the first half is just a retelling of episode 10

1938 - somewhere in Mexico

General Perspective

In the middle of the desert, a lone figure was standing beside a plane, he was Robert Speedwagon, CEO of the Speedwagon Foundation, an environmental research company, he was waiting for a certain group of individuals to meet him.

He saw in the distance a trio of hamon users that he was waiting for, the group approached him.

" It's good to see you again Speedwagon, I understand you're an american oil tycoon now ". the leader of the group spoke.

The man was elderly, had grey hair, wore a red cloak and had a ponytail.

" That's a bit exaggerated, you look as young as ever Straizo, it's hard to believe we're the same age… "

Both Straizo and Speedwagon were in their 70's, but because of Straizo's hamon training, his body aged less than a normal human.

Speedwagon took off his hat and rested it on his chest, " hamon energy is life energy right? I envy you ".

He motioned towards the plane.

They all entered the plane, it shook as the engine started.

The trip took a while, but then they finally came to their destination, an ancient Aztec temple…

The entire area was surrounded by the jungle, vines and trees scattered around the tomb.

The main area of the place was shaped like a pyramid, the entrance had two vine covered pillars besides it, strange engravings were all over the walls.

The group entered the temple, followed by Speedwagon's expedition team.

Going deeper into the temple, the rooms were filled with pictures on the walls.

" According to the expedition team, the layout of this temple seems to... change by itself every day, so it's impossible to map, and we still don't know what's causing this, " Speedwagon explained, Straizo stayed silent.

The group entered the final room, it was an enormous pathway, after crossing through it, they finally found what Speedwagon wanted them to see.

" I tell you Straizo, once you lay your eyes on this, I believe… no, I'm certain that you will feel a chill, it's frightful enough to make even your disciplined hairs on end "

One of the expedition members shined a light on one of the engravings, showing a man getting decapitated by a beam of sunlight.

" I find it even worse than the terror we faced 50 years ago when we fought Dio ".

Straizo gasped, " I can't believe how large this space is! " the room went on for what seemed like hundreds of meters.

Several stone pillars were extending up to the roof, before leading up to a giant pillar in the center of the room.

" and THIS is the reason we came here " Speedwagon shined a light on the center pillar.

Straizo was awestruck, " what! It can't be! "

Several stone masks were attached to the giant pillar, the stone masks were known for turning people into vampires.

" A stone mask! And there are so many of them! " Straizo recoiled back from shock.

The expedition members all shined their lights on the middle of the pillar.

The hamon users gasped, in the middle of the pillar, was a stone carving of a man, he was clad in gladiator armor, and his hair was flowing upwards towards the ceiling.

" what is this? Straizo stepped forward " who is that a carving of on that pillar? ".

Speedwagon stepped forward with him, " that not a carving… he has amino acids, proteins and cells, and though it's faint... he has body heat and a pulse ".

Speedwagon pointed at the stone person, " we are looking at a living man! ".

" hmm " Strazio stood there.

" Straizo, understand, who he is, how long he's been there, how he got there in the first place, what the masks are for, none of that matters! We are here for one purpose only… ".

Speedwagon clenched his fists, " I brought you because of your hamon ability, so you can use it to utterly destroy him while he slumbers in his stone! ".

Straizo turned to face Speedwagon, " and Joseph Joestar? ".

Speedwagon was confused, " w-what? ".

" Joseph Joestar, how is he doing? I hear he has hamon proficiency and has saved your life once… "

" w-why bring up Jojo now? "

" As I recall he was but 13 years of age at the time ", Straizo turned his head towards the ceiling, " yes… quite young ".

Straizo continued, " your plane was hijacked by criminals who wanted to hold you for ransom… young Joseph lost his composure and used his hamon ability to knock out the pilot, he then had you carry the pilot and all three of you jumped out of the plane, leaving the ransomers to crash ".

Speedwagon looked down, " he may have his grandfather's face, but he's far from being a gentleman… yes, that was the day I discovered he could use hamon ".

Straizo walked in front of the expedition team and his disciples, " so, young Jojo inherited his hamon ability from his grandfather Jonathan? "

" yes, but why are you speaking of him now? ".

Straizo turned his back on the hamon users and expeditioners, suddenly they all collapsed to the ground spewing blood everywhere!

" what the hell?! " Speedwagon jumped back.

" I just took the lives of all these men, and when you lose your life, Jonathan's grandson will know grief, anger and hate. He will develop a tremendous hatred for me… "

Speedwagon stumbled away from Straizo, " NO! STRAIZO! ".

CRACK!

Straizo struck Speedwagon in the head, causing him to fly several feet backwards, his head started bleeding heavily.

Straizo towered over his limp body, before walking over to the pillar and grabbing a stone mask.

" S-Straizo… have you lost your senses? " groaned the dying Speedwagon.

Straizo looked over at Speedwagon, " I haven't, in fact, my thinking is extremely clear, I chose hamon to forge my body into something pure and strong, but as I trained, the ageing of my flesh became… painfully clear ".

He gazed at the stone mask in his hand, " hamon only provides a small advantage over ordinary people, it cannot guard against the process of aging, in the battle we fought so many years ago I secretly admired Dio ".

He crossed his arms , " He was powerful, he was beautiful… he was immortal ".

He brought the mask closer to his face, " I coveted the power granted the stone mask, I didn't care who got in the way… ".

Speedwagon grunted, " y-you're a twisted traitor Straizo… ".

Straizo put on the stone mask, " your blood will now bring me immortality, with you gone the only ones to know of the mask will be Joseph and Erina, and once I have disposed of them I shall learn more of the mask then Dio ever could! "

" N-no don't do it…"

Straizo placed his hands in the puddle of blood made by the dead hamon users and expeditioners and wiped it all over the stone mask on his face.

" the knowledge you are seeking could have terrible consequences! "

Spikes came out of the sides of the mask and stabbed the back of Straizos head, he grunted as it drew blood.

The mask started beaming with blue and red light, Straizo screamed as the mask lit up the entire room.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

" Jo...jo… Eri...na " Speedwagon fainted from the blood loss.

January 18, 2020 - Beyond the outskirts of Pecha Town

Straizo was meditating in the darkness of a cave, the vampire-turned Lucario sighed as he remembered how he got his powers.

He didn't know how he got here, he didn't know how he was turned into this strange creature, all he knew was that he had a second chance at eliminating Jojo.

Once the only hamon user in the area was dealt with, he would have all the time in the world to explore his powers.

His aura tendrils were glowing neon blue, he was also interested in this strange ability as well, it seemed like only Riolus and Lucarios could sense it.

He got up and peered around the room, " Bruford… It's time you make yourself useful ".

An aegislash appeared behind Straizo, this aegislash was different from the rest, it's shield was thrown away., the purple cloth like hands were drained of color, and its sword was thinner, it looked more like a sword a knight would use, the sword also had "luck" engraved on the handle.

" The descendant of Jonathan Joestar lives in this town, you are to kill him… "

Straizo thought that having Bruford fight Jojo will allow him to Judge how powerful Joseph's hamon ability is as a Riolu.

Bruford grunted, Straizo sat back down, " you will wait until sunset to fight him… ".

Somewhere else

Lucario's Perspective

I slowly opened my eyes and found myself in a hospital room, I looked down at my body and saw bandages wrapped around my torso, there was also a bandage on my head.

I laid there on the hospital bed for a few minutes, contemplating on what happened last night.

A Sylveon nurse walked towards me with an iv bag, I glanced to my right and saw a stand with an empty iv bag hanging on it, the tube on it was connected to my arm.

The Sylveon replaced the iv bags and glanced at me, she noticed I was awake and smiled at me, " you've been out cold for several hours, it's a good thing those kids found you or else you would have bled out ".

I stayed quiet and stared at the ceiling, the Sylveon walked away.

About 6 hours passed, I sensed someone's aura approaching me, I looked towards the entrance to the room and saw Jojo and his friends come through.

Jojo came towards me and smiled, he was wearing a green raincoat, one of his friends, a Snivy, sat on one of the chairs.

His other friend was Evie, I had to pull her out of several mystery dungeons before so we were well acquainted.

Wait … these two I met in Mt Cyrus, the Snivy's name was Raymond.

" you ok? " the small fox asked me.

" yeah, I'm alright " I smiled at the Eevee.

Jojo placed his paw on my arm, " you're going to tell me what happened last night " he said with a stoic expression.

I chuckled, " alright ".

The Sylveon entered the room again carrying a clipboard, " the doctors said that you have fully recovered, you can leave now ", she said cheerfully.

Jojo was surprised, " already!? But she fell off a building! ".

Sylveon smiled, " we've treated worse ".

I slowly got out of the hospital bed, my legs started wobbling when they touched the floor, I held on to a nearby table for support, the Sylveon removed my iv bag and we left the hospital.

We approached the entrance to my house, " do you still have amnesia? " I asked Jojo.

He sighed, " still do… but bits of it come back to me occasionally"

" I know a way to get some parts of it back " I suggested, all three of the small pokemon gazed at me.

Jojo's face beamed, " really?! ".

I opened the door to my house, " yeah, but first we need to talk about something ".

Jojo and his friends followed me in, I stopped when they tried to come in, " sorry, but me and Jojo have to be the only people in the area for this to work efficiently, you can just go home ".

The two pokemon nodded and walked away, Jojo watched as they disappeared over the horizon, I motioned for him to come in.

We both walked into the living room, I closed the curtains and sat on the sofa.

" so, did you figure out what these things were? " I pointed towards one of my aura tendrils.

" nope, what are they? " He brushed one of his tendrils away from his face.

" these things are called ' aura tendrils ', they can be used to detect other people's presence and allow you to manipulate auras ".

" what are au- "

I put my palm up, " in the simplest definition I can think of, the aura is the energy that holds everything together, Lucarios and Riolus can manipulate the aura and weaponize it, of course, they can do other things, like memory probing ".

He paused, trying to comprehend what I just said, " y-you're going to probe my memory? ".

I gave a reassuring smile, " yeah, are you okay with that? ".

He stayed silent, before speaking up, " do it… ".

I got up from the couch and closed my eyes, all four of my aura tendrils started levitating and glowing neon blue, I opened my eyes.

From my perspective, the room I was in disappeared, the floor was now made out of plain wood panels, and everything that surrounded us before was gone, the walls were gone too, leaving us in what looked like an endless void.

The only light source now were small light-bulbs hanging from the ' ceiling ' of the void.

This is what I called " focus mode ", I manipulated my aura so that I would only perceive my target, my target right now being Jojo.

I walked towards him, my right arm started glowing bright blue, I placed it on his forehead.

His two aura tendrils started levitating too, his eyes turned blue as I probed his mind.

It took a lot of concentration, but I was finally able to get in.

A wave of different emotions and thoughts hit me, soon enough, I was able to hear some sentences that he heard before.

" what! You'll kindly let animals like him do their grazing in here!? ", anger

" It seems Mr. Speedwagon has been murdered ", Disbelief.

" Jojo… as you can see I'm back from hell " surprise.

" I guess you won't ever understand the concept of family honor and inheriting a battle like this... " frustration

" Let me be the first to welcome you… into oblivion! " Defeat

" CAAAAEEEEESSSSAAAAAAR! ", grief... I jerked my hand away from him, that one was too intense for me.

The void around us disappeared and we were back in the living room.

I glanced at my paw, the blue glow around it faded away, I turned my head towards Jojo, who was looking down at the ground.

" Jojo? " I knelt down and put one of my paws on his shoulder, we both stayed silent, I saw a teardrop fall from his face onto the carpet.

" Oh no… I took it too far " I thought to myself, " Jojo… " I moved his head upwards with one of my fingers on his chin.

He was crying hard, tears were streaming down his face, I couldn't think of anything to say so I just looked him in the eyes for several seconds.

His aura was just screaming " hurt ", I felt really bad, so I hugged him, it was the only thing I thought that could calm him down.

We both hugged for a while, my shoulder was getting wet from his tears.

His aura eventually got less intense, he gently pushed himself away from me and wiped his face.

He gave a forced smile at me, " sorry, that was just too much for me… ", he said in his normal tone of voice.

I smiled back, " I'll try not to do that again… ".

He looked behind him, " I just need some time alone right now… ".

I got up, " the guest room is all yours " I rubbed the bandages on my chest.

He walked away from me and went up the stairs to the room.

I stood there silently for a while, before remembering what Straizo said, I have to tell him soon.

Chapter 8 End