"Pyrrha... You're alive!" Joseph exclaimed.
"Yes! I am!" the redhead grinned as she twirled her sword.
"Ciao. My name is Giorno Giovanna. Nice to meet you." the don greeted as he continued to stare at the herd.
"Pyrrha Nikos. I'm willing to assist" she walked besides him and readied her sword.
"Please, don't get yourself hurt." Giorno replied politely.
Joseph tried to find more words to express his happiness yet none came out. She is alive. How? Fuck. He'll ask later, the most important thing is that she is alive, and she is there to save their asses.
That dream about Penny was disturbing. He is so glad he doesn't have to dream about Pyrrha haunting her.
The redhead threw her shield and let it ricochet as she stabbed a Grimm through the mouth and flung it towards the others.
Giorno used his GE ability to trap some boars by using trees.
The bounded Joestar focused his breathing and smiled. Finally, he can use hamon again.
"OVERDRIVE!" he yelled as he surged the ripple through his metal hand, vaporizing the Grimm.
He grinned as he broke free from the strings to help.
"This is just the first night, huh?" Giorno said as Joseph joins the fight.
Pyrrha caught her shield and smiled "I can do this all day."
The tall Joestar smirked as he went to a stance.
"Life spring forth!" Giorno yelled as his trees engulfed more Boarbatusks.
"TRUNK BROWN OVERDRIVE!" Joseph rested his hands at GE's tree trunks that allowed him to fry the Grimms.
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After fighting off the Grimms, they decided to go back to the camp.
Joseph grabbed Pyrrha in a headlock in an attempt to give her a noogie, to which she countered by lifting him up and throwing him to the ground by reflex.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" she apologized as she covered her mouth in shock.
"Oof! It's fine! How did you survived?!" The tall Joestar enthusiastically asked and jumped up to his feet.
"I don't know. I... I honestly thought I was done for too." the redhead shrugged.
"Maybe it was your ability, JoJo." she smiled.
Joseph smiled, Crazy Diamond did work after all. She told them how she woke up on a bed and was nursed back to health by the Beacon staff.
Glynda and Ironwood have decided to keep her survival a secret in an attempt to keep Cinder off her back.
After learning where her friends went, she went on a journey to track them down. After quite some time, she managed to find Joseph.
"Wait, how did you enter the land of darkness?" Giorno skeptically asked.
"I overheard your conversation with that man." she answered honestly.
"I see."
"So where are the others?" the redhead lied on the makeshift hammock Joseph crafted using Life Magnetism Overdrive with Giorno's leaves.
"Err... Long story."
After an accurate retelling of chapters 14 to 29, all the redhead could do is nod her head in acknowledgement, she did miss alot.
"I see. So that means the Fall Maiden is..."
"Dead or dying. She won't be a problem anymore." Joseph nonchalantly replied.
"Oh."
Giorno stretched his arms and yawned. Letting his hair down before drifting to sleep.
The redhead followed soon.
Joseph on the other hand, took half an hour before falling asleep, afraid of what he'll dream of next.
Everything felt surreal, he knows he is in a dream. But he can't help but feel that there is a meaning behind all of this.
"Fwoo... Cold." he muttered as he seemingly appeared in an icy mountain side,
He rubbed his palms together to keep himself warm. He is wearing his usual crop top attire in the fucking cold.
"Wait... Is this a train track?" he noticed the trail he was standing on and followed it, he saw smoke from a distance. His eyes squinted at the possible explanation. A train crash? A burning house? Campfire?
"Oh a fire! I can warm myself up over there."
He struggled marching through the snowy terrain.
"Fuck!" he exclaimed as he saw the wreckage. "Literally a train wreck!" he snorted and warmed himself through the burning caboose. He glanced around to see if there are survivors.
"Man, it must suck for the passengers... I hope they are all safe." he muttered as he entered a caboose.
"What's- huh?" he walked closer as he saw a corpse. Covering his nose with his scarf, he waved his hand in an attempt to clear the smoke.
"... Weiss?" he whispered as he immediately recognize the petite figure and white dress. He took a step forward and he accidentally stepped on her Myrtenaster.
"Oh God, not you too!" he rushed beside her.
"Weiss! Weiss!"
The seemingly dead heiress suddenly opened her eyes. Joseph gasped as he saw her eyes went purple.
To his shock, he was suddenly pierced through the neck with Space Ripper Stingy Eyes laser.
"Gguhk!" he stumbled back as Weiss rose up and floated to her feet.
"Blood." she monotonously muttered and slowly walked towards the Joestar.
Joseph gasped for air as he tried to crawl to the exit. As his left hand reached the exit, it was crushed by Yang's foot.
The brunette stared in horror as his friends arrived. Vampires. All of them.
Ospin leaned at the window.
"Joseph. Can you be a dear and lend us some of your blood?" he casually stated as Qrow and Ruby hoisted him up.
Yang gave him a literal bloodthirsty grin and jammed her fingers at his wound.
"Gah..!" Joseph sat up and looked around. He saw his companions still sound asleep.
He knew they're just dreams, but he can't help but feel his sanity draining.
"Damnit.. I'm not going back to sleep."
It's the third nightmare in a row. And it only started yesterday, he is not dumb, he knows the night terrors won't stop soon.
He can't help but wonder, are they okay?
It's so tempting to open the messages they sent him.
Staring at his scroll.
To read or not to read?
It is not a question, it's a choice.
There is absolutely no reception when they got here.
He browsed through and "17 messages?!" he slapped his own mouth shut, thankfully it didn't wake them up.
"Okay... Let's start with Jaune..."
"Jaune, 3 new messages,
JoJo, where are you??
Joseph, it's Yang... She's going nuts.
I understand now. Take care. I know you can do it, we'll do our best too! Stay safe, you two."
"... What?" he asked out loud. He wondered why the hell Jaune sounds way too encouraging for someone who got told off.
"Ren, 2 messages,
May you find luck in your journey,
I find that letter unnecessary."
"Huh??" okay it was confusing him to no end.
"Nora, 1 message,
COME BACK THERE IS MULTIPLAYER IN BASEBALL!"
He snorted at that rather out of nowhere message.
"Sun, 1 message,
Hey so. Ruby gave me your new contact info. Just wanna let you know that we'll be riding a train to Atlas. But I was going to stay at Vacuo to reunite with the team, I hope it won't be the last time we see each other, bruh."
Joseph scratched his head, as far as he remembered, he was mean on that letter. Atleast he knows what they're up to.
"Weiss, 2 messages,
How dare you leave without saying proper farewell to us?
That was uncalled for, JoJo. But I see what you're planning to do. Take care, you two."
"Blake, 1 message,
Take care, JoJo. I was hoping we could catch up but I guess we're strapped for time huh? Always watch your back. Don't worry about Yang, I'll look out for her."
"Ruby, 5 messages,
Hey come on why did you guys leave so soon??
Where are you?
JoJo, you could have just told us.
I was hoping we'd face them together, as friends! You said it yourself, together we are indestructible. But I guess it's not always true huh?I kept forgetting to tell you that I mastered that rope trick where you steal your enemy's weapons! Proud of me yet?
Thanks for the cookies, Giorno. I hope this isn't the last time we see each other..."
Joseph sincerely smiled at their messages. So far, the train in his nightmare made sense, they're riding it to Atlas. He saw one more message from Yang.
He smiled, he bets it was her going apeshit, her temper is incredibly short after all.
"Yang, 2 messages,
Will I kill you? Will I stop loving you? Will I be rightfully angry that you left us all, you stupid punk? Find out next time in the next episode of ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT.
I love you, JoJo."
"Oh..." he stared at the font as his lips formed a sincere smile. Reading it over and over again. It was the first time she told him that. He never even told her he does too. He can only imagine how she acted when she read the letter.
"Oh God, I'm such an asshole..." he whispered to himself.
To be continued
2019 is almost here! Vol. 6 will be finished at January 26 or something, and Part 5 will probably be finished in June or July something, which means Part 6 could be announced at 2020. Time flies fast, Pucci please stop.
