A Tangled Battle Tendency

The Tea Is Starting To Boil A Bit

AN: HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!!! I AM SLIGHTLY CONCERNED FOR MY SANITY BUT OH WELL. The show must go on. Friendly dialogue reminder, BOLD ITALICS is Kars, BOLD is Wammu, REGULAR is Casanova and Joseph, UNDERLINED is either a background character or someone thinking. Have fun peeps and tell me what you think!

~Chapter Nine~

~Like an hour or two after Jojo and Casanova showed up at the bar~

     Joseph was quickly becoming fast friends with everyone in the bar. Casanova was also becoming popular, but not nearly as much as Joseph and for different reasons. A quick glance showed him Stroheim trying to teach Jojo a German drinking song while Jojo's lizard thing sat on his shoulder... It wasn't going so well. Just as he was about to take another sip of his wine, the door to the pub slammed open.

     In the doorway stood the man who had run off to find some guards to squeal to. "I'VE GOT THE GUARDS!!!!" "Merda, merda, merda, merda! What are we going to do now?" Casanova crept over to where Jojo was sitting just as Captain Messina walked in. Casanova tensed up for a moment before ducking down. When he looked up he saw Stroheim whispering into Jojo's ear. Jojo leaned back and gave a nod.

      Jojo slowly got down to his height and whispered to follow him. Stroheim started to walk behind the counter and motioned for the two to follow him. He also motioned for his men to carry on but block the way. He then knealed down and pulled a lever that opened into a tunnel. He quickly ushered the two in. "Thank you amico," he whispered. Jojo leaned in and hugged him with a slightly teary thank you.

      Stroheim looked shocked before smiling and telling them to go straight until they met the end. He then stood and closed the tunnel. Casanova looked around and found a torch which he lit to light their way. As they walked there was an uncomfortable silence until Joseph started to babble about anything and everything. Casanova would be lying of he said the boy wasn't growing on him.

    The babbling shifted into small talk and the two soon became relaxed as they walked at a steady pace. "Jojo?" "Hm?" "When you said that you had never left the tower, you were kidding right? You've left before, right?" Joseph looked at him with a face of shame, sadness, and anger. "No... I haven't" he said quietly.

   Casanova was shocked. Jojo continued, "My father always said that it was too dangerous for me to go outside. I guess he was just worried. I-" he never got to finish as a rumbling started to fill the tunnel and light could be seen coming from the opposite way. The guards were catching up. They had to run. Now!

  He looked over at Joseph and screamed "RUN!!" Joseph picked up all his hair, held it close to his chest, and ran. He and Casanova ran until they came to the end of the tunnel, it was a wide area that had a dam system nearby as well as a big drop that normally wouldn't be a problem. But under their circumstances, everything was currently a problem.

    He and Joseph huddled c.ose together as he held Jojo's clackers in front of them. From the tunnel they had just emerged from, were the royal guards, including that damn horse. From another side tunnel came Eisidisi and Wammu. "Fanculo!" He cursed. There was not enough time to deal with this. "Who's that?" Jojo asked pointing at the guards. "They don't like me." Was his reply. "What about fhem?" He said pointing at my former partners. "They don't like me either." "Wh-" "Let's just assume that everyone here doesn't like me!"

     Casanova was starting to freak out when he heard something behind him. He looked and saw Joseph had made a way for them to get across. He stepped back, "You first," Casanova blinked but complied. He started to mock his former partners as he swung across. "HAHAHAM HELLO BOYS!!! SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN! I HOPE YOU LIKE PRISON, BECAUSE THAT'-" It was at that moment he crashed into a bar jutting out from the wall. He had landed on the dam.

    He looked down and found Jojo running towards what looked like a mine. He quickly slid down the ramp and hit the ground running. He heard a crash and the sound of water moving. The dam had broke. A quick glance over his shoulder confirmed that as well as the additional I formation that a giant rock was going to crush them if they didn't get I to the mine in time.

    Using a final burst of energy and speed, he shoved Jojo forward and lunged into the mine as the rock came crashing down. Effectively blocking their exit. The mine was closed off on both ends and started to fill somewhat rapidly with water. So this is how it ended. He would drown to death before he got his fame and fortune. At least he was going out with a bang and a not horrible person with him.

     Speaking of Jojo he saw him frantically banging his clackers on the rock and diving down looking for a way out. He came back up and started to cry while also beginning to hyperventilate. Casanova approached him and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "Dolcezza, you need to calm down. It's alright." Joseph looked at him, shaking. "I'm so sorry Casanova, this is all my fault. If I had just stayed in my tower, none of this wo-" "Sshhhhhh, bionda. It's fine." Joseph's shaking ceased and his breathes steadied.

    He then took this time to dive under and try to find some rocks that would give. He fou d nothing. The only thing that happened was he cut his hand on one of the rocks. He came back up and floated with Joseph before he spoke. "Caesar." "What?" "My real name is Caesar Zeppeli. I thought someone should know." Joseph looked at him for a minute before extending his hand. When Caesar took it he said, "Its a pleasure to meet you Mr. Caesar Zeppeli, my name is Joseph. Though, you can call me Jojo." Caesar let out a chuckle as Joseph dissolved into a fit of sweet giggles.

    "Well I guess since we're confessing things... I have magic hair that glows when I sing." Caesar looked at him with utter confusion. "What?" In the darkness, he could make out Joseph's face becoming surprised as he repeated the sentence, "I have magic hair that glows when I sing!" Just before the water covered his face he heard, "Flower gleam and glow!" Then pitch black. He was getting ready to close his eyes when a burst of beautiful, glowing, golden light powered through the dark. Upon closer inspection he saw that it was Jojo's hair!!

     He vaguely saw Joseph open his eyes as his hair was pulled to a certain part of the rock. When he and Joseph started to push and pull at it, it came loose. Soon he stuck his hand through and the whole thing came crumbling down. Launching them into the stream in front of them.

Merda/Shit
Amico/Friend
Fanculo/Fuck
Dolcezza/Sweetie

AN: YES OMG YES I AM SO HAPPY THAT I FINISHED THIS CHAPTER!!!! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!!!! STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE OUT THERE FLESHBAGS!! YOU HEAR ME??!!!