"Oh shit, you got one of those?" Joked Leparo as he tried to match the strength Rex presented against him. "Something like that, I heard rumors you had one too, Show me" with those words Rex's tiger fist would open causing Leparo to lose his balance falling forward for a slight second as he was pulled in and thrown by Rex. This throw would send Leparo upwards placing him on the roof. "Playing it safe is not gonna get me a win here" thought Leparo. He was too scared to use his fruit and it showed here as he wouldn't even use it to level the battlefield against a far superior opponent.

It wasn't a normal thing for Luther to be outgunned but this woman was good. "Shit, if I keep playing this back and forth game with her I won't win. She's fast and smart" thought Luther who was hiding behind a pillar in a bar near the breakup point. Sly was firing before Luther could even attempt to peak his head out, her shots weren't accurate and that was what she wanted. She wanted Luther to know at any given moment she could take his head effortlessly if he poked out from behind the pillar. A shot from Luther would go off hitting a metal container which would cause it to ricochet towards Sly where it grazed her shoulder. "Fuck" Sly would yell before Luther came out guns firing off towards Sly which caused her to get on the defensive. Luther would find a new spot to take shelter in being behind the counter which offered various exit points and places to keep an eye on Sly along with more cover.

As for Leparo, he would come down from the roof, blood staining what was left of his bandages. He shouldn't be fighting right now but that wouldn't stop him. Kash was busy fighting her fight and boy was it getting quite loud over there. As for Luther he was having a shootout inside some adjacent bar as Leparo was hearing. Looking down in front of him Leparo saw not a man but a full fledged tiger. It was Rex and he was drawing out Leparo, he initiated it with a roar and Leparo was reluctant to accept but he too would embrace his fruit and transform into a leopard. Going from the sign of the building to the floor Leparo would circle with Rex, both big cats sizing each other up for the kill.

The two big cats were scrapping and drawing blood from one another. It wasn't helping that Leparo's human injuries plagued his body in this form giving him large drawbacks in term of effectiveness when he was transformed like this. One of the tangles that had Leparo hurt involved a fang on his left lobe as Rex was trying to rip Leparo in half. Half of the problems Leparo faced stemmed from his fear of using his powers and sadly he couldn't overcome something so simple. Even if it meant he wouldn't be as effective on the battlefield. A whimper from Leparo sent him back to his human form scrambling to get his standings on the ground. Rex would follow suit and transform back to his human form also "Wow, for you to be "The Gold Leopard" you sure aren't so fearsome with that fruit"

He wasn't lying. Leparo didn't look like that of his namesake but instead a cub who wasn't sure he knew what being a leopard was. Looking over at Kash, Leparo was trying to shake the fear he had of transforming and performing. He was scared that the fruit would overcome him again and that wasn't something he himself wanted. Rex would come charging towards Leparo and the two would engage in a series of sequences in their respective fields of martial arts which didn't get either the upper hand over the other. Leparo was starting to understand that Rex overpowered his enemies with brute strength and his constant taunting that got to them. If Leparo could just ignore the taunting he would have a chance to secure himself a victory for him and his crew mates. "Okay" said a focused Leparo as he began to grow and expand. It was his fruit going into its hybrid form. "Finally kid" said Rex as he himself started his hybrid transformation also. It was at this point he and Leparo would stare each other down.

Luther was still stuck in deadlock with Sly and he was starting to accept that he couldn't defeat her. Nor could she defeat him for that matter, but for now they just played with each other. Luther was looking for ways to end the stalemate and came up with something smart. He noticed his location and he saw the stove near him and it was gas operated. A jingle on the left would alert sly as she began to shoot towards that area but it was just a bottle of sake, Luther was on the right running from the bar "You should ru-" an explosion went off blowing up the bar and sending both Luther and Sly flying. Sly was flying towards Leparo's location and that lined up perfectly.

Leparo didn't turn to hear what was going on with Luther but Rex did, Leparo was too focused on the news he just heard from Kash's fight. That woman was an agent of Asher's which meant he was watching them, or working on something much larger. Anyway Rex was distracted which is why Leparo jumped him with a flying punch which stunned Red. A follow up round house kick would send Rex wobbling to his right and Leparo smirked because he knew what was coming next. The flying Sly would come towards Leparo and he just grabbed her by the arm and spun her into the body of Rex. The duo would go flying towards where Kash was knocking Gigi down in the process. As those three began to regroup Leparo went to pick up Luther "Oi Captain, you really turn into a leopard ahhahaha" the laughter Luther displayed made Leparo laugh also "kahahaha told you I'd show you one day" after that the duo would line up next to Kash "Oi, you know what I'm thinking right?" said a wayward Leparo to his crew members who stood to his right.

As the three performed their switches Kash was the first person up switching off with Leparo taking up the battle against Rex. All three of the Leopards were matched against people with almost identical skill-sets and that did no one any favors. Leparo was now matched up against the slick shooter Sly and Luther was now matched up against the smooth and rude swordsman Gigi. "Oi Captain, I started watching Kash and I developed a move against her... You know Just in case" Leparo turned from the two women in front of them slightly just to see what his subordinate was talking about "hmm?" said Leparo as he was trying to read between Luther's words.

"Eh.. I'll show you" it was then Gigi rushed Luther and he would side step her attack and engage her swords with his guns and they were actually holding their own against someone like Gigi. Kneeing her in the gut before pushing her away sent her into a fit of rage. As for Sly her bullets weren't helping her when it came to Leparo's perception. "Show me already" said Leparo who was getting bored toying around with Sly. "Fine, fine" and just like that Luther aimed one of his guns at the sword which was downed of Gigi. He shot a single bullet which would pierce her directly in her right hand. Leparo smirked "Someone's good at math" joked Leparo.

"My turn" joked Leparo as he cocked back his right arm and shot it forward ejecting a wave of wind. A crying Gigi and an annoyed Sly watched on "Wow, so strong" spoke Sly with a sarcastic tone. After five meters Leparo watched the wind expand and show a gold hue to the five blades of wind that came from his palm. They would engulf the duo. All that was heard was their screams as they went through a building which was equally destroyed by the attack. They were done, and judging by Kash so was Rex. "Captain I never realized this but you're crazy" joked Luther.

"Well, now that I'm probably dying from blood loss and a swarm of marines will be here soon, Lets sound the horn and get back to the ship" said a smiling Leparo as the three of them stood together "Arrest the pirates!" yelled a marine as a swarm of soldiers stormed the area to arrest the Gold Leopards. Leparo looked at them and smiled before he would take off running towards the ship. He and his crew had to leave now. "Oi Captain! we have to treat your wounds" yelled Luther "yea yea, later we're running now" Leparo enjoyed being a pirate just a tad too much, it was starting to show here.