Third Person POV

"Stay safe you two, hopefully I'll be able to visit!" Leo said as he ruffled their heads, he stayed at Cocoyasi island for at least almost a week & has been keeping things in order... sadly he can't stay forever

"Do you have to go...?" Nami asked sadly, he nodded his head

"Sadly, I'm sorry." Nojiko motioned him to crouch down & so he did, she took his sunglasses off & put them on his hat

"What did we learn?" he sighed but then chuckled as he sat down

"I need to build up my self confidence by not wearing my glasses."

"&~?"

"& just be myself, not an actually stone hearted person." both the girls giggled as they jumped up & hugged "I'm guessing I'm right?"

"Indeed!" they pulled him down & planted a kiss on both his cheeks, he blinked a few times before chuckling as a blush tinted his cheeks "Please visit often, Lyon-san."

"I'll try." he hugged them again as Sil caressed them with his body "Well, we're off." he waved one last time before grabbing Sil, spreading his wings & flying off "I wonder, should we go back home or visit a few more islands?"

"PUT ME DOWN!!!"

"... home it is!"

"THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED FOR!!!"

(Time Skip)

"Got any 4's?"

"Hmm, go fish." Thatch sighed as he picked up a card from the deck, its been rather... lonely & quiet for the Whitebeard Pirates without Leo being there, they heard in the newspaper that he was spotted in the East Blue. Whitebeard let out a sigh then coughed into his hand, he felt a presence beside him but thought none of it... until--

"I thought you promised me you'd get better, pops." his eyes widened as he looked down & saw it was Leo, without his sunglasses on

"L--" he put his finger to his lips & winked at pops

"Not to loud, I want to surprise them. & I wanna prepare myself from the hurricane of tackle hugs I'm gonna get." Whitebeard nodded

"& how do you plan on doing that?" he suddenly pulled two, really creamy, pies from behind him as he slowly walked over to Marco. Thatch looked up from his cards & his eyes widened in shock, he was going to scream but Leo mouthed out to him to shush

"Whats the matter-yoi? Is there something behi--" & that was when the two pies smacked collided with his face, leaving a big mess & Leo laughing his butt

"AH HAHAHA!! You should see your face!!!" he was laughing so hard he started crying, everyone looked at him in shock, hell, even Whitebeard was "Whats the matter? Shocked that I changed over the few weeks?"

"Hell yeah chief! You should leave more often!" he raised an eyebrow

"I'll be going then." before he could fly off, Jozu, Thatch, Marco & Haruto grabbed onto him "I'm joking I'm joking! I just got here as well!" they let go & they all gave me a group

"What changed you? Hell, your not wearing your glasses-yoi!"

"You have heterochromia? Why didn't you tell us?" he looked away & scratched his arm

"Its kinda personal, plus, children actually made me more confident with my unnatural eyes." he chuckled to himself as he sat down & lit a cigar "They were so sweet, a little boy & two girls. They're what made me... me."

"So... you'll be wearing your sunglasses less & less then you usually do?" he shrugged

"Heh! Sure!" they cheered

"Hey, I meant to ask but, where is Silver?" he looked around before pointing at a boat that was just slowly floating with the currents, if you looked closer you could see Sil hunched over... & was ready to hurl

"What happened to him?"

"Did you know he doesn't like to fly?"

Lyon POV

I was tapping my foot to the beat as everybody celebrated that I was back, I blew a puff of smoke out when I noticed that Thatch brought out what seemed like a karaoke machine

"Hey Leo!"

"… *sigh* What?"

"Come sing with us~"

"What do I get out of it?" I ask with a smirk, he tapped his chin until he got an idea

"I'll make you an extra batch of French toast with extra syrup." that got my attention, I look back at him & saw he was smirking at me

"Fine! For a week?" he nodded

"Uh huh!"

"Chuck us that mic." everyone cheered, I put my cigar out before scrolling through the songs & saw an awfully familiar song "I'm going with this one."

(Let's Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas)

And the base keep runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and

Runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and

In this context, there's no disrespect, so

When I bust my rhyme, you break your necks

We got five minutes for us to disconnect

From all intellect collect the rhythm effect

Obstacles are inefficient, follow your intuition

Free your inner soul and break away from tradition

Coz when we beat out, girl it's pullin' without

You wouldn't believe how we wow shit out

Burn it till it's burned out

Turn it till it's turned out

Act up from north, west, east, south

Everybody, everybody, let's get into it

Get stupid

Get it started, get it started, get it started

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Yeah

Lose control, of body and soul

Don't move too fast, people, just take it slow

Don't get ahead, just jump into it

Y'all hear about it, the Peas'll do it

Get stutted, get stupid

You'll want me body people will walk you through it

Step by step, like you're into new kid

Inch by inch with the new solution

Transmit hits, with no delusion

The feeling's irresistible and that's how we movin'

Everybody, everybody, let's get into it

Get stupid

Get it started, get it started, get it started

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Yeah

Runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin runnin' and

C'mon y'all, lets get woohoo!

Lets get woohoo! (in here)

Lets get woohoo!

Lets get woohoo! (in here)

Lets get woohoo!

Lets get woohoo! (in here) ow, ow, ow!

Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya

Let's get ill, that's the deal

At the gate, we'll bring the bud top drill (just)

Lose your mind this is the time

Y'all test this drill, just and bang your spine (just)

Bob your head like me APL de, up inside your club or in your Bentley

Get messy, loud and sick.

Y'all mount past slow mo in another head trip (so)

Come then now do not correct it, let's get ignant let's get hectic

Everybody, everybody, let's get into it

Get stupid

Get it started, get it started, get it started

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Let's get it started (ha), let's get it started in here

Yeah

Lets get woohoo!

Lets get woohoo! (in here)

Lets get woohoo!

Lets get woohoo! (in here)

Lets get woohoo!

Lets get woohoo! (in here) ow, ow, ow!

Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya

Runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin'

I actually started sweating as I through the microphone on the ground, everyone cheered & I grinned to myself. I jump from the deck to where the drinks were & took a giant swig of Smirnoff, I then felt someone ruffle my head

"I didn't know you could sing that well, my son!" I smile up at Whitebeard & shrug

"There's a lot of things you don't know about."

"Like…?"

"You don't wanna know." I was going to walk away but he stopped me

"If you ever need to talk, anything at all, you can always come to me. You know that right?" I sigh to myself

"Yeah I do." I then hugged him & he hugged me back

"Also know that I love you so dearly, so close to my heart I'll never let you go."

"That means a lot to me, pops."