Lupin shot up and slammed into Goemon's place in the center, nearly knocking him over.
The three looked at Lupin warily.
What monstrosity was he going to unleash this time?
"I'm sure you've all been waiting for this moment," Lupin began.
The tension of the room mounted.
"I'm going to read my rejected romance stories! Isn't that wonderful?"
Fujiko became green and looked for an escape route. Goemon unsheathed his sword, whether to kill himself or Lupin was unclear.
Jigen alone was calm.
Lupin wanted to see them squirm, and was off put by Jigen's nonchalance.
"Jigen?"
Jigen was laughing now.
"Jigen? You're creeping me out."
Jigen smiled. This was a bad sign for Lupin.
"I'm afraid you're not going to be reading any romances tonight, Lupin."
Lupin backed away, "Okay, if you feel that strongly…but don't kill me, Jigen! It's just a story!"
"I'm not going to kill you. Put down the chair."
Lupin came back to the center of the room.
"Well, don't go around scaring people like that!""
A pause.
"Wait, if you're not going to kill me, how do you propose to stop me from reading my stories? Huh? I will be heard!"
Lupin took the chair again, but this time stood on it in what he hoped would be an inspiring way.
He hit his head of the light fixture and cried out, so everyone laughed instead.
"I'm going to do it! How do you think you can stop me if I want to do something?"
"Simple," Jigen said. "I burned them."
"You what?!"
"I knew that they could only cause trouble. So, I burned the manuscripts in the fire we had last week."
Lupin took a few minutes to be angry/depressed over the loss of his beloved manuscripts.
Suddenly, he smiled.
"That's okay, Jigen. I have something else for you guys."
"No!" they screamed again.
Lupin said angrily, "It's not another romance." He grinned, "I reinvented the songfic!"
Jigen was about to lunge at Lupin, but Goemon restrained him.
"I want to hear your experiment, Lupin."
"You would…" muttered Jigen.
Lupin glared at Jigen, "Jigen, if you don't want to hear, I won't."
"Thank you."
"I do swear that I will go get a ukulele and do my Tiny Tim impression instead."
Jigen shuddered.
"All night."
"Alright! Just do it and be done with it!"

Lupin smiled. He cleared his throat.
"As most of you know," he began. "A songfic is a story into which a relevant song is interwoven."
Fujiko yawned.
"Well, I've taken it to the next level. Now, I've created a relevant song into which a story has been woven!"
"Don't tell me…" groaned Jigen.
"Yes! I'm going to sing my next fanfic!"
Lupin, let it be known, can actually sing. To a certain extent. However, Lupin chose as his song "Tomorrow", from "Annie".
Which, as it turned out, dictated that he had to sing his song in a falsetto voice.

He began:

Oh, Fujiko'll be here
Tomorrow
Bet your leather wallet
That tomorrow
There'll be her!

She'll be back here
Tomorrow
Ask for some money
Lots of jewels
And a fur!

When she's gone away
And I say,
I'm lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And grin,
And say,
Oh!

Fujiko will be back
Tomorrow
So I gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You're always
A day
A~way!

Just as Lupin finished his high note, which cracked the mirrors in the room, the door once again fell off its hinges.
"Zenigata!" cried the four.
"Have you finished your fanfic, Pops?" asked Lupin.
"Never mind that! It looks like I'll be able to book you for torture, too, Lupin!"
Lupin looked upset, "It wasn't that bad…"
Nevertheless, Jigen, Fujiko and Goemon all gave the Inspector a look that said for the first time in history, they were glad to see him.
Lupin stomped off to his room.
"You guys just don't appreciate art!"