Rohan was on his way to buy groceries. The ground was still wet from the storm yesterday. This gave him an idea that he could use in his next work. He was getting ready to continue rewriting the work he had lost in the fire. At the rate he was able to produce manga, half of a years' work was about several volume's worth.

He heard a voice call out behind him, "Hey! Rohan!"

He turned around to see who the voice belonged to.

Josuke…

Josuke was jogging up to walk beside him like they had the week before. "What's up? You going to write some more manga?"

Rohan rolled his eyes. "Of course I am. I won't be able to get back what I lost by doing nothing."

Josuke chuckled nervously, "R-Right… Look, I'm really sorry about that."

"It's fine, it's fine," Rohan then thought for a moment, noticing something was off. "Is Okuyasu late again?"

Josuke blinked then answered, "Oh, yeah he is. He was late yesterday as well. I'm sure he's alright, though."

Rohan then thought about something. He thought about what he did to Josuke last week, to him and that girl.

He giggled maniacally before he asked, "Say, where's Sayori? Is she late as well?"

Josuke looked confused. "… Uh… Who?"

Now Rohan looked intrigued. "You know, your childhood friend…?"

"Um… I don't have any childhood friends that I'm still in touch with."

"Hold on, Josuke. Do you at least know who Sayori is?"

"I… can't say that I've heard of that name before. How come?"

Rohan began to feel a bit uneasy.

How does he not know her? I wrote in him that he and Sayori were childhood friends. Why does he seem to have no idea who she is? Maybe I should take a look…

"Hey, Josuke. I just need to check something," he said, bringing out Heaven's Door.

"Don't even think about it, Rohan! You're not going to turn me into a book," Josuke said, summoning Crazy Diamond in turn.

They stood facing each other for a moment, staring down the other with their Stands behind them. After a while, Rohan retracted his Stand, knowing all too well that he was no match for Crazy Diamond's power.

"Fine. You win, Higashikata. Although I would like to speak with you later, seeing as you're about to be late."

Josuke's Stand vanished as he looked confused. "What do you mean 'I'm going to be late'?"

The school bell immediately rang as the high schooler began to look panicked.

"Oh, I am. Whatever. See ya, Rohan!" he yelled while running towards the school.

Rohan waved goodbye as Josuke ran ahead. Once he was out of sight, he began to think.

Did something happen to Josuke? Or maybe to Sayori? Or both?! … Could Josuke have encountered a Stand user in his club? Perhaps I should look into it…

"Hey, Josuke!" Koichi greeted his friend once lunch began. "You feeling okay? You didn't show up to class yesterday."

Okuyasu was behind him. "Yeah… Had I known you'd be at school today, I would've waited to walk to school with you. You should have answered our calls."

Josuke rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry, guys. I just didn't feel well yesterday. I'm much better now, thanks."

"So… How was your date on Sunday?" Okuyasu said with a smug grin, half joking.

"Um… What? Did I have a date?"

Okuyasu and Koichi looked at each other, confused.

The latter began to speak, "Josuke, didn't you have one of the girls in your club over at your house Sunday?"

"Heh, I get it. You guys are trying to mess with me! Talking about having a girl over… my club… Good one. You had me going for a minute!"

Okuyasu spoke up, "Hey, hey! We're not messing with you! We were talking about th-"

"Yep! You got us!" Koichi interrupted nervously.

"Eh? What do you mea- Oof!" Okuyasu was suddenly jabbed in the stomach by Koichi's elbow.

As Okuyasu flinched and leaned over slightly, Koichi whispered in his ear, "Let's just play this off like it's nothing. He might have been affected by a Stand."

Okuyasu's eyes widened as he looked over at Josuke, who was rummaging around in his bag.

"We'll talk later about it at the café. I'll also call Rohan. He can probably help us."

Okuyasu grumbled then stood up. "Yeah! We got you good, Josuke! Haha!"

Their lunch went on as normal. Neither one of Josuke's friends mentioned anything about their plan for the literature club. They didn't want to bring it up since it seemed like Josuke didn't know anything about it, and they did not want to have a huge explanation and argument with him when they had a huge test after lunch. Discussing it after school would be much simpler.

School had ended. Josuke was sitting at his desk while putting away his things. For some reason, he had a strange thought flash through his mind.

Clubs...

He was suddenly lost in his thoughts, thinking how clubs made its way into his head.

Josuke then heard a familiar voice say his name and lay a hand on his desk. "Josuke…"

He slowly began to look at the person, his eyes trailing from the hand to the face. He felt a chill run down his spine as he noticed the purple suit, skull patterned tie, golden wavy hair and evil smirk.

"WHAT?! YOSHIKAGE KIRA?!" Josuke screamed as Crazy Diamond wordlessly appeared.

He felt a mix of fear and rage as the most evil man he had ever known, presumed dead, was standing before him. He was about to attack before he blinked and saw, in Kira's presence, was a girl with long brown hair and large white bow. She looked incredibly frightened.

Josuke's eyes widened as he saw the girl, who he knew was Monika from the previous year. His Stand disappeared as he slightly bowed in front of her.

"I-I'm sorry, Monika! I thought… I mean, you just gave me a shock."

Monika raised a hand to her chest and smiled nervously. "It's fine. I wasn't really expecting to see you here. I saw that you were alone, and… well, I thought it had been a while since we last spoke."

"Yeah, it has… Sorry for being rude, but is that all?"

"… Oh. Well, I just came here to get some supplies to use for my club. Do you know if there's any construction paper in here?"

"I'm not sure. It'd probably be in the back closet, if at all. Well, I'm going home! Have a nice day!" Josuke waved at her as he began to leave the classroom.

"WAIT!" she yelled, making him stop and look at her. Monika quickly calmed herself and smiled sweetly before continuing. "I was actually hoping if you would take a look at my club."

"Your club? You started one?"

"Yeah! I started a Literature Club!"

Literature…? That sounds more like something up Rohan's alley. I can't remember that last time I enjoyed reading a book. Maybe it would be fun if I had a few friends in it too.

"Well… How many members do you have?"

"It's kind of embarrassing, but we only have three members so far. It's pretty hard to find new members for something that sounds so boring…"

Monika then went on to explain how literature isn't boring and that it can be many different types of things. She continued to talk about how one club member keeps their manga collection in the back of the room. All of this felt very similar to Josuke, almost like he already knew this.

"So… How about it?" Monika asked, bringing him back to reality.

"Um…"

I don't know… It's not like I have anything better to do. I mean, come on! It's just a club! There's no reason that I wouldn't be able to leave the club if I didn't like it.

"… Sure."

She immediately took him across the school and up the stairs to the room where her club was being held.

So full of energy, she swung open the classroom door and announced, "I'm back! And I brought a guest with me!"

A girl with long purple hair nervously said, "A-A guest…?"

"Seriously? You brought a boy?" a girl with short pink hair asked in disbelief. "Way to kill the atmosphere."

These two girls seemed pretty familiar to Josuke. He thought that he might have met them last year, but that just didn't feel right.

"Don't be mean, Natsuki. But anyway, welcome to the club, Josuke!" Monika said smiling.

"So let me guess, you're Monika's boyfriend, right?" the girl named Natsuki said with a sour attitude.

"Huh?" Josuke's eyes widened.

Monika nervously giggled. "… Well, this is Natsuki," she said gesturing to the girl with pink hair. "And this is Yuri, the Vice President."

The girl with purple hair nervously spoke. "I-It's nice to meet you…"

"Yeah… Nice to meet both of you."

What is it about these girls? Have I met them somewhere else before? And when? How?

Josuke felt like he was having déjà vu. He felt certain that he had done something similar to this somewhere before. They formed the desks into a table, got tea just began to discuss about things. Monika explained how it was difficult to get new members in ways other than the club festival.

The club festival was scheduled for yesterday, but it was canceled because it had rained pretty hard. Most of the clubs had a booth set up outside for the festival so the school eventually decided to reschedule it for next week.

They each discussed their reading habits and why they enjoy what they do. They went on about why Yuri enjoying horror suits her personality, the fact that Natsuki has written several poems about cute things, and then Monika had the idea that they should all write poems and share them with each other the next day.

Yuri agreed with Monika and asked Josuke for his opinion on the matter. However, he had another thing that he just realized.

"Wait a minute! I never said that I would definitely join this club! I just said to Monika that I would at least look at the club and…" he trailed off, thinking about what this poetry writing would do to his already dwindling spare time.

All three girls stared back at him with dejected eyes.

"B-But…" Monika almost whispered, appearing to be taking it the worst.

"I'm sorry, I thought…" Yuri muttered, looking away.

Natsuki began to pout. The girls all glanced at each other and turned to Monika.

She began to speak. "I… guess I need to tell you the truth, Josuke. The thing is… we don't have enough members yet to form an official club. We need four… and I've been trying really, really hard to find new members. And if we don't find one more before the festival…"

Great. I see what she's doing. She making me feel bad for not joining the club. Well, guess what Monika! It's working…

"You know, I've decided! I'll join the Literature Club," said Josuke.

Their eyes lit up as he spoke.

"Oh my goodness, really?" Monika asked. "Do you really mean that, Josuke?"

"Yeah… It'll be fun, right?"

Yuri sighed in relief. "You really did scare me for a moment…"

Natsuki crossed her arms and huffed. "I mean, if you really just left after all this, I would be super pissed."

Monika smiled sweetly. "Josuke, I'm so happy… We can become an official club now! Thank you! I'll do everything I can to give you a great time, okay?"

And with that, Monika brought the meeting to a close, reminding them of their assignment. Josuke left the club with a new spring in his step.

I have to admit, I did have some fun in the club. But now… I've got to write a poem… Hey! I might have written one for a Language Arts assignment. I could probably just share that one, and spend the rest of the day how I like it.

He was making his way home as he passed an odd-looking stone.

"See ya, Ange-" Josuke stopped as he saw what looked like a piece of paper being weighed down by the stone. "What's this you got here?"

He manifested his Stand and used it to tip the rock and get the paper without tearing it. Before and while he set it down, a muffled scream could be heard coming from the rock. He began to read what it said.

I can't convince myself to go to therapy when I'm the happiest I've ever been.

I'd rather keep this up until I blow my cover and someone takes me to the emergency room.

Josuke was horrified at the message he saw. The handwriting seemed familiar, but he had no idea whose it was. He then turned the page over and saw a poem titled Arrows.

What the hell? Why does this have my name on it?

Josuke noticed that his name was written in the top left corner of the poem. It seemed real, it was his handwriting.

Did I write this…? His eyes widened as his head darted around in all directions.

Or could this be a Stand ability?

Josuke made his way home and cast a glance towards the school one last time before going inside.

-To Be Continued