Not Knowing
"My goodness. You challenge me knowing I am controlling your friend's body. I doubt you could harm her. This human's blood is boiling." Eisidisi taunts using Suzie Q's body. He manipulated her voice as well. Nicole stood in irritation and she stared at the woman. "I still don't understand why Lord Kars desires you, but now I am curious to see." Eisidisi chuckles. Nicole steps forward. She was ready to save Suzie. No one would stop her. "Nicole, you can't get too close or you'll get burned." Joseph said. He was not sure if Nicole could handle the situation. More so Eisidisi. Nicole raises a hand to silence Joseph. "I can handle a stupid brain, Jojo." Nicole said in confidence.
"Why not try this then?" Eisidisi allowed blood to fly out of Suzie's skin and towards Nicole. Nicole dodges his attack and taps her foot against the floor. "Your master wants my ass and I know you're mad, but blame the attraction." Nicole said. "Of course. It is not the Italian then it's a pillar man." Joseph comments. Nicole shoots an evil expression at the Joestar for a quick moment. Suzie leaps in front of Nicole to grip her by the neck. Nicole gasps and she dodges once more. Doing so gave Eisidisi the chance to possess her. As the brain slowly exposes itself, Nicole reaches for the brain but Eisidisi slips back into the back of Suzie Q's dress to control the girl.
Suzie grabs Nicole by the arm and was about to toss her, but Nicole stands her ground until she snuck a kick into Suzie's side. Nicole did not want to damage the girl as one move could possibly kill her. "Shit..." Nicole murmurs as Suzie lunges at her. Blood and all. Nicole did not have time to think and she charges at Suzie in a hurry. "You are holding back because you care for this human. Ah, you have some kind of purity." Eisidisi said causing Suzie to chuckle. "Master Kars would prey on a naive woman. This means his entertainment of the hunt will not cease." Eisidisi explains as he saw Nicole's hesitation. Nicole narrows her eyes as a number of hamon sparks omitted from the palm of her hand.
"Naive...no. Jojo! Caesar!" Nicole spoke up. Joseph and Caesar look at Nicole giving her their attention. "Yes!" Joseph said. "Yes Signorina!" Caesar responds. "This beast is pissing me off. So let's hurry up and get save Suzie Q. Channel hamon into her body to get that damn rain off of her." Nicole said, doing her best to keep her cool. "I'm not a fan of the blood-" Joseph made an excuse. Nicole quickly turns to Joseph. She had a temper, "The hell you mean you're afraid! You chopped a body part off and NOW you want to be sensitive! Get your ass over there and and help me dammit!"
Joseph could not think of anything else to say. Caesar was in shock to witness Nicole lose her patience. Caesar pushes Joseph over to Nicole. Joseph almost stumbles over to Nicole. He feared her anger as she was in a hurry. "...Sheesh. What we must do is use both types of hamon on her. It'll force Eisidisi out." Joseph suggests. "Simultaneously, right?" Caesar asks. "Yes. Nicole, keep her in place." Joseph said. Nicole nods and charges towards Suzie. "Like you can hold me down." Eisidisi taunts. Nicole's brown eyes gave a red tint and she sends a small amount of hamon from her fingertips. She grabs Suzie by the arm yet Suzie tries to break free. Nicole grabs Suzie's other arm. "What? This hamon is not yours!" Eisidisi says as Joseph and Caesar ran around Nicole.
"No, but this power came from my grandparents." Nicole spoke just when Joseph and Caesar struck Suzie's body. Nicole knew the hamon came from her grandmother and the physical strength was from her grandfather. The look Suzie had on her face was shock as Joseph and Caesar were able to send their hamon into her body. "You...! Now I understand why Lord Kards wants you!" Eisidisi spoke before his brain was forced off of her. The brain leaps onto Joseph. Caesar holds Suzie who was now unconscious. Nicole fell silent as she questioned the last of Eisidisi's words. The thought of Kars having a reason to want her bothered the woman.
Nicole wakes up to Caesar laying beside her. His arms wrapped around her waist. The heat coming from his body was comforting. The scent was definitely his. Nicole smiles as she sees Caesar sleeping. Nicole turns her head to see the other bed empty. "Signorina..." Caesar murmurs softly as his hand moved to Nicole's thigh. Nicole shoots a glare at Caesar as he moves his hand too close. "Caesar, wake up." Nicole softly speaks. Caesar yawns as his hand rubs Nicole's inner thigh. He slowly opens his eyes and weakly smirks. He moves himself to lay on top of Nicole.
"Caesar, morning sleepy head." Nicole says and Caesar kisses her deeply. His lips pressed against hers. The kiss lasted for a few moments with Caesar trailing kisses down Nicole's chest until she let a soft moan escape her lips. Caesar was close to making Nicole give in until Joseph enters the room. "Oh come on! I come back here to tell you breakfast is here and the pervert is getting his food!" Joseph almost shouts. Caesar raises himself off of Nicole's chest and he stretches his arms.
The man helps Nicole sit up and Nicole moves out of bed. "I'm hungry. We'll argue later..." She said with a yawn. Caesar pushes himself out of bed. He and Nicole follow Joseph out the room. Nicole sees Lisa sitting at the table outside on the balcony. She was eating her breakfast which consists of scrambled eggs and a bowl of fruit. Nicole had let out a yawn as she took a chair across from Lisa. She grabs a plate that had a couple pancakes and eggs on it. Nicole was feeling tired especially from dealing with Kars last night.
She was not ready to deal with him yet. Nicole had a feeling something would happen. Caesar sat down in his seat to see Nicole yawning softly. "So how shall we handle this? The empty abandoned mansion is where Kars would be hiding in order to wait for Wham. And I doubt this will last long." Joseph spoke as he was eating his food. "We should attack Kars as soon as possible. Kill him and get this over with before Wham appears." Caesar said. Nicole does not say anything and chooses to eat in silence.
The topic was giving her a migraine. "If we wait then we can kill two at once. It's easier to take them both on." Joseph suggested as he did not want to fight in an instance as something might go wrong. "Jojo, are you scared? Don't tell me you don't have the confidence using your hamon now." Cesar says as he slightly gotten cocky. Joseph did not give Caesar a typical haughty response. Joseph was in his serious mood. "If we rush into a fight blindly," He comments. "Jojo...if we hurry this up then our families-" Caesar tries to explain and Nicole slams her hands on the table. She slowly stands up.
"Nicole?" "Signorina?" Both Joseph and Caesar turn to Nicole. Nicole needed more sleep, but more importantly to not tell Joseph the truth. She could not tell him about her grandfather. It would send cracks into their relationship. The only ones who knew were Erina, Speedwagon, Straizo, and Caesar. "I...need to sleep. Or something." Nicole said to excuse herself. She could not handle it. As Nicole left to go back to the bedroom, Lisa focuses on the attention between the young men.
Nicole had fallen asleep as the argument had become a fight. The short nap was interrupted; however, when Nicole was forced to wake up by a shock of hamon to run through her body. "Shit!" Nicole shouts as she falls off the bed. Nicole scowls to see Lisa standing in front of her. "You must stop Caesar. He's going after Kars!" Lisa said. "Damn this...I will get my explanation later!" Nicole said as she scrambles on her feet.
Nicole did not care that she wore pajamas. She grabs her winter coat and leaves the resort. If Caesar was already on his way to immediately fight then Nicole had no choice but to stop him. She walked along the path of boot imprints that were displayed in the snow. Nicole sighs as she knew she was the only one that could stop Caesar without fighting him. As the Brando woman walked her path, she could only reminisce her encounters with the Zeppeli male.
"You aren't a typical girl, huh?" Caesar questions as Nicole had grabbed her suitcase off the brick street. The young woman had finished pounding a random mugger in his face. "I'm boring and a foreign exchange student. Also, I'm a woman, not a girl. You're probably a boy." She says as she dusts her suitcase off. Nicole silently turns her back to Caesar and starts to walk. The delinquent was dumbfounded for a moment until he realizes that this girl was a grown woman, "W-Wait!" Nicole stops walking, but she does not turn her head. "This idiot who caused you trouble is one of my boys. I didn't expect the victim to be you. Please allow me to make it up to you." Caesar spoke nervously.
He truly could not believe this woman could fight. She appeared as a common school girl, nothing more. "..." Nicole just stood there in silence. The silence made Caesar surprisingly nervous. "Fine," Nicole answers. Caesar smiles to her answer. Despite the incident, Caesar wanted to learn more about the young woman. Caesar walks over to his unconscious friend and wakes him up. The juvenile opens his eyes and slowly sits up. His dark irises focused on Nicole and he was in shock. "Go on home. This girl is too strong for the both of us. I'll be back in a few hours." Caesar told his friend. The boy nods and weakly stands up. He silently stares at Nicole. "It's okay," Caesar assures him.
The boy leaves the two alone. "So, where to? This is your idea." Nicole said catching Caesar's attention. Caesar jerks his head out of his thoughts and nods, "R-Right! Ah, let's take a stroll. You're different from the girls here..."
Nicole ran through the snow and caught up to Caesar, "Caesar, stop!" She shouts as Caesar's back was facing her. The Zeppeli man was too determined to settle the score. "Signorina. You should go back." Caesar said as he stops walking. He looks down at the snow. In truth, he did not expect to see Nicole here. She was in her pajamas, except for the boots. Her hair was a mess and she was not happy. The woman was at her wit's end.
This would be the only time Nicole would stop Caesar. The cold wind hits Nicole's skin. She shudders in reaction but then ignores the feeling. Her eyes grow cold. "I can't. Not when I need to know why you're angry. I can tell Jojo said something." Nicole spoke before she cracks her fingers. Caesar turns around to face her. He did not want to fight Nicole. Nicole smiles before she taps the heel of her boot against the snow.
"I won't let you go, Caesar. I..." Nicole raised one leg up in the air before slamming her heel into the snow. A trail of snow flew towards Caesar. The snow hardens into ice as Caesar dodges the attack. He had rolled out of the way just in time as his scarf ripped apart. Caesar tsked and quickly rose to his feet as Nicole charged toward him. Her hands were full of hamon, ready to paralyze him within arms' reach of his face. Caesar was quick enough to evade her touch, but the hamon Nicole was omitting caused his body to feel a stinging pain. Nicole narrowed her eyes as she readied herself to charge at Caesar once more. Caesar breathes as bubbles start to form from his gloves. In reality, Nicole was here to stop him. He had to accept this.
"She's not trying to push me back...however, I can feel her intent means well. But I can't let her defeat me." Caesar thought as he knew his lover would never cease. "Stop hesitating. I'm not going to kill you. Think of it as just a punishment." Nicole spoke catching Caesar's attention. He could on remain silent as Nicole charges at him once more. Caesar had no choice and came for her. The two clashed hamon as the kicks, the punches, and grapples left them with cuts. More so blood and bruises. Once Caesar used his hamon-filled bubbles, Nicole could only take him on with taking the blows. As Nicole was close to striking Caesar in the throat, the Zeppeli man grabs Nicole by her wrists and pins her down in the snow. The panting of breath filled the air.
The two lovers could only stare at each other. No words exchanged. Caesar had his body hovering over Nicole. The space between the two at a minimum since they were not being intimate. "Signorina." Caesar spoke, the cold air displaying from his words, "Please let me do this." Nicole did not say anything. She could only guess that Caesar was still heading to see Kars.
"I want to mend what our grandfathers suffered, but take the burden off of you. I want to set you free, Signorina." Caesar had to explain his truth to Nicole. His words made Nicole snap her eyes open. "You damn fool! My burden is bearing the Brando blood. If you want to set mph-!" Nicole scolds Caesar until his lips roughly connected with hers. Her eyes were wide out of surprise, but Caesar never lets her go.
Caesar continued to kiss Nicole until they needed to breathe. She shoves the man away in order to stand up. "Screw this! I will make sure you cannot walk even if I'm injured." Nicole stated as she slowly lost patience. The woman cracks her fingers and strikes the snow building speed as the snow slid her over to Caesar. Within seconds, her foot had connected with his chest sending him flying a number of feet back.
The woman was not going to hesitate. Caesar landed on his back sliding a distance. The pain was stinging, but Nicole was not trying to kill him. Her sexual attraction at this moment was overshadowed by irritation and fragmentation. She waits for Caesar to stand and kept her focus on him. "Forgive me, Signorina..." Caesar speaks as his bubbles flew toward her. The bubbles started to turn into saucers as their speed increased. The closer they came into view, Nicole jumps out of the way to evade but is in shock as the bubble saucers had caught her direction. Immediately, Nicole was struck in the arm, thighs, and legs. The pop tore holes into her clothes and drew blood. She curses herself for not paying attention to his manipulation.
The bubbles did not stop coming her way as the number increased. "He is better with distance. Fine, I can even the score!" Nicole sucked in a breath and a spiked pillar of snow rose in front of her blocking the bubbles. Caesar was impressed to see Nicole use hamon skills. It was a first to witness her improvement. His thoughts would only be halted by a spiked pillar of snow and ice rising in front of him. "What?" He said as the pillar slams down on him. Barely escaping, Caesar releases more hamon-filled bubbles and sends them flying towards Nicole's direction. "Stop gawking and come at me!" Nicole stated as she had more spiked pillars rise taking the damage of the bubble saucers. Caesar knew she was mad at him. She could not be conflicted anymore. Did he really want to hurt her?