Zoro watched as the boy's father came back in and for some reason looked a little tired…"must be the fact that his son was attacked by a bear." Zoro decided silently. The man whom Zoro still did not have a name placed to yet walked over to a counter in the kitchen.

"Do you want anything to drink Mr. Zoro, sir?" the father asked nervously as Zoro stared at him intensely;. The man started to fidget from the unrelenting eyes.

"Water will be fine." Zoro said after some time trying to figure the man out. The man turned, ready to go to the kitchen to get water as fast as possible, but Zoro's voice stopped him dead. "So…what is your name?"

"What do I do NOW!" The man thought as sweat gathered on his brow. His hands started to shake as he realized that Zoro might recognize him. "Well, my name is Jack." the man said as he thought that he would be safe so long as Zoro did not ask for a last name.

"Nice to meet you Jack….how long before I can be travel-ready?" Zoro asked as he was on a mission and he would really need to get going.

"About a day, then you should be ready to head out again." Jack told Zoro a little calmer as he now knew Zoro was not after him. Jack went into the kitchen and grabbed a glass, then filled it with semi-cold water. Jack went back and gave Zoro the glass…Zoro muttered a quick thanks. A hard pounding on the door alerted everyone in the house. "Please don't be my stupid pirate friends." Jack thought as he gave Zoro the "I will be back soon" hand sign.

Jack ran to the door, shot out of it like a bat out of hell, and grabbed his three friends, taking them a little father away from the house so he could talk to them. One was a middle age man with a red and white shirt stretching to cover a prodigious beer belly. A bandana adorned with a small white skull completed his "look". The second was a tall lanky fellow who wore nothing but brown pants. The third man perfectly fit the "muscle for hire" look with what appeared to be an ancient, filth-encrusted wife beater and non-descript shorts.

,"Okay guys you know the new pirate hunter that is around that uses three swords…" the three men nodded as they had heard of the pirate hunter that most called 'The Devil Incarnate'. "Well…he saved my son from a bear and is currently in the house…" Jack did not get any farther as he watched his three friends faint with horrified expressions etched on their faces.

Ino looked out the ships window as she had been practicing her act, before she would reach Wave. She was actually a little bit concerned over what she needed to do as she just hoped that she could pull off a change as big as this one. She had already dyed her beautiful blond hair…she still wanted to kill the person that made her do it. She sighed and remembered the other people that were going to be in the mission and wondered how they are doing.

Shikamaru sighed as he and Chouji trudged down an old dirt road though a very old forest. Now normally, this would be a good thing…but their ninja supplier had forgotten to add more food because of Chouji's clan, so they ran out of food on the third day of travel. Luck was not on their side as they were supposed to be civs which meant that they had to walk there. "Hey Shikamaru, I am hungry." Chouji said for the fifth time that day.

"Look Chouji," Shikamaru answered wearily, "we are both hungry, however there is probably a fruit tree around as this forest seems to be very old." Shikamaru reasoned as he looked around and he was right as he saw a low hanging fruit…."Strange" he thought. "It was brightly colored and seemed to be the only fruit there." "Chouji" he cautioned, "it might not be a good idea….troublesome." Shikamaru started, but stopped as he saw Chouji wolfing down the fruit.

"Man Shikamaru, that was the worst fruit that I ever tasted!" Chouji complained as he ran his hand over his face and to Shikamaru's amazement, Chouji's face stretched like rubber.

"Chouji, I think that the fruit has increased your bloodline power." Shikamaru said as Chouji suddenly realized that he had stretched his face to ridiculous lengths…and fainted. "Troublesome…" Shikamaru said as he walked over to Chouji's prone body and sat down next to him, looking up at the sky and watching the clouds. "Troublesome indeed." Shikamaru mused aloud.

Zoro looked at the newcomers with interest as he drummed the handle of his father's sword with his fingertips. Each time they met the handle, the men became more nervous. "So" Zoro begin only for them to jump back and huddle. "What the HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Zoro demanded as he found the strange behavior…well strange.

The fat one spoke first. "N-N-N-Nothing Mr. Zoro, sir." as he looked for support from his two friends.

The tall skinny one continued. "Why would there be something wrong, huh?" he asked as he let out a nervous chuckle and turned to the last member to continue, but he was too scared to say anything.

"…I don't have time for this. I am heading off to bed." Zoro declared as he stood up making the men back away as he walked by them to his temporary room. Zoro knew that he was going to have an interesting time tomorrow as he would reach Wave…and start his mission.

Sorry about the length, but my computer had a virus so I had to make something to put out that would show that I am still alive. Also I need some ideas on what will happen in Wave.