The Ludicrous Escapade Pt.3

Super Secret Past

The three of your horses trodded on a narrow ledge along a cliffside.

"This is the right way, right?" Asked Johnny, worried that one wrong step would spell doom for you all. "The zombie horse thing is really in the Red Canyon?"

"Yeah, that's what the note said... I think." It had been more than an hour since Gyro read it.

"I can have Narancia look ahead for us, if you'd like." You started removing the wristband. "Are you fine with switching now, Kars?"

"If that's what you want." Kars unzipped his torso, handing you his hat before your Stand shifted to its base form. Then you placed in the wristband.

"Wow." It was the first time Johnny had witnessed your Stand transform before his eyes.

"And did you say Narancia? Sort of like the Italian word for orange?" Gyro thought it was a dumb name.

"Yeah! That's me!" Narancia was standing on the back end of your horse, giving a cheerful wave to your current companions. "Most people where I lived were actually name after food. Especially anyone who was a member of Passione."

"Passione?" The Zeppeli's eyebrow quirked upward. He never heard of a group by that name before.

"Passione. The Italian gang (Y/N) and I are a part of." Clarified Narancia as you stared at him in stunned silence. If you didn't tell him to quite down, he'd probably tell them everything about you and himself.

"(Y/N), you're in a gang?" Johnny hadn't expected that at all.

"Well, not here. But back in the other uni-"

You covered Narancia's mouth with your hand, letting out an awkward laugh. "Yeah... I joined a gang at one point while visiting Italy. It broke apart, though, so I'm not in it anymore. Which is also why it'd probably be difficult for you to find any info on it."

"Oh!" Narancia's eyes widened in realization. "So they don't know about... okay... I see..." He then flashed your very confused teammates an innocent smile. "Just forget I said anything, okay!"

"Narancia, do you think you could please fly ahead and look for anything someone might refer to as a zombie horse?" You figured you should ask for what you had brought him out in the first place for.

The Ghirga saluted you. "I'll go right away, (Y/N)!" He'd also be sure to keep an eye out for any suspicious individuals. Then he flew ahead, sticking close to the side of the mountain.

"I thought your Stand only had a range of two meters?" Johnny remembered one of the Boom Boom's mentioning it while you all had fought them.

"I guess you could say that Narancia's ability is his long range. He can also see where certain things are based on their carbon dioxide outtake. But he's the only one who can really  go further than two meters." Which made him a decent pick for scout missions.

"Well, anyway..." Johnny started riding a little bit closer to you, "(Y/N), do you have some sort of secret backstory, like Gyro does? Is that why you haven't said much about yourself?"

"And I told you guys mine, so it's only fair you do the same, (Y/N)." Added on the Zeppeli.

"Hey, I didn't ask you to tell me anything." You encouraged Moxy to move faster.

"You don't have to tell us everything, but at least tell us why you're in the race." Johnny thought it was a good compromise. "I mean, you're helping us with our goals, so maybe we could help you with yours."

"I know! We could make a game out of it!" Gyro was still clearly quite chipper despite his right leg being a shredded mess. "Whoever guesses correctly first will get a prize or something."