Title: A tiger can love, right?
Challenge: Discovery {W}
Character/s: Luffy and Tiger!Nami
Song: She Will Be Loved
Artist: Maroon 5
Words: 570(with this)
Rating: k+
Warnings: None really, if you don’t like LuNa don’t read
Disclaimers: Don’t own Luffy or Nami, I could never think of such awesome character’s
A/N: Is very loosely based on She Will Be Loved because though I didn’t say it much Tiger!Nami was always alone and really needed someone. Oh and I can’t remember if tiger’s can purr I was to lazy to look it up.
Start:
He had never seen one like her before. She lay there on a high rock, staring back at him with bright brown eye’s. She stood tall and jumped down in front of him. He was surprised that she hadn’t lunged or growled at him.
Her stripes were a color he had never found on a tiger, they were the same bright brown as her eye’s. She was magnificent, he wanted so bad to take a picture of her but they both stood frozen.
She looked at the strange human in front of her. She smelt no fear on him, very strange for a human. To her, he smelt of straw and fresh meat. It was that scent that had made her curious of him and had brought her to him. He wore a bright red cloth around his waist that she wanted to feel, it looked soft and she wanted it. She slowly went up to him and tugged lightly on the cloth.
He didn’t dare move as the tiger came closer. He had been attacked by a tiger on one of his earlier quest’s though the woods, he would be dead if it hadn’t been for his brother’s saving him. When he felt the tiger tug on his sash, he was surprised but slowly undid it. She purred and rubbed her head against his side in thanks. He slowly reached out to pet her head. When he did so she purred more and pushed her head into his hand. He smiled gently at her.
She licked his hand in affection, never before had a human ever given her something and let her come near them. The other humans she had ever come in contact with feared and hated her, somewhere she knew this human somehow understood her.
“You know, You’re the most beautiful tiger I’ve ever seen.” Luffy got down to the tiger’s level, “I think you need a beautiful name also.”
She was confused, “You want to give me a name?” She cocked her head to the side, knowing that the human couldn’t understand her.
He took that as a question why, “Well everyone needs a name, Hmmmm how bout’ Nami? It fit’s you well.” She purred happily and he smiled, “Well Nami I’m Luffy, it’s nice to meet you!” He put his hand out and she put a paw on top of it.
He played with her for a few hours when it began to get dark. He had started to leave but felt Nami beside him, walking with him.
“You going to follow me home Nami?” She nodded to him and he grinned, “Well I think my brother’s will like you so come on I’ll race ya!” And they ran back to Luffy’s home. He was glad that he had gone out that morning, he had made the best discovery of his life.