Chapter Five: Sun energy
Speedwagon took care of Jonathan's sister for three days before they went to the hospital to check on him. (Y/n) and Speedwagon wanted to to cheer up Jonathan the best they could. The girl heard and smelled someone in the room with Jonathan and pulled on Speedwagon's arm. The man looked down to see the little girl putting her finger over her lips and pointing to the lit room. It was so late at night, who would be there? The two looked in to see a woman cleaning Jonathan's burns. The small child recognized the smell as Erina. Erina was back. Speedwagon looked happy that Jonathan was okay and had someone to take care of him. Erina had been there a long time judging by her hands. Her hands were cracked from working so hard to help Jonathan.
The blond man smiled and turned to leave, "(y/n), let's go. We should leave them be." The small child looked back at speedwagon, "I'm staying with my brother and future sister in law." Speedwagon's brown eyes sparkled as he smiled and chuckled softly. The man left to go back home in the joy of knowing his friend was okay and had his little sister and sweetheart was with him.
(Y/n) watched as Jonathan woke up and saw Erina, the two seemed to have a heartfelt moment of reunion. Erina fell from exhaustion and Jonathan caught her, even with his broken arm. Jonathan helped her stand back up, even though he was hurting. A good man. Even when he was in terrible pain. The little girl walked in quietly and looked over the bedside to her brother and the woman. Erina saw the plum haired girl peering at her. Jonathan looked over, "(y/n), are you okay? Where have you been this whole time?" Erina looked surprised to see that the child she met those years ago had not changed at all. "Speedwagon! He was looking after me while you were in here.," the little girl said with a wide smile, showing her sharp canine teeth. Jonathan looked sad when he saw those teeth and the girl stopped smiling, "I'm Sorry, Jonathan." "No, don't be.," the bluish haired male said and sat up slowly, "You did not do anything wrong." Erina tried to tell him to lay back down but was weak herself from being there for so long. She had to sit on the nearby chair. (Y/n) walked over to Erina and took her hand, "Thank you for looking after my brother." The girl looked at the reddened and cracked hands of the woman, "But you need to take care of yourself as well."
Erina smiled a little bit, "You have not changed at all." "And I'm not going to change for a long time.," the little girl said as she climbed up to sit beside her brother, "I'll probably stay like this when your and Jonathan's descendants of four generations are alive." The child's smile was cheeky as Erina's face pinkened. "Yes it is obvious.," the little girl said with a grin, "Just admit you two like each other and marry already." Jonathan covered his little sister's mouth, "(y/n)! I'm sorry Erina."
The little girl licked his hand to make him take his hand away from her mouth, she succeeded and got Erina to laugh from her and Jonathan being silly. She was happy her brother was okay. She teased Jonathan a bit about looking tasty, like a roasted meat dish. She got a playful glare from her brother. Her small arms lightly hugged her brother. She felt her brother's big hand on her back when she hugged him. "Go and wait for me, I'll be out tomorrow.," Jonathan said and lay back on the hospital bed. The girl was curled up next to her brother when Erina came back the next morning. Jonathan and the girl were asleep next to each other.
The blonde woman smiled at the sight of the sweet man and the little girl sleeping peacefully. She woke Jonathan up and gave him a change of clothes so he could get out of the hospital now that he was healed. Erina woke the little girl up to take her with them. The three walked together. Jonathan went to the rubble of his manor. (Y/n) sat on a still standing wall and looked around. She did not sense the mask around, "It's not here Jonathan. Someone must have taken it. We have to find it." Her brother looked up to her and nodded. The little girl watched Erina walk up and give Jonathan a cane to her him walk with, the blonde woman was sweet. (Y/n) really liked her. She was perfect for a sweet man like Jonathan. The little girl jumped down and followed them as they walked away, she stopped. She sensed someone nearby with her horns. She turned around and saw a man in a white suit watching her. His face looked surprised then mad when he saw her, he disappeared into the underbrush. Jonathan called back to his sister, "Is there something wrong, (y/n)?" Her red eyes scanned over the area before staring at the area where she sensed the strange man at, she was terrified for the first time in a long time. Some energy that this stranger had made her scared, an instinct from her mind was switched on as soon as she felt that energy. This person was dangerous to her.
(Y/n) turned away from the place, but kept sensing this stranger as she followed her brother and Erina. Jonathan must have felt they were being watched as he looked back, he saw the man no doubt. The little girl held Erina's hand as she felt the strange man move quickly to be in front of them. The man was sitting on a wall and eating a sandwich. (Y/n) felt her muscles and body bristle at the mere sight of this man. Something made her want to run from him. This stupid top hat man was scaring her and making her want to call for help from someone she could not remember the name of, this was infuriating. The girl hid behind Erina's large skirt and glared at the man who looked rather smug as he ate his sandwich.
"You are Jonathan Joestar. And the lady is miss Erina Pendleton. The child is named (y/n) if I remember correctly?, the man's voice was also infuriating. (Y/n) felt herself bare her teeth at the man as he jumped into the air and strike Jonathan with an energy charged hand. The little girl hissed at him and attacked, striking the man across the shoulder with a strong kick. This made the man fall back but she screamed in pain and fell to the ground, clutching her leg. The plum haired girl looked down at her leg, a glowing wound was on it as some strange energy crackled around the wound. The wound looked like her leg was melted. She made the wound close and heal as quickly as possible.
Jonathan was struggling to breathe after he was struck, but his body seemed to be doing better. The strange man who knew their names was getting up, he was muttering something about having to expect something like that. The little girl was helped up by Erina, the blonde woman scolded this man, "He was injured, how could you?!" "He's just out of breath at the moment.," the man said and looked to the little girl who was not hiding in the arms of the blonde woman. Jonathan's arm was healing itself! (Y/n) recognized the energy right away after seeing this, she knew it was dangerous to her. The sandwich man decided to introduce himself, "I am Baron Zeppeli. Your courage lane will not defeat the mask."
(Y/n) finished healing her leg and hissed at the man again, he knew about her mask. He knew how to hurt her. He seemed to recognize her and hate her. Well then, the feeling was mutual. She got out of Erina's arms and quickly jumped away, out of reach of this Zeppeli guy. His dumb brunet hair and cheesy mustache made her even more mad. She could not hear most of the conversation that was taking place from where she was, but she was still in rock throwing range. She took a pebble off the ground and threw it at the man as he was preparing another sandwich to eat. The pebble hit the sandwich and made it fall to the ground.
Baron Zeppeli looked over at the little girl with great annoyance. She hissed at him again and threw another rock. It hit the man in the chest and he fell off the wall. Jonathan went to see if he was okay and the man jumped high to land behind Jonathan. Zeppeli prompted Jonathan to follow him. Thus Erina and (y/n) followed too, the plum haired child jumped into a dying tree near the creek to sit and watch. She was out of reach for the moment. But she could tell the Baron was just as annoyed with her presence as she was of his. The little girl yawned and pulled her cloak hood over her head and eyes before leaning back against the tree she was in. Healing that big of a wound so fast sucked out a lot of her energy, she was so small and she was hungry again. She could also use a nap. She knew Jonathan would not let this Zeppeli guy hurt her anyway.
She ignored Zeppeli as he showed off to Jonathan.
What was this energy and fighting style again? She felt like she had heard of it long ago. Who was it that she wanted to scream for help from when she first saw Zeppeli? Her brain felt like it was in a fog. Nothing was coming yet everything was there, veiled behind a wall that she needed to chip away at. When will she finally remember who she was?
Hamon.
That word rang out in her head when she felt Zeppeli show off. She heard the same voice from before, a voice that was very warm and gentle for her to listen to. The same voice she heard with the mask. It was speaking to her again from a distant memory, "(y/n), my precious. Hamon is dangerous for us as it is energy from the sun, concentrated into physical and compressed forms. It scarred you when you were born. If you feel it nearby, tell one of us or call for us to come help you if you are somehow separated from me." Comfort was given to her from the memory of that voice. She wanted to put a face to the voice, a name. She knew she felt love for the one behind the voice. Her eyes opened and she looked down to Erina and Jonathan. She felt the energy in Jonathan. This made her sad, she would probably not be able to hug her brother now.
She loved his hugs. The girl looked down at the man after he explained that what he did was called Hamon. "You sounded like yowling cat with strained vocal chords.," The little girl shot down at the man. He did not look impressed with the little girl's words as she jumped down onto her brother's shoulders. He did not hurt to sit on, thank goodness. The plum haired child got comfortable on her brother.
"Jojo, I know for a fact the mask is still intact.," Zeppeli spoke. (Y/n) waved her hand, "Yeah, of course it is. I never felt any of its power at the remains of the manor, the only logical explanation is that someone took it. I say it was that creepy old medicine seller that took my mask." "Dio has the mask.," the top hat wearing man said. "D-Dio?!," the child exclaimed as Jonathan looked just as shocked. "Dio? Did you say Dio?!," the blueish haired man asked as his sister hugged his neck.
"I did. I have been hunting that mask for decades, that mask and her along with it. I intend to destroy the mask and all who possess its terrible power!," Zeppeli said and pointed to the girl, "That includes this child. She is too dangerous to be left alive." Jonathan held his sister close to him, "I can't let you hurt her. She is my sister, she has never wanted to hurt anyone. I love and trust her!" (Y/n) held to her brother's neck, this whole situation felt familiar, like she had been through it before. Like it has happened many times before. She was being hunted, she remembered. This energy, hamon, the users of this energy were her enemies! She was being hunted by hamon users! The realization gripped her heart like a vice, a hamon user had found her and he intends to kill her. Just like all those other times deep in the past. But, in the past, she had warriors to protect her.
She remembered now, she had Warriors to protect her because she was of high rank! She was basically royalty! The girl hugged her brother tighter, "I'm not a bad person! Why do you hunt me?! I've done nothing wrong! Why do you hamon Warriors hate me for just existing?!" Her eyes felt like she was starting to cry from being so scared. Jonathan held her as he waited for Zeppeli to answer the question from the child. The man looked stunned for words, "I have to destroy all those associated with the mask's power." "Then just destroy the mask and those that have gained its power, I have not worn it. The proof is that I am able to stand in the sun!," the child retorted, "I was just given it to hold, not to use. I've been asleep, what the mask has done in that period is not my fault but the fault of human greed and curiosity."
She jumped off of her brother and glared at the man, "Whatever happened with the mask that made you so hell bent on destroying it, know it was not my fault. I have no control over it, so divert your anger elsewhere. Like to the one that does deserve it." The little girl turned and used her strong legs to jump off and hide in a tall tree, away from where the Baron and her brother were. She had about enough of the mask. She would be happy to destroy it if it means to protect people she loved. But to know Dio was alive, she was conflicted. She loved her brother, but she knew he would not be as good as a person he once was. Or he once pretended to be. He had no reason to hold himself back now that he was a monster, a vampire.
Her eyes dripped pearly tears, knowing the days of pure joy and happiness were over. It was a lie. Dio never cared. And she would never have that illusion of a perfect family again. She looked to the man and her brother who were talking. Jonathan looked like he was going to study hamon after all. The girl wondered how their relationship would be after this.
Should she stay with her brother or Erina? Or should she go back to Speedwagon? She did not know. But what she did know, was that it was going to be a lot more difficult for her family after this.
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