Chapter Seventy-five: Soul struggle

It was afternoon when (y/n) was found under the tree. Caesar and Joseph had found her. The two older gentlemen decided it was a good place to stop and rest. The little pillar girl was woken up from her nap by a hand patting her cheek. Her red eyes met the blueish - green ones of the italian. To their surprise, she quickly backed away from them. "Huh? What's wrong (y/n)? Are you still mad at me?," Joseph asked her as Shizuka cooed. The plum haired pillar girl kept her distance, "Don't come any closer! I don't know if I can control him!" Her panicked voice made Joseph and Caesar both worry a little. The old British-American looked at his friend then to his adopted daughter, "Control who?"
"Da-... Avalon, my stand. It is out of control.," the child said as she continued to back up. Caesar had a face like he already knew, "Jotaro told us of your berserker stand." "I don't want Avalon to kill you.," the tiny girl backed up until she ran into a pair of legs. She looked back and saw Kakyoin looking down at her. "Don't get too close!," the child said as she backed away from her old friend. She hid behind a tree and curled up into a small ball.

"Don't worry.," Kakyoin spoke, "If your stand does do anything, I can counterattack with Heirophant Green." "I don't want to hurt you...," the little girl shook, "Don't want to hurt any of you. I love all of you too much." "What were you doing out here alone?," Caesar asked. "I wanted to go to the fields outside of town... where I could let Avalon out safely...," the child spoke, "I could only get this far." She still had little tears coming from her red eyes. "Earlier, you said 'Him'... We're you talking about Avalon?," Joseph asked. This statement made (y/n) go cold, he noticed her slip. She had to get away. If she got upset again, Avalon would emerge once more. She had to be careful, otherwise she might hurt someone she loved.
The plum haired pillar child hopped up and used the tree next to her to launch herself away from the adults interrogating her. She heard metal ringing. Her blood ran cold. Too late. He woke up. She landed away from her adopted father and Caesar. Joseph had a look of cold terror. The face of the child's stand brought up past trauma. Kakyoin's face was one of surprise and awe.

Avalon stood over (y/n) in a protective stance. The large metal wings rang as the blades clattered together. Its red eyes had a harsh glare set of the two hamon users. The metal body shone in the afternoon light, the plum hair waved by the force of an unseen wind, the piece of cloth wrapped around its hips that covered the legs waved as well. The small, round, red jewels that set in its forehead and on select joints shone. A snarl came over the lips of the stand before it let out an inhuman screech at the Hamon users. The same shriek that Kars made when he ascended into the sky when transforming. Kakyoin stood quickly and called out his Heirophant. Caesar was still looking at the child, "Jojo, What is that shimmer above her?"
"You can see it?," Kakyoin asked. Caesar nodded, "A vague shimmer it is distorting the air aove her." "That means that Avalon is strong enough to be bordering on being visible to Non stand users.," the cherry red haired man spoke. Joseph had been quiet the whole time, the stand was glaring at him and him alone. "It's Kars. Not just the shape. That glare, it's the same one he made after I killed Esidisi.," Joseph finally said.

(Y/n) forced herself to take a step back, "No! I'm not going to let you kill them! I do still hate Jojo for Killing Esidisi and Wamuu, Hell, I hate him because he grew old and will leave us alone when he dies, but I can never hurt him! He and Mama Suzie took me in and treated me like their own. Even though I hate him, I love them! This family!" She was fighting the rage of her own stand and heart as she kept backing away, forcing her stand, her father, to come with her. Her body was heavy as the stand dug into the ground to try and stay put. The pain she was feeling in her muscles was unlike any she felt before, the strain felt like she was tearing her own body apart to try and force this power back. But she had to if it meant to keep them safe. Her adopted father and new little sister.
Large gouges were left in the ground as the wings dug into the dirt. She felt one of her legs break from the pressure of pulling her stand along. She was able to get pretty far from the humans she was protecting from herself. "Is this what you wanted? Us destroying my body in a struggle? Then so be it.," the child hissed through the pain, "Stands are manifestations of will and fighting spirit. This just shows how strong we are, Father. I got this from you." She collapsed onto the ground and kept crawling forward in a struggle against her own power, her arm next to break if they kept this struggle up. She bit back cries of pain. Something she was used to doing. "Do you like pain father? Then feel this one we share.," She muttered as her arms gave out and they both collapsed on the ground.

The child was finally in the fields outside of morioh. The tall grass around her waved in the wind. Her breathing was ragged. "You come back to earth, and this is what you want to do? Kill the one that has been nothing but kind to your only child?," (y/n) asked the stand that lay beside her, "What would Mommy say?" She felt her bones reattach and reached out to the stand beside her. Avalon held out a wing to her, letting her grab it. "We're not just father and daughter anymore, daddy.," the little girl spoke, "We're partners. That is what a stand is, a partner for a stand user."
Avalon's face softened a little. The little girl looked to the sky as the horizon was changing colors. "Mommy is here. She's always been there, watching us.," (y/n) said to the stand that was beside her, "She, Wamuu and Esidisi are here." Avalon looked at the sky with his user. The gradient of the setting sun was broken by starlight. Twinkling lights above them were few at first. Then, many stars broke through the wide expanse. The milky way was visible.

Voices caught their attention. The two rose to see a group of three laughing and coming closer to them. Avalon's red eyes looked at the group, (y/n) knew what he was feeling. Surprise, companionship and love. The group saw them and one of them waved to the child and her stand, "(y/n), what are you doing out here?" "Just talking to my stand, mommy.," the child replied as the woman came up to them. Ivory looked from her daughter to the stand who was staring at her. The stand floated over to the woman who was siting next to her daughter and set down behind both to wrap his wings around them. Ivory looked from the stand to her daughter, "Um, (y/n), what is your stand doing?" "Daddy is giving both of us a hug.," the little girl replied.
"My treasures.," Avalon whispered as Wamuu and Esidisi sat on either side. "Well, our little group is back together.," Esidisi cackled, "But this time, Kars isn't leading us, it's the little lamb." "Congratulations on getting your stand, lady (y/n).," Wamuu spoke. Esidisi made a sound. He had been slapped by Avalon. "(Y/n), what was that for?," Esidisi asked. "Not me.," the little girl spoke, "He did it himself." Esidisi's blue eyes looked at the red ones staring back in an annoyed expression. "Silence.," the stand spoke in the familiar voice of Kars, "Enjoy this."

The plum haired child watched the stars with her family. She healed her self inflicted wounds as she did, draining her energy and made her need food and sleep. She leaned on her mother and felt the loving embrace that the ghost woman was giving her. She closed her little red eyes and felt her mother hug and cuddle her, gaining the contact she needed from parents. The child fell into sleep on her mother's lap as she was being patted by her mother. Ivory kept petting her daughter's soft hair. "I wanted this for so long, now I am happy that I'm finally being a mother to my child.," the woman smiled softly. Wamuu made a soft smile as well, "I only wished that we had been there sooner, Ivory. Then perhaps you could have been a good mother for her while being alive. We could have found a way to extend your life so you could have survived with us in hibernation."
"That's kind of you Wamuu.," the brunette woman spoke as she lowered her head to look at her daughter's sleeping face. The stand that stood with her faded away, leaving them alone. Esidisi crossed his arms and had a smile on his face, "I'm proud of her. She's come so far since she went into hibernation over 2,000 years ago." Ivory picked the child upto carry her back to the city. She found Josuke and Jotaro, Ivory gave her daughter to Josuke. "If K- Avalon gives you any trouble, call me, okay?," the brunette smiled and kissed her daughter's cheek, "I'll knock some sense into him if her will does not."

Ivory gave them a motherly smile before disappearing into the night with the two pillar men ghosts. Josuke propped his stepsister against his chest. Her tiny hands gripped his school uniform and undershirt. The British-Japanese teen looked down at his stepsister and walked with his nephew. A rather loud car drove past them and scared the child awake, she gripped Josuke's undershirt tightly. The teen held her close, "It's okay, I have you." Her little red eyes looked up to his Blue-Violet ones. He gave her a smile, "Hey there." "Is Koichi okay?," the little girl asked. "He's okay. I was able to heal him in time.," Josuke replied, "I was able to heal everyone." "Good.," Her voice was soft. "Jotaro already told me. You've seen a lot of people be killed like that, haven't you?," the teen asked. Jotaro looked at his aunt and uncle as he walked by them.
(Y/n) nodded, "It was done to me as well. By my own brother." "It got an idea. How about you tell me about the places you visited and people you met.," Josuke suggested, "Something positive for you to think about." "Well. I used to come here to Japan a lot. I played with children who needed a friend and looked after those in bad situations.," the little girl said, "One friend I made moved to Italy. He was lonely. I tried to visit and play with him as much as possible without his parents knowing. Well, mom and stepdad." "That's really nice of you.," Josuke smiled.

"I gave him turquoise earrings that my brother gave me in Egypt. I love my brother, so I showed that boy love by giving him those turquoise earrings.," the little girl said, "He looked kind of happy when I gave them to him." The British-Japanese teen smiled, "Let's go home, okay? I'll call Santana so we can have some time together. You can tell me more about your adventures. I'm sure mom would love to hear them too. Well, before you go to sleep for a while."
He felt as his stepsister nuzzled his chest. He went home and called Santana like he promised. Santana was okay with it, especially knowing exactly where his ward was. The plum haired pillar child was finally able to see him with his hair down. It was long and pretty! However, the price of seeing the beautiful sight was to be tickled until her sides hurt from laughing.

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