The silence was broken by the young boy slamming the handle of his broom into the back of Dan's legs, proudly holding out his hands for more money.
Beside you, Joseph cried out in pain, his legs going out from under him.
You grabbed onto his arm, trying to keep him from falling, “Joseph!”
“When did I say you could strike me again?” Dan said, drawing back his hand and slapping the boy, “You little brat!”
The boy fell to the ground, holding his cheek, quickly getting up and running off.
What a fucking asshole! You clenched your fists, staring the man down. It was taking all of your self control to not give him the beat-down he so clearly deserved. You were practically shaking from your rage.
Dan slowly reached down, carefully brushing the dust from his pants like nothing had happened, “Well, to be honest, my Stand, The Lovers, is very weak.” He said, straightening up and putting a hand on his hip, “It isn't powerful enough to move even a single strand of hair. It is the world's weakest Stand.” He pointed at your group, “But you don't need power to kill humans… Do you understand?”
How were you meant to remedy this? You couldn't hurt Dan in any way. You couldn't even threaten him, because you had nothing to back it up.
“If I were to be in a car accident, hit by a baseball, or even trip and fall, Mr. Joestar…” The man said, grinning, “Your body would suffer far greater damage than mine.” He said, cracking his knuckles.
Joseph let out a shocked noise, looking down at his hand, “I can feel real pain in my artificial left hand!” He said, moving his fingers as if to test the feeling.
“And in ten minutes, your brain will be eaten through, and you will die like Enyaba.” he said, giving a condescending thumbs down.
Red clouded your vision, clenching your jaw until it hurt. You started to approach, but before you could, Jotaro grabbed the man by the collar, raising his fist.
Kakyoin quickly jumped between the two, holding out his arm, “Jotaro, calm down! Dont do anything stupid.”
“No. I’m going to kill him so quickly, he won’t have time to feel pain.” Jotaro said, holding his position.
Joseph let out a fearful noise beside you. You’d never seen him look this scared… You turned, calling out, “Jotaro, don’t! It’s not worth the risk!”
Jotaro looked back at you, pausing for a couple long moments before releasing Dan's collar, his brow furrowed in frustration.
“No time to feel pain?” Dan asked, straightening his collar, “That’s a great idea.” he said, giving Jotaro a confident smirk, “Let’s see you try it, Jotaro. It sounds fascinating.” he turned, raising his hands in a shrug, “What were you planning to destroy?” Dan tapped his temple with one finger, “Come on! My face? My throat?”
You could practically feel the rage radiating off of Jotaro. It was so heavy, you could almost see it.
“Come on, what’s wrong?” asked Dan, laughing, “Just try it! Let’s just see what happens'' Dan tugged the sides of his shirt open, “How about busting a hole through my chest?” He turned, waving his hand like he didn't have a care in the world, “Or how about you give up on using your Stand, and crack my head open with a rock?” He reached down, grabbing a rather large rock from the ground, “Here, I’ll even get the rock for you. Is this one big enough?”
Jotaro grabbed Dan by his collar again, “You don't want to underestimate me. When I say I’m going to do something, I do it.”
For a brief moment, you saw fear pass over Dan's face, but then Joseph next to you grunted, clutching his chest.
Star Platinum appeared behind Jotaro, about to slam its fist into Dan's face.
“Don’t do anything rash, Jotaro!” Kakyoin yelled, using Hierophant Green to stop Star Platinum from swinging, “You’ve already seen what his powers can do! Are you trying to kill your own grandfather?!”
Polnareff hurried over, putting his arm in front of Jotaro to help stop him, “He’s the type that might actually do it!”
“Jotaro stop! Please! Joseph is-” you called out to Jotaro, touching Josephs back as he struggled to breath.
Dan spoke, “You aren’t taking me seriously.” he said, taking the rock and slamming it into Jotaros arm.
Kakyoin stepped back in shock, Polnareff looking between Dan and Jotaro nervously. Jotaro slowly stepped back, releasing the man's collar.
Immediately, the man pulled back, slamming his fist into Jotaro’s gut.
“Jotaro!” Joseph yelled.
“Don’t underestimate me, you bastard!” Said Dan, “After that geezer Joestar dies, next it’ll be…” He lifted the rock, slamming it down into Jotaro, who did his best to block with his arms, “your brain I send The Lovers into and kill!”
Jotaro crumpled to the ground, you and the others rushing over to his side, “J-Jotaro!”
“What the hell are you doing?” Joseph yelled at Dan.
Dan laughed uncontrollably, his whole body shaking from the force of it.
Jotaro pushed himself to his hands and knees, blood dripping from his mouth.
Suddenly, Joseph let out a gasp, turning to look at Kakyoin.
Wait… what was going on? You glanced over at Kakyoin just in time to see him nod at Joseph. Did you miss something?
You were just about to open your mouth to say something when Kakyoin grabbed your hand, turning and starting to run away with Joseph. “H-Hey! Kakyoin, what about Jotaro?”
“Hey!” you heard Polnareff yell, running after the three of you.
Kakyoin turned as the two of you ran, pointing at Jotaro, “Jotaro! Keep Dan away from Mr. Joestar! We’re going to get as far away from him as possible!”
Oh, right- Maybe if you were able to get Joseph out of range of Dan’s Stand, it might lose its effect, right?
Kakyoin was still holding your hand when he suddenly shouted, “There!” and ran over to what seemed to be an electronics shop. “It’s an electronics store! Mr. Joestar, they have TV’s”
You were completely out of breath at this point, panting softly. You were getting more and more used to running while with the crusaders. Seemed like every day you were running to or from something.
“Hey, what are you trying to do?” Polnareff asked, brow furrowed. You saw his gaze flicker down to Kakyoin and your clasped hands.
“Polnareff, did you think we were just running away?” Asked Joseph, starting to sound a little more like himself now that he was away from Steely Dan.
Wait… were you not just running away? What was going on here?
“I’m going to fight the Stand that’s inside my head.” Said Joseph confidently, pointing a thumb towards himself.
“Fight?” asked Polnareff.
“We only have a few minutes” said Kakyoin, squeezing your hand, “you’ll be assisting us, Polnareff.”
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(Jojo / Jjba X Reader) A 7TH Stand User Joins The Party
Fanfictionaha.. You're a stand user who was under control of Dio's Flesh Bud. Luckily for you, the Crusaders realized that you were not in control of your actions and graciously decided not to beat you into a bloody pulp.... However now you have a whole new a...
