A/N: Hi everyone! For give my enthusiasm please I am really tired, but this is going to be fun. Lord Zeppelin (my friend, co-author and Beta) and I have been excited about this one. We both love both franchises. So after a while we had an idea we both liked and now, here we are! So before you read there are a few things you should know about what we changed for things in this story:
1. Stands can be seen by anyone and everyone. Not just other stand users people think they're just another quirk type basically.
2. A non stand user can attack a stand.
3. However a stand can usually only be really effected by quirks. How much damage they take be it minor or major is dependent up the strength of the quirk and the durability of the stand.
4. Not everyone will have a stand, just like not everyone has a quirk.
So all that out of the way please...
Enjoy!
Seven year old Izuku Midoriya was staring down three other boys. Glaring and simultaneously trying not to cry. He was scared. Of course he was. But he wasn't going to back down.
"Stop it Ka-Chan! You're hurting him! You don't have to do this!" Izuku yelled to the Ash blonde boy standing in the center of the trio, who smirked, letting off a few small explosions in his palms.
"Get out of the way, Deku! The kid was asking for it," Bakugo said, shrugging.
"No, if you won't stop, then…" Izuku paused swallowing, was he really about to do this? He looked over his shoulder at the other boy behind him sprawled on the ground and nodded.
"I'll stop you myself!" Izuku said, raising his trembling hands.
"Fine, suit yourself, Deku!" Bakugo called out as the three boys all rushed the green-haired child. He closed his eyes ready for the hits and then he felt something. It was an odd feeling in the pit of his stomach. It spread outward. It seemed to separate from him and then-
"DORA!" A small, somewhat shrill-sounding voice rang out. Izuku opened his eyes. Bakugo was laying flat on his back, the other two boys had stopped in shock.
In front of Izuku stood a small muscled figure about the same size as him. It had dark green skin the same shade as Izuku's hair, and all over its body were silver diamond-shaped plates. It was glaring at the others and judging by the position, it had been what knocked Bakugo flat.
"Uh, what's that!?" One of the boys asked. The figure turned it's glare to him and the boy jumped backward, the other boy however got a little closer.
"Whoa, I think it's his quirk! Look at it, it looks so… cool." He admitted reaching out a hand to touch it this was mistake on his part.
"DORARA!" It cried out again before landing several swift punches to the other boy's gut, knocking him backward.
"Whoa, hold on Izuku call off that whatever it is!" The large tubby boy with wings said, waving his arms from side to side.
Call it off? Izuku wasn't even sure how he had called it out, if he even had. He reached out to it and the thing smiled as he set his palm on it's shoulder.
"Go, leave him alone or I'll have it attack again!" Izuku warned as Bakugo sat up stunned but smiling.
"Well, well maybe your aren't so defenseless after all Deku. Weird quirk though. Even so, it'll never be as good as mine!" Bakugo said, sticking his tongue out as the being narrowed its eyes.
"Still, I guess there's really no point in fighting right now, we'd all get in trouble. So you both get off the hook for now," Bakugo said, spitting on the ground before giving a wave to the other two boys who followed him away.
Izuku watched making sure they were gone before he turned to the boy behind him; "Are you okay?" He asked reaching out and helping him to his feet.
"Yeah, thanks. Your quirk is really cool!" The other boy said before noticing Izuku was crying a little.
"Are you okay? I didn't see you get hurt by them," The little boy asked.
"No, it's not that," Izuku said, wiping his eyes and cheeks of tears. "It's nothing. Really," Izuku lied.
What he wasn't telling the boy was that all his young life, he thought that he'd be quirkless due to something the doctors told him some time ago. However, as he stood here in this moment, he knew now that they were wrong, and this being standing beside him was proof of that.
He recalled his mom saying his dad had a quirk similar to this. He had never used it around Izuku, but that seemed to have more to do with his near constant travel than anything else.
'Mom! I've gotta get home and show her!' He thought excitedly, running off as the being seemed to fade into him.
He ran all the way home, which he almost regretted given that they lived on the seventh floor of the apartment complex. He burst into the living room and found his mother watching TV.
"Mom…*gasp* Mom *pant* Look! I've got a quirk like dad!" He said trying to catch is breath for a moment.
"Izuku slow down what are you talking about? Is everything okay?" She asked bringing him a glass of water which he gratefully gulped down.
"Yes! I've got a quirk! I've got a quirk look!" He said closing his eyes and focusing as hard as he could before the small being sprang out of him faster than it had the first time. It hovered in front of him as he smiled.
"See!? Now I can be hero!" Izuku said happily. Inko was speechless for so long that a deafening silence settled between them. Just before he could say anything else, his mom pelted into him with a hug that nearly knocked him flat, not that it would have been hard.
"Izuku! That's wonderful!" She said, holding him tight as he could feel her crying a little in joy as his quirk faded and he hugged her back.
Hours later, while Izuku was bathing, Inko pulled out a small very special cell phone. Her husband had given this to her before he left on his last trip, telling her to phone him with this if something bad happened, or if Izuku's quirk manifested while he was away. Otherwise he would usually get in touch once every few weeks.
Opening it up, she dialed the only number in it. The phone rang only twice before he answered.
"Inko! What's happened!? Are you or Izuku hurt!?" He asked instantly and she smiled at his worry.
"No dear, we're fine. It's just Izuku's quirk finally manifested!" She said excitedly.
"Are you serious?! That's great! What did he get, my bet was on telekinesis like you." He said seeming much more relaxed but excited.
"Actually, his quirk is one just like yours." She admitted. A solid minute of near silence besides some scuffling in the background stretched. She was starting to worry before her husband spoke again.
"Inko are you… hold on. Jotoro! Can you finish this already I'm trying to talk to my wife!?"
"Is now really the best time for that!?" Another male's voice asked, sounding highly calm and a bit sarcastic.
"Yes! It's about my son! Sorry about that Inko. Anyway, you're sure, right?" He asked, apparently ignoring whatever was going on behind him.
"Of course I am he showed it to me. It even kind of looks like yours." She said still a bit worried.
"Right, okay Inko can you keep Izuku home or with you for a little while like maybe for the next day or so? However long it takes me to get back?" He asked.
"I mean sure, of course I can, but why?"
"Well, with this he's going to need some training or his new quirk might pop out whenever he gets scared and hit things. Can't have that. Plus, I have some family members you both should meet. We shouldn't be too long in getting there." He said seriously.
"Oh, well alright, but will it attack me too?" She asked.
"It shouldn't you're his mother he loves and trusts you just don't sneak up and scare him and it should be okay." He said before she heard a small rumble go off in the background on his end.
"He's getting away!" The other voice said.
"Oh for the love of… Inko I gotta go! I'll see you both in a few days. Tell Izuku I love him, love you too!" He said quickly before hanging up.
'Well that was… bizzare.' She thought closing the old flip phone, she was never sure what all her husband got up to while he was away, but that seemed important and he always came back mostly alright so she hadn't really asked or rather he never really had a fully straight answer for her.
-Two Days Later, Mid Afternoon-
Inko and Izuku were getting home from grocery shopping. As requested, she had kept Izuku with her at nearly all times. He seemed happy throughout. He would summon his quirk and try to see if he could get it to talk, but so far it hadn't said a word.
As they returned home they found that there were several black cars parked outside their complex. Several men with large symbols bearing the initials SWF stood around the whole place.
"Mom, what's going on? Is everything okay?" Izuku asked as one of his hands seemed to become one of his quirk's.
"I don't know, dear. Stay close, alright?" She asked and he nodded as one of the men approached.
"Ah! Mrs. Midoriya! It's a pleasure to meet you. Sorry if things seem a little intense, we're just doing a floor by floor sweep to make sure everything is clear. Your husband is of course in your home," The agent said in a professional tone.
"Wait, dad's here!?" Izuku asked excitedly.
"Indeed he is. Please follow me," He said as he led the mother-son duo up to their home where they were let in by another agent, who in turn led them into the living room.
"And over here is one of me and Inko when Izuku was born. Man, it feels so long ago now," A voice said. Turning slightly to the left, they were met with a pair of tall men, both easily over 190 cm each.
One was wearing a white uniform with gold buttons on the jacket along with a matching hat with gold decals in the shape of a dolphin forming a "J" and a sun next to it, looking as if it was forming the word "Jo".
The other was wearing a purple suit with gold, heart-shaped pins in the lapel with matching shoes and pants. His most distinguishing feature however was his pompadour style hairdo that rest comfortably atop his head. That was a hairstyle that Izuku and Inko could recognize anywhere.
Turning around, the man with the eccentric hairstyle looked at the pair and smirked a bit in recognition.
"Dad?" Izuku asked in hope.
"How ya been, kid?" Josuke Higashikata asked, his smirk turning to a genuine smile as tears of joy fell from his son's eyes before Izuku ran up to his father and tackled him in a hug, which Josuke took effortlessly as he picked up and hugged his boy back.
"I've been great! I got a quirk! Did Mom tell you?" He asked as Josuke chuckled.
"Yeah she did, and it was such good news I had to come back and see you. Both of you." He said before they both looked to Inko.
"So, you going to stare or join in the hug?" Josuke asked opening his other arm in time to catch her in a hug as well.
"Heh, fatherhood looks good on you Josuke, I must admit." The other man said with a small smile.
"Yeah, thanks. I should probably introduce you all. Inko, this is Jotoro Kujo. He's my partner when we travel, and also, technically speaking, our... nephew," Josuke said awkwardly.
"Nephew? How can he be our nephew? He's at least nine, ten years older than us!?" Inko asked, clearly confused.
"It's a long story. You see, my dad, he uhh…" Josuke stammered a bit.
"Great Grandpa Joseph apparently couldn't keep it in his pants," Said a girl's voice. Turning around, Inko saw a girl who looked to be only a year, maybe two, older than Izuku. She had dark blue hair with blonde streaks done into a long braid. Her eyes looked like Jotoro's and if anything she seemed a bit bored by proceedings.
"Jolyne, you shouldn't talk like that," Jotoro said in a slightly stern voice.
"What, I was just telling the truth. He always dances around it," She shrugged.
"That doesn't mean you had to say it. Where's your brother? You're supposed to be keeping an eye on him."
"He saw all the All Might figures and wanted to look at them closer so I left him there," She said.
"Wait! Someone's playing with my figures!? Someone's in my room!?" Izuku exclaimed in slight panic, wiggling out of his father's arms and making a dash for his room.
"Wow, he can really move when he wants to," Jolyne observed before turning back to Inko and giving a slight bow.
"Nice to finally meet you Grand Aunt Inko," She said.
'Grand Aunt!? I, but…' Inko's brain seemed to short out a bit. "I need some tea," She finally breathed as the other adults and Jolyne all nodded and followed her to the living room.
Meanwhile, Izuku had sprinted down the hallway until he reached his room where he looked to find a young boy about his age examining one of his favorite All Might action figures in his hands. He was around the same height as Izuku (give or take a few centimeters) with unkempt black hair and wearing a red t-shirt and blue jeans.
"Hey!" Izuku exclaimed, startling the boy and causing him to drop the action figure. Time seemed to move in slow motion as Izuku's face turned to one of panic. Just before the toy hit the ground, the boy shouted.
"Deep Purple!" He exclaimed loudly as a purple being appeared beside him and seemingly flew toward the ground caught the figure before it hit the hardwood surface. The being, after catching the precious toy, stood back up as both it and the boy looked to Izuku.
Izuku got a better look at the strange being and saw that it stood the same height as the boy. It was a light purple in color and its bottom half seemed to be made of purple vines that were unraveled to the point that it didn't have legs. The vines that made up its body seemed to stretch to the young boy and attached to his feet like a shadow. It's most prominent feature was the large, yellow stars on its deltoids. Stars the looked incredibly familiar to young Izuku.
"Sorry about that, I wasn't trying to scare you, I just don't want my stuff ruined some of it is really special," Izuku said carefully, staring at the other boy and then at the being beside him.
"Right sorry, I was just looking. I promise," The other boy said as the being beside him tilted it's head to the side curiously.
"Well thanks I guess, I'm just not exactly used to guests," Izuku admitted before cautiously reaching forward and taking the figure. The being made a move and out of defensive reflex Izuku jumped backward as his quirk came out as well, glaring at the other.
"Whoa! You have one too!" The other boy said excitedly before seeming to notice the tension between the two beings.
"Oh, sorry hold on," He said as his own withdrew back into him.
"See, no threat I guess we both kinda scared each other," He said a bit awkwardly as Izuku withdrew his own quirk.
"Yeah, so you have a quirk like me and dad's too, huh!? That's pretty cool! Though what was with those big symbols on its arms?" He asked.
"Oh, those? It's my family's birthmark. Everyone from dads side has one. It's on the back left shoulder usually. When my quirk came out the first time it just had them," He shrugged.
"Hey, I've got that birthmark too!" Izuku said excitedly moving his shirt to the side to show the purple star-shaped marking on his inner left shoulder.
The other boy smiled shifting his own shirt to show the same mark; "So, I guess that means we're related then! Are you, Grand Uncle Josuke's son? He said that we were going to see his family when they came to get me and my sister,"
"Yeah, that's my dad," Izuku said happily before a thought occurred to him, "So if my dads your Grand Uncle, what does that make us?"
The other boy also looked puzzled- "Huh you know I never thought about that. I think it means we're cousins of some sort?" He asked, shrugging after a moment.
"By the way we didn't start this right. Hi, My names Jonah Kujo," He said offering a hand for Izuku, who shook it, smiling.
"Izuku Midoriya," He said.
Before either of them could say much more, Inko called out from the living room for Izuku. Having nothing better to do Jonah followed him out to the adults.
After everyone had had a snack, Josuke looked beyond excited.
"Alright, I think it's about time, wouldn't you say Jotaro?" He asked as the bigger man gave a slight nod of his head.
"Good grief, we might as well get on with it if it'll get you to stop bouncing around like a kid on a sugar rush."
"Hey! It's a big moment alright!? I'm allowed to be excited," Josuke said defensively before turning to his son with a wide smile.
"Alright then, Izuku. Show me your Stand!"
"You mean my quirk?" Izuku asked, confused.
"Well, yeah, I mean... sort of. We'll explain later, I promise, but I want to see it first," He said waving his arms a little in the same manner his son often did.
"Okay?" Izuku said, slightly confused before shrugging. Getting off the couch, he stood in the center of the room and produced his quirk. The small being came out and stood beside him as Izuku leaned on its shoulder, smiling.
"Aw, look at it! It's like a small Crazy Diamond! I'm gonna call it Little Diamond!" He said excitedly, examining it from every angle.
"Dad, that's not his name," Izuku muttered, a bit red-faced.
"Oh, did you already give him a name then?" Josuke asked.
"Well no, not really. I wanted to name it something like yours, but I couldn't think of anything yet," Izuku admitted.
"Huh, well if Little Diamond's out, what about… Diamond Is Forever?" Josuke asked after a minute's thought.
"I… kinda like that! Do you?" Izuku asked, looking to the being in question which just smiled at him, "I'll take that as a yes." Izuku said.
"Alright then. Welcome to the family, Diamond is Forever," Josuke said before producing his own Crazy Diamond, which smiled down at the smaller being.
"Come on, everyone! I want a picture. All Stands out too!" Josuke said.
There was a collective sigh from Jotaro and his kids, but after a moment he nodded. Knowing Josuke, he was unlikely to drop this. It was better to get it over and done with.
Once he had setup the camera, he gave another wave, and for the first time, Izuku got to see the other stands he hadn't before.
Jolyne's was different from her brother's. It looked humanoid like the others, with a similar height and build to Jolyne's own. However her's was blue, and seemed to be wearing a pair of sunglasses. It also seemed to have studs all over its body and from a few openings, Izuku thought its insides looked to be made of silk.
However, out of all the "Stands", as his father called them, that he's seen today, Jotaro's was possibly the most impressive.
It stood as tall as Jotaro himself and was practically made of muscle with studded gauntlets with a loincloth and boots. It reminded Izuku of a stereotypical Barbarian class character in some of the RPGs that he'd play sometimes (Minus the giant battle axe, of course). He couldn't help but be in awe of its appearance and presence.
"Before we take this picture, allow me to clarify something to you, Izuku. What you think is a quirk is in reality something completely different. The power that we Joestars possess, these beings that stand by our side, even in the most trying of times. They're called… A Stand," Jotaro explained, his Stand floating proudly beside him.
"A Stand is a manifestation of a person's soul. Whether it be conjured from our base desires or a physical embodiment of our fighting spirit, your Stand will be there to protect and fight for you whenever you need it to."
Izuku was, to say the least, stunned by this revelation. To say that these Stands were not, in fact, quirks, but in reality something else entirely, flipped the young boy's world view on its head.
After they took the family photo, the family sat down once more and Jotaro cleared his throat.
"Now that we've gotten the pleasantries out of the way, it's time we get down to business," He said as he reached into his jacket and took out a set of polaroid photographs.
"For those of you who don't know, Josuke's father and my grandfather, Joseph Joestar, is a Stand user like the rest of us. His power is known as Hermit Purple and has the power of divination. He has the power to create psychic images using his Stand. Unfortunately, due to his failing health on account of his old age, he can't use it too much these days. However, I've recently requested that he use it to locate a… distant relative of ours," He said as he placed the photos down on the coffee table. The three photos showed a fancy house with brilliant architecture, a street sign that looked to be in what some of the group assumed to be Italian, and finally, a young man with curly golden locks in a flamboyant outfit with a ladybug pin on his left coat breast.
"This man's name is Giorno Giovanna, he used to be known as Haruno Shiobana. To be blunt without being too confusing, he's something of a cousin to all of us, as well as the son of a man Joseph and I once faced off against named DIO. That story is far too long for me to get into here and now." Jotaro sighed and Izuku saw his eyes narrow just slightly, as if remembering something unpleasant and frustrating.
"Anyway, a friend of mine and Josuke's kept track of him for us for a short time a few years back. However, since he came home, Giorno became damn near impossible for us to find for a long while. Only recently has he shown back up on our radar and he has a lot more influence than he did when we last saw him. Lately we've had the feeling we need to go and see him."
"A feeling?" Izuku asked confused.
"Yes, Stand users tend to be drawn to each other, much like a pair of magnets. This is a trip we've been meaning to go on, but Izuku manifesting his stand along with Giorno coming back on the radar and other rumors the Speedwagon Foundation have been hearing, things are picking up, so we think it would be best for us all to go and visit Giorno just as a precaution and to warn him of the danger that might be coming. Think of it as a family reunion," Jotaro said.
"Basically, what we're saying is pack a bag, Inko. You too, Izuku. We're all going on a vacation to Italy!" Josuke said excitedly.
"I wouldn't call it a vacation, but we are going to Italy. Our jet leaves at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning," Jotaro added, taking a seat on the couch.
"That, that doesn't give us much time for a trip like this! We need passports for a start." Inko said.
"I took care of that actually. All the passports and everything, including hotel, is set. You just need to pack," Josuke said, smiling. Inko for the second time was stunned, and Josuke chuckled.
"How long are we going to be away?" Inko asked
"Not sure, it'll depend upon how our meeting with Giorno goes."
"Go pack Inko, I'll explain more later. I promise," Josuke said before turning to his son, "Izuku, why don't you take Jolyne and Jonah to your room. They can help you pack."
"Oh, uh, sure. I guess," Izuku said as Jonah and Jolyne followed him out of the room.
Once they were sure they were alone Josuke's face became serious, "So we're sure that Giorno isn't working with this All For One guy, right?"
"Yes, we are as sure as we can be anyway. If anything, Giorno seems to be a target of All For One and whoever his new ally is."
"It has something to do with this DIO guy, but you said you defeated him right?"
"Yes, but his influence and his followers seem to stretch farther than I thought. We aren't sure what they're plan is for sure. All Might says things between him and All For One are personal, whoever this ally is and whatever they want to do we don't know right now, but they're coming after those linked to DIO and the Joestars. Whether to kill them or not I am not sure."
"Putting Giorno right in their crosshairs. As well as us, so what we're going to warn him just in case?"
"Basically and we'll see how things go from there. The kids are going because it's the best way to keep them safe is to keep them with us. Anyways, you should go talk to your wife, I'll see if the Speedwagon Foundation can get us any more information."
"Right, thanks Jotaro," Josuke said, going to talk to Inko as Jotaro stared out the window.
"Good grief, things can never be simple can they?" He muttered to himself before heading out to the agents.
A/N: So ends chapter one! Seriously we had a lot of fun planning this story and writing this chapter. I think it turned out great, and we both hope that you like it! If you're reading this, thank you for taking the time to read this story weappreciate all reviews and what not assuming we get a few. Thank you all and have pleasant evening or day!
