The next night Zoro opened the cave, letting the moon light in, to see that Cari was awake and walking around. "Hey! Your up! You slept late." Cari called waving with a smile, giggling slightly. Zoro walked up to her confused, he could hear her heart beat, she wouldn't have a heart beat if she was turned. In fact she shouldn't have been up yet, Zoro didn't understand why she was after what had happened. He then smelled the air, she didn't have even a drop of blood in her, 'How is she alive when she has no blood in her? she hasn't turned yet, vampires don't have beating hearts.' Zoro thought confused. "Can we go get some candles or something, it was hard to see earlier, and if you want we can get you some new cloths too." Cari said smiling wide again. "I don't have any money." Zoro pointed out. "Ok, I'll pay this time. I wont do it this time but next time you barrow money you I will want you to pay me back, just fair warning." Cari said reminding Zoro of Nami, just not as bad thank god. They walked out of the woods Cari leaving small cuts in the trees, with a small knife she kept with her, as they went by, and they found a road and followed it. It was a paved road which Zoro wasn't used to seeing unless on an Island with a big city. They followed the road till they found a small shop along the road that sold nothing specific and had many things Zoro had never seen. "MP3? What is that?" Zoro asked while holding a small device "I don't know either, usually the only things I ever look at are foods and cloths, when I need new ones." Cari said simply. They picked up some candles and Zoro got a black shirt with a dragon on it, and a pair of dark blue shorts that went down to his knees. Cari gave a look of approval and they bought them all and left to go back to go back to the woods. Zoro would have gotten lost if it wasn't for the fact Cari had been leading and followed the small cuts that she had made in the trees when they were leaving. They made it back to the cave they had been staying in and placed the candles around the inside, they didn't light them yet because Cari, the only one who could see in the dark, was getting tired and went to sleep. Zoro stayed up till sun raise trying to understand why she was still normal and how she woke up today.
The next night Zoro woke up to a strange smell and a faint glowing, he looked to see Cari up and she was eating some candy "You slept late again, want a piece of candy?" She asked offering him a hard candy. "No..no thank you." Zoro responded. She still had a beating heart yet no blood, Zoro was still confused about how she was still awake but now was confused how she was able to eat anything. However she seemed to be enjoying the candy. Zoro opened the entrance to let in the moon light and caught the smell of a blood, not human blood. "Hey want to go hunting with me, I think there is a deer near by." Zoro offered "That sounds like fun." Cari says back blowing out the candles, and running out of the cave. She followed him as he followed his only reliable sense of direction he had at the moment, his nose, while Cari continued to cut small cuts into trees, so she could find her way back. When they found the deer Zoro used his swards to send a flying attack that did serious damage that kept the deer from running, they took the deer back to the cave, following the cuts in the trees. When they got back Zoro decided to try something and drank its blood, he found that it was not as good but he could drink it and it got rid of hunger. After he was done they made a fire and cooked it so Cari could eat the meat. Not long after the meat was gone, which Zoro thought about Luffy when he saw how she ate and how much, she went to sleep again. After hours of thinking and trying to understand her, he eventually thought of his friends again, wondering if they were ok, he soon went to sleep after thinking about that for a while.
The next night he found her up again, tonight she was whittling a piece of wood into the shape of a canine (Dog/wolf). "Yo!" Cari yelled to Zoro "We are going to need to get more candles, these are starting to run out." She said as Zoro came closer "I still don't have any money, you know." Zoro told her "Yeah I know, but I didn't want to wake you by trying to move the bolder on my own. Besides I find it more fun when I'm around you, even if it is for a short time." She said the last part in almost a whisper. "Ok fine. Hey that is pretty good." Zoro said looking at the wood she had been working on. "Thanks, but this is nothing. I have a long way to go still. Should we be going?" She said as she put it on the ground and stood up. They then followed the cuts in the trees back out of the forest and bought some candles, and followed the cuts back to the cave. The night went the same as always and they caught another deer and ate it, soon after eating the meat Cari went to sleep. Zoro was starting to wonder how long had he slept when he saw more weird stuff at the shop, he eventually fell asleep wondering.
The same events happened for the next week, Zoro and Cari would go out and catch deer to eat every night, and would go to the store every two or three days for candles, and on some occasions they would buy fruit so Cari would eat more than meat. However one night Zoro woke up and saw that Cari was still asleep, he decided not to wake her and she woke up not long after he did. "Hey, morning. 'Yawn' What's up?" Cari asked rubbing the back of her head "Nothing. You slept longer than me though. Are you ok?" Zoro asked her "Yeah, I have been sleeping longer and longer each day." She replied " Hey want to go to a festival that is going on not far from here, it always happens near this time of year? It will be fun, ok?" She excitedly asked Zoro "Fine." He told her, again she gave him the idea of Luffy when he wanted to do something he though would be fun. When they left the woods they passed the store and Zoro noticed that the old man that ran the shop was watching them closely and was on a strange device, he was talking to it. "You know, I have been wondering this for awhile, what year is it?" Zoro asked as they walked down the road "Huh, why it is year 2015. Why do you ask?" Cari told him. Zoro stopped "What did you just say?" He asked in disbelief "2015." She repeated. He sat down holding his head with one hand "That's three no, almost four hundred years." Zoro said now holding his head with both hands now. "Four hundred years? What are you talking about?" Cari asked squatting in front of him. "That's how long I slept, four hundred years." Zoro said in a normal tone but Cari could still tell he was sad even if he was hiding it, If it has really been that long, every one is most likely dead. Zoro thought sickened. Cari knew she needed to do something to cheer him up, she put a hand on his shoulder "I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do?" She asked "No, but I appreciate the offer." Zoro said getting up. They then continued their walk till Cari stopped "Run." she said and began to run Zoro didn't understand but followed her any way. When they got off the road and into the woods slightly, Zoro began to hear sirens and not long after police cars went by, one stopping every half a mile to search. "Their looking for me again." Cari stated "Why are they looking for you this hard?" He asked her. "I have been running from them ever since I was three, they have even put a hundred dollar bounty on my head." She told him. "Hey you!" a voice called "Freeze! Put your hands up were I can see them!" another voice called "That must be the suspicious man we were told about." One of them whispered "Put your hands where I can see them!" One of them yelled out. "Sir, put the swords on the ground and put your hands in the air!" One of them yelled again. Zoro put his swords down on the ground and walked over to the three police officers "Good now get on the ground and put your hands where we can see them." One of the three said. Zoro didn't do this, he continued to walk towards them slowly. "Stop where you are and get on the ground or we will open fire!" one yelled, Zoro didn't stop and came closer. 'BANG' one opened fire and missed. 'BANG, BANG' they began to fire and Zoro dodged every bullet that came in his path, frightened the police ran back to their car and floored it. Zoro turned back to Cari with a small smile plastered on his face. They then went back, following the road back till they found the cuts in the trees and followed them back till they got to the cave again. After they got back Cari soon went to sleep, without eating anything this night. Zoro tried to wake her but she would wake, concerned she was dead he listened to her heart beat. It was very slow, only a few beats per minuet, a person normally couldn't live with a beat that slow. Zoro didn't know what to do, so he decided to leave it alone for now and went to sleep after a while.