Part 2

Chapter 2: Shigechi's Harvest

Time continued to advance, as Mitsuha enjoyed making new friends and seeing old ones in the small and quiet town of Morioh. But Mitsuha wasn't the only one who was making strange new friends, as today was the day that young Yotsuha made a few new friends of her own…

Yotsuha decided to take a walk to a park, to play around for the afternoon. When she got there, she saw two kids who looked to be around her age, playing on the swing set. The first boy had straight brown hair, was wearing a pair of shorts and a vest, as well as a tan rain hat. He looked pretty serious, if a bit gloomy, and was talking with the other boy. The other boy looked a bit chubby, and had a sort of dumb grin, as well as a few teeth missing.

But Yotsuha wanted to play on the jungle gym, so she went over there and had her fun. It was a nice day, so she jumped and climbed around to her heart's content. But what Yotsuha didn't notice, was a large hornet's nest nestled in a corner of one of the play sets. And when she wasn't really looking at where she was running, she bumped into it and caused it to fall onto the ground. She froze in fear, as the hornets quickly flew about and prepared to swarm her.

So Yotsuha ran as quickly as she could, screaming as the hornets chased her. Her screams were heard by the two boys, as the skinnier boy yelled "Shigechi! That girl's getting chased by hornets!"

Then Shigechi turns, and shouts, "What? We should do something, Hayato!"

Then Hayato glares, and says "Then use your stand already!"

Shigechi laughs, and says "Oh yeah… Go Harvest!"

Soon, many strange yellow and purple striped insect like creatures chased after the hornets, and easily drove them off. Yotsuha fell down, and looked at the weird bugs with shock. They looked a lot bigger than any bugs that she'd ever seen, and they had an odd purple glowing aura around them as well.

Once all the hornets were gone, both boys ran up to Yotsuha...

The skinnier one stops to catch his breath, and then says "Are you okay? There were a lot of hornets…"

Yotsuha nods, and gets up, before saying "Yeah, they ran off I think…" Yotsuha didn't want to tell either of these boys about what she saw, because she didn't know if they were stand users or not, and she remembered how serious Mr. Jotaro was about stands.

The skinner boy laughs, and says "Well, that was a good coincidence! My name's Hayato, by the way. Hayato Kawajiri!"

Yotsuha smiles, and says "I'm Yotsuha! Yotsuha Miyamizu. My family just moved here last month…"

But before Yotsuha could continue, the portlier boy interrupts, saying "Hayato… Why'd you say you didn't know what happened…? I used my Harvest to scare off those hornets, remember?"

Yotsuha's eyes widened, after she realized that the weird bugs were caused by that boy, as Hayato grabs his friend by the collar, and yells, while trying to still whisper, "We're not supposed to tell other people about your stand!"

He then turns to Yotsuha, and smiles innocently, while saying "Oh, that's Shigechi… He's a bit dim, so don't pay any attention to what he says… He likes to play pretend a lot!"

Shigechi grins nervously, and says "Yeah… My mama and papa always said I had a big imagin… imag… im-ag-in-a-shon! Oh and, my real name is Shigekiyo Yangu, but everyone just calls me Shigechi!"

Yotsuha looks at the boys suspiciously, not believing a word either of them were saying. From what Mr. Jotaro told them about stands, those things had to be them, especially with their strange purple aura. But, after that dinner when Josuke and his friends showed them their stands, she wondered how there were tons of the little things swarming around.

Then Hayato scratches his head nervously, and says "Oh geez… Josuke's gonna be so mad when he finds out…"

Then Yotsuha's eyes light up, and she says "Josuke…? You guys know Josuke?"

Hayato looks at Yotsuha in shock, and says "You're friends with big-bro Josuke too?"

Yotsuha explains how her sister, Mitsuha, met Josuke and his friends back in their hometown of Itomori, before the comet struck, which made Hayato and Shigechi look down in sadness.

Hayato says "Sorry about your hometown…"

But then Shigechi grins, and says "But at least everybody was okay!"

Then Hayato glares at Shigechi, and says "You should be more sensitive, Shigechi!"

But Shigechi returns his glare, and crosses his arms, while saying "Mama and Papa say that you should stay positive, even if things seem sad!"

But Yotsuha giggles, and says "Thanks, both of you!"

She then continues her story, telling them how she and her big sister could see stands, even though they weren't stand users themselves. After Yotsuha finished, Hayato looks at her with surprise, and says "Even though I know about stands, I don't have one of my own. I can't even see them, myself. But Shigechi and I were friends since we were really little, and when he developed his stand, he'd always show me. Even though I couldn't see his stand myself, I could see what it could do, and it was amazing…"

Shigechi blushes and laughs, while saying "But you always come up with such cool ideas, Hayato! You'd make an awesome stand user!"

Now Hayato blushes, as Yotsuha asks "So how did you guys meet Josuke?"

Hayato clears his throat, and says "Actually, that's a long but funny story…"

But before he can continue, Shigechi grins, and exclaims, "We got in a fight!"

Yotsuha's eyes widen, as she says, while stammering "W-what…?"

Shigechi nods, and says "Yeah… But he won though…"

Then Hayato interrupts him, and says "That was only because you were being too greedy! Let me start from the beginning…" Shigechi nervously laughs, as Hayato says "Big-bro Josuke and big-bro Okuyasu noticed one of Shigechi's Harvest creatures, and found us sitting behind a bush. He'd use it to find thrown away coins and change, so we could buy snacks without needing to ask our parents for extra allowance. We were shocked to find out that Shigechi's power had a name, or that there were even more ones like his. Josuke told us all about stands, and then he had a suggestion for how to make even more money…"

Shigechi grins, and says "Yeah, we made a ton of cash that day! But we can't do it anymore…"

Hayato glares, and says "That's because you get way too paranoid about money!"

Shigechi turns his head, and says "It's not my fault I'm conscious about what I spend… Mama and Papa say that I have a good fi… finan…. Fi-nan-chal eye!"

He grins after finally pronouncing the word correctly, as Hayato continues, saying "Josuke had Shigechi search for torn pieces of larger bills and coupons, so he could fix them with his stand. We made a lot more money, but then Shigechi had a disagreement on how much we'd all get. We were gonna split it evenly with big-bro Josuke and big-bro Okuyasu, but then Shigechi wanted to keep it all to us two, since his stand actually found the things…"

Hayato continues, as Yotsuha listens intently, saying "Then, Shigechi tried to pick a fight with them with his stand, and he was doing really well, but then Josuke outsmarted him. After Josuke got all the money, he told big-bro Okuyasu to get rid of it all, because the money was getting everyone too tense. Everybody dreaded the moment, including Josuke, but he had big-bro Okuyasu do it anyway. After that happened, they'd hang out with us whenever they had free time."

Yotsuha spent the rest of her time at the park, talking with Hayato and Shigechi, having fun with her new friends…

About an hour later, Josuke and Okuyasu were leading Mitsuha to the very same park. Mitsuha says "Why are we going to the park, again…?" Josuke replies, saying "We're introducing you to two of our other friends! One's a little kid, but his stand is insanely tough, and it might have been the strongest one I've ever seen. The other's a normal kid, but he's pretty smart, and he knows about stands even if he doesn't have one himself."

And once they reach the park, the three of them were surprised to see Yotsuha sitting with the other two boys, as Mitsuha says "Yotsuha? What're you doing here?"

Okuyasu laughs, and says "Since when was Mitsuha's kid sister buddies with Shigechi and Hayato…?"

Mitsuha turns to Okuyasu, and says "Wait… Those two are the kids you were talking about?"

After that, everyone sat down around one of the park benches, as Josuke says "Well, these two kids are Shigechi and Hayato. They're gonna be 6th graders this year, so soon we won't be able to treat them like little punks…"

He laughs, as Yotsuha exclaims, "Wait, I'm gonna be a 6th grader this year, too!"

Hayato grins, and says "Maybe we'll be in the same class?"

Then Mitsuha smiles, and says "It looks like you'll have some friends at your new school this year, Yotsuha…"

As everyone laughs happily, Shigechi stares at Mitsuha nervously, who notices his staring as well. She says "Are you okay? You're Shigechi, right…?"

Shigechi's face slowly turns red, and he eventually says, while stammering "You're… pretty…. Mitsuha…."

After that, everyone went silent with surprise, as Okuyasu immediately patted Shigechi's back while laughing, saying "You're a brave man, Shigechi!"

Josuke sighs, and says "We've gotta work on your confidence, kiddo…"

Yotsuha looked at him with shock, as Hayato started to yell at him, but everyone stopped as Mitsuha began patting his head.

She smiles at him, and says "Thanks, Shigechi! You'll be a good pal to my little sister, right?"

Shigechi looks up, and makes a determined face, and says "Okay!"

She then turns to Hayato, and says "You'll be a good friend, too, right Hayato?"

Hayato starts to blush, and quietly says "Yeah…" After that, Josuke says "How about we go get some sandwiches? There's a place nearby, called St. Gentleman's, that's awesome!"

Everyone agrees, so the group walks to the sandwich shop. While everyone was walking, they passed an unassuming blonde haired man enjoying a sandwich while sitting against a tree. He seemed like a boring and plain person, one who didn't really stand out all the much, except for a strange skull designed tie, so no one in the group paid him any mind. The blonde man enjoyed his sandwich, and his quiet moment alone. Luckily, in this alternate timeline, Yoshikage Kira was a normal non-murderous man who could actually enjoy his quiet life…

And soon, another day passed as Mitsuha ceased to be the only one to make new friends. Shigechi and Hayato would prove to be great friends for Yotsuha, who was happy to know some kids around her age now that she was living in a new town, and would be going to a new school in the fall…

←To Be Continued

Notes:

Again, I'm releasing the chapter here, to consolidate everything regarding the whole story. I'll probably just delete the old Part 2 once all of these are uploaded here. Below are my (mostly) old notes from when I first released the chapter:

Now that I've officially introduced Shigechi and Hayato into this story, I feel like I'll need to explain a few things with them, since a lot of things with them are changed from how they were originally in JoJo.

I really liked Hayato's character, so I wanted him to have a bit of a happier time in my story, so I made him and Shigechi best friends. He still keeps his lack of a stand, and everything like that.

There was also an issue of the ages of Hayato, Shigechi, and Yotsuha. I really wanted all three of them to be the same age, but that would have required messing with them one way or the other. I didn't want them all as young as Yotsuha was originally, and I still can't believe that Shigechi was actually 13 or 14 (if the wiki is accurate). So making them all around 11, like Hayato originally was, made the most sense to me.

Also, those weird pronunciation things that Shigechi does was my way of showing that he struggles with larger words at times. He does it a few times in the main series.

9/3/18 Note: The cameo in the end was supposed to be for Yoshikage Kira, but since I didn't want him to have a major role or have that whole conflict, I made a small change specifying that he's just a regular dude who doesn't murder people now. Kira actually gets to live his quiet life now.

Let me know what you think of the story so far, and feel free to leave a review to tell me if you liked it or not!

Hope you all enjoy, and look forward to the next chapter! (I'm gonna aim for weekly releases from now on, at least until Part 2 is finished)

Also, a point on how this whole story works chronologically, in regards to Shigechi and Yuya being around at the same time. This is kind of an alternate universe, where some of the major events of Diamond is Unbreakable didn't happen (like the ones surrounding the main villain), but some characters still interact. Hopefully that makes sense.