DIO stood in front of a mirror, admiring the two jewels in His possession. The Element of Harmony, Loyalty and half of Kindness, both shimmering in His hand.
"Enya... What does it mean, to survive?"
He turned not to the young woman behind Him, who admired and glorified Him, but instead looked back using the mirror at the child with His birthmark by her side. Awake and in her arms with a small bronze crown in his hand. The woman cradled the boy as she smiled. Cradled with two right hands.
"Why, to get what You want. That is everyone's goal and life, whether it be money, love, even fame."
"And in order to get such things, you must fight to obtain them, is this not so?"
"It is."
"When one falls, be it in battle or in a struggle of the mind or heart, when one fails to attain their goals... That one experiences failure, and met when met with a struggle in the future, fear takes over the body."
He turned and approached the two, looming over them as He stared down at the boy.
"To conquer fear... Is what it takes to survive. The one who stands at the top of the world is the one who lacks Fear! Do you understand the meaning of my, DIO's, words, Morning?"
The boy nodded slowly as Enya laughed.
"I've already told You of Stands, and given Your family the means to call upon theirs! Along with Your immortality, what could You possibly have to fear?"
"There is but one thing..."
He picked the boy up, hugging him closely as He glared down at the star birthmark below the child's neck.
"The Joestar Lineage."
"!? Lord DIO! Those two fools?! They are but mere pieces of garbage on the curb of the road!"
"While I, DIO, hold no love, no positivity, only a black hole of pure contempt for their existence... Those 'mere pieces of garbage' have interfered with my, DIO, life before, and here they are again. Enya. If there is one thing that I, DIO, believe in that you should as well, it is Fate. I, DIO, fear not the individuals, but the power of that bloodline. To enact my, DIO, plans, to obtain my true goal to defy Fate, I, DIO, must eliminate them!"
"Your goals? To defy, fate? If the Joestars are in Your way, then this is why You wish to deal with them yourself?"
"Yes."
"That's foolish! Why should a King stoop to the same level as a grunt, You are above all!"
"... I, DIO, once thought such things myself. Only the absolute have any power with their words. Enya, what makes you so sure I, DIO, do not need to worry."
"You need only worry for Your future! Not the past! As we speak, the eight Stand Users... Empress, Hanged Man, Strength, Wheel of Fortune, Temperance, Emperor, and Devil are all on their way to Singapore! And one of them, is my very own son! The generation after our own, always surpasses the one before! I would know, Keeekekekekekeke!"
She cackled to herself as DIO sighed.
"You forgot about my prized Battle Beast... Crazy woman. What is your desire in all this?"
"I'll say it as many times as it pleases You my Lord! I only live to see Your life grow! Your Stand, Your growth and even unexpected family, experiencing it all is my one true desire!"
"Hmph. And you, have you yet decided what it is you desire, my Morning Star?"
He held the boy out, the crown in his hands vanished, in it's place was a crown of flowers. The boy placed it on DIO's head and smiled.
"... I thought not, but when you do, let no obstacle of any kind stand in the way of your ambition. Not even I, DIO, nor your mother... Now, as for you."
He turned to the mirror, pointing at it as it began to crack.
"You're Watching Me, Aren't You, Twilight Sparkle."
Twilight Sparkle and Princess Celestia both were shocked at this. DIO only chuckled as the screen on the board cracked as the board itself vibrated violently. The figure roared, not in anger, but of surprise. They tried desperately to hide their apparent fear.
"H. E. I. S. G. O. I. N. G. A. G. A. I. N. S. T. M. E!? S-S. O. S. O. O. N?"
Twilight Sparkle noticed several things at that moment.
"What do you mean, soon? H-How did He even see us?! What's going on here!"
"Twilight Sparkle. Princess Celestia."
Everyone put their attention back to the chess board, the cracked screen with DIO's veiled face, still pointing at them.
"As of this moment. You're not playing a game with some fool for your friends lives. You're once again in battle with I, DIO, For the lives of everyone involved, even yours."
Almost all the pieces, save for seven, moved back. One of the few was the freighter up front, closing in on their pieces.
My Little Pony: Friendship is a Bizarre Adventure
Part 3: ~Stardust Coachriders~
Episode III: Terror on The Ghost Freighter, A Hotel of Lies and Monsters!
"You're telling me he put bombs onto the ship? AND NO ONE NOTICED!?"
Rainbow Dash shouted at everyone. The entire party on a life boat with the sailors on the second life boat, arms length away. Polnareff Shrugged and waved his hands in defense.
"Hey, hey! Don't look at any of us, we're not the ones who worked for him!"
The sailors banded together in defense, stating the captain had acted like his usual self, even when humiliating Jotaro since the real one was indeed a devout sea lover. Rainbow Dash groaned and handed over a fresh water canteen to the girl by her side.
"Hey, you should drink some, we're a few miles away from our stop anyways."
She took it hesitantly and looked at the party curiously. She wanted to jump off again and try to swim away, especially after all that had happened at the boat, but even she knew that it'd be better to stay with them.
"Who are you guys? I don't get what happened back there, but I'm pretty sure it's your fault."
"Ow, I mean I guess it is? It's not like we meant to hurt anyone, me and the big guy there did save you twice."
"All I want is to travel the world. T-To find my dad who left, yeah."
"Really? We're traveling for someone, just like you. See we're not so ba-"
The girl spat all the water out of her mouth, stuttering as she pointed ahead, a giant freighter had appeared from nowhere. It was close, the stairway to board had already been lowered, and yet Jotaro was the only one who wasn't relieved to see it. Joseph had taken notice and looked to where his grandson was looking.
"What're you thinking about, Jotaro? Possible enemy Stands aboard?"
"No. I'm wondering why there isn't anyone down here to greet us, or onboard. A ship this big? It needs a hefty crew to manage it, but it's too quiet, it's not even evening yet."
That stopped the party, Pinkie Pie summoning Candy Shop, yet found nothing inside. Nor did Rainbow Dash as she sent Star Seraphim to scout the deck. No one on deck. Polnareff scoffed as everyone began to suspect the freighter.
"Oh que si! I don't care if the damn boat itself is a Stand, I'll sail it all the way into town if I have to."
"Be careful what you wish for Polnareff, words have as much power as actions. Do not jinx it."
"Avdol, it's only a jinx if you say it is! Yeesh, recognize the rules."
Jotaro got out of the lifeboat and held his hand out to the girl.
"Take my hand so you don't fall over. Try to stay clo-"
She jumped past him onto Rainbow Dash's back and stuck a tongue out at him. Rainbow Dash snickered and pulled the girl's cheek.
"Hey~! That's not how you make fun of him! You have to pull your eye down too!"
They both stuck their tongues out with their eyes pulled down, then Joseph and Pinkie huffed at the three of them.
"Unbelieveable! Can you believe those kids?"
"Yeah. Didn't you know you have to make a funny face to finish it?"
"Like this!"
All four of them made a face at Jotaro, who looked to the sea and thought about escaping his predicament. Drowning seemed more tolerable. As they toured the freighter, they found no one onboard, yet it was running as if there had been a crew working only a second. Then the girl called out pointing into an open room.
"Hey, they've got a pet monkey on this thing!"
They looked and found a large orangutan inside gripping at the bars within a cage. It was calm and idly stared at the group as Kakyoin became wary.
"Careful everyone, an orangutan of that size is easily five times stronger than average human. He could rip your arms right off."
"Dang, that's pretty vio-"
"Then when it's one scratching his ass with your arms, he'll rip off your legs and use them for antennas, then use your intestines as jump rope and when he's hungry devour your heart with a side of gallbladder marinated in your testicles, and then on those cold lonely nights he'll use your skull with the eyeballs still intact as a fuck toy."
Everyone leaned away from both the cage and Kakyoin, Rainbow Dash covered the girl's ears as she shook herself out of her confusion.
"I don't even want to think of asking how you know all that..."
A sailor groaned and turned on a heel.
"I'll say, this is why I stay on the sea away from freaks like you, that and a boat is the safest plac-"
A hook pierced right through the sailor's head and hoisted him high into the air for all to see. Rainbow Dash then covered the girls eyes as she looked disgusted.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me!"
At that moment, the group came to the conclusion of a Stand User being onboard. Without saying a word to each other, they began to search the boat once again, Joseph ordered the sailors to wait below the deck. The girl wandered over to the ape, bored and afraid, she started talking to him.
"You're pretty lucky, being an ape and all, but I guess it's better being out than in a cage..."
He responded by tapping the lock, a small emblem with the word "Forever" on it.
"Huh? Forever? Is that your name?"
He nodded and offered a fresh ripe apple, cut cleanly.
"W-Where'd you get that apple? And it's still white inside, so someone had to have cut it recently, do you really understand what I'm saying? I-Is anyone else onboard?"
He shrugged and lean back, lighting a match to start the cigarette in his mouth, smoking as he sat there casually.
"Huh? W-Where'd you get that match and smoke? Why would a monkey ever want to use one anyways?"
She felt stupid, but here it was responding back to her like a person in a real conversation,Forever pulled out a dirty magazine next. Filled with nude and sensual images of women. Human women.
"... Y-You're a very smart monkey... D-Don't you... Don't you know what you're reading though?"
He looked at her with a glint in his eye. Then she was pulled back by Rainbow Dash.
"Yeah that ape is super weird, so we're gonna take a trip downstairs, alright?"
"That's fine by me!"
The girl wanted nothing to do with the ape now, and to her, Rainbow Dash was really the only person she could trust. Down below the sailors were trying to work a telegram. She made a dash for the shower dragging Rainbow Dash with her, none of the sailors paid the any mind.
"I'm..."
"What's up?"
"I'm gonna take a shower, could you, keep an eye out for me?"
"Uh... Why would I need to do that?"
"I've got a bad feeling... Will you?"
"Sure, I'll make sure nothing gets past this door!
The girl smiled and closed the door behind her, time flew by as Rainbow Dash soon got tired of standing, wondering how long a human needed to shower. Then she realized she hadn't heard any water running. In fact, as she pressed her ear against the door, she heard faint sobbing. The door wasn't locked either. She looked back at the sailors, none of them making any progress with their attempt at communication, yet they kept going. Slowly she entered and found the girl curled up into a ball against a wall.
"... H-Hey, what's the matter?"
Stifled sobs was the response. It was quiet, it was awkward, and downright pathetic.
"What's the matter?"
"I'm gonna die alone out here... Some grizzly, ape related, Titanic catastrophe no one will ever hear of..."
"What~!? What're ya talking abo-"
"I saw it! I saw that guy get skewered by the boat! A-And that monkey, and that poor shark, and something was going on that you and that JoJo guy was hurt! You won't tell me what's going on! I-I just don't wanna die!"
"N-No one's gonna hurt you, not while I'm around at least!"
"... What're you even doing in here, haven't you heard of privacy?"
"Oh please, the only running water here are the tears on your face."
Rainbow Dash sat down next to her and sighed.
"Look. I'm from far away, being dragged around against my will with a few people I barely know who are very dangerous, and also have terrible luck. I can't tell you what's going on because, I don't even know what's going on, okay? I'm confused too, I'm just trying to find something that's mine and find my friends... I'm not scared of anything though! And you shouldn't be either!"
"Why not?"
"Because we've made it this far, anything the world can throw at us now, we'll tough it out in the end! And I did say we."
"... We?"
"Yeah! I'll help you find your dad, only sounds fair right?"
"U-Uhm... Yeah... You'd really just help me out?"
"I came in here to give you a pep talk because you looked down in the dumps and I don't even know your name."
"Thanks... I guess."
The girl hugged Rainbow Dash with a small smile and a sniffle. Then she pushed her back and scooted away.
"You stink!"
"Huh?! What's that supposed to mean!?"
"No, really, you actually stink!"
"Me? You're the one who's been traveling all around with nothing but some unused knife!"
"Unused!? I-I don't stink, it's all the blood from people who underestimated me!"
"You're about as threatening as scared kitten."
"Oh yeah?! You're the crazy girl who fell into the water, can't you fly? I know I saw you floating!"
"At least I didn't wet myself before I got dragged into the water! Don't think I didn't notice!"
"At least my hair and skin don't reek of fish piss, saltwater, sweat and blood!"
"Well there's a shower right there, what're you waiting for?"
"Ladies first!"
"... You did not just ladies first me."
The two got into a heated staring contest. Before she knew it, Rainbow Dash was having her hair washed.
"How'd I even lose?"
"I blew air into your face when you looked up because I said the door opened."
"You friggin' cheater!"
"A win's a win. Wow, your hair really is all natural!
"Rrrgh..."
The evening sun was coming down at the deck, Kakyoin and Pinkie Pie shook their heads in disappointment, it was as if they were trying to look for a ghost.
"Nothing. No Stands or people, the sailors haven't moved at all."
"I'm starting suspect the ape. He suddenly vanished after the sun started to set. Hey... Where's young JoJo and Rainbow Dash?"
Jotaro had made his way below. While the others had been searching for the Stand User, he kept his eyes on the ape. He had only ganced away for a moment, it but in that moment it had vanished. The lock had fallen on the ground and door was open. He wasn't going to let that ape roam around free, especially with his suspicions. He was met with a frightening sight. The sailors had been utterly massacred, by the looks of it the murderer used the ship equipment to savagely tear them all apart, the murderer was right in front of him. Forever the Ape, opening the door on the girls in the shower. Rainbow Dash's head snapped, expecting anything but the ape, as well as the gruesome scene behind it. Just as he took his first step in the room with a sleazy grin, Jotaro slammed the lock against Forever's head.
"This yours? You shouldn't leave your things on the ground."
"What're you doing hitting him with the lock, just use [Star Platinum]!"
Forever grabbed him by the collar and sent a kick, only to be blocked by Star Platinum. However a fan broke off and flew at Jotaro, stabbing into Star Seraphim's wing. Rainbow Dash hissed as her bicep received the damage, and the girl yelped out in surprise and fear.
"Oh no, no, no it's happening again! What's going on?!"
The fan blades bent in strange ways, striking both Star Seraphim and Jotaro hard enough to send them through the door, glass from a window shattered as the shards flew at the two.
"Dammit! Where's this bastard's Stand? [Star Platinum]!"
Star Platinum caught all the glass, using them as makeshift brass knuckles as he struck the ape. However, he had only hit the wall, Forever merging with the ship and vanishing with a laugh. On deck, Pinkie Pie used Candy Shop to hang onto a pulley.
"Everyone hold onto each other!"
She pulled Joseph up as he used Hermit Purple and hoisted the rest of the group off the ground of the ship. They had barely escape being trapped into a strange makeshift prison. Surprised, Joseph began to look around.
"Oi, Pinkie! Do you see the enemy, are they attacking!?"
"..."
"Hey! Don't get quiet on me now, you wouldn't just move us like... Pinkie?"
"A-Ack..."
Joseph looked up to see Pinkie Pie being strangled by the rope f the pulley. Polnareff sent Silver Chariot to cut it, but even as he freed Pinkie Pie, hooks, levers, wires, ropes, even pieces of the ship itself warped and threw themselves at the group. Magician's Red flames and Hierophant Green's Emerald Splashes were the only thing keeping them at bay. Pinkie Pie coughed and clear her throat.
"I-It's the ape! The Stand User's the ape! And the Stand, is this very boat!"
Avdol gasped at the revelation, a Stand like this was unheard of for him.
"To possess such strength, even in an animal! We're at his mercy as long as we're on this freighter ship. Hmph, see Polnareff? I told you words have power."
"Bon dieu..."
Forever reappeared wearing a captain outfit, a dictionary in one hand and a Rubik's cube in the other. The ape held up the dictionary, his finger on the word Strength, specifically on a certain definition of being the eighth Tarot Card. Jotaro and Rainbow Dash summoned their Stands, but both were pinned down by pipes, the walls, and floor. Forever finished the Rubik's cube with ease as he laughed. This entire ship was his Stand, there was no way to fight a beast once you've been swallowed whole, they've lost! This is what he was thinking! He crushed the cube in his hand and leered over to the girls with a slimly smile. Star Platinum ripped a pipe from the wall, yet it turned to shackles and held the arm to the wall. That didn't stop Jotaro from taking off a button and threw it just with enough force to tap Forever's head. He picked it up as Jotaro scoffed.
"What's a matter? That button's not apart of your ship, but my school jacket. You've got no control over it. Not like you would know anything about pride with your primate brain."
That did it. The ape was furious, how dare this man insult his intelligence? He threw himself at Jotaro, unaware of Star Platinum's hand was still free, his index and middle finger extended to hit the button in the grasp of the ape. The button flew right into the skull of the animal, Star Seraphim caught him in the air by the throat with her legs as he flew back. Jotaro broke from his warped prison as Forever was being choked by the tight grip around his throat, Star Seraphim's thighs crushing down on the windpipe. He raised his hands in a surrendering manner, clasped together as if to beg.
"You want forgiveness? Mercy for doing more damage than any other wild animal could have, and knowing full well what it means to take a life, and violate privacy of others?"
He nodded whimpering as Jotaro sighed.
"Yare Yare Daze... Y'know what, we will give you something. A flight, a one way ticket to the bottom of the fucking ocean."
Star Seraphim let the ape go as both it and Star Platinum pounded away.
"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA! ! !"
A final blow blew Forever down the hall past several doors. Jotaro made his way back to Rainbow Dash and the girl as the ship began to deteriorate and sink. The girl had her clothes in her hand as she wrapped herself with the a towel. Rainbow Dash had been given Jotaro's coat, buttoned up, it nearly covered her entire body. The group had met up at the deck and jumped onto the life boat at the last minuet, barely able to see it under the now dark sky. The girl sighed in relief as she looked to the boat, shrinking and decaying.
"That huge boat came from something so small? What happened to it?"
Avdol looked over the wreckage and shook his head in disbelief.
"Everyone saw it as the Stand, such power in a Stand is unheard of. If it wasn't for Jotaro and Rainbow Dash we would surely have died."
Joseph looked off in the distance with a groan.
"But, at least we survived, and left most of our luggage on the lifeboat. Will we run into others like this? Or worse, maybe even stronger?"
Avdol summoned a small flame to keep the group warm. Jotaro took out a cigarette but found it too damp to light using the flame as Kakyoin simply combed his hair. Polnareff offered gum, with only Pinkie Pie taking it. Rainbow Dash however was angry. It was cold, dark, and they were in the middle of nowhere in the ocean with no way out. And unlike the girl, her clothes didn't make it. Pinkie Pie snickered at this revelation.
"Hey~! Quit your pouting Rainbow Dash, didn't you know it takes more muscles frowning like that than to smile?"
"How am I supposed smile when we're in the middle of nowhere and could be drifting away from land!?"
"Okay you got me there, but I can at least get you some new duds, I'm no Rarity but it's best next thing when that thing is literally nothing!"
With a flick of the wrist and she summoned Candy Shop. Putting her hand through the ring, she pulled out a black jacket, a black dress with red, blue, and yellow squares littered onto it, magenta knee high socks, and a pair sneakers. She tossd the clothes over to Rainbow Dash and stuck her hands back in the portal. The sounds of something writing was coming from the other side before someone screamed out.
"What in the world?!"
"Hey Adagio, been awhile, but I need these buddy! Thanks, so glad you understand, can't wait to hear you sing again with that new jaw!"
The portal closed as an angelic voice began to sing, a small beam of light making it right through, boiling and evaporating the water as it hit the ocean. Joseph glared a Pinkie Pie who shrugged carelessly.
"She's still mad at you, y'know that?"
"Wouldn't have it any other way!"
The group miraculously made it to Singapore. Joseph had booked them a hotel on the phone and awaited a cab. Polnareff set his bag down onto the ground. akyoin eyed it curiously.
"Polnareff, why do you have such a crude way of carrying your things?"
"Psh! I didn't have the luxury of meeting someone made of money like the Old Man there."
"That's Mr. Old Man to you, cheesehead!"
"I had to work within my own budget! Not like anyone will mind."
"But it looks like garbage."
A loud sudden whistled came from the side the source being an officer who pointed to a nearby non-littering sign as he approached Polnareff.
"Hey! No one's gonna pick up after you and your trash! Pick that garbage up immediately!"
Avdol barely held back a laugh as the group smirked at Polnareff who responded with a roll of the eyes before facing the officer.
"Que? Garbage... You mean my luggage?"
"H-Huh? Y-Your luggage?"
The officer began to get nervous and Polnareff knew it. He slung an arm around him with a smug grin.
"Nah, you must've seen me drop something to just call me out like that. Show me this garbage man."
"W-Well... I could've sworn... N-Not to offend... But, it looks so dirty I mistook it for trash!"
Most of the party chuckled now as the officer left in a hurry. The girl laughed the loudest. Then she noticed the sudden attention on her.
"... What?"
"You're still following us around? Get lost and go back to your parents or something."
"I'm waiting for my dad, he should be here in the next five days, didn't you see me on the phone with him?"
"You just stood there on a dead line pretending to talk to someone!"
"..."
Joseph pulled Polnareff close and whispered to him.
"She's obviously on the run, I don't know why and don't care, but it can't be too much to let her follow us around until we leave for India. Try and be humble, she's clearly got some pride."
"Gotcha Old Man."
He nodded before he practically shouted out to the world.
"Hey, we feel bad for you and you look poor. You can come with us, for now."
"... You're the worst."
At the hotel, Polnareff and Rainbow Dash found their room. She threw herself on the bed as Polnareff looked around.
"About time we got somewhere less creepy!"
"I'll say, but even now we can't rest."
"Huh? What're you talking about, you and me were on and on about getting some time off!"
"Yeah, yeah, but these guys... They just won't let up."
She then noticed what had him serious and rolled her eyes.
"Yeesh, you're telling me. Talk about dedicated to the job."
"Right? Like these losers don't have anything better to do with their time, but it's rude to talk about someone when they can hear you."
"Well then they should say something about it and show themselves."
The small fridge creaked open slowly as a man with several disgusting scars crawled out. Rainbow Dash stood up as Polnareff narrowed his eyes at him.
"Why don't you tell us your name..."
"Before we beat you into oblivion!"
He stared ahead with an odd expression on his face.
"My name is Devo, the Cursed. My Stand is the Tarot Card, Devil. It represents misfortune and confusion. Tell me, how did you two notice my presence?"
Polnareff shoved a finger in his face with a sneer as Rainbow Dash face palmed.
"Are you stupid?! You took everything out of the fridge!"
"And put them right ontop of it like you wanted us to find you!"
He grinned and crossed his arms as his Stand manifested. It resembled a strange tribal wood carving with two large discs on the chest and a dagger in the left hand.
"[Ebony Devil]!"
"[Silver Chariot]!"
"[Star Seraphim]!"
Silver Chariot cut out Devo's eye, pierced his tongue, and threw him to Star Seraphim by stabbing his ear. As he flew over, she kicked him in the ribs with a clear sound of bone snapping as he landed on the railing of the balcony. Polnareff chuckled with Rainbow Dash at the sight of the odd assassin.
"Puh-lease, what is this? You said you were Devo the Cursed? More like Devo the Idiot!"
"I'll say. That monkey I fought in the ocean gave us more trouble."
"Don't you mean we?"
"Well Jotaro's not here and last I checked he and I did all the fighting that time... And with that fake captain!"
Rather than respond with jeers of anger, Devo began to cackle madly as he licked the blood.
"Hehehahaheaheahehaha! You both did it! You activated my Stand! With my hate I'll grow stronger and kill you! But, I can't myself have all the fun! I'll let B.B. take care of you, Rainbow Dash!"
He threw himself over the railing before Rainbow Dash could catch him. He disappeared, but she soon found herself thrown into the air, carried and thrown away by sharp talons that had dug deep into her shoulders. She summoned Star Seraphim with a wing already raised to parry an incoming talon. As she pushed it aside, she threw a kick that crossed with another. Both fighters had each other in the air, analyzing each other. Looking at her opponent, Rainbow Dash was overcome with déjà vu. Her attacker was a girl no older than herself with a strange harpy like body. White hair with purple tips and feathers on the side of her head near the ears. She had yellow eyes with a beak for a mouth despite having fangs, and bronze fur and wings on her body. She wore a torn messy tank top with a red lion on the front with a splatter effect. She had on a leather shorts and a single gold anklet. It was then that she spoke, the voice was a dead giveaway to who this was.
"You're pretty fast, but I'm the boss of these skies!"
"Y-You?! No way it can't be!"
"What the Hell is up with you, seen a ghost? Don't worry, I'm about to make you one!"
The attacker brought the other leg up only to be parried by another wing. They kicked each other away, giving Rainbow Dash a moment to look at Polnareff, who had let out a loud scream. A piece of his ankle had been cut off. She heard a laugh and turned to her opponent.
"Looks like Devo's started his grudge. Sucks to be that guy, but it sucks more to be you!"
"Don't count us out yet! Who do you think you are?"
"Well if you have to know, Gilda! And this is my Stand, [Battle Beast]! I'm a monster of the sky! DIO wants you out of the picture, and I'll be sure to do just that!"
She opened her beak wide and let out a powerful roar. The force alone threw her down onto the balcony and back into the hotel room. Just a minuet before Polnareff had called for room service. He searched for the room keys and found them under the bed. However as he reached under the bed, his hands had suddenly been tied by a collections of wires from the lamps. Before he could process that, something flew into his eyes, shampoo. Then he heard saws cutting away at wood before the bed dropped on him. The legs had been sawed off. He heard the door open as something crashed down. Rainbow Dash turned and saw an employee with a first aid kit in his hands.
"Room Service! You called for a-"
He stopped at the sight of Gilda perching at the balcony railing and Polnareff's feet sticking out from under the bed. Rainbow Dash saw the grudge Gilda talked about. The odd doll in the room held up a razor blade right above the employee.
"H-HEY! WATCH OUT!"
"Wh-"
The doll cut the employee's face clean off and pulled him inside. He threw the body into the bathroom as Rainbow Dash was kicked through the door and into another room by Gilda. Gilda then sent swipe after swipe, each time cutting deeper and deeper into the wings and calves as Rainbow Dash blocked and parried. Gilda had her on the ropes, she could tell from how sluggish she was becoming. Then again, this was her strategy. To work her way slowly but precisely at two kinds of areas of the body. The ones that hurt, and the ones that bleed the most. Rainbow Dash had felt worse pain, but she was losing more than enough blood for her vision to get blurry. Gilda began to simply swat at her in a smug manner.
"I can't believe DIO sent me to deal with you, how you got past Forever is beyond me! Whatever, I'll be sure to cut you into rib-"
Gilda's eyes widened as she was struck in the ribs. The heel of Star Seraphim shot electricity into her very body, immobilizing her on the spot. In an instant, Rainbow Dash sent several thunderous kicks Gilda's way, the force sent her right back outside a bruised and broken mess. She flew off with a growl, she'd search for easier prey, and return for a rematch. As for Polnareff, he looked to the side and saw the doll, bleeding from a single eye as it cackled.
"You cut open my eye Polnareff! Now I'm gonna get revenge! Kukukuku!"
It hopped up onto the bed as Silver Chariot appeared above, yet due to the shampoo in his eyes, he was as blind as a bat.
"You idiot! Your Stand isn't the kind of Stand you can use to see anyways! For example!"
Although the doll raised the razor, Ebony Devil's dagger had cut Silver Chariot's calve. Blood poured from the wound as Polnareff yelped at the sight of a spear nearly cutting his nose. He then felt the doll bite into his wound and sent Silver Chariot's blade that way. The doll dodged deftly, leaping over to the fridge and broke several bottles, he giggled as the contents spilled all over the floor. Silver Chariot broke a mirror upon swinging blindly, he nearly struck Devo, who leapt over the Stand with a working hairdryer in hand. Gilda had flown right into and through the room with Rainbow Dash entering the scene.
"Kukukukukukuku~! With this, I'll sate my revenge on you both! Die."
He dropped the hairdryer, yet Silver Chariot not only pierced the item, but the dolls head as well.
"Wh-What?!"
"Heh! You weren't the only one making a mess on purpose! When I broke the mirror, I could finally see using the shards from this angle!"
Rainbow Dash lifted the bed with what her remaining strength as Silver Chariot cut the legs off the doll, and the hairdryer to pieces so it wouldn't fry the two, even the wires that tied Polnareff.
"Took your sweet time."
"I'm sorry but I was fighting for my life!"
"What do you think this is?"
"Uh, us winning?"
"Yeah well, Devo, I've got a question for you. The man with two right hands, tell me how his Stand works."
The doll only responded with a snarl as he leapt towards the two in a last ditch attack. Silver Chariot cut him near to ribbons as Star Seraphim kicked the head clean off. In a bathroom below on the first floor, an employee found Devo's body. Cut viciously with the head crushed and severed from the body. The two high fived proudly.
"La victoire est à nous! We're the best!"
"Right?! Who do they think they're messing with!"
"The wrong people, that's for sure! But, you do look like you're about to keel over any second."
"You were the one tied to the bed ready to fry."
"I saved us didn't I?!"
"Just like I saved us on that ship. Guess we're even now."
"Even?! Feh, whatever floats your boa- Hey! Where are you going? You'll bleed out like that!"
She didn't answer and flew off the balcony after Gilda. She didn't know where to look, but had a guess. If Gilda was working for DIO, then she would be after another one of the group. Yet the only ones outside of the hotel were Jotaro, Kakyoin, and the girl. They had left to get train tickets for India, and most likely where Gilda may go to ambush them. Unbeknownst to Rainbow Dash, Jotaro's battle had begun earlier. Upon buying a coconut drink at a stand in a park, a thief had stolen Kakyoin's wallet. He used Hierophant Green to trip him.
"Think you can get away with stealing my wallet? You useless piece of shit!"
He kneed the thief in the nose and rubbed the blow in before holding him out by his hair.
"You. Are as useless as filthy rat ass. You swiped my wallet, with the same hands you use to wipe your dirty ass with!"
He held the man in a back breaker and nearly broke his back before Jotaro stopped him. He pushed the two apart and glared down Kakyoin.
"... Why're you looking at me like that, Jotaro?"
"When did you start using my first name."
Kakyoin's eyes narrowed at him before he chuckled lightly.
"JOJO! Buddy~! You're making a big deal out of nothing, I only punished him like that because I'm impatient. I've been exhausted fighting that monkey."
"You were just fine earlier... And didn't fight the ape at all."
The two stared at each other before the girl shoved the coconut drinks into both of them nervously.
"W-Why don't we just forget about all this, we got our drinks, le-let's just get these tickets!"
Jotaro took the coconut and turned on a heel. Kakyoin took his but looked to a tree with a few rhinoceros beetles feeding on a tree sap. The girl sighed as she began to follow Jotaro, but looked back seeing Kakyoin simply stand there with his back turned.
"Hey, Kakyoin? JoJo's leaving us."
He turned slowly, an insect leg sticking out of his mouth before sucking it in, chewing on something the crunched sickeningly. She paled at the sight as both the coconut nor the beetles were anywhere to be seen.
"Is there a problem? I just, really, like coconuts."
She ran over to Jotaro and clung to him as she held back a whimper.
"Hm? What's the matter?"
"N-Nothing..."
They made it to the cable cars, all of them eating ice cream as they looked out to the view. Kakyoin seemed normal until he asked a question.
"Jotaro, are you not going to eat the cherry? I'll take it."
Jotaro offered the ice cream, but heard loud wing flaps. Before he could turn around, Kakyoin pushed him over the edge.
"Oops! Watch your step, JOJO!"
"JoJo!"
The girl grabbed his arm, yet a loud roar sent them into the air, nearly into free fall. However Rainbow Dash caught them in the air. They grabbed onto her wings as she flew up and back. Gilda panted heavily, glaring at Jotaro and Rainbow Dash, yet Kakyoin balanced and licked the cherry with his tongue. Rainbow Dash snarled at the red head as he chuckled away.
"What the heck was all that back there?! Kakyoin, you're not still working for DIO, are you!?"
"Rero rero rero rero rero rero rero rero~ Rainbow Dash, it was just a jok-"
Jotaro punched Kakyion's jaw hard enough to nearly sever it and into a cable car. However, his entire face soon split apart, becoming a yellow blob. A handsome man with raven long hair smirked from beneath his gelatinous coat.
"Hmph! Gilda the [Battle Beast], for being DIO's prized fighter, you sure look beat~!"
"Rubber Soul? Shut. Up. They're tougher than they look, and they've got surprises up their asses too."
"Doesn't matter. My Stand, [Yellow Temperance] has no weakness! For example, JOJO, look at your finger!"
He did so and saw small piece of Yellow Temperance on his finger. A burning sensation coming from it as it slowly began to spread.
"My Stand assimilates any and all forms of organic matter! It's why even that little girl can see it. Once it's on, it'll eat you slowly, and there's nothing you can do to stop it! You may as well pick you nose and ass with that finger."
Jotaro used Star Platinum to throw a punch yet it was caught just in the nick of time by Yellow Temperance, both of them being whisked away onto the cable car. The girl ran off as Gilda and Rainbow Dash glared each other down.
"... Heh, you're bleeding out pretty badly there."
"You're not looking so hot either. I'm surprised you made it so far with a broken wing and a cracked beak."
"Broken? Please!"
Gilda dashed forward with her beak opened wide. However Rainbow Dash kicked the ground and sent small chunks of debris into her gaped mouth. Distracted, she bit down and crushed the rock easily and spat out what remained. She didn't see the roundhouse kick in time. Rainbow Dash pushed her over the rail and into the sky with the kick. She saw Jotaro leap out of the cable car and grab onto one of the supporting pillars. Jotaro looked back to see Rubber Soul laughing at him.
"I don't even have to chase you, you useless pile of dog shit! I've already won!"
Jotaro looked back and saw Gilda coming down on him at a speed similar to Star Seraphim. Yet just as she was about to take him away, she flew back with a shattered beak. Star Platinum and Jotaro had enough to deal with today. He watched her fall before pulling out his lighter and applying the flame to the small blob on his finger. With a hiss he kept it there for a good few seconds before seeing it spread much faster.
"Goddamn bastard. That leaves Avdol out of the picture."
He saw an incoming cable car with a kid eating a popsicle, a sleeping man with a leashed dog, and a very obese woman. He leapt on and climbed through the open window.
"Hey. I need that."
He took the popsicle and gave the kid some money.
"Here. You can buy two with this much. Now..."
He stuck the popsicle onto his finger, yet it only hardened and grew thorns that pierced his hand. The woman blew her nose and spoke smugly.
"Fire and Ice aren't going to work, y'know?"
"What?"
Then she spoke with Rubber Soul's voice, her leg becoming a blob that began to eat the dog.
"My Stand has no weakness!"
"You were here this entire time, you shit bag."
The man woke up and began to pull the leash to save his dog, only getting the head as a result. Jotaro summoned Star Platinum. He broke off a handle bar and swung it at Rubber Soul, yet it was caught by Yellow Temperance.
"Damn your fast! But I've told you, I've gotten the ultimate Stand! Haven't you been listening? Do You UNDERSTAAANNNNNNNNND!?"
Yellow Temperance flew all over, barely missing the boy and his father. Jotaro merely glared at Rubber Soul.
"What's with that look again? You mad? Need to hit something to feel better?"
"Yare Yare...I don't think I can beat this Stand at all. Maybe the real Kakyoin could, using ranged attacks, but it's probably too tough. Fire wouldn't work, and lightning may just make it spread faster too. But, the Kujo... No, the Joestar family always had a secret technique. One that always paved the way to victory."
"What could it possibly be, JOJO?"
Jotaro remembered before he left the hotel, Joseph had told him the inherit will of the Joestar family. It was only now that he finally understood.
"It is... To Run The Fuck Away! ORA!"
Star Platinum broke the floor as Jotaro jumped down, pulling Yellow Temperance and Rubber Soul down with him.
"Bwhahaha! Do you think shit for brains?! I'm digesting you ali-"
They landed in the lake benathe them. Jotaro was drowning them and Rubber Soul wasn't having that. He released Yellow Temperance and deactivated it, swimming up to the surface.
"No one messes with me or my friends."
He felt a crushing grip on his shoulder and turned to see Jotaro looking down at him.
"Do You Understand?"
Jotaro punched him hard enough that some of his teeth flew out, and followed with an elbow next. Rubber Soul felt his back hit a ledge in the water and saw they had fallen near the park from before. He held up a hand at Jotaro and spoke best he could.
"Pl-Plea-P-Please! Please stop! I yield, give up, wave the white flage of my sweaty defeated towel and toss it into the ring to boot! I've lost some of my teeth, I can't see out of my left eye, and my chin needs to be wired shut! You even broke my sexy nose and busted my full lips! J-just let me go to the hospital, Mr. Jotaro Kujo! Please! I-I'll stay there for a few months! Leave you and your group alone, you'll never fucking see me again!"
"Not so fast you literal booger. Tell me about the other Stand Users after us."
"WHAT!? I'd never tell you something like that! Even I've got my pri-"
"You're A Real Good Guy Then."
Jotaro raised his fist, but he didn't notice Gilda slowly sneaking up from behind. Even as Rubber Soul saw her, he still reacted accordingly.
"W-W-WAIT! Wait! I remember now! Emperor! Hanged Man! Empress! And Death! Those four are the other Tarot Stands after you!"
"What can they do."
"I don't kn-"
Jotaro back handed him, a loud snap was heard as Rubber Soul felt it, his jaw had to have been fractured. He held it and began to do his best talking.
"N-N-N-No... I actually don't know! But I do know, Hanged Man's old lady, she's some hag who worships DIO. Told Him about Stands and even gave Him the means to unlock His own! Hanged Man's name is J. Geil! Two right hands, right? Killed Polnareff's sister, didn't he? A-All I know about him is that he uses mirrors... If the two meet Polnareff will lose... Just like you."
Jotaro's eyes widened as his back had been cut open savagely by Gilda. Just as he turned and summoned Star Platinum to pound her away, Yellow Temperance had caught the fist before it could be thrown. Rubber Soul had sent it through a manhole nearby and through a water hole back to the water.
"Hehehe! Good one Gilda! Luck is on my side, you fucking cap wearing bitchborn whore! This manhole and that waterhole are connected, and through that system, I'll pull you in and crush you!"
"Not before I rip his throat out!"
He could only focus on one at this point and he'd focus on Soul. Jotaro used Star Platinum to send a powerful torrent of water with a punch through the water hole. It traveled through and sent the manhole right into Rubber Soul's face. Gilda had lunged forward to take a chunk out of Jotaro's shoulder, but bit down on Rainbow Dash instead. She had dove into the water and used herself to protect Jotaro.
"Hey, Jotaro! Get out of the water!"
He leapt out as Star Seraphim's heels shot bolts and volts of electricity through out the small area in the water. Near frying Gilda and Rubber Soul. Gilda released Rainbow Dash and roard loudly, throwing her into the ledge before flying off. Rubber Soul poked his head out of the water but was pulled up by his hair by Rainbow Dash.
"..."
"H-..H...Heh... I-It was a joke! O-One big joke! D-Don't ya get it?"
"... You're not even worth talking to. In fact.
Jotaro jumped back into the water with his hat tipped over his eyes.
"You're just barely too pathetic beat on, but you still count."
"NNNN-"
She threw him above water with Star Platinum and Star Seraphim knocking him into the air and over the park. Finally exhaustion caught up with Rainbow Dash as she fell over, right into Jotaro's arms.
"I-I didn't need your help."
"Probably not, but I'm glad you came through for me. You're alright.
"I'm only alright, now? I'd hate to see what it takes be your friend."
"Huh? That's what I said. We've been friends since the plane crash."
"And it only took you now to say so?!"
Whatever, let's get those tickets and you some help."
"So you'll know what a injury is when someone else is hurt, but act like you've never heard of a bandage when half your leg is hanging off?"
"You should probably let me carry you too."
Rainbow Dash opened her mouth to protest, but Jotaro lifted her up in a bridal style.
"Wha- Put me down!"
"Yare Yare Daze, you'll go out of your way to help me, but then yell at me when I return the favor? You're a weird girl."
"Don't turn this on me! Just get those stupid tickets!"
The group had finally boarded the train. Kakyoin chuckled upon hearing the others stories.
"I'm so glad you were able to defeat that doppelganger. Hopefully he'll be the last of those Stand types."
Rainbow Dash pointed at him accusingly.
"Where even were you? How do we know you're not still loyal to DIO?"
"Well, If you're truly still suspicious of me, then you shouldn't have saved me. Besides, I was with Ms. Pie on a small tour."
He looked down at the table between him and Jotaro. Specifically at a cherry bowl.
"Oh! I didn't know they served cherries, these are my favorite!"
Kakyoin picked on and licked it as he balanced the fruit on his tongue.
"Rerorerorerorerorerorero~"
Jotaro and Rainbow Dash looked at each other with unease as Pinkie Pie and Polnareff laughed at their expressions. Avdol looked outside with Joseph, both pondering the same thought. When will the next Stand User strike?