"Alright, alright, I am on my way already, shut up!" Taiyang said in annoyance as he hung up.
The man sighed as he slumped back down his seat.
"ALLLL ABOOOOARD!"
Ozpin and Ironwood called him to Atlas to discuss a very important issue.
Team RWBY, was missing in action.
As the father of two members, it was very stressful. He had to pack up on short notice and even bring Zwei with him.
Qrow said he'll be following suit, but the train is already leaving.
Apparently, RWBY had managed to trace down the leader of all Grimms, also known as The Queen and went on to fight her against Ozpin's orders.
"Why in the hell did 4 of them fight whatever it is... There has to be someone in there who is a voice of reason..! I know for sure my girls won't be." He sighed.
Zwei barked beside him.
"Shh shh, relax." He told the dog.
The train started moving and he was staring in the ceiling, zoning out.
The train was only half full.
His blue eyes glued to a single spot before realizing something...
Grabbing the object from his pocket, he realized that it might be a stretch but he won't lose anything trying.
He tried to call Yang.
. . .
"I still can't believe you guys thought I was freaking dead!" Joseph huffed as his wife laughed her ass off.
Him, Yang, and Erina were riding a car that was being driven home by a driver. With Speedwagon's car following from behind.
"That was... So awesome though!" Yang giggled before leaning towards the sulking Joseph.
"JoJo, I'm just thankful you're here." Erina softly said, before smiling at her granddaughter in law. "And I'm glad someone loved my dear grandson for being him, he is quite a handful."
"Granny!" Joseph whined. "Aww, of course! He is perfect." Yang told her. The young brawler was a bit surprised that the older woman actually believed her that she was transported from another dimension.
"Although I am not quite sure if Lisa Lisa will buy that story. She will have alot of questions for you when we get home, Yang." Erina said.
"Huh? What's she got to do with it? She jealous or something?" Joseph chuckled. "Jealous? Isn't she like your mom or something?" Yang asked.
"What? No way." Joseph shrugged.
Erina corpsed as she contained her laughter.
"What's so funny?" Joseph asked his grandmother. "Oh!" He exclaimed as Yang suddenly hugged him.
. . .
Unreachable.
Taiyang huffed before opting on calling Ruby.
'Please. Be alright.'
. . .
Before Giorno can drift off to sleep, the scroll in his pocket vibrated and This Will Be The Day started playing, causing him to sit up and unintentionally push away Neo's head with his shoulder, whose face scrunched up in annoyance, she punched him in the shoulder before leaning on the window instead to continue her sleep.
He saw what was written on the screen.
'Her father..! Maybe he'd know something about this.' Giorno thought. He notes how weird that her father was blond before remembering that picture Ruby showed him where her sister and father appeared.
"Hello?" He answered.
. . .
Taiyang felt two different emotions: confusion and anger.
Confused that there was a male voice in the next line, angry that there is a male voice in the next line.
"Woah, woah, woah, what the hell, who is this?!" He asked in anger.
. . .
"Uh, it's a me, Giorno." Giorno replied as he raised his eyebrow.
. . .
"Okay, GIORNO. What are you doing with my little girl's scroll?! Where is she?! What the fuck!" Taiyang explodes. He was never a rational person, he wears his heart on his sleeves, so the thought that his daughters just ran away with men didn't seem too farfetched for him.
. . .
Giorno hangs up to collect his thoughts. He heard a scream, few seats in front of him.
The scroll once again rang.
. . .
Taiyang's eyes widened as he heard Ruby's favorite song a few seats behind him. So he stood up and immediately located the source.
. . .
Giorno stared at Taiyang in shock as the man was also perplexed.
"Ruby's dad?" Giorno asked to snap him out of the trance. Taiyang shook himself awake before glancing at the sleeping Neo.
"That's not Ruby..! Where is she?!" He snarled as he grabbed Giorno's collar in anger.
The Joestar was more or less unamused. "Mr. Rose, I won't be able to speak if you strangle me." He snarked.
'Mr. Rose..?' Taiyang thought in confusion before letting him go.
Giorno dusted himself off as he stood up to meet his height. "You must be her father."
Taiyang was prepared to snap at him once again but Giorno immediately adds "Something happened to her, and I need you to keep a cool head so I can discuss her situation."
The older man huffed before calming down.
. . .
"You're ridiculous, transported to another dimension? Stop lying and tell me why you have her scroll." Taiyang was getting impatient.
Giorno thought about it 'Of course not everyone would believe me.'
He then showed him his pocket money, that didn't seem to be enough to convince him however.
"What is this? Is this play money?"
"No, it's Euro. I don't know what to do to convince you." Giorno snarked. "This won't do." Taiyang crossed his arms.
Giorno then remembered, Ruby's pictures of Rome landmarks.
He didn't know how he managed to find it, he didn't even know how he managed to operate the scroll. Was it instinct? Intuition? Whatever it was, he finally caught Taiyang's attention.
"What the..." he drifted off as he saw Ruby's pictures in the Colisseum, Pantheon, etc. Those places did not exist anywhere in Remnant.
Taiyang frowned as he saw a selfie of a very happy Ruby, with her arm wrapped around a poker faced Giorno's back.
"She was transported to my dimension for some reason. But don't worry, I was looking out for her at the best of my abilities." Giorno's calming voice enlightened him.
"Then where is she now? How is she?" Taiyang asked.
"She's been kidnapped."
The older man was about to be angry once again but he noticed the murderous look in Giorno's face. It's the face of someone furious and ready to not only kill, but to destroy the ones responsible.
"Whenever I sleep from my world, I ended up here. I'm trying my best to trace her down with all my connections, and I'm trying to find clues in this world to bring her home." Giorno turned towards him.
"And I need your help."
The older man gulped "You got it."
Giorno rested his head back "I've got a lead so far. My friend Neo told me about a person called Arthur Watts. Ever heard of him?"
"He seems familiar..." Tai said.
"The first thing I saw when I arrive here was a woman named Salem, she looks alot like one of those Grimm creatures." Giorno said, causing Taiyang to perk up.
"A woman that looks like a Grimm... She is sentient right? Capable of thought or speech or..?" He asked.
"Yes. She murdered what appears to be Neo's accomplice." The gangstar said.
"That was the fucking... That was her! The Queen Ozpin was talking about! The Queen of Grimms! Listen, I received news that Ruby and her team went M.I.A. when they fought her on their own. Can you believe that?!"
"I can. Ruby seemed to be quite stubborn."
"Yes, and so was her sister! I don't know where they took it from."
Giorno rolled his eyes 'Probably from you.'
"So what does this Watts guy have to do with... Salem?" Taiyang asked.
"Okay, you see, she has some sort of an Inner Circle. People that are close to her, doing her deeds I presume that she won't touch in fear of exposing herself to everyone else... Arthur Watts was a part of it. We were attacked by two members of the circle. I killed one and the other seemed to be able to be convinced to switch to our side with the right reasoning." Giorno stated.
"Judging by that, they seemed to be very powerful to be a part of that Circle... Holy shit, you killed one? How?" Taiyang asked.
"I punched him to death." Giorno flatly answered, causing the older man to chuckle "Well, atleast we have something in common."
. . .
An hour passed.
Taiyang decided he could trust Giorno so he told him stuff about his daughter.
"Don't get the wrong idea! I'm the one who gets to say to who my daughters sees." He explained.
"Isn't that a bit too... Restrictive? Then again, what do I know, I grew up without my deadbeat parents' guidance." Giorno muttered the last part.
"Oh, then that means you don't understand my struggles, I am a good dad." Taiyang dumbly grinned at himself.
He told him that his daughters have no boyfriends since birth, slightly ruffled when Yang came out as bisexual however.
"What is your ideal man for them to marry anyway?" Giorno asked in curiosity. This man seemed to have such high standards, it's ridiculous.
Taiyang puts a finger on his chin and pondered.
"They must be hot, so my grandkids will still be beaitiful. They must be... Rich, so my daughters can have a wonderful life. And they must be stronger than me or my daughters." He then inhaled as he explained the last bit.
"I want someone to be able to protect them when the time comes. I won't always be by their side. I mean- I know they are incredible fighters, one of the best in Remnant actually, but you know... There's always a bigger fish out there."
Giorno tilted his head as he digested this words.
"By stronger, what do you mean? How strong?"
Taiyang grinned, he will set the bar REALLY high "Strong enough to send God to space or put the Devil in his own hell. That strong."
Giorno then bursted out chuckling at the last bit.
He had a dream where Gold Experience Requiem showed him Diavolo's neverending fate. He still wasn't so sure if it's real or not, but Diavolo's name translates to devil and if that dream is indeed true, then does that mean he fits the criteria of being strong enough to wed Ruby?
Wait, why is he even thinking about this anyway?
"What's so funny?" Tai asked in annoyance.
"Nothing... I just remembered something funny." Giorno lamely replied as he composed himself. Taiyang eyed him suspiciously, but for some reason, Giorno finds it quite comical.
"How the hell did she get kidnapped anyway?" Taiyang asked.
And so, Giorno explained that he is a motherfucking mafia don, causing the older man to scream in confusion.
. . .
It's night time, and Ruby had her staff with her.
It's vigilante time.
"I'm going to clean these streets!" She proclaimed as she used her semblance to dash around and fight the first criminal she sees.
A mugger.
He didn't stand a chance as she effortlessly swatted him to unconciousness with her staff.
Another criminal.
A pair of loan sharks.
They were taken down by...
She pondered at what name should she give her weapon at the meantime. "Crescent... Hmmm..." she walked away as thugs who saw her feats were backing away, cancelling any attempts to attack her.
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Sorry for the long hiatus, I got a bad case of writer's block. But hopefully it'll go away.