Chapter 150: Warrior Women!

The women carried Luffy and Robin to a cell in the center of the village, directly below the cliffs and high walls of the Snake Princess's palace. The cell was sparsely set out, a single straw bed on the floor and a pot in the corner; as a toilet. Robin came round first and realised that she had been stripped of her clothes and instead been dressed in animal furs. Luffy on the other hand remained unconscious and naked, laying in the straw bed, with hundreds pairs of eyes staring at him from the other side of a wall of crossed iron bars.

Each woman had a snake wrapped around their waists, one in particular was holding a note pad and was writing down her "research on the male species". Feeling annoyance rising within her, she moved forwards and placed a blanket over Luffy's naked body hiding it from public view, before glaring at the women.

"You're Nico Robin, are you not?" An elderly voice suddenly asked, causing the rabble of women outside the cell to start moving aside as a small grey haired woman walked forwards leaning on a cane, that had a snake coiled around it. Robin didn't answer, and so the elderly woman spoke again.

"It's okay. I know who you both are. You're pirates. However, your presence here has drawn the ire of our leader, and so she will decide your fate". Turning around, Granny Nyon nodded towards four armed warrior women who approached carrying manacles and shackles. "You will wear these", Granny Nyon spoke, "I mean no disrespect by it but prisoners must be restrained when they meet the Snake Princess".

Robin tentatively admitted that they, as prisoners, were probably right to be shackled but it still didn't stop her from resisting such an action. She did however demand that Luffy and her be given their original clothes back, a request that the elderly woman begrudgingly accepted.

As Robin and, the now awake, Luffy were led through the town guarded by female warriors and Granny Nyon, Robin couldn't help but strike up conversation with a the blonde haired Margaret, who had snuck along side and was asking them about what it was like sailing the seas. "How far have you sailed?" Margaret asked, pulling her cloak more over her body to shield from the cool breeze. Luffy grinned as he turned his head, "we started in the East Blue and faced adventures and hardships on the way here", he then turned back towards Granny Nyon.

"Hey, speaking of which, Granny! Me and Robin need to return to Sabaody, I told the rest of my crew to meet back up there". The old woman sighed, but continued walking, "only the snake princess can decide wether you can leave Amazon Lilly now".

Instantly, Robin was alert. Coming to a stop, Margaret crashed into her, "hey, are you alright?" Luffy turned around and saw the worry on his second girlfriends face, "Robin... what is it?" "Is this... is this really Amazon Lily..." Robin stuttered, before looking directly into her captains eyes. "This is the home of the Kuja pirates, they are led by the Warlord of the Sea; Boa Hancock. They say that she had the power to turn men to dust and destroy all those she deems irrelevant".

It was then that the female guards at the rear of the prisoners pushed Robin forwards telling her "keep walking", and that it was indefensible "to keep the snake princes waiting". With his hands shackled together, Luffy turned back and kissed Robin on the lips, "don't worry we'll be fine. I don't know how, but I can feel it".

Margaret was stunned at the level of confidence and stoicism from this pirate, and she could tell that the guards were taken aback as well. Suddenly, without warning, bells began ringing all over the town. Deep resounding peels that shook the stone built buildings and reverberated around the village.

"What is that?" Luffy questioned, looking towards the tall towers around the village; each with ringing bells at their peaks. "The Snake Princess has returned", Granny Nyon replied, sighing gently as she massaged her forehead. "Come along, the ringing of the bells means that the pirate empress has begun her entry back into the cove" a guard explained.

"It will take her no less than ten minutes to reach the palace. So hurry up, the sentences against you are waiting". Taking that as a cue to not annoy or hold up the guards, Luffy and Robin dutifully followed Granny Nyon towards the lower gates and thousand steps up to the main entrance. "We'll be fine, I can feel it", Luffy stated again, flexing his fingers, to the degree that he could, "the warlord will help us, I do not know how or when but she'll help us".

As the Kuja pirate ship sailed into the cove protected port of Amazon Lily, the pirates themselves were still reeling from the intense showdown between their snake princess and the visiting Navy Vice Admiral Momonga, who had tried and failed to order Boa Hancock into military service. "Marineford is calling in the seven warlords, the admirals, the pacifistas and the 'dragon slayer' for battle against the Whitebeard pirates. You will heed this call Hancock!"

Those were the words of the vice admiral as the Kuja pirates looted his ship and then sailed away, Hancock herself refusing to even acknowledge the marines existence, yet she did disdainfully sneer back at him. "I'll be waiting here for two days..." Momonga had yelled. "After that your warlord status will be revoked and you will be destroyed".

Standing on the bow of the ship stood the warlord Boa Hancock, wearing a red and black dress with a neckline plunging neckline and a red sash around her torso; showing off her well endowed self and a small amount of bare midriff. Her left leg, pale and seductive, was slid through a slit in her dress, whilst her right leg remained covered by red and black fabric. Her hair, black as night, cascaded down her back and reached her waist, and her eyes shone with a fiery determination that made her allies around her bow in reverence and adoration, yet at the same time there was a deep sense of grief in her eyes.

"Sister", turning around Hancock faced two women one orange haired and the other blue, both were taller than her but bowed to her the same as everyone else. "What?" Internally, she flinched at how cold she sounded towards her dear sisters but at the same time she couldn't afford to be seen as weak.

"We have heard from the palace that Granny Nyon and a couple of guards are awaiting your arrival..." Without turning around, Hancock glared in the direction of the palace, "I don't want to see that old crone. Send her away, I want a bath..." she interrupted. Expecting her sisters to agree to her orders she sank back into her forgotten grief and the memories of that day. Unfortunately, a cough interrupted her thoughts. "Sister, you'll want to meet Granny Nyon. A man and a woman have been apprehended on Amazon Lily, and they were seen together".

R.I.P Bobby Ball (The Swan Man of Ilkley)