After the defeat of DIO, Noriaki Kakyoin was officially known as dead by Joseph Joestar which caused Jotaro Kujo to feel something broken off from his heart, his memories of them were hidden in his thoughts. His thoughts about Noriaki Kakyoin were fading slowly. Though, they were never able to find Kakyoin's body when searching for it. The answers to this were never answered and were still in question for another two years after the events. But on that one day, things changed as Jotaro sees him again, his love for him returned when he saw that man in the hospital, with hardly the strength to walk. Then that's when it all happened.