Alright here's the deal my first fan fiction entitled The Lost Musician didn't even come close to what I had hoped it could be. So now I want to start on a clean slate and reattempt my vision of a female violinist with a hidden past.

There will be no girl named Marina or Tempest. This is going to be completely from scratch and hopefully shorter than my first attempt was.

Try to review this for me because I'm not really sure what my writing style is and I would really like some ideas…and Alucard's Princess I would like to thank you for you kind reviewing…now lets try this again!

Just a reminder…I don't own one piece…just this new character…that remains nameless at this point.

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It was another hot day at sea. The straw-hat crew hadn't seen an island for weeks and they were running low on much needed supplies. Nami said that they were now in the tropical part of the grand line and were only going to experience more heat as the weeks went by. Everyone was trying to make the best of the situation. Nami was sunbathing, Zoro now had an excuse to sleep in the shade, Sanji was experimenting with different flavors of ice cream while Chopper hid in the ice box and Luffy…well Luffy was going completely crazy.

"Why the hell haven't we seen an island by now!" His screaming broke the previously long silence. "I'm going to loose it soon if we don't reach land."

"I know what you mean Luffy it's been so boring since we left Nicres Village." (Made up island, I don't remember any names at the moment) This was the first sign of life from Zoro in the last 3 hours.

"Hey Nami how long till we get to the next island? We need some food really soon." Sanji had been desperately trying to find some kind of food like substance to pass off as dinner for the last two days. He was a good cook but not a metrical worker and if they wanted dinner he would need the food to make it with.

Nami pulled one of her maps out from under her glass of water. She studied it for some time and finally looked up. "We actually should hit one within the day." Thank God, I don't think I could stand another moment of all of this silence…I'm a girl of action.

No sooner had she said this Luffy was in the crow's nest screaming for his life. "Land, land LLAAAAANNNNDDDDD!"

Everyone got up and ran to the side of the boat. Luffy was right…or they were all just suffering from heat stroke and were hallucinating. In front of the ship was a very large island covered in a lush green forest. Around the island were several dozen ships that were restocking their supplies and unloading various cargos.

"This must be some kind of rest stop for pirates." Vivi stated. I hope this isn't like Baroque Works.

Apparently Usopp was thinking the same thing considering the abnormal amount of sweat dripping off of his face, even with the heat. The crew was still on the run from Sir Crocodile and coming here might end up being their death sentence.

"There're too many ships, and we need to keep a low profile until we get to Alabasta."

"Yeah but Vivi we don't have anymore food and Nami said that this was going to be the only island for some time." Sanji was right but Vivi did bring up a frightening thought. What if Crocodile had some assassins waiting for them here?

"Come on! I need to get off of this ship!" Luffy was still in the crow's nest and was practically shaking with excitement.

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Surprisingly it was no problem getting into port. Everyone had split up in groups and was given a list of things to do. Chopper and Sanji were going to handle food, Nami and Vivi were looking for current maps of this area, Luffy was looking for something to entertain himself for the time being and the rest decided to guard the ship.

Poor Chopper. The heat was really getting to him. He had lived all his life in the snow and this was a huge change from that. Unfortunately Sanji needed him to pull the cart of food. It wouldn't have been so bad if Sanji didn't stop every ten seconds to flirt with some girl!

"SANJI LETS FINISH THIS LIST SO WE CAN GO BACK ON THE SHIP AND LEAVE THIS STUPID HEAT!"

"Geese Chopper your testy. Ok fine we just need to get some meat, a lot of meat." Sanji knew that Luffy loved to sneak meat out of the cupboard when Sanji wasn't looking. "Here lets go in here."

Chopper pulled over to the side of the road and sat down while Sanji walked into a tavern. The entire place was filled with pirates drinking, gambling and fighting. He walked over to the counter and placed an order for several pounds of various meats from an ugly old woman with a mole the size of turnip (why a turnip? I don't know) on her cheek. "I hope the food isn't as rough as the customers."

"Shut up you blond bozo. Our meat is the best around! Go sit over there and we'll get your meat."

Sanji didn't want to go searching for another tavern to buy meat. He would go and find some meat in the market like he normally would but the entire town was packed and Chopper might not make it much further. So Sanji swallowed his pride and sat down.

Just as he sat down several lights around the stage lit up and on walked a lone girl carrying a violin. She slowly placed the instrument under her chin and began to play. Before the tavern was so loud Sanji couldn't even hear his own voice, now the room was silent and the only sound was of this girl playing. Sanji never expected a girl like this could play like she was. Her hair was almost as long as Vivi's and she wore long black pants, a gray and blue-stripped tank top with straps that hung off of her shoulders and black sandals.

For a musician her arms were badly scared and her hands were covered in calluses. If he had seen her on the street he would have suspected her as a murderer. But the music she played was a different story. This sad song that she was playing brought the toughest pirates to tears and truth be told he had to hold back a few himself. Suddenly her song of sorrow changed to a cheerful tone carried with lightning speed. The crowd clapped in time and shouts of joy filled the room. Unfortunately it stopped as soon as it started and the girl took a bow and went to collect tips.

She circled the room with a bag filled with coins and eventually made her way to Sanji. As soon as she saw him her face lit up, like she had been searching for him in the crowd, and she walked over. Sanji tossed a coin in the bag "You were wonderful."

"Your kind but a musician is only good if their audience is pleased." She smiled and winked then walked over to the woman with the mole to collect her pay. Then as quickly as she came she walked out the door and the tavern was once again filled will screaming and swearing. Sanji watched out the window with big heart eyes as the girl walked down the road playing her violin in the last hours of day.

"Bozo your meat is cut!" Sanji got up and retrieved his meat and ran out the door. Chopper was awake and panting like crazy.

"Chopper did you see where that girl went?"

"Sanji I don't know and I don't care but if you were flirting in there the whole time I'm going to kill you!'

"I got the meat if that's what your wondering." He through the meat on top of the pile and they both started to walk back to the ship.

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Meanwhile Nami and Vivi were hunting for maps when they heard the most beautiful sound. "Nami do you hear that?"

"Yeah, what is it?"

They continued to walk down the road when they saw a huge crowd of people. As curious as everyone else they walked over to see what the fuss was about. In the center of the crowd was a girl playing the violin with dark brown hair and scars on her arms. They listened to the music and when it was finished walked up to the girl.

"Your good, real good." Nami through in a coin, which was unusual for Nami. Vivi noticed this and looked at the girl. She was no older than the two of them but she seemed different.

"Thank you for your kindness."

The girl picked up her bag and began to walk into the forest. "Wait!" The girl turned around. "Do you live in there?" Nami pointed in the dark forest.

"Yes. I'm just earning enough money to get off of this island. See this isn't my home. I was shipwrecked here years ago and no pirate will take me aboard without several thousand berries in my possession."

Nami and Vivi looked at each other. How could they leave this girl all alone? Besides she would make a nice addition to the team. Luffy did always complain about how quiet it was and a musician could make good money on the road if needed.

"Nami I have a bad feeling about this girl." Vivi whispered in Nami's ear. "Your just paranoid we need her to make money at the islands we stop at. Plus it wouldn't be so boring at sea."

"Come with us." The girl smiled at Nami and Vivi and followed them down the road to the ship. Although Nami couldn't tell Vivi couldn't help but think that this girl was staring at the back of her head waiting for her to let her guard down. I'm going to have to watch my back for a while.

Nami broke the silence "What's your name?"

"Ayumi." The girl gave a sinister grin of triumph.

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I hope this one is going better than the first one did. Please review and this time don't bite my head off…you know who you are…I tried to make this one better.
Also if anyone has any ideas, questions or comments you know how to reach me!
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