Hey everyone! Back with another chapter! I've spoiling you guys with three chapters in a row, huh? Well I've been gone for a very long time plus the next chapter we'll going to our official first arc for Fighting Spirit and out of the Prologue stage. So for now, enjoy!
Chapter 2: Diamond's Bubble Bro
His brother senses were tingling that someone had accidentally set off Joharai. He did grow up with her and know how volatile she could get. He was the odd one of the family for they were supposed to be triplets and not twins but he had absorbed their triplet sibling brother in the womb. Which explained his oddities from his half and half 4 eyes which people easily mistake for two dual colors, mismatched halved two tongues and the double 'brussel sprouts' he had. Though he was loved either way.
He was Josuke Jr. Joestar Higashikata and twin brother of Joharai Giovanna Joestar. The Diamond on a Landmine's Bubble Brother Gappy to the people of Morioh. And he was paying a visit to his sister in Redgrave. It was mainly to check up on her. Remember the Name alerted a user of when their Stand was being borrowed. So for 4 Stands of family and friends being called definitely measured up for the visit. Plus he was missing his sister after all.
It had been a week since Joharai started working at Devil May Cry and the tension was murderous. The palming incident had Dante cowering whenever he walked inside if Joharai was working. She was still mad at him but most of the rage came from King Crimson and Sticky Fingers. Both would manifest and give him glares or nasty sneers. He barely saw Crazy Diamond too. Anytime the pink giant notices him, the Stand would disappear completely flustered. The only Stand who wasn't giving him hate was Golden Experience who managed to get Sticky Fingers to stop back off.
Dante felt completely awful on the whole situation. He never had much issues with his demonic hormones and his sexual urges. Joharai and Crazy Diamond however had overwhelmed his sanity with curious lust. The man needed to apologize to Joharai and make it up to her but how? He walked into the shop to see Nico and Vergil conversing which was uncommon. It used to be rare until Joharai joined Devil May Cry but Nico was the closest to Joharai in terms of friendship while knowing more in the Stand business and Joharai's life.
Vergil had gotten sexual desire for the pomp princess after she beat the absolute shit out of his twin brother. Dante knew just from the smell he caught wafting off his brother seeing the pomp princess. "Joharai has a sibling?" Vergil asked curiously. "Yep. She has a twin brother named Josuke Jr but a lot of people call him Gappy. She let me snap a picture of her family photo with him and her dad when they were kids." Nico spoke taking out her phone and showed the brothers a picture. It was an image of a child Joharai who had her hair in pigtails and wore a red sundress, a little boy in a sailor cap with a gap in his teeth and a tall buff man with a violet pompadour and bright blue eyes posing with a smile.
"Wow. Her dad looks like he can bench press a truck. Is he really human?" Dante questioned. "It's the Joestar genetics they got from their great great great grandfather Johnathan Joestar. Apparently the males of the family are naturally buff and physically fit with age and average exercise for just a normal person. The girls are the same but more endowed from Joharai's physique. Did you know that every Joestar bloodline member has a star shaped birthmark on the back of their neck near the shoulder? Always in the same spot and the same shape. It's a dominant trait kinda like you guys having white hair and icy blue eyes." Nico explained.
"Her family clearly have superior genetics than other humans if what you said is true." Vergil spoke with an amused smirk. "Joharai's twin is actually coming here today to pay a visit. Joharai is out for a few days since Lady and Trish took her out for some shopping. She asked me to watch over her brother during his stay. He's also a Stand User just like Joharai. Soft and Wet being the Stand's name since it's actually a common theme to be named after music for them these days." Nico explained.
"Wait! Her twin brother is coming here? Today?" Dante questioned as Vergil looked at his brother oddly. "That's great! Maybe he can help me make it up to Joharai after palming her dad's Stand! Which is still weird to say." Dante said. "Excuse me, is this place Devil May Cry?" A confused young man's spoke as the three noticed their guest. It was a young man around Joharai's age with half blue and half purple eyes, a small gap between his teeth and short black hair wearing a white sailor cap and sailor like outfit. He was a few inches shorter than the twins but had the same amount of muscle. It was no doubt Joharai's twin Josuke.
"You got the right place. The names Dante and you must be Josuke, Joharai's twin brother." Dante spoke. "Yes though you can call me Gappy if you like. It's a name I usually hear back home. I'm comfortable with it more than my real name. And you must be...the Bastante Joharai was pissed about. Why did you palm Crazy Diamond?" Gappy asked with a neutral tone with a hint of curious amusement. Yeah. It was a nickname Dante had gotten from Joharai. A mix of his name and bastard. "I'm a horny bisexual half demon with raging hormones. It was just too tempting." Dante explained with slight regret.
"Demon hormones are difficult since I heard they are 10 times stronger than a human's while an animal is three times stronger compared to a human being." Gappy stated nonchalantly. "That's right. Your great X3 grandpa Johnathan and your grandpa Joseph are full vampires while your grunkle Giorno is a dhampir." Nico said. "Wait? Three of your family members are vampires?" Vergil asked curiously. "Yes. Long story short, an enemy of the Joestar Bloodline used a Stone Mask that turned him and my great great great grandpa into vampires. Grandpa Joseph turned when he was resurrected after having his blood retrieved from said vampire and his heart being jump started by Star Platinum after the enemy was killed. Giorno was born a dhampir since his mother was human. They're still alive." Gappy explained.
"Can your family get even weirder?" Dante asked. "Other than having an alien for a family friend, my grandfather fighting ancient Aztec vampires when he was 19 before the beginning of World War 2 which he jokingly calls 'Fitness Gods of Doom', vampires who could shoot lasers from their eyes, my American cousin traveling across America that one time to collect the corpse parts of Jesus Christ before it fell in the wrong hands, my father fighting a serial killer with a hand fetish, the fact animals can manifest Stands and I absorbed my triplet brother in the womb which resulted with me being born split eyes, tongues and 4 testicles? Yes, yes it can." Gappy explained.
It was awkwardly silent for the three once hearing all of that from Josuke's mouth. "Moving on… I've been trying to apologize to Joharai but she either ignores me or I have to go through Two Faced and Zippy McStuff Crotch who rather put me into pieces." Dante explained. "Must be pretty bad to get even King Crimson involved since he comes with Joharai's intense rage. Was Crazy Diamond avoiding you after the incident?" Gappy asked. "Yeah. If he sees me, poof! Bubblegum giant is gone." Dante answered as Gappy sighed.
"I know what's going on. Have you heard of Homophobia?" Gappy asked. "You mean the fear of same gendered relationships? It's not common in Redgrave but yes. Oh…" Nico said realizing the issue. "My dad had... emotional issues growing up in Japan. Being half Japanese gave him a lot of discrimination and the fact he was bisexual around the time Homophobia was a huge problems in Japan. To him, being caught was adding fire to a bomb and he was absolutely terrified. Stands can manifest with buried emotions and fears from their users being apart of their personality. Combined it with my dad also having a crush on one of his best friends who was male and…" Gappy explained.
"My god. You telling me not only did I palmed the Stand of Joharai's dad but also a Stand who has sexual fear related anxiety?" Dante whined grabbing his hair and groaning. "Yes. You did, foolish little brother." Vergil said to Dante's ire. "What do I do?" Dante asked sounding desperate. "You'll have to apologize to Crazy Diamond but you have to get back on my sister's good side first. And to do that is to face complete and total humiliation." Gappy stated with a smile that reeked of evil despite being a pleasant one. Dante wasn't going to like this one bit.
Yep. He didn't like this at all. Normal things that would get a girl to forgive a guy for something stupid wasn't going to do anything to get in Joharai's graces. The only way for Joharai to forgive a man was if they faced public humiliation by choice. So here was Dante dressed from head to toe in a homemade pinata suit. They were going to reenact a punishment from a show Gappy's cousin Johnny watched in America called Impractical Jokers. Dante was going to be hanged by a crane in a pinata suit and have the snot beaten out of him by little kids. If the kids didn't break the suit then Gappy teaming up with Nico would try and then VERGIL using a baseball bat would take his turn until the suit busts open and candy drops out.
Nero had gotten the orphans from the orphanage to fill the little kids part with an all too happy grin on his face. Especially since the suit had 'deadweight' spray painted on it by the mischievous imp. Gappy somehow had gotten the crane which had Dante wondering how the hell he got it in the first place. Only thing missing was Joharai. Dante had a hook in his donkey shaped pinata suit looking out for Joharai until he spotted a familiar pompadour coming into view. "She's coming!" Was all it took for Nico to rush into the crane and having the machine lift the devil hunter in the air.
Joharai came walking into view with a blonde woman in a black punk outfit who was Trish and a brunette with heterochromatic eyes with one red and the other blue who was Lady. Crazy Diamond was floating behind carrying bags belonging to Joharai and the girls. "What's going on?" Lady asked intrigued before Crazy Diamond pointed at Dante in the pinata suit causing Joharai to smile. "Looks like Dante is making it up to me for his stunt last week. Let's get a good view of the show." Joharai spoke with an evil grin. Lady and Trish could only be confused at what got the sadistic pomp princess so happy.
"We're here today for the punishment of one Dante Sparda! His inability to control his urges and causing humility to our new secretary Joharai has now have him hanging from this crane in our homemade pinata suit. To redeem himself, he'll have the stuffing beaten out of him by children, then Joharai's twin Gappy alongside Nico will take a crack at it. If that suit doesn't bust and candy doesn't fall out, our designated heavy hitter Vergil will be put up to bat! On my signal, the punishment will begin!" Nero shouted over a homemade microphone.
'Guess you are different from other men, Dante.' Joharai thought as Nero gave the signal and children descended on Dante. It was comical seeing the demon hunter getting whacked by a bunch of children dressed as a pinata with wooden sticks. She watched her brother and Nico join in after the kids stopped hitting Dante clearly giving up. Joharai figured her brother made sure the pinata would stay in contact for Vergil's turn. He may look innocent but he was a sadist just like her. It's normal when you had some of the mafia being around you growing up, especially those who are family friends. Learning how to torture someone was a given.
The suit got beat up pretty bad but it still didn't bust open. Dante was shivering in place when Vergil came into view with an evil smile and patting a Diamond Backer Baseball Bat on his hand. Those bats were known for being harder and more painful than any average baseball bat when it comes to its swings. It was illegal in 15 small countries for how many players got sent to the hospital from any ball crashing into them from a swing of that very baseball bat. Mafia connections can come in handy when you need some good tools and weapons. Vergil was upon Dante in a second.
Vergil was like lightning with his swings and it didn't take long for the suit to bust open with candy spilling out. Dante was going to be sore for a week from that beating. The kids snatched the sugary goods before running off as Joharai walked up to the beaten Dante with Crazy Diamond. "Hey Joharai and Crazy Diamond." Dante said nonchalant despite the beating he went through. "You really wanted to make it up to me and Crazy Diamond, huh? Did you learn your lesson?" Joharai asked with a smile. "Yeah. It was completely stupid of me to smack Crazy Diamond on the ass. I had no excuse for the crap I pulled. Should have kept my urges in check. Especially from what Nico told me. I'm very sorry." Dante apologized.
"Dora." Crazy Diamond spoke with a soft smile. "He forgives you and so do I. After all you did something many men outside my family circle would never do. Next time think twice before you act." Joharai spoke as Crazy Diamond got Dante out of the suit leaving the man in his boxers before mending his injuries. "*whistles* I guess Devil Hunting does some good in the exercise department. I'm going back to my apartment for some soba. I'm beat after today." Joharai said leaving though Crazy Diamond didn't seem to be following. Instead the Stand had gotten behind Dante.
"Hey, what are you?" Was all he could say before letting out a squeak. Crazy Diamond had smacked Dante's ass before flying after Joharai laughing. Dante stood all red in the face at the cheeky stand's action while Vergil snorted with amusement. A grunt came out of him since his ass got smacked by Golden Experience. The Stand had quickly manifested before running off after the pomp princess with a mischievous smirk. The twins left hot and bothered as Gappy and Nico snickered in amusement. It was only going to get livelier at the shop.
Yet somewhere within a sealed off zone in Redgrave… The remains of a videogame arcade laid buried underneath the rubble of a Death Zone. Lying on the ground was what appeared to be a Nintendo Switch. A small fragment of strange metal had soon fallen from the caved in roof before piercing a piece of bloodstained black fabric that had blown onto the game system's screen. The screen cracked as the sharp metal fragment pierced it.
Ominously the switch screen lit up to reveal the title screen of the game inside which had a child in a hat next to the unreadable title. The game screen began flickering before turning black… And then a hand shot out of the screen. It was made of pure blue static before starting to solidify. Skin covered in peculiar but oddly familiar black tattoos. To be continued…
(Crazy Diamond and Golden Experience are little shits. XD Hope you guys enjoyed this!)
Next time on Fighting Spirit...
The Graveyard Arcade, a popular gaming location within Redgrave for it's variety ranging from arcade machines to recent gaming consoles. But now it lays abandoned for 2 years after the terrible death of a 10 year old girl after the air of their latest addition, A Hat in Time. Now terror has been unleashed and Devil May Cry must get their game on if they want to solve the case. But whose the figure lurking behind the scenes and was there something more sinister at work? Find out in the next chapter! Devil May Cry in Fighting Spirit Arc 1: Of Ghosts and Data! Don't let your contract expire, Heroes!
