Author's Note: And we are back!
So far, so good, no enemy stand users yet! Don't worry, it's coming soon!
I apologize for the chapter being short, but it will be longer when I come back to January, as I will be busy for the rest of December.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Chapter 5: Open the Game! Pt 1
The group of boys sat together outside on the patio laughing with Joey while drinking their sodas, while talking about the past battle. What unnerved Joey about the white-haired boy was how strong his two stands were; he was a calm and nice boy, but his stands are very violent, aggressive, and powerful. They don't seem to really fit his mindset, quirks, and personality. [STONE PILOT] was downright sadistic when it blew up Gary, discovering from his story underground that it taunted him before nearly killing him.
Joey may have been calm as to not scare the kids, but he was panicking on the inside as he expended a lot of stand power to heal Gary. This day would have taken a really dark turn if Lincoln's new stand murdered a child and seeing a nearly dead Gary almost gave him an psychotic episode, but he smashed it with sheer willpower to focus on healing him.
Some more study of Lincoln will come in handy for later as to discover why such a nice boy like him would have two powerful offensive-type stands.
JoJo couldn't keep the Royal Gang around long, as their families will grow suspicious at why their underage children are hanging out with a man that they barely know. His "afterschool tutor" masquerade will fall soon; he'll need to find men and women stand users to form an adults only section for the Royal Gang. He can't keep doing this as it will give people the unfortunate implications that he is a dirty pedo hanging with young boys.
Besides, Lincoln, Gary, Mike, and Timmy are just kids that like to have fun, they are no soldiers in an army, nor are they fresh-faced recruits just arriving in boot camp. He can't rely on children to do all the heavy lifting in future bloody battles and what will their families think if they die in a battle against a homicidal stand user? It will come back to bite him in the ass once they put two and two together and discover that the last person they were with before their deaths was him.
It will be a disaster for every party involved, so as much as JoJo wanted the help of the kids, he can't do it. Their stands are quite powerful and useful, but he still didn't want to sic children on enemies just because their stands are strong. So far, so good, the child unit was complete, as Joey had a boy around Lincoln's age and one of the teens are old enough to drive. Now he needs to build the adult unit.
After this meeting with the boys, I'll need to do some scouting around Royal Woods for adult stand users. I want to build a community of stand users, not some gang.
Joey thought.
"Okay, tell us Linc about your sisters." Timmy said to him with a smile. Mike chuckled.
The man was ripped from his thoughts and focused on the laughing kids.
"Yeah man, how does a guy like you survive in a house full of girls? I'm going crazy with just one sister!"
Lincoln chuckled.
"I'm the man with the plan when it comes to the family. I've made my own tactics and rules on how to survive and I mostly pass with flying colors."
"Geez, going to the bathroom must suck." Gary said with a burp.
"It did, but with the power of Za Warudo, I can make it to the bathroom before any of my sisters." After he said that, the boys and the man laughed.
"Stopping time so you can be the first one to the bathroom? You sly dog." Joey grinned. Lincoln gave them a nervous laugh.
"Yeah…it's great, but I feel I shouldn't abuse my powers too much."
"Good idea, your Za Warudo has gotten stronger, but it now eats away at more of your health than usual. I recommend using it when absolutely necessary." Joey advised him.
"Thank you, JoJo. Man, I didn't know [STONE PILOT] had ACTs like Gary's [LATCH]. I thought your stand can read information?" Lincoln asked, looking at Gary.
The boy shrugged.
"Beats me, something was blocking my access to most of the info when I read your stand and since [STONE PILOT] has a mind of its own, it most likely was the one that was blocking the power of my [LATCH]. Stick to your [THE WORLD] stand, Linc. That fighter jet is a monster in battle."
The man nodded before speaking.
"I agree with Gary, Linc. In a non-lethal battle, you shouldn't be using it. Pummeling your enemy with [THE WORLD] is one thing, but bombarding your enemy will bullets and explosions is too excessive, violent, and not to mention loud. No pun intended."
Lincoln sighed, but he nodded in agreement. [STONE PILOT] was aggressive, more so than his first stand; the fighter jet was armed to the teeth with bullets and missiles and the boy didn't know what to use them for other than combat. His family wouldn't see or hear it, but they will definitely hear the gunshots and explosions that will scare them to death.
It's bad enough the house explodes from Lisa's experiments gone wrong, but adding the thundering bangs of machine gun fire will only make it worse.
"I understand."
"Alright, now let's do a two versus two battle!" Joey sat up from his chair.
One more battle and I'll send them on their way. I need to see how well they will work together in pairs.
"Gary and Lincoln versus Timmy and Mike!"
"Alright, think you little boys can handle us? Maybe I'll give you both a wet willy." Mike grinned while cracking his knuckles.
"I don't mean to act like the stereotypical jerk jock, but I'm so gonna stuff you both in a locker." Timmy stood up and took off his letterman jacket.
"Careful, this nerdy boy can eat jocks for breakfast." Lincoln gave them a smug smile.
"Yeah, the last jock that tried to give me a swirly suffered an atomicwedgie from my stand." Gary crossed his arms.
Despite the threats, it was clear that they were just horsing around because after throwing around insults, the boys started to laugh.
Whoa, I can sense the fighting spirit rolling off the boys. These meetings are helpful for them to vent their urge to battle, but alas, this won't last long. I did great job in getting the boys to form a strong bond, so if SHTF, they can call upon each other for help instead of me.
Joey led the excited boys back into the middle of the backyard. Gary and Lincoln stood side by side, facing the teens who had smug smiles on their faces. The boys summoned their stands and got ready for battle.
"Alright, keep it clean, boys! No lethal attacks and no nut crackers! Open the game!"
"Za Warudo!" The world around Lincoln became black and white as everything came to a sudden halt. Lincoln ran up to Mike to unleash his signature attack on him.
MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA!
Lincoln turned his attention to Timmy.
MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA!
"Time resumes again." Lincoln resumed time and the two teens were sent flying away as the punches that the white-haired boy made against them during the time stop came hitting them all at once.
"Ugh, there it is again." Lincoln gripped his throbbing head.
While this was playing out, Gary was summoning his ACT 4 and by the time it was over, he looked at Lincoln and sighed.
"I wish I can stop time." He grumbled to himself.
"Good one, Linc."
"We prepared for this, kid."
"What?" Lincoln looked up to see the teens standing up, but both were hardly damaged.
"But I gave you two the good old MUDA assault, how you are two still standing?" He asked with confusion.
Gary and Lincoln noticed movement inside their clothes; red glowing bones levitated out of their clothes and joined Mike's side.
"Thanks for the shield, man." Timmy gave him a fist bump.
"Ha, no problem."
"Linc, Mike was using his stand to create bone armor under their clothes to block most of the damage from your attack rush!" Gary shouted.
"I've got you where I want you, Loud!" Mike slapped his hands together and created a ball of floating bones in the middle of his hands.
"Oh, man!" Lincoln braced himself.
"Bone Storm!" He yelled, unleashing glowing bones at the boy that flew at the speed of a bullet.
[THE WORLD] punched the flying bones away to protect him.
MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA! MUDA!
Lincoln's stand deflected the bones, but Timmy's [TEEN SPIRIT[ took the opportunity to land a swift punch on the white-haired boy's ribs that was unguarded by his stand, but was blocked by a sudden wall of wires that shot up from the ground to defend Lincoln.
"Za Wa-AHH!"
However, the punch still followed through and struck him, interrupting Lincoln's command to stop time. Agony shot through his body and the boy let out a scream.
Lincoln flew back, but was caught in mid-air by Gary's wires before Timmy can use [TEEN SPIRIT] to add a follow up attack on the flying boy.
Dang, Linc would have been toast if I didn't block most of punch.
Gary thought as Lincoln groaned and stood up from the ground.
Joey sat at the patio and watched from afar, summarizing what happened so far.
Nice, the teens have apparently been working on their teamwork. Mike used his stand to protect himself and Timmy, and while Lincoln was distracted by his stand's attack, Timmy blindsided him. Good on Gary defending him; however, Lincoln is getting a little arrogant and overzealous with Za Warudo, rushing into battle like that with no plan, or telling Gary to stick close to him to cover him during his assault.
The man sighed as he watched the boys battle in his backyard.
I got to make sure Lincoln is okay because he will be completely loss if he encounters an enemy that makes his Za Warudo useless.