Ch. 2 - Holy Diver, Part 1

Somewhere in the Emerald Forest, Danny's POV

'Everything. Hurts.'

Those were the two words running across my mind as I slowly regained consciousness.

That, and the fact that someone is undressing my shirt.

.

.

…..wait, what?

I woke up, still in pain beyond all belief to find a girl in what looks like to be some kind of Spartan armor (actual Spartans, not like the fight-finishing ones from Halo) undressing my bloody shirt.

"Uhhhh…..excuse me?"

The girl must've not noticed me come to, so it might've been a shock to her as I woke.

*gasp* "I'm sorry!" said the girl.

"W-who are you? Where am I? What's happen-OW!" I winced in pain as I suddenly forgot about the bullet that was still stuck in my chest.

"Oh, Oum. We need to get that bullet out." said the girl.

"Right. Forgot that was there."

"Ok." replied the girl. She then broke off a little branch that was protruding from the tree and then handed it to me.

"This will probably hurt so you might want to bite down on this"

"Right. Hoooo boy, this is gonna sting."

I then bit down on the branch preparing myself for the worst that's about to come. The girl then found the bullet placed on my chest and got a firm grasp of it.

"Ok. On the count of three I'm gonna remove the bullet in one swift pull. Best bite down on that branch as hard as you can, as this will sting a lot."

"Do it." I replied.

"One. Two. Three!" The girl removed the bullet and I experienced the most agonizing 30 seconds of my life. It was so painful I couldn't even keep the branch in my mouth.

"AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Somewhere else in the Emerald Forest, 30 seconds earlier…

"And it seems everyone looks to be paired up. Although, I don't seem to recognize the boy that is presently paired up with Ms. Nikos…"

"That's probably because that boy just randomly fell out of the sky not five minutes ago." said a mysterious figure in the background.

"Hmmm… he looks to be bleeding from a gunshot wound. Does this boy have his aura unlocked?"

"I don't know, although there's something about that boy that seems... familiar."

"Should we get a bullhead out to Ms. Nikos's position? That boy won't last long with that wound on his chest."

"We should. Plus, I'd like to know he fell from sky so rand- wait!"

"Something wrong, Headmistress?

"That ghostly arm! I haven't seen it since..."

The blonde woman with glasses was confused as to what her boss was referring to when she saw it. A yellow arm materialized from the boy and it seemed to be holding the blood protruding from his chest when Pyrrha removed the bullet.

"Brothers above… we need to call the Foundation." said the blonde woman.

"I agree." The figure then took her scroll and dialed a number and waited for an answer for the call's recipient.

"Hello?"

"Ah, Dr. Plant. Is Mr. Joestar available? I must speak with him about a topic of great import."

"Ah, headmistress, he just came out of a meeting. I'll connect you to his office straight away."

A few seconds later, the call connected.

(Roundabout - Yes)

"Headmistress Zalem! To what do I owe the pleasure of this call?" said an old Joseph Joestar.

The now-named headmistress Zalem smiled warmly at the old man.

"Foundation business I'm afraid, Mr. Joestar. We've seemed to have found a new Stand user roaming the Emerald Forest. But that's not all, apparently. Take a look at this footage." Zalem then transferred the video footage of the boy with Pyrrha.

After Joseph witnessed the footage, there was a look of shock and horror on his face.

"Brothers, that arm! I haven't seen that since…"

"...Dio." Zalem finished for Joseph.

To be continued…..