TheSBRquestioner: I am confronting you, sir. This is the third time you have predicted the plot points within my story...Joseph?
Coolk: You have been answered my friend. Class 1A will be watching the Steel Ball Run after the whole I-Island incident, although they probably won't be watching it together, since they haven't moved into dorms yet. Also...the Red Stone of Aja was destroyed following the battle with the Pillar Men, so Santana won't be the ultimate life form anytime soon, although he is still a VERY big threat.
Wendel Santana: Okay.
TheCommonCold: Johnny's story isn't going to be over after the Steel Ball Run, there will be new threats, new allies, and a whole lot of maternal bullshit.
Joseph gritted his teeth.
There were men with guns surrounding him, and All Might was restrained by some big metal thing. While the number one hero could easily break out of it, the men would massacre everyone else if he did so, so Toshinori had to stay put.
Joseph scanned the room, and he saw that Johnny was in the floor above him. Johnny nodded, and made a walking motion with his fingers. Use the technique...but how?
Then Joseph had an idea.
"OH! MY HEART! I-I THINK I'M HAVING A HEART ATTACK!"
"Hey, that old man is having a heart attack!"
"Don't worry, just let it happen. We got a job to do."
Joseph fell to the floor and began twitching and squirming, screaming for help, before he went still. If the guards had actually been paying attention, they would see that All Might was smiling.
The guards turned away from the apparently deceased man, and immediately Joseph began crawling away. One guard looked over, but Joseph was still motionless on the ground. As soon as the guard looked away, Joseph began crawling again, until the eldest Joestar vanished from sight.
"How is that...working?" Izuku whispered.
"Well, it worked on Wammu, so it must be pretty effective." Johnny responded.
Izuku turned to Kyoka. "Can you plug your jacks in so I can ask All Might what's going on?"
Kyoka nodded and did as Izuku asked. Her face quickly grew concerned. "This is bad. The whole island is being held captive by villains."
Gyro frowned. "Well, I guess that guy isn't behind this, huh?"
Johnny shook his head. "No...he's down there, I can see him right now. He just made eye contact with me."
Kyoka raised an eyebrow. Are they talking about that mysterious enemy? He's here on the island?!
The group retreated back to the staircase. "So what are we going to do?"
"All Might said to run."
"Yeah...that's not happening." Johnny said.
"JoJo, trying to be a hero in your condition is-"
"DON'T...don't belittle me, Iida." Johnny almost yelled at his former classmate, but stopped himself at the last second. He hated when people looked down on him.
"JoJo, I am not belittling you, I'm only being logical! Even if you had your legs, what you are contemplating is dangerous! We should listen to All Might."
Please Iida...you have no fucking clue what danger is...but Johnny kept his mouth shut. Kyoka looked at Johnny with a silent understanding. She and Izuku purposely kept the fact that Johnny was in danger a secret from their classmates, otherwise there would be chaos.
"I think Johnny can handle himself fine, Iida." Gyro responded. "You don't know what he's done throughout the race-"
"Gyro, arguing isn't going to get us anywhere." Johnny said.
"We can help! I can't just sit around and watch as this goes down!" Izuku said. "Melissa, quirks can be used freely on the island, right?"
"Well, yes...but we haven't really had a villain attack before..."
"NO MIDORYIA! What you are suggesting is reckless! We can't fight the villains, someone could get hurt!"
"Someone is going to get hurt regardless, Iida, with all these gun toting assholes around, I'd rather it be me than some innocent bystander." Gyro said, fixing a glare on the class representative.
"Zeppeli you aren't even a hero!"
"Says who? Heroes help people, it was never just a job. Anyone can be a hero if they are willing to help others. And I'm willing to put my life on the line to free this island, isn't that something a hero would do?"
"I-I..."
Melissa popped up. "The security here rivals Tarturus, but if we manage to shut it down, we can contact more heroes to help!"
"Where is the off switch?"
"200th floor."
"You've got to be kidding me, how the hell am I supposed to go up 200 floors worth of stairs with a wheelchair?" Johnny asked.
"You're. Not. Going. Anywhere!" Iida hissed.
"STOP LOOKING DOWN ON ME!"
The room fell silent.
Great...how it's awkward.
Johnny looked straight into Iida's eyes, and Iida took a step back as he noticed the dark flame burning inside them. "I'm going Iida...and you better not even think about stopping me."
Izuku stared in shock. "JoJo..."
Gyro smirked. "Yeah, it's best to let him do what he wants if he gets like this. Trust me, the last time I saw this, he fucked somebody up, so for your own health Iida...Johnny is coming with us."
Iida blinked. "JoJo...are you threatening me?! I'm just concerned for your safety!"
"And I appreciate your concern, but I also don't care...so are you coming, or what?"
Iida took a deep breath. "Yes...it is the right thing to do...just, what happened to you, JoJo? Where did that come from? I'm...still your friend, right?"
"Of course you are Iida...I'm sorry I snapped at you...but I don't want you to think I'm fragile, because I'm definitely not."
"...Okay, I'm sorry too. I wasn't taking your feelings into account."
"We should get moving if we are going to get to the security room." Melissa said.
"Alright, let's go."
...
Gyro panted as he carried Johnny on the stairs. "Y'know, you could hand me off to someone else, Gyro."
"No, only I get to carry you! We have a bond!"
"Yare yare..."
They made it to the 80th floor, and Mineta tried to open a door.
"No, wait!" Melissa cried out.
An alarm blared out, and everyone collectively glared at the class pervert. "Um...sorry?"
"Great, now they now that we're here." Johnny muttered.
Suddenly, the ground below them began to crack, and Johnny and Gyro fell through the floor. "JOJO, GYRO!" Kyoka tried to grab them, but Gyro ended up pulling her with them. "JIRO!"
The three landed directly on Hot Pants.
"OW! YOU FUCKERS!"
"Hi HP..." Gyro muttered.
Hot Pants brushed herself off. She was wearing a pink ball gown, although she still had her hat on. "Hey...you wore a dress..."
"Yeah, and you just ruined it! Watch where you're falling next time, Gyro..."
Kyoka groaned and slowly pulled herself off the ground. Wait... Kyoka looked down, and she came nose to nose with Johnny. She was on top of him.
"GUH!"
"JESUS!"
Kyoka rolled off of him with a face that would make a tomato farmer jealous. Johnny coughed and hid his face behind his hair.
Hot Pants was about to continue yelling at Gyro, but she paused. There, in the floor, was a toy. An All Might action figure. Memories came flooding back to her, and before she could think about it, she picked it up.
Immediately, the roar of a bear echoed throughout the dimly lit room, and Hot Pants backed up, her eyes widening in pure terror. "No..."
"Was that a fucking bear?! What's a bear doing on I-Island?!"
"SIS! SAVE ME! IT'S GONNA EAT ME, SIS!"
"NO!" Hot Pants screamed. "I DIDN'T MEAN TO! I'M...I'm sorry."
A small boy with pink hair materialized in front of her, shocking the other three. "WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!" Kyoka yelled.
"It must be an enemy stand user! Only a stand could do something like this."
The pink haired boy began stretching, covering Hot Pants in a thick blue membrane. "My...little brother...we were being chased by a bear when we were little...I let him get eaten...this stand is preying on...our...guilt." Hot Pants pointed to her water bottle, the spilled water was dissolving the membrane. "Water..."
Gyro turned around. "My...my teddy bear? Used...steel balls? How did these get here?"
"Gyro, DON'T TOUCH THEM!"
Gyro drew his hand back, but the teddy bear lept onto him, and Gyro began to be covered in the blue membrane too. "S-shit!"
A clanking sound was heard, and a tall metallic stand emerged from the shadows, carrying the Corpse Parts that were in Hot Pants and Gyro's possession. "EW! Is that a dead guy?!" Kyoka asked.
"The Corpse Parts, they are the objects we've been protecting...and now that bastard has them!"
Johnny aimed a nail bullet at the stand, bringing out Act 2. "Give me the Corpse, and let my friends go! Or I won't hesitate!"
The stand shrugged. "No, I don't really feel like it."
Johnny fired, startling Kyoka. He...he really did it! He really means it!
The stand broke to pieces, avoiding the bullet, and reassembled itself. "Nice try, but you won't be hurting Civil War anytime soon."
"Let them go!" Kyoka charged the stand. "Kyoka, what the-"
"DORARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARARA!"
...I'm going to kill my uncle.
Once again, the enemy stand broke apart before Kyoka could hit it, avoiding her Soundwhip Barrage. The stand reassembled itself and swiped at her, but she tilted her body to the right and threw a punch, but the stand simply fell apart again.
Kyoka stomped down on the stand, only to find that her father's face was beneath her shoe. "Dad? WAIT NO!" The blue membrane hugged around Kyoka's legs as she fell over. "Dammit!"
"It's over Kujo! You are the only one who hasn't succumbed to my stand! Give up the Corpse Parts you have, and I will let your friends go."
Then a little white mouse ran into the room. Kyoka's eyes widened as she recognized Danny from Johnny's story. "JOJO, LOOK OUT!"
"You think I will fall for that?! I KNOW YOU'RE NOT THE REAL DANNY!" Johnny fired nail bullets at the little mouse, where is scurried into a boot. Johnny grabbed the boot and aimed inside, only to freeze. A hand came out of the boot and grabbed Johnny by the shirt. His mother crawled out, much to Kyoka's horror, and looked him right in the eye.
"God took the wrong son."
"No...shit." His mother transformed into the blue membrane and it began to envelope him too. "JOJO!"
"JOHNNY, SNAP OUT OF IT!" Gyro suddenly barked. He had managed to reach his canteen, and poured some water over his mouth and nose. Johnny blinked, and then aimed at the wall, firing a nail bullet at a pipe. Water came bursting out of it, dousing the Joestar in the process, and feeding him from Civil War's curse.
"Way to go, JoJo!"
Another duplicate of Danny tried to get to Johnny, but he shot it away. That's when he heard it...a voice.
"If your heart wavers...do not shoot, another opportunity will present itself."
"Who-" Johnny turned around, but no one was there.
The phantom of his mother rose again, but Johnny shot her down. Is that what they meant?
"If your heart wavers...do not shoot."
Johnny whipped his head around as fast as he could, only to come face to face with Jesus Christ. Johnny blinked as Jesus started to fade.
"Jesus..."
"Yes."
Johnny turned his head towards his friends, Gyro looked like his eyes were about to pop out of his head, and Kyoka had a similar expression. Clearly, they saw Jesus too.
Okay, he wasn't crazy...but what was Jesus trying to tell him?
"JOHNNY, THE USER IS OVER HERE!"
Johnny turned around and fired, hitting the man in the throat, causing him to fall. Is it over?
And to Johnny's horror, the man got back up, rubbing his throat like nothing happened. "You killed me...that means I can use my most powerful ability. You see, I used to be a soldier, but I deserted my men, and they all died horribly. The guilt has plagued me ever since...but now that you have killed me, I can send that guilt over to you!"
Tens, if not hundreds of shapeless bodies marched toward the paraplegic Joestar, and soon Johnny's screams filled the room.
No.
Kyoka squirmed against the membrane that was holding her.
NO.
She looked over at Hot Pants, who was barely breathing.
NO!
Gyro struggled against it, desperately trying to save his friend, but it didn't matter.
Kyoka ripped the membrane off of her, startling the enemy stand user. "T-that's impossible! She didn't even have water!"
Kyoka threw the membrane aside and marched into the shapeless horde. She felt a hand grab her by the wrist.
"You really think you can be a hero with a useless quirk like that? You're not even pretty enough to make up for it." Inu Ookami's face grinned back at her.
Kyoka punched it.
"We wanted you to be a musician, Kyoka. We never wanted you to be in danger like this."
"Shut up!"
Kyoka felt hands all over her body, pulling her back, trying to prevent her from reaching the center, but she kept pushing, dragging them with her, fighting against the weight. Gyro watched in awe. Holy shit! She's powering through them! That means water isn't this guy's only weakness, but also determination!
Gyro grunted as he began to free his arm. My guilt will not get the best of me! Not when I see something like that!
Kyoka continued to push through the horde, her expression never wavering. The stand user, Axl RO, continued to stare in shock, before an angry look came onto his face, and he pulled out a gun. Then a steel ball smashed into his hand.
Gyro grinned from the floor, a green fire burning in his eyes. "You aren't hurting my friends anymore, asshole."
"You-"
Kyoka reached Johnny, and grabbed onto his shoulder.
...
"Why...?"
Kyoka opened her eyes, and she was standing in the middle of a kitchen. Everything was black and white, besides her. Two figures manifested in front of her.
It was Johnny, pre-injury, his hair was shorter, and it looked like he was upset. And the second person was a middle aged woman who looked pissed.
His mom...it's always his mom.
"Why did you tell Jolyne I was dead?!"
"You were living with that stupid old man, you may as well have been."
"I...didn't have my sister in my life for thirteen years."
The conversation she had with Johnny came back to her. Oh...now it makes sense...
"Mom, she hates you now! You just ruined what little family you had left! All these lies..."
"She'll come back...she loves her mother..."
"That's not how this works! You caused some permanent damage!"
"I'm sick of that family of yours, Johnny."
"YOU'RE PART OF THAT FAMILY TOO!"
Susan turned and gave her son a dirty look. "Not anymore, not since Jotaro left me!"
"He left you because you were treating me like garbage!"
"Why don't you sound more grateful? I didn't let you starve."
" ...Stop it. You're acting all bitter, but I can see right through you. You act like you're angry at Dad, but I can see that you still love him. You have his hat on your mantle. "
"I'm not mad at him...I want him back."
"Then apologize...it's not too late to redeem yourself."
"Redeem...? If anyone needs redemption, it's you Johnny."
"Wha-"
"Nicholas. You killed him, remember?"
Kyoka blinked. Who the hell is Nicholas, and why did Johnny kill him?
"Mom, it's not my fault he didn't come out right. I'm sorry you lost my brother, but I'm your son too...I just want you to acknowledge it."
"You came out just fine, but he didn't...you killed him in the womb. "
Was Johnny supposed to be...a twin?!
"Mom, he didn't even have a life, I understand that it was hard on you...but I'm here, he's not."
"Exactly."
Johnny fell silent. "Fine...it was a waste of time coming here anyway. I'll go, since I'm such a problem."
Now Kyoka understood why Johnny snapped at her when she accidentally called him a problem. He's...he's always felt like this...even before his injury. Why didn't I see this sooner?
"But I'm taking the hat with me."
Johnny reached up and grabbed Jotaro's hat. "What are you doing?!"
"It isn't yours, and if you're going to keep hurting us, you don't deserve to have it."
"GIVE IT BACK!"
"No."
*SMACK*
White hot fury bubbled in Kyoka's chest. She hit him.
Johnny didn't let go of the hat, although tears were beginning to form in the corners of his eyes. "Please...don't make this harder for me than it already is."
"YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE SHIT, AFTER EVERYTHING I DID FOR YOU, YOU TURN ON ME LIKE THIS?!"
"I'm doing this because I love you, NOW LET GO!"
In a burst of anger, Johnny ripped the hat away from his mother, and Susan stumbled back into a glass display case, getting several cuts in the process.
"Mom...I'm sorry, I didn't mean-"
"Oh God...you took the wrong son..."
Johnny paused, his mouth was open, but the words wouldn't come out. "I-I-what di-"
"Get out."
"Mo-"
"GET OUT! I WISH NICHOLAS SURVIVED, INSTEAD OF YOU! YOU'RE WORTHLESS, YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN!"
Johnny slowly backed up, and exited the house, while Kyoka watched him, absolutely horrified by what she just witnessed. She quickly ran after him, only to see him sitting on the sidewalk. She slowly approached him, and then sat next to him.
He was crying.
Johnny lifted his head, saw Kyoka, and put it back down. "You saw..."
"I did."
"I-I never wanted you to find out about that..."
"I'm glad I did."
Johnny raised an eyebrow, tears still streaming down his face. "Why?"
"Because now I know what really happened...and I'm here to save you."
Johnny let out a dry laugh. "It's a bit too late for that. This is a memory Kyoka, it already happened."
"Doesn't mean you can't make new ones, better ones."
"But what if she was right? What if Nicholas had lived and I was the miscarriage? Would the world be better off? I would never have caused everyone so much pain..."
"I'm not friends with Nicholas...I'm friends with YOU."
Johnny raised his head and looked into her eyes, and she put a hand on his cheek, wiping away a tear. "God didn't take the wrong son, Johnny...he gave you the wrong mother. If it was your brother that had lived...I would have never met YOU. Hell, I could've died at the SUN if it weren't for you. Me, Midoryia, Gyro...we love you for you, Johnny, so don't question if you deserve to be here, because you do..."
And for the first time in Johnny's life, he heard the encouragement, and he truly believed it. He had a living family, friends that are willing to literally enter his mind in order to save him...why was he taking those things for granted.
Kyoka watched as Johnny regained his color, his attire switched to his formal wear, and the tears dried up, being replaced by a genuine smile. "Thank you...Kyoka. You saved me...I guess we're even now, huh?"
Kyoka chuckled. "Well, it isn't tackling you away from a bullet, but yeah, I guess we are."
Johnny looked down and activated a nail bullet. "Jesus...he gave me advice, and now I think I understand it...I need to shoot this memory, kill it. I'm going to do something crazy... "
"When have you not?"
Johnny took Kyoka's hand. "I need to kill myself."
" ...WHAT?! "
"No, not actually kill myself. Remember when I shot that guy? He got back up because he said he was absolved of his guilt. I have to die like he did, so we can escape this thing!"
"O-okay."
Johnny brought a finger up to the side of his head, activating a nail bullet. "I'll see you on the other side, Kyoka."
"If this doesn't work, I will personally fight my way into hell, drag you back to Earth, and then kill you again."
"Fair enough..."
Johnny fired.
...
Kyoka sat up, with a start, taking notice off a spinning bullet hole right beside her. Then she turned to the front, only to see Johnny's corpse right in front of her.
"N-No...NO!"
Kyoka attempted to crawl over to him, but she was held back by Civil War's phantoms.
"It seems as though he couldn't take the pressure, shame." Axl RO stated, as the phantoms dragged a screaming Kyoka away. Gyro looked at his friend, tears welling in his eyes. "Johnny...no..."
Then Johnny's body began to move towards the bullet hole, shocking everyone in the room. They watched in awe, as he was sucked right into it.
Then a hand popped out, and a nail bullet slammed into Axl RO's shoulder, causing the enemy stand user to go down. The hand turned and shot another hole into the ground, and Johnny's very much alive head poked out.
His bullet holes had turned into portals!
Tusk manifested above Johnny's head, but it had a more human-like frame. It had arms, and legs, and a fin over the top of it's egg shaped head. The pieces of Tusk Act 2 fell to the ground.
"TUSK, ACT 3!"
Gyro grinned. "Attaboy Johnny!"
Axl RO, stood up. "It's too late, I already have your Corpse Parts! All I have to do is leave!"
Axl RO booked it, only for a bullet hole with Johnny's hand to follow him. The Hand seized the Corpse Arm and began pulling it into the hole, Axl RO's eyes widened as a portion of the Corpse disintegrated.
"You'll destroy it!"
"That's the plan! Better off destroyed than in your hands!"
"NO!"
Axl RO thrust a knife through and stabbed Johnny in the throat.
"Oh my God...STOP DYING ASSHOLE!" Gyro yelled.
"Sorry." Johnny sat up, much to Axl RO's shock. He stuck his head through a bullet hole. "You killed me, but you forgot I was technically still under your ability. Now the guilt has been transferred back to you!"
Axl RO grabbed an axe an swung it down, but then a bullet went through his throat.
Axl RO fell to the ground, revealing Funny Valentine behind him. "The guilt will not transfer to me, since I was technically saving your life."
"Wh-what?!"
"Thank you, Mr. Kujo, for the Corpse Parts." Valentine retreated into the shadows, carrying everything that Axl RO stole.
"Dammit!"
...
"So the big bad has the Parts?" Kyoka asked.
"Yeah...we just lost everything."
"Not everything." Johnny said.
"Huh?" Hot Pants asked.
"I haven't lost my will to live."
Kyoka smiled. "JoJo..."
"Can't lose something you never had in the first pla-'
*jab*
"OW!"
