Honoka's Bizarre Adventure: μ's Is Unbreakable
Chapter 3: Fight On, Housaka Konoka! (Part 3)
Previously on Honoka's Bizarre Adventure!
Things are getting more and more serious! And by that, I mean really bad! Like the worst it's ever been in my life!
I've fully awakened my 'Stand' but I wasn't able to defeat Yoshikawa Fuhai… his power to 'become 2D' was too much, and he got away! As strong as my Stand is, how can it possibly fight against that!?
I feel better now that my friends know what's going on, but now the time has come for my rematch! This time I can't rely on the police to come save me… It's do-or-die! I have to fight on! For my school, for my friends, for my family, for this city I call home!
I'll end this now! FAITO DAYO!
Fuhai Yoshikawa was born on December 17th, 1963, to two loving and hardworking parents in Sapporo, Japan.
The result of an unplanned teenage pregnancy in a highly conservative country had not done many favors for Fuhai's parents; both disowned when they announced they wished to keep the baby, forced to stay with friends and motels until the two could find jobs. As the two worked multiple jobs until Fuhai's father worked long and honest enough to earn a promotion when Fuhai was eight years old, finally earning the family consistently stable money and moving out of a humble apartment into a home. It had been the first time Fuhai had ever lived in a house, and the first time he was able to see his parents get a good full night's sleep without working early shifts.
Yet there was a lingering thought that lingered in the young boy's head; that his home was nowhere near as large as his friend's, despite the fact his father through hard work had worked so much harder than any of theirs had. It left him with a thought, that would persist until adulthood:
"The world does not reward hard work! The world eats up those who work hard and then feeds them the scraps!"
Fuhai was a man who growing up made unsavory connections in school and beyond, much to his parent's dismay as they tried to steer him onto the right path. When an older man with yakuza ties in the police offered him a chance to join. He knew he wasn't cut out for college, and he knew that this new path would open many others for him, and so took the offer. His parents were ecstatic, believing he had finally discarded his old self to follow a new, more honorable path. His father had always been opposed to "the easy way," believing only in hard work and honesty could lead to happiness. After all, he was a man who had worked so hard despite the hardships he had faced, and it had awarded him with a family he wouldn't trade for the world.
Fuhai's father died tragically young, succumbing to cancer. But despite dying well before any hard-working man should, he had no regrets. Yes, his life had been filled with hardship. He had to drop out of school to work multiple jobs to work and had been disowned by his own family, but never even for a single moment did the love of his life leave his side or cease her support of his endeavors. And with his promotion he had worked enough to leave her a house and a life insurance worth over 112, 5151, 500 yen- over a million dollars to keep her peacefully afloat for the rest of her life. It was then, one unfortunate day, the mother's car broke down. Knowing her son knew the basics of car mechanics from his delinquent days, she asked if he could take a look at the vehicle. Little did she know, Fuhai had recently undergone a massive gambling debt and needed money badly…
It was a tragedy, indeed, that the brakes failed and she perished in an unforeseen accident! But if nothing else, the son inherited enough to pay off his debts! Surely, a silver lining in the midst of the sorrow?
But fortune did not smile on Fuhai for long. Fuhai had believed that he was a man with fortune on his side. While his actions always landed him into a hot mess, sure enough, fortune would always smile down on him, lifting him higher than all around him. But fortune seemed to finally frown, leaving him miserable and alone as he became too greedy for his yakuza allies to bother with any longer, abandoning him when the police began to investigate corruption within their own ranks.
As he awaited his long sentence, at the height of his despair, he woke in the middle of the night, cursing all around him. So infuriated was he that he did not even notice the arrow creeping behind him, before landing straight through the bottom of his chin, right up through his brain…
And then again, he realized, with the newfound power he gained in the form of「Blue Slide Park」, once more did fortune smile upon Fuhai Yoshikawa!
"Hey, kid! You're gonna die!" Fuhai declared with a laugh, charging forward,「Blue Slide Park's」face contorted in rage and hatred. "It's a shame you didn't take my offer- you could've made something of yourself with your Stand!"
"I'm still gonna make something of myself, right as soon as I'm done kicking your butt!" Honoka declared, her Stand materialized in front of her. She understood the basic mechanics of these Stands now- already controlling her Stand's movements had become like a second nature, as easy as blinking and breathing. And her Stand was more powerful, right?
But Honoka's eyes widened as her Stand attempted to punch Fuhai's, only for the older man's Stand to dodge. "A-ack!"
"You caught me off-guard yesterday," Fuhai declared. "But I've been fighting since before you were born! 「Blue Slide Park」is complimented by my own fighting experience! I just have to imagine what I'd do if I was in that situation…" and as「Blue Slide Park」dodged it slugged Honoka's Stand in the side, causing Honoka to gasp in pain as she clutched her own side. "O-ow!" She yelled, confused. It was her Stand that had been hit, so why was she in pain!? Then she remembered the battle at Homura, the way he reacted when his Stand was beaten.
"Figuring it out, yet!?" Fuhai yelled with a laugh. "Damage done to a Stand reflects on its user! Your Stand is incredibly powerful, those punches were something else… but I got the experience to make up for it!" Honoka attempted to punch the other Stand, but「Blue Slide Park」caught the punch, twisting Honoka's Stand's arm- and her own in the process.
"Oh no!"
"Oh, yeah! If you're not scared, get scared! I'll teach you to obey your elders!" 「Blue Slide Park」delivered a punch to the side of Honoka's Stand's head, and a barrage of punches followed soon after, and then Honoka felt the pain of being punched all over her body before she and her Stand went flying in the air and landed nearly 10 feet away.
"Gah…!" Honoka gasped for air, not even bothering trying to hide her tears as she slowly got up. Just like back at Homura, Honoka had never fought- what might have been a simple inconvenience for a veteran fighter, or even some rude-mouthed delinquent boy was a terrible pain to her, and so she was caught off-guard by the pain of the impacts. But still, Honoka reminded herself; Pain is only an illusion! As long as you can fight, get up!
This time it was Honoka who was on the defensive, her Stand crossing its arms to defend itself as her enemy's Stand launched a series of punches, only to wince in pain as the Stand deviated from its Stand rush in order to land a chop to her side once more. "Ugh…!"
"I am destined to win! Fortune smiles on Yoshikawa Fuhai!" Fuhai declared, grinning as「Blue Slide Park」rushed forward once more. "Skill triumphs over raw strength! My experiences clearly triumph over yours!"
Skill… Honoka thought. She knew now she gravely underestimated Fuhai's strength, thinking simply being stronger could triumph over「Blue Slide Park」and now she paid the price for her arrogance- a price she knew would be paid in blood if she could do nothing to save her own situation. Skills…?
It was then, an idea entered Honoka's head! She didn't know if it was a good one or not, but it was all she could do! She sprinted backwards before turning around, her Stand doing the same. "Running away!? Already giving up!? Come on, baby, at least make it more of a challenge for me!" And he rushed forward to punch once more. "You don't know how to block!" And that was true, but there was one thing Honoka did know-
Dancing.
And rather than trying to take Fuhai head-on, Honoka's Stand spinned out of its way, going low and catching itself on its hands. "W-what-" And before Fuhai could react, Honoka's Stand kicked his off its feet, before rushing in as the Stand was falling. "SHIT! BLUE SL-"
"FAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITO FAITO DAYOOOOOOOO!"
Now it was Fuhai on the defense, as「Blue Slide Park」for a second time was on the receiving end of a Stand rush, the older man roaring in pain as he and his Stand were sent flying. "I heard, in Brazil, there's a kind of martial arts that combines combat with dancing," Honoka began, glaring. "I don't even remember the name of it right now, but… in these last few months since I became a School Idol, I've become a lot more agile than I used to be. It gave me the idea of combining the two… 'cuz maybe I can't block you head on, but if I dodge you, I think I can do alright. Maybe when this is over I'll research it up, see if I can take a class or something. Because I think it might give me a few advantages…"
"Little bitch-" Fuhai cussed, glaring as he got up. "How dare you make a fool out of Yoshikawa Fuhai!? How dare you!?" And he and his Stand sprinted forward one more, consumed by anger. Determined to go on the offense once more he tried to initiate a close-range Stand-rush, Hoonka's Stand essentially rolling onto its side to grab「Blue Slide Park」and throw him to the ground, much as it had once done to her back in Homura. Honoka grinned as she threw the Stand to the side- and delivered a savage uppercut to its stomach as it fell, before getting back up.
"I'll do whatever it takes to win, because I have a dream I must protect!" Honoka declared. "You've gotten in a ton of fist-fights I bet… but I bet you're not used to someone dodging like this, huh!?" Honestly, part of her was surprised it had worked, and was thankful she was not fighting a more level-headed opponent. She had doubts it would have worked against just anyone, but she had to count her blessings for now.
"Alright, so you're a bit tougher than I gave you credit for, brat. Impressive. But I'm a long way from being defeated," at the sound of that, the School Idol attempted to go on the offense but did not have time before watching both user and Stand slink into the floor. "「Blue Slide Park!」3D to 2D!" He declared, both use rand Stand slunk into the ground.
"Oh no-!"
"Like I said before… your Stand is pathetic! All it can do is punch- I've never seen such a pathetic Stand in my life!" Even those miserable delinquent girls that had made problems for him in the past had Stands with stronger abilities, even though he had to admit none of them could punch quite as hard as Honoka's. 「Blue Slide Park」slid towards Honoka's Stand, much to her alarm. "I'm destined to win! Let's see if your 'agility' can match my 'special technique!'" Fuhai yelled. Honoka recognized this technique, having her Stand jump backwards to avoid being grabbed.
What an unfair power! Honoka thought bitterly. She knew if she allowed「Blue Slide Park」to grab her Stand she would immediately find herself at a massive disadvantage. Her eyes widened when the Stand went form trying to grab her to punching at her feet, the fists rapidly entering and leaving the floor. She couldn't even try to stomp on him in this form! She was practically dancing just trying to keep away with him, like an ant trying to scurry away from the magnifying glass!
"Die, die, die! Let me grab you and let me kill you, already!" Fuhai demanded. "I'll keep it brief if you just surrender!" Now he was clearly just having a good time, laughing. "Dance, girl, dance! Don't you Idols dance to make your fans happy!?" Eventually though, he landed a punch right at one of Honoka's ankles- enough to make the girl hop on one foot in panic at the panic, and then… grab her, savagely throwing to the ground. "Kyahahaaha! What a thrill!"
Honoka forced back tears as she was lifted off her feet, slammed down just like in Homura. Come to think of it, had she not been fortunate there as well? She honestly thought she had won that fight, but now Honoka was doubting her success. Had she only won because she had gotten lucky with that sneak attack and the police coming? Now she questioned if she had ever had the right to call herself the victor…
I don't wanna die, Honoka thought. But the reality seemed to slip back into her mind, forcing back tears. Mama, papa, I'm sorry you had such an idiot daughter, she lamented as she forced herself back to her feet. At least the better one is still alive…
"「Blue Slide Park!」Snap her neck, I've had enough!" Honoka went on the edge as she heard that, watching the Stand emerge from the ground and putting her Stand's arms into an X, ready to defend at all costs. No matter how inevitable death seemed, Honoka was determined to fight on until the last breath.
But then, a miracle seemed to occur.
A thin whip-like string (no, strings, Honoka observed upon closer observation- 5 of them) separated the distance between her and「Blue Slide Park,」causing the two to look up towards the ceiling- before noticing a new figure dropping below, standing between them.
"What!?" Fuhai yelled, eyes widening as he observed her. "Wait… you're that one… the Cyan Stand-!" As「Blue Slide Park」stepped back, Honoka was able to observe her savior. The icy-blue Stand resembled a masculine motorcycle jacket and pants, but the outline of the figure was clearly feminine. Upon a closer inspection, no, it wasn't just a leather jacket; it was leather armor, heavily padded around the figure's breasts and stomach, large shoulder pads, combat boots, and a motorcycle helmet that made it impossible to make out her face. The Stand's color was an icy-blue, and she noticed something written on its back in a language Honoka did not understand- some Eastern European language? It did look familiar.
"I will be your opponent," the Stand announced, it's voice heavily autotuned to the point Honoka could not tell if that was ever once a human's voice. "You, go home."
"E-eh!? But, I-"
"You are a weakling," the Cyan Stand spat. "It is fortunate you did not die already. Go home before you do," the words stung Honoka deep, but in her distress, she could not help but finding herself agreeing. "This is no game. In the world of Stand users, only the strong can survive! Go home, leave out your meager life free of conflict, and never fight again! I will deal with this man, and all other Stands that threaten Tokyo!"
"Where are you, asshole!?" Fuhai demanded, looking around. "Most Stands only have a range of a few meters, where's the user!?"
"None of your concern," the Cyan Stand replied, taking a step forward. "Defeat me, and you defeat my user. Is that not satisfying enough for you?"
"「Blue Slide Park!」" And with that the Stand's face once again contorted into rage, attempting to deliver a devastating Stand rush… only for the Cyan Stand to jump over it, summersaulting in the air. "You're kidding me!" But things quickly got worse for Fuhai as both Honoka and he noticed the Stand's power- from each of its fingers a long string was created, ten in total. Before she even landed she used these strings to wrap tightly around「Blue Slide Park」, Honoka noticing the corrupt cop's body bleeding heavily all around him. And not only did the Cyan Stand throw him and his Stand, but she slammed the Stand right into its user, hurting both.
"A-amazing!" Honoka cheered, a smile returning. What kind of miracle was this? It was like a knight in light-blue armor had come to save her! She was clearly stronger than she was, the way she was able to control and move her Stand… she looked around, trying to find the user, but could see none. Was it possible for people to control a Stand from a long range?
The Cyan Stand's insults still hurt Honoka terrible, but nonetheless, she began to run off- heading towards the stairs to make her way to a higher floor to watch the battle from afar. Dammit, dammit, dammit! Since when was I such a coward!? Honoka criticized herself, but did not dare stop until she reached a point where she could watch from a safe distance. Survival was a priority in this moment, she could yell at herself for it late. The Cyan Stand had certainly drawn Fuhai's attention away from herself though, letting her hide and watch out of his view.
Fuhai was now clearly at the disadvantage. Even with both he and his Stand in 2D, the Cyan Stand was constantly one step ahead of them, dodging punches from the ground and grabs with ease, before charging at Fuhai's direction. "It won't work!" Fuhai declared, sliding away, but not fast enough. How could「Blue Slide Park's」invincible defenses possibly fail him? "Y-you should know, like this I can't be hurt!"
"I will judge that," the Cyan Stand declared, charging forward. Fuhai attempted to slide away, but the Cyan Stand extended one of the strings from its fingers, slashing the wall in front of her… and separating the 2D arm of Fuhai Yoshikawa from the rest of his body. There was a pause, and then a scream of terror.
"MY ARM! FUCK! MY ARM! YOU BITCH!" Fuhai roared, panicking as he realized it had been separated from his body, despite the lack of pain. "YOU CUT OFF MY GODDAMN ARM!"
"And I will sever more," the Cyan Stand declared, using the prehensile strings to separate that part of the wall with his arm still in it. "It is just as I thought. While you are 2D you take no damage- but if part of your surface is severed, you take that damage, don't you? Your Stand is not truly invincible- its just harder to hurt."
「Blue Slide Park」emerged from the ground, its left arm immediately falling off its body as it did so, the Stand's face contorted in pain. It attempted to punch the Cyan Stand with one arm, and it did so, with the enemy Stand making no attempt to dodge… and finding once touched, it could not pry its fist away from the enemy Stand. "W-what!?"
"I have won," the Cyan Stand declared, the opposing Stand unable to separate from its position. "You have been immobilized, and I have your left arm. With Kousaka gone, all your bargaining chips are gone."
"You…!"
"I will ask you several questions, and you will answer," the Cyan Stand said, walking toward the man in the wall. "You probably have an idea what kind of questions I want to ask."
"Tch… Let me guess… the Arrow Hunters, right?" Honoka wished she could have heard what they were discussing, but could not get closer without giving away her position. "I don't have anything to do with those brats, and I don't give a rat's ass about the arrow either. The only thing I, Yoshikawa Fuhai care about is power, and living a comfortable life! Having the arrow might result in me making a Stand user stronger than me… I can't allow that! You get it now, right!? I just wanna make enough money to leave this country, then you'll never see me again! J-just give me my arm!"
The Cyan Stand glared. "Then you're even more petty than they are," she spat, approaching forward. "I'll take you to the police. Now that I know about your power, it shouldn't be hard to deal with you again if you chose to escape…" This was the first time the Cyan Stand was going to turn somebody in, and the user could not help but feel uneasy.
"F-fine, just give me my arm, alright? I give up! Honestly!" Fuhai begged, wishing he could see the Stand's face. With what he had planned he wanted to see it.
"Come out slowly and I will return your arm to you," the Cyan Stand replied, glad to see「Blue Slide Park」was no longer resisting trying to free its hand from its shoulder, as she got closer to the wall.
Fuhai grinned.
"Or how about, instead… you come in here with me!?"
The Cyan Stand did not realize until it was too late that she misunderstood「Blue Slide Park's」power. Its not just the user and Stand that turn 2D—
Honoka gasped in horror as she saw the Cyan Stand pushed into the wall in front of it, becoming 2D as it was pressed against the surface. "N-No—!"
"Yes! You have fallen victim to my Stand!" Fuhai laughed before finally emerging from the wall, his mocking becoming an agonizing roar of pain as he clenched the now bleeding stump of an arm. "Got you, bitch! To think, I was pushed this deep into a corner…!" Honoka had her hands over her mouth, starting to back away now, ready to run off.
"L-Let me out of here!"
"I'll let you out when I'm ready to break you into a thousand pieces," Fuhai said with a grin. "Since you're not me, you can't just exit the wall…" He slinked into the ground, his Stand extracting his severed arm and placing it next to him; and in 2D he simply moved into it, re-attaching the limb with no damage done. "That was close, you almost got me… thank God you got close to the wall…"
He rose from the ground.
"Now, where did that Kousaka brat run too?"
Honoka gasped for breath as she ran deeper into the abandoned factory, back pressed against a wall. This is bad! She thought, hand covering her mouth- the idea of making a sound and alerting him was terrifying! That 'Cyan Stand' was defeated- and if damage on a Stand reflected back on the user, what happened to the Stand's user? That Stand seemed to be much more powerful than her's, and now…
But Honoka knew what had to happen now. This was always her fight; it was wrong of her to let someone else try to take it over for her. And now she had to make it right. She had to return to the battlefield, and put an end to this conflict once and for all!
And now she had a new tidbit of information: that Fuhai and his Stand could be damaged in this 2D state! She couldn't damage them directly while in 2D, the Stand and its user really was invincible, but if she damaged the surface enough… But she'd have to get close enough to Fuhai to make it count. And「Blue Slide Park」was indeed a crafty Stand, and she doubted she could make her own Stand move like the Cyan Stand could…
"This sucks! Why don't have you another power!?" Honoka chastised her Stand, puffing her cheek out and pointing right at her Stand, which showed no reaction. "C-Can't you turn invisible or something!? H-How about flying so I can stay out of his range!? If he can 'turn 2D' and that Cyan Stand can make 'strings' appear out of its hand, can't you do something special too!?" Honoka closed her eyes, sitting on the dirty floor. "You're a part of me, right? So, you should have a power or something…"
What kind of power would Honoka have, anyways? All her desires in the world right now were related to dancing… Was her Stand's ability nothing more than its incredible agility? That wasn't good enough. Something inside her had to be in inside her Stand, she was sure of it. Myself… Did the power have to reflect on her, as well?
Despite everything, Honoka smiled as she remembered the days before μ's first concert, shouting that I want to! To the entire city to hear. And the energy she felt that day they sung START:DASH! continued to resonate within her as well. Enough energy it felt like to overcome anything! Even when she was a child, Honoka was the most energetic of the three by far…
And then she even remembered that day they climbed that tree, Umi and Kotori scared out of their minds before the three could see that glorious sun and horizon…
Even now, the energy made her want to run a thousand laps! Preform a thousand concerts! Fight a thousand battles! That energy made her want to shake! As Honoka looked inside herself to try to discern her Stand's ability, she rediscovered the endless energy within her! An energy that reflected into her Stand! "… Eh!?"
Honoka blinked as she heard a hum, opening her eyes and looking at her orange Stand. And she could see both of the Stand's arms moving at high speeds, rippling and shaking violently. Vibrating, she understood. Her Stand's arms were vibrating at extremely high speeds! "I… Is this… my power?" As Honoka stopped thinking of the energy that had always been inside her, the Stand ceased its vibrating- and when she dwelled on it once more it vibrated once more. She could control the vibration's location, the arms, the legs. "That's… that's…!"
Honoka gripped her head.
"That totally sucks!"
Honoka moaned as held her head, lying on the dirty, dusty floor. "Y-you shake!? What kind of lame power is vibrating!? That's not gonna help me beat Fuhai! I'm so deadeadeaddeaddeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!" Honoka had to resist the urge to cry. If this was all she could do, then she was dead! The Kousakas would soon only have one child to their name, Yukiko would be an only child, μ's would disband and Otonokizaka would close! What a travesty this was! "Dammit!" Honoka swore with a groan, her Stand laying its hand on the wall to reflect its owner's misery, head hung low. "Still though… I gotta try," Honoka thought out loud. "I'll fight him a thousand times if I gotta…! I can't let everyone down! No matter what! Fight on, fight on, fight on, fight on…!"
She jumped at the sound of something seemingly break, turning around to face her Stand. "Oh, what now!?" But what Honoka said did not fill her with dread, but curiosity. As her Stand's fist laid against the wall, it was the wall itself that was starting to vibrate. And as it vibrated at high speeds, it began to weaken, before the brick wall crumbled entirely. "N-no way…!"
Honoka was not a gifted student, to say the least. While not as bad as English, she did not do particularly well in science classes such as physics either- if anything it was one of her favorite classes to fall asleep in. However, even Honoka knew basics, such as that all matter was built out of atoms. Now she understood something else as well; when that bread had flown out of her hand, clearly it was her Stand vibrating at such a pace it sent the bread flying. And now? By inducing such strong vibrations…
I'm weakening the structure of the object my Stand is touching! By making it vibrate so much, its disintegrating! My Stand… if I vibrate something else that isn't itself, I can make it breakdown!
And then another idea came to her as well. She thought of a jackhammer, going back and forth to break something down as well…
Honoka knew this was not a guarantee, but it was her best shot! Her only shot!
"Yoshikawa! Let's finish this!"
Honoka had a confident air as she walked down the stairs, entering the main lobby of the abandoned factory once more. "No more running, no more interruptions! Its time we finished this!"
"Idiot! Run away!" The Cyan Stand pleaded, still trapped in a wall. "I messed up… every other Stand user I've fought simply submitted to me once I had defeated them! I was hoping that fear would be enough to coerce him back into prison…" The Cyan Stand, despite the autotuned voice, clearly regretted her decisions. "But this man is far more wicked than anyone else I've battled… He will not surrender to you! You need to run away!"
"Thanks for the advice, but…" and Honoka grinned, her back to the wall. "I've never been the best student, so it's only fair I do what an idiot does!"
"Look out!"
"At last, you're mine, Kousaka!" It was Fuhai himself that slid behind her on the wall, reaching out to strangle Honoka. His grin was as present as ever as his hands slid around the young girl's throat, much to the Cyan Stand's horror. "「Blue Slide Park!」It's time, baby!" Fuhai laughed as his Stand emerged from the ground, approaching. Honoka attempted to punch with her Stand, but「Blue Slide Park」caught the punch with both its hands. "And this is checkmate, Honoka! Do you hear me!? Checkmate!" Fuhai laughed, releasing her throat just enough so she could take a few breaths. "Any last words!?"
"Yeah… checkmate!"
Honoka had no idea if the following technique would work. She really didn't. But it was better than nothing! Her last shot! Her last gamble! She even took another deep breath just in case Fuhai would choke her once more.
And it was then that Honoka's Stand's arms vibrated at an incredible pace! "W-what is this!?" Fuhai asked, struggling to keep a grip on her Stand. It's like holding onto jackhammers! What the fuck is this!? He wondered, before the vibrations were so intense his Stand simply could no longer hold on, and「Blue Slide Park's」grip was thrown off.
"FAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITO!"
Completely thrown off guard, Fuhai could do nothing s he once more found himself receiving a devastating Stand rush. Honoka realized she could not make her Stand vibrate while delivering a barrage of punches, but her Stand's overwhelming strength was enough to make up for it.
"FAITO DAYOOOOOOOOOO!"
And for the final blow Honoka delivered an uppercut to the Stand's tomach, and with the final blow cast, vibrated her Stand's arm to its maximum capacity; in addition to the devastating punch, 「Blue Slide Park」felt like having a jackhammer rapidly assaulting its stomach before the force threw it across the room, Fuhai's face contorting in pure agony as he was separated from his Stand. "I… I can't… lose…!"
"It's over! Yoshikawa Fuhai, you will NEVER hurt my family again!" Her Stand rushed over to her side, hands on the wall next to Fuhai's sides, vibrating the walls until the walls around him crumbled a few moments later
"What!?"
He tried sliding upwards, but Honoka's Stand delivered a series of powerful punches separated his only exit, upwards. The brick wall Fuhai had become a part of had become a prison! "W-wait! Honoka! Don't…! Do you really wanna be just like me!?" All pride had left Fuhai. "If this was you in my situation. It's what I'd do! Me, the man who tried to kill your family! Do you really want to be as rotten as I am!?" Honoka only glared. "I-I can get you money, and anything else too!" Fuhai was desperate as could be. "C-Come on! I made a dumb mistake at your house… L-let me go!"
"… You threatened me, and I can deal with that much… If I knew you'd leave me alone, I'd do that… but you're that kinda guy that always goes back on his word, aren't you? Yeah… I bet you are…"
"K-Kousaka-sama! Please! I'm begging you- mercy, mercy, for the love of God, mercy!"
"I could handle a threat against me… I could handle having an enemy… but… as long as you're rotten to the core, my family can never know peace or happiness! So, I… don't' care if its what you'd do! If its to protect the people I love and care about…"
"Look out!" The Cyan Stand tried to warn Honoka of Fuhai's Stand coming within striking range.
"DIE!"
"I'll do absolutely anything to protect them, no matter what!"
Unfortunately, Honoka's Stand was faster.
"NO! DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! FORTUNE ALWAYS SMILES ON YOSHIKAWA FUHAI!"
They were Fuhai's last words.
"FAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITOFAITO FAITO DAYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The Stand rush from Honoka's Stand was beyond devastating. Fuhai's invincibility did not protect him, as the brick wall he was attached to was broken into thousands of tiny pieces. And with it, so was he, his body parts and consciousness throughout the rubble. The Cyan Stand was freed from her prison, landing on her feet as she noticed「Blue Slide Park」disintegrating into tiny pieces as well, user and Stand destroyed. "For those I love, I will defeat anyone!" The Cyan Stand watched the fight for a little while longer, before exiting as it had entered. What was the point? She knew it was over, that this was Honoka's victory.
And Honoka stepped outside through the hole in the wall she had created, watching her enemy scatter into the air as dust, and turning to gaze at the setting sun. She had just killed someone, hadn't she? She was a murderer now. Even if it was in self-defense, killing someone was still killing someone, isn't it? A crime was a crime, no matter what the circumstances were, right?
"It's getting late..."
There were thousands of thoughts racing in Honoka's head, but that was all she could bring herself to think of as she saw the setting sun.
"I'm gonna be in trouble if I don't get to the hotel soon..."
Little did she know, Fuhai was far from dead.
But… fortune was supposed to favor me… Were Fuhai's thoughts as he now laid scattered among rubble. Ah… I'm not dead? Fuhai thought. Indeed, so invincible was he in 2D form that he still lived even in this decrepit state, attempting to wiggle his toes. I just… have to put myself together… He thought. The portion of the wall he was in was not outside the factory, blowing away in the wind. I got to put myself together and kill this bitch!
But, 「Blue Slide Park's」invincibility had become the ultimate tomb. He could never put himself together, even in ten billion years. Only a Stand that could somehow put things back to its previous state ever would, and no such Stand existed in the world at this moment. And even if it had, the pieces that made up Fuhai's body had been scattered into dust, with Fuhai himself unaware of it. So much of him was missing, Fuhai would likely simply drop dead on the spot had he been put back together and tried to leave his prison.
Fuhai Yoshikawa wanted to scream, and he would have, had his mouth not been shattered into hundreds of pieces. Unable to even scream in terror, all he could do was pray for death and destruction, but even a thousand years into the future no deity heard Fuhai's pleads, his mental state only barely functioning out of pure hatred for Honoka Kousaka alone, but after centuries even that hatred could no longer keep his mind in-tact.
Eventually, unable to cope with the horror of his situation any longer, Fuhai experienced an insanity only suffered by one other, and came to realize there was only one way to escape and gladly took it.
At that moment, Fuhai stopped thinking.
Stand: Blue Slide Park
User: Fuhai Yoshikawa
Status: RETIRED
"And that's what happened, girls."
Umi and Kotori were deathly quiet on the other line. Honoka had made it safely back to the hotel her family was staying at, checked in, and later that night entered a group call with her oldest and dearest friend. "I did it. I killed him. I fought to the death, and I won, and I killed somebody."
"... It wasn't your fault," Kotori was the first to speak. "You had to do it! You were defending yourself and your family!"
"Kotori-chan..."
"If it's OK for law enforcement to kill to protect people, then it's OK for you too! Protecting yourself and your family... You didn't do anything wrong!"
"Is that because I'm your friend, Kotori-chan?"
"Honoka..."
"I agree with her."
"Umi?"
"Maybe it's not our place to decide what's right and what's wrong. Maybe nobody has the right to judge, or maybe we're just not old enough, but... I believe in you. And so does Kotori. I don't... think you did the wrong thing." Umi said. "Even if it wasn't 'right...' I refuse to believe you're a bad person," Umi went on.
"... Thank you, both of you..." Honoka finally smiled for the first time in hours. "I feel... I don't know how I feel."
"We will always support you," Kotori declared. "We're friends. We will not betray you."
"... Thanks," Honoka said, staring at the night sky. "It... means a lot girls. Goodnight, alright?"
"Goodnight, Honoka-chan."
"We love you, Honoka!"
And even after hanging up, Honoka's smile returned.
"Thank you both, for everything..."
"1 2 3 4! 1 2 3 4!"
And soon enough, with Fuhai's disappearance, the world returned to a semblance of normalcy.
Honoka had no need to summon her Stand since, and Umi had not heard the voice speak to her since that day as well. Honoka would wake up early for practice, and stay at school after classes to practice on the rooftops. Even the discussion of arrows and Stands had died down, with only pleasant days remaining for Honoka and her friends as School Idols. Perhaps it was finally over?
"Honoka-chaaaaaaaaaan! Are you really going back home, nya!?"
"Yup!" Honoka said with a smile, grinning at Rin. "There's no sign of Fuhai anymore," she did not have the heart to tell the newer members of µ's the truth of what had happened that day. "And papa's all healed up... and we don't wanna live in fear. So, we're moving back to Homura!" She said with a smile, grinning as Rin hugged her and returned it. "I know, it's great!"
"I'm just happy everything is going back to normal," Maki replied, offering a smile of her own. Hanayo was reading something on her phone, but looked up to smile and nod. "Something wrong, Hanayo?" Maki asked.
"Umm... I was reading something. A girl disappeared not far from where I live... b-b-but yeah, I'm happy things are better, Honoka-chan!"
Maki frowned, walking over towards Hanayo. "Another girl, missing?" She lowered her voice as Honoka talked with the rest.
"Y-yeah... they say ever since 1993, there's been a lot of women going missing in Tokyo without any trace, you know?" Hanayo frowned, keeping her voice on the low. "It was never this bad before then..."
"I've heard my dad talk about it, it's not natural for so many women to go missing without a trace," Maki agreed. "I guess we can't do much about it though... stay safe though, OK? If it was near your house..."
Hanayo nodded, before the two rejoined the rest of their practice.
"Yeah, everything's back to normal, isn't it...?"
The rest quickly resumed their practice, as Honoka looked out into the city's horizon as Umi frowned. "Honoka..."
She said nothing as Honoka materialized her Stand, gazing into the new horizon with a frown. Honoka knew, deep down, there would be more trials ahead. This won't be my last fight, she thought to herself. She did not yet know this unwritten law of the universe; Stand users attract other Stand users. Yet even then, in her heart she knew her conflict was far from over.
She did not know that all of µ's would be dragged into the fights that laid in the months ahead, but she did know for herself that her journey would become far more complicated. She was still determined to make it as a School Idol to save Otonokizaka, but there was something deep inside her soul that told her that the encounters with Stands were far from over.
But even Honoka could not possibly know of the long and bizarre adventure that would become µ's 2013-2014 school year, the trials they would endure, and the destiny of not only their school, but the city they adored that they would play a part in.
Next time on Honoka's Bizarre Adventure!
Chapter 4: Honoka's Star
Phew! Glad I finally got that done!
I hope you all enjoyed that chapter, was really hoping it wouldn't take me that long... or that I'd publish it on Friday.
I want to ideally update this weekly, on Mondays. However, as I am a college student, I might have papers or exams on Mondays- so I can't really guarantee it.
I'm not used to writing fight scenes, so this chapter was a huge challenge for me! If you could let me know what you thought of this fight, please let me know! Hopefully as I write more fight scenes, I'll be able to write more exciting fights in the future! But for now, I'm pleased to announce the end of the very first arc of this fanfiction: Fight On, Honoka Kousaka!
May every road take you to memories of Great Days!