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Author: Sorry for such delays. I haven't been on the computer in forever, and school has sucked the creativity from me. I'll be sure to make this a good chapter, and hopefully post it quickly. And thanks for all the reviews! We hit 25! Yay!

Chapter 16: Boardwalk Paradise

Zenigata's jaw dropped when he saw an angered Jigen standing at the door. He was so shocked that he didn't even have time to react to the swift punch Jigen sent at him, hitting him square in the right eye. Jigen promptly left fuming and complaining again. This time about how slutty women are.

Tsurugi came to the door just as Jigen had left. She then looked at Zenigata and noticed he was bleeding. Her face feel after she connected all the pieces together. Zenigata however, was still to drunk to understand what happened, Tsurugi was rather grateful for that.

"Come on Zenigata, let's lie back down and go to sleep. We're gonna need all our strength to get Lupin tomorrow." Her voice was thick with anger at what had just happened.

-At Lupin's room-

Jigen pushed the door open and walked straight up to Goemon, gun drawn.

"Let's have a talk, shall we?" He hissed. Goemon put his hands up in a defeat and walked out of the room with Jigen on his tail.

"What is it that you are so keen on talking about Jigen?" Goemon asked in a poised voice.

"You damn well know what the hell I wanna talk about! Friggin' Tsurugi!" Jigen yelled, his voice pointed.

"What about Ms. Tsurugi?" Goemon was obviously very shocked about it having to do with her.

"You...She...Agh! She friggin' screwed Pops!" Jigen's voice was over-abundantly loud now and Lupin could be heard from the room over.

"WHAT!?" Lupin yelled rushing from his room, just in his polka dotted boxers.

"You heard what I said..." Jigen's voice fell and he left to his room.

"This cannot be good for our mission Lupin." Goemon said.

"You think, Goemon?"

"Yes, most of the time I do. Unlike you..." He added under his breath.

-The next morning-

Dear Pops and Companion,

We figured you'd like to try and

stop us this time. Meet us at the

boardwalk by lets say...noon?

Lupin III

"Well what are we waiting for Zenigata!" Tsurugi said excitedly.

"I guess you." Zenigata said, the stupidest grin on his face. Though somehow the black eye made it even more stupid.

"What do, you...mean..." She said slower and slower, realizing she was wearing just her panties at that point in time. "Eep!" She quickly ran into the bathroom and put the rest of her close on.

"What would I do without her..." Zenigata mumbled shaking his head. Tsurugi emerged wearing something out of the norm. Her hair was down covering one eye, and her other was slightly decorated with sparkles and light blue mascara. The shirt she was wearing was white and clung to her thin but muscular form showing off all her curves. Her pants were white leather, with a white belt. Platform boots made the ensemble. Zenigata blink before speaking.

"What...are you wearing?" He stuttered, transfixed on her being.

"What do you mean what am I wearing. Cloths obviously." She said back teasingly.

"But isn't white for...erm..."

"Yeah well, that doesn't mean I can't wear white anymore." She said with a wink. "Well, lets go catch Lupin." Zenigata nodded, and followed behind her.

-At the boardwalk-

"Jigen, why are you such a party pooper!" Lupin whined, standing in the shallows of the water.

"You just don't get it do you Lupin!" Jigen said sullenly. As the sun rose higher and higher in the sky, Jigen's mood fell lower and lower. Just as he was about to stand up, some put a hand on his shoulder.

"Jigen, look." Fujiko said softly at pointed under the boardwalk. There Tsurugi stood holding white roses. She was picking the petals off, watching them fall into the water and float away. These flowers had intentionally been for Jigen, but she figured he wouldn't listen to her so she was picking at them, like her sadness was picking at her. She just hoped it'd float away like the petals so she could beat the Lupin gang today.

Jigen slowly stood up and nodded his thanks to Fujiko. He walked over to Tsurugi and gave a soft smile.

"You're throwing away money, you know that?" Tsurugi jumped at his voice, dropping the rest of the roses. Jigen stooped down and picked them up. When he handed them back to her she shook her head.

"Those are for you. Sorry I tore some of them up. I was just nervous about giving them to you..." Her voice was shaking, and tears began to weld up in her eyes. Jigen put his arms around her softly and pulled her into him.

"Don't cry...Please don't friggin' cry." Jigen spoke softly.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry..."

"Ah, the wonders of a boardwalk." Lupin sighed. "Hey Fujiko, wanna go under the boardwalk!?" A nice red hand print was now on Lupin's face, Fujiko storming off to get some ice-cream.

"Lupin, that was unwise on many levels. Can you not see that Jigen and Ms. Tsurugi are in their own little paradise?"

Lupin looked over at Jigen and Tsurugi once more, noticing the calm aura that seemed to be coming from them.

"Stupid Jigen, ruining my fun..."

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IT'S OVER!