Three days later
Josuke stepped in an old building. The wooden floor would make weird noises with each step. The place was some kind of shady restaurant, witch obviously had been breaking several health codes. On top of the restaurant, some rooms used to be available, rented to anyone who didn't had enough money to pay for a decent place. An old fat lady, sat in the back, appeared to be the one running the place. He walked up to her, trying his best on speaking clear Portuguese:
- Hi, miss. Do you know a guy named Jose? He said I could find him here.
- Jose? – she looked up, mildly annoyed – You gotta be more specific than that jap.
- I don't know his last name, he said "just Jose". You know him, right? White, black hair, around my height.
- Hm, you mean Jose Jose? Yeah, I know him.
- Wait, his name is Jose Jose?
- Do I see a freaking "Ask questions here" sign on my head? Because I'm not here to answer your questions jap. Either buy something, rent a room, or get out of my place.
Josuke took a deep breath. He threw a 100$ note on the table and asked for a room. The woman quickly grabbed the cash.
- Rooms are all rented, I don't have any for you. But since you're paying, no, his true name isn't Jose Jose. What kind of retard you japs are to think that someone could be called that? I don't know much about him, apparently he ran from some orphanage and gave up on his last name. So every time someone ask him, he just say it's Jose. So he became Jose Jose.
"This guy has more past than it looks like, huh?"
- So, where can I find him?
- You really think it's that easy, jap? You treat me once and I give you what you want?
Josuke grinded his teeth, holding back. He took another deep breathe and threw another 100$.
- Now you're learning, big boy. – she laughed – Tell you what, I don't know where he is. He owns me 10000$ on rent, the sneaky bastard is playing on me for months now.
- Oi, oi, you just took my money and you say you don't know? I need to find him!
- Boy, you paid me for an answer, you ain't happy deal with it. Now, if you're good, just turn around and get the fuck out.
As he stepped out of the place, mumbling about the woman, a voice came from above:
- Hey, Josuke! Josuke, that's you, right? Up here!
He looked up, and saw Jose, sneaking out through a window in the third floor. As the man waved to Josuke, he lost his balance, and fell. His face met the floor, letting out a weird sound, followed by the breaking teeth.
- Oi, are you okay? Jose?! – Josuke was surprised by the scene, and tried to hold his laugh when saw the toothless mouth of the man.
Crazy Diamond quickly fixed him, and they started to wander around town, while Josuke tried to gather more info on Benjamin:
- Jose, you still haven't said anything about his stand. Do you know it? Have you seen it?
- I did once, right after being stabbed. Thought I only saw an arm coming out of a black hole. Most of what I know came from what I heard. Apparently, it's called The Doors. He can create these openings, at any place he looks at, and go in and out as he wish.
- Looks like a very scary stand, but I've seen worse. Does it have any weakness?
- I don't know, but they say the stand can't come out of the holes it creates. It's like, another place inside them, and the stand only exists there. It can put an arm or leg off, but it can't come out.
- Well, we can definitely use that. I'm still surprised on how much you got on him, all we need now is to find where he is.
- The streets now everything, friend. And I've known them for a long time. Give me more time and I'm sure we will find him. Our biggest problem will be to get to him before he flees.
They strolled, passing through some locations as Jose showed the city to Josuke. Finally coming back, passing by a poor neighborhood, in front of an old house, a brown man, with a buzz cut hair and wearing sunglasses approached them.
- H-hey! You two. You seem strong, right? So, I just moved in this house, could you lend me a hand? I have this sofa I need to move, but it's quite heavy.
Jose and Josuke looked at each other, immediately suspecting the man.
- We don't have time right now, sorry dude. – Josuke replied.
- I-it's going to be quick! I promise. My mom is very old, and my sister isn't really the muscle type, so I really need a hand here. Please?
They stood for a moment rethinking the situation. All of Josuke's instincts were telling him to go away. That man sure wasn't telling the truth, and by the looks of Jose, he was probably thinking the same.
"Yet, he doesn't seem very strong. I can count of Jose, it's two versus one. If we capture this guy, we can get Benjamin's location. I could also hit him right now, at this distance Crazy Diamond would knock him out immediately. But… If this is a trap, we might just be in it right now, so it's better to understand our situation before acting".
- Alright, but don't expect us to do anything more than that.
The man promptly guided them through the front.
- Go to the living room, first entrance in the left. I will open the back door and we can get the sofa.
As Josuke and Jose walked into the living room, they noticed that the house was already completely furnished. Even with a sofa.
- Josuke!
- I know, this is a trap.
As Josuke words came out, the entrance behind them closed, as if there was never an entrance in that wall to begin with. Windows and exist also disappeared. Suddenly, Jose's feet started to sink into the floor. When he looked down, the floor had become a pool of white snakes, with some already crawling up his body.
Josuke immediately stretched his arm to pull Jose. Yet, as he did it, white snakes fell from the ceiling, holding onto his body and biting him. He fell on the ground, without being able to move or even call Crazy Diamond.
- Hue! Hue! You've fell in my great trap, played right into my master plan! Hue! Hue! And who would say that I would be so lucky to see you two walking right by my house… Or should I say, my stand? – the voice came from the man, who emerged from the snakes in the wall – Welcome to my house and stand, The Jungle! This whole house, my house, is my stand. And when I say this whole house, I mean everything in it and it. – he opened his hand, two snakes crawled to it and melted together, forming a gun – We keep this gun at my wardrobe, in my bedroom, a few meters from here. Cool, huh? Well… I can't really k-kill… you with the snakes, their bites really just paralyze, but I'm sure this gun will do the job.
As he spoke, Jose started to act. Quickly using to throw himself out of the snake pit, and then to punch the others out of his body, he was safe from the bites.
- Thinking that you won is the first step to lose, friend. – he said as he landed on the couch, posing against his enemy.
- But I've already won, Jose.
As soon as he spoke, the couch, Jose's left arm and his legs became snake. Soon, the whole floor followed, and the ceiling, and the walls. A million of snakes, in all directions. Even Jose and Josuke's bodies.
- Just like I said, Jose. EVERYTHING in this house is part of my stand. Not even you are free. Now, meet your e-end!
The snakes all charged against Jose, falling, crawling and jumping, with their mouth wide open and fangs spilling venom. He, he looked straight into the man's eye, finally saying:
- I told you so. – and the calling – DEEP PURPLE!
Only one arm of the stand came, projected from Jose's body, chopping the air vertically, from top to bottom. A wave echoed through the house, distorting space itself around Jose. Suddenly, around Jose, a bubble had formed: the space around him became the man's body. Stretched and molded, forming a complete bubble protecting him. As the snakes attacked, all the bites reached the living-bubble shield. Finally, a wave echoed back to Deep Purple, undoing the distortion. The man fell paralyze on the ground, and immediately the whole house was restored, as if nothing happened.
[ The Jungle ]
[ Carlos Santos ]
Power: E
Speed: E
Range: E
Durability: E
Precision: E
Potential: A
Two hours later, Josuke started to move again. Jose had carried him and the man out of the house and to a park nearby. The place was empty, apart from the three, and the sun was already setting.
- Those bites really hurt… So, what are we going to do with him?
- His name is Carlos Santos – Jose said, showing the man's ID - 19, no license, no father, his mother is named Maria Santos, and his blood type is B+. Fix him up, let's ask some questions. Get something that actually matters. If he tries anything, your Crazy Diamond will knock his ass. At this distance, he has no chance.
Josuke nodded. The man stared at them, the fear in his eyes were clear. Jose gave him a good look. "He is not your everyday asshole. This guy is shaking so much, it's like it's his first fight. He is very scared. His neck is very sweaty, even more than before. I also remember to hear him stuttering before… This is weird… Very weird".
- So, retard, you really thought you could get us that easily? Didn't those fuckers told you that many others came before?
- I-I-I-I-I was…. I was just… They asked me… - the man was shaking – They asked me to…
- Hey, Jose, I don't think we are going to get anything out of him. This guy is probably pissing his pants right now. Oh look! – Josuke pointed – there are even stains!
As they got distracted for a second, the man raised his hand:
- The Jungle!
White snakes came out from under his shirt, crawled up his arm and melted in his hand, transforming into the gun he used before.
- YOU SAID YOURSELF, JOSE! THINKING THAT YOU WON IS THE FIRST STEP TO LOSE! – he aimed the gun at them.
Jose stopped Josuke from attacking, staring at Carlos eyes.
- You're being serious, right? So go ahead. Shoot us. Let's see what you got, amigo.
Carlos closed his eyes and pushed the trigger. His hands were shaking more than ever.
- Yo, a tip for the next time, you have to toggle the safety, or the gun doesn't fire. – Jose answered to the pathetic attack.
Carlos finally opened his eyes, and the gun was kicked out of his hands.
- Since you appear to be new on this, I will go easy on you. Consider this just a reminder that you shouldn't get yourself in that kind of business – Deep Purple came out, firing a punch at the man.
- RODA!
Carlos went pale, as the hand approached his face. In a last second, he screamed, with all the strength of his lungs:
- THEY ARE GOING TO KILL THEM!
Deep Purple's hand stopped right at the last moment, barely touching his nose. Jose stared at the man, his eyes were filled with rage. His voice got deeper and he started to speak slowly and menacingly:
- Before you say anything else. Let me make this clear: if you're lying, or if you're saying this because you're trying to get away, I won't go easy on you. Now… Speak. The fuck. Up.
Carlos was in tears, shaking, staring at the stand's fist:
- T-t-t-t-they've got them. M-my mom, and my sister. The man… Igor, he said that if I didn't caught you, he would kill them both with his stand. So I ran home, then I decided to do it, so I came out t-t-to find you, but you two were already right outside a-a-and…
- Where. He. Is?
- N-no you can't! He will kill them!
- WHERE. THE FUCK. HE. IS?
Carlos spilled the address, an abandoned industrial shad, in a remote area. Jose turned to Josuke:
- Keep an eye on him. I won't take long. If he tries anything, break his spine. – and then, turned back to Carlos – And you… If it's another trap, or a lie, when I get back, you will be a dead man.
Jose left before anyone could protest his decision. It was already dark when he got the shed, bursting through the front door, looking furiously, with heavy steps and deep breathing.
- JOSE?! – a humanoid, reptilian-like creature looked at him, a green stand, with a tail and long claws. – Igor, kill him now!
The stand jumped through one of the windows and fled in the dark. Jose stood there, posing against the moon light that came through the front entrance, staring at a man in the back of the shed. The man, named Igor, bulky white man, standing tall, with two chanins coming out of his left hand. At his feet, two women where kneeled, an old one, and other much younger. The chains, part of his stand, where locked in the women's chests, and their hearts where glowing.
- So, he spilled out, eh? Well, it doesn't matter. If you came here, you came to rescue them, right, Jose? These two right here – he said, shaking the chains, and making them stand up – Mother and sister. You know, it's quite odd to help a guy that wanted to kill you.
- So… You assume taken the two innocent women as hostage, and forcing that guy who wasn't a criminal to commit murder? – the deadly look in Jose's eye sent a chill through Igor's spine.
- Yes, Sherlock. It was me. This is my stand – he lift the chains – Alice In Chains! All I have to do is to touch you once, and you become my mindless slave. Right now, anything I want the would do, and I don't even need to say it. In fact, if I want, their brains would shut down immediately. So, boy, if you want that pussy to reunite with his mommy and sis, you're going to slowly walk up to me, and let me chain you up.
- I don't think so, Igor. You see, there are very few things in this world that can get me mad. Very. FUCKING. Few. Thing. And one of them happens to be… When someone drags innocent, working, good people into their dirty business! – his eyes were wide open, his fists closed to hard that the nails had started to cut into the flesh.
- If you try anything, I will kill these two! And you know what? Their blood will be on your fucking hands, Jose! I know your stand can't go very far, and even if your get here, I still can kill them before you get me!
- Then, this will be a standoff. The quicker one, my Deep Purple or your brain and Alice In Chains, will be victorious.
- You're on!
- DEEP PURPLE!
A wave echoed through the shed. Space distorted itself. At an incredible speed, the two women vanished, as Igor went on the opposite direction. Before the signal left the chains and entered their brains, the range of the stand met, and the chains were broken.
- Josuke taught me a few things about stands – Jose said, standing close to Igor, but with his head pointed at the ground – Like, automatic stands, stands with big range, and more. I figured that if your stand wasn't automatic, it had to have a limit range. So, all my Deep Purple did was to stretch space, driving them far, far away from you, at the same time that it is bringing us closer.
- W-w-what… M-my Alice In Chains… It couldn't be broken! They could go for more than a hundred meters!
- And a hundred meters wasn't enough - the space around then was spinning, causing Igor to feel nausea - My time is almost over, so, Igor, let make this very clear for you: I'm going to kill you right now. Not because you tried to kill me. Not because you're a thug. Not because you're working for Benjamin. I'm going to kill you BECAUSE I CAN'T FUCKING STAND FUCKER LIKE YOU THAT DRAG INNOCENT PEOPLE INTO THEIR DIRT AND DESTROY FAMILIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR STUPID GOALS!
Deep Purple immediately met Igor's face with a punch. Following it, a barrage of powerful blows started, tearing Igor apart.
- RODADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADADA!
When the barrage finally stop, his body was spinning mid air. When the last second finally came, Deep Purple kicked the enemy, with a strong blow to his side, smashing anything that was left of his ribcage.
- RODA!
A wave echoed back, and the distortion ended. Igor's body flew right through the ceiling, ripping it apart.
[ Alice In Chains ]
[ Igor ]
Power: E
Speed: E
Range: B
Durability: E
Precision: E
Potential: A
Author's Note: I'd like to say thank you for everyone who's been reading the story. I hope you're all having fun with it. But I also want to make a small request: I'm not exactly a good English writer, I'm not even good at English, to be honest; so, your feedback is very important to me. Right now, my biggest concern is to pass the right tone and feeling of Jojo. I know I have to improve a lot in other areas, but this is my priority for now. So, if you could please tell me what you think of the story so far, and especially if, when you're reading, you feel like you're actually reading a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Story, or if it feels like your everyday fanfic.
Again, thanks everyone. Hope to see you in the next chapter. Any questions, critics, or anything at all, feel free to talk to me.