so did Kuina, Ace and Luffy when they reach the room that Leon had built they could hear rustles, rustles and soon they were on high alert when they saw 2 girls...
Ace : d.a.m.n it i knew it wasn"t my imagination...
Luffy : Who are you two... speak up or else i"ll beat your a.s.s...
They waited for 2-3 minutes before Leyla snapped back and looked at the two of them, Kuina was already holding her wooden sword and ready to act if the need arises...
Leyla : Hey you two, what"s your name??
Luffy : I"m Lu............. mmmmmmm
Ace : Why should we tell outsiders who followed us and barged in our base...
Luffy : Mmmmmnnnnmmmmmm....
Ace was looking at them with hostility while he closed the mouth of Luffy by grabbing his lips, as he was a rubber human it was quite easy to do so...
Kuina : My captain asked politely a question...
Leyla : It"s fine... Then that room... Was this created by someone..... Named Leon???
Ace and Luffy were shocked when they heard her speaking of their big brother, furthermore, they could see her a bit trembling as she was waiting for them to answer...
Luffy didn"t speak as he wasn"t a total idiot, he had learned a few things by Leon and one of them was that it was better not to talk when someone asks an important question that to actually answer...
The reason behind that was that when he came here with Leon and met with Sabo and Ace for the first time a huge fight erupted with a few pirates and Luffy sucked in lying... He would always look at the opposite direction and made his lips as if he wanted to whistle before telling them a lie...
Leyla : Was it not him???
Leyla got down when they remained silent and they noticed her, Luffy was always a soft character and couldn"t bear to see her like this especially since he felt she wasn"t faking it...
Luffy : Ummnnn... That was him...
Leyla : Really??? That was him!!! Then where is he?? Is my big brother here??
Ace and Luffy exclaimed loudly at her which shocked her and all of them remained in their spots frozen..
Ace + Luffy : Our Big Brother Is Your Big Brother AS WELL??????