Chapter Ten: The lion, the Prince and the angel Part two

still don't own anything but annie and the people of the bear claw oh and Markus

Annie and Marcus made it back to the tavern where Annie was hugged by the kitchen staff and cheers erupted Annie smiled at them as she also was handed her swords
"Shiki is going to come straight for here" The town Doctor said Annie nodded before she felt a hand on her shoulder she looked to see Lily who was grinning and yet again in her marine uniform
"So what's going on down here? I come here everyone's panicking about the golden lion pirates?" Lily asked her Annie smiled hugging her friend it was also then Lily realized that Annie was pretty hurt and her humor disappeared as she gave annie a dark stare
"Who hurt you?" she asked Annie shivered a little when Lily got angry it was not something you wanted to see
"Shiki did" Markus said before looking at the doctor "Any chance you can get this thing removed from my arm?" he asked referring to the golden lion tattoo Lily sighed a little bit rolling her eyes before she headed to the door Annie didn't need to ask to know where she was going Annie looked to Markus
"Markus you're in charge of protecting the ship I gotta go make sure Miss Lily doesn't kill herself" Annie said before grabbing her swords and quickly following her friend Lily went to a small boat that was at the harbor with Annie close behind Lily pulled out several guns and stashed them every where she could Annie just watched
"Thank you" Annie said smiling Lily looked at her fixing a large gun over her back and loading another that was in her arms
"Don't thank me yet sweet heart your prince isn't safe yet and neither is his crew" Lily said Annie nodded before the two ran off

Sanji was now fighting with Shiki (not good with writing fight scenes to bare with me please) it seemed like every time he sent a kick towards shiki he was able to dodge as if he knew what he was going to do it seemed the same way with the others to, even with Dracule something was clearly wrong but Sanji couldn't figure out what neither could the others at that well all but Robin, she was observing the crew as she watched them before she suddenly realized
"Our attacks are slowing down" she suddenly said and the Golden lion pirates all started laughing
"Took you long enough, it's a new drug that Indigo created how do you think we were able to keep Angel-chan contained in that one little room" Shiki laughed at them "That room was full of the drug being put in through the vents you need a vaccination to go in there and not be affected" Shiki said laughing this caused alarm in the others this meant that they were all going to be screwed in a couple minutes well that's what the straw hats thought until Terry started laughing which caused confusion to everyone except for her, Susan, Tom and Dracule
"You think that we didn't know you were going to pull some dirty trick like that?" Tom asked him this puzzled Shiki and his crew "Or do you not remember Terry's job when she used to work for the marines?" Tom said Shiki was confused until Terry held up a single stick of dynamite and it clicked for everyone else
"I rigged your lower deck while I was down there you got ten minutes before this place blows to skypeia and back" Terry said
"You could have told us!" Zoro shouted but Luffy merely grinned thinking it was perfect
"Very well played Terry" Lily and Annie had arrived now Sanji hurried over
"Annie I thought you went back to the bar?" he asked Annie shook her head smiling a little bit before she kissed his cheek

"I couldn't bare the thought of you getting killed because I piss off a pirate" Annie said to him Lily then walked over to Luffy
"And this is how you pick your Nakama?" she asked him it took Luffy a minute but he grinned and hugged her
"Grandma!" at this Sanji went a ghostly pale realizing that not only had he flirted with a woman quite a bit older than him, it was his captain's grandmother Annie just laughed a little as the other's jaws dropped around them
"G-GRANDMA?!"
"Shyanne is my maiden name" Lily said shrugging a little bit before glaring at Shiki and aiming one of her guns at him

"You ever touch my grandson or his Nakama again and I swear there will be hell to pay in the mean time I'll just show you why you don't mess with my Nakama" Lily said before she charged him instead of shooting him she nailed him in teh face with the back of the gun then she shot him in the thigh he of course cried out in pain as his nose bled considerably Luffy cheered for his Grandmother as Nami walked over
"How old is she?"
"Sixty eight" the bear claw tavern crew all said in unison it seemed that everyone was more intent on watching Lily now than to actually fighting each other of course Lily's victory streak didn't last long once Scarlet managed to grab her he slammed her into the mast with one of his giant hands causing the smaller woman to cringe Luffy of course charged head in to help her and the fighting all around came back Sanji decided that although he was pissed at Shiki, Luffy was a better match for him Annie sighed noting how he stayed close to her
"Sanji I can take care of myself"
"Yeah but you were drugged" Sanji said kicking a few pirates away from her as Annie clashed swords with another also trying to stop Sanji from being hit
"So what? I'm a strong girl I can handle it" Annie said to him kicking the guy in the stomach sending him backwards into two of his friends before dodging another attack and slashing this one across the chest Sanji kicked away a couple more guys this was going to be a difficult conversation and she was going to be stubborn as an ox wasn't she? then again this was Annie she was always stubborn.
"Oi Love cook!" Zoro shouted at him before blocking three guys from hitting him "Quit zoning out with gaga eyes at your girlfriend and focus on staying alive for the next five minutes!"
"What happens in five minutes?" Annie asked confused before stabbing some guy in the chest with one of her swords and just tossing him to the side Sanji just stared for a minute not sure to be scared or not that she wasn't fazed at all by what she just did
"I'm one of the worlds top swordsmen Sanji this isn't unusual for me" Annie said "And I didn't kill him" she added as her swords collided with another to defend herself
"But what happens in five minutes?"
"Terry blows up the ship" Tom shouted dodging some guy's attack and sending him hurtling over the side of the ship Annie looked at Terry who just smiled a little
"Don't worry we'll be fine by then" Terry said before she hit some guy in the face Annie shook her head a little this was her life, her nut job friends, fighting off dumb ass pirates, her stupid over protective brother, Annie couldn't help but think that there was just something else she could live for other than that, when you're in the middle of something that could cost you, your life you think over a lot of things (Authors note: before anyone gives me shit about this yes I of all people know! I got in a dirt bike accident when i was in seventh grade and swore that i was going to break my neck and die thankfully that didn't happen so before people rag on me for that i really do know)

"Annie look out!" Annie turned around in time to see some guy with a gun aimed right at her and heard the sound of the gun Annie quickly braced herself for the bullet and closed her eyes when she suddenly felt a pair of arms just surround her she didn't want to open her eyes but she did and saw Sanji was shielding her from the attack
"Sanji…" Annie managed to say she was shocked she couldn't get herself to say anything else but Sanji just smiled a little at her and he kissed the top of her head
"You can say we're even now" he told her letting her go Annie could already see the blood staining the blue shirt he was wearing she bit her lip nervously but Sanji smiled at her
"We better focus or we're going to blow up with the ship" Sanji said Annie then realized that people were starting to abandon ship including straw hats Shiki had lowered the ship so that he could jump down onto the roof top Annie grabbed Sanji's hand and quickly hurried to the nearest rooftop Dracule helping them down as well as Lily who was badly injured from her fight with the gorilla Lily just laughed at the encounter too it wasn't long after that the ship was then blown up which singed some of the rooftops and pieces of wood and various other things rained down on the town Annie sighed for now it was over.

"Sanji more meat!" Luffy shouted banging on the table Sanji glared at him as he served some other tables
"Oi wait your turn!" Sanji yelled at him before he got decked in the face by lily
"Hey don't you dare yell at my baby!" Lily yelled at him before hugging Luffy who laughed at the reaction of his grandmother who put an arm around him and grinned this was the difference between Garp and Lily, Lily spoiled Luffy Rotten Garp well everyone knows by now how Garp treated Luffy. Sanji stood up and laughed a little bit as well Annie watched the crew was recovering from the battle and had been here for an extra week no one had even seen a golden lion pirate Dracule and Zoro still didn't attack each other the whole time which was good Annie was realizing just how insane this crew really was
"You'd fit right in Ann" Dracule said to his sister sipping his Sake Annie rolled her eyes and tipped the glass with her finger causing it to go all over her brother and for him to choke on the drink he coughed and spat some of it out as Annie smiled sweetly at him before going to get some extra orders from the kitchen for Luffy she set them down in front of the captain before walking away humming softly to herself Sanji smiled a little bit
"Annie why don't you sing something?" Sanji asked deciding to take Robin's advice from the other night Annie blinked but shook her head a little bit blushing
"No I couldn't"
"Aww come on Ann you sing all the time" Markus said
"Yeah but I don't know those people so it doesn't matter if they judge me" Annie said rolling her eyes and going back into the kitchen Markus just laughed and looked at the straw hats
"You should hear her voice of an angel horns of the devil" It was then he was nailed in the head with a glass that Annie had thrown from the kitchen and although it hurt like hell he laughed a little at how red her face was Sanji couldn't help but laugh at it too as Annie went back into the kitchen muttering curses under her breath Markus looked at Dracule
"Can't you get her to sing something?"
"Can't you not be drunk?" Dracule shot back proceeding to drink his sake Markus frowned but then Luffy stood up on his Chair
"ANNIE SING SOMETHING! Brook can play along!" Luffy yelled before Annie could even react he was springing into the kitchen and dragging her out by the arm to the stage though she fought every inch of the way causing the crew to laugh all knowing that once Luffy had his mind set on something it happened no matter what you said.
Annie's face went bright red as brook got up on the stage and began to play Annie relaxed a little hearing the familiar tune of Binks no Sake of course she had to sing along with the tune the others listened the straw hats were very surprised to hear her sing it was like Markus had said Voice of an angel Brook didn't seem to pay any mind to it but Annie finished she blushed at the applause it was then Luffy stood up again
"JOIN MY CREW!"