Chapter 17
Back at Kira's old house, now that no one was living within it and the damage caused by the fight that broke out a few days ago, it was set to be demolished by the city. As the crew took out any remaining furniture, one of them made the mistake of unpinning the photo of Kira's father off the wall. "Ha! Now that I'm finally free, I can guard over my son." He thought.
The photo floated out of the window, being carried by the wind. "Kira may be strong, but he's completely outnumbered. I must retrieve the arrow and create an army of my own to protect him." The only problem is the stand arrow was most likely with Josuke and the others, and they would guard it with their lives.
"If only I knew where to start, aha. I see that platinum haired one, his stand was called Echoes, yes? I should be able to follow him to where he's keeping the arrow."
Speaking of Koichi, he was walking to school with the boys, Okuyasu and Josuke. They thought it would be best to stick together until Kira is brought to down.
"Dammit! How am I supposed to spy when he's in a group? Oh well, I'll tried my hardest to protect my baby boy." Yoshihiro thought as he floated after the teen. Though his spying wasn't unnoticed though, Mikitaka was surveying the area as a paper airplane.
"Oh? A photograph? This must be related to the Yoshikage Kira case that Josuke and his friends are investigating." He thought as he slowly approached.
The photograph immediately turned, with the plane practically jolting from Yoshihiro staring directly at him, almost as if he knew the paper plane was in fact an alien. It was haunting. "Ah! Whoever is in that photo, he does not look friendly, I will need to tell the others about this right away." Mikitaka thought as he did a U turn away from the photo.
Yoshihiro however was hot in pursuit as Mikitaka zoomed down and landed in some bushes. The photo stuck itself to the back of his uniform, making sure not to move an inch. "Now, I should wait for them at Josuke's friend's house, at least I will have Mr. Jotaro and his lover as company."
Jotaro was finally able to stand up again, but he still needed Kakyoin's help when it came to walking. Keicho stood by the arrow, constantly shaking it in the makeshift tumbler to try and dull it down. "I think some bits are chipping away, but not nearly fast enough." He remarked.
"Well, have you tried shaking it faster?" Chiharu stated as she watched. "That wouldn't-"
As Keicho was about to finish his sentence, Mikitaka entered. "Excuse me, but I found something." He exclaimed frantically. "What is it?" Jotaro asked, seeing how he was in front of the alien.
"I was going to wait until everyone was here but... I saw a photograph, but it had a living person in it." He explained. "A what?! That was Kira's father, how did he escape?" Jotaro asked. "I am unsure." Mikitaka stated, unaware that the man in question was stuck on him.
"Shit, this is bad." The marine biologist knew that Yoshihiro would stop at nothing to protect Kira, despite the many crimes his son has committed. Jotaro immediately stumbled towards the alien. "Where is he now? Did you see him?"
"I am sorry, I panicked the moment he looked at me. When I landed, he was gone." Mikitaka held his head down. "I will go and search for him ag-"
"Hey, it's fine. He was guarding Kira's house last time we saw him, and most likely the arrow too. Even if he comes after it, he will still need a bow to shoot with it." Kakyoin tried to reassure him.
At this moment, the photograph detached itself from the alien's school uniform. It fluttered under the sofa and waited until the arrow was in sight. "They're trying to file down the arrow? I'll put a stop to that!"
Though he had to wait for an opportunity to steal it. "I got a nail file, if you think tumbling is going to take too long." Chiharu stated as she took it out of her pocket. "A nail file? Well, I supposed we should try it if you think it would be faster."
The goth girl opened the container that was used to tumble the arrow, taking it out carefully as to not get stabbed again. But as she was about to place the tip on the nail file, something, or should I say someone, grabbed it from her hand.
"What the fuck?!" She screamed trying to not let the arrow get stolen. The commotion cause Kak and Mikitaka to look over. "Ah! Chiharu don't let go of the arrow!"
"I'm trying not to-! Ow!" She stated as she was bit by the enemy attacker.
Yoshihiro snarled as he kept a tight grip on the arrow. "You dare try and destroy the arrow?! And you're still determined to wreck my dear son's life? You are the true villains in this story!"
Jotaro shoot up, he knew he was still in no condition to fight, but he still summoned Star Platinum. The time stop should give him enough of a chance to yank the arrow away. He yanked at the arrow, but Yoshihiro's grip was strong for someone his age. Attacking the photo was unfortunately out of the question.
"You sure care a lot about an adult man who gets off to murdering women, what the hell do you even gain from this?"
"Gain? You think I'm doing this for money? I'm doing this because I adore my son! He only ever deserves the world! His interests may be unorthodox but as a good father I will support him no matter what!" Looking down, Yoshihiro lowered himself and slashed at Jotaro's bad leg.
Before anyone could react, the marine biologist fell over. He would have hit the ground if the Beatles didn't run in and catch him. Hierophant Green came out next, however Kakyoin was in a state of panic from his boyfriend being hurt, he grabbed hard at the arrow, piercing his stand with the tip.
"Kakyoin!"
"Gah!" Kakyoin gasped as stand energy flowed throughout him. But, unlike he thought, it didn't hurt exactly, it just was an odd sensation. Looking at Hierophant Green, he noticed it started to evolve in a sense.
It started sprouting shiny green tendrils from its back, and an extra set of arms, not to mention it became a lime green compared to it's formerly jade green. "What the? Stands can evolve?"
"I... I guess so? I never thought this was actually possible." Kakyoin stated in a bit of confusion. Hierophant green just looked at Yoshihiro. But it didn't do anything.
"Heh, even if your stand evolved doesn't make it useful." The old man cackled about to leave. However, he failed to see an emerald forming underneath him.
Without warning, the emerald burst into a wave of green water with emerald shards. Bits of the arrow were chipped away, and Yoshihiro's photograph now had a hole in it. Despite this, he pulled the arrow into his photo as he fled, the rest of the stand users made chase but lost him once the air current shot Yoshihiro into the sky.
"Gah... He's got the arrow." Jotaro thought. "I... I couldn't stop him."
Kakyoin turned to his boyfriend, helping him up. Mikitaka looked down. "No, it is my fault. I never realized I was carrying that photograph with me." The alien mumbled. "I am sorry... I should have been more careful."
"Hey, you can play the blame game later. Moping isn't going to stop Kira's dad!" Keicho snapped. "You, Kakyoin, right? Just make sure your boyfriend's alright. Alien boy, go tell my little brother and his friends that they're gonna need to be on the lookout for evil stand users again."
Mikitaka nodded, shifting back into a paper plane to catch up with the trio of high schoolers. "I do hope things will turn out alright..." He saw the high school up ahead, Hazamada and Kyo were enjoying their lunch together when the alien landed.
Kyo looked up at the alien. "Mikitaka? Wh-"
"Kira's paternal unit has the arrow. I must warn Okuyasu and the others." Mikitaka stated before running off looking for the mentioned teens. "Wait what? Kira's dad has the arrow? Shit this is bad, like real bad." Hazamada stated. "I mean, he doesn't know that we're connected to it right?"
"Huh?"
"I mean, he isn't aware that we're connected to the main group. So we should be okay." Kyo stated. "That may be true but a stand user that was created by that asshole's dad might target us so we aren't in the way." Hazamada stated. "Shit... Yeah we should find Josuke then."
Speaking of, Josuke was just sitting with his boys during their lunch break. That was before Mikitaka entered. "Huh? Mikitaka what are you doing here? I thought you were homeschooled." Josuke asked, confused on why the alien was there. "Kira's Paternal unit stole the arrow, and he might make new stand users. Okuyasu's brother told me to tell you to be ready for that."
"Kira's dad is out of his house? Oh this bad.. And he has the arrow too?" The pompadour haired teen thought.
"Well as long as he doesn't have that bow that goes with it, he shouldn't be able to make more stand users. Chiharu still has that, so we're safe." Okuyasu tried to reassure his boyfriend.
However they didn't think he could just make his own makeshift bow out of whatever else was in his photograph. "He'll most likely be creating stand users near wherever Kira is hiding at. If we see a large influx of stand users in one area, we should be close to him." Koichi hypothesized.
It wasn't much, but it was the best lead they could come up with. "Did anything else happen?"
"Your nephew's boyfriend was stabbed with the arrow, and according to the others, his stand evolved somehow." Despite his shapeshifting abilities, Mikitaka was unable to see other people's stands. He wondered what it was like.
"So, his stand evolved? Oh man, we definitely need to make sure Kira's dad doesn't find out about that." Josuke knew if Kira gained a second ability from being pierced twice, he could very much be unstoppable.
"Um... He already knows about it... This is all my fault he attached himself to me and I-"
"Mikitaka that isn't your fault. That asshole tagged himself on the back of you it's not like you could have seen him." Josuke stated. He was trying to stay calm in this moment but hearing that Kira's dad knew about the fact stands can evolve wasn't making it easy.
"I... But it is. I should have thought about that-"
"Miki, shut up about that. You can blame yourself after we deal with this." Okuyasu stated. "Yeah, besides, I don't think he would even know if his son's compatible to get evolved." Koichi stated. "Oh?" Mikitaka tilted his head a bit.
"Well, since if a person can't handle having more stand power in them, they die, at least that's what Mr. Jotaro told us." Koichi explained. "Oh yeah. He wouldn't risk stabbing his son with the arrow again since he could die."
The alien had to admit they had a point, Yoshihiro might only think of that option as a last resort. Feeling a bit better after being comfortable by his friends. "After school we really should take it easy. If anything pops up, Dad's stand should be able to show who exactly we need to look out for." Josuke added.
Hermit Purple and Thoth would be their most trusted stands from here on out, although the latter would only update its pages once something major goes down. It wasn't much, but it was the best they had for now.
Meanwhile up above, Yoshihiro had finished creating his own bow out of wooden planks and some rope. "Aha, the arrow seems to be pointing into that hospital over there. Someone worthy of a stand, and hopefully willing to do anything to protect my son." He thought.
Approaching the hospital he noticed a man who was recently hospitalized. The most noticeable things about him were his undercut and his chin tattoo of the letters "H" and "S" with a star between them. Beside his hospital bed were 3 women, assumedly his girlfriends.
"The arrow wants to recruit a hospitalized man? I don't see how this man could help." Yoshihiro thought. But he didn't question it, shooting the arrow into the neck of the man.
This man was Yuya Fungami, a member of a biker gang, who was hospitalized after an accident near the entrance of a tunnel. Once the arrow made contact with his flesh, he felt the stand energy flowing through him.
"Whoa.. I dunno what's going on, but I suddenly feel so energized." Yuya thought. Among his three girlfriends seemed to be a fourth figure, it had a human but was completely bald. It was mostly purple with a black checkered pattern along its torso and legs with gold bands around its hands and feet.
"Huh? Did you see that?" Yuya asked.
"See what?" One of his girlfriends asked.
Now this was bizarre, how could none of them notice the appearance of this newcomer? "Phew.. I smell blood. Like period blood." He mumbled.
Immediately another girlfriend blushed. "Oh umm... That would be me." She mumbled. "How did you smell it?"
"Hmm... I guess that accident gave me a superhuman sense of smell." He said, thinking that was the reason for his ability to smell a lot better than before. He sniffed the air again, smelling a rotten fruit scent. "That peach is rotten."
Akemi, one of his girlfriends looked at the fruit bowl that they brought for him. "Oh? It looks fine." She stated. "Cut it open if you don't believe me."
And so she did, reveling the inside to be rotten. "Wow! You really do have a superhuman sense of smell Yu-chan!" She stated in amazement.
He basked in the compliments but still wondered about this purple aah man in his hospital room and why he was looking at him. "Who even is he? I mean if he'd praise me I wouldn't mind but this guy is silent."
The minute he winced from one of his injuries, the newcomer walked out, walking into one of the nurses. Yuya watched in amazement as the purple being split itself into disks, placing itself all around the nurse, only for his face to turn into one of horror as the nurse stumbled over, groaning in pain.
Before he could ask what it was doing, Yuya felt his arm heal up, he could now rest easy on it. "So.. Whatever that thing touches, it transfers other people's energy to me? Wow, I could get out of here in no time thanks to this new guy. Well, he probably needs a name."
The injured biker laid back, deciding on the name Highway Star for his new partner. "Hey uh, I don't know where you came from, but you're healing me. Think you could find someone loaded with energy to transfer to me?"
Highway Star simply nodded, stepping out of the hospital window and sniffing down anyone nearby. Yoshihiro watched in awe. It appears this stand was a healing type, but the opposite of Crazy Diamond, only able to heal the user by hurting others. "I'll just coax this stand into following my son's enemies."
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