Chapter 14 - Crusaders

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[Jotaros POV]

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck," I was pacing around my apartment, Kakyoin looking at me worriedly. "we need to be at the airport in twenty minutes and you guys are still in your fucking pyjamas and you haven't packed anything!"

When me and Kakyoin had arrived Polnareff and Joseph were still in bed and hadn't sorted anything that they had to.

"It takes an hour to get to the airport!"

Polnareff tried to reason with me but i wasn't having any of it. So I slapped him.

"You are so fucking irresponsible! You're like thirty and cant even take care of yourself! Get dressed and get packed were going to have to catch a later flight."

Kakyoin walked over to me and tried to calm me down while Polnareff walked into the bathroom to get dressed. The old man was already dressed as I had forced him to do so once Nori and I arrived back at my apartment.

I looked down at Kakyoin, frowning, "Wheres my belt gone?"

Noriaki took a few steps back before pointing to 'my' belt that he had wrapped around his trousers to keep them up. "I thought it'd look better if it was being used as an actual belt."

I nodded. It did look good, and it added brighter colours to his outfit that contrasted with the black jeans and forest green shirt. Polnareff came out of the bathroom a few minutes later.

"Polnareff you're calling the airport and telling them we need a later flight."

He stared at me in shock, "Me? W-Why me?"

"You're making us late, get on with the call."

He started grumbling about how I was an 'incompetent twat'.

The flight we had then been put on was three hours later.

In two hours everyone was packed and we set off to the airport. We arrived just before the plane set off.

"Sorry for shouting earlier Polnareff," I was sat next to Kakyoin in the window seat, Polnareff was sat next to Kakyoin and Joseph was sat on a row by himself with some strangers. "I was just pissed off and took it out on you."

Polnareff nodded in thanks. It took half a day to fly to Italy. Halfway through the flight, Kakyoin had fallen asleep on my shoulder and I'm pretty sure Jean and Joseph had fallen asleep too. I was left to my thoughts.

The crusaders are back together. Its been ten years and were back together. Everyone but Iggy and Avdol. Their deaths must've taken a massive tole on Polnareff. Their deaths affected us all but Polnareff witnessed it. He probably blames himself for their deaths.

After a couple of minutes, I fell asleep. I drifted into a terrifying memory that id rather forget.

It was the day of the funeral. I had cried over Kakyoins death for the past few weeks. I had never cried this much. Kakyoin understood me. He knew how to break down the barriers I had made of the few months before meeting him. He lay there in an open casket.

"Would anybody like to say a few words?" His parents said after talking about how amazing Kakyoin was. I was the person who spoke after his parents did.

"Noriaki Kakyoin. You were such a bright person. The whole room could be pitch black then you'd walk in and it'd be as if the sun was right in front of us," I paused, trying not to burst into tears. "Noriaki Kakyoin. You didn't deserve to have your life taken. You helped me save my mother even though you had no reason to. You saved a life by risking your own. Noriaki kakyoin. I would take all of the pain you have ever endured, I would take your pain, your scars, your sadness, whatever worries or anxiety you have. I would take all of that if it meant that you'd be with us here today. I would take all of that so that you could celebrate your eighteenth birthday or your graduation or your career taking off. I would take all of that pain just so you could be here for all of the people who need you, whether its Polnareff, Joseph, your parents or even me. You were there for all of us. And I'm so sorry you had to die so painfully. You will be missed dearly, Noriaki Kakyoin."

"Jotaro," I heard someone calling my name.

"Hey, Jotaro, wake up." It was Kakyoin. he was lightly shaking my shoulder to wake me up.

"I think you were having a bad dream, are you okay?"

I nodded. Just a bit of a shock.

I kissed his forehead, "thank you for making sure I'm okay." He smiled in response and rested his head back on my shoulder.

Polnareff and Joseph didn't know about me and Kakyoin. Whatever there was between us, they didn't know. They will eventually when we're both ready.

When Kakyoin woke up there was still three hours left of the flight.

"Hey, Jotaro," I made a hm noise in response, turning to look at him. "you and the other two cant stay in my apartment when we get to Italy like under any circumstances. The people in my team decide to not inform me when they come over to my place."

I nodded, "I know, I already booked hotel rooms don't worry."

A/N - Just wanna say this now, I wanted Kakyoin to be part of Bucciaratis crew. Yes I know this isn't canon, none of this story is canon lmfao but yeah, also I'm pretty sure the timeline for this is still accurate like I'm pretty sure Bucciarati joined Passione in 1990 (correct me if I'm wrong) and this story is based in 1999, two years before Giorno joined and I'm pretty sure Fugo, Mista, Abbacchio and Narancia joined before 1999 as well but I'm, not 100% sure. Part 3 and part 5 are my two favourite parts and I just wanted to do a small little crossover, okay? okay.

"Also, my team," Nori seemed hesitant to talk about them. "They're completely fucking insane, if you ever see them with me you'll understand what I mean."

Kakyoin went back to sleep on my shoulder. Our plane was due to arrive in Venice soon then wed have to drive down to Naples.

I looked down at Kakyoin. He was so fucking adorable

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