The Joestar Protector Book 1

Training

JoJo and I had been working for a week on training with Hamon. Baron Zeppeli had told us his history of the stone mask and we learned that the mask originally belonged to him after discovering it at an Aztec temple. The training was hard and vigorous. Zeppeli didn't give me any soft treatment because I was a girl, he treated me just like he did JoJo. Today we were taking turns on training. JoJo was training with Zeppeli in the water. When we decided to train with Zeppeli he gave us some clothes to train with. He gave JoJo a tight blue tanktop with jeans. He wore brown gloves and brown boots, while I wore a F/c shirt and tight pants, with boots to match my own gloves. I was sitting on the sidelines watching them. JoJo was knocked down by Zeppelis Zoom Punch.

   " Oi, I've found something! "

I looked back to see Speedwagon running towards us. He told us of the commotion going on at Windknight's Lot. We headed there in a horse and carriage leaving Erina behind.

   " They've had a string of disappearances lately. People vanishing after dark and folks have caught glimpses of a fella who looks like Dio. "

   " We're out of time now. Your final test will be one of life or death my pupils. " Zeppeli said after Speedwagon.

   " Yes, sir. I'll meet him in combat and lay him low. " JoJo replies.

   " I'll do my best to protect Jojo and fight off Dio. "

   " Give him hell. " Speedwagon encouraged.

We made our way to the entrance of Windknight's Lot. It was a dark tunnel. The darkness covered the carriage as we rode through the tunnel. After a minute had passed we could hear something going on outside of the carriage. We stopped and exited the carriage. When we checked the coach we saw him dead with daggers in his torso and a horse's head on top of his.

   " Step away from the horses. "

Speedwagon and I stepped away and we saw a head appear out of the horse's corpse. I didn't recognize the man at all but I could recognize his vampire teeth.

   " That's one of Dio's minions! Look at his teeth you can see that his canines are sharper than the average person. " I shouted.

The man jumped out of the horse with a dagger in his hand. I looked back at Zeppeli and saw him pour a glass of wine.

   " I don't think this is a good time for wine. "

   " There's always time for wine, but that's not what this is for. Step aside, my young friends. I will do the fighting. He is a zombie. They must feed on the living flesh to survive. However, they are in constant thrall to their master, not unlike marionettes. "

   " Oh, you lads is both as white as a sheet. All the blood is drained from your faces. Maybe I should cut off those useless heads of yours and watch it spray outta your necks. "

He then proceeded to stab his neck. I flinched when I saw him stab himself. He looked as if it didn't faze him at all.

   " Remember this my students you have to put yourself in his mindset. Ask yourself " What would be the most advantageous thing for my foe to do next? "He for example would block off the tunnel entrance so we can't retreat into the light. "

That's exactly what he did. He picked up our carriage and threw it to the end of the tunnel and blocking us in. The fact that his knife was still in his neck made me feel uncomfortable. I could hear the man grunt really hard and several knives appeared to come out of his body. Zeppeli was just drinking his wine like nothing was wrong. Then the zombie sent the knives at Zeppeli.

   " Hamon Cutter! "

He sent disks flying out and I noticed the desks were made of wine and the Hamon was sticking them together to make them fly through the air and cut the blades.

   " I'm afraid your blades are rather dull compared to my Hamon cutter. "

The zombie tried stabbing Zeppeli but he raised the bottle of wine he was holding and held the knife through the bottle. Wine spilled over the floor and Zeppeli jumped up and kicked the zombie.

   " Sendo Wave Kick!"

When he settled back on his feet he turned back to us.

   " A knee full of Hamon to the head seems to have cured this one's braggadocio. "

   ' Bragga-what? '

   "  I don't believe it, he didn't even spill a drop of wine! " Speedwagon shouted.

   " JoJo, you finish the creature off. Destroy the brain. It's the only way to kill it. Anything else and you risk it coming back. "

The zombie screeched and jumped up towards a lever.

   " Time for the slaughter, naughty little pigs. "

A small doorway appeared to open at the wall. The zombie landed on his feet.

   " I'll cut you to shreds one by one. "

The zombie then proceeded to jump into the passageway disappearing.

   " Don't tell me we're following him into that passageway. " Speedwagon cried.

   " It has to be destroyed. But we will be doing no such thing. JoJo..."

He tossed the glass of wine at JoJo and he caught it effortlessly.

   " ...I expect you to finish off this abomination without spilling a single drop of vino. All right, one last bit of advice before you go. There were no Vikings in the land of Norway until the north wind blew in and created them. If even one drop of that vino goes to waste, I don't care how utterly you defeat the zombie, I will abandon you here and now. "

Speedwagon started to argue with Zeppeli but he wouldn't let up. I walked up to Zeppeli and put a hand on his sleeve.

   " I'm going in there with JoJo. "

   " I will allow you to go if you give me a good reason. "

   " I have trained in the art of Hamon however there is one area I still need training in and that area you can't teach me. I have to teach myself how to protect JoJo. To find when he can handle things on his own and when to step in and help him. My birthmark suggests I am the Joestar protector and I will not let JoJo go anywhere I think is dangerous for him. I need to learn how I can protect JoJo when he needs me and when to watch his back when he doesn't need me. This is an optical for me to train my skills of protection. "

   " Hmm, I will allow you to join him as long as you don't interfere if he spills the vino. "

   " I won't interfere. "

   " Alright. Now go you two! "

JoJo and I jumped in the hole and started searching for the zombie.