There's a new music video starring our lovely zombie girls, their doofus producer and their pet advertising Karatsu through a dance number! I watched it and immediately liked it for its peppy, high-energy tune interposed with the girls dancing alongside real-life tourists attractions or sites! Go check it out!

Hopefully, it might not be long before the movie is announced after months of silence... I hope.

ザー ザー ザー ザー

It's been some minutes since Sakura, Kakyoin, Narancia and Junko left the beach. Right now, they're returning home after Number One, Cherry Boy Li'l Bomber learned Number Four's issue regarding this girl hailing from Showa era doesn't like interacting with fans directly due to sticking with what she learned being a single idol when she was alive in the late 70s and early 80s.

Four of them left the beach soon when the rain started pouring down from the clouded evening sky above. With the exception of Sakura, the three zombies' makeup are washed off, exposing their red eyes, green skin, scars, stitched up wounds and bandages. From the looks of their surroundings, no souls are in sight aside from the group walking in the sidewalk, illuminated by the streetlight which shows their zombie forms. Good thing too because they will have to keep themselves hidden if they ever see someone. Stand or no Stand, they will make haste to an alley if they ever see anyone roaming the streets.

Despite that however, the group is in a good mood. Not because there is a low chance someone could see them as zombies, but the three of them may have found a solution to Junko's predicament that may benefit her and Franchouchou. Whether Narancia said his suggested answer after thinking it or not, it is thanks to him that Kakyoin could suggest a solution he believes Junko may like, therefore preventing her from quitting Franchouchou out of worry that she will hold the group back thanks to her view on being an idol that is outdated in the eyes of contemporary idols. Right now, the four have to go back home first and tell Kotaro what's troubling Junko and their suggestion that complements her and Franchouchou. Hopefully, he listens to their words and agrees with them if he wants Franchouchou to succeed. And bring attention to Saga in the process.

Holding the brim of a hat given by Junko, Sakura keeps her face hidden as she does not want anyone to see her creepy face to anyone even though no one is around. She can't see what's in front of her expectedly but it's not a problem for her as she is walking at the same brisk pace as the three, occasionally glancing at them to make sure she doesn't go too far and get lost.

ビチャン… ビチャン… ビチャン…

"Huh?"

Sakura stopped when she heard a strange sound. She looks around to try and find where she heard it. Kakyoin, Narancia and Junko noticed she stopped, making them halt too as Kakyoin asks, "Sakura? What's wrong? Why did you stop?"

After being unable to find what made the sound she barely heard in the splashing rain, she looks at them and says, "I… I thought I heard a peculiar sound. I was trying to find it, and…"

"A sound? What sound, Sakura?" Junko looked at her in confusion. "I haven't heard anything aside from the rain."

"Hmm, maybe I was imagining it. Sorry, let's keep moving."

The four continue walking after that small conversation. Sakura held on to the hat's brim again to stop a rushing wind from lifting it off her head and making her chase for it.

ビチャン… ビチャン… ビチャン…

"Ah! I heard it again!" She exclaimed, looking around again.

Raising an eyebrow, Narancia asks her this time. "What exactly did you hear about Sakura? You didn't mistake the ｢splashing rain｣ as a strange sound, did ya?"

Sakura shakes her head, stating, "No. I'm sure I hear an almost inaudible noise amidst the rain. It sounds like… someone… stepping on a small… puddle." She gave her best description of what she heard.

"…Are you saying there is ｢someone else｣ nearby walking behind us?" Kakyoin guessed.

"I… think so. Yeah," she nodded. If that's what she heard, she hopes that they didn't see their sickly blue skin and piercing red eyes pointing to their inhuman nature. "But, not behind us! I heard it coming from ｢above｣."

"Above?" Junko repeated. She immediately finds the choice of word as odd so she says, "But, you said it sounds like someone stepping on a puddle Sakura. How can you hear it above you?"

"Oh? Wait, you're right. That is weird," she agreed. "But I'm sure I heard it above us. My ears couldn't have mistaken it."

ビチャン ビチャン ビチャン

"And there it is again! The 「sound」 above us!"

While Junko looks unconvinced and skeptical of her statement, Kakyoin has a thoughtful look on him as he tries to make sense of her words. Footsteps heard above them? Surely the rain could be the cause? Barring that, maybe the splattering rain concealed the sound only Sakura could hear.

"Uhhhh, yeah. That's really weird and all, but can we get a move on? I don't want to spend more minutes standing here in the rain," Narancia impatiently told the three. He doesn't like the sound of any liquid hitting a surface at all, so he wants to go back home and be safe under the roof protecting him from the rain. "Besides, it's not long before our makeup will wash away and expose our decaying bodies to anyone unfortunate to pass by." He showed them his arms that's not colored blue and gangly in appearance.

Junko looks at his arms and is a little surprised. "Eh? But, Narancia-san. Your makeup was washed off a minute ago."

"…What? Really?" Taking a look at his arms, he sees Junko is right. His eyes widened.

! !

It's not only Narancia who found out as Kakyoin also sees his hands are healthy and normal, as if he's still alive. If we became humans then… Ah! Becoming alarmed, he exclaims, "Oh no! Don't tell me… we're under an enemy's sight because we turned back to humans!?"

Hearing his words just now, Narancia and Junko also realized their bodies became normal. No sign of decay and discolored skin, and no red eyes seemingly glowing in the dark. While the former becomes alerted like Kakyoin, Junko starts to panic because she will be facing another enemy Stand again.

ドドドドドドドド

"An enemy Stand! Where!?" Narancia looks around wildly, trying to locate their enemy. Little did he know, the enemy was behind him, ready to ambush him with a sharp weapon of sorts.

!?

However, Sakura sees the enemy approaching Narancia, so she rushes towards Narancia as she shouts, "AAAAHH! Narancia-kun, look out!"

"Huh?" Narancia turned to the panicking girl pushing him away, at the same time the eerie figure throw the weapon…

スバッ

A slicing sound was heard next. Narancia roughly steadied his posture after stumbling before spinning around to look at Sakura's slouched form for a moment with Junko and Kakyoin before her head slid off her neck and fell to the soaked ground. Her body soon followed, creating a splash.

They stay silent, staring disbelieving at the beheaded Sakura lying on the ground and getting splashed by the rain with mouths agape. Their faces are filled with shock, aghast that they have just watched Sakura getting killed so abruptly.

"N-No… No way…" Kakyoin started, a reluctant tone in his voice.

"No… Nononononono… S-Sakura-chan…" Junko stuttered, tears forming on the corners of her eyes.

"This… This is not real… Tell me this is NOT REAL…!" Narancia looked furious and distraught, angry at whoever killed her and feeling a bit of guilt for causing her to die.

Whatever their reactions are, they could only face the beheaded corpse of Sakura, unmoving and unresponsive for the world to see. They could not believe it. They really just saw Sakura beheaded right in front of their eyes. Try as they might, they just couldn't deny it when she is lying before them.

Before more reactions are let out, a voice rings through the splashing rain. A familiar, sweet voice it might add. "Uh, guys? Can you… help me reconnect my head back to my body?"

"Huh?"

"Eh?"

"What?"

The three humanized zombies swiftly turned at Sakura, specifically her head, as they stood numbly with eyes wide in shock. Did… Did they just hear her voice? It could've been their minds playing tricks on them out of denial of her supposed "death". But then, they hear her voice again, louder and clearer this time. "Hey! Are you three gonna stand there and ignore me? I can feel my body trying to find my head and insert it back to my neck!" Sure enough, her headless body began crawling around searching the ground with her hands in an attempt to touch her head, which is actually lying behind it.

After staring at her headless body move around, Kakyoin could not contain his relief and shock as he exclaimed, "You're…! Y-You're still alive, Sakura!?"

"OHHHH MYYYYY GOOOOOOOOD!" Narancia had his hands on his cheek when he shouted out of shock over this turn of events.

"Aaahhhhh! Y-Y-You… You really scared us, Sakura! I thought… I thought you d-d-died…!" Junko cried out of relief, tears spilling out from her eyes as she grabbed and hugged her head. After she's done hugging, she holds her head out and stares at her disembodied head. She sees that unlike them, her skin remained greenish blue and cold to the touch. This fact baffled Junko, blinking her eyes. "Eh? Sakura-chan? You didn't… turned human like us?"

"Wait, really?" Narancia looks at her in surprise, then at Sakura's head and sees she's right. "Sakura remained a zombie unlike us?"

"She… She is," Kakyoin didn't hide his look of surprise after pulling Sakura's beheaded body upright and noticed her sickly blue skin. "But why? How come you weren't turned human, Sakura?" He glanced at her head, of which Junko spun her head so she's facing him and Narancia.

"I'm… I'm not so sure," she replied in confusion. "While I would like to wonder about why I didn't turn human, I would worry more about the enemy that sliced my head off. Harmlessly, I have to add."

ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ

Upon being reminded, Junko instinctively huddles up to Narancia and Kakyoin with a fearful expression. Likewise, the two can feel their adrenaline filling their heads as they scan their surroundings, noticing the enemy is nowhere in sight.

"Damn it. I got complacent," cursed Narancia, blaming himself for not noticing the enemy was behind him earlier until it's too late. If it weren't for Sakura pushing him out of harm's way, he would be injured, or even dead. Even then, he has no one to blame but himself for causing Sakura's second death if she did turn back into human. "Whoever our enemy is, they have a lot to answer for!"

Looking up in the sky, Narancia shouted his lungs out, eager to fight and kill the enemy. "HEEEEEY! Show yourself you bastard! Don't you dare hide from us like a coward!"

"N-Narancia! Don't provoke the enemy! We do not yet know what they are capable of!" Junko warned him, fearful of how dangerous their enemy is and when they will attack. She is unaware that the enemy is right behind her, standing ominously as a hand is raised holding the same weapon, its sharp tip pointing towards her back with the intent of stabbing her…

! !

Kakyoin saw the enemy looming behind Junko, prompting him to point his finger and shout. "Junko! DUCK!"

"Huh?"

If his command isn't enough of an indicator he has found the enemy, then Hierophant Green manifesting to charge up an Emerald Splash should.

"Emerald Splash!"

ドッバアーッ

"Awawawawah!"

Acting quick, Junko ducked down as emeralds passed her harmlessly aimed towards the enemy, who was now visible to the four. Said enemy, who is wearing a hooded poncho and a mask resembling a hockey's mask, saw the emeralds coming his way and evaded by jumping up.

"Think fast! Here's a second Emerald Splash!" Kakyoin did not let up his assault, firing emeralds at the enemy stuck seemingly in the air. He has nowhere to stand on, so he's going to get hit by the emeralds.

ビシャッ バシャッ ガシィン ガシィィン

"Huh!?" To his and everyone's surprise, the hooded enemy managed to dodge the emeralds by jumping from nothing. Or more accurately, he jumped or leaped from air-to-air in an implausible display of acrobatics, and each time his feet stepped on something, a wet sound was heard. As such, the emeralds couldn't hit him, passing him by without harm as he continued dodging them until Kakyoin stopped. The enemy then stopped jumping and proceeded to stand still, again without anything holding him up in the air.

Naturally, such a bizarre sight means any of the four are liable to point it out. Sakura is the one who does it, stating, "How… How is the man jumping in the air without anything he can step on?! Is it… Is it his 「ability｣?"

"It could be. No way in hell that the enemy walking and jumping in the air like he has ground to cover is anything but normal," Narancia told her. A red aura surrounds his body, a sign that he's going to bring out his Stand to assist Kakyoin. "We still do not know what his ability is and how it works, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna stand here and do nothing while Kakyoin gets all the spotlight in this fight! I'm joining in to bring that bastardo down!"

"Any help is appreciated, Narancia," said Kakyoin, watching the enemy intently and seeing he dropped to the ground and stares at them. He had just seen he's carrying an umbrella, which he closed before discarding it, as if he didn't need it. In response to this, Hierophant Green appears before its master, its hands already charging up another shot of Emerald Splash. "If you want to bring your Stand out, do it now! We can't let the enemy have the advantage and kill Sakura and Junko."

"What you said. Alright! Time to show you three what my Stand is!" Narancia eagerly joins the fight, standing next to Kakyoin and glaring at their enemy with a determined look.

"Please be careful, you two!" Sakura told them, having managed to bring her head and hat back to her body. Even though she remained as a zombie, she's not looking forward to getting attacked or sliced apart again, so she's staying out of their fight. "Do everything you can to bring him down!"

"I'm sure they will, Sakura-chan," assured Junko, putting her hand on her shoulder to comfort her. "We already saw Kakyoin-san using Hierophant Green competently, so if Narancia-san is on the same level as him, then I have faith they will defeat the enemy so we can go home safe."

"Yeah. Here's hoping." She agreed with a nod, smiling at her and at the two staring the enemy down.

ドドドドドドドド

The tension between Kakyoin, Narancia and the masked enemy boils up as neither side is willing to back down from their intense stare off. Kakyoin has Hierophant Green at standstill, Narancia's body is covered in red aura but hasn't summoned his Stand yet and the enemy simply continues staring at the target he has to kill. These two are in his way, so he has to take care of them before he can proceed to the white-haired girl behind them.

"It appears… You two are unwilling to let me dispose of miss Junko," the man spoke up, getting their attention specifically the white-haired zombie. "I was hoping to go easy on all of you and sneak around to give Junko a quick and painless death through my 「Catch the Rainbow」."

"Catch the Rainbow?" Kakyoin parrotted.

"My Stand. Should be obvious what I'm referring to." He clarified.

"Gee, thanks for informing us," snarked Narancia. "Now then, about what you said about Junko… Why do I have a feeling she's your target?" He narrowed his eyes.

"Me? T-Target?" Junko squeaked.

The poncho man glanced briefly at the frightened girl, which is necessary since he wears a mask and one couldn't see the movement of his eyes, before facing the two Stand Users and reveals, "She's one of the lead vocals of your group's upcoming concert, alongside miss Ai. I was assigned to kill Junko while one of my allies hunted down miss Ai in order to cripple your group and ensure your upcoming concert will be a disaster. As a plus, it would rid Franchouchou of two experts in your field."

Sakura and Junko are naturally freaked out by his declaration, the latter stepping back behind Sakura as if she wants her to shield her from the enemy while Narancia and Kakyoin doubled down on glaring at him, also surprised and worried for Ai and the enemy possessing startling info of Franchouchou's major concert. With this, Kakyoin cannot help but demand, "How did you learn that? Have you been… spying on us!?"

"Not me. The 「boss」 who brought me here covertly spied on you. That's how they know." He revealed with a shrug.

"Your boss… Would they be the same one who sent Black Sabbath and Limp Bizkit to us two months ago?"

"…Sorry, but I'm afraid that's the extent of the info I can reveal to you," the enemy declined to answer. He next moves his arms around and slides his left leg separately from his other leg, indicating he's about to attack. "Now, if you would kindly move aside and let me kill miss Junko, I'll spare you two and that red-haired girl. What do you say?"

Hearing Junko's whimper reinforces Narancia's desire to kill the enemy, frowning heavily as he responds, "Oh yeah? Guess what! We refuse! We're not gonna let your hands on Junko, you cagacazzo! You'll have to get through us if you want to kill her! Or better yet, don't!"

The masked man studied Li'l Bomber and Cherry Boy's determined faces for a second before he responds, "I see… you're not gonna make this easy. Very well… If that's what you want, then I apologize in advance for what I'm about to do to you three."

…Huh, three? Did he singled out… me? Sakura thought in surprise. But she didn't have time to ask or think about it when the enemy disappeared among the rain.

"The enemy!? Where… Where did it go!?" Kakyoin exclaimed, thinking of having Hierophant Green send out tendrils across the ground. He didn't know his answer would soon be given to him in the form of a surprise attack.

スカァッ

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Narancia's right cheek gets sliced clean by something sharp like a knife, drawing up blood from the wound. The pain prompted the screaming teen to clutch his face as he fell backward to the ground, screaming in pain.

"NARANCIA!" Sakura and Junko called out his name in concern.

"HIEROPHANT GREEN!"

Acting fast, Kakyoin commanded his Stand as soon as the masked enemy appeared out of nowhere. Without hesitation, Hierophant Green fired emeralds at the enemy, who swiftly dodge all the emeralds. Seeing this, Kakyoin conjures tentacles from Hierophant Green's chest to entangle the enemy through the ground and in the air, making sure he has nowhere to escape from his Stand.

ガバァァー

However, the enemy anticipated this and responded by jumping up. This does not deter Kakyoin as he simply redirected the tentacles above. This time, he will not escape from Hierophant Green's grip! What he thought as he believes he can end the fight early before it gets dragged on.

チク チク チクッ

Kakyoin feels a prickly pain from his body as the tentacles are getting stabbed repeatedly from…raindrops?

W-What? Am I seeing this…? Are those raindrops… piercing Hierophant Green's tentacles? He thought in disbelief.

Despite being not in great pain, Kakyoin doesn't like the sensation of getting pricked by something sharp similar to needles so he retracts the tentacles. At the same time, Hierophant Green charges another Emerald Splash as its user glares at the enemy seemingly floating in the air amidst the rain. "If the tendrils won't get you, my emeralds surely will! Take this, EMERALD SPLASH!"

ドッバアーッ !

As the emeralds are about to hit the masked enemy, he has this to say in an apologetic tone.

"I'm sorry."

ビシィ !

One emerald is deflected by something, directing it to the other emeralds.

ガン ガン ガン ガン ガン

!

Kakyoin's eyes couldn't believe what he was seeing as all emeralds were ricocheting off each other. Not only that, raindrops around it remain still in mid-air and deflects the emeralds more, much to his, Sakura and Junko's surprise.

What the? Why are the emeralds bouncing off from raindrops? Despite being so small, they are all 「durable」 enough to not be washed off by the emeralds. And earlier, the raindrops pierced the tentacles like it was nothing! Just what's the deal with the rain? Why are they acting like that 「around」 the enemy?

…

Acting…around the…enemy…? …No way! Don't tell me! The enemy's Stand 「ability」 is…!

Kakyoin didn't get to tell them what he had discovered when the emeralds were deflected towards the four.

ドッバアーッ !

"Oh crap!"

Kakyoin exclaimed before Hierophant Green fires another stream of emeralds to divert the rogue emeralds to his side. Unfortunately, not all of them are diverted as some of them reach Sakura and Junko, who didn't have time to dodge them and get hit.

"Aaaaghh!" Junko shouted as she was hit in her shoulder, torso and left knee. Sakura turns to her in concern when she hears her shout of pain. "Junko-chan!"

Diverting her eyes off from the emeralds is a mistake because one emerald hits her temple, detaching her head cleanly from her body in the process. "AGEGH!?"

Despite being the only one who hasn't turned human and remained a zombie, a hit to her temple is enough to disorient Sakura, reflected by her headless body trying to stand up but cannot as the red-haired girl try to shake off the feeling of turmoil whirling in her head. "Uuuggghhh… I feel sick…"

"SAKURA! JUNKO!" Kakyoin turns around after hearing them scream in pain. A look of worry and regret appeared on his face when he saw in his attempt to stop the enemy Stand, it led the two girls to get harmed by him unintentionally. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-"

"No, don't apologize Kakyoin-san…" Junko stops him, giving him a reassuring smile despite the pain as she does not hold it against him. "I know you didn't mean to hurt us."

"But still, Hierophant Green fired the emeralds. I cannot help but feel responsible for almost injuring you two, especially you Junko because you turned into a human again along with Narancia and I while Sakura remains a zombie for some reason." He replied guiltily. Turning to Sakura, whose headless body grabs the still disorientated head, he is thankful Sakura remained a zombie, meaning an emerald hitting her head isn't fatal for her. Regardless, he feels guilty over hurting her inadvertently.

Reforming back from a puddle of rain, the masked man, seeing Kakyoin is distracted, forms a sharp weapon made out of condensed raindrops, intending to stab him from the back and make up for not stabbing Junko earlier. With his hand raised, the enemy is ready to kill one of the bodyguards of Franchouhou…

"How dare you…"

Everyone including the masked man heard Narancia say after staying quiet to the point they almost forgot him. The former member of Passione, who isn't injured by the emeralds at all miraculously enough, crouches up while clutching his slashed cheek with his head down, all the while uttering "How dare you…!" in seething anger that seems to be directed at Kakyoin. At least that's what he thinks.

BGM: aereo da caccia (Golden Wind: Overture)

"Narancia…?" He calls his name, believing he is going to attack him for hurting Junko and Sakura. "H-Hey, listen. I didn't mean-"

"DROP DEEEEAD!"

ドォォォン

A miniature airplane flies out of Narancia, taking flight in the air as its user rises up and kneels on the ground with a ferocious gaze accompanied by the airplane flying above his head.

Sakura, Junko and Kakyoin watch as the airplane, which is based on a monoplane fighter aircraft constructed in tractor configuration that has its propeller located in the front painted in red, wings in an Inverted Gull Wing configuration, plane's wheels retracted under its fuselage, twin tail vertical stabilizer, two machine guns under the wings and a single bomb under the fuselage and, if one looks close, has facial features including eyes and a wide mouth that are segmented fly pass Kakyoin (much to his relief because he is not his target) towards the enemy, who decides to not attack Kakyoin and get away from the airplane charging towards him and the berserk Stand User.

"I WON'T LET YOU GET AWAY WITH HURTING MY FRIENDS! 「AEROSMITH」!"

ドガガガガガ

Lots of bullets fired from its machine guns fired rapidly against the retreating enemy. Blackmore tried dodging them all and stabilizing raindrops to deflect them, but he was grazed by gunshots due to how fast the machine guns were. Needing to retreat for now, Blackmore melds with the falling rain, escaping Narancia's wrath for the time being as he disappears to a puddle.

Naturally, Narancia is displeased to see him disappear, prompting to come over and stomp the puddle where Blackmore disappeared into. "Goddammit! He just has to dissolve like just when I already cornered him! Aaaaggghhhh! This is irritating!" Angered at him getting a cheap shot to his cheek and escaping his attack, Narancia looks around wildly, shouting, "Show yourself you bastardo! I'm not done with you! Come and face me like a man! If not, then I'll bomb the street using Aerosmith!"

"N-Narancia! Calm down!" Kakyoin holds his flailing arms as he tries putting some sense into the irate boy. "L-Let's not get too… angry, please!"

Though he's still not satisfied, Narancia eventually manages to calm down. He lets out a sigh, obviously displeased Kakyoin has to cut in and tells him to get hold of himself.

BGM stops

"Uhh… Who would have thought Narancia has a Stand like that?" They heard Sakura say after watching Aerosmith fire many bullets at Blackmore and his burst of temper.

"If he hadn't disappeared, he would be a charred, bullet-ridden corpse getting washed off by the rain." Narancia said. "Sorry I wasn't too quick guys." He rubs his head in discontent.

"Well, I am glad all of us are still fine and weren't injured greatly." Sakura let out a sigh of relief as she replied. "On the topic of your Stand Narancia, your…Aerosmith is remarkable, and deadly. If you would, please don't use your Stand against me! I-I'm scared of what it will do to me.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't worry! I'm not gonna use it against you and Junko!" Narancia waves his hands in front of him to calm her down. "I'm not that much of an asshole to just use it as much as I like!"

"But you are willing to fire at the enemy with your Stand. How can we not be afraid of you and your Stand?" Junko agrees with Sakura, hoping he doesn't mind what she said to him.

Li'l Bomber stands up as Junko puts her head and hat back, saying, "Weeeell… Considering what he had done to my face and to you three, I'd say he deserves it."

"Still, shooting at him with all of your bullets is so… cruel." Junko winced at the thought, regardless if she did believe the enemy deserved it. "And does your Stand have to manifest as an airplane? This is after Kakyoin-san told you about how I died…"

Narancia's eyes widened in shock. " Ah! I-I, well… Sorry! It's just that…! That's what my Stand… looks like?" He tries to justify the appearance of his Stand, even though he starts to feel bad about giving Junko PTSD from the sight of an airplane. Junko sees where he is getting at so she said, "Oh, please do not worry. I can take the sight of your airplane Stand with minimal issue. You don't have to think about not summoning it for my sake."

"Really? Geez, you don't have to say that. I may not let Aerosmith out if it gives you bad memories Junko." He responded with a concerned look.

"If I would like to ask, is there anything else Aerosmith can do, Narancia?" Kakyoin started asking about Aerosmith, curious to see what an object-based Stand does to help its user. "I can tell it's a long-ranged type Stand appearing as a fighter plane that shoots bullets and… drops bombs? I mean, there does seem to be a yellow object latched below Aerosmith." He pointed out the bomb latched below the flying airplane.

"Yeah. It can drop a bomb to cause explosions." Narancia confirmed.

"S-Seriously? You can cause explosions too?" Sakura muttered, paling at the thought and ferocity Narancia possesses. Guess that explains his nickname. I thought Kotaro-san was making that up.

"It's for a rare occasion! Doesn't mean I'm gonna drop bombs as much as I like!"

"Aside from machine guns and bombs, are there other functions it has?"

Narancia nodded, "Yup, there's one more! Aside from two machine guns filled with infinite ammunition and a bomb, Aerosmith is equipped with a radar that lets me detect 「carbon dioxide」 in my vicinity. With itI can tell where the target is if I inspect the carbon dioxide intently or adjust the settings depending on the situation."

"A radar?" Junko repeated.

"This radar."

Narancia pointed to a mechanical radar appearing on his right eye, which has a propeller and a screen showing three detected carbon dioxides as three circular blips. It's in the center, meaning the radar detects him, Kakyoin and Junko. The three huddled behind Narancia and saw what the radar looked like. "Pretty neat, right?"

"Wow. I think this radar must be useful to you and your team, Narancia-kun." Sakura complimented.

"Well, it's not entirely perfect because there are times the radar may not work as intended in a given situation but for the most part, my enemies won't hide themselves from me no matter how hard they try as long as their carbon dioxide is detected." He admitted with a cheeky smile.

ビチャン ビチャン ビチャン

!

The telltale sound of shoes stepping on a puddle, or more accurately, stepping on a raindrop, is heard, prompting them to keep their guard up and look around for any signs of Blackmore.

"There's that sound again," said Sakura, huddling close to Kakyoin for protection. "How… How is he making that sound? It sounds like he's stepping on water, but at the same time, it doesn't sound quite like it."

"Could it be his Stand ability?" Junko guessed. "We did see him standing on raindrops."

"Raindrops? Hmm, could it be that his ability involves 「manipulating rain」?" Narancia wondered, keeping the radar on his face while Aerosmith continued patrolling their surroundings.

"That must be his ability," confirmed Kakyoin. "Catch the Rainbow allows the enemy to manipulate raindrops like… stabilizing them in mid-air to let him stand on them, meld itself with the rain to provide fluid movements like he is made of water and utilize the rain for offense and defense, like using them to form sharp weapons or deflecting solid projectiles." He explained what he found after observing how the masked man possibly acts to the three.

"I-I see. So that's how his Stand works," if Sakura isn't more worried about Blackmore, then she should be now. "This rain… It must have provided him a perpetual source of his power to attack us. If it wasn't raining this night, his ability would be useless, something I would have liked to happen. This is bad timing."

"It's unfortunate we got caught in its range, yeah, but that doesn't mean the enemy is invincible," reminded Narancia. "Even though he dodged the majority of my bullets, I did see him get grazed by them, meaning he got hurt by my attack regardless. I have to wonder... If I can overwhelm him, to the point he won't be able to escape my and Kakyoin's attacks, then he's practically finished."

"So that will be your strategy then? Overwhelm the enemy until he goes down?" Junko summed up his statement.

"Or catch him off-guard by exploiting his yet-unknown weakness," added Kakyoin as he has Hierophant Green spread out its tendrils from its lower body across the ground and around them. "The enemy moves so nimbly that Narancia and I are unable to even land a serious blow to him. We must stop that. If he tries to get out of our assault through dissolving as a water, he will have to answer to Hierophant Green's tendrils spread around. The tendrils will catch him before he can retreat and Narancia and I are free to obliterate him with our Stands."

At this moment, the enemy reappeared standing in mid-air, looking at them with his eyes behind his mask. "The enemy!" Sakura yelled out.

"He finally came out. Now then…" Ushering the girls behind them, Kakyoin and Narancia stare at their enemy with resolute eyes, intending to end his assault in any way they can. "Let's finish this. Are you ready, Narancia?"

"Ready as always!" He nodded enthusiastically.

As rain continues pouring down, Blackmore remains in his position, holding an umbrella. Unwilling to let him have attack first, Hierophant Green and Aerosmith both charge to the enemy and encircle around him so both Stands are in front of and behind him, leaving him no space to evade their attacks.

With the position set, Kakyoin and Narancia shouted vigorously.

"AEROSMITH!"

"HIEROPHANT GREEN!"

Despite being seemingly surrounded, the masked man remains composed and calm, as if he's not bothered by their upcoming attacks. This is then followed by him whispering to himself.

"…How naïve. You two thought you had me cornered. Well, I am sorry for proving you two wrong but… my Stand, Catch the Rainbow, not only lets me stabilize raindrops, but I can freely control any kinds of 「liquid」 with just my hand and imagination. As long as there is 「rain or water」, I have full command over them. After all, you can't assume the rain is always pouring down…"

Before Kakyoin fires an Emerald Splash together with Narancia, he notices a rising object in front of him. "Hm? What's that?" Distracted, Kakyoin turns to look at it.

"Oi, Kakyoin! What the heck are you- huh?" Narancia is about to scold him for getting distracted when he sees the same object too.

"Kakyoin, Narancia, what's wrong?" Sakura asked the two, wondering and concerned that they had diverted their attention to something else.

"More than that, what is that rising in front of them?" Junko peeks around the two and sees a rippling, fluid pillar-like entity rising and forming a shape on its tip.

ドドドドドドドド

As the four look at the peculiar liquid entity, with Hierophant Green and Aerosmith on standby, they try to guess what they are looking at. They certainly didn't expect this…thing to appear before a climactic part of this fight, and as such, they are distracted by a tower-like liquid object. It was not until its tip formed a human hand with sharp fingers did Kakyoin realize what it really was.

"AH!" He lets out a sharp intake of breath in shock and dread before he tries warning the three too late. "Everyone! Get back! It's the enemy's-!"

ドピュギィ !

The hand instantly slices Kakyoin's face, the pain forcing him to the ground as blood pours out from his wounds. "AAAAGGGHHHHH!"

"KAKYOIN!" Sakura and Junko called out in shock and horror over seeing his face sliced by water.

Knowing already who the culprit is, Narancia turns back to Blackmore angrily, seeing Hierophant Green disperse in response to its user's pain. "Why you…! YOU'RE DEAD!"

ドガガガガガ

Aerosmith fires at Blackmore, who simply evades them like before, only getting grazing wounds due to the speed of the machine gun. At the same time, the appendage-like water swiftly moves to slice Narancia's head off, which he immediately notices and barely dodges, earning a cut on his shoulder, "Gaaaahh!" He shouts out in pain.

"Narancia!" Sakura turns to him when he was almost sliced by Blackmore's water appendage, only for a third surprise caused by the appendage to happen by slicing her head for the third time. "Anngh-!"

"Not you too, Sakura!" Even though she wasn't killed because she's a zombie, it doesn't stop Junko from being concerned by her. She looks mortified over seeing them bombarded by the enemy's secondary attack. She wants to help all of them, but because they are far from home and have no way of attacking, she is powerless. Still, seeing her friends get hurt and suffer is not what she wanted to see that night, so whether she has a Stand or not, she will try to get them back on their feet.

Unfortunately for her, that will not happen because Blackmore suddenly appeared behind her, and before she can react, a hand covers her mouth. "Mmmphfff!"

"Finally caught you." Blackmore stated to Junko, feeling his wounds getting plugged in by raindrops. It doesn't mean the wounds are healed however, as it serves to prolong the bleeding and his inevitable death if the wounds are serious.

"Mmmm-! Hmmmghhh! N-NARANCI-! Hnngfff!" Attempting to pry his mouth, Junko managed to do so briefly to call out Narancia in panic before she was covered again. The boy heard her cry and turned around to see Blackmore having her hands on her.

"Ah! Junko! Grrrr! Get your hands off her, NOW!"

ドバガガガガ

Aerosmith fired at the masked enemy again, this time from behind. This is a futile move, as he successfully jumped up and away from the bullets as it hit the pavement and fence's wall. With the stabilized raindrops, Blackmore stands far from the three with the squirming Junko in his hands. Poor girl tries to free herself his grip which too tight, flailing her legs in vain. "I have my target. Right now, I am needed somewhere as I sense one of my comrades has been defeated by your groupmates. Our confrontation is as good as finished." He announced to Narancia and beheaded Sakura.

"Like hell we're done with you!" He quickly rebutted, intending to charge towards him. But a swift movement from the appendage splashing the puddle before his feet stops him from doing so, as it accompanies Blackmore to protect him from anyone who would try to interrupt or attack him.

"Try going after me if you want this water appendage to slice you apart," he gives him a warning in a low tone. "As I said, I got my target and I am needed somewhere. I'll be taking my leave. Farewell."

"WAAAAAAAHHH! NARANCIAAAAAA!" Prying his hand off again, Junko could only scream his name in panic as she is hauled away from the three, with Blackmore jumping from raindrops to raindrops to his next destination.

Not willing to lose the enemy and let him get away, Narancia, with Aerosmith flying above him, pursues Blackmore anyway, heedless of the warning, exclaiming, "Hold on Junko! I'm gonna turn that bastardo into swiss cheese with Aerosmith!" Li'l Bomber sprinted across the street, leaving Sakura and the seemingly motionless Kakyoin behind.

"N-Narancia, wait! Don't forget us!" Sakura tried calling out to him, her headless body quickening the pace to find and reattach her body.

"No. Let him go, Sakura. He must not lose sight of the enemy," she heard Kakyoin speak, at the same time her body found her head and picked her up and face it towards the recovering teenager. His right hand is covering her eyes as blood pours out from his wounds. Worrying that his eyes might be injured thanks to one of the masked enemy's attacks, she asks, "Kakyoin! Are you alright! Is… Are your eyes injured?"

"Do not worry. I am fine Sakura. In fact," he removes his hand, revealing his closed eyes and two vertical wounds lining it. He then opens his eyes, showing them safe and uninjured. "My eyes are fine." He smiled out of relief.

Seeing he is uninjured causes Sakura to let out a sigh of relief. "Haaah… You have me worried Kakyoin. I thought you got blinded when the water sliced your eyes. Or at least, that's what I thought." She said, reattaching her head back for the third time tonight.

"Well, truth be told, I did receive a similar attack back when my group had reached Egypt and encountered one of DIO's elite guards," he recounted the battle that caused him to move out of the group temporarily to recover because of his carelessness. "It's a Stand made out of water, with slicing power strong enough to cut a human's flesh. I fell victim to it when it sliced my eyes. I would have gone blind if expert surgeons from Speedwagon Foundation didn't operate on my eyes and recover my sight."

Sakura is shocked to hear that. She guesses that's why two, small vertical scars lining his eyes were there. "Ouch. So, I believe you learned your lesson when you realized what the enemy's secondary attack will do, right?"

"Yeah. I managed to close my eyes before I felt my face getting slashed," he sighs out of relief. "If I haven't, I would go blind for real, possibly beyond recovering."

"Good thing it didn't happen…" She shivered in fear at the thought. "Anyway, we must go after Narancia-kun. Like you said, we mustn't lose sight of the enemy that has Junko-chan. I don't want to imagine him killing her before we can reach her…"

"Right. We have to go now Sakura. I'll send Hierophant Green up to the skies and scan the streets below first. Please wait a moment…"

As he said, Hierophant Green flies out of its user and zooms straight into the air and once reaching the required height, it begins searching. Thankfully, the two wouldn't wait for long when the Stand's yellow eyes catch sight of the enemy, the captive Junko and the pursuing Narancia. Kakyoin thus announces, "I found them! It looks like they're moving in the direction of the… mansion?"

"Our home?" Sakura is puzzled. Then a thought occurred to her and gasped. "Oh no. If the enemy is gunning straight to our home then… Did the rest of our friends who stayed behind got involved in a fight!?"

Kakyoin gritted his teeth. "It might be possible. Alright, let's stand here no longer! We must hurry back, Sakura!"

"Right! I'll follow your lead!"

Filled with worry for their friends, Cherry Boy and Number One dashed through rain-soaked streets in pursuit of the masked enemy, determined to stop him from killing Junko and threaten Saga whenever it rains.

To be continued

Stand Analysis:

Aerosmith (Stand Master: Narancia Ghirga)

Destructive Power: B
Speed: B
Range: B
Stamina: C
Precision: E
Developmental Potential: C

Taking the appearance of a miniature fighter airplane always in flight, Aerosmith is an exceptionally powerful Stand that can fire bullets from two small machine guns or drop a single bomb attached under the plane. Despite their size and poor precision, they are very deadly in that bullets can shoot through human and a single bomb has the power of a grenade. If they are not enough, it has a propeller that can be used as a blade to ram into enemies and slice them up.

Aside from its weaponry, Aerosmith has a carbon dioxide radar Narancia can use to detect an enemy's position through their breathing when they exhale. When it's in use, it appears levitating to his right eye and the radar can be adjusted so the radar can detect other sources like small animals or even insects.

Catch the Rainbow (Stand Master: Blackmore)

Destructive Power: C
Speed: C
Range: B
Stamina: B
Precision: D
Developmental Potential: D

One of the three enemy Stands fighting one group of zombies, Catch the Rainbow takes the form of a mask similar to hockey mask with prominent brow ridge, no nose, five vertically long triangular slits on the area where a mouth would be dotted by five holes above them and three colorful stripes worn by Blackmore. With the mask on, Blackmore can manipulate the rain by stopping the raindrops in their tracks and make them float, becoming solid enough to support Blackmore and deflect projectiles like Emerald Splash. Aside from being able to traverse high in the air from raindrops alone, Blackmore can give the raindrops cutting power, whether through multiple drops or blades formed by Blackmore.

Thanks to his body being modified, Blackmore possesses a liquid body that is complemented by the rain, becoming intangible like water to the point it can transport one arm to a puddle away from him, evade fluidly and move at high speeds across the air or distances as long as there is rain around him. While it is still vulnerable as a human, it can heal the wounds by plugging them with raindrops and stop them bleeding.

Onomatopoeia:

ザー ザー ザー ザー (Zaaaa) - Pouring and splashing rain

ビチャン (Bichan) - Foot stepping on stationary raindrops

スバッ/スカァッ/ドピュギィ (Suba/Sukaa/Dobyugi) - Sound of slicing

ビシャッ/バシャッ/ガシィン/ガシィィン (Bisha/Basha/Gashin/Gashiiin) - Quick traversal on raindrops

ガバァァー (Gabaaa) - High jump

チク チク チクッ (Chiku chiku chiku) - Skin getting pricked by a small object like needle

ビシィ / ガン ガン ガン ガン ガン (Bishi/Gan gan gan) - Projectiles getting deflected from raindrops and each other

ドガガガガガ/ドバガガガガ (Dogagagaga/Dobagagagaga - Aerosmith firing its machine guns;