I'm back! I swear I really don't plan on dropping this story because I also wanna write other things but I won't let myself start those till this long adventure is finished! This is SUPER late mostly because of school so I'm going to say now that I don't think I'll have a consistent update schedule but I'll TRY every two months as best as I can.
I also wanna say I'm so grateful for the amount of follows this is getting even when I was gone for a while thank you so much and enjoy!
"Whoa!"
"A-a freighter!"
"I didn't see it at all."
"Sweet, sweet, sweet!"
"Jotaro, what are you concerned about?" Joseph asked, looking at his grandson glaring at the ship as if lost in thought. "Do you think there might be another Stand user on the freighter, too?"
"No, I was just wondering why no one's shown themselves, even though the ramp is down."
"Ah, that's true," Haru chimed in. "Maybe they're just real busy."
"Yeah… maybe." Jotaro didn't seem all too convinced but Haru just shrugged it off and got ready to get the heck off this crowded, little boat.
"They came this far to rescue us!" Polnareff started as he was the first to hop off. "There has to be someone aboard! Even if they're all Stand users, I'm getting on this boat!" Everyone exchanged looks before deciding to exit the boat one by one and climb up the ramp. Despite being the most eager to get off, Haru politely waited for the rest of the crusaders to hop off before she did, leaving the young girl on the boat herself. Along with Jotaro, Haru turned to face her.
"Grab on. I'll help you up," Jotaro offered, bringing out his hand towards the kid. She looked at him for a moment longer before jumping off the side of the boat and into Haru's arms, causing Haru to gasp and almost lose her balance.
"My, my, my, please warn me next time you do that. I was almost KO'd," Haru commented with a nervous laugh and toothy grin, not noticing the younger girl stickering her tongue out at Jotaro.
"Good grief."
"Wh-what's with this boat?!" Joseph exclaimed as they were all, aside from Avdol who was still outside with the sailors, now looking at the ship's wheel moving completely on its own. "There's no captain in the pilothouse! There's no operator in the radio room. There's no one anywhere! And yet, look! All the meters and machines are working properly."
"Maybe they're all on their lunch break," Haru commented in a relaxed tone.
"Or in the bathroom with a bad case of diarrhea," Polnareff added with a stupid grin followed by some laughter from Haru.
"Hey! Isn't anyone around?" Joseph called out, ignoring the two goofballs.
"Everyone, come over here!" Haru was too distracted by Polnareff's last comment to even notice that the young girl had left her side and was now in front of an opened door, pointing at whatever was in there. Haru was the first to run over to her and see what she was telling them to look at and the rest soon followed. They all walked in and Haru almost immediately wore an expression that was some sort of mix between surprised and disgusted.
"What is that?" she questioned.
"A monkey!" the younger female responded. "There's a monkey inside that cage." That was definitely the strangest looking monkey Haru's ever seen and for some reason she really didn't like the way it was looking back at them.
"An orangutan," Kakyoin corrected.
"Who the hell cares about a monkey?!" Joseph yelled in frustration. Either that or his voice was just really loud on its own. "Let's split up and find whoever's feeding it," he continued before beginning to walk out and the rest began to follow, both Haru and the little girl behind them all.
The girl stopped in front of Haru, causing her to become a little concerned.
"Hey, what's up?" Haru asked and the girl responded by turning around, looking past Haru and at the caged monkey again. Haru turned as well and the uneasy feeling returned. Haru noticed the girl getting a similar vibe and she pushed lightly on her back.
"L-let's get going," Haru began. "I think this things is giving us both the creeps." The girl looked up at Haru briefly before nodding and making her way out of the room and soon followed by Haru, who broke into a small jog.
"Well?" Joseph asked the sailors who were examining the ship's crane along with Avdol.
"It doesn't appear to be broken, but…" one of them answered. Before he could finish his answer, one of the cranes' hooks came loose.
"Avdol! That sailor's in danger!" Joseph called out but before Avdol could see what he meant, the hook came down fast and pierced the sailor from the back of the head and swung back up, the sailor now hanging from it. Haru, too shocked to event make a sound just stared at the scene wide-eyed as she heard the girl next to her yell. Her yelling soon stopped when her eyes were covered by Jotaro.
"Good grief. A welcome like this is a bit much for a little girl," he calmly stated, not the least bit affected by the man hanging over a puddle of his own blood, at least he didn't show it.
"B-but no one was touching it…" one of the other sailors stammered.
"I saw that crane move, even though there was no one operating it!" stated another. "Th-that crane impaled him on its own!"
"Be careful! There's someone here," Joseph warned the crusaders before turning around and facing the sailors again. "Hey! Don't touch any of the machinery. If it moves or runs on electricity, don't lay a finger on it! If you want to live, follow my orders. Don't leave the cabin down below until we say it's okay!" Haru watched as the sailors all went back inside, with the little girl behind them, before turning back to Joseph. Haru hoped she'd be ok.
"Did anyone even a glimpse of a Stand just now?" was the first thing Joseph questioned and was totally expected.
"No…" Polnareff was the first to respond.
"N-not a thing," Haru said, her voice a bit shaky.
"My apologies…" Avdol said. "I was the closest to the crane, yet I felt nothing."
"All right. I will have my Hierophant Green look around," Kakyoin announced, before his Stand came out and went into a small opening on the floor to begin its search.
"That's our hero, Kakyoin!" Haru cheered, pumping her fist in the air, in attempt to lighten the mood. At first, Kakyoin looked at her, a little surprised but then gave her a small smile and a little chuckle.
"You're not too far from that yourself, Haru," Kakyoin said, chuckling a bit again. Haru blushed a bit, giggling and scratching the back of her head.
"Ah, you think so?" Once Haru noticed the rest of the group's attention was focused on something behind her, she halted her giggling and turned around to find the young girl that they had thought followed the rest of the sailors had been poorly hiding behind a door, spying on them. The girl jumped a bit upon noticing she had been caught right before Joseph began to approach her.
"I have just one bit of truth for you," Joseph stated, as he knelt down in front of her. "We are on your side." Haru shot the girl a wide toothy grin, in attempt to further reassure her. Despite Haru's attempt, the girl remained silent. Joseph took this as a sign to put his plan B into action.
"Haru," Joseph called out to her as well as gesturing her to come over. She immediately obliged, quickly making her way over to the two.
"Yeah?"
"I want you two to stick together and try to stay close to the crew, alright?"
"Yessir," Haru responded with a salute. Joseph grinned at Haru's response before looking back at the younger girl and speaking again.
"Are you alright with staying by Haru?" The girl looked from Joseph to Haru, who was smiling down at her, then to Joseph again before nodding. "Great," Joseph said before standing back up. "Make sure you two stay with the sailors, got it?" he repeated looking at the two girls. They both nodded simultaneously while the younger one responded "Okay" and began heading back inside. Haru was about to follow, but felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned her head slightly and found herself looking up at a concerned Joseph.
"Don't leave her side and if things get bad, don't hesitate to call out your Stand, got it?" Though Haru did want this chance to prove that she wasn't just a burden to the rest of the group, she couldn't help that uneasy feeling she had when she thought about actually getting into a battle and not having anyone to back her up. She also had a little girl to protect, which just added to her paranoia.
"I g-got it!" Haru exclaimed a little too loud with a smile that was most likely way too forced since it was a real bad attempt at hiding her nervousness. Her shoulders hurt as well, she was probably way too stiff. Haru could've sworn she heard Joseph snort before covering his mouth, but so many things were going through her mind, she couldn't process much else.
"Don't worry, you'll do fine," Joseph reassured her. "And besides, Hierophant Green will most likely find the cause of everything before anything can get to you." He gave her a quick pat on the head before returning to the other travelers. Haru relaxed her muscles, took a deep breath then went after the girl.
Yeah… He's probably right.
"Hey, wait up!" Haru called out as she jogged towards the girl in front of her. The hallway they were in was so empty both their footsteps echoed quite loudly and there wasn't anyone else in sight. Haru slowed her jog down to a walk once she found herself next to the younger girl. "Mr. Joestar said we have to stay close- uh-" Haru cut herself off after realizing she didn't even know the kid's name. After failing to hide this fact, the girl looked up at Haru and her lips curled into a tiny smirk. "Ah! I'm really sorry… but what's your name? I don't think you've told us."
"That's because I haven't," The unnamed girl answered, now letting her tiny smirk grow. "It's Anne."
"Well, Anne, I'm Haru." Haru stuck out her hand to Anne as if it was their first time meeting.
"I knew that already." Despite Anne's little sassy comment, she took Haru's hand and shook it slightly. Haru smiled at her gesture and was glad she wasn't getting completely rejected by a ten year old.
"Hey, don't worry about before, we'll be alright," Haru spoke in an attempt to reassure Anne but she seemed to have yielded the opposite results because she felt Anne's hand tighten a bit in hers. "Ah, I'm sorry I didn't mean to- let's just find the crew." Anne nodded and both of them began to walk down the long hallway hand in hand. They made it back to pilothouse and they both looked in to see it was still as empty as before. Anne let slowly let go of Haru's hand and began to walk in.
"Yeah… maybe we should explore a bit," Haru mumbled and Anne nodded slightly as she approached the door Haru remembered had the caged orangutan in it. At first, Haru was thinking of turning back, but if a little girl could do these, so could she. Haru was right behind Anne when she opened the door and, yup, it was still in there. Both the girls slowly approached it, and for no apparent reason. Then out of nowhere, the orangutan reached one of its arms out for the cage and pointed at the top of it to the lock of its cage.
I-is this things communicating with us? Haru thought in surprise.
"You want us to open the cage." Anne also seemed shocked at this point too.
"N-no! We can't!" Haru couldn't believe she was actually having an argument with a monkey, but there she was.
"And we don't know where the key is, and you're so big," Anne added.
"You're also creepy and dangerous," Haru stated "I don't want this thing wandering around the boat." The orangutan extended its other arm, this time towards Anne, causing Haru to instinctively put a hand on Anne's shoulder, pulling her back slightly. Haru then looked down at the animal's hand and saw half an apple. "Wh-"
"You're giving me an apple?" Anne questioned. She then let out a small gasp before speaking again. "Wait, but this doesn't make sense."
"This apple looks freshly cut," Haru continued. "It hasn't even begun to rot. Did it…?" Haru's eyes went from the apple to the orangutan.
Nah, she thought. That's just crazy.
Anne bent down a little to meet the monkey's eyes before asking it a question. "Hey, so there is someone somewhere on this boat, right? Do you know where the person who feeds you is?"
As Anne finished speaking, Haru' found herself speechless as her mouth hung open at the sight of the freaking ape lighting a cigarette that somehow, without being aware, found its way into the orangutan's mouth. It was at this moment she thought that maybe her previous assumption about this guy cutting the apple on its own wasn't all that crazy.
"Y-you're a pretty smart monkey, aren't you?" Anne stuttered while Haru remained in silent shock. The genius monkey then continued to surprise the two girls by reaching for some sort of nest it had fabricated in the corner of its cage and lifted some sort of magazine out from under it.
"That's one smart monkey if he can re-" Haru was cut off by her own realization as she read the cover of the magazine it was holding, Playbop, a magazine known for its rather lewd content. Haru began to feel even more uncomfortable than she already was, if that was even possible. She subconsciously brought herself closer to Anne, whether it was to make Anne or herself feel safe was a mystery to even Haru.
"Is that monkey actually into looking at pinups of human girls?" A mix of surprise and worry filled Anne's voice, Haru could tell. Even though it was a rhetorical question, Haru felt like she should've said something to Anne to at least try to put her at ease. The ape's eyes wandered from the magazine to the two currently paralyzed girls. Haru flinched a bit then loosely wrapped her arms around Anne's shoulders protectively, while attempting to give the orangutan a threaten look that clearly wasn't working. Almost immediately after, Haru jumped again this time to the sound of a door being slammed open. She let her arms drop back to her side and looked over to her right and noticed two of the crew members were the cause of her startlement.
"Hey, be careful!" one of them warned as they both made their way to the two girls. Anne finally brought her attention to the men as well before the other continued.
"They say an orangutan has five times the strength of a human, so it could easily rip of your arm." Haru suddenly realized this is the reason why should be fearing the animal and not for reading some porno mag, though the thought was still unsettling regardless. "Come on. Stay with us in the room on the other side." Haru felt one of the crew members put a hand on her shoulder and gently lead her out of the room while she saw the other man do the same with Anne as he said "You two shouldn't be wandering around by yourselves."
"O-okay," Anne stuttered as Haru just nodded.
The two crew members had led both Haru and Anne into the control room of the ship where there were three others trying to get in contact with anyone through the radio. As expected, this plan was a total bust and Haru found herself letting out a huge sigh.
"It stinks," Anne stated and Haru nodded.
"Yeah, it really does," Haru started. "I was really hoping they could get in touch with someone at the very least. Or even-"
"No, I mean for real. Like a bad stench."
"Well it's not me," Haru announced in defense before taking a brief wiff around her underarm and almost immediately scrunching her nose. Maybe her previous dive into the salty deep blue sea didn't quite yield positive results on her hygiene. "OK, maybe it is."
"You're not the only one," Anne added. "I'm still all smelly from the salt water…" Haru noticed Anne slightly glance at the sailors still trying to get the radio to work. Haru looked back at her and made eye contact. "Can we find somewhere to rinse off? Please?" Haru knew this plan came with consequences but she thought it'd be fair to at least weigh the pros and cons. Cons; it probably wasn't best to wander around aimlessly through a ship with a possible unknown Stand user. Pros; a chance of finding somewhere to rinse off and not smell terrible.
"Let's get searching."
To both the girls' surprise, they actually found a room of showers. Desperate for some running water. Haru twisted the handle to one of the showers and she didn't only feel actual clean running water make contact with the palm of her hand, but warm clean running water.
"Oh, thank goodness," Haru sighed then soon noticed the shower curtain beside her was pulled closed. She looked down and saw that Anne's clothes were messily set down on the floor in front of her shower. Haru shrugged then began stripping herself before walking into her own shower and closing the curtains. She was tempted to purr with delight. Haru honestly couldn't remember the last time she took a nice warm shower. Back at her orphanage, there was never a guarantee for a warm shower after a long day of money collecting, due to having to share the water with so many others.
As Haru reached for a bar of soap on the shelf of her shower to get rid of the salty ocean smell that she had developed from her last deep sea dive, she heard the faint noise of a curtain being pulled open. At first, Haru just guessed Anne was fast in the shower but then she heard a loud gasp, leading Haru to disregard her last hypothesis and fear that they weren't exactly alone.
It didn't take a genius to figure out what had happened here. Jotaro, hands in his pocket, found himself staring at an opened, empty, aside from the opened up magazine, cage that a large orangutan used to occupy. He had a feeling it was about time to look for the girls.
Haru found herself peeking from behind her shower curtain, towel wrapped tightly around her body, and witnessing the perverted mammal staring, almost mesmerized by Anne, who was now poorly holding a towel in an attempt to cover herself. This sight made Haru absolutely sick, she had to do something, but she needed a plan. That damn monkey looked tough. The orangutan began pointing at Anne and stepped closer, now cornering her. Screw the plan. Haru needed to act fast.
The orangutan's nostrils began to flail as it began sniffing but was then interrupted by a small, rectangular object making contact with the back of its head. As the bar of soap fell near its feet, it had already turned to completely face Haru, who had been trying to keep a brave face, though her shaking legs did not help.
"Pick on someone closer to your own size, you sorry excuse for a mammal." Alright, Haru had to admit, her insults weren't quite on point at this exact moment but her main goal was to distract the damn beast from Anne and eventually make a break for it. Being able to also escape with all their articles of clothing would also be a nice plus but beggars can't be choosers. Haru took in a deep breath, ready to call out her Stand but was then caught off guard by the screams of the oversized monkey and watching as it almost lunged at her. She let out a small yell and held her arms in front of her face as a poor shield, before she heard a familiar deep voice call out.
"Hey!" The sudden exclamation caused the orangutan to slightly turn its head to the origin of the voice before it got socked in the face.
"Jojo!" Haru finally opened her eyes, let her arms rest back to her sides and saw the orangutan lying on the floor along with Jotaro, with some sort of lock in his hand, now standing in the entrance and Anne looking up at him with has many twinkles in her eyes as there are stars in the sky.
"Oh, Jotaro thank goodness," Haru sighed in relief but before she could finish expressing her gratitude, the monkey began to get up and attempt to make its way out of the room but it seemed Jotaro wasn't having any of that.
"Here's your lock," Jotaro said before throwing the thing in the orangutan's face, causing some blood to spill. This seemed to have aggravated the animal since it almost immediately reached for and grabbed Jotaro's uniform. "This ape… is no ordinary ape," Jotaro stated. "Could it be that he's…" While Haru wondered what in the world Jotaro was going on about, the orangutan swung its foot at Jotaro, who had stopped the attack with Star Platinum. Then it hit her.
Could this thing be a Stand user? An animal Stand user? A noise above her interrupted Haru's thoughts. She looked up and noticed a steel propeller had spun so out of control that it detached from the ceiling. Maybe out of control was the wrong choice of words, since it seemed to curve its way perfectly into Jotaro's shoulder.
"Jotaro!" Haru exclaimed as she watched his shocked expression quickly went back to his usual calm and collective. This boy was not easy for Haru to understand, that's for sure.
"I-is he the one that removed the propeller?" Jotaro muttered to himself just loud enough for Haru to overhear.
"Jotaro, I think he might be the Stand user," Haru attempted to whisper to him without Anne overhearing as she glared at the ape. He nodded in agreement before speaking up.
"But where's the Stand? Why can't we see it?" Haru really wished she had the answer, but she didn't, so she remained quiet while Jotaro calmly reached to pull that propeller out of his shoulder. To both the teens' surprise, the propeller slapped Jotaro's hand away and began to wiggle around. "The steel propeller moved on its own?"
"Well, that doesn't seem natural," Haru stated with a raised eyebrow. Right after that statement, the unnatural propeller smacked Jotaro right in the face, sending him flying back into a steel door and breaking it down.
"Jojo!" Anne yelled as Haru found herself speechlessly staring at what just happened, causing neither of them to not notice the cheering, dancing orangutan behind them, After its small victory dance, it sprinted past them, towards where Jotaro's body went flying.
"Anne, wait here!" Haru commanded as she finally collected herself and ran after the crazed ape. She tried her best to come up with any way to help Jotaro and then decided to settle for the first idea that came to mind.
"Glycon!" Haru called out and her Stand immediately appeared. Strings shot towards the violent mammal in an attempt to hold him back from Jotaro, but the best they could do was tangle themselves with the ape's legs and manage to at least trip it. "Yes, yes, yes!" Haru cheered and patted herself on the back for at least causing the enemy Stand user to become vulnerable, even for a short while. As if almost on cue, Jotaro was able to bring out Star Platinum.
"Ora!" It shouted as it was about to throw its first punch at the orangutan that was against the wall and what looked like a nicely landed hit ended up being a complete fail.
"Wh-what the?" Haru wasn't quite sure what she was looking at and she assumed the other two humans in the room thought that it seemed completely unreal that there was a freaking ape merged into the wall of the ship and then slowly disappeared.
"Hey. You saw that, didn't you?" Jotaro asked looking behind, past Haru which kind of confused her until she noticed Anne had been standing there the whole time.
"Anne, I told you to wait," Haru said in disappointment.
"S-sorry I was worried, and I didn't wanna stay alone after that," Anne answered back. Haru sighed in defeat after realizing that maybe telling her to wait by herself wasn't the best choice but she was to overwhelmed to think properly at that moment.
"Um, yeah," Haru agreed. "You should stay close to us now. Something weird is happening." Haru reached out her hand for Anne to take, and she did. Haru then turned to face Jotaro and began to smirk. "But me and 'Jojo' will get to the bottom of it, together, no problem," Haru continued with a wink. Jotaro just stared at her blankly before turning away and sighing. Almost immediately after, the ship began to shake causing both girls to gasp in surprise.
"Wh-what?" Anne stammered.
"The Stand is the freighter!" Jotaro exclaimed before being grabbed by some pipes and having his back, along with Star Platinum, slammed against the wall behind him.
"Jo-" Before Haru could even finish exclaiming Jotaro's name for what seemed like the fifth time today, she felt herself being grabbed as well and being pinned next to him, while also being gagged by the flexible pipe.
"Haru!"
"C-crap," Jotaro muttered before the orangutan suddenly appeared again out of the well, this time dressed like a captain with a pipe in its mouth. It then held up an open dictionary and pointed to the word "strength" for Haru and Jotaro to read. The part of the definition that caught Haru's attention was about it being the eighth card of the Tarot.
Strength… Is that the name of this Stand? Haru's thought seemed more than likely since it was strong enough to send Jotaro flying passed a door and was now holding them against their will at this very moment and quite literally too. Suddenly, the ape pulled a rubix cube out of its captain pocket and began solving it while it puffed out some smoke from its pipe. Jotaro just silently glared at the animal as Star Platinum tried to free itself from its restraints and succeeded, at least for a brief second. After it managed to break one of the pipes holding its arm back, soon after, another pipe emerged from the wall and held Star Platinum's arm back in place. Jotaro now wore a shocked expression while the oversized monkey began to smirk and snicker while still at work at solving its puzzle.
Is this really how it ends? Being bested by a unhygienic orangutan while wearing nothing but a towel? As these thought flew through Haru's mind, their enemy finished solving its rubix cube, then proceeded to crush it into pieces with only one paw. It then turned to a frightened Anne and shot her a creepy stare that caused her to shake more than she already attempted to cover herself up more while the perverted mammal began to lick its lips. If her mouth wasn't covered right now, Haru was sure she would've hurled.
Jotaro, now wearing a slightly disgusted look on his face, reached for a button on his sweater with his fingers and managed to pull it off and flick it at the back of the monkey's head. It turned to glare at Jotaro, slightly aggravated and rubbing the back of its head where the button had made contact while it bent down to pick it up.
"The button's not part of your Stand," Jotaro bluntly stated. The orangutan just stared at Jotaro while holding the discarded button as if it was waiting for him to get to some sort of point. Haru didn't quite get what Jotaro was trying to do either, but she felt like she could put her faith in him… probably. "You mad?" Jotaro questioned. "I guess it wounded your pride, since you thought you'd already won. No, it's not hurt… Because apes don't have any pride!"
What Jotaro said must of been the last straw because the pride-wounded ape let out a loud angry screech before, again, making a sprint towards Jotaro, that is, not before tripping over an abundance of string for the second time today. Again, Haru would be snickering if her mouth wasn't tasting steel right now. Now it looked pissed off. But Haru was confident that Jotaro had something in mind to make sure the ape harmed neither of them… hopefully.
"What's going to hurt…" Jotaro began to continue his previous speech. "Is your head!" Star Platinum used the moved that Haru had recognized from the previous battle that she recalled being 'Star Finger'. Before the dumb ape could charge at Haru for the little stunt she pulled, Jotaro's button had been lodged into its head. Literally. It was deep in there. That thing caused the orangutan to wince in pain as blood was now running down its face, both from its head and its eyes, before falling on its back and crying out loudly.
Jotaro then descended from his restraints while Haru felt the pipes around her simultaneously loosen before she fell right on her butt. "Good grief." Haru looked up and saw Jotaro staring at a now panicking ape unbutton his new captain wear. "I've heard that, when frightened, animals show their stomachs to signal that they're giving up," Jotaro stated, while unintentionally clearing Haru's confusion. "So you're asking me to forgive you?" The defeated animal nodded while still shaking from fear. Despite Jotaro asking that question and the monkey's response to it. Haru didn't know if Jotaro would quite let their enemy off the hook so easily. "But you've already beaten the rules of being an animal." She knew it. "So I don't think so." She knew it.
"Here it comes," Haru sang to herself in excitement and as if on cue, Star Platinum began throwing punches while exclaiming its signature "ora". Finally it landed the finally punch, landing the monkey on the ground a bit away from where Jotaro was, but not before knocking down one of the ship's doors. Suddenly, the whole ship shook and moved unnaturally, as if about to mold into something completely different.
"It's distorting... " Anne commented. "The whole ship is twisting up!"
Now that the orangutan is defeated, the ship… it's Stand, is falling apart!
"Hey. Be surprised later. The ship's about to sink." If it were anyone else, Haru would be kinda freaked out about how calm that was said, but this was Jotaro we're talking about. "We're gonna get out of here, by the boats we came in on." Jotaro raised his voice and Haru quickly got up, ready to leave but then realized something.
"Hold on!" Haru said before running back to the showers.
"Haru!" Jotaro yelled out of anger, then going in after her. She looked around the floor before she spotted them, her and Anne's clothes. Alright, Haru had to admit, this probably wasn't where her priorities should be when aboard a sinking ship, but in the long run, things would just be less awkward and embarrassing if the two girls weren't stuck in nothing but towels. Sure, they could've picked up some new threads once they were back on land, but that also meant walking around in public and they could get in a lot of trouble for that, so it made sense to Haru. She grabbed the clothes fast, about to return to Jotaro and Anne, but then felt a violent tug on her arm.
"Idiot! Why did you do that?" scolded the owner of the hand that was currently pulling Haru's arm almost out of its socket. Haru looked up at Jotaro, then at the clothes in her arms, then back at Jotaro with a goofy grin. He sighed in annoyance, almost in shock at how stupid one human could possibly be.
"I-I can't believe it," Anne stuttered, watching as the freighter sunk before her eyes, now fully dressed once again. As soon as they got back on their shared boat, now only one since most of the crew ended up being found dead at the hands of that ape, Haru demanded all the men to look away as her and Anne attempted to dress themselves once again under the towels. It took longer than it should have, according to Jotaro, but that was only because Haru had put her suspenders on backwards at first.
"Unbelievable…" Avdol said, looking horrified. "So that monkey used its own Stand to get this far into the ocean."
"We're never gonna catch a break, huh?" Haru sighed. She'd never been attacked to often in her entire life, let alone in only two days.
"I doubt it," Joseph admitted. "I thinks it's very possible that we are going to encounter even more Stands with unknown powers from now on." Polnareff, almost as if not caring all that much, offered Joseph a strip of gum. Haru thought she could probably use an almost carefree attitude too so she voiced that she would indeed like some.
"Good grief. My cigarettes are soaked." Jotaro complained, causing Haru to snort a bit before peeling the wrapper and popping the gum in her mouth. "What's so funny? You're the reason we didn't get out of there before the water started rising enough to get into my pockets," Jotaro reminded her and she just smirked.
"Well, I will admit, I have nothing to be ashamed of, but I have made a promise to myself," Haru said with a wink. "That the only two people to see myself completely 'exposed' are me and my future husband, and unfortunately, you don't fit either of those descriptions."
I kind of like how this turned out though I feel like there are some things I could've done better but eh. Anyway, please feel free to review it may motivate me to update faster, NUDGE.
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