The Warriors

by LtheWolf

Annie Leonhardt is one of the lead singers and guitarists of the new, upcoming band called The Warriors, only now she having problems being able to sing and play the guitar at the same time, Maybe it's time to get a new member for the band but who. Mikasa Ackerman is a famous musician, known for her career of playing with many other musicians. Mikannie as it progresses.

1. I Think We Need A New Member

Annie's POV

I stood at the microphone with my guitar in hand, Ymir stood next to me with her bass guitar in hand, her hands flying about the fret board and strings to play the right chords while she sang into the mic, she would occasionally sing like in this song, Reiner was at the back playing the drums in a steady beat and Bertholdt was beside Reiner as his fingers darted about the keyboard in a ostinato. (A/N It means repeated pattern. I might accidentally use musical terms because music is one of my options so if you guys don't understand them because I forgot to put the meaning just ask me) I guided my fingers down the frets to play the right chords to the songs we were playing.

The song we were playing right then was a song called Bad Dog by Neon Hitch, Ymir had totally picked the inappropriate song with some quite vulgar lyrics but it seemed the number one fan wasn't bothered by it, to be honest it probably made her like Ymir even more then she already did, they should just go out together already.

"I Just Found Out That I'm Fuckin' With A Bad Dog
But The Beast In Me, She Know How To Train A Bad Dog
Woof! Like A Bad Dog
Sit! And Be A Good Dog
Or Imma' Put You Down Bang! Bang!
Like A Bad Dog" Ymir sung the first part while I tried to concentrate on the guitar playing.

"Ooooouah! I'm Breathin On Your Skin
Ooooouah! Oh-Oh-Oh
Ooooouah! You Feel Me Closin' In
Ooooouah! Oh-Oh-Oh" I sung along with Ymir continuing to play the guitar chords.

"Your Just An Animal, That I Caught
You Know I'm Yours, So Rip My Clothes Off
And Just Like Ooouh! Ouh!
And Then We Ooouh! Ouh!
Just Come Inside My Cage, You Bad Dog" She sung alone on the next one and moved me back towards the mic when she was finishing the last line of her part.

"Your Just An Animal, That I Caught
You Know I'm Yours, So Rip My Clothes Off
And Just Like Ooouh! Ouh!
And Then We Ooouh! Ouh!
Just Come Inside My Cage, You Bad Dog" I sang while blushing furiously, I really hope noone can see it on my face, after the first line my hand slipped on the guitar and it made a horrible screaming sound but I quickly played the next bit trying to make it look natural and glaring at Ymir would was smirking cockily, after this plan to kick her ass.

"If You Want A Leash, Tie You Up, Like A Bad Dog
Taste Me On Your Teeth, When You Bite Like A Bad Dog
Woof! Like A Bad Dog
Sit! And Be A Good Dog
Or Imma' Put You Down Bang! Bang!
Like A Mad Dog" Ymir smirked singing along again and nudging me when it was my turn again, I rolled my eyes and started the next part.

"Ooooouah! I'm Breathin On Your Skin
Ooooouah! Oh-Oh-Oh
Ooooouah! You Feel Me Closin' In
Ooooouah! Oh-Oh-Oh" This time I didn't make a mistake and stuck my tongue out at Ymir.

"Your Just An Animal, That I Caught
You Know I'm Yours, So Rip My Clothes Off
And Just Like Ooouh! Ouh!
And Then We Ooouh! Ouh!
Just Come Inside My Cage, You Bad Dog" Ymir smirked as she sung while she jumped and danced about the stage.

"Your Just An Animal, That I Caught
You Know I'm Yours, So Rip My Clothes Off
And Just Like Ooouh! Ouh!
And Then We Ooouh! Ouh!
Just Come Inside My Cage, You Bad Dog" I sung but messed up with my playing again this time leaving it to scream while tried to concentrate on the lyrics now, the real vulgar lyrics I swear I'm gonna kill Ymir for doing this to me on purpose.

"Revenge Is Sweet, Like Licorice
I Poison You With Just A Kiss
A Kiss, A Kiss, Your Just An Animal That I Caught!
Your Hands Are Tied, I Got My Wish
Now Say Your Prayer Coz This Is It
Is It, Is It..." I continued to sing and started playing the guitar again while Ymir joined in singing.

"Your Just An Animal, That I Caught
You Know I'm Yours, So Rip My Clothes Off
And Just Like Ooouh! Ouh!
And Then We Ooouh! Ouh!
Just Come Inside My Cage, You Bad Dog" I stopped and Ymir continuing with singing winking at the people below, specifically Krista Lenz aka the number one fangirl.

"Your Just An Animal, That I Caught
You Know I'm Yours, So Rip My Clothes Off
And Just Like Ooouh! Ouh!
And Then We Ooouh! Ouh!
Just Come Inside My Cage, You Bad Dog" Ymir nudged me, pulling her arm around me so we both were stuck near the microphone, Ymir had given up playing but I was still trying to play my part while joining in to sing the last part and yet again I hit the wrong chords, wincingat the sounds after that I gave up so Reiner and Bertholdt were the ones keeping the tempo of the song while Ymir and I finished singing.

A/N Tempo means the speed of the song.

The crowd jumped up and down cheering, this was our 18th concert and now we were nearing 20, the offers we got were getting better meaning the pay and popularity was increasing but still not a good as artists like The Survey Squad, The Shifters, The Trainees and others like Mikasa Ackerman, now she was an artist that played around a lot she used to be in the band called the Ackerman's that consisted of Levi Ackerman, her cute looking cousin who was the bass player and vocalist, Kenny Ackerman, Their Uncle who was the drummer, after a while they broke up and Levi went to The Survey Squad, I think Kenny went to MP's but Mikasa was the best out of the band and went off as a solo artist for a while occasionally playing with others like The survey squad, The shifters, The trainees and numerous other famous musicians including solo artists like Titan Shifter aka Eren Jaeger, Mikasa's brother by adoption. To be honest out of all of the artists about, Mikasa Ackerman was by far one of the most popular and actually good at what she did, she was so good even the girls swooned over her, to be fair that wasn't the only reason everyone swooned over her, she was pretty to say the least.

"Hey everyone, we plan on doing another concert next week if you guys wanna go you better you tickets soon, It still here, I hope we'll see you guys again" Ymir bellowed across the hall before leaning forward and high fiving all of the people at the front as the club began to empty, after a while we finally walked off the stage and sat in one of the booths, Reiner and Bertholdt sat in the middle together while, Ymir took one side and took the opposite, Krista not soon after hurried over and sat with Ymir.

"You guys should totally just kiss and go out already it's obvious you like each other, has been for a while now" I announced and they both glared but also blushed furiously. They nodded and Ymir asked Krista out and they got together just like that, my turn to smirk before turning serious. "Ymir what the hell was with that song? Why make me sing that?" I growled at her. Ymir gestured to the waiter at the side and he came over took our orders before disappearing, I frowned at her, so she finally answered. "Well you have been having trouble playing the guitar and singing for the harder songs so I was thinking and the others agree with me, maybe we should get another band member, one that can sing or play guitar, depending on what you want to continue doing. I'm sorry Annie I know you love doing both but you can still do background singing or guitar playing." Ymir advised, I looked at the others and they nodded, I had been having trouble with playing the guitar and singing at the same time with the more complicated tracks we had played lately.

"Fine but where you gonna find someone to fill in on this short notice" I answered "Hey you guys are good players, you have potential but that one's right you need another member so your not overworked there miss.." A voice from behind us sounded and we all moved to see the person, the person was in a baggy, red hoodie and had a guitar case strapped on their back, I had seen this person sat in the booth next to us before we sat down, they were one of the few left. "And you would be?" I sneered at the hooded figure, to be honest they looked kinda scruffy, a few strands of black hair messily poked out of the fairly worn hoodie in place and they wore ripped looking blue jeans along with faded, black hightop converse. "I would be a talent scout, right about now" They sneered back leaning against the side our booth. "What's that suppose to mean? And I'm pretty sure talent scout don't dress so scruffy." I questioned but was answered by then straight away "Well your clueless, don't you know talent scouts and celebrities go out in disguise, incognito, well that's why I'm dressed like this, so I don't get swarmed by fans plus they're really comfy clothes I should wear them more often, make a fashion statement." They laughed but I just glared back at them.

"I meant you real name though... Does this mean you wanna be in the band though? Sounds like you do, talent scout" I added, they smirked "The name's Alex Leonie at the moment, Nice to meet you. And you lovely people would be?" They smiled, their mouth the only thing on their face I could really see, a bright smile not nasty and rotten like I thought it would be with the way they were dressed. "I'm Annie Leonhardt, this is Reiner Braun, This is Bertholdt Hoover, this is Krista Lenz aka Historia Reiss and this is Ymir" They shook hands with everyone, when they got to Krista they knelt down and kissed the back of her hand before standing back up. "Your a real gentleman but she has a girlfriend, so back off" I muttered before Ymir could say anything she would regret.

The figure chuckled and spoke again. "And who said I was a male, I'm just being polite little lady" I glared and answered "I don't really care. Can you actually play that thing or not?" I hissed and they quickly replied. "Yeah of course I can, I can also sing. You said singer or a guitarist so which one?" They answered. "Can you do both at once, if so then why don't you play us a song" I challenged them. "Sure thing. Do you know The Light Behind Your Eyes by My Chemical Romance?" They smiled again, it's a nice smile, stop smiling I may fall in love with the mystery of this person and their beautiful smile, wow what am I thinking I don't even know this person yet.

"Yeah I'm familiar with that song, the band were awsome before they split up, at least you have good music taste." I mumbled, they walked over to the stage and took off their guitar bag. "What are you guys betting that this guitar will be an old, battered one?" I smirked, everyone but Krista bet it would be old and battered, I don't know why, maybe Krista was trying to be polite. Everyone but Krista was shocked when this so called Alex Leonie, took out a Martin OM -28E Retro acoustic guitar. "Ok that is one sweet guitar so obviously this person's either a really good talent scout for a big company or they're a famous person" I muttered, staring at the guitar that the hooded person was tuning as they sat on a stool that was on the stage. "Why is that?" Krista squeaked, I looked at her and back at the guitar. "Because the starting price of an acoustic guitar like that is at least $4,000 and that adds up to about... £2700 nearly £3000 or more because the price can differ for quality, I need to play that guitar" I answered, she gasped and the others looked wide eyed.

They coughed so all of us looked back at the person under the hood, they did a peace sign with their hands while grinning like an idiot and then they began strumming the chords for the introduction, then slowly changing the chords slightly to strum the next part on the guitar, it produces a nice, clear sound with no strums to the wrong chords or extra strings when they were missed out one for a chord.

"So long to all my friends
Everyone of them met tragic ends
With every passing day
I'd be lying if I didn't say
That I miss them all tonight
And if they only knew what I would say" They sung out their voice was soft and made me feel a tingling in my chest, their voice also sounded distinctly familiar somehow.

"If I could be with you tonight
I would sing you to sleep
Never let them take the light behind your eyes
One day I'll lose this fight
As we fade in the dark
Just remember you will always burn as bright" They started to play a different chord pattern as they sung the next part.

"Be strong and hold my hand
Time-it comes for us, you'll understand
We'll say goodbye today
And I'm sorry how it ends this way
If you promise not to cry
Then I'll tell you just what I would say" Their strumming pattern and chords changed again as they sung, they sped up singing pace to go with the increasing speed of the guitar strumming.

"If I could be with you tonight
I would sing you to sleep
Never let them take the light behind your eyes
I'll fail and lose this fight
Never fade in the dark
Just remember you will always burn as bright
The light behind your eyes
The light behind your.." Their strumming changed again back to the original chord pattern, I have to admit they were doing great so far.

"Sometimes we must grow stronger and
You can be stronger when I'm gone
When I'm here, no longer
You must be stronger and" They strumming changed again and their voice got louder, one thing I'm getting from this is that this person is really passionate about music, I wonder what else they could be passionate about, wait did I really just think that, I blushed slightly at the thought.

"If I could be with you tonight
I would sing you to sleep
Never let them take the light behind your eyes
I failed and lost this fight
Never fade in the dark
Just remember you will always burn as bright" They began to slow down as the chord progression changed again and the song was nearing it's end.

"The light behind your eyes
The light behind your eyes
The light behind your eyes
The light behind your eyes
The light behind your eyes
The light behind your eyes
The light behind your eyes
The light behind your eyes
The light behind your eyes
The light behind your eyes" Their strums got slower and quieter and their voice became quiet as they sung the last few lines, continuing to strum for a while after they finished singing before finally stopping and packing the guitar back into it's case, then placing it back onto their back.

"Your good, you could be a solo artist so why are you talent scout, Leonie? Though I'm pretty sure a talent scout alone couldn't afford a guitar of that standard, so who exactly are you Leonie?" I questioned, they smiled "You quite smart Miss Leonhardt, you can call me Alex though. You seemed interested in the guitar a lot, Are you a collector or just one of those people that know everything about the different types of guitar?" They said, I quirked an eyebrow but replied "I know things about many different types guitars and have a few different ones but I wouldn't call it a collection, most guitarists have a few guitars in case one of the others breaks, but you didn't answer my question. Who are you really?"

"I'm Alex Leonie like I said, yeah I'm a talent scout now but I did use to manage a few people, in fact I used to manage Mikasa Ackerman, that maybe why I can afford a guitar like this, after a while though she signed with a big company because I convinced her to and I took a while off, now I'm back." They confessed. "Hey wait a minute, I know who you are now" I called to them, they looked down at me seemingly amused. "And who would I be Miss Leonhardt?" They smirked. "The fact that you can have a guitar like that and that your a good singer and guitarist in that you could be soloist, but you also sound familiar so I was thinking about who you could be. And then you just mentioned Mikasa Ackerman, one of the people I was thinking of and I know or any fan of Mikasa Ackerman knows that only Stationary Guard Records have signed and managed Mikasa Ackerman officially, before that she managed herself when she was a new, upcoming talent. So you are Miss Mikasa Ackerman, am I correct?" I said, they chuckled and finally sat down in the booth right next to me."You are smart, And yes you would correct in your assumptions" They chuckled pulling off the hood to revealed a head of short, scruffy black hair, I assume she has it like that on purpose, and those piercing grey eyes she had, they were so captivating in real life, I could just stare into them for ages and get lost in their gaze.

"Yes, I guessed right but why would you even be in a club like Maria you could be hanging out in Sina like all the other popular musicians" I accused her and she shook her head. "Your a fan? Well if you are and have read the news lately you will know I have been missing, others don't know this yet but I'm sure it will get out eventually, even though it's a load of bullshit, basically someone accussed me of threatening to kill them and then they said because their drunken friends had jumped me I ended up killing one of them. That would be why I'm on the down low while it's sorted out, it should be soon but I can't sit around and do nothing so I came here to watch some bands and turns out your decent at playing" She scrunched her face and her eyes burned intensely, that's interesting, this could be the chance to find out more about the mysterious Mikasa Ackerman, she was always very secluded, only occasionally known to go out with friends since the paparazzi followed celebrities everywhere, that's something I don't want to be honest when the band got ever more famous.