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 32: Pyromania-The Wall Part 4
Tenmei used the bountiful amount of blood as a lasso to prevent himself from falling off the building. Ruby Tuesday commanded the blood to wrap around Jotaro, Portobello, and the unconscious Binns' waists to keep them within five meters of Tenmei and to prevent their falling.
"Are you all okay?" Tenmei asked.
"Yeah," Jotaro said, eyeing Elliot as he fell to the ground two stories down, but used his ability to soften the density of the ground. Jotaro took this time to get a good view of his enemy's Stand. Elliot had called it Def Leppard. It looked to be made out of some sort of hard plastic mixed with metal. Its fingers and limbs were thin like blades, but its shoulders were thick. Its legs bent backward like a grasshopper's, and its back was riddled with dark gray spikes, similar to a porcupine. Its eyes stared endlessly into nothingness, devoid of emotion. The spikes on its head were slicked back to resemble hair.
"Something's bothering me," Portobello said, "That guy that took our picture and disappeared. Do you remember what he said?"
"Yeah," Tenmei said, "That's concerning me too."
"Could you tell me?" Portobello asked, "I'd love to know what he said."
"What are you talking about, Portobello?" Tenmei asked.
"I forgot. I have no clue what that guy who took our picture said. I just remember that it wasn't good. My stomach's churning just thinking about it, but I have no idea what he said."
"Another Stand user," Tenmei said, "There's another Stand user. Right here, at the bottom of the building. I believe his name was Beetle or something."
"Beedul," Jotaro said, "I believe he said it was Beedul."
"Yeah," Tenmei continued, "There's another member of The Wall, Beedul, here. But that's not what concerns me, and I don't think that's what's making your stomach churn."
"What do you mean?" Portobello asked, "Is there a third enemy?"
"No," Tenmei said, "Other than Elliot Collen and Beedul, I doubt we have any other enemies at the moment. The man with the polaroid camera said that he had to meet up with someone by the name of Vitas by 8:00." Tenmei checked his watch, "It's almost 8:50. He said that this Vitas is probably already fighting Joanne and Kenna by now. If we finish this battle fast enough, we might be able to help Joanne and Kenna. But we don't even know where they are. Then again, how does the enemy know where they are? They must be attacking the hotel. Elliot might have infiltrated the Speedwagon Foundation yesterday or even the day before, he already knew ahead of time that we would hold this meeting. So if we can assume that they've already been in Morioh for at least two days, then surely they must know that we're all staying at Morioh Grand Hotel, right? Plus, that man said Beedul found Ally out of pure chance, so it strayed from the original plan. Was the original plan to attack the hotel? I think that's the most reasonable place to go after this battle."
"Is that what was bothering you?" Portobello asked, "The fact that the hotel is under attack?"
"No," Tenmei said, "I'm just trying to dissect all the information we know while we have the time. Elliot Collen won't attack, he's waiting for Beedul to be ready."
"But if Beedul's just outside this building, then shouldn't he be ready?" Portobello asked, "I'm not understanding, Kakyoin. Why wouldn't this Beedul be ready?"
"Because he doesn't have his Stand," Tenmei said, "This leads into what's deeply concerning me. The man who took our picture said that Beedul's Stand was already attached to Ally's shadow and that she was on her way here with June."
Jotaro was listening in on the conversation as he carefully eyed Elliot, who hadn't moved from his spot. The ground had returned to its normal density, but Elliot hadn't even looked up at them.
"Back then," Jotaro said, "When he softened the walls and floor of the building, I don't think it was to attack us. It was for him to make it down as fast as possible. I don't think he wants us to come down."
"Why would we?" Tenmei asked, "It's too risky to get down and fight him head-on. Now that we know his ability, we need to formulate a way to counteract it."
"I know," Jotaro said, "That's what he's counting on. He knows we won't come down just yet. That's because this Beedul is defenseless. His Stand has detached from him and clung to Ally's shadow. He's waiting until she comes."
"Damn," Tenmei muttered, "We all left our phones outside of the meeting room to prevent the enemy from listening in. We can't call June or Ally to warn her."
"Wait a minute," Portobello said, "The Wall is known for their efficiency in completing missions, right?"
"Yeah," Tenmei said, "They've been pretty well organized about this attack."
"Not really," Portobello said.
"What do you mean?"
"That guy with the camera. He just blurted out all this information for us to hear. Think about how much we've pieced together just from what he's told us. We know that another one of his comrades is here, thus eliminating any chance for a surprise attack. On top of that, we know that this enemy is currently unprotected and we know where his Stand is. We can easily warn Ally when she comes. Plus, we know that there's another enemy called Vitas fighting Joanne and Kenna right now, and we have a pretty good idea of where to find them. He gave away too much information, don't you think?"
"I agree with Portobello," Jotaro said, "There's something we still don't know. Why did that man show up just to take our picture, and blurt out useful information? Is the picture he took of us a trigger for his Stand ability? If so, why hasn't he activated it? Unless he already has and we're under his Stand attack as well. That's possible."
"There's too much we don't know," Tenmei said, "Come to think of it, there's no reason that we should believe any of the information he's given us. He could've told us all of this just to throw us off. Maybe there isn't another enemy named Beedul hiding down there. Maybe June and Ally aren't on their way here. Maybe he's not meeting up with this Vitas and is still watching us. It could be just him and Elliot Collen attacking us. We could be fighting Elliot's Def Leppard and another Stand that's been triggered by our picture."
"This is making my brain hurt," Portobello said, "Do we attack or not?"
"I don't know," Tenmei said, "I think we should stay here and observe. But if what we know turns out to be true, then we're giving the enemy the time that they need."
"I have an idea!" Portobello said as he pointed in the distance, "Let's ask them for their opinion!"
Tenmei and Jotaro looked at where Portobello was pointing and spotted June and Ally running towards them. They saw another movement from the corner of their eyes and looked down to see another man approach Elliot.
"Damn, was he telling the truth?" Tenmei asked, "Is that Beedul?"
"What do we do?" Portobello asked.
"I don't think Clayton nor Eaden can see us," Jotaro said, "They're not looking up."
"Let's just yell for them," Tenmei said, "Elliot already knows we're up here. We won't be losing by yelling."
For a split second, Tenmei saw something come out of Ally's shadow, but it disappeared within less than a second.
"Mr. Kujo, did you see that?" Tenmei asked.
"Godammit, Kakyoin!" Jotaro yelled, "Get me the hell off of this blood rope! You're so damn annoying! You and Portobello!"
"Mr. Kujo?" Tenmei asked, "What's that on your arm?" he pointed at a feather on Jotaro's arm. A symbol of a bird with a man's head was engraved on it.
"I don't give a shit about what's on my arm, Kakyoin!" Jotaro yelled, "I told you to get me the hell off of this blood rope!"
"R-right," Tenmei said, "I guess this isn't very comfortable for you. Would you like me to take you to the ground or back inside the room?"
"I don't give a shit," Jotaro said, "Just get me the hell off of this damn rope!"
Tenmei used Ruby Tuesday to pull himself along with Jotaro, Binns, and Portobello back into the meeting room. As the blood was pulled off of the four, the feather on Jotaro fell off.
"Kakyoin!" Jotaro said, "What I said earlier. I didn't mean any of it. When I told you to get me off the blood rope. It was as if something was twisting my emotions to forcefully make me angry."
"Could it be this?" Tenmei asked as he picked up the feather, "I noticed it earlier, but could this be the reason for your acting strange? This might be Beedul's Stand ability. To change the personality of others. I'm not sure if any of you saw, but for a split second, a Stand appeared in Ally's shadow. I think it appeared to shoot this shadow on you."
"That means it has a big range," Portobello said, "But Stands with wide ranges don't have very good attack power, right?"
"That's right," Jotaro said, "If we manage to get close enough to the Stand, my Star Platinum should be able to take it down no problem."
"So that means that we've got to keep the Stand away from the user," Tenmei said, "Ally can't go anywhere near Beedul. As long as the Stand is distant, the user will be defenseless."
"So that clears up how we'll defeat this Beedul," Portobello said, "But what about Elliot Collen? How will we beat him?"
"As long as we stay out of his range which we know is three meters, we should be fine," Tenmei said, "If he tries to burst his sphere and send bullets of dense air towards, us we'll hear it. When he did it the last time, it made a loud bang. Mr. Kujo, do you think you can stop time and move us out of the way as a last precaution?"
"As long as you stay close," Jotaro said.
"Then let's go," Tenmei said, "We have a plan now. The first thing we have to do is keep Ally away from Beedul."
"We should also watch out for these feathers," Portobello said, "I'm sure that they can do much more than just change your personality."
"Ally and June might know the Stand's full potential," Tenmei said, "That's another reason why we should get to them before they get to Beedul."
"We're going to need some extra hands then," Portobello said, touching the dead clay dolls with his Expresso Love. The Stand lit up, and the clay reformed into three brand new clay dolls.
"I have an idea," Tenmei said, turning nearby blood into a knife that Ruby Tuesday held in its hand, "We need to warn Ally, but we can't keep our eyes off the enemy."
"So you send me to warn her," Portobello said, "Kakyoin, you can shield yourself using blood, and Jotaro, you can stop time with your Star Platinum. I'm pretty much defenseless if Elliot shoots out the air like bullets. It makes more sense for you two to stay with the enemy while I warn Ally."
"No," Tenmei said, "That's not what I was thinking. You're the reason we were able to puncture Elliot's sphere of dense air. Besides, do you even remember what we're trying to warn June and Ally of?"
"Nope, not a clue," Portobello said, "What are we doing here?"
Tenmei sighed and explained to Portobello everything that had happened.
"Right, I remember!" he asked, "Then if you don't want me to go, then who are we sending? You and Jotaro can't leave, that's too risky. And we can't send my clay dolls either, they can't speak."
"They don't need to speak to deliver a message," Tenmei said as he carved something into the clay dolls' soft bodies with the blood knife. After he was finished, he stepped back so the others could read: Beedul's Stand is attached to your shadow, stay as far away from him as possible.
"Now all you have to do is send your clay dolls to them," Tenmei said, "The three of us will stay with Elliot and Beedul."
"Sounds good!" Portobello said, "I'll send them right now!"
The clay dolls ran out of the building and fell to the ground with a splat. They were able to re-shape themselves and ran towards June and Ally.
"I guess it's a good thing that I had to remake them," Portobello said, "Before they were hardened clay and would've shattered to bits if they fell. But since Elliot killed them with the dense air bullets, I was able to revert them back into squishy clay to remake them. Now as long as their heads remain intact, they should be fine."
"Then let's go," Jotaro said, "Our mission, for the time being, is to ensure that Beedul doesn't reunite with his Stand. Let's go!"
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"There he is," June said as she pointed at Beedul, "That's the guy."
"There's someone else with him," Ally said, pointing at Elliot, "And he has a Stand too. He must be another member of The Wall."
"Where are Tenmei and the others? They should be here."
"They're probably up there, look at that hole. That must be the meeting room they were in."
"You think they've already fought with Beedul and this new Stand user?"
"I don't know, we should at least warn them about Beedul's Stand, Blackbird."
"Wait," June stopped Ally, "What are those?" Ally looked at the clay dolls as they fell out of the meeting room before splatting on the ground and reconstructing themselves and running towards them."
"They're those clay doll things," Ally said, "The ones that that Portobello Belle guy always hangs out with."
"Ew, why are they heading towards us?"
"Maybe Portobello Belle is trying to tell us something."
The two stopped running and waited for the clay dolls to catch up with them. Once they arrived, the dolls stopped moving.
"Hello?" June said while waving her hand in front of their still faces, "Why are you here?"
"Wait June, check this out," Ally had looked behind the clay dolls and read the message on their backs out loud, "Beedul's Stand is attached to your shadow, stay as far away from him as possible."
"What?" June looked down at her shadow, "There's nothing here. Do the dolls mean my shadow or yours?"
Ally checked her own shadow, "I don't know. But how does Portobello know this? Did Beedul tell him?"
"It said to stay away from Beedul, but not from everyone else, where are the others?"
"Over there, they're jumping out now!"
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"The clay dolls arrived," Portobello said, "They got the message!"
"Then let's go," Tenmei said.
Portobello touched the wall of the meeting room that had a hole in it and with Expresso Love, reconstructed it into a steep ramp that led all the way down.
"We'll have to bring Binns with us," Tenmei said, "I can't get too far away from him. Ruby Tuesday is keeping the blood inside his body. He's going to die if he gets out of my range."
"We'll keep him behind us," Jotaro said, picking Binns up, "We just need to stall until he wakes up, after that both Elliot and Beedul will be Standless and we'll be able to kill them both."
"Kill?" Portobello asked.
"I doubt they'll answer any questions if we interrogate them," Tenmei said, "It'll be too dangerous to keep them alive. We need to kill them even if they surrender. We can't trust that they won't do a false surrender and set up a trap. They need to die."
"I agree, Kakyoin," Jotaro said, "As grim as it sounds, we have no choice but to kill our enemies."
The three ran down the ramp, Elliot was already looking at them, "Def Leppard!" an invisible sphere of dense air formed around him before bursting with a loud bang. Beedul was at the center with Elliot and didn't get injured. Upon hearing the loud bang, Jotaro activated his Stand, "Star Platinum: The World!"
Time stopped and the only moving things were Jotaro and his Stand. Jotaro couldn't see the air bullets. Star platinum grabbed a chunk out of the wall and put it in front of him, Tenmei, and Portobello. The wall would protect them from the invisible air bullets.
"Time will resume."
Right on cue, everything around Jotaro began moving again. The air bullets created small holes in the ground and buildings. The chunk of the wall had several holes in it, but none of them broke through and harmed anyone.
"Keep going," Jotaro yelled, "I stopped time. The more time we buy, the better.
The two continued down the ramp and made it to the ground. Portobello looked at June, Ally, and his clay dolls in the distance, "They're keeping their distance, they understood the message."
"Good," Tenmei said, "The fewer Stands we have to deal with, the better."
"You found a way to warn your friends?" Beedul said, "So David told you about my Blackbird being in Ally's shadow?"
"Yes," Tenmei said, "But why? Why did he tell us about that? If we didn't know, then we wouldn't have prevented June and Ally from coming here and you would've gotten your Stand back."
Beedul shrugged, "Wouldn't you like to know." he turned back to Elliot, "Is David going to activate his ability on June and Ally at the same time as them? I was supposed to be the last one."
"I think he'll activate it on all of them at once," Elliot said, checking his watch, "Only a few minutes left."
Tenmei turned to Jotaro, "Why are they being so open?" he looked back at Beedul and Elliot, "You guys are telling us more than we should know, why? If you have a plan, then why not activate it in secret?"
"You really wanna know why, Kakyoin?" Beedul said, "It's because regardless of if you kill us or not, you'll lose. You lost the second David escaped with your pictures. Now it doesn't really matter what happens. You could kill us both for all we care. The only reason we're still attacking is that we don't necessarily want to die, so we're protecting ourselves. Your lives are already on a set timer, and that timer is going down."
"Are you being confident or cocky?" Jotaro asked, "I've fought against people who were so certain of victory only to make a single misstep and lose at the very end."
"You're not listening, Jotaro Kujo," Elliot said, "It doesn't matter if you manage to defeat us. Your fates are already sealed."
"David's Stand," Tenmei muttered, "Apparently once he takes our photos, he wins no matter what."
"No," Jotaro said, "Such a powerful Stand can't have a simple requirement like that. There's still more that we don't know."
"Def Leppard!" Elliot interrupted Jotaro by activating his sphere of dense air and bursting it.
"Star Platinum: The World!"
Time stopped and Jotaro sighed, "Yare yare daze. He cut me off. That means I was on to something and he didn't want me to say any more. That means that David's Stand isn't invincible. There are more pieces to the puzzle." Star Platinum dug its hand into the ground and grabbed a handful of dirt before throwing it in front of it. After a second, the dirt froze in stopped time. Jotaro was able to see the rough whereabouts of the air bullets and moved Tenmei, Portobello, and Binns out of the way of the bullets before stepping next to them himself.
"That's it, that's my limit. Time will resume."
The air bullets flew through the air but not a single one hit Jotaro, Tenmei, Portobello, or Binns.
"What happened," Tenmei asked, "Did you move us in stopped time?"
"Yeah," Jotaro said, "I used dirt to see where the air bullets were and moved you all to safety. Although judging by where the bullets were heading, I don't think they would've killed you. Was that a deliberate choice? To not try and kill us?"
Elliot checked his watch again, "It's 7:59, you only have a minute left!"
"7:59?" Portobello asked, "Correct me if I remember wrong, but isn't that only a minute before David is supposed to meet up with Kenna, Joanne, and that Vitas guy?"
"Yeah," Jotaro confirmed, "It seems that David is planning on taking us all out in small groups at a time. Originally it was supposed to be us first, then Kenna and Joanne, then my daughter and Hozier, and then June and Ally. Based on what we know, I think that's what was supposed to happen. But since Beedul encountered June and Ally earlier than expected, something is going to happen to all of us in about a minute."
"You're done," Beedul said, "Thirty more seconds!"
"Mr. Kujo, we need to do something!" Tenmei said.
"What can we do?" Jotaro asked, "If we had more time I have no doubt that we could defeat our enemy, but defeating him in less than thirty seconds seems outside of our abilities."
"So you're giving up?" Tenmei asked, "What if there's just a small chance we can win?"
"There might be," Jotato said, "But that's not what we should be focusing on now."
"What do you mean, Jotaro?" Portobello asked.
"There is a way to counteract David's Stand," Jotaro said, "But we have to know what kind of ability it is first. That's why I think it's better to let whatever is going to happen, happen."
"I trust you, Mr. Kujo," Tenmei said, "I'll follow your plan."
"Me too," Portobello said, "You'd better not get us killed."
"Five, four, three, two, one!" Elliot counted down the timer and his watch struck 8:00. In a flash, Jotaro, Tenmei, Portobello, and Binns disappeared. In the distance, June and Ally disappeared as well and the clay dolls turned back into normal clumps of clay and fell to the ground.
"Let's take a small break," Elliot said, "We'll meet up with the others in five."
"Yeah," Beedul said, "The hard part's over. It's just smooth sailing from here."
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A/N: And that's chapter 32! We're officially two-thirds of the way done with the story! Only 16 chapters remain. This chapter served as both the sequel and conclusion to the Blackbird and Def Leppard chapters. The chapter title, Pyromania, is named after one of Def Leppard's albums. We're still in the first of two acts in The Wall arc, so things might not be picking up yet, but the entire first act of The Wall arc is mainly focused on introducing the various members of The Wall and their Stand abilities. All the action will happen in the second and final act. With three members of The Wall introduced, we only have three left! And next week will feature the introduction of the foreshadowed Vitas and his Stand ability as we get back to Joanne and Abstract after the events of The Wall Part 1. If you need a refresher, the two were in Morioh park before their vision suddenly blacked out. Could this have something to do with Vitas? Stay tuned to find out! So see you all next week for Episode 33: Seventh Element-The Wall Part 5!