Me and The Cowboy Bebop:

Back on The Saddle

Author's Notes (Warning: LONG, feel free to skip)

Greetings!

Jim Nickabocker here, explaining very few points of the story and my status with writing it and others. This story is a sequal to part two of the Me and The Cowboy Bebop series. I sincerely thank everyone who had submitted a review or just let along kept up with the other two. I must apologize, for either of them made much sense when it came to 'How did Gian get there?' or 'So...what's keepint them apart?'. I can offer no defining answer, the best I can do is say that it just came to me. I wrote what was in my head and what I thought would make it interesting, you all as the readers, made me want to write more and more hence part one and two, which brings me to an actual part three! I actually tried not to make it too much of a sequal to the second ironically enough. The others were concentrated mostly on Gian and the crew of the Bebop while they were still whole, not really specific but it was inbetween the first and last session for sure. This new installment however, is taking place after the series has ended. I was nervous about writing anything after the last session, but I felt that most people liked my fics enough to maybe appreciate one such as this new one (I hope).

Spike

Now for the thing I was worried about MOST writing this story. The character, Spike Spiegel. This was the hardest part of writing the story, my personal thoughts interefered with the logical. There are so many theories as to if Spike survived the last encounter against Vicious in the last Session. I didn't want to get flamed, afterall, I want to please the masses but at the same time show what I want to write. So the question remains, is Spike really dead? I, for one cannot truely provide an answer to that question, but one thing is for sure. "Spike was "already dead" in a philosophical way since Julia disappeared three years ago. Julia was his life. The days on the Bebop are his purgatory where he aimlessly lives on as if in a dream. When he loses Julia permanently in Session #26, he decides to end his feud with Vicious. Faye asks him why he chooses to meet death. He responds saying that he intends to find out if he is alive. In the end, he finds out that he was "dead" all along." (- http/rfblues. I decided that for this story, after MUCH thought and chewing of pencil, that Spike would be dead for this installment. Though I didn't say you wouldn't get to see him agian..

Faye & Gian

Ah yes, THIS subject. Why would I pair those two together? Well, if your original character was based loosely off of yourself, wouldn't you? As for the what will become of the relationship in the new installment, I've decided that I would continue it. I recieved much feedback saying that part two's ending was too sad, and that's just one of the things that got to me. Besides, I thought the relationship was sweet. I'll have a chance to truely experiment my knowldge of Faye, to see if I can really make Faye do what she would do with Gian. I hope there aren't TOO many objections on this decision now..

The DeLorean & K.I.T.T.

Why oh why, why, why did I bring a vehicle such as the DeLorean Time Vehicle into such a serious yet slightly humorous fanfic about an anime? For three reasons. One: I LOVE that car, Two: Because I couldn't come up with a ship of my own , Three: Because he's so different in the universe, like Faye, I just also wanted to show that in his vehicle of choice. Yes it will be back. Unfortunately I've decided to write out the character of KITT in this installment. The reason for this is mainly due to the fact that I just felt like I was overdoing the whole thing. Personally I think the DeLorean is more than enough and I'm forever thankful you all didn't burn the story to flames when the character made it's first appearence and returning appearence in part one and two.

Well, those are the points that I wanted to address to those of you who were willing to lend an ear. Thank you very much for those of you reading this, and please, enjoy the story. I can only hope you have as much fun with it as I have writing it.

Your faithful author,

Jim Nickabocker