A/N: Surprised to see me write another story after all these years but more recent events and years of trauma basically made me well... wanted to write this story. Apologies if I am extremely rusty writing, wasn't good at this in the first place.

As for why it is rated M (around 15-16), the nature of Fujiko (sexual references, brief nudity) and features really depressive tones as well as suicidal references. There are also some violence, blood, language, multiple references to alcohol and smoking (this is Lupin and Jigen we are talking about here), toilet humour (including a literal sense) and minor drug references.

Lupin is going to be OOC however there is a reason why as the story goes on. Also this story is partly based on a true story but many events and scenarios were changed to both protect the innocent. This is also a non-traditional crossover so without spoiling the story, just hope that you like a little bit of globetrotting is all that I can say.

Copyright info: Lupin the 3rd, Jigen, Goemon, Inspector Zenigata and Fujiko are owned by Monkey Punch/TMS Entertainment. Clarisse/Clarice and Ami (Amilita) are owned by TMS/NTV. Usagi, Ami (Sailor Mercury), Rei, Minako, Makoto are owned by Naoko Takeuchi. All other characters in the story, I don't own them and Officer Johnson is public domain.

The Declining Adventure of Lupin

Chapter 1: On the Verge of a Lunatic Fringe

It was a peaceful day on the outskirts of a city as the sun had risen to about halfway in terms of its height indicating that it is a morning, the road was empty and the only noises that were made were the local wildlife with the birds tweeting.

Suddenly out of nowhere, a speeding car disturbed this environment. The vehicle was a small yellow Fiat 500 however it seemed a bit old with some visible rust spots around the wheel trim. There were two men inside of the car; one was a youngish man with cropped hair with a tie and a red jacket who had a cheeky grin on his face, the other was older who wore a hat with a black suit who also had a tie however he was not as happy as his partner. Partner in crime that is.

"Damnit, can't you drive more carefully?" asked the man with the hat. The other man replied, "Well we have to lose Zenigata, Jigen". Jigen just sighed, "Fine, we do it your way Lupin but don't blame me if the car breaks down."

As it turns out, the yellow Fiat wasn't the only car speeding through the road as right behind them a white police car was following them and was catching up with them. Inside the police car was a man in a brown trenchcoat with a hat driving the vehicle however more carefully than the other driver, presumably this was Zenigata that Lupin mentioned.

Zenigata growled, "Bring back those goods Lupin!" Lupin smiled and replied in a relaxed manner, "Sorry Pops but they were stolen in the first place. We are err... just returning them."

It seems that the police car is really catching up with the Fiat nothing more than a few inches between them. The smiling that Lupin was doing stopped and started thinking because it would be only a few minutes before Zenigata catches both himself and his partner, a very high chance that both will end up in the police station. Looking ahead, there is a curve that would give them the chance to escape so it signaled the thief as he looks towards Jigen knowing that he has an idea and Jigen seems to know what to do by nodding in response.

The man with the curved beard got out his gun from the dashboard, then he pops his head of the window towards the direction of the police car reaches for the gun to aim and fires. Quickly, the bullet travels towards the front tyre closest to Jigen's view and all of a sudden, the tyre became flat on the police car. As Lupin and Jigen make it past the curve, the same could not be said about Zenigata as the car hits a barrier and it busts up the engine causing the car to come to a complete stop along with the flat tyre.

Zenigata rushed out opening the car door and shouted while shaking his fists in the air, "Lupin, I'll get you if it is the last thing that I'll do!"

Meanwhile further ahead, the two were smiling and laughing knowing that it was mission accomplished as they head towards a small town to deliver the goods. Driving more carefully Lupin finally stops outside of a bar. The building in question was a little run down with some beer and whiskey bottles all over outside, it was quite small and did not have any furniture outside. They both got out and headed towards the trunk of the car, opened it and got out a box of unknown items. Jigen was the one who carried the box towards the entrance of the bar however it seems that his pal was rustling through his pockets and noticed something missing.

Lupin sighed, "I'm out of cigarettes, have to go to the nearest store to get them."

So Lupin walked the other direction to Jigen as he tries to find a store to stock up on his cigarettes that himself and his partner in crime smoked to relieve the stress from working on their latest heist. Just a few minutes away, he located a store. It was rustic looking and looked liked the store has been there for years, he opened the door to find out that it was a traditional stockist of tobacco. There were hundreds of varieties in stock from rolling tobacco to boxes of cigars to various brands of cigarettes close but not quite the same as the ones that people smoke such as Malibo, Gaulrogues, Paul Maul and Royal as well as Lupin's brand. He grabbed a few brands and took them to the counter.

By the side of the counter was the tobacconist, he was older than Lupin but not that much judging by his face. He had black slightly spikey hair, wearing a grey apron and a very unsure look on his face a sign that he was bored of his job and would rather be somewhere else. Lupin smiled while the tobacconist nodded. As Lupin was getting his wallet out to pay for the cigarettes, the tobacconist very slyly got a clear plastic bag of 5 badges from behind the counter and put them underneath the cigarettes hoping that the thief does not notice them.

The tobacconist responded, "That's a fiver."

Lupin got hold of a note from his wallet and sarcastically replied knowing that it was a bit more expensive than usual, "That's so cheap, I'll come back... never."

He gave the money while the tobacconist sighed and took the cigarettes as well as the bag of badges that he does not know that he has with him walking straight out of the store hoping never to return again. Outside of the store, Lupin was wondering why the cigarettes cost more since normally he gets change from a fiver. Then suddenly he heard the shutters go down and the door was slammed shut indicating that the store closed as if out of suspecion.

So while the curious thief was walking back towards the direction of the yellow Fiat parked outside of the run down bar, two young bald slightly tanned men wearing business suits approached Lupin and heckled in a disturbing way, "Keep your friends close but your enemies closer."

After the business men walked away out of viewpoint, Lupin scratched his head wondering why they said that, was it to insult him in someway? He shrugged while heading back towards the car. Outside Jigen was waiting however unlike Lupin, he did have a packet of cigarettes as he was smoking one and shortly after Lupin reached the car door Jigen got to the nearest lampost to stub out the cigarette.

Jigen was annoyed and shouted, "You could have helped me, that stuff was heavy!" His pal responded in a equally annoyed way, "I was conned, I normally get change so you could have helped me too!"

The two looked at each others eyes but then Lupin dullly replied, "It took longer than expected, sorry about that."

Jigen nodded and opened the car door to get in, likewise the same for the not quite gentleman thief. After both getting into the car, Lupin got hold of a box of cigarettes opened it and took a packet out ready to smoke. He did notice while sorting the boxes that there was a clear bag.

Lupin wondered, "I hope it's not drugs..."

As it turns out, the clear plastic bag was not drugs but surprisingly a bundle of badges with pins on them. The cheeky thief gave a strange look as the badges had a description and a picture. It was listed as Sailor Moon with a unusual girl with yellow dumplings on her head with strands going down wearing a teenage school dress, next to her was a blue cat.

Lupin asked, "Sailor Moon? Some space thing?". Jigen ponded, "It seems after Star Wars, everyone wanted to get into the sci-fi bandwagon." Lupin joked, "It's probably a porno too."

Lupin and Jigen both gave the weirdest looks as it was rather unsettling for both the thief and the sharpshooter to have stuff like that especially the ages of the girls in question. Lupin while does have interest in women only had interest in one woman in particular, the untrustworthy Fujiko Mine who he finds attractive. Jigen on the other hand does not like Lupin's choice however he had bad luck with women as they either dumped him or got murdered.

Lupin exclaimed, "Now I know why that tobacconist looked shifty!"

So while they both wonder why they have the badges, they looked through the characters in particular as they found it the strangest thing that they ever saw and they saw a lot of strange things in their time including aliens. Throughout the pins; there was the blue short haired Sailor Mercury, the long black haired Sailor Mars, the blonde haired Sailor Venus and the brunette with the ponytail Sailor Jupiter. Each of them had a different colour dress as well.

Jigen depressively spoke, "Let's go home."

Both of them had enough, thrown the badges in their bag right next to the cigarettes and drove off away from the town. They went past the tobacconist and heard a gun shot coming from inside of the building. It is unknown whether he took his own life or someone came in around the back and were shooting at each other.

Hours later, Lupin went back home as he already dropped off Jigen outside of the airport earlier and is now at his apartment. It was pitch black very hard to make what his home looked like. He parked the yellow Fiat into the garage, opened then closed the door after he got out. With him were the boxes of cigarettes with one already opened as well as the unusual badges in their bag never been opened. A few minutes later after getting into the house going through the entrance and up the stairs from the hall, he opened the door to his living room and put the cigarettes away. The living room had a red couch with a small but fairly modern TV with a few shelves full of various items throughout the years and a fireplace behind the couch. There was also a record player in the corner as the thief often listened to music while not on the job.

Lupin headed towards the bedroom but did not realise that he still had the bag of badges in his hand so he put them on top of his brown wardrobe. Opening the wardrobe revealed around 6 coloured jackets from green, pink, blue to black and white with the red being missing. He put his red jacket away, closed the door and got changed into his shorts. After having a quickie in the toilet, Lupin went straight to bed tired from what started off as a usual heist changed to an unusual trip to the tobacconist.

He closed his eyes ready to fall asleep ready for the next day. Little does Lupin know that this might be his last day where things seem normal...