Greetings, and welcome again to a brand new chapter. Now before you start reading, I want to tell you that this chapter took place 4 months after the last chapter. That's only it. Enjoy!
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Epilogue
"So, it's settled then." Subaru stated.
"Yeah." Naofumi and Kazuma replied.
"Say, I was wondering if you, me, Onodera, and Taiga, could have a double date this weekend." Ryuuji invited.
"Mista..."
"Yeah?"
"Will you help me in establishing the DiGiorno restaurant franchise?" Giorno pleaded.
"I'll have you next time!" Karen finally took off and went to her friend's group.
"Aaand there, finished! Alright, make sure to meet her by the rooftop at 4. And I don't want the same thing to happen like back from cafe Deux Magots, understood?"
"Roger that, Josuke!" Okuyasu replied in a cheerful manner.
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Chapter 2: Vending Machines And After School Cleaning
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Kawamorigaoka Int. School, April 2020, 9:45 A.M.
It's break time and everyone from each class grabbed their Bento boxes. Some students stayed in their class, while others went to other classroom or wandered around the campus. A vending machine can be seen near the staircase so students often buy their beverages when needed. Suddenly, one man with a large pompadour came to get a drink and that man is known as Josuke Higashikata, one of the family members of the Joestar bloodline.
"Man, I really need a Cola right now." Josuke reached out for his pocket to see that he has no nickels nor quarters. He was frustrated at first, but he thought of another idea.
"Gureto daze, looks like I have to use my stand this time, [Crazy Diamond]!" A humanoid figure with blue and pink color scheme that represents his stand [Crazy Diamond] punched through the glass of the vending machine to get his drink. He pulled it out from the machine and used his stand's ability to fix the shards of the vending machine's glass which it broke right after [Crazy Diamond] smacked through it.
"Phew, hopefully no one saw that."
"Hey, you there! The guy near the vending machine!" A sudden voice called out Josuke.
"Yeah?" At this moment, Josuke was thinking: "Crap, I've been caught!"
The student approached Josuke and asked him a question.
"I see that you've got that Cola using your friend, can you do it again for me?"
"And who are you?"
"Ah! I forgot to introduce myself since you're from the other class. Ehem! The name's Sunohara Youhei from class D-4, and you can call me 'Japan's No. 1 Dreamboy'!" The boy wrongfully introduces himself proudly.
"Eh? You don't exactly look like a dreamboy. Believe me, I've seen people way more good-looking than you."
"Ack! Whatever! Can you please do that trick for me again please?"
"Dude, we just met."
"Aww man, and here I thought my first day in this new school life couldn't get any worse."
"Hey wait, you're telling me that you're a transferee for this school year?"
"Yeah."
"Well, if that's the case... [Crazy Diamond]!" Josuke's stand appeared again and did the same trick from earlier.
"Look, I'll be nice with you today. I don't want any bad reputation towards newbies like you."
"W-WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! I THOUGHT YOU WERE WITH SOME UPPERCLASSMAN! I DIDN'T KNEW THAT WAS A SPIRIT YOU CAN CONTROL!" Sunohara exclaimed. And before you ask anything, no, he's not a stand user. You see, this Alt. Earth makes all spirits and ghosts visible to the naked eye so anyone in this world can see stands, ghosts, spirits, etc.
"Ah, I forgot to mention. That thing is called a 'Stand' and I named it [Crazy Diamond] which derived from Pink Floyd's song 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' that was released in his album 'Wish You Were Here'. My stand can heal broken stuff or heal wounds but it can't heal you from diseases. My neph- err... I mean my 'cousin' Jotaro could easily break it down to you thoroughly but he's on the other room right now."
"I see, so that means you have a humanoid guardian called a 'Stand' that can literally put anything back in its original state?"
"Exactly. Oh right, here's your Cola." Josuke handed the drink to him.
"Damn, I didn't know this place could get even weirder."
"Oh, it will. I mean, have you ever met a ghost, a literal god, a time traveller, an esper, an alien, an angel, a demon, a human-tanuki hybrid, a slime that can turn into human, a 9 year old military lieutenant, a little girl that turns into a bird, or an arch-wizard that can cast an explosion 10 times stronger and larger than a nuclear bomb?"
"No... I... haven't... Although, I feel like I've seen some kind of a ghost before. Can't really remember anything from that though. Anyways, thanks for the drink."
"Happy to help."
"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask your name."
"It's Higashikata Josuke. Just call me Josuke like everyone does." Josuke finally introduced himself. "So, I bet you aren't the only transferee on D-4."
"Well there's my buddy Okazaki, then there's Nagisa, Kotomi, the Fujibayashi sisters, Sakagami, a girl named Mary Sioux who looked like a dropout from a military school, a guy named Yukihira Soma who said that he wants to be a top chef, and then there's Yunyun who said that she was a demon wizard or something. I forgot the other names though."
"I see. You and you're classmates all transferees right? I mean, class D-4 was just an empty classroom up until now."
"Yep, but our homeroom teacher is still being decided. The principal said that the vice principal will be handling us for now."
"That's understandable."
The two continued their conversation until Sunohara's friend, Okazaki Tomoya, called him out.
"Hey! Sunohara! There you are!" Okazaki shouted as he walks up to his friend. "Hey man, me and Nagisa were looking for you. I thought you skipped school or something."
"Like hell I would! Also, I met this guy named Josuke from class A-1. He seems to possess an ability that fixes broken things."
"Yo!" Josuke replied.
"Hey, nice to meet you. The names Okazaki Tomoya." Tomoya also replied.
"I've heard you were a transferee Sunohara talks about. You two know each other?"
"Yeah, I sleep in his dorm sometimes. We basically know each other at this point."
"Say, wanna see a trick?"
"What kind?"
"Hold on, let me show you. [Crazy Diamond]!" Josuke's stand did the same trick again for the third time.
"W-WHAT WAS THAT?!" Okazaki was startled by the stand.
"That's my stand, [Crazy Diamond]. It heals broken things and fixes wounds but doesn't heal diseases nor bring back the dead."
"So you call those spirit thingies 'stands'?"
"Yep!"
"So wait, how did you got this stand?"
"I think I had this stand right after I got a really serious fever when I was 6. Don't know much about it, but it's somehow connected to one of my classmate's dad named DIO."
"Woah, I bet you really had a bizarre life after that."
"Trust me, I had."
A girl with short hair suddenly came running towards them.
"*pant* *pant* Okazaki-san! I didn't know you already found Sunohara!"
"Ah, Nagisa! There you are." Okazaki presented her to Josuke. "This is my friend, Furukawa Nagisa."
"A-ah! N-nice to meet you!" Nagisa responded awkwardly.
"Nice to meet you too, I'm Higashikata Josuke." Josuke replied as he did the same trick with [Crazy Diamond] for the fourth time and gave the cola to Nagisa. "Here, have a cold one."
"T-Thank you for the gift!"
The four had their own conversation until the ring bells.
"Well, I guess it's time head back now. I'll be going now, see you guys later!"
"Ja ne!" The three happily replied.
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Kawamorigaoka Int. School, Class A-1, 2:30 P.M.
Classes have been dismissed as soon as the school's chime went on and all students left the building, except for some students who have to do their cleaning duty for today. The president of class A-1, Shirogane Miyuki, earlier assigned three students who has to do the duty. They were none other than Kyon, Kazuma and Ryuuji. The three started cleaning the whole room while doing their own chores. Kazuma is in charge of wiping the desk tables, Kyon is sweeping the floor vertically in each column and Ryuuji tends to brush every corner of the room before mopping the floor. The three were silent until Kazuma let out a big sigh.
"Fuwaaah! First day of school and they're making us do the cleaning? Such a hassle! I'm too lazy, goddamnit!" Kazuma complained with irritation.
"Well, that's the president's decision after all. We can't back out unless you want to have our necks chopped by the student council." Kyon replied.
"Yeah. Just be like me, I have no complaints to the guy since cleaning is part of my hobby." Ryuuji added.
"Good for you. Unlike me, a lazy otaku who doesn't do household chores and such."
"But weren't you an adventurer back in that place where you used to do quests like an RPG game protagonist?" Ryuuji asked.
"Adventures and cleaning duties are two different things, Ryuuji! One is fun and the other's not fun at all."
"Don't worry, Kazuma, you'll get used to it." Ryuuji answered back.
The three went back to cleaning until Kyon started a topic for a conversation.
"Hey guys, have you heard about those new students who're moving in on our class?"
"Well, yeah, I heard that rumour. I just don't know who'll might be." Ryuuji wondered.
"...What if I told you that one of the transferees was a city boy and the other one's a country girl." Kazuma mysteriously asked.
"Huh, did you know them by any chance?" Kyon asked.
"Fufufu, I'll tell you what I know... If you'll treat me and my friends for some Miruku-chan's?"
A/N Note: Miruku-Chan's (Alt. Names: Miruku-chan no Mirukutī, Miruku-chan's Milktea shop, Miru-miru) is a hit milk tea shop that rose in Kimyoutochi back in 2018. It currently has 5 branches in the southern part of the city and 2 on the north side. It is said to be popular among students and salarymen across the country.
"Kotowaru! I don't have that much money on my pocket!"
"Heheheh, I'm just joking."
"Give me a break, just tell us already!"
"Alright, alright. But first, let me start all the way back last December when the whole class got a free trip to go back to Japan..."
Akihabara District, Tokyo, Japan, December 29, 2019, 7:00 PM
Class A-1 has finished their tour for the day and everyone went back to their hotel on Makuhari, Chiba, except for Kazuma, Subaru, Naofumi, Tanya and Rimuru. The five stayed at Akihabara as they strolled around the place to shop. Moments later, Tanya got a call from his friend Ainz Ooal Gown. He invited Tanya to come over at the Maidreamin Cafe in Akihabara Electric Town Exit. Rimuru and Naofumi joined Tanya while Kazuma and Subaru went on a shopping spree. But that's not all, the shops in Japan all have merchandises that represents A-1's students and all other students from Kawamorigaoka. As you can see, they went on a different Japan where Kazuma, Subaru, and all of their classmates and friends are just mere fiction created by manga artists or Light Novel Authors. This explains why Kazuma bought many merchandises about himself including keychains, nendoroids, figures, etc. Subaru saved a lot of money, as well as Kazuma, so they went on a manga shop and bought all series that was stocked in each aisle.
"Yo, Subaru! This Japan really is great! They got mangas and figures all about us! I also bought Yunyun's figure which only costs 500 yen since it was placed on the junk aisle outside of that other store." Kazuma said with enthusiasm.
"Yeah, but we're still going to buy anime Blu-Ray DVDs."
"Oh, right. Well then, shall we head to the next store?"
"Absolutely!"
The two went to a store named 'Animate'. It contains various manga, anime DVDs, and anime goodies. It's no surprise that they're carrying a heavy load of plastic bags after they bought those things so Subaru asked the store's manager to lend them a cart. Luckily, the manager politely agreed with no further questions since the manager is also an anime fan and knew Subaru and Kazuma from the start. The manager also sent out one of the employees from the store to help them carry their belongings up to the train station. The worker left them after they reached the train station. Since the train ticket from Akihabara to Makuhari costs 570 yen, the two played 'rock, paper, scissors' so whoever wins gets to pay their tickets. Due to Kazuma's high luck stats, he immediately won and Subaru paid the ticket afterwards.
"So, how is that connected to those transferees?" Kyon asked.
"Hold on, we're getting there. So last week, I was browsing through the anime DVDs I bought from Japan and I came across something that has the title 'Kimi No Na Wa'. I said to myself 'Hey, this title might be actually interesting.' so I watched it on my laptop later that night. And guess what, that's one of the best films I've ever watched. I even shed a tear! Believe me."
"And then what?" Kyon asked again.
"Before I continue, do you mind if I spoil the movie a little bit?"
"Sure, whatever."
"So there's this guy named Tachibana Taki who lives in Tokyo, and the other one is a girl named Miyamizu Mitsuha who lives in a town called Itomori. And so they switched bodies. But the twist is that this isn't your ordiinary Freaky Friday plot, Taki's from 2016 and Mitsuha's from 2013. They switched bodies across time so that Taki can save Mitsuha and the people of Itomori in 2013 from an incoming meteor that'll hit the town on a summer festival. Then there's this 'Musubi' thing they're talking about. Even though I'm Japanese, I can't understand some parts in the movie with the Shintoism part."
"That's probably because you were a hikikomori and doesn't understand what's happening outside." Ryuuji told Kazuma jokingly.
"Hey! I was a hikikomori back then, but now I've changed. I'm stuck in the middle between being an extrovert and being a shut-in."
"Just kidding. Anyways, what happened next?"
"Taki successfully saved Itomori using Mitsuha's body and they met next year."
"Next year? You mean 2021?"
"Yeah, the 2021 of their timeline. We have a different timeline though. Anyways, I was with Subaru at a local menya which is being ran by Ogata RIzu's dad. Then suddenly, a girl came into the shop. Guess who's that girl."
"Wait, you mean that Mitsuha girl was real?!"
"Exactly! So I ran up to her and overreacted a little bit... Probably a lot... And told her about the the things I know about her. Later on, some guy on the shop called the police because he thought I was sexually harassing Mitsuha."
"Pfft! Wait, is this legit?" Kyon asked while trying not to laugh.
"Of course it's legit, and it's going down on my top 10 embarrassing things I've ever done."
"Bwahahahahahahah!" Kyon and Ryuuji finally bursted their laughter.
"Fine, laugh all you want! I might not even continue my story."
"Hehe... Sorry, sorry."
"*sigh*As I was saying, they took me to the police station and locked me up. Fortunately, Megumin was able to bail me out of jail. The next morning, I saw Mitsuha standing on the front gate of our mansion. I approached her and she asked me if I knew who she was looking for. So I told her about Taki, although I didn't mentioned his name because I assumed that Taki might also be here so I decided to let him say his name in front of her face because it would be exciting to watch. After that, I let her in the house, drank tea together, then called Subaru and Naofumi to help me find Taki. Also, I sent the 'Kimi No Na Wa' movie to Subaru via my laptop before that day. Coincidentally, Naofumi told me he had a new neighbor whose name was Tachibana so I asked him what's his first name. Then he said that his neighbor's first name was Taki!"
A/N Note: Naofumi and his party members, Raphtalia and Filo, along with their new household Kitamura Motoyasu, lived in a ten-story apartment.
"After I received the call, me and Mitsuha immediately ran out of the house. I also called Subaru to come along since he was my neighbor. Us and Naofumi agreed to drag Taki and Mitsuha towards the hill on Northern Kimyoutochi. Me, Subaru, and Mitsuha took different transportation vehicles while Naofumi only used his pet Filo just to get to that hill."
"Wait, you're saying that you went to that one hill with the sign?" Ryuuji asked.
"Yeah, the one with the English translation of our country's name."
A/N Note: The hill has a sign similar to Hollywood's iconic sign, except it was the English name of Kimyotachi, which is 'Weirdland'.
"When we arrived at the place, it was finally dawn. The two met and had an emotional moment with each other. Me and Subaru were bawling our eyes out while Naofumi just glanced at them."
"So... Did Taki and Mitsuha kissed?" Kyon asked.
"Nope, just hugs and cries."
"Oh..." Kyon nonchalantly responded.
"And the story ends with the six of us eating at the same menya where I first met Mitsuha face-to-face. We had a lot of conversations like where I told them what happened between Taki and MItsuha."
"Did they mention that they're moving on our class?" Ryuuji asked.
"They did told us that they're moving here on our school. I'm not sure if the two are going to stay at A-1, or the newly formed class of D-4."
"Oh yeah, I also heard that there's going to be four of them who'll transfer here on our school. Any idea who's the other two?" Kyon added.
"I'm not sure about the other two. But let's find out tomorrow."
"Alright then." Kyon replied.
"Sure, let's meet those new kids on the block tomorrow." Ryuuji also replied.
The three finished their cleaning duty afterwards and went straight back home. The night falls across the land and awaits for the new day to shine.
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To Be Continued...
