Marco the phoenix

It felt like years when Phoenix regained consciousness. He was in the rocky shore, very wet and still near the river side. Phoenix could feel his brain twisting in agony, like he just experienced being in the middle of the tornado.+

'What... what happened?' Phoenix felt very disoriented.He looked around to check his surroundings, ahead he saw a huge waterfall, must be where he had come from before arriving to wherever he was. He looked down to see some of the water hitting his body but instead of feeling weak like he experienced in normal sea waters, he felt fine as if very normal which he had never experienced in his entire life. Fearing in getting wrong, he tried to sit up but the pain in his head throbbed in pain so much to his displeasure yet pushed himself to get away from the water then rested himself in the nearest tree where he leaned and sat down, catching his breath.'H-how did I ended up here? wha-what happened?' He pushed his brain to work, trying to remember the last time he had done before arriving to his present.Slowly he remembered, how he was about to use his power to give a chance to escape but Anna prevented him, carried him, kissed him then pushed him on the cliff. Remembering those widen his eyes in disbelief before turning into horror. For who knows how long, Anna was there all alone fighting against the high ranking Marines, being overpowered and worst maybe they had... He shook his head aggressively that caused his headache to double in pain very much to his displeasure but right now he can't even care.'Anna... I... I have to... ughhh...'He pushed himself to stand up, using his sword that thankfully still with him as his support to do so. Standing up even though wavering and headache still present, Phoenix didn't falter as he moved forward, where Anna was located.Thanks to his power his headache was beginning to subside faster than usual people could in terms of recovery. Ones good enough to move he began running in slow phase then soon in his quickest. On his way up, he's very thankful that he had not across to any Marines nor felt their aura to continue his search. It felt like days for Phoenix which in truth was only an hour or two when he finally arrived to the plain where he had discovered Anna fighting against high ranking Marines alone with every dead bodies in place.His eyes widen because it wasn't like how he used to remember. There's still dead bodies but the numbers lessen, few Marines were present to retrieve them and from how they act, its like everything was already over.'No... please tell me you're lying...' He's dreading in fear, especially to Anna. What happened to her? Where is she?Thanks to his sharp sense of hearing, he eavesdropped the conversation between the two Marines."So her body wasn't found yet?""Yeah. She's surely dead by now thanks to how much damage they had put against her... but...""But?""Sigh... the number of death is surreal. How could a single person do this? Looks, even Admiral Akainu is heavily wounded with the rest of the Vice Admirals except Vice Admiral Cancer and Vice Admiral Maynard who unfortunately died.""We never really thought just how strong she is. Its like we're fighting against large number of strong enemies in one body.""As much as I want to deny it... maybe that's true. Well we better leave her to the search party. Its only a miracle if she turned out alive.""I agree."The two continue their work without knowing Phoenix had approached closer to clear his hearing to eavesdrop them. Phoenix looked down, hope was rising because there's a possibility that Anna was still alive. 'I can't waste anymore time, I have to find her and fast.' With that goal in mind, he immediately went off without letting any of the present Marines alert his presence.Ones in the good distance he immediately run with his Observation Haki searching his whole surroundings. He could feel the scattered auras which must be the search party of the Marines and none of them were strong enough to be classified as high ranking Marines except maybe the coast where maybe they were located at the moment.'Anna where are you?' Phoenix questioned in dismay as he search using both his eyes and observation haki, lighting his steps as much as possible to avoid alerting the Marines about his presence. It took a while until he sensed a weak aura, Phoenix figured out it might be Anna so not wasting time he run to where it was located.Arriving to the location, he can't help but thought how far the distance was between both the cliff and the open field. Looking ahead there's nothing but trees and bushes but if looked closely someone was there, bleeding and body unmoving. Phoenix immediately head to that person and ones arrived, everything froze.There was Anna, wounded all over her body and bleeding so much that covered her whole body, even her left leg was burned like she had slip in a molten lava. Face also cast down like she's been dead for days.Tears fell, he felt so sick and horror from the state she's in. "ANNA!"Phoenix was about to touch her when she flinch which was noticed. Voice like whisper, she spoke. "Phoe... nix...""A-Anna!" Phoenix felt relief for a moment because even in so much damage she's still here and alive, "We-we need to find a way to treat you. We need to-"He was halt when Anna softly touch his chest. Anna smiled, her eyes were half open as if fighting the sleepiness that her body insist for her to do."You... survive... took you... three days... to... find me..."'Three days?' Phoenix can't believe it. Three days? Its been three days ever since Anna pushed him on the cliff!?"T-take... this..." Anna was using every last bit of her strength to use her right arm to take something from her secret compartment. It was a small notebook covered in plastic, thanks to it that no blood had stain it. Then she took her sword and weakly gave both item to Phoenix. "This... is my last... wish..." She smiled weakly, "Will you... fulfill it... for me...?"Phoenix was crying so much, still refusing the fact Anna looked so weak and dying. It took a lot of him to take the notebook and the sword from her."Anna... I... I... this is all my fault." Phoenix cried, "I know... you started this... b-but because of me... because of my power that... that you have to do more than... you had done... If... I don't exist... maybe... maybe your burden will lessen... if I don't exist I-"He was halted when Anna flick his forehead but too weak to actually give pain. Phoenix blinked for a moment before facing her who's still smiling, nothing tells him she regret a thing at all."Phoenix... I'm actually happy... that you are with me..." Her words made his eyes widen in disbelief, tears kept falling down to his eyes as she continued. "Although... I regret that I... had drag you along with it.""B-but-""If anyone" Anna began, "Said you don't... deserve to live... question them." She took a deep breath to continue, "If I don't deserve... to live... then who gave you... a-a right to live? W-who gave you a right to judge... who exist... and who doesn't...?" Her breathing was getting harder and harder but kept going with a smile that says absolute and true, even her haft eyelid eyes says the same thing. "Be-because... I believe... that ones you are born in this world... you have... an automatic right to live... and no one had a power to take that right from you..." Her voice was getting weaker, "Not even... yourself...""Anna..." Phoenix whispered, his self blaming was ceasing for some reason. He took her hand carefully and leaned it to his cheek. "Anna... please... don't leave me..."Anna kept her smile but this time more genuine that Phoenix had never seen in his entire life."N-now... let me prove to y-you... tha-that I'm... glad and happy... f-for you to live... and die for y-your safety." Her eyes were loosing its color, her life was draining away. "I love you... and I'm sorry... for ke-keeping so many thi-things... from you." Her eyes began to close as she carries her word on until her last breath. "N-now at this point... y-you must live... a-as you really are... Marco..." Her eyes closed as she repeat the name, "Marco the Phoenix..."The hand Phoenix hold fall, body no longer breathing and finally relax with a smile to her lips. She died with a smile.Phoenix doesn't want to accept this so he shook her body gently, "Anna? Anna wa-wake up. Anna? Anna!" She's not moving, her aura also vanished. An indication she's gone and it was so hard to believe its happening. The phoenix within him was now crying in grief, "Anna" An endless tears kept falling, "No, no, NO!" He hugged her body as he shouted and cried in grief, "ANNA!"