Chapter 35: Dio's Requiem part 2
[Stand] User: Ian Ombra
[Stand] Name: The Black Parade
Power: C Speed: C Range: A Vitality: B Precision: C Develop: D
The ground began to shake as multiple hands shot from the ground, Dio leaped into the air as the hands slammed down to where he was. Dio lunged at Ian, but Ian quickly jumped from his portal and to the floor just as The World crushed the wall. Dio snarled and rushed Ian, grabbing him by the neck, "I will not allow to have my time wasted!" Dio yelled, he attempted to plunge his arm through Ian, but the shadowy hands wrapped around his arm and slammed it to the floor. The Black Parade launched a barrage of fists into Dio, who blocked with his free arm. Dio grunted as the fists hit his arm, "this Stand is strong," he mumbled, "I need to kill him quick; I can't let this boy interrupt me any further!" Dio summoned The World and lifted his arm from the hands, he slammed his knee into The Black Parade, knocking it and Ian back. As Ian begins to stand up, he noticed that Dio had disappeared, "where did he go?" He wondered.
He noticed something in the corner of his eye, it was Dio, he was floating in the air, being held by The World, everything had begun to slow down, eventually, time had stopped.
Time has Stopped
"Pitiful human," Dio spat, "this dance is over." Dio pulled out a bundle of knives from his jacket, "you do not know the struggles I have gone through to get to this point, 15 years I have waited for this moment, I will not allow anyone to stand in my way, this is my destiny! MINE! And will not allow a weak mortal to interfere with my ascendance to heaven!" He threw the knives toward Ian and threw more and more and more until the air was full of them. "Once I say so, time will resume, do you think you can deflect all of them at once?" Dio held his finger up, he smirked, "one second left," the knives glistened in the moonlight, they began to steadily become mobile. "Zero."
Time resumes
The knives soared towards Ian, "holy shit!" He yelled, The Black Parade struck the knives, attempting to knock them back, but there were too many. The knives dig into Ian as he collapsed to the floor. "Hmph, I thought so," Dio said, he lowered to the floor and walked toward Ian. Ian peered up from the floor, his body began to leak blood from the many knives stuck in his body, "s-shit," he muttered, "this isn't good." Dio walked over his body, he put his hands on his hips, "useless," Dio spoke, "absolutely useless." Dio lifted his foot and slammed it into Ian's head, water flew from the impact and splashed around Dio. "Great!" Dio exclaimed, "more surprises!" The water swirled around Dio and moved from him and to the shadows, the water entered a bucket held by someone, the man was Kitay, he had finally arrived at the Colosseum just in the nick of time. "This is a no kill zone if you must know," Kitay said, pointing towards Dio. Dio grimaced as he turned to face Kitay, "if you wish to continue your pitiful life, then you should leave, now!" Dio yelled. Kitay dumped the bucket of water out of his bucket, the water began to transform back into Ian, "like I had said before, I just need to stall until Giorno gets here." His body developed a magenta aura, "my Lucid Dreams can manipulate an organisms matter, it can change a solid to a liquid, a liquid to air, air to solid and so on, you could say its unbeatable, its ability to change matter properties will allow me to withstand any attack, so come on Dio, let's dance!"
[Stand] User: Kitay Bagnato
[Stand] Name: Lucid Dreams
Power: E Speed: E Range: A Vitality: A Precision: E Develop: C
"Axel, we're here." The car turned the corner, the Colosseum was on minutes away. "You think Dio has gotten here yet?" Tyler asked, "he must have, he wouldn't be one to wait, if he has arrived, he would have entered to Colosseum." Shelby sat up in the back seat, "so, what should we do now?" She asked, "we go in, kill Dio, and take the arrow," Axel replied. Axel and Tyler began exiting the car, Shelby looked at her phone, she remembered the texts from Jace, "Do what you think is right." Shelby leaned back in her seat and exited the car, her mind was still racing, and this situation wasn't making it better. The three began to walk to the Colosseum, a feeling of uneasiness surrounding the group, Axel peered at Tyler, "Max was killed, wasn't he?" Tyler looked at him, "yeah, we would have been killed if he didn't help us." Axel nodded and continued walking. Tyler took a deep breath, he wondered if Axel was on to him, his demeanor worried Tyler, but he didn't show it. Shelby on the other hand looked like she was about to snap, Tyler looked at her stern, "if she cracks, I'm done for," he said to himself, "my Stand can't compete with Guns n Roses, Shelby needs to stay focused. The three suddenly heard a large crash inside the Colosseum, "that must be Dio," Tyler said, "come on," Axel said, "let's head inside!"
Back inside, Dio smashed his fist into the one of the walls, sending debris everywhere. Ian and Kitay were struggling to keep up with The World, its pure power was stronger than anything they had faced. "MUDAMUDAMUDA!" The World slammed its fists around them, Ian and his Black Parade were able to evade through the shadows, but the injuries he had suffered from the knives were starting to get to him. "You can't possible keep going!" Dio yelled, "you will fall to the power of The World!" Ian began to stagger as he wounds began to catch up to him, "this guy, he's way to strong! I don't think we can win this!" Ian exclaimed, "just keep going!" Kitay replied, "we just have to stall!" Kitay threw his bucket of water at Dio, the water quickly turned into ice shards, Dio pulled a knife out of his jacket and slashed at the ice shards, shattering them. "Damn, this guy has got a counter for everything!" Kitay said, as he readied his bucket, a cannonball sailed through him. "W-what the hell!" Ian yelled, he turned quickly, only to see Tyler holding his arm in front of him, "looks like we got here in the nick of time!" He said, Axel and Shelby rounded the corner, meeting up with Tyler, "Dio, go on ahead, we'll take care of these two!"