Japanese began to immigrate to America in the 1860s. Mari Ishikawa chose to participate in the Steel Ball Run, a race that is from San Diego to New York. Mari comes across Johnny Joestar an ex-jockey who desires to walk again, and Gyro Zeppeli
Mari followed close to the other racers, well mainly close to Johnny and Gyro who fell behind Pocoloco, Sandman of course being far ahead of everyone else. 'How the hell is this guy even able to run ahead of everyone else?! Hes not human!' Mari thought to herself.
Mari looked behind Johnny and Gyro and had noticed that Diego was trailing behind Gyro mainly. Why is it though? The guy was in first place Gyro only at sixth place. ''Its probably because of the eyes..." Mari murmured to herself out loud.
"Dio...on that mountain..." Gyro looked over at Johnny. "He has come to understand his stand ability! Do you think he will attack us here?" He asked.
"No gyro!" Johnny exclaimed. "There is no way dio would risk getting himself disqualified where the balloons are watching! Hes planning on defeating you in this stage without breaking any rules."
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"We have to go right Gyro!" Johnny exclaimed. "Think of the horses! The key to victory will be how much rest we can give our horses!"
Mari gazed over at Johnny. He isn't wrong, but she may just put too much trust in him, he seemed to know what he was talking about.
Gyro had a map out. "Johnny...you're right...we'll rest the horses...and we'll go this way..." He says pointing to a direction on the map. "See the depth of the lake, it's only 2.2 am at its deepest. Valkyrie can cross it. The length is only 450 m, super short."
Then the moment Gyro turned to go to the lake to cross the shorter way, Diego followed behind Gyro. "What?!" Mari exclaimed.
Johnny and Mari both stopped abruptly. "You gotta be kidding!" He adds looking at the third route that Diego and Gyro both took. Johnny hesitantly followed Gyro into the lake, Mari choosing to stick behind.
"If you're scared don't come...is that it gyro? Damn it!" Johnny exclaimed.
"This is nuts Gyro!" Johnny calls out to the italian man. "Its like a horse carrying another horse while crossing! The water resistance requires muscles that aren't usually used. What if there is mud at the bottom?! At that point our horses will be finished!"
"That's why I'm slowing to a minimum..." Gyro replies to Johnny. "I won't put stress on their limbs. Just the speed I need to get ahead of the rest going around the lake! I'm sure that's what dio is planning to do!" Then the italian had a moment of pure determination, Mari could see it in his eyes.
"I'm going to get 100 points on this stage! No matter what, or else we will be even further from victory! I came to this race to win! My fatherland is waiting!" Gyro exclaimed. Mari looked back and forth at the two males. from the look on Johnny's face, mari could tell he was about to break something to Gyro, something that Gyro would not like.
Johnny looked away from Gyro. "We have to go back! Its not too late! Let's go back to the shore and go around from the right!" Johnny exclaimed. He looks back over to Gyro. "You can't defeat dio! I dont want to say it but this is my prediction. You won't get 1st place on this stage!"
Gyro glares at the blonde behind him. "This isn't about Dio calculating our horses pulses or his dinosaur ability, it's not about your weak points. That's not what I'm talking about..." Johnny tells Gyro. "Its how well do you say.. you should have been able to win the 1st and second stages based on technique and drive. You could have won"
Gyro then was getting slightly impatient, enough to make Mari flinch. "What is it Johnny Joestar?! If you're gonna come up and talk to me like you're so great then say it clearly!" The italian man snarls at Johnny. Johnny gives Mari a look as if to say 'go'. The woman luckily caught on to the message and quickly continued ahead with the horse, glancing at Diego before continuing onto the normal route.
(Ahahaha I'm not telling you what the dialogue is bwahahahahaaaah idk the past few days have been sorta rough so I'm just skipping)
Mari rides ahead to the finish line, aware on how she could have done better then she did before. "Damn it," Mari huffs, running her fingers through her hair as she got off of her horse. She glances over to Gyro, who got off his horse too, his jacket, Cape, and trademark holster taken off.
"I'll just give him some time...he...he seemed mad..." Mari sighed. Maybe she should go check on Johnny. She walks to go look for the blue clothes wearer but then the announcer began to talk.
'At this point the 4th stage has already begun! Johnny Joestar is the one that conquered the dead heat battle just now, but an hour ago Hot Pants had already passed the finish line to take 1st place. Therefore the placements for the third stage are as listed on the chart to the right! Hot pants received 100 points and a one hour time bonus!'
"What the hell? Hot pants....?" Mari murmured. "What kind of stupid fucking name is that for a guy....?'' She murmured. Yes, she's insulting someones name.
When the shock subsided, Mari went to go look for Johnny. "He couldn't have gone far..." Mari murmured quietly, placing her hands on her hips. "I mean the guy can't even walk! Has a power of a stand but can't even stand!" She exclaims, not paying attention to her volume.
Then she got whacked in the head, simple as that. "You're loud," A very familiar...very familiar....angry tone snarled at Mari. She turned around and yelped once she saw him, Diego.
Diego rolls his eyes. "What's your name again?" He asks Mari. The noirette got offended.
"Are you KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?!" Mari snaps at Diego, Diego only sighed and then looked at his hand a bit, as if he was checking out his glove. "My name is Mari Ishikawa for fucks sake! くたばれ (eat shit!)" Mari snaps at Diego. Diego just yawned as the woman went on and on about cussing him out.
"You done?" Diego asked, raising an eyebrow.
Mari let out a big sigh. "I'm done..." She falls on her behind.
Then Diego grabbed Maris head and then glared at her directly in the eye. "Hanging around those two are gonna get you killed. You're naive, a naive girl," He growls at her, Maris eyes widened since no one really was interacting with the two, as if those two were the only ones there. "You are hanging around them but what do you stand to gain from that? friends? Oh please" Diego hisses, letting go of Maris head. He turns to go leave.
Mari then stood up and walked closer to Diego to try and grab onto his arm, she wanted to at least reason with him. "Wait- Diego-" Mari began.
"Shut up! You're so damn annoying!" Diego snaps at Mari, yanking his arm back so she would not grab it. Then he walks off.
Mari was left there confused. The woman was not sure how to react at all, she had somewhat felt bitter, empty at that. Confused, she just continued to look for Johnny to distract her thoughts.
