The Fool - The New Member and He's Adorable!
"Aww much better," Hanabi said walking out of a shop.
Hanabi had gotten herself a new set of clothing after the group's aquatic adventure.
She now wore a white blouse with a black lining tucked into a maroon flared skirt that had black suspenders attached to it. Black oxford heels were dawned on her feet. Her hair was now open but her bangs were clipped back by a star hairpin. Hanabi had to once again replace her medical satchel but this time she was extra prepared. She bought a leg holster, that strapped to her thigh, to hold the super important medicine. This way if she lost her satchel she had a backup and it was conveniently hidden by her skirt.
"Hey, Hanabi!"
Hanabi turned to where her name was being called.
"We got the car. Let's go get Mr. Joestar and Jotaro!" Polnareff called out.
"Right!" Hanabi ran over to the dune buggy-like car.
"Aww, Hanabi you look lovely!" Polnareff complimented.
"Thank you Polnareff. Forever the gentleman," Hanabi said
Avdol, Polnareff, Kakyoin, and Hanabi drove a few blocks down to where Jotaro and Joseph were.
"Mr. Joestar! We got the car!" Kakyoin said
"Let's hurry up and go," Polnareff said
"Come on you guys!" Hanabi said
"Alright, we're coming!" Joseph called back with a smile.
Hanabi was pretty happy right now. For the first time on this trip, she wasn't uncomfortably sandwiched between the men, she actually had some elbow room in the car. The group had driven out to the middle of the desert where they were waiting for a rendezvous set up by Joseph.
A loud sound caught everyone's attention and they looked up to see a helicopter.
"They here," Joseph sated
"A helicopter!" Polnareff said
"You don't have to state the obvious. We can see that," Kakyoin mused
"That's a helicopter from the Speedwagon Foundation. They're looking for a place to land," Joseph explained
"Speedwagon Foundation? Your old friends who are taking care of Mom back in Japan?" Jotaro questioned
"Yeah, that's right," Joseph said
Everyone shielded their eyes as the helicopter landed kicking up sand.
"Don't tell me were going for a ride in that helicopter," Jotaro said
"No. As much as I'd like it, the crew aren't Stand users. If we were attacked, they would be at risk," Joseph said
"Then why is that helicopter here?" Kakyoin asked
"They've brought us a helper," Joseph said
"What? A helper?" Polnareff pondered
"He has a few personality issues, so it's taken a while to get him here," Joseph said
"Mr. Joestar! It's impossible for him to come with on this trip! There's no way he could be helpful," Avdol exclaimed
"Huh? Do you know him too Avdol?" Hanabi asked
"Yeah, very well," Avdol said
"Hold on. If he's a helper that means he's a Stand user, right?" Jotaro asked
"He's the Stand user whose Stand suggests the card called The Fool," Joseph said
"The Fool?" Polnareff laughed, "Hah! That card sounds like an idiot."
"We're lucky that he's not our enemy. You wouldn't be able to beat him," Avdol stated
Polnareff grabbed Avdol's shoulder.
"Oh no not again," Hanabi thought
"What'd you say, you asshole? You'd better watch your mouth," Polnareff said
"It's the truth, and what's with the hand? That hurts," Avdol said
"Sounding all high and mighty and-"
"Knock it off already. The helicopter landed," Kakyoin interrupted
The front door of the helicopter opened and two men in Speed Wagon uniforms came out. Hanabi had to admit the men were a little intimidating.
"So. Who's the Stand user?" Jotaro asked
The two men looked over a Jotaro but didn't say anything.
"I'm asking which one of you is the Stand user. Is it you?" Jotaro asked pointing at a man.
"No, it's neither of us. He's in the back seat," One of the men answered
The other guy opened the back door but there's nothing there but a blanket.
"I don't see anyone there," Jotaro said
"No, he's there."
Polnareff walked forward to the helicopter, "Hey, hey hey! You say he's there, but where is he? Is he really short or something? Get the hell out here! Come on!" Polnareff slaps his hand on one of the seats but his hand hits something warm and sticky, "Hmmm? What's this sticky stuff?"
"Please be careful! The helicopter ride was rough, so he's in a really bad mood."
"Don't get close to him! I told you he's got some personality issues!" Joseph said
"Polnareff, you can't win," Avdol said
"And I'm asking where the hell is he?!" Polnareff shouted
The blanket starts to rustle and something shoots out from under it hitting Polnareff in the face.
"H-H-H-H-H-H-He's…."
Hanabi's eyes widen with stars in them, "A Dog!"
The dog was barking at Polnareff baring his fangs. He started to rip Polnareff's hair out by the mouthful.
"This is the Fool Stands users. His name is Iggy. He loves to tear out human hair by the mouthful. We don't know where he was born. When even the dog catchers in New York couldn't get him, Avdol was able to find and capture him. Oh, I just remembered. While he's ripping out hair he likes to-"
*POOOOT*
Iggy let a huge fart rip out while he was still attached to Polnareff's face.
"-fart in the human's face. He's kind of vulgar," Joseph finished
Iggy jumped away from Polnareff.
"God damn it! You're gonna pay for that! Damn you….Silver Chariot!" Polnareff said
Iggy's eyes widened and the sand around him started to pick up, then it formed into a metal monster like dog.
"He is a Stand user….how cute," Hanabi thought
"Who the hell do you think you are, you stupid mutt?! Don't make me cut you in half!" Polnareff yelled
Silver Chariot struck The Fool but it split in half turning into sand and then moved around Silver Chariot's sword.
"Simply put, it's a Stand made of sand," Avdol said
"Yeah….And the simpler they are, the stronger they are. I'm not sure if I could hit it," Jotaro said
Iggy was once again on Polnareff's face ripping out his hair.
"Hey! Help! Do something about this dog!" Polnareff shouted
"Sorry, Polnareff, but I'm not about to get my hair ripped out, too," Kakyoin said
"You monster!" Polnareff screamed
"Do you have his treats?" Avdol asked the pilot.
"If we didn't we wouldn't have been able to make it here," The Pilot said, he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small rectangular package and hands it to Avdol.
Iggy immediately catches a whiff of the treat and starts barking running over.
"His sense of smell is incredible," Avdol said
"What is that?" Kakyoin asked
"Coffee flavored chewing gum. Its Iggy's favorite treat, and he'll do anything for it," Avdol said pulling a stick out of the box.
Iggy jumps up and was able to snatch the whole box out of Avdol's hand and starts tearing into it.
"He loves coffee-flavored chewing gum, but he still won't let his guard down for anyone," Joseph said
"At least take the paper off first," Avdol muttered
Hanabi makes her way forward to Iggy. She stands right next to him and reaches down.
"Hanabi wait!" Avdol said
Hanabi puts her hand out over Iggy's head. Iggy pauses chewing and looks up at Hanabi whose smiling down at him. He lifts his head up and allows Hanabi to pet him.
All of the men are stunned to see Hanabi holding the dog without any issues. He's still chewing on his gum as the lavender-haired girl continued to hold and pet him.
"I love dogs! My mother's allergic so I've never been able to get one, but Iggy's gotta be the most handsome one I've ever seen."
"I-Incredible. Hanabi's holding him," Avdol said
"Maybe she's got a way with wild beast," Kakyoin said his eye's drifting to Jotaro.
"Damn it…" Polnareff shouted standing up, "My beautiful hair's been thinned...You stupid bastard!"
The Fool
Power - B Speed - C Range - D
Durability - C Precision - D Potential - C
The men unloaded the rest of the supplies, and Joseph even got a new prosthetic hand.
The pilot handed Joseph a camera for his spirit photography but he got another idea.
The group got together and posed for a picture. Hanabi sat on the ground next to the right of Joseph holding Iggy.
Hanabi happily took a copy of the picture and tucked it away in a safe place.
"AHHH! Avdol! Hurry up with the gum!" Polnareff yelled as Iggy chased him.
"But you're already such good friends, Polnareff!" Avdol laughed
Feeling bad for the poor Frenchman Hanabi plucked Iggy off the ground holding him. Polnareff stopped running catching his breath.
"Thank you, Hanabi!" Polnareff said with a smile. He went to go pat Hanabi's shoulder but Iggy snapped at Polnareff's hand making him pull back.
Joseph asked the pilot how Holly was doing and her condition had gotten much worse. Hanabi looked at Jotaro and saw the scowl on his face knowing that he was really worried. Jotaro looked down when he felt something grab his hand. Hanabi held Jotaro's hand tightly sending him a reassuring smile.
"I know you're worried….but we're gonna find Dio and save your mother. I promise Jotaro," Hanabi said
Jotaro looked down at Hanabi then nodded his head squeezing her hand back.
The helicopter took off but not before warning the group about the nine men and women Dio had gathered. It made sense they had beaten every Tarot card Stand user except for Hol Horse and The World.
With that said the helicopter took off leaving the group.
Hanabi let out a nervous chuckle as the car drove. Here space in the car had doubled and that's because it was just her and Iggy in the back seat. The dog's head was resting on Hanabi's lap as he chewed on his gum. He wouldn't allow anyone but Hanabi to sit with him, which meant Avdol, Polnareff, and Kakyoin were all crammed into the very back.
"Mr. Joestar, can't you do something about this? Why is that shitty little dog sitting in the seat with Hanabi while we're stuck in the back? It's cramped and my back hurts," Polnareff complained
"You'll have to wait until the flavor from the gum fades. Once that happens, I'll throw a piece of gum into the back so he'll go there," Joseph told the Frenchman.
Polnareff reached down into the seat causing Iggy to snap at him.
Suddenly Joseph stopped the car, he hit the brakes so fast that the back of the had car lifted up.
"W-What the hell?!" Polnareff shouted
"L-Look! Over there!" Joseph said
Everyone looked out of the car to see the wreckage of the Speed Wagon helicopter.
"Be careful! It's very likely we'll be attacked by the enemy's Stand!" Joseph said
"Look! It's the pilot!" Jotaro shouted
The Pilot was crushed under the plane his mouth wide open with a look of horror, his fingers were bloody having had dug into the side of the metal remains.
"This is terrible. Approach carefully," Joseph said
The group walked cautiously to the downed craft.
Jotaro walked over to the deceased pilot and his eyes widened.
"What is it Jotaro?" Hanabi asked
Jotaro bent down and picked the pilot's head up, "Its water," He set the man's head back down tilting and water along with a fish drained out of his mouth. "So much water…...It's coming from the pilots mouth….no his lungs."
"T-That means he drowned!" Hanabi gasped
"He drowned in the middle of the desert!" Jotaro said
"What on earth!" Joseph shouted
"H-Hey….There's another one over here! He's alive!" Polnareff said
Jotaro, Hanabi, and Joseph ran over to see the second crewmember, but he looked like all the liquid had been drained out of him.
"Are you alright?! What on earth happened?" Joseph asked
The man weakly turned his head shakily raising his hand pointing at something, "Wa…..Water…."
"What? You want water? Polnareff, hand me that canteen," Joseph asked holding his hand out.
Polnareff handed Joseph a canteen that was lying on the ground. Joseph lifted the man's head up and held the canteen up to the weak man.
"AHHHH! No! The water's going to attack!"
A blue liquid in the shape of a hand flew out of the canteen and grabbed the man's head ripping it off sucking it inside.
"It's the enemy Stand! It's inside the canteen!" Joseph shouted jumping back.
Everyone ran back trying to put as much distance between them and the canteen. Joseph, Jotaro, and Avdol landed on the left next to the car. Polnareff and Kakyoin were on the right laying behind a small sand dune. Poor Hanabi had ended up running back and was right next to the plane wreckage using the metal to hide behind.
"Oh man, how'd I end up by myself," Hanabi murmured out sadly.