Once Kiana had finished, Dru spoke up. "It looks like we don't have many options. We should probably plan on what we can do to survive here, while we look for a way back home." Her sisters looked at her in shock.

"What?" Dru asked, as she looked at Kuma out of the corner of her eye. "It's apparent to me, from our new friend, that we are nowhere near home. We don't even know how it happened, our only clue being some sort of weird storm, and even if we wanted to just sail around looking for home, we no longer have a boat. Getting a new one here means money, which we don't have, but the more pressing issues would be necessities- food, shelter, clean water… not to mention a way to make money to get all those things."

"Not only that," Kia added, "but if we want to survive here, we need to be able to protect ourselves, or have friends who will protect us. If we aren't strong enough to stand up for ourselves, then we'll be walked all over at best, beaten or killed at worst. I can't believe I'm suggesting this, but we may want to consider splitting up…"

"WHAT!?" Reese and Ash shouted in unison. "ARE YOU CRAZY?" Kia rolled her eyes. She noticed that Kuma seemed to have perked up at her comment.

"Just listen!" she replied. "In order to be able to speak to people that might have answers, we must travel around, which means we'll run into all sorts of people! We need to be able to have different skill sets, or even make friends with others with skills so that we can handle anything we come across! It would be plain stupid to learn how to defend ourselves, just to get lost the moment we head out!" she finished, much louder than when she started.

"Hmm, good point," Ash conceded, though not convinced. "But there is a lot you're not saying. How exactly are we going to get anywhere, let alone to the different places we can get the training, jobs, and everything else we need?"

"What skills do we even need?" Reese added, "We should probably plan what we can now."

Kia looked thoughtful as she turned to Dru. "Remember what we would say whenever Dad asked us what our dream was?"

Dru looked confused, "We would say, to sail around the world," she answered. "But what does that have to do with anything, Kia?"

Kia kept speaking as if Dru hadn't asked her a question, "and what became your new dream, Dru?"

Dru stared at Kia, beginning to understand where she was going with this line of questioning. She also responded without answering the question. "So, you think we should use the skills that we already wanted to achieve, rather than trying to fit ourselves into something we need but would hate?" she asked.

"Exactly." Kia answered. "Dru, you've been telling me for years that you were going to work for the UN, and using that, well, we will need a diplomat of sorts. Someone to look at the big picture, come up with tactics and such. You'll still have to learn to defend yourself, but that can be secondary."

"And you surprise me again, Kia," Dru looked approvingly at her sister, "I didn't think you were even listening, let alone remembering that one conversation from three years ago."

"Yeah, well… it may have made an impression," Kia said. "You were so passionate about it. I remember thinking that I wished I was passionate about anything as you were about your dream. I mean besides One Piece of course."

"Of course," Dru smirked as her sister used humor to deflect the conversation away from her perceived flaw. "And what about you?"

Kia smiled again, knowing her sister wanted to say more but didn't for her sake. "I'm thinking something like medical training. We'll need someone with medical knowledge and being able to help others has always been my dream." Kia paused, then added, "I've just never known how to go about it. Plus, the fact that having medical knowledge could help in diplomatic matters at some point."

"Good thought," Dru responded. "Not to repeat you, but you'll also have to be able to defend yourself."

"Of course," Kia said with a smile.

Dru smiled in return, "and Reese?"

"Reese can speak for herself, thanks," Reese joined the conversation now, though she had sat silently as Kuma to this point. "I think the best course of action for me, is to join the marines."

"What?"/ "Excuse me?" her sisters said at the same time.

"Hear me out, "Reese said. "You mentioned that the marines have completely different techniques of fighting. Don't you think that would be important to have on our side?"

"Well sure," Kia began. "But Reese, you don't get to just leave whenever you want to. You'll receive orders you may not agree with, and if you don't follow them, you would be imprisoned or killed. Or both!" she exclaimed.

"True," Reese responded. "But, I think it's pretty obvious I was considering enlisting once I turned eighteen, and this isn't much different. If they are anything like our marines, they'll have different options in training for me to choose from."

"It's not a bad idea," Ash commented offhandedly, and Kia scowled.

"So," Dru began, "getting back to the issue at hand, how are we going to get started on this? We'll have to find some way off this island first I suppose?" though her question was general, she aimed it towards Kia. "And what island will give us everything we are looking for?"

Kuma took that moment to interject. "You will need my assistance to leave this island. There are no others close enough to get to by makeshift raft." He determined that they could be helpful allies, with the knowledge he believed they possessed, and even more so if they were able to achieve their goals, so he would assist them in the first step.

Kia looked concerned, as she looked up at Kuma. "And what would your help cost us, Kuma?" she asked with a suspicious tone to her voice. She knew that he knew they were desperate and had no other means of transportation. He had been quiet this entire time, offering nothing. She wasn't sure if that was because he was worried about what she knew, but from what she remembered he wasn't one to simply offer help.

Kuma's gaze turned to Kia, with a slight smirk on his lips. She was taken aback, as she had never seen any sort of smile on his face in either the anime, the manga, or throughout the day. She was even more unprepared for his response.

"I only need one of you," Kuma said as his smirk grew. And he left them no time to respond, as he swung his hand towards them, and they each disappeared from Tropska Island one by one, including Kuma himself.