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A winter storm arrived in my area and it's been very COLD! Texas isn't meant for this type of weather! (ﾒ` ﾛ ´)
If you're also being affected by this storm, stay safe!

Anyway, I've been having a little more free time to work on the chapters but it's still not guaranteed to be constantly updating every week D: but I hope it won't take as long like months to post a new chapter. o)

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Alessi's Divine Set, Part 1

While Joseph and Avdol were fighting Mariah and moments before the others began their search for them, Jotaro, Noriko and Polnareff watched a group of children playing in the mud in front of them. They were roleplaying as if they were in a fancy restaurant.

The three little girls hummed happily as one of them used a mug to scoop up some mud.

"Here you go ma'am! Your bourbon whiskey and soda on the rocks. Enjoy." She hands her friend the mug.

"Oh, yummy!" The friend said and pretended to gulp down the so-called drink.

"My, you sure drank that quickly for this time of morning, ma'am!" The girl remarked.

"Why don't worry about it," The friend waved her hand, dismissing the comment. "My husband's on an important business trip and won't be back for a week." She chuckled.

"Now try some of this cake!" One of them suggested.

"Why don't mind if I do, ma'am!"

Polnareff and Noriko smiled as they watched the children play in their little world.

Polnareff chuckled, "Oh what I'd give to be a kid again…"

Noriko's smile instantly faded, seeing the children play made her think about her own childhood. She didn't get to experience playing with friends during recess or hang out with friends after school. She was always alone since nobody could see her Stand. She wondered if she and Jotaro would've been friends if they went to the same school as children.

"It's almost nine o' clock." Jotaro spoke up as he looked at his watch, snapping Noriko out of her thoughts.

Both Noriko and Polnareff averted their eyes at Jotaro.

"Could it be that they encountered an enemy?" Noriko asked.

Jotaro nodded and Polnareff stood back on his feet.

"Then shall we go look for them?" Polnareff asked.

"Yeah, but good grief…" Jotaro muttered before turning around to look for their companions.

Noriko kneeled down and patted Iggy's head, "Come on, let's go." She told the Boston Terrier.

Standing back up, she followed behind Polnareff and Jotaro. Iggy barked in annoyance.

"I know, Iggy. We're all hungry too. We'll eat breakfast very soon, don't worry." Noriko assured him.

Iggy grumbled and ran off elsewhere.

"H-Hey! Where are you going, Iggy?" Polnareff shouted. He let out a sigh, "Jesus, you dumb dog…"

"He'll be fine, Polnareff." Noriko said.

"Let's go." Jotaro said.

As the three Crusaders were heading back inside the hotel, a child approached the three girls who were playing in the mud.

"Hey! Let me play too!" He said.

"No way! You're way too fussy!" One of the girls said while the other stuck her tongue out in disgust.

"Hey, there's no need to be like that-" The little boy bumped into a man.

The girls gasped, the boy had dropped his bucket filled with mud and it spilled all over the man's white pants. The boy rubbed the back of his head as he sat up and glanced at the tall stranger who stood before him.

The man had a strange hairstyle that looked like a dust mop with decorative beads hanging underneath.

The boy's expression changed to a frightened one while the man gazed down at him.

The man walked over to the little boy and kneeled down to the boy's height with a sigh. "Little boy, I'm glad you didn't cry. Very good, are you okay?" He asked in a gentle, soothing tone.

The boy silently nodded.

"Little boy, how old are you?"

The small child lifted his hand, showing him four fingers.

"Four, eh? Hmm… Very good. What's your papa doing right now?"

"He's working." The boy answered.

The man placed his hand on the boy's shoulder with a smirk, "So papa's away at work? Very good! What about your mama?"

The boy stood up from the ground.

"She's at home doing laundry..."

"Very good!" The man said. "So you're playing here all by yourself?" He asked.

The boy smiled and simply nodded.

In an instant, the man's attitude changed.

"Then as punishment for getting mud on my pants, I'm gonna beat the hell out of you!" He yelled at the boy. "So how will you pay for this, huh?! How many years you're gonna force me to wait before you're old enough to pay me back?! You spoiled brat!"

He grabbed the little boy by the collar before he could have a chance to run. The three girls stood from afar in fear. The man lifted his hand, formed it into a fist and punched him twice.

"MAMA!" The boy cried as he ran off.

The other girls took off running as well.

"Hmph!" The man huffed in annoyance and glanced at the direction of where the Crusaders went.

"While Joestar and Avdol are busy fighting Mariah, I, the great Alessi, will kill Jotaro, Noriko and Polnareff. They're quite strong but I'll do what I must to beat them. Ahh… Very good, me." He then let out a hysterical laugh.

The Crusaders new enemy is Alessi. His Stand represents Set, the god of storms and violence. He has a habit of repeating the phrase "Very good."

Inside the hotel, Jotaro, Noriko and Polnareff made it to Joseph and Avdol's room. They stood in front of their companion's room.

"Noriko, Polnareff, both of you stay alert." Jotaro warned, standing in front of the two.

Both Crusaders affirmed with a nod.

Jotaro turned the doorknob and opened the door. They all stepped inside the room, finding neither Joseph and Avdol. Polnareff moved a chair that was in the way as he walked over to the window.

"Mr. Joestar and Avdol aren't here." Polnareff stated.

Observing the room, nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary. "It doesn't look like anything happened here either." Noriko pointed out.

Jotaro looked at the bathroom door and walked over to it. He opens it, "Old Man, Avdol. Are you both here?" He called them out but received no answer.

The lights of the bathroom were off and it appeared nothing happened in there either.

Noriko frowned, her suspicions might've been right. "JoJo." She spoke up, "I believe they have encountered an enemy."

Jotaro glanced at Noriko, "Yeah…"

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Not too far from the hotel, Iggy strolled around the city of Luxor, looking for something to eat since he was tired of waiting.

"That looks so good." A woman nearby said to the man walking beside her.

Iggy's ears perked up from the woman's voice. Looking up, the man next to the woman was holding a sandwich.

"Would you let me have a bite, please?" She asked.

"Yeah, sure. Go ahead." The man replied.

Iggy, with a mischievous smirk on his face, jumped and snatched the sandwich off the man's hand.

"H-Hey! My kebab sandwich! G-Give it back you thieving mutt!" The man shouted.

Iggy sprinted far enough from the couple and hid behind a crate. He began eating the sandwich. Enjoying his meal, he stopped when he heard a loud crashing sound. He walked over from where it came from and found Joseph and Avdol in the middle of a battle.

Mariah stood between the two men with a smile.

"A pincer attack, you say?" Mariah asked in a teasing tone. "You both sure are clueless. You think you have me cornered but it's really me who has you cornered! Look above you!" In a swift move, she threw a knife above and cut the electrical power lines.

"HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES!" Joseph cried out.

"Curses! Power lines are-"

Mariah laughed, "Yes! The power lines are magnetic!" She stated, cutting Avdol off. "You'll burn to a crisp!"

Seeing a few power lines coming his way, Avdol called out his Magician's Red and burned them. Unfortunately for Joseph, he could only summon his Hermit Purple and stop the wires from reaching him.

"Avdol is able to defend himself with his flames, but as for you, Joseph Joestar, you don't stand a chance." Mariah pointed out. She pulled out three more knives, "The difference between my Divine Bastet and your Hermit Purple…" She tossed the knives in the air once more, cutting more power lines.

"...IS GREATER THAN YOU CAN COMPREHEND!"

After watching the battle for a moment, Iggy decided to turn around and walk away instead of helping Joseph and Avdol.

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Near the hotel was a plaza and that's where the other three Crusaders were at. They were searching for Joseph and Avdol. Noriko and Jotaro talked to each other while Polnareff walked behind them. The sound of jingling bells caught the Frenchman's attention. His blue eyes briefly took a glimpse at whoever was following them.

It was Alessi, he was keeping his distance but also following behind them with a menacing aura surrounding him.

Noticing that he was still trailing them, Polnareff turned around and stared at him while the two teens continued walking. The intense stare made Alessi stop and look elsewhere, pretending as if he was looking for something.

"Uh…Um… Hmmm, I dropped some change. Jeez, where could it be?" Alessi asked himself, searching through his pockets.

"Hey," Polnareff began, "Why do you keep following us and staring at our backs?" He queried.

Alessi doesn't give the Frenchman an answer and hummed to himself.

"I sense a murderous intent in you." Polnareff said, approaching Alessi.

"Huh?" Alessi looked left and right before settling his eyes back on Polnareff. "I'm sorry, were you speaking to me? I-I have no idea what you are talking about…" He said, pretending to sound oblivious. "I got these eyes from my parents. They can't be murderous…" He looked around the ground and picked up a coin.

"Ah! I found the coin I dropped." He said.

Not trusting anything Alessi told him, an idea came into mind.

"Oh? Then I guess I'll just have to find out if you're a Stand user or not…" Polnareff smirked, summoning his Stand Silver Chariot right above him. "MYSELF!" Silver Chariot charged at Alessi.

Alessi narrowed his eyes, the dark shadow below him opened its humanoid eyes and extended over to Polnareff.

The Frenchman gasped and quickly jumped to dodge the attack.

"T-That was close…!" Polnareff said in relief. Landing back on his feet to the side, he shot a glare at Alessi.

"So you are a Stand user!" He clarified.

Alessi had a devious smirk on face and huffed. He then turned out and took off running to the opposite direction of where Noriko and Jotaro were walking.

"So you're running off now?! Polnareff yelled.

"Hey, Jotaro, Noriko! There's an enemy!"

The Frenchman's shout grabbed the couple's attention. They stopped and turned around, seeing their friend no longer with them.

"An enemy showed up!"

Noriko and Jotaro looked around the plaza and there was no sight of Polnareff anywhere but they heard his voice.

"Polnareff?" Jotaro said.

"Where are you, Polnareff?!" Noriko shouted.

"Noriko, Jotaro, over here!"

They heard his voice again but they still didn't see their silver-haired friend anywhere.

"Jotaro," Noriko glanced at Jotaro. "I don't know where that idiot went but we have to look for him quickly. We heard him shouting, he probably encountered an enemy already."

Meanwhile Polnareff continued to chase Alessi.

"Come back here, you!" Polnareff shouted.

They both turned to an alley. The enemy was farther and farther away in each turn they made but Polnareff also noticed his voice sounded different, it was a higher pitch…? And his height was shorter too…?

"Why the heck is he so fast?!" Polnareff asked himself. "He's already so far ahead, wait…why does my voice sound like this?"

Alessi ran out the alley and Polnareff lost sight of him. Turning to a corner, the Frenchman ran into someone who was much taller than me. He fell on his back on the ground and groaned. Blinking a couple times for his eyes to adjust as he sat up, he noticed his shoes were much bigger.

"W-What happened to my shoes? Why are they huge!"

"Hey, that's not safe." The man Polnareff ran into said. "You'll get hit by a car if you run in the road like that. You're lucky you hit me instead."

"Shut up you dumbass! Watch who you're talking to, bigmouth!" Polnareff snapped at the man. "Now move you moron! I'm chasing someone!"

The man's face grew dark and picked him up by the collar.

"W-Woah! H-Hey, what are you doing?! W-Wait! W-What?!" Polnareff kicked his feet around and was confused. How was this guy able to pick him up with only one hand? Just how tall is he? Not only that, but his face and hands are huge.

"Hey! Watch your mouth you brat! I'll show you what happens when you disrespect an adult!" The man punched Polnareff and dropped him to the ground. "Get rid of those baggy clothes! And quit pretending to be an adult! You snot-nosed brat…" And with that, the man walked away.

"Y-You jerk!" Polnareff struggled to stand back up when suddenly a cheerful dog ran up to him and began licking his face. "EH! What the heck?!" He shoved the dog to the side and saw a man on a bicycle heading his way.

"Move it kid! You're in the way!" The person riding the bicycle said.

Polnareff quickly rolled away to the side.

"W-What the hell…?" He blinked a couple times. "It's like everyone got huge!" He turned his head to the side, finding a dusty window. He could barely see the silhouette of his figure from it. He approached the window and wiped the dust off of it with his hand.

His eyes widened in horror. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"I-I'm a kid?!" Polnareff cried out.

He walked closer to the window and began making faces, even pressing his body against the glass to confirm what was happening wasn't a dream.

"N-No way! T-This really is me! I turned into a kid! Is this really happening?!" He panicked. "No way! No way! No way!" He gasped when he remembered what happened earlier with his encounter with Alessi.

"I-It was that guy's Stand…" He muttered to himself. "That creepy guy's shadow-like Stand! When our shadows touched, he used his power on me!" He placed his hands on his cheeks. "H-How could this happen?! Damn it, this is bad! This is really bad!"

He spotted two figures walking past him from the window's reflection. He recognized the familiar long black coat and the long wavy red hair. He gasped, it was his friends and approached the two from behind.

"Jo-!" Polnareff reached out his hand to them.

Both Noriko and Jotaro turned around seeing a small child, not knowing it was Polnareff.

"Jo… uhh… Jo… N-No… Jay… Jackie… J-!" Polnareff turned over to Noriko. "No… Nori… Nariko.. N-No… that's not it…" He was starting to get angry at himself. He doesn't know why but he couldn't remember their names even though he knows who they are. He knew they could help him out of his situation but why, why can't he remember?

Noriko kneeled down to his height. "Hey little guy, have you happened to see a French guy walk around here? He's about the same height as him," She pointed over at Jotaro. "And his hair looks a lot like yours."

"T-That's me! That's me! Me! Me!" Polnareff pointed at himself, hoping they believed him.

Jotaro sighed and holstered his hands in his pockets. "Gimme a break… Asking a child was a mistake. Let's keep looking." He turned around and continued walking.

Noriko stood up and left Polnareff behind.

"W-What?! W-Wait!" Polnareff attempted to go after them but someone stepped out of the alleyway next to him.

It was no other than Alessi, smirking down at him.

He chuckled, "Now that you have a body of a child, your mind is also reverting back to that of a child's. Your memories are regressing to those you had at this age."

Polnareff stared at him in shock, "I'll forget things I knew as an adult?!" He grunted, placing a hand on the side of head. "H-He's right… I can already feel it…"

Alessi snickered and walked a couple steps toward Polnareff, "Has the time come? Preying on the weak… I love it! Very good, me."

Polnareff grimaced and glanced at his companions. He attempted to run to them but Alessi blocked his path.

"Woah, there! You're not going anywhere, brat." He laughed and crouched down to Polnareff's height and lowered his voice. "I have to tell you this quietly, but preying on the weak makes me feel really good. I won't deny that I'm pretty messed up but you know what they say, if you think you're weird then you're really not that weird. So I'm not weird, right? One thing I know for sure is that I'm not gonna lose to some stinkin' kid!"

Polnareff looked behind Alessi, reaching his hand out. "Hey guys over there whose names I can't remember, help- GYAAGHH!"

Alessi kicked him hard in the stomach.

Both Noriko and Jotaro turned around after hearing the little kid's voice but he was nowhere to be seen.

"I could've sworn I heard that little boy calling us just now." Noriko said.

"I heard him too but he's not here anymore." Jotaro said.

Noriko averted her eyes to Jotaro, "JoJo, I know this may sound weird but didn't you find it strange that he resembled a lot like Polnareff? He had his hair, earrings, shoes, even the same clothes that Polnareff always wears." She stated.

"You're right. If you want, we could split up and look for him. The quicker we find him the quicker we find Avdol and the Old Man." Jotaro said.

Noriko nodded in agreement, "Let's meet up at the hotel in an hour if we don't find anything, alright?" And with that, both teens parted away from each other, going in opposite directions.

Without noticing, Noriko walked past the alleyway Alessi was hiding with Polnareff hanging on a wooden ceiling behind him.

Polnareff groaned from the immense pain, it was almost hard to speak from the hit he just took. Alessi was peeking out of the alleyway, waiting for Noriko to be far enough from them.

The enemy averted his attention back to Polnareff, "So you see, my mission is to dispose of you." He explained while Polnareff struggled to get out.

"It's a shame really…" He moved his loose-fitting shirt to the side, revealing a pistol he had hidden. Taking it out, he put on the suppressor as he continued. "...but I have no time to mess with you."

He aimed the pistol at Polnareff. The Frenchman gasped, his eyes widened in fear, could this be the end already? Alessi snickered and pulled the trigger, shooting multiple times at Polnareff.

Polnareff flinched but none of the bullets hit him, instead they were deflected. Alessi gasped in shock and recognized the silver clad-armored Stand.

"That's Silver Chariot, huh? Well, I suppose that means you've had your Stand since you were a child. However…" Alessi lowered his pistol as the smoke emitted from it.

Polnareff glanced at his Stand and screamed, "M-My Chariot! Even Silver Chariot is a kid! It's super weak and the sword is bent!"

"Since my Divine Set turned you into a child, your mental strength has also regressed into that of a child's." Alessi explained, putting his weapon away. "So in effect, your Stand is a child now, too. The same as it was when you were this age." He laughed. "Do you get it now? It would appear so…" The other side of his loose-fitting shirt, he revealed an ax he also had hidden. "Very good."

Alessi's Divine Set appeared, the humanoid eyes on the shadow opened below him. The Stand was also holding an ax like its user. The Stand slowly moved towards Polnareff and Silver Chariot.

"However, despite its lack of strength, you can still use your Stand. So, my Stand will take care of you." The shadow Stand raised the ax above its head, getting closer and closer to Polnareff.

"DIE, POLNAREFF! YOU'RE MINE!"

"OH NOOOO!" Both Polnareff and Silver Chariot screamed in unison.

The ax hit Silver Chariot's blade, snapping it off its hilt.

"Oh no! It snapped off!" Polnareff cried out.

Alessi laughed but that quickly ended when Silver Chariot's blade landed on his neck, stabbing him. Blood gushed out as the enemy screamed from the agonizing pain.

"S-Serves you right! I-I meant to do it!" Polnareff said, even though in reality he didn't think that would happen at all.

"I-It hurts! It hurt!" Alessi continued wailing in pain as he fell on the ground kicking his legs everywhere.

Taking his opportunity to escape, Polnareff managed to get himself off the wooden ceiling and fell on the ground. He tried to quickly crawl away but was stopped when he met a beautiful woman face to face.

The woman was in shock from the current state Polnareff was in. There was blood trailing on his forehead and the side of his face.

"Are you okay, little boy?" The young woman asked, approaching him.

Polnareff averted his eyes to Alessi but he was already gone. There was blood on the ground that had gushed out of the man's neck.

"H-He's gone… Of course, the moment there's another adult around he runs away. It saved me this time but that's still pretty scary." Polnareff thought.

He stood back up and tried to walk away, ignoring the woman's question.

"Wait, little boy." The woman said.

Polnareff stopped and glanced at the woman.

"You're hurt! What happened?"

"Huh? Uh…um…" Polnareff didn't know what he could tell her, she isn't a Stand user and wouldn't understand the situation that's happening.

"What are you mumbling about?" The woman walked over to him and gently grabbed his hand. "We have to treat your wounds. I'll fix you up at my house, come on now…"

Polnareff wanted to let go and leave but decided to go along with her.

"I-I guess I'll go but I've got to find that guy and beat him or I won't be able to turn into an adult! He won't attack when adults are around so I'll have to figure out how to beat him now that I have some time." Polnareff thought to himself

"Oh, that's right…" The woman let go of his hand and kneeled down with her back turned to him. "You're hurt so grab on…" She said, looking over her shoulder to him.

Polnareff did as he was told and the woman carried him to her place. He leaned against her back and a small smile appeared on his face.

"She smells nice…" He commented.

Hidden in the corner, Alessi had a hand placed over his wound on his neck with tears running down his face.

"I-It hurts! Shit!" He grunted. "Like hell I'm gonna keep quiet after a kid makes a fool out of me! To protect my pride as an adult, I'll beat the hell out of him!"

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Arriving at the woman's house, the young woman prepared the bath with warm water. Opening the bathroom door, she stepped inside while Polnareff looked out the window.

"T-That guy… He doesn't seem to be coming after me. I guess he gave up for now…" He was relieved that there was no sight of Alessi anywhere.

"All right, little boy." The woman called him out from the bathroom. "Come to the bathroom with me and take off your clothes."

"H-Huh?" Polnareff walked inside.

"You're covered in dirt, so I'll wash and treat your wounds." She said as she began taking off her scarf and long sleeved dress. She was left with a nightgown that she wore under the dress. She also adjusted her ponytail.

While doing all that, Polnareff was standing behind her, admiring her body in shock. He had a goofy smile on his face and blushed cheeks.

The woman noticed he was just standing still and not doing anything. "What are you doing just standing there for?" She asked but quickly brushed it off. "Oh, all right." A warm smile appeared on her face. "I'll take them off for you. Here, raise your leg."

She pulled down his pants and Polnareff didn't know how to feel in this situation. He knew it was supposed to feel embarrassing but since he was a kid it felt different. And not only that, his wee-wee is small too, which saddened him.

The woman began washing his body as she had Polnareff sitting on her lap and his face was between her breasts. Polnareff had a mixture of excitement and weird feelings about this from being washed.

While feeling like he was in heaven, they were unaware of the angered Stand User that stood behind the closed bathroom door.

"Why you little shit…" Alessi seethed. His Stand, Divine Set, went under the door holding an ax. "I'll cut you in half, then tear you to pieces!"

Sensing something was behind her, the woman turned around but found nothing. Brushing it off, she looked down at Polnareff, his face was all flustered and smirking.

"What are you smirking for?" She picked up a shampoo bottle next to her. "All right, let's wash your hair."

"Huh? No! No, no, no, no, no…" Polnareff whined. "I hate shampoo! It burns my eyes! I hate it!" He got off the woman as he threw a tantrum.

They played a quick game of rock, paper, scissors and monkey do, which Polnareff ended up losing to both.

The woman quietly began shampooing Polnareff's hair. Polnareff kept his eyes closed so none of the product got on his eyes.

"Does it sting?" The woman's voice sounded a bit different.

"Yeah, it stings." Polnareff replied, rubbing the soap out of his eyes.

"Can you wash it by yourself, then?" The woman's voice is a bit deeper now.

"Uh-huh. I can." Polnareff answered.

"Oh? Very good…"

Noticing something was off, Polnareff slowly opened his eyes and gasped in horror. The young nice woman wasn't the one shampooing his hair anymore, it was Alessi!

Alessi wickedly laughed, "I'll say it again! Very good!"

"EEEEHH?! N-No way!" Polnareff cried out.

Divine Set raised its arm holding an ax and charged right at Polnareff.

To be Continued….

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I'll cya in the next one! ～('▽^人)