What's Worth Fighting For // Noriaki Kakyoin x Reader

Chapter 12

"Hey look! Jotaro's gone limp in the water!" Kakyoin points out, his arms still wrapped around me.fir support.

What is he doing? Is he dead?!

"Well... that might actually be a good sign." Grandpa Joseph hesitantly says. How could this be good? Unless...

A few seconds after, Jotaro emerges from the water as the whirlpool stops. He swims towards the boat and we help him up.

He defeated the Stand user.

"Jotaro! Are you okay? Jeez how many wounds do you have?! I thought mine was bad!" I exclaim, rushing over to help my brother up.

"It's nothing. Now stop being a bitch."

I roll my eyes but freeze when I hear a weird noise.

"Guys... did you-"

Just as I begin to speak, the boat begins to explode. How do we get out of this one alive?!

"Oh my god! Everyone, get to the lifeboats!" Grandpa Joseph calls out.

One by one, we get into one of the boats, along with the little girl and crew from the ship. I watch everyone enter the boat, leaving me to the last, jumping last minute as the boat behind us explodes.

I almost fall from the impact but a pair of arms hold me up.

"Thank you... again." I laugh a little bit, thanking Kakyoin for helping me for the second time. Exhaustion starts taking over me and I sit down between Kakyoin and my brother.

"So how long are we going to be out here?" Polnareff asks, already getting impatient.

Truth be told, I'm not sure how much time passes as we are floating around in the middle of the ocean. We did learn that the little girls name is Anne and that she is supposed to be going to Singapore to meet her father.

Anne begins to get thirsty so Grandpa Joseph offers her some of ours. However, she spits it straight back out and points into the fog in front of us.

"Holy sh-"

I hold myself back as a huge boat comes towards us. Bigger than the last boat too!

"Huh. Thats weird. The stairs have already been lowered."

Yeah that is very strange. It's almost like someone is waiting for us on board.

An enemy Stand user.

"Well I'm gonna take my chances and get on. I'm done with floating around in circles." Polnareff jumps from the tiny boat and onto the bigger one, walking up the steps.

Eventually we all agree with him and board the boat. I'm just about to step off when a hand reaches out to me.

"Here." Kakyoin gently takes my hand, helping me onto the boat.

"Thanks." I offer him a smile, confused at why he keeps acting so nice to me.

I'm so used to guys screaming and calling my name at school. It's kind of a breath of fresh air to be around someone so kind and caring.

The two of us head up to the deck above, surveying our surroundings.

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

"That's strange. Where's the crew?" Kakyoin asks but to no one in particular.

"Beats me. This place is giving me a weird vibe. There has to be an enemy on board this ship. I just know it." I tell him truthfully.

Kakyoin nods his head and takes a step closer to me. The rest of our group finally gets onto the boat and we all begin searching for anyone else on board.

"Hey that's weird. The controls are moving fine but... there's no one here." One of the crew members from the previous boat tap on a gauge.

"Avdol the hook." Gramps notifies.

One of the large ship hooks begins swaying slightly before plunging down towards the same crew member.

"Look out!" I go to use Wind Resistance to push him away but I'm not quick enough.

I hear Anne scream in terror and we all gasp. I feel sick to my stomach, observing how the hook goes straight through the mans head. Blood spills down onto the deck and we all back away.

"Good grief, that's no way to greet a lady." Jotaro mumbles, covering Anne's eyes.

"How did it move on it's own?! There's no one here!" Another crew member asks in shock.

We decide it's best to leave the main deck and take a look around. There is something weird going on here. We just need to find out what.

"Hey guys! Come here!" Anne exclaims as we rush towards her.

She points towards a large cage at the far end of the room. Inside is an orangutan that just sits and stares at us.

"Well that's not creepy at all." I shiver as its eyes bore into my soul.

"Huh? I don't care about the stupid monkey! We need to find out what's happening here!"

"Actually it's an orangutan." Kakyoin softly tells him, a slight smirk on his face.

I chuckle to myself at his comment which makes his cheeks turn red slightly. Ahh shit I must have emb him.

Just like before, Kakyoin stays close to me in case anything happens. Usually I would find it annoying for someone to keep this close to me all the time but his presence is... comforting.

Grandpa Joseph orders for the crew and Anne to stay below deck where it is safer.

"Okay, we should split up and take a look around. Check the place out and find out what we're dealing with here." Grandpa Joseph takes charge.

We all hesitantly split up, walking in different directions on the ship. This entire place looks creepy.

After about 10 minutes, I end up back in the same room where the orangutan is kept.

Or was.

The cage is wide open and the orangutan is nowhere in sight. Jotaro walks into the room behind me, seeing the sight in front of me.

"Jotaro, the orangutan had escaped when I got here. Go inform everyone below deck. I'll find the others." I order, rushing back on deck.

I think our situation is about to get worse.