Judgement of the North Star
After taking the little misguided stand user to the town near the Red Sea the heroes received a call from P.O.I.N.T. Apparently they had been ordered to go to an island off the coast to await their new method of transportation.
The heroes descended from the boat that had taken them all the way to the island.
"This looks like a nice place." said Carol
"Yeah, lots of green, white beaches, and lots of water all around. If only it had cable and Wi Fi it would be a small paradise." said Elodie
"Why would P.O.I.N.T want us to wait here of all places instead of the town?" asked Mr. Gar
Just then they heard the boat that brought them to the island leave and head back to the beach town. The heroes were slightly wide eyed at the change of events that had just transpired.
"Well, that was something unexpected." said K.O.
"We should look around the island, see if there is anything or anyone else here." suggested Enid
With a nod the heroes split up to look around the island and find some sort of food or shelter for the time being. What they didn't know was that they weren't alone on the island.
K.O. had decided take on the island on his own. He did like being with his friends but he just needed to get some alone time. One thing that kept coming to mind was how he suddenly bursted with energy back in his fight against Death 13. He had so many questions but he didn't know where to start.
K.O.'s mind kept going on and on that he didn't notice that he had almost reached the top of a mountain. Once he realized that he was in one of the tallest parts of the island he came to, and he also realized that he was not alone at the top. In front of him was a tall man sitting cross-legged wearing a long cloak and only the back of his head could be seen.
"Are you lost?" asked the man with a stoic voice.
K.O. was slightly taken aback from this but quickly assumed a battle stance. Although K.O. was being cautious he couldn't feel any form of ill intent from the man.
"Um, no. Who are you? Do you live on this island?" asked K.O. as the man stood up.
The tall man turned around letting K.O. get a good look of the man. He had blue pants, black boots, a blue all buttoned up sleeveless jacket and shoulder protectors. He had lightly tanned skin, dark eyes, dark brown hair that connected all the way to the manly beard that he had.
"I don't live on this island, I'm just passing by. My friends call me Ken, hope I didn't startle you. Who are you?" asked Ken holding out a friendly hand
K.O. relaxed slightly and shook the man's hand.
"My name is K.O." said K.O. in a similar stoic tone.
Ken closed his eyes for a second when K.O. mentioned his name, as if he were in thought. Ken opened his eyes again before looking the young teen over and looked at his jacket.
"That's a nice jacket you have there, I think I had a jacket that looks just like that one." Ken said.
"Thank you. It was my father's," K.O. replied.
"He must mean a lot to you." said Ken.
"In a way I guess. I never met him. My mom told me that he died before I was born, but he was a great hero." said K.O.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I know how hard it is to grow up without a father. Listen, I can't just let you go on on your own. I'll accompany you back to your friends." said Ken
"Wait, what makes you think that I'm not alone?" asked K.O.
"You don't strike me as a loner, come on." said Ken walking down the mountain
K.O. followed shortly after. He couldn't explain it but he had an easing feeling with Ken around him. K.O. walked right next to Ken as they searched for his friends.
Back down in the island's jungle, Enid was having her own inner conflict. She had been thinking about K.O. and the power he had unleashed, at least that's what she told herself. In reality, she was concern about her feelings towards him. They had been traveling for more than a month and she had gotten to know him quite well over the course of that time.
"What am I gonna do? Should I take the first step? No, that might put him off. Why is he so innocent and me so frustrated about this?" asked Enid to herself.
Enid looked up and saw that she had made it to the beach at the other side of the island. She let out a tired sigh, then she heard something rustling through the foliage behind her. She turned around and assumed her combat stand. Then Rad came out of the jungle getting leaves and junk out of his hair.
"Hey Enid, what's up?" asked Rad
"Hey Rad. What are you doing here?" asked Enid with a sigh
"I was just looking around and hoping to sneak a swim in these crystal waters. You know, work on my tan." said Rad slightly full of himself.
"I guess you do have a point. But then again, what are the odds of an enemy with a stand be waiting for us-and you're already in the water." said Enid as Rad was swimming in the waters.
"I cannot believe we work together." said Enid rubbing her bridge of her nose.
"Oh, calm down. No one knows where we are. Plus if we happen to find treasure we can totally be rich." said Rad looking for treasure.
Rad then spotted something glowing withe the sunset light nearby. He went up to it think it was treasure and picked it up. It was a golden sand and barnacle encrusted lamp with a demon's face on the side.
"Jack pot!" screamed Rad with a smile holding the lamp up.
"Congrats, you found an old oil lamp." said Enid in an uninterested way.
"Wonder how much this thing'll be worth?" asked Rad rubbing the lamp to clean it up.
Suddenly from the end of the lamp a large stock of smoke sprout out causing Rad to panic and hid behind Enid. Enid retook her combat stand as the clear white smoke began to accumulate and grow bigger and bigger. Suddenly from the cloud of smoke a pair of massive arms sprung out, followed by a massive armored chest and a big man's face. The head was covered in a metallic turban, its eyes resembled sunglasses and a long beard came down from its chin. In both arms the being had armored gloves that appeared to be made of scrap metal.
Enid and Rad were surprised at the large being in front of them as it smiled to them. The large apparition looked down on both Enid and Rad and then thrusted its large hand extending three of its fingers.
"Three, you each get three wishes!" screamed the big smoky man
"Does this guy really thinks we're going to fall for that?" asked Enid as she called out Greek Fire
"Yeah, nice try pal." said Rad getting up and having Lazer Finger stand next to him.
Both of the Bodega's employees attacked the massive genie with a relentless fury. Rad blasted at the genie wannabe with his laser finger guns, and Enid kicked it pushing it back. The genie then pushed back both of them with its massive arm strength. The two heroes regrouped and stared at the being.
"Just who or what are you, the genie from Aladdin?" asked Enid
"My name is Cameo, and as I said, you each get three wishes of whatever you desire. So what'll it be?" asked Cameo
"Yeah right, like we'd buy that. If you wanna grant our wishes why don't you tell us where your stand user is." said Rad pointing at Cameo
"That's your first wish, kinda boring if you ask me." replied Cameo
"OH YEAH?! In that case, MAKE ME FITHY STINKING RICH! How bout that?" asked Rad a little angry
"Is that your first wish? Going once," began Cameo
"Don't waste my time and just do it." said Rad
"Alright then, Hail 2 U!" screamed Cameo as a blinding light erupted from his body
As the light subsided Enid and Rad saw that Cameo had disappeared and only the lamp was left.
"That was weird. We should keep our guard up, that thing was clearly not a genie." said Enid
"Yeah, you may be right." said Rad picking up the lamp
"Your not seriously holding on to that thing, right?" asked Enid
Rad paid no attention to her as he began walking away until he fell on a hole. Enid rushed to see what had happened only to find that Rad was sitting on top of a small mountain of treasure.
"Oh my god, I'm stinking rich!" screamed Rad as he began to swim amongst the treasure.
Enid was staring at Rad with wide eyes wondering how the hell this could've happened. If that thing they had just faced off against was a real genie then all their wishes could be granted and they could make Dio and Shadowy Figure seize to exist. But something kept ticking off Enid, and that was how that genie just up and disappeared when Rad made his wish.
Enid quickly snatched the lamp from Rad and began rubbing it. Surely enough Cameo appeared once more giving Enid a smile.
"I see you are happy with your wish, so what'll be your second wish?" asked Cameo
"Like hell, this is my first wish you walking smoke! Come here and I'll tell you my wish!" said Enid calling out the genie
"That's not how it works." replied Cameo
"Alright, let's do a test run. I wish to turn invisible at will." wished Enid only for Cameo to scratch his chin.
"You sure that's your wish, 'cause that's a little bit on the boring side." said Cameo
"Oh, who cares what you think. It's my wish." said Enid getting tired of the genie's attitude.
Rad got up from the treasure spot and grabbed the lamp from Enid.
"Let me show you how its done Enid. I wish, that an incredibly hot naked girl to appear and fall in love with me." said Rad with a smug face.
"Now that's a wish! Get ready Hail 2 U!" screamed Cameo doing just as he had done last time
As soon as Cameo disappeared, Rad began looking around hoping to spot the hot girl he had just wished for. But then he was kicked into the island by Enid who was angry at Rad's wish.
"What the hell Rad?" asked Enid angrily
"Why?" asked Rad
"You can't just blindly make wishes to someone you don't know. What if that thing is an enemy? We need to get to the others and warn them." said Enid with anger
Just then a woman's sweet laughter caught the attention of Rad. As he turned around he saw a gorgeous woman standing between the plants. Rad's eyes widen out as he stared at the beautiful woman before him. She was tall with a powerful body, no fat nor muscle out of place, her long brown hair reached all the way to her shoulders, her ivory colored skin shined with the light of the moon and her dark green eyes allured him towards her. The woman ran off with a sweet almost innocent laughter.
"Wait for me my love, I love you!" screamed Rad, no longer thinking with his head, as he ran deeper into the jungle.
"Rad, get back here! You don't know who that is! Use the head you have on your shoulders, damn it!" screamed Enid as she took off after Rad using Greek Fire's speed.
After a short run the heroes arrived at a clearing where Rad's dream girls was sitting on a large rock. Rad went straight up to the girl and proceeded to whisper sweet nothings in her ear.
Enid was seriously considering on just leaving Rad to his own devices when she was cut off by none other than Cameo.
"He seems very happy with his wish, are you sure you don't want your wish granted?" asked Cameo which was only received by a swift kick.
"I'm not going to fall for those tricks. So you best give it up." said Enid
"Are you sure? Isn't there a certain young man you don't want to have fawning over you? Or perhaps you'd rather have him taking a more assertive role? Now those sound like wishes to me." said Cameo making Enid flinch and imagine K.O. being just that.
Enid's lips trembled as she considered asking one of those things as her wish.
"I wish the man I like, be more involved with me, and that he liked me more than just a friend." said Enid with a red streak across her face
"You got it. Hail 2 U!" said Cameo
Enid looked in front of her and saw that K.O. was standing there with a warm smile on his face and slightly taller than her.
"Hey, Enid, would you like to walk with me?" asked K.O. getting Enid to slowly reach out to grab his hand.
But she was taken out of her thoughts when she heard Rad scream. Enid quickly turned in the direction of Rad's scream to spot how the woman he had wished for was tearing into his flesh. Enid quickly rushed towards the woman and kicked her off of Rad with an entrance kick.
The creepy woman scurried through the grass away from the two heroes.
"Rad, you alright?" asked Enid helping Rad up.
"What just happened? I wished for her to be in love with me not to use me as a meal ticket." said Rad putting pressure on his wound
"Hey you genie knock off, get here right now." said Enid
Shortly after Enid called him out, Cameo appeared on a branch of a nearby tree.
"You rang?" asked Cameo
"What's the deal with my wish, I wished for her to fall in love with me not to try to eat me." said Rad in anger
"You don't get it do you. I'm a stand representing the Judgement card. I can create anything you wish for from the soil, but the details of said wishes are mine to manipulate as I see fit." said Cameo
Just then a large shadow loomed over them as they turned around they saw 'K.O.' with a row of razor sharp teeth come down on them. Enid was so terrified by the sight that she was paralyzed. All she could do was scream as the K.O. that she wanted bit down on her shoulder.
Just before the fake K.O. could take another bite out of Enid a powerful sound caught through the field.
ORA!
The fake K.O. was sent flying far away from Enid as both the real K.O. and Foo Fighter stood over Enid.
"K.O.?" asked Enid
"The one and only. So who is that guy that looks like me?" asked K.O. as he helped Enid up to her feet
"Let's just say that if Elodie finds out, she'll never let me live it down." said Enid holding onto her shoulder
"I see the star of the show is here, well then I'll give my masters the good news that I took all three of you down." said Cameo as Rad's cannibal girlfriend jumped out at him once more
"Sorry to disappoint you, but there's four of us." said K.O. as his companion appeared between Rad and his evil wish
Ken appeared in front of the abomination with his right arm held up high. He then karate chopped Rad's girlfriend in two with relative ease sending a shock wave cutting through the grass.
"This is unexpected, but you're still going to die!" screamed Cameo as the fake K.O. lunged at them once more
However, this did not deterred the two heroes.
"I got the stand you can destroy your doppelgänger. You ok with that?" asked Ken as he was surrounded with a powerful crystal blue aura.
"Yeah, I got it." said K.O. with enthusiasm as Foo Fighter cracked his knuckles.
(Fist of the North Star -Combat Theme)
Both heroes charged as Ken threw away his cloak. Both Cameo and the fake K.O. met the two heroes in the field of battle.
K.O. began battling against his evil duplicate with great rage and strength. Despite them looking alike, the fake K.O. was only half as fast as the original. The fake clone threw punches similar to K.O.'s but they didn't have the same power as those that the original had. The fake K.O. spun kicked at K.O. but he blocked it with his left arm and then delivered a powerful right hook. K.O. and Foo Fighter then punched a storm of fury upon their enemy shattering him to dust.
"You may look like me, but I'm still stronger than any dirt clone." said K.O. with a smirk
On the other fight the massive stand was clumsily throwing punches on Ken's path, but he dodged them with ease.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha! You should just give up, without a stand you'll never be able to touch me." said Cameo laughing
Ken narrowed his eyes as Cameo threw a powerful punch towards him. Ken jumped over the punch with grace and then used the arms to spin around and deliver a devastating spinning kick on Cameo's face. The kick shattered the sunglasses and sent Cameo bouncing into the ground. Cameo grunted in pain as he slowly rose with disbelief in his eyes.
"What, but how?!" asked Cameo
"You shouldn't underestimate your enemy just because they do not posses the same power you do. I will destroy you and your masters." said Ken as he opened his hands to strike down the stand
Cameo jumped back up to the sky and began gathering the soil and earth around him. His arms turned massive and intimidating. Cameo then thrusted his arms at Ken with rage.
Ken jumped back as the stand's attack only managed to tear apart part of his shirt revealing the scar coved chest.
"You'll pay for that." said Ken as his fighting spirit flared and his muscles increased in size.
Just as Cameo was preparing for another attack Ken began his furious attack. At the speed of a speeding bullet, Ken unleashed an armada's worth of strikes at Cameo, destroying everything on his path. The massive stand was torn to shreds as Ken unleashed his war cry.
ATATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!
"100 Crack Fist." said Ken calmly as the stand fell to his attack.
A silence befell the battlefield as the stand was defeated. Just then a man jumped out from the ground screaming in pain. The heroes all turned to see the man and then sent a paralyzing glare towards him. The man tried to beg but was then set a blaze by Enid's stand.
"Well, that was fun." said Ken
"Hey, thanks Mr. Ken. You were really cool back there." said K.O. before noticing the scars on Ken's chest
"You're welcomed kid. What's the matter?" asked Ken looking at K.O.'s shocked expression.
"You're-you're-you're-" began K.O.
"CENTRO THE FIST OF THE NORTH STAR! A HERO LEVEL 95! Considered by many to be one of the strongest heroes as well as one of the most elusive!" screamed Dendy as she and the rest of the heroes arrived at the scene.
All of the younger heroes began freaking out due to the pure amazement they were faced with now. Kenshiro merely rubbed the back of his neck in slight embarrassment.
"I didn't know that I was still in the hero radar, despite my best efforts." said Ken
Ken then spotted both Mr. Gar and Carol. A red streak crossed his face when he spotted her.
"Ken, what are you doing here?" asked Mr. Gar snapping Ken back to his senses.
"Oh, I'm looking for someone. They caused a lot of problems in the Mad Lands and their flesh buds killed some of my friends. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you?" asked Ken
"Yeah, we do. Its good to see you Ken." said Carol causing Ken to blush
"Hi Carol, its-um- been a long time." said Ken mumbling a bit
"Wait mom, you know Mr. Kenshiro? How did you two met?" asked K.O.
"Wait, Carol's your mom?" asked Ken
"Yeah, but more importantly, how did you two met?" asked K.O.
"K.O., we met almost 16 years ago. *sigh* He's your dad." said Carol telling the truth.
Everyone stayed quiet after Carol dropped that bombshell. Everyone tried to properly analyze what had been said. Then suddenly
"WWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAT!?" screamed everyone