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The wind blew your hair back as you raised your hands to tie it behind you. You watched with a darkened gaze as the sun set below the very last building, leaving the unknowing city in darkness. No one knew what was about to go down except the seven of you. You knew that people were going to get hurt. A small part of you told you that you could save them all, but the little you knew about Dio, he didn't seem like the type to spare anyone. If you were in his way, he was going to move you, even if it meant killing you.

So as you watched people roaming the streets, pointing into shops and entering restaurants for a night on the town, you couldn't help but feel guilty. Could you even defeat Dio? Sure, you've outsmarted him multiple times, but your brain wasn't going to the be the thing that killed him. Did you have the power to kill him? It's also not like you haven't killed someone before. That man that had impersonated Tadashi. You had killed him--but then again you were so furious you didn't even recall most of what happened. Could you manifest that type of power again to kill Dio?

Your stand had developed more since then, and you understood most, if not all, of what he was able to do. You could reverse time, see things happen before they did, take someone's body over, create gusts of wind, and Atlantis was strong. Were you going to be able to do this? All those times, except for a few, you had been with the others. But now that you had cast them away, pushing them away from harms way, you were feeling unsure. You didn't know if you could do this alone.

"Ro." Looking up, you saw Atlantis standing beside you, gazing at you with curious eyes. If you hadn't known what kind of damage he could inflict, you would have thought he was a little kid. The fact that he could go from being like this, making flower crowns and acting curious like a kitten, to being so intimatadating he even scared you, and to have murderous intent was astonishing.

Your lips twitched up into a small smile as you looked up at him. You could do this. You were strong enough. Atlantis was stong enough. And he was reassuring you. You were going to kill Dio.

Even if it killed you.

Turning your gaze back to the city, you took a deep breath before walking to the edge of the building you were standing on. Careful not to fall or lose your footing, you stood on the edge and closed your eyes. You took a deep breath before opening them and flicking your eyes across the buildings. You didn't have a clue as to where Dio would surface first, but you had a feeling wherever he was, he was coming after the photo in your pocket.

Your image flickered and you landed in the alleyway below the building. You glanced both ways before blending in with the people. It was risky at this point, but you had to get away. Away from Kakyoin, Jotaro, Polnareff, Avdol, Iggy and Mr. Joestar. You had to run as far away as possible. You had to save them from Dio. And the only way to do that was to get away from them. Dio was going to chase you. You were the most threatening to him. Both of you knew it. He was going to attack you first.

Or, so you thought.

Your thoughts crumbled from your brain and your eyes went wide as saucers as you watched a truck speed past you with Mr. Joestar and Kakyoin inside. The car chasing behind them had a nervous looking man driving, and in the backseat, was Dio. He flicked his eyes to you as he passed, all of it seeming to happen in slow motion. He grinned at you before his face became a blur and the car raced down the street. You could only stand there in shock.

Why was he chasing them and not you? Where were the others? Why wasn't Dio going after you?! This wasn't how you expected things to go! This wasn't supposed to happen dammit!