And here it is, the promised crossover. Please be sure to read Volume 4-10 of Heroes of Remnant first to get some context for this. After this I'll be posting a one-shot announcement chapter, then taking a break for a while to focus on two more stories. Disclaimer: I don't own Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Kamen Rider, Yu-Gi-Oh, or Future Diary.
Stars Are Eternal Chapter 21: Heroes of Remnant
The town was in a serious panic. A vicious being dressed as a jester with a comedy mask was walking through the streets, accompanied by black four-footed creatures that resembled wolves with bone plates on them. The figure was joined by Father Roche. "A brilliant idea, Pierrot," Roche said, "This will bring the Stand users of this town running to fight. You do not mind losing that shard I gave you, yes?" "I was giving powers aplenty by the nature of my planet," Pierrot assured him, "Trust me, this is just a means to an end."
Behind him was a humanoid armor set with floating limbs and wings shaped like half-circles. This was Number 089, Diablosis the Mind Hacker. As the group of monsters approached, a voice called out, "Hold it right there, Pierrot!" Pierrot and Roche looked as twelve young men and women rushed over, various weapons drawn. "You would dare bring the Grimm to this world?," one young man dressed in Chinese garb and wearing a dragon mask asked. "I hope you're ready to pay the consequences," said a young woman with blonde hair and wearing a Grimm mask.
"Especially after what you did to our seniors!," said their apparent leader, a young woman wearing a red hood and black reaper mask. The group started attacking, the red-hooded girl using a mechanical scythe with gun attachment. "Sight of Medusa! Reaper of Crescent Rose!" Another young woman with white hair and wearing a ball mask attacked using a rapier with a revolver barrel near the grip. "Authority of Catherine! Diamond of Myrtenaster!" Another young woman black hair, cat ears, and a solid black blindfold attacked using a katana that folded into an SMG. "Stealth of Chiyome! Nemesis of Gambol Shroud!"
The blonde woman attacked using a gauntlet that fired off like a shotgun, as well as a prosthetic arm with similar attachment. "Audacity of Mary Read! Rook of Ember Celica!" A blond man wearing a red coat and knight's faceplate came in carrying twin sword, one of which was mechanical and longer. "Courage of Don Quixote! Knight of Crocea Mors and Rubeus Rex!" An orange haired woman wearing the upper half of a Hanya mask attacked with a giant hammer that had a barrel on the weight. "Cunning of Anne Bonnie! Heart of Magnhild!"
A young woman with red hair and a metal mask struck using a mechanical xiphos and large shield. "Nobility of Hippolyta! Ace of Milo and Akouo!" The dragon masked man attacked using twin SMGs with blade attachments. "Strategy of Zhuge Liang! Dragon of StormFlower!" A young man dressed like a pirate with a demon half-mask struck using a blade attached to a prosthetic and a large cutlass. "Terror of Blackbeard! Jackdaw of Davy Jones and Queen Anne!" Another young man, this one with rabbit ears and wearing half of a hockey mask, attacked with a guitar that double as a circular saw and semi-automatic. "Music of Elvis! Bard of Ovation!"
A young man with bear ears and wearing a harlequin mask was attacking with a short cane that looked like it was meant to fold. "Showmanship of Barnum! Bishop of Watson!" The final member, a young blonde woman with bare feet that showed talons and wearing an opera mask, attacked using the cybernetic leggings on her feet. "Tales of Scheherazade! Celeste of Sunrise!" As the group attacked, Pierrot grinned. "I think it's time to test out the special ability you gave me, Father Roche. Diablosis the Mind Hacker!" The group was shocked at the sudden slowdown. "What in the heck!?," Reaper asked, "Where did this come from!? And why couldn't Pierrot do this before!?"
"And why are those guys still able to move?," Heart asked. Sure enough, Jogo and his team were approaching, unaffected by the slowdown due to their Stands. Ryusei went in first. "Shooting Star!" The sudden onslaught of meteorites easily destroyed several creatures. Ryusei then noticed the downed monsters were dissolving. "Some sort of illusion?" "Not at all," Pierrot assured him, "The Grimm are as real as you or I. But they are creatures of pure darkness, and if they sustain enough damage it will destroy them completely."
"Easy clean up then," Shun declared, "Pigskin!" His Stand slammed into a group of the wolf-like creatures, easily destroying them. "Time for me to get in there too," Yuki called out, "Split Personality!" Her twin copies started attacking and destroying the Grimm. "The Boom!," Miu called out, her powerful kicks and flips wiping up several more. JK threw his own power in there. "Pump Up The Volume!" The sudden sounds blasted the group of monsters, destroying several. Kengo moved in next. "Killer Queen!" The sudden explosions also proved too much to handle.
Luna was the next to attack. "Fly Me To The Moon!" Her artificial moon easily smashed through the Grimm. Finally, Jogo unlocked his Stand's full power. "Cosmic Mind!" The powerful cosmic Stand easily defeated what was left of the horde. Pierrot sighed. "It seems you were right, Father Roche. Only Stand users can move through the slowed time, no ifs, ands, or buts. I had thought the Grimm could defeat the junior Phantoms while they were slowed, but I didn't count on the Grimm getting slowed down too." "I did try to warn you," Roche pointed out, "Perhaps now you'll accept more of my help." "Very well," Pierrot said, "For now let's vacate." He launched a cloud of smoke, letting the two of them disappear as time returned to normal.
"Thanks for the help," Reaper said. "You guys said you were Phantom Thieves," Jogo said, "Did Joker send you?" Reaper sighed. "Joker's dead." "He's not dead, Reaper," Rook pointed out, "We just don't know where he is right now. All we know is that a report spotted Pierrot entering some kind of portal, so we all followed him." "While you and Jackdaw were supposed to be recovering," Reaper said, "Not to mention Diamond and Bishop were supposed to be back in Atlas working with the SDC to mitigate damage after the attack on Beacon, Nemesis, Celeste, and Bard were heading for Menagerie to speak with the leadership of the White Fang, and me, Knight, Ace, Dragon, and Heart were heading for Haven on Ozpin's orders!"
Yuki looked confused. "Wait… Since when did RWBY jump out of the pages of Rooster Teeth?" Reaper looked at Yuki. "How… Did you know our team name?" She dispelled her costume. "I'm Ruby. Ruby Rose." The others dispelled their costumes as well. "Weiss Schnee." "Blake Belladonna." "Yang Xiao Long." "Jaune Arc." "Nora Valkyrie." "Pyrrha Nikos." "Lie Ren." "Fritz Holmes." "Jeremy Holmes." "Gabriel Holmes." "Susie Holmes." "Scratch that," Yuki said, "It's RWBY meets Five Nights at Freddy's." Ruby sighed. "We have a lot to talk about."
The story left the group a little confused. While it great to see certain events from RWBY either didn't happen or happened differently, such as Pyrrha surviving the Battle of Beacon and actually dating Jaune, they were confused as to the "senior" group Ruby mentioned. "I mean, I have no idea who Slate, Noir, Crow, Wolf, Cyber, or Mage are. The Phantom Thieves we know of consist of Joker, Mona, Skull, Panther, Violet, Fox, Queen, and Oracle. And that's it. And they just got finished stealing a burial mask from a dangerous hacker who was threatening all of Japan with economic shutdown."
Ren rubbed his chin. "It sound like we didn't just wind up an another planet, but another reality entirely. For starters, the Phantom Thieves we know of didn't use these 'Stands' but a similar power called Persona." The twelve of them revealed their Personas, and the Warriors did note how similar they looked to their inspirations. "So," Ruby said, "Is there anyway to avoid that slowdown in the future? Because we can't effectively fight Pierrot and his new ability if we can't act like the thieves we're supposed to be." Jogo thought to himself. "Maybe I can ask the others to help."
Shinzo considered Jogo's suggestion. "It might be possible to alter Minami's device to counter slowdown. The downside is doing so would prevent it from fulfilling its original purpose." "It's worth the risk," Mitsuharu pointed out, "Father Roche clearly has no intention of making more Stand users, just removing his shards. We really have nothing to lose." Misuzu nodded. "And these people need our help. They can't fight effectively under the rules our reality." Shinzo nodded. "I guess you're right. I'll send a few friends to the device and see what we can do."
Yukiteru and Yuno were watching as Father Roche approached three more of Pierrot's friends. "Now," Pierrot said, "Blank, Bones, Jaguar. Make ready to receive your new power." "Is this what they were talking about?," Yukiteru asked. Yuno nodded. "I'm pretty sure she said they were from her world of origin." Just then, the junior Phantom Thieves and the New Morioh Warriors rushed in. Pierrot scoffed. "Bones, Jaguar, entertain them. We still have plans to finish." The two figures, a woman dressed in skeletal garb and a man dressed like a jungle cat, stood to intercept the two teams.
"Shock Master!" "Tri-Head Bust Dragon!" Bones summoned Number 016, a cybernetic creature with only a bent over torso, two appendages with no extremities, and a head. Jaguar summoned Number 057, a three-headed dragon made of smoke emitting from a central core. "That won't work with us!," Ruby called out, "Matador! Garula!" The Warriors looked shocked as Ruby summoned a skeletal Matador, which kicked up a powerful wind with its cape, damaging Tri-Head Bust Dragon. Shock Master attacked Nora, only for it to do almost nothing. Nora grinned. "Did you forget my Semblance lets me absorb electricity?"
She moved in and smashed Shock Master, destroying it, while Ruby finished off Tri-Head Bust Dragon. Bones and Jaguar got knocked back. "We likely bought Master Pierrot some time," Bones noted. "Then let's leave for now," Jaguar suggested. He emitted a bright flash of light, causing the others to cover their eyes. "Darn escape Semblances!," Ruby called out, "One of these days I swear we'll smash them!" "I'm more concerned about where Father Roche and Pierrot went," Jogo noted, "As well as that character Slate. Who were those guys?"
"They call themselves the Shadow Masters," Weiss explained, "We don't know much about them yet, but by coincidence they seem to be dark reflections of the Phantom Thieves." "They implant Grimm parasites into certain individuals," Ren said, "And in doing so seal away their true selves. We can travel into a mental realm called the Metaverse and remove those parasites without killing the host." "How did you guys get here in the first place?," Miu asked, "You explained something about a portal but…" "Pierrot was trying to get to the Earth of their world," Yukiteru explained as he and Yuno approached. "But due to the unstable nature of the portal," Yuno said, "They came to this world's Earth instead."
As the two hunters explained what was going on, Ruby and her team came back from the Metaverse, holding a coloring book. "It seems Pierrot infected poor Reisuke," Yuno said, "Turning him nearly psychotic. I've never seen him like this. But Happy End has." "So you'll be sending him to his parents then?," Shun asked. Yuno nodded. "It's gotten too dangerous for him to be here anymore." She turned too the junior thieves. "Thanks for helping." "No problem," Yang said, "This was a dry run for us. Now we know when it comes time to fix my mom, we can handle it without our seniors. But right now we need to find Pierrot and Roche." Yukiteru got a call in. "Already done. Our benefactor has their location."
Pierrot and Slate were putting the finishing touches on a device. "Using Dust alone proved too unstable for the portal," Pierrot noted, "But by combining it with the ore from the Stand meteorite, we can create a stable portal. Now we can invade the Earth those Phantom Thieves came from." "Not while we're here!," Jogo called out. Pierrot looked shocked. "But how!? My Semblance should have made me impossible to track!" "You didn't count on a Stand user able to track Stand energy," Jogo pointed out, "They lead us right to you with no complaints."
Pierrot scoffed. "Blank!" An young man with a black cat mask approached. "Harmonizer Gradielle!" He summoned a young woman with blue hair and wings and wearing a blue dress, carrying a sword with a keyboard for a blade. "Number 076," Jogo said, "This will make four of you we destroy today." "And each one brings Father Roche closer to his goals," Pierrot noted, "While we get to complete our own. A truly beneficial partnership." "Don't count on it!," Jogo said, "The Eleventh Jojo! Jogo Higashikata!" "The Glowing Luna! Tsukiyomi Hirose!" "The Reborn Killer! Kengo Yamashita!" "The Peppy Twins! Yuki Jojima!" "The All Star! Shun Daimonji!" "The Cheer Queen! Miu Kazashiro!" "The Fateful Darkness! Tomoko Nozama!" "The Falling Meteor! Ryusei Sakuta!" "The DJ JK! Jingo Kaizo!"
"Sight of Medusa! Reaper of Crescent Rose!" "Authority of Catherine! Diamond of Myrtenaster!" "Stealth of Chiyome! Nemesis of Gambol Shroud!" "Audacity of Mary Read! Rook of Ember Celica!" "Courage of Don Quixote! Knight of Crocea Mors and Rubeus Rex!" "Cunning of Anne Bonnie! Heart of Magnhild!" "Nobility of Hippolyta! Ace of Milo and Akouo!" "Strategy of Zhuge Liang! Dragon of StormFlower!" "Terror of Blackbeard! Jackdaw of Davy Jones and Queen Anne!" "Music of Elvis! Bard of Ovation!" "Showmanship of Barnum! Bishop of Watson!" "Tales of Scheherazade! Celeste of Sunrise!"
The nine Warriors and twelve Thieves rushed in to attack the group of Beowolves that Pierrot and Blank had brought with them. More than once Tomoko used her Stand to prevent the creatures from getting a lethal hit in. During the melee Ruby spotted Blank. "And this one's for Rook's arm!," she called out, "Medusa! Eigaon!" Blank screamed in pain as Medusa removed its mask and blasted Harmonizer Gradielle, destroying it. Pierrot scoffed. "Diablosis the Mind Hacker!" The entire group froze in place, as the Beowolves approached. "With this power I can hack anyone's mind," Pierrot said, "To either stay in place, or attack each other. Now which shall I pick?"
"How about neither!?," Jogo called out, "Activate Cosmic!" Cosmic Mind unlocked its limiters to unleash its full power, dispelling the hack. "Impossible!," Pierrot called out. "Not for me," Jogo said, "Cosmic Mind controls cosmic energy, the greatest force in the universe. It's the energy of creation, and with it, I can overcome almost almost anything. Except for Uncle Giorno's Requiem, but he's not here right now." Cosmic Mind slashed at Diablosis the Mind Hacker before charging up its final attack. "It's over, Pierrot! UCHU KITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Pierrot cried out as her shard was destroyed by Jogo's attack.
With Pierrot and her gang removed from the planet, Ruby and Jogo shook hands. "I hope your future endeavors find success," Jogo said, "And that your seniors return." Ruby nodded. "Thanks. Good luck with the rest of those shard bearers." And with that, the three teams returned to their world. Nearby, Yukiteru and Yuno looked on. "It's not over yet," Yukiteru said, "Ruby and her friends may be going back to their planet, but Pierrot was able to stabilize the device." Yuno nodded. "This has only just begun. We need to speak with Jogo immediately."
Here's the shard list:
001 002(END) 003(END) 004 005(END) 006
007 008 009(END) 010(END) 011 012
013 014(END) 015 016(END) 017(END) 018(END)
019 020(END) 021 022 023(END) 024(END)
025 026 027(END) 028 029(END) 030(END)
031 032 033(END) 034(END) 035 036
037(END) 038 039 040 041 042(END)
043 044(END) 045 046(END) 047 048
049 050 051 052 053 054(END)
055 056 057(END) 058 059 060(END)
061(END) 062 063 064(END) 065(END) 066
067 068 069(END) 070 071(END) 072(END)
073 074(END) 075 076(END) 077 078
079 080 081 082 083 084(END)
085(END) 086 087 088(END) 089(END) 090
091 092 093(END) 094(END) 095(END) 096(END)
097 098 099 100 101 102
103(END) 104(END) 105 106 107 108
No new Stands on either end. So I hope you enjoyed this crossover. Anyway, like I said, I'll be taking a break from this, Phantom Thieves Origins, and Heroes of Remnant. You'll understand if you read my one-shot announcement. Read and review.
