I do not own anything within this fanfiction and any names used are purely coincidental with those of the One Piece anime. All rights go to the creators and editors of the One Piece universe and to its writer Eiichiro Oda.

"You attempted to kill Haru."

I stopped walking. Turning to Ōkami, looking him dead in the eye.

"How? I don't even remember what happened after I hit something with my foot. Was that Haru?" I asked, curious as to whether I had hit her.

"Yes. And afterwards was not a pretty fight. With her being pregnant, she has less control over her magic now and she accidentally put an animal curse on you when you hit her." He replied.

I stared at the ground. An animal curse? I had to know more. "So, what happened after I hit her?" I asked, quizzing him now.

"You were turned into a golden tiger. Soon after you transformed, you lost control, giving in to animal instinct and attempted to attack Haru. Soon after that, she cut you through your shoulder. That's how you got your injury. By that point you had torn off all your clothes in your tiger form and when you transformed back, you were naked, hence why you woke up so." He replied. Now everything made a bit more sense. So I had the ability to transform. Neat. He continued "Don't think of this as an ability that you can use at will right off the bat. You must overcome your animal instincts first before you are capable of that. Some will even heighten your human senses" Well that was a bummer, I thought, pouting.

I continued to walk. With Ōkami next to me, I felt a little better, even though I hadn't known him long. I had no recollection of anything that had happened after I had hit her. Guess I know why now.

"I will teach you how to control the shift to animal form, anything after that is your business." He said, continuing "Would you like to try shifting now?" I thought his question over for a few moments.

"Is it safe?" I asked.

"By all means, no. It could turn out badly but we can't know unless we try right?" He replied. A wolfish grin was unbecoming of him, what with all the pointed teeth. Reaching a clearing, he took the lead by a good few meters. Turning around he told me to stop, continuing "This will do. Now, we need to find your trigger." I was confused.

"My trigger?" I asked.

"Yes. For any person who is given this ability from Haru, not one persons trigger has been the same as another's for the full transformation. We need to find out what makes you transform." He explained. I was still confused but I trusted him for the time being. Strange, you'd stereotypically think of wolf as representing devious actions. Guess he was different.

He rushed me. Running as fast as he could, he bit into my other shoulder. "Ite!" I screamed out in pain. Grabbing his snout to attempt to pry his jaws open, I found my efforts to be futile. Punching and jabbing him desperately in many places on his body, he finally let go, only to leap up again and bite deep into my left arm. Was this guy trying to completely incapacitate me? Bashing him constantly wasn't working and I was beginning to worry. The pain was getting worse with every attack. That was it. I had finally had enough of this. I didn't mind this guy who had treated my wound and seen me naked but he just wouldn't stop. Losing my patience, I got really angry with him. I felt something change. I started to feel strange and the ground got a lot closer to me. Then everything went black.

Ōkami's POV

She changed. And a lot quicker thought it would take originally. She had seemed like a patient girl up until now. What had been her trigger? Never mind that. I have a pissed off tiger staring me down right now and my wolf form alone might not be enough to stop her this time and I may have to call for Haru.

She bent her body around, tearing off her jeans and underwear, squirming out of her top. So she wanted a fight did she? She rushed me, pouncing at the right moment and pinning me to the ground, her weight too for me to push back. Crap. Is this it? Is this the end for me? As she readied herself to bite my neck, I felt her weight shift sideways, seeing an elongated leg dug into her side. As she fell off of me, I saw the leg that had kicked her retract looking in the direction of the owner. It was a young boy. He was tall and wore a straw hat. Just who was he? I looked in the direction that the boy had sent Timi flying (Haru had told me her name earlier). She was crouching on all fours, her teeth bared and an angry look on her furry face. I got ready to fight her again but the boy from earlier walked up to me saying only two words "let me".

Luffy's POV

I cracked my knuckles. Whatever was going on, this tiger was picking on a wolf and that was an unfair fight. This should be fun. I grinned, itching for a good fight. The tiger rushed me and I ran to meet her. I readied my move.

"Gum Gum..." as she roared at me, jumping into the air.

"BAZOOKA!" I finished, landing both of my hands on her lower ribcage. She fell backwards in midair, landing with no foothold. She stumbled around around trying to retain her balance, growling at me but eventually collapsing at my feet.

"Sorry." I apologised, continuing "but you were picking on that wolf". I looked back at the wolf feeling proud of myself, grinning widely "You dpn't have to worry now, wolfy. I took care of it."

"Idiot!" The wolf screamed back at me.

"You can talk?!" I was surprised but continued "that's awesome!"

"Yes, you idiot! You just took out my student!" He said gesturing with his head for me to look around at who and what I had just defeated. What lay there wasn't a tiger but a naked woman.

"Ehhhhhh?!" I looked at the girl in surprise. "I'm sure I beat a tiger just now. Who's this?" I asked, confused.

"That is my student. You happened to knock her out just now and revert her transformation. I was training her to control her animal instincts and retain control of her tiger body whilst using her power. I thank you for knocking her off me when you did though. I didn't know if I was going to be able to beat her." he explained nodding in gratitude, continuing "would you be able to help me carry her back to the house? It's not far from here."

I contemplated it for a second. "Do you have any food? I am starving. I'll carry her there if you do, otherwise, nope." I was hungry, what else was I supposed to say?

The wolf face grounded. Sighing, he said "Yes, we have food. Shall we go then? She'll catch cold out here like that" He beckoned for me to follow

...

Timi's POV

I woke up in the same bed as I did last time, only this time I was covered in bandages. I stung all over. Guess I had done it again. This was so annoying and it was going to take time for me to heal and attempt to master it. I got up, once again finding myself naked. Perfect. Looking down, my clothes were lain on the floor, once again patched up after I had torn them off. Slipping on my top, underwear and trousers, which I then realised had been cleaned, I left the room, smelling the all so familiar smell of cooked food. My stomach growled loudly.

Haru looked around a door form ahead of me. "Ah. You're finally awake. Come and get something to eat. You need your strength." She told me. Yet again, she tells and not asks me to do stuff. It was getting on my nerves now.

"Fine." I replied, nonchalantly, still rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I came to sit down at the table where I then saw a straw hat resting on the floor, somehow missing the fact that there was someone else in the room. Looking up, I saw a young man with jet black hair, stuffing his face with every dish at the table. I looked him up and down. It had to be him. There was no mistaking that hat. It was Luffy. Captain Monkey.D Luffy of the Straw Hat crew. HOLY SHIT! What was he doing here?

"Umm, hi." I said. He looked at me with a mouth full of food.

"Hey. You're awake then." He said, with food bits being spit everywhere. Flicking a piece off of my face I said "Yeah. The name's Timi by the way."

"That's nice. I'm Monkey.D Luffy. I'm gonna be King of the Pirates." he replied, still with a full mouth. I was barely able to make out what he said. I swiped a meat piece from the table before he had time to grab another.

"Oi! That's my meat." He said.

"Don't see your name on it anywhere." I replied taking a large bite out of it, pulling down my lower eyelid and poking my tongue out at him. He pouted. I chuckled to myself. I had annoyed him by taking his food. Well it just happened to be the closest thing to me. The meat fell right off the bone, melting in my mouth and making my eyes water with satisfaction.

Luffy's POV

She was weird. Her eyes were watering just from eating the meat Must have been really hungry. She managed to steal the smaller of the two meat plates on the table, looking at me with a glare that said "this is my meat. Come at me if ya wannit!" She downed all 6 pieces on the plate swiftly and hungrily. What kind of appetite did she have? Nami and Robin didn't eat much at all.

"You know, I've never eaten that much but I was really hungry just now. Wonder why?" A puzzled look crossed her face. The big bellied lady from earlier came back with more food and said interrupting our conversation "it's because of your new natural abilities. Although the curse I accidentally put on you allows you to transform into an animal, the transformation itself puts a large strain on the body and requires large amounts of energy to maintain it, which is why you felt hungry just now. Also, since you have a tiger curse on you, your taste buds have changed slightly and you may have found you prefer meatier or more protein rich foods now."

Timi's POV

Great. Hope that means I can still eat sweet foods. I'll be pissed if I can't. I looked back at the table. ALL THE PLATES WERE EMPTY! "Ehhhhhhhhh?!" I looked at the table in surprise and then sighed. "I had wanted more food though." Guess that will have to wait until later. Taking all the plates, Haru then suggested something "Luffy. Why don't you be her training partner?"

I sat there, jaw dropping to the floor.

"Sure." Luffy replied.

I interjected the conversation "Wait a fucking minute! If I train with this guy, that means he'll see me naked when I transform back. I don't want that! One man who isn't a boyfriend seeing me naked is one too many anyways!" I was pissed off that Haru had even suggested the idea, giving her the evils and pouting.

"I've seen you naked though." Luffy said, like it was nothing. I was going to kill him.

"WHAT?!"

Vocab Translations and meanings:

Ite - The sound one makes in Japanese when they are in pain.

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