Rouge et Argentè
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CHAPTER 1: Farewell to Egypt
Cairo International Airport
It has been a harrowing day for the remaining members of the Joestar group. They were still shaken by the events of the previous days, when DIO was finally defeated. All the world was right again and Jotaro's mother Holly finally recovered from her illness... or at least, they know she has since they have yet to return to Japan. But there was still a lingering sadness on their minds from the loss of their three friends during the battle. It was sudden and definitely not part of their plan. Now it was time to go back home...
"Now where the hell is Polnareff?!" Joseph Joestar roared as he started looking around the crowded airport hall. "Fei's flight is in less than an hour and he's not around."
Jotaro glanced to the side to where his grandfather was standing. "Dunno. I thought he was right behind us when we were in line at the airport security."
Fei Li grew worried as she stood by Jotaro. She really wanted to say goodbye to everyone before going back to Hong Kong, especially the Frenchman. She clutched the handle of her small duffle bag tightly with her right hand as she felt a bit of tension on her left arm, bound in a cast and sling. She injured and broke it during their final battle with Vanilla Ice where she almost died. She remembered a bit about seeing Iggy and Avdol and telling her that she has to go back because Polnareff needed her. She was confused at first, thinking she was dreaming before realizing that it was not her time to go yet. Thinking about it made her feel sad and wished that all of her friends were still alive.
"Good morning passengers. This is the pre-boarding announcement for flight 1143 bound to Hong Kong. Regular boarding will begin in approximately 20 minutes time. Thank you." The airport's PA system announced.
"That's my flight." Fei said while tucking in a strand of hair behind her ear. Her injured arm keeping her from being able to style it properly. "I-I should get going to my gate"
Joseph frowned. "But Polnareff isn't even here yet. Where the hell did he go to anyway?!"
Jotaro scoffed "Maybe he's using the toilet and he's all caught up in some sort of mess again." He wasn't even joking about it. They all knew about Polnareff's misfortune with bathrooms.
Fei smiled lightly, "I-It's alright... I guess, just tell him goodbye for me if you see him."
The older and younger Jojos looked at each other with a frown.
She felt really disappointed. Polnareff was the person she felt the closest to during their whole sojourn. They didn't hit it off at first, almost to the point of killing each other, but the longer they traveled together, the more they got to know each other and became good friends, with only the occasional bickering here and there.
She quickly composed herself and faced Joseph and Jotaro with a smiling face. "Well, I guess this is it..."
Joseph gave her a sad smile and sighed. "Yeah... Well, take care of yourself, kid" he extended a hand for her to shake but was suddenly taken aback when Fei gave him a hug instead.
"Thank you so much for everything Mr. Joestar. I'll always consider you as my second father."
Joseph smiled and hugged her back. Fei looked on her side and saw Jotaro hiding his eyes under his hat with his hands in his pockets.
"Jotaro!" She called to him "Come on, get in here..." she gestured, opening her uninjured arm to him.
Jotaro sighed and gave a small smile. "Yare yare..."
He stepped in on their group hug, and to their surprise, he was hugging both of them.
"Aww Jotaro.. I'm gonna miss you buddy." Fei said. "I'm gonna miss both of you."
The tall student broke the hug and nodded at her. "Me too. Take care of yourself Fei."
Joseph held her right hand "If you ever need anything... don't hesitate to contact me alright?"
The Chinese girl smiled. "I will. Thank you." She gave them both a small final wave goodbye "Goodbye Jotaro, Mr. Joestar."
She turned to the opposite direction and started walking towards her gate located at the other side of the building. She looked back at them and nodded and they waved back at her.
Joseph and Jotaro watched her walk away, disappearing into the busy crowd.
The older man sighed and scowled. "So much for Polnareff... I bet Fei's feeling crushed about not seeing him before leaving. Where the hell is he anyway?!" He was sort of rooting for those two to somehow end up together. He always knew the frenchman's feelings for the girl. He even anticipated him to confess to her before she left. But it was too late.
"H-HEEYY! MR. JOESTAR! JOTAROOO!"
Speak of the devil. Jean Pierre Polnareff was trying to dodge other passengers to get to the older and younger Jojos.
"Polnareff! Where the hell have you been?!" Joseph roared at the silver-haired man as he finally approached them.
"S-sorry... I lost track of you guys at the airport security. And I was kinda held back trying to help a little old lady with her bags." He grinned sheepishly while slinging his bag on his shoulders. "So... where's Fei?"
Joseph and Jotaro looked at each other. "She already left for her gate." The younger Jojo said while adjusting his cap. "They should be boarding soon."
Polnareff felt his heart sink and fell silent for a second.
"W-WHAT?!" The Frenchman finally yelled. "B-but... I haven't even..." he trailed off. He felt his hands ball into fists and growled. "Damn it."
Joseph was about to say something before Polnareff dashed off to catch up with her. "H-hey!"
"POLNAREFF!" Jotaro yelled out. The Frenchman stopped in his tracks and looked back at his friend. "She's at gate 20." The student said with a cool face and a thumbs up.
Polnareff smiled and nodded a thanks to his friend.
"Yare yare daze..." Jotaro sighed turning around.
"In the meantime... We have a small important matter to take care of..." he turned to his grandfather. "Jiji..." he gestured Joseph to follow him.
"H-huh? Hey Jotaro... where are we going?" said the confused old man.
"Just shut up and follow me..."
—
Meanwhile
Polnareff was dashing to get to the gate but it was a busy day at the airport. He had to be careful not to bump into anyone hard especially since he was a huge man.
"Excusez-moi... pardon... coming through..."
When he had a clear space to run he made a mad dash for it.
"Good morning passengers. This is the pre-boarding announcement for flight 1143 bound to Hong Kong. We are now inviting those passengers with small children, and any passengers requiring special assistance, to begin boarding at this time. Please have your boarding pass and identification ready. Regular boarding will begin in approximately ten minutes time. Thank you." The airport PA system announced once again.
As Polnareff heard it he cursed in French under his breath and proceeded to run faster while trying not to collide with any passersby. He was also trying to look at the numbers on the side making sure he didn't miss gate 20.
He was relieved to see gate 18 so that means he was getting close!
Later...
Finally he arrived at gate 20... everyone was lining up towards the gate where the stewardess was checking their boarding passes. He was looking for Fei all over and suddenly saw her in front of the line getting her pass checked.
"Here you go Ms. Li... you have a safe journey back home now." The stewardess said handing her pass back to her and letting her in the gate. Fei smiled and nodded. "Thank you."
"FEI! FEI LI!"
The sound of someone calling her name prompted her to turn and see...
"P-Polnareff?!" She dropped her bag as she made her way back out of the gate.
She quickly explained to the stewardess that she had to talk to her friend before she goes. The flight attendant was hesitant but she let her through anyway before telling her that the flight was going to be leaving soon so she can't stay out for too long.
She rushed towards the silver-haired frenchman. "Polnareff! Aiya! Where were you, you idiot?!" She said punching him on his forearm. Polnareff flinched a bit and smiled sheepishly. "I'm sorry Fei... I got caught up by something. Honest."
Fei looked down on the marble floor of the airport, avoiding his smile. "I-I thought I wouldn't get to see you again..." she said with a touch of sadness in her voice.
Polnareff put his hand under her chin gently and tilted it up so she can see his face. He gave her a sincere smile. "Well, I'm here now..."
The girl blushed, surprised at his gesture and she smiled back. "Heh, yeah..."
The frenchman suddenly took her hand, closed his eyes and breathed deeply.
She just looked at him with a puzzled look on her face.
"Fei..." he started. His voice sounded serious and he had a faint blush on his chiseled face. "There's something I wanted to say to you..."
The Chinese girl was starting to get worried. "What is it?"
Polnareff held his breath and said "Please don't go back to Hong Kong."
Fei was taken aback. "W-what—?" But before she could say more Polnareff held her shoulders almost squeezing them.
"Please! Don't leave me... come to France with me!"
Fei was dumbstruck. Go to France... with him? Why? All of a sudden? There were so many questions in her head right now. "W-what—? Why—? Polnareff... I...I can't just go—"
It was the silver-haired man's turn to look down on the floor, his face was getting redder by the minute. "I—I have been thinking about it... and I know now that I couldn't live without you. When you almost died... when we fought Vanilla Ice and lost Avdol and Iggy... I thought... I lost you too.. but I didn't and it made me very happy."
Fei could feel him shake as he spoke about that day. "Polnareff..."
She suddenly felt herself blush as it slowly dawned on her. "Wait, what are you—?"
He suddenly straightened himself to face her with a sincere look on his face.
" Je t'aime... I love you."
The girl's eyes widened as she looked up at him, her face was fully red and her mouth was quivering.
"Eh?" Was all she could muster.
Polnareff was red as a tomato.. he gave a small cough as he looked away for a minute to compose himself when he suddenly felt the girl's hand he was holding was shaking. Her whole body did so as well. The frenchman looked at her and saw tears streaming down her face.
He was stunned. Was she angry? Did he just hurt her feelings? Was that too forward and sudden? Is he gonna get rejected here and now? Polnareff didn't know what was going to happen next so he started to panic and let go of her hand.
"A—aahh... Fei, I'm sorry... P-Please don't cry... I know it was really sudden..." he mumbled as he saw her cup her mouth with her free hand. She was shaking and he could hear her sobbing.
Polnareff frowned. "Fei... I really am sorry. Please don't be sad."
Suddenly Fei shook her head and looked up at him. She was smiling despite all the tears flowing down on her face. "I-I'm actually... very happy." She started wiping the tears off her cheeks.
The silver-haired man was confused and worried.
"It's because... I've always been in denial of my feelings. When you didn't show up earlier to say goodbye to me, I thought you hated me and didn't want to see me anymore. That I did something wrong. It hurt so much not being able to say goodbye to you. I tried not to care about it as I would do before, but it was just so hard that it hurt so much. And that's when it hit me..."
Polnareff just stared at her. "Fei..."
"I finally realized that... I love you too."
It was the frenchman's turn for his eyes to widen... Then he felt like he was about to cry, but he stopped himself by flashing a goofy smile and a blush on his face.
"Oh Fei! C'est magnifique!" He suddenly scooped her up in his arms for a big hug and twirled her around, making inquisitive passers by stare at them. "You don't know how much you've made me happy right now!"
Fei laughed along as he carried and turned her around. "Me too... But Polnareff, please be careful. My left arm is still healing!" She said wincing in pain.
"Oh right!" He put her down gently and smiled embarrassingly. "Sorry... I'm just really happy you feel the same."
The girl smiled tenderly at him as she lovingly touched his face. Polnareff felt himself blush intensly. He had to get used to this from now on.
"So about what I asked you earlier..." he started. "Will you go to France with me?"
Fei frowned. "I- I don't know... I don't know much about living in a different country. Also, I can't just leave Hong Kong. That's my home." The thought of living in another country she wasn't familiar with scared her.
"But you won't be alone... You'll have me. I'll show you around France and I know you're just going to love it there!" He said taking her hand in his.
She smiled and thought about it for a little while. It could be nice to live there... especially with Polnareff. She imagined it for a little bit... but was quickly interrupted by the PA system.
"This is the final boarding call for passengers booked on flight 1143 bound for Hong Kong. Please proceed to gate 20 immediately. The final checks are being completed and the captain will order for the doors of the aircraft to close in approximately five minutes time. I repeat. This is the final boarding call for flight 1143 bound for Hong Kong. Thank you."
The stewardess from earlier who was now holding the bag that Fei dropped earlier was also waiting for her to return back.
Fei looked back at the gate where her assigned plane was... ready to take her back home. She bit her lower lip and felt hesitant about the whole thing. It was all too sudden and overwhelming.
Polnareff took notice of her dilemma. He took her hand again and he inched towards her. "Please Fei... I don't think I'll be able to go back without you... I need you."
"I need you..."
Those words echoed in the girl's mind as she suddenly remembered what Avdol said to her when she was about to cross to the other side.
"Fei, you have to go back..." Avdol said as he smiled at her, "Polnareff needs you."
"I never understood what Avdol meant by that but, now I know... And he was right..." she thought to herself as she felt the tears well up in her eyes remembering her fallen friends. She blinked back the tears but they were already falling.
Polnareff looked at her worriedly. "Fei?"
The Chinese girl wiped the tears from her eyes as she look back at him and smiled. "Okay Polnareff... I decided that I'll go with you to France." It's all thanks to Avdol.
The silver-haired man breathed a sigh of relief and beamed widely at her. He wanted to scoop her up for a hug again but remembered her broken arm. "I just know you're gonna love it there!" He took her hand again but this time he kissed it. "And I promise I'm going to take good care of you ma cherì."
Fei blushed at the gesture he made and smiled shyly.
"I'm sure it will be alright..." She thought, "As long as Polnareff is with me, I'll be okay. He's my new home from now on."
She excused herself for a bit to get her bag and told the waiting stewardess that she wasn't getting on anymore. The flight attendant just smiled and nodded and went to close the gate.
As she went back to the frenchman, she suddenly remembered...
"Oh! But how can I go to France with you if I don't have a plane ticket?" She asked worriedly.
"That's all taken care of..."
The couple turned around to see the older and younger Jojos. "Mr. Joestar! Jotaro!"
Joseph was grinning ear to ear. He saw what had happened and was excited to learn that his expectations had came true.
He handed a plane ticket to Fei. "Your ticket to a new life and happiness mademoiselle."
Fei blushed and hesitated to take it. "Mr. Joestar! T-this is too much! You've done so much already."
"Nonsense! It's the least I can do... Besides, both of you have no family to go home to. Do you really want to be alone and lonely?" Joseph took hers and Polnareff's hands and put them together so that they held each other hands. "You two need each other more than ever."
Fei and Polnareff locked eyes before turning away blushing.
Jotaro gave a small smile at the two and nodded.
And just like that Fei gladly accepted the ticket. "Thank you so much Mr. Joestar. I'll never forget everything you've done for us."
"It's no trouble at all!" Joseph said as he grinned widely then he suddenly smack Polnareff on the back making him stumble forward. "Just don't forget to invite us to the wedding, okay?!"
The couple blushed furiously at what the older Jojo said.
"IT'S WAY TOO EARLY TO EVEN THINK ABOUT!" They shouted in unison at the old man.
Joseph gave a loud hearty laugh. "I was just kidding, hahaha!" He suddenly grabbed both of them for a hug which surprised the two. "Take care of each other okay?"
Both Fei and Polnareff smiled and hugged him back as they nodded in agreement.
Joseph looked at his grandson who was quietly standing on the side. "Come on Jotaro! Bring it here grandson!" He motioned for him to get in the hug.
"Yare yare... again?" He said covering his eyes with his cap. He sighed and finally gave in. "Alright.. fine." When was he gonna hug his friends again like this anyway? He thought to himself.
Jotaro finally broke the hug. "Alright that's enough. Don't we have planes to catch?"
Polnareff laughed. "Ah Jotaro.. I'll miss you mon ami." he said giving the younger Jojo a firm handshake. "I hope you won't forget about me." He winked.
Jotaro chuckled. "With that face of yours? How can I forget?" He joked making Fei giggle.
The silver-haired man laughed and then turned to Joseph. "And you too old man... I hope you live forever." He shook his hand and grinned. The older Jojo just laughed.
Jotaro put a hand on the girl's shoulder. "Fei, If Polnareff ever hurts you or makes you cry... you know where you can find me."
Fei touched his hand and chuckled. "Thanks Jotaro, but I think I'll be able to handle it myself." She winked at the tall student. Jotaro smiled and got the gist.
The group said their final goodbyes and parted ways with the two Jojo's heading back to Japan and the new couple to France where they were to begin their new life together.
TO BE CONTINUED.
END NOTES: I had to completely change the airport scene at the end of Stardust Crusaders to fit Fei in the story. Please leave a review if you enjoyed the first chapter! Thanks! ^^
Just an fyi, this is also published in AO3. :)