I choose not to make Okuyasu a hero for the fact that he has a different view because of how he grows up and he has a mission to complete.
I don't own JJBA DIU or DC SH Girls
Chapter 4: The Delinquent And The Magician? A Love That Surpasses All!
Okuyasu was currently sleeping, he was up last night training with Diana. He tried to get out of it but the Amazon Princess was very adamant on it, she physically dragged him off, the girl had an iron grip that couldn't quit. He was sleeping peacefully until there was knock at his door, he chose to ignore it and continue to rest, but the knocking continue and only grew louder, he groaned and covered his face with a pillow, then a loud banging was heard and it sound like the door wouldn't last much longer, Okuyasu muttered a few curse and get up from bed and goes to the door.
The only things he was wearing were his white tank top and blue boxers. When he opened the door he saw it was Zee Zatara. He let out a low growl and scratched his stomach, looking annoyed.
"What do ya want?" Okuyasu asked her, yawning.
"I need your help with something." Zatara told him, then cringed at his appearance. "But can you please get dressed first."
"Fine." Okuyasu groaned, closing the door. A few moments later, he opened the door again the punk was dressed and freshened up. "Now, what do you need help with?" He repeated.
"Well first, I need help moving a lot of stuff for a magic show I'm performing." Zatara told him.
"If moving stuff is all you need help, why not as Kara?" Okuyasu asked with a raised brow.
"That's not all I need help with, I also need an assistant for my show." Zatara told him. "Plus, last time I asked Kara for something it didn't end well." She said, remembering the time she asked to pet sit.
"Again, why me?" Okuyasu asked, still not sure.
"Because everyone else I asked was busy, even Kara." Zatara told him. "Now, can you please help me?" She looked closed to begging.
"Fine, fine." Okuyasu said with a groan.
"Perfect!" Zatara said with glee. "Follow me."
Okuyasu groaned and followed her, he had a feeling that this wasn't going to end well for him. The two were at the park and Zatara wasn't kidding when she said she needed help moving a lot of stuff, there was a large stage and a bunch of magical stuff next to that Zatara was going to use for the show.
Okuyasu started with a chest, it was heavier than it looked. He pulled it to the on to the stage with a medium effort and while he did that he saw Zatara holding a cage full of doves, next was the equipment that it used to saw someone in half which wasn't as heavy but still difficult to get up while Zatara get a box full of a deck of cards, Okuyasu was now pushing a crate full of props for the show while Zatara hold a bag of something. Okuyasu felt his eye twitch with annoyance and frustration, it took a while but the two were finished with the hard part, Okuyasu panting and covered in sweat while Zatara was perfectly fine.
"Perfect. Now time to rehearse a few acts." Zatara told him.
"Great…" Okuyasu said with a groan.
The first act was cutting someone in half trick, normally you would need a short person but due to Okuyasu's size and the fact Zatara could use magic this made doing the trick possible without any harm coming to the punk. Zatara was able cut the punk in half successfully, Okuyasu widened his eyes in shock being alive after getting cut in half. After Zatara made him whole again, next she would perform sticking-swords-in-a-box trick and Okuyasu was a bit nervous because of his slightly bulky body it would be a bit hard avoiding all the swords but thanks to Zatara's magic the punk didn't get skewered. Finally was the disappearing act which required him to step in a box and wait for Zatara to make him disappear, Okuyasu was starting to have something against boxes, more or less the trick was a success, one moment he was here the next he was gone then after a few minutes he was back.
"Fantastic! Everything is just perfect for the show." Zatara said, feeling excited.
"Great. Now's that done, can I go?" Okuyasu grumbled.
"Not yet." Zatara told him. "I still help with other stuff." She told him.
So Okuyasu was stuck helping Zatara getting the stage ready for the show. He was doing most of the work but Zatara was helping… by bossing him around on what went where and how to place it, even though she could use her magic to make it go faster and be easier. The punk saw it was now the afternoon and he had been working like a dog, while Zatara did little but watch and boss him around he was about to give her a piece of his mind and just as he was about to until he saw a ice cream cone in front of him, he look surprise and saw Zatara smiling down at him, he blush and took the cone.
"Thanks." Okuyasu muttered.
"No problem, I understand that I've been working you a little too hard so I wanted to try and make it up to you." Zatara told him. "I hope this makes up for today."
"Yeah, it's fine." Okuyasu said, looking away. "Plus… I got to hang out with a cute magic girl." He said, trying to act cool.
Zatara looked at him surprised with a faint hue of a blush, then scoffed and turned away from him. Okuyasu blushed as well, not sure what came over him to say such a thing. There was an awkward silence between, Okuyasu coughed in his hand and went back to work on the stage. It was time for the magic show to begin, and the final touches were added.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, please put your hand together… for the Azming… the Talented… and the Magical, Zatara!" Zee Zatara shouted, appearing in a burst of purple magic smoke. "And her handsome Assistant, Okuyasu!" she said, making Okuyasu appear in a blue male assistant suit.
He took a bow and the two began the first trick, which was cutting-someone-in-half trick. Okuyasu was in the box and Zatara pulled out a saw and began to cut the punk in half, she pulled him apart and awed the crowd, Okuyasu himself was in shock more than awe, Zatara put him back together. Next, Zatara had Okuyasu step inside another box and stuck large broadswords into it, she jammed all seven and not once was there a gasp or shout of pain, she then pulled them back out and Okuyasu perfectly normal. Zatara did a few smaller tricks like pulling a rabbit out of a hat, picking the right card without looking, and making a flow of dove appear out of thin air. The last trick was making him disappear, she pulled out a large human-size box and put a blanket over it then she waved her wane and uttered a few magical words and then tapped the box, she pulled the blanket off the box and opened it and Okuyasu was gone! The crowd gasped in shock and muttered a bit, Zatara closed the door and muttered the magic words again and the punk reappeared.
"Tada! And that's all folks!" Zatara shouted. "I hope you enjoy the Amazing, Talented, Magical Zatara and handsome assistant Okuyasu."
The two disappeared in an explosion of purple smoke, Okuyasu felt like he was going to puke up his lunch with all this moving around with magic. Zatara was now back to her normal clothes, she had returned all the stuff she used with her magic as well, saved Okuyasu the trouble of moving it.
"Thanks again for the help." Zatara thanked the younger Nijimura brother, smiling at him.
"N-No problem…" Okuyasu said nervously, blushing a bit and fixing his sunglasses. "And… sorry about your hair." He muttered, surprising Zatara for still remembering the events.
"It's fine, Babs already apologize for that." Zatara assured him.
"Okay." Okuyasu nodded. "See ya around." He said waving, wondering where all his confidence went from earlier.
"Yeah, see ya." Zatara said, feeling a bit awkward.
And the two parted ways, to be honest it was a bizarre experience but not an unwelcome one for the punk, but for the magician… that remains to be seen.
It was another day for the group of super girls and the punk, Okuyasu was the talk of the school. During his time at Metropolis High, he gained a reputation for being a scary looking thug because of his size, his scars, and rough personality. There's also the fact he's got into a few scraps with a couple of students, people were even calling him the Scar Giant, which didn't faze him; it sure didn't stop Babs or Diana from hanging out with him.
Right now, he was walking through the football field and ran into Jessica and Hal. He never talked to the dude but Okuyasu figured he might be a decent guy. Jessica doesn't approve of his use of violence but in the punk's experience it's one of the most effective ways.
"He's right. You're gonna have to hit someone, eventually." Hal told Jessica.
"Oh, Hal, must you be so wrong about so many things?" Jessica asked with a smirk, she saw Okuasu and greeted the punk. "Ah, Okuyasu, I'm sure you can understand their being another way without violence?"
"Don't know." Okuyasu shrugged. "In my opinion, nothing works better smashing my fist against whatever jerk's face that feels like pissing me off." He said, raising his fist.
"See? This guy gets it." Hal stated.
"Jeez, men." Jessica said, rolling her eyes.
A few teens cheered on Hal, Jess merely scoffed while Okuyasu didn't care. He found Jessica need to find another way to deal with enemies without hurting was a kind jester but kinda stupid, showing mercy to an enemey could case trouble, plus with people like Kira Yoshikage it only prove that death was better suited for them.
"Life isn't like a sport match or a brawl, Hal and Okuyasu." Jessica told the two. "There are more ways to perform touchdowns and deal with people than using violences."
"No offense, Jess. But that's just not possible." Okuyasu told her.
"Yeah, whatever. I stopped listening after "Hal"." Hal shrugged, then saw some leaving the bus. "Oh, no!" He exclaimed, then jumped into a trash can. "I didn't know we were playing against these guys."
"Hang on. Is the great Hal Jordan actually afraid of the other team?" Jessica asked, laughing.
"It's not the team I'm afraid of." Hal told her. "I finally got tracked down...by my greatest enemy." He whispered, a pretty short girl with violet eyes and black hair that was styled in a ponytail appeared.
"What? Behind the cheerleader?" Jessica asked confused.
"It is the cheerleader!" Hal stated.
"Seriously, dude?" Okuyasu said with a raised brow. The girl looked in their direction, which scared Hal.
"I think she saw me!" Hal said, hiding again. The girl frowned and narrowed her eyes and marched off.
"Oh, stop it, you big baby." Jessica told him. "I'm sure she's… harmless." She stated, back from behind the school a pink flash appeared.
"Thought you got rid of me, didn't you, Hal Jordan?" A girl surrounded by a pink aura that looks fiery and formed a heart.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that is not good…" Okuyasu said, not liking this.
"Will, now, you're mine!" She shouted, and tossed a heart disc at them. "You belong to me, Hal Jordan! Show your face, Hal Jordan!" She shouted, making it rain exploding energy hearts.
"Come on!" Jessica shouted, getting Hal up to his feet.
"Good fucking Grief." Okuyasu said, annoyed.
All three of them took cover behind a popcorn cart, the punk Stand User. This was one crazy situation after another, he could only hope this wouldn't get out of hand before he had to step in and end this chaos.
"What's going on? Who is that girl?" Jessica asked Hal.
"And why is she so angry at you?" Okuyasu added.
"She's called Star Sapphire, and she's super clingy." Hal answered.
"I can see that." Jessica said with a deadpan face.
"Why does that sound familiar?" Okuyasu asked himself.
"Is she some kind of super evil maniacal space princess or something?" Jessica asked confused.
"Worse! She's… my ex-girlfriend." Hal confessed.
"Wait. what?" Jessica asked, now getting angry.
"Are you shitting me?" Okuyasu asked, equally getting angry… and jealous.
Then the popcorn cart was blasted to pieces, which made the three make a run for more cover, again. But while Hal was running for his life, Okuyasu and Jessica were pissed at him.
"Leave it to you to date a super villain!" Jessica shouted, then they took cover once more. "Come on, Hal. As Kilowog would say, "Let's stop this bruiser"."
"I guess I'll sit this one out then." Okuyasu said with a shrug, and watched Jess and Hal speak their chant and transform, only thing was it was just Jessica that transformed.
"What's wrong with your ring?" Jessica asked. "Hal, are you scared?" She asked with a smirk.
"Dude! She really freaks me out." Hal told her.
"Seriously?" Okuyasu asked rhetorically. "She does seem that bad, compared to Yuakako." He thought, Star Sapphire.
"Run, Hal, the locker room!" Jessica shouted.
"Jeez, this is starting to get old." Okuyasu grunted.
"You can't hide from my love, Hal Jordan!" Star Sapphire shouted.
Shooting more energy hearts but Jessica constructed a bow and arrow and destroyed them with three shots, a few nearly hit Okuyasu and Hall but they were smashed to pieces thanks to The Hand.
"What did you do to her?" Jessica asked, flying over the two and created a hamsterball.
"Nothing. She's just mad 'cause I broke up with her." Hal answered.
"Worst. Text. Ever!" Star Sapphire shouted.
"Wait!" Jessica said, stopping the ball and causing Hal to slam his face against the dome. "You broke up with her over text?"
"I put a smiley face in it. I'm not the Joker." Hal told the two.
"You gotta be shitting me." Okuyasu said with a groan, lifting up his sunglasses and pitching his temple.
"Well, now there's a frowny face… On my heart!" Star Sapphire yelled, creating a bazing pink heart with a sad face, causing Hal to run once more.
"How could you do that to her?" Jessica asked, upset.
"You broke my heart!" Star Sapphire told him.
"That's the lowest thing you've ever done!" Jessica shouted at him.
"I cry myself to sleep every night." Star Sapphire told him, throwing the frowny face. Blast him and Okuyasu into the air.
"Will you please just hit her?" Hal asked Jessica.
"If anyone deserves to be hit, it's you!" Jessica shouted at him, with anger. Making a large wall.
"No problem." Okuyasu stated, and slugged him in the shoulder.
"Ow! Dude!" Hal shouted in pain.
"Can it, jackass." Okuyasu told him.
The three made it into the locker room, but a bunch of guys were inside. They flock out once they see Jessica, once the group was alone Jessica slapped Hal upside his head.
Ow! Come on. I didn't know she was a Violet Lantern when I started dating her." Hal told her. "She was just Carol."
"Pretty sure that doesn't excuse the fact you hurt her, dude." Okuyasu told him. "Why do guys like this have all the luck!?" He thought, jealous.
"A violet what?" Jessica asked confused.
"A Violet Lantern." Hal repeated. "You know, how our rings use will-power, hers uses love."
"You can't run from me, Hal Jordan! Love will always find a way!" Carol shouted.
"If only I wasn't so effortlessly charming and ruggedly good-looking, then she wouldn't have any power." Hal said, getting a bit full of himself.
"Yeah, sure. That's make up for having a shitty personality." Okuyasu said, without missing a beat, slugged him in the arm again.
"Wait a minute. You might be onto something there." Jessica said, getting an idea.
"Oh, so you think I'm ruggedly good-looking, huh?" Hal asked, a bit smug. Jessica frowned and slapped him again.
"No. She's powered by love, right? So, we have to make her not love you." Jessica stated. "By making you ugly."
"Good luck." Hal stated.
"I'm more than happy to help, just hold him still." Okuyasu said with a serious look, cracking his knuckle. Which frightened Hal a bit.
"No need, let's try to solve this without violence." Jessica told him.
"Ugh, fine." Okuyasu said with a frown. So Jess tried things her way but nothing seemed to work.
"See? Lost cause." Hal stated.
"Now, how about we try my way." Okuyasu said with an angry smile. Hal backed up a bit scared until they heard whistling and came across a short chubby kid with blue eyes and black hair.
"Oh, hey, guys, what's up?" He asked, clueless to the situation.
"Garth, take off your clothes."Jessica ordered.
"What?" Garth and Okuyasu said confused. A few minutes later Hal was dressed in Garth's clothes.
"Thanks, Garth. We just needed to borrow your style for a bit." Jessica told him.
"Yeah. You're not the first to tell me that. Everyone loves my flava." Garth said, trying to sound smooth.
"Okay, Hal, slouch it down a little. Now shorten your neck. Then stick out your gut." Jessica told him, and he did. "A little more." And he did. "Perfect! That's super unattractive!"
"Wait. What?" Garth said confused.
"I still say we should've tried my way." Okuyasu said but shrugged.
Jessica pushed Hal out of the locker room and urged him to move forward. He ready himself and walked up to Carol as his newself.
"There you are." Carol said calmly, still seething with anger.
"Greetings, Carol. You want to hear all about my new allergies?" Hall asked, in a geeky voice.
"It's working. She's losing power." Jessica said, glad her plan was working.
"Or… Or maybe… Maybe you want to check out my…" Hal said, trying to figure out what to say. "Hey, Garth, what's something dumb that you like?" He asked quietly.
"Star Battle comic books. But they're not dumb." Garth stated.
"My Star Battle comic books." Hal told her. Carol lost more of her. "Look at me, I'm such a losery nerd." He said, making a fool of himself until Carol was out of power.
"What happened to you?" Carol asked, shocked and confused. "My beautiful Hal Jordan."
"Sorry, baby. This is the real me." Hal told her, causing her to whimper.
"Look at you, so sad. So pathetic. So gross." Carol stated. "No one can ever love you like this." She said saddened.
"I guess it did work." Okuyasu thought, surprised.
"Except me." Carol said, looking a bit crazy. "I'll love you forever!" She shouted, doubling in power. "Only I can see the beauty behind the geek!"
"Should have known this would have work." Okuyasu sighed.
"No one can love you like I can, Hal Jordan. Not even… Her!" She said, pointing at Jessica. She looked around and pointed to herself to see if Carol was talking about her. "Once you're out of the picture, there will be no one left between me and my Hal Jordan!"
"Oh, wait! You think…" Jessica said confused, pointing at herself and Hal. "No. no, no, no, no. no, no, no." She repeated, laughing. "No, no, no, no! No, no, no, no, no, no. we are not together!" She said firmly and angrily. "Not even being close together. We couldn't be less together-" She tried to explain but Carol interrupted her with a heart blast.
"You will so regret the day you stole my Hally Wal from me!" Carol shouted, powering up even more.
She attacked with more heart construct, Jessica tried to deflect them with a green bo staff but they broke it in half, Jessica tried to shoot more of the heart blast but they were too strong this time around. Hal tried to urged her to fight back but Jessica refused to hit Carol and instead tries to seal her in a vault but she broke through and creates a heart-shape bazooka and started blasting at Jessica, the destruction to the field was on another level she tried to make another wall but Carol slash through it with ease and she then fired a beam of pure concentrated love energy at Jessica, she blocks with a shield but Carol was slowly overpowering her. Hal and Garth were chanting her to fight back, this continued until Okuyasu had lost his patience.
"Jessica, we all have to do this we don't like to do, but sometimes we don't have a chance! Once in a while you need to fight back!" Okuyasu shouted. "If you don't then what kind of hero are you!?"
"I have no chance. I have to hurt you!" Jessica said, letting Okuyasu's word sink in. She then created two large green energy fist and sent flying at Carol, she blasted them but it didn't do anything, the grab her and held her tight.
"What… What are you doing?" Carol asked, confused. She was then pulled into Jessica's arm and given a hug.
"Carol, he doesn't love you." Jessica told her.
"No!" Carol shouted in denial.
"I'm sorry. I know it's hurt." Jessica told her. "He doesn't love you." Carol finally accepted the truth and cried into Jessica's shoulder.
"This is not how you hit!" Hal shouted, only for Okuyasu to slug him in the shoulder.
"Is it more like that?" Okuyasu asked rhetorically.
"Listen, Carol, I get it." Jessica told her. "We all want to be loved, but you can do so better than Hal Jordan.
"Good luck." Hal said smugly. Okuyasu frowned and slapped him upside the head. "Owww!"
"I mean, look at him." Jessica stated. "His face is too small for his head. He's got terrible breath."
"It smells like dog food." Carol sniffed.
"His real name is Harold." Jessica stated.
"My name is Hal!" Hal shouted.
"The only book he's ever seen is a playbook." Jessica stated.
"I tried to get him to read Pride and Prejudice once, and he asked where the pictures were." Carol told her.
"See? He's a small, freakish, nincompoop." Jessica stated.
"Uh, hey, Star hit her." Hal said with a frown. Having enough Okuyasu slugged Hal across the face and knocked him out.
"Listen, Carol, you'll find the love you need, when you learn to love yourself." Jessica told her. Carol gave off a more call and gentle energy then before.
"Thank you, Green Lantern. I don't think I've ever felt love like this. My blind desire for Hal Jordan kept me from seeing how much love I had inside myself." Carol stated. "You're right, if he can't appreciate me, then he isn't enough for me." She said kindly. "So be warned, Hal Jordan, one day, I will make you good enough for me! And then you'll be mine, forever!" She said, then flew off laughing maniacally.
"Yeah… that's not really a healthy attitude either." Jessica said unable to figure out what just happened.
"Now that's what I call, crazy as hell." Okuyasu said with a sweatdrop. "It's official, she's much worse then Yukako…" He thought.
"You know, you could have just hit her, Jess." Hal told her, rubbing his cheek. "Now that she loves herself, she'll be totally unstoppable." He stated. "Trust me, I've seen a million chick like this." He said smugly, causing Jess to frown and punched him in the arm.
"Ow! Jeez, give it a rest!" Hal shouted, and marched off rubbing his arm in pain. Garth quickly followed behind to get his clothes back.
Okuyasu looked around to observe the damage to the field, and couldn't help but think if Jess just tried to use a bit of force the damage wouldn't be this severe, lucky no one got hurt so he couldn't complain. Jess had turned back into her normal self and was about to walk off but felt a hand on her shoulder and turned and saw Okuyasu give her a serious look.
"I'm not going to tell you how to handle super villains, but all things considered you got lucky." Okuyasu told her, firmly. "Next time, might not be the cause. There's nothing wrong with trying to solve a problem with words, but outright avoiding fighting back without violence is impossible. Take this from a friend, sooner or later… you'll have no choice but to fight back." He said seriously, then walked off.
Jessica was about to counter him, but couldn't find the words. The firm and seriousness in his voice was like Kiwone's but held just as weight to them. And the look in his eyes was something else, like she was looking into the eyes of an experienced soldier. She couldn't help but take his heart and that concerned her.
Here the fourth chapter. Like I said, I'll only be using the more important parts of the original story but I'll add a few Stand Battle to even things out. Let me know what you think.
Peace!
