The Ludicrous Escapade Pt.3

Labyrinth of Suffering

"W-Water! I need... water!" Johnny gasped yet again as he saw Danny running out from under his horse.

"Just wait a second, I'll-" You cut yourself off, stopping mid stride. "Santana?" The Pillar Man appeared to stand in front of you, blocking your path to the horses. "But you're still alive?" You started to take a step back, but Yoshikage pulled you to the side.

"Someone was behind you, too." Explained Kira as he pointed to Bruno Bucciarati. "If I had to guess, the Stand brings out things or people you left behind or feel guilty about."

"That... doesn't exactly bode well for us, then, does it?" With your life being as long as it had been, you had no doubt there were a multitude of things just waiting to make themselves shown.

"(Y/N), frankly, I'm hurt." Bruno had one hand over his heart as he walked toward you. His gaze was cold. "I gave you ten years of my life. And for what? You leave me behind and just move on to someone else. How could you be so heartless?"

Meanwhile Santana was looking at the lifeless Iggy in his arms. "We should've spent more time with him. Why were you always leaving elsewhere instead of hanging out with us?"

You took another step away from the two, nearly slipping on some fabric on the ground. But, taking a closer look at it, you recognized it as the dress Anasui had changed you into when he had kidnapped you. You were pretty sure you had burned it shortly after you had returned home. You tried to move away from it, but you weren't fast enough.

Anasui's hand grabbed onto your ankle, making you trip. The air was knocked out of you as your back hit the ground. You tried to scrambled away, but you couldn't with his hand fused with your ankle.

"Yoshikage!" Your frantically scanned the surrounding area. Where had he gone?

Oh.

He stood a few feet away from you with his face covered by the same purple substance that had affected Hot Pants. Partially fused into him was what seemed to be you, though she seemed on the verge of splitting apart. Perhaps he felt guilty for blowing you up back then. At the moment, he wasn't in any position to help you.

"Gah!" You felt a pair of hands grip your face. Bruno had got down on his knees next to you. You tried to reach for your steel balls. You knew they were just illusions conjured up by the enemy, but they looked so similar to people you cared about that you struggled fo find the heart to do it. Well, some of them, at least.

"(Y/N)~" Anasui spoke with a singsongy voice as he crawled over you. "I can't believe you just tossed me aside after swearing your love to me. Don't worry, though. It's all in the past. We can be together forever now. Just like we always wanted."

Anasui rested his head on your chest and it began sinking into you. At the same time, Santana was looking at you with such pure hatred, something you had fortunately never had to see before. And, out of the corner of your eye, you could see that the mangled Caesar was now back and was crawling out of the building toward you.

The purple, plasticky substance was beginning to stretch over your face.

It was then that water was splashed onto you. Everything that had stuck itself onto you was forced to disconnect. Afterwards, Johnny shot at them and they began melting away into the ground.

"(Y/N)!" Johnny poured some water onto your face to get rid of the purple substance. "Are you okay?" He used his thumb to wipe away the tears that had dripped down the side of your face. "This Stand is terrible, isn't it?" He used his other hand to wipe at his own eyes. "We'll kill that user for sure."

"Johnny..." You brought your hand up to meet his. "Could you splash some water onto Yoshikage, too?"

"Of course." He used the canteen to fling some water at your Stand.