A/N: The next chapter:D Finally finished it... xD Hope you like it even though I think it's pretty short..

To all my reviewers: Thanks a bunch for reviewing! I'm really glad you like this story so much that you'll waste some of your time on reading it :D

As Zoro opened the door to the living room, I heard muttering voices, but when we entered everyone became quiet. I knew all the people, who were now starring at Zoro and me. They were all part of the town council. Then there were my parents and the Straw Hats, who were standing up against the wall. The two girls were looking all serious, but Luffy lightened up into a big smile, when he saw Zoro and with a very high pitched voice he called: "Hey Zoro!"

The swordsman ignored him completely and walked towards the middle of the room where he put me down. "I can't remember who your parents are, so go find them yourself," he said with a grin and then stepped over to the rest of his friends.

Luckily my mum was sitting at the middle table in the room, which was about three steps from where I was standing, so I walked to her and sat on the floor, so I could lean my back against her legs. "Hi," I simply said without looking up.

My head still ached and the atmosphere in the room was oppressive. I somehow got the feeling that my fellow citizen didn't like the fact that pirates stayed in the town, even though they hadn't been outside the house as far as I knew. "So, let's get started," my dad suggested and looked around.

The mayor rose from his chair and glared at the pirates with his usually sharp eyes. Then he spoke in a low voice, so that I could barely hear him: "We've talked for a long while now, and come to the conclusion that your presence isn't needed nor welcomed in this city…"

"I need them," I couldn't help but interrupt.

The mayor gave me an annoyed glance, but then continued his speech with his eyes on the Straw Hats: "However, since you have done no harm so far, you may stay."

"So as long as we don't break anything, we can stay?" Luffy asked, grinning broadly.

"Yes…" the mayor answered a little hesitating.

"Then all we have to do is tie Luffy to something and then we'll be able to stay in at least some minutes before he gets loose and do something, which'll get us kicked of this island," Nami remarked.

Luffy just laughed, which made Nami punch him in the head and yell: "Be a little serious, will ya?!"

"Isn't he the captain?" one of the council members asked, puzzled.

"Yeah, he is," Nami answered bluntly, and for a moment everybody went quiet.

Then the mayor cleared his throat and said: "Well, I guess that was everything to be said here."

"Then we can go now?" Luffy asked looking at Nami, "'Cause I'm really bored!"

"Yes, you can go," the orange-haired girl answered.

"Yahoo!" the Straw Hat yelled and jumped into the air.

Then he rushed of out the door, leaving it open behind him. "Where did he go?" I asked wondering.

The rest of the crew shrugged their shoulders. "Probably of doing something we'll regret later on," Nami sighed.

"Well, then I'll go see if the Going Merry's still okay," a long-nosed guy said and left the house.

He didn't close the door behind him either, I noticed. Then I looked at the remaining pirates. Zoro was standing with his back against the wall, asleep. I smiled a bit, but kept quiet like the rest of the people in the room. Then the council members finally started moving and as they disappeared out the door I saw that only four of the Straw Hats were still in the room. The black-haired woman was gone. "You'd better get of to bed again, Sarah," my mum said looking down at me, but I shook my head in reject.

"I'm not tired," I replied.

"But you're still sick, and you don't want to become even sicker."

"But I'm tired of lying in bed all day, why can't I stay up? It's not like I'll run around using all my energy!"

"No, go to bed," my mum demanded and I knew that she wouldn't change her mind, no matter what I said.

"It's unfair," I mumbled, while trying to get up from the floor, "Everybody else can go around as they want to, but I have to stay in bed!"

"Yes, because you're sick, and they're not!" the answer sounded and I trudged out of the room while growling something under my breath, which I couldn't even hear what was myself.

"I hate being sick!" I muttered as I crept into my bed with my clothe lying on the floor beneath it.

"Well, then you'd better get well again soon, right?"

I looked up to meet a pair of brown eyes and a smiling face. "How come I didn't hear you follow me?" I asked.

"I'm a former thief," Nami just answered with a shrug of her shoulders.

"A thief?"

"Yeah, I used to be a professional pirate thief."

"Pirate thief?"

The orange-haired girl nodded and quickly explained: "I stole treasures from pirates."

"And now you're a pirate yourself, how ironic," I commented and closed my eyes for a moment.

"Very ironic, but it's not a bad thing being a pirate, you know," I heard her say, "Not all pirates are bad people."

If she said anything more than that, I didn't hear it, because I fell asleep.

A/N: I'm trying to write the next chapter as fast as I can, but don't expect it to be finished this week though.. don't think I've got the time to finish it of that fast, sorry!