"Speaking"
'Thinking'
[STANDO POWAH]
[King Crims-/========/-ime Skip
/The World/

POV: Jotaro

As Jotaro recalls [Star Platinum] he watches his attacker sink into the lake while thinking to himself 'Well that ended quickly, just who was that guy? Why did he attack me? Could he be the reason why I'm here?' Realising that he wouldn't be geting any answers by standing around and doing nothing he decides to cautiously approach the lake where his unknown assailant had landed.

While he slowly walked toward the large body of water his mind begins to wonder back to the skirmish that just happened. 'What happened back there? I could have sworn he was behind the pillar when I launched my attack, and with [Star Platinum]'s speed it should have been unlikely for him to be able to dodge in time. If that's the case then what the hell happened? How did he suddenly appear from behind me? Could it be his Stand ability?'

Jotaro had a bad feeling about this. His fists clenched. He didn't like the idea of an unknown enemy having the ability to appear in whatever place they so pleased. He already had to deal with one bastard doing that and didn't need another one doing the same this soon. 'No. I feel like I'm missing something. It can't be as simple as the enemy just being able to teleport' Jotaro finally reaches the bank of the lake, only standing just a few meters away without being too close in case the enemy decides to leap out and take a swing at him. 'Now that I think about it this weird feeling I'm having seems to have started right after I attacked, but I can't seem to put my finger on why I'm having this feeling. Sure, it could be because the enemy's sudden reappearance but my intuition is telling me otherwise'

Normally a regular person would have dismissed this feeling of wrongness by chopping it up to either their mind playing games on them or some other readily available excuse, but not Jotaro. He knew better than to ignore a clear warning from his intuition. After all, that's one of the main reasons he had managed survive this long againest the likes of the Impostor "Captain Tennille", The D'arby Brothers, and the many other assassins DIO had sent after him. 'If my guts are telling me that it wasn't the reappearance that's triggering this feeling then it must have been something right before that but also right after my initial attack'

Jotaro looks over the surface of the lake to see if there are any signs of the enemy stand user resurfacing. 'But what could it have been? Something must have happened in that time frame from when he disappeared and reappeared. Why can't I remember exactly what happened? I assume I turned around to face the incoming suprise attack but then why can't I seem to remember ever turning around to do so? Its almost like the memory of me turning around just... disappeared. Like my mind just skipped over it' As concerning as suddenly missing a part of your memory is. Jotaro had more immediate issues to worry about and thus threw that concern to the back of his mind and focused on the search for the enemy Stand User.

It didn't take long before he spotted the very obvious puddle of water leading to a nearby pillar. Heck, Jotaro could even see the faint shadow of the guy behind it. Clearly sensing something is up, he approaches with caution. As he got closer he was finally beginning to be able to make out his assailant's appearance.

The enemy looks to be about 30, above average physique, bright pink hair with spots and dressed like a rejected stripper. Questionable outfit choices aside, the enemy doesn't seem to intent on moving as Jotaro got closer. Well that's fine. He didn't want to have to chase after him again anyway. He stops about a dozen meters away from his opponent. Jotaro wasn't dumb, there was clearly something shady going on with how the enemy was just standing there doing nothing. 'Ok, he's clearly planning something but what?' After a few seconds of deliberation he opened his mouth.

"Hey! You!" Jotaro yelled. Trying to sound as diplomatic as possible in order not to set off the enemy, which he is failing at due to the passive growl he has everytime he speaks. "Before I beat you to a pulp for jumping me tell me something" The enemy stand user flinches. Clearly not expecting to suddenly be having a conversation. "Who are you and why are you doing this? Are you another one of DIO's assassins? If that's the case you're about a day and a half late! Bastard's already dead. I made sure of it!"

POV: Diavolo

Diavolo had no clue what the hell Jotaro was talking about. Assassins? God? Confused was an understatement. He was clearly missing some context here. That or the guy he's about to fight is some kind of religious nutjob. Dispite the confusing contents of the sudden conversation Diavolo figured he could use this to his advantage. Perhaps if he kept him talking he could create an opportunity to execute his attack plan. As he was thinking, his hair started waving dispite there being no wind. After a few moments his next course of action was decided. Diavolo slightly stepped out of the shadow of the pillar and replied. "Assassins? God? I'm afraid I don't understand who you're referring to Mr...?"

"Jotaro Kujo" The stranger replied.

The Don paused for a second to cycle through his memories for any information relating to the name the stranger just provided. After finding nothing he finally replied.

"Diavolo" No reaction. As expected.

"Be honored as you are one of the very few in his world to know of my name" Jotaro frowned, clearly not liking his high and mighty attitude. It reminded him too much of a certain blond motherf**ker. "Now that introductions are out of the way, to answer your prior questions, I am in no way affiliated with this DIO you spoke of"

"Then why the hell did you attack me?" Jotaro growled. Getting increasingly more pissed off the more this scandally clad pink highlighter talked.

"Why?" Diavolo chuckled. To think the challenge would question why the challenger would be here. How silly. "Obviously I am here to defeat you"

"But WHY?" Jotaro asked once again. His patience now wearing thin. "I have no grudges with you, I don't even know you. So why are you doing this?"

"Because you are aTest" Diavolo said

"A... test?" Jotaro was confused. He didn't understand what the strange man was going on about nor did he care. All he wanted was to get the hell out of here. So instead of further questioning what this supposedTest was he decided to just ask the most important question on his mind right now. "Are you the reason I'm here? If you are then sent me BACK".

At this point Jotaro was all but fuming from the non answers and attitude he had been given. Diavolo however just calmly continued to talk like he wasn't even there. "Am I the reason you're here?" Diavolo slightly raised his arms in a dismissive shrug. "Possibly" He wasn't lying. Although the mafia boss didn't know whether or not Jotaro was real or just a very elaborate simulation from [Gold Experience Requiem] he figured it would be in his best interest to treat him as real as any other enemy if the pain from the jaw breaking punch he had experienced earlier was anything to go by.

Which is why he is currently trying his best to piss off Jotaro in an attempt to bait him into action. Which is working pretty well so far if he does say so himself.

Jotaro having finally had enough of his bullshit decides to get some straight answers in the fastest way he knows. [Star Platinum] bursts out in a explosion of light with a mighty "ORA!" As he takes a step forward ready to throw down, Diavolo smirks under his breath and leaps backwards back into the shadow of the pillar "Just as [Epitaph] predicted" he whispered to himself. Whilst he fell behind the pillar, the Bossu called forth his own Stand [King Crimson] who then leap towards the pillar he had just fallen behind and unleashed a barrage of fist strikes.

While as stated before [King Crimson] was no match for [Star Platinum]'s raw strength in obliterating a meter wide pillar in a single attack [King Crimson] can achieve the same thing when given enough hits and like this [King Crimson] proceeded to smash bits and pieces off the pillar at a rapid pace, launching them towards Jotaro as make shift projectiles. Once the angry checker board's fist barrage ended Diavolo had just finished falling halfway. He quickly turned his body around and caught himself before hitting the ground and broke into a sprint for the next nearest pillar.

"[KING CRIMSON]!" Diavolo shouted as he activated his Stand's Time Skip ability. He continued his dash towards the next pillar as the world breaks apart around him and Jotaro begins moving in slow motion raising his Stand's arms up to deflect the incoming shrapnal. As Diavolo makes it to his target he deactivates the Time Skip and repeats the same trick like with the first pillar giving the illusion that the environment itself was turning againest the teenager.

After doing this again for the third pillar Diavolo decides that this amount of rocks flying at Jotaro should be sufficient enough in distracting him. The second [King Crimson] finished launching the rocks, Diavolo activated Time Skip again but this time his target was Jotaro!

POV: Jotaro

Jotaro witnesses the man who called himself 'Diavolo' launch rocks at him using his Stand. Reacting quickly he ordered [Star Platinum] to rais-/=========/-eflecting the rocks to his sides. But just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief for being able to successfully defend himself from the attack his senses warn him of more incoming danger! Turning to his right another pillar seemly exploded into projectiles by itself. Once again ordering [Star Platinum] to defend him but this time he had paid close attention to behind the pillar. Using his Stand's shared sight he spotted a shadowy figure breaking out in a dash.

Without even needing to think about it Jotaro immediately knew Diavolo had used that 'Teleporting' ability of his to quickly get around and launch rocks in order to pressure him into a defensive state. Before he even knew it [Star Platinum] had already deflected all the rocks. That's when a third pillar exploded just like the first 2. Once again Jota-/=========/- ended againest the rocks. Just as he was about to start complai-/========/-volo that using the same trick so many times in a row wouldn't work he suddenly sensed danger from behind him! A danger completely unlike the rocks from before!

'Shit!' Jotaro shouted in his mind. 'How did he get behind me!?' Turning around as fast as he could just in time to spot the damn highlighter who was just 3 meters away from him with his Stand being only 2 meters away! [King Crimson] pulls his fist back and launches a punch straight at Jotaro! Unfortunately for him [Star Platinum]'s speed greatly outclassed [King Crimson]'s own! The loincloth wearing purple muscle god manages to catch the fist in time and tightly grips it! immobilizing it!

Diavolo upon realizing he fucked up tries to attack with his Stand's remaining hand only for that to be caught as well! Now that the two Stands were locked in a gripping match Jotaro took that opportunity to analyze just happened. 'Damn. He almost got me!' Jotaro glares at the Mafiaso 'How the hell does his Stand work? I need to figure out his ability or he will constantly be able to get the jump on me!' 'Think Jotaro! THINK!' Jotaro begun to think back on everything he had learned this far. 'So his ability allows for what seems to be teleportation but it has a side effect altering memories?' 'No' 'That's not right. Not altering. More like getting rid off. Like Erasing. The last thing I remember from our first encounter is me not realizing I was missing memories only until after he teleported! Now that I think about it the only time I've seen him teleport is after the deed is done like with the pillars!'

Thinking back on his latest engagement with Diavolo he also realized that much like the first time he doesn't remember what Don did from before the pillar exploded and after it did. He should have been able to remember deflecting the shards but he doesn't! 'He must have done something in between that period of time' ah wait 'That's it! Time! ' much like how Jotaro doesn't know what happened during DIO's Stopped Time the same thing must be happening here too! 'But wait. If it's as simple as stopped time then my passive 1 second free reign should have been in effect. I would have known if time was stopped!' 'So stopped time isn't it but it has to be something Similar' That's when it hit him.

Jotaro was a teenager and much like other teenagers and people in general, he listened to alot of music in his free time and in order to play said music he would need a tape recorder. On the tape recorder there was the play button, pause button and skip button. Pausing the music is obvious but skipping it? You wouldn't know how the music starts or goes if you skipped it and would only know the ending of the song! "That's it!" Jotaro said out loud "I've figured it out!"

"Hmm?" Diavolo was confused by the sudden and seemingly irrelevant statement.

"I've figured out your Stand ability"

Diavolo's eyes widened in shock. Thoughts such as 'What?' Or 'How?' Filled his mind. Sure he had expected the teen to figure out his ability sooner or later with how much he had been spamming it in the last couple of minutes but never would he have thought Jotaro would be able to figure it out this quickly! And this was only their second encounter! 'DAMN! HOW!? How did some teenager figure out the secret to [King Crimson] so quickly!?' Diavolo felt absolutely humiliated. All that effort he put into hiding his abilities in the past was for nothing. 'First it was that French guy with the stupid hair then that traitor and now even in the afterlife I get fucked over by some random person!?' He was getting PTSD and flashbacks to how everything went to crap so fast because of one guy with a sharp mind and now that situation seems to be repeating itself except he's the one on the back end now!

Knowing if he let's this go on any longer he would only be giving the teen more time to use this information againest him. Diavolo decides it's now or never. While both Stands are tightly locked in their gripping contest [King Crimson] suddenly leans to his right and brings up his left foot for a devastating kick to [Star Platinum]'s head!

[Star Platinum] with his hands still locked with [King Crimson] was unable to block in time! A synchronized splatter of blood gushes from the Stand and Stand User's temple seemingly knocking him out for a second! Using this opportunity [King Crimson] disengaged its grip of [Star Platinum] and rushed towards Jotaro for a Donut! "Yes! I've won Jotaro Kujo! DIE! "

SHOOOOM!

Suddenly Something shot towards the unsuspecting Stand User. Acting quickly Diavolo Instinctively leaned backwards and avoided the attack from-?! A PAIR OF FINGERS!? But not completely as a long cut appears vertically across his chest spilling crimson blood everywhere! Due to the suddenness of his forced evasive maneuver Diavolo tripped and was off balance!

"[STAR PLATINUM]: /ZA WARUDO/!"

And that's when his world STOPPED.

As Diavolo struggled to process what in God's name just happened when he hears a rather familiar voice.

"Yare Yare Daze" Jotaro said in a tired and fed up voice while still bleeding from the head. He slowly moved his hands up to adjust his hat which was knocked out of place. As he fixes his hat he steps closer and closer until he is exactly 1 meter away from Diavolo who was still frozen mid stumble.

Diavolo stared at Jotaro in disbelief. 'Why am I frozen? What happened? I was winning... how could this be...? What is this power!?' Jotaro simply looked at the mob boss and upon realizing that he seemed to have somehow retained his consciousness dispite being in stopped time, he though to himself 'That's strange, he shouldn't be able to do that. Oh well. Shouldn't be too much of a problem since I have him cornered but I'll have to keep it in mind in case he tries something' Jotaro quickly chopped up the strange phenomenon to simply because they both have similar time related stands. After all the only other time manipulator he knew could do the same so it was reasonable to assume that others with similar abilities could too.

"You must be confused" Jotaro said "Allow me to explain" with one hand tipping his hat and other in his pocket he leaned back and struck a pose! "When you kicked me and I 'Passed out' it was all planned"

'N-n-nani..?'

"Actually even before that it was planned" "There's a reason why I told you that I figured out your stand ability instead of keeping that information to myself" Jotaro continues to explain. "Much like how you baited me into stepping into your trap I did the same. I made a bet that you would panic and prematurely rush in for a finishing blow if you knew that I had figured out your only trick and combined with your anxiety from the fact I've outmatched you this whole time I reasoned that with the sudden knowledge drop it would cause you to have a lapse in judgement and do something stupid in your panic"

'I-I-Impossible...' Diavolo's eyes widened. Not wanting to believe that he was outsmarted by some kid AGAIN.

"Plus... you assumed that raw strength was the only thing [Star Platinum] had going for him, though I can't blame you for that one. I have been purposely withholding my abilities until absolutely necessary" " And like that I was able to trick you to centering your entire strategy around staying out of [Star Platinum]'s range and only attacking when I least expected, thus making it easy to pull one over on you via my Stand's other abilities when the opportunity arises"

At this point Diavolo was trembling. If that was even possible in stopped time. He wasn't trembling out of fear. No. He was trembling with Anger. He Hated how humiliating this was, being at someone else's mercy and whims after being outsmarted by what he would concider a child but most importantly he HATED how he had gotten full of himself AGAIN. He should have known better than to act on impulse! Much like his final battle with Giorno Giovanna, he thought he had won and because of his arrogance he over looked certain things. In the case of GioGio it was Requiem and for Jotaro, the fact that [Star Platinum]'s physical stats outclassed [King Crimson] and should have easily been able disengage and block the incoming attack. But instead of noticing that something was off when Jotaro didn't do that, he let the small victory get to his head and acted impulsively thus allowing himself to fall into the teenager's trap.

"Now then" Jotaro said. "I could just beat you to a pulp now but I still need answers. Luckily you being able to hold onto consciousness whilst in my stopped time makes the negotiation easier" Jotaro was originally planning on stopping time and pinning Diavolo to the ground or something in order to interrogate him for information but seeing as how he could just talk to him while hes immobilized like this he decided to change his plan a bit. "Here's the deal" Jotaro said in a menacing tone of voice "I, am STRONGER than YOU. It doesnt matter if I beat you now or after time resumes the point is YOU can't beat ME" The reason he was saying all this was because he needed to get that information into that thick skull of his in order to deter him from trying anything.

"My time stop is coming to an end so I will be letting you out" Jotaro paused for a bit before continuing. His voice now filled with a threatening tone "And when I let you out, you Will Answer my Questions" And like this Jotaro ended the time stop. Diavolo fell to the ground in a puddle of his own blood while staring at the massive form of the teenager in front of him. Breathing heavily and trembling from anger.

"Now answer me this" "How do I get out of here?"

POV: Diavolo

Diavolo was barely paying any attention to what the massive teen before him was saying. The mafia boss was still trying to wrap his head around everything he had just heard. "I-I-Impossible! H-how could I have lost? AGAIN!?" "This can't be!" Diavolo lifts his hand to his chest and winces due to the pain. While staring at the warm crimson liquid that was running down his chest and hands his eyes subconsciously followed the flow of blood until it reaches to Jotaro's feet before the blood mixes with another body of liquid which is pitch black in color. His eyes widened in realization "No... I haven't lost yet!" There was still hope. After finally somewhat regaining his composure. Diavolo stands up, if just barely. Glaring at Jotaro with newly ignited fighting spirit, the boss opens his mouth and speaks.

*Huff* *Huff* "I must congratulate you Jotaro Kujo" Taking in deep breaths in order to calm himself, Diavolo pointed at Jotaro "Not many can push me t-"

"Answer the fucking question!" Jotaro interrupted in a tone that was a combination of a yell and growl. Once again summoning forth [Star platinum] the Stand raised it's fist and punched Diavolo across the face. Blood flew from the Don's mouth and splattered against a nearby pillar. "That was your final warning"

Falling to the ground once again while coughing up blood, Diavolo takes this time to secretly grab a handful of pebbles from the ground, using his body as cover. Once he has the asset secured he stumbles his way back onto his feet. As he was turning his body around to face Jotaro, Diavolo summons forth [King Crimson]! His Stand's hand overlapping with his own as he launches the stones in his hand at amazing speeds! The stones flew in between Jotaro's legs and striking the floor behind him, near the pool of black liquid creating a spark from the friction! The spark touchs the liquid and it bursts into a explosion of flames!

'Yes!' 'It worked!' As Diavolo had guessed the black liquid was gasoline or some other type of flammable fuel that was used to light the pillars from before he destroyed them. Due to the destruction being aimed solely at Jotaro alot of the fuel had spilled his way. Diavolo's plan was to use the fuel to possibly light Jotaro on fire but that wasn't his main intention. His main intention was to use the flames to disguise his approach to land one last all out sneak attack! After all, those last attempts were thwarted because he was discovered before the attack could land.

The plan was risky. Having to run into flames in order to conceal himself aside just throwing the rocks were dangerous enough as the Mafia Boss didn't know if Jotaro would be able to deflect it, which is why he aimed for in between his legs. He had made a guess and took the chance. And he was right. A low position was difficult to defend for a guy his size as proven by his first ambush when he almost managed to kick his legs off.

As the flames began to spread at a rapid pace Jotaro was caught in the dead center of the raging inferno. In a slight panic he took off his now flaming school uniform and was waving it around in an attempt to ward off the flames. You might be wondering why he hadn't simply stopped time and walked right out of the fire. Well that's because Jotaro know that if he did that he would just be dragging the fight on longer than he needed to and thus decided to stay in this trap in order to finish the fight here and now.

As Diavolo watches Jotaro get consumed by the flames, he charges into the fire with [King Crimson] by his side! The second he touches the fire the Don instantly felt his feet and exposed skin being cooked by the flames! "AAGH!" Diavolo screamed but quickly bit down on his tongue and endured in order to not give his position away. He was really starting to regret his fashion choices right about now. 'This pain is nothing!' He thought to himself. 'If I can just kill him then this will be worth it!' Diavolo continued telling himself this as he resumed his charge at Jotaro or at least what he assumed to be him judging by the sound of panicked flapping of fabric.

As he neared the sound, Diavolo, who was all but charred at this time lept forward towards the fiery shadow of Jotaro with [King Crimson] at the forefront. The angry checker board raising it's fist high into the air, pulling it back for possibly the last attack he will ever land in this fight! His fist shot forward and landed on Jotaro's chest!

"YES!" He had done it! He had WON! "I'VE WON!" Diavolo celebrated!

But suddenly his celebration was cut short by the shocking pain of his hand being crashed!

"AAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHH!" Diavolo screamed! Reeling back in pain the Bossu stared in disbelief as the flames parted and revealed not the burning teenager he had assumed but an all too familiar purple muscle bond GOD of a Stand holding and crushing his own Stand's hand! He had been tricked once again... once AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN!

"I gotta give it to you"

Diavolo turned to his left where the sound came from. About two meters away was a burning and charred teenager sitting on the oil floor huddling himself.

"And here I thought you'd never come" he stood up. "Took you long enough"

"I-I see..." The mafia boss said in defeat. "I see... y-you used your Stand to lure me towards it while you the u-user hid a-a-amonst the f-flames..." He shakingly said, still wincing at his crushed and bloodied hand. Diavolo looked back at [Star Platinum] who still have [King Crimson]'s fist in a death grab. It was only now that Diavolo noticed the burning coat in [Star Platinum]'s other hand. He knew he had lost. There was no point in fighting back. With the physical strength difference between the two Stands he doubted he could so much as bruise [Star Platinum] in a head on confrontation.

"Now then" Jotaro said in a completely different tone then before. Before he was angry. REALLY angry and sick of the Boss's bullshlt. Now he just sounds tired and in pain. He wanted nothing more then to quickly finish this, jumping into the lake and preferably taking a nap afterwards. "Time to make do on my promise" Jotaro slowly stood up with his burning form. Diavolo could do nothing but look on in fear at what he was about to receive. Taking in a deep breath of carbon dioxide Jotaro let out a Mightly Roar!

"[STAR PLATINUM]: ZA WARUDO!"

Aaaand as The World goes dark the last thought Diavolo had on his mind was

"Ah Fuck"

Extra

POV: Jotaro

As Jotaro awakes to the sound of jet engines powering down he looks around just in time to catch a bunch of passengers scrambling out of the nearest exit. Still groggy from his sleep his attention was suddenly grabbed by a familiar voice.

"Ah! Jotaro! My boy! Finally awake ey princess? Ha ha ha!"

Jotaro looks behind him to see his Grandfather Joseph retrieving their luggage from the overhead cabinets.

"Yeah" Jotaro responded lazily "And who are you calling a princess old man?"

"Oh come on Jotaro! With the way you were sleeping you seemed like you were having a nice dream! You seemed so peaceful like one of those Disney princesses!"

"Peaceful my ass" Jotaro grumbled. "That dream was anything but peaceful" Jotaro complained then let out a low mumble. Apparently not low enough as Joseph had heard him.

"Hmm? What's that Jotaro? What was that you where mumbling about? A pink stripper?"

Jotaro gumbled once again and chose to ignore his old man in favor of retrieving his own luggage. He can't have the Senior citizen doing everything on his own can he? Jotaro let out a small chuckle. Oh Gramps probably wouldn't live that down for the next few weeks if he had said it out loud.

"Watcha laughing about Jotaro? Judging by that response and the mumble from before I'm guessing you had a very 'NIICE' dream ey? Oh ho ho ho!"

In response to his vulgar comment Jotaro gave Joseph a small kick to the leg.

"OW! Oh come on Jotaro! It's nothing to be ashamed of! I tell ya when I was your age I had dreams like that all the time! It's part of growing up! Tell ya what! If you're really interested, Gramps can try and convince your mother to let you visit America! Your old man knows a few fun spots around town if you know what I mean! AH HA HA HA HA!"

Blushing ever so slightly Jotaro quickly grabbed his luggage, lowered his hat and pretended like he didn't know the old man. Oh he could only hope not too many people over heard his Gramp's vulgar boasting. As he did this he made a B-line for the exit.

"Hey wait! Jotaro! Hold on! I'm not done unloading! Don't leave me! I can't read the signs around here!" Upon seeing his grandson leaving him in the dust Joseph desperately yanked on his luggage trying to get it out of the cabinet as fast as possible. On the 3rd yank instead of the luggage coming out, the whole cabinet came off with it!

"OH SHIIIIIIEEETTTT!"