Are You Ready For Love
Author's Note: I am happy with the response this story is getting. It seems to be better my Harry Potter Story. If you are interested in Harry Potter, check out my story Lights In The Darkness.
Disclaimer: Not Mine.
Chapter Title: How Do I Get There
Chapter Summary: You learn more about their pasts. Also, Lupin makes a small appearance, for a Lupin story, it's based mostly on Fujiko and Goemon by the way.
How do I get there from here
How do I make you see
How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me
Lost in your lovin' arms that's where I wanna be
You know I love you
How do I get there
Deana Carter, How Do I Get There
Fujiko sat in the restaurant with Goemon looking out the window. She was glad she decided to come with him; for some reason being with Goemon always made her calm. He was the only person she knew who didn't judge her for what she was in high school. That could be because Goemon is the only person she knows and spends time with from her high school these days. Then again she and Goemon were outcasts anyway.
Fujiko looked at Goemon and smiled.
For some reason he seemed nervous and she didn't know why. He seemed to be looking everywhere but at her.
"Goemon, are you okay?" she asked him.
"Yeah, great why," he said, a little too quickly.
"Cause you seem nervous," she replied.
"Me, no I'm not nervous," Goemon said.
"Yes, you are, why?" Fujiko asked.
"No I'm not, now are you going to order," he said with a grin.
"Right," she said.
Dinner was somewhat awkward after that. She didn't know why, but Goemon seemed anxious. By the end of dinner neither had spoken for like ten minutes, and Fujiko for the first time in her life was happy to see a dinner with Goemon end. She looked at him as they walked down the street. Once again he seemed detached and nervous; she still had no clue as to why he was acting like this.
"Goemon, you sure your okay," she asked him.
"I'm sure," he said and smiled at her.
"I hope so, you're not saying much," she told him.
"I'm the silent type remember," Goemon said.
"Right," she replied.
After a few minutes of more silence Fujiko was starting to get annoyed. It seemed as if Goemon had lost all interest in any conversation with her and she had no idea why.
"Goemon, tell me, why are you so quiet," she demanded of him.
"What do you mean," he asked.
"Ever since dinner you have spoken barely a few sentences to me, why?"
"I just have a lot on my mind," he told her.
"That it?" he asked her.
"Yeah, that's it," he replied.
"Okay," she said smiling. "I thought it was me."
"No," he told her. Inside he was thinking that of course it was her, he just couldn't tell her what was on his mind.
"Ok then," she said, and they walked silently back to the hotel.
When Fujiko got back to her room she sat down on the bed and looked out the room. She still had a feeling that Lupin would never feel the same about her if she told him her past. The only person who knows about her past without being her mother or father was Goemon. That was only because of a terrible mistake her father had made.
Her family had come into some new money through of inheritance her father had got from his father. He had become instantly popular in the community because the amount of inheritance. Well at a house party he went to, he found that the best way to stay popular was through having a courtesan in the house to please the guest. What better person than his beautiful sixteen year old girl?
He knew she was quite pretty and developing quite well, extremely well in fact. He knew that she was quite popular among men, no matter what age, extending from the time you start liking women to the age were your so old you don't notice anything anymore, she was attracting a lot of attention.
Well, he went to her and told her that if she didn't make a guest he sent to her that night happy, then she would have regretted it. At first she didn't know what he meant, but it sunk in. She was appalled by the idea but she was even more scared of her father. That went on for about a year before Goemon found out.
Goemon had been three when his parents died. Then he lived with his grandfather until he was about fourteen until he died. After that he went to go live a samurai. One day the samurai decided he wanted to go to one of his dads parties. Her dad had made arrangements for her to "entertain" the samurai, but he had switched rooms on her, and she had been sent to Goemon's room.
Goemon had been shocked when she had walked in the room in nothing but a silk robe. Finally he had gotten the story out of her, with her crying on his shoulder the whole time. A few months after that, her dad had made it to where he had gotten her to go to the room of a man named Satoshe Higurashi, a business man. The man had been appalled when he found out that Fujiko was the son of the man who ordered her to do this. He had snuck her out of the house and became her legal guardian for a year.
Then she had met Lupin and talked Goemon into following her into the trade of thievery. Sometimes she regretted that decision more than she can say. But there was nothing she could do about that now, what was done was done. Just with her past, no point in might have been that's a waste of time. She sighed and looked at her mirror.
She didn't really have a problem with her reflection; it was the person the reflection was of. She didn't like who she was. She didn't feel as if she was any better than she was when she was at her dad's house. Fujiko got up and got dressed for bed, no point on dwelling on it now.
Jigen watched as Goemon walked in the room looking half dazed. It was slightly amusing to see the samurai shaken up.
"What's wrong," he asked, fighting back a grin.
"I went for dinner with Fujiko," he said glumly.
"And?"
"And it was horrible," he said.
"How?"
"I was so nervous that I didn't say barely a full sentence at a time, and she thought it was because of her," Goemon said.
"You don't have to worry about that stuff, she's still with Lupin, wait until their over with before you really start worrying about dates," Jigen said.
"Your right," Goemon said.
Jigen looked at Goemon, and for the first time in his life, found himself actually smiling. Jigen looked at Goemon as a brother. Probably because Jigen had no family as he was growing up. When he got past the age for adoption, he was shipped from foster home to foster home.
His parents had put him up for adoption when he was born. What he found out from sneaking into his files was that his mom and dad were sixteen when he was born. He had snuck his papers to look up on his past. He had been put up for adoption in the hospital. His parents had said they wanted him to be better off; apparently they had lived really for apart. His mom and dad had met over a summer vacation. He had found out how to contact his mom and had done just that.
He had written her a letter and asked how she was and why she had put him up for adoption, things a sixteen year old kid would want to know, who had never had parents. When he had asked her about his father she had written back and told him that it was a sore subject. That she had never married him, and since that summer hadn't heard from him.
He found out when he was twenty that she had remarried and he had a step dad. That was about one year ago, now he had a little sister on the way. A sister he would probably never meet. He had told his mom what he did for a life. She had seemed of course disappointed but didn't really say anything about it, knowing that she had given up all her rights on his since the day he was born.
"Jigen, you okay, you seem a million miles away," he heard Goemon ask.
"Oh, yeah, sorry, I'm fine," he told him.
"So did Lupin ever tell you where we would be going on our heist," he asked.
"Yeah, something called the Temple of Brahma," Jigen said. "It's in India."
"Why would we be going to England," Goemon asked.
"There's a ruby there big enough to impress Fujiko," Jigen replied.
"Of course," Goemon replied.
A.N. Hey, third chapter. This one was a chapter to tell you about the history of the characters. I know there was a lot of angst in it, but it will get happier. I would like to thank my friend Jodie for her support. Psycho-Katrina 13 if you may. Thank you to Fox Xanatos for you support and reviews. Also, J Daisuke, thank you for the review and support. Also, if you like Harry Potter fics I have one called Lights In The Darkness, one called Shadows On The Wall, and I have a bunch of one shot fics, I also have an Inuyasha fic named The Heart Won't Lie.