Death 13 - Crazy Dreams-No its a Nightmare!
After Hanabi had settled down she was now sitting around the campfire holding the baby but she kept staring at Joseph and Jotaro. She couldn't believe how much alike they looked when Joseph was younger. I mean they could have been mistaken for twins.
"Does that mean Jotaro's gonna look just like Mr. Joestar when he gets older," Hanabi pondered
Hanabi's thoughts were interrupted by a happy giggle. She looked down at her arms to see the baby smiling waving his hands trying to get her attention.
"Well now someone's happy. The baby's fever gone down everyone!" Hanabi announced
"Oh that's good," Joseph said walking over, "If we lost him, I don't know what we'd do." Joseph bent down to be at level with the baby.
Joseph started playing peekaboo with the baby making him laugh. Hanabi smiled thinking it was cute.
"You're really good with him Hanabi," Joseph said
"Huh? You think so?" Hanabi asked
Joseph smiled and nodded his head, "You're gonna make a great mother one day."
Hanabi blushed at the compliment and gave a small thanks.
"Hey, Old Man. The radios not busted. What should we do? Should we send out an SOS?" Jotaro asked
"Let's call for rescue," Joseph said
As Joseph and Jotaro went to radio for help Hanabi started to play with the baby more.
She lifted him up in the air making him laugh. She then started tickling his stomach earning even more giggles from the baby.
While Hanabi was playing around with the baby she failed to notice the strange look Kakyoin was giving her or more specifically the baby in her arms.
The baby abruptly stopped laughing his expression going from happy to shaky and irritable.
"Hmmm? Something wrong?" Hanabi questioned
She checked his diaper and he was dry. Then a thought occurred she hadn't given the baby anything to eat or drink all day.
"You must be thirsty. I'll get you some water." Hanabi set the baby down in his basket.
She went over to the water jugs, "I don't have any bottles on me. I wonder what I could use as a substitute?"
"WAAAAAAH!"
Hanabi quickly stopped what she was doing when she heard the wails of the baby. She looked behind her to see Kakyoin holding the baby up by his bib.
"Kakyoin!" Hanabi yelled running over.
She took the crying baby out of Kakyoin's hands and held him close to her chest.
"Kakyoin that's way too rough. You could have hurt him, what's up with you?" Hanabi said
"M-My apologizes…" Kakyoin said
"It's fine just be more careful," Hanabi said
She gingerly bounced the baby up and down trying to calm him down.
"I think it's time that we all get something to eat. We'll all calm down once we have some food," Joseph said
Hanabi nodded her head in agreement.
Hanabi had placed the baby back in his basket and was now sitting next to Joseph watching him cook.
"Wow Mr. Joestar it looks great," Hanabi complimented impressed.
"Hey, Old Man, don't let her near the food unless you wanna be poisoned," Jotaro called out
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Hanabi yelled
"You can't cook," Jotaro bluntly replied
"Rude! So what if I'm not the best cook I can always learn," Hanabi countered
"You burned down your kitchen three times," Jotaro pointed out.
Hanabi's face turned red as she looked away. She didn't want to admit it but Jotaro was right, she was a lost cause when it came to cooking.
Once the main dish had been made and served Joseph started to make some baby food. Hanabi looked up to see Kakyoin was the only one not eating. He had been acting weird all day, maybe he was sick?
Polnareff walked up behind Joseph and Hanabi, "That smells great. What are you making?"
"Baby food. This is milk, egg yolks, bananas, and bread all stewed together. Here. Want a taste?" Joseph asked holding the spoon up to Polnareff.
Polnareff took a bite and swallowed. "It's good! I could totally go for this! Give me more!"
Polnareff took the pot and spoon away from Joseph shoveling the food down his throat. He got about three spoonfuls before the spoon was snatched out of his hands.
"Polnareff that's not for you! If you eat it all there won't be any left for the baby! Besides you were already given your dinner!" Hanabi scolded.
"Mr. Joestar, Polnareff, Hanabi, did you see that?!" Kakyoin yelled
"Huh?" All three turned their attention to Kakyoin.
"That baby isn't normal after all! He just killed a scorpion! In the blink of an eye! He stabbed it with a safety pin!" Kakyoin exclaimed
"Kakyoin, hold on. What are you talking about?" Joseph asked
"That is not a normal baby! He's not even a year old, but knew what a scorpion was…..and he killed it with those tiny hands!" Kakyoin said
"A scorpion!" Hanabi shouted
Hanabi ran over to the baby and lifted him out of the basket checking for any stings. Kakyoin ran over and looked in the basket.
"The dead scorpion on the pin should be in here. I-It's not here," Kakyoin looked up at the baby in Hanabi's arms. He stood up grabbing them both, "B-But it's true! Where'd you hide it!?" Kakyoin tried to pry the baby out of Hanabi's arms but she pulled away with a scared look.
"Kakyoin stop!" Hanabi cried
"That's enough! Stop!" Joseph shouted pulling Kakyoin away.
"Mr. Joestar!" Kakyoin said
"I said this earlier, but you're tired. Let's talk again tomorrow morning, after you've calmed down," Joseph said
Hanabi walked away giving Kakyoin a worried look. She walked over to the campfire and sat the baby in her lap grabbing the food. She took a spoonful and blew on it to cool it down before holding it up to the baby's mouth.
"Open up, ahhhhhh!" Hanabi said
She held the spoon up to the babies mouth but he kept it shut.
"Huh? What's wrong? I know you're hungry, look it's good." Hanabi took a small bite and smiled, "Come on open up."
Hanabi moved the spoon closer to the baby but he pulled back pushing the spoon away.
Before she could try again the spoon was smacked out of Hanabi's hands.
"Hanabi! I'm sure of it now! I don't know where he hid the scorpion, but he's a Stand user! And I have the very thing to prove that!" Kakyoin yelled
He pulled up his sleeve and everyone gasped seeing letters carved into his arms.
"Oh, my god!" Joseph yelled
"Kakyoin, did you do that to yourself?" Jotaro asked
Kakyoin gasped and looked at everyone with dismay as he saw the shocked looks on their faces. Kakyoin pulled the sleeve down over his wound.
"Hierophant Green!"
Hanabi's eyes widened as Kakyoin summoned Hierophant Green and went to attack. Silver Chariot appeared behind Hierophant Green and gave it a swift chop to the neck knockin Kakyoin out.
"It's no use. He's totally lost his mind," Polnareff said
Hanabi looked at Kakyoin sympathetically as she held the baby close.
"K-Kakyoin…." Hanabi thought sadly.
Hanabi set the baby down and tucked him in for bed while the men moved Kakyoin, into a sleeping bag.
Once that was settled Hanabi got into her own bag and drifted off to sleep.
As soon as Hanabi's eyes closed they re-opened and she looked up to see a green sky.
"Green sky….?" Hanabi mumbled sitting up. She looked around her to see Polnareff, Jotaro and Joseph were with her and they were on a teacup ride.
"Why are we in sleeping bags at an amusement park, like a bunch of idiots?" Joseph said
That's when Hanabi finally remembered where she was.
"That's right! Th-This is…." Polnareff said
"A dream world….Everyone watch out we're in a land of nightmares!" Hanabi shouted
Jotaro stood up on the defense but Joseph just got back in his sleeping bag.
"Oh, so it's just a dream. Then I'm just gonna relax," Joseph said laying back down.
"Don't have the same reaction I did!" Polnareff yelled
"Kakyoin was right this whole time," Hanabi said
"Baby. Stand. Were in enemy territory," Polnareff said
All four got off the ride and started walking around the amusement park.
"Since Kakyoin is passed out he should be somewhere here. Kakyoin where are you!" Polnareff called out.
"P-Polnareff, what's with you hairstyle?!" Joseph yelled
Polnareff looked up to see his flattop had grown to be about two feet tall. It suddenly grew taller stretching out and grabbing onto two poles pulling Polnareff away.
"Polnareff!" Joseph said
That's when the large chain on Jotaro's jacket lifted up and wrapped around his neck choking him.
"Jotaro!" Hanabi said
"M-My artificial hand!" Joseph yelled, his hand shook and then blew up tripling in size looking like an inflatable toy.
"Mr. Joestar!" Hanabi yelled
Hanabi heard giggling but before she could turn around something wrapped around her body and she was yanked back. Her body was pulled into something and she was cocooned by laughing flowers leaving only a hole for her to see and breathe.
"Lali-ho!"
"The Stand!" Hanabi thought
"Lali-ho!"
"Star….!"
"It's no use Jotaro! We can't bring our Stands into the dream world!" Polnareff yelled
"...Platinum!"
Polnareff and Hanabi were both surprised to see Star Platinum had appeared.
Star Platinum faced Death 13 but then turned to Jotaro and started attacking him. It gave a creepy laugh before pulling out a frying pan whacking itself in the face. It kept doing it over and over again making a new strange face every time.
"T-This is freaky," Hanabi thought
Its head started to spin around and then it poofed revealing Death 13's head.
"Lali-ho! I'm a fake!" Another puff of smoke appeared and when it cleared away there was Death 13 as a Stand hodgepodge of all of their Stands.
"This overwhelming power! This absolute fear! It's so much fun! A Stand is spiritual energy and dreams are the spirits unguarded! Death 13 has surrounded the unguarded spirit, and that's why you can't summon your Stands! Although, if you had summoned your Stands before you fell asleep, you could have brought them with you, like the clothes you're wearing. Death 13 will never have to face another Stand! The only thing that can defeat a Stand is another Stand, so I'll always win! Once I defeat you I get what Dio promised me, the girl as my caretaker," Death 13 said pointing at Hanabi.
"Caretaker!"
Death 13 laughed, "Now how about you all give me a scream. One that symbolizes how happy and refreshed I feel at my easy victory! Lali-!"
"Lali-ho," Hierophant Green said appearing behind Death 13.
"Oh, it's just the fake one I made," Death 13 offhandedly spoke.
This proved to be wrong once Hierophant Green wrapped its hands around Death 13's neck.
"W-What?! Impossible! This ones, not a fake! This is the real Hierophant Green!" Death 13 said
The bondage around Hanabi disappeared and she ran over to the others to see they were all back to normal.
"It's Kakyoin! Kakyoin's right there!" Polnareff said
Sitting in the teacups wearing a smile was indeed Kakyoin.
"When I lost consciousness earlier, did you forget that I had Hierophant Green out? I had Hierophant Green hide underground before I fell asleep," Kakyoin said
"Help me!" Death 13 said
"Now, it's time for your punishment, baby," Kakyoin said
Death 13 started to swing it's scythe around but it couldn't get a hit since Hierophant Green was on its back.
"Kakyoin! Kakyoin, we owe you an apology," Joseph said
"I thought you might have become weak minded. I couldn't believe in you. You were fighting this battle alone….I'm sorry," Polnareff said
"I'm sorry too," Hanabi said
Suddenly the clouds started to shift and spin around.
"Don't try anything funny Death 13!" Kakyoin said
"Kakyoin! Get Hierophant Green away from his back!" Jotaro yelled
The clouds formed into a large hand and grabbed the scythe from Death 13. It sliced right through Death 13 and Hierophant Green.
"I-Impossible!" Kakyoin said
Kakyoin fell to the ground making everyone call out to him.
Death 13 opened his cloak to reveal he was just arms, shoulders, and a head, he had no lower body.
"Lali-ho! Didn't you realize it? Death 13's body is actually hollow!" Death 13 said
Kakyoin stood up with a smile, "Just kidding!"
"Kakyoin!"
"Y-You're alright!?" Joseph said
"Please look closer. My Hierophant Green isn't so careless as to stay on his back forever," Kakyoin said
Death 13 froze as something slithered into his head. Hierophant Green unraveled the lower half of its body which was winding itself into Death 13's head. Hierophant Green went into Death 13's head gaining control over the Stand.
"Now, if you don't wish to be destroyed. How about you heal this wound on my arm? Anything can happen in dreams, so I'm sure you can heal a cut, right?" Kakyoin said
"R-right…." Death 13 said
Death 13
Power - C Speed - C Range - E
Durability - B Precision - D Potential - B
"All right everyone wake up!"
Hanabi woke up to see Kakyoin had made breakfast.
"Man I had such a strange dream. I'm glad I'm up," Hanabi said
Hanabi sat up and saw Kakyoin with the baby. She slowly walked over, "Kakyoin?"
"Good morning Hanabi," Kakyoin turned to the girl with a smile, "I was going to change him and feed him. So why don't you have some breakfast."
Hanabi noticed Kakyoin seemed much better than last night and she also saw the wound on his arm was gone too.
"That must have been apart of the dream too. I guess we all just needed rest," Hanabi thought.
Hanabi smiled and nodded at Kakyoin, "Okay. I'm glad to see you two are getting along." She turned and walked away as the baby reached out with is arms pleading in his head for Hanabi not to leave him.
Hanabi sat down next to Jotaro and the two ate breakfast. Kakyoin had come over as Joseph took up the liberty of feeding the baby with Polnareff.
Hanabi looked over when she heard the baby scream. She raised her eyebrow seeing as Joseph and Polnareff were just feeding him.
"Ba-dum-tss," Kakyoin smiled
The group was quickly rescued and brought to the next town. Hanabi had a hard time letting go of the baby, because he didn't want to let go of her. He kept crying and clinging to her but she was finally able to get him off and sent a sad farewell.
Joseph rented a speedboat and now the group was speeding across the water.
"Hey, old man. Something's not right. You're going the wrong way. Shouldn't you be heading directly west, to Egypt? You seem to be heading toward that island," Jotaro said
"Yeah, that's right. I have my reasons for not telling you before, but before we enter Egypt, we need to make a slight detour and meet with someone. He's a man who's extremely important to this journey," Joseph said
Hanabi smiled excitedly for what was to come.