Morioh: The Bizzare Town

Today seemed like an average day. A train was making its way to Morioh City, and this train carried two special passengers. One of these passengers is the main character of this story.

A teen girl was smirking while on the phone listening to the worried cries of her father. This girl was Hope Sato. Hope had bright orange hair that faded into a dark red that looked just like a sunset. Her hair always amazed people, and no matter how she cut it, it always seemed to grow out in the layered colors. She had beautiful amber eyes that entranced anyone who stared at them for too long. Many eyes were on the young teen she was a natural beauty. In the past years, Hope had drawn the attention of many male admirers and sometimes even girls, although Hope acted unaware when it came to romance, she was far from being oblivious to it.

Hope let out a scowl while rolling her eyes listening to her father rant on. Her father was an important businessman whose work always kept him traveling. He thought that it was about time that Hope finally had a stable school life since she was entering high school. Hope decided that she wanted to finish her schooling in her mother's hometown of Morioh, where her grandmother lived. Her father protested greatly to having his youngest so far. After some convincing Hope was allowed to make the solo journey to begin her high school career in Morioh, much to her father's displeasure.

"Everything will be fine dad. I've got maps of the city, I know where grandma's house is. I mean it's a pretty small town what could happen," Hope said

"B-b-but…"

"No, but's. I'll call you when I get settled in. I've got school first thing in the morning," Hope said going to end the call.

"Wait Hope-!?"

Hope ended the call with her father. She turned her attention to the window of the train staring out at the passing by sights.

"The train to Morioh will be arriving in 5 minutes."

Hope smiled hearing the intercom throughout the train.

In the back of the train, just a few seats behind Hope a tall man wearing a white cap and jacket was sitting preparing to deboard at Morioh too.

Hope walked down the street carrying her luggage. The sun was almost set and the street lights were turning on.

"Hmmmm? If I remember correctly Grandma's home is down this road," Hope said looking at a street sign.

The neighborhood was quiet and the only person on the street was Hope.

"Ah, there it is," Hope said spotting a blue house.

Before Hope could take another step forward something pierced her back. She jolted and coughed up a fair amount of blood.

"W-Wha….!"

Hope looked down at her chest and saw an arrow sticking right out of her chest right where her heart was.

She fell to the ground with a heavy thud. She coughed and struggled to take in air as blood continued to flow out of her mouth. Black dots started filling Hope's vision the ache in her chest growing dull. Footsteps started to echo on the empty street, they got louder and closer until someone appeared before Hope standing right in front of the injured girl. With her fading vision, Hope could barely make out the figure only spotting the persons flat top hairdo.

"Hmm….seems like you're dying….too bad…."

Were the last words Hope heard before the world around her went black.

*GASP*

Hope sat up with a gasp and looked around her. She grabbed her head in confusion but then jumped looking down at her chest. There was no longer an arrow, in fact, there was no sign of Hope having been injured in the first place.

"The hell happened. I had a big gaping wound but now there's nothing there." Hope thought back and remembered the figure who approached her before she blacked out, "Whoever the hell that was I'm gonna find them, they got some explaining to do."

Hope stood up dusting off her clothing, she picked up her fallen luggage and made her way to her grandmother's house.

The next day Hope made her way down the street wearing her new school uniform. As she passed by many onlookers took in the girls unique yet beautiful look.

"She's so cool," Someone from the group whispered.

Everyone else in the group nodded their heads in agreement.

Hope wore the typical green sailor girls uniform with a few modifications to suit her. She added some extra fabric to make the skirt high waisted. She converted the green sailor shirt into a short jacket that stopped right at her waist that she wore open, underneath she wore a white blouse that tucked into her skirt. She kept the purple tie as is. She had on white thigh high socks and wore a pair light brown laced up ankle boots.

Over the past years, Hope's received various nicknames, her favorite being Exploding Sun. Hope may have had the face of an angel, but she was a sneaky little devil.

As Hope continued on her way to school she became lost in thought. She made her way around a corner heading to school.

"Argh!"

"Offfah!"

Hope fell over landing on someone.

"What the-?"

"Owww…"

"Ahhh! I'm so sorry!" The person below Hope shouted.

It seems like she had fallen onto a boy who appeared to be the same age as her but quite shorter. She stood up dusting off her skirt before looking down at the boy. He let out a small gulp prepared for a slew of harsh words. Instead, he was surprised when the girl stretched her hand out to him. She had her other hand on her hip as she looked away from the boy.

"Well, are you gonna take it or not?" Hope asked looking at the boy from the corner of her eye.

The boy quickly grabbed Hope's hand, and she easily pulled him up with little effort.

"I should have been watching where I was going I'm really sorry-," The boy said nervously.

"Stop apologizing," Hope said cutting the boy off.

He let out a squeak and jumped back.

Hope crossed her arms over her chest, "I wasn't watching where I was going either, so you don't have to apologize. I could have easily avoided you if I was paying attention. My name is Hope Sato," Hope said putting her hand out for a handshake.

"Oh, I'm Koichi Hirose. Nice to meet you," Koichi said accepting the handshake.

"Are you starting high school today as well?" Hope asked

"Yeah," Koichi said with a smile.

"Well then," Hope grabbed her fallen school bag and slung it over her shoulder, "I'm new so let's walk together," She said walking away.

"Ah, okay," Koichi responded following after Hope.

As the two walked Hope explained to Koichi that she moved to town by herself to attend school.

"Even though I moved by myself I'm not alone. I moved in with my grandmother," Hope said

The two made their way to school, still talking. They were so wrapped up in their conversation they failed to notice the tall man with a map, that is until Koichi went head first into the man.

*WHAM*

"Ahhh!"

Koichi fell back dropping his bag in the process. As he flew back all the contents of his bag flew out but before they could touch the ground they were quickly grabbed by an unseen force and put back into his bag. Koichi was put on his feet in less than a second.

"What the?! I saw arms! That guy had two sets of arms!" Hope thought

"Eh? H-Huh? That's strange. We just ran into each other, and the things in my bag flew out," Koichi said

"Sorry I wasn't watching where I was going," A strong male voice said

Hope and Koichi both look up to see a tall man.

"H-He's huge! He's over 190 centimeters!" Koichi thought.

"What a tall guy. He sure has pretty eyes, though," Hope thought.

The man held up a map, "I have a question. Do you know of a Higashikata household around here?"

"Higashikata? No…" Koichi said

The man turned to Hope. The young girl just shook her head, having no idea.

The man pulled out what looked like a planner, "Then how about this address. It's Johzenji 1-6."

"Jotaro Kujo," Koichi thought reading the name on the day planner.

"I know where that is," Hope said surprising Koichi. "I just moved here and that address is just a few houses down from where I live. I think the #3 bus can get you to Johzenji if you don't wanna walk," She explained

"Yeah, If you wanna wait a little while for the next bus it should be here soon," Koichi added

"Thanks," Jotaro said with a nod, his stoic face not changing at all.

Jotaro turned around to walk away.

"Hey! Are you new kids?" A rough voice said catching Hope and Koichi's attention.

Koichi jumped and turned around quickly seeing four seniors.

"You better introduce yourself." One of them said

"Y-Yes, sir! My name is Koichi Hirose, and I'm a new student. Good morning, Senpai!" Koichi said bowing.

Hope narrowed her eyes at the boys as they rudely spoke to Koichi.

She turned around facing her Senpai's, once they caught sight of her face they blushed.

Hope let out a scoff turning away from the guys, boys like them were a waste of her time.

The group walked away leaving the two teens.

Jotaro who was about to leave turned back around watching the older teens walk away.

"S-So scary. Oh, it's okay. They're getting on a different bus," Koichi said to Jotaro.

"They're nothing but scum. Someone oughta teach them a lesson," Hope said with a wicked smirk.

"That looks pretty intimidating," Koichi thought.

"The hell are you doing, you bastard?!"

Jotaro, Hope, and Koichi all turned around to see the delinquent senior's hovering over someone by a fountain.

"Who do you think you are?"

"What am I doing? Well…"

"Turtle," Hope thought spotting a turtle on the edge of the fountain. Hope kept looking and saw a boy with a pompadour kneeling down next to the fountain. "Pompadour huh? Interesting choice," Hope thought. She scooted closer to the group of guys trying to get a better look at what was happening.

"The turtle that lives in this pond woke up from hibernation, so I was watching it. I don't handle turtles really well. I'm scared to even touch them," The boy said hovering a hand over the turtle, "So I was thinking it's about time I got over my fear…"

"That's not what I asked!" The leader of the group yelled

"Stand up, dumbass!" One yelled

The boy turned around and stood up to face the delinquent senior's giving Hope a better view of the boy. "Hmm, he looks a little like…." Hope trails off in her head as she looks over at Jotaro and then back at the other boy.

"You're pretty tall for a first-year. But before you have the nerve to dress like that.."

"You dumb shit! Who said you could wear that?"

The leader picked up the turtle and held it tightly in his grip and shoved it into the guy's face, "You need to talk to us first!"

"W-Wait...I'm not a fan of reptiles. They scare me…" The boy said slightly freaking out.

Before the boy could get another word in his head was snapped to the side by the leader who gave him a slap on the cheek, causing some blood to leave his mouth.

Hope narrowed her eyes and her glare intensified seeing this action. Koichi screamed in his head in fear for the mysterious boy. Jotaro sighed thinking how troublesome this situation got.

"I'm sorry. I had no idea, Senpai," The boy said bowing down.

"There are a lot of guys I last saw in a hospital after they said they didn't know, and we're sorry. You wanna end up," The leader lifted up the turtle and threw it at a pillar, "like this turtle?! Huh?!"

Hope's eyes widened seeing the turtle on the ground its shell cracked and bleeding.

"Th-They're awful…" Koichi said

"I'll let you off the hook this time. Take off that jacket and the pants, and leave them here."

"With your cash!"

"Yes sir, I'm very sorry," The boy said still in a bow.

"That just means if you don't want them after you don't dress like that. What pisses me off more is that he isn't even mad after what they did to that turtle," Jotaro said

Hope didn't say anything but glared at the group of punks before looking down back at the injured turtle. She moved forward heading towards the turtle.

"Ahh, H-Hope?!" Koichi said trying to grab the girl's arm and pull her back.

Hope pulled out a handkerchief and wrapped the turtle's wound up the best way she could. While she was doing, so she failed to notice one of the delinquent boys approaching her from behind.

"Hey, wimp. Why don't you tell me your name?" The Leader asked

"Yes sir, Josuke Higashikata, from Class 1-B," Josuke said

This caught Jotaro's attention immediately, "What? Josuke Higashikata?"

One of the delinquents grabbed Josuke's wallet, "Jo and Jo eh? Josuke, we're gonna call you Jojo from now on!"

"Okay thank you very much," Josuke said

"Hurry up and take off those clothes. The damn bus is here," The leader said

Josuke went to unbutton his shirt but was distracted by a thud followed by a choking sound.

"Gahh!"

Everyone looked over to see Hope standing there with her arms crossed looking annoyed, while one of the punk senpai's was hunched over holding his throat.

"I warned you," Hope said

Rewind

A shadow loomed over Hope as she helped the turtle. She looked back and saw one of the guys looking at her with a smirk.

"Well, what do we have here?"

Hope ignored him and paid her attention to the turtle. She searched through her school bag hoping to find something else to help the turtle.

"Hey didn't you hear me?!" The guy said reaching for Hope.

She easily evaded his arm and continued to look through her bag, "I'm only going to give you this one warning try and touch me again and you will regret it."

The guy lets out a growl and ignored the girls warning and reached for her. Hope easily ducked out of the way then thrusted the palm of her hand forward landing a hit in the center of his throat.

Present

Everyone watched as the delinquent gasped for air as Hope looked even more annoyed.

"I didn't even hit you that hard," Hope said

This is when Josuke's eye's finally made contact with Hope's figure. He completely forgot what he was doing as his cheeks turned red staring at the pretty girl.

The Leader of the group stepped forward, "You've got some spunk huh?"

Another one approached Hope standing right behind the leader, "Why don't you sit next to us on the bus, how bout it, baby?"

Hope immediately snapped her head to the guy a glare prominent on her face, "I'm sorry what did you say?"

Before the guy could answer Hope had thrown her shoe and hit the delinquent in the face knocking him over. Everyone seemed surprised by the girl's tenacity.

"No one calls me baby," Hope said as she grabbed her shoe and put it back on.

The leader seemed to be getting angry and turned his attention back to Josuke, "Hurry and take off your clothes or I'm gonna shave off that Astro Boy hair, too."

Hope's glare left her face when she noticed the change in Josuke's demeanor.

"Hey, Senpai...what did you just say about my hair?" Josuke said with a glare.

A purple glow appeared around Josuke surprising Hope and Jotaro.

An arm appeared from Josuke and punched the Leader right in the face.

"W-what?! A stand?!" Jotaro thought.

"What is that?! Now he's got extra arms too," Hope thought stepping back next to Koichi.

"My nose! My nose!"

"I won't let anyone get away with making fun of my hair, no matter who it is! Did you say my hair looked like Sazae-san?" Josuke said

"Huh? No one said that-" The Leader was cut off when Josuke stepped on his head.

"I heard you, damn it!" Josuke said

"Well well well, someone's got a backbone after all," Hope thought looking at Jousuke.

"What the heck? That punk just went flying," Koichi said

"Some kind of Stand just appeared from behind him," Jotaro thought.

Josuke made his way over to the turtle and picked it up. He unwrapped the cloth that Hope had put on it and carried it back over to the fountain.

"Huh? That turtle's wounds are…"

"They're all healed," Hope finished Koichi's sentence.

The leader finally picked his head up from the ground as his nose started to move and fix itself.

"What the heck! Where you got punched is going back to normal!"

"Hey, he's all better!"

"But does it look like it healed all weird?"

"His face looks kinda different."

Hope clutched her stomach and put a hand over her mouth muffling her laughs seeing the change in the delinquent's face.

"Huh?! No way! What does it look like? Hey!?"

Josuke turned back around facing the delinquents the glare still present on his face, "I had to touch that turtle, even though I didn't want to, thanks to you. What are you gonna do about that huh?!"

All of the delinquents got a scared look on their faces and immediately took off running away.

"Good grief. So he's…" Jotaro said walking over to Josuke.

The two faced each other with intense stares.

*Splash*

"AHHHH! That scared me!" Josuke yelled as the turtle popped back out of the water.

His reaction made Hope laugh again.

"Ahh I've haven't laughed this much in one day for a while," Hope thought

Hope and Koichi walked next to Jotaro seeing that the turtle was, in fact, all healed.

"Josuke Higashikata. Born in 1983. Your mother's name is Tomoko. She was 21 at the time and was going to college in Tokyo. You've lived here ever since you were born. In 1987, when you were four, you came down with a fever due to an unknown cause, and for the next 50 days, no one knew if you'd survive or not. Your father's name is Joseph Joestar. He's currently 78. He's the founder of Joestar Realty," Jotaro said

Hope got a thoughtful look on her face, "Joestar. I've heard that name before." She kept looking between Jotaro and Josuke.

"...I found out that he had a son in Japan, which would be you. He didn't even know about it himself. That old piece of shit, going on about how he'd only ever love his wife, yet I just found his son who was born when he was 62 years old as a result of an affair. Whoops, I guess I shouldn't have said that. My name is Jotaro Kujo. I guess technically, I'm your nephew. How bizarre," Jotaro said

"Nephew?" Josuke questioned with a surprised look, "Oh, uh….Nice to meet you."

Jotaro looked down at his watch, "Let's talk while we walk."