The tigress || Various!Baki x strong!reader

Chapter 7

Y/n's pov

           I sat up in a nearby tree that was near a village. A village filled with poachers. I watched as the poachers skin all sorts of animals. Orangutans, rhinos, tigers, anything they could catch. The village there just laugh or smiled at the coat they tore off  animals. I understand hunting animals is a part of survival, but killing the just for sport, I despise.

         "Hijo de putas", I spat then climbed down the tree. I jumped off landing on the dirt then took off into the forest. I dodged the trees that were in my path, jumped over roots that uprooted from the ground. I ran for about at least an hour into the forest. Poachers don't travel out this far, I made sure of that. Before I could leap over a root I was tackled. I skidded across the ground. I closed my eyes from the impact then looked up to see who it was. It was Bagus, a small tiger cub that lives with me. He bared his teeth at me then jumped off me. I sat up picking a leaf out of my hair then glared at him.

       "Gilipollas, me asustaste", I laughed then jumped to my feet. He walked up to me then began brushing up against my leg letting out a purr. "Bagus you shouldn't be out this far poachers can be nearby", I fussed petting him. Of course he couldn't understand me, but from my geasure he knew what I meant. "Come on we need to get back", I said. He stared at me as he went stiff as a log. The eye contact lasted for a minute then we took off running. Bagus and I maintained the same speed, he was a bit faster since he had four legs. I always loved the feeling of the dirt scrunching up under my feet as my callus dug into the earth. The wind flowing past my face. The noise of the rainforest. It was always felt heavenly when running through out this place, ym forever home. A smile spread across my face as I sprinted throughout the place. Bagus always caught up with me so I looked over, but he wasn't there? I skidded to a stop then looked back. He wasn't even a couple of feet from me. 

        "Bagus", I called out. I didn't hear anything. I closed my eyes to listen more closely. I heard Bagus roar slightly, as if he was struggling making me snap my eyes open. He probably got stuck between a huge tree root. As soon as I took a step forward something came flying out of the forest and impaled into my neck. I let out a hiss then snatched the thing out of my neck. My eyes widened when I saw what it was. It was those weird weapons they shoot at animals that knows them out. My world started to spin rapidly. I began staggering forward a bit then fell. My head landed hard on the ground then I was out like a light. 

         I slowly began to open my eyes, I felt a bit woozy. I sat up and went to rub my eyes, but froze when I felt the texture under my hands. I  felt more awake now. I looked around to see I was in a cage. The village people stare at me either shaking their heads or chuckling at me. I gripped the bars and began hissing at them. I tried breaking the bars, but couldn't. I stopped shaking the bars when I heard a small cry. I looked over to see Bagus on the ground, a poacher standing over him with a knife in hand. The knife was bloody as it hovered over Bagus neck. Bagus laid still on the ground. He was stiff as a rock. He was dead.  I shook my head slowly watching the poacher swing his knife to the side making the blood splatter on the ground. He looked at me and smirked. 

        "He would make a nice bag, don't you think", he asked. I looked at him then the knife then Bagus then at the blood splatter, then back to the poacher. I did repeatedly as the villagers rude comments and laughers plagued my ears. My snarl were quiet then they got louder as if I was a feral animal. I gripped the bars to the point they began to scrunched up under my hands. The last thing I saw was red, just plain red. 

        "Y/N", Mutsunari shouted snapping me out it. "Did you hear a word of what I just said", he fussed. "Yeah yeah, I don't get why you're fussing at me I killed my death row", I asked poignant a thumb at myself. "Hitam used snake venom on you, deadly kind so tell me how did you survive", he asked. "Retsu nor Karou helped you so spill it", he snapped. Retsu, Karou, Baki and Doppo looked at me. "I don't know dumb luck", I lied. "DON'T PLAY STUPID WITH ME", he shouted. "Alright alright, Doyle helped me", I snapped.