The next morning, Sakura and the girls are off for another practice under Kotaro's orders. Today is the girls' second performance and the importance of a perfect concert means Kakyoin and the boys are temporarily banned from entering the training room. They don't mind it because right now, Kakyoin, Avdol and Gyro tell everyone of the Stand they encountered last night in the living room.

"It sounds like you encountered ｢Black Sabbath｣." Bucciarati reveals after Kakyoin described what the Stand looked like. He's sitting on a couch, between Narancia and Mamezuku.

"Black Sabbath?" Kakyoin repeated. He and the others form a semi-circle around the two as they seem to know about the Stand.

"Yes. From what you told me about its appearance and ability, I believe you, Avdol and Gyro encountered Black Sabbath." He explained.

"Okay, so what exactly is Black Sabbath? What kind of ability does it have? All I know about it is it lurks in the dark." Gyro questioned.

"It's a Stand of a capo named Polpo," Narancia began. Everyone has their eyes on him as he continues. "When Polpo gives someone a lit lighter and they happen to reignite it after the flame is put out, it will trigger the Stand and force you to take the test required to join Passione."

"As for how the test works," Bucciarati continues from where Narancia left off. "Your soul will be pulled by Black Sabbath to be pierced by the arrow. If your soul can handle the strain of the arrow piercing you, you will gain a Stand and admit you to Passione. But if your soul is too weak, then you'll die."

Their explanation surprises everyone because of the high mortality rate when it comes to getting pierced by an arrow for a chance to gain a Stand. As for Kakyoin and Avdol, this is the first time they heard about the arrow and its Stand-attaining properties, so they're surprised there are other methods in having a Stand aside from being born with one.

"Woah seriously? You'll die if you're not eligible to have a Stand? That's too harsh." responds Gyro.

"It's one way to weed out anyone weak enough to join Passione. It's harsh, yes, and I do not like how human lives are discarded like trash by Polpo, but the mafia doesn't tolerate any weaklings." Bucciarati maintained.

"Are you okay telling how your mafia organization works to us strangers? I have every belief you two are willing to keep your mafia's secrets to yourselves." Mamezuku asked.

"I have no intention of telling all of you some things about Passione but the event from last night lead me and Narancia to at least reveal the recruitment process." He responded. "Do not worry. I'm not gonna silence all of you because of that."

"I hope you do not, Bucciarati-san." Kakyoin sincerely hoped.

"Say, I've been wondering... If someone who has a Stand got pierced by the arrow, what would happen? Do you gain another Stand " Gyro asks after realizing the implication of a Stand User like him potentially getting pierced by the arrow.

"No. Getting pierced grants you an upgrade to your existing Stand," Bucciarati nods. "To be specific, if your Stand is stabbed by the arrow, you will evolve it to a stronger form based on your strongest desire. Whatever form your Stand will take, it will gain an overwhelming amount of power than its base abilities."

"That sounds impressive. Though as much as I want to see if my Stand can evolve, I don't wanna risk it."

"Going by that logic, you put yourself in danger. In danger of dying to an arrow, actually." Mamezuku flat out stated.

Johnny, who is standing next to Gyro using the cane, gulps over the thought of Gyro dying the second time and leaving him alone again. Sighing over his action last night, he says, "I wished you hadn't left last night. You just have me worried over and over when you didn't return." He looks at him with an annoyed expression after calling him out.

"Hey, my curiosity got the better of me, alright?" He defended but the deadpan look on Johnny's face shows he's not buying it.

"Just...don't go doing something behind my back again, okay?"

"...Fine."

"Y'know... Something's odd about Black Sabbath," They heard Narancia say, who is tapping his chin concerning Black Sabbath's attack last night. Turning to Bucciarati, he says, "Bucciarati, Polpo died many years ago, right? If so, then how come his Stand appeared?"

"I was thinking about that. It shouldn't have appeared because its user has died. Unless..." Rubbing his chin, Bucciarati remembers Gyro's statement on how he, Sakura, Ai and Junko suddenly turned human before getting attacked, mentioning that they felt pain when they normally shouldn't as a zombie and the latter two can suddenly see Stands. The fact that they become human makes the threat of second death possible. After Kakyoin and Avdol disposed of the enemy, their skin starts cracking before shattering to reveal they are back to being zombies. This also made Stands unseen to Ai and Junko again.

"...Unless Black Sabbath's appearance coincided with Gyro and the girls becoming human temporarily."

"What do you mean?" Avdol asked.

"It is possible the Stand's appearance is tied with an unknown phenomenon that caused Gyro, Sakura, Ai and Junko to look human, which places them in danger of suffering injury or dying. You two did mention their skin shattering after you killed Black Sabbath, right?"

"Yes we did." Kakyoin nodded.

"Then it's possible someone, likely a Stand User, has something to do with Black Sabbath's appearance and turning them into human so they're prone to getting injured or even dying." Clasping his hands together, Bucciarati says, "And considering Signor Tatsumi made a big deal about protecting the girls and Saga from enemy Stands, it's safe to say we're in for a hunt towards an unknown user hiding somewhere."

"Does that mean you're gonna lead us then, Bucciarati? It's natural you'll be chosen because you used to be the leader of our team in Passione!" Narancia smiles at the thought of working together with Bucciarati and their fellow Stand Users. So far, they all seem pretty cool, and he wonders who he's gonna be friends with.

"I'm still considering it Narancia..." It's what Bucciarati said in response to his words. Though knowing that he must step up his game and protect the girls as he realizes everyone's lives are endangered, he's still wondering if he can find his footing as a zombie. All he can hope is his ｢resolve｣ is still burning within him, like how he kept on going after Giorno healed his corpse due to it.

As the conversation shifts to a casual one regarding the mafia the two used to be in, something they try keeping quiet despite Bruno's statement about not killing then like he's still a mafiosi, Kakyoin wonders how Sakura, Ai and Junko are faring. He hopes they are doing okay after getting nearly killed by Black Sabbath.

"We better be careful from now on."

Sakura is leaning on the railing of the terrace outside as she watches the sky and sea with a worried look. It's currently afternoon, just an hour before the idols' second performance is slated to take place in Saga Castle. As much as she's worried if the performance is gonna be okay especially since she's the only one practicing again, she's more worried about how things are gonna be after witnessing an enemy Stand attack. Recalling Ai and Junko's downcast looks earlier over how they almost died from a Stand and seeing the threat it poses, Sakura can't help but share their feelings regarding the potential enemy Stands that will attack her, Kakyoin and the others. Kakyoin's group may have Stands to defend themselves and the girls, but do they have what it takes to take on against powerful enemy Stands? She surely hopes so, considering what Kakyoin and Avdol can do with their Stands, which are quite impressive.

As she wondered what kind of Stand she would have, she heard a rough voice from her side, "Oi."

"Hm?" Turning right, she almost blanched at Saki's mean glare as she bites a dried squid with such ferocity. It appears she's still looking down on her as she says with gritted teeth, "You wanna die?"

"S-Sorry for interrupting!" Sakura apologizes, turning around to leave her alone until Saki stops her from moving. Walking to her, she moves in close to her petrified face as she asks, "Why do you still listen to Shades back there?"

"Y-You mean Kotaro-san?"

Flinching when Saki pounds her fist on the railing, she continues scrutinizing her with a scowl. "I'm not like you. I do what I want, and I only got respect for people with ｢guts｣!"

"...What is it that you want, Saki-chan?" Sakura asked to gauge her intentions.

"Take the whole damn country over." She answers.

"Why?"

Seeing she's not understanding her, Saki scoffs before walking away from Sakura with hands on her pocket. She stops when Sakura speaks up. "Saki-chan! Do you want to, just once, try and-"

"Hell no."

Shutting her down, the former biker leader leaves, mumbling and cursing something in her mouth.

Watching her leave, Sakura can feel her worry increasing regarding Saki's harshness to her and Ai and Junko's unwillingness to participate. She wanted everyone to get along with each other and yet, the girls are not taking being an idol seriously.

How is she supposed to remember if the girls are going to continue like this?

At this point, getting a Stand feels easy compared to being an idol.

"The most important thing isn't technique, it's ｢heart｣!"

Kotaro mumbles through the paint brush he's holding with his mouth as he applies a small amount of makeup to cover Sakura's scar. He and the girls are in the black van of the parking lot where the producer puts on their disguise for today's performance. "｢Put your heart into it and you can color other people's hearts｣! That's makeup."

"I'm sorry. I didn't catch any of that." Sakura replies, feeling her forehead being applied.

"Holy crap! This might actually work!" Saki exclaims with a smile over the makeup that makes her appear human.

"Yugirin, you're so pretty!" Lily complimented each other joyfully with a nickname for Yugiri as they looked at the mirror. "Am I, now? You are quite lovely yourself, Lily-han." The courtesan returns.

Ai and Junko remain quiet while looking at their disguise in the mirror. Remembering their downcast state during practice over getting almost killed by Black Sabbath last night, Sakura wonders if they're going to be okay.

Meanwhile, the boys are outside the van, taking in the air as they wait for Kotaro to finish applying the girls' makeup. Since fourteen zombies can't fit in a single van, a new ｢addition｣ is implemented on the ceiling of the van, which looks like a glass sphere half-embedded above the seats that has a reflection of a limo interior, which houses an extra seven to ten seats with windows. Entering the sphere like the way Bucciarati and Narancia used to enter Coco Jumbo not only puts them in the seats automatically, but it also gives them a view of the outside through the window that can be closed or opened like normal. To put it simply, it's basically like a hideout for the guys to use. Inversely, as Kotaro explained earlier, they can exit the extra space through the same sphere embedded on the floor and they will appear sitting in the main seats. It's safe to say the mysterious Stand User put a lot of thought into implementing such a feature to accommodate the seven zombie guys and prevent the van from overloading from too many occupants seating inside.

Also, before they all left, the producer put them all in makeup back in the mansion to minimize the workload needed in putting fourteen zombies in their disguise. Though Narancia and Johnny initially protested, they changed their tune when Kakyoin explains it's for disguising themselves as humans. A disguise that impressively masks their zombie states.

"I probably said this a million times before, but I can't get over the fact my makeup makes me look human!" Narancia exclaimed with a smile, looking at himself with gusto.

"I agree. Mr. Tatsumi sure has put his heart and soul into it so much in disguising ourselves as humans." Bucciarati concurred, not minding Narancia's enthusiasm.

"Yeah. Our disguise is so impressive that I have to remind myself that I'm still a zombie due to how good it is." Kakyoin smiled as he said this.

"He even knows what appropriate skin color some of us have." Avdol nodded, wondering if he's back to being a human again because of how good his makeup is.

While the four are busy admiring their makeup, Johnny, Gyro and Mamezuku are looking around the parking lot with the two jockeys being amazed how far the modes of transportation have evolved. They didn't expect technology would improve in making transportation much easier compared to carriages, horses and old-fashioned vehicles of their era.

"Hey Johnny. How do you bet I can use these things? I wanna see how advanced technology has become and compare it to horse riding." Gyro stated, not minding his disguise due to being focused on looking around with wide eyes.

"Maybe you can, if you learn how to use a... car, that is." Johnny responded, not hiding that he's gawking at the number of cars of varying sizes and colors are in the parking lot.

Mamezuku remains quiet, being slightly amused by their reactions. He guesses cars are still a niche in their time.

"Everyone, make sure we don't find out we are zombies!"

Sakura reminds the girls with caution, hoping they're not forgetting that they're still zombies despite their disguise.

As Kakyoin and the boys wait for their turn in the audience, taking their time to detect anything out of the ordinary as part of their "bodyguard duties", Sakura and the girls are in the backstage waiting for their turn. She chooses this time to remind the girls in a quiet voice that they shouldn't be found out as zombies as the last thing she wants is getting shot or sliced. Saki however doesn't seem worried due to how good her makeup is, saying, "That'll be a piece of cake! There's no way they can tell! SUPER EASY!" She shouts at the end, causing Sakura to panic when everyone is looking at them. "And to be honest, right now, I'm hot as hell!"

"I get it, I get it!" Sakura calms her down, not wanting to let her speak more that could provide hint of their undead state.

"Sorry for the wait," A staff member walks to the group as he announces, "Could the members of Green Face head to the stage?"

Thinking he got the name wrong, Sakura replies, "Um, actually... We're called Death Musume."

"Starting today, you're called ｢Green Face｣!"

The sliding doors are opened by Kotaro before walking inside as he declares what they're called from now on. "Kotaro-sa-"

"Listen up! You've gotta show these people the Green Face of your hearts...!" He declares, moving his hand to emphasize his point.

"I have no idea what that means-" She attempts to clarify what Kotaro's statement meant only for the producer to shout enthusiastically, pointing his finger as he yelled.

"OKAAAAAAAY! GET GOING! GO, GO, GO, GOOOOOO!"

Lights are off as Sakura and the girls are shined on by the stage lights. Watching from the audience, the boys are seen sitting in certain spots like Kakyoin and Avdol sitting in the front, Johnny and Gyro located to the right, Rai choosing to sit on the left alone, and Bucciarati and Narancia situated behind the audience. Since the audience is full of elderly, everyone, including the metalhead duo (who seem to be the only fans the idols made so far and have come here wondering if the girls are gonna perform another metal concert) stick out like a sore thumb.

As the spotlight is on them, Sakura hopes that some way or another, the concert will come out okay. With Saki still acting hostile over her having no guts according to Saki, Ai and Junko almost traumatized of being under attack by an enemy Stand and Yugiri, Lily and Tae (the former two seemingly getting along with each other when Kotaro applied make-up to the girls in the van) being passive but still not participating, she fears their second performance could crumble any moment. Turning to Kakyoin and seeing he's watching her, she feels comforted by his presence.

Holding back Tae when she tries to move, Sakura addresses the audience with a nervous smile. "I-It's nice to meet you all! We're Green Musume!A-Ah, I mean, ｢Green Face｣!"

"Green Face?" Kakyoin repeated with a perplexed look. "Did Kotaro change the name at the last minute?"

"He did," Avdol replied, sharing his thought and feeling of the name change as well. "He should have thought of a proper name before this. Green Face doesn't suit them, especially when we all have blue faces."

"Geez Kotaro. You suck at naming or something?" Narancia muttered, similarly baffled over the naming choice like the two.

"B-By the way, I'm Number One and this girl is Number Zero and going down the line, Number Two, Number Three, Number Four..." Glancing to Saki, Ai and Junko, she turns to her right and is surprised when Yugiri is kneeling on the floor. "...er, Number Five and Number Six. Green Face is an idol group trying to revitalize Saga. Our singing and dancing are a little green too, but we practiced hard!"

"Did they though?" Johnny wonders. "I assume the girls didn't practice and Sakura only bothered to."

"Seems like it, with Sakura being the one doing the speaking and all." Gyro states.

Hoping for the best, Sakura turns to Saki, Ai and Junko as she says, "L-Let's do it." She raises Tae's hand as she exclaims, "Yeah!"

Standing in the backstage, Kotaro clicks his finger as he says, "Music. Come on."

Pop music starts playing and Sakura proceeds to dance, swaying to the beat. Unsurprisingly, Saki, Ai, Junko and Lily aren't dancing but Yugiri and Tae appear to follow Sakura, with the former sticking to what she did when she's alive in the 19th century and the latter acting like what an unawakened zombie would do.

"What...is this?" The chubby metalhead questioned, having gone there to hear the girls scream their lungs out with his lanky friend. They appear dismayed ever since they hear the idols' new name.

Analyzing the performance, Rai mumbles, "I'm guessing the performance is gonna be terrible at best or a disaster at worst...unless something unexpected happens."

As the music swells into its first verse, Sakura is about to sing when she notices Tae walking to the direction of an old man eating dried squids in the front. "T-Tae-chan!?"

"Uh oh. This spells trouble." Kakyoin was about to stand up and intercept her with his Stand when Sakura grabbed Tae's arm when she tried to jump off the stage. "Tae-chan, stop!" She shouted, pulling the zombie back reacting to her instinct which is harder than expected. Undeterred, Sakura pulls Tae with all her might...

...and in the process, Tae's arms are detached.

"AH!" Sakura shouted again, realizing the trouble they were going to be in.

"Crap!" Kakyoin exclaims, standing up in shock. Avdol and the others react like him as well.

To make matters worse, Tae hits the floor hard enough her head is detached and bounces up in the air, to Sakura and Kakyoin's continued horror.

"There she goes!" Lily exclaims, watching Tae's head fall to the elderly holding a dried squid with her mouth opening with the intent of biting him...

As the audience in the front looks at Tae in surprise, the old man, unfazed he's holding a moving head, sees that she's looking at the dried squid he's holding. "Want some?" The elderly kindly asks, offering Tae his dried squid. The beheaded zombie bites it with gusto and chews with a happy look. She is then picked up by Sakura, who claims, "Ta-da! It's a trick, a little trick! It's a ｢Handead Power｣!" She extends her hand for emphasis. Tae's headless body runs past her, much to her shock and fear. "Saki-chan! Catch!" She throws Tae's head to the stage as she moves to grab the body.

Catching in her arms after calculating where it's gonna land, Saki, with Ai and Junko watching from her side, looks at Tae chewing the squid with a curious look. "Doesn't that hurt?" She asks, seeing she's not feeling any pain of getting beheaded or is too busy tasting the squid to comprehend it.

"Okay! This is another trick!" Sakura claims again as she pulls Tae's body back to the stage. "It's ｢Undead Power｣!"

The audience buys into Sakura's claim that it's all an elaborate magic trick as they clap their hands. "I must say, I'm surprised," Avdol smiles in astonishment. "Sakura sure knows how to put up a magic act."

"I'm surprised too. I hope nothing can go off the rails after that little hiccup." Kakyoin expected, still standing up to see if the "threat" is gone.

Once the body is on the stage, Sakura snatches Tae's head off Saki's hand and puts it back. Her relief is cut short not even a second when Saki, amused, grabs her head off her body, stating, "It's not like it's your head!"

"Saki-chan!"

While the audience keeps getting impressed except their bodyguards, Sakura snatches the head from her and tries to put it back only for Saki to push her, exclaiming, "Screw you!" Catching the head, Saki proudly presents it to the audience, stating, "Man, your head would pop off with your helmet like this!"

パァン

The sound of slapping echoes as Tae's head slams into the wall behind the girls before sliding down. She's still eating the dried squid as Sakura, having enough of Saki butting heads with her, shouts in her mic to her surprised face, "COULD YOU TRY TO HIDE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ZOMBIIIIEEEEES!?"

Everyone goes silent over Sakura's bold remark, especially the guys who are freaking out on the inside when it looks like Sakura is accidentally exposing that they're zombies.

S-Sakura! What are you saying!? Are you trying to expose yourselves!? Kakyoin thought too late, fearing the worst...

"You're not even trying to hide it! What kind of idols with heads that come off? How could we possibly be human?! What kind of human can do that? Is your brain rotting too, you stupid ZOMBIEEEEEEEEEEE?!" Sakura angrily shouted, daring to stand up against Saki.

"Alright bitch, BRING IT ON! You sure got some guts, and now? I'm gonna kick your ass all the way to Hoto Shrine!" Saki responded back, not wanting to have her way drilling into her.

"If they find out we're zombies, we're extra dead! Are any of my words going through your head!? If you can't take this for real, then you're the zombie whose deal will be head for trauma that don't heal! How many more times before you regret it!? How many cops shoot us until you finally GET IT!?"

As this goes on, the zombie guys are left amazed, and worried, over their argument. Watching closely, Gyro notices their body movements are like how the three rappers move from last night. "Hey, I think I'm seeing where this is going." He guesses.

"Huh? What do you mean, Gyro?" Asks Johnny.

Kotaro, seeing where this is going and taking advantage of it, holds a microphone and proceeds to beatbox as Sakura and Saki, with the lights dimming to red, continue their argument through ｢rapping｣.

BGM: DEAD OR RAP

You think I'm just gonna roll over for you and agree?
I died riding and now you want me to be an idol zombie?!
If the other choice is acting like a suck-up snot
You coulda left me in the ground, I'd rather rot!

Yugiri strums a shamisen to provide some music as she nods with the beat. Lily happily plays along, putting Tae's head back and holding a microphone to her mouth, who promptly chews it. Lily takes it in stride as she encourages the audience to clap along in beat as Sakura is next to rap her lines.

I can't remember who I was before this all went down
But on the stage, I felt something click...
I'm not goody-two shoes, and nobody's clown.
I'm just trying to do more than be a worthless brick!

Who cares if you've got memories in your head?
You won't see your friends
And your Tamagotchi's long dead!
We're done, got it?!

Nothing's gonna change about that!

Hell no, we're not done!
We're just getting started!
We've got to keep moving ahead!
Or we'll just be the walking dead!

Even if we have died, we only stop when we decide
So stop running, and ride again!
Kick some ass
CAPTAIN!

Feeling she has mouthed Saki off, she turns her attention to Ai and Junko, aware of their reluctance to partake in idol singing despite being former idols.

And that goes for the two of you standing there!
Gonna act like losers when you're the celebrity pair?
You've got all the talent in the world
But the two of you girls are giving up without giving it a whirl!

Quit coming up with excuses about why you can't win!
If you got a little chance, try to do that then!
Even a zombie can do it if she tries,
And when you prove it, it shows dead souls can rise!

The audience really enjoys the performance, seeing it as unforeseen but nonetheless entertaining. What they didn't expect more is Sakura willing to spit out rhymes against them, specifically the elderly, as well.

Yo, that goes for all you old folks, too!
Tell anyone who talks about golden years to go screw!
Napping in the porch in the afternoon? Not you!
They're worried about a low rate of birth?

Show them all what silver's worth!
If they wanna blame you for everything anyway
Keep active and show you're here to stay!

BANG!

Sakura ends the rap battle but throwi- no... Slamming the microphone to the floor. Three seconds later, the audience cheers Sakura and Saki uproariously for the rap battle they conducted. They didn't or chose to not pay much attention to the lyrics, not that it matters when their argument spirals into singing out lines accompanied by a catchy rhythm and beat. The cheer is such that the girls are surprised over the praise they are getting. "Their reaction..."

"...For real?" Saki finishes, looking at every single elderly person cheering for them.

"I've... I've never seen anything like that before..." The chubby metalhead cries in joy over what he and his lanky friend watched. "It feels like her head are about to pop off any second..." The other added.

"Of all the probabilities I calculated, this is one possibility I didn't expect..." Mamezuku stated in surprise.

"Woohoo! Gooooooooo Green Face!" Narancia shouts in joy.

"Hahahaha! Never thought those two would end up in a singing battle." Bucciarati added in amazement.

Whistling in approval, Gyro says, "Those two sure got heated up on the stage. I guess rapping isn't really that bad after all. Right, Johnny?"

"Yeah... This is my first time listening it and I'm captivated immediately." Johnny concurs, smiling as he claps.

Avdol is entertained from what he watched, stating, "The change in genre is unexpected but Sakura and Saki made it work somehow. Don't you agree Kakyoin?"

"...I guess." He replies, looking at Sakura still surprised from the cheer she and the girls are getting.

"We did it again." Sakura uttered, wrapping her head that their second performance went off in a sudden but successful one. She's with Kakyoin, also trying to wrap his head that it went off in a hitch despite almost getting exposed.

"First, screaming in a death metal concert and now, an impromptu rap battle? You sure know how to adapt and sing, Sakura." Kakyoin congratulates her, making the redhead girl sheepishly chuckle

"O-Oh, it's nothing. I'm just... adapting to the situation like you said, that's all! Haha..." She humbly insisted.

"Hey, Sakura!"

Sakura turns around and sees it's Saki who called her. Believing she may have insulted her too much and she's probably irritated, she tries to apologize. "Um, sorry about earlier..."

"｢You've got guts｣, after all!"

"Huh?" She and Kakyoin let out when they heard her expressing praise.

"Never thought you'd start rapping like that! I love it!" She puts her arm around her shoulder as she continues, "Plus that egg-looking head of yours reminds me of my Tamagotchi."

"Egg-looking?" Looking closely to her head, Kakyoin sees where Saki is getting at. "Hmm, you do have an egg-shaped head Sakura."

"S-Seriously...?" She raises an eyebrow over his remark.

"Just an observation. Don't take it seriously." He shrugs with a chuckle.

"Idols, huh? Might be a decent way to take over, come to think of it." Saki looks up in the sky, now seeing that being an idol isn't gonna be so bad.

Uh, today wasn't very idol-ish, though Sakura thought with an abashed smile. Despite that, she's happy the performance didn't become a disaster.

"You mean that in a good way?" Kakyoin questioned.

"Of course! As much as I'm pissed I may never gain a Stand, maybe being an idol is a better option. And take my mind off believing I have the potential to have one."

"Well, as long as you don't want to cause trouble, then alright. Glad to see there's no more friction between you and Sakura-san."

As the zombies in disguise watch their conversation, the staff shakes hands with Kotaro, congratulating him and telling him to come again if he feels like it. He turns to Sakura and smiles, silently thanking her for the performance she did.

As the sun sets, the evening passes by without incident.

To be continued

Onomatopoeia:

パァン (Pan) - Slapping

After a whole month of writing and delays, I finally got to finish the second chapter!

Hello everyone! Sorry if you waited so long for the second chapter to be finished. Life got in my way in the form of schoolwork, doing tasks for my family and my brothers using the computer so long that I can't get to write and edit this chapter. Sure I got a phone to write and edit it but to properly prepare a fanfic for updating, I have to use a computer since the functions is pretty much advanced compared to writing on a phone.

Also, it was supposed to be two weeks that I must post a new chapter but as stated above, it wasn't possible. But enough about my daily life. Let's go to the author's notes, shall we?

As you can see from the last scene of first two chapters and in the first chapter adapting episode 2 of Zombie Land Saga, everyone, except Tae, have been awakened. Since there are now fifteen characters I have to write, the three chapters took longer than I thought it would be, especially when I added the first Stand battle in the form of Black Sabbath. Then again, I would have supposed to write seventeen characters but I have to remove two characters so I can focus on the fourteen zombies and our crazy producer.

Who are these two characters, you ask? Why, it's Josuke Higashikata and Okuyasu Nijimura.

I originally planned to include the two in the fanfic and play the role similar to Jotaro in Part 4 but after thinking on where the fanfic shall go, I decide to axe them. As much as I want Josuke to interact with Rai considering he knows Gappy despite being different person and Okuyasu being, well, Okuyasu even after two decades later, as stated above, I want to focus more on the zombies and Kotaro for worldbuilding purposes.

Speaking of cut ideas, I originally intended for Saki and Yugiri to gain a Stand later in the story or its sequel. After much consideration, I chose to not let these two have a Stand, with Sakura being the only idol explicitly stated to see and gain a Stand. However, I may change my mind if you really want them to have a Stand. While I'm not planning Saki and Yugiri to have one in this fanfic, I may consider it when the sequel rolls around.

And also, there's a Zombie Land Saga movie in the works, so I guess I have to write and integrate it to the AU... Nevetheless, I'm excited for the movie to come out as much as I'm excited to watch Stone Ocean when December comes!

So! How do you think I wrote the characters? Are they not OOC? Did I hit their personality right? Or is there something I need to consider regarding them? I hope I'm doing them justice like Johnny, who have definitely changed after Steel Ball Run to remind you all who finished reading Part 7, otherwise feel free to tell me where I got their character wrong. I want nothing more than to be faithful to their personalities while I consider the combined elements from both anime.

As for the enemy Stands they will encounter in the fanfic, I decide to use Stands from various Parts. It's not like I'm lazy or anything because I came up with original Stands for this fanfic, which includes Sakura's Stand, but because I find some Stands to be my favorite due to their abilities, versatileness, and even the users themselves. In this case, I chose Black Sabbath to be the first enemy they encounter. What Stands I may add in this story? Well, you will have to read the next chapters and find out. While there may be Stand battles, I'll make sure to give the zombies some breathing room so they don't get to fight Stands continuously and take time to know each other, with the girls singing and dancing their way and bring Saga to attention through their idol duties.

Also, there will be differences on how an enemy Stand operates compared to their apperances in JoJo, like Black Sabbath having average defense to give Gyro a fighting chance, especially when the fight is set at night. The Stand has become formidable, which is required to give Sakura, Ai and Junko an impression, but making sure it's not as tough like when Giorno and Koichi fought it. This is the very first enemy Stand after all, so I hope I gave Black Sabbath justice while making sure it's not as difficult and tough due to being the first in the line of Stands who will kill the idols and bodyguards. I imagine that the enemies are gonna get tougher, especially in the end.

With all of the important things to know being laid out in the author's notes, I'm signing off to enjoy life and write the third chapter. Have a good day and please stay safe, everyone!