I'm sorry, that I haven't been working on this story in a while, I'm afraid I got destracted with a few things.

Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 3: The Sweet Sound of Money

Sanji merely raised an eyebrow in surprise over Nina's apparent gift. It was pretty obvious that the girl must have eaten the devil's fruit just like Robin, Chopper and Luffy did. Considering how quickly the girl's boat had sunk it was a very good thing they had found her when they did.

Though with the devil's fruit power she likely would have been able to go wherever she needed to go.

Sanji carefully placed dinner on the table. Considering the captain's appetite he didn't want to waist any of the young girl's food. It was obviously a toll on her to use her devil's fruit powers while she was feeling so ill.

It was obvious that for a while both Chopper and himself would have to keep a close eye on the girl to make certain she didn't get any worse. That's the problem with sunstroke it normally took a full week to fully recover. Especially, with how bad she was.

They would just have to be careful.

At that moment a gust of wind hit the ship and almost knocked Sanji off balance.

"Sanji-san! We need your help, now!"

Quickly and efficiently he put the dishes in the refrigerator and ran upstairs. This was just like the Grand Line, a nasty Typhoon had appeared out of nowhere.

The crew of the Going Merry battled with the typhoon for the rest of the day and well into the morning of the next. Thanks to Nami's skills as a Seawoman they managed to pull through with minimum damages. However, they were all to exahsted to notice the small boat pull up along side them, and sneak quietly on board.

"Do you really think these guys will have anything?"

"Trust me. That signa on their mast is pretty famous. These guys are probably loaded with treasure."

The two of them snuck down below to look for the ships money while the crew was sleeping on deck.

"I wonder where they would keep the money?"

"I don't know maybe the captain's cabin, or storage... we'll have to check both places. We got to be careful though their may be one or two pirates left below deck. These guys are the ones that defeated Clock Dell. I don't want to know what they would do to us if they found us."

The idea of being captured by such strong pirates was terrifying. Images of walking the plank, of being skewered on a sword, of being forced into joining the crew and doing all the manual labor were horrifying to them.

They both quickly got to work. Neither wanted to be here any longer than they absolutely had to be.

"Hey Jar, I think this ones the Captain's cabin... let's take a look-see."

"Be careful, we don't need to be getting caught!"

His friend nodded his understanding, and slowly opened the door just enough to be able to see inside the room. It seemed empty at first, but then he noticed a small figure laying in the bed, sound asleep.

The gold was right there at the foot of the bed.

He motioned to his friend to be as quiet as possible, and they both tip-toed into the cabin. Eventually they reached the gold and as quietly as possible started to drag the treasure out of the room.

When they had finally reached the door they both thought that they were in the clear when a shreaking sound came from the bed.

They ran as quickly as they could up on deck they had to make it back to the boat before they were caught, when they made it to the deck and slammed the door wide open frantically running to the boat, they collided with something and the money fell with them into the sea.

"Owww! That hurt!" Luffy complained.

"You block-head!" Nami yelled at her captain. "Now what are we supposed to do! My money!"

Naomi collapsed on the floor of the little storage room. Those thugs had made off with her money! They didn't even have a cent to there name now!

"I'm hungry..." Luffy complained

"Well, if we have no money we have no money." Zorro stated. "The real question is what are we going to do about buying more food? Stealing is out of the question."

"What do you mean it's out of the question!"

"All I'm saying is..."

"If I find a nasty pirate that I want to rob blind I'll do it, and nobody is going to stop me! Besides we need money!"

"Hmmm..." Nina interupted. "I've got an idea."

Zorro looked at the little girl standing in the doorway. "By the way who are you?"

Chapter 4 : Music Fest