Y/n's POV
"It's a bomb, it's a bomb stand! So this is how it got Shigechi? That's why we couldn't find him, no matter where we looked" Koichi says. We then noticed the coat is gone
"He's, he's getting away!" Koichi says running after him
He's going to get himself killed
"Don't go after him, Koichi" Jotaro says
"Huh? Don't go after him?" Koichi asks
"Yeah, you'll get yourself killed if you" I say
"What are you saying? If we go after him, we'll get to see the face of the person who killed Reimi and Shigechi!" Koichi says
"At what cost? Death?!" I ask
"Y/n is right, we need to cautiously observe and act, Koichi" Jotaro says
"Wh-What are you talking about?" Koichi asks
"We just happened to miss the name tag on the jacket, but considering how big the jacket was, we can tell that the guy's about 175 centimeters tall. He's an office employee, and not married. If he had a wife, he wouldn't have brought his jacket here for a button repair. He's between the ages of 25 and 35, and he looks pretty rich. Judging from the material and design, that jacket was a high-end brand. Even if we don't follow him now, we've significantly narrowed down who it might be" Jotaro says
"I-I see. W-Wait! That doesn't mean we shouldn't go after him! He's a murderer!" Koichi says
"It's not that I don't want to pursue him, but we can't because that bomb stand is somewhere over there" Jotaro says
"Huh?! The stand? Y-You saw it?" Koichi asks
"I didn't see it, but it must be there. Slowly walk outside through the door" Jotaro says
"It 'must be'? Hang on. How can you know it must be there if you can't see it?" Koichi asks
"If he were the kind of guy to leave right after getting rid of the shop owner, then he never could've kept getting away with killing for fifteen years. He's someone who gets rid of all the evidence. Which means he plans to get rid of us" Jotaro says
"Hold on a sec, aren't you being too cautious?" Koichi asks
"Listen up, Koichi. Observing doesn't simply mean to look. It means to look carefully. It doesn't mean to just listen, but to listen well. Otherwise, we're going to die" Jotaro says walking around
"I wonder if the bomb stand is really still around. If it's not, we're gonna look really stupid!" Koichi says. Suddenly the stand lands on his face
"Look over here" the stand says
"Star Platinum!" Jotaro yells. Star Platinum punches the stand off of Koichi and continues to punch it, but the stand took no damage
"After all those hits I landed. This thing is pretty hard" Jotaro says. A click sound is made
"It's going to explode!" Koichi yells
"Star Platinum! The World!" Jotaro says. Next thing I knew there was a hole in the ground
"Y-Yes! You must have stopped time. Now no matter how much we touch it, it won't explode!" Koichi says. The stand comes out of the hole. We all stare shocked
"I-Impossible! It wasn't destroyed by Star Platinum's power! A-A stand that's this hard, impossible!" Koichi says
"Stay back, Koichi" Jotaro says as Star Platinum begins punching the stand again. It began moving on the ceiling
"It's still perfectly fine! It hasn't slowed down at all!" Koichi says
"Get back, Koichi!" Jotaro says. That's when I noticed Jotaro's hand was bleeding
"Y-You've hit it so much that you're hurt, but it hasn't sustained any damage!" Koichi says as I began to heal his hand
"Get further back, Koichi" Jotaro says. Star Platinum grabs the stand and tries to rip it apart. I finished healing Jotaro's hand
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow" the stand said
"What are you doing?! It'll explode if you're touching it! Let it go, quickly!" Koichi yells. We hear another click and Star Platinum throws it. It blew up and crashed through the window
"Look over here" it said
"Good grief. I've never met such a sturdy stand. I think my confidence is going to break first" Jotaro says
"J-Jotaro, at this rate, it's going to blow us up!" Koichi says
"You need to get further away. This time, I'm taking it apart for sure" Jotaro says
"I-I'd like to say something. A stand controlled from far away doesn't move with that much power. But that thing's power and explosive attacks. The power behind those explosion wouldn't very possible if the user wasn't nearby. The user should be within fifteen, no, ten meters of here!" Koichi says
"And?" Jotaro asks
"'And'? It's ten meters! My Reverb has a range of fifty meters! It can find the culprit!" Koichi says
"I told you, Koichi. Don't go after him. You just need to think about protecting yourself with your Reverb. Don't do anything else" Jotaro says
"Wh-Why?!" Koichi asks
"Because, Koichi, even if you found him, what are you going to do?!" I ask
"The culprit is no longer nearby. This is a remotely controlled stand. I've had many encounters with various stands, so I know" Jotaro says. The stand began to move
"Look over here" the stand said
"Its actions are too simple for it to be controlled from nearby" Jotaro says. I watched Koichi send out his Reverb
"What are you doing?!" I ask
"Distance, ten meters" Koichi says
"Get your stand back here now, Koichi!" I yell
"Look over here!" The stand says
"Wh-What? It's heading toward me?!" Koichi asks
"I figured it out. That stand goes after things with higher temperatures first. That's why it's so powerful, despite being controlled from far away" Jotaro says
"Bring out Reverb and protect yourself! Even if I stop time, you're too far away!" Jotaro says
"Reverb is fifty meters away, where the culprit is! I'm sorry!" Koichi yells. I pulled out my stand and put a shield around Koichi
"Good grief. Star Platinum! The World!" Jotaro yelled. Next thing I knew there was a fire
"I was right. It goes after things with the highest temperature first" Jotaro says as I take my shield away
"I'm saved" Koichi says
"But if body temperature is enough to make it explode, then when it's near fire.." Jotaro says as we heard a click. He began to move away as it exploded
"This power.." Jotaro says. My eyes went wide
"Huh?!" Koichi asks. I watched Jotaro get hit by the blast, he was covered in holes and blood as he fell into a wooden cabinet and collapsed
"Jotaro!" Me and Koichi yelled. We both rushed to his side as I began to heal Jotaro
"How could this happen? This is all my fault, Jotaro! This happened because I went after the culprit. If he hadn't caused the fire for my sake, it wouldn't have gotten him! Wake up, Jotaro!" Koichi yelled.
"Listen, you are our only offense at the moment. My stand has zero offensive abilities" I say
"That explosion wasn't a human! Look over here" Koichi says as he begins dragging Jotaro away.
Healing him will have to wait
I put a shield around the three of us as I helped Koichi drag Jotaro
"It's going to deal the final blow! It's too strong!" Koichi says. He suddenly turns on all the lights
"It's just like Jotaro said! It'll attack something that's hotter than body temperature first" Koichi says
"Look over here" the stand says
"Listen Koichi, I'm going to take Jotaro somewhere else, can I trust that you'll be able to hold yourself off until I heal him?" I ask
"Y-Yeah" he says. Koichi let's go of Jotaro and I teleported me and Jotaro to the hotel. I laid him on a flat surface and began to heal him. I pulled out my phone and dialed Josuke
"Hello?" He asks
"Listen it's me Y/n. Me, Koichi and Jotaro ran into the killer. His stand wounded Jotaro pretty bad. Jotaro and I are currently at the hotel but Koichi is by himself at the moment. I trust that he can avoid getting killed until we both come back but just in case, can you head over to back him up?" I ask as I also tell him the address
"Yeah, I can do that" Josuke says
"Thank you" I say as I hang up. I continued to heal Jotaro. Luckily the stand didn't hit any organs so I didn't have to waste too much energy. I finished healing him but he was still asleep
I can't leave him here
I grabbed onto him and teleported to Koichi, only to see a man standing infront of him
"Who runs Salon Cinderella are also what you call stand users, aren't they? You wouldn't actually call a lady for help, would you? Oh perhaps you would considering there is one right there" the man says looking at me. I dragged Jotaro to a nearby wall. I then got close to Koichi
"Who are you?" I ask
"He's the murderer" Koichi says. I pull out my stand
"I left my jacket with the button behind. I'll go get it later. After I'm done with you two" He says
"Good luck with that" I say with a glare
"H-He's.. right in front of me! This man. The one who killed all those people over all those years, and Reimi and Shigechi. Let him have it, Act 3!" Koichi says as his stand approaches the man with a fury of punches
"Killer Queen!" The man said as his stand appeared and blocked the punches. It then hit Act 3 causing Koichi to fall backwards as he spat out blood
"Why does he have two stands? I thought a user could only have one stand!" Koichi says
"Sheer Heart Attack is a tracer bomb that was launched from Killer Queen's left hand. That's why the damage is only in my left hand" The man says
"Warning, Sir Koichi. You have just left my range of five meters. The bomb stand's weight will disappear. C-R-A-P. I'll have to attack it with 3 Freeze again" Act 3 says as the man's stand broke free
"I see, range, eh?" The man says
"Koichi, I'll be your defense so don't worry about anything else except attacking" I say. He nods nervously as the man approaches us
"Who would you like me to hit? The actual murderer, or that crappy bomb stand? 3 Freeze cannot make two things heavy at once. Which will it be? Please hurry and give me orders. Which one are you going to attack?" Act 3 asks
"S-Stop the bomb!" Koichi yells
"3 Freeze!" Act 3 yells hitting the bomb but suddenly Killer Queen stepped on Act 3. The man's hand hit the ground while Koichi hit the ground and coughed up more blood
"It appears that no matter who you attacked, you were still fated to lose. However, to think that Sheer Heart Attack, which I thought had no weak points, would be completely useless. I had to pay some expenses at the café, then ended up in a scuffle with some hooligans. I feel like I've been had. This is the first time I've ever felt so cornered. I even feel a slight sense of defeat. Goodness. I must show you some respect. You're rather impressive. By the way, do you have any pocket tissues? A handkerchief would work, too. Hm? I've shown you some respect. The least you can do is talk to me" The man says to Koichi
"Do I like, not exist? Listen here blondie, you may be able to blow things up with your creepy looking cat stand but you won't be able to physically touch this boy and neither will your stand be able to. I can assure that" I say. He ignores me and goes back to Koichi
"I don't have any" Koichi says
"Then, here. Use mine" the man says. Koichi looks at it only for the man to try and punch Koichi. I stopped his hand and then broke his hand
"Ah, ah, ah looks like blondie here doesn't know how to listen" I say as the man grabbed his hand in pain. I then grabbed Koichi and pulled him back
"I'm about to beat you both to death. I have a little over a minute before your friends get here. Otherwise, I just won't be satisfied after having to face such humiliation in public" The man says. He went to step on Koichi but I teleported us a foot back
"You know, you're quite annoying. A woman like you with such beautiful hands should really just stay still and look pretty" he says
"Excuse me?" I ask letting go of Koichi.
"Your biggest mistake was touching me" He says as I felt my hand explode. I screamed in pain knowing my entire arm had been blown off, as I fell to the ground. I used my stand to begin healing myself. He kicked Koichi causing him to scream. He then put his shoe in Koichi's mouth
I'm gonna watch this man writhe in pain beneath me, and I'm going to enjoy every second of it
"Now, now, stop screaming in such a weird way. I endured the same pain you feel now as I was heading over here, but I didn't scream. You're a boy, aren't you? You should take after me" the man says as he slams Koichi's face into the ground
"See? You need some tissues now, don't you? I'll wipe it for you. They say your brain slows down when your nose is stuffed up. But you know, I was on the ground a little while ago, too, just like you. I'll blow you away with Killer Queen in another minute. Until then, you need to be like me and just endure the pain. You need to be like me!" The man says as he repeatedly slammed Koichi's face into the ground
"Y-Your name is Yoshikage Kira. Yoshikage Kira is your real name" Koichi says
"My driver's license! When did you take it out of my wallet? You little brat" Kira says
"You said you paid some expenses at the café earlier, right? That's when I had an idea" Koichi says
"So what? What do you gain from knowing my name? You're about to be erased along with that girl over there" Kira says as I almost finished healing my arm
"Yeah, you're about to kill me, but even I was able to figure out your name. You're not that big a deal. You might get away for now, but how do you feel? A little brat like me managed to find out what your name was. I'll say it again. A little brat found you out! You're a complete idiot! I'll be looking forward to seeing you in the next world!" Koichi yells as I finish my arm
"You scum!" Kira yells as he punches right through Koichi. My eyes went wide
"What is this sense of defeat?! What an infuriating little brat. I still have a minute before Josuke and Okuyasu show up, and I was trying to beat the crap out of him to calm myself down. He's got his socks on inside-out. Doesn't that bug him?" Kira asks as he let Koichi fall to the ground
"Ugh, it sure bugs me!" Kira says. I went to grab the knife I kept in my pocket when suddenly Killer Queen's hand was around my throat
"I'll kill you last, your hands are quite the beauty" He says as I could no longer breathe. I watched Kira fix Koichi's sock
"Wear them properly. Now I can finally relax, and now I can blow you to kingdom come! Killer Queen! The tip of this finger can turn anything into a bomb. I guess, in your case, I'll make your student badge a bomb" Kira says as I felt myself get lightheaded
You can't be serious, I can't die like this
"The first bomb!" Kira says
"Koichi, you were winning against that man psychologically" I hear Jotaro says. Kira removed Killer Queen from my throat and used it to block Star Platinum. I began gasping for air
"What?! Well, this is a surprise. I never thought you'd wake up. However, you would have been much better off if you had stayed down" Kira says as he checks his watch
"That's a nice watch, but I'll break it so you can never see the time on it again. By that, I mean I'll break your face" Jotaro says
"You seem like quite an interesting fellow. I'd love to learn your name, as well as various other things, but I must take my leave. I only have twenty seconds left. I don't have time for idle chit-chat" Kira said as he used Killer Queen to try and strike Jotaro. Star Platinum punched Killer Queen instead. Jotaro then grabbed Kira's hand. I took this time to begin healing Koichi
"Upon closer inspection, good grief, what an ugly watch. But you won't have to worry about that anymore, because your face is going to end up even uglier" Jotaro says as Star Platinum begins punching Killer Queen. Kira landed on a couple of trash cans
"Koichi, if it weren't for you, me and Y/n probably would've died, you did well fighting all by yourself. You have my respect, Koichi. You've matured" Jotaro says before suddenly collapsing. My eyes went wide
Wait, what?! But I healed you completely
"Jotaro?" I ask
"Hey, Koichi! Koichi!" I heard Josuke calling
Why did he collapse?
I turned to Jotaro and used my stand to check his vitals while I continued to heal Koichi
He's not breathing, but why?!
"Wh-What the heck happened here?" Okuyasu asks. Knowing that Josuke was here, I turned my full attention to Jotaro as I began CPR
What went wrong?! Did I miss something?! I swore, I healed everything
"K-Koichi! Jotaro! Y/n what happened?!" Josuke asks
"Koichi is breathing, you should be able to fix him with your stand" I say as I continued checking for a heartbeat
"No, no, no, no. You can't die now, what am I going to do?! Wake up!" I yell as I continued doing whatever I could
Think logically, why would this happen? He could've had a heart attack, but to collapse so suddenly without showing any signs doesn't make sense. The possibility of clotting is possible. Due to my healing ability I produce new cells and it's possible due to him having the injuries for atleast a minute or two without healing that his body began to begin making blood clots. In actuality, I didn't have time to check for those so I only bothered with fixing the wounds. If he had blood clots the chances of complications due to influx of new cells would definitely go up
(I literally didn't even look this up so if it doesn't make sense, I don't care)
I continued doing CPR
I just need his heart to begin beating. Please?
My stand was still checking him constantly and that's when I felt it. A heartbeat. I quickly checked for blood clots and found multiple, I dissolved them so blood could flow. Eventually he had a steady heart beat so he was only unconscious. That's when I realized Josuke had fixed Koichi. I looked at Kira to see him staring at me.
"You" I say standing up
"Y/n?" Josuke asks. I watched Kira roll over. I walked over to the man
"Where do you think you're going?" I ask slamming my foot on his hand. He cried out in pain
"This is all your fault" I say as I began kicking the man over and over again
"What are you doing to that guy?" Josuke asks me
"Hey, he's awake" Okuyasu says
"Hey, don't try anything funny" Josuke says to the man. Okuyasu grabs my hand and leads me away from Kira
"Turn this way slowly. Show us your face!" Okuyasu says. Kira began yelling
"Be careful! Don't go to Centipede Shoes! There's going to be some crazy explosion! The owner just suddenly came flying out! Those two, too!" Kira says. Anger welled up inside me
"Yoshikage Kira, you have some nerve trying to feign guilty. You are the reason this all happened" I say kicking the back of his head into the ground
"Wait he did this all?!" Okuyasu asks. Kira dropped his facade
"I guess this means I've lost. Yes, the one you're all looking for is me. My face has been seen, my stand has been seen, and my name has been discovered. It appears I won't be able to sleep peacefully anymore, but only tonight! Killer Queen!" Kira yelled as he used his stand to cut off his own hand
"What are you doing?!" Josuke asks
"Exactly what it looks like. I cut it off. I-It hurts, it's so painful, and I'm bleeding a lot. I'm even crying, but winning or losing means nothing to me. I'm going to survive. I'm going to survive in peace. I have to live with the fate of being unable to fight the urge to kill people, but I will live happily! Sheer Heart Attack, you are free! I leave the rest to you. Protect me" Kira says running away
"What is that wimpy-looking thing?" Josuke asks
"Josuke, that's a bomb stand that goes after body heat! And it won't break! It's going to explode in reaction to your body temperature!" Jotaro says. I felt slightly at ease hearing his voice. Crazy Diamond began punching the stand
"It won't break?" Okuyasu asks
"It won't break? You've got it backwards. I fixed it. If that guy left it behind. This is a pretty gross idea, but that hand is heading toward the murderer. Let's go after it!" Josuke says
"Yeah!" Okuyasu says as we chase the hand
"You're not getting away that easily, idiot!" Josuke says
"The murderer's name is Yoshikage Kira. His address is Morioh Kotodai 1-128. He's 33 years old. His stand is a short-ranged bomb stand, Deadly Queen!" Koichi says
"Hey, where is that guy headed?" Okuyasu asks
"It doesn't matter where he's headed. He's finished! He's in this building" Josuke says
"Hey, wait.. this is.. Salon Cinderella!" Okuyasu says
"What's he doing here?!" Josuke asks
"A-Aya! Are you here?" Koichi asks. We all rush in
"Dr. Aya Tsuji!" Koichi says. The hand opens the next door and all of our eyes widened to see her on the ground. Blood coming from her mouth
"A-Aya's... Aya's.." Koichi trailed off
"What is this? What is this?!" Okuyasu asks
"He's dead. Why is Yoshikage Kira dead?" Josuke asks
"Aya!" Koichi says
"Th-This is.." Josuke trailed off
"What happened?" Okuyasu asks
"Wait! That man isn't Yoshikage Kira! He has his left hand!" Jotaro says
"Huh?" We all ask
"He d-doesn't have a face!" Josuke says
"What?!" Koichi asks
"He's missing his fingerprints on his right hand, too. Who is this guy?" Okuyasu asks
"Guy, he's wearing the same suit. He brought in that guy and killed him in front of me. He's too terrifying. He made me switch his face using Cinderella and his hair and fingerprints, by force" She says
"So he's someone else now?" Josuke asks
"Yes. H-His face.." Aya began
"Crazy Diamond!" Josuke says as his stand appears
"H-His.." Aya began
"Josuke, don't touch her! Get away from there!" Jotaro says
"His face..." Aya began but she blew up
"Aya!" Koichi yelled
"On the other side of that door!" Jotaro says
"You're not getting away!" Josuke yells as he opened the door
"Th-This is.." Koichi trailed off. There were too many people
"I-It's time for everyone to go home. S-So many" Okuyasu says
"Wh-Which one is he? Which one is Yoshikage Kira?!" Josuke asks
"Yoshikage Kira, you coward! Show yourself!" Koichi says
"He managed to get away. He's not going to be quivering, or hiding. He's not even going to leave Morioh. He's going to live his life in this town, like he always has" Jotaro says. I fell to my knees
No
"No! No! No! No!" I said. Everyone looked in my direction. I teleported to the hotel as I began to cry. I began breaking everything I could.
"How could I let this happen? I had the chance!" I tell myself as I continued to cry.
This isn't fair
I continued to break everything I could and before I knew it the entire room was a disaster. I slid down the wall and wrapped my arms around my knees as I sobbed
Why?
I heard my phone go off. I grabbed my phone and threw it across the room. It hit the wall and broke. I don't know how long I sat there and cried. Eventually I heard the door open
"Why did you destroy the room?" I hear Jotaro asks
I can't be here, I need to go back to Jolyne
"Answer me, woman! I know you're in here" He says. I got up from my spot and began packing
"Don't ignore me" he says
"I'm going to pack my things, and I'm going to Jolyne" I say shakily
"Why?" He asks as he's now behind me
"Clearly you don't understand what happened today" I say
"We lost him, we'll find him again" Jotaro says
"It's not that, had things not worked out the way they did, Jolyne would not have parents" I say looking at him
"But we're both alive" Jotaro says
"You're not getting it. When you had been blown up, I took you back here and healed you. I completely healed you. Then you collapsed and stopped breathing. At the time I told myself that I must've missed blood clots but there's no way I did. You were dead, and I didn't know why, and I still don't know why. You were right, I shouldn't have come here" I say as I continue putting stuff in my suit case. Jotaro didn't respond for a couple of minutes
"Maybe we should get a divorce" Jotaro says. I turned and looked at the man with a confused and hurt face
"Hold up, so because I can't handle something for the first time in my life even though I've been there for you since our trip to Egypt. You want to divorce me?!" I ask feeling my heart shatter
"That's not what I mea-" He began
"Then how did you mean it?! Huh?! Explain to me Jotaro, how else could you mean 'I want a divorce'?!" I ask upset
"You're putting words in my mouth, woman! I never said I wanted a divorce!" He yells back
"Then why'd you bring it up in the first place?!" I ask
"Because Y/n, clearly you're not in the same mental state as you were in back in Egypt. Things like this are going to continue to happen because you are with me. Whether you like it or not, I'm going to continue to attract users like this, and there isn't anything I can do to stop it!" He says
"My mental state didn't change, it's that we now have a child together. So clearly circumstances are different than they were in Egypt. You're not in your prime anymore Jotaro, its been 11 years. You're not invincible, Jotaro. Both of us are getting older whether you like it or not. You can't compare this to Egypt because things are clearly different" I say
"We should take some time apart, that might help us both" He says
"Yeah, you might be right" I say as I finish packing my things. We just stare at eachother.
"If things go wrong, you'll know how to reach me. Bye Jotaro" I say
"Goodbye Y/n" He says. I teleported to Jolyne
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