The Empress-Oh Wait That's Wheel of Fortune
It took the group no time to get tickets for a bus. The woman who had knocked down Polnareff was on the same bus with them as she told them her family lived in the city they were traveling too.
Hanabi sat next to Jotaro on the bus leaning against him asleep. Changing time zones so quickly really messed with her internal clock. Jotaro had no trouble with Hanabi leaning on him and even shifted himself so she could sleep better.
Polnareff spent the whole bus ride lecturing the woman on why she shouldn't be with Hol Horse and how she was making bad decisions.
When the bus stopped Jotaro picked Hanabi up bridal style and carried her off allowing her to sleep some more.
Joseph had been constantly scratching at his arm the whole bus ride, a large welt growing in the spot that he was continuously scratching.
"What's wrong, old man? You don't look well," Jotaro said
"Looks like the spot I thought was a bug bite got infected." Joseph showed everyone his arm.
There was a large growth on his arm and it looked like it had a face.
"It's definitely swollen. It would be best to have a doctor look at it before it gets worse," Kakyoin said
"Hey, doesn't that sort of look like a person's face?" Polnareff said staring at the growth.
Joseph pulled his arm back. "Stop kidding around, Polnareff."
"Hehe, Sorry 'bout that. Want me to go to the hospital with you?" Polnareff asked
"No! Stop treating me like an old man," Joseph said before walking away.
After a while Hanabi had woken to find herself in a bizarre position, Jotaro's arms. Hanabi thanked Jotaro for carrying her and questioned where everyone was.
He told her that Joseph went to take care of his bug bite while Polnareff went to go see the woman home. With that said her, Jotaro, and Kakyoin continued to explore the different vendors.
Hanabi marveled at all the products, she bought some spices and herbs that could be used for medical purposes. She even found a few materials that her mother might like for her clothing line. After a while of looking around the group was stopped by two officers.
"Have you seen and an older looking American man, about this tall wearing a tan shirt and brown pants?" An officer asked
"No sir," Hanabi said
Jotaro and Kakyoin shook their heads too.
The two man ran off keeping up their search.
"That sounded like Mr. Joestar right?" Hanabi said
"Yare yare daze," Jotaro said
After a while of searching Kakyoin, Hanabi, and Jotaro found Joseph and a rather heartbroken looking Polnareff. It turns out the woman they had brought with them was a Stand user in disguise and Polnareff found out in a rather tragic way.
Night had fallen and Joseph rented a car so they could be on their way especially since the cops were still looking for him.
Polnareff had been sulking the whole time and was still glum as he sat on the ground.
"And here I thought we'd finally be able to sleep in a bed," Kakyoin said
"Maybe if the old man hadn't screwed up and gotten the cops chasing him down," Jotaro said
"I took care of things. We can take this car. Polnareff, you can do the driving." Joseph tossed the key to Polnareff.
It simply lands in Polnareff's flat top sticking there.
"Hey, are you still in shock? I was the one attacked by the Stand," Joseph said
"I'd rather have gone through that…." Polnareff whined
"Aww cheer up Polnareff, I'm sure there are plenty of real beautiful woman out there waiting for you. I'm sure they won't be able to resist your french charm," Hanabi said
Polnareff looked up at Hanabi with comical teary eyes and a smile. Hanabi smiled back and patted Polnareff's head before plucking the key out his hair handing it to him.
After picking up Polnareff and getting in the car they drove off unaware of the other car following them.
The Empress
Power - C Speed - E Range - A
Durability - A Precision - D Potential - D
Hanabi felt rather squished in her seat. She was stuck in the back of the car sandwiched between Jotaro and Joseph. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but Joseph and Jotaro had the figures of bodybuilders and took up a lot of space.
"Soon, we'll reach Indo. We'll be saying goodbye to India very soon," Kakyoin said
"Indeed. At first, I wondered what kind of country we'd walk into, but now I miss the hustle and bustle of Calcutta, and the rushing waters if the Ganges," Joseph said
"I'll be coming back again, so I can make Avdol a proper grave," Polnareff said
Pretty soon the road got narrower and there was another car in front of them.
"Where did he come from?" Hanabi questioned
The driver in front revved his engine shooting fumes and dirt into the window of their car.
"Stop driving so slow! You're in the way! I'm gonna pass them!" Polnareff shouted
Polnareff hit the gas and swerved around the other car right before the road got too narrow.
As they came around a turn Polnareff gasped and slammed the breaks.
"What's wrong Polnareff?!" Kakyoin said
"I just told you we don't need accidents!" Joseph said
"N-No, look! Looks who's standing over there!" Polnareff said pointing out the front window.
"Yare yare daze," Jotaro said pulling down his cap.
Standing in the middle of the road hitchhiking was no other than Anne.
"Uhmmm how are we gonna fit her in the car?" Hanabi questioned.
Everyone looked back at Hanabi and Jotaro.
"W-What?" Hanabi questioned
Hanabi quickly got her answer when she was put in the lap of Jotaro giving Anne her middle seat. Hanabi's hair covered her face as she flushed sitting in Jotaro's lap.
"I mean, I'm a girl. Soon I'll be wearing a bra-"
"Wait you don't wear one? Your 10 right? I had to wear one when I was your age," Hanabi interrupted
"That's because you my dear are well endowed," Polnareff smirked from the front seat.
Hanabi once again turned red and reached over the front seat and hit him upside the head making the car swerve.
"S-Sorry," Hanabi said once the car was straight, "But besides the point Anne, you can be a lady and travel around the world. I mean look at me."
*HONK HONK*
Everyone but Polnareff looked back and saw the car from earlier speeding towards them.
"It's the car we passed earlier. They seem to be in a hurry," Jotaro said
"Let them pass," Joseph said
Polnareff rolled down the window and stuck his arm out gesturing for the car to pass. As the car passed Hanabi and Jotaro watched it getting a weird vibe from the vehicle, they tried to catch a glimpse of the driver but couldn't see his face through the tinted window.
Once the car was in front of them it slowed down once again sending dirt and fumes into their car making everyone cough.
"What are they trying to do? I let them pass, so hurry up and go." Polnareff tried his best to go around the car but the dirt road had gotten narrower making it hard to pass.
"Maybe they're mad because you were so reckless earlier," Kakyoin pointed out.
"Did you see the drivers face?" Jotaro asked
"No…..Maybe it's because of all the dust on the window, but I could see them," Polnareff said
"So you couldn't either…..It couldn't be..." Jotaro said
"Be careful. Polnareff," Joseph said
Suddenly the cars front window rolled down and an arm stuck out signaling for them to pass.
"Now he's telling me to pass! Looks like he remembered how shitty his car is. You should have just stayed behind me in the first place, dumbass," Polnareff said
He sped up and easily went around the car but then a semi truck appeared out of nowhere. Before anyone could react the semi truck smacks head first into the car.
"Star Platinum!"
Star Platinum hits the semi-truck back lessening the impact preventing it from crushing the car. The car flew back and landed hard on the ground.
"Th-That was close! If it weren't for Star Platinum 's power, we would have been crushed," Polnareff said
Hanabi was gasping her arms wrapped tightly around Jotaro's neck.
"I think I just saw my life flash before my eyes," Hanabi said
"Where is it?! Where's that car?!" Joseph yelled
"Looks like it took off. Do you think that cars driver might be one of the Stand users that are after us? Or do you think it's just some random asshole?" Jotaro questions
"Of course it's some who's after us! We were almost killed!" Polnareff yelled
"But there hasn't been anything like a Stand attack yet," Kakyoin said
Polnareff started the car back up, good thing it works considering the front half was smashed in.
"Anyway, all we can do is be careful as we head for the border. If someone comes after us again, we'll just take them down, no matter who they are," Joseph said
Kakyoin asked what they should do about the truck but Jotaro just said to ignore it. Hanabi noticed Anne look at Jotaro with a smile and flushed cheeks.
"So that's why she followed us. Man, she doesn't know how dangerous it is being around Jotaro. I'm surprised I survived this long," Hanabi thought
Hanabi looked up to be face to face with Jotaro since she still had her arms wrapped around his neck. Jotaro looked at Hanabi and then smiled catching her off guard. She quickly let go of Jotaro and sat forward in his lap her hands followed tightly in her own lap, her cheeks growing hot. If this keeps up she might faint again.
The car continued to drive along the windy mountain road when they came across a roadside tea house.
"Let's take a break," Joseph said and everyone filed out of the car.
They walked into the small shop to see a man using some type of hand operated pressing machine to make some type of juice.
"What's that?" Joseph asked
"Sugarcane juice," The man said
Joseph went to ty some but when he went to take a drink in the glass he saw a reflection of the car from earlier.
He turned around catching everyone's attention and they turned around too to see the car parked under the shade of a tree.
They walked over to the car but saw that it was empty.
"Hey, I need to ask you something. Where's the drive of that car parked over there?" Joseph asked the man behind the counter.
"I-I'm not sure. I didn't notice when it parked there…." The man said
"I doubt that the driver will just come out and announce himself," Kakyoin said
"He's messing with us!" Polnareff said
"This leaves us with only one option. Right, Jotaro?" Joseph said
"Yeah….It'll involve some innocent bystander, but…." Jotaro said
"Oh no," Hanabi pulled Anne back knowing what exactly what was coming.
"We'll just beat them all down!" Jotaro said
Jotaro and Joseph quickly started grabbing men, beating anyone who was unlucky enough to get caught in the Joestar's path.
"H-Hey, Jotaro, stop! Mr. Joestar, you too?! He's is going too far!" Kakyoin yelled
"Well I now know exactly which side of the family Jotaro takes after," Hanabi said
Although Kakyoin was doing his best to stop Jotaro and Joseph, Polnareff decided to join in.
He held up a man by the scruff of his shirt, "A face like yours looks the most suspicious…."
*SLAM*
The fighting stopped at the sound of a car door slamming and an engine revving. They turned around to see the car speeding away.
"D-Did we just get played?" Polnareff said