It was a fiery pit in the middle of the arena. RWBY were awestrucked at the beautiful battlefield the two gladiators will fight.
Kars: The first round of the battle for the Red Stone, JoJo against Wamuu! Will start as soon as the moon emerged from the clouds!
Kars pointed up as the clouds covered the moon.
Vampires: YAAAAAAAAH! WAMUU! WAMUU! WAMUU! WAMUU!
Joseph: Shut the hell up! I get it! It's not my home court, big deal!
Wamuu: JoJo. Just so you know, this is no ordinary race. This is a battle. The Pillars you see along the track hold weapons you can use against me. The course is 960 meters long, these fine steeds can do a lap in a minute. The first weapon is going to be, a two handed warhammer.
"That's quite fast. Those vampires weren't kidding about the horsepower thing." Weiss mumbled.
Joseph went in to deep thought. He knows this is going to be a tough fight. Joseph has to get the hammer first, if it went to Wamuu's hands, it'll be an early death.
Wamuu: I expect a splendid battle from you, JoJo.
Joseph: You can bet on that, Wamuu. My resolve burns hotter than hell itself!
Y: Get ready to regret sparing him!
The moon was deep with the clouds, but much to Lisa Lisa's concern, her son went down from his chariot and adjusted his wheels.
LL: JoJo! What are you doing?!
B: What is HE doing?
R: Oh come on, Blake. Knowing Joseph, it's probably a scheme.
Joseph: Relax! I'm just ensuring a quick start. Oh, Wamuu! It doesn't look too cool down there, you might wanna check it out?
But Wamuu ignored him as the undead stared at the moon.
LL: JoJo! Hurry!
B: He better hurry up.
Joseph got back on as the music reached it's climax. The moon finally emerges...
Kars: STAAAAAAAART!
R: YEAAAHH!
The race starts as the two whipped their steeds loudly.
Joseph: OOAAH!
Wamuu: HAAAH!
Joseph went on and left Wamuu as his chariot halted immediately. Overdrive kicks in. The vampires gasped along with Kars.
Kars: What did just happen?!
Vampires: L-Lord Wamuu's wheels are stuck! It's full of pebbles!
Wamuu: JoJo did this! He did this while we were staring at the moon!
LL: Heh. Just as I expected.
Vampires: You fucking cheater! Go die!
Joseph: Oh fuck ya! I don't mess around when it comes to survival! When your life is on the line, THERE ARE NO RULES! Beep beep!
Wamuu lets out a roar and whipped harder, forcing his vampiric horses to power through and free the wheels.
Joseph: W-Wamuu is chasing me at unbelievable speeds. But I'm thirty meters ahead and these fellas don't run out of breath. I think I'm gonna get the weapon first.
Kars: With Wamuu holding the reins, it's gonna be difficult for him to use the Divine Sandstorm. I see, so the hammer goes to that little schmuck.
Y: So the game plan is to gain some distance, atleast this means Wamuu can't spam those mini tornadoes.
W: But that's not a guaranteed win.
Joseph: Here I cooooome! You're coming with me, Hammer-chan!
Joseph grabbed the hammer.
He sped by the column and grabbed the hammer with a clang noise, and he smirked as he held it in one hand, controlling the horses with the other.
Joseph: Gotcha! Uh… I'm going faster than I thought!
RWBY: No! The hammer!
He looked back in panic, unable to hold the weapon as it began slipping out of his grip.
Joseph: No!
R: It'll all be for nothing!
W: Hold on!
Lisa Lisa: JoJo!
The hammer fell from his hand, but the hook that the vampires had used to hang it from the column got caught on his ring before it could tumble from his chariot.
The team lets out a sigh of relief.
Joseph: Oh fuck! It got caught on my ring! B-But now this fight is in the bag! Wamuu, you unfortunate bastard. Luck's on my side tonight!
He twirled the hammer so it would land in both his hands, and grinned down at it even as he held the reins in one of his hands.
Y: He is so goddamn cute!
B: Atleast he had an advantage now.
Y: Yeah, he's cuter~
Wammu stared ahead from behind Joseph, calm despite Joseph having grabbed the weapon.
Wammu: You can have the hammer. That was my plan from the beginning.
The team gulped at the ominous message.
A grin settled onto the warrior's face, and the camera cut to Kars' and Lisa Lisa's booth. Kars chuckled as he watched the race in the arena.
Kars: Wamuu has some sort of plan. He is not the type to allow himself to be left behind. Now let's see what you can do, the genius of the battlefield!
Back down inside the arena Joseph spread some oil along the shaft of the hammer with a squelching noise, before lighting it up with Hamon as his theme played. He twirled the weapon in his hand and let it land on his shoulder, cockily grinning back at Wammu.
Joseph: A little oil and some Hamon! All lubed up and ready to penetrate. Bring it on, Wammu!
Y: A... Ah...
R: Yang?
The view backed up to show both chariots, and Wammu slowing down slightly, before switching to Lisa Lisa and Kars.
Lisa Lisa: Wammu slowed down.
Kars: This is a fight to the death, not a race. The proper usage of your weapons and your horses is the key.
Down below, Joseph had a wide, handsome grin on as he smiled towards the camera.
Y: He should keep smiling like that, it suits him!
B: I think he is in trouble.
W: I concur. Wamuu has a plan.
Joseph: Okay! Now I'll just move in and whack him with my hammer, and it'll all be over.
Lisa Lisa: JoJo, no! You can't slow down now!
As Joseph's chariot began slowing and closing in on Wammu, Wammu stared ahead with an expression of assured victory.
Wammu: You have the hammer, so I'll grab something else!
R: What else..?
Wammu began winding up, and as the pillar that held the hammer minutes earlier closed in, he threw his arm out and demolished it, snapping it in two like it was a simple stick in the park.
The team's jaw dropped. They forgot that he had super strength.
Joseph apparently didn't hear any of this, as he had his eyes closed and was still smiling as he chuckled to himself.
W: Joseph! You didn't hear ANY of that?!
B: Oh come on...
Joseph: So, Wammu, are you ready to get slammed by this thing?!
Bow chika bow wow.
Joseph turned, only to yell in shock and almost drop his hammer at the sight of Wammu holding up the massive pillar easily with both arms. There was even the vampire that had put the hammer on the hook earlier still clinging to the top.
R: Oh boy...
Y: Noooo, he is screwed again and I'm still not the one who's screwing him!
The vampires in the stands all began laughing and pointing uproariously.
Vampire: He was so happy with his hammer, but now look at his face!
Joseph: H-He sure had a bigger idea.
Lisa Lisa: No! Speed up and get away, JoJo!
RWBY: RUN AWAY! RUUUUN!
As Joseph made to do so, Wammu finally attacked.
Wammu: Too late!
He swung the pillar down at Joseph's chariot hard, the vampire still clinging to it screaming. The chariot was destroyed in one blow as Joseph managed to leap from it in time still holding the hammer, and the vampire was crushed under the pillar in a shower of blood.
R: NO!
W: His chariot was destroyed! How is he going to fight back?!
B: This is not looking good.
Y: Not good at all...
Wammu: Now you have abandoned your chariot!
Joseph bounced along the ground hard,
Joaeph: UWAAAARGHH!
As his hammer slamming down near him with several clangs as he landed face down. Up above Lisa LIsa looked on sweating and Kars just smirked, the vampires all around them cheering.
Kars: He fell? I guess the fight ends early.
R: JOJO!
W: GET UP, JOSEPH!
B: AH! THE HORSES!
Y: DON'T DIE ON ME!
The team yelled for him to get up. The Joestar seemingly heard their screams, regained his snese.
Joseph began getting up as Wammu's horses closed in, slobbering as they thundered across the ground.
Wammu: What will our cunning JoJo do next?
Joseph stumbled to his feet, visibly wobbling and holding his face in pain, grimacing.
Y: BABY, WATCH OUT!
R: Get away, get away, get away!
B: Holy Diver!
Lisa Lisa: JoJo!
The camera focused on Wammu as he exuded a determined aura, the screen dark and the background colored in light reds and blues.
Wammu: I give a 90% chance he'll be crushed by my vampire horses. There's a 5% chance he'll break left… and a 5% chance he'll go right. Now what will our valiant warrior would do?
Joseph was still stumbling, and mumbling to himself. He suddenly began looking around in a panic, even as the horses were only feet away.
Joseph: M-My hammer… Where's my hammer-chan?!
Vampire: His hammer? Did he hit his head?
Y: His hammer?!
W: Is he gonna smash the horses?!
B: I guess! I can't think of anything he can do to avoid this!
Vampire: A hammer won't save you now!
Lisa Lisa: He mustn't dodge… If he does, Wammu will stop and finish him with a Divine Sandstorm!
As she spoke, an image of Wammu descending on Joseph while his arms twisted with his ultimate move as the colors inverted flashed across her mind.
Narrator: But JoJo ran straight at Wammu's horses!
RWBY: OH?!
As the narrator spoke, Joseph found his hammer and grasped it, before sprinting straight towards Wammu's rampaging horses, and the vampires around the arena yelled in confusion. Kars began sweating, unable to think of what Joseph is planning to do, while Lisa Lisa did a cute fist pump.
Lisa Lisa: Yes, JoJo! Quick thinking! That'll work!
Y: What's he gonna- ooooohhhh look at thoseuscles at work!
The rest of the team smiled. Joseph never cesse to surprise them.
Joseph roared and wound up, before slamming his hammer down on the metal bar between both horses sending sparks flying. Similar to how the team leader does a vertical downward slash with her scythe.
B: R-Ruby!
R: AAAAAHHH! HE IS SWINGING IT LIKE IT'S CRESCENT ROSE!
Vampire: He struck the harness between the horses!
Narrator: The horses ran on, and JoJo used the hammer to send himself skyward!
As the narrator explained, the momentum launched Joseph upwards in an impressive display of animation, where he glared with a determined expression, with a cocky smile to boot. Making Yang squeal while Wammu looked on in shock. Kars glared down at the battle, while several vampires behind him gasped in shock.
Vampire: U-Unbelievable!
Vampire: The hammer's length kept him from being kicked!
Joseph: IN YA FAAAAACE! And now to give you a good whack!
The Joestar landed on his ass, on the back of one of the horses with a massive grin. He shot up to his feet and let the hammer rest on his shoulder, as he was bounced up and down from the gait of the horses. He then gasped, and the camera turned to show that Wammu had disappeared from his chariot.
Joseph: He's gone! Where'd he go?!
W: W-Where is he now?!
Blake gasped.
B: He might have..! He did what Santana did!
Kars: Wammu is always a step ahead of JoJo.
Below Joseph, Wammu's hand slowly extracted itself from inside the horse he hid in, just like Jack the Ripper.
B: He freaking did!
R: I'm freaking out!
Although he didn't rip the horse apart as he did so, and several strands of… some gooey substance clung to his skin. He grasped Joseph's ankle, and Joseph looked down in panic.
Y: He's got him!
W: Lose the boot, LOSE THE BOOT!
Joseph: R-Right! These guys can hide inside others!
Wammu clenched his fist, crumbling Joseph's boot as he jumped out of it to avoid having his ankle crushed, and the vampires all cheered. Joseph gave off a laugh as he leaped away, grinning.
Joseph: That was fucking close!
Y: OAAAAHHH!
As he landed on the other horse, the vampires around the arena could see Wammu still gripping Joseph's boot.
R: YEEEEAAAH!
B: Oh he's not wearing any socks!
Vampire: His boot!
Vampire: It saved him!
Vampire: If he wore a different kind of shoe…
Kars scoffed, and Joseph laughed again, pointing at Wammu's horse.
Joseph: Luck's on my side! This hammer got caught on my ring, Luck is part of being effective! Now look at yourself! Your own power has trapped you inside that horse! I believe it's checkmate!
The team however, knew that it would be too easy to be true.
As Wammu clenched his hand, Joseph once again let Hamon flow across his hammer before grasping it in both hands. He leaped high into the air, before swinging down to destroy both the Pillar Man and his vampire horse.
Joseph: Here's Hamon for you and your fucking horse, Wammu!
B: Wait- don't do it!
W: Wamuu has a counter doesn't he?
Y: Well, he wasn't holding the rei- OH GOD NO!
Kars: The fool, he doesn't see!
Lisa Lisa: Look out, JoJo! Stay away from Wammu!
In one swift movement, Wammu leaped from his horse. Joseph gasped, and suddenly Wammu was in Joseph's face, both arms ready to blast him away.
RWBY: NOT AGAIN!
Kars: Inside there, Wammu's hands are free, and speed and shaking are no issue. That means…
Lisa Lisa: Nobody has survived a direct hit! Caesar didn't!
Wammu's eyes suddenly began glowing red, and a green aura surrounded his body as the wind picked up.
Wammu: You fell for it fool! Wind Mode: Divine Sandstorm!
Joseph: OH FOR FUCK'S-
Wammu's fists began spinning, before two whirlwinds surrounded them and blasted Joseph high into the air. He was visibly battered and cut up from the attack that went on for several seconds, and when it finally ended, two large spurts of blood erupted from his body.
Y: JOJOOOOOOOOOOOO! AAAAAAAAHHHH!
B: IT WAS POINT BLANK, JOSEPH WAS AT THE PERFECT RANGE!
W: The distance he got hit on has the maximum power exerted! Not too close but not too far either!
R: No..!
He flew back through the air, and landed hard on his own chariot like a sack of shit, that had been heavily damaged from Wammu's earlier pillar attack.
The vampires all began cheering, and Lisa Lisa gasped as she took a step back. Kars simply smiled and fell to the floor to sit cross legged, before snapping his fingers. A vampire came forward and handed him a glass before pouring wine into it. Why Kars liked wine, no one would ever know. Or maybe it was blood, I don't fucking know anymore.
RWBY was silent. They clenched their fists.
Kars: Even with just half a lap around the arena, it was a fight full of twists, eh? BUT in the end, Wammu was the better thinker, and the better fighter.
R: No! I refuse to believe it's over! Show us Joseph's body!
Kars took a sip from his glass, before glancing towards Lisa Lisa.
Kars: Next up is the battle between you and me. To be honest, I don't prefer fighting women. Wammu dislikes it even more. Even so, all Hamon-users must be exterminated.
Kars held up a small silver capsule the size of his finger, before tossing it towards Lisa Lisa where it bounced against her red high heel. The team raised their respective eyebrows in confusion.
Kars: Drink that for a painless death.
B: Wha-
Lisa Lisa: You seem to be mistaken. JoJo and Wammu aren't done fighting.
RWY: I KNEW IT!
She glanced towards Kars with a smirk, light glancing off the side of her glasses, while Kars looked at her in confusion. One of the vampires ran forward and pointed towards the arena in shock.
Vampire: L-Lord Kars, look over there!
The glass that Kars held fell to the ground and shattered, sending wine splattering across the rock as the Pillar Man stood up.
R: WHAT, WHAT DID HE SAW?!
Y: *terrifying excited Yang noises*
Kars: NANIIIII?
Vampire: Lord Wammu's arms look like they're about to fall off!
Down below, Wammu was still riding in the chariot, but his forearms and biceps were only connected by stands of gooey, melting yellow flesh. They flopped around, looking like they could fall off at any moment, while Wammu stared at the sky while sweating in shock.
The team's mouth opened.
"HE LOOKS KINKY!" Yang yelled. "More importantly, damaged! What in the world did Joseph do?!" Weiss screamed.
Wammu: M-Madness… How did that happen?
Kars: W-Wammu! What happened to him?!
Vampire: It's JoJo! He survived! He's up!
Vampire: He's just fine! That lucky son of a bitch!
Lisa Lisa: ...
And it was true, down in his chariot Joseph sat up and groaned as he rubbed the back of his head, his entire body covered in bruises, yet somehow not dead. He grasped and shook his head with one hand, before chuckling and grinning, opening his eyes to stare cheekily at the camera.
Joseph: Oops, I did it again! I played with your heart, got lost in the game. Oh baby, baby...
R: WOOHOO!
B: I-I gotta say, this fight is my favorite so far...
W: It's... He's gifted.
Y: My JoJo~
Kars: That Divine Sandstorm hit him directly! H-How…?
Lisa Lisa: Directly? You should check your eyes, JoJo was cunning enough to make it look direct. He's an absolute genius of trickery, to the point that I don't know if I should praise him… Take a closer look at Wammu.
She lowered her sunglasses, revealing her strikingly blue eyes. The camera began closing in on Wammu's arms, before Kars gasped.
Kars: I-I see…
R: Yeeeeaaa- wait what did Joseph do exactly?
W: He jam his foot on Wamuu's palms?
B: No way, his foot will get shredded if he did that.
It flashed back to when Wammu erupted from the horse to strike at Joseph, but this time it was revealed that Joseph had used his foot to grab the reins and send Hamon through them, covering Wammu in the yellow electricity.
Y: Who even thinks of that shit?!
B: Joseph Joestar?
Kars: He wrapped Hamon-filled reins around Wammu's arms. Wammu's Divine Sandstorm was halted.
Joseph: Wammu was sticking his hand out of the horse. I knew he'd stick his other hand out to use his Divine Sandstorm. And I had the perfect counter! Wamuu! I'm NOT that innocent!
RWBY wordlessly applauded.
Joseph grinned as he gripped the reins of his chariot and closed in, while the vampires all gasped.
Joseph: Wamuu, I bet you never lost a fight before, have you? But that's because... YOU ONLY MET ME RECENTLYYYY!
Y: BADAAAAAASS!
Vampire: Look at Lord Wammu's face!
Vampire: He's sweaty and pale!
Vampire: Where is he looking? He looks high!
Vampire: W-What's he gonna do?! It's lap two! B-But Lord Wammu can't grab a weapon like that! Can Lord Wammu fight on?
Kars: It's no surprise… Wammu was struck with Hamon in the middle of his attack. The confidence he built over millennia has crumbled. The quiet intensity his victories gave him has vanished. It was surely a shock for him.
R: Wow, Joseph wasn't the only one who scarred him for the first time, he was also the first one who countered his Divine Sandstorm!
As Wammu kept staring at nothing, Kars just crossed his arms into an X.
Kars: But it matters not! Put out the next set of weapons!
His arms glowed with his light abilities, signalling the vampires to pull out the next set of weapons.
Vampire: Lord Kars gave the order!
Vampire: We must obey his command.
The two vampires nodded at each other, before doing a weird jog towards the arena, causing the team to chuckle.
Y: Pfft, these vampires are such weenies.
B: Right. I don't even classify them as vampires anymore.
W: They don't compare to Dio at all.
R: You said it.
They stood on the base of the destroyed pillar Wammu had picked up, the taller one holding the shorter one on his shoulders, with the shorter vampire holding two different crossbows.
Narrator: For the second lap, both warriors get crossbows! Each comes with two balls for ammo! The faster warrior chooses the large or small bow!
The camera panned up to show the approaching chariots, Joseph riding with his signature defiant grin, and Wammu with his gaze still dazed and unfocused, before cutting to intermission.
Y: HAHAHA- WHY DOES WAMUU LOOK LIKE HE WAS RETHINKING HIS LIFE CHOICES?
B: Probably because he is?
W: Still, I'm glad Joseph has it all under control.
However, Ruby wasn't so sure about the heiress' statement.
()()()()()
The show came back, focused on the two vampires, before cutting to Joseph's chariot slowly edging in front of Wammu's.
Joseph: S-So now there's two... What are tho- oh! Crossbows, a big one and a small one?
Back with Lisa Lisa and Kars, the Pillar Man sat down on the ground and smirked to himself.
Kars: Lisa Lisa, let me say what's on your mind. 'Wammu's mind is in no state to fight. So why is Kars deploying weapons with such confidence?' It makes you nervous, right? Here's why. It's because Wammu is a true warrior. He won't go down that easy.
B: I wonder what's he going to pull now?
Wammu was still staring at nothing as he was bounced up and down in his chariot before the narrator began narrating.
Narrator: Top athletes use a psychological technique called the 'switch comeback.' When pressured by shock, pressure, or fear, they can flip a mental switch and bring out their fighting spirit! In desperate situations, a ritual is needed.
Y: Oh! If that's true, I'd like to know some ways!
W: Hm, me too.
Narrator: This is Wammu's!
It focused on Wammu's hand, hanging limply, before it clenched into a fist. Wammu's head rolled forward and a determined expression crossed his face, before using both thumbs, he gouged out his eyes… luckily not on screen of course, but shown with a shower of blood.
The team screamed and flinched.
Y: GAAAH FUCK-
W: NEVERMIND!
Joseph looked back in shock, gasping.
Joseph: W-What the…?! What the fuck is he doing?!
Vampire: LORD WAMMU!
Vampire: Look at his eyes!
Agh, Kakyoin! It got his eyes!
Shit, wrong part…
Wammu's eyes were closed and leaking blood and he was grimacing, yet he gripped the reins hard and kept riding.
Vampires: He poked them out!
RWBY cringed at the grotesque way of activating that mental switch. "Who knew the switch was in our corneas..." Ruby gulped.
Wammu: I foolishly relied on my eyes because I could see. JoJo exploited my weakness.
B: That makes sense...
W: No it doesn't!
B: Sarcasm, Weiss.
As Lisa Lisa and Joseph watched, he stood up and leaped while lifting his head high. Out of his head came his familiar horn, which spun like a drill for a moment.
R: The horn! Santana and Esidisi had those too!
Y: Yeah I remember! That cave carving that showed their hierarchy, but I wonder what's the purpose of it?
He suddenly posed and showed off his muscular body as green energy swirled around him alongside sparkles of light. The girls blushed at the sight of his defined musculature but it doesn't faze them that much unlike before.
R: That was... Unneccessary
Wammu: I will use this horn to see wind instead of light! Now my senses are boundless.
He landed back in the chariot, and Kars smirked as he watched.
Kars: He flipped his switch by removing his eyes. Wammu is now psychologically invincible. Now he can sense the wind with his horn. He sees air better than light. Now, what will your runt do next?
Joseph: W-What was that all about? That won't psyche me out! I lost my bestfriend! And Esidsi was more terrifying than you! Your eyes are nothing compared to that!
Y: RIGHT! Ride on!
R: Next weapon station, here we go!
He snapped the reins, and sped towards the vampires holding the weapons.
Vampire: Which crossbow-
Vampire: -Will you take?
Joseph: Don't ask questions if you knew the answer!
He thundered past and snatched the larger of the two weapons, causing the vampires to stumble and he grinned.
Joseph: The big one, of course! I need the firepower to take that big fucker down!
For some reason, the vampires just snickered at his words, looking at each other. RWBY glared at the screen.
W: Now that doesn't look good.
Vampire: That one does have power.
Vampire: Yeah, lots of power!
They held out the smaller crossbow which Wammu easily grabbed as he sped past, showcasing how he could still see, before cutting to Joseph having trouble with his weapon. The drawstring wasn't being pulled back, even with his impressive strength.
Y: WHAT?!
B: They sabotaged it?
R: Those freaking-
W: No wait! These vampires aren't that smart to know what Joseph is going to pick, so I doubt it. If Wamuu did get the large crossbow and it was sabotaged, Kars will have them killed!
Joseph: N-No! I can't draw this fucking- S-So tight!
Y: Ahhhh! Joseph let me have you and you'll be saying that all night long!
RWB: STOP IT.
The vampires atop the broken pillar laughed.
Vampire: You got greedy! Even a normal crossbow takes a lot of strength to draw!
Vampire: You got greedy! So greed got you back!
W: See?! They didn't touched it!
B: Joseph did got greedy...
Wammu meanwhile was still behind Joseph, however he was able to pull back on his crossbow with ease, before grabbing an iron ball and loading it. He lifted it up, aiming with his horn.
Wammu: I'll use the first ball to get a picture.
R: So Wamuu is still blind after all...
Y: Yeah.
He fired, and Joseph yelped as the ball whizzed past him and luckily missed.
Joseph: AH! HOLY-
Unluckily, it slammed into the head of one of his horses, completely obliterating it in a shower of blood and gore.
RWBY: OHHH!
The body fell down dead, and Joseph had to leap onto the back of his second horse as Wammu's chariot swerved around the bloody body, and he reloaded.
Wammu: Now I see the range. The next shot won't miss.
B: If... If it had that power to decimate a vampire horse, it'll go through Joseph for sure!
W: Ughh! He should have picked the smaller one!
Joseph, thinking: Damn. How can I shoot back?
Vampire: Lord Wammu, blow him to smithereens!
Vampire: Let us feed on whatever remains!
Joseph managed to slowly pull back on the drawstring, but before it could stick in place it snapped back, hurting his fingers. He winced, looking back at Wammu as he held the reins in his mouth. He suddenly commanded his horse forward, and since his horse wasn't pulling a chariot, he was able to pull ahead further.
Y: That's it, Joseph! Keep your distance!
W: Try going on his blindspot!
R: Weiss, how? He is already blind...
Wammu's crossbow sights followed him as Joseph circled around the arena, before he was on the complete opposite side, hidden by the roaring flames. Wammu grimaced, and Joseph grinned around the reins in his mouth.
Weiss smacked the back of Ruby's head.
W: That's how.
R: Hehe... Ow.
Joseph: J-Just as I thought. The wind stirred up by the fire makes it hard for him to see. This is the spot!
Kars: He's underestimating Wammu.
Y: And you're underestimating Joseph!
Wammu growled and lifted his crossbow, but instead aimed it at the arena wall beside him. It baffled the team but before they can ask, one of the vampires did.
Vampire: H-Hey, what's Lord Wammu doing?
Vampire: He's turned away from the flame!
He fired, causing the vampires to yelp and duck back as the ball slammed into the wall, but instead of bouncing off and slamming into the ground, it began following the curve of the arena wall with a screech of metal on stone.
RWBY: WHAT?!
Kars: JoJo is staying opposite Wammu and near the flame. He's giving away his position!
R: That is stupid!
W: Absurd indeed!
B: What even is this show?
As Kars thought an image of the arena appeared behind his head, showing Joseph near to the flames and ahead of Wammu, before it zoomed out to the show the circular arena. Lisa Lisa's face replaced his as she figured out what Wammu was doing.
Lisa Lisa: He's banking his shot like a billiard ball!
Y: BULLSHIT.
R: BUT I BELIEVE IT!
The ball continued spinning along the wall as if it were powered by the Infinite Spin, before clanging off the wall and shooting directly towards Joseph. Joseph turned as it blazed towards him, before it slammed into his side and dug into his flesh with a painful crunch noise but not piercing him perhaps due to its momentum being slowed from spinning along the wall.
RWBY: JOSEPH!
Joseph: WHAT?! He hit me from behind..!
He fell from his horse as blood spurt from his mouth, but as he crashed into the ground, his fingers pulled down hard and managed to cock the crossbow.
W: The monentum cocked it!
He rolled across the ground and winced, shivering against the floor as he grimaced, before lying still. The vampires went wild, cheering and roaring while Kars smirked and Lisa Lisa gasped.
Wammu: I was looking at the terrain as we circled. I wanted to find a wall I could use on you!
B: What are the odds of him hitting JoJo?!
He tossed away his crossbow as Joseph struggled on the ground, eyes wide and clearly in pain as he gripped his side.
Joseph, thinking: C-Can't breath! Fucker got my liver..!
Kars: It lost momentum, so it didn't pierce the skin. But he's spitting up blood, which means organ damage atleast. More than enough for Wamuu to finish him.
Joseph lay in the center of the stone pathway, and the camera zoomed out to show how small he was, while Wammu slowly closed in around the flame.
Kars: Finish him, Wammu! But JoJo is a sly one. Be on your guard!
Wammu: Has he set a trap?
Wammu's chariot and horses closed in, and Joseph continued to lay on the ground, the cocked crossbow next to him.
W: Don't fire just yet!
R: Wait for the right chance!
Y: Damn! And I thought he is gonna have an easier time against a blind guy.
Joseph, thinking: My crossbow cocked itself when it hit the ground. I can't let him know that!
He slowly reached out even as he winced from the pain, placing the metal ball into it. He glanced towards Wammu and frowned, still thinking.
Joseph, thinking: I can't kill him from this far. Closer. Come closer. Now!
Joseph suddenly sat up, grabbing his crossbow.
Wammu: He has!
RWBY: SHOOT! NOW!
Wammu began spinning his arms, starting a weak Divine Sandstorm, his arms were heavily damaged so it won't be much devastating but it had the power to blow the iron ball away, while Joseph roared and raised his weapon, preparing to fire. He had it aimed directly towards Wammu, before he winced, the screen turning red as he coughed up blood. He dropped the crossbow and fell back, causing it to launch its payload into the air, away from Wammu. Blake and Weiss gasped at the same time.
Y: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Wammu followed the ball with his horn, and the vampires around the arena began roaring with laughter as Kars chuckled.
R: IT'S NOT FUNNY!
Kars: Almost! Almost! His shot went wild, though. I should commend him for fighting until the very last.
Lisa Lisa just watched without saying anything.
Wammu: Here I come, JoJo! Have at thee!
Joseph: S-Stay away! Don't come any closer! Go away! Leave me the hell alone! Please, just spare me!
He started grabbing pebbles and small rocks that lay near him, and tossed them feebly at the blind Pillar Man. Team RWBY went silent.
Wammu grimaced as the small pebbles bounced off his face harmlessly, and growled at Joseph's apparent lack of honor.
RWBY knew the Joestars enough to know that Joseph was about to pull something off. Although they don't know what.
Wammu: You cur!
Vampire: Huh? He's throwing rocks?!
Vampire: What a pathetic loser!
Vampire: Atleast die like a man, wanker!
As Wammu continued to growl angrily at him, Joseph kept throwing rocks. Eventually though, he stopped with a smirk. The team's face beamed in delight and filled with hope.
Joseph: Wammu… Here's what you'll say next!
R: WOO!
W: Wamuu is done for!
B: What an actor we have here.
Y: Yessssss...
Music began playing lowly, and the entire color palette of the universe changed at Joseph's behest as he spoke his signature line.
Joseph: 'Do not dishonor our fight, JoJo!'
Wammu: Do not dishonor our fight, JoJo!
RWBY cheered.
RWBY: He did it again!
Wammu gasped, and Joseph grinned even wider as he grabbed a large amount of rocks and tossed them to distract Wammu.
Joseph: Here! A bat could fly between those stones, but what about you?
Joseph raised his hands in front of his face and Wammu suddenly stood up straight, but he was too late.
(insert il vento piano)
*BANG*
The ball that had fired from Joseph's crossbow suddenly clanged off the arena wall behind him, and pierced through his heart in one shot. Another donut in the series.
Starting the New Year with a Yang.