A Legacy to Protect (JJBA x MHA)

Chapter 44: Action High

"Kujo."

Johnny groaned. "What are you still doing here? The hallucinations stopped."

Valentine sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Well, you are clearly still experiencing some residual effects, I would be cautious going forward, you might not be able to tell fact from fiction."

Johnny turned and angrily pointed a finger at his nemesis. "Who the hell do you think you are, giving me advice? You're the reason I saw that shit in the first place!"

"Me?"

"Yes you! If you hadn't been trying to kill me, maybe I wouldn't be so fucked up! I've got PTSD now, thanks to you! So stop following me, and go back to hell!"

Valentine's face was unreadable, Johnny couldn't tell if he was fazed in the slightest, then the former president finally spoke. "Look, I'm just as opposed to this as you are. You ruined everything for me, you know? I had the napkin...and then you snatched it from my grasp."

"When the fuck were we talking about napkins?"

"It doesn't matter, you took my chance to secure my country's prosperity. Everything I did was for America, for the betterment of the people...but apparently I was the one in the wrong, according to Jesus."

"Jesus?"

"He denied me access to heaven, said that I had committed too much sin. That's why I'm here, he offered me a deal. If I assisted you in defeating the Demon, he would let me in."

"What Demon? You've been so cryptic about this, why don't you just tell me and get it over with, since we apparently have enough time."

"Your great-grandfather fought him on I-Island, if my memory is correct."

Johnny's eyes widened. "Santana...HE'S ALIVE?!"

Valentine nodded. "And much more powerful than before, I'm afraid. He is a threat to society itself, he's building an army, a cult, and he could do some serious damage, kill many heroes, and launch humanity into chaos. He is a threat to all beliefs, all religions, all countries, because he plans to bring us to our knees. That is why we must put our differences aside, no matter how much we resent each other, because he is going to be much worse than I ever was.

Politically, anyway. His stand isn't as strong as D4C."

Johnny could only stare, bewildered by what he just heard. Then a pig with wings flew behind Valentine's head, and the former president frowned.

"As I said...clearly you still have some residual effects."

Johnny sighed. "Okay, I'll work with you...but you better promise that there won't be any double crossing, got it?" A dolphin with Jotaro's face swam through the air beside Johnny, and whispered. "Yare yare daze..."

Valentine's head began to swell up like a balloon as he nodded. "No betrayals..."

Johnny nodded, and walked towards the arena with his big hairy gorilla feet, his mind replaying the events over and over again. He was simply being paranoid, that's all. There was no way he would let anything happen to his friends, still...

During the Kyoka vision...why did he hear his mother?

...

Kyoka screamed clutched at her ears as she fell back from the wall, calling to the floor.

"Kyoka!"

Gyro, Tsuyu, and Momo all ran to their friend, who was slowly getting up from the ground, shaking. "What happened?!"

Shoji put an ear to the wall. "They're playing loud music in the other side, must've been quite a shock."

"Then they must've known about Kyoka's quirk and targeted her on purpose!" Tsuyu exclaimed.