high_seas | goin on a boar hunt

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goin on a boar hunt

Who: Luffy and Clementine
Where: Isla Empieza, the fountain, the forest
When: October 7th
What: Going to hunt a boar or two!
Warnings: Well you can bet it won't be...wait for it... boaring. ahahahaha /shot
Status: If you really want in, ping me.

It was early in the morning when Luffy approached the fountain, whistling to himself and tapping a stick against his shoulder. There were a lot of new people here and it was pretty exciting. Weird that no one had seen that annoying ghost guy, but maybe he only showed up once in a while. Anyway, that didn't matter right now. Sanji was getting compasses and he had his nakama back except Brook and it was a great day with blue skies and sharp clouds and a nice wind that curled everywhere and tickled the edges of his hat.

He spotted a girl by the fountain and wondered if it was the same one he'd talked to over the journal. Only one way to find out. He raised a hand in greeting.

"Yo!"

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"Yeah," he said with a laugh. "But it probably scared the animals away. Hey look..." He crouched down by a tree and pointed to where a trail of broken sticks and matted leaves made an ambling tread through the forest. "I think something big has been here. See?" And he pointed to a cloven hoof mark in the soft earth.

She leaned over to take a look at what he was pointing at. Broken sticks, leaves that looked like she'd sat in them on the front lawn, and even a hoof mark. "I think you're right."

Clementine went over to look closer at that above all. "Wow. You're really smart!"

He grinned and put a finger to his lips.

"It still looks pretty fresh," he said in a low voice, pointing a little further on. "There's poop and it still looks warm." He poked it with the stick and found it was still squishy which meant whatever they were looking for was close by.

He dropped the stick and walked carefully alongside the trail, waving him behind her so that she would do it too and not accidentally mess it up or step in anything. It lead to some tall grasses that were waist high on him and he spotted something really cool that made him duck down and crawl on hands and knees through the grass so he wouldn't be noticed.

Clementine could take a hint. She made a zipping motion over her lips and followed him, reaching out to hold onto the back of his vest. Just so he didn't get too far ahead of her. Each step was careful, and she matched his pace with practiced ease.

When he ducked down, she was forced to let go, but she got on her hands and knees too and followed after him. The ground was sticky, and a bit muddy, but she could wash her hands and knees later. She just hoped her new dress didn't get too dirty, or else Kyo might get mad at her.

He paused for a second, cupping a dirty hand to the back of his ear to hear better, listening hard until he heard the faint contented squeaking sounds. He looked back at the girl to make sure she was still behind him. When he saw she was, he grinned and gave her a thumb up before putting a finger to his lips again and inching carefully forward.

Then he stopped, settling back on his legs and waited until she was by his side before carefully pulling the grass aside. A mother boar and three little boarlets lay in a patch of trampled down grass. No four little boarlets. Three were drinking happily at their mother's side but the fourth was wandering around, nosing through the trampled grass.

She crouched in the grass beside him, looking at the little boar family. "They're babies." She whispered. It was really kind of cute to see the family together like that.

"Yeah," he whispered, seeing a nut beside him and rolling it gently toward the boarlet who squeaked in surprise and then went to investigate it, his little ears flopping.

"We shouldn't eat them, cuz if we try, the mama will get mad. shishishi"

Clementine nodded. That made sense. If someone tried to eat her, her mom would have gotten pretty mad.

But on the other hand, they were hunting them to eat right? What would they eat if they didn't?

"Don't you want to eat them?"

"They're too little." He sat back and rested his arm on his knees. "Maybe if I was really really starving I might..." But he would have to be near death to want to and he would be sad afterwards. He glanced at her.

"Are you hungry?"

"Not too hungry." Clementine shook her head. "I just thought you wanted to eat the boars. I didn't know you didn't want to eat the little ones."

"Not today. We'll find bigger boars." She was a little hungry, though so they could find something else to eat for now. Maybe some fruit or nuts. The mother grunted as if she was about to wake up and the baby boarlet was wandering closer. If the mama woke up now that would be really bad.

He started inching back --and his stomach growled loudly. The mama boar's eyes shot open and focused on him. With a snort, she lumbered to her feet, pawing one against the ground. He gulped. Maybe she just had itchy feet?

"Okay, bigger would be good too." Clementine agreed.

When he started to move back, so did she, trusting his expertise on the matter. She saw the mother boar getting up but she hadn't spent much time studying animals, maybe they just got up from time to time.

He saw the boar's muscle's flex and grabbed the girl, pulling her out of the way just as it charged the spot she'd been sitting, goring the air with her tusks. Luffy rolled to his feet, the girl still under his arm and bolted as the Mama boar charged after him.

He yelped as she lunged again and a third time, nearly grazing the back of his calf.

"I'M NOT GONNA EAT YOU, STUPID BOAR! GO AWAY!"

She must have been really mad because she only picked up speed. He tripped over a hidden root, losing ground as he flailed with one arm to keep upright, then spotted a tree in the distance.

He darted closer to it, propellering his free arm as he went.

"Gum Gum noooo GRAPPLING HOOK!" And his hand shot out, arm stretching the distance as he grabbed onto a branch, and pulled them up to it at a speed so fast they almost overshot.

Grabbing her suddenly was a surprise and Clementine let out a yelp. "Luffy!"

As they ran however, it was really obvious he was doing it to protect her, which was a nice thought but she wasn't a toddler. She pouted at him a little bit.

All of that was washed away when they were suddenly flying through the air and she screamed at the top of her lungs.

He landed hard on the branch but it held their weight, and twisted back to look at the mama boar. She snuffled, glared at him with beady angry eyes, pooped to show how mad she was and then trotted off. Luffy let out a breath and set the girl on the branch beside him.

"Whoo that surprised me. I thought we were going to die! Haha"

It definitely surprised her and she sat down, frowning a little as she caught her breath.

"I can run too...you don't have to carry me." Clementine said finally.

Then she paused. "How did you jump so high?"

"Sorry, sorry," he said carelessly. He would keep that it mind though it had seemed the only thing to do at the time. You didn't want to think too much when there was a mad boar after you.

"I didn't jump, I stretched," he said, pulling at his cheek to show. "I'm a rubber person."

"Really?" Clementine tilted her head and reached up to grab onto his arm, before pulling with all of her might, just to see if he would stretch. He felt the same as Lee though, not like rubber. It was really weird.

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