Redangel 14 - Hanabi will fight, but it'll be a developmental thing throughout the chapters as she improves with her Stand. As for her pathway in the future your gonna have to read and find out.
Dark Blue Moon - Stowaways, Sharks, and Stands, Oh My!
Hanabi stood at the railing of the large ship Joseph had gotten. She closed her eyes enjoying the sea breeze as it blew through her hair. She had taken off her school jacket and tied it around her waist.
"To get from Hong Kong to Singapore, we'll be on the water for three full days. Well, let's relax and keep our spirits up. But seriously, guys…."
Hanabi looked back at Joseph.
"Can't you do something about those school uniforms?" Joseph pointed at Jotaro, Kakyoin, and Hanabi, "You're going to continue our journey wearing those? Isn't it ridiculously hot?"
"Well, we are students and students should behave as students," Kakyoin said lounging and reading a book, "But I suppose that sounds like a stretch….."
Jotaro just leaned further into his lounge chair and 'Hpmh!'
"What else would I wear?" Hanabi questioned
"Hmph! Students are such stiffs," Joseph said
"I see….so this is Bushido. Once you clear your mind, even fire seems cool," Avdol said
"But you know, girl's won't fall for stiffs like you," Polnareff addressed Jotaro and Kakyoin.
"Let go! Let go of me! You big lug!" A voice cried out.
Everyone looked over to see a crew member holding a struggling boy.
"Hey, what's going on? I thought we agreed there'd be no passengers on our boat," Joseph said
"I'm sorry. It's a stowaway," The crew member apologized. "This brat was hiding in storage down below."
"A stowaway?" Joseph questioned with a confused face.
Everyone walked over to see the boy still kicking and screaming.
"Come on! I'll kick your balls in!" The boy yelled
"I'll turn you into the naval police," The crew member said
That made the boy stop struggling, "What? The police?!" He jumped out of the man's arms, "P-Please, Let me go! I just want to go see my dad in Singapore. I'll do anything. You can work me as hard as you want!"
The guy reached down and pinched the boy's cheek, "Let's see. What should I do? Should I let you go?" He let go of the boy's cheek and then flicked him on the nose. "I'm not gonna let you go after all. Hell no."
Tears came to the boy's eyes as he looked down.
"Oh boy," Hanabi whispered feeling bad for the kid.
"First, I'm gonna go let the Captain know, so come with-!"
The boy lunged forward and bit the crew members arm making the man scream out.
Hanabi bit back a laugh as the action brought up a distance memory to her.
The next thing that happened surprised everyone the boy jumped off the boat.
Hanabi stopped laughing and let out a surprised yelp, "Gah! He jumped!"
"Whoa! He jumped in! Talk about energetic," Polnareff said
"Is he planning to swim to shore from here?" Kakyoin said
"What should we do?" Joseph said
"Fish him out!" Hanabi yelled pointing over the boat.
"Che, just leave 'im," Jotaro said
"Jotaro!" Hanabi snapped
"I'm sure he dove in because he's a confident swimmer," Jotaro said as the boy resurfaced.
The young boy started to swim away from the boat.
"Th-This isn't good! Sharks gather around these parts!" A crew member said
"Did you say sharks!" Hanabi yelled
As the boy swam a shadow of shark passed under him.
"This isn't good!" Kakyoin said
"Hey, you brat! Come-!"
Joseph stopped yelling when a figure jumped overboard. Everyone gasped as they saw Hanabi swan dive into the water.
"Hanabi!" Avdol, Polnareff, Joseph, and Kakyoin yelled.
Jotaro stood up and looked in the water, "Yare yare daze."
Hanabi quickly swam over to the boy but as she did so the fin of shark appeared speeding towards the kid.
"Oh no!" Hanabi thought
The kid looked behind him and let out a terrified scream as the fin sped towards him.
"Queen's Thorn!" Hanabi yelled throwing her hand out.
Queen's Thorn appeared and four vines shot out from its back and grabbed the kid pulling him to Hanabi.
"Don't worry I've got you," Hanabi reassured him while still trying to tread water.
The boy looked up at Hanabi a look of relief but stopped when he saw the shark fin circle back around and head towards them.
The boy let out a scream as Hanabi covered him, the shark jumped forward heading for them.
"Ora!"
The shark's attack never happened because it was punched out by Star Platinum. Star Platinum continued to beat up the shark making the boy look up in amazement. Once defeated the shark fell dead into the water with a large splash.
A hand reached out and grabbed the back of Hanabi's shirt.
"GAHHHH!" Hanabi screamed out startled. She turned around to see Jotaro. He pointed at his back letting Hanabi know to get on. She did so and Jotaro grabbed the front of the kid's overalls.
"Yare yare daze, you little brat, and Hanabi," Jotaro said going to swim forward, but he stopped and looked back at the boy. Jotaro let him go then put his hand flat against the boy's chest.
The boy looked surprised and Hanabi's jaw was dropped and her cheek's red.
"Your…." Jotaro took the boy's cap off revealing long hair "...a girl. And a runt of one, at that."
"H-How dare you grab my chest like that?! Damn it!" The girl yelled trying to hit Jotaro.
Jotaro her blocked the attack.
"Jo….ta….ro…," A dark voice said
Jotaro looked over his shoulder to see Hanabi a dark shadow cast over her face by her bangs. Jotaro just looked at Hanabi unfazed.
"Jo….ta…..ro…..you….." Hanabi looked up and instead of an angry look she had a red embarrassed face, "How could you do that!? Especially to a young girl!? I thought you would have learned your lesson after the first incident! How could you-!"
"Yare yare daze," Jotaro said drowning out Hanabi's yelling.
He grabbed the two girls and started to swim back over to the ship with Hanabi still yelling.
As the young high schooler kept scolding the other one the group in the water failed to notice the shark had been split in half its entrails staining the water red.
Jotaro put a hand over Hanabi's mouth silencing her as he looked back.
"Jotaro! Below you! Somethings attacking from underwater! It's not a shark! It's really fast! Jotaro hurry!" Joseph yelled out
"Jotaro!" Hanabi yelled out wrapping her arms around Jotaro's neck.
With Hanabi holding onto Jotaro and the little girl in his arm Jotaro started to swim a fast as he could to the boat.
A life preserver was thrown out to the group but it seemed futile as whatever was coming was swimming extremely fast.
"If it's at that distance, leave it to me. Hierophant Green!" Kakyoin said
Hierophant Green came out and grabbed Jotaro's arms pulling the three up onto the boat just as the creature in the water tore the life preserver to shreds.
"I-It disappeared! It's a Stand! That thing is a Stand!" Polnareff said
"A seafaring Stand….I don't believe I've ever even heard of such a thing," Avdol said
Hanabi and the girl were both laid out on the deck catching their breath.
"A-Are you okay?" Hanabi asked the girl.
The girl nodded her head as she still tried to catch her breath.
As Hanabi checked the girl over all the boys gathered together staring at the girl, the same thought going through their minds.
Was she the Stand user?
The girl finally noticed their stares and stood up glaring at them.
"W-What's with you jerks, all glaring at me like that?! I don't know what's going on," The girl reached into her pocket and pulled out a small pocket knife, "Don't underestimate me! I'll take you on! One on one! You little shits!"
As the boys took this girl threat seriously Hanabi just snickered behind her hand. She saw right through that girl's tough act. Besides, there's no way she could be the Stand user, if she was she wouldn't be in this situation right now. Hanabi slipped away still smiling to herself, she'll let the boys sort this out.
When Hanabi came back she had a towel wrapped around her shoulders, the girl was still waving around her little knife. Hanabi walks past Jotaro giving him a towel hen made her way to the girl.
"Put that down already, you'll hurt yourself." Hanabi grabbed the knife from the girl.
"Hey-!"
Before the girl could say anything else Hanabi had thrown a towel over her head and started drying her off, the girl's muffled cries could be heard from under the towel as Hanabi dried her.
The guys watched the interaction with bemused smiles seeing how the girl was acting from before and how Hanabi was treating her.
"You know, IThedon't think it's her," Kakyoin said with a smile.
"Mmmm, Yes, but….." Joseph said
"So is this girl our stowaway?"
Hanabi stopped toweling off the girl when the younger girl was suddenly grabbed by a tall man.
"Captain," Joseph said
Hanabi glared at the Captain as he grabbed the girl putting her in some kind of hold.
"I'm pretty harsh with stowaway, you may be a girl but if I go easy on you we'll just get more and more stowaways," The Captain said
The young girl cried out more as the Captain's hold tightened on her. Two more crew members came out standing next to the Captain.
"Hey put her down you're hurting her!" Hanabi said
The Captain turned to Hanabi looking down at her. Hanabi's glare just got more intense as they stared at each other. The two continued to glare at each other as the young girl kept struggling in the Captain's grasp. As this happened Jotaro had pulled out a cigarette and started smoking.
The glaring contest was interrupted by Joseph speaking up.
"Captain, I'd like to ask you something. You've verified the identities of all ten of the men on board, right?" Joseph asked
The Captain nodded his head, "Of course. All of them are veterans who have been on this boat for over ten years."
While he had his attention focused on Joseph, Hanabi pulled the girl away from the Captain pushing the young girl behind her. The two crew members walked up reaching for the younger girl but Hanabi glared harshly at them making them step back from her fierce expression.
"I'm not sure why you're so worried about that. By the way…" The Captain walked over to Jotaro and snatched the cigarette from out of his mouth, "I request that you refrain from smoking aboard this ship. What did you plan to do with the ashes and butt after you're done? Were you planning on throwing it into the beautiful ocean? You're a guest on this ship, but I'll have you follow her rules, Mr. Outlaw." The Captain reached up putting out the cigarette on Jotaro's hat.
Hanabi stopped glaring at the two crew members and gaped along with the rest of the group, at what the Captain had just done. Even though Jotaro looked calm and collected Hanabi knew there was a storm brewing.
"The Captain's not gonna live to see the end of this voyage," Hanabi thought
The Captain opened Jotaro's jacket pocket and put the cigarette butt in it.
"Yeah, he's toast," Hanabi thought
The Captain walked back to the girl and Hanabi, but he stopped when Jotaro called out to him.
"Hold it. If you're going to put it out, just put it out. Don't be a condescending prick about it, you jackass," Jotaro spoke.
The Captain gaped and turned around facing Jotaro. Hanabi quickly grabbed the young girl and backed up to the railing knowing what was to come.
"Hey, Jotaro! Don't be rude to the Captain! You're the one at fault," Joseph said
"Hmph, I'm very aware that I'm being rude. He isn't the Captain…..I just figured it out. He's the Stand user!" Jotaro declared
"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted
The Captain looked at Jotaro confused,"Sta…..nd? What might that be?"
"That's inconceivable, Jotaro. Captain Dragon came recommended with verification by the Speedwagon Foundation. He's someone we should trust. There is a 0% chance that he's a Stand user," Avdol explained
"Hold on, a Stand? I have no idea what you're talking about….." The Captain said
"Jojo, random guesses will only make things more confusing!" Polnareff said
"Do you have any proof, Jojo?" Kakyoin asked
"I've found a way to differentiate Stand users from other people," Jotaro said
"What?!" Joseph gasped
"That is if a Stand user inhales even a little bit of cigarette smoke, a vein pops up on the tip of their nose," Jotaro told the group.
Immediately everyone but the little girl and Hanabi reached for the tip of their noses.
"What the hell they doing?" The girl asked Hanabi.
"Being boys," Hanabi simply replied sweatdropping.
"D-did he seriously just fall for that?" Hanabi thought looking at the Captain.
"You can't be serious, Jotaro!" Polnareff said
"Yeah, I'm lying. But it looks like we've found the idiot." Jotaro pointed at the Captain who had been touching his nose.
The Captain gasped putting his hand down.
"Jotaro how did you know he was suspicious?" Joseph asked
"Actually, I didn't think he was at all," Jotaro said
"Huh?" Joseph said
"But I planned to try this with all the men on board," Jotaro said
"I'm pretty sure Jotaro wanted the Stand user to be the Captain. Now it gives him an excuse to beat him up," Hanabi thought
"You're cold. Damn, bud you're cold. You're right I'm not the Captain. The real Captain is already sleeping with the fishes at the ocean's bottom back in Hong Kong," The Captain explained
"Then you can sleep at the bottom of Hell!" Jotaro said
The now found out not Captain gave a smirk as something quickly came out of the water grabbing Hanabi and the girl.
"Ahhh!" The two girls cried out.
"Damn it!" Polnareff, Joseph, Avdol, and Kakyoin cursed.
Hanabi and the girl struggled in the Stand's grasp as it held the two girls securely to its chest.
Trouble on the water! Lies and betrayal! The Moon card, which suggests fear of the unknown. It's named: Dark Blue Moon!
The Captain jumped off the boat along with Dark Blue Moon dragging the two girls with him. Jotaro ran to the edge of the railing summoning Star Platinum. Before they could hit the water Star Platinum hit Dark Blue Moon with a series of fast punches making the Stand let go of the girls. Dark Blue Moon was sent flying along with the Captain as Star Platinum grabbed the two girls arms stopping them from falling into the water.
"You're the only one who's going to choke on seawater. Avdol say something," Jotaro said
"You tried to out-predict me, a fortune-teller….."
"…..but it's ten years too early for you," Polnareff finished with a broad smile.
Stand Name - Dark Blue Moon
Power - C Speed - C Range - C
Durability - B Precision - C Potential - D
"He's drifting away. He sure talked up his Stand's powers, but it looks like he was just an idiot." Polnareff stares at the water watching the fake Captains still body drift in the waves.
Jotaro was suddenly pulled forward his arm going over the railing.
"Jotaro what's wrong? Hurry and lift up the girls!" Joseph said
Jotaro seemed to be struggling to hold his arm out not moving from his position. Hanabi looked up to see the strained look on Jotaro's face.
"What's wrong, Jotaro?!" Joseph said
"D-Damn it….I'm being pulled in…." Jotaro said
Hanabi gasped as Barnacles started to overgrow on her and the girl's hands spreading to Star Platinum's arms. When it reached Star Platinum's arm blood spurted from Jotaro's hands.
"Th-These are….." Avdol said
"Acorn Barnacles! They're all over Star Platinum's arm and on the side of the boat!" Kakyoin said
All the boys ran over and tried to help pull Jotaro and the girls up.
"He's still planning on fighting. He attached them to me earlier, when I hit him. They keep multiplying! My Stand's strength is being drained….." Jotaro said
"Jotaro bring in your Stand!" Joseph said
"I can't!" Jotaro said
"At this rate, we'll all fall in," Hanabi thought, she looked over at the girl then back up at Jotaro, "Maybe I can lighten the load."
"Queen's Thorn!" Hanabi summoned her Stand, "Rose Whip!"
Queen's Thorn used its thorn whip slicing through the barnacles that were keeping Hanabi and the girl attached to Star Platinum, allowing the boys to pull Jotaro backup.
Everyone gasped as the two girls started to fall towards the water. Queen's Thorn wrapped its whip around the girl and threw her up effectively throwing her back up onto the ship. Hanabi braced herself as she hit the cold water with a splash.
"Hanabi!" Everyone yelled
Hanabi quickly sank to the bottom of the seafloor. As she looked up she let out a gasp releasing air bubbles as Dark Blue Moon appeared over her.
The Stand quickly charged at her making her eye's widened as she put her arms up.
On the Surface
"D-Does anyone see her?!" Kakyoin said looking around.
Everyone looked at the water searching for any signs of Hanabi or the enemy.
Jotaro gritted his teeth and was about to jump overboard when something shot out of the water landing on the surface. Everyone looked to see a giant lotus bud floating on the surface. The lotus blooms open to reveal a soaking wet Hanabi who was gasping for air.
"T-Thank goodness," Hanabi gasped out.
Dark Blue Moon attacked Hanabi with some type of whirlpool jet attack but before it could hit her, the bud shield formed around her. Luckily the force of the attack sent her flying up to the surface.
Jotaro jumped into the water swimming over to Hanabi.
"J-Jotaro," Hanabi said as her friend made his way to the floating lotus.
"Yare yare daze. Your such an idiot, are you okay?" Jotaro asked
A small tint of red appeared on Hanabi's cheek as she nodded her head yes. Before Jotaro could say anything else he was pulled under the surface of the water.
"Jotaro!" Hanabi cried looking over the side of the lotus. Unfortunately, she could see anything in the depths below.
Suddenly Hanabi's lotus started to rock back and forth roughly making the girl gasp as she fell back into the flower. The water's waves started getting rough, and Hanabi could only assume it was due to the fight going on below her.
The situation only got worse as the lotus started to spin around in the water.
"Crap! Whirlpool!" Hanabi shouted
She held on tightly to the petals of the flower as it was spun around and around. Some water got into the flower and Hanabi looked down to see something shining.
She picked up the object to reveal a sharp scale. She looked over the side of the flower to see the whirlpool full of them.
"Not good! At this rate I'll be sucked in and then torn to shreds!" Hanabi bellowed, "I can't just stay here and be a sitting duck!"
Suddenly the whirlpool stopped surprising Hanabi.
"Ehhhhh!" Hanabi gasped looking around. She looked over the edge of the lotus flower to see bubbles, that's when Jotaro re-surfaced right next to the flower.
"Jojo!" Hanabi smiled wrapping her arms around her friend's neck, bringing him into a hug. Once she realized what she was doing Hanabi let go of him embarrassed.
"Well done, Jotaro! Hurry up and come up," Joseph said
Jotaro put his hands on the back of Hanabi's flower and started to swim over to the ship pushing Hanabi along.
*BOOM BOOM*
Jotaro stopped swimming when an explosion caught everyone's attention. The large ship started to shake, and the within in seconds it was up in flames.
Everyone on board quickly grabbed the emergency boats and jumped ship as the large she turned into a ball of fire.
Everyone sat silently around the small boat. Luckily everyone made it off the ship safe, but they had been floating for almost a day now.
Joseph offered a canteen to the young girl whose name they found out was Anne.
"Have some water. We've sent signals for help so someone should be here soon," Joseph said
Anne took the canteen, "I don't know what in the world is going on, but who are you people?"
"Were hurrying along a journey, just like you. Rough you're on a journey to see your father, while I'm on one for my daughter," Joseph said
Anne just looked away before taking a drink out of the canteen. Instead of swallowing the water she spat it out.
"Hey! That's our precious water! How dare you spit it out?!" Joseph scolded
Anne pointed forward, "N-no…...E-E-E-E-Everyone look!"
Everyone looked to where the young girl was pointing and were surprised to see a large freight ship.