My Little Pony: Friendship is a Bizarre Adventure

Part 4: ~ Diamond is Charitable ~

Episode IV: Echoes and Reverbs

Morioh Town Grand Hotel. The service is at four point five stars with pristine employee services, and a penthouse quality rooms. Only the most excellent service, for the most expensive customers. This hotel is where Jotaro, Rainbow Dash, and Jolyne resided. The phone rang, Jolyne had picked it up with a chirp.

"Hello!"

There was a moment of silence. Then, a man's voice spoke with a confused tone.

"(... W-Who is this? I think I got the wrong number, kid. Sorry.)"

"That's okay! Have a good day!"

She hung the phone up, but it rang again. She took the call with a smile.

"Hiya!"

"(Huh?! You again!? Octavia, you sure that's the right one?)"

"It's probably not, mister. Goodbye!'

She hung up again. The phone rang once more. This time, Jolyne heard a woman's voice faintly argue with the man. Jolyne swayed side to side and waited patiently. Octavia then spoke from the other side.

"(Excuse us, are you still there?)"

"Yes ma'am!"

"(Thank you, unlike a certain SOMEONE, it's nice to see patience instilled in someone so young. Any who, are your parents in?)"

"That depends, who are you and why do you need to know?"

"(We're, a lot like you! Very similar, we just need to talk a bit of business, nothing skeevy or bad.)"

"Mom and Dad said that if a dumb person brings a smart one to the phone, it's so that they both get something they're not supposed to have."

"(E-Excuse me?)"

"By the way, are you sure you have the right number? How'd you get it?"

"(That really uh, that's not important right now!)"

"But if I were a stranger calling you, wouldn't you want to know who I was and how I got in contact of you?"

"(I...)"

"Also, Ma's taking a nap from working alllllllll night!~ She doesn't need a headache this early in the day! That's what I'm here for!"

Octavia mentally cursed herself. This child either feigned innocence better than she thought, or her parents had been prepared. She had to think. Surely she could win the trust of Jolyne.

"(Well your parents are important to the subject. You are too!~ If it helps, we're actually from a new division of the Speedwagon Foundation!)"

"Oh!~ But... Why didn't you use the unique cellphone number?"

"(... Huh? Th-The unique, cellphone, number...?)"

Yeah! It's right by Ma right now in case something SUPER important comes up!"

Octavia began to sweat slightly. A cellphone? Why would they have something like that? It was all just unnecessary, or rather, made her efforts unnecessarily difficult.

"(W-Well... I wanted to make things more familiar!)"

"But why? The Speedwagon Foundation usually are used in very important and special situations! Even the big hotel we're in was paid with Dad's money alone! He made this clear, aren't you busy with making the world better?"

"(... H-How... Old are you...!?)"

"Old enough to not answer that question, Ms!"

Jolyne unconsciously held up six fingers.

"Can I ask you a question? What kind of Stand do you have?"

"(H-Hu-Huh?! But... I don't even know what that is!)"

"Someone with a bolty Stand hurt my Great Uncle. I heard your name was apart of it. You're not gonna hurt anyone else, are you? Why are you being so mean?"

(Wh- How'd yo-No! No, I don't really want to hurt anyone!)"

What do you want to do?"

"(Well first of all would be get Vinyl bac-Wait don't put this on me! I'm the one asking questions here!)"

"You should calm down and start back at the beginning."

Octavia couldn't stand it any longer. How dare this child put her in a corner like this! Outsmarting hopeless saps was her job, not the other way around!

"(Listen here you snot nosed shitty little brat! I don't have the patience for this any longer! Either get your parents or hang up!)"

"Yes ma'am!"

"(Thank yo-)"

Jolyne hung the phone up. Rainbow Dash walked into the room as she rubbed her eyes.

"JoJo, who're you talking to? Y'know I'm trying to take a nap, right?"

"Sorry Ma, just Octavia. She's silly!"

"... Huh? Isn't that the name of... JoJo, you're alright? No sudden guests or visitors?"

"The fridge is free of Boogeymen, no mummies in the glasses, and there aren't any genie lamps around!"

"No kabuki masked freaks or blob monsters?"

"Or any axe-wielding clown creeps or oversized talking bugs!"

"Good girl."

Keicho Nijimura was buried in Kunimi Hill, the cemetery of the town. Senset and Okuyasu had enough savings for six to five years, though with her in charge, the time may have doubled. They had signed up at the same highschool, as Josuke, Rarity, and Koichi. Despite her young age, Senset's records had impressed the school board. Hence her and Okuyasu's near instant acceptance. Rarity had shared a number of classes with Josuke and Koichi, much to her pleasure. However, she also shared classes with Okuyasu and Senset. She was completely fine with them as background characters, but they had wormed their way into Josuke's heart. Even Koichi began to talk with them, which confused her greatly. These two nearly killed all three of them in a single afternoon! Yet at lunch, it was as if a new group had been born. Koichi scratched his head.

"Uh, Josuke, how do you use your Stand? I mean, I saw Rarity do it, and mine can come out... But, how does it work?"

Josuke rubbed his chin as he took a deep breath.

"Using a Stand is like... Well, like doing anything. You get better with it the more you do it."

Okuyasu smiled and summoned The Hand by his side. Though with a perpetual frown, it posed ecstatically.

"Hey!~ Why doesn't Senset just read your Stand like she did mine and Josuke's?"

Senset shook her head and shrugged.

"I already tried reading Koichi's, it's just an unawakened Stand. Still, if it's in dormant like that, it's probably high in development. You could have yourself a really technical, but empowering ability. Unlike the poster child for skin bleaching.

Rarity scoffed.

"And apparently yours can simply look at people. What good is that?"

"Oh look at that, the Queen graces us with her presence. [ All Seeing Eye ] is more than just looking at people! For example."

Senset blinked and activated her Stand.

"Okay... Koichi, you don't know it, but you always brush your bottom row of teeth first."

Koichi eyes widened slightly.

"I-I do...?"

"You also act pretty brave because you feel it's your job to protect your family. You're basically the man of the house, even though your momma and sister don't treat you like it. Occasionally, when you think you're alone, you'll order a chocolate parfaitparfait or two to lift your spirits. You'd order more, but you don't want people to think you're girly! ... Which you really aren't so, there's that."

Koichi blushed as he looked down to the ground. Senset pointed at Josuke next.

"Josuke!~ By the manner of how you walk, you were raised and looked up to by a woman! Most of your movements are too passive, if you weren't so jacked, you'd look like a fruitcake!"

Josuke scoffed.

"Oh c'mon! Everyone knows abou-"

"You were spoiled a lot as a kid. Life was supposed to be tough on you, but someome you consider an angel came and made things better, and you look up to her. Yeah, her! Whoever she is, she's the reason you wear so much pink. Amiright?~ You like to gamble a lot, hoping desperately on that one lucky break! You also bite your lower lip whenever you get surprised or even scared."

Josuke bit his lip.

"Whoa... That IS a scary Stand, even if it can't fight."

Senset pointed at Rarity.

"And you... Well, you're such an open book, what else could I say? Aside from having a pretty mouthy and crappy Stand. Though you do tend to go overboard when someone compliments you. Fingers and palms show... Whoa, you could go into carpentry with skills like that! What're you doing wasting your time on garish fashion taste?"

"What Did You Just Say?"

"Garish. Noun, obtrusively bright and showy; lurid. You have a garish fashion taste. Used in a sentence, gift wrapped even, just for you cause we're friends!~ I never said it was bad or ugly."

The boys expected Rarity to fly for Sender's throat, but she simply sat there with a grumpy face. Senset snickered and lightly tapped her temple with a smug grin.

"Knowledge is power, and with this, I have all the knowledge in the world!"

Okuyasu raised a brow.

"Then how come you keep complaining about not getting a boyfriend?"

"S-Shut up, Okuyasu! I don't need anything but the money to get your lazy ass into an art collegecollege! The easiest way to make money is to find some rich punk and just leech it off of him!"

"You're still on about that? I know I think with my heart instead of my brain but, what about you? Didn't you want to go to college, Sis?"

"I'll be rolling in a bed of bills at an island resort that I swindled off some rich powerful poltician from a foreign country and enjoy the numerous amounts of unnecessary wealth that will be at my disposal!"

Senset cackled away while classmates eyed the group oddly. Rarity was more quiet, despite the now allied Nijimuras cracked jokes with Josuke and Koichi, but there simply was the matter of the Element of Harmony stuck in her head. Where could it be now? Where, or when, were the rest of her friends? Sure it had it's moments, but she did not like how deceitful this world was. Then, the magic mint girl sat by her.

"Hello."

"Salutations."

"What was your name again? I'm, Meuda Yoshikage."

"Rarity, darling."

"I was wondering, Ms. Rarity?"

"Hm?"

"I heard from My Jos- ... Our, friend, Josuke. That you have seamless seamstress skills. You, made those clothes that you wear, according to him."

"Well, I don't mean to brag!~ Do you mean to dabble in it yourself?"

Meuda nodded several times.

"Just sewing, please! It's very important to me... I-I know we're not friends, but it would be a blessing if-"

"Well, any friend of my friends, are friends of mine! Just let me know where and when, and you have yourself an appointment!"

The girl smiled as she released a held breath.

"Thank you...! So much...! You won't regret this."

"I already don't. Think of it as an official offer of friendship. You don't exactly talk much, maybe that's something else we can work on."

"Maybe..."

That was another strange concern. Meuda was such a weird girl, but completely harmless. Rarity simply felt like she wouldn't learn anything impressive or interesting about her at all. The week simply flew by. One day, after school, Koichi rode his new bike with Rarity back home.

"Wh-Why didn't you go home with Josuke again?"

"I'm still paranoid of those two delinquents, darling. I do believe their intent is good, but do you really expect me to just forget how we all met? You were even stabbed down by Okuyasu, how can yo buddy buddy someone like that?!"

"It's pretty easy when you get to know him. Besides Rarity, you know that since you barely do your work and modified your school uniform to be different, you and Josuke are delinquents. You even slapped the highlights out of Mishima-chan's hair!"

"She had it coming! The dress was clearly black and blue. Only the colorblind and the ignorantly stubborn would say it was white and gold! I wouldn't have done a thing if she merely kept her venomous thoughts to herself. Hmph!"

"You even sound like an eloquent delinquent."

"Shush and get me home."

They nearly fell from the bike. Koichi had hit something on the ground. He stopped and looked back to a bag.

"Huh!? W-Who threw that bag there?!"

"That's a laundry bag, there's probably nothing in there but-"

A mewl was heard from the bag. Weak and strained. A red liquid leaked out as a stain began to grow.

"What...? Oh, oh no! K-Koichi, darling, that isn't what I think it is... Is it?"

"Was there a cat in there...?!"

"I-I don't believe it, but we're both hearing it...! Oh-Oh no, no, no!"

"I ran over it...! I-I didn't even see it! It's not my fault, I never-"

A voice called out from the side. A short man with pronounced epicanthic folds, hair of dark to medium tone combed in the manner of a pompadour into a sort of thick helmet; and a small cross-shaped scar beyond the bottom-left corner of his mouth.

"Hey! You're right, kid! It ain't your fault at all, and I saw the whole thing. Sure did, I did, yep did. It's whoever left that bag there fault. I mean, who puts a cat, er sounds a bit younger, a KITTEN in a simple ragtag bag like that?"

Rarity nodded.

"Y-You're right! See, Koichi!? W-We had nothing to do with it!"

Koichi looked to the man, then the cat.

"We should, help it..."

The man waved a hand casually.

"Nah, no point. Notice how silent it all got? That poor baby kitten is dead. That's a real nice bike you got. With those nice tires, hitting a small animal at that speed, you practically smooshed it. Bones snapped like twigs, intestine and eyeballs popping out, some gruesome shit that happens. Roadkill is kinda often where I'm from, so I'm a bit accustomed to it. Oh right, the name's Tamami Kobayashi."

Koichi and Rarity paled like ghosts. She shook terribly and pointed at the bag.

"C-C-Ca-Can we at least... Bury the poor thing? I wouldn't be able to live with myself if we just left it like that..."

Tamami shrugged.

"I mean, I'd gladly bury the sorry fella, but you'd have to pay me."

"H-Huh?!" "What?"

"You heard me. Pay. Me. Nothing is free in this world, and do you two think you can get away with killing my cat?"

"Y-Your...?!" "Cat...!?"

"Yeah, my cat. You two feel, guilty, right? And you need to do something to lift that, guilt, right? Just gimme some money, just enough to buy a drink, I ain't robbing no one."

Rarity and Koichi couldn't believe their bad luck. It had been such a good day too. They felt a weight on their chest, a literal one. As they looked down and gasped, Rarity's Stand leaned its head out from her body. A lock had been placed on their chest.

"Wh-What is this!?"

[ "That looks like a rather sturdy lock, Mistress. Quite heavy, even I feel it, Mistress! Then again, whatever you feel, I feel, so do be careful, Mistress. Even young Koichi has one, quite the dilemma we've caught ourselves in, Mistress." ]

"Why didn't you protect us from this!?"

[ "Well excuse~ me, Mistress! I can't coat you in my Radiant Shine... Hm... Shine, nice ring to it. Anyways, I simply can't protect you like I do the others. I can uh, scrap for you, Mistress!" ]

Koichi poked then pulled at it.

"It's like... It's apart of me! Ugah! What is going on?!"

Tamami blinked, then raised a brow.

"Oi, oi, oi. You both can see [The Lock]? And what's with that glitter glamour head you got, girl?"

Rarity and Koichi looked at each other, than at her Stand, all in silence. Tamami grinned.

"Well, that just makes this all easier! [The Lock] there will weigh you down wherever you go forever, until you pay me. I can't even take it off, it's all Automated. Got this ability from some, Keicho Nijimura guy, but I heard he died. Yikes. Anyways, you two know what to do, right?"

Rarity narrowed her eyes. In truth she just wanted to get out of here with Koichi, but from what she had learned from Rainbow Dash is that fights here can never be won from simply running away. She had to have a plan AND run away! However, The Lock weighed her down. She thought to herself, what would Josuke do, and pointed at Tamami.

"Go! Beat him up, or something!"

[ "Yes, Mistress!~" ]

Rarity's Stand flew at Tamami with a fist ready to strike, but as he screeched and held his arms up in defense, he never felt the blow. He opened his eyes to see the Stand float right in front of him. It turned around and bowed.

[ "Do forgive me, Mistress, but he's simply out of my range. Unless you you were to move just a tad closer, I'm afraid I'm just not effective at all in this battle of wits." ]

Tamami laughed and thumbed to the Stand.

"My [Lock] doesn't even talk or follow my orders, and it's still more useful than this stupid thing! Byuhehehehe!"

Rarity's eye twitched at the sight. Then her Stand removed a piece of the crystal armor. It shaped the piece into a ball and threw it in Tamami's gut. She then doubled over with a cough.

"H-Huh?! But... I was the one who hit him! ... Right?"

Tamami barfed and shook violently. Rarity and Koichi reeled back as the man cried out in great pain.

"Gyaaaahh! ! ! M-My lunch! I-I can barely breathe, and though I feel sick, I'm starving too?! You hit me so hard! Was it really worth all this excessive force?!"

"O-Oh... Oh no, no, no! I-I'm so sorry, it was supposed to be a stern throw! I never meant to-".

The Lock on Rarity grew significantly in size. She couldn't even stand on her feet. Even her Stand fell to its knees before it vanished. Tamami smiled.

"He-Hehe! Abdominal injury and internal bleeding, costs a lot to fix, y'know?! With that kind of uniform, you must be rolling in yen!"

Rarity could barely breathe, but shook her head. Josuke was her wallet, bank, credit and debit card. Without him, she truly was no more wealthier than a stray animal. Koichi however, looked away.

"W-We don't have any money on us... She has someone holding her money for her, he's not here...!"

Tamami painfully sauntered to Koichi.

"Even if that's the case with her, you don't seem to have an honest face on, you sure you broke right now?"

Koichi's Lock then grew next. Koichi fell on his back as he gasped desperately for air, The Lock began to crush him under all the weight. Tamami spat to the side.

"See? The guiltier you feel, the greater your weight becomes, and by lying to me you felt very guilty. Right, kid? Amiright?"

"Aghk! Aha! Hah! Gah! I... I have... Se-Seven thousand... Yen!"

"Oh?~"

"For her! J-Just let, Rarity go!"

"Huh?~ You paying for her and not yourself? Ain't that just sweet!"

Koichi took his wallet out, but Tamami snatched it and took the money. He dropped the wallet on Koichi's face as he counted it.

"But y'see, this here seven thousand is for that lie you gave me. For that cat, fifty thousand. For the drop on assault charges as well as the bill just to see the doctor, probably eight hundred and seventy five thousand yen."

"EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSANNNNNNNNNND?!" "THAT'S HIGHWAY ROBBERRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYY!"

"Shut your mouths, Koichi, Rarity! Those are your names, right? Almost no one cones down this street st this time, so you either cough up the cash or-"

Tamami stopped as he felt a tap on his shoulder.

"Huh? Whaddya want?"

He turned around and saw Senset smile at him, All Seeing Eye active as she gave a wave.

"Hi! I'm an extremely emotional teenage girl who loves to release her bottled up tension and aggression by punching the ever living shit out of conmen like you. Thanks for the therapy."

"Huh?!"

Senset punched Tamami in the gut. As he doubled over, her fist shot up for an uppercut, then a quick elbow to the chest. She grabbed him by his shirt and growled.

"I don't feel a single angstrom of guilt for beating the actual slime out of you, you slimeball. Your Stand, [The Lock], it can be removed if you DO decide to. It only works on people who think they did any wrong! At best they pay you off and you remove, some are like me and just don't give a fuck. At worst, the body is crushed or the chest is torn off from the weight. Anyone with a lock on can't attack you, the damage bounces right back to them. So, now that we know just about everything, how're you gonna get outta this one?"

"Au... A... Augh...! W-Why're you so mean?! I can't take it! Whoever raised you should be ashamed! Not even MY parents treated me like this!"

She struck him with a slap across the face. His head fell low and his face met her knee. The same leg used to knee him kicked at his ankles and sent him to the ground on his back. She topped it off with a stomp on his chest. She leans over him to apply more weight on him.

"Tears don't work on me asshole, only the results matter! Right, Okuyasu? ... Okuyasu?"

She looked back at Okuyasu and Josuke. Okuyasu had a small lock that began to form.

"Oku... No... Don't-C'mon man! I literally just exposed this poser!"

"I-I know but... I can't help but feel guilty!"

"What for?!"

"You never told me you bottled everything up! And what really bothers me is how badly you're beating on him... He looks like he's ready to pass out!"

Senset's eyes widened. She cursed herself and looked down at her chest. Tamami sneered past his beaten face.

"The guilt of making others guilty counts too! Ehe! Ehehehehe!"

"Son of a-"

Josuke whistled loudly as he untied the bloody bag.

"Hey, lemme guess. From the way Koichi's bike is placed, the tire marks, and this fake blood. You threw this pressure sensitive cat doll in the way with a packet of... This isn't even fake blood, it's just cranberry juice!"

The Lock on Koichi vanished as Rarity's Lock shrunk. Josuke had pulled the cat doll out and poked it. The doll let out a small mewl. He then walked over to Tamami. He knocked on the conman's forehead. Tamami had completely healed, with the rest of the Locks vanishing. Josuke looked down at him.

"Talk about a catty situation, you pussyfooted around long enough, now get out of here before you go from nine lives to none."

Tamami backed away slowly, but had been seized by Senset again.

"Hold it there! I saw you take Koichi's wallet! And from the way your fingers flex and hands are smooth, you deal a lot of hand tricks. I wanna see the whole bill! Each one! Hand em back, before I turn you into a real feline! We'll see what's new then, pussy cat!"

Tamami cursed himself. This girl was experienced in dealing with his kind. Josuke was bad news too, he actually had the nerves to check further into the scene like a detective. He hated kids like these. He had no choice and handed over the money. As he ran off, everyone stared at Senset with faces of disbelief, save for Josuke who gave a goofy grin.

"... What?"

"You followed up on my cat puns, and they were turrible."

"I- Oh- FUCK! It's only been a week, but you and your stupid puns are getting to me already!"

"Down, tiger!"

"Josuke! ! !"

Koichi then shouted.

"N-No way! These bills, t-their counterfeit! Even I can tell that!"

Tamami had already left. Senset growled.

"Damn, he's good... I was sure he was too scared to try anything. He better not show his face around me now! By the way... Rarity, why didn't you just come with us on the way home?"

Rarity glanced around nervously and chuckled. Okuyasu covered his nose and pointed to the small puddle of bile.

"Forget all that, who the Hell left that!"

Senset thumbed to Rarity.

"Bet Drama Queen made that after getting locked down.

Rarity rolled her eyes.

"I'll have you know that I had Tamami do that! My Stand is much more powerful than originally thought."

Okuyasu's eyes widened.

"Whew! That's a pretty strong Stand!"

Senset rolled her eyes.

"Doubt it. He probably just threw up himself using his tongue to move his uvula, otherwise you'd have gone through the same thing."

Koichi slowly snuck away and rode off on his bike. He liked his friends, he really did, but they were all insane. Why did he attract the weirdest and sketchiest people? It didn't matter now. He was finally home. He smiled at his dog who always lazily waited for him.

"Hey, Police! Are you alive today? Woof!"

Koichi lightly nudged Police. His tail wagged slowly. Koichi was about to annoumce his return, but saw an unfamiliar pair of shoes at the door. He heard talking in the living room. His mother spoke out.

"Koichi!~ Is that you? We have a guest!"

Koichi entered the room and found Tamami in the midst of massaging Koichi's mom. Though he smiled with his lips, his eyes turned into a glare at the boy. Tamami sat down and drank from a small teacup, his gaze not leaving Koichi. Koichi's mother smiled brightly.

"Mr. Tamami dropped by to return your wallet, you're so absentminded, you could have lost seven thousand yen if it weren't for him!"

Koichi looked to the table. His real money was right there.

"M-Mom! Did he, really, say he came back to give me my... Wait a minuet! T-This is my wallet!"

"Hm? That's rather strange, but why are you so on edge, Koichi?"

Tamami then spoke up, and pulled out the exact same wallet.

"Actually, it makes sense. Y'see ma'am, when Koichi accidentally bumped into me with his bike, our wallets got swapped. He took mine by accident, but like I said, he's on edge for a reason. In that wallet is nine hundred and twenty five thousand yen. I'm essentially asking for my money and wallet back."

"Nine hundred...?!" "WHAT?! Y-YOU COMBINED THE PRICES!?"

"I can even prove that's my wallet. There's a receipt from Johnny's Steakhouse. I had a burger there and onion grattan soup yesterday night, so that should come to one thousand eight hundred and thirty three yen."

Koichi took his wallet out, and found the receipt. He and his mother were shocked.

"K-Koichi...! Y-You couldn't have..."

"Ah! B-But...! There's no way I could've done this, Mom! You gotta-"

Tamami shook his head as he spoke over Koichi.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but your son seems to be a bit of a thief. I wouldn't know what to do with myself if he was my kid, I'd feel utterly, guilty."

The Lock grew out of her chest. She stumbled back from the shock of it all.

"K-Ko-Koi-Koichi...? My Koichi? A... Thief?"

Koichi leapt forward to throttle Tamami with his fist, but the conman simply leaned to the side and fly into a small table. He sneered and snickered.

"Hehehehe! I did it! And now that it's on, I ain't EVER gonna take it off! Nine hundred thousand's not gonna cut this at all!~ I'm gonna take the deed to this house, your legal seal, and maybe even that lazy dog outside!"

Koichi dove for the phone and picked it up ready to dial.

"J-Josuke! R-Rarity!"

Tamami groaned.

"Those two fashion disasters? What're they, your babysitters?! Don't you have the balls to do your own work?"

Koichi glanced to the side and saw his older sister with a lock of her own. Tamami thumbed to her.

"She's such a nice girl, and a super hottie. She spills an itty bitty tea on me and starts apologizing frantically! Though, I may have overreacted, just a tad. She's a third year in your school, right? Heh. Hehehe, she's ripe for picking ~"

Koichi had enough. He slammed the phone down. His hair shot up as his Stand flew from his body. The egg hovered in the air and shook before Tamami.

"You... I'm going to take care of you myself!"

"H-Hey! Whoa! What's with that... Thing?"

The egg broke away as a strange turtle like creature erupted from the shell. With a beak, and a long tail with two wheels at its base, the tip pointed like a pen nib. Koichi pushed his mother and sister.

"Get out of here! I have to speak with him alone!"

"I-Is this about the money?" "Koichi, Mom, is everything alright?"

He slammed the door behind him and glared at Tamami.

"This is the first I've seen it out the egg... Josuke said it's all about thinking and doing, so..."

The Stand leapt onto Tamami. The conman shrieked, but Koichi only nodded.

"It did! It move! Now then, let my mom and sister go! Or I'll make you!"

"No way! Y-You punch me, and the-"

"No. I'll gladly pound your face into the back of your pelvis."

"... huh?"

"AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT I'M SERIOUS!"

The Stand struck Tamami across the jaw with a fist. The sound of the blow was excessive. As if Tamami's jaw had been fractured and shattered. He screamed as if that was the result, but he was just fine.

{ { "POW!" } }

"AAH! AAH! AAH! AAH! A-Aa... Ah?"

"H-Huh? Hit him again!"

Another destructive sounding punch, with Tamami flailing onto the floor in fear, but was in no pain.

{ { "THWACK!" } }

"EYAGH! HWAGH! AAIEEE! KYAAA! HWU-Huei-Hold on..."

"Staaannd! Actually, y'know, hurt him?!"

Tamami blocked with a simple raise of his arms. It sounded like his arm should have broken on impact, but was completely fine.

{ { "CRUNCH!" } }

"Huh. Well I just nearly shat myself for nothing! This Stand is even MORE useless than that shiny bitch's! At least it could attack!"

"Uh-oh."

The Stand squirmed and wiggled like a baby fresh out of the womb. That's what it was! Koichi began reflect the meaning of this before Tamami simply grabbed Koichi with a fierce pull.

"Look here you hard squeezed tagnut, scaring me like that only gets you into more troubl-... Trou-... Troub-Trou-Tro... A-Agh! What's that in my ears?!"

The sound affect. The punch itself the sound made replayed over, and over, within Tamami's head. Louder and louder with each second.

"Gyaaaah! ! ! What the hell is all this?! Sto-Stop these sounds playing my head!"

"... A-Ah! No! I won't, I'll add more!"

The Stand swung at Tamami. He dodged, but the sound of the wind played now. The kanji appeared on his body in a comic book font.

{ { "SWISH!" } }

Tamami couldn't bear it any longer. He rushed to a draw and pulled out a steak knife. Koichi braced himself.

"D-Don't let my size fool you! I've been in a knife fight of kinds before! Er, arrowhead!"

"Stupid, shitty, brat! I'll show you, WHAT FOR!"

Tamami stabbed himself, though it was honestly a scratch, it bled just enough for it to be noticeable. He let out an exaggerated scream and tossed the knife to Koichi. Koichi caught the knife as his mother and sister entered the room.

"That's enough what is...?! Ah! AAAAIIIIEEEEE! ! !"

"KOICHI?! W-What're you...?! I'm going to faint..."

Koichi threw the knife down.

"Wa-Wait! This isn't what it looks like! I'd never-"

The Locks grew enormously. His sister fell to the floor from the weight as his mom picked up another knife. Koichi never noticed how many were in his house until now. They were literally everywhere! He'd worry about that later as his mother aimed the tip at her own throat.

"I cant ... This murderous behavior is my own fault... I can't live on...!"

Tamami sneered at the sight.

"Now, Koichi!~ You'll have no choice but to remove these sounds! G-Go on, I can barely here me think my genius!"

Koichi gave him a determined expression.

"No! I'll make another!"

"Huh?!"

Koichi looked back to his mother and shouted out to her. His Stand caught his voice and applied it her cheek.

{ { "BELIEVE ME!" } }

She paused as the words echoed in her head.

"Th-This voice..."

"Mom! You raised me mch better than that! Even if I ever were mad with someone, I'd never take a life! It just wouldn't happen!"

"That's... True! Koichi is a caring boy who helps out whenever he can to whoever! There has to be an explanation!"

Tamami couldn't believe it. The Lock on Koichi's mother vanished. She dropped the knife and sighed contently as Koichi loomed over him. Tamami couldn't win. He did what he did best. Beg.

"HHHEEEEEIIIIIIIE! B-BOSS! BOSS KOICHI! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I-I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, JUST DON'T HURT ME!"

"Remove [The Lock] on my sister!"

DONEDONE! BEEN DONE! JU-JUST LET ME GO! I'LL EVEN WORK FOR YOU! PLEASE JUST, LET ME LIVE!"

"... Okay. I'll even take the sounds away, if you get me one million dollars. Not yen, American dollars."

"O... On... Uh... Uhn.."

Tamami was struck with utter shock. Then, Koichi pat his shoulder with seedy tone.

"Joking!~ It was a joke~ Tamami..."

To him, it didn't sound like a joke at all. The next day, the group were surprised to see Tamami talking to Koichi. He even seemed, shorter, than usual. Senset snarled as she rolled up a sleeve.

"I'm gonna tear a new anus on that idiot's-"

"BOSS KOICHI! Lemme carry your bags today! You've got to be at your best for school!"

"... What?"

Koichi smiled at Tamami's offer.

"N-Nothanks! But, uhh, you can ride my bike back home! I won't be using it today."

"Yessir, Boss Koichi, sir!"

Senset watch him ride off down the street in great confusion.

"... What?!"

Rarity placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I guess with a head made of meat, you can't understand what just happened, eh Ms. Bacon Hair?"

"... What!?"

Senset hadn't even registered the nickname. Josuke and Okuyasu simply got on the bus.

"'Ey, Josuke? Did we miss something?"

"Nope, it's really just none of our business. Though, Koichi does tend to make the sleaziest looking friends."