Are You Ready For Love

Chapter Title: Holding Out For A Hero

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Author's Note: This story has gotten a better response than what I expected and please keep it that way.

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Holding Out For a Hero, Bonnie Tyler

Chapter Summery: They enter the Temple of Brahma.

Goemon rolled over and groaned. It was the next morning and he didn't want to get up. He didn't want to face Fujiko being all over Lupin. He really couldn't stand it, it sickened him.

Finally he sat up and struggled to get out of bed. When he finally got downstairs breakfast was already done and they were already planning on what they were going to do that night. When she saw him Fujiko waved and motioned for him to sit beside her.

"Hey," she said when he sat down beside her.

"Hi," he replied.

Soon the whole gang was immersed in a conversation about how to get into The Temple of Brahma and what was in it. Goemon soon lost all interest in the conversation and tuned it out.

It wasn't until later that day that he had a chance to talk to Fujiko.

She was sitting out on the balcony of the hotel room when he walked out. She had a look on her face that told him things weren't going that great.

"You okay?" he asked her sitting down beside her.

"Yeah, why," she said.

"You just look a little out of it is all," he told her.

"It's just been a long day," she told him.

"Are you sure," he asked.

"Yes Goemon," she replied.

"Can I ask you something Fujiko," he said.

"Sure," she told him.

"Are you happy with Lupin," he asked.

"Of course," she replied shocked.

"Really," he inquired.

"Really," she said.

"OK, just making sure," he told her.

Goemon didn't let Fujiko know how much pain those words caused him. He wanted her happy of course; he just wanted her with him. He loved her more than he ever loved Isabella. She was the only girl in the world for him, and she was the only girl he knew he couldn't have.

"Goemon, you okay, you look out of it," she told him.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he told her forcing a smile.

"Come on, I know you better than anyone else, so what is it," she asked.

"It's nothing," he told her light heartedly no matter how much he didn't feel it.

"Alright, you ready for tonight," she asked him.

"Yeah," he replied.

"Okay, I'll see you later alright, I told Lupin I would meet him downstairs," she said standing up.

"Bye," he said as he watched her walk off.

Goemon watched her walk off and shook his head. He needed to get these visions of them together out of his mind. It will never happen and he knew it. Fujiko belonged to Lupin and she wanted Lupin, which was obvious seeing as they spend most of their free time in bed. Goemon leaned over and looked at the land below the baloney. He had changed his mind. He wasn't going on tonight's heist. They could do without him for this once.

Fujiko walked downstairs and went over to where Lupin was waiting. She was still thinking about how peculiar Goemon was acting. Lately he has been drifting away from her, she needed her best friend by her side and he was that. He was the one that kept her strong.

"Hey Fujicakes," Lupin said.

"Hey," she replied with a small smile.

"You okay," he asked.

"Great."

The afternoon carried on like that. She was hiding her feelings from Lupin like always and her worrying about Goemon. That night Goemon dropped a bombshell, he wasn't going to be coming along with them.

It took a full half hour of them trying to talk him into it that they finally gave up. Goemon wasn't going to come and that was that. They walked out to the car and sat down. Jigen was oddly quiet and it bugged Fujiko. She knew that he knew why Goemon wasn't coming on, and she wanted to know. He wasn't going to tell her though and she knew it. That man was known for his silences.

(Here's the action scene you guys, and don't be too hard on me, I'm not good with action.)

When they got to The Temple of Brahma Fujiko understood why Goemon didn't want to come along. She wished she hadn't. The place had an eerie way about it.

When they got inside the whole place was dark. You couldn't see the foot in front of you. They lit torches and walked inside. The whole place seemed to be some kind of old building structure. Like they had tried to build something inside and gave up. Pieces of broken wood, and abandoned outside structures littered the ground and wall.

They walked along the passage until they found a twisting wooden bridge leading to the other side. The started slowly along the bridge, against Fujiko's better judgment she joined them. It was halfway across it that she felt the bridge start to shake. Fujiko grabbed the side of the bridge in fear and went even slower so as not disrupt the structure. Jigen turned when he heard the creak and went to go back to her, but she stopped him. Lupin on the other hand had made it across a lot earlier and was already working towards the jewel he saw on the statue of Brahma at the very end of the passage. He didn't even notice that he was the only one going towards the end of the passage. Then the bridge gave way underneath her.

Fujiko shrieked as she felt herself start to fall, quickly she grabbed the rope that held the wood of the bridge together and held on tight. She knew it was more than five hundred feet of a fall into the chasm below her and she didn't want to fall it. She felt her fingers start to slip, she knew that Jigen was trying to get to her, but that he would be able to make it. Suddenly she felt her fingers slip all the way off and her start to fall. This was the end and she knew it.

Well, how was that? Who do you think saves Fujiko? Does she get saved? And why does Jigen want to save her, he hates her guts? Questions that will be answered next chapter. Now you see why the chapter is called Holding Out For A Hero. And Please Review. I need them. Well, that's it, please look for the next one. Thanks, LunasStar. Sorry so short. It needed to be put out.