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What happened previously:
"I really met a ghost! The girl in that picture is Reimi!" Koichi shouted loudly at his two friends who were hanging out at the parking lot in front of the local supermarket, bags of snacks and cans next to them.
"Okay we get it." Josuke waved him off as he and Okuyasu sat there casually while Okuyasu was totally engrossed in the photo Koichi gave him as he could no peel his eyes from it, staring at it intently.
"So I researched her-" Koichi said.
"I said I believe you, didn't I? Right, Okuyasu?" Josuke tried to calm down the agitated Hirose
"And she was also a student at Budogaoka high school." Koichi explained.
She is cute... she is my type. I wish I'd been born fifteen years sooner. Okuyasu blushed. Seeing Reimi in her green school uniform in front of a cherry blossom tree, the pink blossoms in full bloom.
"We should eventually meet this ghost, too. But Koichi, if we tell Jotaro or Old Man Joseph about this, they are probably going to ask one thing; Is the murderer a Stand user?" Josuke asked, already knowing the answer.
"W-Well... I do not know...." Koichi mumbled sheepishly.
"Then we will just have to let the police and the courts deal with it." Josuke stated
"B-But there is a murderer in Morioh!"Koichi protested. "Y/N wants to help her too!"
"I know. And that is why I am saying that... Jotaro and the Speedwagon foundation won't just go after a normal murderer. Calm down. Y/N is only investigation by herself she is not involving anyone. She knows as well. He has managed to escape from the almighty police for the past fifteen years. It is not like we would run into him right away like we'd hailed a taxi cab. Let's stay calm and look into this carefully. So what did Rohan have to say?" Josuke asked as he and Okuyasu stood up.
"The same thing as you, Josuke-" Koichi sighed stepping onto the road as Josuke quickly grabbed his collar, pulling him back just in time to avoid the white car which hit the brakes loudly. The screeching of the tires on the road was unbearable as Koichi took deep breaths still in shook as the car came to a sudden halt. If not for Josuke he would have been killed.....
"Hey, look out Koichi. Do not cross the road when you are all spaced out." Josuke scolded before looking at the handsome blonde male sitting at the driver's seat. "S-Sorry." Josuke apologized as the man did not spare him a second glance. His cold grey eyes seeming completely unfazed as he then faced forward, closing his window swiftly.
"I am sorry."Koichi muttered meekly as the man ignored him, stepping on the gas again.
The blonde man looked at them through the rearview mirror calmly, heading down the road with his vehicle before picking up the conversation again."Originally, Morioh was a resort filled with villas that belonged to samurai. My ancestors were among them. But we were ruined during my grandfather's time. All that is left is the house that I live in now. A family heritage... I am stuck working a trivial office job to make ends meet...." He narrated looking to the side. "Hey, what did you do with the imported wrist watch I bought you?-ah, it is in your bag. That is right. It was a little too big for you. Let's get it fitted tomorrow." He said casually, turning into the large front yard of his mansion as he got out of his car, opening the door of the passenger seat, smiling eerierly. "What is wrong? Why are you acing so shy? Now... watch your step." He took a pale delicate hand, her bright pink nail polish complimenting the color of her skin perfectly as then the severed hand clapped back, the blood dripping onto the seat with a drip that disturbed the suffocating silence.
"Oh, you just dripped something." He frowned, pulling out a lavender handkerchief from the inside of his white jacket, stuffing it between her ice cold stiff fingers. "How rude you are. You need to clean that up yourself..." he uttered as he used the hand as an extension of his own, using it too clean up, the fingers already stiff and twisting with sickening cracks..... "I cannot remember what your name was, but that is all right. Well done." He praised the hand. "You cleaned it all off... Let's call you Y/N for now~" He smiled thinking back to your encounter back at the train station where he finally got your name... snapping out f it he caught himself. "Oh, don't be jealous, I am still with you for now. Let's head inside. Let's make dinner together, Y/N.... What is the dish you are best at?"
Shigechi's Harvest Part 1
Just like a sickness that continues to progress without any visible symptoms there was someone hiding in our town of Moroh, committing murders somewhere in the town. Koichi thought grimly, walking down the street warily, turning around to look over his shoulder carefully. He had always been terribly on edge since meeting Reimi Sugimoto's ghost back at the alley a few days ago. And it seems like no one has even realized that these murders are taking place. It is such shocking and chilling information. But there is currently no way of finding that murderer. We do not even know how many Stand users currently live in this town. And Keicho Nijimura himself does not really seem to remember well as he did not prioritize to actually remember those who were not useful to his former goal to kill his father. Well, rather than worry about a huge problem that presets no visible symptoms, people are worried about what they should have for dinner, because that is what really matters. He sighed looking through the windows of a local supermarket, seeing busy housewives and business man comparing goods, chatting along.
Meanwhile Reimi stood at the corner next to Owson's convenience store, not being seen by the passerby, while Rohan stood in front of her family grave again, staring at the tombstone deep in thought, before turning around to leave the graveyard.
You too seemed to be taking important calls back in your room at the Higashikata household signing official documents from the Speedwagon Foundation quickly, after reading them throughoutly first. However one stack of files focused on the missing reports in Morioh during the last decades...
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Yawning, you closed your eyes, stretching your arms as you heard an amused chuckle from your hearer.
"Tired Y/N?" Kakyoin snickered. "Do not tell me you pulled another one nighter again?"
"I am not going to confirm that." You stated, smirking as he broke out in a melodic laugh, which you soon joined, rolling your eyes.
"So tell me what is it this time? Research for my successor? Hope fully not." He joked .
"Perhaps I should start thinking about that now that you mention it, what do you think about an early retirement~" You suggested jokingly as he gasped offended.
"Please don't, my pride would be hurt that you actually want to replace me with someone younger." He stated.
"And possible more handsome?" You added as you heart something fall from his table. "Are you alright over there?" You inquired a bit startled.
"I fell from the chair, nothing much."
"What?" You laughed. "That is hilarious. I wish I could have seen that."
"Please do not embarrass me too much." He muttered amethyst eyes sparkling happily as he then sighed, reorganizing his stuff at his desk, turning around in his chair, looking out of the large window of his office. "Suits are already pretty uncomfortable." He laughed, loosening his dark green tie. "What am I supposed to do when summer comes again?"
"Turn on the AC?" You pointed out. "Or sit in the office in your underwear, you choose."
"Depends on who is visiting~" He stated.
"I sure would not mind the sight~" you returned golden eyes flashing. "But what about Anne? She for sure would kill you when she sees you."
"Please, she is pretty busy herself in her Chinese branch. She is currently planning a reorganization of the whole company to be more practical."
"That sounds interesting, I am confident that she will find a good solution. She is really capable." You muttered. "You two seem to be getting along really well. I was a bit worried."
"We can be pretty professional about it." Kakyoin smiled, not mentioning them constantly fighting over the phone because of you and who gets to call you first.
"Why do I not believe that entirely?" You sighed, putting some documents down.
"I feel pretty hurt now." Kakyoin said monotonously. "Don't you trust me?"
"Correct." You confirmed dead serious. "After all... who could possible more trustworthy than myself~?" You shrugged your shoulders as he barked out a laugh.
"Seriously, Y/N...."
"But you are right. I am currently working on something separate right now." You trailed off. "It seems that we have a murder on the loose."
"In Morioh?" Kakyoin asked interested. "Is he a Stand user?"
"That has to be yet determined." You sighed. "And when I think about it I better do not bring Jolyne to Morioh if that is the case."
"Yes, I think that would be for the better." Kakyoin agreed. "But won't she hold it against you, she seems to cling onto you very much."
"I know, I try to make it up to her as soon as possible." You chuckled. "So I have a great idea, so help me prepare for a bit."
"I am all ears." He sighed. "What shall I do?"
"So I am planning on taking, Jolyne, her mother, Holy Kujo and SuzieQ to a short vacation to Italy for about a month after summer. A nice girl trip. I am sure SuzieQ would love to visit her home country again, especially with her family. Holy too is always seemingly only back in Tokyo so a change in mood should do her some good too, and Jolyne's mother has a lot on her plate currently so why not?" You narrated as Kakyoin kept quiet on the other end of the call.
" What about Jotaro? Aren't they currently dealing with their divorce?"
"Exactly."
"So does his wife want to have something to do with his mother and grandmother?" He questioned a bit worried.
"Do not worry too much, everybody loves her, she is an incredible woman and she gets along with everybody nicely." You waved him off. "That should not be a problem, she and Holy are pretty close either way." You laughed. "And in all honesty no one can blame her for the divorce." You pointed out as Kakyoin let out a sigh in relief.
"I guess. It is a nice idea, sounds like tons of fun. Can I join-?"
"Nope. It is a girl's trip!" You laughed. "Do not worry you won't be bored, I just double your workload." You exclaimed as you hear him gasp. "So I am going to hang up now. Can you secure the tickets? You are amazing."
"Wait Y/N- About my workload I really do not need-"
"Goodbye, I call you tomorrow." You smiled evilly hanging up on him feeling oddly satisfied before turning serious again, taking out the stack of research, going through the folders again.
"Y/N, can I enter for a minute?" you heard Tomoko's voice, as she gently knocked on the door.
"Of course, come inside." You shouted as she opened the door carefully, peering inside.
"Are you busy? I brought a cup of tea and some sweets." She smiled cheekily revealing a tray carrying the delicious smelling refreshments as she came inside, putting it down on your nightstand cautiously, careful not to spill anything as you stared at her in surprise. "I was not sure what cake you would want when I went to the bakery after my shift so I kind of choose blindly, but I hope you will like it. But can you believe it? My favorite sponge cake was sold out! Sold out! I say. They cannot do this to me!" She huffed, pouting as you grabbed her wrist pulling her back into your lap as she yelped in surprise. "Wha-"
"Did I ever tell you that I love you?" You asked wide eyes, grinning happily as she blushed madly struggling against you warm embrace.
"Stop joking!" She shouted flustered, before giving up, leaning her head back against your firm chest. "Maaaaaaaan, why do you have to be so smooth?" she groaned as you tilted her chin up gently.
"Oh? So I am smooth?" You whispered in her ear
"Y/N!"
"That is my name." You laughed, finally releasing her as she stood up crossing her arms over her chest looking to the side spotting the files as she frowned, walking over to it, looking through them.
"Missing cases in Morioh?" She turned to you in confusion. "Y/N what is this? If I remember correctly my father worked on those." She whispered a shadow casting over her face. "Explain."
"Well it is exactly like you said. I am going through all the missing people's cases in Morioh through the last decades. I seem to have gathered some new intel about why so many are going missing in the last years and the truth is not very comforting." You revealed carefully as her eyes hardened.
"What is going on?" She demanded.
"It is pretty ugly, so let's just enjoy our break and cake and when I get more information I tell you, I promise, but for now you should be careful when you go out." You answered vaguely as she only rolled her eyes giving up.
"If you say so, Miss Mysterious." She waved her arms around a bit frustrated, throwing herself on your bed as you broke out into a light laugh, joining her, taking the tray, playing it between you two as you took one cup of tea as she took hers filled with black coffee.
"Tomoko, just a random question, do you think that Josuke wants to study at university?" You asked.
"Who knows." Tomoko shrugged her shoulders crossing her legs. "I could imagine him working as a fire worker or police officer though... he seems to have a strong sense of justice." She smiled warmly as you took a sip of your coffee. "Do you have plans for the afternoon?" She inquired.
"Yeah, I wanted to visit Aya at her Cinderella and tell her about the missing cases too and tell her to watch out and inform the customers of her beauty salon Cinderella as they fall into the victim category." You hummed as she nodded. "And you Tomoko?"
"I hoped we could spend the afternoon together." She admitted laughing. "So I am just going to stay here. And wait for your return." She stated theatrically.
"Oh, I am sorry." You apologized "then I make sure to keep the visit short. Or do you want to tag along?" You offered quickly.
"Oh, no, don't worry I have some test to look over anyways. I swear the students did not pay attention at all in the lessons anyway." She rolled her eyes, taking a plate with a strawberry cake with a small silver fork, taking a bite humming in delight.
"Tasty?" you laughed as her ears tinted pink. "Can I have a bite and we share my chocolate one."
-
Groaning, Josuke looked on his bank account in horror and equal disbelief:"I only have two hundred eighty five yen left in my savings! But I had twenty thousand yen in there!" he fretted nervously, panting, as sweat dripped down his face as he took out his blue wallet out of his high school uniform jacket, looking for more possibly stored money in there. However it turned out to be a total let down..... "TWELVE YEN?!" He screamed, falling to his knees dramatically, thankfully no one was currently at the bank so he took his time. "I was weak! My twenty thousand yen that I was saving up to buy those kewl brand name shoes... I cannot even remember what I used the money on! This s all that damn old man's fault!" Josuke suddenly yelled, eyes widening in realization.... Remembering what actually happened. "Because he used my card to buy one hundred thirty thousand later, but I felt like spending a little here and there would not hurt.... And totally lost track of my sanding!" He realized, gasping. "... I wonder if I tucked away a thousand yen somewhere and just forgot about it...." He muttered to himself, rummaging through his school bag as he suddenly heard something from coming under the vending machine behind him. Pausing his eyes widened, waiting a second as then-
"AAAAAAAAAAAAA a cockroach!" Josuke backed up freaking out as the brown insect scurried from under it, its little legs moving along quickly.
Taking a deep breath his hand twitches in disgust as he stood back up. "I guess banks could have them too." He mumbled a bit irritated turning away, huffing, trying to calm his still beating heart. "Thankfully Y/N is not here." He laughed to himself, trying to shake up the surprise. "She would never let this go!"
In that moment, two tiny legs, covered in golden and violet stripes with fitting golden shoes began walking into the sunlight as a little round striped body was revealed as it came out from under the vending machine. As it held silver coin was held proudly in one of its four hands, a dust particle hanging onto it.
"A-A .... Stand?" Josuke gasped loudly as the little oval-shaped, insect-like creature, consisting of four arms, two legs and three fingers. They also had bright red eyes as well as an appendage resembling a bee's abdomen.
"I found one yen!" It chirped in a high pitched squeaking voice throwing the coin up in the air as it fell perfectly in its head piece, acting as a pocket as it started running up the wall, before exciting the bank, running down the street happily.
"Y-you bastard!" Josuke stuttered. "It is a Stand! A new Stand has appeared!"
Wasting no time the teenager ran after it, slithering around the corner as it sped up, as he did so too, not wanting to lose sight of it as he hoped it would possibly lead him somewhere interesting or at least to its user.
"Where the hell is it heading?" Josuke muttered as he blinked seeing another one joining the other from the corner of his eyes "there is another-?"
"Damn it! Who the hell are you?! I WILL KILL YOU!" he suddenly heard Okuyasu's screaming coming from behind him as said teenager ran at full speed down the street, catching up to the young Higashikata. "... Oh, Josuke!" Okuyasu greeted, before pointing at the Stand angrily. "Look! It is an enemy Stand. I am going to kill it! Oh, there are two of them!" He noticed.
"Yeah. There was one at the bank, so I followed it here."Josuke replied calmly. "How did it attack you?" He asked curiously.
"Actually, it did not attack me. I was buying Calpis Water and it suddenly came out from under the vending machine!" Okuyasu answered.
"What?" Josuke raised his eyebrow in confusion. "What? It did not attack you? But you just said you were going to kill it." He pointed out, still running.
"It scared the crap out of me and I spilled the Calpis Water all over my uniform." Okuyasu suddenly busted out in tears. "Damn it! Give me back my money!" He rubbed his eyes with the sleeve of his uniform as then-
"Hey, another one just joined in...."
"Found it!" The third one squeaked as then they grew more and more in number radically, more and more exact replica joined the group. "Found it! Found it!" They squeaked.
"What the.... What the hell are these guys? There is a ton of them gathering up!"
"Okuyasu, they seem to be just like your brother Keicho's Stand." Josuke stated. "Since they are ignoring us, they are totally different kind of creepy." He muttered following them into the local park as all tiny Stands gathered around a specific tree in the local park, both teenagers hiding out in the nearby bushes, looking around suspicious of their environment.
"Be careful! The user is probably nearby." Josuke whispered as then all of the little Stands shot their coins up in the air with a little pling-sound, as the money started raining down, all coins landing into one pile.
"It is money! Come to think of it, it picked up a one yen coin underneath a machine at the bank. They are only one yen and ten yen coins, but they are all real." Josuke observed in awe as in that moment a equally squeaky male voice spoke up from behind the tree, hidden in the shadow, creepily.
"Well done, you guys. Many a little makes a mickle. I think that is about five thousand yen. As long as I have you guys, Harvest, I will never have to worry about money." Their Stand user, a short and stocky teenage boy with a bald head, which was adored with short spikes said. He wore a dark green school uniform with additional golden pins.
"Hey, that's the user?" Josuke whispered quietly as to not get noticed by the boy. "He is talking to his Stand..." he muttered a bit weirded out....
"Yeah... he seems to have become a Stand user because of the bow and arrow, but it does not look like he is trying to attack us. "Okuyasu replied as suddenly a looming shadow fell over the two squatting high school students. Looking up startled, they gasped as they came face to face with the boy, who stared down at them menacingly as then-
GRIN!
"You guys.... You can see my Harvest?!" He smiled brightly, showing off his misaligned teeth that missed his left maxillary central incisor, while Josuke and Okuyasu could not held to stare at the steadily growing pile of coins. "Hey, you can see them, right?!" the boy grinned excitedly as the two decided to reveal theirs too.
"Yeah, it is called a Stand." Josuke explained, purple and blue Stand aura surrounding them as Crazy Diamond and The Hand manifested. "I am Josuke Higashikata." He introduced himself first before gesturing to his friend. "This is Okuyasu Nijimura."
Tearing up, snot began to trail from the boy's nose. "Friends! I have never had any before!" He exclaimed, green eyes glistening gleefully. "My name is Shigekiyo Yangu. I am a second year at Budogaoka Middle School. I weigh one hundred ten kilograms and my papa and mama call me Shigechi. Shige-chan turned into Shigechi. My turtle I have at home is named Gonta." He trailed off; however Okuyasu and Josuke did not actually pay attention to the younger boy, staring at the money pile with their mouths hanging open. If Josuke would have actually listened he for sure would have flinched at the mentioning of the turtle. "The other day I was wondering if the forty-one yen, sixty-two yen and one hundred fifty yen stamps all tasted different, so I was licking them all and mama yelled at me." He admitted sheepishly as he then took out a photo of his mother from is school uniform. She was a woman with fair skin and chin lengthy wavy dark brown hair, who smiled at the camera gently. "This is a picture of my mama, who yelled at me." He presented proudly.
"... A picture...." Okyuasu muttered, looking over to Shigechi. "Wow, your mom is actually kind of hot.... How strange." He muttered the last part a bit awkwardly, not having expected a woman like her at all.
Gulping Josuke tried to fix his shocked expression from seeing all the money, as he turned to the boy instead, eyes still opened wide as he found himself not knowing what to say. "U-Um... So you call these things Harvest?" He started. "Did they really gather up all this?" He referred to the coins.
"Yup, from ditches and underneath vending machines and things......" Shigechi stated proudly. "But I am not a thief." The boy shouted, holding up his fists. "The officer at the police box said that I did not have to turn in any change under a hundred yen. I hate bad things!" He declared getting worked up moving his fists around uncontrollably as Josuke quickly raised his hands to calm him down.
"That is not a bad thing at all!" The young Higashikata reassured him, smiling warmly. "Actually, I think you are doing something great for society. Though it is not much, you are putting all of the forgotten change back into the Japanese economy. That is a great thing."
Breaking in an enormous grin, Shigechi began giggling, shoveling the coins together into his two cans he brought along. "Really? I am great?" He asked grinning innocently "Hey do you think I am a great person?"
"It is what you would call a blind spot for ideas." Josuke mumbled, caught off guard a bit that his words would have such a big effect, seeing Shigechi's sudden enthusiasm while Okuyasu pointed at himself dumbly, opening and closing his mouth like a gold fish mindlessly. "No one would do all this to get money."
".... I am jealous..... You are smart..... " Okuyasu croaked out as then Shigechi's body started tremble a light blush on his cheeks.
"D-did you just call me smart?" He mumbled in disbelief as tears appeared in the corners of his round eyes. "N-No one has ever told me that before. I have picked up about one hundred twenty thousand yen, but-" He flexed as-
"ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND YEN!?!?!?" Okuyasu and Josuke screamed on top of their lungs as Shigechi broke out in tears.
"b-But that makes me even happier!" He cried, rubbing his eyes.
"A t-total of one hundred twenty thousand?!" Josuke repeated as Shigechi's tears stopped immediately as he just stood there looking over smugly. "J-Just here in Morioh?"
"Ayup! I do not go outside of Morioh!" Shigechi confirmed close-eyed. "I might get lost and someone might kidnap me." He stated as Okuyasu staggered back while Josuke sighed in defeat groaning.
"Hundred twenty thousand.... And I only have twelve yen.... Okuyasu." Josuke's eyes dilated as he noticed his friend backing off weirdly, dragging one foot over the ground as said teenager flinched in surprise, having been caught. "Is something wrong with your left foot?" Josuke questioned, suspicious of his friend as Okuyasu quickly looked to the side guiltily, whistling.
Then he quickly lifted his foot, screaming: "Whoa what?!" He yelled exaggeratedly. "There are three fifty yen coins on the ground. Do they belong to you Shigekiyo? I did not even notice-"
"Talk about stingy...." Josuke sighed as Shigechi blinked once; holding out one of his two cans out for the two teenagers to take.
"Hey, I will give you guys half of this....." He offered without hesitation as both of them whipped their heads around in disbelief.
"Huh?"
"You are my friends, right? We have the same kind of power." Shigechi declared brightly.
"R-Really?!" Okuyasu cheered loudly.
"Lucky us!" Josuke joined, eyes sparkling, before he snapped out of it, shaking his head, coming back to his senses. "N-no... Wait a second. Look you should not give other people money or things so easily." Josuke scolded lightly, remembering your words you told him when he was about to enter grade school.
"Then I will give it to you in a hard way." Shigechi announced eyes squinted together as he held out both cans for Josuke instead. "I will give it all to you. We are friends, right?"
"Hey, why are you just hardening your expression?" Josuke fired back as in that moment Okuyasu decided to intervene, putting his left arm around his friend's shoulder, yanking him around, choking Josuke in the process.
"H-Hey. Let me talk to him alone for a second, Shigechi." Okuyasu smiled uneasily, excusing himself as he walked away, just a few meters actually, before turning to Josuke in incredible speed, starling him. "Hey, Josuke! Stop acting like a goody-two-shoes. If he says he is going to give it to us, we should just take it, dumbass!"
"My pride won't let me do that. Y/N told e to not take advantage of the weak." Josuke protested as tears streamed down Okuyasu's face.
"I will take anything anyone wants to give me other than a virus! Got it?!"
"Calm down! I totally understand what you are saying! Stop crying!" Josuke panicked.
"But.... I am not the one with a sugar mommy!" Okuyasu yelled. "My big bro is going to kill me when I ask him for money out of the blue! He is too stingy with her extra money!"
"Woah, woah, woah, you ain't talking like that about Y/N!" Josuke hissed, blushing madly. "And she is not a.....She is not putting up with everything either. A gift here and there might be normal for her, but she is doing it only when it is necessary like in your case or as a symbol of appreciation, just like with Koichi's family, or a treat occasionally, or when she really needs to..... But asking her for something for yourself when you absolutely have no need for it, it is like asking or a good scolding and volunteering for chores!" He growled lowly. "And either way, I want to be more independent anyways! I want to treat her too!" He said meekly.
"Ha? Man, you can only dream, huh?" Okuyasu replied. "She swims in money, like it will actually make a difference. You could buy her a diamond and she could buy a bigger one!" He pointed out, shrugging his shoulders while Josuke buried his face in his hands, ears tinted pink
"I know that! Do not rub it in my face! You are hurting this man's feelings!"
"Oi, I wish I could complain about that!" Okuyasu sighed
".....But...." Josuke muttered, recovering, seemingly deep in thought. "Since I am actually really broke right now too-"
"You are going to ask Y/N for money?" Okuyasu perked up.
"NO!" Josuke shouted embarrassed. "I told you!.... What I was saying, I just thought of a nice idea that can make everyone happy and Y/N won't be able to complain."
"Huh? An idea to make everyone happy?" Okuyasu repeated wide-eyes.
"Leave it to me." Josuke winked, posing.
-
Finishing your cake you smoothed out your suit as Tomoko had already stood up, taking the tray along as both of you left your room, you making sure that your window and door was closed and locked you followed her downstairs to the kitchen.
"I can do the dishes." You offered charmingly, taking the tray from Tomoko who just laughed lightly, sitting down at the round wooden table taking out the tests and her red pen beginning to work through them cautiously as you but the dirty plates and cups in the sink, letting warm water flow as you took the dish detergent and sponge.
"Y/N?" Tomoko asked looking at you as you turned to look over our shoulder smiling. "Do you have any flaws?"
"Flaws?" You laughed. "Please I have just as many as you." You chuckled.
"Then any shortcomings." Tomoko insisted.
"Any shortcomings?" You repeated deep in thought. "I do not know if you could call this a shortcoming, but I cannot ride a bicycle." You laughed as Tomoko jumped up from her chair eyes nearly bulging out
"Say that, again!" she demanded.
"I do not know how to ride a bike." You repeated, closing your eyes still smiling carefreely.
"I do not believe you!" Tomoko declared. "And I bet you could learn it if you actually wanted to!"
"Why are you even that desperate to know?" You laughed, finishing. as you reached out to get a towel to dry them. "Are you curious? Interested?"
"Whatever" Tomoko rolled her eyes. "I was just curious as to what a perfect person is like."
"Perfect?!" You laughed loudly. "Tomoko, you flatter me. This is actually hilarious." You laughed as Tomoko bit her lip, face beet red. "Seriously Tomoko?"
"Just get out you are distracting me!" Tomoko shouted as you put the plates and cups back in the cupboard hurriedly, still laughing as she chased you out of the kitchen throwing you the keys as you ran out of the house, tying your shoes, grabbing your cloak from the wardrobe as she shut the door behind you loudly.
-
"Hey Shigekiyo. Can I call you Shigechi?" Josuke asked the younger boy as both of them sat on a nearby wooden park bench. Okuyasu having stuffed his hands in his pant's pocket.
"Sure." Shigechi agreed quickly, holding onto the both cans filled with coins.
"Shigechi, we cannot take this." Josuke explained pointing at the money "What you tried to do just now is the same as trying to buy friendship with money."
"Huh?" Shigechi gasped, shocked. "B-But that is not what I mean!" He tried to defend himself stuttering.
"I believe that friendship is something that grows between people through a common bond!" Josuke then smiled as the younger boy seemed to deeply reflect on his actions and words.
"I was just...."
"I know, I totally get how you feel. We are all Stand user buddies." Josuke smiled lightly catching Shigechi's attention immediately, who turned to the high school delinquent hopefully. "And so.... Why don't we do a little business and strike up a friendship?" He suggested confidently.
"Business?!" Okuyasu asked loudly.
"Yeah, a business using all three of our powers." Josuke declared, rising his hand.
"That is your elbow." Shigechi mumbled dumbly, mimicking Josuke's pose in confusion.
"No business." Josuke repeated, trying to explain it. "Basically, I think you are at your limit for picking up lost change." He pointed out. "So I have an idea for how we can use your Harvest to make even more money." The high school student smirked charmingly as Okuyasu's eyes widened.
"An idea that will make us more money than Harvest picking up change?!"
"It is not a bad thing and it will not cause anyone trouble." Josuke trailed off.
Nodding his head excitedly, Shigechi leaned forward interested. "S-so what is the idea?"
"So.... That is where the business comes in! Give Okuyasu and me half of what we make for the ideal fee. You will take the other half Shigechi. The tree of us are going to work together to pull off a huge project and we can all become happy."
"O-Okay! That is fine, but wh-what should I do?" Shigechi asked.
"You know what this is, right?" Josuke asked holding out a white and blue stamps with a tortoise printed on it, showing it to the invested boy.
"A bl-blue stamp!"
"Yeah! When you shop at one of Eastern Japan's biggest department store chains, Kame Yu, you get one sticker for every one hundred yen you spend. Think there are a lot of people who do not collect these and just throw them away. There are these too." He muttered, taking out his wallet, taking out various stamps. "A voucher from a stationery shop, Meiwado, worth twenty yen. A coupon from CD Shop Oscar where you can trade in ten for two thousand yen worth of merchandise. The cleaners, the toy shop Märchen Kids, .... And this is a card from Yotsuba Electronics. Now this is the important part.... At Kame Yu, for example, you can get cash back for these." He revealed leaning back casually.
"Ah, a-are you.... I got it, Josuke! I know what you are thinking!" Okuyasu yelled, catching on as then Shigechi too broke into a wide smile, as all three broke out cheering throwing their arms into the air.
"Let's go, you guys!" Shigechi shouted, his Harvest, running all across town in huge masses, sliding under bending machines, running down the streets, sometimes even along the walls of buildings.
"With only one or two, they would just be scraps of paper! But if harvest happened to pick up, the thousands and ten thousands that are thrown away around twon....." Okuyasu shouted while the many little golden stands ran around everywhere, in gardens, trash bins even in the good visited shopping district.
"FOUND IT!" One cheered finding a stamp.
"Inside this trash can!" Okuyasu commented as they dived inside, surrounded by pink Stand aura.
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-
Walking down the street, you entered the Cinderella, hearing the small bell announcing your presence.
"Welcome." A smooth female voice greeted you. "I am sorry to inform you we are currently on break for another hour so if you could come back later?" She announced, her long blond hair ted into a low ponytail flowed down her back like silk, her pretty sapphire eyes trained onto one of her products as she put it back on her cosmetic table, her long light pink dress flowing as she moved through her room with elegance.
"Sorry to inform you but it is just me." You spoke up, "Can I come in to greet a friend or should I come back later?" You asked, golden eyes flashing amused as she gasped turning around her lips parted in shock before collecting herself putting a delicate hand on her pounding heart. "Lovely color of lipstick. I may say you look stunning again Aya. Seducing me?"
"Y/N L/N!" Aya gasped "You should not startle me; you know I have low blood pressure." She sighed. "But your face makes it worth it." She smiles.
"Well thank you. You took look prettier with a smile. But the news I am going to bring is going to contradict it." You stated getting serious.
"And I was wondering as to why you would grant me your gracious presence." She sighed as you just rolled your eyes looking around to get her a chair. "Is it that bad?" She asked.
"It gets worse." You muttered grimly.
"I do not like the way were this is heading." Aya sighed again, her beautiful face staring at yours contently, sitting down. "Can I offer you something to drink? Or is this going to be a brief visit?" She asked gently.
"A brief visit sadly, I promised Tomoko to spend the red of the afternoon with" You explained.
"You should have brought her along." Aya Tsuji sighed, smiling, leaning forward as she crossed her long legs. "You could have stayed longer. It gets pretty lonely if you don't visit me occasionally."
"Please" You sighed as she raised her hands in defeat.
"I am just saying. I wish I could do a throughout examination of your entire body." She sighed sadly as you only chuckled.
"You have already too much to do with your clients..." You muttered.
"So what were you going to tell me?" She asked finally. "It seems to be pretty important for you to come to me personally."
"Yeah. Have you heard about the people going missing in Morioh are eight times the national average? We seem to have a potential murder on the loose so please tell your customers to be more careful when going out." You directly cut to the chase directly.
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Soon it was raining stamps as the three teenagers cheered in happiness back at the local park, shielded from curious gazes by the surrounding bushes.
"Th-they just keep piling up one after another!" Okuyasu squealed in excitement just like a little child.
"Wh-What an amazing Stand! That is awesome, Shigechi!" Josuke praised Shigechi grinning.
"I was complemented again!" He laughed, eyes rolling back, snot dripping from his nose.
"We will fix the ripped pieces of paper with Crazy Diamond." Josuke shouted a huge grin plastered on his face.
"Yes! Do we have tens of thousands now?" Okuyasu asked excitedly.
"No, it is definitely over one hundred thousand by now."
"YES!!!" The three cheered posing-
"We are an invincible trio! Let's go get our money!" Josuke announced.
"But, Josuke, you sure are something. After you went on about pride and junk...." Okuyasu grinned evilly, a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"Well in this case, everyone is happy so it is fine." Josuke smirks.
"... F-Friendship is great...." Shigechi breathed out apathically, still trying to recover, snickering evilly.
.....
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"O-Okuyasu, J-Josuke, I wonder if it will be okay." Shigechi stuttered nervously as he and Okuyasu were hiding behind a poster wall, staring intently at the entrance of Kame Yu, waiting for Josuke to come out. "Will it turn into money that easily?"
"Calm down, Shigechi. Believe in Josuke." Okuyasu whispered back, both keeping their eyes trained on the entrance of the Kame Yu Market Store.
In that moment a familiar gray-haired teenager, noticed his friend on the other side of the street, a dark blue car just passing by.
That is Okuyasu and.... I wonder who that is. Koichi Hirose wondered, deciding to call out to him instead. "Okuyasu-" He wanted to shout, however suddenly he stopped noticing Yukako Yamagishi in the corner of his eyes, watching him intently while hiding behind a nearby building.
Eye twitching, Koichi quickly turned around fleeing the scene instead feeling not only scared but also creeped out.
Yukako however blushed lightly before looking to the side, her gorgeous purple eyes filled with sadness.
"Yukako dear is that you?" A smooth voice spoke up behind her as she turned around startled, her long black hair flowing as she came face to face with golden eyes.
"Y/N?" Yukako whispered in surprise taking a quick step back, clumsily hitting her head against the stone wall of the building, wincing.
"Oh, I am so sorry. Does it hurt bad?" You gasped worriedly. "Let me take a look just a second." You offered as you stood behind her swiftly, taking her hand away from the back of her head gently ,carefully not to hurt her as you felt her body tensing up. "What is wrong?" You asked as she kept silent.
"Nothing." She muttered meekly as you chuckled lightly, as she felt golden light surrounding her, warming her from the inside out as she gasped in surprise. "What?"
"You hit your head, I made sure no damage was done~" you smiled happily. "So what were you doing just now before I interrupted you from trailing Koichi?" You asked curiously, smirking.
"Nothing much- What did you say?" she looked at you startled. "I swear I am not doing anything weird or so, I just want to watch over him from a distance that is all!"
"Yukako." You muttered her name softly as she flinched harshly. "I am not going to scold you as I am in no position to tell you what you should do or not as you are not hurting anybody. But aren't you a bit too harsh upon yourself as well, doesn't it pain you not to be able to make another better move or to give up?" You asked her, leaning against the wall, letting the warm breeze ruffle up your bangs. "Care to join me for a short walk?"
-
Still unbothered Okuyasu and Shigechi kept on waiting as then, Josuke stepped back outside, a dark shadow cast over his eyes.
Wasting no time both teenagers ran up to him, bombarding him with questions.
"Josuke! H-how did it go? Were you able to get the money? Did they tell you to piss off?" Okuyasu asked.
"I was not able to get cash back at the CD shop or the toy store." Josuke started . "But I can exchange the coupons for about forty thousand yen worth of CDs or video games."
"I am not asking about that! What about Kame Yu? Were you able to get cash back for the Kame Yu stickers?" Okyuasu interrupted him impatiently.
"Actually something kind of unexpected happened." Josuke sighed.
"S-Something unexpected?" Okuyasu stuttered nervously while Shigechi gulped, waiting in anticipation."
"IT UNEXPECTANTLY TURNED INTO SIXTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED YEN!" Josuke shouted enthusiastically, revealing the money dramatically as all three of them cheered together in joy and absolute bliss. "Here you go! It is real, Shigechi!" Josuke urged him as Shigechi pressed the money against his body tongue sticking out.
"I-It is real!!" Shigechi yelled in ecstasy eyes rolling back as he laughed to himself.
"It is right in front of my eyes! It is like a dream!" Okuyasu agreed.
"That is awesome Shigechi! Your Stand Harvest is really amazing! Josuke praised....
"Y-you really think it is amazing? Hey... P-people do not really compliment me much.... Do you really think I am amazing?" Shigechi asked meekly in need of reassurance.
Putting his hand on Shigechi's shoulder Okuyasu spoke up: "Have some confidence Shigechi.."
"This is something that only you can do!"
"Okuyasu... Josuke...." Shigechi broke out in tears again as then.... Straighten. He thought to himself, straightening his posture as he immediately turned around walking up to a random woman who wore a cute white skirt and shoulder-free dark violet shirt. Waving around the money, he walked up to her, a nasty look on his face.
"Hey girl, I got a fat stack! Want to go have some fun?"
....
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!" Josuke and Okuyasu freaked out.
Grinning happily Shigechi walked down the road, fanning himself with the money while Josuke and Okuyasu walked behind him a bit uncomfortably as in that moment Shigechi stopped dead in his track.
"Oh, yeah. Here, Josuke, Okuyasu. Here is your share, ten thousand yen." He turned around a weird expression on his face that seemed like a half-frown, half-disgusted look, as he handed them a single banknote, keeping the majority to himself.
As a look of sheer confusion crossed the faces of the two friends, Josuke took it stunned, while Shigechi turned around happily stuffing the money in his jacket's pocket, humming satisfied.
".... Shigechi, what is this?" Josuke asked.
"We have got friendship, right? We are friends, right?" Shigechi asked smiling smugly.
"Yeah, we are."
"So that is a token of our friendship." Shigechi smirked evilly, completely going against their original deal.
".... Hey wait...." Josuke called after him as Shigechi turned around whistling as if nothing happened. "This is not what we promised? You said okay to us getting half, and you getting the other." Josuke pointed out. "Half of sixty one thousand fife hundred yen is thirty thousand seven hundred fifty yen exactly."
"....R-Really? Did I say that?" Shigechi questioned, looking to the side up to the sky, playing dub as he made no move to give them the rest of their money.
"WHAT?!" Josuke and Okuyasu freaked out annoyed.
"n-N-Not to mention.... It w-was my H-Harvest's job to collect all of those. I did it all!" Shigechi defended himself nervously; sweat tickling down his face as he glared at them irked. "Y-You two were just talking and did nothing." He shouted annoyed, eager to keep his money the way it is, not willing to give up more, not matter what.
"AND?!" Okuyasu yelled, anking Shigechi?s uniform close angrily, screaming in his face. "If Josuke had not come up with the idea. You never would have thought of gathering up all those!"
"I would have eventually thought of it! I AM AN AWESOME GUY!" Shigechi yelled back
"ER.... NO, no you never would have thought of it with that pea brain of yours!" Okuyasu screamed and if looks could kill, Okuyasu would have been stabbed over ten times by Shigechi himself and now ten feet under.
"Hey, stop, Okuyasu." Josuke quickly intervened pulling his friend back. "Come here, fall back a second." He muttered. "This is just great. Apparently he was fine with a few thousand but once it went over ten thousand he is much more hesitant to pay up. I do not think he means anything bad by it, but since he has got the mind of a kid, no matter what we say, he is going to feel like we tricked him. We should be the adults here and let t be. We got ten thousand yen out of it, so let's call that good." Josuke whispered.
Gritting his teeth, Okuyasu took a deep breath, calming down:" I guess if you are okay with it, I will not argue..... But this just pisses me off so much! Are you sure he is not taking advantage of us?"
"No Okuyasu, there is no point in fighting right now. We just need to teach Shigechi how adults actually make agreements." Josuke grinned.
"Oh, so you can kae more money? You smug bastard.... But that is what I love about you."
"Sorry, I am already in love with Y/N, got to find yourself someone else to confess to." Josuke chuckled before turning to Shigechi again, speaking up. "All right thanks. We will gladly take this." He agreed as Shigechi smiled coldly before walking to a wending machine selling drinks.
Turning around to Okuyasu Shigechi asked:" Are you thirsty? Is there anything you want to drink?"
"You are going to buy it for me?" Okuyasu quickly perked up. "Then.... I want some Calpis Water." He grinned
"Then buy yourself some." Shigechi rolled his eyes, walking away after having bought some juice for himself, sipping it, as the other teenager stared at the boy in disbelief, a bit irked.
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"You are making progress Yukako." You smiled happily for the girl as she blushed lightly at your compliment. "You are putting really much effort to better yourself. It is admirable."
"Do you think so, Y/N?" Yukako asked hopefully, fiddling with her fingers as you passed the café. "I am really trying to not creep out others and try to keep my temper under control. But it just so hard. I want for Koichi to notice me. I thought it was just enough for me to watch him from the distance but it seems that I was just lying to myself." She admitted, looking over to you curiously. "How do you seduce others?"
Nearly chocking on air, you looked at her in shock. "What?" You croaked out, still recovering while Yukako waited for you, looking up to you patiently.
"How do you make others fall in love with you?"
"I am not sure I can follow." You laughed nervously. "Perhaps I am just a very charismatic person, blessed with money and looks" You muttered as she stared at you in disbelief.
"What do you mean?" The female teenager furrowed her eyebrows confused. "Do not tell me that people just fall in love with you, without you even trying?!"
"Yukako, I personally do not believe that love or the feeling of attraction is rational and it is not always fair. You are an incredibly beautiful appearance –wise and I am sure many are attracted to you. But everyone has different values they look for in their significant other." You stated. "So I am not really sure what you want to hear from me." You looked at her as she kept silent.
-
Turning around the next corner the corner they entered the local park again as Josuke emptied his bag over the trash bin, more pieces of papers and stickers filling it.
"Ah! Hey! Why are you throwing those away?" Okuyasu yelled shocked.
"They are just worthless junk tickets, like for the year-end lottery." Josuke shrugged his shoulders, moving on as Okuyasu hurriedly took his place.
"I told Shigechi to pick them up along with everything else earlier." Okuyasu said, taking them out again.
"You mean the losing New Year's Lottery tickets?" Josuke teased.
"How do you know it is a losing ticket?" Okuyasu fired back.
"No one would throw away a winning ticket dumbass." Josuke smirked.
".... There are lots of people who forget to confirm the numbers and never get their prizes! IF this wins, I am going to take half of it." He turned to Shigechi grimly. "Promise me, damn it."
"Sure. Half is fine." Shigechi smirked, snickering. "But if you win a sheet of stamps, I do not want it." Shigechi hopped onto the bench sipping his orange juice, while Okuyasu busied himself with looking through the magazine Exciting Winning Numbers, comparing it to the lottery tickets, to search for a winning number.
"You really like those cheap, annoying ways of gambling." Josuke commented.
"Ah, that is no good.... Who about this one?" Okuyasu spoke out loud, ignoring Josuke's little comment as he kept on working through them diligently.
Josuke too then decided to sit down o the bench, crossing his legs.
"I wonder if we are even allowed to claim prize from the lottery if we are in high school. Can't we just ask Y/N to do it?"
"Lottery? It should be fine as long as you have your ID and name stamp, no need to get Y/N involved, she surely would come with all the legal repercussions and laws of ownership and so on. Not that I know anything about that stuff." Josuke waved him off.
"... nope this one is not a winner I thought there might be a chance, but.... Hmm? SG Group 121314.... Um...." Okuyasu looked back at the ticket he held in his hands. "Hey, maybe, just maybe, if I won... .Do I have to take it to the police?" Okuyasu asked meekly.
"You idiot. There is no reason to take it there. Harvest just picked them up after people threw them away." Josuke replied eyes closed in relaxation. "And you should only worry about that when you are bragging after your win. Good luck with that~"
...
"WHAT? SG GROUP 121314?!" Okuyasu finally realized yelling catching the attention of the other two. "SG GROUP 121314?!"
"Hey what are you yelling for?" Josuke complained.
".... FIVE MILLION YEN! THERE IS NO DOUBT About IT! I WON!!!" Okuyasu screamed falling on his back.
"What?! You better not be messing around damn it." Josuke reprimanded him, taking a look himself, not believing him..
However it too only one glance as then:
"YES! It is a dream come true! A fantasy! There is no other experience like this!" both of them celebrated.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,wait!" Josuke panted, quickly snatching the ticket, trying to remain level-headed. "Calm down, Okuyasu. Let's confirm it one more time." He reasoned, trying to stay rational, comparing the numbers again. "SG Group 121314, prize five million yen..... There is no doubt about it.... It is too good to be true! And it is a lottery ticket that was thrown away so it would have just gone into the incinerator. There is still a few days before it expires... Even if they ask us annoying questions when we go to cash it at the bank, we can just proudly say that we bought it! You got that?" Josuke asked.
"Heck yeah I do!" Okuyasu celebrated.
"Which mean it is our five million yen!" Josuke declared as Okuyasu had the widest grin in the world on his face. "I wonder what I should buy~" Josuke fantasized. "First I got to get some fancy Italian shoes! Then I will buy a high-end suit with a sexy silhouette." He declared doing a little twirl. "Then I get to take Y/N out to an all-out at Tonio's shop and eat the most expansive food! We could go on a trip overseas somewhere! And I can finally buy her a nice present!" He blushed madly.
"I am going to put it in savings!" Okuyasu announced happily as Josuke broke into a hysterical laugh soon followed by his friend.
"Man, talk about a boring life!" Josuke laughed not noticing Shigechi in the background glaring daggers at both of them, green with jealousy, killer intent seeping out.
M-My Harvest is the one that picked that up.... Five million.... Th-There is no way I am giving up half of it. Shigechi promised himself....
To be continued->