POV: Diavolo
On clear sunny day a man laid by himself on an empty rooftop of a skyscraper with his arms spread out. His ordinary perfect pink hair is now scattered across the warm concrete floor. His listless eyes staring blankly at the sky. How long had he been laying there for? Not too long the Don reckoned. By his calculations it has been 4 or 5 minutes now. He had not been doing nothing all this time, no. That wasn't his style. He prefers to be proactive. Then why was he simply laying here like a sloth after a hearty meal you may ask? Well at this very moment the Capo was contemplating his latest death and how everything went so wrong.
After an additional minute of inactivity Diavolo finally closes his eyes and lets out a tired sign.
*sigh* 'In the end I let my arrogance get the better of me again' Diavolo thought to himself as he sat up, still looking as defeated as ever. 'I should not have underestimated that cop no matter how harmless he appeared to be' Diavolo was truly disappointed in himself. How could he have made such a stupid mistake so many times in a row? Had he truly learned nothing from his mistakes? 'Perhaps that Blond kid is right... maybe I'm really not cut out to be the crime lord of Italy' How could he be? He had failed so many times to the same mistake! Was he really as worthy as he thought he was if he couldn't even learn such a simple lesson? Had all those years of being at the top made him rusty? Had it inflated his ego to the point he was nothing but a failure who couldn't even get something done himself and has to rely on his substitutes?
Diavolo didn't think he had fallen that far yet but the part about his ego was most definitely true as his last couple of lives had oh so painfully proven. Thinking back on his embarrassing display Diavolo had picked out all the actions he had done wrong. Firstly, he shouldn't have attacked the kid and while that part wasn't entirely his fault as he had acted more on Instinct rather than any actual coherent thought it was still a mistake on his part! 'What I truly needed then was information. I could have easily gotten what I wanted without raising any alarms if I just passed myself off as a civilian in need of directions' As for the kid, obviously he couldn't be left alive. He had seen his face after all! Diavolo could have easily gotten rid of him without as much of a fuss after he got what he wanted had he taken this course of action instead!
It was this miscalculation that led him to his second mistake! That damned fatso! 'If I hadn't been so forceful with the kid then that cop wouldn't have had a cause to suspect me!' All of these unfortunate decisions accumulated to his final and biggest mistake of his last life. He had allowed his ego to get the better of him! He thought he could act with impunity because they were just normal humans! Not once had he stopped to concider that they were capable of ever harming him! He had gotten to used to the protection of his Stand that he forgot that without it he was just as mortal as any other person! And just like any other mortal he too was susceptable to mortal flaws. Such as him letting his emotions get the better of him! Had he not been temporarily paralyzed with shock he wouldn't have payed the ultimate price!
But atlas, he was human. And as much as he wanted to pretend he was better than everyone else he really wasn't. But this time will be different! Diavolo has learned from his failures and promised himself he wouldn't regress to what he once was! This time he wouldn't let his arrogance overtake him! He will act just as he did when he first sought to build his empire! He will not underestimate his opponents! He will plan out everything before he acts! He will be the monster in the dark! Invisible and untouchable but just as deadly! He will reforge himself in the flames of battle so that he will once more be worthy of the title of KING!
Jumping to his feet with new found determination Diavolo looks to the horizon with fire in his eyes, ready to prove himself worthy of his destiny as King like he once had done in the past!
Unfortunately as he was basking in the glow of his new found motivation in life a figure appears from behind him! Luckily Diavolo managed to catch this in time and activated his time skip ability at the last second before this mysterious figure raised their head and caught sight of him! The physical world shatters around him as the once glorious King of Italy enters the space where Time has no meaning! Taking a moment to calm himself from this sudden intrusion he rushes over to the only "Real" entrance to the rooftops he currently presides on. As he calmly makes his way to the entrance's unlocked door he takes the time to observe this new adversary.
She was strange to say the least. Even by HIS standards! This new player on the board is dressed in a... Bunny girl outfit? Yes that's right. A BUNNY GIRL OUTFIT! Mind you it wasn't the type of bunny girl outfit you would see at a child's birthday party but one you would see at an adult's entertainment center! He would know! His branch organizations run them!
Yet this wasn't the strangest thing about her! In her left hand was a bloodied butcher's knife! The blood didn't seem to be anyone else's but hers instead! Her left shoulder had a massive bloody gush as if something had exploded near it! Yet dispite all the abnormalities around this newly introduced stranger it wasn't even the strangest! No! That honor went to the strange white Mask she wore!
Now that Daivolo thought about it this girl wasn't the only strange thing around. He had long noticed his abnormal environment from the moment he arrived but quickly dismissed in favor of wallowing over his latest defeat!
His current surroundings consisted of skyscrapers as far as the eye can see. Not just any ordinary skyscrapers though! These skyscrapers were taller than anything he had seen during his time! With him being so high up meant one wrong move and the raging winds would blow him straight off! Thankfully that probably wouldn't happen as these buildings were built with standard architectural rules in mind. Meaning they came with guardrails! But that wasn't the end it. Each individual skyscraper was connected to each other via old school suspension bridges made of wood and rope!
As you can imagine with the bridges being at such an altitude they were about as safe as letting a blind man drive a car!
As Diavolo continued to question the strangeness of everything around him he ends his time skip as he had made it to the safety of the roof entrance. But instead of launching an attack like he normally would have he decided to stalk her through the gap in the door. After all he had no idea of her abilities and didn't want to be caught by surprise again because he got impatient like in his first encounter with Jotaro.
Diavolo patiently waited for her to pass a good distant away from his hiding spot before stepping out but all of a sudden he quickly retreats again as a second figure walks past! 'Damn that was close!' He shouted in his mind 'I wasn't expecting another one. This could get ugly if both of them are Stand Users' Knowing his chances were low if he took on 2 possible Stand Users simultaneously, Diavolo decided to continue with his earlier plan to stalk them but now with twice the caution.
After the second figure left, Diavolo finally deemed it safe to step out and follow them. And so he did. It wasn't very hard concidering the trail of blood left by the female but unbeknownst to the Don a figure in black was watching him through a sniper scope from the top of another skyscraper not too far away.
The tracking took a while. It has been roughly 10 minutes since the Capo started following the girl with the Mask. Her walking had slown down greatly, likely due to the blood loss. It was a miracle she hadn't already collapsed. From what he had observed so far she didn't seem like she had a specific destination in mind. They had crossed several rooftops and suspension bridges by now. If he had to hazard a guess he'd say she was trying to get away from something or someone. 'If she wasn't then she wouldn't have insisted on traveling so far with those injuries' it wasn't too hard to guess who she might have been running away from. After all, he had spotted a second person shortly after she passed his hiding spot.
This pointless chase continued for another minute or so before his target finally seemed to believe she was safe and headed down the roof entrance to one of its lower floors. Diavolo however didn't believe it would be so simple and thus opted to wait a while before heading in. After all this could very well be a trap and she could be waiting to ambush him as soon as he stepped in. Having waited a few seconds with nothing happening he decided to take the risk and head in. And as expected there was no trap 'Well it didn't hurt to be cautious' he thought.
Following the blood drops down the stairs Diavolo suddenly paused and silently backed up again! There was a man at the bottom of the staircase! He seemed to be hiding from the Masked girl as far as the Don can tell. 'Hmm... he must have been the second figure I saw back then' Diavolo carefully poked his head out and around the corner of the staircase. He hadn't gotten a good look at the man before due to the urgency of the situation but now he had all the time in the world to observe him.
The mystery man in question wore a neat purple suit with a tie decorated with skulls. He seems to be of Asian descent but had blond hair, possibly of mixed blood or dyed. Whatever was the case it didn't matter as the man possessed the eyes of an predator! Diavolo knew a killer when he saw one! 'Clearly this is the guy the Masked girl is running from' he quietly thought to himself. But before he could plan what to do next now that he had caught up with both his targets he heard a weak "thump" sound coming from the hallway the staircase led to. 'The girl finally surcomed to her wounds huh?' Diavolo reasoned.
He wasn't the only one who thought this as the man in the suit knew now was the time he had been waiting for! He steps out of the corner he was hiding in and approached the now downed girl. His steps oozing with confidence and leisure as if he was simply shopping for groceries. Seeing an opportunity to get closer Diavolo took it and quietly rushed to the spot the purple suited man once stood. He carefully poked his head around the corner of the hallway just in time to see the girl put up one final struggle against her hunter who still seemed as carefree as the day he was born. But as valiantly as she fought she was simply no match for her assailant, especially now that she was on the verge of death! The scene largely played out as he had expected. That is until the blond man finally got bored of dodging the Masked girl's pitiful attempts at fighting back and summoned a pink catlike humanoid!
'A Stand User!' He had expected this but before he think any further a large explosion came from the hallway blowing out several windows!
*KA-BOOM!*
He hadn't expected this and was caught off guard! The force of the explosion caused him to stumble and hit the wall he was hiding behind! *Thud!*
"Hmm?"
POV: Yoshikage Kira
Well this was certainly unexpected. Of all the places Yoshikage Kira had expected to end up in, a endless city of skyscrapers was most definitely not on that list! The last thing this stylishly dressed man remembered was getting dragged to hell by ghosts by another ghost of his first victim! Assuming he was right about his initial assumption that he was dragged to hell, this was definitely not what he had imagined hell to be like! Either way, things had worked out for him, for better or for worse.
It has been a few weeks since he had arrived and apart from his initial confusion the infamous serial killer of Morioh-cho had adapted quite well to his new environment! Through out his travels he had discovered the workings of this world. Obvious endless skyscrapers aside, this place is filled with "people" if you can even call them that. These strange Masked individuals had given him trouble early on believe it or not. At first he thought nothing of them and treated them as ordinary civilians like himself. That was until one of them spotted him and attacked. He had underestimated these Masked peopled. He had assumed they weren't Stand Users based on their weapons so he tried to talk it out like a normal person would.
After that failed miserably he finally reached the end of his patience and summoned his Stand [Killer Queen]! And as he had expected there was no reaction, meaning they really were just regular people. That was until he attacked them! These Masked individuals seem to possess physical abilities far beyond what a normal human was capable of! Yoshikage was certain he himself couldn't have dodged a Stand's attack simply from the wind current it produced! Fortunately for him this wasn't always the case! It appeared doing so took alot of effort on their part. Exhausting them very quickly! This gave Yoshikage the opportunity to kill them once they were unable to dodge anymore! This was how he spent his first day in this world.
The second day consisted of him searching the interiors of the skyscrapers. As it turns out you could still go hungry in the afterlife! Assuming this was what it is. Luckily fate was on his side as he soon located a coffee room in an office building he raided. There was enough food there to last him for the day. After filling his stomach he continued his search of the surroundings. He attempted to make his way to ground level but half way through the stairs were blocked off. Now you would imagine he would simply blow up whatever blockade that stood in his way right? Well yes if that actually worked!
For some reason not even the destructive capabilities of [Killer Queen]'s bombs were enough to break the blockade! And jumping out the window was obviously not an option. With nowhere else to go Yoshikage was forced to go back up. For the next few days his routine consisted of fighting off the Masked and raiding cafeterias. In this time he learned that there were more than a single type of Masked people! The most important one of the group being the supply Masks as he opted to called them. They were non hostile and their only objective seem to be refilling whatever fridges they come across. For what reason Yoshikage didn't know because as far as he was concerned he was the only person here! Either way using this new found knowledge he had managed to set up a home for himself and thus started his new life in this world. For the past couple of weeks his routine has consisted of getting up, eating breakfast, going hunting, sleep and repeat.
While it was a bit boring compared to what he was used to this was made up for in the fact the Masked has females in their ranks! And so from there onwards Yoshikage felt as he was in Heaven! With no pesky teenagers with weird hairdos to worry about and an endless amount of hands he felt as life couldn't get any better! Ok, well it could if the TVs here worked, but atlas.
Things had gone pretty well up until recently. He had encountered a problem during one of his weekly hunting trips. He ran into a particular Masked individual dressed as well as he was and wielding a sniper rifle. This was the first Masked he had encountered armed with a gun! While this normally wouldn't have been a problem as [Killer Queen]'s speed would have been enough to block bullets, the problem was this "Sniper Mask" was simply too far away! There was nothing he could do to kill him! This problem didn't just persist during the day but at night as well! He couldn't possibly keep guarding himself while asleep! And so for the past few days he had been constantly harassed by this damned Sniper!
It had gotten to the point he was forced to move in an attempt to lose him! You maybe asking why Yoshikage didn't simply get rid of him? He tried! The Sniper Mask seemed to have known what he was capable of and avoided head on confrontation at all costs! Yoshikage reasoned that for him to have known this he must have been spying on him for a while now! And thus with a no other choice and a heavy heart the serial killer chose to abandon his current home for another. After days of hard work trying his best to lose the Sniper he thought he had finally done it and decided to celebrate his success by getting a new girlfriend! Things all went according to plan until the finally moment where he ended his prey!
*Thud!*
"Hmm?"
Yoshikage Kira's eyes sharpened. There was someone behind him! After deliberating for a moment on what to do he called forth his Stand just in case, he then called out!
"Come out. No use in hiding! I know you're there!"
After a minute of absolutely silence the figure behind that corner walked out. What immediately stood out to the serial killer wasn't the way he dressed, no. He had seen weirder during his stay in this cityscape. What truly stood out was the fact he was unmasked! This was his first encounter with another actual human! "Another person? I thought I was the only one?" Yoshikage said to himself in confusion. Whatever the case was this person had seen him do the deed and he wasn't exactly one for leaving witnesses, Masked or not! While it wasn't a big deal if someone saw him or not in this world, some habits died hard! This man had to go!
As he readied himself to end this man the pink hair stranger suddenly spoke up!
"Wait! I.. don't mean you harm!"
POV: Diavolo
The Mafioso had to squeeze out those words. When was the last time he said something like that of his own free will? Not since his teenage years he reckoned! As for why the ruthless shadow Boss of Italy was doing this? Well, he thought it would be better to try a different approach for once! Normally he would have marched straight at the man and fought him on the spot! But not this time! He had learned his lesson and will not act hastily again! If this man is anything like Jotaro then he probably has no idea why he was inside of [Gold Experience Requiem]!
He could offer him a partnership! They didn't necessarily have to fight! They can get out of this together! So what if he saw his face? He'll just deal with it later once he has escaped this accursed Requiem! This was Diavolo's thought process. Shame it would have worked too had it been on any other person who wasn't as sick as he was.
Kira stared Diavolo in the eyes for a few seconds before opening his mouth.
"I'm sorry but I'm not interested in whether you plan to harm me or not" Kira said calmly with absolutely no emotion in his voice. His eyes looking at Diavolo as if he's already a dead man.
He raised his right finger to his temple and his left palm facing the roof "You see I'm a simple man who wishes to live a quiet life minding my own business, my routine, but unfortunately, you have disrupted my routine, you didn't keep your nose out of my business and saw something you shouldn't have and because of that you must not be allowed to leave here alive. It's nothing personal, I'm just not in the habit of leaving problems that would cost me sleep at night"
And with that, before Diavolo could say anymore, [Killer Queen] charges forward with a secession of rapid punches! Reacting quickly Diavolo summons [King Crimson] who blocks all the punches as fast as he could! Surprisingly it wasn't as hard as he thought it would be! 'I guess my body was still prepared to be fighting [Star Platinum] instead of someone weaker!' He was right. He had yet to recover from his latest Stand battle and was still on edge. He was overprepared for an under qualified opponent! But that didn't mean he was going to underestimate [Killer Queen]!
Just because this Stand was physically weaker than his own didn't mean its ability was too! Having finally been fed up with defending against [Killer Queen]'s punches [King Crimson] counters with a right hook! The punch was powerful enough to knock [Killer Queen] back to its User! Kira spits out some blood from the damaged he just received and stumbles back! He quickly grabs the wall for support in order to avoid falling!
"Are you quite done now or most I show you your place before you're ready to talk?" Diavolo asked with a clear poison in his voice. He was visibly pissed off! Why wouldn't he be? He had offered him a olive branch but instead of taking it or at the very least politely refusing it he had snapped off the branch and attempted to burn down the tree! He felt insulted! How dare he treat his kindness in such a way!? Yet dispite how pissed he was he still wanted to give him another chance! He wanted, no! NEEDED to get out of here! He's ready proven he couldn't do it himself! And as awful as it sounded he NEEDED HELP. That's why he was restraining himself from simply ending this fool all in hopes of getting out of here!
*Tsk!* "Another power type huh?" Kira spat. His neatly combed hair now a mess "It's like Josuke all over again!" He cursed under his breath. Luckily this time he had come prepared! Quickly reaching into his jacket pocket Kira pulled out a small rock and throws it to the right of Diavolo as hard as he can! Diavolo looked confused. Did he miss? No he couldn't have! Not at this distance! 'Then that means he must have missed on purpose!' Realizing this Diavolo instinctively ordered [King Crimson] to cover him! He has no idea what the pebble could do but he wasn't going to risk it! At the same time he gave the order to [King Crimson] he heard an audible *Click!*
*KA-BOOOM!*
Diavolo had been sent flying through a window to the left of the hallway!
Author's notes:
Well would you look at that? I actually got another chapter out this quick! Guess I'm just filled with inspiration today huh? Anyways in case of you normies out there who dont understand, this fight takes place in the Anime/Manga 'High Rise Invasion'!
Next chapter will feature new abilities/techniques by our favorite sexy blond hand enthusiast! Perhaps this battle might even turn into a three way once the mysterious stalker shows himself! Either way stay tuned for next chapter!
Starscream out!
