Princess Cadence flew above the chessboard and pointed at the space around her.

"There! I have you in check! The game is mine! Release my friends from this world!"

Nothing. Not a single sound.

"... Didn't you hear me? Rarity's won your sick game! She's retrieved the Element of Harmony!"

Silence. Stillness and emptiness surrounded her.

"... Well? Say something!"

"L. O. O. K. D. O. W. N."

She did so and gasped. Rarity held the Bow, with an empty slot, and terrified expression on her face. An expression Princess Cadence shared.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Rarity released an ear piercing screech as she held the Arrow. Senset cleaned her ears with a low growl as she held the Bow.

"Yeah. Same here, Rarity, same here."

"Where!? How!? Why?! YOU!"

Rarity pointed at Octavia. The group, Josuke, Rarity, Okuyasu, Senset, Koichi and Vinyl had all taken Akira and Octavia to their hideaway. His house. All around were stolen items from town. Octavia scowled at Rarity.

"Hey, don't look at me, look at the moron who thought it was a toy and not a century old relic!"

Akira rolled his eyes.

"Whatever Ms. It's Too Rusty To Hang On The Wall."

"It is! It belongs in a case, Boltbrain!"

"Woodface!"

"Mophead!"

"Decidumbdumb!"

"Bootlicker!"

"Asskisser!"

Vinyl stomped a foot down and silenced them both. Senset shrugged and looked around carefully.

"Let's see... With all these items laying around. You'd have a stolen price tag of over five hundred million yen! Holy crap, you greedy gluttons even got a multipurpose microwave! I didn't even think they came in blue!"

Senset reached out to it.

"Y'know, this thing could sell for quite a bit..."

Koichi jumped up and slapped her wrist.

"O-Ow!"

"Hey! Don't do that! We don't want anything linking us to them!"

"... You're right, Koichi! I knew you had a criminal mentality!"

"Huh?!"

"We should steal our own things! An honor among a thief, how rare!~"

"Wh-No! I-I'd never-"

Senset turned around and shook her head.

"That Koichi, he really steals!"

Josuke folded his arms with a sigh.

"No dignity."

Okuyasu leaned over to Rarity.

"Hey... Are we fake gossiping again?"

"No, dear, just another day in Morioh Town."

"But most of them are pretty weird!"

"Exactly."

Koichi pouted and looked out the window.

"We missed school..."

Rarity huffed and handed the Arrow to Josuke.

"The Element, gone..."

Okuyasu held his stomach with teary eyes.

"And lunched miss... Hey! At least we're alive! And we got more people to help out!"

Josuke beamed.

"Grandma Pinkie and the Dazzlings! You're right!"

Rarity then rubbed her cheek.

"Still, something seems, off. Didn't Mr. Jotaro state she never left a friend's side?"

"Did he? I didn't hear it."

"Josuke..."

Akira and Octavia were soon escorted to a police car. They had gone quietly as Vinyl had promised to do what she could for them. As the group walked home, each one waved farewell to another, a smile on each face.

Koichi had learned a lot, though he had gone through a number of bad times, he actually cherished these weird people he found himself with. At first, all he had in common were the Stand ability. But with he found something else he shared with each one. With Josuke, their bravery and morality. With Rarity, their roles as the voice of reason within the group. With Okuyasu, their strong emotions and loyalty to their friends. It wasn't big, but gave the two a special connection. With Senset, their clever with to escape strange situations, and creative wit. Any rational person would distance themselves from these people, but Koichi wasn't one for desertion.

Okuyasu never really thought hard about anything, but ever since Keicho's death, he's learned how to think for himself... Somewhat. He had real friends, and a real family, he's seen what not having either does to people. He wouldn't follow his brother's shadow, and he'd learn to be dependable, in his eyes. He had a purpose now, to protect his friends, and surpass his brother.

Senset never cared for friends, or even money, only taking care of her brother and father. However, that took money, and Keicho was fixated on killing rather than fixing or even accepting their father's fate. When Josuke, Koichi, and even Rarity came into her life. No amount of money could equal to the friendship she valued with them. Josuke taught her a new perspective to look brought individuality, like the sister she never had, not that she'd let Rarity know. And Koichi, though she teased him, was the most relatable. The two shared a surprising amount of interests.

When it came down to it, everything and everyone had made it through, together. It was finally over.

Josuke nudged Rarity playfully.

"Oi, Rarity. I'm sorry we lost the gem."

"It's not that we lost it, but that we couldn't get what happened to it out of them."

"So... That we lost it?"

She flipped her hair and scoffed.

"Oh-puh, kff! Shush."

He snickered and rubbed his neck with a head roll.

"Well, this thing resonates with us, right?"

Rarity thought back and pulled the shard out. She looked through it and saw what she had seen before. Herself and Josuke silhouetted in the color of the Element of Harmony.

"Yes."

"And things that usually resonate with us, find it's way to us, like Stands."

She had to think about it again. She put the shard away and nodded.

"Well... Yes."

"Then, if you give it some time, surely it'll reveal itself again! Right?"

It only made sense. Josuke could be problematic, but he always seemed to make her worry simply, vanish. As if pressure didn't apply to him. It reassured her, and with that reassurance, she grew a smile.

"Why, yes, darling! You're absolutely right!"

"There we go, now let's get a well deserved rest."

Josuke opened the front door and let Rarity in, both proclaimed their return.

"Mom! We're home!" "Tomoko, your reasons to smile and live on has return!~"

Rarity expected a snarky remark from someplace within the house. Instead, both were nearly tackled by a crying Tomoko. She smiled and laughed in ways they had never seen. Rarity patted her back.

"Yes, yes, I know you can't live without us."

"Shut your beautiful face for once, girl! Ooh!~ You two will never believe who's here!"

"H-Huh!? Who?!" "P-Pinkie Pie?!"

"No! It's...!"

Pinkie Pie's head popped out from behind a cracked door. Her bright smile on and shades off.

"Tommy! No spoiling the surprise!~ Okay, Rarity. So, you've met Rainbow Dash, and her JoJo. Now meet our JoJo!~ C'mon, Joseph!"

Pinkie Pie helped a rather old man through the door. He was rather tall, even with the hunch, but had used a cane to get through the door. A diminutive pair of pince-nez spectacles, and a spotted, brimmed woolen hat with ear flaps reminiscent of a ushanka. He had on a thick trench coat, a collared shirt and tie, with baggy pants. He looked at Josuke and gave a small, awkward smile.

"... Hello."

My Little Pony: Friendship is a Bizarre Adventure

Part 4: ~ Diamond is Charitable ~

Episode XII: Cool Baby, Making Up Lost Time With Blood

Rarity looked between the two, and managed to put two and two together, her eyes began to sparkle.

"No way!~ Josuke! Joseph... Is that not your father?! Have you two even met before?!"

Josuke's eyes widened. He slowly shook his head.

"... No..."

"What a development! Surely you're breathless as I am!"

He nodded as his face began to pale.

"... Yeah..."

Tomoko looked up at Josuke. She noticed the blood stains and rips in his school uniform. Then the bruises and wounds on his face and knuckles. She even saw the rippled wounds through the torn uniform.

"Hey, hey, you okay..? Where'd these stains on your uniform come from? You look like you got ran over by a truck too!"

Joseph approached him with a face of great worry.

"I can... Take you to the hospital, if you'd lik-"

"Excuse me!"

Josuke politely maneuvered over to Pinkie Pie, pulled her to the closest room, and closed the door behind them.

"What the fuck."

Pinkie Pie shrank slightly as her smile turned to a frown.

"I was afraid of that..."

"Why is he here."

"Was that really a question?"

"No. It wasn't. Is that, guy, the friend you had to leave and take care of? That, mysterious big business you left us with? It was all for, him!?"

"J-Josuke..."

"You never said anything about him coming here!"

"You usually like surprises!"

"This surprise party was a major bomb! No one wants him here!"

Pinkie Pie cracked the door open and peeked outside. Tomoko was all over Joseph, who was constantly apologizing, and begged what he could do, as if he was in trouble.

"Tommy seems to disagree..."

"... Look. I know what you're trying to do. But it won't help."

"Give him a chance! Please, if not for you-"

"And definitly not you!"

"Then for her out there!"

"Who, mom? You see her out there! She doesn't care what I think of this!"

"You don't know that! And that wasn't-"

"Grandma, I know you wanted this, tearful reunion and all. You missed that when I left the hospital as a kid. The best thing he could do is leave."

"Josuke, wait-"

Josuke stormed out of the room, past the group, and up the stairs to his room. Rarity had expected Tomoko to flip out and tear him apart, as he he had nearly shoved Joseph to the ground without thinking. Instead, she calmly helped the elder man up.

"I'm sorry, he's..."

Joseph shook his head with a groan.

"No calls. No letters or messages. And even using Pinkie as a conduit to lend money to you both? He has, every right, to feel the way he does."

Rarity assisted in helping the large elder to his feet. It was faint, but she could see the resemblance between the two.

"That's, not like him at all, not in the slightest! You're his father! You and Tomoko make a strange couple, but I think that marriage like this is rather... What's with those expressions?"

Tomoko gulped and glanced to the stairs, then to the ground.

"We're not married... We never were..."

Joseph sighed and looked away.

"I still am married to my wife in New York... Josuke is our son but... He's a child outside of wedlock."

Rarity blinked. Then, took a step back, before she ran after Josuke. She pulled the knob to their door, but it was locked.

"Josuke, it's me. I live in this room too."

Crazy Diamond's fist came through the doorknob, the door was unlocked. Rarity entered and saw the doorknob return, warped into a strange shape. Josuke combed his hair in the bathroom as he glared into the mirror.

"Here to lecture me on my behavior? Tell me how, 'That wasn't right at all darling!', right?"

She only folded her arms and looked away. Josuke put the comb down and huffed.

"I just don't know why now...? I-I just-"

"I just can't believe he dared to come here!"

"... Huh?"

Rarity stomped over to the bed and fell right on it.

"Uhf! It's just, demeaning! After for so long, only now does he come here!? And I truly treasure you, darling! However what he did... And the audacity to not come and see is... Utterly despicable! He should be ashamed of himself!"

Josuke blinked, then jumped on the bed next to her.

"Right!? I don't even know what kind of guy he is, but I really just don't care, I don't want anything bad to happen to him though."

"Oh, of course not!"

"But... It's hard to, not, think bad of him. Y'know?"

"I do agree!"

Rarity clasped her hands together and thought back to Joseph's reaction.

"... But, he did seem very reserved, and even accepted your behavior as his fault."

"Too bad it's a little sixteen years too late to accept that responsibility!"

"Hear me out, darling... Pinkie Pie knew this would happen. That's just the kind of oddity she is."

"Oh, I've known that for years."

"However... Well, let's just roll with it. It'd make the future days go by with less of a headache. Okay?"

Josuke rolled onto his side, his back to her as he mumbled.

"I don't wanna."

"Josuke..."

Rarity placed a hand on his arm.

"Josuke, please."

"Mhn... Fine."

"Thank you."

Josuke sighed and sat up.

"Actually, I have something to get off my chest."

"Really? What is it?"

"My shirt."

Josuks removed his uniform top, his bare chest and back littered with wounds, the sight alone was painful. Rarity moved her hand over his body slowly.

"I didn't think the damage was so... Severe."

"I don't think it's anywhere close to a face being torn off but, it does itch a little."

"A-A little!? Josuke, look at these! Er, actually don't, these are awful!"

"They could've been worse if you weren't there. You really saved the day, you know that?"

"Dear me, you're such a mess, what ever shall I do with you..."

"Well... You could start with stitching these?"

"I am no doctor, darling."

"No, but at least it'd be fashionable!~ Besides, I don't want to go to the hospital. It's just a, blegh, environment! So, could you help me with these instead?"

"Just as long as you fix that uniform later. I stayed up all night that Tuesday making it!"

"But you've literally filled my closet wit-"

"Shush. A good patient is a quiet one."

She pulled out her emergency sewing kit. As she began to sew a wound closed, a thought crossed her mind.

"Darling, whatever happened to... That one person?"

"Gotta be more specific than that."

"I know they were a girl... And that, they didn't talk much..."

"What're you bringing this up for?"

"Because I'm missing a surprising amount of violet thread. I... I know I had been tutoring someone, but I can't remember who."

"That's weird... I kinda have a similar feeling though. I had this receipt at Johnny's in my pocket for two meals, but I rarely eat there, and I know I've never brought anyone with me!"

"And just as I thought things would finally calm down."

"You could say we're at the, calm before the storm, eh darling?"

Josuke gave stupid smile. Rarity retorted with a deadpan at the joke, but couldn't help but smile and giggle at his face. They laughed, to ease off the awkwardness of tomorrow. That next morning, breakfast had never been so quiet. The atmosphere stiff, the air filled with a still silence, even Pinkie Pie glanced around nervously. Joseph eventually broke it.

"So... How are your studies, Josuke?"

Josuke grumbled and shrug.

"I'm passing..."

"Ah... That's good... It's, good you're in school. I wasn't exactly a model student..."

"Grandma told me. I already know."

Rarity elbowed Josuke lightly.

"And speaking of school, it looks about time for us to go, right dear?"

"Yeah."

Joseph stood up.

"Oh! Uh, I can walk with you both there!"

Josuke shook his head.

"No thanks, Mr. Joestar. We'll be fin-"

Tomoko and Pinkie Pie coughed. Though Joseph didn't notice, they gave Josuke and Rarity the coldest of glares. Rarity smiled and pulled away at Joseph."

"We'll be happy, to have you along!"

"A-Ah! Really?"

Josuke wrapped and arm around Joseph's arm.

"Yeah! C'mon, Mr. Joestar!"

The three left smiling and laughing. Tomoko sighed and looked down at her plate.

"Did we do the right thing? You heard them up there."

Pinkie Pie pinched the bridge of her nose with a groan before wearing her shades.

"It'll take awhile but a certain friend of mine taught me a lot about friendship. Though when I look back... It's hard to tell who was the teacher and who was learning. Either way, it'll work out, Tommy."

Josuke and Rarity smiled and showed Joseph around their neighborhood. As they neared the bust stop, he frowned.

"You two can drop the act... I'd rather you both be distant and honest, than lie to my face..."

They glanced at each other, then back to Joseph. Rarity put on a small smile.

"Well... Maybe we can actually try this...?"

Josuke looked away with a huff.

"Whatever. We just gotta wait for the bus at this point. Besides, the only other bus today is the one to... Hey, are you listening old man?"

Rarity pulled at Josuke's sleeve.

"He uh... He just walked on that one right there."

"WHAT?!"

Josuke turned around and saw the bus begin to drive off.

"B-But... That bus is going to...?"

"Sapporo. That's not too far, is it? Uwha!"

Josuke lifted Rarity up into his arms and began to run after the bus.

"That's literally a whole 'nother town! JUST GREAT!"

Rarity was astounded at both the speed, and the distance he had carried her, the bus nearly traveled too the interstate before stopping. Joseph got off the bus and apologized to the driver, before smiling to Josuke. The teenager wheezed as he doubled over, exhausted.

"M-Mother... Fucker... You had me run from the center of town... All the way out fucking here...!"

"Wow! You're very strong, Josuke! I remember being able to do such things, ah, to be young again..."

"Shut your fucking wrinkly old face! I should've let you ride all the way to Hokkaido! Goddamn!"

Josuke fell to his knees with Rarity at his side.

"Y-You didn't have to carry me all the way out here..."

"Hah... Shit... Wait, you're right! We're both gonna be late now!"

Joseph rubbed his neck, then felt something odd. He looked down and felt a pull on his pants. Something, unseen, a force pulled away at the flairs of his pants.

"A-Ah! Josuke! Something is tugging at my pants!"

Josuke sighed.

"Don't get snatched away then!"

His cane was taken from him, and began to hover around on it's own, swinging around idly in the air before it fell to the ground.

"Aah! M-My cane! It flew right out of my hands!"

Rarity shook her head.

"Then please, sir, pick it up! You're probably getting weak wrists."

Joseph saw tracks in the dirt, small hand prints and two lines of dragged knees. Something was crawling onto the ground.

"A-Aah! J-Josuke! Rarity! There's something here! It's a Stand!"

Rarity snapped her head to his direction, but then made a face of skepticism. She began to whisper into Josuke's ear.

"Now, while I do find his nature a bit quirky, I am starting believe he is rather... Senile."

"Gee, Rarity, what gave that away?"

Without looking, Josuke motioned to Joseph, who waved his hands above the ground on his knees.

"OH MY GOD! Kids, the Stand just, giggled!"

Josuke rolled his eyes.

"At least he's having an episode all the wat out here. I can't believe mom got with this-"

Josuke and Rarity's eyes flew wide at the sound of a baby crying. A dog snarled at air and opened its mouth to bite down. Joseph raised his hand with a fierce look in his eyes.

"[Hermit Purple]!"

Purple thorny vines flew from his hand and wrapped around a tiny object. He pulled it to his arms and chased the dog away.

"Shoo! Go! Get out of here, mutt! Now then..."

Rarity looked around with a bead of sweat trickling down her face.

"There's a foal crying around here... It sounds so close!"

Josuke raised a brow at Rarity.

"Don't you mean, baby?"

"That's what I said!"

Joseph held his arms out carefully, a serious face donned as he looked down.

"Josuke. Rarity. The baby is right here."

"W-What!?" "How absurd!"

"Careful. It's scared, so watch your hands."

Rarity and Josuke felt the air, but actually touched the baby.

"Whoa... It's soft, and wiggling!"

"Who'd ever leave their child all the way out here...! Oh, wait."

Rarity glanced at Joseph with a small glare. Joseph looked away and coughed.

"P-Perhaps the mother left it unattended, and it became invisible, so the family could be nearby looking for her."

Josuke shook his head.

"This... This isn't right. This baby has a Stand that turns it invisible, but how would you fight with that? Why would a baby even need to fight?"

Joseph grew serious once more.

"The Stand, is the invisibility, this is all she can do. It is an act that occurs when she is stressed. Without her mother, she feels lost and alone, weak. If we can find the mother, than we can cease the invisibility."

Rarity looked between the baby and Joseph.

"Mr. Joestar, you keep saying she and her, as if you know the baby is a girl!"

He nodded.

"Ah, but I do! I found out when I moved my hands around to give you room to work with."

Josuke snapped his fingers.

"Oh! That explains it! After all, the only way you'd be able to know is..."

Rarity shook her head as Josuke began to hit Joseph with his own cane. Then, Joseph shouted.

"Ah! J-Josuke!"

Josuke dropped the cane with surprise in his voice.

"Wh-What is it!?"

"The baby... I think she pooped!"

"A-Augh... L-Let's look for the family later, and just get her clothes and a diaper!"

Everyone found the local baby store, however Josuke stopped walking a distance and held the baby out. She only cried in his arms.

"U-Uh, Mr. Joestar, you should go in and buy what we need!"

Joseph pointed at himself.

"Huh...? Me?"

Rarity raised a brown as she took the baby from Josuke. The baby was visible now, due to her being wrapped in a swaddling cloth with a small beanie on her head. The body itself was still unseen. She ceased crying in Rarity's arms.

"A good question, among several! Josuke, it'd be easier if we all just went in together!"

Josuke shushed Rarity and glanced around.

"H-Hey! You just started to get a good reputation at school! If people saw us with a baby, at a baby store, well I just don't want anymore rumors going around. There's plenty enough!"

"Oh-puh, kff! You, of all people, are being paranoid."

Rarity turned on a heel before she glanced to the side. Her eyes widened at the amount of classmates she saw.

"I-It was morning not too long ago...! D-Did that bud run take so long we missed school, again!?"

She looked down at the baby, then at whispering crowds that glanced at them. She turned to Joseph with an exaggerated smile. She shouted loudly.

"That's okay, grandfather! We'll wait right here, with Josuke's cousin! Go on, we'll be right here, don't worry about us!"

She began to kick him to the baby store.

"B-But... I only have a travelers check, in dollars... No yen.."

Jouske caught onto Rarity's lie and beamed at Joseph.

"Here! You can take my credit card! Be careful to not buy too much, Old Man!"

"O-Oh! Thank you so much! B-But, I'm your fath-"

They kicked him laughing, they had to play this off, or else they'd be the talk of the town.

"S-Shut up, Old Man! Just get in there!"

"Always wanting to spend time with family, it'll be quick, just go on!"

Joseph stumbled in, but smiled nonetheless, perusing around the store. He felt a tap on his shoulder. Senset held up a diaper pack with elderly people on the front.

"Hey, uh, I know it's embarrassing to have to buy these but..."

"... Oh! Oh, no ma'am, I'm looking for baby supplies. Do you work here?"

"No, I'm here with my dad."

She motioned to her side at a dwarf covered in a trench coat, shades,and a large hat that hid the face.

"He's uh... Prideful, but he thought you needed the help."

"Ah... I'm with my son too! He's out there."

Joseph pointed to the window and at Josuke. Senset's eyes widened as she saw the baby in Rarity's arms.

"Whoa... I knew those two had a kid! Bullshit they were, just friends, and all that!"

"O-Oh! Oh no, we found the baby on the side of the road!"

"Huh?"

"It's true! Josuke sent me in here to buy baby things with his card... Do you know them well?"

Semset opened her mouth to give a simple answer. She stopped herself and grew a villainous sneer.

"Yyyyyeah!~ We go, way, back! Y'know, you're clearly not from Japan, do you want some help?"

Joseph smiled and nodded several times.

"Ah! Please! I can barely read kanji as well as I used to..."

"Okay, here's what you wanna get..."

Josuke eyes widened and jaw dropped as Joseph left with two large carts and a baby carriage full of supplies.

"H-Hey! Was there a sale or something!? Why'd you get so much of... Everything!?"

Joseph looked to the side and waved. Josuke followed his gaze and saw Senset, riding away on the motorcycle, head turned as she winked at him.

"S-Something ain't right here, what was Senset doing here...?"

The baby began to cry in Rarity's arms.

"Ah! F-Forget her, we have to take care of this!"

"R-Right!"

It only took a matter of minuets before they had the baby dressed and a toy in hand. She began to giggle and coo. Joseph took out a small make up case from his coat.

"Well now, let's put some foundation on that face, Hm? Careful now..."

Joseph applied the foundation, and finally, the trio had a face to see. Rarity clasped her hands together.

"Ahhh!~ She's adorable! Even though her eyes and inside her mouth is invisible."

Josuke rubbed his neck.

"Whoa. That's actually a really cute baby, look how big her ears are though, like a baby elephant!"

Joseph snickered at the sight.

"What a beauty! She reminds me of Holy."

Rarity then looked at the foundation in Joseph's hand.

"Mr. Joestar, I didn't think you knew how to apply makeup!"

"Oh, well, I used to use it as face paint for pranks with Pinkie. She'd always help with the adjustments on the costume."

"Oh!~ So you dressed her up from time to time?"

"... W-We would, do something of the sort, yes..."

"It may just be foundation, but it's rather good!"

"Ah! Really? Well, I'm not done!~ Let's add a bit of lipstick!"

Josuke rubbed his neck and mumbled.

"Yeesh. Compliment him, and he gets all confident, before doing the absolute most. Eh, Rarity?"

Rarity took the eyeliner.

"Don't forget about the blush! Ooh, this shade will really bring out her lashes!"

"... Oh right... I forgot she's like that too... GREAT."

Joseph pulled out a pair of thick shades.

"We can't touch the eyes, so these will have to do! She's a quality infant!"

Rarity held the baby up with a beaming smile.

"As utterly ridiculous this has been, this is such a GREAT relief from howStand encounters go! Hm? What's wrong, baby, you're growing paler... Oh no."

The baby's clothes and make up began to become invisible, and so too did Rarity's arms, a small gasp escaped her throat.

"What in the...? B-But we worked so hard! My arms are still here and fine, however I can't see them!"

Josuke pulled the carriage close and rolled it out.

"H-Hey! Hurry and put her here! I can hear her crying again!"

"D-Darling, I believe I can fix this, but she's grabbing at my chest for some reason!"

Joseph held up a baby bottle.

"She must be hungry!"

"Mr. Joestar, I don't see how that correlates with... Oh my. Ehm, here, I'll get the bottle ready."

She placed the baby in the carriage, but yelped.

"My arms! They're still invisible!"

Josuke growled.

"And the baby's range, it's growing! She's turning everything around her invisible! Look, the carriage is almost gone! It looks like spare parts!"

A man on a bike whizzed right past them. However, Joseph alone saw the lit cigarette thrown carelessly at the carriage.

"O-Oh No!"

Joseph dove and caught the cigarette, unintentionally shoving the carriage ahead, and rolling down a hill. The cigarette had turned invisible. In the eyes of Josuke and Rarity, Joseph pushed it ahead with his carelessness.

Wh-What the hell are you doing!?" "Mr. Joestar, what was that!?"

"I...! The carriage...!"

They chased after it, a trail of invisibility, even the ground below them began to vanish. Rarity shrieked.

"AIE! SHE'S HEADED FOR THE-"

A crash was heard, and the crying silenced, as a splash of water rippled across the river. Jouske began to sweat.

"Shit! We can't see her at all! R-Rarity!"

She had already leapt in and began to search. Her blood ran cold.

"I can't... I can't use my Shine! It's clear and thin, only visible in bright lights, it's invisible in water! Even then... I'd have to see her to catch her!"

Josuke jumped in and began to search. Joseph entered the water.

"M-Maybe I can...!"

"No!" "No! You've done enough!"

They couldn't believe this old man. He was worth nothing but trouble. They missed school, new rumors surely started, and now a baby was drowning cause of his recklessness. Josuke couldn't believe this man was his father, Rarity couldn't believe she began to like him, and Joseph cursed himself for not coming up with a solution that'd fix everything. He had met certain doom, and found a way back to a safe and happy life, even his life returned to his body with DIO's defeat. He had to do, something.

"... Josuke."

"WHAT?!"

"If I die, tell your mother I love her, and that Pinkie should stop being such a big baby."

"What're you-"

Joseph, pulled out a switchblade, and slit his wrist with a deep cut. Rarity shrieked.

AAAAH! W-What do you think you're doing!?"

"Adding color to the water."

The blood flowed through the water, and a clearing formed nearby, a light that resonated with the blood. Joseph sighed.

"There she is... Right there at the center."

Rarity lifted the baby up from the water. Never had the sound of crying relieved her so. Josuke used Crazy Diamond to fix the carriage and placed the baby back in there. He looked to Joseph, bewildered, awed even.

"Th... That was insane! No one would think to do that, let alone for a stranger's baby...!"

Rarity gave a worried expression at the elder.

"I... I can't believe you. You could've easily died from that...!"

Joseph grinned.

"I just wanted to look good in front of you two..."

They blinked at him, then smiled. That evening, it had been decided. Rather than stay at the hotel with Rainbow Dash's family and the Dazzlings, Joseph and Pinkie Pie would stay at with the Higashikatas. The baby would stay with them as well, until the mother was found. Josuke looked at his mail and paled.

"Uh... R-Rarity...?"

Rarity sat up from bed with rolls in her hair.

"What is it? Can't it wait til tomorrow?"

"It's the bill from today... Mr. Joestar used up all my money for the baby... N-No way..."

"A-All of your money!?"

"I dont understand! How and why would he possibly...?"

Josuke's eyes sharpened and his hair began to spike. He ran to the window and opened it up. The Nijimura Manor was only a few houses away. Well within hearing rage of his verbal wrath.

"SENSET YOU SPITEFUL BITCH! IT WAS YOU, ALL OF IT, MY MONEY IS GONE BECAUSE OF YOU! I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME! I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS! I'LL GET YOOOUU! ! !"

Senset smiled and cackled wickedly in her bed. To her, Josuke's screams were a harmonious lullaby. That was until Okuyasu's bed fell on top of her. As she helplessly screamed, only to be muffled from the collapsed bunk bed, Okuyasu snored away contently.