𝓡𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷~ᴅɪɴᴏᴘᴀɴᴛꜱ

Chapter 3: Tearful Meal

Hot pants took a long sigh analizing the corpse before gagging. How is it even still a fresh cut. It can't be real. Maybe it's the effect of the holy corpse remains. It should've rot by the time a week passed or at least the crows or maggots would finnish his remains. Even the blood is still gushing out, and no flies are flying over it. What insanity has the steel ball run hit over them? This is beyond normal or rather bizzare.

"So Lucy really did chopped his head off. Hmph very well then if it has to end this way, it's for the greater good. Though I think he still deserves better. Now it's time to bring his corpse back to his home country if I'm not short on cash" Hot Pants walked around during the dawn with Diego's corpse wrapped in a cloth and tied on each end.

As much death that she encountered during the Steel Ball Run race, it was still odd to her just to carry around her friend's dead body on her horse dead quiet.

As the morning sun starts rising and her tall shadow on top of her horse and the wrapped corpse she held onto tightly starts illuminating reflecting their shadows as if watching shadow puppets.

Gets up walked accordingly to Hot pants's command following the path of the train rail to find the end to the train station. "

While walking down the path, She saw this village from the distance and decided to have a good look and maybe have some meal. Now that Dio's dead, there's nothing to rush. She got off her horse and people of the village greets her with their warm smile. Instead of paying for her meals they fed her for free instead.

Some guy sat down next to her while she's enjoying her meal on empty stomach or let's say, the chad of the village. "You from the steel ball run?" He tipped his cup and leaned close to her. "No" She said mouthful. "Really? You look like the racer Hot Pants. Hot pants was such a cutie, too bad he's a guy. Luckily you're a girl. I'd never do it with a guy" He said.

"Why's that so?" She asked in a monotone. "Not that there's anything wrong with it but I'm not interested in men" "Oh cool" she replied focusing back to her meal. "I see, so your playing hard to get. I'm Ave by the way and you are?" "Hot- erm Lisa" "Lisa? what Lisa?" "Lisa Lisa" "Like just Lisa or double Lisa?" He asked again "Your choice"

(You know how Hot Pants is like the Lisa Lisa of the Steel Ball Run universe and her real name will go by Elizabeth Brown because the brown comes from how the original universe's Lisa Lisa in which her hair was brunette)

"Very well then Lisa Lisa, you and I could totally get laid tonight" Then he pulled her closer to him and start weirdly touching her. That's the she won't hesitate to elbowed his gut but hesitated to use her cream starter cause she's afraid that her identity would be revealed to quick. Hot Pants was just a persona that'll remain in the Steel Ball Run race.

"Hmm sorry Ave I do appreciate the kindness this village has to offer me but you are someone who annoys me" HP crouch to the ground where Ave was curling holding in the pain "-you truly are Hot Pants are you? you're a girl after all! I figured it out" He said in a shaky voice. "Go ahead tell that to everyone and see if anyone believes you" she chuckles in a deep voice and stood up to get back dealing with Diego's dead body.

HP went back to her horse and scratched Gets up's neck "You must be tired carrying his weight huh? Just a lil more and we'll go back to Vatican" Gets up shook his head and that confused her a bit. That's when she realized the Dinosaur's dead body was missing.

"No, Dio!" Her eyes widen looking around the village full of people. She ran around from one store to another, one house to another swiftly. She did not say a word while searching around for his corpse.

"What's wrong hmm" HP took a peek from the corner of her eyes to see Ave cockily leaning against the wall and chuckling. "WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY STUFF AVE?!" "Nothing I said I was sorry last time!" He squeals and sweats nervously. "Listen here, I would not hesitate to kill you right here right now. You're gonna suffocate and no one's gonna know"

She said in a deep scary monotone voice putting one hand behind her back steady to grab her cream starter. "Alright alright I grabbed this from your bag just let me go" The fact that she's taller than him is already terrifying for him. He showed a gold badge written "DIO" in bold. "What are you doing with that give it back!" She tried grabbing it back from him but Ave with his short height privilege managed to slip away from her.

"Miss Lisa Lisa turns out is just a crazy fan for the racer Diego Brando that she'd steal his badge from him. Or you are just the Hot Pants that is rumored to be dating him" He smirked.

"You asked for it not me" She grunt and sprayed her stand ability. Before her cream starter reached Ave, a teal dinosaur attacked Ave's right hand. "Agghhh" He screamed. That left HP for an opening so she tied him up and shut his mouth with the cream.

"Hngghhh mph" Ave begged for help trying to talk with his mouth shut. "Don't worry I won't kill you just yet it's gonna dissolve in 5 hours. Why don't I take back what's mine and appreciate the things that someone gave me. In the meantime, enjoy the meat cream" She snatched Dio's badge and walked away continuing the search for Diego's corpse.

"The Dinosaur, it must've been him and I'm sure of it. It's impossible, he died. Even if it's his neighboring world It's the gold stand. But even if it's scary monsters. No it can't be, Valentine died".

An hour has passed and Dio's corpse is nowhere to be found within the village. "hah" She sighed and gave up. With her just being revived, her energy isn't at it's fullest. Her muscles are still weak. She collapsed to the ground and sat there pressing her forehead on her knee.

"How could I gave up on him, even against Valentine, when I was helpless and useless he was there to make me feel useful" She held back a tear that rolled down her chin. "No why am I even crying I still can do it, even if it's for his dead body. Lisa you promised about this, Steel Ball Run is just a one time thing, you promised to not put your feelings over this race".

Some young girl tugged on her skirt and she looked over the girl. "Hi there" she said rubbing her tears away harshly. "Why are you sad? come play with me" The little girl said. "No it's okay you can play with your friends" "b-but I wanna play with you" her puppy eyes looked up at her.

So HP sighed and stood up to play with the little girl. The girl grabbed her by the hand and pulled her to her front yard. "We're gonna play with Dinosaurs. Mommy is making small Dinosaurs". The little girl chuckled

"Dino you said?" Hot pants stopped for a bit. "Yeah the blue dinosaur is very cute and funny" she held the tiny Dino close to her face and hugged the Dino tight.

There was not one Dino but a couple of them and one approached HP. It nudges on her and head butts her. It's kind of odd how the Dino carries a tiny broken flower. Unconsciously tears rolled down her eyes. "Miss Pinky why are you crying?" The little girl starred at her. "Ah nothing just a dust" HP was at least happy that someone who died was able to meet her for the very last time even if it wasn't him.

"Hey umm where's mommy?" HP tapped on her shoulder. "She's inside!" the girl pointed to her house. "Mind if I come in?" "No I don't mind" She was too busy playing with the Dino.

"Excuse me" She went inside the house and looking at Dio's body on top of a dissecting table was a shock to her.

"You stole his body from me!" She yelled at the woman who was seem to do some weird rituals.

"Oh my bad I didn't exactly meant it that way. Allow me to introduce my self-" "No need that bullshit what are you doing with him-" Her eyes widen as she saw his head was attached to his body again. His pale skin, she couldn't help it but cry looking at his face. "what did you do to him?" HP asked.

To be continued—————>