Rohan was at the cemetery on the outskirts of Morioh. He went there to pay his respects to Reimi since he was no longer able to speak with her in Ghost Girl's Alley. He was about to leave, but then he noticed the people who had come to a burial before he got there began to disperse. Interested, Rohan decided to take a closer look at the headstone and pay his respects to the recently departed. As he slowly approached it, read began to read the name.

"…Sayo-!" Rohan gasped as he read the name.

Sayori…?! This can't be the same one…

He then read the dates underneath the name. He clenched his hand into a fist and covered his mouth. …

She was about Josuke's age. And she died… yesterday?!

He still hoped that it was a different Sayori, but his fears were confirmed when he noticed the red bow he had seen her wear placed next to the headstone.

Josuke said that he didn't even know her… If this happened only yesterday, how could he forget? … I fear I was right… This could be the work of an enemy Stand.

"So, tell me why we're going to tell Rohan about this?" Okuyasu asked. "He's the one that got us into this mess in the first place!"

He and Koichi were sitting at the café after school again. They didn't even have to order anything because the staff knew that they always wanted the same thing. Okuyasu was secretly hoping they would receive a discount for being regulars.

"I want to get him involved because he's our friend," Koichi began. "He's one of the only adult Stand users that we know, besides Jotaro and Joseph. But we can't call Jotaro because he's on a research trip, not to mention there would be no reason for him to come all this way for a presumed Stand user in a high school literature club."

"Wait. Didn't he come to Morioh because there was a Stand user? What makes this any different than that?"

"Well… I think it's because he had evidence about a Stand, and the user was a serial killer."

Okuyasu was about to argue further, but he slumped back in his seat and grumbled, "… Oh."

The two of them waited patiently for the manga artist to arrive. Koichi had called Rohan after school and told him to meet them at the café. He told him that it was important and regarding Josuke. Rohan agreed after he heard that last part since he was planning on discussing the same thing with them. After some time, he had finally arrived, joining the two at their table.

"So, what's up with Josuke?" Rohan asked, deciding to skip the formalities.

The two were silent for a moment before Koichi spoke up. "W-Well… You know how Josuke had joined the literature club at school?"

"Yeah…?"

"We met up with him every day after his club meeting and he told us about some strange things that happened there."

Rohan raised an eyebrow. "Strange how?"

Okuyasu began to speak. "Well, he said that he saw a book he was given change into that guy that he turned into a book. But when he looked back, it was just a normal book."

"… What? So, what, he was hallucinating? Knowing him he probably didn't get enough sleep…"

Koichi spoke up, "No, Rohan! I believe what Josuke said. There was more, too! He also noticed a bruise on the back of someone's neck which he thought could be from the Arrow. And the other club members were acting really suspicious, by saying strange things and being somewhat vague."

"Hmm… Was this recent? What was the last thing you guys talked about, and when?"

"Well, he had mentioned that he was going to have the girl with the bruise go over to his house on Sunday to work on something for the festival yesterday. The festival was canceled because of the storm and rescheduled for next week, but Josuke didn't even mention it today. He didn't show up to school yesterday."

"Ah…" Rohan rested his head on his hand, trying to put it all together. "And… What about Sayori?"

"Um… I'm not entirely sure what happened, but Josuke said that Sayori was feeling down and left the club early to go home."

Rohan slightly grimaced, thinking about what could have happened to her. "Speaking of Josuke, I saw him today and asked about Sayori."

"Let me guess, he had no idea who she was," Okuyasu stated.

Rohan nodded.

"Hey-Hey, hang on a minute! Did you do something to him with Heaven's Door again?!"

"No, Okuyasu. I didn't. Although, I did try to use it to see what happened to what I wrote, but I wasn't able to."

Koichi then said, "Oh, yeah. Rohan, when you told us what you did, we told Josuke the truth about him and Sayori."

Rohan had a look of confusion mixed with interest. "… Huh… And he believed you?"

"Well… yeah."

"… Alright then. Also… I found out some… news about Sayori."

Okuyasu and Koichi perked up.

"R-Really? Do you know what happened to her?" the former asked. "I didn't see her at school for the last two days."

"She's dead."

The high schoolers' eyes widened in shock. Koichi began to clutch his head in disbelief while Okuyasu stared at nothing.

"How…?" Okuyasu muttered.

He was the only one of them who was personally acquainted with her, even if it was just for a few days. He had also developed a crush on her, as he did with almost any cute girl.

Rohan closed his eyes. "… I'm not sure. All I know for sure is that I saw her grave at the cemetery and that she died yesterday…" He grimaced before he continued, "Although… Based on what you just told me about her feeling down… I believe she might have…"

Rohan trailed off, hoping they understood where he was going. Koichi gasped, covering his mouth with his hand, once he pieced it together.

Suddenly, Okuyasu stood up. "I… I think I'll go home…"

Koichi was surprised and said, "What? But, Okuyasu, we haven't said what we're going t-"

"I said, I'm going home!" Okuyasu cut him off.

He then turned around and walked off.

Now the silver-haired high schooler was left alone with the manga artist at the café table. Neither of them spoke for a minute, thinking about the girl they just spoke of. Koichi wasn't expecting to hear something like this. While he had never met Sayori, he couldn't help to feel guilty when he knew the she was close to Josuke and that he had involved her in their plan. Rohan also felt responsible since it was his own actions that got her involved with them.

"Are… Are you sure, Rohan?" Koichi asked.

Rohan nodded. "The fact that she is… dead, I am confident with. However, I cannot say for sure about how she died. Also…" He looked around, making sure no one else was listening, before he whispered, "This might be caused by an enemy Stand."

"Y-Yeah… I know. It must be one of the girls in the club. But based on what Josuke told us last week, we've narrowed it down to being either Natsuki or Monika."

"Right… I have no idea who they are, and how do you think they could be?"

"Well, Natsuki is the one with the bruise possibly from the Arrow, but Josuke never told us what happened when he had her over. So I think it's safe to assume that she is a Stand user, just in case."

"Hmm… And what about this 'Monika?'"

Koichi blinked and scratched his head. "Um… Honestly, we don't know all that much about her. I mean, I know that she's a popular girl in school. She's pretty athletic, intelligent- Oh! And she's the President of the Literature Club."

"I see… So there are four- Ugh… Three members in the club, right?"

"No, there one more girl named-"

"Koichi!" a feminine voice called out.

The two turned to see who was the source of the voice and saw Yukako running up to them.

"Koichi! There you are," she said sweetly. "WHY HAVE YOU NOT BEEN SPENDING TIME WITH ME?! DO YOU NOT LOVE ME?!"

Any ounce of sweetness was suddenly replaced by anger as her hair began to rise and expand.

"C-Calm down, Yukako! I've-I've just been working on something big with my friends!" Koichi exclaimed, trying to calm her down.

"YOU!" she yelled, pointing at Rohan. "YOU'RE TRYING TO STEAL AWAY MY KOICHI BECAUSE YOU'RE JEALOUS OF HOW CLOSE WE ARE!"

In almost a blink of an eye, Rohan used Heaven's Door on Yukako to turn her into a book and wrote 'Calm down'. Her hair immediately returned to normal as her mood changed from rage to deadpan.

"Rohan! How-" Koichi began to yell before he realized how effective that was. He liked her, but she was so quick to judge that he found it repetitive and annoying. "So, what brings you here?"

"Why haven't you spent time with me?" Yukako whined.

Koichi was surprised to see her act this way, but he found it endearing. "Well… I'm sorry about that. I've just been trying to figure something out at school."

"Oh? You're talking about the Literature Club, right?"

Rohan and Koichi looked at her as she said that so calmly. "H-How did you know that…?"

"I've noticed a friend of mine act pretty strangely. She said that Josuke had joined the club last week, isn't that right?"

"Uh… Yeah. Who's your friend?"

"Her name's Yuri."

Koichi indicated to Rohan that she was the other club member before asking, "… And how is she acting strangely?"

"Well, she didn't show up to school yesterday. She also didn't even mention anything about the festival's cancelation. Yuri was working on making a bunch of banners for their club's performance and seemed pretty excited about it."

"Hmm… So it affected her too?" Rohan asked.

"Uh… 'Too'?" she repeated, confused.

Koichi answered, "Today, Josuke didn't even mention anything about the club. He also claimed that he didn't know Sayori… who we learned is… dead."

Yukako looked concerned and uneasy. She had heard Yuri mention a Sayori, but she hadn't said anything about her today.

"… Oh my goodness… So you think that one of them is a Stand user?"

They nodded.

"Perhaps you may be able to help us. You could talk to your friend and ask her if she herself has noticed anything strange. If she says no, we might be able to assume that she is the one behind all of this," Rohan suggested.

She shook her head. "No, she's not a Stand user. If anything, she was affected as well by whatever it is that's doing it. But yeah, I'll ask her."

Koichi invited Yukako to sit down as they continued to discuss the situation for a while. Koichi filled them in on what he already knew, telling them to ask Okuyasu about anything he didn't know the answer to. Eventually, Rohan began to speak.

"So, we've basically confirmed the possibility of a Stand user in the club, right?" They nodded. "But what of the Stand itself? What does it do? How does it work? What are its weaknesses?"

There was an air of silence between them all before Koichi answered, "Well, since Josuke and Yuri appeared to forget about some things, maybe to ability does that: makes people forget things."

Rohan said, "Yes, that does sound convincing. However, I am able to do that by using Heaven's Door, and it does more than just make people forget things. Like my Stand, this Stand may be capable of doing the same thing, but its method would be different. For example, it could steal people's memories and store them in some fashion."

Yukako and Koichi looked at each other, thinking about what he said.

"This is probably something we should discuss with Okuyasu," said the latter. "Plus, I don't think that it would be wise to assume a Stand's ability before a possible fight."

They all nodded in agreement.

"Well then… I believe that we should probably meet up another time, seeing as there is nothing more to discuss," Rohan said. He then stood up and grabbed his bag. "How about same time tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I'll check with Okuyasu and Josuke, but that works with me," Koichi answered.

Yukako said that it was okay with her as well and they all went their separate ways.

As Rohan left he thought to himself.

I can't believe that I'm this mess. Just when I thought I could get back to writing manga, I get dragged into some problem by… Josuke…

-To Be Continued