Author's Note

I was thinking of making an April's fool chapter. It would start all serious, with like, Peridot being killed by a certain blonde sociopath... Ronaldo! t-hen the Crystal Gems would be forced to fight a vampire-fied Ronaldo and his invincible stand Za Floppu! It would ned with them all getting saved by Kevin and his even more invincible stand.

But that sounds like a lot of work. So here, have chapter 3 a day early.

Chapter 3: Keep Morioh City Weird

Hayato Kawajiri was not a normal kid, a fact he was fully aware of. Plenty of people at school had told him so. On some level, he did know it was weird to spy on his parents via video camera. He had realized he should probably stop. Heavens know what would happen if someone found out.

Of course, this was before his father got murdered and had his face stolen by a monster in human disguise. Then, his cameras had saved his, his mother's, and many others' lives. So he figured that it was okay.

On this particular day, one like many others, his thoughts were concentrated on the events that transpired just a year ago. The murderer Yoshikage Kira, a monster hiding in plain sight. The existence of stands, supernatural powers that redefined the word 'impossible.' Bites the Dust, an invincible power. A battle of both wits and power between Kira and Josuke Higashikata.

He passed by the crossing where he had seen someone explode for the second time in his life. Even though he walked past it every day on his way home from school, it still sent shivers down his spine.

As miraculous the fact was that he survived the whole ordeal, it had left the boy even more paranoid then he was before. Josuke and the others had assured him that the town was safe now. Kira was gone, the stand arrow locked away, and all stand users either on their side or neutralized. But how can you be sure? He had thought that the town was safe as could be before as well. Then he got a time-looping bomb attached to him, and things spiraled out of control from there.

Which was why he nearly jumped out of his shoes as he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Excuse me, could you help us?"

To Hayato's credit, he didn't scream. He just spun around to catch a glimpse of the attacker before he made a run for it. He stopped halfway through the motion as he came face to face with his 'attacker' however. Instead of a menacing stand user, he found a not-very-threatening woman looking back at him.

She was fairly tall, taller than Hayato's own mom. She was smiling politely.

"Sorry to bother you, but do you mind if I ask a question?"

Hayato guessed she was a foreigner. She did speak with a slight accent and her clothing was really weird; a big cape over what looked like a skin-tight jumpsuit. That, and her skin was a light shade of blue.

"Um, sure, go ahead," Hayato said carefully, wary of this stranger. She might not look very dangerous, but she could still be a stand user. Or a pedophile.

"Great!" she said, her smile broadening just a little. "See, I'm looking for someone known as 'Josuke Higashikata.' You don't happen to know his place of residence?"

Nope, definitely a stand user. Just as Hayato had feared, there were more of them out there, and now they were coming to Morioh. His mind was working a hundred kilometers per hour to solve this problem. Obviously, he couldn't tell them where Josuke was. No, he'd have to lie, and then call Josuke to warn him. Yes, that's what he needed to do.

"N-no, I don't know who that is." His cursed himself using a very bad word on the inside. He had done his best to remain straight-faced, but his mask had cracked slightly. The woman seemed to have picked up on this. She tilted her head, in an almost bird-like manner.

"Really?" she asked, leaning just a bit closer. "Are you absolutely sure you know nothing about Josuke Higashikata?"

A small drop of sweat ran down his face.

"No, never heard of him," Hayato said, straight as a saluting soldier. The woman blinked, and the shrugged. She threw a quick glance over her shoulder, before reaching into her cape.

Hayato braced for impact.

"Here," the woman said. "Have this banana." Indeed, she had produced a banana from the inside of her cape. Hayato starred at it as if it would turn into a gun at any moment.

"Um…"

"I insist," the woman said, putting the yellow fruit in his hands. "Consider it a 'sorry' for bothering you." She turned away and began walking. "Have a nice day," she said while waving back at him. "Come Toaster, this one too was a bust."

It was then that Hayato noticed a second woman who had been hidden behind the blue one. She was short, only a bit taller than Hayato, and with a big afro shaped like a square. Her skin was deep red, and she had a red crystal grafted onto her forehead.

The young boy found himself staring at the two colorful strangers as they walked away, disappearing around a corner.

Once he was sure they were gone, he threw the banana to the side and began walking. His initial plan was to head directly to Josuke's house, but he discarded that idea. If the two women were following him, he didn't want to lead them directly to the person they were looking for. He needed to make sure he wasn't being followed first.

He took a turn out on a larger and longer street, with few hiding places. He picked up the phone his mother had recently given to him. While making it look like he was simply walking and looking at his phone, he was using the screen a simple mirror to look around for the followers. The two women would be easy to spot, with their cape and square hair giving them unique silhouettes.

The following half an hour, he spent walking around the city, constantly looking back. He took turns, walked in circles, hid in crowds and snuck out the back door of shops. He never caught a single glance of the two strangers. He wasn't sure if that made him feel any better or not.

The feeling was not helped by Josuke not answering his phone. Hayato had tried calling a fair dozen times, to no avail. It didn't mean that Josuke was in danger; the teen had often complained about how often he forgot to charge his phone. Powerful as it was, Crazy Diamond couldn't fix a discharged battery.

Despite the uneasy feeling in his gut, he decided to head over to Josuke's house. He didn't have the home number, but he did know where the house was. Keeping up the same tactic he had for the last thirty-five minutes, he made it over to the Higashikata residence.

Again, no sight of the women. Once, he thought he heard something, but it turned out to be a pedestrian muttering to himself.

The young man kept constant vigilance throughout his journey towards the house of the second strongest stand warrior he knew. Not even when he was only two meters from the door did he once relax. He had spent nearly as much if not more time looking backward than he had forward.

Not that it did him any good.

One and a half meter from the door, a pair of invisible arms grabbed ahold of him. An invisible hand, stronger than any human placed itself over his mouth to stop him from screaming.

There was a small park-like arrangement close to the Higashikata household. There, he was taken by the invisible force. The bushes and trees would stop anyone from seeing… whatever was going to happen to him.

The two strange women sat there, waiting for him.

"Shame on you," the blue woman scolded him. She held up the banana he had thrown to the side earlier. "Throwing away good foods, and a present to boot. That's not very nice." She handed the fruit to the square haired one. She took it and proceeded to shove the entire thing in her mouth at once. She didn't even peel it first.

"Now, you are a very perceptive little human, are you? Using that small communications device to look for followers; that's pretty clever, I'll admit." The woman was still smiling, though it was slightly less pronounced now.

"However…" she continued, as the red one kept chewing on the banana. "…this does raise the question if you didn't know something, like you said, why would you go to such lengths to make sure you weren't followed? Could it be, perhaps, that you do know something? Something that you don't want to tell us?" She scratched her chin as if considering something. "What reason could there be for that? Maybe it's because you know something very few other humans would know. Something that makes Josuke Higashikata special, something that would make him a target."

Meanwhile, the red one had stopped chewing. She sat for a while with her cheeks stuffed full of banana. She made a quick glance over at the blue one, before spitting it out into one of the bushes.

Hayato could swear a chilly wind was blowing through the otherwise warm summer's day.

"Now…" the woman said. She made a small gesture, and whatever was covering Hayato's mouth let go of him. "…tell me everything you know about stands."

Author's Note

Ah, the mystery thickens! Who are these colorful women?

Well, I mean, it's pretty obvious they're gems, the ruby kinda gives it away. But you don't know who or what the blue one is, nor what her powers are! Or what her motives are. Or where she got that banana.

And yes, that was a reference to the best scene from part five.

Fun Fact: The ruby was inspired by Toaster the Ruby from Toonfreak's Aliens With Trapper Hats and its sequels. Be sure to go check that out if you're up for more Steven Universe crossover fun. Don't let the length scare you, it's fairly easy to get through.

And, spoilers, this is not the last reference to that story you're gonna be hearing, so if you wanna catch them all, better start reading.

I have no idea when the next chapter will be dropping. I figure, at the rate I'm writing right now, I could try and aim for an update every three days or so? Maybe Tuesday or Wednesday then? I don't know, I'm really just making things up as I go along.

But until the next, undefined period of time into the future, take care of the planet Earth, and remember that anything can happen in space!