Luffy crept low through the field of flowers, trending without making an sound, behind him the little person known as Ace was crawling after him fast. But the five year old did not slow down, he instead focused on his next meal.
It happened in an blink of an eye. One second Luffy was there, the next he was chasing down a deer throwing an overhead spear at the creature's heart.
The spear hit it's mark and the deer was dead as soon as it strike the forest's ground.
Luffy's stomach grumbles at the promise of food. Since Ace had joined him in his living space, Luffy had not eaten much.
Ace needed a lot of Luffy's time over the last two months, time that he normally would spend hunting and gathering. With autumn coming along with the chilly winds, he needed to prepare for the winter that followed.
Luffy ran over to his meal and grins, he takes a knife off of his belt and quickly sliced open the neck, then he hurriedly wraps rope around the back legs, planning to hang it from a tree to drain the blood.
A low growl reached Luffy's ears, he turns to sees wolves surrounding his Ace.
One leaps for the small person, with jaws open wide.
Luffy rips the spears from the deer's corpse and flung blindly at the leaping wolf. The staff part of the spear hit against the wolf's side, throwing it off balance enough to miss it's mark and enough for Luffy kick it away when it landed next to Ace.
Grabbing the spear he swung it round, waving them away.
Ace was giggling the whole time, causing the child with the spear to frown not understanding why the little one would find this funny.
Luffy's eyes widen when he notices the wolves dragging his meal off through the flowers, he was about to run after it when he sees they was still surrounded.
Luffy stares at his newly caught meat in dismay; he was so hungry that it was becoming painful.
If he went after the deer, the wolves would take the Ace and if he still with the Ace, then the wolves would have the deer.
'Luffy will die without food...' Luffy thinks as he narrowed his eyes towards the deer that was disappearing through the last of the summer's flowers, 'But Little Ace will die without Luffy.'
Luffy stood his ground, slowly moving closer the smaller person.
The wolves almost like sensing his choice, rushed after the deer and vanished after the pair alone with only the noise of the forest.
Luffy lowers his spear and turning he bends down and takes Ace into his small arms.
"Luffy will be fine." Luffy told the smaller one, who was hugging him tightly, happy to have the other's attention once again, "Before Luffy ate big meat, Luffy ate small meat. Bugs, worms and birds. Luffy now knows which berries to eat! Only worms and berries until Little Ace gets walking!"
Luffy grits his teeth hard as a wave of pain went through his belly, it felt like his own stomach was eating it's self.