Annabell had set to what she did best around the house, and that was taking care of her family. She'd gotten her grandfather a glass of water and went to see if he still had some of his medicine. A bit disappointed when she saw he had none left. So, Ann went to her room and found some of the money she'd been saving to move away from this town.
"I'll be back, I'm going to get grandpa some medicine." she said quickly. Sabo followed after.
"Annabell, take someone with you! Akainu is after you, don't let him persuade you into thinking that marrying him is the only option!" Sabo seemed upset. He knew how his sister could get when she got hot-headed or her mind beat down. She could make some stupid or impulsive decisions right on the spot.
Marco had got up, frowning at this. "I'll go with."
Annabell hadn't objected to Marco coming along, she needed to talk to him anyways. The young woman walked off in a hurried manner, wanting to get the medicine refilled as quickly as possible. The phoenix walked closely behind her, acting like something else had his attention.
Soon, he realized he was walking into an alley with Ann and started to question this until he saw the female stop and turn to him.
"Honestly, what is going through your head with being so straightforward all of a sudden? You can't possibly be serious about wanting me as a wife!" Annabell hissed.
"I'm very serious though. I felt more of a bond when I first saw you. That's why I stayed perched in the tree you decided to sleep in the first night on the mountain." Marco drawled out.
"You did what?" Ann seemed shocked. "So it was you that I saw before I fell asleep! Are you some sort of creep? First you have a knack for watching me while I sleep and then hug me when I was trying to get dressed, next you have the audacity to claim that I'm your lover, and finally you have to be my babysitter?! What is wrong with you? Why are you toying with me?!" Ann had blown up finally.
Marco blinked and didn't show any sign of emotion besides his normal tired look. "Am I toying with you or are you toying with me Annabell? Honestly, if you have feelings for me, then why not give us a chance? There is nothing wrong with me wanting to protect you, especially since it's all instinct for me. Besides, I've had someone die in their sleep from getting too cold, it's stressful to sleep knowing you could die the same way up in the mountains. As for hugging you while you were getting dressed, I was going on instincts and listening to the forest, so I had felt the need to protect." he sighed and scratched his head.
Ann looked at the ground for a while. She didn't say anything more on the matter and turned to continue on to the medicinal vendor. Once she had gotten the medicine and paid for it, Ann led Marco back to her house. The young woman had been lost in thought for quite sometime. The female would have bumped into people if it hadn't been for the pineapple guiding her half the time by a simple touch to her shoulder.
Once home, Ann had Garp take his medicine, of course the usual grumbling from an upset old man was heard, but his granddaughter would have none of it. What hadn't been expected was the unwanted visit from Akainu. That seemed to upset the three siblings, their grandfather, and Curiel. Marco kept his calm and just sat next to Ann and Sabo. Curiel was sitting next to Garp, Luffy on his sister's lap, and Akainu in a lone chair away from everyone. The room had taken a dark and angry mood.
"So, Garp, I'm pretty sure your granddaughter knows of the situation. I want an answer to the proposition." Akainu said slowly, almost choosing his words carefully.
Garp let out a grumble of how Akainu couldn't just waltz into his house and threaten the family because he'd have his ass handed to him by the three siblings. Ann, Sabo, and Luffy were known to take up threats and shove it right back at the person who issued it. That was, until Ann spoke out.
"My answer to marrying you is no. I'm engaged to this blonde here and he has more to offer me than you will ever be able to. Do not come back to this house and please, leave my family alone. I do understand you are the admiral, but you are not the complete boss. If you do not start giving my grandfather his rights as a veteran, I will work my way up the ladder to get you fired. You have no say so on whether or not a veteran gets paid or not while they are still alive." Annabell had said simply told Akainu.
Everyone was quite surprised by her sudden burst of authority. Even more so when she said she was engaged to Marco. Marco was honestly satisfied with the way things turned out, but the feeling he got from Akainu, he knew this wasn't the last time they had seen him or heard from him. Curiel wanted to rip the man's face off from just one simple look at the werewolf's face. Akainu was more than what they were bargaining at.
The marine admiral sighed, he was honestly furious that the young woman even knew her way around his job. Must be from the fact Garp was an old naval officer himself and he did seem to try and get his grandchildren to be marines. Akainu thought carefully of his next words so he wouldn't get attacked.
"You're correct. I seem to have forgotten my place as the admiral and I shouldn't have held your grandfather's retirement pay from him. I'll make sure he gets what I've kept from him. Congratulations on getting engaged finally." with that, Akainu left to plot a new plan to get the female in his clutches so he could kill her and then do away with the mythical creatures.
-Author's note-
Poemado: Thank you for the review! It's nice to know you are enjoying it so far. As for the reason you couldn't find it, I found out, it had actually not posted under the characters I had put it under. I now have that fixed. Also, I went to look at stories you wrote and found out that I have actually read your home pain. Honestly, I think you should continue it! I've been waiting for it to update for awhile. The reason I had yet to fav and follow it is because I hadn't actually had an account here until I started writing this fanfic.
Aergias: Finish the story you have and get to work on your Sadi x Domino fanfic!
