Are You Ready For Love
Disclaimer: Not mine, how many times do I have tell people this.
Author's Note: I got quite a good response to the last chapter and I didn't expect it. I really hope to get the same to this one.
Chapter Title: Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Chapter Summary: Hmm, a little more descriptions on the last scene in the last chapter and what happened when they got out of Brahma.
And someone saved my life tonight sugar bear
You almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar-bound, hypnotized
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear
You're a butterfly
And butterflies are free to fly
Fly away, high away, bye bye
Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Elton John
Fujiko walked onto the shaky bridge more than a little nervous. It seemed to be a long way down and she didn't necessarily think it would be enjoyable to try it out. She took a deep breath and started making her way across it. Her movements were slow so as not to disturb the making of the bridge. She know knew what this place was. It seemed a few years back someone had attempted to make a structure in the way of a temple to worship the statue of the God Brahma at the end of the long passage.
For some reason she didn't want to guess, construction had stopped at the end of the bridge. That didn't bode well with her, and she briefly wondered if there was a skeleton down that long drop off the bridge. Fujiko shook the thought from her mind and continued to walk. Jigen looked over at her and tried to get her to hurry up but she shook her head.
Jigen shook his head and turned around. She thought she heard him muttered something that resembled the words "Friggen Cowards," but couldn't be sure.
She wasn't going to hurry across a bridge like this, and then she heard a creak. Fujiko stopped where she was and grabbed the ropes at the sides. She wasn't going to risk falling.
Lupin had walked so far ahead of them he wasn't going to notice she wasn't behind him, and Jigen had just got to the other side and was waiting for her to come on and hurry up.
Once again Fujiko shook her head and started to practically crawl across the bridge. Then she felt one of the pieces of wood break under her heels and shrieked as the rope she was holding onto broke in half, thankfully not where she was holding it. She held on as tight as she could as she felt the bridge collide with the side of the concrete that was past of the dark chasm underneath her. To her it seemed like the mouth of a monster waiting to swallow her up if she dared to let go, which she didn't.
"Fujiko," she heard someone yell.
"What," she yelled back.
"Don't worry, we'll get you up," said the voice she recognized as Jigen's.
"Hurry," she said, wincing in pain. She was sure that her arm was broken at least.
Goemon hurried through the cave at an all out run. And if you have ever saw a samurai you know that they run fast. He had been staring at the map of the temple in his room and something he saw worried him. He had looked over at his sword Zantetsu-Ken and saw the shadow of death on its blade. Someone he cared about was in mortal danger and he didn't want to think about who.
Earlier that day he had been looking over a map of the old cave and saw something that shocked him. There was a temple to be made in it in the fifties and they had built a bridge over one of its deepest holes so they could get across it. But the construction stopped a year after when the manager fell down one of the holes. Their funding was gone so they stopped building. Though they had left a whole lot of paths into the cave for which he was thankful. He chose the one that would take him to the bridge he knew Lupin was destined to cross and hurried towards them.
That was when he heard the shriek. A genius didn't have to tell him who was in danger now. And he wasn't going to let Fujiko die. She meant way too much to him. Even if they were just friends he wasn't going to let the woman he loved die.
Goemon ran faster and wound up on Jigen's side of the cave. He knew he would pass up the bridge and he was glad he did. When he got there he saw Jigen leaning over and talking to someone over the cliff. He felt an icy feeling seize his gut when he realized who it was. He knew the bridge would break, but he never thought it would break under Fujiko.
He ran past Goemon and jumped over the side, shoving Zantetsu-Ken into the side of the cliff as he did. The sword would hold his weight and he knew it. Fujiko's rope snapped when he got to where she was, thinking quickly he grabbed the rope and pulled her into his arms.
"Goemon," she squeaked into his chest.
"Shh, don't worry I got you," he told her.
"But how," she said confused.
"Did you forget about my sword," he asked her.
"I guess," she said faintly.
Goemon looked up at Jigen and nodded his head.
Jigen grabbed the rope that had ripped and threw it down to them which Goemon wrapped around Fujiko's waist and wrapped in his hand and Jigen pulled up. On the way up Goemon pulled his sword out of the wall.
When they got to the top Goemon put Fujiko on the ground and wrapped his arms around her.
"You okay," he asked her.
Fujiko shook her head quickly; she seemed to have lost the ability to speak.
"Fujicakes, you okay," he heard Lupin ask.
He felt Fujiko tense in his arms; she didn't seem to be happy with Lupin. He felt her struggle to stand up and when she did, she was staring at Lupin thoroughly pissed.
"You knew that bridge was unstable didn't you," she asked.
"I knew it was old, but I never thought if would fall apart," he said.
"That's the problem Lupin, you never think," she snapped. "Let's go, I just want to get out of this place."
"Alright," Goemon said standing up.
Jigen nodded and turned to Lupin.
"Got what you wanted didn't you," he asked.
"Yeah," he said holing up a ruby about the size of Jigen's Stetson.
"Alright, come on," and they walked out of the cave the way Goemon came from.
Fujiko paced her room that night. She had too much pent up energy in her and she couldn't sleep. Every time she closed her eyes she had the unmistakable feeling that she was falling down a cliff.
Her arm had been wrapped in a sling upon the return back, it wasn't broken but it would be a while before she would use it properly and she had a good number of cuts and bruises on her.
She heard someone outside the door and opened it before they could even knock.
There Goemon stood with a look of nervousness on his face.
"Hey," she said smiling.
"Hi," he replied shuffling his feet.
"You okay Goemon," she asked.
"Just worried about you," he said walking in.
"I'm okay, thanks to you," she told him.
Goemon wrapped his arms around her. He couldn't help it, she had almost died without knowing how he felt and he couldn't stand that thought, though he knew he still wouldn't be able to tell her how he felt tonight.
"Goemon," she gasped. "I'm okay."
"I had to make sure, I was so scared," he told her.
"I know, but I'm fine," she replied.
Goemon couldn't take the tension anymore and just up and kissed her. Fujiko was shocked, but wasn't so shocked that she didn't kiss him back. It just felt right to be kissing Goemon. He broke the kiss of a few seconds later and looked at her.
"You should get some sleep," he said.
Fujiko nodded and he walked out the room. She was shocked to the bone; Goemon had kissed her and then acted like it was nothing. You don't just kiss someone like that on the spur of the moment, there has to be some feeling behind it. Could that be why he was acting so weird lately, he had feelings for her? A million questions like that were what lured Fujiko to sleep.
Goemon walked back to his room with a self satisfied smile on his face. Jigen looked up from the couch with a cigarette in his mouth when Goemon walked in.
"Well," he said, putting his cigarette out.
"She's going to sleep," Goemon replied.
"You're not telling me something," Jigen said with a smirk.
Goemon sighed and looked at Jigen. The guy reminded him of a school boy when it came to stuff like this. He always wanted to know what happened and when. And he wouldn't give up until he got the answers.
"I kissed her alright," Goemon said.
"You did huh?" Jigen said.
"Yes," Goemon said.
"What did she do," Jigen asked.
"Kissed me back," Goemon replied with a smile.
"Maybe there is hope for you two yet," Jigen said.
"Maybe," Goemon replied.
Goemon made his way to bed sometime later. All he could think about was how good it felt to hold Fujiko in his arms. It felt like she belonged there, and he was certain she did. He was certain she was the only one for him.
A.N. I know this song is about a man breaking up with his girlfriend, but I thought that the name of the song matched. And it is one of my favorite songs. Think about it, they went on the heist at night and Fujiko almost died. Then someone saved her life. Someone saved her life that night.
I would like to thank my reviewers Psycho-Katrina15, and Fox Xantos, you have no idea how much your reviews mean to mean. My stories haven't been getting that good of reviews but you guys made sure they did and thanks.
Thanks, LunasStar