The next morning came quickly as the sun rose from the farthest reaches of the sea and the birds chirped their morning tune from within the forest. Jericoh laid in the guest room of the middle-aged man, his tired eyes slowly opened from hearing the sound of knocking on the door.

"Hey, ya awake yet?" The man said right before swinging the door wide open, Jericoh jumped up from out of bed, he was always quick to his feet when something happened. Jericoh sighed in relief and sat down at the side of the bed and looked at the man, "Yeah, i'm awake." Jericoh said and got up and walked over to him, "Thank you very much for the bed for the night, But I need to get going now." He passed by the man but he was quick and grabbed his shoulder.

"Whoaaaa their buddy, don't you remember what we talked about last night?" He said with a light grin on his face. Jericoh turned his head and looked at him with only a faint memory of what the two spoke about, the details were fuzzy but he remembered hearing him talk about an 'Exchange' for something.

"Oh...Right..." Jericoh sighed and turned to him, "Alright, i'm all ears. So tell me what you had in mind."

"Before we even start we haven't properly introduced each other." The man grinned more and crossed his arms, "My name is Tongo, I'm 38 years old and a ex-hunter."

'An ex-hunter' Jericoh thought to himself, He tilted his head thinking about his age, 'I never heard of hunter resigning at the age of 38, some hunters keep going until 40. Some of the greatests hunters kept going until they were old as hell but still kept going up until they became leaders of the hunters guild' Jericoh stopped himself from thinking and smirked at him for a moment.

"I'm Jericoh, i'm 17 and you already know where I'm heading" Jericoh said without a second thought, realizing he pretty much imitated what he said but with his own information.

Tongo let out a slight chuckle and nodded, "Well then, Jericoh, Your still fresh out the barn so you still need to learn about the 'Hunters Guild' before you join them, they won't just accept anyone all willingly, they have to have certain... 'Qualities' in order to qualify to be a hunter" Tongo said in a mildly serious tone having his eyes fixated on Jericohs.

"And what qualities must hunters have in order to join the hunters guild that I do not already have?" Jericoh said with a cocky smile, Tongo smiled and laughed at him for a second and turned over and started walking down the hall, he raised his hand signalling for him to follow and Jericoh did so.

The house was plain and simple with some carpets and animal heads mounted on the wall, a stone fireplace sat in the corner of the living room with a large and tall chair sitting beside it with two horns on the sides of it, Tongo passed the living room and went into the room beside it while Jericoh stared at all the monster and animal heads that were mounted on the walls when a sudden yell reached his ear drum.

"Catch!" Tongo yelled and Jericoh quickly turned to see a loaf of bread hurling at him with great speed, His eyes quickly locked onto the loaf and his hands steady. With a single breath, Jericoh quickly caught the bread without even thinking, he stared at Tongo for a second.

"What the hell was that for!?" He spat at him as time fell back into place for him.

"A test! HaHA, and you. My friend, PASSED it!" Tongo laughed with a huge smile on his face, He came out of the other room which now Jericoh realized was a kitchen, "A hunter must be quick with his hands, feet, and most importantly, his eyes." He said smiling pointing to both his eyes with a single hand.

Jericoh smiled and looked at the loaf as Tongo took it from his hands and ripped it in half and handed one half to him, He took the other half never realizing how starved he actually was and quickly started eating away at the bread. The bread was freshly baked yet Tongo was in the kitchen for only minutes, perhaps he was awake much earlier than Jericoh? Or did he go out to the market? 'If that was the case' Jericoh thought to himself with a mouth full of bread.

He gulped down the piece with a sigh of satisfication and looked at tongo, "What time is it?" He asked him.

"Oh, it's around Mid-day right now, you slept for a REALLY long time you know. I didn't want to bother you so I let you sleep in up until now." He said after he gulped down the last few pieces of the loaf.

Jericoh thought to himself for a moment about his father and how the agie guards must be searching frantically for him, the forest was large enough to keep them searching for days but it still wouldn't be long before they start checking the nearby villages. He frowned at the thought and looked at Tongo with a mildly serious expression on his face.

"I need to get to the port village across the sea, Moga." Jericoh said aloud.

"Moga, huh? Well there's a trade ship that usually stops by that place from time to time, it should be docking around here sometime today or tomorrow. I'm not really sure when, but I suppose if you had something to trade or offer, the captain could give you a lift." Tongo thought to himself after saying his part and crosses his arms looking down, shutting his eyes trying to think about it, "Eh, the details are really sketchy but the guys a famous trader who travels to ports around the world and he likes rare things, I talked to him a couple of times and he seems like he'd be the kind of person who'd give someone a ride as long as they got something good to offer"

Jericoh say into one of the side chairs in the living room that they were currently in, he slumped down a bit and thought about it for awhile until coming to the conclusion, "I have a knife that came from Agie, it's mainly a decorative knife made with rare ores and gold. Do you think he'd accept that?" Jericoh said out loud without even thinking about it, realizing he just said he has something of high value to a complete stranger.

"A decorative knife huh? Well sure, if it's a rare decorative item i'm sure he'd take it." Tongo explained to Jericoh and then raised an eyebrow, "We better get to the market near the port to see if he's in the village yet." He said getting up from his chair.

He noticed Jericoh was bit messy when he got up, "Eh, How about we get you cleaned up a bit first, your face is a mess. The sink is down the hall." He said with a crooked frown, crossing his arms.

Jericoh nodded and got up swiftly and went down the hall and went into the door at the end, seeing a simple sink. He looked in the mirror and frowned at his own image, he splashed some water onto his face and brushed his hair down with his fingers, sighing and the thoughts of what may come next either excited him and also scarred him.

He raised his head to look at the mirror, staring at his own reflection, his gold hair fell down to the sides of his face and he pulled it all down, his tanned skin from his fathers side of the family simply disgusted him, he looked at his reflection once more and looked at his own dark navy blue eyes for a moment. He quickly whipped out his personal hunters knife and grabbed the back of his hair and sliced the knife upwards, shortening the back of his hair considerably making the back end more spikey. But he still didn't like his hair, the way it shined in the sunlight, it disgusted him.

"Hey! Jericoh! What's taking so long?" Tongo called out from the living room.

"Alright, i'm ready!" Jericoh said as he walked out of the room and closed the door behind him as he slipped the knife back into it's back sheath set around his waist.

Tongo gave out a long whistle in amazement on how much different Jericoh looked when he has his hair down, Jericoh nodded and Tongo went on his way over to the door and walked out while he followed him.

They headed down the road and passed by the tavern where they met last night, Tongo started talking about how the port village was a great fishing port but people in the big cities never acknowledged them and he went on and on and then he said something about the guild at one point but Jericoh wasn't listening. He was too caught up in his own thoughts on what he would do when he gets to Mogo, the thoughts filled up until the moment he felt a hand grabbing his shoulder, he looked up and saw a large area, filled with little stands and many people selling many goods along with lines of people looking at everyones good.

"Alright then kid, this is the local market, so if we keep heading straight we should be ab- - - Kid?" Tongo looked beside him for a moment and noticed that Jericoh was no longer beside him, he looked around for a moment and saw that Jericoh was looking around the market and eyeing the items at all the stuff at the stands. Tongo sighed with a smile and looked at the sky, "I suppose we still have time."

Jericoh was astounded by all the items that were being sold in the market, he passed by many stands and went over to one that was filled with fruits and berries, Jericoh was curious because of how some of the berries he's never seen before. He stared at one of them and picked it up, it felt hard and empty for some reason, I examined it for moment until the old lady standing their noticed him after dealing with a family of 3 who bought a couple of fruit prior to his arival.

"Excuse me young man, you seem like you don't know what your holding? Is this your first time seeing a husk berry?" She looked at him with a warm smile and pointed at the berry that was in his hands.

'A husk berry' he thought to himself, 'so thats what their called' He turned his attention to her and nodded quickly, "Uh... yeah, what are they for? They don't seem all that ediable?" He asked, raised an eyebrow.

"Thats because their not for eating, their hollow inside, mostly hunters use them for ammo in their bow-guns" She said picking up the berry out of his hands and took a sharp knife and cutting it open, and surely enough, it was as hollow as can be but it also had a thick shell.

"Their are many types of berries like these though, however their aren't as many with a sturdy enough shell that can be used as actual ammo for hunters. Usually a berry like this one- - - " she smiled and picked up a plump looking blue colored berry and looked back at him, "Wouldn't be able to withstand the pressure of a bow-gun's fire and would POP" She squeezed the berry and it bursted in her hands, she took a piece of cloth and wiped her hands clean and smiled once more.

"Now then, I have many berries EDIBLE berries for sale, blue berries, strawberries, dye berries. Oh, and fruit as well, ALL kinds of fruit, grown fresh from local farmers and - - - " She continued but Jericoh interrupted her.

"Excuse me? A... Dye berry you said?" Jericoh asked raiding a single eyebrow, the old woman smiled and opened her mouth once more as she pointed her finger to a basket filled with berries.

"Ah, of course. Dye berries, these berries are commonly used for dying cloths and leather and other material"

"Can they... Be used to dye hair?" Jericoh asked as he continued to look through all the different colored berries.

"Oh of course, their permanent though so I wouldn't suggest trying to use it on that amazing hair of yours." She put her hands together with a smile.

Jericoh picked up a few dark blue ones and handed her some gold coins, she looked at him slightly surprised but took the coins anyway, "thank you for your business young man" she gave a slight smile and waved as Jericoh walked off.

Some time passed by and Jericoh remembered what Tongo said about the Trader being straight down at the port, He looked around for Tongo and assumed he went on ahead. Jericoh didn't think about it much and went down to the docks, the docks aren't as crowded as the market but their were a few ships here and there with sailors and fishermen coming in and out of boats holding baskets full of fish and some with large fish that were too big for even the basket to hold.

Among all of them their was a tall middle-aged man in robbed blue garmets, holding a board with a few papers on it, his hair was pulled back with a large cane looking hair thing, Jericoh wasn't sure what is was but it he thought of it as a long thorn sticking out he back of his head with a mushroom top at the end. Besides the middle-aged man was Tongo, who appeared to be having a very in-depth conversation with him, he waved his hand but Tongo didn't take notice.

He sighed and jogged his way to the end of the port, down the steps and pass a large group of sailors who were carrying many baskets of fish, he finally reached the two and heard the two finishing their conversation, "It depends on what this man has to offer, if it's not worth my interest he isn't worth my time." The tall man finished.

Tongo sighed and noticed Jericoh who was holding a sac with him, "Jericoh,... uh, this is the trader I mentioned." He said aloud, "Go ahead and ask him."

He nodded and looked at the trader, "My name is Jericoh and I need a ride to Moga village, I have something you might be interested in." Jericoh said without hesitation and pulled out the knife, it was as much as he described, having a bright shine when the light hit the golden pieces and jewel encrusted center only made it gleam even more.

This caught the traders attention in seconds as he stared at the knife with his eyes widening and his jaw dropping quickly, he quickly grabbed the knife and examined for a few moments, "We-were did you get this? It's amazing, the polish, the coating, even the knife is made of pure gold. This is worth - - -" The trader stopped himself and held onto the knife, He looked at Jericoh and went back to his stern face, "If it's a passage to moga village you need, then consider it done."