Disclaimer: Power rangers Jungle Fury are owned by Disney as are all the other series, with the possible exception of the Saban era (I'm not 100% sure who owns that). Anyway, I am making no profit from this and no copyright infringement is intended. This Fic is for entertainment only, so no suing, pretty please?

A/N: Well this is my first attempt at an Ars Amatoria's Ranger Romance Themes challenge, hopefully it'll be the first of many more. This fic's taking place about ten years after the events of "Now the final fury" and has major sap. So if that's not your thing, you have been warned.

Theme 1:"Let me tell you a story"

"Daddy!" Jarrod sighed and went into his youngest daughter's room. As expected, Laura was jumping up and down on her bed laughing like a banshee. He held out his arms and she leapt like a stag into her father's warm embrace.

"What's wrong kiddo?" He asked as he tucked her into bed. She grabbed hold of a little stuffed lizard and curled up next to her father.

"You forgot to tell me a story daddy," she said indignantly, "I wanna hear one of your animal stories, one with Clara in it!" Jarrod laughed and held her close;

"Okay, I think I know one. Now, a long time ago Clara decided to travel to Africa. She wanted to go and meet her cousin Ama the lizard, so she got onto a floating branch and floated across the ocean." Laura absorbed all this with wide green eyes, her little hands clutched onto her favourite toy.

"All the way across the ocean? That's a long way." She said thoughtfully, Jarrod nodded.

"Well on the way there Clara got caught in a terrible storm. Her little raft was thrown about and all she could do was hold on and pray she would survive. When she was eventually washed up on a riverbank she was so exhausted she couldn't move-"

"What are you still doing up?" The pair jumped and looked over to the door where a green-clad woman was watching the pair. Camille sauntered over to her husband and daughter, another little girl dashing in after her.

"Wait! I wanna hear a story too!" Jarrod frowned for a moment and lifted Danielle onto the bed. Camille smirked at the lion;

"I think I can finish this story, now, little Clara laid there for two whole days. On the third day she gave up hoping that someone would help her and cried. She was so sad she didn't hear the pawsteps coming closer to her." Camille paused when she felt a hand snake around her shoulders and pull her closer. She glared at Jarrod, rolling her eyes when gave her the same innocent look she had seen on the Rhino before. Shaking her head she continued;

"A big lion had been going to the pool before joining his pride. He'd heard Clara's sobs and wanted to know how he could help her. But the little Lizard didn't trust him and told him to leave her to die. She had been deceived by another in the past and would have died rather than let it happen again."

Jarrod laughed at the Lizard's attempts at a bedtime story, at least his would've had a happy ending, he froze though at Camille's next words.

"The lion refused to leave Clara though, instead he leant down and gently picked up the lizard in his mouth and took her to the watering hole nearby. He spent the next week caring for her and protecting her. So she stayed in Africa for a whole year with the Lion who became her best friend. The end." Finished Camille with a triumphant smile. The two girls laughed and clapped as Jarrod made the stuffed Lizard dance around the bed.

Camille went and stood on the porch while Jarrod got their girls tucked up in bed. A sigh escaped the Lizard as she thought back upon her past life. Before, all her life revolved around Dai Shi. She would have done anything for her master just to show her some affection back then.

"Who would've thought I'd find love with a human? Especially one who was merely a vessel for that…that thing." She mused silently.

Warm breath blew over her bare shoulders, followed by soft brown curls. Jarrod wrapped his arms around his Lizard's waist and rested his head on her shoulder.

"They're asleep, and should be for a while." Camille leant back into Jarrod's arms, giggling a little as he playfully rubbed his cheek against hers. His love for her was worth more than anything Dai Shi could have done. Jarrod as was devoted to her as she was to him. The loner whose only friend was his Lion and the warrior who had pledged her life to her lord yet held no place in his heart.

They kissed tenderly under the starlight, secure in their love and each other. Within them their animal spirits curled up alongside each other, secure in their mate's embrace. They had finally found peace.