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

Chapter 52

“A scorpion?” asked Joseph, his eyes going wide. He ran over to the baby, picking it up out of its basket and examining it to make sure it wasn’t hurt.

Kakyoin knelt by the basket, “Where…” he pulled up the blankets, his hands shaking, “The dead scorpion on the pin should be here!” He pulled out the bedding, faltering when there was no scorpion to be found. “It’s.. not here.” he muttered, looking defeated.

Everyone was silent. You could tell that no one believed him. It was one odd thing after the next… you wanted to believe him, so you did.

“But it’s true!” protested Kakyoin, standing up and looking at Joseph, “Where did you hide it?!” Kakyoin yelled, approaching Joseph, his eyes focused on the baby. “Is it in your clothes?!”

“Kakyoin enough! We get it!” Joseph said, shoving him back, pulling the baby against his chest protectively. “That’s enough”

“But.. Mr. Joestar..!” Kakyoin protested, desperation clear in his gaze.

“Kakyoin, I said this before, but you’re tired…” Joseph said, frowning and looking at him. “Let’s talk tomorrow morning, after you’ve calmed down.”

“I think we should listen to what Kakyoin has to say!” you said, crossing your arms. “We’re supposed to be trusting each other, right?” you protested, “Besides, if a monkey can be a Stand user, I don’t see any reason why a baby can’t”

“Actually, It was an Oranguta-”

“Not the point.” You said, waving off Kakyoin, who tried to correct you. “The point here is that if an actual animal can be a Stand User, then I think a baby can also be a Stand user.”

Joseph looked between you and Kakyoin, before letting out a sigh.

Polnareff crossed his arms, turning away, “If you want to believe in this craziness, then be my guest. But you really think that someone who shits his pants has the capabilities of a Stand user?”

“I mean. Yeah.” you said, looking frustrated, “His fine motor skills have barely even developed yet. And…. Look, can we just check the baby’s clothes?” you asked, crossing your arms.

“Fine, fine” Joseph said, handing the baby over to you.

You took it, frowning slightly. You… didn't really want to be the one to check. “Okay… well I’m going to lay him on the ground here…. Can everyone come watch so if something happens it’s sure to be caught?” you asked, grabbing a blanket and laying it out on the ground.

Everyone came closer, hovering over you.

Way to put on the pressure, huh… You carefully felt at the baby’s clothing, testing for any mysterious lumps. The baby was… suddenly sweating an awful lot. You’d never actually seen a baby sweat like this… it wasn't like you were close to the fire or anything like that either. But… you checked the baby’s diaper last of all before letting out a deep sigh. You weren't able to find the scorpion anywhere on him.

The mood almost immediately turned sour, everyone’s gaze turning to Kakyoin.

“Kakyoin, I think we’ve humored this for long enough.” Said Joseph, letting out a sigh. “With this, we proved that the baby is not hiding anything… Let’s just all calm down, and go to sleep, alright?”

“But… I swear, I saw…” Kakyoin said, “No! It has to be him! I have the very thing to prove it!” Kakyoin said, suddenly yanking up his sleeve, showing everyone the wound.

So that’s why he was hiding it then. “Kakyoin-”

“Look at the wound on my arm! At what it says!” Kakyoin said. Carved into his arm were the words ‘baby stand’.

You went pale, covering your mouth with your hand.

“This must be a wound I got in my sleep!” he said, looking between everyone.

Wait… you remembered when he got that wound… it was when he suddenly started thrashing and yelling in his sleep on the plane. You assumed originally that he got it while he was lashing out, but…

“Kakyoin… did you do that to yourself?” asked Jotaro, looking at him with an almost disgusted expression.

“Wait, wait!” you said, putting your hands up, looking between Jotaro and Kakyoin. “There’s no way he could have done that to himself.” you said, shaking your head. “I was there when it started bleeding.”