Disclaimer: I would NEVER own the characters of Sly Cooper. I don't own anyone in this fanfic since they all belong to Sanzaru game companies.
I don't even own Sly's father who is rumoured to be named Connor so I'll just go by that name for Sly's dad to make this a good fanfic.
Hope you enjoy it.
Sly and the Cooper Legacy.
Rioichi watched as the sun gradually rised in the bright blue-orange skies of Paris. He couldn't deny that today that there was this certain peace he felt as he stared into the direct sunlight. Normally it would either make you go blind or hurt your eyes but the red panda Raccoon didn't need to worry about that since he was a Ninja master.
Usually, a Ninja would work at night to keep his stealth sharp and live up to his or her reputation of being a shadow warrior but Rioichi was always up for a challenge and this day did yield a very exciting challenge indeed.
Rioichi gave an excitable smirk as he opened up a door in the roof and jumped inside so he could awake the others as they were going to find one of the lost Coopers today and he also hoped that he would find his daughter or at least find out where she had gone. As he crept quietly down the halls with the harsh sunlight beaming through the acrylic windows and shining upon his back as he slowly wandered down the hallways and found himself standing in the doorway of Bentley's bedroom.
Bentley had the biggest room out of every one as he needed room to maunuver his wheelchair in order to even get into bed. The walls were painted bright green to match his skin. The carpets were coloured cream and it appeared to be very fuzzy for someone's bare feet. There was even plenty of gizmos and unfinished projects scattered about the floor and Rioichi grinned brightly at this as he narrowed his rusty brown eyes in determination. The first challenge of the day had presented itself to him!
The Ninja master stepped through the gaps from the tiny machines and pieces of metal and tools that Bentley would use. "Yo yūga, Bentley-San really should consider cleaning his room." Rioichi muttered in thought.
Once the Raccoon had made it to the edge of the sleeping turtle's bed, he smiled down at him with a mischievous glimmer in his eyes as he grabbed the techno turtle's glasses from the bedside table and dropped them over Bentley's eyes, waking him almost instantly as he gave a startled snort "Huh-Wha?" Bentley started as he jolted upwards in bed.
"Good morning, Bentley-San." Rioichi bowed respectively as he continued to stand upon his toes to avoid damaging any of Bentley's prized equipment. "It is time to wake up."
Bentley removed the glasses that were thrown upon his brow and rubbed at his tired eyes before placing them back over his beady eyes and looking at the digital clock that sat on his bedside table. Bentley almost fumed when he saw what time it was "But its 5:30 in the morning!"
"The early bird gets the worm, Bentley-San." Rioichi smiled teasingly yet wisely as he ran out of the room like an excited child on Christmas Day to wake up the others and get them ready for the day ahead. Bentley growled as he narrowed his eyes towards Rioichi's direction and began the unwanted task of getting out of bed. He knew that the Sushi chef would nag him until he did anyway.
It was then that a strange smell caught Bentley's attention as he sniffed the air repeatedly. He drooled when he realised that it smelled yummy. Using the smell alone as motivation, Bentley used a remote control to get his wheel chair in position and he slid into it with a tired smile. Bentley began to steer himself towards the kitchen which was shortly followed by Murray, Carmelita and Penelope and found himself staring at what Rioichi had done to the kitchen.
The sunlight came through the window to make a heavenly glow surround the entire kitchen. Set upon the table was many bowls which was filled with nice fluffy egg fried rice that was letting off steam. There was a pair of chopsticks on the right side of the bowl so they could use them to assist them to eat their meal and there was even a smaller bowl full of garlic bread. The kettle even whistled loudly in the background, signalling that the jade tea Rioichi was making was ready.
Nobody could believe their eyes as their eyes were as wide as saucers. Not only was the food looking actually edible but it was also litteraly steaming with juicy yet healthy goodness. Rioichi snuck up from behind them and walked towards the kettle so he could fill a nearby teapot and as he tilted some of the boiling water into each delicate china teacup, he ignored the look of pure shock he was receiving from his teammates.
When Rioichi used one of his sushi knives to stylishly toss the fragile teacups he made sure they each were on the upper right side of each bowl and was also steaming with goodness as the small yet simple jade tea was sure to kick start everyone. When the Ninja master finally looked at his comrades, he gave them a furrowed brow "Is there a reason you are all looking at me like that?," he looked over towards the table and said simply "I am a Sushi chef, it should not be a surprise to you that I prepare meals like they are gifts from above."
Murray's jaw was slack but it quickly grown into a huge grin as he raced towards one of the chairs and he already began stuffing his face with the chopsticks. Slowly this motion was followed by Carmelita, Bentley and Penelope as they tried to register the fact that Rioichi had made them a breakfast made from heaven.
After awhile, Rioichi asked as he sat himself down at the table and took a small sip of his jade tea "Alright so who do we search for first?"
Penelope brushed some of her fringe aside and opened her mouth to say something but Bentley beat her to it whilst giving her a sideways glare "I have modified our binocucoms so they could trace anything a Cooper has recently been in contact with."
Penelope managed to speak while returning Bentley's sideways glare "And I have modified Murray's van so it can tell us when we're getting close to a Cooper."
"Well I have done a lot more research while you betrayed the team!" Bentley spat viciously. Penelope growled at this. Clearly Bentley was letting this get to him as her betrayal smashed his heart into millions of bite-sized pieces but Penelope wanted to make up for it even though her ex boyfriend wasn't letting her.
Thinking of no other way of saying it, Penelope shoved her nose against Bentley's beak aggressively as her chocolate brown eyes narrowed fiercely "I'm sorry, okay!?"
Nobody could intervene as everything was going too fast for them to do so. It was clear that Bentley was still hurting about the fact that she smashed his heart but it was also clear that Penelope was dead sorry about it. All she wanted to do was to be forgiven by Bentley but the mere sight of her put him off and made it almost impossible for forgiveness.
Bentley snarled as he shoved his beak against her nose "Well, 'sorry' isn't good enough!"
That snapped both turtle and mouse as they both excused themselves from the table and left the three remaining members behind as they stormed off to be alone for awhile. Nobody could even register what had just happened as that quickly got out of control. Rioichi was totally lost as he asked whilst scratching his head in deep confusion "...Was it something I said?"
Carmelita suggested calmly as she stood up from her chair, excusing herself "I think they just both need a pep talk." The vixen pointed at the pink giant hippo that sat next to her as he was still eating his rice "Murray, you get the van ready." Murray nodded with narrowed serious eyes.
Carmelita turned to face Rioichi who also stood up "Rioichi, you talk to Bentley."
"Hai." Rioichi nodded in agreement as he went towards Bentley's room again for the second time this morning. Carmelita then went towards Penelope's temporary room which was in the guest bedroom and poor Murray was left alone. The pink hippo sighed heavily as he stood up and went to complete his task.
After half an hour of waiting, Murray continued staring at the rear view mirror as he ignored everything but the very thing he laid eyes on. To Murray it felt like decades since Rioichi and Carmelita had left to have their pep talks with Bentley and Penelope separately. Rioichi talked to Bentley while Carmelita talked to Penelope.
He sat up in the drivers seat of his van as he saw both Rioichi and Carmelita both approaching the open door in the right side of the van while looking crestfallen. Murray didn't need to be a genius to figure out that the pep talk they each gave the two arguing geniuses had failed as he asked "It didn't work, did it?"
Rioichi and Carmelita looked at each other for a moment before they each gave a heavy sigh and walked inside the van as they took a seat in the back. Rioichi was the one who answered the hippo's guess "That is correct, Murray-San. I am afraid that Bentley-San and Penelope-chan will have to make it up in their own time."
Carmelita added, disappointed that the pep talk was futile "And what's worse -they are both dead set against helping if the other is involved in the mission."
Murray sighed as he started the car and looked towards the back where he saw both the red furred raccoon and the blue haired vixen looking depressed. His eyes narrowed deeply in determination as Sly needed to come back soon otherwise this team will split apart at the seams.
It didn't take even 15 minutes of driving through town until Rioichi exclaimed, forcing Murray to make the vehicle halt abruptly "Hold on, stop!" Murray pulled over into a nice space to park and Rioichi pulled his hood up and jumped out of the van, his presence being known as the sunlight touched his very being. Murray and Carmelita watched as Rioichi closed his eyes in deep concentration as his left ear constantly whipped sideways and within moments, the Ninja master took off into that direction.
Both Murray and Carmelita looked at each other in confusion as they chased after Rioichi who was running a lot faster then them due to the fact that his body was really flexible and he reflexes were sharper than nails. Rioichi jumped over a few crates and ran straight for the effile tower where Carmelita and Murray were stunned to see none other then Salim al Kupar laying upon the top spire with a pillow laid underneath him as he napped cozily upon the very top of the tower.
"...Oi, are you kidding me?" Carmelita asked as she slapped her forehead in frustration of where the missing Cooper ancestor was. Murray looked around and saw multiple police cars and ambulances surrounding the tower and he decided to point this out to his teammates. Swallowing a hard lump in his throat, Murray told them "Uh, guys," he cleared his throat "Theres loads of ambulances and police here. I think we should be careful here."
Rioichi was busy paying attention to the fact that one of the Interpool officers yelled into a megaphone "Sir, get down there before you hurt yourself!"
The response was a raisin being thrown at him on the head followed by the echoed voice of a infuriated Salim telling the guards to go away and leave him be. Rioichi laid a hand upon his chin in deep thought. It was clear that Salim was going to be stubborn no matter what approach he takes towards him but he couldn't help but notice that the elderly Arabian Raccoon was running low on food supplies.
Rioichi decided to use this to his advantage as he ran towards the effile tower without being detected by the officers, medics and Murray and Carmelita as he began to boldly climb up the admittedly impressive architecture. Once Rioichi was about half way there (which took a mere 5 minutes), he heard the dull voices of Murray and Carmelita yelling at him to climb down too. The Japanese Raccoon ignored them as he boldly climbed upwards towards the top of the effile tower but he didn't need to keep climbing for long as he had reached Salim within 6 minutes, an extra minute since the last time.
The air was thick even for Rioichi as the altitude was hard to bear. He wondered how on earth Salim could withstand being in the bright blue skies of daylight!? That didn't matter right now though as Rioichi needed to get Salim down from here before something bad happens.
"Konichiwa, Salim Al Kupar. I am..." Rioichi began as he tried a friendly approach but Salim raised the palm of his hand to silence him before glaring at him, clearly fuming due to the fact that the police had been keeping him from his little nap "Yes, yes, I know who you are, Rioichi Cooper. You must think I am forgetful because of my age, yes?" he asked but when Rioichi opened his mouth to answer, he was interrupted again "Well I have to disappoint, boy. I am not like those other elderly buffoons who just lay around all day!"
Rioichi glared at him with a look that said 'really?' as he stood his ground before the whiny elder Raccoon. Salim went wide eyed for a moment before clearing his throat sheepishly "...Alright maybe I am but I have been through more then you have in a lifetime!" The lilac furred Raccoon amended as he glared daggers towards him and he folded his arms refusingly before turning away in a huff as he laid against the well balanced pillow he laid against.
"So, you can forget about getting me down from here!" Salim argued but Rioichi grinned as he pulled out his secret weapon. He had managed to save some of the garlic bread from breakfast this morning and he held it out towards Salim in a taunting way and watched as Salim was suddenly interested in the piece of bread that the Japanese raccoon held. "Looks appetising, does it not?" Rioichi asked in a suductilve voice as he slowly made his hand go side to side to try and charm him like a snake and it seemed to have been working as Salim's concentration was held only on the piece of bread he was being offered.
"It does look scrumptious." Salim agreed but he looked suspicious "There is no sleeping poison in it?"
Rioichi shook his head truthfully "There is none."
Salim snatched the bread from Rioichi's hand hungrily and finished it in 4 big bites. Rioichi watched as Salim instantly become groggy as he toppled backwards but Rioichi managed to catch him and toss half his body over his shoulder as he looked towards the unconscious elder "Forgive me, my stubborn ancestor..."
Rioichi had actually put sleeping potion in it after he borrowed some from Bentley the night before encase something like this happened. Although; it killed him to lie like that as Rioichi was a man of truth, not one of lying. It took a full hour of carefully scaling down the effile tower but Rioichi had jumped down safely with Salim still out for the count.
Murray removed Salim from Rioichi's grasp and carried him back to the van bridal-style as the Japanese ninja master tried to catch his breath from being so insanely high. "Good job, Rioichi!" Carmelita praised while patting his shoulder to congratulate him and Rioichi staggered back to the van as he hoped that he wouldn't have to climb that high again and he prayed that Henriette was alright.
A/N: Oh, FINALLY! I somewhat hated writing this chapter. I liked the bit with Salim, though. I enjoyed writing that bit. I hope you liked this chapter, though. Or at least the end of it.
I didn't know how Salim Al Kupar would react with Rioichi so I thought I would do my own version...That and show off Rioichi's skills as a master chef.
Also, to reply to a review from 'Crexis the Purple macaw': I am already aware of the film and can't wait for it. Although I do wish it would come out next year instead of 2 years.
Anyways, thanks for the kind words from your reviews so far! I really appreciate it.
If your wondering what Yo yūga means in Japanese, it means 'Goodness gracious'.
Next chapter would you like to see what Sly does or whats happening with Henriette's team? I'll let you choose.
-Chloemcg