Due to the circumstances of their betrayal and their need for a directive, the group had to do their best to lay low for some time with the assistance of Edward and Kaito's influence over the streets. Around a month had passed since they added Kaito to their group and his transition had been rather rough while maintaining whatever work he could for Johanne's goal.
Johanne, Kiba, and Jotaro had been sitting around a table within Johanne's house in the middle of the day, looking around several files on the table.
"We have leads but they aren't anything good enough. Just financial reports and building construction plans within the city. More money that's taken from our side of the town to fund bullshit. But not a solid place to start." Johanne tossed the folder onto the table and sighed.
Jotaro continued to mark down several pieces on another sheet, "And these pictures taken by Kaito. We've got an idea where the arrow might be. But it's getting passed around between hands, they're all different guys in each of these photos. They're creating subordinates."
"This ain't getting us anywhere, how are we supposed to-" Kiba chimed in being cut off by a chilling voice behind him.
"I may have exactly what you need." As sudden as a falling leaf, Kaito appeared behind Kiba which made Johanne and Kiba jump out of their chairs.
"What the hell man!? Don't you know how to use a door!?" Kiba said holding his chest and sighing.
Jotaro's attention was on the television listening to the news, "Eyewitnesses say they still can't exactly pinpoint the culprits for all the damages to the exhibits. The price for all the damages is in the unimaginable numbers! We have one of the museum employees here who recently came back from vacation, Sir how do you feel about having to clean up this mess?" The employee simply looked at the reporter and the camera for a moment and spoke in a disapproving tone, "Man, fuck this. I'm going back to Italy." The reporter shocked, "And there you have it, folks."
Jotaro simply sat back with a sigh, shaking his head knowing exactly what went down at that museum. "If it wasn't for Kaito getting that security footage, we'd be in deep shit." Jotaro simply muttered to himself under his breath.
"Hmm. The window was open. I thought I would let myself in." Kaito said removing the scarf mask covering his face. "I brought some valuable information. The boss' next big project, strangely enough, you may have heard of it. It's on the far east side of Upper Bodou with construction-" With a sudden burst of noise, the t.v. caught everyone's attention.
"Good day Bodou City! Your local D.J. and gossip lead, Hideo Trax!, has brought to you a wonderful announcement! A brand new Grand Opening! Our loving Mayor has funded a new race track in the outer rim of the city. Fan of going fast!? Want to smell the exhilarating scent of burning tires!? Does Eurobeat rattle your soul!? Come on down to the Grand Opening of Bodou Nightz! Meet a fantastic line-up of foreign and local dri-" Jotaro had clicked the t.v. off after he'd heard enough.
"Yare yare... His voice was starting to piss me off. I suppose that's one way we can go about this. It's brand new, another cash grab for sure." Jotaro added taking a sip of iced tea.
Johanne recovered himself from the floor with a smirk, "This is actually kind of perfect. I need to keep getting his attention. He knows my name, and I'm sure he knows what extent I'll go to. Now, we begin our assault!" Johanne slammed his hand on the table confidently with a nod.
"Oh yeah! I'm ready to raise some hell!" Kiba added twirling a lollipop he had in his hand getting ready to stand up; until a hand was placed in front of him.
"Kiba... To be honest, I'll feel safer with you sitting out on this one. After that incident with Kaito, I have no idea what they might do just to get to me. Protecting you and fighting gets a little-" Johanne didn't want these words to come out, it showed within his face but he needed to.
Kiba grew quiet for a moment, gritting his teeth and crunching the lollipop before knocking away Johanne's hand, "Whatever man. I'll be raiding your fridge."
Johanne noticed this behavioral shift and sighed, reaching out to playfully slug his arm and smile, "Don't be that way bud. Besides, I have a few things I need from Edward. If you don't mind, I'd like for you to get them. If we have all their attention at the track, you're basically incognito."
Kiba turned back with a slant in his lips and bumped Johanne's fist, "Sheesh, errand boy. Who would've thought? I got it."
Johanne's smile grew with their connection maintained and thoughts cleared, he made his way out. "Alright. The place is supposed to open tomorrow from what that commercial said and I think there's no better way to fuck something up than the Grand Opening."
Upon opening his backdoor, his eyes widened in disbelief. Avelessi and Metok were both in the far end of Johanne's backyard and beside the tent. Avelessi was standing over a pond He and Metok built in the backyard, with his usual attire not so suited up but still to his liking but much more casual with shorter sleeves and shorts on. He was standing on one leg with multiple glasses of water balanced on his arm. He seemed to be mimicking the same breathing that Metok had used on him in their meeting almost a month ago.
Metok turned his back and quickly performed several springy backflips over to Johanne until stopping with his hands together in front of him, "Ah! Young Kamijou. I welcome you once again, but I must ask you not to interrupt Young Barlem's lesson. He has shown much promise."
Avelessi's breathing grew as he shifted his position to widen his stance, three of the cups of water remained still as a rock, only one of them shaking fully.
"I'll be damned. Didn't expect him to like that stuff that much. Ham Breeding was it?" Johanne scratched his head, which earned him a chop to the forehead by Metok.
"Hamon Breathing, Young Kamijou. Avelessi's heart is deep and full of love. Determination and potential. He has shared his tale to me. I can see where it comes from. All that pain is going to shape his will, and still his breathing." Metok turned to his pupil with a proud smile.
"Hmm. I'll leave you guys me then. Tell Avelessi to be ready for tomorrow. We're moving out to advance our plan." He said turning around to walk but was stopped by Metok.
His grip felt different, it was as if an omen swept between them as Metok spoke in a looming tone, "I can tell where your resolve does not waver and your intentions are true. But do not forget Young Kamijou. This is a dark, dark path you are running down. Filled with dangers the likes you've yet to experience. You are taking the world on your shoulders, along with the hopes of your friends. I have told Avelessi this and given him Hamon training enough for him to produce and release basic techniques. He has steeled his resolve with revenge in his heart. It fuels his determination. Someone must have a clear head in the end, when facing this dangerous man. Are you prepared to shoulder this weight, Young one?"
They both grew silent for a moment, they felt the depths of those words and that he was saying that everyone could easily lose their lives in this pursuit. "I understand this. There isn't a point to having a life if you can't live in happily. The way you want to. And I don't want to be worked into the dirt under someone else's boot. By force. I'm prepared Metok."
Metok remained silent, Johanne's words stung like vipers and wounded his heart from the pain they bared. He only nodded and returned to Avelessi who was now standing on one finger, managing a minor ripple in the water.
Johanne peaked over his shoulder watching Avelessi and Metok, before tucking his hands back into his jacket pockets and returning to his house.
The next day...
Johanne and Avelessi were walking down the street casually strolling through Upper Bodou, as usual, the civilians of the district gave Johanne dirty looks but Avelessi being as well-dressed as he is left them confused as to why he bothered being with Johanne.
"This sure does feel strange. I don't mean to attract this sort of, attention to us..." Avelessi spoke quickly while rummaging through his large sack of candy, pulling out some chocolate.
"Don't bother me a bit, my friend. I've gotten used to it. You will too eventually." Johanne said strolling along with his hands behind his head.
"Well, I don't regret this decision. You've been a kind friend to me!" He stuck his hand out offering a lollipop, smiling brightly.
Johanne took it, slipping it into a jacket pocket and looking into his phone's screen pointing down the street, "This way. That huge stadium over there. Huh. I can't believe I hadn't noticed this before."
Both of them gazed down the street, there was an entire huge building made of brick and glass, 'Bodou Tandem Trax!' was written on the sign, an entire crowd was whipped around the edges of the building, excitedly entering one by one as the boys approached.
"Man, this ain't gonna be easy. I didn't expect all this. " Johanne said peaking back down at his phone with a sigh, "Huh. It seems they modeled the design similar to the Daytona International Speedway. But with much more intricacy for drifting fans. You know if we didn't come to screw this place up, I'd say let's catch a show."
Avelessi stopped Johanne at the sight of the crowd, pointing out how long it was and how many people, "Oh my, we'll never get in."
Johanne raised an eyebrow down at Avelessi, shaking his disappointment. "You know man, that rich boy life has really gotten you nowhere. Follow me, we're sneaking in. I hope that Hamon training has gotten you as fit as it looks. We gotta be quick!" Johanne motioned Avelessi around the crowd, looking at several stocking trucks coming in around the back.
"A-ah! Mother's always taught me not to do these things. They'll make me a hooligan. So, I'm rather inexperienced. Or maybe that's what they want us to think... brainwashed into playing nice. Preposterous..."
"Avelessi. Chill out bud." He snickered under his breath and pressed against the wall within the confines of the crowd, his hand waving Avelessi to do the same.
"Alright! Alright! Get those boxes moving~ We have to get the people what they want baby!" A loud voice seemed to draw the crowd of workers, the man in charge. Johanne took advantage of this, moving to the edge of a chain fence and using M.C.R to liquify some of the links. The boys high-fived one another and hurried behind several boxes.
"Holy crap, after all these months of working on this and we still gotta bust our ass. When did the other crew get off?" Another voice was heard coming from the area they just entered. The boys panicked and looked around, feeling the workers closing in.
"Huh? The hell happened to this fence!? Have the boys take a look at it." The man turned around walking to the area they were in, Johanne sweating profusely as the man got closer and closer. Avelessi slowly pulled a piece of candy from the bag until he was tapped on the shoulder by Johanne.
"I could have sworn I saw something moving around here." After coming closer and examining the shadows around the boxes only to see a couple of piece of wood on the ground. "We got rats or somethin'? Ah, forget about it."
The man walked away slowly, going back to barking orders at the other men. Out of the rumbling of one of the boxes, Johanne slowly pushed on the openings to the crate from inside with his hand covering Avelessi's mouth. They proceeded with their mission sneaking into the storage, grabbing a map off the table next to large entrance.
Once they were out of sight of the other workers, Johanne and Avelessi made their way to a storage closet and opened the map using his phone as a light. "Alright, so our plan is to sabotage the cars and get access to the security system. Jotaro said as long as we can secure clean ways in, Edward and Kaito can get in easily. And we can possibly get some footage on the boss coming through here. From what Edward mentioned, He has a habit of making these low profile visits to his facilities. We need to make our way here, and you'll set your candy up Avelessi. What was the range of Eminem's detonation?"
"20 meters. I can set off any piece or group 20 meters away as long as they aren't moved." He nodded holding up the large sack, which earned a nod from Johanne.
"Let's move then, this should be ea- WOAH!" As soon as Johanne began to open the door his shirt was grabbed and he was slammed against the wall, "O-oh fuck..."
"Well little dude, you've made it pretty far with that plan. It would be a shame if you got your ass kicked before you could pull it off. You see these are my roads. Fuck the boss and his little god complex. All I care about is the screaming fans and the wind in my hair. Ya dig, you little punk!?" The man sent his knee into Johanne's stomach, causing him to cough.
"A-aye look, I'm sure we got ourselves a misunderstanding... We're just passing through." Johanne tried to work his lie up, glancing back at Avelessi.
"Hah! You think you'll pull one over on Kisuke Tsuchiya, the Drift Emperor like that!? Nice chance! Night kid!" He cocked fist back, quickly sending it forward to punch Johanne.
Avelessi got into position and called out, "Eminem!" As fast as possible, his Stand manifested its body and went to swing the cane it wielded at the back of the man's head only to be stopped suddenly.
"W-what the hell is that...? It stopped. It suddenly stopped... I don't know why..." Avelessi was shocked for a moment, feeling an unknown pressure around the man's head that made them both uneasy. Johanne could feel a chilling breeze around his throat, glancing at the man's piercing blue eyes past the sunglasses he wore. They spelled cockiness, murderous intent and victory.
"The boss did warn everyone about you... The brat that turned a few traitors loose. Sad day little dudes. You fucked with the wrong racer." After twirling his finger for a moment, causing a small current of wind to tunnel around his finger and travel up his hand. Johanne and Avelessi quickly found themselves levitating off the ground. "Take 'em for a ride! Nights of Fire!" Soon the boys bother collided together in the air and spun down the hallway into several walls in a long tunnel of rough wind.
"S-shit! I can't get a moment to focus! So much wind, I don't know where to have M.C.R grab!" Out of the eye of the tunnel, both of the boys smacked against one another tumbling to the ground groaning in pain.
"T-that was insane... Is he a Stand User!? I didn't even see him summon it!" Avelessi commented trying to pick himself off the ground.
Johanne brushed his lip, raising up to prepare for the fight as well. "Neither did I honestly. Be on your toes Avelessi, this one isn't a pushover. He doesn't seem okay with chatting this one out."
"Hah! That's the last thing I want to do knowing you brats plan to ruin my show. Get ready to get wiped against the pavement!" The wind beginning to collect around his arm once more, tearing at the wall.
"Take cover Avelessi!" Both of the boys took a dive in the opposite direction, a powerful wind blast burrowing into the floor and causing a large dust cloud. There was a pattern of loud footsteps coming from down the hallway as the man used a gust to blow the smoke and turn to look for Avelessi.
"Heeeere's Kisuke!" Raising his hand up again and channeling another gust, the prepared to throw the blast at the slumped over Avelessi.
"D-don't underestimate me...!" Avelessi commented, throwing a hand M&Ms at the man, who popped in the air in small innocent flashes that immediately startled him, making him stumble back.
"Oh, you're getting it now!" Quickly being cut off by some flashing at his feet, Kisuke looked down and tilted his head, "Chocolate? Why the hell-" The one he stepped on exploded in a colorful shimmer knocking him back some.
"Heads up asshole!" Following up the attack, shattering the smoke that he solidified temporarily to cover himself while hiding inside the fading cloud, M.C.R's muscular arm dashed through the smoke and smashed into Kisuke's face sending him barreling through a glass window that led to another room labeled 'Garage'.
"We're getting pretty damn good at this teamwork thing Avelessi." Johanne rolled his shoulder and groaned, his body feeling the effects of the wind they were blasted with. "C' mon we gotta make sure he's down and get started."
Avelessi got off the floor rubbing his back and sighing after the attack, taking a piece of candy from his sealed sack and popping a pocky into his mouth, "My word, He's so rude."
Both of them carefully edge their way past the window, the room being horribly dark and barely lit by some light coming from their hallway. Entering the doorway very cautiously they were greeted by utter silence as they crept into the room.
"Have you caught sight of him Johanne?" Avelessi questioned, his eyes darting through the darkness as they approached the area of the broken window.
Johanne muttered quietly, "Not a bit. He should be... around... here..." They approached a pile broken glass and some blood on the floor, only to see he wasn't there. Calling M.C.R immediately to have his Stand scan the darkness with him.
"Yoohooo! Shall I go now!?" The boys quickly turned their heads deeper into the garage to see that there were two bright flashing lights within the back and a strange sound coming from the light.
"D-do you hear that...? Isn't that an engine...? But why does it sound so strange? Like a whistle..." Avelessi grew nervous and slowly backed away from the lights. The sound grew within the depths of the garage.
"Asshole jumped into one of the cars? That shouldn't be too hard to deal with, right?" Johanne took some steps to the right of the garage trying to weave around some of the other machines covered in white tarps to catch the light.
"Hoohoo! How wrong you are! This is my speed demon!" The sound revved louder, rattling the very room they were in with the echoes of the motor. Before they could recover from the shaking sensation, a much large gust of wind carried through the garage ripping at some of the other cars and the sheets that coated them.
"OH NOT AGAIN! FUCK ME!" Johanne screamed being slammed into the wall making a large rack of tools fall over onto him, Avelessi was sent flying through the large garage door along with the wind it's making the entire thing fly off making it and Avelessi roll onto an asphalt road.
Immerging from the shadows of the garage in a leaping display was a huge cluster of wind, that whipped around the area Avelessi laid on the ground until it stopped around 7-meters away from him.
Out of the wind once it finally disbursed was a car, not just any but a racing car similar to some of the others in the garage, a 2006 Subaru WRX STi, to be specific. Its design was horribly distorted and had a sharper design almost like a metallic monster with its jaw wide open for attack, painted a dark purple and white with multiple decals with Kisuke's name and brands on it.
Coughing profusely, Avelessi's head was shaken in confusion and blood spat out his mouth from his lip, 'C-control your breathing... Control your breathing... What's that sound...?' Soon Avelessi's mind was brought back down to earth, he noticed that they were in the middle of the large race track that was built recently. The crowd was filling more and more with roaring fans.
Looking around the crowd then over to the middle of the track there was a helicopter in the middle and several people setting up microphones and cameras. "A-ah! Johanne!' Avelessi tried to calm himself, looking around the dark garage.
One of the crew members along the side quickly came to Kisuke's side and tapped on the window offering a microphone to him. Kisuke smirked with devious intent and lowered the window to take the microphone.
"Can you hear me Bodou City!? I have something pretty badass for you all to see! I found a few rats lurking around the building looking to stir up trouble! They're jealous of this good fortune and entertainment! This beautiful track and these fast cars! They planned to sabotage my wheels! What do you say we teach them a lesson!?" The crowd went crazy, booing at Avelessi who kneeled in recovery before the roaring monster of a machine.
"O-oh! Oh dear!" Avelessi panicked trying to get to his feet and make a run for it, only hearing the louder cheers and the engine.
As Kisuke began to slowly accelerate from the starting point, letting Avelessi get a good distance away, from the darkness of the garage, dashing past Kisuke's car was a motorcycle that curved alongside Avelessi and grabbed him onto the back of the bike stopping to face Kisuke.
"W-what the hell!? Who are you?" Avelessi panicked at suddenly being grabbed but stopped for a moment looking at the clothing and the long silver and blonde ponytail sticking out the edge of the cycle helmet, "Johanne!"
"In the flesh and blood! I got my ass handed to me back there, so I decided to lay low for a minute and come up with a plan. That guy's Stand is that car!" Johanne said peering past the helmet and locking eyes with Kisuke who was revving his engine once more.
"H-how are we going to deal with that!? Why are we on a motorcycle!?" Avelessi looked around at the still booing crowd and back to Kisuke.
"We're going to play a little cat and mouse with this guy's pride. He's going to feel awfully shitty being beaten at his own game by a couple of brats on a stolen motorcycle." Johanne pushed the brake off and accelerated into a wheelie coming straight at Kisuke.
'This little street rat's got a lot of nerve!' Kisuke accelerated as well, watching the wind very slowly collect around the car but before it fully could Johanne was already in front of him and driving up to the front. Kisuke saw Johanne stick his arm out to raise his middle finger and drive over the hood, using his M.C.R's leg and smashing the hood of the car to launch them over Nights of Fire making Kisuke groan in pain. "Now you've fuckin' done it!"
Johanne continued his short flight in the air, Avelessi screaming from how high they were launched and slamming to the ground clinging hard to Johanne's back. "Y-you're a madman!"
Johanne peaked over his shoulder watching Kisuke quickly whip Nights of Fire around the position it remained in and begin his pursuit of the boys around the track, "Yeah I know. Give me a little bit while I think this out. Hang on tight!" Johanne pressed forward increasing his speed along the track, keeping an eye over his shoulder at the slowly growing cluster of wind behind them. The chase is on!