Yay its out! Next week i only have to go to school for two days so I should be able to get some of my other works under way as well. Along with this story I've also been trying to make two other Hunter x hunter stories, while also having another one piece story up that hasn't been undated either. So hopefully I'll be able to work on everything. Thanks to anyone and everyone that likes my stories because I love writing.

Chapter 10

For the rest of the week I left early in the morning, to go and play with my new friend Scar. Though one day I decided to get more bandages so that I could change Scars bandages, I got up early that morning and changed into my normal clothes with my bear beanie on, thinking Scar would like me wearing it. I also through my backpack on to carry the supplies in and then sneaked out of the room to make sure that I didn't wake Ace.

I snuck soundly into the same room that I went to get the supplies before hand. I opened the door slowly and walked stiffly into the room after seeing Hiromasa leaning back in his chair fast asleep. I sighed at the man lowly, I think after him pestering me for the past couple of days he started to grow on me, if just a little.

"So you're here for supplies?" a voice questioned me as I thought startling me and making me jump a little. I looked up from where I stood to see Hiromasa staring at me smiling. I scowled at the man sending a glare at him and asking myself why he had to wake up now.

"I heard your footsteps," Hiromasa spoke as if he had just read my mind. I looked at him strangely as I thought this but no reaction came to his face.

"Can I have some gaze?" I asked him as I reclined my head and looked at the ground, man being in this strange world really sucked. Hiromasa seemed to think for a second, a question hidden beneath the depths of his eyes.

"Only if you come and see me after you get back from the woods," Hiromasa spoke nodding to him self as if he were the smartest person in the world, which I mentally scoffed at.

"Fine," I stated after starting at the man for a second to see if he was just playing with me. Hiromasa smiled down at me and turned, rummaging around in a cabinet looking for the things I would need.

"So why are you always in here?" I questioned him hating the silence even if I didn't like the man all too much.

"I'm a doctor," He stated and kept rummaging around finally pulling out the gaze that I needed and smiling at his accomplishment. This man seemed to smile way to much when ever he did something, it was a bit creepy.

Hiromasa bumped his head on the way up and rubbed it as he handed me the gaze still smiling. I still stand by my first notion this guy is a creeper.

"Thanks," I spoke softly just trying to be polite before leaving the room and stuffing the things into my back pack.

"Remember your promise," Hiromasa whisper yelled after me just enough for me to hear before I left out the front floor and into the woods like any other morning. Not braking into a full out run in till my body was covered by the greens of the earth around me. I ran to the normal spot and waited for a little while for my new friend to make an appearance. I sat on a rock for the time being the kicked my legs front wards and back wards in till I felt a heavy object collide with my frame and make me fall forwards.

The object that fell against me felt warm upon my back and made tiny noises, I turned my head a bit in spite of the thing that collided with me. It was a cub about half my height, its fur was a dark shade of brown and its eyes were a warm shad of green, odd eye color for a bear if you ask me, but I was in a different world so I just went along with it.

"Growl!" I heard a large sound come from behind me that sounded very familiar, a larger bear came in to the clearing and I strained my neck to see a very good friend of mine. Scar sauntered over to me and looked at my back pulling the cub off carefully and setting it down beside me.

"Hey!" I shouted as I rolled over and set up to see Scar in front of me now with an excited cub running around, Scar sighed a little and picked the cub back up then set it in front of me, pushing it forward slightly.

I then realized that the bear must be her son and that the big bear must be a girl. Well at least I wouldn't keep calling her an it. I looked at her cub a little closer and watched as it trotted its way up to me and looked me straight in the eyes watching me strangely, as if it were confused on something. Now, I could tell this little cub was a sprite young lad.

His posture never faltered and he had a determined spark in his eyes. Yet playfulness and a mischievous streak sparked to life beneath the surface, though the only way to out wit a playful bear is to make the first move unsuspected. So as he stared into my eyes I pounced first taking the half my size, bear to the ground rolling around.

I laughed as the both of us attacked like wild animals growling and hitting each other painfully. After a few minutes I got up from my position and moved back a little slightly glancing at Scar from the corner of my eye seeing her laying down looking quite happy with her self.

Though As I looked further into the depths of her eyes I saw fatigue and wariness, I let my guard down for a moment while I watched Scar carefully and then moved towards her only to be tackled again. But I managed to through the little tike off after a few moves and make my way over to Scar.

I looked down at her upturned paw and saw the bandages were dirty and out of place. So I pulled my back pack off and took out the things that Hiromasa gave me. I silently took off the bandages as the cub watched; guess I'd have to make up a name for him as well.

Though the bandages came first, I stripped other gaze off her arm and cleaned the wound with some disinfectant from my bag. Then I rewrapped it tightly and looked back up at her face to see happiness though still with the undertone of sadness.

"Scar, are you ok?" I questioned more or less my self as I looked up at the bear sadly only too feel a nudged on the side of my face with her cold wet nose trying to get me to smile. Which I found out during the last couple of days was her way of comforting people when they were in pain or sad. Her eyes flowed with hurt, something else I realized during the last two day, Scar was sad if you were sad. So I smiled, if smiling was going to make Scar feel better than I'd do it.

Then once again I was tackled to the ground by the little cub. The name could wait right now I was going to teach this cub who was boss. So for the rest of the day, in till late evening I played with the cub. Though as the sun started to sink slightly I decided it was time that I got home and talked to Hiromasa.

"Bye!" I shouted to the two as I ran slowly away from them waving back as they growled me a good-bye as well. Then I turned around and picked up my speed. As I ran back to the cabin I wondered what Hiromasa wanted to talk to me about. Though I stopped thinking about it as I made it to the cabin door, noticing a lot of the bandits were gone, and turned going into the room he was always in.

Then there, just like I thought, he sat leaning back looking up at the ceiling until I cleared my throat and he looked back at me. He smiled at me like always and then turned himself fully to me.

"Where are all the other bandits?" I questioned Hiromasa out of curiosity.

"They went to get some beer," Hiromasa spoke and then the room elapsed into a silence.

"So?" I questioned as Hiromasa looked slightly uneasy as though he didn't know exactly how to word what he wanted to say to me.

"I don't really know how to say this," he spoke rubbing the back of his head while looking sheepishly at me and proving my earlier thesis.

"Just say it," I spoke bored, I mean what could he possibly have to say that could be so hard.

"I know you're from a different world," Hiromasa all but blurted out then covered his mouth as I stared at him my mouth open a gape. At first I didn't think I head him right so I asked him to repeat what he said.

"I know your from a different world," He spoke again with a sigh this time and his head down almost looking ashamed at him self.

"What- how?" I stumbled over my words and questioned the man that sat in front of me at this moment.

"Because I am two," He said bewildering me even further. Making me feel dizzy and causing me to plop onto the ground and stare at it.

Though the more I thought about it the better it seemed to be. He may know away to get back home. This could most certainly be a blessing in disguise, so I gathered myself and stood back up then looked at him.

"Then do you know how to get back?" I questioned straight forward not wishing to waist any time.

"No," He said sorrowfully hanging his head sighing in a depressed way. The news made me feel hopeless as well after having my hopes being brought up. I plopped back down on the floor and hung my head down as well.

"Though I did learn a little about my circumstance and most likely yours as well," He spoke bring his head back up to look at me. The news wasn't as good as a trip back home but it could help.

"How do you know all this?" I questioned Horimasa still not fully convened

"Didn't I tell you, I'm from another world as well." He spoke "I just gave up on going back," Hiromasa frowned at himself and I looked at him. Who in the world would just give up on going home.

"Why?" was the only thing I could get out of my mouth, though he seemed to get my question even through my shock.

"I thought it futile after fifteen years of looking," Hiromasa said "And its not like anyone helped me, I was all alone. Running into others like my self from time to time, only to find that they had already given up on getting back as well," he finished.

He said he had been searching for fifteen years but he only looks to be in his twenties? How old was he when he came to this world?

"Did you shrink as well?" I questioned him about my own predicament.

"Yes, actually that's something I have figured out," Hiromasa smiled. "It seems that when you travel to this world your body is taken back to when you were the happiest in life, I was reverted back to eight when I came here," Hiromasa told me.

"How old were you before you were sent here?" I asked Hiromasa.

"I was fifty-seven when I was sucked into my bath tub at home leaving behind my wife, a daughter, and three grandchildren." He laminated sadly, tears almost falling from his eyes.

I looked at him then felt bad for not liking him up in till this moment. So I grabbed his hand and smiled at him as he tried to calm himself down a little. Though then it hit me, how did he know I was from a different world?

"You thought about it," Hiromasa sniffled out as soon as I thought that sentence startling me.

"How-what-did you just read my mind?" I stuttered and questioned him as he chuckled at me for doing so.

"Yes, it's a little something else I came across in my travels," he confided in me. "You see when you're taken to this world something you yourself didn't even know you wanted, you got," Hiromasa explained only to confuse me more.

"What?" I questioned him not getting what it was he was trying to say.

"Have you ever thought, I wish I could get away, or, I wish time would stop?" Hiromasa spoke dummying it down for me a bit. "Well the most prominent thought of a wish is something you gain here," he continued "I, without really thinking about it, always wished I knew what people wanted from me. Vague but apparently it was enough to give me the ability to read other people minds," Hiromasa finished making a little more since now.

Thought that only brought more questioned into mind so I guess I'd just have to ask them.

"Wait reading minds?" I asked first, thinking that, that question would be a good start.

"Yes, reading minds, it's quite handy sometimes," He answered

"Dose that mean that, you have heard every though I have ever had since I've been here?" I asked him again

"Yes, and I find it really sweet of you not to eat or sleep in till Luffy gets back" he answered outright simple and plainly.

"Though I am curious," He spoke "What power did you obtain, what was your wish? He questioned me right back making me think a little into what he was asking me.

What power did I get when I came here? Well I can now run fast and I was strong, though I was only ever strong that one time when I went to push the rock. Every time I tried to lift something heavy it was a hassle.

"I don't really know, though I do have the power to run fast and push things really hard," I explained to him. He pondered my thoughts for a second then spoke

"The strength was most likely an effect of the travel so that you could get your self to safety within the first few days of your arrival. The same thing happened to me the first few days I was here as well," Hiromasa explained to me and cleared up the whole random strength thing for me.

"Try thinking a bit harder," Hiromasa encouraged me.

Then I just thought, what wish could I make that allowed me the power of such speed. I never wished I could run away from life, nor did I ever wish that I could get away from my problems. Then it came to me as I thought back to the kidnappers. Ever since that happened I had always wished to get away from everything that troubles me. My wish was

"To feel free," I answered out loud finally getting it. It explained my speed, the freedom to run any where that I wished. To feel the wind in my hair and just, well, run, and it did feel a hell of a lot like freedom to me.

Hiromasa smiled at me and then we heard people come into the cabin and start to head up and down the halls.

"Well it seems our chat is over," Hiromasa spoke. "Though I am always free for questioning," he smiled and then turned around not seeing the tiny smile I had, the first one that I ever sent his way. Though now that we shared something this big, I don't think I'll be able to hate him anymore.

I walked out of his office, thing, and looked out a tiny window to see the sky shown dark. The sun had set and the bandits were eating and drinking like always. Though I was still on my hunger and sleep strike so I went to sit in a secluded corner all by myself.

I watched all the other bandits had a good time laughing together. Though I could never do that here, without Luffy life in this world seemed so bland and bitter upon my lips. The only satisfaction I ever felt was when I was with Scar during these days of solitude without Luffy.

I thought what it would be like to be home again instead of dwelling on Luffy. I thought of my mom, my brother, our little apartment, and my school where all the friends that I didn't really think I had were.

The night went on without any outbursts or tragedy, just me, everyone else, and a wall that separated use like a mirror reflecting back only what w wanted to see. The night moved by swiftly and I soon found myself another lonely night sitting next to Ace who was fast asleep. Then a dog started to bark outside and I heard footsteps from someone, a door open, and then a scream.

"Boss, Boss Dadan!" I heard someone scream from where I sat.

"You," I then heard and then

"Luffy came back!" from another mouth. I smiled at seemingly nothing and then ran out of the room to see Luffy.

"You fool! You're alive! You. . ." I heard Dadan scream just as I reached the door way to see a beat up Luffy.

"Easy, easy boss," both Magra and Dogra spoke stepping in front of me as Dadan grabbed Luffy.

"Where were you and what were you doing?" Dadan questioned pulling Luffy's cheeks apart.

"I was being chased by wolves at the bottom of the valley," Luffy explained as best he could as Dadan was still pulling his cheeks apart.

"What were you doing at the bottom of the valley?" Dogra questioned as I only listened smiling, just happy to see that Luffy was ok.

"Anyway it's nice to see your ok," Dogra spoke and Magra added in a yah as Luffy sweat dropped and Dadan looked irritated.

"It's not ok," Dadan yelled as she dragged Luffy through the cabin and I followed after her glaring all the way. "The pest came back," She spoke and threw Luffy into the room where Ace slept and I had been sitting in at night.

"Why don't you go to bed tonight?" Dadan shouted as I split passed her and over to Luffy. "You all have got work to do tomorrow," She spoke as she looked over at me as well and then shut the door.

I set Luffy's head on my lap and watched him sleep as I absent mindedly hummed arms by Christina Perri once again and ran my figures through his hair. I watched as he snored and never noticed Ace turn over already having woken up.

"What are you doing," Ace spoke, I think talking to me for the first time, in a dull voice.

"I'm watching him sleep," I spoke to Ace never raising my head up though I could feel his glare on me.

"Why?" he questioned again in a irritated voice, though I had no answer for him so I just stayed silent. And the night moved on as Ace forgot about the questioned and just rolled over going back to sleep. I eventually fell asleep as well, to the sounds of my own humming.