(Jojo / Jjba X Reader) A 7TH Stand User Joins The Party

Chapter 17

You and the Crusaders were currently heading to a nearby city, Varanasi, by bus. You felt pretty lucky, since it was one of the few that actually had air conditioning.

Joseph and Jotaro sat next to each other in the first row, then Kakyoin in the second row, Polnareff in the third, and finally, you sat next to the girl in the 4th row.

The both of you had been chatting quietly between yourselves. Turns out her family actually lived in the city you were heading towards, so it was pretty convenient to be able to take her back home. There was a bit of a silence, when Polnareff turned around, looking at the girl beside you. "Listen up. I don't usually lecture, but."

You let out a sigh. Here we go.

"Stupid people are stupid because they don't understand something even when you keep repeating it." Polnareff said, "You know guys like that, right? Idiots that just don't understand." He paused for a moment before speaking again, "You know, I never got your name."

The girl, who had been avoiding his gaze until now, finally spoke, "It's Nena."

"Nena! That's a great name!" he said, continuing his spiel, "You're the daughter of a wealthy family, right? You're good-looking, and I can see you're a smart girl. I have an eye for people, so I'm going to lecture you."

You sighed pointedly, "Polnareff, I think she's been through enough at this point. Just let her relax."

Polnareff waved you off, "it's important that she hears what I'm about to say! No one else will tell her once she's back home." he said, turning back to the girl, "Hol Horse is a horrible, lying bastard! You're being tricked, your parents would cry!"

You could see Nena was just shutting down. She didn't want to hear that about the man she had devoted her life to, so she was just blocking it out.

"Ponareff, seriously..." you muttered.

"Listen up, you can't end up like this" he said, using his hands to imitate horse blinders, "It's easy to do that when you're in love." he turned, "but you can't look at things this way." he said, making a show of looking around with his fake blinders, "It's important to look broadly and be rational."

Kakyoin suddenly interrupted, "Hey, it's coming into view." he said, looking out the window into the distance.

You turned to look, your eyes wandering over the city, it was gorgeous... Polnareff seemed to be distracted as well, temporarily forgetting the lecture he was subjecting Nena to.

Joseph had been distracted the entire ride, a strange bump had shown up on his arm. You took a look at it back in India, but it really only seemed like a bug bite to you.

"It's getting worse.." he muttered, catching your attention. You saw him examining the spot on his arm. Hm... you'd have to ask to take a closer look again later.. You had some bandages in your bag you could give him. Out of the corner of your eye, you saw Nena staring at him.... It almost seemed like she was glaring... but maybe it was just your imagination.

A couple minutes later and you were dropped off at the station with everyone, stretching your back and letting out a deep sigh.

You heard Jotaro speak up, drawing your attention as well, "What's wrong, old man? You don't look well.." He said, approaching Joseph bluntly.

"The spot that I thought was a bug bite got infected.." he said, lifting his arm. What was a small spot before had now tripled in size.

You grimaced, stepping forward, "I have some bandages in my bag, but you should definitely go to the doctor for that..." you said.

Kakyoin nodded in agreement, "It's definitely swollen, I agree with (y/n), you should go to the doctor before that gets any worse."

You suddenly felt Polnareff leaning over you to get a look as well, "Hey, doesn't that kind of look like a person's face?"

You elbowed Polnareff in the gut, to which he made a 'gh' noise.

"come on, don't freak him out." you said, looking back at him.

Joseph covered it with his hand, turning away, "come on Polnareff, stop kidding around.." he said.

"Sorry.. Want me to go to the hospital with you ?" Polnareff offered, putting his hands on his hips with an amused expression.

"No, stop treating me like an old man!" he said, turning and starting to walk off by himself.

You let out a sigh and turned, noticing Nena was standing a bit away from the group with a strange expression on her face.

You turned to her and smiled, "Hey, Nena. Are you okay?"

She nodded, but did not approach the group.

"Well, don't stand over by yourself, you should come over and stand with us." you said, gesturing for her to come over.

She seemed nervous, but did approach, coming to stand between you and Polnareff.

You gave her an encouraging smile, but she didn't respond to it. Maybe she wasn't feeling so well.. Car sickness?

"Hey Nena, why don't we take a look around the city while we're waiting for Mr Joestar?" Polnareff suddenly suggested, smiling down at the girl.

You rolled your eyes, but were surprised when Nena agreed with a nod of her head.

"Hm... I'll come too." you said, worried that Polnareff would continue to harass that poor girl about Hol Horse.

Polnareff shot you a grin, giving you a thumbs up.

Kakyoin spoke up, "Jotaro and I are going to the hotel to relax for now. We'll regroup for dinner." he said, giving the three of you a wave before starting to walk off.

It wasn't long into the walk through the market that Polnareff started up again. "Really, Nena? Real men don't talk big. That's how you figure out who's a liar."

You let out a groan, "Polnareff, please for the love of god, shut up. Nena isn't going to change her mind just because you're talking at her like this." you said.

"I'm trying to help, (y/n)" Polnareff said, looking back over at Nena, "look, instead of a petty guy like Hol Horse, how about a guy like me?"

You paused for a long moment, trying to wrap your head around all the things wrong with that. "Polnareff... please tell me you're not coming onto a sixteen year old girl right now." you said, turning to look at him.

A bit of a panicked look came over his face, "huh..? Oh- no, no! That's not what I meant at all! Just that... she should look for an honorable guy like me is all!" he said, "and besides, Nena isn't even my type!"

"Whether or not she's your type doesn't matter. Her age is the real issue here." you said, pointing at him, "besides, you don't even have a type, I see you flirt with just about any girl who's breathing." you said with a laugh.

"I do have a type." he protested, you could see his cheeks starting to go pink.

"Oh yeah? And what's your type?" you asked, crossing your arms and looking up at him.

"Er... well...I actually really like y-...." he trailed off, rubbing the back of his neck. His cheeks were redder than you'd ever seen them.

You laughed, "see? I knew you didn't have a type!" you said, slapping him on the shoulder playfully. "Come on, I'm starving, I wanna go eat." you said, motioning to Nena and walking towards a nearby food stall.