It's finally here so be prepared for the Rerorerorerorero!
It's about to be 5AM and I'm ready to knock out _(:3 」∠)_
Anne and Jotaro were at the bottom of the stairs in the main lobby waiting for Noriko. Apparently, Noriko had forgotten her wallet pouch when she and Jotaro picked up Anne from the hotel room. Bringing the girl along was Noriko's idea since she promised Anne they would explore around the city and buy her ice cream.
Within a few minutes, Noriko walked up to two.
"How did you get here so fast?" Anne queried.
The girl's hotel room wasn't close by so it was strange to how Noriko managed to retrieve her wallet that quick.
Ignoring Anne's question, Jotaro turned at Noriko.
"You got what you need?" Jotaro asked.
Noriko silently nodded and they all proceed to head out.
Anne, Jotaro and Noriko walked down the streets not far from the hotel. As they were quietly walking, Jotaro noticed that Noriko hasn't said a single word ever since they left the hotel. It's unusual for Noriko to remain quiet for this long. She would usually talk about interesting facts about her interests, which the delinquent actually found intriguing.
Anne smiled with a gasp when she spotted a small ice cream shop and sprinted her way over there.
The owner, who had spiky hair with shades above his forehead, was casually whistling and turned his attention at Anne.
"Why welcome!" The owner greeted.
"May I have ice cream please?" Anne ordered.
"You see little girl, ice cream is great and all but this baby right here!" The owner picked up one of the coconuts. "I recommend trying out one of these, they're chilled coconut juice!"
"Come on, try it." He offered.
Noriko and Jotaro approach from behind.
"I guess we'll give it a chance." Jotaro said. "Give us three."
"Why thank you! That'll be twelve dollars!" The owner said with a smile.
Anne glared at the shop owner. "Twelve dollars?! Make it six!"
Noriko pulled out her wallet pouch to pay her own beverage.
"Don't worry I got." Jotaro said as he took his own wallet out.
Noriko put her hand down that held the wallet pouch but was snatched away by a thief.
"I'll take that Miss! Hehe! The man snickered as he made a run for it.
Noriko furrowed her brows and summoned her Stand to trip over the man.
The thief fell on to the concrete, dropping the wallet and turned around seeing Noriko already behind him.
She stared down at the man with a dark menacing look.
"You little piece of shit!" She snarled. "Did you really think you could get away with my wallet that easily?!"
Both Anne and Jotaro turned their attention at Noriko.
"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" Noriko kicked the man's face with her knee.
Blood immediately gushed out of the thief's nose.
"AAAGGHHH!"
"Noriko!" Jotaro shouted as Anne widened her eyes in shock.
"You scumbag," Noriko said coldly as she tossed the man back to the ground. "Did I look like an easy pick to you?! How dare you lay a finger on my PRECIOUS WALLET!"
"I-I'm sorry, M-Miss!" The man stammered with his hands up in defense.
"You think an apology will make me forgive you?!" Noriko seethed. "What you did is unforgivable!" She summoned Hierophant Green again and the Stand's tentacles wrapped each arm and leg of the thief, holding him down in place.
"E-Eh?! W-Why can't I move?!" The man panicked.
"I'm not letting you get away with this." Noriko said as she walked closer to the man, she was now standing between his legs.
"Now you'll suffer from your actions! How dare you lay a finger on my PRECIOUS WALLET?!" She stomped on the man's crotch.
"GYAHH!" The man shrieked.
This made Jotaro and even the owner of the shop wince from seeing that.
Noriko repeatedly stomped on the man's crotch as her Stand began pulling each arm and leg. Her eyes were filled with rage and hatred, a side Jotaro has never seen before. He has never seen her like this even when they fought against enemy Stands.
Anne stood there frozen in place, she was speechless from what she was witnessing.
"Noriko that's enough!" Jotaro called her out again but Noriko continued to hurt the man.
"P-Please! S-Stop! I-I'll never steal again! I-It hurts too much!" The man pleaded as he felt as he was about to be torn apart. His bones were beginning to crack.
"Apologizing won't cut it you shithead!" Noriko shouted.
"PLEASE STOP!"
"I said that's enough, Noriko! Didn't you fucking hear me?!" Jotaro yelled at the girl.
He walked over to Noriko and roughly pulled her away and used Star Platinum to pull Hierophant Green away.
The delinquent crouched next to the culprit. The thief placed both hands on his crotch as he kept whimpering from the pain.
"Jesus, Noriko," Jotaro then gazed up at Noriko. "What the hell has gotten into you?"
Noriko picked up her wallet pouch and turned to the side, she glanced back at Jotaro with a menacing stare but it quickly diminished when she rubbed her arm.
"You know that actually hurt," She said nonchalantly. "Hurting a girl isn't what men do, Jojo."
"You were going to tear that man apart with your Stand." Jotaro replied as he rose back up and holstered his hands back in his pockets.
Anne rejoined the two teens with a chilled coconut juice in hand.
"I have a reason for that. That man was trying to steal my wallet. He was committing a crime and criminals should be punished for it." Noriko grabbed Anne's coconut juice and seductively placed the straw in her mouth while staring at Jotaro.
"Am I wrong for punishing a thief? Jotaro~." She said his named flirtatiously and began sipping the chilled coconut juice.
Jotaro doesn't respond, he was mad at her for what she did.
"Why are you looking at me like that? You're looking at me as if I killed the man."
Noriko waited a moment for the delinquent to respond and continued, "At least answer me god damn it! You can't possibly be mad at me for defending myself when that little bastard needed a lesson!" She pointed down at the thief.
The man on the ground rolled over and quickly crawled away. At the same time, a group of little kids ran up to a tree finding four beetles on it. Noriko briefly turned around to see and turned her attention back at Jotaro.
She giggled, "Come on, Jojo~!" Her tone changed a bit seductive and walked up to Jotaro.
"No need to make a big deal out of this, darling!" Noriko placed a hand on his forearm. "I'm just having a bad day that's all. This trip has exhausted me so I'm a little worked up from it, you know?"
"And maybe I did go a bit too far on the guy..." She gazed up at the delinquent innocently.
Jotaro's angered face softened, maybe Noriko was just in a foul mood. But then again, she shouldn't have taken it out on strangers nor on anyone.
Jotaro turned around and felt Noriko's hand slip away from his arm, "Just don't do that shit again. We need to buy those train tickets for India before its late." He began walking away. "We'll take a cable car to the Singapore Station to get there."
Noriko took another sip of the chilled coconut juice and looked back, the little children ran off and she stared at the four beetles that were on the tree.
Anne took a few steps forward and turned around, Noriko was still behind with her back turned.
"Noriko, Jojo is already getting ahead of us." Anne said.
A slurp and crunchy sound came from Noriko.
"Hm? D-Don't worry, I'll catch up." Noriko muffled out.
Anne smiled and turned to the side, "Jeez, Noriko, I didn't know you really liked coconuts." She turned around and followed behind Jotaro.
Noriko glanced to the side with a small twig-like shape sticking out of her mouth. It appeared the shape of the beetle's leg and she quickly put it inside her mouth and ate it.
"Why of course, I do love coconuts..." She murmured quietly in a creepy tone.
The four beetles that were on the tree were all gone.
While waiting for the cable car, Jotaro and Anne stood by the railings, gazing at the skyscrapers. Jotaro had purchased himself an ice cream and Anne ate all of hers already.
"Hey, Jojo~." Noriko said as she walked up to him.
"Are you going to eat that cherry from your ice cream or not? If not, then I would gladly take it." She grabbed the cherry and pushed Jotaro over the railings.
"Uh-Oh! You better watch out darling!" She shouted with a devious grin.
"AAH! Jojo!" Anne screamed and reached out to grab Jotaro.
Noriko laughed, "Hahahaha! I'm just kidding Jojo! It was a prank!"
Jotaro got back on his feet and glared at Noriko. He saw her bite the cherry out of its stem. Not swallowing the cherry, she began to twirl it around with her tongue.
"Rerorerorerorerorerorerorero..." Her tongue rolled the cherry rapidly. She kept it going until the cherry slipped out.
"Whoops." She chuckled and reached down, grabbing it again and ate it this time.
With their own eyes, it appeared Noriko grew an inch or two.
"W-What's wrong with Noriko?! It's like she's a different person!" Anne thought.
Noriko looked at Jotaro, noticing his stare.
"There you go looking at me like that again. Why's that? You're not having dirty thoughts of my tongue doing that somewhere down below, aren't you?" She said seductively and smirked. She walked up to Jotaro and placed a hand on his shoulder. Pressing her body firmly against his, she leaned her head forward by his ear.
"Is that what it is, Jojo? Are you sexually frustrated? If you are, maybe I can help you..." She whispered while her other hand rubbed his chest.
Jotaro's hat shadowed over his eyes, he was hiding the faint blush on his cheeks but at the same time he was getting pissed and annoyed. He realized what could be the cause of Noriko acting like this and it wasn't that she was in a bad mood.
Ever since they left the hotel, she's been acting strange.
He shoved her away and Noriko stared at him in confusion.
"You don't have to push me like that, you bastard!" She snapped at him and at the same time a cable car behind them arrived.
"Get on the cable car." Jotaro said as he bawled up his fist tightly.
"Hm?" Noriko raised a brow.
"It just arrived so get the fuck on." Jotaro seethed and narrowed his eyes.
"I should've known this sooner that you're not the real Noriko, you clone-ass fucker!"
Noriko widened her eyes and was punched right in the face. Her jaw split apart as she was thrown into the cable car.
Jotaro frowned, "What the hell?!"
"AAH! Jojo what's wrong with you?!" Anne screamed. "How could you just hit her like that?!"
Jotaro doesn't answer and walked into the cable car.
"HAHA! Wow! I can't believe it took you this long to realize what I was!" 'Noriko's' voice was changing deeper, turning into a male's voice.
The fake 'Noriko' stood back up, the clone was much taller than Jotaro and barely touched the top of the cable car.
"Who the fuck are you?" Jotaro inquired as he narrowed his eyes. "What the hell is this? Is this a Stand? No…I was able to hit it with my fist. Is it possible that there's other Stands out there that I can touch?!"
The cable car doors closed and began to move.
"Jojo!" Anne shouted as she chased the cable car but stopped. She saw a pay phone nearby and sprinted her way there to make a phone call.
"You see Jotaro, I have the power to combine with any flesh that my Stand consumes. That allows my Stand to be seen and touched even for those who aren't Stand users." The fake 'Noriko' explained. Her face was melting more and more into a yellow gooey-slime.
"My name is Rubber Soul, I represent the Temperance card, which is Yellow Temperance!" Her entire body became a gooey-slime and revealed a shirtless man with long curly black hair that was brushed back.
"This is my true form! You see how handsome I am?" Rubber Soul said.
"Before you start attacking me, there should be something else you should know." He continued. "Take a good look on your hand. There's a piece of my Stand from the punch you gave me."
Jotaro immediately glanced down at his hand and sees the small yellow slime on the side of his pinky.
"So let me only say this once, Jotaro! If you touch it, it will just spread all over!" Rubber Soul warned.
"Now come on, why don't you try picking your nose or any part of body with that hand. And another note, my Stand is a slow eater. It also gets bigger the more it eats and it will never come off!"
Jotaro furrowed his brows, "Y-You asshole!"
"ORA!" Star Platinum charged at Rubber Soul.
"ORA WHAT, JOTARO?! When I digest you, I'll shove your own shit down your throat!" Rubber Soul's Stand wrapped around Star Platinum's arm.
Rubber Soul laughed as he saw Jotaro hissed in pain. The delinquent felt a burning sensation all over his arm.
"T-This burns!" Jotaro thought and glared at Rubber Soul.
"W-Why you…!"
The elder Joestar heard the phone ringing and reached over to pick it up.
"Hello?" Joseph answered the phone.
"J-Jojo's grandpa! We're in major trouble!" Anne shouted through the line.
"Anne? What's wrong?" Joseph asked as he looked over at Avdol.
Avdol put his book down and stood up. He walked up behind the elder Joestar.
"I-Is Noriko!"
"Noriko?!" Joseph questioned as both men's expressions became serious and concerned.
"Could it be that she betrayed us already?" Avdol wondered.
"I-I don't know how to explain it but Noriko really isn't Noriko! And right now Jojo is fighting with Noriko in the cable car and some kind of slime is eating his finger! We're in big trouble!" Anne panicked.
"Anne, I need you to calm down, where are you?"
Anne looked over her shoulder and back at the phone, "We're at the cable car station near the trade center! I-I don't know what to do! Jojo is being attacked! He's being attacked by Noriko!"
"Come back to the hotel as soon a possible, Anne. It's too dangerous for you to be alone right now especially that Jotaro is in danger." Joseph demanded.
"Did someone say my name?" A feminine voice asked the two men in the room.
Joseph and Avdol turned their gaze at the door and saw Noriko entering the room.
She was wearing a dark green one-piece swim suit with straps and off shoulder ruffles. A towel was wrapped around her hips and another one draped over her shoulders. Her hair was wet and had on a white sunny floppy hat.
"Where have you been?" Joseph inquired.
"Since Jojo and Anne left me behind, I went to the clothing store and bought myself a swimsuit to sunbathe by the poolside and swim for a bit." Noriko replied casually. "It's been a while since I wore a swimsuit or even go to the pool so I thought going right now would be best before we depart tomorrow." She sat on one of the fancy chairs, "But It ended shortly when the guys there kept trying to hit up on me so I decided to come back to the hotel." She nervously chuckled at the end with a small blush on her cheeks.
"Well that's a relief. You're the real one. Anne, that means your Noriko is an imposter!"
Noriko widened her eyes as she immediately rose from her chair, "An imposter?! Mr. Joestar what are you talking about?!"
"I know that already!" Anne yelled.
"AAAH!"
"What happened, Anne?!" Joseph asked, ignoring Noriko.
"Mr. Joestar what do you mean an imposter of myself?!" Noriko then turned at Avdol. "Mr. Avdol what's going on?! Is there another enemy Stand user already?!" She desperately asked.
"I-It's Jojo! Jojo just jumped out of the cable car!" Anne cried out.
Jotaro jumped out through the window and reached out with his arm to grab the edge of a tower next to him. He missed but brought out Star Platinum to grab the edge.
He climbed up and glanced at his hand. "Tch, Gimme a damn break..." He muttered.
"A Stand that absorbs flesh? Its gradually eating my finger..." He got back on his feet on top of the tower and looked over at Rubber Soul.
"Before we fight, I'll have to do something about this damn Stand of his. Worst case scenario I might have to chop off my own finger..."
Rubber Soul smirked, "You really think you got away from me? Well I have some news for you bastard! My Stand, Yellow Temperance has no weakness!"
"You're such a fool, Jotaro! You didn't escape, I have no need to chase after you when my Stand will just devour you! You fucking bitch! GAHAHAHAHAHA!" His laugh echoed the farther he went with the cable car.
Jotaro searched through his pocket and pulled out a lighter. He lit it up and moved it close to his other hand.
"This will hurt like a son of a bitch but I don't really have a choice." Jotaro placed the flame onto the yellow slime on his finger.
Instead of burning and going away, it spread out more.
Jotaro groaned, "What the fuck?! It only made it spread!"
"Damn it, what else should I do?!" He looked up and saw an upcoming cable car.
He saw a little boy inside licking a popsicle and thought of another idea. He took a deep breath and began running.
He jumped off the tower and grabbed onto the cable car with the help of Star Platinum. Breaking the door open and stepping in, there a woman, the little boy, a dog barking at him with its owner asleep.
"Pardon me," Jotaro said.
"My goodness, that sure is a bizarre entrance." The woman remarked.
"Don't mind me ma'am." Jotaro crouched in-front of the boy.
"Hey kid, I'm gonna borrow your popsicle for a second." Jotaro said as he grabbed the boy's iced popsicle.
The little boy began to tear up.
"Hey! Why are you bothering that child?" The woman asked.
"Is he yours?"
"Of course not but-"
"Then shut the fuck up and enjoy the view." Jotaro replied and turned his head back at the child.
"Sorry kid but when we get down, I'll buy you a new one, whatever kind you want, alright?" Jotaro told the child.
The little boy nodded as he sniffled.
Jotaro returned to his full height, "If I can't burn it off then…" He placed the ice pop onto the yellow slime.
In an instant the yellow slime turned into spikes and dug deeper into Jotaro's hand.
Jotaro groaned from the pain, "Motherfucker!" He muttered.
"It just made it even worse!"
"You really are stupid. Fire and Ice won't work on it you bastard!" The woman said.
Jotaro widened his eyes and glanced at the woman.
She blew her nose and fondled her own breast, "Like I said, there's no weakness and you won't find any weak points to it!" Her legs formed into the yellow slime, covering all over the dog that was below her. Yellow Temperance was devouring the mammal as it whimpered.
"You stupid bitch! GAHAHAHAHA!"
"Papa! Papa! The puppy! Something's happening to our puppy!" The little boy roused his father to awaken from his slumber.
"You bastard. You were already in this damn cable car!" Jotaro snarled.
The father opened his eyes and gasped. He started pulling on the dog's leash. "P-Pocky!"
"Stop pulling on it! Just let go!" Jotaro warned but it was too late.
The dog's head came off and both the father and son screamed from the horror.
"I'm here to finish you off, Jotaro!" The woman fully transformed into Rubber Soul.
Jotaro frowned and quickly brought out Star Platinum. His Stand grabbed a bar that was on the ceiling of the cable car and charged at Rubber Soul.
"ORA!"
Rubber Soul widened his eyes, he was amazed at the speed of Jotaro's Star Platinum.
"Holy shit you're fast! However…" He smirked as his Yellow Temperance stopped the attack and devoured the metal bar, crushing it.
"How many times do I have to keep telling you that it has no weakness! Have you even been paying attention, you fucking imbecile?!"
Rubber Soul continued, "My Stand is like an armor that consumes energy, a barrier that fights back! It doesn't matter if you're fast or strong, you're completely hopeless before my Yellow Temperance! You can't even escape unless you cut off your own hand!"
Yellow Temperance spread around the cable car, "DO YOU UNDERSTAAAAAAAANNNNDDD?!"
"Now you're trapped! It's impossible for you to win! You're not getting out of this until you're digested! I'll eat you up!"
"Hmph. Good grief…" Jotaro said as his frowned diminished to his usual stoic expression. "This damn thing really has no weakness, it might be even the strongest Stands I've ever faced. What a terrifying ability. But there is one thing…"
Rubber Soul raised a brow.
"The Kujo Family, actually no…The Joestar family always has its own philosophy when it comes to fighting. This strategy can fight through any obstacle, you still haven't won yet."
"Really now? What could it possibly be?"
"That's to…" Bring out his Star Platinum, the warrior-like Stand punched a hole through the bottom of the cable car.
"…to run away!" The delinquent jumped out with Rubber Soul following him.
Noriko ran down at the harbor frantically searching for Jotaro. From what Joseph told her, Jotaro had jumped off the cable car near the Trade Center. Finding the place wasn't difficult but seeing what was below was the harbor and decided to check if perhaps the delinquent was there. The red-headed teen was still in her swimsuit and using sandals to run (which was a terrible idea).
Noriko stopped when she heard someone calling her.
"Miss! Miss wait!" A man shouted.
Noriko looked around but didn't see the person who was calling her.
"Right here miss! In the water! Please help me!" Noriko walked towards the edge of the harbor and saw a shirtless man with long black hair.
He was wounded with a bloody face and missing a couple of front teeth.
Noriko crouched down and held out her hand. "Grab my hand sir!"
"Noriko, don't!" Jotaro yelled.
Noriko turned her attention at Jotaro. "Jojo?!"
Rubber Soul smirked and Yellow Temperance wrapped around Noriko, pulling her down against the manhole below her. At the same time, a drain that was next to Jotaro, Yellow Temperance came out and grabbed him. The delinquent was pulled against the drain, cracking the cement.
"What the hell is this?!" Noriko shouted as she struggled, her arms and legs were bound together.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Rubber Soul laughed as he stood next to Noriko. "Luck must be definitely on my side! Now you and Noriko can't attack me! GAHAHAHAHA!"
"The manhole that your little friend here was standing on is connected to that same drain you were next to! Talk about luck, huh? Looks like the all the information I gave you about the man with two right-arms is a waste after all!"
Noriko widened her eyes with a gasp, "T-The man with two right-arms?!" She groaned as she felt the burning sensation around her body. "Isn't that the person who killed Polnareff's sister?!"
"Time to enjoy a lobster feast from that drain and crush both of you idiots! Dio placed a 100-million-dollar bounty on you and that Old Man Joseph! To think I'm making that much money from a few minutes of fighting! Aren't I really lucky, you shitheads!" Rubber Soul said.
Jotaro sighed and glanced at Rubber Soul, "Good grief..."
"I get that it's hard to look at yourself objectively, but come on. You haven't realized it? The real way you were lucky..."
Star Platinum lifted up an arm and punched the drain, doing a water-pressure punch.
"...is that you got off with just a broken nose until now!"
Both Noriko and Rubber Soul were thrown up in the air.
"W-What the-?! A water-pressure punch?! How?!"
The manhole's cover smacked Rubber Soul in the face, injuring his face even more.
Rubber Soul landed back in the water and Jotaro caught Noriko in his arms on time.
"You're not hurt, are you?" Jotaro asked as he looked down at the teen.
"No, I'm fine." Noriko replied as she got off his arms. She glanced up at him with a smile, "Thanks."
Her cute smile made Jotaro's heart raced. He doesn't know why but he was worried that Rubber Soul had hurt her the moment his Yellow Temperance got her. He was glad that she was okay and turned his eyes at Rubber Soul who resurfaced.
The man yelped when Hierophant's appendages wrapped around his form.
Jotaro walked up to him with hands holstered in his pockets.
"H-Hehehe... I-I was just kidding M-Mr. Jotaro!" Rubber Soul stammered with a nervous smile. "I was only messing around now, come on! Don't tell me you took all stuff I said serious now! Hahahaha..."
"Y-You're not gonna punch me anymore, right? You've already fucked up my face by breaking my nose and my jaw will have to be wired shut...hahahaha..." He nervously laughed.
"Shut the fuck up already, there's no words for me left to tell you. You're beyond pathetic, I'm done wasting my breath..."
Jotaro summons Star Platinum and pulverizes the man as Hierophant held the man in place.
"ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA!"
After purchasing the train tickets, both teens returned to the hotel and reunited in Joseph and Avdol's room. Jotaro had new information to tell everyone. When Jotaro was fighting against Rubber Soul, he managed to get Rubber Soul to talk and tell him the upcoming enemies who were on their way.
They are Death, Emperor, Empress and The Hanged Man.
From what Rubber Soul said, The Hanged Man, who's user is J. Geil, is the person responsible for the death of Polnareff's sister. Sadly, Rubber Soul didn't know the full details of The Hanged Man's abilities but he gave a clue of what it uses.
A mirror.
Rubber Soul claimed that he heard J. Geil's Stand ability uses a mirror and that Polnareff had no chance of defeating him.
Polnareff was told about the incident after his release during dinner. His demeanor changed and excused himself from the table as the others continued eating their food in silence. No one bothered to go after the French, it was obvious he wanted to be alone.
The next day, the Crusaders got into their train and were finally heading to India. Though it would take days or weeks to get there from the routes they're taking.
"So we're finally on our way to India." Polnareff commented as he stared out the window.
He turned his attention to everyone.
"By the way, where is that girl Anne?" He asked.
"She stayed behind at the hotel." Joseph replied.
"She did come all the way from Hong Kong to Singapore to meet her father." Avdol added with a smile.
"Pfft! That story about meeting her father sounded fishy to me. I bet she's just a run away." Polnareff said and turned at Jotaro.
"Though, it does sound a bit too quiet without her, am I right Jojo?"
Jotaro smirked.
Noriko glanced at Jotaro, "That Stand you fought yesterday sure is creepy. I can't believe there's a Stand that can disguise itself as another person." She looked down at Jotaro's plate and gasped.
"Jojo! I don't want to sound rude but may I have your cherries? They're my favorite!" She pointed at the cherries.
"Sure, go ahead."
"Thank you!" Noriko said cheerfully as she grabbed one of the cherries and placed it in her mouth. Turning her attention at the window, she began playing with the small fruit with her tongue just like the fake Noriko did.
"Rerorerorerorerorero..."
Jotaro cringed from what he was seeing. He thought the fake Noriko did that on purpose to mess with him but it seemed that Rubber Soul must've watched Noriko for a while in order to know her habits.
Even though he was suppose to find it annoying and gross, he thought Noriko looked cute doing that.
Where the hell did that come from?
Jotaro sighed as he brushed that thought away and rested the side of his face against his hand. He closed his eyes as he muttered something under his breath.
"Good grief…"
To Be Continued…