more recovering and reluctant feral brothers.

luffy led law by his hand through the forest, he hadn't been back in the jungle for 2 decades but he remembers the lords of the beasts that roam it. and with law barely recovering, he didn't want any beasts attacking the teen.

corazon walked behind them, smoke wafting from his coat further dispelling any beast's interest, the burning of grey terminal seeped into their coats. luffy found out that there had been a burning of the terminal way before his birth, back when his gramps was a kid.

short shadows followed them through the trees, practically glued together as they watched the group.

'he doesnt look dead, sabo,' ace gestured at the shaking teen.

'not now, he didn't look so great when i saw them,' sabo said, 'the tall one looked pale when he went down to the river.'

ace held sabo back when the group reached the river crossing, 'look at the patches on him, maybe he has some weird sickness. what if its contagious, what then sabo.'

sabo used his brothers hold to peer closer, 'i don't see them on the others. must be a blood disease or something like that.'

ace pulled him back into the foliage when luffy turned towards them.

luffy stared at where his brothers hid, he could feel ace's haki flare up the longer he looked.

he turned to corazon who held law in his arms, ready to cross. luffy climbed onto his coat and held tight as the man trudged across the river that came up to his knees.

sabo tugged his brother along the branches, keeping his eyes on the group as they go.

ace jumped down into the bushes and waited for the group to finish crossing, sabo holding him back by his scruff.

'where are they going,' ace growled.

sabo gripped harder earning a whine from the eldest, 'they're going down, so the village. the patched one needs a doctor and its the closest place beside goa.'

ace flexed his hands around his pipes at the mention of the noble's playground.

'lets go before they see us.'

ace huffed but followed sabo further into the bushes, one day he'd find out what those bastards were up to and why that one was covered in white patches.

'ace, hurry up,' sabo called out.

'yeah, im going,' ace called back.