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Beep. Beep. Beep. A fist flies down and breaks the alarm clock.
"Dammit," said a gruff voice, "Eh, Josuke can probably fix it."
This young man is Okuyasu Nijimura, and he is roughly 21. With short hair, with two ends protruding at the neckline, in a vague zigzag pattern. A phone starts to ring. Okuyasu picks it up and answers.
"This is Okuyasu, what do you want?"
"Hey! Okuyasu, Buddy! Are you still coming for coffee this morning?" a very ecstatic voice called out from the other end of the line.
"Oh, Josuke, yeah, I'm still coming, I just broke my alarm clock, I'll be there in 5."
"Sweet, see you there!" The line went dead.
As Okuyasu began to leave his apartment, a white hand swiped at the air and a jacket flew towards the leaving man. He caught it without even looking and threw it on, and locked his door.
As Okuyasu made his way down to the coffee shop, he noted how much has changed since that summer. He hadn't noticed how much nicer Morioh seemed since then. And he still had most of his friends from then. Okuyasu's attention was drawn over by a voice shouting his name. The voice belonged to his best friend, Josuke Higashikata. Josuke was waving his hand wildly to get Okuyasu's attention.
"Hey, Okuyasu! Over here!" Josuke was shouting, not caring that he was drawing attention to himself.
"Oi, Josuke!" Okuyasu called back, making his way to his friend and sat down.
"How the hell did you break your alarm clock?" Josuke asked.
"I thought I hit it lightly, clearly not the case," Okuyasu laughed.
"Anyways, I wanted to ask you something," Josuke's tone became quite serious.
"Uh, yeah, go ahead," Okuyasu responded, taking a sip of his coffee.
"So you know that Stand users attract other Stand users, right?"
"Yes, what does this have to do with a coffee shop?"
"I've noticed a strange presence that I haven't seen before," Josuke looked around as he said this, "I think I've seen at least four new Stands."
"Hold up, FOUR?!" Okuyasu couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Yes. And I think one of them is here at the coffee shop," Josuke stated while looking at someone in a light blue t-shirt, a skirt, and combat boots.
"Huh, odd choice of clothing," Okuyasu observed.
The girl noticed Josuke and Okuyasu looking at her, and stood up. She began making her way in their direction.
"What the hell are you looking at?" she said, in a mildly aggravated tone.
"Sorry, I just thought you were pretty," Okuyasu said, which wasn't completely a lie.
The girl's eyes narrowed. Then went back to their normal state.
"Sorry, I just eyed a lot," she said, "I kinda just do the whole intimidation thing as a defence."
Josuke noticed a fair bit of energy emanating from this girl, similar to a Stand. Without a second thought Josuke summoned his Stand, Crazy Diamond.
"DORA" Crazy Diamond called out before stopping right before punching a hole in the girl.
The girl's head slowly turned to look Josuke in the eyes. "You didn't even let me tell you my name before you attacked. Eager much, are we?"
Josuke's expression changed from shock to confusion in a matter of moments.
"My name is Karasu, but most people call me Hazel," Hazel stated, "Josuke and Okuyasu, don't think I don't know what you're doing, I am no threat unless you make me one."
Without thinking, Okuyasu summoned his Stand, The Hand. But before it could do anything, Crazy Diamond punched it.
"What the hell was that for, Josuke?" Okuyasu asked.
"That wasn't me, Crazy Diamond isn't obeying me!" Josuke responded.
"That's because of my Stand, Killer in the Name!" Hazel called, "It allows me to control anyone, or their stand, if they are in any form of leadership."
As soon as Hazel said this, she released Crazy Diamond…And her eye color changed from hazel to a grayish.
"Goddammit, you'll pay for that Hazel!" Josuke raged.
As Crazy Diamond went in for another punch, his mom appeared before him, causing him to stop dead in his tracks.
"Mom? What the hell are you doing here?" Josuke asked. But the figure before him was not his mother, instead, a muffle voice said, "Shatter Illusion." Josuke's Mom started to crack all along her body as the illusion fell, rather, as the illusion shattered.
"Why do you insist on hurting us, Josuke?" the Stand spoke.
"Because Hazel-"
"I am not Hazel, my user's name is Gray," the Stand cut off Josuke.
"But she just said her name is Hazel," Josuke protested.
"Josuke, look at her eyes, they're gray, not hazel," Okuyasu noticed.
"Good job Okuyasu, you found that out," the Stand replied, "Also, Gray is an enby, please refer to them as they/them. It really helps their mental state."
"Ok, they have gray eyes instead of hazel," Okuyasu fixed.
"Thank you, let's get the Stand introduction out of the way," the Stand finally stated, "I am Shattered Illusions!"