My Little Pony: Friendship is a Bizarre Adventure
Part 2: ~ Battle Festivity ~
Episode IV: The Trial of the Hellclimb Pillar , The Disturbing Heat of Ruj and ACDC!
At the hospital JoJo sat in a chair in the fetal position as Pinkie stood next to him poking at her throat. The doctor put up an x-ray of both of their upper torsos on the wall.
"I didn't believe you when you told me about the rings but here they are. Both in the anterior longitudinal ligament and outer arteries of the heart! T-There's no way they should be there with you two still alive, and there's no form of surgery I know of to remove them either."
"Ohhh shit... Shhiiiiit... SHIT! I was just buffing and all that mess, Pinkie why'd you say something? They would've left you alone."
"And miss out on these sweet friendship rings?"
"I shoulda said a year, then I could've gotten myself a girl and situated myself while training."
Caesar sighed and shouted at both of them in an irate tone.
"Shut up! Can't you two take anything seriously?!"
"We are!" "We are!"
"Stop doing that, you two are so in synch, it's frightening. How long have you two known each other?"
"A few months at best."
"Only a few- Never mind. Look, JoJo, Pinkie, I have decided to help you two after all. But you both must learn how to do this."
He poured water into two cups and held them upsidedown. The water didn't fall as small bolts coursed around the tips of his fingers. He then tossed the cups over to them.
"Eh? This should be eas- AGH!"
JoJo's water sprayed all over him once he applied Hamon to it. Pinkie grinned as she held the glass out, until even the cup exploded, getting another sigh from Caesar.
"Mama Mia. You both have an idea of how to use it, but Hamon is a delicate technique used to preserve and give life. You can't simply flaunt it around like a knife or a gun!"
"Last I checked you had to aim to use both of those correctly."
"Yes! And neither of you know how to 'aim' with it. The problem is your concentration, you're putting too much into the water, in truth we have the same amount of Hamon strength. Pinkie may be even stronger seeing the entire glass broke. You two are using the palms of your hands, but that's like using a shotgun at a rifle distance, it only goes everywhere. What I did was focus it to my tips, to one shot, and was able to control the water through the vibrations of the Hamon. Like a water gun, the smaller the hole the more pressure and farther it fires, right? So, I've decided to take you to my master here in Venice. In a months time, we'll get stronger together."
"Man Caesar, I knew you were cheesy but... Training?"
"Yes."
"Hard training?"
"We've only a month."
JoJo groaned and threw his hands in the air.
"Oh No! The phrase I hate the most 'Hard Work', and the second one I hate most, 'Work Hard'!"
"This is your life you dumb- Mama Mia! Let's just get from Rome to Venice."
It too some time, especially with Speedwagon leaving them. Upon making it to their destination in the City of Rivers they found an island distance.
"I didn't think we were going to some tourist spot for training, I though we were headed to some mountains or something."
"That'd take some days."
"That island over there is home to my master, and is a place of ancient Hamon training. Hey, you there."
He pointed to someone in a gondola wearing a hat. They turned revealing a strange mask over their face and pointed at JoJo and Pinkie.
"You there to the left."
"Which one?" "Which one?"
"I don't like your face and attitude."
"Wha- Hey do you wanna fight or something? Who just says things like that?"
"My face isn't bad-"
They leapt out of the boat with the oar thrown to the water, landing on the oar, with the tips of their shoes alone. Balancing perfectly as large ripples in the water formed. Kicking up the oar and spinning on the lighter side as the heavy side spun quickly. Caesar ducked down as the other two were struck by the oar and flown onto the water. Using Hamon to stand and catch their footing as ripples formed from their feet.
"Wh-What the hell?!"
"That's not a nice way to greet someone!"
"Oh! So you have enough to stand on water, without any training? Impressive, but not enough."
They took off the mask and revealed a woman smiling at them. Caesar's eyes widened as he exclaimed.
"M-Master Lisa Lisa!"
She kicked the oar up as water rose and became like metal bars, standing in place for her as she swung from the oar and over JoJo's head. It was all so fast, neither of them saw her place the strange device over JoJo's mouth. By the time she landed behind them it had been too late. They turned only to have her throw one onto Pinkie's face, latching on tightly. JoJo fell waist deep into the water with Pinkie sinking to her knees before they focused their breathing. The woman pointed at them and spoke in a serious tone.
"For the next month, you two shall be wearing those Ripple Masks. It shall only allow you to breath while you use the Ripple Breathing Method!"
"Isn't it Hamon?"
"No. Shut up."
She leapt from the river and next to Caesar who bowed to her.
"I'll only take those off when you brush your teeth and eat."
"Wh- Take these off of us, crazy bitch!"
"This thing is pretty heavy..."
"You must be able to run 100 kilometers easily while wearing that."
"Take it off! C'mere so I can thrash you, I don't care if you are a woman! You've got to be this Hamon-"
"Ripple."
"HAMON Master. I'll get this damn mask off of me yet!"
They climbed back up from the river and were already tired. JoJo stood up but the woman cut him off before he could start.
"One more thing. I'm not training you two to save your lives, I could care less. I am training you to defeat the Pillar Men."
He took a step back and looked away as Caesar chuckled.
"Was that reluctance JoJo? Think you can handle her now?"
"Hmph! I can't hit a girl."
"But you hit Tezla-"
"Shut up Pinkie."
JoJo had to accept this. A woman as his master. He didn't mind a female teacher, if anything that would be a plus, but one stronger and more talented than him? Well, it is real life he thought to himself. Lisa Lisa shook her head and huffed.
"Allow me to start over. Caesar, JoJo, Pinkie Pie. Welcome to Venice. That island, is my home, and your training ground for the next 30 days. Air Saplena."
"Island? Looks more like a castle Ms. Lisa Lisa. Is it Lisa Lisa? Or just Lisa squared? Or is it like-"
"It's simply Lisa Lisa. And we'll begin your training with the Hell Climb Pillar."
"What's that-"
"That doesn't sound nice."
"Master! Y-You can't be serious!"
"I will explain once we get there. Caesar. you shall row us to the island. JoJo, Pinkie Pie, you two shall run. Not jog, not power walk, run to the island using the breathing method."
"What?! How come we've got to-"
"Already on it~!"
Pinkie giggled as she began to sprint towards the castle on foot giggling. Lisa Lisa tilted her head as she got back into the boat and threw the oar to Caesar.
"Now that one is a strange one. You two may want to pick up the pace. I don't want her messing the island up."
"Yes Master. JoJo, hurry up already!"
JoJo grumbled angrily as he trudged on, barely keeping up with the boat as is with that mask on. By the time they were half way across, a loud near ear piercing screech, echoing all the way from the island.
"Th-That sounded like Pinkie Pie!"
"She couldn't have fallen in already, could she?"
"I don't know or care what that means, sounds like she needs help, and fast!"
With a second wind, JoJo found himself on the island and began to scale the castle, or he would have had Pinkie not jumped from behind the front door giggling madly as she left rolling out a strange old dusty and withered cannon.
"I found the perfect tool for parties!"
"F-Found what?! Cripes, you almost scared me half to death, I'm already on my way there as is Pinkie!"
"Oh you're practically unkillable! Now to just work on this baby!"
Lisa Lisa raised a brow at Pinkie Pie before eyeing her.
"How did you get it down from the top of floor of my mansion? How did you even get the wheels working?"
Pinkie Pie who wagged a finger at her with a clicking of her tongue.
"Don't underestimate the powers that be Pinkie Pie, Missy!"
"You've given me no reason to not underestimate you."
Pinkie rolled her eyes and started cleaning the cannon, but was dragged away by Lisa Lisa. They followed the mysterious woman up the large tower on the islan, to a large pair of doors.
"Behold."
She opened them, revealing a large pillar, leaking oil from the top. The trio looked over the side to determine how far below the bottom was. At that moment, Lisa Lisa, kicked them all down.
"Huh?"
"Master?"
"What's the big idea!?"
"Welcome to your first trial. The Hell Climb Pillar. A Pillar that only accepts those of the Ripple. If you can climb it using the Ripple energy alone, I shall give you your next trial. Your only other option now, is to starve to death."
She turned and left them. While JoJo and Caesar were waist deep, Pinkie Pie had oil up to her chest, the oil didn't get fill anymore than it already did. However it did not by any means lower either. It simply kept pouring down.
"How do we climb this thing?"
"I'dunno Pinkie but- Hey Caesar you just can't grab it!"
"With Hamon you idiots!"
Caesar sprang up onto the wall and stuck to the Pillar. Climbing up slowly, but at a steady pace.
"... How do we do that? With Hamon right?"
"Gung Ho~!"
Pinkie climbed up onto JoJo's shoulders and leapt onto the Pillar, hands on, yet she flew back with a strong repelling force and slammed into JoJo.
"Gah! W-Why'd you do that?!"
"I didn't mean to! I just got shocked using it!"
"But Caesar is on right there! H-Hey, hey Caesar! How're you climbing this thing?!"
Caesar turned and looked at him clearly strained and exhausted. He opened his mouth but slid down a bit, turning his head away from them with a grunt and focused back onto climbing.
"Shit. It looks like whatever he's doing is taking a lot out of him. He can't even talk."
"Guess we've got to figure this out ourselves then!"
"Better idea."
JoJo ripped his shirt and made it into a long rope, slinging it around the Pillar.
"Heh! I bet none of those smart Hamon trainee's ever thought of this, c'mon we'll be up here befo-"
A knife cut the rope from the other side causing the two fall back down into the oil. Lisa Lisa sighed and shook her head with a hand full of knives.
"What did I tell you! Only the Ripple will be accepted by the Pillar."
"W-Wa-Wait! Lisa Lisa, Master, you're not actually gonna just let us die down here... Right!?"
He flinched back at the way she looked at him then. The way a cruel butcher looks at a pig right before the slaughter. She left without a word and JoJo's rage peaked.
"Dammit! She'd really do it! Is doing it, leaving us here to die, and her being pretty makes me only angrier! We've got to find a way out, so I can teach her what for!"
"Well we gotta get out of here first! C'mon!"
Twenty eight hours passed. Caesar was at the fifteen meter mark, while Pinkie flew from the wall and into JoJo once more.
"Hey I stuck on for a bit that time, didja see!"
"I-I did, but if you keep this up my ribs'll crack."
They looked up at Caesar upon hearing him grunt loudly.
"Hey, is his Hamon at it's limit?"
"He's hanging onto the Pillar with his fingers alone. C'mon Caesar, you got this!"
The Italian froze in place for a moment, slowly moving his hand to crawl higher, and planted his fingers right onto the wall. JoJo and Pinkie gasped as it hit them in the head. Literally with a face palm.
"Oi, Pinkie, get on my shoulders again I'll boost you."
"Sounds like a plan!"
"The mystery of our Hamon and this Pillar... And Caesar only using his fingers."
"Looks like we've got to take his advice!"
He leapt up onto the Pillar with Pinkie leaping off of him, both focusing their Hamon into their fingers alone to attach to the surface. They stuck on, and Pinkie didn't fly away from any explosive force.
"It worked!"
"Like a water gun... Guess I'll have to give Caesar that. B-But. No wonder he doesn't talk during all this."
"It takes a lot of me just to breathe, wow... But, this is just too much fun!"
They climbed even, slightly faster than Caesar did, who was looking down at them smiling.
'Took you guys long enough. Simpletons you act like, but at least you can learn.'
A whole day passed once more, twenty seven days now was their time limit, and they had been finally made it to the sixteen meter mark. JoJo looked up and inwardly groaned.
'No wonder it doesn't feel like we're making much progress. The shap of the pillar from afar doesn't look to weird, but up this close it's a protruding shape. It only makes climbing even more difficult! No wonder Caesar's so stumped...'
A total of forty nine hours passed. Casear at nineteen meters, Pinkie Pie at eighteen with JoJo at her side just below her. He stopped to catch his breath and found a crack.
'N-No way! This has to be some sign from God! Woo~!'
He grabbed the crack with a content sigh and felt something click.
"H-Huh? What was that? It felt like a switc-"
Right above Caesar, a wall of pressurized oil shot out from the Pillar. Everyone mentally groaned as Caesar pulled out a ballpoint pen and slowly pushed it against the water. Their groans turned to screams as the pen was cut in half, and flew from his grip.
'I-I didn't know it was so lethal! I can see through it clearly!'
Caesar looked back down at the two with a glare, as Pinkie's eyes stuck to the oil wall, JoJo winced under the gaze of the blonde man.
'Great. He's mad at me and Pinkie and I don't know how to get through this... I didn't mean to, it's not my fault someone sadistci built this trap! Right?'
'Ngh... I'm not mad at him, I know he thinks that, but I'm worried for the both of them. Who wouldn't try and rest if they had the option. But they don't have the control for what this trial requires. I must get through, and if I do it, they can just copy me! They've proven to be more than competent. I have no time, I have to do it, NOW!'
Caesar stood up, using his feet to stay attached to the Pillar, and spearheaded the wail with his hands. Using Hamon to repel the oil as it met his body, focusing the Ripple energy to course through each part of the body hit by the oil as he maintained the attachment to the Pillar. Focusing on two opposite forces at once. He jumped on the other side, dead tired, but determined to finish his training.
'Please... Please you two. Figure it out, just as you did from before, or else you'll never make it out of here alive!'
Caesar Zeppeli made it to the top of the Hell Climb Pillar. Fifty nine hours in total had passed. He felt his body craving for rest, but his will forced him to stand and hobble forward. Calling out as loud as his hoarse voice would allow him to.
"Master! Master! The oil! Turn it off, please! You don't understand... With their personalities, JoJo, Pinkie, they'll risk their lives on an all or nothing gambit!"
Lisa Lisa had been watching them most of the time save for the nightly hours. Hearing this only intrigued her, as she stayed hidden and watched the two remaining students, and observed them closely.
"What did he say?"
"I don't know, but I do know it's now or never! Lets do this Pinkie Pie!"
"Yeah~!"
Pinkie and JoJo looked at each other and nodded be fore she swung her lower body up to the oil wall, feet landing and sticking to the oil, as JoJo leapt u. Pinkie slide and locked arms with him as they both slid to the edge, using their momentum, she swung him as he flipped up past the wall. Two meters above, flying to the wall ahead. He landed with his feet and swung her up and over the edge. Pinkies feet made it at the top and past the tower. Caesar didn't see anything and looked over the edge concerned.
"What happened!? Did they fall down? Wh-Where they ripped apart by the wall?"
"No, Caesar, look over there."
"Master I- What!? How'd they manage to get over there?"
"They used the oil wall, to slide, and each other to go further beyond, something no one has done before. To use their disadvantage in such a way is astounding to say the least."
Pinkie's legs wobbled as JoJo became heavier for her, likewise his feet were no longer stuck on the wall. It was only a matter of time before she fell back. Caesar grabbed her ankles, puling them both back up.
"Ma-Master! Forgive me for helping them."
"From my eyes Caesar, you all passed, but weren't you at your limit too?"
"Oh! I-I forgot!"
"Forgot!? Caesar don't drop us, please don't drop us, we can't spend anymore time here-" "Fucking Christ Caesar, please, don't you dare let go! Holy Shit I don't wanna die!-"
A total of sixty hours and twelve minuets passed, with Caesar eventually pulling the two up as they pleaded him many times to not let go. Upon finally catching his breath, JoJo confronted Lisa Lisa immediately.
"Hehe, now hold on there, Ms. Lisa Lisa~!"
"Hm? Aren't you dead tired?"
"Now, now, when I was clinging onto that dumb pillar, I wasn't thinking of the rings jammed inside me, or how would this help me get stronger. No, I was thinking about how you kicked us down there. AND WHAT TO DO WITH YOU WHEN I GOT OUT!"
She raised a brow at him and tossed a cup of water at him and Pinkie. They grabbed it and unconsciously held the water with their tips, and kept the water from falling.
"See the results of what you can do now?"
"I..."
The both of them fell to their knees and lowered their heads, much to Caesar's surprise.
"Thank you! Please, teach me more!"
"You're not the nicest lady but, I want help out as much as I can! What's next, we can take care of it!"
"The three of you have your work cut out for you. Prepare to be amazed to death."
A hand came from behind then, and stuck a finger into JoJo's glass. Taking the water. They turned to see two tall men with cylindrical hats. The one with the cup of water removes the glass. The water alone idly vibrating as if Jell-O on a shaky plate. The three trainees were astounded as the man chuckled.
"These two are my servants of this mansion; they will also be your teachers. Messina and Loggins. For the next three weeks, they shall be training you."
The one known as Messina held out the water to them and smugly.
"Do you want to know how to do this, blonde kid?"
"Huh?"
"Do you want to learn how to do this?"
"Yes! Yes I must! I have to learn how to control my Hamon."
"You kids call it that? Well then, look closer."
Lisa Lisa pulled Pinkie back as the other two stared closely at the water. It exploded and caused the two to fly away and off the cliff into the sea, with both of the masters laughing.
"I can't believe those two fell for that!"
"I can't believe they just sat there and stared!"
They laughed as they traveled down to them, leaving Pinkie Pie with Lisa Lisa, who sighed and looked out to the evening sky.
"You will be personally trained by me. This way all three of you have your own personal trainer."
"Neat~! We can think of this as a three week sleepover party! Haven't done one of those in a while, actually."
"It'll be no party. Because our training will be much more arduous than theirs."
"Well how bad can it really be?"
It was far from the worst experience of her entire life, but Pinkie Pie could barely stand as is. By nightfall she had thought of fixing the cannon and shooting herself back to the mainland. Still she carried on to her assigned room with a plate of food given to her by the maid and even some sweets she made herself. However she stopped on the way upon seeing a familiar face. Tezla, staring out to the sea as the moon barely lit the waves. Pinkie waved her down with that bright smile.
"Oh! Hey there! Tezla right?! What're you-"
She stopped and noticed a sudden shift in her eyes. Looking down Pinkie noticed her foot almost stepped into Tezla's shadow. Remembering what happened back in Rome, she slowly moved her foot and raised a hand.
"Hehehe I remember you don't like people in your shadow. But what're you doing here?"
"... I've been sent by Master Wham to study your progress. To make sure you are holding your end of the bargain. I won't attack you, on purpose."
"Glad to know! Hey, you ever tried a sleepover party?"
"A, sleepover, party? You do recognize me as the enemy, right."
"Oh quit being such a party pooper! You're here, and speaking of here, take this!"
She dug into her hair and pulled out a fresh cupcake.
"I was gonna save this for later, but think of this as the start of something awesome!"
Tezla's face showed emotion for the first time, confusion. She looked at the cupcake than stared at Pinkie.
"You do realize that's inefficient energy for me to consume. And how did you pull it out so cleanly?"
"You don't eat it to get stronger, silly, you eat it to feel better!"
"Stronger is better."
"Yeesh, we've got a long way to go. Just take the cupcake."
"Hmph, if it'll please you."
She took and inhaled the pastry with one gulp.
"Well~!"
"... It's sweet."
"Good, so you like it!"
"I did not say that."
"You didn't say ya didn't like it!"
"All I said was that it was sweet."
"Then I'll get you another one tomorrow! Maybe something like a jelly filled biscut-"
"If it pleases you."
"Yep! Told ya we'd be friends yet!"
"..."
With that, the weeks seemingly flew by. JoJo, Caesar, and Pinkie Pie had settled in nicely within Air Salpena. The training however, was hellacious, to say the least. Constant swimming against the currents, diving deep into the depths of the waves, exploring the ruins below, balancing exercises and extreme sparing matches. During the nights, Pinkie would meet Tezla bringing her a new dish to try, even as she protested at first, even she grew to enjoy them. Inwardly she had started to grown fond of her company, something she despised herself for while Pinkie slowly learned more about the Pillar Men's lifestyle and state of mind. Soon only seven days remained, today was the day of graduation. Lisa Lisa had taken the three of them out to shop for a celebrations, or rather, Pinkie Pie had taken them out. She had been planning for this ever since she fell into the Hell Climb Pillar chamber. Seeing as it was mainly her idea, she had taken lead on where to shop and what to get, dragging JoJo and Caesar away, leaving Lisa Lisa alone. A man with a strange hairdo approached her and snickered.
"Hey, Signora, are you alone? How about a drink?"
"No, go away please."
"Hmph! Guess you're just stuck up."
He turned to leave but was seized by Lisa Lisa with a sigh.
"Why do I seem to only attract strange men?"
She squeezed tightly forcing him to open his hand enough to show two jeweled necklaces. One in the shape of a balloon, blue as the sky, and the other was red with a strange cross design on the inside. He smiled smugly.
"Heh, you must have good intuition to have seen through my pickpocketing, but Signora, take a look at your armpit!"
He pulled out a switchblade aimed right for the underarm.
"If you don't want to be pricked by this here knife, I suggest you just let this happen."
"We're in a public area out in the middle of the day. And you pick to rob me here? Really? You're annoying, you can be in their company now."
A shadow loomed over him before he could raise his voice at the unamused woman. Turning around, he found JoJo covered in strange wounds still healing, and Pinkie in the same condition but with dark rings under her eyes. JoJo cracked his knuckles as he looked down on the thug.
"Hey, dick head, come stab me with that knife."
"H-Huh?"
"Well?! If you wanted stab her, you'd stab me, so do it!"
"Okay, you asked for it!"
He thrust it forward aimed for his face, but was stopped by JoJo's finger alone, which flicked the knife out of his hand. Pinkie held up a bottle of mustard to his face and winked at him.
"Y'know with those buns, your hair looks like an over cooked hotdog."
"Buns?!"
He looked up and found his hair had been adorned with a large hotdog bun. Pinkie shot and sprayed the mustard all over him as he ran off, unaware the JoJo himself stole back the jewels.
"Tch, you're just asking to get these stolen, what're you doing with such bright jewelry?"
"It doesn't matter. Would you kindly hand them back."
He would have, had Pinkie not snatched the balloon jewel out of his hand with a excited giggle.
"It's about time I found this thing! Who knew you had it Master! Wait, how'd you get it?"
"Do you even know what that item is Pinkie Pie?"
"JoJo! Don't you remember what I came here for in the first place?"
"Eh, something about some piece of harmony?"
"Element of Harmony! I told you that you'd bring me to it!"
Lisa Lisa raised a brow but only took the red jewel.
"That jewel was given to me by a friend who passed."
"Passed? Who were they?"
"You would know them as Straights."
The two widened their eyes in surprise at that, which she responded with a shrug.
"I'm not angry at you two. If anything, I'm proud of you two for putting him down. As for this, it is my duty to protect it."
"Your duty? What's so important about..."
Pinkie and JoJo looked at each other for a moment then back at the red gem. They remembered the one Pillar Man they didn't get the name of, the one by Kars's side. Her words echoed like a ghost whispering into their ears.
'The Red Stone of Aja won't find itself.'
"The Red Stone..."
"It seems you two have finally figured it out. Yes, the Pillar Men are in search for this very stone. The Red Stone of Asia! I will tell you all on the way back to Air Salpena. Where's Caesar?"
"Flirting with the shop keeper."
After dragging him out of the shop and onto the a motor boat. Finally Lisa Lisa began.
"Allow me to start from the beginning. No one knows the real origin of the Pillar Men. However what is known is that their leader, Kars, is the one who created the Stone Mask. He is the most intelligent of them all, and used the Mask to create vampires and zombies as sustenance alone. However the true purpose was for themselves, to find a way to become the Ultimate Being. They had found a mineral that can produce power from light reflection alone. Yet these stones were imperfect. Upon searching the world, they had finally discovered the location of their target, in the hands of an Roman Emperor. It has found it's way to me. It is my duty to protect it from them. Behold!"
She raised it up as a strange energy formed on one side, with a powerful laser shooting out from the other, almost blowing half of the ship apart as they landed. The three hid behind one another.
"H-Hey what the hell is wrong with you!? If that's what they want then just smash it!"
Caesar smacked him on the back of his head with a scowl.
"Watch how you speak to her! Besides, if she hasn't destroyed it, there's a reason for it."
"Thank you Caesar. JoJo, what part of protect it, do you not understand. Now then, tonight is your last trial. On the neighboring islands are arenas meant for duels between Hamo- Ripple Masters."
"You almost said it! You almos-"
"Shut up Pinkie. Caesar, you will face Messina. JoJo, you will face Loggins. Pinkie, you'll face me. I hope you all can prepare yourselves. This is the final stretch."
All of them nodded, with determination in their eyes. As the sun set and each of them made their way to their opponent. Caesar met Messina on top of two towers, a thin rope between them. The height compared to the Hell Climb Pillar was clear. Pinkie approached Lisa Lisa's room, but was stopped when she saw two figures in her way. Tezla and the one known as Ruj, who was searching the draws of her Masters room.
"I'm telling you, it's not here sister."
"Annnd I'm telling you~ I'm looking for another thing at the same time! It's some kind of strange gem that Kars wants. It's blue and shaped like a, uh, balloon! That's it."
"Oh, you mean this?"
Pinkie pulled out the Element of Harmony as the two intruders snapped to her.
"... What? I live here! What's your excuse!"
"Hey sugar pack, you wouldn't mind handing that over, would you?"
Pinkie shook her head and folded her arms after pocketing the gem.
"No can do! See I've got t-"
She flew back rolling and tumbling on the floor from a punch to the mouth from Ruj. Pinkie caught herself as the mask was broken, taking most of the force for her. It fell off as she rubbed her chin.
"Hehe~! Thanks for that, that mask was pretty weird to wear."
"You're welcome. How about you do me a favor for a favor and hand that lil' gem over. I'll even give you the antidote for that ring~!"
"Can't do that! I was supposed to fight my Master tonight and she hates anything being late."
"Guess she'll have to wait for a long time then. Your end, is now!"
Ruj threw another quick punch, aiming to go through the girls skull. Pinkie dodged to the side and grabbed the arm, charging it with Hamon and forcing the skin to harden and put up the stone shell.
"W-What!?"
"Did you forget about the whole months training thing? Lemme show a few tricks I picked up!"
Pinkie flashed an elbow into Ruj's cheek, but leapt back from a sudden burst of flames coming from the monsters mouth.
"You breathe fire!?"
"I follow in the steps of Papa ACDC, Heat Mode! A technique in heating up my body temperature. Make a long story, my heat can rival magma... Still think you can win?"
"Yep! I don't like fighting myself, but it does get the job done!"
She cracked her knuckles and reached behind her, pulling out candy canes from behind her, one in between each finger. Rushing Ruj who blew a wall of fire in front of her, swiped most of it away with a pair of clackers, the candy canes now in her mouth. She spat them out in her opponent's face. Ruj leaned back to dodge, but that was all apart of Pinkie's plan as she leapt over her with a flip. Upside down she caught two of the canes and placed them in the corners of Ruj's lips, puling them as far as she could, making a strange force smile. The corners froze in stone as did the cheeks. Ruj grabbed an arm and pulled herself back up and slammed Pinkie into the ground hard. She pulled her up by the hair, only to have her remaining arm also be frozen in stone. Pinkie smiled with a bloodied lip and broken nose as she escaped from her grip.
"No arms to use now! I think I've won this one."
"Do you really think fire breathing is my limit?"
"I was hoping for it but-"
Ruj chuckled as her stomach became thinner and her chest puffed up slightly. She clenched her fangs together as a hot liquid sprayed from in between them. Pinkie barely rolled out of harms way by diving closer. The liquid melted right through the floor and walls. As Pinkie stood up she was seized by the throat, both of Ruj's arms were faintly returning to normal. The grip was singing the flesh on Pinkies throat, as well as crushing.
"You think you can make a fool out of me so easily... HUH~!?"
Before she could respond, she was tossed into the hair and kneed into the ceiling. Even using her arms to block the impact of the thigh, she found herself coughing up some blood from hitting top. It didn't help with veins shooting out of Ruj's fingers beneath the nails wrapped around Pinkie's throat and pulled her down head first into the ground. Cutting her Hamon off.
"How was THAT! HUH~?!"
"Guh... W-Well, at least I'm not so high up anymore. I can't stand heights..."
"Is that right? Good thing I pulled you down when I did, and didn't throw you out of the window, LIKE THIS!"
The veins tightened once more, as she threw her out of the window. It was too small for the body, and made a hole on her way out. Ruj snickered as she looked over the edge, and was pulled down by rope. Wet rope, wet with oil for Hamon conductivity that turned the ankle into stone. Not able to react in time she too fell. Pinkie grinned brightly as gravity pulled them down closer and closer to the hard ground. Ruj shot out her veins again and began to heat them up.
"Fell for it! You should get that anger issue checked!"
"W-What did you just say?"
"Next you'll say, 'I'll just burn you to cinders as we hit the ground, fool!', right?"
"I'll just BURN you to CINDERS before we hit the ground, FOOL! W-Wait, how could you..."
Pinkie giggled as she pulled on the veins, pulling Ruj close to her and taking the nose ring. Right then she put a weak amount of Hamon, the same amount used on Santana, the amount that caused them to repel each other greatly and cut the veins with a chop. She straightened her body, took a deep breath, and pinched her nose as she plunged into the water. Just barely away from the stone. Barely away from Ruj, who landed into a new furnished cannon painted sky blue and flowers on the wheel. Pinkie swam up to the surface and got to the cannon quickly, lighting it as she heard a groaning inside."
"U...Uh... M-My legs-"
"And here's the rest of ya. Let's end this with a big bang!"
"A wh-what? Where'd you..."
She aimed it to the wall, a hand coming out just before it fired. Ruj nearly splat against the surface and fell as a mangled mess. She began putting herself together but found it much more difficult than she thought.
"Wh... What did you do...?"
"When I grabbed you, I sent some of my Hamon inside of you through your veins before I cut them. You didn't notice yourself stoning up, caught up in all the action. I had you pegged from the start with how impatient you were. You're healing, but a lot slower than even a normal vampire."
"This... You... You're stronger than this... You could've ended me, on that first time on contact!"
"Huh? Nah, you're just giving me too much credit! But, I can't let you go..."
Pinkie raised a hand and brought it down, charged with Hamon and striking Ruj critically. Almost completely petrifying her, save for her mouth and eyes.
"How else would we get to know each other if one us ended up dead? I heard you liked parties or anything revolving fun, so we already got a good starting point!"
"What. Are you?"
"I'm Pinkamena Diane Pie, super party extraordinaire! And your new friend!"
She giggled jovially before taking a look at the ring, and opened it, drinking the strange liquid inside.
"Whew! I don't know if that worked, but I've gotta find a way to move you... You won't eat me right?"
"At this point. I don't think I could if I wanted to..."
"Great-"
"But, Papa- Master ACDC, will come. And then, you'll be in real trouble."
"Funny you mention that. I was planning on meeting him."
"We split up, he took the island with the spikes..."
"... Oh boy."
JoJo found himself on an island arena with a large circle of spikes, neighboring Air Salpena.
"Where is that sadistic Loggins? I've been meaning to cave his face in for quite sometime."
Taking a step forward, he hit something, a hat.
"Huh? This is... Instructor Loggins hat! There's blood on it!"
Hearing the sound of something dripping, he eyed his surroundings, and discovered two figures on top of a statue. One holding the other up with one leg.
"Wh-Who's there!?"
The clouds covering the moon subsided, and the moonlight lit the figures. The Pillar Man ACDC, holding up Loggins with his foot inside of his throat. ACDC glanced over to the main island and huffed.
"Hmph. It's not on this one, which means it'll be on that woman on the main island. Feh, Ruj should be able to get it, but this is a matter that requires full attention."
He hopped down from the statue and began to make his way, going straight ahead, his feet being pierced by the spikes. Before he could make it to the center of the arena, JoJo intercepted him, using his Hamon to stick to the spikes.
"Okay, ACDC right? I'll be taking that ring antidote from you!"
"Didn't you just hear me, boy. You're nothing, get out of my way!"
"As if! If you want that Red Stone, you'll have to go through me!"
"A nameless kid with some worthless Hamon?"
"D-Don't you remember me? Almost three weeks ago? Wounded your friend, Wham? You were the one who put this damn ring in my throat!"
"Uh... Nope. Ain't ringing any bells."
"Why you..."
"... You've got those eyes, piercing eyes, of a man who dies early doing something stupid."
ACDC flashed a hand to grab the young man in his way, only to be countered with a finger, charged with Hamon and stopping him in his tracks.
"Hm?"
"Heh! You should speak for yourself."
JoJo's finger then went through ACDC's hand.
"Ugh! To think, you've made this much progress already! And if you're this strong. Hmph, how unlucky. Me finding someone so unexpected at such an unexpected time"
He closed his hand around JoJo's and began to twist his arm, with JoJo flipping over ACDC, with a string in his hand. A string wrapped around ACDC's arm.
"How- When did you tie this!?"
"Oh? You didn't notice, eh? This string was dipped in cooking oil for Hamon, aimed for your neck, but you didn't give me an opening!"
ACDC trailed the string and found it starting from the corpse of Loggins.
"Hm! You attached it to the corpses hand and unwound it!?"
"It's pretty cruel for my taste, so I like to think of it as him helping me from the grave. Help to get the first real strike!"
JoJo pulled the string as it cleanly cut ACDC's hand right off.
"I owe him this much, gratzie, Loggins."
As he landed and the hand fell impaled on a spike, JoJo laughed loudly and pointed to it.
"I often blew off school, y'know? So but my Granma had a knack for teaching me history. I still remember, a Chinese strategy writing of two-thousand and five hundred years ago.'Victory is ensured before the beginning of the fight! Sun Tzu's Art of War! You can come up with a plan, I've already got a counter to it! Like so~!"
He kicked his hand as it spun around melting down to the bone. ACDC tensed as his body became vascular, trembling in anger.
"Damn you..."
"Oh! Are ya mad? Tough shit! Go ahead and pop a vessel, I'll be angrier than that!"
"U...Uhn... U-uhn!"
"... what?"
ACDC began to tear up as he picked up the bones of his hand before breaking into a loud sob. Bawling like a baby.
"HHHEEEEEEEEIIII! ! ! My arm! MY ARM! IT'S NOT FAIR! ! !"
JoJo reeled back in shock and in slight horror.
'I-I was sure he was gonna blow a gasket or something! Did I misread him? No.. I couldn't have! He's just crying, but I guess this'll have to do. I'll finish him now.'
Upon the first step towards the Pillar Man, he stopped abruptly. Turning around with a cool smile.
"Ah, that's much better. Me and my apprentice have more violent tempers than the others, so I let out a good cry so I don't do anything irrational."
"Uh!"
"War is The Art of Deceiving! You tried to use my mind against me and make me a puppet."
He made his way to the body of Loggins, stomping down on the arm, severing the hand. As it flew into the air, his veins shot out and caught it. Attaching to his body as a new hand.
'Ba-Bastard! He goes from livid, to cry baby, to calm?!'
"Hm~? Hey kid, was that a breathe of fear I heard? Confused, Huh~?"
"Unf..."
Just then he heard something pop and sizzle. JoJo looked over to Loggins body, it was boiling and melting, some of his blood popped in JoJo's direction, burning his skin greatly.
"Gah! What the fuck is happening to him!?"
"Hmmm~! I'll keep it plain for your pea brain. I can control the temperature of my body heat. Wham and Tezla posses the Holy Sandstorm, Wind Mode. But my apprentice and I, we are the Blazing ACDC and Ruj! Heat Mode!"
"So you think you're hot shit, you're still shit! And I'll clean you up with my Hamon! Take This!"
JoJo flourished his pair of clackers, and swung them right at him. ACDC only raised an arm.
"What're you doing?! Didn't you lear-"
The hand split in half as the clacker passed through without making any contact. JoJo didn't expect him to react so fast and simple.
"You ARE scared, Huh~? Attacking so simply, like a cornered beast, Hm~!"
His fingernails lifted up as veins shot out spewing hot blood.
"Eat this and die! Blazing King~!"
JoJo leapt back in time for only his mask to take the hit. However it was metallic, and the heat was burning away at his face. As he fell, one spike pierced the mask, freeing him of his burden at last. He rubbed his chin and flexed his lips.
"Ah- My sexy lips! You barely burned them, you sack of-"
"JoJo~? Are you babbling, because you're formulating a plan, Huh~?"
'Ugh! That's exactly it! How'd he-'
"Your face paled there! Looks ike I own, I guessed right huh? HUH~!?"
'...Is, is this what I've been doing to people? Christ it's awful! However I've got to win. I'll go with that! The wire trick. I'll use the wires I set up while we were fighting and trap him in a web!'
JoJo then noticed ACDC's smirk and chuckle. Then he fell down and pressed himself into the spikes before springing up and at JoJo. The holes giving more room for veins to attack from.
"Blaze King's Giant Wheel~!"
JoJo dived out of the way, having to keep in mind his plan, dodging each swipe of the veins, each blood spewed at him. ACDC laughed at the display.
"How much longer can you merely dodge like this, eh boy?! Do you think yourself a monkey, Huh~?"
Then he saw it. JoJo's hat, a wool hat, had been grown smaller and smaller. It was being unwounded.
"Looks like you've caught on! You're caught in a net!"
He looked down and found himself in exactly that. The wool had been tied to the tips of the spikes in a web like manner. However he merely smiled and giggled at it.
"W-What are you laughing at!?"
"JoJo is your name right? JoJo, you're gonna say, 'I'll wipe that smug smirk off your face!', Huuuh~?"
"I'll wipe that smug smirk off your face-"
He stopped with almost all the color in his face leaving him
"M-My special trick!"
"A web you say, Huh? You fool, it was you who has been played since the beginning, Hm~!"
JoJo looked down and saw the veins slithering out of his toe nails, pouring hot blood onto the wires and cutting them. Then, ACDC, sent the veins of his fingernails to JoJo. Pouring slowly onto his body.
"I'll light you up and melt you from out here as I drill into your body! A beautiful explosion, Huh~? I haven't has someone to fight like this in so long, I guess this was worth it, HM~!?"
All he got in return, was JoJo folding his arms, eyes closed, and chuckling.
"Eh? What's with you, Huh~? Have you finally gone mad from the fear, Hm~?"
"ACDC. I've closed my eyes, folded my arm, and this laugh? It's one of victory. You've lost this fight, because of how long you slept. As I said before, You may be hot shit, but. YOU'RE STILL SHIT!"
He pulled the wire up as a net flew from below and entangled ACDC.
"WHAT!? H-HOW!? HOW DID YOU MANAGE THIS!?"
"Feh. ACDC, a good magician never reveals his tricks, and I am an awesome magician! Next you'll say, 'I'll send out my blood faster than your puny Hamon!' right?"
"I'll Send Out My Blood Faster Than Your Puny Hamon! ! !"
This wasn't the case. JoJo's Hamon energy flowed instantly into the wool and into ACDC's body. Cutting the fingers clean as his body began to glow a bright gold from the inside.
"N..o... I can'T LOSE... Not... NOT TO YOU! ! !"
His hair, headpiece, and flesh on his forehead all tore as his horn jutted out and he leapt at JoJo intending to stab him. JoJo reacted with a Hamon charged fist, with everything he could muster, and struck the horn. Shattering it.
"This glow... It must be the energy of living off so many lives. Vanish ACDC!"
With a final roar his body was reduced to ashes. All that remained were his clothes and accessories. Including the nose ring. He opened it and decided to drink it, despite looking like snot. A grin adorned on his face, he made his way back to the main island.
"Such prowess... And yet, how noble of them both."
"I. N. D. E. E. D. A. N .D. N. O. T. A. T. A. L. L. F. O. O. L. I. S. H."
The figure chuckled as the screen showed the back of JoJo, a grotesque brain clinging to his back.