"Oh my god OH MY GOD!" screamed Koichi, Josuke ran over to Okuyasu and used Crazy Diamond to snap the rope and fix Okuyasu's broken neck. "He…. He's dead… even though I healed him, my Crazy Diamond can't bring him back."
Josuke couldn't help it anymore, he just lost it as he bawled over Okuyasu's corpse, Koichi minded his distance, but he was crying too. "Damn it, why?" said Josuke "After we defeated Kira we were so happy to be alive, we never thought anything like this would ever happen again, but now I'm even more scared then I was then…"
"O-Okuyasu… no…." said Koichi, he fell to his knees, "Damn it, my best friend, I thought we would keep being friends forever, hell, I even hoped we would be more than that, but now I have nothing" said Josuke, but it seems at that moment he realized something.
'Why am I doing this? I'm making Okuyasu's death about me, I'm being selfish, I'm disgracing him… In fact… maybe our fights recently had something to do with this. Dammit, I should have noticed that something was wrong!' he thought.
Josuke wiped his eyes 'I have to start making up for it now' standing up he walked over to Koichi and put his arm on his shoulder "Hey Koichi, come on, let's go, we need to call the police" he said "O-okay, yeah, we should go tell someone about this." Josuke helped Koichi to his feet, they passed through the doorway whenever they heard a sound.
"Hey, what was that? It sounded like the front door!" said Josuke, he turned and ran to the window to see Monika running away from the house while holding a book "Is that… the book Okuyasu was reading?" Koichi walked to the window as well "Wait! Look, she's carrying something else as well!" he said.
Josuke looked closer and saw that she was holding the stand arrow "I-It's the arrow! Monika has the arrow!" he said "But why? Why would she have that?" asked Koichi "There's no time to think about it!" said Josuke, he broke the window and jumped out of it, he slid down the overhang beneath his window and landed safely on the ground, Koichi did the same and they started chasing Monika.
As they trailed her Josuke could only wonder if she had something to do with what happened to Okuyasu, god help her if she was responsible. Monika ran straight to the school and into the Literature Club room, seconds after she entered Josuke and Koichi busted down the door.
"Monika! What are you doing with that arrow!?" asked Josuke, "Oh good, Josuke's here now, then I guess it's time to get started." she said "Get started?" asked Josuke, confused he looked around to see the whole club was there.
"What's going on?" he asked "I called them here, there's something I need your help for." answered Monika "Listen to me Monika, that arrow is dangerous, I need you to give it to me, it's not an ordinary arrow." said Josuke.
"Josuke, I know exactly what this arrow does, that's why I took it." she said "What!? Are you our enemy?" asked Josuke "No, I'm anything but that, I know a way to set everything right." she said "What does that mean? What's wrong with the way things are?" he asked.
"The literature club isn't supposed to exist, none us are supposed to be here, me, natsuki, sayori, and yuri, we were all brought here somehow." said Monika "What are you on Monika? Is this a joke?" asked Natsuki "Monika, you're starting to creep me out." said Sayori.
"All I need to do to understand everything is this book, and this arrow, now just let me do this!" said Monika "Wait! Why do you need me? And I can understand the arrow, but what does Okuyasu's book have to do with this?" asked Josuke.
"This isn't Okuyasu's book, It's mine, I have no idea how he got it." said Monika, Yuri got worried after hearing this. That book turned her insane and gave her a stand, what effect could it have had on Okuyasu? "Um.. Monika…" she mumbled.
'Shit, she's catching on.' thought Monika "Don't say a word Yuri!" she yelled "Hey! What the hell? Why can't she talk?" asked Josuke "Yeah Monika! You can't just take advantage of Yuri's submissive personality like that!" said Natsuki "What are you hiding?" asked Koichi.
"All of you shut up!" she yelled, she wanted to use her stand to make her words carry more weight, but she couldn't let Josuke see her stand. "Okay, now I know that you're hiding something from me! Give me that arrow now!" said Josuke as he advanced towards Monika.
'I'm out of time, it's now or never!' she thought, she brought the arrow down and pierced the book with it before Josuke could get there. "THREE FREEZE!" yelled Koichi, he made Monika's hand heavier so that she couldn't move so she wasn't able to stab the book in time.
"No! What is this? Why is my hand so heavy!" she asked, but upon seeing the figure floating next to Koichi she knew that it must be his stands power. "The target has been stopped, BITCH!" said Act 3. Monika had no choice, she was backed into a corner, she had to use her stand.
Focusing all of her power into one move she became imbued with stand aura "Koichi! She's a stand user! She's going to attack!" said Josuke, but all Monika did was talk "Josuke! Punch Koichi and knock him out!" she yelled. Normally she needs to say several phrases to convince someone to do something with her stand, but since she basically used up all of her energy in one sentence it was extra effective.
Josuke obeyed and punched Koichi as hard as he could in the face, all of the other club members shrieked at the violence. Do you guys remember that one episode where Hazamada's stand controls Josuke and he punches Koichi? It's like that, Koichi ain't coming back from that one, he's done.
"W-wait, I didn't mean to do that." before Josuke could piece together what was going on Monika leapt for the arrow that she had dropped. In this moment, Josuke had two choices, stop Monika, or heal Koichi, luckily it didn't have to come to that because Yuri finally stepped in. She tackled Monika and pinned her to the ground.
"Dammit Yuri get the fuck off of me!" said Monika, she was all out of stand power, and she wasn't strong enough to break free. "No way Monika! Whatever you're going to do will hurt my friends! I won't help you in your plans, I'm going to stop you, you're acting insane!" said Yuri "Josuke, now's your chance do whatever you need to do!" she yelled.
"Thanks Yuri, I guess I could count on you after all." said Josuke, he ran to Koichi and started healing him "What the fuck is happening? What are these things everywhere? Am I hallucinating?" asked Natsuki "What things are you talking about Natsuki? I don't see anything." said Sayori.
Josuke finished healing Koichi "Koichi! I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to do that! I think her stand might be able to control me somehow!" he said "Ow… It's fine Josuke, but I guess that means we can't really trust anyone right now." said Koichi. "I'm not so sure, if she can control people then why doesn't she move Yuri? I think she can only use it for a limited amount of time!" he said.
"Use what? What is a stand? Is that what you call those floating spirits?" asked Natsuki, everybody turned to her "What's wrong?" she asked "You can see them?" asked Josuke "Um.. yes?" she answered, "Natsuki's a stand user as well?" asked Koichi "Of course she is!" yelled Monika, still pinned under Yuri.
"You knew?" asked Josuke "I know everything about the club members!" said Monika "Is Sayori a stand user." asked Josuke "Hmmm… I don't know." said Monika "Which one is it Monika? Do you know or not?!" asked Josuke, "It's like I said, I know everything about the club members, it's all in that book, but why would I tell you anything?" said Monika.
Josuke picked up the book "I should destroy this book." he said, he summoned Crazy Diamond and tried to rip apart the book but it wouldn't work "What? Why won't it break?" asked Josuke "Hehehe" laughed Monika "Just what is this book?" asked Josuke, he opened up the book and read it.
"It's… blank?" he said "You fool, the book only responds to club members for some reason." said Monika "So it's no use?" he said "That's right." said Monika "Well, then, if I can't destroy this then I'll just have to make sure nobody can ever use it again!" he said. Crazy Diamond ripped apart the metal bars on the chairs and desks and fixed them together so that the book could not be opened.
"I'll be holding on to this" said Josuke "So what are we going to do with Monika?" asked Sayori "I don't really understand what's going on." "It's okay Sayori, I'll explain everything to you once this is over, I just have a little more to talk with Monika about." he answered.
Josuke faced Monika, she could feel his menacing gaze see right into her soul, whatever he was about to ask her she had to answer truthfully, he would be able to tell if she was lying. "Did you use your stand to make Okuyasu kill himself?" he asked.
"What? Wait, Josuke, what did you say about Okuyasu?" asked Sayori, Natsuki and Yuri looked blown away by what they just heard. Monika took this moment to throw Yuri off of her now that she was distracted "Ah! No, She's getting away!" yelled Yuri, who tried to rebound and pin Monika once again, but she reached the arrow before she could.
"She's going to get the arrow, I can't make it in time!" said Yuri "THREE FREEZE!" yelled Act 3, saving the day once again. "Phew, thank god we have you here Koichi!" said Josuke, "Keep her there for a while, the others need to know what's happening." Josuke faced natsuki and Sayori and prepared to tell them the truth.
"All of you listen to me, Koichi and I found Okuyasu dead in his bedroom this morning… he hung himself." The girls all looked horrified and disgusted "How gruesome, poor Okuyasu." said Yuri, Sayori just started crying while Natsuki looked like she was trying to tough through the pain. "I have no idea why he did it, and I might not ever know, but one thing I do know is that after he hung himself Monika came running out of his house while carrying a book that he owned and the stand arrow as well."
"Monika… what were you doing there?" asked a sniveling Sayori, still believing that there was some good in Monika "I was stealing the book and the arrow… I need them to complete my plan!" said Monika "There's more!" said Josuke "You gained a stand as well, all you did was tell me to punch Koichi and I did it, you must have the power to control people in some way, don't you. You used that power to make Okuyasu kill himself."
Monika was silent "So what even are stands?" asked Natsuki "They're powers that some people just happen to possess, but you can also get one if you're pierced by that arrow, we had a lot of trouble with that not very long ago, the fact that Monika has it can't be good. I should mention that only a person with a stand can see stands." said Josuke.
"So, are you saying that me and Yuri have powers too?" asked Natsuki "Actually, I've known for some time now." said Yuri "I guess this means Sayori doesn't have a stand, it may seem like a bad thing, but you should be grateful that you don't have one, now you won't be targeted." said Josuke.
"Targeted?!" asked Natsuki and Yuri simultaneously "Yeah, well let's just say that stand users are connected to each other, they'll find each other eventually, even by accident, and you can only hope that whoever that person is, they aren't out to get you." after that last part Josuke looks Monika in the eye before turning back to the others.
"I think Monika is one of those people, any strange things happening to you guys may have been a result of her powers, but we can talk about that later, for now I just need to know one thing. Monika, did you or did you not use your stand to influence Okuyasu's suicide?" he asked.
'This is it' thought Monika 'It's all over, I failed.' she could see her plan crumbling away before her. No, was it even her plan? All of this she learned from the book, she felt an overwhelming desire to follow the books instructions, like it was only natural, like it was something she had always wanted to do and just never knew until now.
But now her journey was over, after Josuke found out the truth behind Okuyasu's suicide he would kill her, but if she couldn't live in the reality she wanted, then she would rather die. Monika accepted her imminent death completely, but only for a second. In that second that she gave up she resurged even stronger than before.
She would not die because shit did not belong in this world, instead she will make this world belong to her, she would find the world she was meant to be in, she would find the world that felt real to her. She would find… 'Reality'.
But what could she do, she was under the effects of Act 3, and Josuke was awaiting her answer, and as she looked for her answer out of this mess, she came back to the same thing that started it all. Her eyes were drawn to the book, Portrait of Markov, just laying there, sealed shut with metal. She wondered why she decided to look at that of all things, but when she looked up she saw that Sayori was staring at the book as well.
Sayori had a mesmerized look on her face, Monika knew that look, it was the same look she and Yuri both had when they first saw it. It was only a matter of time, she couldn't be luckier, Sayori was finally feeling the pull of the book.
Monika had regenerated a tiny amount of her previously expended stand power and she released it towards Sayori "Do it" she whispered, Sayori didn't even understand what she said, but so long as she heard it it was enough, "Huh, what was that you said Monika? Answer me dammit!" said Josuke.
Monika's stand activated and sayori was just barely pushed towards the book, but the combined pull was just barely able to overpower her and she picked the book up. "Josuke, I should have told you something." said Monika "The book, it was blank for me as well, but it didn't matter, you don't need to read it." "What does that mean?" Asked Josuke "Don't try and change the subject!" "It means that you don't have to read it, the book speaks to you, in your mind. Do you really think that reading could drive me insane? No, it can't, it was the voice in my head, telling me enough to understand, but withheld enough to intrigue me, that's why I started following it in the first place, and it seems like sayori is next." said Monika
"Huh, Sayori!?" said Josuke who turned around quickly to see Sayori holding the portrait of Markov "Sayori! Put that down! It's dangerous!" yelled Josuke "Sayori please, that book is evil!" yelled Yuri "Sayori, listen to us! Put down that book!" yelled Natsuki "Don't listen to them Sayori! This is your destiny!" screamed Monika.
Sayori started to glow with stand energy, she looked at Monika "No… what is this? This can't be it… THIS CAN'T BE ALL THERE IS TO LIFE!" she screamed. Everyone was shocked, even Monika "Sayori what's wrong with you" asked Monika, 'This wasn't supposed to happen.' she thought. "I-I understand everything Monika, why this is all happening, I've found out what it is that you want to know." said Sayori.