I apologize for not updating last week, I had gotten sick which delayed me from working on the chapter. Not only that, I am still re-working on Beauty Of Annihilation! Anyway, in this chapter we see our Noriko battle!

Tokyo, Japan

A redheaded middle-aged woman peeked every now and then out her window as she became more antsy.

It was pouring heavily outside, thundering and cold which worried her even more for her daughter's whereabouts.

"Where could she have gone, Takahiro?" The woman asked her husband before closing the curtains once again.

"We haven't seen her since yesterday morning."

"I don't know, Nami." The redheaded middle-aged man replied as he only starred at the floor while on the couch.

"Do you think she ran away?" Nami turned her head to look at her husband, waiting for a response.

He doesn't answer and narrowed his eyes, tears rolled down his cheeks before wiping them away.

Nami walked over to Takahiro and sat next to him. In front of them was a coffee table with a picture frame of Noriko entering High School for the first time with a bright smile.

Nami grabbed the frame and looked at it closely, "Noriko..." Her fingers graced the glass part.

"Noriko..." Nami muttered, "Where are you? Where could you have gone? Did you run away or did something happen to you?"

She hugged the frame tightly against her chest as tears dropped onto her skirt. Both parents sob through the whole night, desperately worried for their daughter.

It was peacefully quite in the plane. Everyone was asleep except the attendants and pilots as they worked.

The Crusaders slumber soon ended once they heard an odd buzzing sound. Normally a bug wouldn't sound that too loud but why is there an insect inside the plane?

They gave each other quick glances before standing up.

Jotaro noticed the bug and squinted his eyes for a clearer vision of the bug.

"A fly?" He muttered out.

The bug got closer and realized it was no regular bug.

"No, it's a stag beetle." He confirmed.

"Avdol, could it be that we're encountering another Stand?" Joseph queried at the Fortune Teller.

Avdol narrowed his eyes. "It's a possibility, Mr. Joestar. Stands come in many different shapes and sizes. This Stand could just be a shape of an insect."

The bug vanished behind the seats as everyone widened their eyes.

"W-Where did it go?!" Avdol asked in a panic.

"That little bastard hid behind the shadows." Joseph remarked.

They cautiously looked around.

Noriko heard a hissing sound and turned her head.

She gasped. "Watch out, Jojo! It's right next to you!" She shouted.

"T-The bug...It's huge! It has to be a Stand! I don't doubt it!" Noriko said.

"It's fucking gross." Jotaro commented. "But I'll deal with it." He holstered both hands in his pockets.

"You need to be very careful, Jotaro." Avdol warned the delinquent. "I've heard about a bug Stand who enjoyed ripping their victim's tongues out."

Jotaro narrowed his eyes. "Star Platinum!"

"ORA!"

The little bug quickly dodged the attacked. The Crusaders were shocked from what they witnessed.

"H-How?!" Avdol stammered. "He was able to dodge Star Platinum, who's precision and speed is enough to grasp a bullet but yet this creature is faster!"

"W-Where is he?! Where's the person controlling this damn thing!" Noriko queried in a panic.

Saliva began coming out of the beetle's mouth.

"Jojo! It's going to attack!" Noriko cried out.

The beetle's sharp needle charged at Jotaro. He used Star Platinum's hand to block the attack but penetrated through. The needle was heading to his mouth but luckily blocked it with its teeth.

"JoJo!"

"Jotaro!"

"So I was right! It's Tower of Gray! The Tower Tarot Card!" Avdol concluded.

"His Stand symbolizes in destruction, calamity, and the interruption of journeys."

Everyone turned their gaze at Avdol.

"Tower of Gray is a malicious Stand who commits mass murders by making his kills 'accidental'. I'm sure all of you have heard about what happened last year in England when an airplane crashed and more than three hundred people were killed. There were rumors that it was his doing but now I see that he is working for Dio!"

"OORRRAAA!"

"ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! OORRAAAAAAA!"

The Crusader's jaws dropped in shock after seeing Tower of Gray dodge two-fisted rush of blows.

"I-I can't believe it! This little bastard was able to evade not only one fist but two fists at once! It's incredibly fast!" Avdol said.

The insect scoffed. "Heh, heh...Even if you have guns and shot your bullets at me, within a centimeter away, none of it will be able to touch my Stand!"

Joseph looked around. "Which one of these passengers is the user? Where is that little shit hiding?!"

The Stand immediately disappeared before their eyes.

Noriko turned around and saw the creature.

"He's over there!" She stated.

The Stand chuckled as he descended lower from behind the row of civilians.

"What the hell is he planning?" Jotaro knitted his brows.

Avdol raised his brows. "He's-!"

Within seconds, Tower of Gray ripped the tongues out of several men.

"HAHAHA! Bingo! I have their tongues! And now..." The bug flew to a wall.

Using the victim's tongues, he wrote Massacre on the wall with blood.

"H-H-He actually did it!" Noriko stuttered in fear.

Avdol narrowed his eyes as he was now filled with rage. "That bastard! Magician's Red!"

"Wait, Mr. Avdol! Don't do it!" Noriko pleaded, stopping the Fortune-Teller.

Vanishing his Stand, Noriko's outburst awakened an elder gentleman who was sleeping.

The elderly man rubbed his eyes and face. "What's with all the noise all of a sudden?" He wondered as he stood up.

The insect bug got closer to the passenger as the Crusader widened their eyes.

"Sir watch out!" Noriko warned.

"I guess I'll go use the bathroom then..." The man said casually as he turned his back and touched the wall that was covered in blood.

"Hm? What is this sticky substance?" He looked over at the wall and panicked. "AAAAHH! I-I-I-Is that blood?!"

He stepped back as Noriko stood behind him.

"Atemi." Noriko struck the back of the man's head, causing him to pass out as everyone looked at her astonished.

Noticing their stare, "I learned a bit of martial arts as a kid." She stated.

"Anyway, we need to vanquish that bug quickly as possible before the other passengers panic." She suggested and looked over at Avdol and Jotaro.

"Mr. Avdol, using Magician's Red actively in this plane could cause it explode, killing all of us. Jojo, your Star Platinum could punch a hole in the fuselage, it'd be a catastrophe."

She turned her gaze at Tower of Gray.

"This calls for a quiet, discreet Stand like mine, Hierophant Green!" Noriko got herself in a stance.

"Heh, heh. Noriko, Kakyoin, eh? I've heard all about you from Lord Dio. Don't even bother." Tower of Gray said.

"You think you have silence on your side but your Stand can't keep up with my speed!"

Noriko smirked. "Is that so?" She teased as her Stand summoned next to her.

"EMERALD SPLASH!"

Tower of Gray blocked the emerald projectiles with a laugh.

Noriko furrowed her brows, showing more determination.

"EMERALD SPLASH!"

"You seem to think if you fire enough shots they'll hit me! But none of your projectiles have hit me at all!" Tower of Gray commented.

"This isn't good! He's too fast!" Avdol stated.

The beetle hissed and charged its mouth needle at Hierophant Green, striking the Stand's mouth.

Blood spurted out of Noriko's mouth.

"N-Noriko!" Jotaro cried out as his grandfather and Avdol gasped.

Noriko collapsed to the floor with a groan.

"Noriko stop before you get more hurt!" Avdol demanded.

Noriko grunted as she lifted her head up.

"HAHAHAHA! My speed is far above yours, Noriko! You don't stand a chance against me with your Hierophant Green!"

Tower of Gray got a bit closer to Noriko.

"And now Noriko, with my next attack, I'll use this Tower Needle to rip your Stand's tongue out! HAHAHA! Won't that be fun?!" The enemy declared.

Noriko glared at the bug.

"EMERALD SPLASH!"

"YOU STILL DON'T GET IT, DO YOU NORIKO?! HEHEHEHAHAHA!"

"This is bad! How can Noriko win if this little bastard is dodging her attacks!" Avdol pointed out.

Tower of Gray then charged at Noriko.

"You'll become mad from how much pain you'll endure once it rips your tongue out! HAHA! How exquisite!" He said.

"Excuse me, what did you just say? Did you say I'll go mad from the pain?" Noriko said as she stood up.

Tower of Gray launched its Tower Needle at Noriko.

"My Hierophant Green?" She smirked as her Stand's tendrils struck Tower of Gray from every direction.

"GLAAAH! WHAT?!" The bug groaned in pain.

"If it rips you apart it'll go mad from pure joy!" Noriko wiped the blood of the corners of her lips.

"I had already extended Hierophant's appendages under the seats. All I had to do was use my Emerald Splash to move you into position. Did you not realize that?" Noriko explained.

Hierophant Green ripped Tower of Gray apart.

"EEEAAAAHHH!" The man who Noriko knocked out earlier shrieked from pain with his tongue out. His tongue had an imprint of the bug-shaped Stand. Blood squirted out of his head from the attack.

"What the-?!" Joseph said in shock.

"So it was that old geezer all along, huh?" Noriko scoffed. "It seems repulsive Stands have repulsive users..."

Joseph and Jotaro placed the enemy's body on a seat.

Noriko observed the old geezer's face but found nothing on him.

"Well that's strange..." She said as she twirled her curled bang. "It doesn't look like he had Dio's flesh bud in his forehead at all."

"Tower of Gray was always evil." Avdol informed. "He killed many tourists and made it look like an accident all in return for pay." He placed a small blanket on the enemy's head to cover his face.

"I'm not surprised he's working for Dio. I'm sure Dio was able to manipulate him since he's easily blinded by his own greed."

Suddenly Noriko lost her balance and bumped into Jotaro. The delinquent caught her in his arms before letting go of her.

"Sorry, Jojo." The girl apologized as she was slightly blushing, not looking at his face. "I could've sworn I thought I felt the plane was tilted."

Joseph looked around and saw the cup that had fallen to the floor.

"No Noriko, I think you're right." Joseph said.

He narrowed his eyes and saw the cup move around again. "The plane is crooked!" He stated and ran to the cockpit.

Everyone gave each other a quick glance before following behind the elder Joestar.

Two attendants in front of the entrance blocked the Joestar's path.

"I'm sorry sir but you can't go in there. Passengers are not allowed in the cockpit." One of them said.

"I know that already!" Joseph said as he moved the woman to the side.

"B-But sir-"

Jotaro approached the women and their eyes widened.

"Wow! He's so handsome!"

"Move it, bitch." Jotaro said as he pushed them to the side.

"What a shock..."

Both women landed in the arms of Avdol.

"Sorry ladies but this is really important." He said as he followed along the others.

The women are left in shock as they stood there speechless.

"Wow, they're all handsome!"

Noriko walked over to the attendants.

"I apologize for what they're doing especially the one who pushed you both, I hope you don't mind forgiving him but this is an emergency." Noriko said sincerely as she proceeded on walking into the cockpit.

"Damn it! He got us!" Joseph stated as he saw the three pilot men on the floor murdered with their tongues ripped out.

"Their tongues have been ripped out." Jotaro said. "That little fucking rhino-beetle killed them before we even found out it was him!"

Noriko and Avdol entered the room and gasped from seeing the dead bodies. Noriko covered her mouth to prevent any screaming that would come out.

Joseph walked over the controls and saw the numbers of the altitude dropping massively.

"Shit." Joseph muttered. "Not only we're losing altitude but that bastard destroyed the auto-pilot! We're going to crash!"

"Crash?!" Noriko said.

"BWAHAHAHAHA!"

Everyone turned around to see the old geezer still alive.

"What the-?!" Jotaro wondered.

"My Stand, Tower of Gray, the Tower Taroth card, signifies calamity and interruptions of journeys! None of you will be able to reach Lord Dio! Even if you manage to live through the crash, you're still more than ten-thousand kilometers away from Egypt! Those who swore loyalty to Dio will pursue you relentlessly! You don't stand a chance against him! There are Stands in this world beyond your wildest imaginations!" The old geezer pointed at the Crusaders.

"Lord Dio's power is the one that rules over all of them! You bastards won't be able to reach him alive! Your deaths will be swift and painful!" He collapsed to the ground finally passing away.

The two attendants who witnessed the whole thing gasped in horror.

"You're both definitely professionals. It's a good thing you didn't scream, it annoys the fucking hell out of me." Jotaro remarked.

"Now I got a request for both of you. Get everyone to put on their life-jackets, this Old Man right here will make an emergency landing on water." Jotaro declared.

Joseph was about to protest from his grandson's request but crossed his arms.

"G-Got it, sir!" One of the women said and both attendants left the cockpit.

Jotaro leaned over at his grandfather.

"Gramps..." He whispered.

Joseph sighed, "Well, I do have experience from flying propeller planes, but this..."

"Propeller planes?" Noriko raised a brow.

"Jotaro, this will be my third plane crash." Joseph stated.

"Have you ever heard of someone being in a plane crashthree times? Let alone surviving each one."

Everyone sighed as they looked away. Noriko facepalmed her face.

Jotaro glanced back at his father with narrowed eyes.

"Well that settles it then, I am never riding in a damn plane with you ever again." Jotaro said sternly.

Hong Kong, China

The Crusaders and all passengers on board made it through the crash and were now in Hong Kong, China.

Jotaro, Noriko and Avdol waited across the street for Joseph, who was making a phone call to a friend.

"Hey big guy!" A man shouted.

The Crusaders turned to the shop they stood next to, seeing the man behind the register.

"You're all not from around here, huh? Want some rice porridge? You can't just stop by in Hong Kong and not try it out!" He picked up a drink on the side. "We also have hot cola too!"

"Hot cola? That's new, but I would like to try out the rice porridge." Noriko said and looked over at Jotaro. "Hey Jojo, did you know that unlike in Japan, rice porridge is a staple food in Hong Kong. To some is quite a delicacy."

She turned back at the owner of the shop lifting up a finger. "I would like one rice porridge, please. Make it the popular way with pork and century egg if you have it." She ordered with a smile.

"Coming right up, ma'am!"

Avdol glanced at the owner. "Well in that case I would like-"

"Hey!" Joseph shouted.

They all averted their gaze at the elder Joestar.

"What? You all think we have time to eat?! We'll stop at my old favorite and you can wait to stuff your faces there!" He said as he walked over to the group.

"Hey! You dandy guy over there! You seem interested in trying some of our Hong Kong hot cola!" The owner said.

"Hot cola?! What kind of shit is that?! Everyone knows cola is supposed to be cold!" Joseph snapped at him.

"So who were you calling, Gramps?" Jotaro queried.

"I'll explain everything once we get to the shop." Joseph responded. "We're going to need a plan on how we're going to get to Egypt safely and quickly as possible."

Noriko placed a hand under her chin, "A plan?"

"Mr. Joestar. The only possible way for us to get to Egypt is by plane but we cannot allow more innocent civilians to be hurt by this." Avdol asserted.

"You're not wrong, Avdol. At this rate is near impossible to go by plane to Egypt. That's why we're not going by plane anymore. We'll either go by land or sea." Joseph proposed as he and the group sat in a table in his friend's shop.

"However, if we don't make it to Egypt within fifty days, Ms. Holly will..." Avdol trailed off as everything became silent.

They all knew if they didn't make it to Egypt and kill Dio, Jotaro's mother whose Joseph's daughter, will die from the curse.

A waitress came by and served them tea. Joseph thanked the woman as she left.

"If we had stayed in the plane and not been attacked, we would've made it to Cairo by now." Noriko muttered quietly, taking a sip of her tea.

"I'm fully aware of that, Noriko." Joseph acknowledged. "But it's still too soon to panic over it." He assured with a smile.

"It was over a century ago when Jules Verne wrote Around The World In Eighty-Days, traveling forty-thousand kilometers. Mind you that it was in the era where they used steamboats and steam engines."

"So even if we don't go to Egypt by plane, we can still cover the ten-thousand kilometers within fifty-days." Joseph pulled out a map from his coat pocket.

He placed the map on the table for everyone to see. "As for how we get there," He pointed their location on the map.

"We're going by sea." He proposed. "We'll charter a good-sized boat and head around the Malaysian peninsula and cross the Indian ocean. It'll be the Silk Road of the sea."

Avdol nodded with an agreement. "I also agree that's best, Mr. Joestar. Crossing the border by land may bring us trouble, and if we run into any trouble when traveling through the Himalayas or the desert, that'll eat up a lot of time. It's too dangerous."

"Sorry but I haven't been to those places using either route, so I can't offer a valid opinion. I'll leave it up to the both of you." Noriko said.

Jotaro sighed and nodded. "Same here."

"Then it has been decided then." Joseph said as he put away the map. "The only danger that lies ahead are the Stand users that are sent by Dio."

"We'll need to do our best to get to Egypt without being spotted." Joseph warned.

Before Noriko could take a sip from her tea, she didn't realize she had finished it. Looking into the pot, it was empty from everyone drinking the tea.

She lifted the lid off the teapot, leaving it slightly opened.

Jotaro notices this and gave her a confused stare.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

Noriko giggled. "In Hong Kong, if you leave the lid of the teapot like this, it means you want more tea and they'll bring you more."

The same waitress arrived and poured tea into Noriko's cup.

"And when they pour tea into your cup, you do this," Noriko double tapped the table with her index finger.

"It means thank you." Noriko smiled at the woman, who returned the smile before walking away.

"You sure do know a lot about China's culture." Jotaro remarked.

"Well I always been interested in learning different cultures from around the world. Just in case I ever visit those places." Noriko explained as she took a drink from her tea.

"What country would you like to visit?" Jotaro asked.

Noriko tapped her chin twice. "Hmm. I'm not exactly sure. I would like to visit a lot of countries. The main one would have to be Italy."

"Italy you say?" Joseph intervened, "I haven't been to Italy in fifty-years!"

"Fifty-years?! How's it like over there?!" Noriko queried, interested to know more.

"Pardon me, mademoiselle, but do all of you have a moment?" A man with tall silver-hair said as he approached the Crusaders, covering his face with the menu. He had a French accent.

"I am tourist from France and I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the menu." He closed the menu, revealing his face.

"Could ya help me out here?" He asked.

"Talk about annoying. Fuck off." Jotaro snapped at him.

"Jotaro there's no need to be rude! Give him a break." Joseph scolded at his grandson and glanced at the Frenchman. He held out his hand so the man could give him the menu.

"I've been to Hong Kong countless of times so I'm able to at least read the kanji from the menu. Why don't you come join us?" Joseph suggested.

"Sure." The Frenchman said as he sat between Avdol and Joseph.

Joseph ordered for everyone and when the food arrived to their table, they had a displeased look on their faces.

"Well this is completely different from what Mr. Joestar ordered..." Noriko noted.

"Gimme a break..." Jotaro sighed.

"AHAHAHA! Whoops!" Joseph laughed. "But don't worry, it doesn't matter what you order because the food taste great! Now let's eat!"

Everyone gave each other a brief glance of disgust but grabbed their chopsticks and began eating.

Noriko gasp from taking a bite from what was inside the clam dish.

"Wow! This taste delicious!" She said.

"Like I said, it tastes great doesn't it?" Joseph laughed once again.

"Well, they sure took their time in preparing this." The Frenchman picked up a star-shaped carrot. "Just look at the detail they did on this star."

The man leaned a bit forward. "It reminds me of someone..." He trailed off as his tone changed.

Everyone shot a glare at the man.

"Ah, that's right. A friend of mine has the exact same mark on the base of his neck..."

"Are you...another enemy?!" Noriko queried as she gritted her teeth.

The Frenchman smirked and placed the carrot on his neck. The rice porridge began to bubble and Avdol widened his eyes.

"Mr. Joestar! Watch out!" He shouted as a sword came out of the bowl.

Before it could strike Joseph, he managed to capture the blade between his fingers with his artificial hand.

"It's a Stand!" Joseph stated.

Avdol threw the table over and called out his Stand.

"Magician's Red!"

His Stand blew fire at the enemy's Stand. The sword-man Stand swirled its blade around, capturing the flames and tossing them onto a table. The flames imitated as a clock on the table.

"H-His sword is really fast!" Noriko pointed out.

"My Stand is the Chariot Card! Silver Chariot!" The Frenchman said and glared at Avdol.

"Mohammed, Avdol! It seems as if I will be disposing of you first!" He declared. "I've carved a burning clock into that table. You'll die before it strikes twelve!"

To Be Continued...

You guys weren't expecting Noriko's parents being mentioned now, huh? I didn't like that we only knew Kakyoin's mother in the original SDC and we never knew her name either so I thought why not give them names and include the father as well. I hope they're not terrible the names I picked out but I hope you guys like it! Cya next time!