Disclaimer: I don't own any of this characters. They belong to Hirohiko Araki.
This is my life now, roommates with a girl I met only weeks ago. She's spontanous, funny, gentle and caring. But most importantly, she definitely makes my life more interesting. It's nice to be hit with a unannouced left turn every now and again. Keeps people on their toes. Then I am still unhappy? Why do I feel like I'm not supposed to be here? Why do I feel my blood stir whenever I'm around her dad? Why am I still asking myself questions?
So here I am sitting in a church for another weekly chat with Enrico Pucci. I'm still not big on religion, but Pucci has been nice to me. He even after I didn't take his advice. He checked up on me. He still voices his concern about me being with her, but he doesn't overstep his boundaries. I'm sure he will become an honorable child of god.
"Do you what the anthropic principle is?" Pucci asks me as he takes an apple.
We spent most of our time together talking about philosophy. Exchanging ideologies and ways to make the world better in our own ways. Talking about the comings and goings of the world is always seems to put me at ease.
"No, I have never heard of it." I tell him as I peel an orange. "Was I purposed to know about it?"
Pucci smiles as he takes a bite. He shakes his head.
"It's something I heard about." Pucci said. "The univerise is the way it exists now simply because human beings could observe it and determine that this it the way it is. In this world there are sentiant beings called humans who could think on higher planes. Because of the laws physics and constance, human beings can observe and prove that the universe exists. Because of this the existence of the universe apparent. But, if humans evolve far enough to acreage this, the universe wouldn't have anyone to acknowledge it's existence and thus wouldn't exist at all. The universe exists because humans know it does."
That's a mouthful. That;s somewhere with if a tree falls in the woods and there's no one around to hear it, would it make a noise?
"The univerise is what it is regardless if people acknowledge it or not." I counter.
"Well that's also correct." Pucci said. "The anthropic principle is ony a theory. But it does create a good point, especially with us stand users. Why would the universe create people like us and allow us to live with high enough intellects so that we could acknowledge it. A small change in the gravitational constant or particle mass ratio to not allow a planet like the Earth to exist, would it not?"
"That is true." I said as I separate the orange. "Where are you going with this?"
"What if you had the power to change the world?" Pucci said. "Would could destroy it or change it into whatever you would want it to be. It would be the end of the world as we know it. Nobody would challenge it because no one would know it happened. Maybe it happened already and we just don't know. Maybe it's been destroyed and rebuilt lots of times already."
Pucci smiled a little as he finished the apple. I take a bite of my orange and give him a serious look.
"I don't believe that." I told him. "This is my theory. The world as and always be the way it is. Psychic powers, ripple, and stands are tangible elements in reality,"
"I know you don't believe a single word you just said." Pucci said. "You just said the to counter what I just told you. By the way, the anthropic principle was never my personal beliefs on the universe. Just something to talk about. But just for arguement's sake, which one makes more sense?"
Pretty much all theories are just convenient excuses to explain how the world works. God created this and god made that. Do this or we won't have a good harvest this year. Give me a break. I can't believe these are so primitive that they believe this nonsense. Can also predicts lifespans and could find their way around the world by looking at the stars.
"Regardless of what I say, neither one makes more sense than the other." I said. "Because there is no guarantee that what I say can't be proved to be a lie further down the road."
"Very eleqount, very like you to say that." Pucci said. "Very like you to give a conflicted answer."
"What's the point on picking a side." I said. "No matter who side you pick, there is always a side directly opposing your own. The anthropic principal, auto evolution, there all nothing more than ideas made to help the weak-minded sleep soundly at night. Those who refuse to think for themselves. They disgust me."
"How so?" Pucci asked me.
"They don't have the strength to say no or stand up for themselves." I said as I finish the orange. "They use it as an excuse not to fight. I would rather die standing by my ideals then to live and abandon them. It's one thing to throw away ideologies once they are exposed as flawed and you can no longer live by them. It's a completely other thing to throw them away in exchange for your life. It's pathetic. Why would you desperately cling to life if this is how you live it? Living in fear, dreading the day you are finally stomped out under the oppressive boot of your current master."
"But, that is the way the world works." Pucci said. "People are strong, or they are weak. People make peace with the lives they're given and only pray that their good deeds will give solace when they leave this place for the afterlife."
I snort at his comment.
"There is no such thing as peace." I said. "Peace on this Earth is a lie. For hundreds of years people have fought and killed for the sake of peace. Yet they had countless people opposing them. Why? Because they don't agree with what believed to be peace. Universal peace is unrealistic idea that will never truly exist."
"Then what would do if you had the power to change things?" Pucci asked.
"Create a world for where I no longer have to care for the weak." I admitted. "Maybe create the perfect world. If that's even possible. Maybe, I'll rule through fear. I know that fear cannot bring peace, but it will bring obedience."
"You can make a perfect world." Pucci said. "I can help you do it. But you know what you have to do if you truly want this to happen."
"I don't know man." I said. "How would that be possible?"
"Meet me here at later this evening and I'll show you." Pucci said getting up. "I'll have to make the preparations for this, so I'll have to quit our conversation short today. There is someone who I need to see for this to work. I hope you understand."
"I do." I said. "See you then."
"When you return make sure you're alone, I wouldn't want her to see this." Pucci said as he disappeared in the shadows.
I leave the church.
Talking to Pucci always seems to get my mind away from my problems. The perfect world, huh. Could that really be an option? How would that work? Why can't I bring Jolyne? Man, I have got to kick this habit of talking to myself. I'm sure he has his reasons. I walk to park and sit on the bench. Watching people pass by.
"Stay away from the priest."
Am I hearing things? I could have sworn something. I look around and I don't seeing anything out of the ordinary. Maybe just a little restless or something.
"I'll do as I please." I said out loud as I place my hands behind my head.
"Big sister won't like that. You don't want to cause her pain. Stay away from the priest."
What's going on here? I know I heard that. Sometimes I feel like is a cruel joke. We find out what purpose in life is,but when that time comes we are too old to do anything about it. So we die with our lives unfulfilled. Some people are out to find love. So what happens after you find it? Or what about people who want to protect another person or there families? What if that person or those people die? Movies can't teach you how to handle that because by the time you reach that part, the movies is at the end. Happily ever after, give me a damn break.
I'm borught back down to earth by my phone ringing. I answer it without looking. I need to stop doing that.
"Hello?" I said.
"It's been awhile." I hear a familiar voice say. "What have you been up to? I have heard rumors, but I want to get the news from the man himself."
F, my friend from my old college. We haven't spoke since the day I left.
"What rumors?" I ask him.
"The word is, you broke up with Sophie and now you're drifting around the world until you come back to her with your tail between your legs." He said.
The first part is true. I wonder who spread the rumor about the second part.
"Did you find an answer to my question?" He asked. "I know you aren't coming back. I know you're not living on the streets."
He still gets right to the point.
"I'm not living on the streets, but I don't have an answer quite yet." I told him. "I'm working on it though. Maybe you should come by and visit. See for yourself how I'm living."
"Maybe I will." He said. "I think my time here has run its course. It's about time I moved to another place anyways."
"For someone who looks like the strong silent type, you're awfully preachy." I told him.
"Well excuse me for trying to help you find purpose." He said.
"Forgive me, the strong, silent, and sensitive type." I said with a laugh.
"Whatever, I'll see you around." He said.
I hung up the phone. It's good to hear from F. I look up at the clouds. I bet life would be so much easier if I were a cloud. Just drifting about without a care in the world. That would be the life. At the same time, a part of is still intrigued by the idea of a perfect world. With the power of my stand, could I actually rule the world?
"What are you doing here?" I hear someone say.
I turn to see Jolyne walking up to me. She smiles at me and takes a seat near me on the bench. I didn't answer her. She nudges me with her shoulder. I still didn't answer her. She nudges me again.
"I don't know really." I admit. "I wanted some fresh air or something along those lines."
"You know, I kind of glad you're here." She said.
"Why is that?" I ask turning to her.
"Because I'm meeting a friend." Jolyne said. "She should be here any minute. I think you would like her. Although she's a bit out there."
She looks around.
"There she is." She pointed out someone in the crowd of people.
I look to where she is pointing and I see a girl come towards us holding a big cup and two gloves.
"Ready to play?" She said.
"Yeah." She said taking a glove. "Dion, this is Foo fighters."
"Nice to meet you." I said.
"Same." She said taking a big sip of whatever is in that cup. "Sorry, I only have two gloves."
"It's cool." I tell her.
"Well can you watch my cup for me." She said placing her cup to the side.
Jolyne puts her glove on, but then she makes a weird face and takes it off.
"F.F, you forgot to restoring the laces like I told you to." Jolyne said then she turns to me. "Hey Dion, hold the glove while I fix the laces."
I get up from the bench and do what I told. Foo Fighters looks nice. Besides the abnormally large cup, I don't see what's wrong. I don't see why she needed to give me a heads up before I met her. So she drinks more than the average girl. At least it doesn't hurt her figure. Cause that's something girls worry about right? Their figure or something along those lines? I mean when you watch those commercials about people working out and getting into awesome shape, the guy is always ridiculously muscular and the girl looks lean. Not too big, but not skinny either. I thoughts are broken up by some guy taking F.F's cup.
"Hey, you." She said pointing at him. "What they hell do you think you have in your mouth? That cup...put it back on the bench."
The guy starts to drink it and F.F gets a crazy look in her eye.
"F.F, I'll get you more water." She said. "Don't make a scene."
Apparently she didn't hear Jolyne. I see something come from F.F's hand as she raises it. She's a stand user As F.F raises her hand, the guy drinks more and more. His face starts to contort after in taking too much water. Then he spits it all back into the cup. Judging from the way he spit the water back in the cup, I think his jaw got dislocated, but I'm no doctor or anything. The guy runs off and F.F exmaines her cup.
"It's okay guys, the cup is okay." She said as she starts to drink the water. "There's actaully more water in it now, what a lucky break."
Okay, now I get it. This girl is out there. How could she drink that? I think I might vomit. I finish helping Jolyne lace up the glove and return to my seat. I watching F.F and Jolyne play catch. F.F runs like a girl in the sixth grade with a broken ankle. This is kind of painful to watch.
"You still move and throw like a queer." Jolyne said moving her wrist. "Remember waht I taught you. Snap your wrist when you throw. Snap your wrists."
They continue to throw the baseball back and fourth. When F.F throws the baseball, it kind of looks like those old school picture of Marilyn Monroe. The ones where she's ln the beach. I continue to watch as Jolyne gives F.F directions.
"Wait, look at your hip." Jolyne said. "Pull your hip in. Don't cringe so much, you need to relax more. Don't rasie your pinky. Grip the ball with your index and middle fingers."
They continue to throw the back and fourth. Some girl takes a seat next me as Foo Fighters catches the ball.
"Awesome, this makes 87 catches in a row." Foo Fighters said. "You think we can go for a hundred this time?"
"I can't see why not." Jolyne said.
Then the girl sitting next to me stands up.
"A hundred dollars says you can't do it." The girl said moving her hair away from her face. "You said you're at 87 right? I'm willing to bet that your little game of catch won't make it to one hundred."
Jolyne gives her glares at her.
"Thanks, but no thanks." Jolyne said.
"I can't see why you don't want to do it." The girl continued. "Come on, make a little cash. It's just for fun, no strings attached. Besides, you need money to survive. Money makes you strong."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Jolyne said patting her glove. "Sorry, but the only reason we started playing was because we had nothing else to do. We play for fun. We couldn't care less about the results. So we'll pass."
"Yeah, that makes sense." The girl said.
"We could do it Jolyne." Foo Fighters said. "We just made it another catch. It's not much longer now. This will be a piece of cake."
"We don't have any money." Jolyne said.
"It could be something that equals amount." The girl said. "A carton of cigarettes, drugs, gum, cell phone, stereo, video games, vibrator."
"What was it last one?" I ask.
I know she didn't say what I think she just said. Who talks about that so causally in the middle of a park with kids around?
"I'm going to be frank." Jolyne said. "Can you just go away? I don't really do bets. It's not my thing, so just get lost or something."
She turns to me.
"What about you?" The girl said not willing to give up. "Do you have the money to see this happen?"
Jolyne is shaking her head at me. Why am I being dragged into this? I was just sitting here minding my own business.
"I'll pitch in." Says the approaching Hermes.
"Good." The girl said.
Jolyne puts Hermes in a headlock and moves her to the side. It looks like they're having a little team huddle. The girl plays with her hair as Jolyne and Hermes chat. They break and Hermes moves to where I am.
"Fine, lets do it." Jolyne said. "Under the conditions that you don't move from where you are. If you should move from that spot, the bet is off. As of the timing and speed of our throws, or the even the distance. No voicing your concerns while we throw or catch the ball. Fair?"
"Fair." The girl said. "I'll just stand here. If the ball should touch the ground slightly, I will win. However, what do you mean by timing? If you hold the ball for minutes without throwing the ball, how could you say that's fair? I say you should only have about ten seconds after safely securing the catch. Fair?"
"Fair." Jolyne said.
The bet was on. Jolyne and F.F took their time. Taking things nice and slow. Until F.F saw the girl make a move towards her cup. She threw the ball with a little extra force on it, but Jolyne still make the catch. Nice and slowly they made it to one hundred. Whew...I though something bad was going to happen.
"Time to pay up." Hermes said.
The girl honored the deal and gave Hermes the money.
"One thousand dollars says you can't do it again." The girl said.
You have got to be kidding me? You in their right minds you make this kind of bet after losing a hundred dollars? Something is definitely wrong here. I just don't know what it is yet.
"Look, we just won your bet." Jolyne said.
"I'll do it." Hermes said taking Jolyne's glove. "Just be ready to pay up when I'm finished."
"Same rules as before." The girl said
They started the bet. It looks like it's going smoothly. I feel something hit my face. I look up and dark clouds encompassed the sky. I look around and nobody is in the park, but us. It looks like it's about to pour. If it rains, than they would be better off using their bare hands then baseball gloves.
"It's about to rain." Hermes said. "Let's continue the bet tomorrow."
The girl smiles.
"Let's supoose that a meteor just fell from the sky." The girl said. "Let's say that because of that meteor you drop the ball. You would probably say that the bet is off because of that random meteor that fell from the sky. So you could be content with the fact that you just lost. That's to convince yourselves not me. Is that what you want? You might as well say I made created the rain that's about to fall. I don't want to hear any of your petty excuses. Make a hundred catches without dropping the ball or I win."
As completely messed up as that sounds, she does make a point. After hearing that Hermes continues that game as the rain starts to fall. Unfortunately they weren't as lucky. Hermes dropped the ball.
"Wait, give me one more try." Hermes said. "We can do it."
"I would love to, but the debt collector is here." The girl said. "If there is anything left of you, when it's done. You'll get another chance."
This dark thing appears at the girl's side and it attacks Hermes. It pulls money out of her breasts. I didn't know you could hide money there. Jolyne and F.F try to attack it, but there attacks don't affect it.
"I am the shadow within someone's heart." The girl's stand said. "Your attacks cannot harm me. The debt must be paid."
"Here, I'll give you the money." I said as the debt collector rips out a gold tooth from Hermes.
"It doesn't work like that." The girl said. "The debt collector can only get from the people who owes it money. Unless you want to make another bet?"
"Two hundred catches." Jolyne said. "If I win, you return everything you took from Hermes. If I lose, you get mine as well. Deal?"
"Deal." The girl said.
The rain gets heavy as the new game begun. Jolyne and F.F throw the ball back and forth as I try to tend to Hermes. Man, this is a lot of blood.
"Hang in there." I said.
It's becoming harder and harder to see. What is going on? I can still them catching the ball, but that's it. There was a flash of lightning and I could see Jolyne and F.F. I could see the debt collector behind Jolyne.
"We never agreed on any rules this time." I could see the girl say. "Your organs, your stand, they're all going to be mine. My freedom will be guaranteed when I deliver them to him."
Who would want organs or a stand? I hear Jolyne scream. What should I do? If I were to freeze time, would that be cheating? I don't have time to think anymore. Hermes is dying and Jolyne is in trouble.
"The.." I say before someone covers my mouth.
When I look up, I see that it's not someone but something. It's another stand. I feel like I've seen it before. Then I hear a gunshot. I can seen everything. The girl has been shot and is a bloody mess the ground gasping for air. Jolyne is gone, along with Hermes and F.F. The stand removes it's hand from my mouth.
"What's going on?" I ask it.
"I have to retrieve something that belongs to me." The stand says it walks towards the girl.
It swipes its hand by her face and a cd comes out. Then it picks up the girl and puts her over it's shoulder. It walks back to me.
"It's time." It says. "You must return to the church. I will escort you back there. Although it would be more efficient if you would be kind enough to freeze time. So the walk back wouldn't be as tedious."
"What happened to Jolyne and the others?" I ask it. "What happened here?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." The stand said.
"Tell me what happened to her?" I demanded.
"You have been sitting here alone for about two hours now." The stand said. "This girl here tried to kill you. I stepped in to save you. Other than that, you have been sleeping here."
I felt like somebody hit me with a punch to the gut. This can't be true. I felt blood on my hands. The crackles of thunder. Seeing the bloody and broken Hermes and cradling her in my arms. The stand showed a knife in the girl's left hand. This can't be happening. I'm I going crazy?
"Wait, what about the bet?" I said. "She had a stand. Something about a debt collector. Jolyne was here. Her and her friend were playing catch. I remember this so vividly."
"I don't know what you're talking about." The stand repeated. "We must get going. Come."
I shake my head a couple of times and follow the stand.
I follow the stand back to the church. I pauses me for a moment before entering. I walk past the room where Pucci and I talk. It stops me again when I walk to a door on the other side of the room.
"He's waiting for you on the other side." The stand says. "Beyond this door, there may be things you aren't prepared to see. If you want I can shield your eyes as we walk through. I don't mind doing it."
I put my hand up and shake my head.
"I'm good." I said. "Let's go."
The stand nodded and opened the door. How bad could it be? I walk inside and it's a small hallway filled with cages. The smell is awful. As we continue to walk I find out why. There's rotting courpses everywhere. We continue to walk and open the door at the end of the hallway. Inside of this room, I see Pucci and someone else standing beside him. They are standing in front of a big curtain. Pucci turns and sees me.
"Ah, you're here." Pucci said. "Please excuse the bodies in the hallway. Failed experiments, I'm sure you understand. Did Whitesnake get you here okay?"
"Pucci, What's going on here?" I ask him.
The other guy turns and looks like he's seen a ghost. He bows to me.
"You're alive." The guy said. "I knew the Joestars where no match for you, my lord. I've decated my life to avenging you. But since you're alive, I will devote my life to achieving your plans. I hope that what I did at the park was satisfactory."
"I don't know what you're talking about?" I said. "Who are you? Who are the Joestars? And what did you do at the park?"
Pucci grabs him and sends him to another room. Man, this day keeping getting weirder and weirder.
"Please excuse him, he's a bit overzealous." Pucci said. "Anyways, our plans for the perfect world are about to be set in motion. What if I told you that under certain conditions, we could change the world and create our world. Me and you, just like we spoke about. Before you say anything, there is someone I think you may know."
The curtains open and it's another cage. Inside it is Foo Fighters. She's chained to the wall If what that stand said is true and it was only a dream. How come I remember her? It looks like she hasn't had anything to drink. What's going on here?
"Help me, please." Foo Fighters managed to say.
"Poor thing." Pucci said. "It still believes your her friend."
"What is this?" I said. "Let her go now. She's a friend."
"No, she's a sacrifice." Pucci said.
"I'm serious, let her go." I demanded.
"You just don't get it." Pucci said. "We have to sacrifice her if we want to go to heaven. It's the only way. If we are going to change this world then we have to do this. All the great leaders have done this. Have you truly lost your backbone? If you don't want to see this then look away."
"She's a stand user, she can be of use to us." I said trying to reason with him.
"You truly don't get it." Pucci said. "I'm the one who gave her power and now it's time I take it back. Whitesnake, retrieve my property."
The stand from before returned. Whitesnake swiped her face and out came a cd. Whitesnake took the cd and gave it to Pucci before disappearing.
"Johngalli, finish her off." Pucci said. "We have the disk."
The other guy returns holding a sword. I try to stop him, but Pucci holds me back. I can't let this happen. What's the point in having a perfect world when my friends won't be around to see it. I won't. Not when I have the power to stop this.
"The…" I managed to say before I feel something being pulled from me.
"Don't make me take your stand from you." Pucci whispered. "Just let it happen. It will be quick and painless for her. I promise."
"Let me go." I said trying to get free.
Johngalli gets closer and closer to Foo Fighters. She's too weak to fight back. I can't let this happen.
"Hey, you." I call to Johngalli. "Wait, stop. Don't do this."
I continue to struggle. But, I couldn't save her. Johngalli stabs Foo Fighters and she dies right in front of me. I crumble to the ground. I barely knew her. Foo Fighters looked like the type of person you want to take with you to a sporting event, so they can yell at the other team with you. The type of girl who has no problem telling you how she feels. Someone who would cry whenever she hears about someone dying on the news. Someone who would do anything and everything to help her friends. She didn't have to die. Is death the only way to do this?
"Don't be upset." Pucci said. "This is only the first step in our plans. If we want to get anywhere, then we'll need Star Platinum. That girl you're so fond of, we'll need her father's disk."
"Get away from me." I said backing away from him. "I'm not going to help you. I can't be apart of this. Whatever this is."
"You don't look so good, maybe you should lie down." Pucci said.
I run out of the room and out of the church. What have I done? I have to warn Jolyne.
When I get back to her place, Jolyne is talking to some guy. Some guy wearing clothes meant for females.
"We have a problem?" I said interrupting whatever conversation they were having.
"Where the hell have you been?" Jolyne said. "Foo Fighters has disappeared. Foo Fighters said she saw you at the park, but she ran into some priest on the way and vanished. I tried calling you, but you don;t answer your phone. But it gets worse, my dad has lost his stand powers. Annasui just told me the news."
Well, this day has been shot straight to hell.
"Foo Fighter is dead." I told them. "The priest did it. He's planning something big. We have to stop him."
"How do you know this?" Jolyne said.
"I'll tell you everything I know on the way, let's go." I said.
"Why didn't you tell him we already had it?"
"Because I want him to return to us willingly. Not because he was forced into a position he didn't agree with. His pride clouds his judgement."
"Why did you let him go?"
"He's playing right into our hands. By now he's probely telling the troublesome vixen about our plans. Keep track of him with Manhattan Transfer. I want to know what they are up to at all times."
"Why didn't he join us?"
"He isn't ready yet. I didn't expect him to join at this moment in time. It's a lot to take in for anybody. He isn't awake yet. But he'll come back to us. When he is wide awake, he'll come back. I was merely rocking the boat of his darker persona. When he's ready, he'll return to us. He always does and when he does, I'll be ready to enter his world. Thanks to this. Now, we need to get out of here."
Author's Note: This is the first chapter of my little story I got going on. I hope you enjoy. I'll try to fit in some cameos where I can. Give me a pm if there's any specific character from Jojo that you would like to see. Please review. I hope you enjoyed. To my fans, I thank you and I love you.