P H A N T O M B L O O D

"Burn baby burn. Disco inferno."

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"Oi carper, away from the window!" Speedwagon yells to the inspector, you pulling him away from the window as the officer's life comes to an abrupt end.

Or well, maybe not so abrupt? Even though the top part of his head had been flicked off of the rest of him like a bottle cap from hell, you could still kind of see the inspector's eyes looking about.

Nausea coated your throat like a sickly sauce compelling you to keep staring at the pooling blood on the expensive carpet and you were sick. Oh goodness, please don't throw up in front of Speedwagon or Jojo, don't throw up, don't throw up don't-

"The inspector!" One of the suddenly underprepared law enforcers cries, the dangerous figure of the killer moving into the darkness inhumanly quick.

That is until Dio steps down onto the broken window frame behind the nearly headless corpse with a grace that someone dead five minutes ago really shouldn't have.

The blonde's eyes had gone a blazing scarlet colour, his nails sharpened into claws and his face seemed to have contorted into a pale sort of villainous visage only seen in the corners of mirrors and nightmares.

Um, well at least on the bright side it was a bit of a glow-up? His skin practically sparkled in the firelight.

On the not so bright side, holy shit Dio was alive.

"No that's impossible! How is he alive?!" Speedwagon exclaims, moving next to the officers while you run towards Jojo and Lord Joestar's... remains?

"Damfino!" You exclaim, thoroughly panicked and also kind of mad at the dead man walking, "Some guns these mutton shunters have! Dio looked worse before they shot him! Um, no offence chaps..."

"Keep your distance lads, he's armed with something!" The main police officer guy says to his companions, luckily ignoring your insults.

Jojo delicately lays his father's body on the floor and you help him up as the tense and tiny crowd turns to Dio.

"Ah! he's coming right at us!" One of the officers yelled as Dio began calmly stepping towards the group. (Y/N) gasped slightly at how much cooler the undead blonde's cape made him seem.

"What are you waiting for?! Hit him with everything you've got left!" Speedwagon yelled though the four officers made no move to shoot. Were they in shock?

'Blimey, I ought to be in shock too,' You think as you watch the blueberry boy you'd grown up with grab a gun and aim it at Dio.

"Come no closer!" Jojo threatens the blonde but he just kinda smirks menacingly and continues his evil stroll, "Not another step I mean it!"

The wicked Brando ends up walking so far forward that he's pressing his head against the gun, the gun Jojo hasn't fired yet for whatever reason.

"Blow his brains out now! Do it before he kills us all!" Speedwagon shouts and a gun's fired. A bullet goes straight through Dio's shocked face but it isn't Jojo's shot making the undead man bleed.

Speedwagon's gun smokes as he stands straight-faced next to Jonathan. However, that composure was quickly lost when the blonde continues walking and starts feeling up his new head wound. He plays with the blood on his fingers for a moment before licking it.

Ew, maybe? The gesture's both disgusting and hot but oh well...

You gulp slightly before grabbing one of the other police officers guns and shooting at Dio's head again. If you don't succeed try several more rounds and all that. Though the bullets don't really hit the undead blonde, the bad aim just sort of... amusing him?

"Shit," You say, sort of wishing you'd held a gun before.

"Shot him in the head and it didn't slow him down! It doesn't make any sense! With all the lead we put in him he should be worm food by now." Speedwagon exclaims and you're almost impressed by Dio's power. Almost.

You're mostly just pissed that he's killed like two people in front of you and a lovely little dog seven or eight years ago.

"Jojo!" Dio leaps into the air like he doesn't believe in gravity, "I should thank you for the source of my newfound power! Your father's blood and the ancient mask!"

Dio manages to shove his fingers into one of the police officer's heads and begins draining him of more and more blood with every pump of his heart. Dio smirks and breathes out cold puffs of evil air.

As a gardener, you never tended to see things like whatever the fuck this was.

"He takes his very life! But how is that possible? Dio you villain!" Jojo exclaims while all the remaining police officers and Speedwagon start screaming and aiming their guns (including the one you had previously stolen) at the blood-sucking blonde.

As a response to this Dio throws the second dead officer at them, killing the rest of the police officers and hitting Speedwagon badly, making the street thug fly backwards.

"Robbie!" You gasp, grabbing the mullet man before he could hit the floor hard. Jojo and Dio glare at each other in a more personal standoff now that the side characters and incredible love interest are out of the way.

Jojo tremors slightly before reminding himself of his father's sacrifice and squaring up against the lecherous blonde.

"Don't do it, Jojo! You haven't got a chance in hell! I've never seen anything like this lad. He cut those coppers to pieces like they was bleedin' twigs!" Speedwagon cries out desperately before getting shushed by you trying to quick-fix his wounds.

"It's a good thing this isn't hell then Speedwagon- Jojo?" You stop speaking and turn to the Joestar picking up a large spear from one of the decorative suits of armour.

"I know. Honestly, I'm terrified. All the same, I can't let Dio kill anyone else!" Jojo poses slightly and aims the large spear at Dio, "This demon must be annihilated!"

You are once again reminded of why your friend of seventeen years was one of the most valiant and coolest people ever.

"Please Jojo I beg of ya! He'll tear you apart!" Speedwagon yells again. Jojo seems to think about his words for a moment before everyone still breathing turns to see one of the dead police officers had become something dreadful, "Ah this one's alive!"

"You're blood! It smells so delicious!" The monster cop coos evilly. You glance up at Dio who begins chuckling menacingly before looking back at the newly eldritch officer headed for Speedwagon.

"What an ugly little thing you've created Dio," You mutter before abruptly kicking away the officer's head. The thing's blood seeping into your (F/C) wellie boots.

Nasty.

You pant slightly before turning back to Speedwagon in concern once again. It was Jojo's turn to be reminded of how much awe he had for his friend of seventeen years. However, the blue-haired man couldn't remain distracted for long against Dio.

"He was my brother, look at him now. Father, please lend me the strength to do what I must." Jojo says, readying himself to kill the monstrous blonde.

Dio jumps down from the ceiling and dives towards Jojo. You and Speedwagon both exclaim, "Watch out!"

"It's over! I'm not going to let you kill anyone else, Dioooo!" Jojo yells, twirling the spear before slinging it over his shoulder and turning around with the momentum.

The spear goes straight through Dio's hand as he plunges towards Jojo but the blonde manages to grip the spear and use it to hold himself up into the air.

"Ah! He caught the soddin' spear! Right through the hand and he don't even flinch!" Speedwagon cries. Wait shit, when had the colours changed? Gah, you have fourth wall breaking powers for nothing sometimes.

"No way! The hole from where I shot him in the head! It's healed up! That spear ain't gonna hurt him!" Speedwagon exclaimed, terrified.

"Has Dio really forsaken all mortal consequences?" Your eyes widened as you realise for a split second that you might've chosen the wrong side.

"You're such a weakling Jojooo!" Dio howls smugly, pushing against the spear to the point where it bends and rips like it was origami. The spearhead forces its way around and into Jojo's shoulder.

"Jojo!" You pick up Speedwagon and rush to help the bleeding blueberry man only for him to pull you and the street thug behind a curtain. What is he doing with that lamp in his hands...?

"On your feet insect. I've yet to gauge the full extent of my powers so let's play a little longer, shall we? I trust you'll be long since dead by the time I figure them out!" Dio's voice echoes throughout the hollow room, "Hm? Hiding are we?"

The blonde turns towards the curtain smirking and breathing out more visible air, though none of you surviving three can see it.

"You were a fool to attack me. I have disowned my weakness in favour of life everlasting!" You hear Dio's shoes squelching in the blood-soaked carpet in front of the curtain, "You are behind the curtain like Polonius and like Polonius, it is there that you shall meet your end!"

Dio pulls open the curtain only for it to reveal orange flames that fall onto him like spite, leaving the blonde screaming. Jojo holds Speedwagon close with the spear still in his shoulder and your protective self stands in front of them both, sarcastically noting, "O, I am slain."

"No one's immortal, not even you!" Jojo says nobly as you move away from the towering flames. Fuck, was the floor on fire? Surely it'll spread to the rest of the mansion!

Dio rages against the curtain as his skin heals against the force of the fire.

"Ah! He's able to heal faster than the flames can hurt him! If that ain't immortality then I'm the Queen!" Speedwagon said and you would've laughed at his turn of phrase had the circumstance been anything other than your home and undead fuck buddy being on fire.

"Fire hurts him but not enough!" Jojo notes before throwing you and Speedwagon away from him after Dio causes a particularly strong burst of flame with all his movements.

"Jojo! What are you doing?!" Speedwagon shouts in concern while you take the opportunity to leave.

That's right, you bounce. Head out. Flee. You were gone somewhere inside the highly flammable mansion, leaving your friends to hold off whatever Dio was now.

"Just get to safety Speedwagon! If Dio wants a fight I'll give him one!" Jojo yells, grabbing onto a nearby sword and casting it into the ground.

Dio attempts to throw some fire at the man with the newly inherited lordship but Jojo uses the sword to start climbing the walls of the burning manor.

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"Speedwagon, can you hear me?" You ask, leaning down to watch the street thug's face. You'd found him slumped up unconscious against the fountain outside of the Joestar mansion after you'd evacuated the staff and various valuables inside the burning building.

The blonde's eyes open but he doesn't look at you, instead he stares at the roof of the mansion behind you, "What does he mean to accomplish up there?"

You helped the hatless man stand up and turn to the roof yourself, why was Jojo up there?

Speedwagon gasps with realisation, "No that's crazy! You're throwing your life away! Don't do it! Don't do it Jojooooo!"

The honeysuckle blonde cries into the night and your eyes widen when you see the other, much more evil blonde jump through the roof.

You watch horrified as the Joestar was flung away and the mansions flames became a bright purple, "Speedwagon what's happening?"

"The longer the fire burns the hotter it gets and Jojo knows it. He means to use the mansion as a funeral pyre and burn the devil faster than he can replenish himself. And... And now that the house is hot enough, he's gonna knock him back in!"

"Jojo!" Speedwagon cries mournfully and you look at the scarred man in shock before looking back at your burning home. While your eyes are already watering because of the fire, you sob genuinely, "Sorry about this Robbie."

Before the injured street thug could protest you rush inside the burning building. Which, disclaimer, is strongly not advised.

You have to cover your mouth as the fumes and smoke from the building invade your lungs. Struggling to sea you look around the flames and ashes for Jojo or Dio.

You spot the Joestar first, collapsed onto the floor and barely breathing. The next thing you see is a writhing Dio impaled on the statue of the Joestar's guardian angel in a symbolic kinda way.

You rush to Jojo first, grabbing him by his less injured arm and hoisting him over his shoulder. You try to ignore Dio, let the flames consume him before you try to kill him yourself. That plan changes when a strained and silky voice echoes around your head, "Are you ignoring me, (Y/N)? Come here."

You resist or at least attempt to, but some invisible force is dragging you over to the blonde until your staring into his upside-down eyes. They're glowing a vibrant red brighter than the flames and you never want to look away from them ever again, to stay beside him forever and ever. No that's not right, "Dio...? What are you doing to me?"

"No, no sweet one, what are you doing to me? Were you really going to leave me here all by myself?" Dio soothes, gritting his teeth as the flames draw nearer, "Get me down."

Your hands reach out to free the blonde but the sound of something heavy hitting the ground and wheezing snaps you out of it. You'd dropped Jojo for this asshole!

"What the bloody hell was that little trick? Ugh, dead and invasive- shall I list more of your hardly admirable traits, love?" You snap, jerking away from the blonde, "Fuck off. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

"Don't leave me here (Y/N)! Together with the stone mask, we could rule the world!" Dio growls, his body cringing around its impalement.

You heave Jojo onto your shoulders, muttering an unhappy, "My whole world is in my arms, boot licker. Better yourself."

You leave Dio to burn.

Speedwagon is forced to wait in dread for several painful minutes until an explosion occurs, screaming heard and you're blasted out of the mansion carrying an unconscious Joestar, "(Y/N), Jojo!"

You cough and flop onto the wet floor, "Woo, we totally... Totally got him."

Speedwagon meanwhile embraces the wounded lord and starts to cry softly, "You're alive, you lucky bastard. He did it! Jojo bested him!"

You listen to the blonde cry loudly before falling into unconsciousness. Only hearing some musical lyrics along the lines of 'I'll be the roundabout' as everything goes black.

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This chapter feels weird, idk why tho. Maybe it's George's ghost??

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed!