I rolled over in bed and fianlly sat up. It was completely quiet in the room except for Kai's snoring. But there had been a reason I put Kai in the basement back home....he sawed enough logs to wake the dead. I couldn't believe Maki was still asleep in the other bed. I sighed and got up. I changed into some clothes, picked up the sleeping pup and put him in my bed and walked out of the room. I walked out and leaned on the railing of the ship. Out into endlesss water everything seemed to move. The moon was out and pretty bright, but the sun was coming up too just over the horizon.

"Hachi what are you doing up this early?" Maki asked. I turned my head and saw she was just comming out of the room.

"Nothing much," I answered, "Go back to bed. I'm just going to keep you up if you stay up."

"Hachi the moon looks pretty hu...." Maki said as if I hadn't said a word.

"Ya pretty nice," I agreed.

Suddenly Shukaku's loud voice ran into my ears. He was still up???? Did I even want to know? No....no I didn't. I just continued to stare out into the ocean.....