Author's Note: Hello my dear readers! It is me Timepassing^^
So, since the following chapter will be a bit diffrent I have some art to share, yep all of them are handdrawn and I spent a whole week on preparing these for this chapter, I hope you like them:
This is the chapter's Cover ^^
This is our dear enemy Stand user - her Stand: (You Drive Me) Crazy
So without further ado, let's get into this, I hope you enjoy it!
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What happened previously:
You felt your body trembling as you struggled to uphold the sparkling golden barrier, eyebrows furrowed as you bit your lip, drawing crimson liquid as you tried not to lose focus, but soon more footprints started assembling banging onto it, as you slowly felt Locked Out of Heaven losing effect as in the upper corner part of it began to crumple, seemingly sensing an opening, one managed to get through, latching onto you.
As soon as it got in contact with your body, you felt your heart skip a beat, taking away your breath as you felt your knees buckle, panting as Heal appeared next to you, the barrier breaking apart as Heal began to fight off the ambush of Highway Star, while others followed into the hospital room.
"Josuke, Rohan! Hurry!" You yelled alarmed, trying to get back on your feet leaning onto the wall, as the last of them flew past you, letting go off you. "Seems, our theory was right, they are currently focusing not on me but Josuke.
With wobbly legs, you pushed forward gritting your teeth, as you suddenly felt another presence appearing behind you, hearing the sweet giggles of a woman.
"Who?" You whipped your head around, as suddenly a fist collided with your face, knocking your down the hallway back to the elevator, making you crash into it.
"Who indeed?" She chuckled as you tried to get a look of her. "I think I should be grateful for this opportunity don't you think? Tell me do you remember me, Y/N L/N? I must say you caught my attention the first time I met you"
"You-" Your breath hitched, manifesting Heal next to you, getting into a fighting stance. "Who are you?"
"DRIVE ME CRAZY!!!" yelled blonde hair flowing over her shoulders as you caught glimpse of her Stand as she came closer
"FIGHTING GOLD!!"
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Taking a deep breath Josuke watched his enemy falling down, still being alive at the end of the procedure. "I feel so refreshed." He muttered proudly, glancing at Rohan who released the women from Heaven's Door's influence as they rushed out of the room. "I feel like it is New Year's morning after I just put on a fresh pair of underwear."
"Whatever." Rohan rolled his eyes, as they saw the here woman reaching Yuya's body inside the fountain, floating on the water.
"YU!" They screamed in horror.
"However, it seems it is rather enviable that he gets to be nursed back to health by his fangirls." Rohan huffed, turning around to leave the room.
"I can fix you up with Crazy Diamond." Josuke pointed out cheekily as Rohan looked at him blankly.
"Josuke Higashikata...."
"Rohan-sensei, I know, a lot has happened, but I, uh..." Josuke stammered, trying to apologize for his attitude he had shown earlier inside the bus.
"I would detest if you would heal me." Rohan scoffed.
"Huh?"
"You meddlesome brat. I would rather die than be saved by you." The manga artist continued, irking off the teenager immensely, regretting his offer immediately, and clenching his fist. "Not to mention, you stepped into the enemy's trap after I told you to run. Y/N is an exception due to her condition. But how stupid can you be?"
"What-"
"Just so you know, I do not consider what you did a favor I need to return." The green haired male continued nagging, making it quite apparent that he still has no plans to get along with Josuke.
It was in that moment that Jotaro Kujo, ripped open the hospital door, looking around the room frantically, relaxing as he saw the two off them alive, but stopping as he did not saw you inside-
"Jotaro!" Josuke smiled happily, running towards him, Rohan only nodding curtly....
"Where is Y/N?" Jotaro shouted urgently, startling the two. "Tell me she is with you!"
Cats Love Yoshikage Kira
A few moments prior:
„Are you sure, you want this?" You chuckled grimly. "You have no idea who you are up against as you saw her quickly retracting her pink Stand. I will not play nice when you decide to stand in my way." You threatened golden eyes flashing, as you struggled to uphold your posture, feeling your body slumping into the dent of the iron elevator door.
"Oh, please go on my love, it is not that I put you in such a bad position myself." She giggled childishly, despite certainly being in her twenties already. "Did you know how long it took me to even find out where you are?" She screamed hysterically, a crazed look in her deep blue unsettled eyes as she lunged at you, way faster than you could have expected.
Feeling her hot breath on your exposed neck, she grabbed your wrists, pushing them up, dislocating your arms as you slammed yet again against the steel door.
"Argh, you freaking bitch, what the hell is your problem?!" You growled in her face as she leaned down to plant a kiss on your skin, your power draining more and more, Highway Star's effects still active. Josuke, Rohan! Hurry up, you two! You thought desperately.
"What indeed?" She grinned, her lilac painted lips curling up in a sickening smile, at least that is as to what you perceived it to be in that very moment. Throwing a swift kick at her she winced as you connected with her knee, groaning as you kneed her in the stomach afterwards as she fell back on the ground, spitting out blood, her lovesick gaze hardening. "What the hell?" she mumbled. "Wasn't that good for nothing gangster sucking up all your energy?" She hissed. "Yoshihiro, you old man, you dare lie to me?! Huh?! WHAT IS YOUR DEAL OLD MAN! WHEN I FIND YOU I WILL RIP YOU TO SHREDS YOU HEAR ME?!" She yelled at the ceiling, her long curly near platinum blonde hair falling into her face, whipping her head around to you, stumbling towards you, her smaller frame looking up into your hazy golden ones. "Hey, darling. I will give you a small choice, either you come with me or I will walk into the next room and kill the innocent patient lying there." She smiled innocently as you gritted your teeth, sweat tickling from your forehead, as you fell forward.
"FIGHTING GOLD!" You summoned your Stand as her eyes widened as you connected with her chin, throwing her down the hallway as she skidded along the floor, blood dripping to the ground staining her formerly white waitress uniform. Her short skirt riding up as you turned your head to the side.
"...You did not give me an answer. Are you perhaps stalling for time?" She grinned maniacally. "We cannot do that." She pouted, smirking viciously as she supported her head with her delicate hand, long blue-purple nails twirling her locks as she moved to a random door, biting her lower lip. "What do you think Y/N? Did you know that in this room is a little girl that is going to be released tomorrow, she survived cancer and tomorrow she is going to turn eight years old. It would be such a shame, wouldn't it?" She laughed haughtily as you gritted your teeth angrily.
"Don't you dare-"
"Oh, I will. You see, I love that look in your eyes." She shuddered, entering the room as you fell forward.
"I will come with you!" You yelled, golden eyes flashing as she poked her head back out in surprise, a bright grin on her face as she skipped over to you, pulling you to your feet as you tried to bite her. "Curse you."
"Ah~" She moaned in your ear. "I love it when you lose your composure. Miss prim and proper always refined and collected." She grinned. "I think the roof will do for now, did you know that it is supposed to rain later, I love the rain, it has such a nice atmosphere. Perfect for our first date~"
"You are crazy-" You hissed, slowly calming down as you saw that you could neither fight nor reason with her at the current moment as she pushed you forward up the stairs.
"No, no, my darling, you are the one who drives me crazy~"
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It started pouring, the heavy raindrops splashing on the road as, Kira was putting on his brown leather shoes inside his new home, observing the shoe shelf quietly, still unfamiliar with his now supposed family.
Meanwhile Shinobu was trotting down the stairs carefully, glancing around curiously, sporting a cute white wool top exposing her waist and a black and forest green checkered skirt with white dots at the squares ends held by a light brown belt. Entering the dark storage room, she noticed a small open window, as then in a corner of the room she saw a cat, laying comfortably on the blue potato sack. Noticing the woman entering the room its small dark gray ears perked up, yellow eyes focusing on her figures as it stared at her alarmed, its formerly relaxed body tensing up.
"Ah, that cat is a British Blue." She whispered, finding it adorable. "Where did you come from, little kitty?" Shinobu smiled gently, closing her eyes.
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"Do you know Y/N when we first met?" She smiled wickedly as you slowly felt your strength returning, Rohan and Josuke must have defeated the enemy. You smirked as you kept your posture slouched and breath ragged, acting your part of a weakened opponent.
"No." You shut her down as she pouted; her hand on your shoulder as he painted nails dug though the sturdy fabric into your skin.
"Do not lie to me..." she whispered, tears welling up her eyes; anyone could have been fooled as she led you further upstairs. As she was closing in, smelling you. "You are so addictive."
"I cannot remember seducing someone like you." You replied unbothered, laughing. "I think you are the one thinking too much into it. What did I even do to catch your attention?" You questioned her eyes lighting up.
"You are asking me questions?" She leaned forward as you felt her body pressing against your broad back, arms snaking around your neck, trapping you as both off you continued your way upwards. "That means you are at least having interest in me." She muffled in your coat, as you bit your lower lip, trying to hold yourself back from doing any stupid mistakes that might cost lives. You only know the name of her Stand but none of their abilities, but if you manage to play your cards right, she might tell you everything herself. "Well, I still remember it clearly, you were on a date with a black haired woman, Tomoko, I think? Well she does not matter actually, for now, except you tell me you are a couple?" She grinned as you forced yourself to walk ahead, not allowing yourself to show a change in your behavior. "So as you are with me now, let's forget that vixen, shall we? Or else I might not know what I will do to her, after all I know that you live with her~" She laughed enthusiastically, as you felt rage and fear for Tomoko building up in your heart:
It was the dinner you had promised to Tomoko, one of many, but this one occurred right after you had visited Aya, when Tomoko insisted to accompany you to visit her. Tired from the drive to Tokyo and you healing Aya Tsuji, both of you decided collectively to go to a restaurant in S city, before arriving in Morioh as Josuke had desperately trying to convince you to stall for more time as he was no yet finished with homework.
Parking at the parking lot, both of you entered the restaurant, it was classy of course, and was quite large as well, so both of you took a seat at the back of the restaurant, as it was your first time ever visiting this one. Talking and joking about how your should finally learn to ride a bicycle both of you patiently waited for the menu to arrive. The dim lighting with the candlelight letting Tomoko's eyes sparkle. She seemed so happy. You noted contently, as you went to lean closer, brushing a loose strand of silky black hair out of her face carefully.
"Excuse me for the wait, here is you menu." A soft giggle startled you, quickly retracting your hand as Tomoko looked to the side, hiding her blush under a cough. Glancing to the side was a woman in her twenties, tan skin shining healthily as she pushed locks of her wavy platinum hair to the side as she was handing Tomoko her menu, but when she looked at you, she gasped, letting go of the menu.
"Are you single?" She blurted out, staring intently at you golden eyes as she invaded your personal space. "My name is Yua, meaning tie and love. I also have a younger half sister back in America, her name is Miu Miu!!"
"I am sorry." You smiled apologetically. "you seem like a very open-minded and sweet person, but as of now, I am not looking for a serious relationship, I would not mind the menu though." You rejected her professionally as he face fell.
"I see, you are not looking for a relationship right now..." She whispered, silently handing you the menu as she made sure your hands brushed. "Well, if you need anything just call for me." She shouted, lingering a bit as Tomoko gave her an awkward nod as the waitress scowled at her, before turning around the corner.
"She makes me uncomfortable." Tomoko leaned closer to you. "She was all over you, let's eat somewhere else, she strikes me as odd." She suggested.
"I think I agree." You nodded as you put the menu down on the table.
"Y/N, your hand is bleeding." Tomoko shouted in horror as you saw a large cut on your hand back.
"Oh it is nothing serious." You brushed her off taking the napkin lying on the table pressing it lightly on the wound, seeing it had already disappeared by the time you looked at it. "You go to the car first, I will throw this away." You waved at the napkin that had a few stains on the white throw-away paper.
"Sure, just hurry up. I can cook at home as well." She grinned, grabbing her bag as you smiled at her.
"That sounds lovely, but I rather take you to Tonio, let's give our son a few more hours to finish." You grinned as she rolled her eyes huffing.
"If you want. But if I catch you flirting the entire night with Tonio, I am going to feel severely neglected." She teased, leaning onto your shoulder.
"No way, if I am being accompanied by such a beautiful lady~" You mock-bowed as she rushed out of the restaurant.
"You are leaving so soon?" Yua spoke up, startling you slightly.She was leaning wa too close for comfort, but at this point you had decided that she simply lacked awareness of her own actions as she was litterally right behind you, only a few centmeters seperating the two of you.
"Yes, apologies." You smiled politely, taking a few steps forward.
"No, it is alright. It is not like it was because of the bad service right?" She smiled sweetly drawing in closer.
"Well, I wanted to ask, where I could dispose of the dirtied napkin?" You tried to discreetly avert the topic as he eyes lit up.
"Oh, well, just give it to me, I am sorry for making your friend feel bothered by my presence, it is not like you two were out on a date right?" She grinned, taking the napkin from you. Despite the sweet gesture, her voice dropped in volume as you suppressed the urge to get defensive.
Only nodding slightly you decided it would be for the best not to give her a concrete answer, excusing yourself as you exited the restaurant hurriedly, feeling her burning gaze on you. It was a mix of driling holes into your back and flames licking no your coat...closing the door behind you, you took a deep breath, trying to shake off the uneasy feeling.
Succeeding since as soon as you saw Tomoko getting into the driver's seat, you pushed back those memories immediately.
"Tomoko, I thought I was driving!" You shouted running through the parking lot as she only stuck out her tongue playfully..
"It is your fault for leaving me along in the first place!"
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Back upstairs, Kira was frowning, having put back the brown pair of shoes, trying on the dark purple ones.
All of Kosaku Kawajiri's shoes are a bit big for my own feet. He realized. I need to switch them with shoes that fit me, before they start to suspect something. Flinching he suddenly saw his "son", walking past him, green school bag, strapped to his back, as his hazel hair fell him into his youthful face, not sparing a glance and his father. Taking his yellow school hat from the coat hanger, Hayato kept quiet as Kira stood up, towering over him.
"Hayato." He called out to the boy, who turned his head to look over his right shoulder, with a slight glare. "Are you not going to say goodbye?" Kira questioned, fist clenched.
Hayato however, did not face him but stared at the shoe shelf instead, seeing that his father had not put on any of his, gaze relaxing, Hayato turned back around towards the door wordlessly. Staying silent, Kira had a blank expression. "Have a good day." He said briefly as the front door fell shut.
Suddenly Kira whipped his head around hearing the hysterical screaming of his wife as she ripped open the door. "Darling!" She gasped; sweat tickling from her pale face. "Something terrifying happened in the basement!" She shouted, running up to him, clinging onto his body, tears streaming from her face as Kira's body tensed in surprise, startled at the sudden contact. "It was so scary! I thought I was going to die!"
It might have been scary, but it gave me an excuse to dive into the arms of the one I love so much. Shinobu thought burying her face in his chest. Like that, and that and that!
Moving his hands, Kira felt the sudden urge to kill in his body as he felt the close proximity to the woman in his arms, as a dark shadow casted over his eyes, his instincts taking over as-
"You see.... There is a cat I have never seen before in the basement!" Shinobu looked up facing him, as sweat dripped down his skin, snapping out of it.
"A cat?" He questioned.
"So the reason it was really scary...I went down to the basement because I ran out of mineral water." She narrated. "And you know how much I love cats, right? So I was like: Oh, it is a British Blue.... It had perfect proportions, and golden eyes contrasting with its velvet-like, blue-gray fur." She gushed, remembering:
Approaching the cat, after having turned on the light switch Shinobu walked closer cheerfully. "Where did you come in from?" She smiled. "You cute little kitty~" However the moment she took a few more steps in its direction it flashed its claws, making her stop dead in her tracks.
Oh, dear. It is being defensive. She realized. Taking a few steps back instead as to not overwhelm it. Staring at the open window, she came to following conclusion: It must have come in from there. But I cannot let it stay down here forever. It might pee on the potato sack it is sitting on, and it might have fleas.
In that moment she had an idea, her face lighting up as she raised her hand, so the cat could see them as she began turning around. "It is okay to get closer if you do not make eye contact, right?" She grinned proudly at herself, beginning to carefully get closer to the animal.
However from the corner of her eye she noticed that it was getting more agitated, so she gave up on her second attempt. Taking down her hands, she sighed. "Oh, right. I just need to let it know that I am not its enemy."
Lying down on the floor she was rolling a bit left and right, showing her exposed belly. "See?" She giggled. "My belly is up, which means I am being submissive. Let's be friends."
Still the British Blue was having none of it; drawing out its claws for the second time, Shinobu quickly crawled backwards, snapping out of it.
Why am I trying to humor a cat? She realized puzzled, as the cat started cleaning itself. Reaching for a scrubber hanging on the wall, she raised it over her head, shouting. Threatingly: "If you do not get out of here, I will hit you with this! You hear? I will throw it!" She began lecturing out, however the cat only let out a bored yawn, getting ready to sleep
Feeling her patience running thin, she got ready to throw it. "Darn it!" she cursed, letting go, as the scrubber hit the cat right on its head, making her gasp, startled, not having intended to actually hit it. But the cat, was just unbothered by it, adjusting its position.
"Why, you!" Shinobu got angry, taking the pink broom, to get it out.
Hissing the cat leaped in the air, digging its claws to the wooden ceiling, looking at her dangerously.
End of Flashback
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"It was clinging to the ceiling like some kind of bug!" Shinobu explained frightened, her hand clinging onto Kira's gray white striped shirt. "A-And what really creeped me out was that the cat had a hole in its throat! A hole about as bit as a one-yen coin! And then, from the hole, I heard... "Meow"!"
"A hole?" Kira questioned. Could it be a hole from the arrow?
Continuing, Shinobu, told what happened afterwards: "I just frantically waved the broom around and ran. Please, could you go check it out? It was really creepy." She begged, remembering that she had broken a couple of glass bottles in the process of freaking out.
"It had a hole... right?" Kira inquired mumbling as he walked down the stairs to inspect the destroyed room. The shelves where knocked over and nearly every item was shattered on the wooden floor.
Trailing after him carefully, Shinobu peaked around the corner. "Hey... Is it gone? Did it run away?" She whispered unsurely as Kira kept quiet sighing.
"No... It is dead." He replied as she gasped, furrowing her eyebrows in confusion.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" She denied, looking over his shoulder only to see the dead British Blue in a puddle of its own blood, large glass shards stuck in its body. "W-Wait...." She stuttered horrified.
"One of the shards went right into its throat." Kira observed.
"Wait a minute! I was just-" Shinobu began protesting in disbelief, not comprehending what was going on as her eyes filled with tears as she staggered forward.
"It was an accident." Kira, reached out towards her, stabilizing her body. "It is no one's fault. It was just bad luck." He tried to soothe her as she broke out in tears, crying. "It is not your fault. It is no one's fault."
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Jotaro was panting heavily as the three men were running out of the room, startled at the broken elevator and the trails of blood on the floor.
"Shit where could she be?" Jotaro looked around frantically, opening every single door as Josuke and Rohan stared at the worried marine biologist confused.
"Jotaro, you know we are talking about Y/N here. She could beat anybody's ass, there is no need for us to be worried." Josuke tried to calm him down. "She is probably just fighting off another enemy Stand user somewhere, no need to get too worked about nothing serious." He tried to play it down, while Rohan crossed his arms over his chest nodding.
In the next moment Jotaro was towering over his younger uncle, ready to punch the wall. "It is not nothing." He stated grimly, walking past them towards the stairs. "Even if it turns out that she does not need us, the least we can know if she is alright or not. I start at the top and work myself to the bottom; you two can see where you go." He declared curtly, running up the stairs, white coat floating behind him. "Good grief."
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Meanwhile you and Yua entered the rooftop as you went as far away from her as possible, before fixing your posture, getting into your preferred fighting stance.
"I see, that gangster was good for nothing~" Yua rolled her eyes. "It seems like you have nearly recovered." She whistled locking the door, not that it would actually matter. "You know Y/N, you are not exactly the first one, I have ever had a crush on. Do you want to know what happened to the other ones?"
Furrowing your eyebrows, you kept up your guard, snapping: "What do you mean?"
"You see, they all ended up dead, since they were not willing to cooperate at all, insisting that they want to leave me and all that crap... It was a shame really~" She pouted angrily, you could tell by the way she clicked her tongue in annoyance.
"So what did you bring me on the rooftop for?" You questioned. "What is your plan?" You shrugged your shoulders as she simply leaned on the door as the first you slowly felt the rain soaking your clothes. "Aren't you going to show your Stand and fight me?"
"Fight you?" She chuckled omniously, giggling bubbily. "I love you, how could I fight you?"
"Then tell me... Why do you think that I will agree with you?" You inquired, looking over the railing, only ten stores.... You thought. I can jump down any time. "You will not come far with just talking to me, will you?" You continued, not knowing how to break her, still cautious...
"But talking is so much fun!" She laughed. "I have not seen you for weeks, I missed you!" She twirled her hair, walking towards you, swaying her hips. "As long as you do not try to hrm me or run away, or have any other human contact and do not reject me, I will not do anything to you or any one around you."
"And why do you think I will do that?" You clenched your fists. "I have a life and I will not waste about eighty years of it either on the side of someone I do not care about. So how exactly do you plan on keeping me by your side?" You grinned maliciously, cracking your knuckles. "Because I am pretty confident that I am able to beat nearly anyone at some point. "So.... are you that confident in your Stand?" A shadow crossed your face as your eyes flashed back as you lunged forward. "what are you trying to do when I strike first?" You shouted, but your punch never connected.
"Those are fifteen questions. All conditions are met..." She grinned. "You are absolutely in love with me. (YOU DRIVE ME) CRAZY!!!!"
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It was still raining outside as Kira went to bury the cat's corpse, digging a small hole in the front garden. Equipped with a small shovel and dark rain coat, he stared doen on the dark cloth he and Shinobu had put on the cat's body as the heavy dark rain clouds hung low.
"Apparently it had a hole in its throat, but... Now there is no way to tell if it was a Stand user or not." He muttered to himself. "No, I am sure it wasn't..." he concluded, as sudden and lightening struck right above him on the sky and so the rainy day passed the Kawajiri household.
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Jotaro was anxious. He and his uncle, together with Rohan had looked around the entire hospital but you were nowhere to be found, not inside the building or elsewhere in Morioh city...
Nobody had seen you, and now you are officially missing...
Even the Speedwagon Foundation could not find a single trace of you, except a giggling blonde woman exiting the hospital in unusually high spirits.
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"Morio-Morio-cho. Radio~" the chipper soundtrack of the local radio show rang through the house. The heavy rainstorm had passed and the first rays of sun reached through the sky, revealing a colorful rainbow as Hayato left the house for grade school. "Good morning, Morioh." The radio house announced. "Isn't it a refreshing morning, now that the rain has stopped? I just saw a rainbow in the sky, before I came into the studio. Is it still out there?"
Nothing seems to have changed, except one thing. The place where the cat was buried was now a small but quite unusual and actually quite bizarre new flower plant. It had a light green thick stem for its body and big lush green leaves which seemed quite sturdy and dexterous. IT also had two grayish white petals with an interesting pattern of long, dark spots on them, wrapped around. Slowly as the sun shone on them they opened slightly resembling a feline shape for a face. Two feline shaped yellow glowing eyes peeked out curiously moving around sleepily as the pinkish whisker-like extension swayed slightly by the morning breeze.
"Where am I, meow? What am I doing here? Meow, meow," he thought, moving its leaves like arms, pondering in confusion as its tiny mouth was turned down. "Two days go, someone attacked me with an arrow, and I survived that, but..." It trailed off deep in thought, blinking confused.
Looking down at its new body he blinked startled. "M-My body is different from usual!" IT realized, mind racing, twisting its plant body to better examine itself. "It is shaped funny! It is all wrong!" It panicked. "Hey can I not move from here?" He thought, bewildered, struggling to move from its place.
It was in that moment that Shinobu exited the house holding her pinkish broom in her left hand, looking around along the fence, seeing the rhododendron bush in full bloom and the small pile of dirt with the new plant. "Where did he bury it?" Shinobu questioned, still feeling deep regret. "I am so sorry kitty. Please rest in peace." She muttered, closing her eyes sorrowfully.
"Who is this human lady?" Stray Cat wondered, putting its leaf to its mouth. "I get a bad feeling from her", he thought, noticing the broom it flinched. "The broom! That is it! Now I remember! This woman! That is right! A whole bunch of glass staved me, and I could not move!" Hs raged, a green fire lighting in his eyes as bright green stand aura flamed up around him. "The reason I am like this now is because of this woman!" He thought angrily.
Closing up its two petals, curling them together in the process it began to control the surrounding air with its whiskers, sucking it into the tiny opening as it drove back supporting its head with the stem and leaves as it aimed at Shinobu's feet, resembling a little canon.
Suddenly Shinobu screamed out as the toe nail of her big toe was ripped off. Falling to the ground harshly she whimpered in pain, holding her right foot.
Stray Cat however... he was perplexed. "What? Something came out. When I got angry at that woman something just came out."
"My toenail? Wh-Why?!" Shinobu whispered terrified, staring at it with trembling eyes. "Is it a curse? C-could it be that cat?!" she whimpered in horror.
In that moment two small birds descended from the green roof as Stray Cat was again surrounded by its green Stand aura ,hitting one bird head on, as it fell to the ground, dead, bleeding profusely right in front of it.
Stray Cat lived by his desire and instinct, so he understood this power, as well as how to use it. Reaching out to its prey, he grabbed it with its leaved pulling it closer towards him as his tongue reached out for his food eating, when-
"That is.... A Stand user! Why is this thing growing from where I buried the cat yesterday? Just what is this thing?" Kira muttered, hands in his pant pockets towering over the eating plant. "What did it do to that sparrow? I could not see an actual Stand." He observed as Stray Cat ate the entire bird, blood tickling out of the corners of his small mouth. "The most important thing is whether that thing is an enemy or not." Kira concluded. "Is it an enemy who wishes to harm me, or is it..." His black eyes narrowed harshly. "I should probably kill it, just in case."
Suddenly Stray Cat moved its leaves over the end of its petals resembling cat ears, flicking out its small tongue in the process, closing its eyes contently after having had a satisfying meal, ready to sleep.
"It fell asleep after eating." Kira studied it. "Is it a plant or an animal? It should be easy to kill it, but it might be worth watching for a while." He decided as he clicked his tongue repeatedly, catching Stray cat's attention as he perked up. "The way it turned around because it thought it was being called is almost like a cat, as well..." hunching down in front of it, he reached out his hand as Stray Cat began sniffing it. "The fact that it cannot resist trying to smell me is also like a cat. It looks like it might be okay to pet it." He mumbled, scratching it lightly under its supposed chin as it leaned back relaxing, purring happily. "The way it is purring creepily as it is about to fall asleep is also, indeed, like a cat." He went on petting it. "But I am still not sure if it has any hostility toward me or not. Let's find out." He covered it mouth and nose as the plant startled awake, struggling to breathe. Taking his fingers away, the plant began panting heavily. "Hmmm... it is angry." Kira stated. "But this confirms that it does not have any hostility toward me."
This is definitely the cat that I buried here yesterday. So it really did have a hole in its throat from the arrow!
"D-Darling?" Kira could hear Shinobu's weak voice calling out to him, her right foot now bandaged up.
The woman! Stray cat realized as Kira blocked its view with his knee as Kira kept silent.
"That place scares me." Shinobu breathed out. "that is where my toenail came off..." she trailed off as Stray Cat now decided to look between Kira's legs.
This cat attacked her because it had a grudge against her! If she found out about this thing... that rumor might eventually reach Y/N L/N, Jotaro Kujo and the others. That would definitely be bad news! Kira kept his stoic façade, as sweat began to tickle down his face, his black eyes slightly trembling.
"That is where you buried the cat, right?" Shinobu approached him. "It seems like it is cursed, so I am really scared..."
"I did not bury it here. Go back into the house." Kira cut her off.
"You are lying!" Shinobu fired back. "You are lying out of consideration for me, aren't you?" She came even closer as in that moment Stray Cat recognized her hissing, getting ready to attack.
Carp! This cat means me harm, after all! I still do not know what kind of Stand ability it has, but I am going to get rid of it. "KILLER QUEEN!" He summoned his pink cat-like Stand, ready to strike Stray Cat, as bright pink Stand aura busted out of him. Touching the rock in front of Stray Cat, he put a timer on it. I feel bad for you, but I am going to blow you up with this. First bomb, switch on!
Killer Queen brought down its thumb on the small red button, but.... Nothing happened, Stray Cat was still leaning forward curiously.
Impossible! Kira panicked as Killer Queen pushed the button repeatedly. There is no way it can be a dud! What is this thing? Is this thing's ability keeping it from exploding?
In that moment Stray Cat faced Kira, hissing angrily.
"Huh? Is that a plant?" Shinobu inquired, body trembling. "Th-that plant is moving!" She stuttered fearfully.
"I told you to go back into the house!" Kira snapped.
"Huh?" Shinobu looked at him in surprise as suddenly in front of her chest a bubble seemed to appear out of nowhere, twisting the mint green cloth of her wool top, drilling into her body. Coughing out blood, she flew backwards, body slamming to the ground harshly as she laid there motionlessly.
"Shinobu!" Kira whisper-shouted, too stunned, not comprehending what just happened.
Stray Cat however, simply began toying with the small rock with the timer on it, flicking it away as the tiny explosion went off.
The moment Killer Queen's bomb moved away from that thing, it went off! Kira looked back anxiously. Could this thing's ability be...
The plant that was a cat named Tama until yesterday thought, "I am going to kill that woman!"
However Kira stood up to his full height, putting the injured woman in his arms. "I cannot allow you to attack her anymore. I am going to have to make you disappear.
Raging in absolute furry, Stray Cat was having none of it. "Then I will just have to kill this man who is getting in my way too!"
"The only time the bomb does not explode is when there is no air around it." Kira reflected.
This plant instinctively knew just how it should kill him. Transforming into its attacking form, Stray Cat began sucking in the air around him.
"Could its stand ability be the ability to control air freely?" Kira realized in horror as he noticed that the canon-like opening released something. "I cannot se it, but it released something again. KILLER QUEEN!" Positioning his Stand in front of him, Killer Queen managed to block the three incoming bubbles. "It is releasing something. It is air! It is releasing bubbles of air! You damn cat! I will crush you!" He declared, Killer Queen ready to stomp on the plant. However the Stand's foot only came in contact with an air bubble surrounding Stray Cat that seemed to mock him by playing by itself. "I cannot touch it! It is like I am stepping on an invisible balloon! It really is controlling the air."
Trying to increase the pressore on the air bubble Killer Queen's foot slid to the side. "What?!" Kira gasped out as he went to protect Shinobu's unconscious body from the flying dirt.
Making cat-like noises Stray Cat, performed a small victory dance, before sending in the next air bubble, that was slowly floating toward the black haired man.
"I cannot see it, but I am sure it released an air bubble again." Kira commented, a small gash on hie right cheekbone, blood dripping down. "This is not good... Something is not right!" He panicked as the bubble passed him floating towards the cacti.
The moment it connected with the plants, they exploded in tiny pieces, flying towards Kira in incredible speed, as Kira used his only free hand to shield Shinobu's face from the spikes. "The cactus! Sh-Shinobu!" Kira groaned as the spikes pierced his hands and face, a few sinking in the skin of Shinobus face, thankfully avoiding her eyes. Releasing a sigh of relief, he went to touch the woman's face as he stopped himself in horror. What is this? Was I, Yoshikage Kira, just relieved at the fact that the cactus needles did not pierce her eyes? What is this feeling? Am I actually worried about someone else other than Y/N? No! I am just worried that if this woman dies, Jotaro Kujo and Y/N will find out about this house! I am still able to use my new identity to better approach Y/N, having a second chance! That is the only reason I was relieved that she was okay. That is all it is..." He realized, staring at Shinobu's face.
Stray Cat noticed its chance, their moment of distraction, sending more attacks their way.
"That attack will not work anymore." Kira announced Killer Queen punching each single one effortlessly. "Even though I may not be able to see it, now that I know the mystery behind it.... It is just an ability that allows you to blow and spread air bubbles. You are no longer a match for Killer Queen." Kira declared confidently as Stray Cat looked at him unimpressed continuing to clean itself as Kira noticed something was terribly wrong.
Seeing an air bubble entering a wound on his wrist, crawling up his veins.
"Wh-what?" Kira gritted out frantically pulling up the sleeve of his white suit. "Th-This thing just... put an air bubble into my veins!" Losing no time he ripped off the sleeve entirely, seeing it has already reached his elbow. "It is rising higher and higher into my body!! I am not that knowledgeable in medicine, but I have heard that if you inject more than 10cc of air into a human being's veins, it can block the vein and lead to death. This is definitely more than 10cc! SHIT!"
He desperately tried to push the bulge back with his thumb; however it right bypasses him, trailing higher and higher. "It is no user! This is bad... I have no choice! I have to do it! KILLER QUEEN!" He called upon his Stand as it send off an explosion on the bubble, piercing the vein as the air bubble exited his system, Stray Cat blinking in surprise at the man's determination.
"I underestimated that thing." Kira gritted out, wincing in pain as blood freely trailed down his arm. "Its ability to freely control the air... It is a terrifying ability. Wh-what should I do?- IT IS COMING! IT IS GOING TO ATTACK AGAIN!" Kira realized as he observed Stray Cat's body swelling with the air streaming inside. "What should I do?" He looked around frantically.
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Throwing a yellow golf ball in front of Stray Cat was his last desperate attempt to get out of this fickle situation, successfully managing to catch the former cat's interest as it peeked out from its petals curiously.
Yelping in excitement, it began moving its leaves happily, pushing the ball to the side joyfully. Squealing in delight as it began rolling, catching it with his other leaf. Pushing it around, each time lighting up in happiness and excitement.
...
"That was close...." Kira panted holding his bleeding arm. "For now, I guess I will let this go. I will let this go."
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The next morning:
Singing happily the blonde woman was inside her kitchen of her small family home, preparing tea as the smell of delicious cake filled her house. Tying back her blue apron with cute frills she checked up on the baked goods, seeing that the cookies she prepared earlier were not yet cooled down, freshly made bread cut into evenly slices as the walked over to the fridge, taking out the salad and cool fresh water she had purchased from Tonio's.
"I hope Y/N, will like it~" She gushed, fanning herself as she danced around grinning from ear to ear. "Ah~ living together feels like such a dream." She trailed off as she heard light tapping onto the floor, each step followed with a slight bounce as the snout of her small light brown fured dog, entered the kitchen, cute puppy ears turned up as she gasped happily. "Bounce!" She called out as it littereally bounced off the wooden floor like a tramboline flying right into her arms. "You are such a cutie! You will never leave, right? Awwweeeee! You are such a loyal puppy, good boy!" She patted his small head as it began barking cutely. "Let's go upstairs and wake up my darling, alright?" She announced, putting out the oven, taking out the cake, putting the washed strawberries with whipped cream to the side. "You know, I actually do not mind, Yoshihiro accidently shooting you, since it only left a small scratch, but going on a walk, is going to be a bit problematic with you always bouncing around..." She sighed deep in thought. "That reminds me, Y/N and I will have to take you on a walk later..."
Letting go of her dog gently, it leped back into the air barking joyfully as it tried its best to head to the staircase as she quickly rushed behind the pup, heading up the dark stairs, after a quick glance back at the house across the road, noticing a brunnette standing at the kitchen sink through the window behind the yellow fence of her backyard.
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"He told me yesterday that he buried that cat's corpse far away." Shinobu said calmly, seeing that in the corner of the fence where the plant formerly was now a hole, the plant gone. "the cat's curse, as he said, was just an illusion my mind came up with out of fear." She muttered, looking through the window, staying in front of the washing sink. "I suddenly fainted in front of him..... It was so embarrassing." She blushed, holding her hand in front of her cheeks, overheating.
"But... he took care of me, even though it made him late to work." She glanced over her shoulder to see him eating breakfast. "I was so happy. It felt like our hearts were connected. That was the happiest morning of my life."
Taking another bit, Kira watched Hayato through the reflection of his polished silver knife. His "son" was staring at them by glancing between the small opening of the opened door.
"Well? Is it good?" Shinobu questioned, hands on her hips as she approached her husband as Kira only nodded, glaring back at the door, Hayato no longer in sight.
"That Hayato..." Shinobu huffed slightly frustrated. "He left without saying goodbye again."
Was that brat observing me? Kira thought grimly.
"Oh, darling!" Shinobu interrupted his train of thought. "That is my plate. You do not like shiitake mushrooms, so I took them out of yours..." She pointed out. "When did you start liking them?" She wondered as Kira flinched. "You have already eaten more than half of it." She rejoiced. "But I am happy to see you gobbling down my cooking." She teased. "I guess you realized that you only thought you did not like them, huh?"
"....Yes." Kira pressed out between his gritted teeth."-
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Seeing him off for work Shinobu escorted him to the door, Kira putting on the purple pair of shoes. "All right, I am going." He stated.
"Have a good day, darling." She smiled, leaning forward pursing her lips, closing her eyes expectantly, arms crossed behind her back, Kira flinching back.
When she opened her eyes again she sighed in mild disappointment. "Jeez... I wanted him to give me a goodbye kiss. But we are understanding each other's feelings. I will seduce him soon enough." She walked back not seeing her son hiding out in the shadows of the staircase holding his outdoor shoes in his hand to insinuate that he had already left.
"He was using a shoehorn to put on his shoes. I am sure he put on the twenty five point five centimeter sized shoes. Having two different sizes of shoes is weird. It is also weird that Mom and Dad are getting along lately. He was even gobbling up the shiitake mushrooms that he hates." Hayato mumbled, deciding to return to his room, to his display located on his small desk between the bookshelves. "This is weird too." He observed. "Why was he writing his own name over and over? And last night..." Hayato winded forwards, seeing his father bringing a bucket into his chamber. "No matter how many times I see it, that is potting soil. And I think the other thing he has is a bag of cat food. And then he goes inside his closet...." He saw his father entering the room next to the large bed, unable to see what was inside from the video footage.
Despite better judgment, with no regard if he was getting late for school he sneaked into his parent's room, walking into the room designated as his father's and mother's closet, passing the colorful suits and dresses inside the large shelves and a safe. Inspecting everything to the best of his ability he was even crawling on the floor, his search leaving him pointless until the moment he looked up, noticing that there was another door leading to the attic.
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Walking down the road, Kira was passed by a small group of three boys, wearing the same yellow school hats just like Hayato as he came to an abrupt stop as a sudden thought crossed his mind.
They are all wearing hats. He realized. Do they have to wear those for school? He thought as he remembered the hat still hanging back home at the coat hanger. Something does not feel right. He turned around hurriedly.
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"The attic?" Hayato groaned, having found the opener, a long wooden stick with an iron hook to pull the door down, as the wooden stairs descended, leading upwards into the darkness. Quickly climbing upstairs, he carefully peeked in his head, founding himself directly under the roof. Like usual the temperature difference was nothing surprising due to the different isolation of the roof in comparison to the rest of the house. Waiting until his eyes got used to the sudden darkness, he soon spotted the pot on one of the stairs, revealing Stray Cat sleeping inside peacefully.
"Wh-what is that bizarrely shaped thing?" Hayato walked closer. "It is too dark for me to see it clearly." He decided to walk over to the wooden window, opening it carefully to let the light stream in, illuminating the large attic.
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Arriving back at home the first thing Kira noticed was the yellow hat right next to the door, staring at it ominously.
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"There it is. It is that bag." Hayato whispered, seeing the cat food storage in one of the shelves near the end of the attic. Moving towards it he suddenly noticed how in the corner of his eyes the plant began to move. "Huh?" He blinked in confusion as he and Stray Cat stared each other in the eye. "Wha-" Hayato gasped. "I-It is moving! It is not a plant... Those are eyes! It has eyeballs and it is looking this way!" He realized as the leaves started moving on their own. Whipping his head around Hayato started connecting the dots. "Could that cat food be for this thing?" He stuttered.
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"Y/N, darling~ Wakey, wakey." Yua leaned forward kissing your forehead as she brushed away the disshelved hairstrands, revealign your sleeping face. Tucked under bright pink covers her black nails traced your jawline as you stirred awake, hazy pink sparkling eyes fluttering open. My Stand is working perfectly~ Yua grinned, licking her bottom lip taking in the bright pink hues as her Stand manifested behind her.
"Good morning, love." You smiled drowsily. "Should I go out with bounce first, so you can finish breakfast?" You offered as she shook her head.
"Oh, no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ,NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO n-NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !!!!" She suddenly screeched, before quickly snapping out of it coughing awkwardly. "I-I was hoping we could go together after breakfast. It seems like you do not remember, but you hit your head yesterday, so I took you to the hospital, but it seems nothing is wrong, but I am still a bit anxious, so let's take it slow." she whisperd kissing your lips passionately, the pink in your eyes growing more intense. "We cannot be seperated for too long after all, are else you might run away."
"Oh..." you muttered, looking to the side blankly. "I apologize for worrying you, thank you for preparing breakfast." You pulled her closer at her waist, smirking. "Let's eat, shall we, my love?"
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"Oh darling. What is the matter? Did you forget something? Oh, is the thing you forgot my goodbye kiss~?" Hayato could hear his mother's voice coming from downstairs.
"No." It was his father's voice!
"Aww..." Shinobu pouted, while Hayato felt cold shivers running down his spine. "Then what is it? Shall I get it for you?" she offered instead.
"No, I will get it." Kira brushed her off.
Why is he back?! Hayato panicked. Crap! He cursed in his mind, moving towards the window to close it. Not wanting to be put back to its dormant state Stray Cat acted quickly, manipulating the air to hold Hayato in one place, forming its air bubbles into restraints. "What?! Th-This thing..." Hayato panicked not understanding what was happening, struggling to get free. "Something I cannot see that is inflated, like some kind of air bubble has my arms and neck pinned down!" He realized touching it with his free hand.
Walking up the wooden stairs, Kira was drawing closer.
"He is coming up! C-crap!" Hayato cursed terrified, struggling to get out of his restraints as Stray Cat slowly came forward between its petals, aiming to attack, another restraint, hitting Hayato in the stomach area, throwing him back into the shelf.
Loud thuds were being heard downstairs, as sweat tickled down Kira's face. "The attic! I knew it! That brat...." He gritted out running up the remaining stairs.
"I-It attacked me when I tried to shut the window? Does this thing need sunlight to move?" Hayato's mind was on haywire. "I-I know! If they are air bubbles..." Hayato blinked, reaching into his backpack getting a few sharp pencils, poking holes into them as the released gut of wind coincidentally closed the window, shutting out the light. Stray Cat however was now suddenly feeling very drowsy, starting to doe off. "Yes! So it was the sunlight." Hayato was breathing heavily as his restraints vanished as he was let down slowly. Wasting no time he was ready to climb down the stairs downstairs.
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Ripping open the door to the closet, Hayato was sitting silent up in the attic. Instead of escaping he realized that there was no time, so instead he took the cat food and scattered it around the floor as quiet as possible.
Opening the attic, Kira entered the dark seemingly empty but chaotic attic. Picking up the cat food next to Stray Cat, he tried to listen to every sound.... "That noise...." He whispered. "Did Stray cat wear itself out trying to get the cat food from the shelf using air? I thought it would stay calm if there was no sunlight hitting it, but I guess a tiny bit of light was coming in." He mumbled, taking a piece of cloth to cover the pot. "Still... I thought that maybe Hayato had gotten in here, but it appears that it was thankfully, just my imagination. If that brat knew the truth about me, I would have had to kill him." He declared closing the attic, not having noticed the small boy hiding out inside the larger wooden box right next to the attic opening having overheard every single word.
"He has Dad's face, but that is not my dad. Who... Wh-Who the hell is he?!" He whispered terrified, feeling utterly alone in the darkness, hugging his knees, an unspoken attempt at comforting himself.
To be continued->
( This is Yua's Stand ^^)