Holy shit! (or should I say: HOOOORRRY SHEEEEET?) I can't believe I made it to 100 favorites and follows! This is a freakin monumental moment for me, especially since this is the first of my stories to make it that far! I would just like to take this moment to say thank you to everybody who's read, reviewed, favorited, and followed this story so far. Having such great feedback for this story really encourages me to write about it. So in essence, I hope the lot of you continue to enjoy this story as well as Joseph's antics on Remnant!
Disclaimer: lolrus555 owns neither JoJo's Bizarre Adventure nor RWBY. They are the property of Hirohiko Araki and Rooster Teeth respectively.
Joseph Joestar: Hamon Hunter
As soon as Goodwitch called on the match, the first thing both sides did was circle around each other, neither of them taking eye contact off each other. In a fight, one of the most important factors is just who makes the first move. While it doesn't decide the victor, the first move either side makes heavily influences just where the tide of battle will turn, and currently, it seemed neither Joseph nor Ruby were in a rush to make the first move.
'Rushing headfirst into trouble has never really ended with good results so far, so I'm better off waiting things out right now…' Ruby thought as she relished in the cold feel of Crescent Rose's metal on her hands. Suddenly, the silent standoff between the two was broken when Joseph suddenly brought out his clackers, a confident grin clear on his face. As soon as he did this, the muscular brunette began to swing his arms around in an elaborate fashion, which in turn led to his steel balls swinging around him at a breakneck speed, and despite how fast they were going and how they were swinging around in practically every direction, Joseph didn't seem worried in the slightest that one of the clackers might hit him.
*FWIP*
'What the!?'
"Pretty cool, huh~?"
Suddenly, in one fluid motion, the clackers seemingly disappeared behind behind Joseph's back. Ruby, who was caught off guard by the disappearance of the steel balls, tried to circle around Joseph to get a better look at whatever he was planning, but the Joestar wouldn't have any of that, merely mimicking the silver-eyed girl's motions so she wouldn't get a better look. This motion allowed the audience watching them to see exactly what he had done.
"...Weiss…" Yang whispered, impress clear in her voice. "Are we looking at the same thing here?"
"...Yup…" Weiss confirmed, sounding equally impressed. "Makes you really wonder just how in the hell he manages to pull these stunts off…"
From the crowd's point of view, everybody was clearly able to see that Joseph had somehow managed to angle the clackers into the perfect trajectory so that they were now 「stuck to his back」. From the looks of it, the slightest change in the angle of the brunnet's arms would cause the clackers to go flying off of his back.
"'Where the hell did the clackers go!?' That's what you're wondering, right~?" Joseph spoke up suddenly, bringing the crowd's attention back to the match. Currently, the Joestar seemed to have addressed the very question that had been on Ruby's mind ever since he pulled this little trick.
"Well Rubes, I would tell you, but a true magician…" As Joseph said this, he tilted his arms downward.
"NEVER REVEALS HIS SECRETS!" Which in turn caused the steel balls to come flying out from behind his back and straight towards Ruby.
"YIPE!" Surprised, but reacting instinctively, Ruby quickly blocked all four of the steel balls with Crescent Rose before attempting to back away. Refusing to let up on his assault, Joseph quickly followed after her, swinging his clackers at her in a flurry of yellow lighting and steel. Despite the unrelenting assault that was being forced onto her, Ruby still managed to parry all of the clacker strikes with the blade of her scythe. As she did this, the silver eyed girl waited for a slip up in Joseph's technique to strike, and when the speed of the clacker volley began to slow down, she knew that her opportunity was close at hand.
'He's winding back! NOW'S MY CHANCE!' As Joseph began to wind back both his arms for another assault, Ruby took the chance to strike. Activating her Semblance, the red clad girl rushed towards Joseph in a flurry of rose petals and jammed the butt of her scythe into his gut, knocking the air out of the brunnet. Capitalizing on opening, Ruby began to slice and shoot at Joseph with a series of intricate and elegant strikes, each blow sending the Joestar back a step. She continued her assault until the both of them were eventually underneath the spotlight in the center of the stage. When she felt she had done enough damage, Ruby decided to finish her attack on Joseph by firing a shot towards the ground and using the trajectory to kick the purple-clad young man square in the chin.
"OURGH!" Joseph gargled as he got sent flying backwards, the kick being so powerful that it caused blood to fly out of his mouth and his clackers to fly upwards out of his grasp. Despite the pain coursing through his body, Joseph was still able to focus and was able to regain his balance mid flight, allowing him to land on his feet and hands. However, the Joestar hardly had any time to recover before Ruby was upon him once more.
"Oh shit!" Joseph gasped as he dodged out of the way of another scythe swipe, barely having any time to react before Ruby sent either another swipe or shot his way. Now that he managed to regain his focus, Joseph was now able to avoid the brunt of Ruby's elegant strikes, but with the speed and composure behind her attacks combined, he was unsure if he would be able to keep this up for much longer. It was at this point during the fight that Weiss noticed something strange.
'It's been close to a minute… where did those clackers go? Did they get stuck on the scaffolding or something?' True to Weiss's internal word, the clackers had seemingly disappeared from the arena ever since they slipped out of Joseph's grasp. In the heat of such an intense fight, nobody seemed to have noticed the disappearance of the steel balls, but this little anomaly hadn't gone unnoticed by Weiss. Looking around the area to see where the weapons had gone, the heiress eventually looked upwards, and couldn't believe what she saw when she did.
'Seriously... how in the hell does he pull this shit off?'
As the fight between the two had gone on, Joseph found himself once again in the center of the stage, with Ruby bringing her weapon down upon him once more.
"WOAH! Shit!" Without enough time to properly dodge the blade of the scythe, Joseph channeled his hamon into his palms and caught the blade between his hands. This in turn caused a power struggle between the two opponents. Despite Ruby steadily beginning to gain the upper hand on him, a broad, toothy smile made it's way onto Joseph's face.
"Hehe… I played a little trick on youuuu~!" Joseph taunted in a singsong voice, causing Ruby to widen her eyes in confusion and surprise.
"W-Wha-!?"
"Look up."
Instinctively doing what he said, Ruby immediately looked up towards the ceiling of the amphitheater, and was surprised to see that Joseph's clackers were somehow 「strung up and spinning」on the ceiling's scaffolding.
*THOOWP-THP*
Suddenly, just as everybody's attention was brought to them, the set of clackers that had been spinning in place suddenly detached from the other pair and came throttling towards Ruby. Like a deer in headlights, the leader of team RWBY was too shocked to react as the hamon charged steel balls smashed right into her scalp before miraculously bouncing back into Joseph's hands.
"OUUUUCH!" Ruby cried out, unable to help herself as she fell to her knees and clutched onto her scalp, the leftover hamon charge from the clackers leaving sparks of electricity bouncing around her.
"Looks like my clacker boomerang works vertically as well~! Now to finish you off!" Joseph declaredas he sprinted towards Ruby with left hand clenched tightly, sparks of hamon radiating throughout it. As soon as the silver-eyed girl saw the freight train of a man coming at her, she attempted to dodge out of the way, but found that her legs were being unresponsive.
'What!? I can barely move!' Ruby thought frantically as she tried to get up, still to no avail as the electricity continued to course through her.
'It must be that electricity that's doing this! Just what is that stuff anyway!?' Ruby thought as curiosity began to nip at her despite the circumstances. From what the silver-eyed girl had seen of Joseph so far, he had been able to use that strange energy he radiated for a variety of incredibly neat purposes, and the fact that it wasn't even his semblance and that he was so tight-lipped about the energy only fueled the excitable girl's curiosity. However, Ruby didn't have much time to ponder this before Joseph slammed his fist into her chin. As the hot blooded Joestar began to put more force into his punch, the electricity radiating off his fist began to change from a bright-yellow hue to a dark-orange one.
「"SCARLET OVERDRIVE!"」
As Joseph screamed this out, he suddenly leaped into the air with his fist still raised, sending Ruby flying to the other end of the amphitheater.
"GRR-humph!" Ruby ground out as she regained her balance mid-flight, allowing her to land feet first. As soon as her feet touched solid ground, the 15-year old swung her cape to the side, sending the dust it had accumulated during the fight flying off her as well as putting out the small fires that lit up on it, courtesy of Joseph's 「Scarlet Overdrive.」
"Okay, no more Mrs. Nice Girl now!" Ruby huffed, glaring at Joseph, who only smirked challengingly in return. Seeing that taunting would get neither of them anywhere, Ruby decided to skip the theatrics and move onto her main attack.
Suddenly, Ruby disappeared in a blur of red and black, leaving only a bunch of falling rose petals to indicate that she had ever been there in the first place.
'Oh shit! She's using that Semblance thing of hers!' Joseph thought as he quickly looked all around the amphitheater stage, trying to see where Ruby had went.
*Slice*
"What!?"
However, as Joseph continued his search, a series of rose petals appeared all around him and he felt something dripping down his forearm. Quickly looking over to it, he found that a shallow cut had suddenly appeared there, blood already dripping down it.
*Slice*
"Dammit! Again!?"
As soon as Joseph noticed the cut, another one suddenly appeared on him, this time located on his abdomen. At this point, the Joestar once again tried to locate Ruby, or at least find some indication as to where she would appear next, but he found that while he had been paying attention to his wounds, the rose petals from the silver-eyed girl's semblance had completely covered the amphitheater's stage.
"I'm… not really sure what Ruby is doing, but whatever it is, it seems to be working." Yang mumbled as she watched the match intently.
"I do, and it's a pretty clever trick on her part." Blake suddenly spoke up, her eyes still on the amphitheater stage and the struggling Joseph, who was steadily getting more shallow cuts on his body. When she noticed Weiss and Yang looking at her questioningly, she continued.
"Don't you see? Ruby's semblance is fast and powerful, but it also leaves a trail." Blake explained, referring to the rose petals that always appeared in Ruby's wake when she activated her semblance. "As long as their reflexes are good enough, anybody could eventually predict where she would go and strike accordingly. By spreading her rose petals around the entire stage like this, she's effectively camouflaging her presence from Joseph. On top of all that, she's not taking any risks by going in for a damaging blow, but doing something that's just as effective."
"What? How is making a bunch of shallow cuts like that just as effective as a major blow?" Yang asked, growing confused. In response to this question, Blake motioned for the blonde to look towards Joseph, who was putting pressure on his wounds and looking frantically around the stage for some trace of Ruby's figure.
"Take a close look at those cuts, Yang. What do they all have in common?"
Doing as Blake told her, Yang took a good look at all of the cuts on Joseph's body, and after a second realized what the black-haired girl was talking about.
"I get it now…! His cuts, they're all bleeding! If Ruby keeps this up, Joseph will eventually just pass out from blood loss! Good thinking little sis~!" Yang noted, a proud smile creeping onto her face. Weiss also seemed to have been impressed with this plan, if the faint surprise on her face was any indication. Blake didn't say anything in response, merely continuing to watch the match go on with interest.
'Okay, this is really starting to get on my nerves now!' Joseph thought angrily as he clutched onto his bleeding cuts. It had been close to a minute and Joseph still hadn't managed to land a blow on Ruby after she activated her semblance. Not only that, but he was starting to feel really light-headed too! If he didn't think of anything to counter the silver eyed girl's semblance soon, then there was no way he would win. However, as the brunette felt another cut suddenly appear on him, this time on his chest, an idea suddenly made it's way into his head.
'Alright, I've never tried anything like this until now, so there's a very likely chance that it could blow up in my face, but then again, when has that ever stopped me?'
And with that thought in the back of his head, Joseph began to spawn 「Hermit Purple's」 vines all around his torso and legs. Making sure that nobody, especially any silver-eyed girls, would notice them, the muscular teen made it so that the purple vines didn't appear over his clothes. Once Joseph was certain that nobody would notice the vines, he worked his magic and surged his Hamon through every single vine.
*ZAP* *KRRRT-ZZZ*
"WHA-!?"
That certainly did the trick.
Only a few seconds after Joseph surged his hamon through 「Hermit Purple,」 the energy was immediately transferred to a both literally and figuratively shocked Ruby, who attempted to slice the Joestar on his legs once again, only for her scythe's blade to connect with the hamon-charged 「Hermit Purple,」transferring the energy over to the scythe's wielder.
"I got you now!「HERMIT PURPLE OVERDRIVE!」" As soon in Joseph yelled this out, he wasted no time in kicking Ruby backwards before extending his arm and ensnaring her in 「Hermit Purple's」 vines.
"Kohhhhh!"
Joseph then proceeded to deliver several bolts of hamon into her before giving the vines a mighty tug, sending Ruby flying towards him. Without skipping a beat, Joseph quickly brought out the single pair of clackers he still had and rammed the hamon charged volley right in her direction. When he felt the volley connect with Ruby's torso, the Joestar finished up the attack by winding up and performing the volley once again, this time in an overhead motion resembling an uppercut.
"GAH!"
The force of the impact was so powerful that it sent Ruby flying into the wall in the back of the stage. She tried to get up soon after, but her injuries were just too great, rendering her immobile.
"Hah…! Hah…! YEAH! What now!?" Joseph gasped as he staggered slightly towards where Ruby was struggling to get up, extending his arms in a challenging gesture. However, as Ruby continued to try and get up, Joseph noticed that the light-headedness he felt before seemed much more prominent now.
"Huh… that's funny. I'm kinda starting to feel a bit drow- OH! MY! GOOOD!" Joseph gasped in horror when he turned towards the audience, a terrified look on his face.
"Everybody in the audience has turned into a pitch-black silhouette! THIS MUST BE THE WORK OF AN ENemy stablegh…" Before Joseph could finish whatever he was going to say, he suddenly fell face-first onto the ground, showing no sign of movement.
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After he passed out, an odd moment of silence passed over the entire amphitheater. Everybody present was either too busy trying to decipher just what the hell Joseph was trying to say or was just at an utter loss for words, something that the members of Team RWBY had found they had been doing all too often ever since the muscular brunette came into their lives. When Yang managed to regain her voice, she said the same thing that had been on a lot of people's minds currently.
"...Is he alright?"
"A-hem!" Miss. Goodwitch began offhandedly when she realized that the match had been more or less decided.
"Well, since both Mr. Joestar and Ms. Rose are no longer able to fight, I'm afraid that this match is now a draw." The instructor explained as Ruby slowly began to regain her footing. (1)
"Now, I hope everybody watching was paying attention, because the both of them showed the skill and aptitude that is required to become a proper hunter. In any case, that will be our final match for the day." Goodwitch finished before looking towards Yang, Weiss, and Blake.
"Now, would the three of you help your teammates over to the infirmary? I don't think either of them are in any condition to do so themselves." Upon seeing the three of them nod in confirmation, the blonde huntress turned off the screens above the stage and took her leave.
"Alright, Weiss, you make sure Ruby is alright. Blake, you come help me get JoJo up." When the both of them agreed with that course of action, Weiss went over to offer a shoulder for Ruby while Yang and Blake went over to Joseph, who was beginning to stir from his brief lapse into unconsciousness.
"Alright big guy, c'mon. We gotta get you to the infirmary." Yang said, putting Joseph's scarf back on his neck before putting one of his arms over her shoulders, taking care not to get any blood on her.
"Urghh… did… did I win…?" Joseph slurred out, barely conscious as Blake and Yang helped him out of the amphitheater.
"No, it was a draw, and it certainly shows too! I feel sore everywhere!" Ruby whined as Weiss helped her walk.
"Sooorrrrrrry..." Joseph drawled, the blood loss still making him feel very woozy.
"I've got to hand it to you though," Weiss started when the others were out of earshot. "That trick you pulled with your rose petals was very impressive. Although… considering what happened during initiations, I suppose these plans of yours shouldn't come off as much of a surprise anymore."
"Aw~! You really think so? Thanks Weiss!" Ruby said happily, smiling despite her injuries. If there was at least one silver lining to this little sparring exercise, it had to be that she was able to impress her teammates.
"Alright, alright. Just don't let it get to your head."
By the time Joseph had been considered stable enough to leave the infirmary, the sun had already set, leaving the academy's outside area illuminated by the nearby street lights as well as the glowing green light located in the central tower of the school. When he began to feel the light-headedness overcome him once again, Joseph quickly took a seat at a nearby bench before he lost his footing.
"Blegh… I spent all day napping and I STILL feel drowsy. With skills like those, it's no wonder Ruby got into this school two years early…" Joseph reflected as he looked up at the night sky. Currently, all the stars were out and the Joestar was given a good look at Remnant's shattered moon.
'What the hell IS up with that moon, anyway? The goddamn thing has chunks of it scattering around it, and nobody even bats an eye towards it.' Joseph thought before he let out an irritated sigh. 'Then again, I guess whatever's wrong with that thing is common knowledge around here. Maybe I should ask Ozpin about it when I get the chance... Now that I think of it, that asshole has barely even told me a thing about this world! I didn't even know people could have animal ears until I found out the hard way!'
As Joseph continued to think about the many things he didn't know about Remnant, he was unable to notice the two girls that had been walking nearby. When one of the girls, the same one with the rabbit ears from earlier, noticed him sitting on the bench, she immediately froze, drawing the attention of her friend, who looked at her questioningly through her sunglasses.
"What? Something wrong Velvet?"
"Well… u-uhm… that guy sitting on the bench over there…" The girl, whose name was revealed as Velvet, managed, a slight rosy tint making it's way onto her face, something that didn't go unnoticed by her friend.
"Ohhh, I get it. So he's the one you were telling me about earlier, huh?" Velvet's friend noted, a knowing smile beginning to show up on her face.
"Well? Aren't you gonna go thank him for helping you?" She asked, causing Velvet to look at her in surprise.
"O-Oh! Well, I would Coco, but… he does seem kinda busy at the moment…" This weak explanation only caused the girl, whose name was revealed to be Coco, to raise an eyebrow at Velvet before speaking up once more.
"Well if by busy, you mean sitting on his ass doing nothing important, then yeah, it looks like he has a full schedule." Coco deadpanned. Velvet only fidgeted in response before she immediately tried to walk in the opposite direction of Joseph. However, she was stopped when an exasperated Coco grabbed her by the shoulder.
"Oh for the love of god. Could you just stop being a pansy for just five seconds and go talk to the guy? I thought you said you really appreciated what he did for you?" In response to this, Velvet stopped struggling and let out a small sigh.
"Okay, fine Coco, you win, I'll do it." Velvet sighed. "I'm just a little nervous." The bunny faunus explained before looking apprehensively at Joseph, who was none the wiser of the two girls' presence.
"Look, he started a fight with those assholes because they were picking on you. I kinda doubt that you have anything to worry about here." And before Velvet could react, Coco quickly pushed the girl in Joseph's direction.
"W-WHOA! Hey! Coco!" It was at this point that Joseph finally became aware that he wasn't alone. Looking towards his left, he saw a brown haired girl with rabbit ears stumble towards him before she managed to regain her balance.
"Uh… there something you need lady?" Upon hearing herself get addressed, the rabbit faunus straightened herself up hastily before looking towards Joseph, anxiety clear in her eyes.
"W-Well… I noticed you were nearby and I just wanted to say thank you for helping me…" Velvet managed, slowly beginning to steady her voice out.
"Really now?" Joseph asked rhetorically as he gave the rabbit girl a questioning look.
"Yes, really. It was… pretty refreshing to have somebody just stick up for me like that out of the blue. Nobody else was trying to help me back there and I really do appreciate what you did for me." Velvet continued, a warm smile beginning to show up on her face.
"Ah, don't worry about it! It was all in a day's work for somebody like me! But uhh..., I just have one question that I can't quite put my finger on currently, so would you mind clearing this up?" Joseph asked, rubbing his chin in a thoughtful manner as he stood up, crossed his legs in a subtle pose and looked at the girl.
"Of course! What's your question?" Velvet responded, her posture beginning to grow more confident as the conversation continued.
"Who are you again?"
And just like that, all the confidence that Velvet had steadily gained over the course of this conversation vanished in the blink of an eye.
'Hoo boy, Velvet. I can see you really caught yourself a keeper here.' Coco thought as she watched the unfolding events with a deadpan look on her face. Although that was just a thin facade for the great amusement she was getting out of this whole thing.
"W-WHAT!? Are you really saying you don't remember me!?" Velvet stuttered out, completely bewildered by what she was hearing. You would think that he would remember her, considering he started a fight with Team CRDL in the middle of the dining hall on her account. However, it seemed that wasn't the case with Joseph.
"Look lady, I have pretty terrible memory when it comes to anything that isn't threatening my life." Joseph said simply. "So why don't we just get down to brass tacks here and you just explain how you know me, eh?"
"You honestly don't remember…?" Velvet asked, and when the questioning look on Joseph's face didn't fade, she let out a small sigh before continuing. "At the dining hall. You picked a fight with Cardin because he and his team were messing with me."
"OHH! That!" Joseph said in realization, looking at Velvet in recognition. "Yeah, I remember now, I thought those ears looked familiar. I can't believe I could've forgotten such a pretty face. Sorry about that, Miss…?"
"U-Uh… Velvet Scarlatina." Velvet introduced herself meekly, a small blush on her face at being called pretty.
"Name's Joseph Joestar. But you can call me JoJo if you want." Joseph said as he introduced himself, a friendly smirk on his face.
"Heh… alright, JoJo it is then." Velvet agreed with a smile. "In any case JoJo, I just wanted to say that I really do appreciate you defending me like that."
"Ah, no biggie. Those assholes needed to be taken down a few pegs anyway." Joseph said happily, enjoying the praise that was coming his way.
"You got that right, I would've beaten them down myself if I was there." Coco added in, walking up to Velvet and looking towards Joseph.
"Oh, that's right. JoJo, this is my friend Coco. Coco, this is Joseph Joe…"
"HOLY SHIT!"
"...Star." Velvet finished, Joseph's sudden screaming throwing her a bit off guard. Currently, the Joestar was looking at Coco with an astonished look on his face, which was starting to weird out the beret wearing girl.
"...Personal space mean anything to you, buddy?"
"That scarf you're wearing is made of pure silk, isn't it!?" This statement caused Coco's eyes to widen slightly, although you wouldn't be able to tell thanks to her sunglasses.
"You can tell just by looking at it?" Coco asked when the initial shock wore down.
"Of course I can! I'll have you know that as an avid fashion enthusiast I can tell just by looking. More than that!" Suddenly, Joseph then grabbed onto one end of the scarf and began to feel it's texture, much to Coco's chargin.
"Hey! You mind not tugging on it!?" Coco demanded angrily. Although her complaints fell upon deaf ears as Joseph just continued to feel up the texture of the scarf, an amazed look on his face.
"This texture! It's so smooth! All the threads interconnect so eloquently it's unreal! Where on Ear- I mean, where on Remnant did get this!?" At this point, both Velvet and Coco were at a loss for words.
'This guy is just full of surprises, isn't he?' Coco thought before she lowered her sunglasses and spoke up once more.
"Y'know, at first glance, I wouldn't have taken a big guy like you for the 'Diva' type." Coco noted as she eyed Joseph, who only grew irritated in response.
"Answer the damn question! I NEED to get my hands on a scarf like that!" Coco couldn't help but crack an amused smile at just how urgent Joseph was treating this entire matter. She herself was quite the fashion enthusiast, but it seemed the Joestar was much more passionate on the whole matter.
"Alright, easy big guy. No need to pop a blood vessel." Coco reassured before she reached into handbag and handed something to Joseph. "Here, take these. They weren't really my style anyway."
Upon closer examination, Joseph found that Coco seemingly gave him a small brown bag that was chock full of gold objects in various different different shapes.
"What the hell are these supposed to be?" Joseph asked as he took one of the objects out of the bag and examined it closely. This one in particular was square with 「an open palm」 in the middle of it.
"They're these gold pins that you can attach to your clothes. The same store where I bought this scarf and some of my favorite outfits had a sale on them, so I bought them on a whim. In retrospect, they weren't really my style, but I'm sure a diva like you can make them work." Coco explained as Joseph put the pin he was holding back inside the sack and tied it up.
"Huh… well, thanks for that, but you still haven't told me the name of this store yet. Care to fix that?" Joseph asked, getting back to the subject at hand.
"Okay, I'll tell you what. Mind if I see your scroll?" Coco asked, holding out her hand for the device. Joseph was a bit curious as to why she needed that strange device Ozpin gave him before he arrived at Beacon, but he didn't question it and merely gave the short-haired brunette the white tablet.
"Okay, so it's like this." Coco began as she opened up Joseph's scroll and began to navigate the interface. "A few months back, some eccentric clothes maker set up shop in the shopping district in Vale. I never met the guy personally and to be frank, I don't really know much about him either. Only that he goes by some foreign name. I think it was… 'Roman…?' 'Rohan…?' 'Araki…?' I dunno." As Coco continued her explanation, she finished up her business on Joseph's scroll. She made sure to hand it back to the muscular brunette before continuing.
"Anyway, the store goes by the title 「Lucky Land,」 and it's been pretty successful with the general public. This weekend, I was planning on going there with Velvet to get her some new clothes. You interested in tagging along?" Coco offered.
"Alright, sure. You've got me pretty interested in what they're selling anyway." Joseph answered, looking forward to adding some more taste to his wardrobe. Compared to the clothes he had back home, his current set of clothes were pretty drab by comparison.
"Nice," Coco smiled before pointing to his scroll. "As an FYI, I added you to Velvet's and my contacts and vice versa, so I'll make sure to contact you when we go." She explained. When Joseph took a look at his scroll, he could see Velvet and Coco's pictures on the transparent screen, indicating that they had been added to his contacts.
"Works for me," Joseph shrugged before putting his scroll away. "Well ladies, it's been nice talking to you both, but I think it's about time I go get some shut-eye, so I think I'll be seeing you both around."
"Whatever you say. Seeya Joestar." Coco said before turning around and going on her way.
"Goodbye JoJo, enjoy the rest of your evening." Velvet added in as well before going to catch up with Coco. Joseph merely gave a small wave before continuing on his way back to the dorms. As Coco and Velvet continued to head back to their dorm room as well, neither of them said a word. The silence continued for another moment before Coco decided to break the ice in the bluntest way imaginable.
"So… you've got the hots for him, don't you?"
This statement caused Velvet to fall flat on her face in pure shock. As soon as she got up, there was a bright red tint all over her face and she looked quite flustered to boot.
"C-COULD YOU BE ANY MORE BLUNT, COCO?!" Velvet stammered out, which only earned an amused chuckle out of Coco.
"Flustered much?" Coco asked coyly. "C'mon, we've been friends ever since our team formed up, Velv. You can be honest with me." Coco jokingly reassured, putting her arm around the flustered faunus.
"Well honestly…"Velvet paused for a moment before she looked back at Joseph's retreating form. "I'm not too sure just what I feel about him. I really appreciate him sticking up for me before, but aside from that little conversation we had, I know next to nothing about him."
"Yeah, and what a first impression that was." Coco said, amused. It was amazing how just one conversation with Joseph was able to reveal that he was essentially a loudmouthed, fashion obsessed primadonna all in one go.
"But… I still wouldn't mind getting to know him a bit more. Regardless of whether or not I might… well... " When Coco just looked at her expectantly, Velvet sighed. "Please don't make me say it, Coco."
"Geeze, relax, will ya Velve~? You're way too high strung about all this if you ask me." Coco reassured, giving her long-time friend a rare, genuine smile on her part.
"Besides, even if you ARE into him, I can't say I blame you. I bet even Yatsuhashi would be jealous of that guy's figure." The blush that had finally faded away from Velvet's face then proceeded to come back with a vengeance.
"Coco, please don't tell me that when you say that, you're… well… interested in..." Velvet couldn't finish that sentence, too embarrassed to say it herself, and just hoped that Coco would be able to understand what she was implying.
And judging by the look of surprise on her face, she did. Fortunately.
"What? Oh, nah. I wouldn't look too deeply into what I said there, Velvet, I was just enjoying some of the eye candy he was offering. If we're gonna be real, being in a relationship with somebody like with him would just end with me going nuts.(2)"
"Alright, dorm sweet dorm." Joseph sighed as he stumbled into his dorm room before forcing the door closed. The walk back to his dorm room had been longer than anticipated, and this, combined with his exhaustion and recent blood loss, had left the Joestar very tired. The minute Joseph managed to get his boots off, he immediately threw his bag haphazardly to the floor before slumping onto his bed. He could practically feel all his muscles just melting in relief the minute he felt the soft texture of the matress. If you asked Joseph, nothing was quite as cathartic as just laying in your bed after a day of strenuous physical activity. And considering this is the opinion of a man who spent the last two months going around the world fighting vampires and cactus men, he was likely correct.
'So… niiiice~... and comfy…' In what felt like seconds, the idea of just laying in his bed until he fell asleep was quickly growing more and more appealing.
'Well,' Joseph thought as the last remnants of his consciousness began to fade away. 'Here's hoping that whatever happens in tonight's creepy-ass vision won't take away from a good night's sleep.'
And unfortunately for Joseph, tonight's vision was going to do exactly that.
"What… what on 「Remnant」 just happened…?" Jonathan asked, indicating that this vision was going to pick up immediately where the last one left off.
"Yeesh… what a mess." Speedwagon grimaced as he looked at Dio's slumped over corpse. "Well Mr. Joestar, if these were normal circumstances, I'd assume that the loone just snapped when he realized he was going to spend the rest of his days in a prison cell, but with all his screaming about 'Rejecting his humanity', it's hard to say just what he was trying to do."
"Oh god… Dio, why…?" George said mournfully as he looked as his adopted son's corpse. "Why would you do something like this to yourself…?" Despite what he had been planning, that he had every intention to murder himself and his son just to steal the family fortune, George still felt a humongous wave of grief as he looked at Dio's body. Realistically, the Joestar family patriarch knew that the corpse in front of him didn't deserve any tears to be shed for it, but he couldn't help himself. Despite his betrayal, George still saw Dio as his son, and seeing him like this just tore him up from the inside.
"Lord Joestar, please, you shouldn't be seeing this." The police chief interjected. "You should head back to your chambers and get some rest, my men and I will take care of the body."
"The chief is right, father," Jonathan added, looking at George in concern. "Speedwagon and I still have to head to the police station with these men to answer their questions, but once I take care of that, I'll return to you as quickly as I can."
"I understand, JoJo." George said solemnly, turning towards the doorway to the foyer. "Please, be careful. Such misfortune has befallen this family tonight, the last thing I want is to lose you in addition to this betrayal."
"Father…" Jonathan said sadly, looking at his father's retreating form.
*FWIP*
"Wh-WHAT THE HELL!?"
"HE'S STILL ALIVE?!"
D-Dio-"
*F-CH*
"F…"
ゴ
ゴ
ゴ
ゴ
"Fa…" Jonathan could barely manage to get the word he was trying to say out of his mouth, all the emotions coming at him at once sent his mind haywire, because right now, he was looking at the unthinkable. His step-brother, who for all intents and purposes, was lying dead on the floor a few minutes ago, was now standing and active once more, with his arm rammed through his father's torso. As if in reaction to his voice, Dio looked away from George's body, which he hoisted into the air with his arm, and straight at Jonathan. As soon as he did this, Dio's face went from one of neutrality to an evil smile that showed off two white fangs amid his teeth.
"FAAAATHEEEEER!"
"WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
-To be continued...
1. I was initially going to have Joseph win, then Ruby win, then have Diavolo take a surprise victory out of nowhere, but I eventually just settled on it being a draw.
2. Okay, so this message right here is to act as reassurance towards anybody who's potentially concerned. Joseph Joestar: Hamon Hunter… will NOT turn into a harem story. The girls of RWBY will NOT suddenly decide that they're all in love with everybody's favorite beefcake after no more than two conversations with him. They will NOT turn into his fucking groupies, become completely useless, and cheer him on as he simultaneously beats the shit out of Torchwick, Adam Taurus, Mercury, makes Neo, Emerald, and Cinder all hot and bothered for him due to just being in his presence, and then cure cancer and bring peace to the world while the girls all agree that they want to get into some weird-ass polygamy relationship with him. I fucking HATE crossover stories that make the main character of whatever fucking franchise some overpowered badass with a Sasuke Uchiha personality transplant that can make every single female character fall for him by either being attracted to his body or finding his dream to "BE HOKAGE" or king of the pirates so awe inspiring that they want to abandon all skill and talent they have to become a member of his own personal harem. So let me just clear the whole pairing issue up right here. I DO in fact have a pairing in mind for Joseph, but there will be points in the story where a female character will be ogling him due to his… "fanservicey" tendencies. However, that's all it'll amount to. They won't suddenly decide Joseph is their soulmate just because he's jacked. It's just the effect Joseph has on people since he runs around posing in provocative clothes all the time.
So anyway, some of you might be wondering just why this chapter took so long when compared to the other ones, and I have two very simple answers for you: The Metal Gear Solid HD collection and Dragon Ball Xenoverse. I managed to get my hands on both those games for my birthday and I have been playing the hell out of them. Plus, I also have a job, so that kinda takes up a bit of my time. But I really am sorry for the wait on this chapter, regardless of my excuses.
So, in an unrelated subject, I just saw Heaven!DIO for Eyes of Heaven… and OHHHHHHHHHH:D! The fact that Araki made him with the old artstyle just makes me giddy! It gives me hope that maybe part 9 will start to lean towards the good ol' muscular manly men artstyle from the good ol' days. Nothing against the new artstyle, it's just that everybody kinda looks a bit… samey when you take a good look at their faces. Plus, I kinda find all the men wearing lipstick to be a bit off putting, but that's just me. With this in mind, after Eyes Of Heaven gets released in America, I'm thinking of making a sub story to JJHH revolving around this incarnation of Joseph and a few RWBY characters getting wrapped up in the plot of Eyes Of Heaven. Afterall, we already have FIVE DIOS, why not have nine JoJos? Or three Josephs?
So, in any case, I just want to thank you all once again for reading and apologize once more for the longer wait with this chapter. Hopefully, I'll be able to get the next one out sooner. Seeya.