Lupin the Third in "The Lupin Who Came To Dinner"
"I can't stand it" Denny shouted as he paced back and forth Ms. Tubbs classroom. He had stopped by his hometown of Norwood and Norwood High School to catch up with the faculty and friends. He hadn't had it easy in his search for talent for his tournament, The Anime Games. He had just survived a fight with the legendary half-demon Inuyasha and his friends. Also, he had barely won a duel to the death with the leader of the Rare Hunters, Marik Ishtar.
Still with every opponent he faced, Denny not only got contestants, he made friendships with both Inuyasha and Marik. While he was pacing, Ms. Tubbs handed Denny an article she saw in the paper. Denny's eyes grew when he saw the main article's title. It was "Notorious Thief Lupin III sends Calling Card to Mayor". "Lupin!" Denny shouted, "This is great. I can get him for my tournament." "I hope you do" Ms. Tubbs replied. "If you'll excuse me, I need to go check something out."
As Ms. Tubbs left, something caught Denny's eye in the English storage closet. As he opened the door, he let out an "Oh my gosh!!!" It was Ms. Tubbs. She was tied together and her mouth was bound. As Denny untied her, he noticed her blouse and dress pants were gone. "Denny." Ms. Tubbs huffed out. "Some man sneaked up on me and stole my clothes and disguised himself as me."
Denny kept shouting "I can't believe I…" and started chasing after the imposter. He was able to corner the fraud in a corner. "Ok give it up." Denny shouted. "I know who you are…Lupin The Third" The imposter laughed and said in a deep voice "Well I guess you are a bright kid Denny. You get an A" The imposter ripped off his mask to reveal he was Lupin The Third. Denny was excited. He had found his favorite Anime character.
"You can't run now Lupin. I got you cornered." Denny said. "Oh really?" Lupin replied as a gunshot was fired from behind him.
Denny turned around to see it was Daisuke Jigen, Lupin's best friend who had let off the shot with his Magnum. "Jigen?" Denny shouted baffled. "Not just him" Lupin shouted as another one of his friends came down through one of the ventilation ducts. It was Goemon Ishikawa, Lupin's samurai friend with his sword ready to help Lupin. Denny drew for his sword, but before he could get it out, he felt a gun on the back of his head and a voice whispering into his ear, "You seem like a nice kid. Don't do anything stupid okay?" Denny turned his eyes to see it was Lupin's female comrade, Fujiko Mine.
"Uh-Oh" was all Denny could say as he realized he was outnumbered 4 to 1. "Now then" Lupin chuckled as he took off the blouse and dress pants and said "You obviously didn't chase me for your cardio exercise. Now what do you want?" Denny requested that everyone drop his or her weapons so he could explain. "Okay" Denny answered in relief. "I wanted to ask…" Before Denny could get his sentence out, the sound of police sirens fill the air.
"Oh no please don't be him" Lupin prayed. Lupin and his friends went to look outside a window with Denny to see 20 police cars pulled along the side of the school. One car door opened to reveal someone was getting out. It was no one else but Inspector Zenigata of Interpol. He had dedicated his life to catching Lupin and his gang. "Oh crap!" Lupin exclaimed. "It's Pops" Denny replied "He must've got word from Ms. Tubbs. What will we do?"
Just then, Denny got an idea. Outside, Zenigata, with a megaphone shouted "Lupin! Give it up. You're under arrest. Now come out!! Believe me. Don't make us storm the…." As Zenigata finished his threat, a hot air balloon was suddenly taking off in the air "Fire!!!" Zenigata shouted. "That's Lupin" The Norwood Police shot the balloon and the basket came crashing down. Zenigata ran over to the basket to find out all that was in it was a note saying "Sorry Pops. Better luck next time. Lupin." "Err…Damn it all. You bastard Lupin." Zenigata shouted. "Don't just stand there. Find Lupin damn it. He couldn't have gotten too far."
Zenigata was right. For at this moment, Lupin, Denny, and his friends were running to the safest place in Norwood, Denny's house. When they got there, Denny's family was shocked, except for his brother John, because he was a jerk since he hated Lupin and any other form of Anime. "Denny, is this a joke?" Mrs. Daniel screamed. "No mom. This is really Lupin and his friends." Denny replied. "Nice to meet you Mr. And Mrs. Daniel." Lupin thanked nicely. "Your son is a real smart boy. He even helped us elude good old Zenigata" "We thought you all were just cartoon characters." Mr. Daniel asked. "Cartoon characters?" Jigen asked. "What gave you that idea?"
Denny took everyone into the living room and showed Lupin and his friend some videos he had recorded of Lupin in his own Anime series on Cartoon Network. "I see. Not only are we legends in the Anime realm, we are also famous here too." Lupin pondered. "Don't see what the big deal is." John rudely remarked. "He's nothing but a loser. His name is Lupin. Sounds like Lou Pawn Shop." "Why you little…"Lupin mumbled under his breath staring John in the face. "Lupin!" Denny yelled pulling him back from John's face. "John you turkey. Go away or do something that won't get you involved with Lupin. "I'll go if I can see the bearded guy's gun." John requested. "Hey kid. The name's Jigen. Get to knowing it and the answer is no. This Magnum is too powerful for you." Jigen boasted staring at John. "Oh yeah, bearded boy?" John snorted in a smart way. "Oh man. This is embarrassing." Denny pondered.
Denny then asked his mom a question. "Mom can Lupin and his friends stay the night here? If they go out there, Pops will be all over them." "Sure, I guess, but you sleep down here in the living room with them." Mom answered, then looked at Lupin and stated "Mr. Lupin. You and your friends may stay, provided you do the following: No drinking, no smoking, no stealing, nothing unreligious like cursing…" She went on with rules. Eventually, Lupin started answering "Yes Mom." It was official. I had a world famous thief in our house
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