Diego woke up on an unfamiliar ground. His eyes were a bit crusty and his vision blurred as the setting came into view. The last thing he remembered was getting his head imploded by his other universal half.

'That damn Lucy Steel! I swear I'll rip her head off once I figure out where I am right now!"

Getting off the ground, he did a quick check on himself to make sure he was really… alive. After everything that had occurred, he wouldn't be surprised if he was in hell. Yet, the environment around him was a dense forest covered in spider webs, nothing like the hell he grew up to believe.

Maybe hell was just a limbo, is what he thought. Instead of fires and torture everywhere, maybe he would just wander without thought for the rest of his life, forever alone and forever desperate to leave. He'd probably even go insane if that was true.

His thoughts were interrupted by a groan from behind him. Turning around, he spotted a kid, not even past their teen years, coming towards him with a sword. The sword had blood all over its edge. Getting ready for anything, he quickly shot his hand down towards his hip. Shuffling around for a few seconds, his hand latched onto the familiar grip of his revolver. He brought it out and aimed it at the approaching kid.

"Hey, kid! I don't know what the hell is going on, but I can assure you that if you take another step, I will blow you to bits! So stop moving! Can you even understand what I'm saying?"

The kid just stood in silence before groaning something out.

"I… can't contr…"

"Eh? You're going to have to speak up if you want me to hear you!"

The kid proceeded to walk forwards despite his advice. Firing off a warning shot, Diego furrowed his brow. He didn't want to kill this kid, but he would do anything to survive if this truly was a second chance of life. The shot seemed to have little effect on the young boy, whom Diego could now tell the gender of. In fact, his eyes still seemed dull before tears began to leak out and onto the side of his face.

"Please… just kill me," he began. "I just want death! For your own good, please! Just-"

He was cut off by a sudden lunge forwards. Diego was no idiot, and he could see that the teen was being forced against his will. Nonetheless, he couldn't drop his guard because of that. He shot his leg, hoping that it would make the kid drop. It did not. All it served to Diego was the kid yelling out in pain before more tears filled his face. He was at least 3 meters away from Diego now.

"That's it! I've had enough of this! ZA WARUDO! TOKI WO TOMARE!"

Time had stopped, and Diego could fully look at the kid without harm now. Glancing around him, Diego noticed what seemed to be webs attached to his back.

'So this is what's controlling him? Interesting. I'll have to find the source as fast as I can before I become a puppet too, but for now…"

His golden stand shredded through the webs with ease. Satisfied, Diego called back his stand and walked away.

"...Time has begun to flow again."

Falling over, the kid yelled out before confusion set into his face. Even though there was great pain in his leg from the shot, he looked around frantically for his savior. However, Diego was nowhere to be seen.

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Alright, one of the first chapters for my first story is done! I really hope you all enjoyed what I had to offer for a quick writing. Please, if you can, provide feedback and support so that I may improve as a writer and improve the story in the future.

(Obvious and obligatory) I do not own Jojo's Bizarre Adventure or Demon Slayer. Respective rights belong to their owners and creators.