A/N: Let's get a few things out of the way before we can begin.
1. If you don't know by the summary, Part 6 does not exist in this universe, the only original character from Stone Ocean present in this story is Jolyne. So Dio never had a diary and whatnot.
2. I know that there are many returning characters from part 3, especially part 4, but this story isn't really about them. You'll see in future chapters that this story will really be about my own original characters and their own Stands, (I've made 20+ original Stands for this fanfiction).
3. This will be updated every Friday with no exceptions. Doesn't matter if it's a holiday or not. So expect a new chapter every Friday without any breaks until the story is finished. If I don't post on a Friday, then assume I'm dead. Or my internet's down. You choose.
4. Lastly, there is a bit of cursing in this fanfiction, but there will be no slurs or f words. Enough rambling, enjoy and feel free to comment, I will respond to all the comments I can, so feel free to ask questions.
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Episode 46: One More Red Nightmare Part 2
"Get ready, kid!"
Without waiting, Binns activated his ability, holding his breath as Hozier drew out his mirror.
"I can't use Red Nightmare," Dianne said, looking at Greta, "Take cover!"
"Redbone!"
"Take me to Church!"
The red Stand opened its chest and allowed Binns to step inside.
"Just knock when you need me to replace your oxygen," Kenna said. Tenmei and Jotaro stood next to her and her Stand, waiting to intercept any attacks.
Hozier had also activated his Stand, reflecting Dianne and Greta in the mirror. Joanne and Jolyne stood next to him, also ready to intercept attacks. The mirror cracked, sending corresponding cracks to whatever it reflected.
Dianne quickly grabbed Greta and jumped behind the mattress of their bed. The crack split the mattress into two pieces but shielded the two.
"They're hiding!" Jolyne yelled, "We need to flush them out of there."
"The third floor is still standing," Jotaro said, "Destroy the foundations, Hozier!"
"Take me to Church!"
Hozier changed the aim of his mirror, focusing its reflection on the first floor, which held the support for the second and third floors, which had caved in on one another but were still mostly intact. Cracks formed on the mirror, which reflected on the walls of the first floor, causing them to break apart, and crumble, sending Dianne and Greta falling along with the rest of the mansion.
"Damn!" Dianne cried out as the ground under her and Greta broke apart, "My Stand still isn't activating, how long can Binns hold his breath?"
Greta landed first, jumping out of the way as debris fell down next to her. Dianne kicked off a shattering wall and landed apart from Greta to escape being pinned down by debris. Greta was on the bottom floor of the mansion, now a destroyed ruin, while Dianne had dove out the side, landing near the trees.
"We've separated them!" Tenmei said, "Dianne's near the trees, we can't let her hide near the trees!"
"Leave it to me," Jotaro said, "I'm a bit too far away to make it in one time stop. It'll take two or three. Just make sure to keep holding your breath, Binns!" Without waiting for a response, Jotaro activated his time-stop ability, "Star Platinum: The World!"
In an instant, Jotaro was several meters closer to Dianne.
"Shit," Dianne rushed away from Jotaro, "Binns' Stand… does it have a range? He's the most troublesome one here. I'll need to kill him first if I want to win this battle. But how do I get to him?"
"Star Platinum: The World!"
Jotaro appeared even closer, he would arrive close enough to Dianne within two more time stops. He just needed to wait five more seconds for Star Platinum's cooldown.
"Greta! Where are you?! Jotaro's coming closer!" Dianne had worry not for herself, but for Greta, who was trapped inside the ruins of the mansion.
"Star Platinum: The World!"
"Shit, shit, shit!" With Jotaro drawing even closer, running after Dianne while waiting for Star Platinum's cooldown to finish, he would make it to her. Within the next time stop, he'd be able to make it close enough to Dianne to break her neck instantly.
"Van Fleet: Heat Above!"
The cry could be heard from within the mansion's remnants.
"Damn," right as Jotaro's time stop was ready, a large shadow was cast above Kenna, Tenmei, Binns, Joanne, Jolyne, and Hozier. Greta, who had been calling Van Fleet forward since the attack started, was ready to attack.
"Forgive me, Kenna," A tear fell down Greta's cheek as the bottom of Van Fleet opened up and several bombs dropped from the sky.
"Everyone, get away!" Kenna yelled as she ran away from the bombs, Redbone following behind. Tenmei followed close behind as well, "We're not gonna make it in time!"
"I'm not running," Jolyne said, "Hozier, I'm borrowing this."
Stone Free grabbed Take me to Church and aimed it up towards Van Fleet and the bombs.
"Crack it!"
"Take me to Church!"
The mirror cracked, splitting the bombs open, and setting the sky ablaze.
Joanne shielded her eyes as fire, and bomb shrapnel fell from the sky. Stone Free kept Take me to Church raised high, shielding Jolyne, Joanne, and Hozier from the incoming projectiles.
Jotaro had stopped time and made sure that none of the flying shrapnel had hit him, or anyone else nearby. He looked up, Van Fleet had taken minimal damage, and after a few more seconds, it could prepare its next wave of attacks.
The fire from the bombs had spread throughout the forest, causing several of the trees to collapse.
"We're gonna run out of oxygen if we stay here," Tenmei said, "The fire's spreading too much." He, along with Kenna were stuck in the forest, the fire rapidly spreading. Binns was still in Redbone, knocking for more oxygen.
"I'm not sure how much longer I can keep giving you oxygen, Mr. Binns," Kenna said, "This smoke is getting too thick. Keep holding up in there for as long as you can." she turned back to Tenmei, "Should we get lower to the ground?"
"No," Tenmei said, "The fire's eventually going to spread through this grass. Plus, these trees will fall apart all over the place soon. Our top priority is getting back to the mansion, or at least far away from these trees. So long as we find a place with more oxygen. That way, Binns can keep using The Space Between."
Meanwhile, Jolyne, Joanne, and Hozier were sent back from the impact of the explosion.
"Holy Shit," Joanne said, "We just set the whole forest on fire."
"That would've happened anyway," Jolyne said, "But if those bombs hit, we'd all be set on fire too."
"I agree," Jotaro appeared next to the three, "That was the best decision you could've made at that moment, Jolyne. Well done."
"Whatever…" Jolyne looked away as she got up and brushed herself off, "Did you at least kill Dianne?"
"Unfortunately not," Jotaro said, "I stopped time to try and push you out of the way. But you already had a countermeasure for the bombs, Jolyne."
"Of course I did! Jeez, you don't trust me?'
Jotaro sighed, "Yare yare daze…" Star Platinum picked up a piece of burning shrapnel.
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"Greta!"
Dianne managed to find her way to the ruins of the mansion. It was, for the most part, untouched by the explosions. Not that it mattered, seeing as the mansion had crumbled.
"Dianne," Greta hugged her wife, "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Listen, Fletcher's using her Stand to keep oxygen within Binns' lungs. We're gonna have to find a way to get him out so I can kill him."
"I'll send another wave of bombs. Heat Above's cooldown is over."
Dianne nodded, and Van Fleet opened its bottom again. But before any of the bombs could come out, a piece of flaming shrapnel whizzed through the air and pierced one of the bombs, blowing up all the others, along with Van Fleet. The exploding airship sent even more fire and shrapnel as the main body of the ship fell down in a pile of metal, fire, and smoke, and crashed loudly into the trees, spreading yet even more fire.
"What?!" Greta said in disbelief, "My Van Fleet! It'll take up to five hours to reconstruct. We're both pretty much Standless now."
"It's fine, we can work with this," Dianne said, "We just need to make Binns breathe. The smoke buildup should already be helping us with that."
Almost as if fate had heard Dianne's words, she felt something.
"Red Nightmare…"
The red mist appeared around its user, swirling around her. Dianne laughed, "Binns breathed! He can't activate his ability again unless he sees me first!" she turned to Greta, "I need to kill Binns. He needs to be the first target. The Joestars and that kid are the only ones not stuck in the forest. I'm gonna need you to hide from them until I get back, do you understand me?"
"Yes, be careful, Dianne."
"Of course," Dianne sighed, "I'll probably have to kill the others as well. The two close to Binns. That means I'll have to kill Kakyoin and…"
"...and Kenna…" Greta finished the sentence.
"I'm sorry. I was hoping we'd be able to separate her beforehand as we originally planned, but they went to us and they attacked us first. I don't have a choice. At this point, it's kill or be killed."
"I… understand…" Greta looked away, "Just make her death painless, okay?"
Dianne nodded. Red Nightmare turned into Amplifier and after a tree fell and hit the ground in the distance, Dianne disappeared.
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Kenna and Tenmei were coughing up a storm, the smoke was getting worse, and the trees surrounding them were completely engulfed in flames.
"I can't give you any more oxygen, Mr. Binns!" she was already on one knee, keeping her head low, barely managing to get any air, "There's too much smoke, Redbone can't gather enough oxygen to fill your lungs anymore."
Redbone's chest opened up, and Binns stepped out. He kept holding his breath, but how long would he last?
Tenmei was using Ruby Tuesday to cut through the burning trees to find a way out. After another minute of cutting, Binns was red in the face.
"Just hold on for a bit longer," Tenmei said, "I've just gotta get past these trees. It'll take less than a minute, hold on!"
Kenna looked at Binns, he was already pushing past the strength of his lungs.
"We're not gonna make it! I'm gonna have Redbone gather oxygen from the ground, it's the only way."
Binns shook his head, his bright red face seemed to be popping out of his skull. Within half a second, he let out a heavy breath.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't hold it in anymore."
"Dianne has her Stand back," Tenmei said, "I'm sure she's felt it by now. Everyone, be on guard!"
Half a minute had barely passed before a tree fell down, landing with a thud next to Kenna. As soon as the tree thudded, Dianne appeared, a metal Stand next to her.
"Redbone!" Kenna called out her Stand
"Usha sha sha!"
"Freakshow!"
Amplifier turned into the spider Stand, which split apart into three hundred tiny spiders. The spiders crawled all over Redbone and Kenna, biting the two all over the place.
"Wh—?!"
Kenna's entire body grew numb as she fell to the ground.
"I'll deal with you in a second, Fletcher," Dianne said, "I've numbed your entire system, you won't feel a thing, Fletcher. I promised Greta I'd give you a painless death. But this one comes first."
She looked over at Binns, who couldn't hold his breath thanks to the lungful of smoke he had just inhaled.
"I'll kill you the same way you killed my brother."
The spiders crawling around Redbone and Kenna disappeared as a gun appeared in Dianne's hand.
"I almost forgot I had this. It appears that fool, Hol Horse, had some use after all."
Dianne pointed Emperor at Binns. Right before she could pull the trigger, a blood knife was hurled into the back of her hand, piercing all the way through.
"Agh! Dammit!"
Dianne looked to the side to see Tenmei charging toward her, blood weapons in hand.
"Ruby Tuesday!"
She called forth another Stand as the gun disappeared, and was replaced by a ruby knight. The Stand took the blood that was coming out of Dianne's hand and threw a blood knife into Tenmei's leg.
Tenmei grunted as the knife pierced his flesh, but didn't relent in his chase toward Dianne. He swung the scythe, causing a huge gash to appear in Dianne's arm, and thrust the sword into her shoulder.
"One more to put you down!"
The scythe turned into a blood stake that he used to pierce Dianne's throat. She fell to the ground, gasping for air as she choked on her own blood.
"I'm not done yet! I'll make sure you die!"
With a swing of its sword, Ruby Tuesday severed Dianne's head from her body.
Tenmei took a sigh of relief, he had charged Dianne just five seconds ago, if he had taken any longer in killing her, Voltaire would have replayed events. But as another second passed, Dianne's Ruby Tuesday turned into a stone statue of an angel.
"No!"
Tenmei soon found himself charging toward Dianne as a knife was thrown into his leg. Events had been replayed 10 seconds in the past.
"I had you! Dammit, I had you, Dianne!"
"It still takes several seconds before a human dies after being decapitated. I've gotta say, that is the closest I've gotten to dying. Congratulations, Kakyoin. Now die."
Tenmei, who had been caught off guard, didn't notice that a mirror had appeared next to Dianne until it was too late.
"Take me to Church."
"Shit!"
The mirror Dianne had created cracked on Tenmei's reflection, and blood sprayed as he fell to the ground.
"And back to you," Dianne turned back to Binns, Emperor in her hand again as Take me to Church disappeared. She grabbed Binns by the throat before throwing him onto the burning grass. The man got back up and got ready to hold his breath. That was until a gunshot was heard. He felt an enormous amount of pain in his chest as he coughed up blood and fell to the ground.
"Now you have a hole in your lung," Dianne said, "Time to give you a matching one on your other lung."
She held the gun up to Binns' other lung and pulled the trigger. But nothing happened. She looked at the gun, confusingly, but it was gone. She stared back at Binns.
"You piece of shit, are you holding your breath?!"
She began to punch him in the face, over and over, "You've been shot! You're getting the shit beat out of your face! Breathe!"
But no matter how hard Dianne hit, how much he was bleeding from his lung, Binns bore with it and held his breath.
"Ushasha!"
A somewhat weak shove from Redbone sent Dianne away from Binns. Kenna, who was barely crawling on all fours, was making her way toward Binns.
"Gotta heal you…"
"You've gotta be kidding," Dianne stood up as she walked toward Kenna, "You can barely even move."
She kicked Kenna in the stomach, sending her back onto the grass.
A loud crack could be heard as more trees began to fall over. The fire was beginning to get too harsh for Dianne's comfort. She turned back to Binns.
"I'll just stomp your head flat, simple as that."
She raised a foot and got ready to slam it down on Binns' head when she heard another cracking sound. This one was incredibly loud. She turned around and saw the trees crack as they fell over. But these cracks were different, she recognized them.
"It's that kid. He used Take me to Church to break through the trees. They're trying to regroup. I can't stay here, not while I'm Standless and Jotaro's with them. This means you need to breathe now Binns! You've killed my brother without hesitation! Do you think you deserve to live after carelessly taking away an innocent life?!"
Binns couldn't answer, he simply stared at Dianne with pain in his eyes.
"Don't give me that look, dammit!" Dianne could feel tears welling up, "This is all your fault! Why'd you do it?! Why'd you kill my brother?! He was everything to me! He was the only family I had left! Damn you! Do you hear me?! Damn you! You took everything away from me!" The tears kept falling down as she yelled at Binns. Jolyne and Joanne's voices could be heard as they drew closer.
"I'll make sure you die."
The words Dianne spoke sounded more like a promise than a threat. Binns kept holding his breath, no matter how much pain he was in.
I'm sorry, he thought, I shouldn't have done it. I understand that now, even if it's too late. I've had my family taken away from me too, by a Stand user. I was so angry at the world, I did something foolish. I do not seek forgiveness, nor do I seek vengeance. If I am to die here, then very well. At least I can see my family again. But you, Dianne, have also done things you shouldn't have. You deserve to be punished just like I do. That's why, for as long as this heart's still beating, I won't let you get away.
Jotaro and the others were getting closer, Hozier had cut a path through the trees, but the fire was still dangerous to trek through. There was still about half a minute before they'd arrive. Dianne had to think of something.
"Goddamn bastard!" she yelled, "As if you'd know what it's like to lose everything!"
She yelled in frustration as another tree collapsed, landing beside her. Dianne swirled around and grabbed a sharp, burning branch that had broken off.
"Just die already!"
She jabbed the branch into Binns' stomach, taking it out before stabbing him again and again. It wasn't until the fourth stab that Binns gave in and stopped holding his breath.
"Dianne…" Kenna looked at Binns' bloodied body, which was barely holding on to life, "Let me… save him…"
"No," Dianne said, "But I'll let you save me."
Red Nightmare swirled around Dianne again, "I won't hurt you too much, I'll just cut you a tiny bit. Silver Chariot!"
The silver swordsman of a Stand appeared next to Dianne, "I could never be as good at using this as Polnareff once was. Plus, I've seen using Good Riddance on Polnareff's blood that Star Platinum is faster than this Stand, so there was no use for this. But I'm going to have to make you bleed, Fletcher, just a little bit."
The poison on Kenna's body had mostly receded, but her movements were still too slow to stop the speedy swordsman from making a light cut on her arm.
"All the preparations have been completed," Dianne said, "I'm going to make it out of this forest alive. And so might you. Thank you, Fletcher. Parasite!"
Silver Chariot disappeared and was replaced by the microscopic Stand, which entered Kenna's wound and transferred Dianne's consciousness into her brain.
"Alright," Dianne said as she entered Kenna's body while her own body lost consciousness, "Only one last thing to do now. Redbone!" She summoned Kenna's Stand and opened its chest. Dianne had the Stand grab her unconscious body and hide it in Redbone's chest. Mere seconds afterward, Jotaro, Joanne, Jolyne, and Hozier made their way over to her.
"Kakyoin! Binns!" Jotaro rushed to the bloodied officers before turning his head to Kenna, "Fletcher, what happened? Was it Dianne?"
"Erh, yes!" Dianne said, "She appeared and killed Kakyoin and Binns."
Jotaro shook his head, "Kakyoin's not dead, he was barely grazed by the attack." Jotaro rushed over and grabbed Binns, ripping his shirt open to check his wounds, "Binns is in critical condition as well. His wounds are fatal, but he's still alive. Heal him now, Fletcher, he's going to die by the minute's end."
"Binns is alive?!" Dianne blurted out in surprise but quickly calmed down, not wanting to blow her cover. "What a relief. Hand him over, I'll heal him."
Dianne walked over to Jotaro and Binns, but suddenly collapsed, "I can't make it any further! Dianne kicked me in the stomach, I can't even walk!"
"Ken, let me see," Joanne rushed over. She grabbed Kenna in her arms which surprised Dianne. Joanne lifted the bottom of Kenna's shirt to see her stomach.
"Yeah, she's bruised pretty badly. You'd better bring Binns to her, Jotaro."
"Alright," Jotaro briskly rushed over to Kenna.
Damn, this isn't working, Dianne thought, I need to buy more time. As distasteful as it feels, I need to use Fletcher's and Jones' relationship to my advantage.
"Oh, Joanne!" Dianne put her arms around Joanne's body, "I was so scared, I thought something had happened to you! But I'm so glad you're safe! Can you hold me in your arms? I love you!"
Something twitched within both Joanne's and Jolyne's eyes.
"Who are you?!" Joanne shoved Kenna off of her.
"It's that Stand Scallion had!" Jolyne unraveled her arms and used them to bind Redbone and Dianne so they wouldn't be able to attack, "Dianne's controlling Kenna's body!"
"What are you talking about, Joanne?!" Dianne asked, "It's me!"
Joanne shook her head, "First things first, Ken would never call me by my full name."
"What?!"
"And second, she wouldn't tell me that she loves me."
"What the hell kind of relationship do you have?!" Dianne tried to rise to her feet, but her movements were restricted since Jolyne's strings had wrapped around Redbone.
"We need to find Dianne's original body," Jotaro said, "And fast too, Binns won't be able to make it much longer."
"I wouldn't try looking for my body if I were you," Dianne said, "Without Fletcher's Stand, Kakyoin and Binns can't get healed. Needless to say, I need to waste as much time as possible. So if any of you move from your current spots, I'll bite Fletcher's tongue off and let her die."
"Sorry," Jolyne said, "But I can't let that happen either." More strings went inside Kenna's mouth and tied behind her head, not allowing her to bite down on her tongue.
Dianne let out a muffled yell in surprise.
Damn it, I didn't think Jolyne would be so harsh to Fletcher's body. I just need to wait. Binns should bleed out in about thirty more seconds. I at least need to make sure he dies.
A tattoo appeared on Binns' exposed chest. Jotaro looked at it in surprise.
"The Space Between?" Jotaro looked in surprise, the tattoo was pitch black, and it was in the shape of a hand, seeming to grab at Binns' lungs.
Dianne, having suddenly lost her stand, regained consciousness in her original body, hiding inside Redbone's chest. Binns had held his breath again, stripping Dianne away of her ability.
"Binns… Even on death's door, you're still giving it your all to win." Jotaro looked at the SPW Officer, "Your efforts won't be for nothing. We'll kill Dianne."
Kenna, having regained her body, muffled out to Joanne as she struggled in Jolyne's strings.
"Right, sorry," Jolyne said as the strings unwrapped themselves off of Kenna and Redbone.
"Oh, Binns!" Kenna instantly turned towards the dying officer, "I'll heal you right now!"
As soon as Redbone opened its chest, several rocketed limbs spewed out.
"Star Platinum: The World!"
Jotaro stopped time. He looked inside Redbone's chest.
"So that's where you were hiding, bitch. It seems you were backed into a corner. It doesn't matter, I'll beat the shit out of you."
Star Platinum grabbed Dianne, ready to twist her head around. But something caught his eye. Rocketman's limbs were moving. He stared in disbelief as they slowly moved toward Tenmei's unconscious body, aiming to kill him.
"How?!"
Jotaro noticed something, only half of Rocketman was present. The other half was part red mist and part of another Stand. A Stand that Jotaro recognized.
"Above Earth? She knew I was going to stop time so she changed her Stand. But only half of the Stand had managed to change before time was fully stopped? She timed this so perfectly… She's using Above Earth's intense gravity to move Rocketman's limbs even in stopped time. Shit, it's already been 3 seconds. The rockets are definitely going to hit Kakyoin before time resumes again. You thought of a good plan, Dianne. And for that, you've bought yourself five more seconds to live."
Star Platinum threw Dianne away as it rushed toward Rocketman's limbs.
"Ora ora ora!"
The Stand punched away the limbs right as the fifth second passed.
When time started, Rocketman's limbs instantly turned into red mist and returned to finish their transformation into Above Earth. Dianne, who was thrown, fell harshly onto the ground.
"I see my plan didn't work." she wiped blood off her lip.
"Wait," Joanne said, "If Dianne just used her Stand… then what about Binns?!"
Binns was on the ground, the tattoo no longer on his chest. He was no longer breathing, and his blood was no longer pumping. Binns, filled with determination, had held his breath until the very end. But his life had drained from him too fast. Binns was dead.
"One down, six to go," Dianne said, "Let me diminish those numbers some more! Above Earth!"
Suddenly, the gravity of everyone except for Dianne shifted to the side, and Jotaro, Jolyne, Joanne, Kenna, Hozier, and Tenmei fell into the depths of the flaming trees, yelling out as they were all engulfed in flames.
"Star Platinum: The World!"
Jotaro stopped time as he fell, landing on a tree trunk. His gravity, along with everyone else's, had shifted sideways. He knew that Above Earth's range was thirty meters, but with the forest on fire, would they even make it that far? He looked at the others, Hozier, Jolyne, and Tenmei seemed to be falling in the same direction as him, but Joanne and Kenna were falling in the opposite direction. Their gravitational pulls were different from the others'.
"There's nothing I can do about them. They'll need to handle this themselves…" he looked away from Joanne and Kenna before grabbing Hozier and the unconscious Tenmei. Jolyne was too far away for Jotaro to hold.
"I trust you to save yourself, Jolyne. Besides, I'm at my limit. Time may resume."
Everything that was once frozen, began to move once again.
"Mr. Jotaro!" Hozier was crying, "What happened?"
"Don't worry kid, I've got you." Jotaro set Hozier down behind him, "Careful, this trunk is sturdy, but I'm not sure how long it'll hold."
Jolyne, who had fallen several meters behind, used her strings to create a net to catch herself.
"Thanks for catching me!" she yelled sarcastically, "I'm glad you care about me!"
"Yare yare daze. Had I caught you, you would've been mad because I didn't let you save yourself. And now if I don't catch you, you're still angered. Are you just looking for excuses to be mad at me now?"
"Just shut up… god, you drive me crazy."
Jotaro sighed, "Just make sure your strings don't catch fire." he looked up at Dianne, she was inspecting Binns' body, making sure he was dead.
"I've gotta say… he really gave me a run for my money," she said, "But things should be much easier from here on out. My next biggest hindrance is you, Jotaro Kujo. Once you've been taken out, everything will be much easier."
"Fine," Jotaro said, "Fight me then. Me, and me alone. I won't let you kill anyone else."
"There is a slight problem with that," Dianne said, "You see, your Star Platinum is far stronger than mine. If we were to fight head-on, I'd surely lose. So, I have another way of taking you out."
Dianne walked towards the two collapsed, flaming trees.
"Above Earth!"
The trees fell horizontally toward Jotaro, Tenmei, Hozier, and Jolyne.
"Star Platinum: The World!"
Due to Above Earth's increased gravity, the trees were still slowly moving even in stopped time. Jotaro jumped up and punched one of the trunks away, shattering it and sending each half in a different direction. The second tree, on the other hand, was outside of Star Platinum's two-meter range. His time limit run out, and Jotaro landed back on his own tree.
"That's my limit. Time will resume."
The broken-apart, splintered tree, landed horizontally on the trunks of other broken trees. The second one that Jotaro hadn't been able to reach, fell down past his own trunk and headed toward Jolyne.
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A/N: And that's chapter 46! Only 2 more to go! I know a lot has happened so far in this chapter, but the final battle isn't even close to being half way done! It's more like a third of the way done, even less. There is still so much more that needs to happen in this battle. Although, I am sad to say that Binns did not make it very far into this battle. As Dianne's main target, he was bound to kick the bucket sooner, rather than later. Initially, Binns was going to have a much bigger role in the Flood, Heatseeker, and Hot Soft Light chapters. He was intended to be the main antagonist of that arc. Not protagonist, antagonist. Initially, he was going to be the one responsible for the deaths of Hozier's parents and would not have had any remorse for killing Dianne's brother. He was going to be killed at the end of the arc by Dianne, but I had a change of plans and Binns became part of the main group for that arc, The Wall Arc, and the Return to the Mansion arc, which is this one we're on now. To not spread confusion, when I say arc, I mean Major Story Arc. I know initially, I had said there were 4, but I've bumped it up to nine. The Introduction Arc is chapters 1-7, and it introduces the main plot and almost all of the characters. The Journey to the Mansion Arc is from chapters 8-20, and shows, well, the journey to the mansion, plus Jolyne and Portobello's fight against Stevana and Scallion. The Assault on Morioh Arc is chapters 21-28, and as said before, was going to be very much centered around Binns as the primary antagonist. The Wall Arc is chapters 29-41 and focuses on all six members of The Wall, and their plot to eliminate the Joestars and Dianne. Finally, the Return to the Mansion, or Final Battle Arc, whichever one you wanna call it, is chapters 42-48, which will be the final one, and starts off as more backstory for Dianne and her friends, and for The Wall, and finishes off with the final battle and conclusion. Hope that's not too confusing! Anyway, I've rambled long enough so see you all next week for Episode 47: One More Red Nightmare Part 3!