Hey everyone, after careful deliberation I am turning this story into a specific Re:Zero and Jojo crossover fic. The reason being that I was struggling to think up of various stands and stand abilities for the other isekai series that would have been involved in the original idea for the fic. Between that and the sheer amount of series I kept thinking of, it became difficult to even write as new ideas just kept popping up and driving out old ones.
So for the sake of my own mental state and actually getting chapters out for the fic, I'm just making it a Re:Zero/Jojo crossover. My apologies to anyone who waa hoping to see characters from other isekai series with stand powers.
But that's enough of that, lets get on with the next chapter.
Subaru opened his eyes, being greeted by a plain ceiling. "Weird, last thing I remember is..." he trailed off before suddenly standing up. "I have a Stand, actual stand power." he proclaimed before wincing. Bringing his hands up he could see that the piece of arrow was still lodged in his once hand. "It was real... Man, if only I caught up on the series before I was isekaied. I was only halfway through part four." Subaru lamented before he tried to summon his stand.
The Casque reappeared, a steady ticking noise echoed as the layers of the casque appeared to slowly spin. Subaru leaned down to better inspect the Stand, running his unharmed hand over the side of it. "What.. should I call you? All Stands are named after songs, but what should I call you? Should I try an eighties rock song? Something older and classier? Something more modern?" Subaru pondered to himself.
"Oh well, I'll think of it eventually. Besides, I also ended up giving a cute elf girl a stand as well." Subaru said before he turned to the only door of the room and began walking. Opening it he found the halls were empty, so he ventured forward. "Well, Emilia did bring me with her, so I should try to find her..." Subaru paused as the Stand began to follow him, sliding across the floor like a smooth stone slab. Subaru shrugged his shoulders as he began to wander around what he could only assume to be a large manor.
He took slow steps as he opened each door along the hallway. Making sure to close each of them after he finished looking inside. "She has to be close by, right?" Subaru asked himself as his Stand just slid across the floor behind him. After the twelve door Subaru found himself in a room unlike all the others, it was a library.
"Who are you, so bizarrely traipsing into my Library with a strange spirit at your side, I suppose." A small blonde child with drill hair and butterfly shaped pupils asked them with a glare. "Uh... Hi... My name is Subaru, and I'm looking a for a cute elf girl with snow white hair." Subaru blurted out. The blonde child snorted at him before her eyes returned to his Stand. "What is that?! it feels like a Spirit, yet it is not?" The girl inquired as she stepped closer to him.
Subaru was at a lose for words for how to explain to the little girl what a stand was. "Uh... Well... Its a Stand, its my fighting spirit." he said slowly. "There is no such thing as a Fighting Spirit, not in the world I suppose." The child replied as she was at arms length from him. "Well, Stands are a person's own will and fighting spirit made physical." Subaru said confused. "That is a foolish name for something of such nature, I suppose." The blonde girl said.
"Uh... well?..." Subaru trailed off before the girl put her hand up. "You... you must be the foolish boy that Bubby was talking about earlier. The one who inflicted the bizarre spirit onto the half elf." The child proclaimed. "Uh... Bubby? Are you talking about Puck?" Subaru inquired. "Yes, foolish boy. Those strange beings that the Half Elf had with her were most intriguing, yet yours is different." The child said.
"Ah, well, no two Stands are alike, since no two people are alike." Subaru replied. The child huffed before she put her hand on his stomach. "Wha?" was all Subaru got out before a striking pain in his gut send him to the floor. "I've drained you of your mana, and It seems you have no hostile intent, you can noe leave." The child said before Subaru felt his body fly away.
He was once again in the hallway, now lying on his side. "Owww..." he groaned out before bracing his elbows on the ground and pushing himself up. As he stood up he ran his hand over the spot the girl had touched, finding nothing had changed. He looked back at the door that had just closed and let out a shaky breath. Cautiously he opened the door once again, only to see an empty room.
"I see you are awake now, guest." A voice spoke up from behind him. Subaru turned around to see a blue haired maid. "Yeah, its nice to meet you, My name is Natsuki Subaru." Subaru said as he held his normal hand out on greeting. The maid ignored his hand and looked to the other. "Do you require assistance with that wound? I undertsand that Miss Emilia had brought you here as her guest." The maid inquired. "Uh, well... we can't really do anything about this, but thank you for the offer." Subaru said while holding his injured hand to his chest. He almost missed the twitch in the maid's face before she put her hands together.
"Well, honored guest, it is still early in the day, everyone else is still asleep. I would suggest returning to your room and waiting for the time being." The maid suggested. "Ok, I'll see you later." Subaru said as he began walking back.
He stopped for a second just as the maid seemed to be scowling at him. "Uh, I never got your name?" he asked. "You will learn of it later, don't worry." The maid replied. Subaru just shrugged his shoulders before making his way back to his room. "What is her problem anyway?" he murmured as he did so.
Subaru could honestly say that he had jumped in without thinking. The fact that the beautiful half elf Emilia was part of an election for this kingdom's throne. (If that rock glowed when a candidate held it, does that mean Felt may be one as well? Was that why Reinhardt took her with him?) So now he was working at the manor, helping with odd tasks and jobs, while also helping Emilia with something very important.
Understanding their Stand Powers.
Though since only themselves and the Spirits of the Manor, that cat named Puck and the little girl whose name was Beatrice, could see their stands it was strange to see from an outside perspective. The first time he swore the both maids and the master of the manor were watching them, the quiet gasps when he had seemingly teleported from one area to the next helped that case. (The quiet glares he kept getting from that blue haired maid he discovered was named Rem weren't helping either.)
Still, they were working on undertsanding their abilities. Emilia possessed a colony Stand, kind of like the Lovers or Harvest, whose main abilities were healing and strengthening one or more people. He already knew about the healing but the latter was a strange discovery. Emilia had two of them latch onto him before instructing him to punch the ground. Imagine his surprise when he had left a massive hole in the ground and barely felt any pain.
She still hadn't thought of a name for the Stand, and neither had he.
But, he had made an even better discovery. His Stand, it could manipulate time. Not like The World, or Star Platinum, but it still worked with time. It could move him anywhere so long as he had either been there before or would be there in the future. It wasn't easy to explain, but it worked with time. Even then, he was sure he has only scratching the surface of its Potential.
Of course there is still one other issue. For many of these training sessions Beatrice had been writing down their discoveries and his random bits of Stand knowledge down in a book. But she wanted something that was difficult for him to provide.
The piece of Stand Arrow still lodged in his hand.
Being that this piece of metal was what had granted both himself and Emilia with such powers, Beatrice wished to study it.
The issue for this is just how difficult it was to remove. Every attempt was met with the piece squirming deeper into his hand. Beatrice couldn't pull it out, Puck couldn't move it with his ice, not even Emilia's own Stand could remove the arrow piece.
So he simply had the hand bandaged, the irritation was a small price to pay if he wasn't going to creating new Stand Users by accident everytime he went to talk to someone.
Subaru sighed as he awoke to a sore arm and a tinge in his gut. Earlier today he had met the people of the nearby Arlam village, helped Rem with some tasks and supplies, then helped Emilia train with their Stands some more.
During said training Puck had found a curse on him. It hadn't taken long for the curse to be dispelled by the two great Spirits, but the sheer knowledge of a curse running rampant had sent both Emilia and a reluctant Roswall to deal with the situation. Emilia told him to take it easy for the rest of the day.
So here he was, awake after a short rest and wandering the halls of the Manor. Looking to see if he could find Beatrice's library and have a talk with her. They only really talked about Stands, but he felt that them talking at all was a good thing.
Then he heard the rattling of chains.
He only had a second to turn and summon his Stand before a massive spiked ball was heading right for him. The dials on his Stand shifted back and he was suddenly farther back in the hall. The spiked ball was now lodged into a door before it was pulled back by a chain. Subaru watched as the owner of the weapon stepped forward.
It was Rem, her face darkened by full of fury.
"Horrid Witch Cultist... I'll kill you." She spoke quietly, yet full of purpose. "What?" Subaru shouted in shock as Rem began spinning the mace. "Witch Cultist..." Rem trailed off woth pure malice in her voice. Subaru took an invuluntary step back as Rem rushed forward.
The dials spun once more and now Subaru was on the other side of the hall. Rem let out a shout of rage as he legged it out of there. 'Joestar family technique, don't fail me now.' he silently begged as he heard Rem grow closer. He ran, ran faster than he had even run before, constantly glancing back so that Rem wouldn't catch him off guard.
His mind grew tired first, the constant back and forth as he used his Stand to dodge every swing if her mace. He couldn't just fight her, it was just like Elsa all over again. A grim reminder that he was still weak, his Stand couldn't fight, he could barely hold his own against the people in this world.
With one desperate roll he ducked into the nearest room, and luck shined upon him.
Beatrice looked at him in shock as he stood back up and slammed the door shut behind him. "Rem... Crazy... Giant Mace..." he trailed out with shallow breaths. Beatrice looked him over, before a loud banging was heard on the door. Beatrice simply huffed before the banging stopped.
"I will give you one minute to explain yourself, I suppose." She said. Subaru paused as he caught his breath and tried to think of the best way to explain it. "Rem came in out of nowhere, tried to kill me. Kept calling me a Witch Cultist." Subaru explained as his breathing leveled out. "A Witch Cultist... That foolish maid, I already checked if you were one." Beatrice said. "Huh? When?" Subaru inquired. "When I drained your mana, I suppose." Beatrice replied with a stern tone.
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"Ok, but... What are we going to do about Rem?" Subaru asked. Beatrice just huffed in response. "We?" She inquired. "Well, I was looking for you before Rem attacked me. I wanted to talk, but please, Help me with Rem." Subaru requested, even dropping to his knees in a begging motion. "Don't grovel in front of me, I suppose." Beatrice almost shouted before the thumping against the door began again.
"She's back already?" Subaru stated incredulously. They barely had a moment before the door was smashed down by the mace. "WITCH CULTIST!!!" Rem shouted with a massive glowing horn now atop her head. "What the hell!" Subarh shouted before Beatrice raised a hand.
Subaru barely had a moment before both he and Rem were flung out of the library. With the turn of a dial he was back beside Beatrice while Rem was getting back up.
With a bloody stain on her dress.
Subaru took a moment before he felt something on his hand. A quick glance down revealed the arrow piece, now bloody, but not with his blood. "Oh no..." his pupils shrunk as Rem twitched for a moment. Beatrice looked at his hand and quickly came to the same realization.
Rem stood back up, her eyes zeroed in on him. "So... That is your trick Witch Cultist?" She said with a calm fury. "Uh..." Subaru trailed out as he watched something manifest from Rem's being. It was tall, looking similar to a mannequin, with thin arms and two faces. The outer face was calm, though part of it was pelled back like the visor of a helmet. The inner face was decorated in a mix of rage and sorrow, its mouth filled with gritt teeth while its eyes were downcast and teary.
"I'll Kill you with your own gift." Rem stated calmly as two blades sprung forth from its hands.
In all this time what Rem didn't see was Beatrice calmly approaching her. As Rem's newly acquired Stand prepared to strike Beatrice was suddenly in Subaru's arms. A turning dial was heard as Subaru thrust Beatrice into Rem's stomach. Subaru's Stand taking the strike from Rem's as Beatrice quickly drained Rem's mana.
The blue haird maid screamed as she fell to her knees. Subaru felt like he had been punched at mach 10. Beatrice was just unimpressed, making sure that Rem was unconscious before she took her hand off the maid. "Come now Subaru, we should get the rest of the staff." she instucted as Rem slid to the floor. "Just... Give me... a second..." Subaru trailed out as he grasped his chest. "She didn't hit you." Beatrice stated.
"No... but her Stand hit mine... Its one of those rules... I talked about... that only apply sometimes." Subaru said as he slowed his breathing. Beatrice huffed before she turned back to the broken door. "This will take time to repay, even longer than usual due to the lazy one having to do it." Beatrice huffed once more. "Ok... I'm up." Subaru said as he let out one last pained breath.
"Now come Subaru... it will take time to explain to the others." Beatrice said before she whispered something. Subaru just watched as strange crystals appeared and restrained Rem. Subaru just sighed before leaning down to pick up Rem.
Alright folks, that's chapter two. I'm just going to say some things.
I wanted to get arc 2 out of the way immediately but the others won't be as rushed.
Subaru will still die at times in the story, but not as much as the old cannon.
The only Stand I have thought of a name for is Subaru's, if anyone has a suggested name for Stands feel free to comment. My music choices are somewhat limited due to personal tastes after all.
And once more I would like to appologize to anyone who had been hoping that this story would be of numerous isekai series. I became my own worst enemy while trying to write it and for the sake of the fic I had to take a step back from that.
