Chapter 12: Nami/Tashigi: Star Crossed Lovers
A thief and her detective.
Notes: For you Jolie!
A thief stealing the Queen's diamond tiara, a detective on the case! A burglar stealing a million dollars from a train, the sheriff chasing her down on horseback. The robber abducting the world's largest emerald, the cop hunting them down across international lines.
These were the stories Nami loved as a child. The two tragic characters, the thief with a heart of gold and a fear of stagnation. The kind detective torn between duty and principles. What a pair throughout history~ Nami smiled as she finished pulling on her boots.
Preparing for her biggest heist yet. She needed to be perfect, not a hair out of place, not only to avoid the security lasers but also because with any luck… her favorite Detective would be on the case~
One look at Nami in her sleek skin tight black outfit, complete with a little bell at her neck, befitting the status of Cat Burglar, would hopefully have the object of Nami's affections just a little hot and bothered.
Nami could already picture the way her cheeks would turn pink. The way she'd adjust her glasses. The slight shake in her hand that held the gun pointed in Nami's direction. A gun that would purposely just miss grazing her thigh. There was something beautiful in the way Captain Tashigi never really tried to shoot her.
It certainly made heists so much more fun, knowing that only arrest awaited her and not death. This time though… this time, maybe she'd get dinner out of it. Maybe something a little more. Maybe a place to call home when she got tired of the heists and plotting and running. That was the beauty of reality, she supposed. Unlike the stories, there would be no tragic shootout, or disappearing into the night forever. No, this time, they could walk into the sunset together.
Nami smiled and winked at her reflection. Time to go, look out Captain Tashigi~