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I bring you another new fanfic!
A Crossover! Or rather, an AU of Owl House in the JoJoVerse.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN "JoJo's Bizarre Adventures" OR "The Owl House". The glory of such work belongs to Hirohiko Araki and Dana Terrace.
August 10, 2020
Milford, CT
Three young men wearing letterman jackets, giving away that they're high school athletes, were walking and laughing together. People nearby were either walking fast or avoiding eye contact as soon as they noticed those three. Clearly, those guys aren't people someone wants to get involved with. These athletic students were amusing themselves as one of them talked about his latest "fun".
Jock #2: Woah really?
Jock #1: Yep. Caught the little geek eyeing that barista from the café. He couldn't stop staring and was red all across his face.
Jock #3: Seriously? Isn't that lady in her 40s or something?
Jock #1: Yep. Not only did I learn that our little friend there has a thing for older women (Pulls out his cell phone), I also caught a pic of him staring at her!
Jock #2: No Way!
Jock #3: Haha!
Jock #1: He begged me not to show anyone the picture, so I told him if he doesn't want me posting this online when school starts, (Pulls out $20 bill) he has to pay up $20 every week.
Jock #3: Nice!
Jock #2: (Smiles deviously) But you know, we really ought to look out for our fellow students when the school year starts. We don't want them to be unaware of some pervert like him wandering the halls.
Jock#1: (Smiles deviously) It's like you read my mind buddy. School doesn't start for another couple weeks. So once I've collected enough off of him, then we do our duty and "warn" everyone what our buddy here is.
Jocks: Hahahaha!
Caught up in their laughter over someone else's suspense, they didn't realize that they were about to bump into someone. Someone who unbeknownst to them, they'd soon regret meeting.
("Teenager" bumps into Jock #2)
The person they bumped into looked to be a teenager, but younger than them. He was likely to be 16 years old at most. He has straight black hair that reached the back of his neck, but also had golden blonde bangs combed over from the left side of his head in the shape of a bird's wing. His eyes were green. Clothing wise, he is wearing an olive-colored jacket with a black shirt underneath along with dark jeans and black tennis shoes. The only accessory he had on him was a necklace with a padlock with a keyhole in the front. He also had a white backpack with one of the straps over his shoulder.
Jock #2: Hey jackass! Watch where you're going!
Teenager: (Bows) I'm sorry about that. I'll be more careful.
Jock #2: Hey moron, this isn't Japan. "Sorry" isn't gonna cut it. You bumping into me caused me to spill my drink on my jacket. (Rubs his thumb and index finger together) This stain here is gonna cost some dough if I want to get this cleaned.
Teenager: You sure? Judging from that spill, it didn't look like you were drinking coffee or anything like that. If it was anything like water or soda, a simple run through the laundry washer should clean it up.
Jock #1: (Steps forward) Huh? You calling my bro here a liar? That's not very nice.
Teenager: I'm not calling anybody anything. I'm just suggesting that maybe there was a misunderstanding.
Jock #3: The only misunderstanding here is you not knowing who you're talking to.
Jock #1: Yeah. Now that I think about it, I've never seen you around here before. You must be new.
Teenager: I'm just passing through. I'll be out of your hair before you know it.
Jock #1: HOLD IT! You're not leaving until you make things right. I suggest you pay my friend here. Maybe ya got something in that backpack that'll make us look the other way of you bumping into us.
Teenager: I doubt you'd find anything good in my bag.
Jock #1: We'll be the judges of that. Now hand it over stupid.
As the three high school athletes were crowding the 16-year old visitor, shadows covered the young man's eyes. The young man seemed annoyed at these guy's behavior, but he didn't show any intention of fighting or giving in to these tormentors demands. It was almost as if he was waiting for something.
SPLAT
Before anybody realized it, one of the jocks found himself on the receiving end of liquid being dropped on him. But not rain. Rather, a paper cup with something very warm inside.
Jock #2: AHH! What the hell! I'm burning!
Jock #3: What the? Is that coffee? (Looks around) How the hell did that fall on you?
(Jock #3 falls down)
Jock #3: Ow! What the?
The jock that had just fallen on the cement ground looked at his feet and had a look of shock. His shoes were connected to one another through their own shoelaces.
Jock #3: Huh?! How did my shoelaces tie themselves together?
The leader of the group was confused and slight fear as he looked at his friends. Both of them got hit with some sort of bizarre misfortune. All 3 of them had just been threatening some new stranger with all of their eyes on him. Plus, there was no one close to them as the shakedown was taking place. So how is this all happening?
Jock #1: What's…. going on?
Demanding answers, he turns back to the visiting teenage male, but was surprised to discover that not only was the young man not in front of him anymore, he was already running a couple of blocks down the road.
Jock #1: Hey! Get back here! What the hell did you do?!
Customer: What the? Where's my coffee?
Jock #1: Huh?
The unharmed leader looked over on the other side of the street to see a young female customer confused about the whereabouts of her hot cup of joe that she had recently ordered at a coffee shop.
Somehow, the leader put one and two together and realized that it must have been that woman's drink that got dropped on his friend. But how? There's no way she threw it so precisely at his buddy.
Instead of getting deeper into thought, he focused back on the mysterious young man that just ran off. But soon after, the leader was more concerned with the well-being of his friends. He ran to them to see if they were ok.
Jock #1: You guys ok?
Jock #2: Y-yeah, I think I'm ok. Just a little burned on my head.
Jock #3: I think my arm is sprained or something. I fell on my elbow.
Jock #1: Alright! Calm down. I'll just call an ambulance and-
As the leading athlete reached into his pocket, he realized he was feeling nothing but empty space. No phone.
Jock #1: What! My phone is gone!
Jock #2 & #3: Huh?!
Jock #1: (Looks around on the ground) Maybe I dropped it somewhere. Look around and see if you guys can find-
BREAK
As if his search just ended, he turned at the direction of the sound and felt his heart drop as he found his cellphone had been broken with a cracked screen, tiny bits of phone shrapnel around it AND resting in a puddle of rainwater from the showers that had occurred in town earlier.
Jock #1: it? (Falls on his knees)
The leading man had everything he needed to blackmail the "geek" he was bullying, but now, it was gone, just like that.
Just a few minutes ago, this guy and his friends were laughing about blackmailing one of their fellow students and humiliating him about it later on. Then, they bump into some strange mystery guy they've never seen before and when they did, things go downhill in an instant. Whether it's humiliation, injury and now destruction of property. It's as if that young man was nothing but bad luck.
Jock #1: (Turns in the direction the strange kid ran) Who the hell… was that guy?
After giving those arrogant guys the slip, the youth paused to catch his breath. He looked up at the sky, clearing up from the earlier rain, and noticed 6 black birds soaring through the sky.
Teenager: Guess he's gonna have to put that $20 towards a new phone.
(Pulls out a map from his backpack)
As the young man bent his head down to try and identify his location on the map, something is clear to see between the back of his left shoulder and neck, a Star-shaped birthmark.
Teenager: Ah, I see. The ferry terminal shouldn't be too far from here.
(Begins to walk a certain direction)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventures: Birds of Paradise
Episode 1 - Smooth Criminal
Driving through the town of Milford is a light purple car. Inside the vehicle were a mother and daughter of Dominican descent. The older woman that was driving the car had brown hair in a bun and brown eyes while wearing glasses with red and black frames, a green overshirt, dark blue jeans and blue earrings.
The young girl in the front passenger seat looked to be around 16-17 years young and had long brown hair with a maroon beanie and brown eyes. She wore a dark green utility jacket with a short sleeve white and indigo striped shirt underneath, small black earrings, long black skinny jeans and a pair of white loafers. As she looked out the window, she was deep in thought.
Luz: My name is Luz Noceda, and the woman behind the wheel is my mom, Camila. In case you're curious, we're driving back home. We had just recently moved to a new town and we're coming back from a "little trip" on the mainland. Yep, you heard me right, mainland. Our new home is located on an island that's only accessible by ferry. If you think that's weird, that's nothing compared to what happens later on.
After making their way to the town, they made it to a ferry terminal where the mother paid the tollbooth and patiently waited for her turn to drive up into the large boat. As soon as she is designated to an appropriate place to park her vehicle, both she and her daughter got out of the vehicle and made their way to the passenger deck.
After a while, the daughter decided to get some fresh air.
Luz: Mamá, I'm gonna go up front.
Camila: Ok Mija. Please don't cause any trouble.
Luz: Yeah yeah.
As the Latina stared out at the sea, she noticed a young man, that looked to be around her age, close by leaning on the rail. In a matter of seconds, the young man turned to look in her direction. She turned her gaze back at the ocean, trying to ignore the fellow teen. Trying to be polite, the young man decided to break the ice.
Teenager: You visiting?
Luz: What's it to you?
Teenager: Just curious. It's my first time visiting and I thought I'd get to know as much as I can about the island.
Now she knows this kid is new to their upcoming destination. However, that doesn't mean she'll make small talk with him.
Luz: Sorry, but I was told not to talk to strangers.
Teenager: Do I really count as a stranger? You look to be around my age.
Luz: Your point?
Teenager: My name is Jonas Shiobana.
(Luz turns to him)
Luz: Huh? I never asked you for your name.
Jonas: But now that you know it, I'm no longer a stranger right?
Luz: All I know is your name. I don't know anything else about you, dumbass.
Jonas: Well, that's rude.
Luz: Piss off, (Grabs Jonas by his shirt with her left hand) I already had a crappy day. I don't want to waste anymore of it talking to some creep.
Jonas: (Sighs & raises hands) Fine fine. I give. I'll keep my trap shut starting now.
(Ferry Horn)
The latina looked ahead while keeping her grip on the boy and the latter turned his head to see that their destination was within sight, Gravesfield Island.
Narrator: Gravesfield Island. Also known as, "The Boiling Isle". Founded in the year 1635, when the colony of Connecticut was first established, its nickname comes from how the residents of the island celebrate Halloween and how tourists compare its events to be as scary as "Hell" itself. Area: 772.5 square miles. Population: 21,370.
Luz: (Lets go of Jonas) About time. (Turns around and leaves the front deck)
As the young Latina turned away, Jonas noticed her putting a couple dollar bills into her pockets. Jonas quickly deduced that she took that money from him out of his pocket when she got in his face and he turned his head. It's a good thing he had a way to get it back.
Back with Luz, she made her way back to her mother, who was patiently waiting in the passenger deck and reading text messages on her phone.
(Camila looks up to see Luz)
Camila: Ah, Mija. You get enough fresh air?
Luz: Too much if you ask me. (Looks down at Camila's phone) Who ya texting?
Camila: (Sighs) Carmen. Something came up and she's asking me to cover her shift at the vet. Meaning as soon as we get home, I'm driving straight over to work.
As soon as her mother announced that, shadows covered Luz's eyes.
Luz: Sure, might as well get as much money as you can to send me to jail.
Camila: Luz, it's not prison. It's just another school.
Luz: Yeah, reform school.
Camila: Mija, our options were either this or juvenile detention. Besides, New Reality Academy didn't seem as bad as you thought it would be when we visited it today.
Luz: Looks can be deceiving Mamá.
Camila: (Sighs) Mija, I don't want to argue about this again.
After her mother ended the argument, the mother & daughter made their way back down to the car and waited for the ferry to dock. What they didn't notice however, or even saw, was that they had an unexpected guest that flew its way into the car as they opened up the doors to get in.
Currently sitting in the backseat of the vehicle was what looked like a crow. However, this was no ordinary bird. Despite it having a body full of black feathers, legs, talons and beak, it's eyes were different. The eyes were not only gold colored, they were robotic like.
The bird wasn't working on its own though. Right on top of another car behind the Noceda's was another bird with the same appearance. There were others ride beside it on top of other vehicles as well that no one seemed to notice. The only one that did see the crows was someone just walking down from the passenger deck, Jonas. Right behind him, was an unknown figure, the very thing those birds came from.
This figure behind the young man had what looked like a black plague-doctor mask with gold buttons on it and covering its face and what looked like a black wide-brimmed hat. What could be seen under the hat, were the same sort of eyes as the birds that were on top of the cars. As for the body, it was completely covered up by what looked like a closed black-feathered cloak.
Jonas: Smooth Criminal
As the boat docked and the bridge connected to the terminal was lowered, Jonas soon identified the vehicle that contained both his crow AND the young woman that stole his money. Jonas quickly took out his phone and snapped a picture of the car's license plate and watched as it slowly drove off.
Jonas: Money is a necessity in life and I don't appreciate having mine stolen.
(Casually walks in the same direction as the Noceda's car)
As the mother was driving herself and her daughter back to the home they recently moved into, there was tension between the two. Obviously, it involved the argument they had on the ferry.
(Car pulls up to driveway)
When the car stops, Luz opens the door, unaware of a black-bird flying out as soon as she does. After she gets out herself and walks out, Mama Camila had words to share.
Camila: Mija, you still have a few months to settle in here before you start at New Reality.
Luz simply nodded and didn't say anything as she walked up to the door of their home.
Camila: I'll be home later tonight. Cuídate, mija. ¡Te amo!
Luz: Bye Mom (Opens front door, walks through it & closes it)
Luz walked into her home's living room and sat down on the couch and sighed in defeat.
Luz: So much for a "new start".
Saddened by the distance, both metaphorically and literally, Camila sadly pulled out of the driveway and drove off to her job. She didn't even pay any mind to a young teenager that was right across the street from the Noceda household.
(The crow that was in the car lands on Jonas's shoulder.)
(Jonas slides his hand in front of the crow and it becomes a black feather.)
Jonas: It wasn't easy having to keep up with them. The crows can only fly about 50 meters at most while separated from Smooth Criminal's main body and Smooth Criminal itself can only move about 2 meters away from me. I had to jog a few miles just to keep Smooth Criminal within range from the crow in the car. Luckily though, thanks to the crow that was in the car, I now know that the mother will be at work, I just have to focus on getting my money back.
Jonas: Now that I know she's in that house, I have to cover as much ground as I can to know where she's keeping my money.
As soon as he decided what to do, he brought out Smooth Criminal again and it plucked about 10 feathers from its cloak. As it threw the feathers in the air, they quickly morphed into the black birds. Now the crows are surrounding the house, looking through all the windows to see what room that girl is in.
Back with Jonas, he could see whatever his crows were seeing. From the interior of the house, it looked to be average. Standard looking living room, kitchen, basement, bathrooms & half-bathrooms, and decent sized bedrooms.
His focus soon shifted as one of his crows noticed the young Noceda was making her way back towards the front door.
Jonas: What?
Jonas quickly hid behind a tree to avoid the Latina seeing her. Not knowing she was being watched, the Latina made her way out the door and onto the streets where she seemed to be heading somewhere. Jonas didn't know what reasoning she had to leave.
Jonas: Dammit
(The crows fly back to Smooth Criminal where they morph back into feathers on its coat)
Jonas: I should have just let that one crow sneak towards her pocket and pluck my money out of there as soon as she got out of the car. I was too worried about her feeling the crow digging around in there. Even though people can't see Smooth Criminal or its crows, they can still feel them for some reason. Now with her leaving the house, it's going to make things more complicated.
(Jonas follows Luz)
To Be Continued…
Stand: Smooth Criminal
Stand Master: Jonas Shiobana
Destructive Power: C
Speed: B
Range: E
Stamina: A
Precision: C
Development Potential: A
Abilities: This stand can disperse the feathers on its coat into many crows. By itself, it can't go very far, but the crows can fly as far as 50 meters away from the main body. Capable of gathering anything the user demands and using them however the user sees fit. The crow's are able to communicate to one another from different distances, like two ends of a telephone or walkie-talkies.
Namesake: Michael Jackson song "Smooth Criminal" (1987)
That does it for the 1st Chapter!
Now, in case you're wondering, let me clear things up on a couple things:
If any of you are having a hard time visualizing what Jonas looks like, I decided to base his design, more specifically his hair style, off of Shay Obsidian/ Shun Kurosaki from Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V.
YES, for this AU, I decided to base Luz off of her Beta design and assumed personality, whereas I assume is angsty and troubled. You'll see why she's troubled in this AU later down along the road. But just a heads up, a lot of the Owl House characters will be based off of their BETA designs. So look forward to that.
I've decided to make the setting of this fanfic, Gravesfield Island, to be a mix of both the Boiling Isle & Gravesfield. The island itself is smaller in terms of square miles than the actual size of the Boiling Isles/Titan in TOH. I remember Dana Terrace once said that the Titan is roughly the size of the state of Vermont. Instead, I decided to make Gravesfield Island about HALF the size of the state of Rhode Island (772.5 sq mi) just so it can fit within the Long Island Sound. Otherwise, there would be no point in the setting being an island if the land just covers up all of Long Island Sound lol.
As for Jonas's Stand, "Smooth Criminal", I based that off of three anime characters: One, Karasu, a Revolutionary Army captain from One Piece. Two, Mei Mei from Jujutsu Kaisen who uses crows as her cursed technique. And Three, Shigechi from JoJo Diamond is Unbreakable and his stand Harvest since it's made up of hundreds like a colony of ants. I've personally always been fascinated by crows, hence my username, and figured if anime can make use of crows in such unique ways, why not apply it to a JoJo, especially since Shigechi was (SPOILER) killed off so soon without showing its full potential. Also, YES, I could've named it after something as obvious as "Counting Crows", but I thought that'd be to easy. Besides, once you learn more about Jonas, you'll see why I named it "Smooth Criminal".
Anyway, let me know what you guys think and i'll continue on with the next chapter as soon as I can!
See ya next time!