Chapter Six
Marco flew towards the island, he was looking down at the ice to follow Anne's trail. He looked up at the sky seeing the clouds rolling in. The image of Anne's face appeared in his mind. Of when Ace yelled at Anne, she was in so much pain. He looked ahead and saw her sitting on the beach.
Anne wiped her eyes; she did not know why she was so upset. Her mind thought of Ace and how mad he had been. She looked up seeing a sight she never thought she would see. She was a blue bird flying towards her and it was glowing. She smiled when she heard the bird's song, bring joy to her. She soon noticed the bird was on fire. 'Wow it is so beautiful.' She thought.
Marco had sung out to get Anne's attention since he did not want to scare her. He landed in front of her and stretched. He was about to turn back when Anne looked up at him. She looked at him in the eyes. He could see her eyes were red, and puffy. But she was smiling at him and reached out brushing her hand along his wing. He made sure his fire would not hurt her but he was surprised how nice and cool her touch was. Marco felt his cheeks becoming warm as he looked down at the girl next to him. He knew he had to change back soon otherwise the Anne would get mad at him. And he knew he did not need that.
Anne smiled and looked out at the ocean she could see the stars reflecting off the ocean. She then looked at the Whitebeards ship seeing it was now coming to the island. "I know it was stupid of me to get so upset." She said wrapping her arms around her legs. "I have seen Ace mad before, many times had to calm him down. So he did not kill any one when he was a kid. He has been annoyed at my brothers and me. But never like…"
"Anne, you shouldn't think too much about it."
Anne jumped in shock looking at Marco… "How?"
Marco smiled while blushing, "I was the phoenix. It is my devil fruit power. Sorry."
Anne looked at the ground blushing.
"Hey I am pretty sure your brother didn't mean it. I am also sure there is something else bugging you." He watched Anne nod. He sat down right next to her. "Look we're here by ourselves, and I promise that I will not tell anyone of what we talk about here. So what do you say Anne?"
She looked at him then back to the ocean and sighed. "I don't know. I thought I was strong, before everything happen. Now I just don't know. I couldn't even keep Ace from being captured. What if you all had been Marines? Ace would be in jail or off to be executed." She tried holding back her tears as images of people dying flashed threw her mind. She held her head, as tears went down her face. She saw a boy get hit with a green light falling to the ground dead, and then a man falling threw something she knew in her gut he died, then seeing an old man being hit with a spell and falling off a tower. The images stopped coming when Marco wrapped his arms around her and hugging her.
"Hey don't think of that?" He did not know of the images flashing threw her mind. But he could tell something she was thinking of was bugging her. "Hey if you want to be stronger I will help you. Look Anne, Pops wants you both to be part of our crew. I know of your plan to join a different crew. But why not give us a chance." He said holding the girl. He was surprised how warm and comfy she felt in his arms knowing she was ice. He hand had been nice and cool earlier but now…
She looked up at him "Why do you call him Pops?"
Marco smiled looking at the ship, "Because he calls all of us his sons. He treats us as if were his kids, he does not care about our past. Look just talk to him and Ace will come around. You're his sister, his twin. You have a special bond so don't worry." He smiled feeling Anne nodding in his shoulder.
She closed her eyes sitting there with Marco holding her. He started humming, and it made her fill up with joy. "Phoenix's have special powers, they can carry immensely heavy loads, they have the ability to teleport with a flash of flames, they can heal anything with there tears, they have immortality. There song will calm and give courage to those pure of heart," she whispering.
Marco hummed a song while watching Anne she seemed to be in a slight daze while she was whispering. He heard everything and looked at her in slight shock. He could hardly find anything out on the phoenix, and Anne knew so much. When he thought about it a lot of it made since too. He wanted to ask her about it but knew the moment she just needed to relax. So he started singing, and watched her smile.
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Thatch looked over the edge of the ship with Jozu. "Do you see them Thatch."
Thatch nodded "yeah I see them." He started to smile as he saw Marco holding Anne.
He pointed at the two for Jozu to turn and smirk. "Seems he found himself a girl."
"Not so sure about that. Looks like he is helping calm her down." He knew what it was like when Marco sings. He smiled knowing from the look of things she would be better off. He wondered though looking back at the other twin. Knowing it will take awhile for him to come around. Looking to Anne, he had to wonder what she would do. From the looks of things she just followed her brother. He had to wonder if she would be doing.
(Scene Break)
Marco smiled once he was done singing. "Hey Anne, is there anything else you need to talk about. Or would you like to head back to the ship?" He asked while smiling while still holding her.
Anne sat up no longer in Marco's arms. She smiled looking back at him with her face bright red. Marco smiled looking into her emerald eyes. He looked at her and brushed her hair out of her face causing her to go three shades brighter. That was when he saw the scar in the shape of a lighting bolt of her forehead. 'How did she get this?' he wondered.
Anne took the moment to look away at the ship. "Thanks Marco. I… We should get back to the ship." She said standing up and smiled at him.
He stood up smiling looking at the blushing girl, "sure lets head back Anne."
Anne walked back and was about to freeze the water to get to the ship. Since the ship was still a good forty feet out in the water. But Marco seemed to have a different idea and picked her up bridal style. Anne blushed and when he jumped she wrapped her arms around his neck. Marco smiled and one arm turned into a wing and he flew them onto the ship.
(Scene Break)
Thatch watched Marco fly back on the ship holding Anne. He smirked seeing her blushing and when they landed she turned looking at him.
"You know I could get back myself with out your help."
"Yeah I know." He said smiling and waved to Thatch who was walking over.
"Hey Anne. How are you doing?"
Anne smiled "I am ok." She saw Ace look at her and was starting to walk over. But turned around walking away. "ACE!" Anne ran after her brother.
Thatch laughed looking at Marco, "So her brother ranks higher than you."
"Shut up. It is nothing like that."
"Then why were you holding her in your arms?" Thatch said smirking.
"She was upset and I was comforting her." He said with a slight blush. "Did you talk to Ace?"
"Yeah wasn't much good. Just yelled at me. Seems those two really are different funny since they are fire and ice. But yeah, when I told him, Anne had ran off he looked worried. And then I told him someone already was checking on her. He was watching the two of you."
"Just my luck." Marco said thinking he has to watch his back. If Ace was mad at him he didn't want to be attacked like he started with Pops.
(Scene Break)
"Hey Ace!" Anne said running over to him. Ace was at the edge of the ship.
"Anne, I am sorry for yelling at you like that."
Anne smiled and gave her brother a hug making him look off annoyed. She let go and took his hat and put it on her head and smiled at him. "It is fine Ace."
Ace smiled at her, "So you and the pineapple head."
"Marco and me what?"
"I saw you together."
Anne blushed as she was thinking of Marco and her on the beach. "There is nothing. He was just cheering me up. Even offered to train me to help me become stronger."
Ace looked at the ocean, "you like them. Just like you liked Luffy before I did."
Anne smiled at her brother.
"I am still going to kill him."
"Alright go ahead."
"Wait you're not going to stop me?" He asked surprised.
Anne looked at him, "Why should I? You know I will be traveling with Luffy. Just don't kill yourself. And if you ever do anything dumb that gets you in huge trouble. And I have to save you. Trust me I will beat you up." She smiled at him.
Ace looked at her smiling. "And you have to take care of your self."
Anne smiled at him "Deal." They shook hands and went off to go get something to eat. Only to both fall asleep while eating and the crew came in the morning seeing both the twins asleep in their midnight snacks.
(Scene Break)
The next month was over 200 attempts on Whitebeards life by Ace. During that time 130 of the attempts Ace went falling off the ship. 100 of the times Anne was there freezing the water before he hit. So he would just jump back on the ship. Other 30 times he was saved by one of the crew members. Most of it was Thatch. Who was drying off with a towel and groaning. He stood near Anne looking at her. "How did you deal with him all your life?"
Anne laughed, "You should meet the other two."
Thatch laughed he liked Ace but how much trouble that kid got himself into was just down right crazy.
Anne and Thatch watched as Marco handed her brother who was looking down some food. He was standing they're talking to him. She watched Marco starting to walk away when Ace stopped him. She smiled knowing something was about to change in her brother. And she was sure it was something about Whitebeard calling all the men his sons and women his daughter. Though she was the only girl fighter on this ship.
A/N: I hope you liked the chapter. I will be updating again and soon. Now so you know the pairing for Anne is still up in the air. So voting is still going on. I would like to thank everyone for there reviews.
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