Jotaro was on the ground in a park with Rainbow Dash in his arms. He had tied her sleeve best he could, but his hands trembled still. He had even stole magazines, gauze, and planks of wood all for splints. Yet. After all that, he was still shaking. They were thrown aside so easily. How? It just didn't make any sense. He looked down at Rainbow Dash as she panted heavily.
"I don't... I... I don't get it... How'd He...? Why... W-Why... Why did they have to die...?"
She shook as tears came down her face. He saw her Stand, faintly flicker, and crumbled. Avdol had told them both of this when he had beaten Polnareff. A Stand that is destroyed or decays while the User is still alive, is the sign of a dying spirit. Crushed and hopeless. Jotaro couldn't believe that could ever happen, but he didn't have time for shock.
"Dash. I'll get you to a hospital. Don't worry about at thing."
He stood up, but stopped as her left hand grabbed him by the throat. She pulled his head down and lifted herself up to glare at him.
"Don't you dare... Don't you even think about leaving me behind... I'm going to be there to beat Him...! You hear me!? Don't you leave me behind!"
She shook with fear and anger. With anticipation and determination. Vengeance burned intensely in her eyes.
"I need to get Him back... I don't care about this arm... Avdol! Zecora! ... Even Gilda...! There's a Gilda where I'm from... We're great friends... So why did I have to end up killing the one here!? Him... I'm sick of Him! If I don't hit Him... Even once... I'll Never Forgive Myself!"
"Dash... You done talking?"
"What was tha-"
"So we can go throw His sorry ass into the Sun together. I've got to kick his ass for a lot of things, but number one, is making my friend cry. You in?"
"... Yeah. I'm done... T-These aren't tears! J-Just sweat from my brow! Yeah."
"Yare Yare Daze."
They found a motorcycle chained to a light post. Jotaro would have Joseph pay for it later. Right now, they needed to find...
D I O
"No! No! No! No! NO!"
Kakyoin kicked the truck from inside. It had broken down on the spot. Joseph left the vehicle as he saw a man refuel his own truck.
"Hey. I'll buy this from you."
"What the Hell are yo-"
Joseph placed a large stack of bills in his hands. The man opened the door for them and closed it as they sped away. Joseph adjusted the rearview mirror. Pinkie Pie sat in the passengers seat as Kakyoin sat in the back. Joseph growled as he stared ahead, he drove far above the speed limit.
"He's still there... Still following us. You can even see the darkness follow us."
Pinkie Pie frowned as she looked back using the side mirrors.
"I... I can't believe all that just happened..."
Kakyoin leaned forward.
"Mr. Old Man. Can DIO track you as well?"
Joseph nodded.
"It's not exact, but equal. All of Us of the Joestar Bloodline can feel each other. However it's only a feeling, not like we can track where one is or how many there are in one spot. It's why I knew He was still alive, but I couldn't tell where... The same goes for Him. He knows that He's following me, but not Jotaro. We have to use this to our advantage."
A car had crashed into a sudden object. DIO was that object. The driver came out and was surprised as DIO sauntered from the middle of the road over to him.
"H-Huh?! You're alive? Good! You can pay for this damage!"
"The Automobile. In My, DIO's, Time... We Had Only Horse Carriages. To Think That One Day These Will Be Fueled By Alternative Means."
DIO ran a hand on the vehicle, but the driver placed a hand on His shoulder.
HEY! DON'T IGNORE AUTHORITY! THAT'S THE SENATOR'S CAR, DO YOU WANT TO PUKE FROM YOUR EYES!?"
DIO gently held the man's wrist, and twisted the forearm entirely as he dislocated the elbow.
"... Wh-What...!?"
The driver fell to the floor as DIO entered the back of the car. A short man with a small hat and well made suit smiled, unaware of the scene outside.
"Hello there, young man! I am J. E. Monopoly Philips, the Senator if you would. Now, I admire your liveliness, but I am headed to a most importan-"
DIO grabbed Philps' two front teeth and easily pulled them out.
"O-OW! OWWW! ! !"
"There's A Red Pickup Truck Headed To The Freeway."
"Huh!?"
"I Want You To Follow It."
"B-B-B-Bu-"
"If You Fail To Comply Or Reach It, I, DIO, Will Hurt You. Badly."
"... But the meeti-"
DIO pinched Philips' nose pulled it to the left then side with careful ease. It had broken and he was thrown into the driver's seat.
"Drive."
"... okay!"
The car had started up. The hunt would finally begin. DIO, Sworn Enemy to the Joestar Family, was to be stuck in traffic as soon the car moved forward.
"What. Are You Doing?"
"A-As you can see, sir, we're in rush hour!"
"No, Really? I Never Would Have Guessed. Drive On The Sidewalk You Tool."
"WHAT!? B-BUT! HARD WORKING PEOPLE ARE COMING HOME FROM WORK!"
"The Sidewalk Seems Fast Enough. Go."
"I-I CAN'T! IT'S CALLED A SIDEWALK, NOT A SIDEDRIVE!"
DIO shifted slightly as He stared at Philips. That alone flushed any bravery the man had left. The car began to drive onto the sidewalk. Some people lightly pushed and bumped. DIO would be nowhere at this speed.
"Faster. If They Die, It's Their Fault For Not Moving. Even Blind, Deaf, and Dumb People Know To Dodge A Loud Charging Object."
"Y-Yes sir...!"
Philips began to put a little more push into the gas. People ran and were rolled over, but DIO wasn't satisfied. He placed a hand on the senator's shoulder.
"I'll Just Kill You And Do It Myself, Weak Mortal."
That touch alone was enough. Philips stomped on the gas and mowed the civilians down. Blood sprayed onto the windows, which began to break from the impact of the bodies.
"Good. Very, Very, Good."
Pinkie Pie pointed ahead, her upper body stuck out of the window.
"There! If we take that turn we'll-"
A battered car covered in blood, and slightly viscera, broke through a store entrance just a few meters in front of them. They all saw who was in the back of the car, since the windshield had been completely destroyed. DIO, smiled at them. Pinkie lowered herself into the car.
"oh no..."
They passed by each other. Everyone looked at DIO. He gave a small finger wave as a response, as well as a rear wheel that suddenly blew out. Joseph barely kept the car steady enough to not spin out, and continued onto the highway. DIO had Philips follow them. Joseph weaved around passing cars, desperately to escape, but Philips newfound fear had driven him mad. He cared less for anything but survival, and that meant getting close to Joseph. DIO glanced to the side as they neared an exit. Hierophant Green was a safe distance away from the car.
"Kakyoin..."
Hierophant Green readied itself. It needed only a few seconds to fire a concentrated Emerald Splash that had also spread widely. It fired as the shards flew with brilliant radiance. DIO, lifted a finger, flicked a single shard, and sat there smiling as that shard deflected all the others away. The doors had been blown apart, yet the car kept going. Kakyoin shouted as he pounded the window.
"BULLSHIT! BULL FUCKING SHIT! HOW'D HE DO THAT!? HOW THE SHIT DID HE...!?"
Pinkie Pie used her Candy Shop to see over Hierophant Green's shoulder. It moved in front of the car and fired a focused shot directly at DIO. The Vampire flexed His fingers and sent Emerald Splash straight into the air. DIO looked up through the hole in the roof. Hierophant Green had fired all it could. Like a machine gun, the shards struck at every angle from above. A cloud of from the debris and destruction formed around it until Hierophant Green stopped it's assault. The car was severely damaged, but not only did it still run with the driver still alive, DIO had not a scratch on Him. Pinkie Pie looked back to Kakyoin.
"Just! Pull back! C'mon, I don't have a good feeling about this!"
"Nana... One more shot... I have to take one more..."
They had made it into town again. Up ahead was a train, soon coming, this was the final stretch! Hierophant Green floated behind DIO's car, but turned around and saw It. THE WORLD. Like Star Platinum, It was humanoid and phenomenally built. It wore a headpiece that covered Its face to below the place of Its nose, slanted at a steep angle from the base of Its forehead to a peak situated above the rear of Its head by about half Its height, leaving the face of an inverted triangle visible to the front. Small, simple twin diving cylinders on Its back, connected by short, twin ridged cables to the rear of Its mask. The back of both Its hands bore the shape of a simple clock face. Its chin, the base of Its abdomen, Its crotch and Its knees are topped by heart shapes. Plates on Its shins, Its footwear bears curved, sharply pointed toes. THE WORLD struck Hierophant Green with a simple fist. Simple, for It. Monstrously powerful, for Kakyoin. So powerful and fast, Kakyoin couldn't even raise both arms in time. Hierophant Green flew through several street signs and into a parked car. The roof of the parked car had nearly fell off from impact. Kakyoin had been healed earlier, despite being in great pain, and now was ready to pass out. Blood and bruises, even a broken arm, all from one punch. Pinkie Pie closed the portal as THE WORLD glanced at her, but large piece of her ear had vanished.
"A-Argh- Ssss! Mhnn!"
She refused to scream now as Kakyoin barely held onto consciousness. She turned to Kakyoin as he wiped away the blood.
"Kakyoin, are you okay!? We're gonna get to a-"
"TRAIN!"
"Well we can take the train too but no-"
"NANA! IN FRONT!"
Pinkie Pie looked ahead and screamed with Kakyoin as Joseph broke through the railroad gate. The train was just a centimeter away from hitting them, but they made it at the nick of time. DIO' car, had been totaled by the train, and exploded. Pinkie smiled as she punched Joseph in the arm.
"That was smart and risky! How'd you know that train would do Him in? ... W-Wait... Did I just...?"
Joseph looked back with a sigh.
"That should be it. The power of being hit directly by a train that size? Even if He survived, He'd be in very little pieces."
The train blew up. A large explosion shook the aarea as train cars fell behind them. Almost aimed at them.
"WHAT!? WHAT THE FUCK!? SON OF A BITCH! IS HE THROWING THE TRAIN AT US!?"
Soon the train cars desist. Kakyoin looked back and cried out in terror.
"NANA! MR. OLD MAN!"
Philips crashed through the back. Thrown by DIO. Joseph spun the car out and crashed into the side of a building. DIO walked up to the crash site and ripped the door opened. Only Philips body lied inside, torn apart by the force of the throw alone, as well as the crash. He looked up at the building. Then across the street. Joseph was still alive and near. He looked to a 7-Up light up billboard and smiled.
"I'll Have That Later... Wait. Ah!~ There You Are."
Kakyoin stared down at DIO. Pinkie Pie had used her Candy Shop to send everyone up there. She began to breathe, but coughed.
Th-That's not good... Not good at all! I... I can't use Hamon!"
"Nana. You won't have to. Just let me handle this."
Kakyoin sent a tendril to the top of a mosque. There he stood as Hierophant Green did what it did best. Hide. Whenever he looked at his Stand, Kakyoin would remember his childhood. No one was like him. He was smart. Calm. Polite. Clean. But, he was not sociable. This was by his own choice. He often kept to himself, he refused any offers of friendship of relationship. Even his mother and father were alienated. Because, no one could see his true friend. His, Hierophant Green. There were several people all around the world. Phone numbers and addresses, even faces all blended together, how would he know anyone? How could he, if they could never understand him, never see the real him. He his himself away from the world... Until Jotaro and Rainbow Dash came into his life. When Joseph and Avdol understood him completely. When Polnareff knew and shared that feeling of loss. When Zecora was the same in their ambition for redemption. When Pinkie Pie gave him the family member he had dreamed of. These people, he knew for such a short time, but proudly called them family. These people filled the void in his heart and soul, they brought the courage and bravery out of him, and showed him true strength. To protect them now, he had to do what he had done all his life. DIO's power was great. He could even fly with His will alone. He felt it. Joseph was so close. Then, another pull. He looked to the side, but His head snapped to Joseph and Pinkie Pie with their vines slithered out of their bodies.
"So... Joseph Is Here, Which Means That Jotaro And Rainbow Dash Aren't Too Far Behind, What A Useless Effort."
DIO lowered Himself, but turned to the side and swiped an Emerald Splash away. However, He found Himself under a constant barrage of Emerald Splashes, firing with each movement He made. Eventually, He swung a heavy roundhouse kick to all the shards and stood still. Like fiber wire, He saw that He had been caught in a large web of Hierophant Green. The Stand completely unraveled to shoot from every possible angle. DIO looked ahead and saw Kakyoin.
"DIO! This ends tonight! I'm not the same from before!"
"No. You're Stronger. So Much Stronger. Noriaki Kakyoin, I'll Make A Deal With You. If You Can Understand What Happens Next, I Promise You Peace."
Kakyoin shook his head.
"I won't fall for Your tricks and lies. IT'S TIME TO DIE! TAKE THIS, TWENTY-METER EMERALD SPLASH!"
The shards shot from every tendril. Every angle. A concentrated blast that even the Stars would barely survive. Kakyoin's true plan was to see what DIO would do. The secret to His Stand. DIO, only smirked and pointed at Kakyoin.
"[THE WORLD]!"
Kakyoin had only blinked. He felt numb. He grew cold. Color began to fade as the world grew darker. He felt something rush through him. The feeling was only there for a moment, but he knew he was wounded. Beyond repair. He heard Pinkie Pie call for him... What had just happened? Joseph's blood ran ice cold. It was in an instant. DIO had appeared where Kakyoin was, and Kakyoin, had flown back with a hole in his torso. He crashed right into a water tower. Pinkie Pie's skin crawled.
"why...!? I... I should've seen it coming! My Pinkie Sense is never wrong! So WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?"
"W-We can still save him! [Hermit-"
Joseph stopped as he felt a strange sting in his body. He turned to see DIO.
"DIO!"
"Joestar...!"
Kakyoin felt it again. There'd be no magic child to save him. Pinkie Pie's Hamon had finally cut out. It even began to show on her body as she grew wrinkles. Her hair had fallen down with grey streaks that became more apparent. She could only stand there as she watched Kakyoin die. Kakyoin saw a clocktower not but a few turns on the road. He began to think as he saw Hierophan's tendrils fall. Torn apart all at once. He looked at the clock, the tendrils, the face THE WORLD had a short range, yet could be anywhere in an instant. As if time did not apply to DIO.. Time... Time! He looked to Pinkie Pie, but DIO caught her attention.
"There's A Clock Tower Right Over There... It's Midnight. Ah, That Means Today's Doughnut Day! What Impeccable Timing. Wouldn't You Agree?"
"Y-You...! YOU'RE NOT FUNNY! YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE ASH!"
She dug in her pockets and held up the Red Stone at Him, Joseph by her side sent his Hermit Purple to her, and gave his Hamon to her. The Red Stone reacted and fired a powerful beam. A beam that THE WORLD backhanded away.
"Even My Vaporizing Freeze And Pressure Eyes Are Nothing To That Stone. But [THE WORLD] Is The Ultimate Stand! Now... You Know What Happens Next."
Joseph stepped in front of Pinkie Pie. She had, nothing left.
What I know is that there's still hope. That this battle isn't over yet! All that is certain tonight is... One shall stand, one shall fall."
"Then It Is Decided. JOSEPH JOESTAR, GRANDSON OF JOJO, DIE! ! !"
DIO lunged at them both, but stopped at the sound of an explosion. Pinkie Pie used this moment as to summon a large portal on the ground behind her, and suplexed Joseph and herself through. They appeared on a new roof away from DIO. Joseph held her close and began to swing from building to building with Hermit Purple. He began to become older as he gave Pinkie Pie even more of his own Hamon. She looked back at the sight. Tears fallen and spirit weakened. She had witnessed a nightmare reoccur. She had lost another one.
"Kakyoin... Ngh...! He's... He's...!"
"Pinkie..."
"He... Attacked the clocktower. That was, his last, Emerald Splash. So... Why the clocktower?"
"It makes no sense! Kakyoin did everything with a reason. He had to have a reason to... Time."
"Everything DIO did was in an instant... I-I did it again! I never say His name like that!'
"What're you talking about?!"
"The way my speech changed... How He just appears everywhere... How He even managed to overwhelm Stands faster than light! What does it all have to do with Time?"
"... N-No!"
"JoJo... It-It can't be...! Is it!?"
"How do you fight an ability like that!? How do you fight someone like DIO, WHEN HE CAN STOP TIME!?"
THE WORLD appeared before them, a fist raised and sent at Joseph's body, but It had returned to DIO's side.
"[Hermit Purple] And [Candy Shop]. Two Stands That By Themselves, Are Only Any Use To The Experienced And Hamon Users. Used By You Two As One Stand However..."
Joseph pulled down his shirt to reveal DIO's suspicions. Candy Shop and Hermit Purple acted as shields for him and Pinkie Pie.
"My grandson isn't the only one to combine Stands. Avdol and Zecora explained it well to us. Our Stands allow our Hamon to be conducted into anything, even other Stands."
"You touch us with [THE WORLD] and boom! You go too!"
DIO looked to the side and shrugged.
"Okay. Kakyoin... You Received That Peace That I Promised. He Figured Out Everything And Managed To Tell You. Impressive... I, DIO, Don't Have To Touch You Though."
THE WORLD punched the roof and shot the debris at the elders. Pinkie Pie had Candy Shop act as a shield for her and Joseph. There was nothing they could do. Bone snapped, flesh tore and bruised, Joseph used himself to cushion Pinkie Pie's fall. She held him up and barely carried him away. They were right outside of a popular café that was mostly outside. Many were confused and joked about raining old people. Pinkie Pie didn't care. She had to tell everyone left. She had to save them. She saw a motorcycle stop across the street as Joseph came to. He looked up and saw them. Jotaro and Rainbow Dash.
"Grandpa! Grandma!" "Old Man! Pi-Pinkie Pie!?"
Joseph shouted at them with Pinkie Pie.
"GET BACK! STAY AWAY FROM ME!"
"YOU HAVE TO GET AWAY! [THE WORLD] IS UNLIKE EVERY OTHER ENEMY!"
Joseph shoved Pinkie Pie ahead.
"J-JoJo!?"
"HE'S HERE! PINKIE! GET THEM TO SAFETY! GET THEM TO-"
DIO appeared by Joseph's side with His arms folded. Joseph, had a knife in his throat. The blood flew out as he fell back. Pinkie Pie, didn't make a sound. Her mouth was open, but nothing came out. She then realized that she couldn't even breathe. Four knives entered her throat from four sides. She stumbled and fell next to Joseph. DIO took the Red Stone from her hand, and crushed it. Joseph held a hand up to stop Rainbow Dash and Jotaro from running to their deaths.
"S-Stop..! You can't..! Keep a distance...! Don't lose... Your cool... Otherwise... Y-You're no match..."
Pinke Pie had to say something. She mustered the last of her Hamon and spoke
"JoJo... I'm sorry... All I did was... Annoy you..."
"Ugh... Agh... N-No... No you didn't... No you..."
Their Stands intertwined before the vines crumbled away. Hand in hand, Joseph and Pinkie Pie had left. Rainbow Dash clenched her fist tight enough to draw blood. Jotaro had never been so angry in his life. Even so, as they faced DIO, they knew better than to fly off the handle.
This Was The Final Battle.
Princess Celestia and Twilight Sparkle panted. From excitement. From shock. From grief. From exhaustion. Nearly every piece had been taken away from them. There was no DIO piece, but a holographic image of THE WORLD. For each victim. Each piece. It had smashed and even cracked the chessboard. All that remained were the Stars. Princess Celestia looked fearful. Not even she knew how to combat such a creature. DIO, all of His vampiric abilities retained, and now THE WORLD at His side. She began to recede, but Twilight Sparkle stomped her hooves down.
"... Everything has a weakness... C'mon Rainbow Dash! I know you can do it! I believe you can do it! No matter what!"
Princess Celestia looked back at the chessboard and stared intently at the Rainbow Dash piece. It had began to crumble away, but unlike the others... There was something underneath.
"You're right, Twilight. We have to have faith. These are the Stars of this Part after all. They'll prevail. They have to..."