Are You Ready For Love
Disclaimer: Not mine, no matter how much I want it to be.
Author's Note: Well, here it is, chapter four. I don't know how you reacted to chapter three, but if you reacted well to it, you'll like this one.
Chapter Title: I'll Be
Chapter Summary: The flight to India, and conversations on the Helicopter.
I'll be the rock that will be strong for you.
The one that will hold on to you.
When you feel that rain falling down.
When there's nobody else around. I'll be.
I'll Be, Reba McEntire
The Helicopter was finally all set up, they had their supplies all together and they were finally on their way. Fujiko was the last to get on, and being the last she had to sit beside Goemon who never sat up front.
"Hey," she said sitting down next to him.
"Hello," he replied with a smile.
"You seem to be in a cheery mood today," she told him.
"I am, I finally finished what I was thinking of last night," he told her.
"What did you have to figure out," she asked.
"Not much, just where I wanted to be," he said.
"And where do you want to be," she asked.
"Right beside my best friend for whenever she needs me," he replied.
Fujiko looked at him with a brilliant smile lighting up her face. He knew that was the right thing to say, apparently she had been thinking he didn't want to be there anymore. Or else that wouldn't have made her so happy.
Jigen looked over at Lupin's seat out of the corner of his eye. From what he could see, Lupin didn't look too happy about the way Goemon was sweet talking his woman.
"You okay Lupin," he asked as he started the Helicopter.
"Just peachy," he replied looking out the window.
"Alright," Jigen replied with a smirk.
The Helicopter lifted off and soared into the air. As it flew off, two people ran on to the top of the roof they were on.
One was wearing a trench coat and a hat, to all appearances he looked like an ape in a trench coat. Next to him, was a bored looking blond hair woman.
"Well Zenigata, looks like we missed him," she sighed.
"I know Lorraine," he replied. "DAMN YOU LUPIN!"
That one shoat reverberated through out the whole city. Once again, Inspector Souta Zenigata was foiled by Lupin The Third.
Meanwhile in the helicopter the atmosphere wasn't much better. Fujiko had fallen asleep on Goemon's shoulder causing Lupin to be even madder. He seemed to be worried about Goemon taking his girl, and he very well should be, Jigen thought.
If Fujiko belonged with anyone in this group it was Goemon. He was always there for her, and he would always be. He would follow Fujiko into the very bowels of hell, if it meant he could be with her. He loved her as if she was the last woman on earth, although he didn't show it.
"Goemon, why don't you lay her down so she can wake up comfortable," Jigen asked him.
"Right," Goemon said, and laid her down beside him.
After a while Goemon was running his fingers through Fujiko's hair, it was obvious to Jigen just how much he cared for Fujiko. Either Lupin was just plain dumb, or he was pretending he didn't notice the way the samurai looked at her when she wasn't looking. The love Goemon felt for Fujiko shinned in his eyes every time he looked at her. All in all it was making Jigen mad that he wouldn't tell Fujiko the truth, if he did, it would be easier for her to break away from Lupin. It was obvious she wasn't happy with him.
She looked like she was lost whenever she looked at him. He was there for her when she was vulnerable, though he didn't know anything about her past, he knew that it had weakened her for some reason. He only hoped she got her strength back before she hurt Goemon more than he can handle.
She was hurting him now by staying with Lupin. She may not know it, but she was hurting. People didn't expect him to understand people's feelings because he didn't show what he was feeling on his face. Little did they know he understood their feelings better than they did. Especially when it comes to feeling lost. Jigen shook his head and continued the flight to India. This would be one long flight indeed.
After they landed they all checked into a hotel. Thankfully they finally were able to all get a room. All the other hotels they were in didn't have enough room for them all to get their own rooms. Goemon walked up stairs, and sighed.
Things had looked and felt pretty cozy with Fujiko asleep on his shoulder and then, laying with her head on his leg today. Inside though, it was torture. Her being there and he not being able to really hold her in his arms was hard on him. He loved her so much. She was the only person in his life he could really turn to. She knew everything about him, just as he knew everything about her.
The night he had found out what her father had done to her had ruined all his illusions about her. He had thought of her as unattainable until then. Then she had spilled her heart out to him, and he had thought of her as more of a person who needed loved because of that. When she told him her story, he had been filled with such a rage as he had never known before. It was unexplainable and unavoidable. She had become the only girl he had wanted to be with after that.
If it hadn't been because of his sensei wanting to take him to see Fujiko on her birthday he would have never known what happened to her. Fujiko's birthday was the day after that party and they were going to stay in town and visit. His sensei had accepted the birthday dinner in favor to Goemon so he could be in town on her birthday. The rooms she was supposed to visit had somehow gotten mixed up, and she had told him everything. He was glad she did, he was sure if she hadn't she would have done something drastic so as to get out of what her father had done to her.
Goemon sighed and lay down on his bed. After all these years Fujiko was still the topmost thought in his mind, and she always will be.
Fujiko's thoughts were going in a similar direction. How could Goemon care that much about her? She wasn't that important to him was she? She didn't deserve his unwavering loyalty. She had destroyed anything that he could become, and still he was with her no matter what. He had once told her that he would be here rock whenever she needed him to be. Well he has and she owed him big time for it. Well one of these days she will pay him back. What ever he wanted she would do for him. With that resolve Fujiko rolled over and went to sleep. Not knowing the can of worms that resolve will open.
A.N. Next chapter they will be in the temple of Brahma. Well please Read and Review. Also, please check out my Harry Potter stories Shadows On The Wall, and Lights In The Darkness.
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LunasStar