*NOTE :
A Guest Reader pointed out that Jotaro was actually 17 in Stardust Crusaders instead of 15 as I had written in the first chapter. That makes much more sense, so Jotaro's age will be fixed to 17. Thanks for the informative review.
A Man Possessed By an Evil Spirit - Pure Evil and Its Name is Dio!
Once the group had left the police station they gathered at a local cafe. Holly clung to her son happy to have him out of jail.
Hanabi was enjoying a parfait while pondering on the events of today.
"I'm so happy you're out of that awful jail cell," Holly cooed
'Why are you such an annoying bitch," Jotaro groaned
"Okay, I don't know," Holly blissfully sung out.
"JoJo!" Hanabi scolded spoon still in mouth.
Joseph pounded on the table angrily, "Hey! How dare you address your own mother that way! And what kind of language is that, and Holly stop smiling it only encourages!"
"Okay!" Holly replied not dropping her smile.
"Hey, gramps one question, something that I can't quite wrap my brain around. You seem to know an awful lot about this evil spirit" Jotaro paused for a second, "this Stand whatever you wanna call it, but how do you know this?"
Joseph but a hand on his chin, "Hmmm how do I know, I guess I did come all the way from New York to explain this to you. But in order for you to fully understand the history of it, I'll have to start from the beginning. This is part of the legacy of the Joestar family." He reached into his coat and pulled out some photos, "Take a look at these pictures." He laid the pictures on the table and it showed a boat and on that boat, there seemed to be some type of coffin.
"What are these about?" Jotaro asked
Hanabi picked one of the pictures, "This thing kind of reminds me of a coffin."
"You're right it is a coffin, it's over 100 years old, and four years ago it was pulled out of the Atlantic off of the Coast of Africa," Joseph said
"Okay so," Jotaro challenged
"I did a little research. My grandfather Jonathan Joestar, your great-grandfather, died while at sea. Turns out that this exact same coffin was on that boat with him when he died," Joseph explained
Holly had a shocked look on her face, while Jotaro's face kept the same scowl but you could see the look of interest in his eyes.
Joseph tapped one of the pictures, "When they discovered it four years ago it was empty, but I know exactly what was inside it. Avdol and I hear are trying to locate him as we speak."
"Wait him?" Hanabi questioned
"Yeah, what'd you mean by him? Are you suggesting there was a person inside that thing? Come on how could human being stay buried underwater for over a hundred years," Jotaro said
Joseph slammed a hand on the table and stood up, "Because that person is evil incarnate and his name is Dio, and now that he's been awakened from is hundred year slumber it is our faith to fight that man!"
Jotaro looked at his grandfather for a moment before he gave him an annoyed look and let out a sigh turning away.
"What the hell does that face mean! And don't turn your back on me like this has nothing to do with you!" Joseph yelled
Jotaro faced forward again, "Look you old man, this face means your story is so lame I don't know what to say."
"What?! Old Man!" Joseph shouted
Avdol let out scoff while smirking.
"Huh? Jotaro how could you not find any of this interesting?" Hanabi asked
"You're just easily amused," Jotaro told Hanabi before turning to Avdol, "Avdol, was it. I don't know you but your one arrogant bastard."
In the background, you could see Joseph shake with anger from being ignored.
Jotaro finally turned his attention back to his grandfather, "As for you old man, you honestly believe me to fall for an unbelievable story like that."
Avdol kept the smile on his face while he crossed his arms, "I know the story sounds far-fetched, but wouldn't you also say that our evil spirits are equally unbelievable."
Hanabi laughed behind her hand hearing her smart mouth friend being outwitted.
Joseph let out a huff before sitting back down in his seat, "Think what you want, but soon you'll have no choice but to believe it. If you want me to tell you how I know Dio exists and chosen to go after him," Avdol reaches into his cloak and pulls out a camera placing it in Joseph's hand, "the only way to explain it, is to show it. See the truth of it is I myself had a startling revelation that prompted all of this. About a year ago I suddenly obtained a Stand of my own."
"What did you say?!" Holly gasped surprised.
"Gramps, what did you-?"
Joseph cuts off Jotaro by slamming the camera on the table, "Get ready!" Joseph's hand glows and he lifts it up, "Let me introduce my Stand!" A purple thorny vine appears on Joseph's hand before he brings it down in a karate chop on top of the camera smashing it to pieces.
"H-He just crushed that camera!" Hanabi thought.
Incredibly, even though the camera had been crushed a picture still prints from it, surprising the group.
Joseph picks up the picture and holds it up for all to see, "Did you see it? The thorns that came out of my hand. This is my Stand, it can reveal faraway visions and place them on film, the only downside is I have to bust a thirty thousand yen camera every time I use it!"
Hearing the commotion a waiter ran over to the table.
"Excuse me is everything alright here?" The waiter asked
"We're fine here. Now go on run along," Avdol shooed away the man.
The man bowed, "Of course."
"In a matter of seconds a vision will appear in this photograph Jotaro, and it will reveal your very destiny!" Joseph exclaimed
Jotaro's eyes widened along with his friend, "What are you talking about?"
"Jotaro, Holly, have either of you taken the time to carefully look at the back of your necks?" Joseph asked
"What does that mean?" Jotaro asked
Before Joseph could explain anything Hanabi piped in, "Do you mean the star birthmark on the back of their necks?"
"Wha-how did you know that?" Joseph asked
"Well at I noticed it on Jotaro's neck ever since we were kids, and then during the summer when Mrs. Holly wears her summer dresses I could see it too. I always thought it was some type of insignia birthmark that ran in the family," Hanabi explained
Joseph smirked impressed, "Impressive, you've got a smart friend here Jotaro. She's correct we all have this birthmark."
Holly and Jotaro pull back the collar of their shirts to see that the birthmarks were indeed there.
"I'll say it again what the hell does all this mean?" Jotaro asked
"My father died while I was young so I asked my mother about it and she said he had one too. It seems like everyone from the Joestar bloodline is born with this exact symbol birthmark," Joseph said
"All right, and just what the hell is gonna turn up in that photograph?" Jotaro asked
"Your destiny. Until now it's been unknown," Joseph said
"Papa," Holly sounded in a worried tone.
"I'm losing my patience," Jotaro reached over the table and grabbed the picture," Show me the damn photo already!" He looked down at the picture giving Hanabi a view of it as well.
In the picture was a large man, his back was turned but even so, he gave off a sinister aura.
"Dio! He shows up in all of my spirit photos! And look what's just above his shoulder, from the neck of this bastard down is Jonathan Joestar, my grandfather. This son of a bitch took over his booooodddyy!" Joseph yelled
A shocked look came over Holly, Hanabi, and Jotaro.
"A hundred years ago there was an incident in the Atlantic Ocean. All I know is was what I learned from my grandmother. Somehow Dio took over the body of my grandfather and survived, and this much I know is certain. This bastard is currently hiding somewhere on the globe. Plotting something. It's four years since he revived, and the reason why my spirit photography and your evil spirit have manifest since. It's most likely connected to Dio," Joseph revealed
"Our gifts are considered a type of psychic power. I've had my Stand since the day I was born but your powers seemed bound to Dio's body, or rather Jonathan Joestar's body. There's some sort of invisible string that connects you all to him. His rebirth is also your own, awakening your sleeping powers," Avdol said
"But what about my Stand?" Hanabi questioned
"I've been thinking about that as well. I believe that your Stand has been with you since birth like mine, but it has not started to show its true power until now because it's reacting to Jotaro's Stand," Avdol explained
Hanabi nodded her head in understanding. Now that she thought about it strange things have always happened to her but she just wrote it off as her overactive imagination or just some random strange event.
"Avdol, does this photograph give you any indication of where Dio might be right now," Joseph asked handing the picture to Avdol.
Avdol examined the picture for a few moment before sadly shaking his head no.
"No nothing. There's hardly anything to note in the photo at all."
"I see," Joseph said
"I'll take a closer look later," Avdol said
Joseph looked down at his daughter and saw the sad look on her face, "Oh Holly, I'm sorry I sprang all of this on you out of the blue. Let's head home now."
Holly stood up, "Alright."
"I think I'll be sticking around for quite some time you mind if stay at your place while I'm here?" Joseph asked
"No, of course not Papa," Holly answered
"I guess it's time that I go home too," Hanabi said
Jotaro nodded his head standing up. "Let's go."
The adults watched the teens walk out of the shop together.
Joseph watched the two walk off with a questioning look.
"Jotaro always walks Hanabi home no matter what, he really is a sweet boy," Holly gushed watching the two until they left her field of vision.
Holly was fixing dinner when she heard the door open. She smiled dropping what she was doing before running to the door to greet her son.
"Jotaro your home! I'm-huh? Hanabi?" Holly questioned
Hanabi was standing at the front entrance to the Kujo household with Jotaro. The young girl was holding a suitcase and she had comical tears running down her face.
"Mrs. Holly I'm sorry for the intrusion but would you happen to have an extra guest room," Hanabi asked as the tears kept flowing down her cheeks.
30 minutes earlier
Hanabi and Jotaro arrived at her house having walked together in complete silence.
"Thanks for walking me home JoJo," Hanabi gave her friend a thankful smile.
Jotaro just nodded his head before turning around walking back to his home.
"What?"
Jotaro stopped walking and turned back to seeing Hanabi still standing outside her door.
"What are you doing now?" Jotaro questioned
"I'm not doing anything. The door won't open," Hanabi said
"What'd you mean the door won't open?" Jotaro asked walking over to his friend.
Hanabi tugged at the door with more force but it didn't budge. "It's exactly as I said it won't open," Hanabi grunted as she pulled more at the door now putting all of her body weight into trying open the door.
Jotaro just sighed at his friend about to reach over and open the door for her but froze when he saw a pink glow surround her. Suddenly a pair of black-gloved hands appeared behind Hanabi. The hands glowed even brighter and placed themselves against the door, as soon as the hands touched the door, it flung open surprising Hanabi making her fall back into Jotaro's arms.
"What was that?" Hanabi questioned
The young girl got out of Jotaro's arms and approached the door.
"Wha-aaahhhhHHHHHH!" Hanabi let out a scream and fell to her knees when she saw the inside of her house.
Jotaro immediately ran into the house hearing Hanabi's scream. "What the hell?!"
The inside of the whole house was wrapped and layered in vines and Roses. It explained why the door wouldn't open since it had been sealed shut by the overgrowth of fauna.
"How the hell did this happen?!" Jotaro questioned
"Jotaro," Hanabi's body shakes as she stayed on her knees. She slowly turned her head to friend revealing comical tears flowing from her eyes, "I think I did this."
"Yare, yare daze."