The smell of sea water was ever so pleasant. There he was, the future king of Dressrosa Leparo Donquixote. He was on a small boat as if it were made for two to three people but nothing was on it except for him and some blood. He laid back on the boat sleeping and singing some tunes from the sound of it. Whistling something from his childhood every now and then kept Leparo sane and from the mental demons he faced at night. The blood was beginning to dry on the wood as he had his coat folded properly in the corner waiting to dock on land so he could get on to this damn island. It was a parade for pirates which meant there was going to be a large amount of money going around here.. And where there was money there was Melissa.. The woman who haunted the dreams of Leparo. Its sad that it took her departure for Leparo to stop thinking about Dressrosa every night. His thoughts came to a halt as the boat hit the docks causing him to stand and grab his coat before stepping on dry land. "Now now" said Leparo.

Fresh off the boat and walking around town Leparo with his brown and gold cloak on covering much of his face. He noticed a few things that sparked his interest such as a group of marines.. Five to be specific... All around them was a bunch of pirate ships selling items. In specific Leparo noticed a woman.. She was dashing and small.. Her hair and elegance in which she walked.. It was Melissa. That caused a reaction within Leparo no one could understand. He'd speed up instantly to the point you thought he stole something. He was making a b-line directly for her and in the process he bumped into one of the marines who decided not to make much of it allowing Leparo to continue his lightning dash towards Melissa. Coming up behind Melissa his shadow stood over her as he had on his hood. "Long time no see" said Leparo.

To say his feeling wasn't blissful would be a lie. He missed Melissa and didn't really know how to explain that to her. She didn't know how he felt about her nor did he think she really cared right now. She was probably furious still over the actions in Briss Kingdom. Leparo wasn't a fan of marines nor of Kingdoms and their restraints on the creativity of the average man which made him lash out even more than normal. Waiting for her to turn around was the most anxiety Leparo has ever had in his life and for fair reason. When she turned around Leparo's face lit up even more than it did last time he saw her. He missed his love and wondered how she had been over the year since they've split. Hopefully she didn't do anything that would cause Leparo stress. She had a slight smile on her face as she mentioned Leparo making it out of the fire alive. "Can't say the same for everyone else" said Leparo. His tone rather serious given the topic they were on.

"Look Mel" said Leparo who wasn't ready to have this conversation. "What happened back there.. In Briss" said Leparo as he began to scratch the back of his head with his right arm. "Wait... What happened to you?" said Leparo who was wondering where Mel got all of her scars from. She wasn't the type to get caught in fights due to her stealth. She was good for getting in and out and Leparo wanted to know what and who got her to stick around long enough for a physical enocunter. "Was it a marine?" Said Leparo was a stern voice. He was hoping she said no because he wanted to start things off between the two of them on good turns.

"Friends? Was it one of those revolutionary rookies?" Said Leparo with a bit of distate in his mouth. "Wait, the Jungle Pirates? As in Torans crew? I didn't expect them to go down so easily" said Leparo as he wondered when Mel decided to go off fighting all these pirates on her own. He knew she could fight if she needed but he didn't think she would go fighting crews in situations like this. "Your friends can't be that weak if they took out Torans bunch" said Leparo who in a way was complimenting the people Mel kept company with. Immediately Leparo noticed a group of 5 pirates who drew closer to the duo speaking and they didn't look like they needed directions. Leparo remained calm and wanted to see what they were planning. Leparo bared a smirk on his face as the man sounded off on Melissa even going far enough to call her a bitch. In his mind he had killed these men five times over, but he showed restraint for Melissa. He wanted to impress her.

Within moments one of the men launched towards Mel and within a split second he was sent flying. She turned back towards Leparo as the other four men decided to test their luck. Swift one went flying into the air due a punch of Leparo. Two others throats ended up slit as the sound of his forearm sword recalled itself from the battlefield. As for the last fellow? Leparo sent him flying towards the flock of marines whom seemed they were going to get their superiors. One got up and continued to run though. "Just like old times eh Mel?" joked Leparo as he smiled towards her.

It seemed things were just like old times between the duo of Melissa and Leparo. They prepared to cause more trouble than before. "She changed" said Leparo in his mind as his eyes shot towards her for a split second. He didn't mind the change but boy did it surprise him. All of this going on while Leparo still barring his hood just stood there. Taking this hood off would let the world know Leparos heritage as a Donquixote, something he didn't think the world nor him was ready to hear. She saw something she liked from the looks of it and Leparo was examining the area to see what it was and there it was on a merchants table. It was the blue pendant which belonged to her father. She use to speak of her desire for her only connection to her father. At this point gunshot was coming at the trio of Mel,Leparo and that merchant. Leparo would navigate around the shelter before he chucked the table at the marines with a kick causing the remnants to get in one of their eyes as a shard basically blinding him.

He fell to the ground crying in terror as Leparo placed his hand on the back of the elderly marines neck releasing his blade impaling him clean through. It was at this moment a shot flew pass the head of Leparo causing him to stop two marines short of a clean sweep. It was a giant marine and he looked very strong. "Where did it go" said Leparo as he checked Mel and noticed the merchant was down and the blood was on here. "This should be fun" said Leparo who was around 20 meters away from Milo. Leparo would move back to give them some space roughly putting him directly to Melissa's right. "Fuck yourself" said Leparo with a middle finger after Milo spoke his peace about Melissa and Leparo being under arrest.

It was odd. This wasn't what Leparo expected when he saw Melissa. Especially since she was the one iniating all of this violence instead of him. Normally she was the voice that calmed the beast and Leparo was fine with that but now she was the same demon as him... It was more pure and innocent though. You could see she was doing this because she was challenged not out of grief or anger. She picked up two disc from the ground and with a calm flick she killed those two marines Leparo left alive. "Someone missed me" said Leparo with a smirk on his face to Melissa who was now the one killing marines. The area around them was hectic as Leparo noticed pirates were running left and right sighting this guys shooting accuracy as a key reason. Leparo couldn't believe how many guys fell to this Milo guys bullets. He thought it funny people feared him this much. "This outta be fun" joked Leparo as he smiled his hardest towards Milo the bad shot.

It wasn't until this point that Melissa put her hand on the shoulder of Leparo causing him to look down noticing Mel wanting to teach these marine fuckers a lesson. "Deal" said Leparo as he stepped forward right after her causing her to start her little speed trick, as for Leparo he dashed to the opposite side heading towards Meli but when he left off his rounds on Mel Leparo slid. He did this because he was a tall fellow and this guy made him look like a dwarf. The bigger you are the harder you fall which was technically a lie but in this case accurate. Leparo knew how it feels being larger than normal and how it messes with balance. If suceeded he'd swipe the legs with a dash from his right forearm sword giving him less support.

The slashes Leparo made towards the feet of the marine were nice and clean causing him to stumble towards the ground As Leparo moved out of the way trying to get his barrings. As for Melissa she vanished out of site and Leparo figured she went to go loot the area. He had slid on a piece of debri from the table he ripped apart and it went deep through his shoulder which wasn't the nicest feeling in the world. He would began to get up wondering where Melissa went and thats when he heard the shots. That Milo bastard was already shooting his gun and he couldn't even see. He was straight down in the dirt but he was moving. He began to stand up and that wasn't a good thing. He was moving just a bit faster than Leparo and the young Donquixote couldn't quite figure out what the hell was this bastard made of. And it was at that moment Leparo noticed Milo pointing his gun up and followed it noticing Melissa was airborne which is why the gun was going up. If he got that shot off Melissa was a goner for sure. Leparo leaped towards Milo and the gun went off. A moment of light a moment of light appeared and Leparo thought about the day Melissa left him and how hurt he was. He cried for ages and didn't understand what happened. He wasn't him anymore he didn't realize how much of an impact she had on him. The first time they met he remembered when she introduced herself to Leparo and his eyes lit up instantly. He didn't know what love was then but now he understood it. The flash of light ended and blood began to drip to the floor. It was Leparo's blood. He put his hand over the barrel of the gun causing the bullet to fire right in his hand and began to make an exit point but never made its way out. Leparo kept a grip on the gun and the hand of Milo allowing Melissa to come down for the final blow.

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A crashing blow from Melissa would seal the fate of Milo as she crashed down into him causing his face to completely change in terms of structure and size. The area was bloody and Leparo couldn't help but chuckle a bit because he didn't expect this from Mel. She was enabling him to do crazy things something she always tried to stay away from. With that done Leparo pocketed the gun before smiling. He hadn't realized his hood was off which caused some people to start freaking out "Is that Leparo..." some could be heard whispering "Rumor has it he killed 100 marines a day for a year" said another. Leparo left the hood off since he didn't think it was a need for it anymore. Once people saw him putting his hood back on made little to no sense. Blood staining the back of his cloak because of his impaled shoulder Leparo would remove the wood causing blood to come flying out. Leparo was a big guy so to say blood was something he was short on was a lie.

Melissa would come with a piece of her shirt to bandage up the hand of Leparo saying that was reckless. "What? Did you think I was actually gonna let ya get shot. I just got you back" said Leparo with a smirk on his face. With the bandage on his hand nice and tight Leparo  began to move his hand just a small amount before the pain kicked in causing all kinds of throbbing and burning to begin within his body. He noticed a large amount of marines coming which caused him to pull out the pistol with his left arm and fire off on them killing a few but not enough. "Not enough time for that" said Leparo.  He grabbed Melissa's arm and began to run towards the docks. He noticed that fellow that died had a few bags of goods laying around. He'd pick them up running back towards his boat. He needed to get Melissa out of here fast.