Two people knelt right in front of His Door. A man and girl. The man was above average height with unique but powerful build. Wavy hair that stopped at the collar. The girl was pale, but by no means sickly, and had snow white hair. Just barely average height, she had a rather thin figure. These were DIO's last loyal servants. DIO Spoke out from behind the door.
"What is it, Vanilla Ice, The Great and Powerful Trixe?"
Vanilla Ice and Trixie did not even lift their heads. Although he spoke first, they spoke alternatively, as if their minds were one.
"Lord DIO. D'Arby has been defeated ten minuets ago."
"The Joestars are to arrive within moments."
"We will dispatch of them."
DIO immediately responded
"No. Come in, both of you."
They did so with no hesitation, but no excitement either, and knelt within the first step. Heads lowered. DIO stood in front of a mirror. He lifted His Hair and pulled the shirt down to show His Scar.
"D'Arby... Was a genius, both of them were, but neither had the drive or will to die for Me. That is why they failed Me. The Great and Powerful Trixie. Vanilla Ice. Do you see this wound?"
Slowly, they lifted their eyes alone.
"Blood... I just need a little more. Will you give me that?"
They nodded.
"Yes." "Yes."
They grabbed a large empty urn. Summoned their Stands. Held their heads above the urn, but stopped at Morning Star's voice.
"Papa! Wait! Take mine."
Everyone turned to the child. He held a knife at his wrist.
"I... I don't want to lose anyone else. I miss N'Doul... I miss J. G. and Enya... I don't want to lose them... They're too important to me."
"Where did... Why, aren't you with your mother?"
"You need blood to be stronger... T-Take mine."
Morning Star brought his hand down. It was stopped by Trixie and Vanilla Ice, both panted heavily with fear in their eyes. Trixie snatched the knife and broke it with her hand as both knelt down.
"Forgive us! We should not have put our hands on you."
"You are too valuable. Our lives mean nothing without you."
"It is everything with you here."
"We will gladly give ourselves to Him and to You!" "We would gladly give ourselves to Him and to You!"
DIO lifted the child up.
"No... You can't always have a happy ending. No matter how hard you try, Morning. I can't take your blood. The Great and Powerful Trixie, Vanilla Ice, will you really give me your blood?"
Wordlessly, they returned to the urn, and summoned their Stands. Vanilla Ice. A skull faced monster with an executioners hood and two horns. Hearts adorned the face and shoulders. Trixie. A faceless, with a strange mark on the head, and a smooth angelic figure. The arms, legs, and chest had transparent bulbs that were empty. The palms had holes. They used their Stands, ghostly psychic images that will disobey the User to protect them at all cost, to cut their own heads off and pour the blood into the urn. DIO shook His Head.
"And now... I cannot even accept their blood. To use that method of sacrifice, it makes Me glad, I, DIO, know now that they will win."
He put Morning Star down, and placed their decapitated heads to their severed necks. With a Claw, He slit His own Wrist. The blood poured down as the two regenerated. Risen straight from the dead.
"Your loyalty inspired even My Son. Vanilla Ice. The Great and Powerful Trixie. Take My Blood. Let it fuel you. Give you new life. Look in the mirror. Bare witness to that Mark. Be one, with My Family."
They simply stood in awe. The honor, the grace, the mere mercy of it all. They felt, happy. A feeling, an emotion foreign to them both, this was what it was to be content. They saw the star birthmarks appear on their necks. Although the Joestar family were His eternal enemies, this was an actual dream come true.
"My Most Loyal Servant... Vanilla Ice. The Great and Powerful Trixie. Your Stands are the most dangerous I have ever seen. But you both, are too precious to simply throw at My, DIO's enemies."
He turned to the door that led to His Coffin. The safest place for Him. The meeting place for His Fate.
"Come with Me, to My Coffin. We will end it all here in Cairo... Morning, find your mother and do not come back. Do Not. Come Back."
The boy grabbed His Finger and looked at him with pleading eyes.
"Will I see you again...?"
DIO smiled, knelt down, and placed a finger on the child's heart.
"I will always be with you. Now... Go."
My Little Pony: Friendship is a Bizarre Adventure
Part 3:~Stardust Coachriders~
Episode XIX: Milk and Cream, DIO At Last...
Avdol and Zecora created a light using their flames. They ran quickly up that staircase. They had already defeated the illusionist, Kenny G., by using Iggy's nose to find him. The fight ended quicker than the Sun. However, it seemed the mansion was indeed much larger inside. As they scaled the building, Polnareff looked down.
"Hey... I've been thinking. What do we do after all this? We've been so focused on this journey that, I nearly forgot about France."
Joseph thumbed to Pinkie Pie.
"These two will probably just vanish away as soon as they get those gems."
Pinkie Pie huffed.
"Hey! That's not fair, I had somewhere to be! I would've cans back sooner if I could!"
Avdol looked back at the group.
"I plan on treating us all to dinner. Even you, Iggy. Our first meal in peace."
Rainbow Dash looked at Avdol.
"Your treat? I'm going to eat, the entire friggin' menu then! Payback for pretending to be dead!"
"Hohoho! Then I'll make sure we get the worst restaurant so you get sick!"
Zecora reached the top first and pointed ahead. The largest door in the entire building.
Inside is DIO's coffin, during sunset hours is when he resigns to get some sleep in."
Polnareff and Kakyoin were confused.
"Ms. Zecora, sunset is when he resigns?"
"DIO should be up right now, right? The sun just started to set!"
Joseph and Pinkie Pie knew better.
"No. It's a vampiric battle method. DIO is a Stone Mask vampire. He's not undead, He's ahead of our anatomy in evolution, He requires less rest than any of us."
"But by resting more, especially after a work out, dio gets stronger and stronger. he's been doing his own preparation for us."
Rainbow Dash kicked the door opened.
"Doesn't matter! We're here to kick His Butt and get the Elements back! And save Holy."
Jotaro pulled her back by the scruff of her neck.
"Hold on. We've faced a lot of Stands. DIO alone overwhelmed them all with His own. If we rush in, we're dead."
"... Right."
"We can't go in all at once either, we've got to think hard and careful. And quiet. He could've waken up from that kick or not even in that coffin."
Pinkie Pie flicked her wrist, but as the candy vines slithered out, they receded as she shook her head.
"It's too dangerous... This is just, too dangerous. Which is why we gotta open the coffin from here!"
Avdol made a gesture with his arms.
"Allow me. In my many years of life and death, I have learned-"
Polnareff interrupted him.
"You're next line, 'The only way to open up a coffin, is to Burn It!', right?"
No... That's just stupid."
"O-Oh... Then, how would you-"
"SOOT!"
Magician's Red fired a powerful Crossfire Ankh at the coffin and blew the lid away. Dust and fog poured from within, the veiling mist faded away as everyone readied themselves. Avdol. Was in the coffin.
"... what..."
Rainbow Dash, Zecora, Polnareff, and Pinkie Pie began to run towards the coffin. Jotaro pulled her back once again as Kakyoin and Joseph grabbed Pinkie Pie by her arms. Polnareff lifted Avdol up.
"Th-There's a hole! That place, someone stabbed his heart!"
Zecora looked above and threw Polnareff away with a single arm.
"MOVE!"
"Ug-"
In midair of the throw, he saw it. Zecora's left arm and foot, and Avdol entirely, had vanished along with a circular hole where Avdol once was. A faceless Stand rose up with an open palm. The blood from Zecora's stump was sucked into it. It was in an instant that she became a husk of a corpse that was kicked away by the Stand, the transparent bulbs became slightly filled with her blood and viscera. It all happened so fast, Polnareff hadn't even landed yet. With a thud, he saw the Stand that had just killed Zecora vanish.
"Wh... What!? What The Fuck!? WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED!"
A clap. A slow clap echoed from the darkness. A figure strolled out and leaned on a pillar.
"So... We Finally Meet. Joestars and Mares."
No one said a thing, but they all knew that Voice. They all knew that Tone. This, was DIO. Rainbow Dash pointed at Him.
You... I'M GOING TO BREAK YOU INTO PIECES!"
She pulled herself out of Jotaro's grip. She had been waiting for this moment since the very start. Even before she entered the portal to this world. She jumped over the hole in the ground and landed right next to Jotaro.
"Wh-!? Huh?!"
"Dash...! How'd you...?"
DIO chuckled. That flipped her switch. She sprinted much faster, and used Star Seraphim's own strength to launch her forward. Right into Jotaro's back.
"Ugh!"
"Ah! Jo-Jotaro!?"
DIO laughed.
"Is There A Problem? Aren't You Going To Beat Me Up?"
Rainbow Dash snarled and pointed at him again.
YOU! WHAT'RE YOU DOING!? I'M GOING TO-"
She stopped as He appeared right in front of her. Blood sprayed profusely as her sleeve fell down. DIO, held her right arm in front of her and lightly slapped her with the severed limb.
"It's Rude To Just Point At People! ~"
"aaaaa... Aaaaa... Aaaaa...! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! ! ! !"
She fell back as she grabbed the shoulder. No, even that was gone. Jotaro grabbed her and summoned Star Platinum with immense hatred. He'd end it here. Even Silver Chariot had not reached this speed. DIO, spoke to Jotaro from behind him.
"Too Slow... TOO SLOW!"
Jotaro couldn't even glance behind him in time. It was an instinct. He held onto Rainbow Dash as they were both blown away. Through the wall, and out into the sky, over Cairo far out of sight. Kakyoin looked to the circular hole in the ground. A man and girl leapt from below.
"Lord DIO." "DIO..."
DIO sighed as he stared at Joseph and Pinkie Pie.
"Ice. The Great and Powerful Trixie. Kill kakyoin And polnareff. I, DIO, Need A Heart To Heart With Joseph And Pinkamena."
They nodded.
"[Milk]!" "[Cream]!"
Vanilla Ice was eaten by his Stand, Cream, which ate itself. However Polnareff saw it coming his way before it vanishes, and leapt to the side. Though he escaped being erased, the floor below him fell away. Trixie had been sucked into her Stand, Milk, and curled up safely within the stomach. It then used the same palm, the right palm, and placed it on the floor. The floor softened and soon began to be sucked away. Kakyoin looked down as the stone began to break apart. He had to escape! Falling was the best option! With an Emerald Splash to the ground, he dove into the hole before he too was sucked away. Milk raised the left hand to the sky and shout the bricks and stone out. They were snow white. Trixie and Milk then dove in after him. Pinkie Pie and Joseph attempted to throw their hands up, but were restrained. Restrained by beautous vines. Vines that came from DIO's Body.
"Now Then... I, DIO, Require The Blood Of The Oldest Living Relative Of The Joestar Family To Finally Be Free. Joseph Joestar, That Would Be You. Pinkamena Diane Pie. You're Too Dangerous To Let Live. So You Two... Prepare To Be. Eradicated. Assimilated. Discombobulated..."
Kakyoin fell from a greater height than he had anticipated. He looked around the numerous pillars A plan. He looked back to see Trixie dive after him. He sent an Emerald Splash at her, but saw the shards be sucked away into the right hand, then shot back in the left. The shards had became ivory white. It wasn't just any redirect. This Ivory Splash was not only stronger, it was accurate, even faster. Kakyoin threw a tendril to a pillar to swing out of the way, but it still hit the side of his torso. His arm had nearly been blown away. He coughed up both blood and bile from the impact, and barely hung on. He had to fall faster!
"An enemy who sucks up anything through one hand, and shoots it back out with a greater force in the other, I have to be even more careful. I have to give my all!"
He swung from another pillar, a white chunk of debris flew his way. He pulled himself up in time to dodge it.
"Augh! It's not like she can't attack me... In fact, she practically has unlimited ammo!"
Milk sucked away at a pillar. Inside the bulbs, they began to shake and blend, crushed together to make smaller rocks. Trixie had Milk shoot these milk white small rocks like a machine gun as Kakyoin swung from pillar to pillar. He needed to get away from her! No... He had to get closer! This was the time to enact his revenge! Polnareff blinked as he came to. Iggy bit his nose to wake him up.
"Gah! Fucking dog! What's your dea-"
He slapped his hands over his mouth as he looked around. He remembered. Cream is a mobile black hole. He didn't understand completely, but he was sure of one thing. Every Stand had a weakness! He and Iggy began to slowly wander the room. He stopped and looked down as he felt that he stepped on something. Cream's head stuck out of a crack.
"NONONONONO-"
Polnareff was too late. Though he only lost his toes, the pain was immense. Cream puked itself out and threw Polnareff away with a crushing blow. Vanilla Ice's head poked out from Cream's mouth. He looked around, unaware of Polnareff's location, but knew he hit something. He found him and glared.
"I missed... Uurrr..."
"Why!? Why would you just do that!?"
"I am cold, as ice."
Cream swallowed itself. Polnareff scrambled out of the way. Just the heel of his shoe had been eaten. Each hole created grew closer and closer. The last one, hit the roof above.
Huh? I-I'm nowhere near that area! Unless... Ah! That's it!"
Iggy headbutted Polnareff in the gut. Both his behind a pillar as Cream reappeared in a ball state. Vanilla Ice looked around curiously.
"Did I erase them? Nothing can escape my Dimension of Darkness... But how do I know for sure. That you mongrels aren't hiding behind this pillar!?"
Polnareff threw Iggy to the side and ducked as Cream barely ate away at his hair. The holes continued forward, but soon came back around. Polnareff saw which side was dangerous for him to leap due to the walls and pillars. However, he was becoming tired. Kakyoin had his tendril shot at. Rock bullets littered and tore it apart. It showed as his chest erupted in bullet wounds. He coughed and wheezed as he fell to the ground.
"I can't just run... I-I have to fight! They're depending on me!"
The debris in Milk's bulbs began to glow, then vanished. Trixie slithered out of the left hand, her clothes now as white as her hair. Kakyoin was nowhere to be seen. She began to search for him, but simply couldn't find a trace of him. Her head snapped to the ground. A blood droplet. She looked up and saw Kakyoin, standing on a web of emerald tendrils. The same tendrils she had finally noticed that she stepped on. She was surrounded in a Hierophant Green's barrier.
"Die, monster! You don't belong in this world! Emerald Splash!"
Trixie couldn't react in time. Milk had sucked away as many shards it could, but Trixie had already been blown apart. Her leg dangled by a few tendons, head busted open, entrails slipped through the wounds in the stomach. Kakyoin dropped down as he retracted Hierophant Green.
"This fight had to be won quickly... Any longer, she would've killed me. Such a powerful Stand!"
"... Great..."
"What...?"
Trixie slowly sat up. Her injuries were beyond fatal. However, she stood up and glared wild eyes at Kakyoin.
"You forgot... To add the Great in... The Great and Powerful... That's who I am! Remember you filth! Uuuuurrrreeeyyy! ! !"
Trixie had been sucked away by Milk. Though the bulbs cracked and nearly broken, she shot herself right at Kakyoin. He sent a concentrated Emerald Splash right at her. It was at point blank range. Yet, she used her dangled leg to kick it. Though she was blown away, the tendons snapped, and her foot kicked Kakyoin with astounding force. His ribs had to be shattered, he felt completely numb. Almost cold. He had to fire another one. Right at her head. But it was pitful. The Emerald Splash was sucked away and shot into a nearby wall. Sunlight poured in and right on Kakyoin.
"Kuurrr... Hurrrgh... You... You and your fellow peasants. Ingrates! You! YOU NEARLY KILLED THE PRINCE! HE HASN'T EVEN LIVED PAST THREE, YET HE WAS GOING TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF! FOR US! YOU RUINED THIS FAMILY! MY, FAMILY!"
"...!"
She then smiled, and hopped in a circle on the one foot.
"But it's okay... I, the Great and Powerful Trixie will make you suffer! But how... How...?"
"Heh... Hehehe... You are... Funny."
She picked up a small rock and threw it into his knee. Kakyoin cried out in agony as feeling began to return to his body.
"What do you find so funny, you filthy diseased cur!? I, the Great and Powerful Trixie, am the mightiest of us all! I, the Great and Powerful Trixie, will devour all of you!"
"I find.. I-I... I find it funny... That you believe you're so great... But you forgot to wear any pants!"
"Wh-The Queen herself picked this for me!"
"The Queen has terrible fashion sense, or maybe... She just likes to see you parade in that bare legged clown outfit."
"WWWWWWWRRRRRRRRYYYYYY! ! ! SILENCE! SILENCE! SILENCE! SILENCE! DON'T YOU EVEN DARE TO SPEAK HER TITLE! SHE LOVES ME! I, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL- NGA! I'LL JUST STOMP YOUR THROAT IN! STOMP YOU INTO THE DIRT LIKE THE ILL RIDDEN CORPSE YOU ALWAYS WERE!"
"Then what're you waiting for? Scared, oh meek and weakling Trixie?"
Trixie flew into a rage. Her eyes, now red as a blood, and mouth opened with fangs bared for Kakyoin's throat. She lunged at him... And became an ash cloud. Kakyoin knew it. There was no way she could have lived... Not unless she had became something more than human. His eyes were growing heavy. He knew what was coming next. He didn't want to die. Not yet. He needed to see this through. He had too. His eyes closed... A light in the distance beckoned him. He stood there, but knew it grew closer... Kakyoin opened his eyes, to a tear filled Morning Star. The boy was bloody and a knife in hand. Kakyoin painfully rolled away with a gasp. Then realized he could move. It was awful, but he could make it. He had been healed. Morning Star dropped the knife and picked up the ashes and hugged them.
"... Trixie... Always played with me... And taught me magic... You... You killed her..."
"I'm... I had to."
"I know... When I saw you all... I thought my friends had came back... You're all so close... If you died, they'd be very sad... So... I healed you."
"... Why...?!"
"Because you're a good person."
Kakyoin took a step back. This child. Who was he? What, was he? He knew Mannish Boy was an evil baby, was this kid the opposite? Morning Star looked up at Kakyoin, with eyes full of hate.
"I want to say, I want the best for us, but that would be lying. I hate lying. The truth is that I hate you. I really hate you. But... I don't want to hurt anyone... So just go, leave me alone, I never want to see you again."
Kakyoin couldn't believe his luck, but cursed his situation. He said nothing. He wasn't sorry he killed Trixie. Not one bit. He ran off to find his friends, to help his family. Polnareff was bleeding badly. Not just his foot, but his shoulder and a chunk of his thigh had been erased. Even two fingers from opening a door. The room was a destroyed ruin. He and Iggy hid by using The Fool to masquerade as stairs. Vanilla Ice had emerged from Cream. Then, His Voice, came from the stairs.
"Vanilla Ice. You're Too Noisy."
"Ah! Lord DIO! The Frenchman and his dog still remain!"
Iggy grinned. The Fool had created a fake DIO. The copy raised his hand and brought down on Vanilla Ice's head. Cream broke the hand and flew through the stairs. Polnareff dodged in time, but Iggy had been caught in the air. By Vanilla Ice.
"You... Lord DIO would never come down here! The sun still is up, the area destroyed, and most of all... LORD DIO BELIEVES IN ME! WE ARE OF THE SAME BLOOD! YOU MADE ME KILL HIM!"
A devastating punch, solid and crunchy, full of pure animosity connected to Iggy's chin
The wall cracked from impact. Polnareff was shocked. Why, why didn't he simply erase Iggy? Vanilla Ice leapt out of Cream and stomped his way to the dog. Each step made cracks into theconcrete.
"To erase you would be the simple answer! But then what would I do with all this unyielding rage!? I'MGOING TO KICK THE UTTER SHIT OUT OF YOU!"
The first kick had Iggy cough violently. It was a hail of heavy stomps. Brutal and unmerciful. Polnareff finally came to see the real Vanilla Ice. A man blinded by his own love, a head of darkness, empty and cold! He couldn't watch any longer.
"STOP IT! VANILLA ICE!"
Silver Chariot shot forth and threw a flurry of stabs and swipes. Vanilla Ice had his shoulder stabbed, his chest cut open, and a cut across his face. He dodged one blow straight to his eye, and sent Cream to elbow Sliver Chariot in the throat. With this opening, Cream withdrew and returned into his dimension of darkness. Polnareff coughed, but pounded the ground. He saw that the sand was still around. He knew what to do! Silver Chariot began to swing the sword with great speed. The sand slowly began to spread into the air from the wind. Polnareff saw it. The orb ate everything it came into contact with, even the sand, and that made it visible. All he needed to do was wait. Wait for Vanilla Ice to look around. That was his weakness! He couldn't see outside! Vanilla Ice opened Cream's mouth to search, and was stabbed in the mouth by Polnareff.
"Choke on my sword! Eat this shit and fucking die!"
Cream. Grabbed Silver Chariot's hand and throat with greater strength than before. Polnareff began to gag and choke as the claw prints appeared on his throat.
"Jus-Just fucking die!"
"I don't have time to die."
"!"
Silver Chariot pulled back the sword, ready to get the brain for good. However, his other hand released as Cream used it's own hand to stop the sword. He raised his other hand to beat down on the arm. He had practically dislocated it. Silver Chariot kicked Cream away and returned to Polnareff. He saw it. Cream quickly circled him, and grew closer with each rotation. He needed a plan! He had only three. One! His friends would come and rescue him! Two! The Handsome and Charming Polnareff would find a solution! Or three! Reality is cruel and cold,Death! One... Was out of the option. Rainbow Dash had lost her entire arm. Both she and Jotaro had Ben launched several miles away. Joseph and Pinkie Pie were most likely stuck with DIO. Kakyoin was attacked by Trixie, he could still be fighting. Avdol and Zecora... The option was two!
"Chariot! Get me fromthe center!"
His Stand flew from his body and onto the tracks to pull him. But it had to let go. Cream was too close. The answer, was three. Reality is cruel and cold. Polnareff closed his eyes as he awaited the moment... Vanilla Ice leapt from Cream. He stumbled but, he felt more alive than ever.
"My wounds... These injuries... This is it. It's justvas He said! A new life! LORD DIO! MY LOVE FOR YOU, ALLOWED ME TO WIN! THANK YO-"
Blood dropped from above. Vanilla Ice looked up and saw Polnareff being carried by sand.
Iggy... You... You damn mutt... You weren't supposed to use your Stand to save me, but you!"
"...rrr... hehe..."
"I-Iggy!"
"(Tonight. Me.) ..."
"Ngh...! NGHAAAAA! ! !"
Polnareff fell down as he felt the sand. Lifeless. Dead. Silver Chariot shot out and grabbed Vanilla Ice by his throat, and stabbed the rapier in between his eyes. He twisted and yanked the brain.
"You're too slow. I can't believe it. My luck with friends... It's utterly awful."
Silver Chariot grabbed the blade from the other side, and twisted Vanilla Ice's head. His neck had snapped. Polnareff rolled onto the ground. Vanilla Ice laid there limp. Then, sat up. He stalked over to Polnareff with Cream's maw wide open.
"I knew it."
Silver Chariot stabbed away at both Cream and Vanilla Ice.
"DIO... He did it. He turned you into a vampire!"
It sent them into a wall head first. But, he had simply leapt out. Silver Chariot cut away at a door next to Polnareff, sunlight flooded Ice threw a punch, but saw his arm crumble away into dust His eyes went wide as Silver Chariot put a foot on his butt.
"Go to Hell."
A simple kick into the light. Vanilla Ice. Was no more. A strange cloud came from the rooms and Iggy's body. Polnareff followed it to a hole in a wall. The cloud began to form, into his three fallen friemds. Avdol and Iggy nodded with serious expressions, Zecora smiled at him sadly.
"A-Avdol! Iggy! Ze-Zecora! Ah!"
He faltered as the pain stung him. He looked up and saw they had vanished. Polnareff turned around. He didn't have time to be sad... Yet tears fell anyways. Avdol, Zecora, and Iggy had died. DIO continued His teasing. The fear in Joseph and Pinkie Pie's eyes. Not only did He have two Stands at His disposal, He raised a hand to reveal the Vaporizing Freeze had returned. This strange Hermit Purple like Stand, canceled their Hamon to Him. They were like a fly in a spiders web.
"Annihilated. Obliterated. Devastated. Regenerated-"
"Wait what?" "Wh-"
"To Death."
This was it. No Red Stone to save them. No Grandkids to rescue them. No wily zany plan... Until a him was heard. The room was littered by green shards that blew away the wall. DIO retracted His Stand. Not for the shards, but the sunlight that came in. Kakyoin stood on a web of tendrils and fired more Emerald Splashes. Not to hit DIO, but cause the tower to collapse. Before it fell away, Kakyoin swung in and snatched the Elders out of the crumbling mansion. Pinkie Pie noticed hiswound and destroyed school uniform.
"Kakyoin! What happened!?"
"You don't want to know. I got the truck ready!"
Joseph snarled under his breath.
"The sun has set... The crusade has been turned around on us. Now it's Him chasing us."
"Mr. Old Man... I've never seen DIO outside if the shadows... Was that...?"
"Yes. That was DIO Brando."