Thank you all for the ideas for defeating Susan! I like what mailemontono said, it needs to be a slow burn, we need to milk her downfall for as long as possible before we can finally end things. And don't worry, she's DEFINITELY going to die. PhantomKnightPercival made a good point too, her lies need to be exposed to the world, and I think I might have a solution.
DeathlyJazzHands55: No, Johnny is not going to die the same way he did in JOJOLION. I've become too attached to him at this point. If I am going to make the JOJOLION sequel, Johnny will probably be a mentor to...well Gappy's counterpart.
Iron: Who knows? Maybe he'll get his own spinoff...or maybe it's someone else...
Also, Diego isn't 15. I mentioned that he is around Giorno's age, but this story takes place years after Vento Aureo. Both Diego and Giorno are in their late twenties.
TheSBRDude: Yeah, but Kyoka doesn't know that yet. Also, I'm going to make sure that every Joestar is going to get a crack at her at some point in the story. Johnny is going to do something pretty violent, after Susan insults someone...
And lastly, thank you! I never thought people would enjoy this story as much as they do now, so to get support like this, it honestly means a lot!
Kosaku Valentine: Looking forward to it!
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"You can get through this, because I believe in you. We can fight back, and we can overcome even the most dire of circumstances. Whenever I went to protect our son, Jotaro would hit me..."
Jolyne sighed and turned off the television. "Yare yare dawa...she's really milking it now, huh? First abandonment, and now saying that he's hit her? All this bullshit is making my head hurt..."
Giorno nodded. "We don't have enough evidence to accuse her of anything...we have the email, but people could just say that we wrote it."
Mista suddenly stood up, clearly a lightbulb went off in his head. "Giorno, Jolyne...her fourth speech is coming up..."
"Mista, while I can understand your fear of the number four, I highly doubt it will stop her."
"No...but it can if we make our move. Polnareff, you're a hacker right? What if we put a computer in the turtle?"
The turtle shuffled it's way over to Mista, and the ghostly crusader poked his head out. "I can hack whatever you want me to, as long as I can get back at that horrible woman!" Mista grinned. "Great! Now Jolyne...how would you feel about talking to your mother again?"
"It already hurts to think about her, but if I can get some justice for my brother, I'll suck it up and say a few things to her." Jolyne said.
Fugo, who was sitting near Giorno, also stood up. "I get it! That's a great idea Mista! She'll never recover from that!"
Mista nodded. "If we can get Susan to talk to Jolyne, she might let a few things slip-"
"And we'll be recording the entire time." Giorno finished. "She's doing a slide show for a bunch of abuse victims...right?"
Jolyne nodded, a smirk growing in her face.
"Wouldn't it be a shame if something happened during the presentation, and all of those poor souls heard what she really thinks?"
"The whole lie being unraveled, right in front of a group of people who would take it personally..."
"On live television too...that would be horrible for her."
The group began to laugh, a maniacal form of laughter, as they prepared to carry out their dark deed.
...
"Hey Johnny...you wanna share secrets?"
"Huh?"
Gyro turned towards his friend. "Well, considering that the final battle is happening soon, I thought it might be nice to get a few things off of our chests...just in case one of us doesn't make it."
Johnny scratched his chin thoughtfully. "Alright...doesn't sound like a bad idea."
"I'll go first...Gyro isn't my real name."
"...WHAT?!"
"Nyo ho! You sound surprised. My real name is Julius Caesar Zeppeli, my father wanted me to grow up to be someone strong, so he named me after someone he perceived as strong."
"That's dumb."
"That's why I changed it Johnny."
Johnny looked down. "I'm having trouble finding a secret to share, I mean, you already know about the shit with my mother, and that's the darkest secret I can think of."
"It doesn't have to be dark, it can be embarrassing, or personal. Just tell me something about yourself that I don't know yet."
"Um...I like bug bites."
"...wut?"
"I mean...I just have a fascination with scratching them, they just feel really good! It's so satisfying, kind of like popping a zit...y'know?"
Silence passed between the two, before Gyro spoke up.
"So...you get turned on by bug bites?"
"N-n-n-no, not turned on, they just f-f-feel good, okay?!"
"So if Jiro got a bug bite-"
"OH FUCK OFF!"
Gyro burst into laughter, while Johnny was as red as a tomato. "Don't worry Johnny *snort* I won't tell her about your *snort* bug bite fetish!"
"IT'S NOT A FETISH! And telling Kyoka out of all people, I'll never hear the end of it!"
"Well then you better hope you don't let my real name slip, or I'm telling EVERYBODY!"
"So we agree to stay quiet about this?"
"I won't tell a soul...doesn't mean I can't tease you about it in private though!"
"Alright then, Julius."
"Call me that again, and I will shove a steel ball so far up your ass, your shit will come out like soft serve ice cream." Gyro threatened.
But he did it with a smile.
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Joseph threw Wekapipo's steel ball, only for it to fall in midair. Damn it! Wekapipo wanted me to use these things, but it's not like I can master the Spin in 24 hours! How the hell do I-
"Silly old man...still complaining about hard work after all these years?"
Joseph's eyes widened. He hadn't heard that voice in decades, but there was no denying who it was. He slowly turned to come face to face with his deceased best friend.
"Caesar...how?"
The Italian grinned. "My Hamon never left you, JoJo...now that you are tapping into a new power, I was able to come back for a bit. Listen...this battle will decide the fate of the world, just like our battle with the Pillar Men. Our descendants need your help...so you better give it your all!"
"Caesar...about what happened before you left-"
"JoJo, you idiot, so you really think I would hate you over a few punches? No...I could never hate you, even if you are a dirty old man. Now go, help out. I have a chess game with my grandfather to go back to... "
Caesar proceeded to fade away, and Joseph smiled. He finally had closure.
Now, time to kill the President.
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Hot Pants watched as Diego furiously chewed in a rock. Jeez, this is his fifth rock...at this rate he's going to eat a whole boulder...
Clearly, he was still upset with Wekapipo's death.
Hot Pants sighed and sat next to him. "You okay?"
"...no."
Hot Pants hummed thoughtfully, and took off her hat, brushing it off. "Get up, we're going out."
"Huh?"
"I'm taking you for a night around town, we're going to get Johnny, Gyro, and Mr. Joestar, and we are going to make the most of tonight."
"..."
"You're going, that's the end of it. If we are going up against a guy who could end up controlling fate at any second, our morale has to be high, so get up off of your ass."
Diego begrudgingly put down the rock. "Fine..."
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Susan Cujoh walked out the building, never feeling happier. She had no idea her plan would blow up like this, but she wasn't complaining. Who knew a plan to ruin your ex-husband's family would get you so much fame? Seriously, everybody loves me!
"Mom."
Susan turned to see Jolyne standing there, a sad look on her face. In Susan's eyes, it was her daughter finally coming back to her, but to Jolyne: I want to rip her face off, so fucking bad...but we need to stick to the plan...ugh, I called her mom.
"Jolyne, honey...it's so good to see you."
Liar.
"Mom...I just want to understand why you're doing this. Why are you ruining the family? Why did you treat Johnny like that?"
Susan looked down, and Jolyne was surprised to see shame on her face. "I'm sorry JoJo, I never meant to hurt you...only your father. It's just...I loved him so much, but he never returned the favor."
"What about Johnny?"
Susan scoffed. "I just don't love him. He killed Nicholas, and then he stole your father's love, from the both of us. I just can't bring myself to love a murderer Jolyne."
"It was a miscarriage, Mom. It wasn't Johnny's faul-"
"YES IT WAS!" Susan snapped. " I don't for the life of me, understand how you could care about someone who has brought nothing but pain the moment Jotaro decided to squirt him into me! He's evil, he's a curse. And he thought he could get away with things just because he was a child?! Hell no! I made sure he suffered for what he did."
You evil, evil woman. I'm going to puke, just being around her is making me sick. You really hate him that much? Well I love him, a lot more than I love you. No, I straight up HATE you!
"Suffered...?"
Susan nodded. "You have to understand Jolyne, the wicked must be punished. That boy ruins everything he touches, my family, my house with that stupid rat of his, everything! So I made sure that he knew just how pathetic and miserable he was, even if I had to beat it into him..."
I am this close to tying her up and throwing her into oncoming traffic. Does she hear herself? Does she actually believe she's doing the right thing?!
"You hit him then?"
"You're making it sound like I'm some kind of vicious child-beater, Jolyne. I disciplined him for his actions, for the murder he committed...I get that he's your brother, but you have to accept the truth: he's a failure, a stain on our family."
"...Thank you, I think I finally understand."
Susan fanned her face, and smiled. "I'm sorry JoJo, it's just that talking about Johnny really gets me worked up. I just want you to know, I love you, and I still love your father too. Maybe, once this is over with, and your father is desperate enough, the three of us can be a family again." Susan made sure to put an emphasis on three.
Jolyne nodded, and before Susan could say anything else, she briskly walked away. If Susan had been more observant, she would have noticed a turtle come to meet her.
When Jolyne entered the room inside of the turtle, it was dead silent. The only sound was quiet sobs coming from a certain Frenchman, who was absolutely horrified by what he had just heard. Jolyne staggered her way over to Giorno, grabbed his collar, and buried her head into her uncle's chest.
"That fucking bitch, that fucking bitch..." Jolyne repeated as she held onto Giorno for support. He wrapped his arms around her. "It's okay...we got her, she isn't going to hurt us anymore..." Giorno softly murmured, comforting his niece.
"We have what we need, now let's destroy her."
"Why didn't Johnny tell me? Why didn't he tell me how bad it was? Why did I have to find out from HER."
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Jotaro sighed as he observed his students.
He couldn't help it, but his attention was always drawn back to Izuku and Kyoka. Those two seemed to be working harder than everybody. Izuku kept testing the limits of his Full Cowling, and Kyoka was ramming her earphone jacks into the side of a cliff. Once, she didn't stop until her jacks were bleeding, and even then she wanted to keep going.
They've found their fighting spirit...I wonder if my son's situation has anything to do with it? Jotaro observed as Kyoka stopped to take a drink of water, before unleashing a flurry of attacks into the cliffside. "DORARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARRARARARARARARARA!"
She's increased the length of her beatdown...she can do it for longer without hurting herself...yare yare daze.
Jotaro walked over to Kyoka and put a hand on her shoulder, startling her. "I know training camp is for testing your limits Jiro, but you also need to take care of yourself."
"I am Dr. Kujo."
Jotaro gave her a look, and she sheepishly averted her eyes. "Okay...maybe I could use a break..."
"Come inside, and bring Midoriya too...I want to talk to the both of you."
Kyoka nodded, and walked over to find the green wonder.
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"What did you want to talk about Dr. Kujo?" Izuku asked, confused.
Jotaro took off his hat and set it on the desk. They were in the middle of the classroom where Aizawa was lecturing the students that failed the exam. "I just wanted to say that I'm proud of the both of you, you've made so much progress in little time."
"Oh, well Mr. Josuke had a hand in that..."
"However...emotions are high. That includes me...the three of us know something that no one else does, and the stress from...the race...is getting to us. Midoriya, you almost broke all four of your limbs trying to get past 5 percent. Jiro, you almost ground your ears to a paste."
"Well, we were-"
"Training, I know. But you are also putting the stress of being worried for Johnny into said training. The last thing he would want you to do is hurt yourselves."
"We understand Dr. Kujo...we'll be sure to take better care of ourselves in the future."
Jotaro smirked as they walked out of the room. "Hmph. No wonder Johnny has so much faith in you two..."
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"And then, I said 'You may have outsmarted me, but I have outsmarted your outsmarting!'" Joseph said, and the group burst into laughter.
"What a corny line!" Hot Pants exclaimed.
"Sometimes corny is badass, HP, and there's no denying Mr. Joestar is a badass!" Gyro responded.
They were sitting in the middle of a diner, simply enjoying each other's prescence. Diego had already finished the food, the glutton, and Gyro hadn't even touched his.
"And to think, that was one of the last things Esidesi heard before I destroyed his body! Ha ha ha! Too bad he came back as a brain though...he possessed my future wife and started traipsing around in her body! And the thing is, a little bit before that she called me 'hot'...so was that Suzi Q speaking or Esidesi?!"
The group burst into laughter again. "Joseph Joestar: The Pillar Whisperer." Johnny said in a dramatic voice. "Hey hey hey hey hey! Don't forget that I know where you live!"
"So...if that WAS Esidesi, I wonder what would have made her marry you after?" Diego noted.
Joseph flexed. "Well, who could blame them, I'm quite the catch!"
"I dunno Gramps, I think you're starting to sag again!"
"Why you!"
Joseph pulled Johnny into a headlock and began to give him a noogie, while Johnny tried to escape his grasp.
The group spent the rest of the night going around town, enjoying the sights. They laughed, and they reminisced about their adventure that was about to come to an end. Joseph set up a camera and ran to the others.
A picture was taken, and in it, the group of five at their happiest.
*Yes, this is Johnny's version of the Stardust Crusaders photo.*
The Beegees "Stayin' Alive" came on the radio, and they began to dance, or in Johnny's case he just kind of waved his arms around. For them, the song has a new meaning.
They were going to cherish each and every moment of being alive...while they still could.
Because soon...there will be blood.