Sons of Beasts Part 2

False Sense of Safety

new enemy in this chapter. Hope the ending makes people happy. Enjoy~

Luffy's eyes drooped as he flew. He was exhausted, and his stomach continued to rumble loudly, almost angrily. He flew for hours and hours in one direction, trying to at least pick up a scent. Something, anything. He was thirsty now, too. He couldn't drink the sea water, he knew that, but it didn't look like it was going to rain. He flew lower and lower, tiring rapidly.

Finally, he gave in and knew he needed sleep. Food could wait, water could wait. He can't do anything being too exhausted, so he formed a thick ball of ice around him, with a little hole in the top for air. Luffy fell asleep in the dark ball, sleeping during the day. He would have a sleep schedule that was very off track. But, he couldn't wait for it to get dark. He needed the sleep then and there. Trusting his ice not to break, no matter what came after it, he slept peacefully, and only woke up when he was ready to.

He shooed away all of the sea kings looking at the dissolving ball and flew off into the night, at least knowing which direction he came from. He didn't reach out for Ace, thinking he could still be asleep. Did Ace try and contact him while he was asleep? Luffy hoped not, but he felt he would have woken up if Ace had.

He flew all night, and away from the rising sun. Nothing. It was just a desert of the sea, stretching across endlessly in every direction.

Once the sun had risen a bit, the sky still pink, he finally caught the scent of something sweet, but not the smell of candy. More like flowers and plants. The meant land. An island. He flew faster, pushing his wings to the max, and finally an island appeared. He landed on a forested part of what looked like two islands that were connected by a bridge, which was in very bad shape.

Luffy crashed onto the sand, but didn't sleep. He got up and wobbled over to the giant flowers. All of the plants were huge, including mushrooms. He focused on the big rose and blossoms, and ate them hungrily. He scarfed down the massive rose, and multiple bell like blooms. He heard noises around him, but paid no attention as he scarfed down all of the food he could.

Sighing, Luffy walked to the nearest giant stalk and bit into it, sucking the liquid out of the stem as best as he could, since he wasn't near any fresh water. He looked down and to the side to see tiny people. The were the size of one of Luffy's palms. They had pointy noses, and looked at Luffy in shock. He and the tiny people stared at each other before Luffy got up and ran off down the coast and away from the little people.

He wasn't scared of them, but he didn't want to get into a confrontation. He just wanted to relax on solid ground, belly filled and feeling better than he had in a month. Luffy didn't get too far before one of the little people was in front of him. He skidden in the sand to a stop.

"Don't worry, we won't hurt you," the little person said. Luffy eyed his needle, but the person put it down to his side and raised his hands. "Promise." Luffy looked at him before nodding his head, instinct telling him that this little person wouldn't try to hurt or antagonize him.

"My name is Leo, a member of the Tontatta tribe," Leo introduced. Luffy couldn't tell his name back, so he just nodded. "Do you have a name?" Luffy nodded again.

"Lll-vy," Luffy attempted to say.

Leo guessed, "Ulvy?" Luffy shook his head, frustrated, again, that he couldn't even say his own name. "Ulffy?" Luffy just nodded his head. Good enough. His stomach rumbled again. He really had gone a long time without food. "Are you still hungry? Here, we have some fruits and vegetables you can eat."

For the first time in awhile, Luffy gave a real smile. He bowed his head in thanks and followed Leo, ignoring the other Totatta's staring at him in shock and wariness. Luffy wasn't going to hurt any of them, so they had no need to be worried. He kept his mouth closed to not show his sharp teeth.