They aimed their guns at them.
"Wait! We're from Beacon!" Oscar yells.
The two guards lowered their arms "What, what in fuck's name happened?!"
"We uhh went to a party! And partied hard!" Oscar said. Giorno simply lets him talk.
The two guards eyed them with skepticism. Oscar squinted before starting "Hey, I know you two guys. Elf and Cyan right? Cold espresso and brown coffee with 5 sugar cubes were your usual order."
The guards lowered their guns completely "How did you-"
"I work at the cafe over there! Its your friendly neighborhood barista!" Oscar says.
'Bribe them.' Giorno predicts.
"Listen, I'll appreciate if you misters would let us through! I'll serve you for free for two days starting the day after tomorrow..!" Oscar offers.
"REALLY?!" The two guards asked in glee.
Giorno smiled proudly.
. . .
And just like that, they're inside the Beacon dorm.
"What about the security roombas?" Giorno asked. "Just turn at an angle where it can't see your face." Oscar says.
The elevator is out of order, which means Giorno has to walk up the 4th floor to Team CMEO and 7th floor for Team JNPR.
"Tch..." Giorno hissed, Oscar held on tight, wrapping an arm around Giorno's waist and gulped. "Here we go." Giorno told him before climbing the stairs.
Around the second floor, they received weird glances from students.
At the third to fourth floor staircase... "S-Sir! Jaune is slipping!" Oscar says but before Giorno can get a better grip, Jaune fell from him and rolled down the stairs.
Giorno and Oscar winced. "That doesn't sound good."
"Let me down, I-I'll just crawl from here." Oscar insisted. Giorno sighed and used Gold Experience to hoist Jaune back to his shoulder.
He didn't want to use his stand in front of others as much as possible, but thankfully no one saw Jaune mysteriously float towards his shoulder.
'Its a good workout to burn off those noodles anyway.' Giorno walked up, Oscar waited for him before starting to crawl. "Are you sure you don't need help?" he asked.
"I-Its fine... My room is just across. Man, this is gonna be embarrassing..." Oscar muttered to himself.
"The moral of the story is: Don't drink anything Joseph gives you." Giorno teases "Well, I'll be off. See you around, goodnight."
"Yeah... Thanks again, Giorno sir." Oscar weakly mumbled.
. . .
"Jaune. Jaune! We're here." Giorno said as they stood in front of Team JNPR's room. "Kick the door open... I think I'm gonna-" Jaune gagged.
"Not again, not on my watch!" Giorno declares, not wanting Jaune to vomit on his back.
"MUDA!" Giorno roared as he kicked the door open, causing 4 girls to shriek.
'Wait, 4? Jaune had a male teammate...' Giorno stood in shock and involuntarily lets Jaune fall slumped to the floor as he realized he just kicked open Team RWBY's door.
"Giorno?!" RBY asked. Weiss simply stared at him in shock.
"What, why did the door say Team JNPR?" Giorno asked. "Oh, they were trying to prank Jaune because he just suddenly disappeared without telling them." Blake shrugged.
"What happened to him?!" Weiss asked. "Oh uhh... He's very sleepy." Giorno said.
Giorno's eyes met Ruby's, who was clutching her scroll. He immediately felt bad after realizing she must have left him a ton of messages, his face started to heat up when he realized she was on her pajamas, in fact they all are.
Giorno immediately turns around "I'm sorry but I gotta take Jaune back."
"No! Just leave him outside their door and come inside! I gotta ask you something!" Yang demands.
. . .
And so he felt bad for leaving Jaune sleep outside his own room's doorstep. He avoided everyone's eye contact but he apologized "Ruby, I'm sorry that I haven't been responding. Its a busy day, I tried finding a place to move in to." he half lied.
"Oh.. Oh! i understand, don't worry. So did you find a place?" Ruby smiled.
"Yeah, but disregarding that, I'm glad I got to end this day seeing you." Giorno said with a small smile.
Blake grinned and Weiss squealed in disbelief, still in denial. Ruby blushed and covered her face, wondering why Giorno was looking at the floor, unaware that he just doesn't want to see her wearing something that exposed too much skin.
"Speaking of love, what about Joseph?! What did he say?!" Yang asked.
"I think he'd appreciate it if you guys met in person." Giorno told her. "Why what did he say?!" Yang persists.
"Before you texted him, he told me he wanted to start taking dating seriously. But you blocked him and he got the wrong idea that you hated him for... You know, not going along with the secret admirer stuff." Giorno said.
"Gah! I'm so stupid! I don't hate him- I..." Yang started to sigh.
Giorno turned his attention back to Ruby, while taking note of his surroundings such as Weiss, who looked envious that Ruby found a boyfriend before her, or Blake who felt at ease in his presence.
"Ruby. How did your day went?" he asked. "Ahh, y'know... Just fine. Professor Oobleck gave us a ton of homework, which sucks." Ruby said.
"She's lying! She's sad because you won't reply to her messages!" Yang grinned. "Shut up! You're the one who cried earlier!" Ruby argued.
"Its complicated!" Yang whined. "Hmp. Love is so dumb." Blake muttered to herself, before glaring at Giorno as if to say "Don't say a word."
"No its not! Being in love is one of the best things a person can experience!" Weiss said. "Really? How'd you know?" Blake taunts. "I- I just do!" Weiss huffed.
Giorno thought about it, he walked and sat next to Ruby on her bed, causing her to stiffen up.
'If I get Joseph to cheer up, he'd be more bearable. And it looks like it'll benefit Yang as well.' he thought "Yang."
"Hm?"
"How'd you like to kiss Joseph tonight?" Giorno asked bluntly, causing everyone to gasp.
"T-T-T-Tonight?! H-How?! I left a bad impression and-and..." Yang stuttered.
"What, already?! They haven't even met!" Weiss asked.
"That's going a bit too quick." Blake said.
"It'll be fine, ladies. Its just an exaggeration. I'll just bring Yang along so she can clear up any misunderstandings." Giorno shrugged.
"I GET TO MEET HIM TONIGHT?!" Yang yelled.
Ruby looked at Giorno questioningly, to which he replied "I just think your sister deserved to be happy too. And besides, how's the idea of a double date sounds?"
Ruby blushed and shyly answered "Oh... I didn't know you had that in mind."
"What can I say? I missed you that much." Giorno slyly replied. Ruby fumed even more and quickly wrapped herself in her blanket.
While he had well meaning intentions, he'd like to know more about this Ozpin person from Yang, since she's a Beacon student for years now compared to Ruby, who transferred from Signal.
Giorno then decided to test Blake's ability to talk in codes "By the way, Blake. About that one book you've already read..."
Blake looked at him with fear and confusion 'Is he going to expose me?! Why?!'
"About Pale Canines, the enforcer, Trifa. What does she look like? I don't mind spoilers." Giorno asked her. She quickly catches on, inwardly sighing in relief "She's a spider faunus, gray hair, grayish eyes."
Weiss stared at them with suspicion.
"I see." he replied.
Yang, full of excitement then jumped up "Well then its getting pretty late, lets go get you home Giorno!"
"Wait! Aren't you even going to ask what Giorno was doing carrying Jaune all the way here?" Weiss said.
Ruby removed the blanket, Blake and Yang turned towards Giorno.
He paused and realized that Weiss seemed to be more perceptive than he gave her credit for "Yeah, you're right Miss Schnee. It is very suspicious of me to be carrying an unconcious Jaune."
Giorno sighed "The real Oscar Pine asked Jaune to help find me. I explained everything."
Ruby still felt shy that Giorno boldly tricked someone just to see her.
"My nephew Joseph, offered them drinks. They gave in to peer pressure and they got drunk and helpless. I simply did the right thing and carried them back here." Giorno said.
"... Why didn't your nephew helped you?" Weiss asked.
"He didn't have a fake ID, unlike me. And besides, its a good enough excuse and opportunity to see Ruby, so I took it." Giorno smiled at her "STOP IT!" Ruby yelled, causing them to pause.
Giorno raised an eyebrow "Stop what?"
"Stop making my heart explode..!" she covered her face, and his smile returned. He didn't know why its so fun teasing her.
Yang and Blake grinned at her reaction, but Weiss was still skeptical.
"Like I said, its getting pretty late lets go take Giorno home!" Yang said in excitement.
"So how will you girls get back? It'll be dangerous to walk alone at night." Giorno said in concern.
"Oh Giorno, I hope it won't surprise you that I'm probably in the top 3 physically strongest students in Beacon." Yang boasted. "I appreciate the concern, Giorno... But I've got Crescent Rose on speed dial." Ruby adds with confidence.
. . .
And so they spent the whole journey trying to calm Yang's nerves. Giorno tried to ask them two about Ozpin but Yang insisted that they help her build confidence first, much to his dismay.
As they entered Plaegrownd Street, Yang momentarily stopped "I can't do it."
"You walked all the way here and you're only going to quit now?" Ruby snarked. "That's his house over there, you can do it, Yang." Giorno reassures.
They reached his doorstep, Yang was shivering while Ruby was so annoyed that Yang's bravado was replaced by a shy, timid schoolgirl attitude.
Giorno worried that Joseph may not even answer the door, remembering that he is passed out in his room.
But as they rang the doorbell, it only took 3 seconds before Joseph answered "Hello?" he asked boredly, wearing his pajamas, but as he opened the door he saw a passed out Yang, an angry Ruby who's trying to wake her up and a very disappointed Giorno.
"Wait, so you weren't drunk earlier?" Giorno asked in annoyance. "No, I just didn't want to help you carry them back." Joseph grinned.
"You're such a..." Giorno said before sighing. "By the way, special delivery."
"What's she doing here? Is she mad at me for not playing along?" Joseph asked with worry. "No, you idiot. She just wants to clear any misunderstanding. Ruby, is she awake yet?"
"Not yet." Ruby sighed before continuing to shake her awake.
Giorno secretly summoned his stand to wake her up. 'The power to give life, the power to wake someone up.' he never imagined that after a week of fighting Italy's fiercest and most dangerous gangsters, that he'd be using his stand in mundane tasks.
Yang's eyes shot wide opened and sat up. She trembled at the sight of the curious Joseph.
"I'm sorry!" They both said in unison.
"Oh." they also both said in unison.
Giorno grabbed Ruby's hand, who looked at him in surprise "Lets give them some alone time."
He led her away from the two idiots.
"I, well... Sorry for being awkward." Joseph apologized. "No, no. I should be the one apologizing... I didn't mean to block you, I was just very embarrassed." Yang laughed nervously.
Joseph stared at her and gave a shy smile "You know, now that I got a good look at you... I realized that you're more beautiful in person."
Yang went red and giggled "Nah, you're just saying that."
Joseph calmed down and shrugged "If you don't want to believe me, that's on you."
"Is that what you tell the other girls?" she asked, but unsure if she wants to hear him lie or boast about his success with them.
"Yep, and I fail every time. I'm not very lucky with them and I gave up trying to chase them. Who knows, maybe love will find me instead, haha." he laughed nervously, Yang glared at him.
Yang always acts like she's careless, but she is actually very perceptive of people. Being forced to raise Ruby on her own at a young age because Tai was busy teaching, Yang had become really good at reading people, and she can say with confidence that Joseph wasn't lying.
"... Don't give me that look, I'm telling the truth." Joseph said, but he gasped as Yang grabbed his shoulders "Tomorrow, evening... Lets go for a ride. I'll pick you up." Yang quietly requested, but it had an assertive tone.
"You have a car?" Joseph asked. "Better than a car." Yang's nose suddenly had a small trickling of blood as she felt Joseph's incredibly firm musculature hidden under his pajama sleeves. She ran her hands down to his hands in awe, her first time touching a man that didn't involved fighting, a very manly one at that.
Joseph grabbed her hands to lessen the awkwardness "I'll wait for you."
. . .
Ruby and Giorno stood a few feet away from the two, listening to their conversation.
"I'm proud of them both." Giorno said with satisfaction. "Yeah, about time. You have no idea how painful it is to hear Yang scream." Ruby said.
"They seemed to be almost done." Giorno turned to face her "You mentioned you're buried in schoolworks, when are you free?"
"Oh, umm... Friday would be okay, we don't have classes that day..." Ruby said "Why?"
'Friday, three days from now... Or was it two?' he wondered.
"Because, signorina..." Giorno chuckled "I want to spend an entire day with you."
Her heart went doki doki again, she shakily exhaled and nodded.
"Well, we better get going, haha..." Yang rubbed the back of her head. "Are you sure it'll be alright for you to walk home from here?" Joseph asked.
Yang grinned and reached out to grab the steel doorknob. She squeezed and crushed it effortlessly "I can take care of myself. I'm a strong, independent woman... Unless of course, you want me to be your damsel in distress and hold me with those firm, strong arms..." she shyly muttered the last part.
"Damn, you're amazing! Just how freaking strong are y-" Joseph paused once he realized it was HIS doorknob, causing her to panic "I-I'll replace that myself! Don't worry about it!"
"Nah, don't be. That was awesome." Joseph smiled, causing her to blush. "A-Alright, now that's settled, we'll be leaving now!" Yang stuttered "Come on, Ruby!"
Yang and Ruby walked together to exit Joseph's lawn "Goodbye Joseph! Bye Giorno..." Ruby waves.
"Giorno, thanks a ton! And uhh, I'll see you tomorrow, JoJo..." Yang shyly waved.
"JoJo? Oh! Because his last name is Joestar, like it says on his contact details, right?" Ruby said. "Yep!" Yang said as she happily skipped.
Giorno and Joseph watched them reach the end of the street, with the two girls occassionally turning around to smile at them.
"All's well that ends well." Giorno smiled at Joseph, to which returned the smile.
"Shit! I gotta go sleep so time will fast forward to tomorrow!" Joseph said with excitement, but before he closed the door, he asked "So uh, you gonna move in?"
"Maybe after the dance. I've grown quite fond of my hotel room." Giorno shrugs.
"Hey Giorno. Thanks, man." Joseph smiled "Seriously, I never realized how fun it is to hang out with family."
"Don't go soft on me now, take a hike and go to sleep." Giorno dismissed, but he returned the smile.
"If you say so! Arrivederci!" Joseph says before slamming the door, leaving Giorno in shock. 'Arrive- did he remember something from the past again?'
He went in to deep thought as he walked through the streets of Vale. He spotted Neo, who was standing with a frown.
"Ciao, Neo." he greets. She wasn't amused, Giorno knew she's not playing around based on her body language "What's wrong?"
Neo snapped her fingers, as if to call for his full attention. He went silent and let her raise her sign.
"Giorno, how good are you at killing people?"
Giorno paused for a moment, before answering "It depends on how vile the person is."
Neo puts a hand on her chin, looking up, as if in deep thought, before raising another sign.
"What about the biggest drug kingpin and human trafficker in Mistral?"
His eyes momentarily widened before steeling his glare 'She had me at drug kingpin.'
"Why? Are they here? In Vale?" Giorno asked. Neo nods and crossed her arms.
"Well, if that's the case... I'd like to meet them." he said with venom in his voice.
Neo puts her hands behind her back and gave him an approving smirk. Giorno tilted his head in curiosity "How'd you find out he was here?"
"About a week ago, there are alot of White Fang fools loitering around, I eavesdropped and found out that he is thinking of settling here" she turned her sign around, with an unamused look on her face "On OUR turf."
"... Our?" Giorno asked, raising an eyebrow. Neo points at him and herself, as if to say Vale belongs to them. "Wait, why am I a shareholder?" he asked in amusement.
'This man is so dense...' Neo then grabbed a new sign, but it was facing hers instead of him. She held it to cover her face before turning it around to show him the message.
"I kinda told him that we're some sort of a couple. He seems to like me so yeah, psychological warfare." she lowered the sign, only exposing her puppy eyes.
"What? Was that really neccessary?" Giorno crossed his arms.
Neo gave him a shy yet excited little nod, before turning the sign around.
"So... You gonna play along, love?"
Giorno rolled his eyes "Yes, love. Its not like this is the first time we pretended to be a couple now, did we?" he said in a british accent to tease her.
Neo closed her eyes and smiled, happily throwing the sign away. Giorno returned the smile, if he can gain any advantage in anything against his enemies, he'd take it. And he is somewhat glad to see Neo so happy about it.
"Well, its getting pretty late. You better get some sleep." Giorno said dismissively as he went on his way. "Goodnight Neo."
But as he walked to his hotel, he noticed her walking by his side "... Hey aren't you supposed to be going home?"
Neo simply shrugged and continued following him. It was obvious she wants to sleep with him (not in that kind of way... Yet.) again.
Giorno sighed "Alright, but stop using your semblance to spook me, specially in the morning." Neo nods happily, and started skipping along the way instead of walking.
Neo immiedately went to the bed to bury her face on the pillows. Giorno ignored her and went to the bathroom to freshen up.
As he got out wearing a basic tshirt and some comfortable pants, Neo turned to him from his bed and held her arms out, inviting him to dive in and hug her.
"What?" he asked as he puts a knee on the bed. Neo pouts and crossed her arms. Giorno frowned but decided to continue and lie next to her.
"So... Does the guy have a name?" Giorno asked out loud, before turning to her. Neo returned his gaze and raised her sign "Roman Torchwick."
"Any distinct features..? Like what does he look like?" Giorno asked. Neo tossed the sign away (it disappeared mid air) and puts out her scroll.
Giorno leaned next to her to look at her screen.
She accessed some sort of a police database and it had Roman Torchwick's profile.
"Ginger, taller than me, slightly underweight..." Giorno mumbled to himself, reading the description "Mistral's most wanted, also had dealings with the Xiong family and the Spiders... Unknown whether if he has his own gang or not. Very elusive, usually hires muscles and crooked doctors for his dirty work." he found it weird yet somewhat smart, that if this Torchwick guy is not tied to any gang specifically and didn't have his own, it would be very hard to trace him.
Arguably even harder to trace than Diavolo.
But Diavolo was capable of being lured by the use of Trish...
"You did say he sorta likes you, right?" Giorno asked, Neo slowly nodded, unsure.
"Maybe you can try seducing him to lower his guard down?" he suggested. Neo gasped and angrily shook her head, firmly believing that her affection should only be reserved to that someone she is genuinely attracted to.
"Why not? We could use it as leverage. Don't tell me you haven't used your looks to con someone before." Giorno said, raising an eyebrow. Neo crossed her arms and glared at him, she whispered "How dare you..."
"You haven't?" Giorno asked in shock. Neo pouts.
"But you're the right amounts of beautiful and adorable, appearance-wise." Giorno explains, making her blush "Your figure is also very sexy, your hips are wide, your bust are relatively large and your thighs and glutes are very shapely." he continues explaining in a monotonous tone. Neo fumed, she gritted her teeth in embarrassment.
"Pervert." her sign says.
Giorno's eyes widened as he realized what he just did "I swear that wasn't my intention. I'm simply giving an honest assessment of-"
Neo grabs his collar and pulled his face closer to hers.
He silently gasped "N-Neo?"
Neo's face went past his, her lips brushed on his earlobe "I don't mind, dear. As long as your pervism is directed to me." she whispered softly, Giorno's hairs stood. "Directed to me, and mine only." she finished, assertively.
She lets him go. Giorno stared at what he can describe as a sinister smirk. Her eyes half lidded, her lips curving a little bit. He wasn't so sure if he was teasing him because her body language was serious.
'Whoever that woman was that our big chap Joseph was talking about... I still have the last laugh, because at the end of the day... Giorno goes home to me.' it was her not so subtle way of claimingpossession or declaring her feelings for him. But she knew he was too dense to understand, so in a way, her declaration of affection for Giorno was directed to herself.
"... You're enjoying this pretending to be a couple thing way too much, we don't even have to start right now." Giorno nervously chuckled. Neo rolled her eyes, the young man is dense as she expected. Oh well, atleast she can use it as an excuse to be more affectionate and touchy.
Giorno continued reading to make things less awkward. He scoured through the Xiong family and Spiders' profile description "I knew Junior was a crook." he muttered to himself, but he is somewhat relieved that the Xiong family has stopped dealing drugs when it went to Junior's management, opted on weapons dealing and rare Dust dealing. The Spiders on the other hand were more ruthless and unforgiving, able to do the jobs nobody would dare to touch. "Enemy of the Xiong family, handled by... Susan Malachite..? Wait, if Melanie and Miltia were Malachites, how come they're working for Junior Xiong?" Giorno asked out loud in confusion, Neo just shrugged as she couldn't care less about them as long as she gets to freely rob people in Vale without restriction.
"Roman also bribed the now deceased former City Manager James Vanille..."
Neo's eyes widened at the mention of the name. Giorno looked at James "Jimmy" Vanille's profile out of curiosity. Giorno glanced at Neo after seeing James Vanille's picture with his family. Neo seemed to have that hundred yard stare after hearing her father's name after such a long time.
"His unnamed daughter looked very similar to you." Giorno said in amusement, referring to the little brunette girl. Neo lowered her head, seemingly troubled. He noticed her tremble and immediately puts a hand on her shoulder "What's wrong?"
She shook her head and returned his gaze, trying to smile. "Its okay... You don't have to tell me." he reassures. "Would't even dream of it." she cheekily replied in her sign.
"My, after all that talk of owning me, you're not even going to open up about it?" Giorno teased, hoping to lighten the situation up. For some reason, the usually playful and taunting Neo being sad just doesn't sit right with him.
"I'll tell you when the time comes, darling." she whispered, wrapping an arm around him. She covered her mouth to yawn, gently shoving him away to prepare for sleep.
Giorno lied down next to her, staring at the ceiling while Neo hugs a pillow, turning her back on him.
He was in deep thought, knowing that Neo might have something to do with that man. "Is your name by any chance, Neo Vanille?" he asked out loud.
Neo's eyes shot wide open, she sat up and playfully punched his stomach.
"Ouch..! Why?"
"I'll tell you. When. The time. Comes." she whispered angrily, before lying down. "I'm sorry..." Giorno apologized, before keeping his thoughts to himself.
Neo is somewhat mad that Giorno can't take a hint when it comes to romance yet he quickly deduced that she's related to the man in question. 'Such a bonehead.'
. . .
"So, JoJo? How'd you like the taste of your own medicine?"
"AAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHH!!!!!"
"What a wonderful response."
He slumped down, clutching his knee. 'This is it, the end of the road...' he saw a tall buff long haired handsome man with purple hair and swords protruding from his forearms wearing some sort of an aztec costume. On his right was a torso of a blond robotic guy with a flattop, looking at him with worry.
'I guess I can smile over the fact that it took the Ultimate Lifeform to kill Joseph Joestar.' he smiled dumbly to himself. The purple haired man raised an eyebrow, thinking the target of his animosity became delirious, shrugging before focusing on his breathing.
"Koooooohh!! JoJo, to send a hamon user like you to the afterlife... Is nothing short of poetic!"
Joseph sat up in cold sweat, panting. He's been having these dreams for a while. At first he thought nothing of it, but they are oddly consistent.
"I should write these down..." he thought to himself, reaching for a notepad on a table. Removing the cap from his pen, he turned on a lamp and prepared to describe his dreams.
"... FUCK, WHAT WAS IT ABOUT AGAIN?!" Joseph forgot almost immediately.
He forced himself to concentrate "PURPLE GUY! Err, volcano... And some blond cyborg guy with a flattop, that must be Caesar..." he couldn't be any more wrong if he tried. He twirled his pen around "And I think I was holding some sort of stone... Is it Dust?"
Joseph groaned, he was supposed to be asleep right now. But he tried to remember as much as he can. 'That guy did some weird exhale and he can set stuff on fire with his finger.'
He scratched his hair in confusion, before trying "Koooooh..." yellow sparks appeared near him, his shock immediately disrupted his ripple breathing "Holy shit!"
Joseph paused for awhile, before trying again "Kooooh..." he stopped once more. "Is this my aura..? No, auras don't require breathing like a weirdo." Joseph went in to deep thought before smapping his fingers "Must be my semblance!"
For some reason, he felt healthier and more physically capable doing so. "But what exactly can this do? Fight bronchitis?"
He tried touching his notepad while hamom breathing, but his ripple wasn't strong enough to mimic what Ultimate Kars did in his dream.
"BAAH! I'll find some use for it! In the meantime, I need to sleep!" Joseph said as he swatted the notepad away and jumping to his bed.
. . .
Blake woke up feeling the urge to use the bathroom, but as she gets off the bed, she saw Yang lying on the floor with her arms spread staring blankly at the ceiling.
"What are you doing?" Blake deadpans. "I can't sleep. I'm trying so hard but I'm just so excited for tomorrow." Yang replied monotonously. Blake glanced at the blonde's bed "I think using your bed would help a ton."
"It didn't..!" Yang whined "What if he thinks I'm lame?"
"You're overthinking stuff again. I never saw you use your brain this much before." Blake chuckled on her way to the restroom. "S-Shut up!" Yang lamely replied before sitting up.
The next day.
Giorno slowly woke up with Neo poking his cheek. His vision was blurry but it became clear.
"Wake up, sleepyhead. We've got a Torchwick to catch." the sign says.
He yawned and satup "Good morning to you too." he stretched his limbs while Neo stood up, already prim and proper, ready to go. He's glad Neo didn't use her semblance to spook him again.
"Lead the way." he says as he puts on a hoodie. She smiled as her form slowly transformed in to her previous disguise of a black haired twintail girl. Giorno took the cue and undid his braid and cornets.
They noted that there are alot of Beacon Students walking around as they left the hotel.
"So this man is supposed to be at the dingy part of town, near the... Chem plant? This world had a chem plant?" Giorno asked.
Neo rolled her eyes and raised a sign "Of course. They think its the best way to get rid of sewage."
'That's bullshit... But I believe it.' he thought. "Neo." he starts, catching her attention. "Thanks for not exploding in to a million pieces and waking me up like a normal person."
He was met with silence, but he felt her grab his hand.
. . .
"Why in fuck's name do we have to study Chemistry anyway? We're training to be Huntresses! Not Scientists!" Yang whined. "Not only that, but their laboratory didn't even have baking soda! So unprofessional." Weiss groaned, staring at their "shopping list."
"Cheer up, girls! Atleast we get to make a free trip to town without it being called "skipping classes" Ruby giggled sinisterly.
"Everyone is out to buy, huh. The lines and queues are going to be a nightmare." Blake muttered.
The stores are full of students hoping to buy materials for experiments they could care less about.
"I heard that the noodlestand got robbed yesterday." Yang said. "I could go for salmon noodles right now." Blake adds.
Ruby saw a familiar figure in the distance. Tall, broad blond guy with long hair. "Giorno?" she mumbled.
"Now's not the time, Juliet." Weiss whined. "No, I saw him!" Ruby exclaims before moving past her "Hey! Heeeey!" she calls but as she got a better view, he was holding hands with a rather short girl. (shorter than her atleast, by about an inch.)
Her hand slowly fell, and her smile disappeared.
. . .
"Why are you..." Giorno asked. Neo puts up a sign, with difficulty as there are a ton of people around "So we don't get seperated by accident. I'm quite vertically challenged as you've noticed."
"Well, I'm quite the opposite. You can spot me in a crowd." he teased.
Giorno then noticed that if he is going to face Roman, he might as well take some precaution, just in case Roman might think of attacking him when he is with his friends in Beacon.
"Neo, when we face him. Call me Jonathan." he said. She simply raised an eyebrow as they made their way through the crowd.
"My hair is down, it can act as a disguise, I can't have him attack my friends once he realized he can't hurt me."
"Sounds stupid." her sign reads "Just play along, please." Giorno says before sighing.
It can also act as a disguise just in case his friends from Beacon spots him and gets the wrong idea. 'Though i'm not sure it'll work...'
And as if on cue, someone grab his other hand.
"Giorno?" he heard Ruby's voice from behind.