#i think jigen should do that to lupin more often like what the fuck was that

[theloopcrew]

to the anon that asked me to post my favorite moment in all of lupin, tumblr fucked up big time and decided it hated your ask so here;

i was going to originally answer with "aww ohhh i dunno!! so much variety uwah" but who am i kidding. i'm allowed to be free. it's part 2 episode 82's ending. (though the entire episode is really cute; i recommend you check it out!) my personal thoughts under the cut

of course it's a patented Zenigata Being Upset Over Lupin Dying moment what else do you expect of me LOL

i think that following lupin's perspective is what makes this episode and especially this ending really special. lupin always carries a sort of snarky outward attitude towards zenigata, which is par for the course - they're enemies and seldom have moments that don't call for hating each other, but it's still really nice to see an episode that explores the concept of why lupin does any of this in the first place - he genuinely cares about him.

we see all throughout the episode that lupin is doing this purely for zenigata. he's stealing for him, making deals to get him back - he even makes up an elaborate lie at the end that lets zenigata secure his job so they can continue to fight, all with no material reward. jigen even says this himself!

and i think it's one of the first times where lupin realizes that zenigata, all things considered, cares about him. again, lupin doesn't get to interact with a personal side of zenigata that often (usually when he's "dead" he's either unconscious or using it as an excuse to flee from the scene), so i think it's cute that he has a little secret heart-to-heart with him. i could articulate this much better but its late at night and i have too much to say. TLDR; luzeni episode good, i like that they care about each other they should do that more

[the-golden-ghost]

If you're still doing the prompts, "Call Me" for Lupin and Jigen :)

The call came in late. Lupin wasn’t expecting it, since it wasn’t like Jigen to leave his post during a stakeout, but he answered just the same. “Boss, it’s me,” Jigen’s voice on the other end of the line was steady as usual, but he sounded uneasy. “Are you sure you want to go through with this one?”

“Are you saying you want to give up?” Lupin scoffed. “We haven’t even gotten started yet!”

“I’m saying there’s something off about this place,” there was a pause on the other end. “I think they’re on to us.”

“Did you see something?”

“No, I... that’s part of the problem actually. It’s just too damn still. I don’t like it.”

“Well, tell me when you do see something. Otherwise I’ll be there in four hours like we planned.” As he hung up, a seed of doubt flickered into Lupin’s mind, one that he quickly pushed away. Please, they’d been through hard jobs before, and they always got out okay! Jigen could take care of himself.

Lupin would prepare for trouble, sure, but in less than six hours, that beautiful statue would be sitting in his trophy room, and who’d be worrying then?

~

Less than six hours later, Lupin stormed back into the hideout, tired, annoyed, and bruised, with his car stolen and his friends apparently AWOL. “Where the fuck WERE you guys?” he shouted into the house. “I thought we were in this together!”

No one answered, which was... troubling. “Guys? Jigen? Goemon? Fujiko?”

Nothing. Where would they have gone? Did they bail on the job without mentioning it to him? Maybe they just all decided his plan wasn’t worth it. Oh, sure! Maybe they didn’t want the statue because Lupin wasn’t going to sell it and there wouldn’t be any money it for them. What two-faced bastards. Fuming, Lupin went to shower, ignoring the phone when it rang. If they’d all ditched him they could wait twenty minutes for an answer.

The phone rang twice while Lupin was showering and then again once he was out, when he finally decided to pick up. “Hello?”

“Why don’t you answer your phone?” The voice on the other end was hostile. It was Goemon.

“Why don’t you show up at the place I asked you to be at when I asked you to be there?” Lupin snapped back. “You know the job failed, right?”

“That is not my concern any longer. Where are you?”

“I’m at the hideout, asshole! The same place I expected you to be, since you bailed on me!”

“Get here quickly.”

“Get where? And how the hell am I supposed to do that without my car? Someone took it and - you know what, put Jigen on. Is he there?” The line went dead, and Lupin was left staring at the receiver. What was his problem anyway?

Lupin was about to walk away when the phone rang again. “Go to hell,” Lupin snapped, expecting Goemon.

“Lupin?” Fujiko’s voice.

“Fujicakes! I didn’t mean that, sweetheart! Where are you? Are you okay?”

“Lupin... how stupid can you be?”

“What? I don’t even know what’s happening! Goemon just called and started acting like a jerk and then he hung up on me. Are you guys together? What the hell happened?”

Fujiko didn’t reply for a moment. “You seriously don’t know? We had to leave last night. I took your car. Jigen...” she paused. “Jigen got ambushed and shot. We don’t... actually know anything right now about his condition. But he’s in bad shape, and I guess we won’t know anything for a while.”

Lupin tried to find words, but there didn’t seem to be anything to say. “Oh,” he managed after a minute.

“I’ll come pick you up. You should be here.”

~

On the drive over, Fujiko tried to explain what she knew, but Lupin was barely listening. He tried to feel something - rage towards the men who had done this, or horror that his friend was badly injured (and dying?) or even guilt that he’d been the one who sent him there. But he felt nothing about it. His mind was just a buzz of numb denials. Jigen would be fine he’s always fine and everything always goes according to plan except when it doesn’t but even when it doesn’t everything’s always okay we’re all okay everyone is

And the quiet thought but what if he isn’t? was there... somewhere. But beyond that possibility was nothing at all. A void. Beyond that, Lupin could not imagine.

None of it really sank in until he saw Goemon standing in the hospital wing. Unlike Lupin, he did not seem dazed or shaken. Goemon was in his element - he had a purpose, and a fury. But unfortunately, the surgery doors were not a good place to vent it.

“Goemon...” Lupin said, stopping next to his friend. “I’m sorry, buddy.”

Goemon glanced at Lupin. “I am sorry, too.”

So that was that.

There was nothing to do now but wait. Lupin slipped out to disguise himself before anyone caught him. Fujiko had put hers on a long time ago. Goemon hadn’t bothered, but Goemon probably wasn’t recognizable to the general public. As for Jigen, he only needed a false name and an unassuming face. He had one, and the other was easy to give.

~

Waiting sucked. Lupin spent his time flickering between concern and boredom. One minute his mind would be on Jigen, and the next, on his failed heist. Dammit, he hated to lose! But he also knew it wasn’t worth a friend. Still, it seemed like such a bad job, and Jigen wasn’t the sort to give up either.

So Lupin went round in circles like that, only pausing when a particularly fine young nurse walked by. Goemon noticed at once when Lupin moved and caught him by the neck.

“Stay there.”

“Hey, give me a break! You let Fujiko go mess with the computer system! What are you, my babysitter?”

“Just stay there.”

Lupin stayed, grumbling to himself. Goemon never took his eyes off the doors. “Look, man,” Lupin said after a while longer. “I need a break. I’ll be back. I promise I’m not going anywhere.”

“You’re going to see that nurse,” Goemon muttered.

“No, I’m going for a walk!” Lupin replied. “I will be back.”

He just needed air, and to have this damn disguise off. He went outside, took off his fake beard and lingered around the back of the building to smoke. Hospitals weren’t keen on that sort of thing. Bad luck for Jigen, if he made it out of this one. And damn him, he’d better.

When he came back in Fujiko greeted him by the entrance. “He’s out. Room 207. He’s alive and they think he’ll be okay, but he’s still unconscious.”

“Did you go see him?”

“Do you think he’d want me to?” Fujiko shrugged. “No, I didn’t go in there. Goemon’s with him. He wouldn’t know anything about it, either way. You probably don’t have to stay here if you don’t want to.”

Lupin shoved his hands into his pockets and headed down the hall. “Yeah, I do.”

~

It went on like that for a few days. Lupin would visit whenever he could, disguised as a doctor, or a janitor, or even just some guy looking for a relative. Goemon never left. Apparently no one wanted the trouble of trying to remove the fully-armed samurai from the hospital room. Lupin and Fujiko took turns bringing him food, trying (unsuccessfully) to get him to go for a walk and let someone else stand guard, or at least trying (unsuccessfully) to get him to take a nap. It didn’t do any good. Every time Lupin was in there, Goemon was sitting on the windowsill, watching Jigen carefully.

“Does he ever wake up?” Lupin asked. He’d been in there so often and yet every time he came Jigen was the same - dead asleep and unresponsive.

“Sometimes,” Goemon replied.

The next question was going to suck but Lupin had to ask it. “Does he ever ask to see me?”

Goemon nodded, and Lupin felt a rush of honest guilt for the first since this happened. “You just miss him every time. But he understands.”

Jigen’s breathing was harsh and shallow. Part of being shot in the chest, pretty much. Lupin had put his hat over his face the way he usually had it when he slept. Maybe it would help a little. “Wake up, buddy,” he whispered, leaning close to Jigen’s ear. He got no response, and hadn’t expected one. “We still need you.”

~

On the fifth day, Goemon was asleep when Lupin came in. He was still in his guard position, perched on the windowsill, but his head was slumped onto his chest and he was snoring quietly. He jerked up in surprise at Lupin’s entrance, readying his sword, but when he saw who it was he just settled back down and went right back to sleep.

“About time too. I told him to go home and rest but nah. You know he’s too proud for any of that.” At the sound of the voice, Lupin rushed over to the bed.

“Jigen!”

“Glad I’m still recognizable.” He was. His voice was weak and strained and he looked like a man who’d just come back from the brink of death - but there was no doubt he was Jigen.

“I haven’t seen you in five days. I thought - I wasn’t sure you were going to wake up at all.”

“Yeah, that’d be all the drugs. They’re fantastic things, almost make me want to get shot more often. But Goemon already said if I try it he’ll cut my throat, so I think I shouldn’t.”

“He’s been offering to cut a lot of throats lately,” Lupin said, looking fondly over at the samurai. “I think he missed you.”

“I’d say I missed him too, but honestly I don’t remember anything between getting blasted off the roof and waking up a couple hours ago. How’d the rest of the job go? You didn’t get hurt, did you?”

“Nah, just inconvenienced a little. We’ll try it again some other time.” But Lupin wasn’t actually sure they would. It went against his principles - failing to steal what he set out to steal - but then, if things went south again in a worse way... if he lost his partner for good, then he wouldn’t be stealing much of anything again. Ever.

“I thought maybe they’d catch you off guard like they caught me. Glad to know it didn’t happen.”

“Never to me,” Lupin laughed. “But you’re not - you’re gonna be okay, right?”

“Yeah. Eventually. I’m not down for the count just yet.”

Lupin sighed. Okay. He was going to be fine - not that Lupin had ever doubted it, of course, but... “Hey, and are you mad at me?”

“Not really. I wanted to be, but at this point I’m too tired and I think Goemon’s probably given you a hard enough time.”

“Yeah, if you’d died I think he would have hunted me across the face of the earth for the rest of my life,” Lupin said. “...Thanks for not dying.”

“I do my best.”

“Really though. I don’t know what we’d do if we lost you.”

“Eh, guys like me are a dime a dozen. Just gotta know where to look,” Jigen’s voice faded, growing tired. “You’d do okay. It might not be easy to find yourself a new partner who suits your every need but I promise there’s a million of us out there.”

Lupin couldn’t quite agree with that. He’d met hired men before. He met them damn near every day in his work and they were generally all the same. Cruel, angry, violent men who had no care or respect for anything or anybody. Jigen wasn’t like that. But then, Lupin had to wonder, if the two of them had never met, if Jigen had spent the last few years of his life going from job to job, working as a hired thug, and if they’d first crossed paths just yesterday... would Lupin even recognize him, then? Would he have even tried to take him, make a friend out of him?

Yes.

At least, that was what Lupin was going to tell himself. Jigen was drifting off again and there didn’t seem to be much else to say. So Lupin just settled back. Fujiko would be around in an hour with dinner. And even if there was a likelihood she wouldn’t, Lupin believed she would.

It was just easier that way, believing things.

[stealinghero]

hmm.. may i offer a prompt that’s more silly? the lupin gang finding an abandoned infant and the three of them end up raising her until she’s all grown up! imagine all the hijinks that’ll ensue !

Oh my god.... this is gold!! And terrible! Think of how disturbed this kid must be growing up with those idiots! XD

~~~~~

- Goemon is strictly against raising the kid, Lupin is conflicted but the one taking the kid in is Jigen. At first only to check up on her and ending in falling in love with the cute little baby

- they are equal as parents, there is no one left out and no one cares more about the kid as the others, besides Jigen who is hooked from day one and seems to give off the father-vibe

- everyone is teaching the kid the best things and they will grow up with a huge knowledge of things. A sword-swinging, safe-cracking Sniper - what the fuck?!

- but when it comes to difficult things, it ends up in the hands of Jigen to talk to their kid. he will sit down with them and have an almost real parent-child-talk. The other two are a bit envious but they are glad that they don’t have to do it

- their kid is free to do whatever they want as long as they’re safe.

- Zenigata knows about it from the first minute and is pretty conflicted about it. But in the end he won’t do anything and if the three are not able to care for the kid for any reason, he might fill in for them as a parent

- all of them are strict when it comes to certain things. School is a must and it doesn’t matter how often they are home. The kid will most likely visit a (private) boarding school and gets visited by their parents.

- i can totally see Lupin cry of pride at the EVERY recital of the kid, while Goemon quietly sheds a manly tear of pride and Jigen filming the whole stuff while dressed in a “Number One Dad”-shirt.

- beware of them if a love interest shows up. The poor kid will have to go through a sitting with the three and various threats. It doesn’t matter if it’s a boy or a girl, they will go through hell in order to date the kid

- the birthday of the kid will have priority. And even if Lupin has to break out of the most impossible scene, he (and the others) has to be there on the birthday to eat a cake shaped like an unicorn (made by Jigen, he’s quite good at it by now)

- the wedding of the kid will be like any recital with those three. Crying, manly pride and an overwhelmed but proud dad filming it.

- they are never too proud to ask for help of everyone around them. Lupin even has Zenigata’s number and even Nyx’s number on speed dial if there should be any problems with the kid (the third number is the best paediatrician of the world). Goemon calls/asks the women from his village or the spot where he meditates and Jigen doesn’t have to ask around, he just reacts accordingly.

- Lupin is the most worried about the kid. he will spent nights to read every possible book about childcare. Goemon is only careful until the kid’s 4 or 5 and then let’s them do what they want. Jigen is laid back and has no problems with a vomiting kid at 3 in the morning without calling the world to save the dying child.

- there are three important things in the kid’s life. Honesty (Lupin), Respect (Goemon) and Loyalty (Jigen). And a bit of what’s wrong and right from Zenigata if he ever get’s a word in with them.

- the kid will lead a normal life, maybe a lawyer or a doctor or even a nurse or garbage collector. It doesn’t matter to them as long as their kid is happy and healthy.

[gaarfielf]

Not to be that guy but here’s an analysis on LGBT characters/rep in the lupin iii universe nobody asked for. I’m gonna cover Twilight Gemini, Harimou’s Treasure, Angel Tactics, TWCFM, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 5

Twilight Gemini is arguably one of the least popular films of the series pretty much based on the fact it’s just not a good movie. But this ain’t a movie review that’s just the facts. Anyway the villain’s henchman, Sadachiyo, is gay and the movie does not skirt around it at all. Lupin makes several “jokes” about the character being gay and the character is written to be very perverted and evil (obviously because he’s a henchman) but nonetheless very stereotypical to downright offensive (his character wearing lipstick is a little uh). Ultimately, Goemon returns at the very ass-end of the film to stab him directly in the chest and that’s where that story ends. Now, there isn’t much to say about this character because he really was only around for Lupin to make jokes that weren’t funny before dying. Gotta love them yep huh /eye roll/

Harimou’s Treasure gave us the double whammy of not only a bad joke against intersex people and trans women, but also a nazi joke! hooray. The film uses a slur that some may argue “wasn’t a slur back then” but nonetheless leaves the film to have aged terribly. The character...../sighs/ Herr Maphrodite /SIGHS LOUDER/, is once again a huge offensive stereotype and coincidentally, another villain. By the end of the film Fujiko manages to take him down by.... kissing him.... and he’s so repulsed.... that they just... win somehow. It’s really just an unpleasant scene. But luckily the film isn’t hugely popular (in comparison to Secret of Mamo, Cagliostro, Fuma, etc).

Angel Tactics threw in a new idea with a bisexual woman........... who is also a villain. Detecting a pattern yet? Her name is Lady Joe /HUGE SIGH/ and she is shown to be pretty masculine which there isn’t necessarily anything wrong with until you consider that TMS might have argued otherwise, but the film eventually reveals her “true form” (???) where she’s actually really perverted and her outfit changes to be very revealing and “sexy” (TMS wouldn’t know sexy if it bit em in the ass tbh). It’s almost as if TMS associates being gay with being evil and perverted? Wild.

TWCFM is a split audience in this aspect, with a gay character that some believe is pretty accurate representation and others believe is just another TMS classic gay stereotype. Personally speaking, the fact that Oscar was designed to look like a woman (the same head shape, wide hips and skinny body as Fujiko) and also being notably... /excited/ around Zenigata, I disliked the representation. However, other people (gay people specifically b/c why would I ask straight people how they felt about him lol) believe that he’s actually really speaking to them as a gay character. I mention this because I didn’t personally finish TWCFM so I don’t wanna throw him under the bus as a character, but I will say, he is still a villain in the series as made apparent by his strict hate for Fujiko (presumably out of jealousy).

Part 2 gave us a fast one with the Rose of Versailles episode. It was a crossover episode between the two series and TMS decided to do a very interesting take on it where Lupin literally falls in love with a character disguised as a man. In the episode it’s very apparent he has no idea that the character he’s in love with is actually a woman and actually convinces Jigen and Goemon later that it’s not a big deal. Jigen and Goemon by the by, are not cool with their relationship but eventually grow more neutral about it as the episode progresses. Speaking bluntly, this episode is a very wild outlier in Part 2 as an episode which literally outright confirms Lupin as bisexual (or pan, or any degree of not-straight that tickles your fancy). However, it’s often not acknowledged for ??? reasons. Alongside this in Part 2, there is another episode Lupin disguises himself as a woman to seduce a man for his money, only to find that after revealing himself that the man... doesn’t care. They get married in the episode. I don’t know how this goes over peoples head. Granted, Lupin was in it for the money but I think Lupin of all people could’ve come up with a different plan if he really didn’t want to legally marry a man.

Part 3 also gave us something new with various episodes that imply Jigen might swing that way too. Bear with me here but Part 3 delivers /a lot/ of secluded scenes with Jigen outwardly upset that Lupin ditched him for a woman. Scenes where he looks away from women that Lupin are talking to/about, scenes where he leaves the room when there’s women, scenes where he refuses to look at Lupin when he’s with a woman and just generally more outwardly not interested in women compared to previous Parts where he more-or-less ignores them. Previous Parts, Jigen might not be crazy about women but there isn’t really as many strong visuals as their are in part 3 that suggest he’s explicitly attracted to men (though there are scenes in Part 1 and 2 where he quite literally goes into hysterics over Lupin, thinking he’s dead, though take it as you will). Speaking of more visuals surrounding Jigen specifically related to being gay, I’ll bring up the obvious one being the classic Play Bohz scene, where Jigen is very visibly reading a muscle magazine (a kind of magazine that was specifically popular among gay men in the 80s as a more ‘discreet’ way of essentially reading filth) and I mean. That’s pretty concrete. But there’s also other nods to it like him and Lupin smoking under a billboard with two men kissing on it, Jigen telling Goemon he looks cute in women’s clothing, etc. Part 4 even gives us Fujiko implying that Jigen is jealous at Lupin and Rebecca’s wedding which Jigen.... doesn’t respond to.

Part 5 is where TMS reverts back to its old ways. Actually it’s new ways because part 2 and 3 were the 70s and 80s and all these outwardly homophobic movies happened in the late 90s through the 2000s. But nonetheless we get....another... gay.... villain. hooray. again. His name is Albert in case you haven’t watched it yet. Not only that but he is mentioned offhandedly to be gay in one (1) episode before it’s never mentioned again (not exactly what I’d call representation) and the series also doesn’t shy away from gay jokes that purposely make fun of fans for shipping the characters and just in general make fun of gay people. TMS, it’s 2018, can we stop making gay jokes? They aren’t funny. Zenigata pulling his gun on Lupin for making the joke wasn’t funny, Jigen attempting to kick Lupin’s phone out of his hands wasn’t funny, and even the article claiming they were dating wasn’t very funny because it was deadass a joke made at the expense of fans. A wacky gay joke accompanied with hating your fans is a funny way of writing, huh?

In conclusion, why is it that the 70s and 80s somehow handled hinting at these supposed “controversial topics” better than it was in movies made in the 2000s and then rinsed and repeated again in the year 20 fucking 18. I think if Part 2 can have an episode where Lupin deadass flirts and falls in love with a man, Part 5 should have been capable of not writing homophobic characters. and thats the hot but true take of the day.

NOTE: if y’all try to message me to argue keep in mind 1) theres literally nothing straight about Lupin falling in love with a man and Jigen reading a muscle magazine literally known to target gay men and 2) theres nothing you can do to convince me otherwise so you best be ready to swallow that pill and 3) Don’t @ me with ‘bUT lUPIN lIKES wOMAN’ because yeah. no shit. read up on what being bi means before opening your mouth.

[amerimemedia]

Cowboy Bebop is undoubtedly one of the best anime by far. Is it the best anime to receive a live adaptation  Let's discuss this. Whenever I need a space cowboy fix, I Bebop. I mean, I really fucking love this show, and I'm not ashamed to say it. However, as great as the series is, it does have its' shortcomings. The show is about two down and out bounty hunters that traverse the galaxy in search of some bad guys. They make a little woolongs (money) so they can eat something other than noodles. (They never do.) The best character on the show is Spike, an ex-mafia thug who loses his only love. He leaves the syndicate and joins up with Jet who leaves the police after losing his wife. Faye is a defrosted con artist from the past that woke up in the future having to start a new life. She falls in with the duo because she has nowhere else to go. Then there is the fun-loving Ed. He is nonbinary you won't be able to tell his/her sex until the end of the series.  I don't believe that fact adds or takes away from the story, but I encourage you to watch and see for yourself. Should we watch this play out in live-action? I'm not convinced. The story is finished we know how it ends and it's depressing. Not just the ending, but the series in itself. Not only do they never collect a bounty each of them is only there until something else comes along. Below are 3 anime that could be better suited for live adaptation.  Lupin the 3rd: Lupin and his gang are a group of international thieves who steal only the best with elaborate schemes from their fearless and sometimes reckless leader. Each heist has a happy ending, well, they do for Lupin. He is a criminal mastermind from a long line of criminal masterminds. The cast includes the hitman Jigen who always has Lupin back, the samurai Goemon whose blades have saved the day more often than not, and last but not least, the grifter/con artist Fujiko. Even the detective who chases Lupin around the world with his multiple size handcuffs is entertaining.  Speaking of the world... The different locations in this anime rocks hard... Vegas, France, Singapore each with their different sets of problems makes for more content to pull from. I would love to see a live adaptation for this. Lupin has an ongoing story and even getting a remake as we speak.  Outlaw Star: If you still crave your space cowboy genre, I highly recommend Outlaw Star.  "Starwind and Hawking! We fix everything from tractors to relationships."  Introducing Gene Starwind, a part-time bounty hunter, bodyguard, pirate and whatever else keeps him in space. Notwithstanding, his fear of flying in space, and that castor cannon of his that will basically one-shot anything in the universe, makes a very entertaining show. Outlaw Star has a deeper storyline better cast of characters than Cowboy Beebop. Gene has an actual team and not just people waiting until something else comes along. It checks all the boxes of why we love Cowboy Bebop, and it doesn't have any of the pitfalls. BONUS: this show has space ninja pirates!  Samurai Champloo: If Netflix is just looking to do a one-shot or a complete story about a thrown-together band of misfits look no further than Samurai Champloo. The premise of this anime is pretty simple. It features Jin, Mugan, Fuu and their hunt for the samurai that smells of sunflowers. The trio met through deadly circumstances, Jin, the wandering ronin, kills the governor's guards defending a person who can't pay the wages. Mugan, a crazy and unorthodox swordsman, offers Fuu some protection if she feeds him. Mugan is introduced to the story just looking for a fight and he picks one with Jin. They then rip the restaurant apart trying to kill each other. The two get arrested by the governor. Fuu offers to save them but only if they promise to help her find a samurai that smells like Sunflowers. So, the two warriors agree to put their fight to the death on hold to keep their promise to Fuu.  The quest takes them all over Edo, Japan with a different mix of bad guys in every episode. That keeps the pair of ronin on their toes. Netflix can take the story further because the story ends with them forgetting to finish their fight and they are constantly being hunted.  So what do you think about my suggestions do you agree or disagree? Let me know in the comments section because I, the "Comic Boss" respond to all comments. Do you think Cowboy Bebop is the best anime to bring to life or do you want to see something else?   Also, don't forget to check out our latest article about a new Death Note returning and the Junkies podcast going international with guest James Halmer

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[stealinghero]

Ok uhhhh. Maybe a scenario where the person goes on alot of solo missions with Jigen cause they're a sniper and at the end of one of the missions they decide to confess that they've liked Jigen for a while????

I had a hard time writing it and I hope it’s still okay?? ô_o I like the end. Making Jigen blush is the best feeling in the world!

Who was this man called Jigen? You could list a few things, some pleasant, some not so much. He was a good shooter with a wide variety of guns. He was a former mercenary, serving in several armies, learning the trade of Death.

He was your comrade now and your biggest rival.

And he was the one you had chosen to lose your heart to.

 “D’ya hear me?”

You watched the ruins carefully for a sign of the other sniper, a short reflection on the scope or a lost shot. But there was just silence.

“I do hear you. Any sign of the target?” you whispered into the headset, scanning the ruined village once more.

“None.”

At least he was as useless as you in this situation. Now all you could do was to protect Lupin who was in the middle of at least three snipers, trying to get a certain book in one of the ruins. Luck had it that two of them were his partners.

“Going east. He has to be somewhere,” Jigen told you. He had the advantage over you, having a smaller calibre thus making him more mobile than you with your rifle.

A shot, you had seen the short fire. A volley of shots was traded between the sniper and Jigen who was running through the ruins like an idiot. Why didn’t he take cover?!

You were breathing calmly, taking the spot of the fire into focus. You could see a shadow through your scope, calculating the flight of the bullet, pulling the trigger once. Reload, take the last spot as starting point.

The shots ceased and you were targeting the shadow again, seeing the enemy sniper targeting your position.

“Cover me,” you asked Jigen, getting a wide cover of bullets targeting the sniper. Nice work!

You scrambled up to your feet, getting the rifle up and jogged a few metres further west before taking cover again and setting up your rifle properly.

First action was to look for the other. Carefully you let your scope glide over the ruins until you had Jigen in focus. He was still shooting, a statue of a warrior, giving shot after shot to pin the enemy down. Follow his bullet and you’ll find the sniper…

This time your vision was clear and when you pulled the trigger you didn’t have to look to check the kill.

“Sniper down,” you reported, getting a nod from Jigen who just had to confirm your work again. He was an ass.

A high pitched scream let you turn around to where Lupin had been the last time you had seen him.

He did a dance. In the middle of the ruins, clutching a book, this man had the nerve to dance. Hadn’t he understood that a sniper almost blew his head if not for Jigen and you?!

 “The first shot could’ve been cleaner, you know?”

You kicked the passenger’s seat.

“Shut up, old man. At least I scored the kill.”

“With this calibre it would have been a wonder if not.”

“Says the man who needs glasses to read.”

Lupin snorted behind the wheel and bit his lip not to laugh anymore when Jigen fixated him with an angry look.

 “Can I talk to you?”

He looked up from his book, glasses on the nose.

“What?” he sounded pissed but he closed the book and sat up properly on the couch to make some place for you.

“Sorry.” You still stood in front of him.

“You’re right. I’m just glad that Lupin found you.”

“Me? Why?”

“If I fail we have you as a backup. That’s pretty reassuring.”

“I like you.”

He blinked and took off his glasses to look at you with an incredulous look.

“That’s what I wanted to say,” you added, turned on the spot and left the living room.

 He hadn’t spoken with you since then. Every shared meal was a torture and you were sure he was avoiding you.

“Come on, guys. At least save my ass, okay?”

Several days later, Lupin had finally solved the riddle in the book and you were now in the middle of a real heist, deep in the jungle, but still.

“Do you think there are tigers in here?” you weren’t scared. You were just a bit concerned.

“Lots. Huge hungry fuckers.”

You stared at Jigen who was grinning malicious at you.

“I am going to kill you,” you promised, following Lupin into a cave.

“You are always welcome to try.”

“Stop bickering, you two!”

Silence sat between Jigen and you after Lupin’s short reprimand.

 You had been right behind them! After all this cave was a labyrinth and you had cared for not losing them. But here you were, in the middle of this stupid cave, in complete darkness.

“Hello?” you didn’t want to be louder than unnecessary but your headset didn’t work this deep in the wilderness.

The only thing around you was your echo.

Careful you took one step after the other, testing the ground before you with a foot.

“We’re here!”

You turned around and were unsure where you had heard Jigen’s voice.

“Look down!”

One step after another and suddenly there was nothing underneath your toes. You had held back and now got on all fours to touch the ground. A small light flickered a bit before you.

“Found you!” You suddenly were happy not to have followed them too close because they seemed to have fallen down into a trapdoor.

“Do you have the rope I gave you?” Did you really have to talk to Jigen? Why didn’t you hear Lupin?

“Yes!” Nevertheless you unwound the rope around your body and threw it down to them.

“It will be heavy!” Jigen warned you after the rope had dangled for a bit and you felt a tug.

Heavy? You got up and pulled on the rope. He was right! What the fuck did he let you pull up the hole?

It had been 5 minutes already and you were at the end of your strength when you saw a familiar head coming up. Lupin. And now you knew why he had been so heavy. He was unconscious.

You pulled faster and pressed your feet into the ground to get him fully out of the hole.

 After dressing his head wound you had unbound him and had thrown the rope back into the hole to let Jigen ascend out of it.

“What happened?” You asked when Jigen finally reached for your hand and got out of the trap.

“The ground suddenly vanished. He must have hit his head in the fall.”

“He still doesn’t respond.” You were worrying about that fact, glancing at your comrade.

“At least he’s alive. Let’s camp here until he comes back.”

 You had fallen asleep sometime. Now you were waking up, feeling a blanket on your chest.

“You awake?” Jigen laid on the ground, almost cuddling your rifle, keeping watch for any enemies.

“Yeah. Thanks.” You took off the blanket and blushed a bit when you recognized Jigen’s jacket.

“Lupin?”

“I think he’s sleeping.”

“Wake him up then.”

You shook the thief by the shoulders and were relieved when his eyelids fluttered open.

“You okay?”

With a small smile you registered the fact that Jigen tended to be extremely short with his questions and answers when he was concentrating. But he had a nice ass laying there on the ground.

“The treasure!” Lupin was back to the old him, already getting back on his feet, holding his head with a wince.

 You had won. Sometimes you wondered how such a small diamond got to be to expensive, but you didn’t judge. When the money was right in the end, you were willing to follow Lupin around for a bit longer. Even when you had to fight the consequences more and more. You had been trained as a sniper. A soldier without doubt, following orders without thinking twice. And with Lupin? You were an equal partner, having to do more than just following orders. Getting beaten up, falling into traps and being stuck in the heart of the jungle. Just like now.

“I’m sure Goemon will find us!” he had said when all of you had finally stumbled out of the cave with your treasure. Now was the time to pray he was right because the Samurai was nowhere to be seen.

“Let’s wait here.”

Lupin sat down on a tree stump and lit a cigarette, smoking with a grin.

“Got a minute?” Jigen walked over to you, still having your rifle in his hands. Your heart began to pound. He wanted to talk to you?

“Over here,” he ordered shortly, letting you follow him a bit deeper into the green hell. You followed.

“What is it?” you asked him impatiently.

“Your rifle… you should clean it more properly.”

You blinked. “I do.”

He lit a cigarette and inhaled the smoke before facing you. “It scrapes when you load the bullet.”

“That’s normal.” What the fuck was he trying to say?! You knew what you were doing, having done it a thousand times.

“Clean it more often, then.”

“Jigen, you are going on my nerves.”

“Tell me, why me?!”

The bomb had blown. That’s what he wanted to talk about.

“Why you?”

“Why do you like me?!”

You huffed and showed him your outstretched fingers, counting down.

“You are a good sniper, you are grumpy but trying your best to be nice if someone is down, you can cook, you have a nice smile and a great ass and I like you because you are not stupid.”

“You stared at my ass?!”

You blushed, having talked without thinking.

“Maybe?” This was a good time to go back to Lupin! You turned around and began to walk back.

“You have a nice ass yourself.”

Did you just hear that?! You glances over your shoulder back at Jigen. His face was red but he had managed a mischievous grin.

“Want to touch it?” This was suicide.

“Sure.” He walked up to you and places his hand on your behind like it was its place.

“Nice,” he admitted, blushing more and more, having red ears already.

“So… we are together now or what?” you asked him, kind of liking the touch.

“Okay.”

You began to walk back, slow enough to let him follow, his hand still on your ass, making you laugh a bit.

“Maybe your rifle doesn’t make a scraping sound,” a low voice behind you admitted.

“Maybe I should clean another rifle to demonstrate my cleaning abilities.”

He stopped in his tracks, staring at you with big scared eyes, blood slowly dripping out of his nose.

You loved teasing him.