I like it - I can't wait to see Gordon vs. Zenegatta!

C&C time!

	Lupin and Jigen didn't even break their stride.  They had lived 
through hordes of malformed ninjas attacking them, the mafia pursuing 
them, greedy ninja clans, small armies of assasins,  train wrecks, car 
crashes, and Inspector Zenigata.  It took a lot to unnerve them.  Batman 
waited for them.  About five feet from Batman, Lupin took to the sky, 
diving towards the edge of the roof.  Batman caught him one-handed, 
flipping his hood back in the process.  Lupin grinned.  "Hi there.  How 
you doing?"  Batman's eyes regarded him  coldly.  "Fi--oof." he said, as 
Jigen ran headlong into him.  The three fell from the roof, and plummeted 
towards the pavement.

sounds like LIII....

	Of course, Batman whipped out that wonderful grappling-hook 
gadget of his, snagged a flagpole, and brought the three of them to a 
halt about a foot above the pavement.  At the same moment, Jigen let go 
and Batman dropped Lupin, who in turn dropped his sack.  Lupin grinned, 
nonetheless.  "Hey, thanks for saving our butts there.  Nice outfit."  
He and Jigen backed towards their car, which was, of course, parked 
right out front.  Subtley was never Lupin's strong point.  Batman 
approached them menacingly, then threw five batarangs at the two. Quick 
as a flash, Jigen drew his pistol and shot all five out of the air.  The 
two jumped into the car as Batman stared in disbelief.

...yup, that's LIII.   Two points for Jigen!!!  (Let's see the Joker do
*THAT*!)

	He came to his senses in time to leap onto the roof of the small, 
yellow car as it roared (or rather, choked) to life and headed down the 
street.  Police sirens could be heard as the small, yellow car swerved 
on the street.  Batman hung on gamely.  He crawled onto the roof of the 
car, and began prying at the sunroof.

Oh, god, not the little yellow car!  Poor, Bats.

	Batman's prying at the sunroof was rewarded; it sprang open!  
However, a disdainful-looking Japanese man immediately popped out of the 
opening, holding a vicious-looking katana.  Batman smiled under his mask;  
easy game.  He palmed a handful of smoke pellets, and tossed them at the 
swordsman.  Once again, his eyes widened in disbelief as the swordsman 
nonchalantly batted away the pellets (all 12 of them) with the flat of 
his sword, not even striking them hard enough to cause them to burst.  
Who the hell *WAS* this gang?!  Batman moved closer, and struck at the 
swordsman.  The swordsman, in kind, parried every punch, while managing 
to look terribly bored about the whole affair.  If it wasn't for Batman's 
armored gauntlets, he'd have been on the street, screaming, with bloody 
stumps for arms.  Batman scowled.  This wasn't going anywhere.  
Grudgingly, he let go of the car.  At the same time, he snagged an 
overhanging telephone wire with his grappling-hook.  Goemon managed to 
look faintly impressed as Batman swung up and over the wire, flipping to 
safety.

Even Goemon would have to be impressed with Bats' moves.

headlock, and gave him a noogie, grinning madly.  "That's right, Goemon!  
He was fighting YOU, the greatest samurai EVER!"  Jigen chuckled, and 
Goemon just looked annoyed.

Annoyed?  Isn't that a bit of an understatement? :)

	Jigen's eyes bugged.  "What the hell is that?!" he exclaimed.  
Lupin frowned.  "It's that crazy bat guy again.  Dammit, he's even more 

Waitaminute!  I don't ever remember ever seeing Jigen's eyes.  This might
cause him to lose his cigarette, but not his hat.



l8r!
AlberCrombie
 
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