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「Starfall」walked throughout the halls of the school while carefully avoiding everyone's line of sight.
"The Stand users could be anyone. If I'm spotted, then finding them would be impossible...and my life could potentially be over if their Stand could manipulate the world into labeling me as a criminal." Whitley thought with a grimace while using「Starfall」to find the Stand users.
「Starfall」hid behind corners, hid on the ceiling, and stayed inside walls and floors to avoid being seen.
No matter how improbable it was, even if the chances of running into the Stand users were one in a million, he must stay hidden and unseen, he wasn't going to take any chances with this.
Eventually, he reached where he wanted to be while completely unseen.
The principal's office.
Phasing through the door, he carefully looked around the room as he saw the principal sitting on his desk, currently, doing nothing as he seemed to not have any work to do at the moment as so he was watching a show on his hologram desk computer.
Whitley, through「Starfall」's eyes, stared warily at him. Then, he immediately charged at the principal, swinging a fist towards their face.
Then stopping an inch away from contact.
"...So your not a Stand user...good. That's a relief." The Stand of Whitley Schnee let out a sigh of relief.
"..." The Stand stared at the non Stand user a for a bit, thinking, then frowning as his eyes gained a terrible realization on what he has to do now.
"I know you can't hear me...but I'm very sorry on what I have to do now..." Whitley said full of regret, his Stand gaining the expression of his tone.
「Starfall」's fingers tapped the unaware principal's throat. As then immediately, the principal's eyes widened, his hands holding his throat, trying to gasp for air but there was a gravitational force pushing and keeping air out.
「Starfall」looked at him with guilt, regret and horror for what he's doing. Thr Stand put a hand on his mouth and tried looking away, but couldn't as he needed to make sure he didn't suffocate the terrified principal who didn't know what was going on.
"I'm sorry! I need to use your desk computer. I can't use it when you leave as then you would turn it off when I don't know the password for it! So...Please...Just...pass out..."
The Stand looked at his with pain and regret...then, the principal went unconscious from the lack of air.
The unconscious man was then carried over to lay on a sofa as Whitley made sure he was breathing but still unconscious.
"Sorry..." With one last pained look, the Stand then went over to the hologram desk computer.
「Starfall」then looked through the student files, his black eyes with shining blue iris, stared at the student pictures until he found a recognizable face.
"...There you are." He saw the Stand user who wielded「Peekaboo」. The student file had displayed the name and many more.
He ignored the name and a lot of other information on the file. He only focused on one thing, the classroom this Stand user was in.
Then, he put up the security footage, rewinding it, then played it while only staring at a specific camera footage. One that showed「Peekaboo」's Stand user leaving his classroom.
"Now, show me who are the remaining Stand users."「Starfall」grinned as he played the footage at a faster speed as he could process it with his inhuman reactions.
—[S.B.L]—
In an unused empty classroom, Nomak Schrodinger couldn't sit still and enjoy the paradise that he and his partner in crime had created with this school. He was getting a horrible feeling that something bad was about to happen.
"Hey~ Let's have Nomak~" A female student of the school said as she latched onto his arm while giving him a lustfull gaze.
Nomak couldn't even enjoy the attention he was being given right now. Not even the fact her clothes were hanging so loosely that they could fall off at any moment.
"Not now. Leave me be." He told her off as she wordlessly complied with his words, leaving him with his nervous thoughts.
"...It's been minutes. Devo hasn't reported back yet...did that Schnee defeat him? Was the Schnee's Stand strong enough to defeat「Peekaboo」? A Stand, out of the three of us, was the strongest one in direct combat?"
Nomak couldn't help but shiver at this thought. He knew his, Pink's, and Devo's Stands capabilities...and he knew, in a direct combat situation,「False Words」was the weakest and「Peekaboo」was the strongest out of the three of them.
While, yeah, he knew his Stand was capable of manipulating the memories and perspectives of a target, such as making everyone and everything perceive an apple as a pen, an ugly bastard as a young handsome man, or the most hated person as the most loved person
But this can only happen as long as he could get his Stand to latch on to the target...and getting his Stand onto another Stand user was full of risks and danger.
「False Words」might very well be the best in infiltration and unseen and unexpected ambushes...but he knew, if any Stand user survived and saw through his tricks...his Stand is outright useless in real combat.
No real physical power. No speed to rush towards the enemy user. No durability to survive attacks.
「False Words」wasn't a fighter...which was why he, Nomak Schrodinger, relied on others to do the fighting.
"Mmm~ Haha! Now, now girls. There's plenty of me to share. No need to fight~" Nomak heard his partner, Pink Natori said towards two girls who were fighting for his lips as well as the seat, that is, Pink's lap.
Pink was enjoying the paradise. Not even worried of any similar thoughts Nomak was having.
"Aren't you a little worried?! Devo hasn't come back or reported anything back to us yet!" Nomak yelled, the fact that Pink was so calm in this situation didn't help.
"Hah! I wouldn't worry. Devo's「Peekaboo」is a horrible match up for that Schnee's Stand." Pink scoffed and said in full of confidence.
"Besides...how do you think Schnee can even find us when he doesn't know our 'names' or 'faces'?" He smirked at the answer that he knew was the only conclusion.
"The Schnee can't...and even if he did, your Stand,「False Words」, the ability to manipulate the memories and perspectives relating to the target your Stand latches on to. The Schnee could never hope to find...let alone catch us."
Devo looked at him in thought. He thought of the points Pink had. How would the Schnee figure out who they were? If he did, couldn't he just use his Stand to solve the issue of them being found out?
His tense body relaxed from the paranoia and nervousness of the Schnee.
"Heh...I guess I'm worried about nothing then..." Devo let out a sigh and a smirk.
"URSHAAAA!!!!"
"W-WHAT?!"
"G—hak?! Wha—grk!!!"
It happened in an instant,「Starfall」came from the ground, it's fist connecting to Devo's head and punched him to the ground, with gravity holding the Stand user down.
Devo eyes frantically looked around in pain, trying to look at the source. A million confusing thoughts going through his mind. "H-how...? Wha...what is hap—!?"
"Impossible?! How did you even find us?!" Pink stared wide eyed in shock at seeing the Schnee's which stood above Devo's body who looked at him in confusion.
"It was luck...really. It was that I was just really lucky in this moment"「Starfall」said while looking down wearily at Devo's body which was twitching and mumbling incoherent words with a confused and scared look pointed at Pink.
"If not...maybe it was karma...perhaps even fate?" The Stand shrugged, a smirk forming at his blue humanoid face as he saw Devo's body going unconscious.
"Kya!?!?"
"A-Aah...?!!!"
The girls in the room, the ones that were just straddling Pink earlier, now had horrified and confused expressions, all while staring at Pink.
"...Well, I expected this entire situation to be horrible...didn't think it was the aftermath of a rape plot of a hentai."「Starfall」glared with disgust in his eyes towards Pink.
"No..." Pink eyes widened in realization. Staring at his hands, his body. Pink Natori could now feel, see, perceive and remember his body.
"You..." Seething rage was all he could feel right now as he glared at the Schnee's Stand.
"You Bastard!!!"
"I should be saying that to you." Whitley glared down the real Pink Natori, a semblance of a probably once good looking man, now fat bastard who has let himself go revealed to the world.
"Grr!!!「Vision Of Love」!!!" A fat pink coloured Stand came out of its users body. Heart-shaped armour pieces and pink tubes and wires all around its body. Yellow illuminating eyes along with an open mouth. A needle present on every single finger tip.
「Vision Of Love」started its attack by swiping its needle tipped hands at「Starfall」. Whitley's Stand dodged out of the way with its arms up ready to defend or attack.
"Two or three meters, that's his range." Whitley assessed his enemy's abilitieswhile he had「Starfall」dodged the swipes from those needle hands and staying at the limit of「Vision Of Love」's range. "And whatever his ability is, it must be activated through those needles."
"He's slow, his Stand's speed and movements aren't anything compared to mine, so he's staying at the end of my range limit." Pink glared as he thought.
「Vision Of Love」then a pointed finger gun at「Starfall」who quickly picked up on what the enemy Stand was about to do.
"LOOOVVVVUUUUUU!!!"「Vision Of Love」yelled out as pink liquid shot out like a high pressure water cutter.
「Starfall」moved, that pink liquid was aimed towards where his heart was.
"Argk!!!" Whitley grunted, he managed to move and avoid getting shot in the heart. But he still got hit in his left shoulder.
"Yatta!「Vision Of Love」has won!" Pink declared his victory at his attack had hit.
"W-what?"「Starfall」said with a confused expression. What did he mean he had won? What was that pink liquid to make it so that Pink Natori to think he had won the battle?
Grinning, Pink started to laugh, the sheer euphoric feeling he was getting at the sight of the situation causing him to cackle and laugh.
"Ghahahaha!!! You lose Whitley Schnee! In a few more moments,「Vision Of Love」's aphrodisiac will bring your entire mind and body under my control!"
"...the...hell...?"「Starfall」held his head, Whitley doing the same, they felt weird, they felt hot, their body felt hot.
"「Vision Of Love」, that is my Stand. The ability to secrete a gas or liquid which would made anyone who either inhaled or injected with it, go madly in love with me, to the point they would do anything for me!"
Pink cackled at Whitley's predicament. "It's only a matter of time before your mind and body be helpless against me."
「Starfall」looked at his shoulder which had pink veins quickly starting to spread from the wound on the shoulder. His eyes then gazed on Pink's form. He breathed heavily, he could feel his hormones starting to go wild by just staring at Pink's body.
Whitley gritted his teeth. He felt disgusted and violated by「Vision Of Love」's ability. He constantly tried to hold on to his anger, to try and focus at beating this guy's bo-
"Nope! Bad thoughts! Bad thoughts! Dirty disgusting thoughts!" Whitley thought as his body and mind both wanted to simultaneously puke and...ugh.
"Just give in, Schnee. This is a hopeless endeavor. Others like Devo who have fought have tried had all failed. So give up, at least you'll have more use as a pawn of my desires." Pink said in a mocking tone.
"Haa...u...uur..."「Starfall」panted, his right fist clenched.
"Ha! You think you can land a blow on me? In your condition?" Pink smirked out of sheer mocking confidence,「Vision Of Love」standing beside him. "Go ahead, try it~"
"Ha~..." Whitley,「Starfall」, took a deep breath.
"URSHAAA!!!!" And let out a war cry as he punched his left shoulder.
"What are you doing...?" Pink looked on with a confused expression at the unexpected move.
"GgrrrAAAARRRGGHKKK!!!"「Starfall」yelled out a cry of pain, as his shoulder folded, compressed...his shoulder turned inside out.
The pink liquid, spashed and dripped out of the surface-inverted shoulder, no longer going through the Stand's body.
Pink stared in shock, his ability was countered?!
"Impossible?!"
"...Bring it."「Starfall」glared at「Vision Of Love」with murderous intent. "Let's see if your Stand can land a blow on mine."
"Tch!「Vision Of Love」!!!" Pink looked offended at Whitley even suggesting his Stand could even beat his Stand.
"LOOOOVVVVUUUUUU!!!"「Vision Of Love」's fist clenched, it was no longer trying to inject Whitley with its aphrodisiac, now it was just going to kill the Schnee, by caving the skull in.
The perception of time seemed to slow down for the both of them, as a Stand's fist rippled through the air and connected with the enemy's Stand.
BAAANNNGGG!!!*
A loud bang echoed through the Stand users ears, like a gunshot just fired through the room.
"Go to hell." Whitley said, giving this bastard a death stare.
Pink stared in shock, pain surging through his body, starting from his stomach.「Starfall」had somehow outspeeded「Vision Of Love」.
"URSHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
Pink could only stare wide eyed as somehow「Starfall」's fists, the Stand's very movements, was moving faster than his own!
"How is this possible?!" Pink thought while he was being pummeled everywhere on his body. The loud bangs similar to guns firing ringing everytime「Starfall」's punch connected. "He shouldn't be able to move this fast?!"
"SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA—"
Barrage after barrage.「Starfall」's fists were blurs to the human eyes, even huntsman would be struggling to keep track of its fist. The attacks were so fast they were almost creating after images.
But how? How is「Starfall」able to this?
Gravity.
Like light cannot escape the pull of a blackhole.「Starfall」's fists is pulled by its own gravity, causing its fists to move faster then they naturally can. Effectively breaking the natural limits of its speed and power.
"SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA SHA!"
"N-No—ooO!!! It ca-An't e-Endd like thi—"
"URRRSSHHAAAAAAAA!!!!"
「Starfall」's fist punched the side of Pink's head. The Stand had then, dragged its gravitational pull downwards to the ground, slamming the enemy Stand user's head to the floor.
"Gk-KraAKKkhhr!?!" An incoherent sound exited Pink's mouth from that hit. Blood spewed out from the nose and mouth. His brain processing all the painful sensations throughout his body, the broken bones, dislocations, bruised skin and possibly organs. His eyes unfocused as his mind slipped into unconsciousness
"Ha...ha...ha..."「Starfall」stared at the unconscious bastard while he undid his shoulder which was turned inside-out. Then he looked at his hands, bloody and cracked knuckles, almost shattred hands.
"This technique allowed me to break my normal limitations...limitations that I was not supposed to break. Like a human fist trying to break concrete. You might break the concrete, but doing so causes harm."
"...what the fuck?" A female voice spoke as「Starfall」turned to look at the two scared and confused girls in the room with him.
"...Oh. Right. Only Stand users can see Stands...must be weird for these two to see all this."「Starfall」said before disappearing in motes of light, signaling the Stand had returned to the user.
[ Stand:「Vision Of Love」. User: Pink Natori ]
[ Status: RETIRED ]
—[S.B.L]—
Minutes later, Atlas Military appeared along with Whitley's huntsman bodyguards on the scene. A few paramedics appeared as well to take care of the few injured. And a few curious citizens showed up to know what was all the fuss about.
The Atlas Military questioned every student, especially Whitley who was conscious and bloody and the two girls that were present at the Stand battle.
Atlas Military was unable to come to a proper conclusion on what had happened due to everyone attending the school having confusing and conflicting actions in their memory.
An old fat bastard who they happily looked up to and admired? Willingly betraying best friends who they would never so much as think of betraying? Being fine at watching your significant other doing it with a fat bastard?
All of this. Happening for almost two decades with no one reporting to anyone.
This bizarre and unexpected crime would forever have people scratch their heads on how this all went unnoticed for so long.
Some Atlas Military concluded it was a mind or memory manipulation based semblance. But this was quickly disapproved as no one had their aura unlocked, especially the three unconscious suspects in this incident.
Pink Natori. Devo Velocity. Nomak Schrodinger.
These three suspects did not have their aura unlocked, so it was unsure on how they could have done it without a semblance.
But, Atlas Military can confirm that Pink Natori is a sex offender and would be sent to prison.
Nomak Schrodinger and Devo Velocity would go into custody of Atlas Military for questioning of their involvement of the crime scene when they awake.
Whitley Schnee was questioned of his involvement in all of this, but the police could not find any connection he would believably have to this crime scene due to no aura or semblance and he was found outside of the school along with unusual wounds caused by the concrete road ripped out and shot into his body.
Whitley Schnee would be cleared of any suspicion and would receive aid from the paramedics.
Many female students and teachers that had been victims of Pink Natori would get therapy at what they've been through.
In conclusion to all this, Atlas Military would have Pink Natori behind bars and possibly two accomplices joining him if they were willingly involved. The school would be closed for a long time and educating their students would have to be put on hold.
—[S.B.L]—
"Good grief...this is one hell of a day." Whitley sighed as he slightly winced at touching his knuckles as well as feeling the slight stinging pain all over his body.
"At least it's over now...Pink's heading to jail...hopefully, Devo won't follow if what Pink said about him being formerly against him and joined against his will" Whitley thought over the two Stand users he just had face.
"And...Nomak Schrodinger..." Whitley couldn't help but grimace at thinking about him.
"「False Words」, what a terrifying Stand. The ability to manipulate everyone and anything's perception and memories of what the Stand latches on to...that ability is terrifying."
Whitley thought back the entire fight with the three Stand User's. He knows enough about Pink and Devo...but Nomak was the one he had the least amount of interactions with.
Hell, he didn't even know what「False Words」even looks like.
"...?" Whitley raised an eyebrow at his memories on Nomak Schrodinger, specifically on his easy defeat by「Starfall」unexpectedly ambushing him from behind.
Whitley remembered Nomak's defeat perfectly. He was the most dangerous one, he knew Nomak had to go down first and fast.
"...Why was he confused?" Whitley could perfectly remember his face when the ambush succeeded. Nomak had a confused and scared look...that was pointed at Pink.
"He...he didn't once look at me like I was there." Whitley thought outloud.
...
"Shit...the Stand User of「False Words」is still out there!" A rush of adrenaline, fear and paranoia rushed through his body.「Starfall」manifesting in a defensive pose around Whitley.
Both Stand and User stares wearily towards everyone and everything. Whether or not the user of「False Words」was still around or had retreated far far away, Whitley can't confirm anything.
"I can't stay here nor can I trust anyone here." Whitley slowly backed away from everyone, Atlas Military, paramedics, fellow schoolmates, even his bodyguards assigned to him.
"I'm walking home. Even if it takes me hours." Paranoid determination would be word to describe the look in his eyes.
Whitley managed to silently sneak away unnoticed.
—[S.B.L]—
"...This is unexpected." Whitley expected to walk home with the possibility of encountering the Stand User of「False Words」.
He was right in expecting those thoughts. He just think to expect the Stand User to be unconscious, beaten up with several bones clearly broken and a few joints twisted in the wrong ways. Right here in this dark alley
Whitley could see the guy breathing. He was still alive,「False Words」Stand User, now, truly confired his identity is Nomak Schrodinger, was still alive...well, in the condition his body was in right now. He didn't know if would make it for medical attention.
Whitley walked away, not even going to call anyone to help the guy.
"A guy like him with that ability is better off dead than alive." Whitley said to himself as he called a taxi to pick him up.
[ Stand:「False Words」.User: Nomak Schrodinger ]
[ Status: RETIRED ]
—[S.B.L]—
Earlier.
Nomak Schrodinger was running away from the crime scene as he took refuge in an alley.
"Ha! Ha! Haaaa~" Nomak panted in fear, yet...he laughed. He got away. He managed to get away from that Schnee.
"Hehe...haha..HAHAHAHA!!!!" Nomak grinned in pure bliss that he managed to slip under Schnee's nose.
"Go fuck yourself Schnee! No one will ever catch me! Not you! Not Atlas! No Stand User! I'll live any life I want! Hell! Why don't I just take your life Schnee! I'll just get inside your home! No one will think anything was wrong! And when your asleep, I'll just—"
Step*
Nomak cut his adrenaline rushed rant to himself as he heard a footstep heading his direction.
"A faunus? A wolf faunus?" Nomak stared at the person staring at him...which was unlikely as he decided to use his Stand to make everyone and everything unable to perceive him.
"For a faunus, she's pretty good looking despite her weird traits." Nomak stared with lecherous eyes.
She had shoulder length black hair. Fluffy black wolf ears on her head. A black wolf tail. Skin that was quite literally the colour white. Blood red eyes that was just alluring. A slightly above average breast size. Very nice curves. And thighs...just very nice thighs. He also looked about somewhere in her early or is 20.
She also wore a thick black shirt, a big and think grey coat with a hoodie attached to it. Shorts, black leggings for her legs. And also red gloves and boots.
"I know your there Stand User." Nomak froze in place. "Your crimes involving those other two Stand Users won't go unpunished now. Not as long as I'm here."
This faunus woman glared DIRECTLY at HIM. She could him, when she really shouldn't be able to!
"How can you s-" Nomak was about ask how she could see him, but got cut off by her.
"How I can see you is none of your concern. The only concern you should have right now is paying for your sins against humanity. In the name of justice!"
Nomak gritted his teeth in anger as well as fear at this faunus, at this filthy faunus.
He tried stepping out of the faunus's line of sight, just incase she was bluffing in being able to see him.
But her eyes still followed him. She could still "see" him.
"Let's make this quick. My friend, Bowie just smelled someone related to an arrow." The wolf faunus Stand User said.
"Bowie...? The cat...?" Nomak couldn't think further on that thought as the last thing he saw were two pairs of blood red eyes.
—[ To Be Continued ]—》
—[Stand Stats]—
Stand Name:「Vision Of Love」
Stand User: Pink Natori
Power: B
Speed: A
Persistence: C
Precision: D
Range: E
Potential: D
Ability: The ability to make anyone be madly infatuated with the user to the point they would do anything for them. This ability works through spreading out a form of gas or injecting a liquid into the body.
—[End of Stand Sheet]—
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Well, that ends this whole arc. Now we can finally move foward with the real plot I for this entire story!
Next time, we can finally focus more on Jacques Schnee. Someone I've been planing to truly use for months now!
And who's this wolf faunus? What's with her and the arrow here?
And Bowie. Do you guy's still remember Bowie? The cat that's a Stand user that showed up randomly that one time and messed with Whitley? Still remember that cat?
Anyways, hope you all enjoyed!