FILE 10 - My Starlight Parade, Part 2

Previously on FILE 9, Aiya made up with Finn Henley for beating him up, at the same time, Tetsu and Kuro felt an angry presence with Mariah Machi after entering their class.

8th February 2023

8:30 AM, Jamiroquai Cafeteria

During the class, Tetsu and Kuro were glazed at by Mariah. They knew something was up.

After the school bell rang, signaling recess, they sat with Mariah in the cafeteria.

"Hey! Mariah!" Tetsu spoke up to her. "Whatcha up to?"

"Ugh…" The pink-haired girl looked at Tetsu, annoyed. "What do you want, Tetsu?"

Tetsu hesitated and glanced at Kuro behind her for guidance. Kuro, trying to be subtle, made a series of hand gestures meant to say 'I want to ask you something.', but Tetsu misinterpreted them entirely.

"Oh!" Tetsu looked at Mariah, then spoke up with confidence. "I wanna be your chicken sandwich!"

Kuro facepalmed. Mariah's confusion is evident on her face.

"What…?" Mariah blinked as she's baffled by Tetsu's words. "What do you mean…?"

"You know!" Tetsu tried to correct herself but failed. "I mean… uhh…"

Kuro sighed, before leaning into Tetsu, whispering in her ears. "You want to ask her something."

"Oh!" Tetsu said panickedly "I wanted to ask you something!"

"Ah," Mariah chuckled a bit, with some mix of confusion and amusement on her face. "So, what's the question?"

"So there's this friend of mine called Aiya Aizawa-" Tetsu replied to Mariah, but is quickly cut down by her.

"Not interested in answering." Mariah looked away from Tetsu and Kuro.

"Well, that went nicely." Kuro looked at Tetsu.

"I was confused by you okay?!" Tetsu flushed a bit.

Meanwhile, at Aiya's table, with Finn

They were chuckling around as they were showing each other cute pets on their phones.

"That's such a cute cat photo!" Aiya said, admiring the cute cat photos on Finn's phone.

"Heh, thanks," Finn said. "I love you like it!"

"Turn out you're not that bad after all." Aiya then shifted to a curious side of her. "Say, what did Bloodhound look like?"

"Hmm?" Finn is taken aback, but still answers "Well, it was like what you expected. A huge, dangerous wolf."

"Well, you see." Finn continued. "It manifests while wearing his red jacket."

"I see…" Aiya replied. "And where is this jacket-"

"You know the saying," Before Aiya could continue, Lobo suddenly popped up behind her "curiosity kills the cat."

"Ahhhh!" Aiya was scared by him appearing out of nowhere. "At least give me a warning!"

Lobo chuckled as he apologized. "Sorry, I couldn't contain myself."

"I'm being serious though," Aiya tried to convince Lobo with her puppy eyes. "Please tell me where this jacket of yours is…"

"Trust me, Aiya," Finn said with a hint of caution in his tone. "You don't want to mess with it."

"No." Lobo said firmly.

"But…." Aiya continued looking at Lobo with her puppy eyes. "Please…"

"No is no." Lobo stood his ground and crossed his arms.

Finn chuckled at the interaction.

8:38 AM, Jamiroquai High School

Aiya had finished eating at the cafeteria. Her curiosity got the best of her so she decided to go around and ask for people regarding this red jacket of Lobo.

It led to nowhere, so she decided to resort to her last card, Tetsu.

"What?" Tetsu was surprised by Aiya's request. "Why do you wanna do that?"

"Please…?" Aiya looked at her with puppy eyes that she used on Lobo.

"Ugh…" Tetsu, annoyed at first, gave into the puppy's eyes. "Okay, fine. I heard that it's in your class.. Behind the chalkboard."

"Thanks, Tetsu!" Aiya immediately ran off to her class.

"Well, that was rather…" Kuro rolled his eyes as he said. "Unexpected of you."

"Oh shut up." Tetsu tried to deny her being softened around Aiya. "I didn't give into it, I just want to flex my knowledge of the school on her, okay?!"

"Whatever you say." Kuro chuckled a bit. He knew that she was lying and hiding her true emotions.

8:39 AM, Class-5A

"Where is it?!" Aiya searched around the chalkboard.

"Uhh… Aiya." Tetsu entered her class. Students' attention is on Tetsu.

"OMG! TETSU?!"

"IT'S HER!"

Tetsu sighed, as she looked at Aiya. "It's literally behind the chalkboard."

"Oh!" She finally grabbed a hold of the red jacket. "Yes, now to tell Lobo!"

"Uh… Aiya." Tetsu looked at Aiya, with concern. "You do know many people said that it was a dangerous Stand, even Lobo, right?"

"I'm just curious, Tetsu." Aiya looked back at her. "Plus, it's just a Stand."

Tetsu sighed. Knowing that there's no stopping Aiya from her curiosity.

Aiya immediately took off to the cafeteria.

8:41 AM, Jamiroquai Cafeteria

"Hey! Lobo!" The cafeteria was empty. It seems like today's food hasn't attracted many students. Only Lobo and Finn were deep in conversations.

"Hey-" Lobo tried to greet Aiya before he cowered in fear. "Tha-That jacket…"

"Aiya…" Finn looked at the red jacket as well.

"What's wrong?" Aiya held up the red jacket. The insignia of a wolf can be seen. "It looks cute!"

"Agh!" Lobo held his head.

"Sh#t!" Finn grabbed Aiya, leaving the jacket behind.

"Hey! What the?!" Aiya tried to break free.

"You idiot!" Finn said. His voice filled with panic. "Did you know what you just released?!"

"What?!" Aiya tried to defend herself "I was curious okay?!"

Finn headed up to the cafeteria exit, but then… A bipedal grey wolf towering before them and blocking the exit. It seems to be wearing the red jacket that Aiya had been holding. Its eyes began to glow red as it looked at Aiya and Finn.

"Is that…" Aiya looked in awe.

"Bloodhound…" Finn's voice trembled in fear.

The wolf howled, the chilling roar sent out a shock to Aiya and Finn, freezing them in place with dread.

Stand Info:

『Stand Name』- Bloodhound

『Stand User』- Lobo Ryushi

Ability 2 - Bloodhound can manifest into the real world by wearing the red jacket given to Lobo by his brother. The Stand itself in this state can inflict deep wounds within a target, making it hard to heal as the fight continues to be longer.

The curiosity of Aiya led to Bloodhound's awakening again. What will Finn and Aiya do in this desperate situation?!

TO BE CONTINUED IN

FILE 11 - My Starlight Parade, Part 3