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Author: I'm back again. I got two wonderful reviews which spurred me to do more writing while the site's down for repairs. Hopefully it'll be nicer to me now. So, this should be one of a few chapters hopefully. If not, I was being lazy and will make up for it somehow. Again, if you have any comments, questions, concerns, or ideas, throw 'em at me. Cause I have a feeling this story's going to go on for a bit until I figure out my plot completely. -.-

Chapter 2: Victory Only Gets Sweeter.

-At Lupin's house-

"Well guys, I'll say one thing. That chick that was with Old Pops sure knows what she's doing." Lupin spoke, in an almost destressed manor.

"I'll say. I thought that she'd have noticed me from the wanted posters hanging around down there." Fujiko's manor of speaking was quite the same as Lupin's.

"If you ask me, she seemed familiar..." Jigen spoke in his usual tone of voice. Not much seemed to bother the gun man these days. Once he said that however Lupin had to make a joke of it.

"No one did ask you, and it's probably because she wears her security hat like you wear your fedora!" And for that comment, Jigen whispered to Fujiko who gladly followed through. A swift slap to Lupin's head, and he was whining like a little 3 year old again.

"Dammit Fujiko! Why'd you go and do that?" Fujiko simply shrugged as she picked up a magazine. "Say, Goemon, you've been awfully quiet over there, is something buggin' ya?"

The samurai look up from the painting they had stolen. "Just inspecting this painting." He spoke slowly, as if the words he wanted to use didn't exist.

"Why the hell would you need to inspect the friggin' painting. It's from the friggin' Louvre!" Jigen seemed concerned, he just didn't sound it. Goemon's eyes shifted back to the painting and he pulled back a piece of the tapestry.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" Lupin jumped up screaming, the chair he was sitting in falling over.

Goemon threw a shinning object at Lupin's face, which hit him square between the eyes. "Dammit Goemon! What the hell--" He looked down at the ground at the thing that hit him. A small diamond lay on the floor, sparkling majestically. He went to pick it up, but Fujiko got to it first.

"Wouldn't this make just the cutest earring ever! Too bad there isn't another one..." Her voice was on the whinny side again, wanting another diamond badly.

"Perhaps there is a second one." Goemon's voice cut in. He was holding a piece of paper up between his first two fingers. It looked rather old and decrepit, something from quite a while ago. Lupin snatched this up, and began to look at it.

"Holy crap..." Was the only thing said by Lupin upon opening up the folded paper. It was a map, but not just any map. A map that led the holder to several locations around the world. And the best thing was, each location had a large secret.

"What's the friggin' deal Lupin?" Jigen asked from under his hat.

"You won't believe it, but we've just found our biggest heist ever." He placed the map on a table for all to look at.

-Mean while at the INTERPOL office-

"YOU WHAT!?" Zenigata's and Tsurugi's voice rang throughout the entire place.

"We want Miss Hattori to work with you on the Lupin case." The commissioner spoke, use to the inspector outbursts by now.

"Why should I have to work with an old bat like him?" She spoke with a rather hostile tone crossing her arms across her chest.

"Why should I have to work with someone who doesn't respect their elders? Or a superior officer?" Zenigata complained.

"Because I said so." The commissioner said and then issued them to leave. They both left, fuming that they had to be partners.

"So...Miss Hattori, what's you specialty?" Zenigata asked, trying to be the good guy. Tsurugi played along with the act.

"I specialize in swords play, lock picking, and I'm fairly good with guns." She spoke bluntly, but somehow still had a certain pleasantness to her voice. "What's yours?"

"Well, I..." He looked at the ground, not really knowing what to tell her. He was good at his handcuff throwing, and that was about it. "I'm a handcuff thrower." His voice was also blunt but it had a shameful tone to it. She looked at him and smiled, thinking to herself.

'This guy is nuts. He throws his handcuffs as a weapon...I guess I'll have to see this for myself.' However she said something much different. "That sounds rather interesting. I can't wait to see you in action." Her cheerful smile hadn't left her face. The inspector did have some good qualities. They however, didn't weigh out the bad ones yet. "So where do we go now?"

"Well, until we get a note from Lupin, we just hang around. I usually go back to my apartment and wait. But since there's two of us...How can I contact you?" He seemed rather lost about everything now.

"I could just come with you...And stay in a hotel close by." She shrugged.

"That'd be silly, you can just come and stay at my place." He suggested, turning a slight shade of pink.

"I guess that'd work. I'd have to go and pack some things though. I ain't wearing this stupid uniform for this job. A kimono and obi shall do nicely." She spoke in a very different tone. She was actually warming up to Zenigata.

"Right...Then let's go to your place and get your stuff. Then I'll show you to my apartment." She nodded and the left the parking lot. Zenigata in his beat up car, Tsurugi on her motorcycle.

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Author: Hope you guys liked that chapter! Took me a bit to think of what to do with the picture...But it should be interesting. Around the world in 80 days...Lupin style! -