Lupin III Fan Fiction ❯ Love Potion Fujiko Mine ❯ Game On ( Chapter 2 )

Love Potion Fujiko Mine

By Bekka Mouri-Hibiki

(Lupin isn't mine and I really don't own anything. Lupin and the guys head for their goal.)

Part Two: Game On

Jigen glance up into the rearview mirror and looked at Goemon. The samurai looked like he was sleeping but Jigen knew better. " Goemon. "

Goemon's eyes remained closed but he arched an eyebrow in response. " Yes? What is it? "

" How much do you know about this love potion? You obviously know more than we do, " Jigen reached into his jacket for a cigarette. He rolled up the window, lit it and rolled the window back down.

" I don't know as much as you think I do but I do know more than you two. I have heard that this concoction is so potent it will make anyone who takes it into so irresistible to the opposite sex; they will need mace to fight them off. I have also heard that it makes those who take it into an insatiable madman who wants to do nothing but rut like a weasel until he passes out from pure physical exhaustion. "

Lupin looked away from the road and into the mirror, " So you want some of potion to go all out when you finally give up your virginity, eh? "

Jigen laughed but Goemon didn't find Lupin's comment very amusing. He opened his eyes and snarled, " LUPIN! "

" It's okay, Goemon. I won't tell anyone! " Lupin said in a mock soothing tone then chuckled.

" I won't tell either, " Jigen said as he caught his breath from laughing so hard.

Goemon's cheeks were red but neither Jigen nor Lupin was sure if it was from embarrassment or from anger. He shut his eyes again, speaking with a strained even tone. " People are dying from using the potion. Some of them can't handle the physical strain the potion makes them put them through and they are dropping dead. "

Jigen whistled, " I can't think of a better way to go. How about you, Lupin? "

Lupin smiled, " Only if I can die in Fujiko's arms. "

" It would be good revenge for all the times she's screwed you over, " Jigen said and both men laughed.

Goemon growled but otherwise stayed quiet. It was bad enough that he had to utter Fujiko's name at the hotel. He would have said something in her defense but he didn't want Jigen or Lupin assuming anything. The truth of the matter was Goemon had grown rather fond of Fujiko… and it was driving him up the wall.

~How could I be having thoughts about such a self-centered materialistic and licentious woman? ~ He thought to himself as her image appeared in his mind. He quickly pushed it away but it was getting harder to keep it at bay. Perhaps hanging out with Lupin and Jigen was finally starting to affect him.

" Is there anything else you know? " Jigen asked, bringing Goemon out of his thoughts.

" That's all I know besides where the potion is made, " Goemon replied.

" And where is that? " Lupin said.

" Malta. If you want to be exact, it is made on the island of Gozo. "

Jigen smirked, " How appropriate. "

Lupin looked at Jigen, " What do you mean? "

Jigen ground the end of his cigarette in the corner of his mouth as contemplated what he would say for a moment then spoke. " Have you ever read 'The Odyssey'? "

" Wasn't that by that Homer guy? " Lupin asked.

" Yeah. Anyway, Calypso held Odysseus captive for seven years. Supposedly, there's a cave on Gozo that everyone believes is the cave she had him in, " Jigen grinned as Lupin smiled, confident it had clicked in Lupin's mind.

" She held him there as a love slave or something like that, right? " Lupin smirked.

Jigen nodded, " Yep. That's about the size of it. "

Lupin glanced up in the mirror, " I don't know about you guys but being a woman's plaything for seven years sounds like a lot of fun to me. "

Goemon's frown deepened, " Count me out. As I understand, Odysseus only stayed because the nymph offered him immortality. I personally see it as blackmail. "

" Immortality? " Lupin nearly shouted. " Why'd the jerk leave her then? "

" Zeus ordered that he be released, " Jigen shrugged. " Odysseus couldn't go against his word and neither could Calypso. "

" Wasn't she the daughter of some gods? " Lupin asked.

" Yes. I thought you read the story. "

Goemon snorted, " Lupin probably fell asleep half-way through. "

Lupin ignored Goemon's comment, " If she was, then she could still be alive. "

" I hate to shoot down your dreams, Lupin. Calypso died of grief shortly after Odysseus left, " Jigen flicked his spent cigarette out the window.

Lupin growled and frowned, " Damn. "

Jigen patted him on the shoulder " Don't worry. There'll probably be a nymph there for you anyway. "

" Yeah. It'll probably be Fujiko… " Lupin muttered. He was excited at the thought of seeing Fuji-cakes but he knew she would find some way to swindle and connive herself a part of the take… she always did.

" I said a nymph… not a nympho, " Jigen said and both men laughed as Goemon tried to ignore them.

**

The bus ride was getting uncomfortable and Fujiko really needed to pee. ~I shouldn't have had so much water before getting on… ~ She thought as she shifted uncomfortably in her seat. She had tried five times to get up and go to the small restroom at the back of the bus but someone else always seemed to be faster than her and it was starting to piss her off. She heard the door open and bounded out into the aisle.

She moved as fast as she could to the miniscule lavatory only to find a rather rotund woman with a small child had somehow managed to get ahead of her. She reached out to the lady and tapped her on the shoulder. The obviously dyed blonde woman turned and glared at Fujiko. " What do you want? " She said in a very annoyed tone.

" I'm sorry but could I please get in there first, " Fujiko asked although she wasn't quite sure how she would get past the woman's girth. " I've needed to go for the last twenty minutes. "

" Then hold it for ten more. My child is about to have an accident and I have had to go for longer than that! " The fat lady barked and squeezed into the restroom, slamming the door in Fujiko's face.

Fujiko narrowed her eyes but resisted the urge to reach for her gun. She had to keep a low profile until she infiltrated the factory for the 'golden potion', as it had been called. She had to behave until she reached Marsalforn but she didn't know if she would be able to make it another ten minutes without evacuating her bladder. A rather wicked idea came to her and she walked back down the aisle, looking for the fat woman's empty seat.

**

" What do you mean there are two hotels named that? " Zenigata screamed as he leaned into the police chief's face.

" I tried to tell you, " The Italian ICPO chief said stoically. " You were so ready to get going and I couldn't get your attention. I hoped you would notice when you got there. Please get out of my face, Inspector. "

Zenigata stepped back, " I didn't think this town would have two hotels named the same thing. "

" Actually, the second one was built just a few years ago and is connected to the original hotel by a subterranean tunnel, " The chief sighed. " If you had waited, I would have told you. "

" We lost Lupin and I have no idea where he went! " Zenigata shouted.

" Please do not yell over something that is your fault and not mine. If you would please calm down, I will tell you what I have heard. You may not have lost Lupin yet, " The chief smirked. " Do you think you can be a good boy and stand still long enough to hear what I have to say? "

Zenigata nodded but kept his mouth shut. He had already chased Lupin though Italy and was now on the Sicilian coast without anything to show for all of his trouble. All he wanted to do was catch Lupin and not end up helping him get away one more time. He had ended up doing that enough to get demoted to toilet cleaner at ICPO.

" Have you heard about the love potion that is making the underworld buzz, Inspector? "

" Love potion? " Zenigata asked, not quite sure he had heard the police chief right.

" Indeed. It seems there is a company manufacturing a love potion that seems to work so well, people all over the world are cleaning out their bank accounts for just a half an ounce. Do you understand what I'm saying? "

Zenigata thought about it for a moment and shook his head, " Not quite. "

The chief clenched his fist, " That means the people making this supposed potion are raking in a lot of money. What attracts Lupin more than anything? "

" A nice rack and a cute rear end? " Zenigata replied without thinking.

" No! Well, yes! But that's not it!!! What other thing attracts Lupin like a bee to honey? " The chief looked like he needed a drink and preferably something strong.

" Oh! Money! " Zenigata slapped himself in the face.

" Yes. Lupin is bound to hear about this little concoction and head right for where the potion is being made as soon as he finds out where it is. One of the informants say it is being manufactured in Malta so I suggest you head out immediately. "

Zenigata saluted, " Yes sir. "