Leon gripped his shield tightly, spinning his sword once as the snakes dove in for the attack. He gave a grunt, rolling out of the way to evade the snapping jaws. He turned quickly, swiping the sharp blade at one of their bodies and leaving a huge gash. With a scream of pain, the snake sunk back into the water, the other three snapping back around to lunge at the boat yet again.
Grian's skillful maneuvering of the boat truly helped in avoiding the serpent's erratic attacks, even going out of his way to make the risky move of ramming one of them head-on. As it screeched, sinking back into the water, the other three came straight at Grian. Leon quickly stepped up, blocking one of the lethal bites before wildly slashing at the other two snakes, managing to get a hit on the tip of one's snout. The little gashes and cuts only served to anger the creatures... Leon knew that. Still, what else could he do? These things were huge.
He sighed in relief as Maka finally stepped into the conflict. He had been glancing at her every now and then, noticing her doing her little magic thing. From how long it took her, he could only assume the spell was something big. His guess was right, looking around at the old, waterlogged bones rising from the lake around the serpents, who were all examining their surroundings in confusion. As the corpses flew at the snakes, they began hissing, slamming the flying bodies away and even gobbling a few up.
Leon, smirking at the distraction, leaped off the end of the boat straight at the nearest serpent. Clinging onto the beast's head, as well as many other corpses, he continuously bashed the snake's skull with his shield, nearly falling off as the beast shook around frantically. Letting out an animal-like growl, Leon thrusted his sword through the snake's skull, killing the first out of the entire bunch. However... Things, while looking up at first, quickly went south as the carcass of the snake began a quick descent right on top of the boat. Leon gritted his teeth, clinging on for dear life and wincing as the snake nearly crashed through the small vessel. Something stopped it, though... Another blade. A long one, wielded by a cloaked, lithe man with bright red gauntlets. The type of image that Leon could never forget.
Leon, jumping from the thing's skull and turning towards the man, narrowed his eyes. "You..." He spat. The man, tossing the carcass into the water and off of his sword, turned to Leon, pulling down the hood of his cloak to reveal his messy, red locks. Around them, the other serpents had already begun to retreat, overwhelmed by Maka's corpses. The man narrowed his eyes at Leon, sliding his sword into his scabbord as he tossed the cloak to the side. "Always nice to see familiar faces." The man murmured.
"Hello, Leon. Long time, no see."