Sons of Beasts Part 2

Good and Bad Developments

I'm sorry that this chapter is so short, I don't know how I let that slip through! Enjoy~

Ace looked horrified when he was told who might be after Luffy now. Doflamingo was no doubt furious that he couldn't free himself from the ice. Surely, he must realize the one who did it was the only one who could undo it.

With the world government still trying to pick their pieces back up, the warlords probably were low on the list for the marines to pay attention to, but that didn't mean that Doflamingo's other allies weren't up for hunting down Luffy. Not only an emperor's crew, but allied crews as well. Luffy was probably now marked to capture by anyone Doflamingo was affiliated with.

But, Luffy could do nothing to take back what he'd done. There was no flying back and undoing the ice. Luffy had to keep moving. And he was angry with Ace. He really hadn't meant to make him feel bad, but Luffy was probably under a very unhealthy amount of stress. He was lost, alone, and scared. Not to mention, now he had to be even more careful. Ace felt hurt when Luffy snapped at him, but he didn't take it personally. He was told that protecting himself just made it worse.

Ace wanted him back already. He wanted Luffy to have his own map and log pose so they could reunite somewhere. Luffy was just wandering... which was pretty much what the Whitebeard's were doing as well. They had no set destination, nothing other than trying to get lucky and cross paths with Luffy.

It was the next day when the most recent wanted poster came.

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Marco picked up the newspaper from the News Coo and payed for it, before opening it on deck as he headed towards pop's chair. The captain was being checked on by the nurses. Ace was still asleep and many of the commanders were in the kitchen, helping Thatch cook breakfast. He was being monitored by Izo, who would tell Thatch if he needed to stop, as he had been bedridden for awhile and was still weak in his legs.

The poor chef was humiliated, but he needed to make food. Sure, the others could, but Thatch needed this. It was the only way he could really get stress out. And having been almost murdered and having someone he cared a lot about kidnapped was building up. Which was bad.

When the most recent wanted posters fell out, Marco went pale and shouted, "FUCK!"

Whitebeard looked up sharply, and shooed the nurses away as he called, "Marco, what's wrong?" Marco was fuming and scrunched the wanted poster up in his hand in fury. He caught on fire, he was so angry. "Son?" the man asked, going to stand up and walk over, but Marco stopped him and walked to the chair himself.

Marco held the poster up in front of the captain. "We need to find Luffy soon."

The photo had no name, but the bounty was 100,000,000 berris. The photo was of a sleeping Luffy. Instead of "dead or alive", it said "only alive". Whitebeard cursed. The photo was hard to look at. It was Luffy, unconscious and tied tightly together. It was a miracle he escaped that.

They both knew why it was "only alive". It was for Doflamingo to get him back and reverse the damage he'd done with his unbreakable and unmeltable ice. Luffy wasn't just some human who could put on a disguise. He was a dragon, big, and extremely noticeable and recognizable. Now, no place was safe for him but on this ship, with the protection of the crew and his brother.

God, how would Ace react to this?

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Luffy melted the ball when he woke up and stretched, before yawning and taking flight again, searching the water for any islands. He was hungry again, and watched the water for any food that could come. He also made sure to pay attention if there were any sudden sea kings.