Hello everyone, muk854 here with the next chapter of Makoto's Bizarre Adventure: Lucky Hope.

Monokuma: Ok the rate of these chapters is ridiculous, shouldn't you go back to your other stories.

Trust me I will get back to those, but like I said before, my main focus is on this story right now...also didn't I smash you into pieces last chapter?

Monokuma: You should know that that wouldn't be enough to get rid of me.

Right. Anyways, without further ado, enjoy.


"Ah man, writing notes suck with my left hand!" Makoto complained loudly as soon as class ended for them.

"How much longer do you need to have that cast again?" Hina asked.

"Doctors said I'll be able to get it off in about a week," Makoto answered, "Which cannot be any sooner, having a broken arm sucks."

"Well then let this be a reminder for your reckless action and so that it doesn't happen again," Taka commented.

"Don't have to tell me twice," Makoto agreed, "I am never going to get in a situation where this can happen ever again." Although knowing his life, Makoto had a feeling he won't be able to uphold that.

"Don't jinx yourself dude," Leon warned.

"Do you actually believe in jinxes?" Toko asked

"This is Makoto we're talking about, dude's been jinxed his whole life," Leon explained.

"I mean he was late for orientation," Hagakure said.

"There's that whole issue with his bathroom door," Mondo added.

"He tends to lose in games involving luck, does he not?" Celeste asked with a hand hiding a smile.

"Honestly it's a miracle how you're still considered the Ultimate Lucky Student," Byakuya concluded harshly while reading a book, not even bothering to look up.

"Geez, thanks for the encouragement guys," Makoto said sarcastically.

"Don't mention it," Leon smiled.

"At least your luck isn't shared with your sister," Toko said.

"I still can't believe you managed to become best friends with Komaru," Makoto said.

"W-what? Y-you think I'm incapable of having a best friend?" she asked harshly.

"I believe what Makoto means is that it's hard to imagine you easily becoming best friends with her when it took a while before you considered us friends," Kyoko explained.

"Especially considering how you and Komaru are completely different," Sayaka added, "You despise manga while she's practically an otaku."

"That's an understatement," Makoto muttered.

"She's just less annoying than you guys, simple as that," Toko responded.

"That's all your gonna say, there's got to be more than that," Leon said.

"Why are you guys so interested in Komaru and me?" Toko asked.

"Do not pair me up with these credens," Byakuya said in the middle of his reading, "I couldn't care less who you consider friends."

"You all are just reading too much into thi-ahchoo!" Toko suddenly sneezed, causing everyone to tense up knowing what is going to happen now.

Toko suddenly started cackling loudly while her freakishly long tongue was now sticking out. "Gyahahahaha! Howdy bitches, Syo's back in town!"

"And just like that, the peace and quiet have come to an end," Byakuya said in annoyance.

"As if things couldn't get more insane in this class," Kyoko said.

"I am hurt, truly hurt!" Syo said in mock anger, "I show up after months of being dormant and this is how you all treat me."

"Not our fault you're a mood killer," Mondo responded.

"I am not a-" Syo retorted before she saw Makoto and his cast, "Whoa Big Mac, who did you piss off?"

"What?" Makoto questioned.

"Don't play dumb with me, I'm talking about that!" Syo said, pointing at Makoto's broken arm, "How did this happen? Oh let me guess, you got rejected by some girl and they broke your arm to say no."

"Wh-what no, that is not what happened?" Makoto answered, his face red.

"Oh, was it a guy? Had no idea you swung that way Macoco," Syo teased.

"I didn't break my arm from getting rejected, I didn't even ask anyone out!" Makoto retorted, his face even redder.

"Then spill it, or I might have to get it out of you," Syo said while holding a pair of scissors, making Makoto's eyes widen in horror.

"Syo, no weapons in class!" Ishimaru scolded.

"Oh shut it Teacher's Pet I was only joking," Syo assured, "Little miss brother complex would be upset if I hurt her favorite brother, and I do not want to deal with that."

"I have had enough of this insanity," Byakuya said as he closed his book and stood up, "I'm leaving now."

"Oh, wait for me master~!" Syo said as she followed Byakuya out of the classroom.

The rest of the class was in silence for a moment before Leon spoke up, "Does it not bother anyone else that Hope's Peak has a serial killer as one of their students?"

"Yeah, that is some cause for concern," Chihiro agreed.

"Hey Kyoko why haven't you arrested her yet?" Hagakure asked.

"Orders from the headmaster," she answered, "But he has said that if Syo gets too out of line then I can arrest her so I have my eye on her."

"Makes sense I guess," Sayaka said, "I mean, while Syo is certainly not a good person, she hasn't killed anyone since the year started right?"

"It seems Ms. Fukawa is able to keep her other self in control," Hifumi noted.

"Doesn't make it easier for us," Makoto said, his face still red from Syo's comments.

"Agreed," Sakura said.


After they had left class Makoto and Kyoko were in the gymnasium, with Kyoko standing in the center as Makoto watched her from afar. After Kyoko had obtained her Stand, Makoto has been helping her understand Mystery Girl more and her limitations by giving her tests. Since Mystery Girl's powers involves enhanced perception, these tests usually involve her finding something hidden.

"Alright Kyoko, I asked the Ultimate Hider to hide something here in the gymnasium," Makoto explained, "You know the drill, use your Stand to try and find it."

Kyoko nodded in understanding as she readied herself before she spoke, "Mystery Girl."

Mystery Girl materialized beside Kyoko, already smoking her pipe. She breathed out smoke before the pipe disappeared, "Shall we begin, Mistress Kirigiri?"

"Indeed we shall," Kyoko responded. Mystery Girl straightened her monocle and Kyoko's vision suddenly changed. Whenever she used Mystery Girl to search, the world around her had a purplish hue to it and time seemed to slow down for her. As she looked around the gymnasium, her vision always zoomed in and out searching for whatever she was looking for.

She looked towards the podium and when her vision zoomed in on it she saw a faint handprint on it. Kyoko walked over to it and noticed the flooring right beside the podium seemed slightly out of place, like a puzzle piece that was the right shape but was too small by a bit. She reached down and was able to pick up the flooring, revealing it to be a trap door leading to a small hole.

Inside the hole was a pair of small dolls that were holding the hands of each other. Kyoko couldn't help but smile as she picked up the dolls, "Bojobo dolls, how sweet Makoto."

"Well I remember you once said that you liked them so I figured why not," Makoto said while scratching the back of his head sheepishly, "Also you were able to find them in just one minute, nice job."

"It was nothing really, I've been using Mystery Girl for a few cases and she has proven very useful," Kyoko said.

"It's nice to know you've already gotten accustomed to having a Stand," Makoto said.

"It took some time yes, but now that I have grown to having a Stand she has certainly made everyday life interesting," Kyoko said.

"How so?" Makoto asked.

"Well for one Mystery Girl has allowed me to notice things I haven't noticed before," she explained before giving Makoto a teasing look, "Such as how your eyes tend to wander towards me during class."

"O-oh really, th-that's something I didn't know about myself," he responded hastily as a blush formed on his face.

Kyoko let out a small laugh at Makoto's reaction before deciding to save him from any more embarrassment, "Tell me Makoto, do you also have Leon and Sayaka practice with their Stands?"

"Yeah I do, since they also got their Stands recently like you I have them practice with them as well," Makoto explained, "With Leon I have him use Perfect Game to see how much he can throw whatever he throws and with Sayaka I have her use Siren's Sound to see how much it can affect sound waves."

"And how has it been for them?"

"Quite good really, we learned that Perfect Game has a limit to how far an object has to be for him to control it and we also now know that Siren's Sound can actually be used to send messages from far away distances," Makoto explained.

"Interesting, how exactly do you know how to train effectively with Stands?" Kyoko asked.

"Back when I was still learning about Stands Mr. Joestar practically drilled this kind of stuff into my head as he helped me with my Stand," Makoto explained.

"And how did your Stand training go?" Kyoko asked.

"Let's just say Mr. Joestar's methods were… ," Makoto started as he flashed back to his time with Joseph.


*Five months ago*

"You want me to what?!" Makoto exclaimed.

Currently, both him and Joseph were on the rooftop of a building that was at least two stories tall. The reason for this was for Makoto to learn more about the capabilities of his Stand, at least that was what Joseph told him. However, he did not expect what it was that he told him to do.

"I want you to use your Stand to try and leap to that other building," Joseph said as he pointed to another rooftop that was a good distance away from them.

"A-Are you insane, I can't do that!" Makoto retorted, "That's too far away, I wouldn't be able to make it."

"Nonsense, it's only five meters," Joseph said nonchalantly, "Besides with your Stand you should make that jump no problem."

"Did you forget how it works, it's all by chance," Makoto explained, "Plus even if I did get a good roll there's no way for me to make it."

"Makoto you just don't get it do you," Joseph sighed, "The whole point of having a Stand is to do things you aren't normally capable of."

"What do you mean?"

"The moment you got Lucky Number, your life changed," Joseph explained, "Your Stand is capable of incredible things, as so are you Makoto." Makoto was at a loss of words as Joseph continued, "You need to let go of what you couldn't do before and what you can do now. A Stand is capable of many things, but its limited to the use of the User."

As he said that Joseph jumped off the building they were on and towards the other one. He reached his hand out towards a pole on the roof as Hermit Purple shot and wrapped itself around it before pulling Joseph towards it. He landed safely on the rooftop as Hermit Purple disappeared, "You see, a jump like this is nothing to a Stand User. Now you give it a go!"

Makoto just stood on the rooftop staring at Joseph before deciding to go for it. He took a deep breath and took out Lucky Number from his pocket. "I jump across to the other rooftop," he said as he tossed his Stand to the other rooftop, "What did it land on?"

"If I tell you that'd be cheating," Joseph said with a smile, "You just gotta hope for the best."

Makoto looked displeased for a bit before focusing. He started running towards the edge and as soon as he got to it he jumped off with all his might. Makoto felt the sensation of being a midair for a few seconds before he successfully landed on the other rooftop with a roll. He looked back in shock at him actually making it and looked down at Lucky Number, which had landed on 17.

"What did I tell you kid," Joseph grinned, "I knew you could make it."

"That… that was incredible," Makoto managed to get out as he was still stunned at his accomplish it.

"Well go on, don't stop there," Joseph said, "Try again."

Makoto nodded as he picked up Lucky Number, "I jump across to the other rooftop." He tossed the die and when it stopped rolling Makoto ran towards the edge again. However, when he reached the edge Makoto tripped and fell over the roof, screaming as he went down.

"Oh no!" Joseph exclaimed as he went over to the edge. He looked down to see that Makoto had fortunately landed on a dumpster and the trash had broken his fall. Joseph looked over at the other rooftop and used Hermit Purple to bring Lucky Number to him, seeing that it had landed on 2. "You ok Makoto?"

"...I'm alright," Makoto responded.


"... they were bizarre," Makoto finished.

"I see," Kyoko said, "Even so you seem to hold this Joestar fellow in high regard. Why is that?"

"Well because he's helped me understand my Stands and how to use it," Makoto explained, "I'm not sure what I would do without his help."

Kyoko smiled, "He sounds like a nice man."

"He is yeah," Makoto said, "Now you'll say, 'I look forward to meeting him one day,'"

"... what was that?" she asked in confusion.

"Dang it, every time," Makoto groaned, "Mr. Joestar has this trick where he's able to predict what somebody will say next. I've been trying to do that myself because it's a cool trick but I just can't do it."

Kyoko let out a small laugh at his explanation, "Well you're not exactly wrong, I would like to meet him myself. And have you tried asking him about that trick of his?"

"I have, but he says it's a secret and won't say anything," Makoto explained.

"Well, guess you have to keep trying," she said.

"Ugh, will you two quit the whole lovey-dovey act!"

Makoto and Kyoko looked over at the bleachers to see Syo who was watching them, "You two are so sweet it's sickening. Why don't you just bang each other already?"

"S-Syo?! When did you get here?" Makoto asked as he was blushing madly.

"Been here for a while," Syo explained, "Master ordered me to keep an eye on Big Mac for anything suspicious… wait I wasn't supposed to tell you that… forget you heard that."

"No," Makoto said.

"Well I'll be taking my leave then, later lovebirds!" Syo said as she jumped off the bleachers and vanished behind them.

"... we know you're still there," Kyoko said.

"No you don't… I mean… no you don't!" Syo said before quickly running out of the gym.

"...well… that happened," Makoto said.

"What would Byakuya gain from having her watch you?" Kyoko inquired.

"My guess is he's still suspicious of what happened at the hospital," Makoto answered, "I had a feeling this would happen."

"I suppose that would make sense," Kyoko said.

"Need to be careful around him," Makoto said, "But it shouldn't be too bad, I mean what's the worst Byakuya could besides insult me."


"I gave you one simple task Syo, to watch Makoto Naegi," Byakuya groaned in annoyance, "But clearly you were too incompetent to even fulfill that."

"It ain't my fault him and miss ice queen together got me bored," Syo retorted.

Byakuya pinched the bridge of his nose in extreme annoyance, "Regardless, was there anything useful that you found out."

"Nope, all sounded like nonsense to me," she responded, "Although, they kept mentioning about some guy Macky met a while ago. Some old-sounding geezer named Joestar or something."

"Joestar?" Byakuya inquired, his interest peaked at the mention of that name.

"You know who he is?" Syo asked.

"No, but the Joestar is a name that I have heard about," Byakuya answered, "For some reason, my family has taken an interest in them, for what reason I am unaware of. I have to look into this."

"So I did something good right?" she asked before looking at Byakuya with a look that just screamed perverted, "What should my reward be, master~?"

"Do whatever you wish," Byakuya said, "I have no need for you anymore."

"Ah come on don't be like that," Syo swooned, "Surely there must be something for-achoo!" Toko looked around in confusion as she suddenly regained control, "W-what happened?"

"Nothing of your concern wrench," Byakuya said harshly before walking away, "Do yourself a favor and shower, I could smell your horrendous stench a mile away."

"O-Of course master!" Toko exclaimed, before blushing madly and holding herself, "He wanted me to smell nice. Oh how he cares~"

As Toko walked away, unbeknownst to her there was something watching her from afar. Whatever was watching her resembled a small bear on two legs, its right half was white and its left half was black with a red, jagged eye. "Puhuhuhu, let's see what this one has to offer." The bear's right paw flipped upward as the arrow appeared. They aimed it right at Toko before the arrow shot out towards her.


Shortly after they had left the gym Kyoko had left to finish up on a case she had been working on, leaving Makoto on his own. He had decided to walk around the courtyard of Hope's Peak to try and clear his mind. But he didn't have much luck with that as his mind kept running back on one certain thought, the mastermind.

His encounter with Despair Syndrome is still fresh in his mind, a reminder of how twisted this person is. And now that they're also using Makoto's friends against them, he knew they had to be stopped. Makoto isn't someone to hate anyone, but whoever the mastermind is he despises them.

"Once I find them, I'll make sure they pay for everything they have done," he said to himself.

"Well that's not like you at all Big Mac," a familiar voice said, causing Makoto to sigh in annoyance.

Third time today that Syo has come up to him, and it's not getting any less annoying, "What now Syo?"

"Oh don't be like that Macky, I just want to ask something," Syo said, "You and miss Ice Queen mentioned something that I'm curious about."

"And what would that be?" Makoto asked, wanting this conversation to end.

"Something about… Stands," Syo answered with a glint in her eyes, causing Makoto's eyes to widen in shock.

Instinctively he had a hand in his pocket, holding Lucky Number in case he needed it, "What about them?"

"Oh I was just wondering what kind of Stands you and her have that's all," she said innocently.

"Why do you want to know?" Makoto asked, "And more importantly how do you know about Stands?"

"Oh that's easy," Syo said as she brought a hand to her mouth, "Cause I got one of my own." Syo bit her hand as hard as she could, blood spewing out from her bite. As she retracted her hand away, the blood on it started to move around before forming to one long tendril coming out from Syo's hand.

"Your Stand… is your blood?" Makoto asked in worry.

"Yep, didn't know Stands can be like that?" Syo asked, "Well, what do you think of my Bad Blood?"

"Just what are you planning Syo?" Makoto asked, getting ready to defend himself.

"Oh just to see how your Stand can fare…" she started as she thrust her hand forward, causing Bad Blood to rush towards Makoto, "Against mine!"

Makoto immediately moved out of the way of Bad Blood's attack just as he took out Lucky Number. Before he could use it though, it was knocked out of his hands as a pair of scissors was thrown right at him.

"Did you forget about my little tools," Syo smiled as she held several scissors in her free hand just as Bad Blood attacked again. Makoto jumped out of its attack and barely managed to duck under some scissors that were thrown at him.

Just as he dodged another attack from the Stand, Makoto was able to reach Lucky Number and grabbed it before Syo could knock it away, the scissors being implanted into the ground. He then got an idea as he picked up the scissors, "I throw these scissors straight towards Syo." He tossed Lucky Number and quickly stepped out of the way of another strike from Bad Blood before he threw the scissors.

However, Syo brought up her other hand and the scissors impaled it to Makoto's shock. Syo's grin grew wider, "Did you really think you could use my own scissors against me? You're giving me more ways to use my Stand, Macky!" Syo pulled the scissors out of her hand as another tendril of blood came from the wound.

Makoto looked over at Lucky Number to see it had landed on 6, making him groan in annoyance, "You have got to be kidding me. Why does my Stand have to be the worst at times like this?"

"Sounds like an incompetent Stand, too bad for you," Syo taunted, "I don't have problems like that with Bad Blood, so I can do things like this!" The blood tendrils started to take shape before hardening into two blades that resembled the halves of a pair of giant scissors.

"Ok, you are just ripping off that one anime now!" Makoto exclaimed.

"Like I give a damn!" Syo retorted before charging at Naegi with her new scissor blades. She swung rapidly with her weapons as Makoto kept moving back and avoiding them, "Oooh~, Makoto has some moves, who would've thought. But how long can you keep this up?"

As she said that one of her blades managed to nick Makoto in the shoulder, making wince a bit in pain. Seeing as he was unable to keep up anymore, Makoto ducked under one of Syo's slashes before knocking her back with a punch to the stomach. While she was stunned Makoto quickly ran over to Lucky Number and grabbed it.

"I dodge the next attack from her blade and shoulder tackle into Syo," he said as he threw his Stand. It landed on 16, giving Makoto the confidence to run towards Syo again. She swung her scissor blades at him but Makoto rolled under them and launched himself off the ground as his shoulder impacted Syo in the face and she was knocked back into a wall.

The hit from Makoto was so hard that some blood was running down Syo's lips. However this just caused her to smile as she licked off some of the blood, "You're tougher than I figured you for Makoto, but it's not enough against me."

"Why are you doing this Syo?" Makoto asked, already holding Lucky Number, "You never attacked anyone since you got into Hope's Peak so why now?"

"What can I say I got bored," Syo responded as she got back up from the wall, her blood scissor blades dispersing back into her wounds, "Besides, I just got this Stand and I wanted to take it out for a test drive." Syo held her hand out as a shard of blood launched out from her wound and struck Makoto's shoulder. He groaned in pain as he held his shoulder, his own blood seeping out from the injury.

"Projectiles bitch!" Syo cackled, " Bet you didn't know I could shoot my blood like that did you? And there's plenty more where that came from." Bad Blood morphed into another tendril and wrapped around Makoto before lifting him off the ground and tossing him into a nearby tree, making him groan in pain.

"Ow, at least I'm not hitting my broken arm," Makoto said before rolling away from another shard of blood, "Ok this is bad, need to get out of here now." He then grabbed some dirt from underneath him, "I toss this dirt at Syo's eyes to blind her and giving me time to escape." He tossed Lucky Number before running up to Syo, moving away from more blood shards before tossing the dirt right at Syo.

"Ahh! Cheap trick Macky, cheap trick!" Syo exclaimed as she frantically rubbed the dirt off of her eyes.

Not wasting his moment Makoto quickly grabbed Lucky Number, which landed on 14, before quickly running away just as Syo was able to see. She grinned as she saw Makoto run before quickly giving chase, "You can run Makoto, but you can't hide~!"


Kyoko sighed in relief as she just finished the report for her last case for the day. While she does enjoy working on cases, she honestly despises the mandatory reports that come with them. They were just so tiring and she always dreaded doing them at the end of a case.

"These reports get even worse the more I do them," she sighed, "Why couldn't you make these easier like you do with the investigations."

"I apologize Mistress Kirigiri, but that is simply out of my power," Mystery Girl responded as she appeared beside Kyoko.

One of the benefits that Kyoko has found for having a Stand with their own personality is that she always has someone to talk to. She has held conversations with Mystery Girl whenever she is alone, no matter how small they may be. Mystery Girl also helps by providing some insight when conducting investigations, truly Kyoko was grateful for having a Stand like her.

"I guess this is just one aspect of detective work that will always be tiresome," Kyoko sighed as she put away the report.

"Indeed it shall," Mystery Girl said as she smoked into her pipe.

"I have been curious, why do you have a smoke pipe?" Kyoko asked.

"You tell me," Mystery Girl said as she breathed out the smoke, "Stands are meant to be an interpretation of our user's psyche, so it has something to do with you. So what part of you gives me a pipe?"

"I'm a detective, not a psychologist," Kyoko responded, "There are some aspects of me that even I don't understand."

"Such as your feelings for Makoto Naegi?" Mystery Girl asked, making Kyoko tense up a bit. "Again, I am a part of your psyche so I know everything about you and I am aware you feel strongly for him. You just are unsure whether those are romantic feelings or not."

"What are you, my therapist?" Kyoko asked slightly annoyed

Mystery Girl chuckled as she took another breath from her pipe, "I just wish to help you understand them more so that it won't come as a distraction in later investigations."

"I appreciate the thought, but I rather not talk about this right now," Kyoko answered, "Especially since we have bigger problems right now."

"Ah yes, the mastermind as you have dubbed them. This will most certainly be a difficult mystery to solve."

Kyoko nodded in agreement before loud noises could be heard outside her dorm room. Curious, she exited her dorm to investigate and as she looked down the hallway, she saw Makoto running as Syo chased after him while cackling, Bad Blood being morphed into scissor blades again.

"That certainly doesn't look good," Mystery Girl stated.

"No, no it does not," Kyoko said before she followed them.


Makoto was panting heavily as he stopped running to try and regain his breath. He could hear Syo's laughter getting closer as he looked around for anything that could help. He soon noticed he was just outside the archery room and got an idea as he went in. He quickly closed the door just as more of Syo's blood shards were shot at him, impaling the door and just barely missed Makoto.

He quickly grabbed one of the bows on the wall and an arrow as he got out Lucky Number. "I shoot an arrow into Syo and pin her against the wall," he said before rolling the Stand. He didn't have time to see what it landed on as Syo threw the door wide open.

"Got you cornered now Macoco," Sho said as she held out her scissor blades.

"Yep you did," Makoto said calmly, much to Syo's confusion. He then smirked, "Right where I want you." He quickly fired the arrow at Syo's hand and was able to impale through it and pinned her to the wall, her blood scissor blades dispersing as her focus was now on the arrow in her hand.

"The hell, since when could you shoot with a bow?" she asked.

"I don't, I just hoped that I rolled a good number for this plan to work," Makoto said, "Also, shouldn't you be in pain because of that arrow?"

"This hand got stabbed by my own scissors, this arrow is nothing compared to that," Syo answered.

"... ok," Makoto said, unsure what else to say.

The door suddenly opened as Kyoko came barging in, only to see the situation had already been already resolved, "Guess I wasn't needed."

"Kyoko, what's up?" Makoto asked.

"I saw you running from Syo and thought you needed some assistance," Kyoko answered as she over at Syo, "But it looks like that is not the case."

"Should've gotten here earlier sister, Macky here was in so much trouble before," Syo laughed.

"Seriously Syo what is with you?" Makoto asked, "How did you even get a Stand?"

"Not entirely sure, it happened when Miss Marose was out. But some arrow stabbed her real good and she had been bleeding like crazy!" Syo answered.

"I don't like where this is going?" Makoto asked.

"Next thing I knew, I could feel us slowly dying," Syo said in a serious tone, "Whatever that arrow did, the other me couldn't handle it. But I could." The blood on Syo's other hand started to form as both Makoto and Kyoko stood back, "I was able to take over and suddenly, I was fine. I felt stronger than ever before, and now I got some new skills. And bad news for you Big Mac, cause I chose you to be the first one my Stand kills. Gyahahahahah!"

To both Makoto and Kyoko's surprise, Bad Blood formed on Syo's free hand before it completely cut off Syo's trapped arm. Syo just laughed more as she stood up, blood gushing out from the stub of where her arm was.

"Are you insane?!" Makoto exclaimed.

"Oh like you wouldn't believe it!" Syo laughed before the blood in her stub morphed into one long tendril connected to what was left of her arm. The tendril whipped itself towards Makoto, who was barely able to roll out of the way.

"Ok so this isn't as finished as I thought," Makoto said.

"Any ideas?" Kyoko asked as she ducked under another strike from Bad Blood.

"I got one but," Makoto started before being knocked back as Bad Blood struck him, "She's not making it easy."

"Well of course I'm not, you know how hard it is to fight with only one arm," Sho replied.

"Um, hello, what do you think I'm dealing with!" Makoto exclaimed, motioning to his cast.

"That's besides the point!"

"Do you even know what that means?" Makoto asked.

"Shut it!" Syo shouted angrily as she whipped Bad Blood at Makoto again.

With her focus on Makoto, Syo was unaware of Kyoko behind her. Seeing she was wide open Kyoko summoned Mystery Girl, who then proceeded to land a strong punch on the back of Syo's head which sent her tumbling.

"You should pay more attention to more than just your target," Kyoko said as she walked up to Syo with Mystery Girl right beside her.

"Oh right, you're here too," Syo said slightly dazed, "... good thing I had this prepared."

Before Kyoko could ask in response, she suddenly felt something tightly bind her and Mystery Girl, unable to move. What was odd was that when she looked to see what it was, there was nothing. "What did you do?"

"Gyahahaha, you activated my trap card!" Syo cackled.

"Kyoko!" Makoto exclaimed in worry before he was pushed back to the wall by Syo's tendril of blood. He tried to get out but he was unable to escape the blood's hold on him.

"Oh this was too easy, I thought it would be hard to trick you Ice Queen," Syo said.

"What do you mean?" Kyoko asked as she struggled to escape her invisible bindings.

"Take a closer look, you'll see what I mean," Syo smiled.

Kyoko did so and upon closer inspection and using Mystery Girl's ability, she saw what was going on. Kyoko was being held tightly by thin strings of blood that were coming out of Bad Blood. It was like a network of blood that she fell right into, "Blood?"

"That's right, this is a trick that my Bad Blood can pull off," Syo explained, "While it was going crazy all over the room, I made sure to leave thin strings of it everywhere to set up this move. All I had to do was wait for someone to get covered in them and boom, trapped. I call this move, Blank Space."

"It seems your more cunning than I took you for," Mystery Girl noted.

"You can struggle all you want, but you can't escape my Bad Blood," Syo said, "And as long as you're trapped I can do all sorts of things, like tighten my Bad Blood so much that it cuts right through you." As she said that Kyoko felt the blood binding around her tighten, groaning in pain as it went tighter and tighter.

"Stop it Syo!" Makoto exclaimed, frantically trying to escape from the tendril that held him against the wall, "I thought you said I would be the first to die from your Stand."

"Oh believe me, you will be," Syo said as Kyoko felt the blood loosen up, not enough to set her free but enough that it wasn't painful anymore, "I was just saying that for the hell of it. However, I can't just let her go after seeing all this." Syo pulled out one of her scissors from under her skirt and walked towards Kyoko, "I'll just have to finish her off the old fashioned way."

"No!" Makoto shouted.

Syo grinned as she moved the scissors across Kyoko's neck, making the detective wince from the cold metallic murder weapon, "I normally don't kill girls, but for you I'll make an exception. I'll be sure to make it quick for you."

As Syo prepared to finish off Kyoko, Makoto looked on in anger as he tried to pull off the blood around him, "Leave her alone!"

Suddenly, to the surprise of everyone in the room, sparks suddenly appeared from Makoto's arm and traveled down Bad Blood right towards Syo. As soon as the sparks made contact with her, she yelped in pain as she felt the sparks throughout her body. While it wasn't excruciatingly painful, it felt like the sun was beaming down on her intensely. This caused Syo to lose focus on her Stand as both Makoto and Kyoko were released from their bindings.

"Damn it, what the hell was that?" Syo asked as she felt the strange energy leave her before glaring at Makoto, "What did you just do?!" However, her glare quickly died down when she looked over at Makoto, sensing something different about him.

Makoto just stared coldly at Syo, his hair making his eyes look darker. For some reason, Syo could feel some sort of aura around Makoto. An aura that could simply be described in just one word.

Menacing.

All Syo could do was just stare at him in fear as he stood up, "You've done it now Syo, trying to kill Kyoko in front of me was your greatest mistake." Suddenly, Lucky Number's true form appeared right beside him, "I had already rolled a 20 when I rolled to stop you with the bow. If it had ended there, I wouldn't have to use this power against you, but you brought this upon yourself."

Kyoko was unsure what to make of what was going on. She had never seen Makoto act like this before and witnessing it now, she wasn't sure if that was even Makoto anymore. "What happened to him?"

Syo quickly got over her stupor before glaring right at Makoto, "You don't scare me Macky. I don't care what your Stand does, you can't beat my Bad Blood!"

"You sure, your Stand isn't the only one with tricks," he said. The slots that Lucky Number had for shoulders lit up before they started to spin. Everyone just watched as they continued spinning before finally slowing down. When the slots came to a stop, they both landed on a symbol of a light-blue shoe with wings that was in mid-run.

Makoto was then surrounded by an aura the same color as the shoes before he moved forward to Syo. Syo tried to use Bad Blood to hit him, but to her surprise he vanished just before he could land a hit, only to appear right in front of her with Lucky Number lifting her by the neck with its right arm. "Since my arm is broken I had to get close in order to get you like this," he said.

"Makoto, what just happened?" Kyoko asked.

"One in a Million, one of Lucky Number's powers," Makoto explained, not looking away from Syo as she tried to get out of his Stand's grip, "Once while its true form is out I can spin Lucky Number's slots to give me a power up depending on what they land on. In this case, I got a speed boost." Lucky Number balled its left hand into a fist as it got ready to attack.

"Don't think you won that easily!" Syo shouted as Bad Blood went straight towards Makoto's neck, only for Lucky Number to block it with enough force to send all the blood that made up the tendril flying. Syo could only look on as shock as her attack was easily blown away. For some reason, as she was thinking Syo couldn't but feel that this moment would have been an appropriate place for some piano music.

"This isn't like him, he's not supposed to be this strong or terrifying. Yet I can't help but be scared just by looking at him now," Syo thought as she saw Lucky Number's fist coming right at her, "What happened? Why is he different? Who are you Makoto?!"

Using the speed boost that he had gotten, Makoto's Stand proceeded to land punch after punch on Syo's face with its single arm at tremendous speed.

"SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA SAGA!"

Lucky Number then threw Syo in the air before landing one last hit on the side of her head and straight down to the floor, hitting her with enough force to cause a crater the size of Syo's head.

"SAGATTE!"

Lucky Number raised its arm from Syo, who was now unconscious with blood all over her head. As Makoto got a closer look, he noticed something on Syo's forehead. As he went to, he soon found out what it was, one of the mastermind's controllers.

Now understanding everything, Makoto had Lucky Number hold the controller in its fist as soon as it started beeping. The controller exploded within his Stand's fists, holding in the explosion without getting hurt. He walked over to Kyoko, "You ok Kyoko?"

"Yes, yes I'm alright," she responded as she looked over at Syo, "So the mastermind got control of her as well."

"Seems like it, I knew something was up. Syo wouldn't just attack so suddenly after so long," Makoto said.

"Indeed, she was just another tool for the mastermind to use," Kyoko said, "With that in mind, you sure did a number on her."

"Yeah I kind of lost it when she went after you," he said.

"Yes, you did," Kyoko said, recalling how Makoto was a moment ago before recalling something else, "By the way Makoto, what was that power you used to set us free?"

"Honestly, I have no idea," Makoto answered, "That just came out of nowhere, I had no idea what it was. It definitely wasn't my Stand I know that much."

Before Kyoko could ask more questions, Syo started to move. However, while she was still unconscious, her blood moved on its own as Bad Blood reached for Syo's arm which was still pinned to the wall.

"How is her Stand still moving when she's unconscious?" Kyoko asked.

"I guess Bad Blood is an automatic Stand," Makoto answered, "It can move on its own without its user controlling it."

Bad Blood removed the arrow that was pinning the arm before bringing it over to Syo. Then, to the surprise of both recipients in the room, it proceeded to reattach the arm back onto Syo, stitching up where it was cut off. The wounds all over Syo's body started to slowly scab up, stopping the bleeding as she proceeded to wake up.

"Ugh, my head is killing me," Syo said as she sat up and holding her now reattached arm to her head. Syo was surprised to see her arm was back, moving it around and flexing her fingers, "Didn't I cut this off?"

"You did, your Stand just managed to reattach it back to your body," Makoto answered, still wary in case Syo was going to attack again.

"It can do that?" Syo asked in shock. Curious, she took out a pair of scissors and, without hesitation, cut off her pinky from her right hand. Shortly after Bad Blood reached out from the cut off finger before reattaching it, Syo flexing the finger as she grinned madly, "That is wicked!"

Syo stood up before looking over to the two, "Don't expect some kind of apology from me or anything like that."

"We weren't," Kyoko said bluntly.

"Good, glad we got that cleared," Syo said, "But I will say once I find whoever was controlling that Panda Reject robot, I am going to cut them up! Boy or not!"

"Well, at least your on our side… I think?" Makoto said unsurely.

"We best leave before someone sees this mess," Kyoko said, leaving the room.

Makoto was about to follow her, before Syo stopped him by grabbing him by the shoulder, "Not so fast Big Mac, there's still something I want to ask you?"

"What is it?"

"I don't know if you figured it out, but as the Ultimate Murderous Fiend to sense these kinds of things from people," Syo said.

"What are you talking about?" Makoto asked.

"For a moment while we were fighting, I sensed killing intent from you," Syo said, making Makoto silent, "You actually wanted to kill me when I threatened her, who knew you had that sort of instinct in you."

"With any luck, you'll never have to see it again," Makoto said, his voice nearly emotionless, "That's a part of me I rather not show whenever I can."

"Tsk, whatever you say Macoco," Syo said before she and Makoto followed Kyoko.

Unbeknownst to the three of them, there was an onlooker that had been watching the whole scene. Monokuma peaked out of his hiding spot once the coast was clear. "Puhuhu, this was an interesting fight to watch. Makoto Naegi, just how much more power are you hiding?" he said as his red eye glowed intensely, "I cannot wait to watch you suffer in despair."


And finally finished, man this was a hard chapter to do. It took so long to try and plan out everything, but I finally managed to get somewhere with it and here it is.

Monokuma: Whoa whoa wait a minute, what the hell was that?! You just gave Makoto some new kind of power with no explanation at all.

Yes, that was something I kept arguing with myself over and over about this story. I'm sure Jojo fans know what Makoto unknowingly used but I won't spoil it for those who don't know. But I decided to give Makoto that power because I wanted him to be a mix of that energy plus a Stand User.

Monokuma: But hasn't it become irrelevant in the series.

Yeah but still I'm going to use it. Now moving on to the Stands, let's begin with Lucky Number's new power, One in a Million. As was explained, the slots that Lucky Number have spin and give Makoto some kind of boost depending on what they land. These range from strength boost, healing, speed boost, etc. I wanted to give a few more powers to Lucky Number and such I introduced this power. The name is derived from the song One in a Million by Lene Lovich.

Moving on to Syo's Stand, we have Bad Blood. This Stand is actually Syo's blood, which she can control at will. Her blood can be used either as a long tendril or harden itself into weapons, like the scissor blades from Kill la Kill. I had to make that reference, the fact that Syo is using them just makes sense. And that's not even the end of Bad Blood, as you saw Bad Blood is an automatic Stand so it works even when she's unconscious. And if Syo loses a limb, Bad Blood can easily reattach it, along with heal any injuries she may have suffered. So Bad Blood is practically a lifesaver.

And there's Bad Blood's other ability, Blank Space. Syo can send out thin strings of blood to create a network of blood that is invisible to her enemies. She can then trap enemies within this network, and the blood is nearly impossible to cut loose from. The network has other uses, but those will be revealed later. Both Bad Blood and Blank Space are named after songs by the same names sung by Taylor Swift.

Favorite part of this chapter was when Makoto had that menacing aura and practically destroyed Syo, which brings me to another thing about this chapter. Now here's the thing, I have a headcanon that has Makoto going absolutely crazy if any of his friends are hurt or almost killed. Originally, I planned to make a new story out of that concept, but I felt like it would be more appropriate here. And yes, I referenced the piano music from Giorno's theme, I just love that theme song and come on, the theme would fit that scene.

As always, hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter and keep an eye out for the next one.

Sain'ofu