The Empress

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A.N. For the sake of the story, I'll give names to your "parents". Thomas is your dad, and Felicia is your mom. The surname will still be yours but will be noted (Sn).
Also. I opened an Instagram appreciation account for Kakyoin as shown above in media. (yes he's my favorite but I plan on other things tbh... You'll see.)

III

The Empress

It represents Motherhood, Fertility, Nature

Noriaki had his eyes filled with tears.
"All my life I've been a cold stone, cruel and even merciless. But today I have been on the verge of crying so many times... Do you think I really just came here to just seduce you with words to just get what I want?"

His words made her a bit guilty but before she could reply, he added. "Yes I do need your help but no. I'm not doing this so that I can profit out of you. I am evil, but not that evil." He took a deep breath.

"What I'm still trying to say is sorry I was a jerk... Talking to Jotaro daily is sure going to make me one..." He chuckled.

"I accept your apologies, but I should apologize as well for my slap."

"Hahahaha... We're even now?"

"Maybe. But what do you need, Noriaki? Because I've promised a girl, Ayano Hamasaki if you know her, that I'll help her with the clubs... I still have no idea what happens there so... One must learn."

"Hmmm... I do know Ayano.. but would you like to pose for me? Kaori, my math classmate promised to help me, but she's sick." His question took (Name) aback, but she replied, chuckling:

"If I don't have to sit in an awful position, I'm up to do that."

"I just want to have you sit on that bench holding a book. Because last year I was very absent in the end, I promised the teacher to have the best drawing as long as he helps me pass that year."

"Is it connected to that old journey?"

".... Yes..." Replied Kakyoin reluctantly.

(Name) agreed, rolling her eyes and put herself in the bench underneath the tree.

"It won't take long, I promise." He said. As he started to draw, she just enjoyed the book itself. Her new occult book. The book her mother gave her before she went to Japan, to not get bored on the plane and waste her phone's battery. Her mother started working on the book (Name) was holding since she married her father, but unfortunately lost him 3 years ago. It was all her mother knew about her powers.

"Chapter 22. Stands."

(Name) tried to read the words but they were all darkened where a definition should've been. But underneath, was an undestroyed part.

"Most stands use names of the Tarot Deck Cards names. Others are named after things their users enjoy the most or something related to them. (i.e. "Beatle Lucy" Stand (stand named after a passion); "Golden King" (represented by a birth card, King of Pentacles), both short range stands. Their users are John Lennon and Thomas (Sn) ."

The (e/c) eyes that read it were open wide. But she kept reading it, as she saw her parent's name. "The hell was a stand?"

"John Lennon's stand was a weak one, but was able to create music that could control people's minds, something reflected in its owner's personality, while Thomas (Sn) has a powerful stand. Able to heal not only himself and his user, but other stands as well. It could also give another stand (alongside its user) the hit it took, no matter how big it was. Be it a scar or a ripped heart. But it wasn't the best when it comes to combat."

What kind of fiction was that? What did she just read? All was so fictional like... Her mother's books are weird... It explained astrology for 11 chapters and then for other 11 the tarot cards.

Why would (Name)'s father be there? He died 3 years ago though and her mother wrote this for a long time. And he wasn't any good with "magic" as he called astrology and tarot.

"A common misconception about Stands is that only stand users can see them. It's not too far from the truth though. Most astrologers and fortune tellers can see Stands without having one themselves. That means they have the gift."

Underneath this paragraph, there was a small writing in red ink, with a couple of red hearts next to it.

"I have to tell Tom one day that I could see Golden King pinching me."

(Name) chuckled. Her mom was such a dork sometimes. She loved so much her father, she couldn't blame mom. Felicia was a Scorpio Venus.

"Notes for my daughter: As you read this final chapter, you wonder why I've given you this book. Your father was a stand user, and I was a fortune teller. I don't know if you'll own a stand or not. But if you do, you'll have the rest of the book, where I've left you blank pages to document about them.

Good luck!"

And so the gift from her mother was done. She looked at her phone, strategically placed on her lap to see the time easier.

4:50... Soon

She lifted her head and wanted to ask Kakyoin if she could go, but aside from his figure, there was some sort of mechanical and shiny Green creature, holding two other brushes and helping Noriaki to do his artwork.

"Hey. What's that?" (Name) said, lowering the book and pointing to Kakyoin. "What's that green creature?"

The 3 brushes hit the ground, splashing the paint they had in them on the ground.

"N-nobody.... Heh... What are you talking about?" He looked around himself. "I'm fucked. If Jotaro finds out that she also can see the Hierophant I'm going to be dead for good...No...WE will be dead for good. He'll think she's evil again... We promised to use our stands only for emergency... but my grades ARE an emergency..." He thought. His face was blank while his brain had all the alarms ringing,  while the eyes shown everything to her. He was lying.

"Show it." She said, walking towards the redhead. "What is that?" What kind of alien do you have?" She tried to look over his shoulder, behind his back, anywhere where the creature could have hid.

"It's no alien. It's nothing I swear." Noriaki insisted, going down for the paintbrushes. "I'm just very clumsy." His lie was so obvious now that it was funny. She was sitting right in front of him, and she noticed how tall he was in comparison with her...

"Noriaki tell me. What was that?"

"All we see it's an illusion." He replied.

Her face said it all. She had enough of the bullshit that happened here. "I'll try to describe it again. It was green and shiny, and it had some sort of gas mask and yellow eyes. What is that?"

"(Name) I swear it's nothing. Your eyes play games on you."

"Neither you believe your own lies... Noriaki-senpai..." She said pissed of now."Quit playing. I've had enough. Just tell me what it was."

He looked at the brushes on the ground. She opened her book and saw the page she was at. The beginning of the last chapter. An idea came but she was scared to ask.

"Was... Was that a stand?"

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