Author's Note: I recently watched Jungle Fury for the first time, and while there were a couple of heavily implied pairings in that season, the one that really captured my heart was an alternate pairing: Lily/Camille.

I've been writing drabbles for that pairing here and there (mostly for femslash100 over on DreamWidth). I'll be posting those drabbles here in batches of five, so each installment will be roughly 500 words.

They're not related to one another, and take place at various points during and after Jungle Fury, so treat each one as its own little story.

Secrets

"You didn't kill me when you had the chance," Lily murmurs. "Why?"

Lily's eyes are filled with confusion… and compassion, and a little bit of something else that Camille can't quite name. Camille stares at her, unwilling to explain her true motive. Instead she clings ever harder to the crumbling foundations of her world: I am evil to the core. I love Dai Shi.

Lily expects a response.

Rather than admit the truth, Camille says, "I pay my debts."

And although the hated Yellow Ranger says nothing, and does not reveal Camille's secret, Camille knows that Lily sees right through her.

Transition

"I'm not sure I'm ready for this," Camille confesses. For the first time in her long life, she isn't certain of her path. It's difficult to accept that much of what she has always believed about herself – and the world around her – was fundamentally wrong, but she's trying.

Lily flashes a brilliant smile and gives Camille's hand a squeeze.

"Of course you're ready," Lily says like it's the most obvious thing in the world.

When she speaks, it's easy to want to be good.

Camille manages a weak smile, and vows that someday she'll be good enough to deserve Lily.

Missed Signs

Somehow she missed the signs. Looking back, Lily isn't quite sure how she managed it, but she had no idea. She stares for a moment as her mind struggles to process what Camille just told her. "What?" she asks, buying time.

"It isn't Dai Shi I love," Camille confesses again. Her voice isn't quite as low - or as almost seductive - as the first time, but she has that same sad half-smile on her face.

Lily is almost afraid to ask. Almost. But she needs to hear Camille's answer. "If not Dai Shi, then who?"

Camille leans close to whisper, "You."

Easy

Leaves rustle quietly in a soft breeze; Camille watches idly as they move, swaying back and forth in gentle motion. She's never felt so peaceful before. Lying in Lily's arms, staring up at the bits of sky that peek past the leaves above them, calm washes over her.

She wishes she could tell Lily thank you and I've never felt like this before, but somehow she can't seem to find the words.

But then Lily smiles and Lily's fingers gently tilt her head to the side and their lips meet, and it turns out she didn't need the words, anyway.

Opposite Sides

"I can't just stop being evil because you want me to," Camille said icily.

"Why not? Don't you want to stop being evil?"

Camille did not answer; Camille did not have an answer. She wanted to stop being evil, yes, if that was the cost of being with Lily.

But she had always been evil, and her alliance had always been with Dai Shi. She could hardly believe that she had fallen so hard and so fast for Lily… but she had.

And now, as a result, she actually wanted to be good.

If only it could be that simple.