A/N This is the shortest chapter yet. To make up for that I will upload another in a couple days. Again I still need a cook, shipwright and bad guys.

Chapter 4

"When are we going to get to the next island?" Luffy groans, flopping on the deck of the boat. "I'm so bored." Snacking on everything.

"It's only been three days," Ace says. "It's going to take awhile, and stop eating the food!" Slapping Luffy in the back of his head.

"But I'm hungry." Luffy whines.

"It's because your bored." Ace says.

"I feel hungry." Luffy mutters. With nothing to do, Luffy decides to take a nap. Once he wakes up he sees that Ace too, is napping. Luffy decides to take the opportunity to eat some food, again. Getting up he notices, what looks like an island on the horizon. "Adventure!" He yells, picking up the oars and rapidly rowing to get there faster.

Ace wakes up, looking up at the sky and notices the clouds going by, very fast. Looking around he sees Luffy rowing the boat. "What are you doing, Luffy?" Ace asks.

"Adventure." Was all Luffy needed to say for Ace to understand.

Getting up Ace sees the island, and it's rapidly approaching. "Uh, Luffy, slow down. Your going to hit the island." But it was too late. The boat hit the shore, sending Ace flying.

Luffy jumps off the boat and screams. "We're here!" Luffy looks down and sees Aces head stuck in the sand. "What are you doing with your head in the sand, Ace?"

Ace yanks his head out and yells. "It was your fault!"

Luffy laughs, "Come on, lets go." Luffy says running off down the beach.

Ace sighs, and follows him. It wasn't long until they found a town, this one much more busy than the last. Going in, the two look around. All around them are vendors trying to sell their goods, people all around buying, selling, or trading. What worried the boys, was the amount of marines walking around, and the marine base up in the distance. Ace was wondering if they would be recognized, from Luffy's big mouth, shouting he will be the Pirate King. Deciding to stock up on food they go from vendor to vendor, stocking up on what they can. Bringing it back to their boat. Heading back to town, to look around, they overhear a conversation between two marines. "Did you hear?" One asks. That gets Aces attention, wondering if it relates to what Luffy said. "We got a new transfer in." Ace relaxes slightly.

"Really?" The second asks. "Where are they from?"

"Remember that island that got sacked, a couple years back?" The first asks.

"The one where almost all the marines fled?" The second asks.

"That's the one." the first replies, looking at something before moving along.

Ace tunes out the rest of the conversation, until a man wearing a brown cloak, and a fedora, walks up to the marines. What stood out to Ace, was his red eyes. "Where is the transfer!" The man demands.

"Huh, what are you talking about?" The second marine asks.

"The transfer you were just talking about, where is he?" The mysterious man asks.

"Last I saw he was up there." The first marine points to the marine base. The man looks up at the base, and walks away. "Your welcome, ass."

Ace turns to leave, but notices Luffy is missing. Looking around he sees him walking to the mysterious man. "Who are you looking for?" Luffy asks.

"None of your business." The man says.

Luffy walks in front of him and says, "I'm Luffy." holding out his hand to shake.

The man stares at Luffy before saying, "Andon." then he walks past Luffy and continues on without saying anything.

"Strange guy." Luffy says, watching him leave.

"You're strange." Ace says, walking away.

A/N Lets see who can guess this Andon guy is going to be. Other than that please review. Andon belongs to my friend.