Two years had passed after that fateful summer in Morioh. The town had returned to being just a normal town... well, relatively speaking at least. Josuke was protecting Morioh from any and all possible threats while living his normal life with his Mom and Koichi had just gone on vacation to Italy. There was one boy in this little town who was having a hard time with the way his life was, Okuyasu Nijimura. After Jotaro's adventure to Egypt, his Father became a deformed blob which effected his and his Brother Keicho's lives. Because of the way he looked, his Father couldn't be the breadwinner anymore. Because of this, he and Keicho lived in poverty. And since Keicho was gone and told him to start doing things for himself during his near death experience, he had come to this realization; he needed a job. As dumb as he was, he knew he couldn't wait around for another money scheme to come out of Josuke and his savings could only go so far. But the big question was this: "Where would he work?"
"Hmm... I've gotta start pulling my weight around here. It's bad enough this house is already condemned, but I've gotta do somethin' to keep me and Dad off the streets. But who should I go to?" He thought to himself. Then suddenly, and surprisingly, he got an idea. "Oh yeah, Tonio's place! Maybe he needs an extra hand around the Restaurant! Maybe he'll help me out! I've had to take care of preparing meals so I already have some skill And what's more, I get to work with lots of great food!" He thought again. Determined, he heads out to Tonio's Restaurant.
"See ya later, Dad! Take care of Stray Cat while I'm out!" He said as he ran out the door full of optimism.
Meanwhile, at Tonio's Restaurant, Tonio was serving his customers, taking every issue they had into account before working on the food. Okuyasu then came in.
"Bigorno Okuyasu. How have you been today? Let me feel your hands and let me see what I can whip up." He said.
"No, Tonio. I'm not here to eat. I came to ask you something." Okuyasu said.
"Okay, shoot." He said. He had no idea why Okuyasu came here if it wasn't for food. Him and his Father usually did come here for that reason especially with the failed attempt to get his Father's body back to what it once was.
Okuyasu started to sweat. He grew more and more nervous. "I...I want to work here as your apprentice!" He said bowing his head.
Tonio was taken aback at that statement. An apprentice? For him? He had no idea Okuyasu had such an interest in the culinary arts. "You... want to be my apprentice? To be honest, I'm flattered." He said.
"Really?! So you'll consider it?!" Okuyasu said excitedly.
"Of course. You can start next weekend." He said.
"SWEET!" Okuyasu exclaimed. He was excited. He got the job he was hoping to get. He ran out excited.
"Hey, Okuyasu! What's up?" Josuke said.
"Josuke, Tonio just made me his Apprentice Chef! I'm going to be preparing lots of great food!" Okuyasu boasted.
"Really?! Congratulations, man! Hey, remind me to stop by some time so I can try out some of your food." Josuke said.
"Sure, just stop on by and I'll treat you to something good!" Okuyasu said. What he doesn't know is that his first day on the job won't go how he thinks it will.
Soon, He returns home.
"Hey Dad! I just got a job!" He exclaimed.
He might not be able to say it, but it's clear that he's proud of his son. He hugs him in celebration of his son landing his first job.
(AN: I was trying to keep this as true to the Japanese employment laws as much as I possibly can. I read that 15 is the minimum age in which Japanese students can be hired, so I'm not sure if Okuyasu would need to get the school's permission. If anybody thinks I might have made a mistake in regards to that, please tell me so by PMing me and tell me if I got something wrong and I'll try to fix it.)