The year was 1999 in Morioh, Japan. Things have mostly gone back to normal during autumn. However, even though Yoshikage Kira is gone, he has still affected many people in this town. Many families still wait for their loved ones to return, unaware of their unfortunate demise. Despite the serial killer's end, there are still those who wish to harm the residents of Morioh. And now, with Jotaro and Joseph gone back to their lives elsewhere, it is up to Josuke to protect his town.

"Hey! Rohan!" the 'town protector' yelled cheerfully as he ran up to the manga artist.

Rohan sneered as he heard his name being called by the kid that burned down half his house. He still wanted to get revenge on him somehow for that and for cheating in the game they were playing during the fire. He then turned around and said, "Ah, Josuke. What do you want? And where's Okuyasu?"

Josuke ran up next to him to walk with him, slightly out of breath. "Okuyasu wasn't ready yet so I went on without him, and I just thought it would be nice to walk with a friend."

Rohan sighed. He REALLY didn't like Josuke, but he knew how useful he and his Stand, Crazy Diamond, could be. The manga artist can deal with him for just a little walk anyway. Plus they were already nearing his school. But suddenly, Rohan decided to take this opportunity to get something out of Josuke to pay off the damage to his house. While he knew that Josuke didn't directly burn down his house, he still distracted him from calling the fire department earlier. "Tell me, Josuke. I heard that you recently have acquired quite a bit of money. Any plans on how you're going to spend it?"

Josuke chuckled a bit, "Oh yeah! The money I took from my old man before he left? Yeah… I kinda already spent it all. I did get this pretty nice pen with that money!"

Rohan raised an eyebrow as he saw the pen in Josuke's hand. He was surprised to see that this kid bought a pen of such quality. This pen was the kind that the manga artist had used for a while before he began using a long fountain pen. He almost completely forgot about getting revenge on…

"So, what's up with your house? Did you manage to pay to fix it all?" Josuke asked, completely oblivious to Rohan's reaction.

The manga artist suddenly swiveled around and pointed at the high schooler and said, "Don't forget, Josuke Higashikata, that it was you who ultimately burned down my house!"

"W-What?! How come you're accusing me of burning down your house?!" he asked somewhat angrily.

"I would have been able to stop the fire and save half-a-years' worth of my work if you weren't trying to swindle a few bucks out of me!"

Josuke opened his mouth to say something, but shut it after realizing he had nothing else to say. He then stopped and bowed, "I'm sorry, Rohan! I know that I kinda ruined your stuff, but it's in the past, and we can't do anything about it."

"Yes, it is in the past," Rohan said as he spotted a girl walking past them, an idea coming to him. "Heaven's Door!"

Josuke looked up to see Rohan writing something in this girl that he had just turned into a book. She had a large red bow in her short orangey-brown hair and wore a rather small unbuttoned blazer. "H-Hey! Rohan! What the hell are you doing to her?!" he yelled.

Rohan turned over to face Josuke and then suddenly turned him into a book. "Consider this revenge!" He then wrote in his book, 'Childhood friends with Sayori' which was similar to the message that he wrote in the book of the girl.

Both books closed and they both forgot that they had just changed. The three of them stood still for a moment, but then the school bell rang.

"Oh no! We're gonna be late! Let's go, Josuke!" the girl exclaimed, grabbing his hand and running to the school.

"Ah! Right! See ya, Rohan!" Josuke said as he waved back to Rohan.

As the two ran off to the school, the manga artist began to chuckle, "This will be fun."

It is now lunch time for the school. Josuke met up with his friends, Koichi and Okuyasu, in their second-year homeroom. Okuyasu seemed a bit anxious about something.

"Hey, Josuke," he began. "Why didn't you wait for me so we could go to school together?"

"Hmm? Oh, right. You were taking too long. Plus you showed up late to school so we would have both been late. Besides, I went to school with Sayori."

Koichi and Okuyasu blinked.

"Uh… Josuke, who's Sayori? And how do you even know her?" the former asked.

This time it was Josuke who looked at them funny. "Have I not told you guys about her? We've been friends since we were kids… That's about it really."

Josuke's two friends looked at each other then back at Josuke.

"Well, how come you went to school with her instead of me today?" Okuyasu grumbled, folding his arms.

"I already told you! Anyway, you guys going to join a club?"

"Huh? Why the sudden interest in clubs?" Koichi asked.

"Sayori told me that I should join one, more specifically, hers. Hey! Maybe you guys can join with me!"

"Hmm. Maybe. Which club is it?"

"I believe that she told me it was the Literature Club or something."

The two others grimaced. The thought of literature reminded them too much of their experience of becoming books by Heaven's Door.

"Uh… no. Literature is not really my thing." Okuyasu said.

Koichi quickly piped up. "Same here. Maybe I'll look at it later though. I mean I will be able to see what you guys do in the club fair next week."

The rest of their lunch went on as normal. Okuyasu saying something silly that they all laugh at, Yukako trying to drag away Koichi, and even a few girls complimenting Josuke on his hair. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful as well. It wasn't long before the bell for the end of the day rang.

"Hey, Josuke! You ready to go home?" Okuyasu appeared around the door almost immediately after the bell had rung.

Josuke responded while gathering his things, "Sorry, man. I gotta go check out the club with Sayori."

"Hmm." He grumbled. "What is it with you? You're suddenly talking about this girl like she has been with us this whole time. Is she a Stand user?"

"Okuyasu, she has been with me this whole time. We're childhood friends, and… I'm not sure."

"Well, whatever. If you get out of your club and want to hang out with us, we'll be over by St. Gentlemen."

With that, Okuyasu walked out the door. Josuke just stared for a moment.

Clubs.

Suddenly his eyes met a hand waving in front of his face. He blinked and looked up to see Sayori standing next to him.

"So… you thought about looking at our club?" she chirped. "We'll have cupcakes!"

He smiled as he looked at the cheerful girl. "Yeah, I'll come take a look."

She squealed in excitement, hugging him as he now struggled to get out of his seat. Eventually she led him down the hall to the club room. This was the day he sold his soul for a cupcake. As they walked, he thought about what Okuyasu said.

Is she a Stand user?

He quickly dismissed the thought as they walked into the room.

"Everyone! The new member is here!" Sayori said to the few people presently in the room.

A relatively tall girl with long purple hair greeted him, "Welcome to the Literature Club. It's a pleasure meeting you."

Then a short girl with short pink hair huffed, "Seriously? You brought a boy? Way to kill the atmosphere."

And the girl with the large white bow in her long light-brown hair smiled and said, "Ah, Josuke! What a nice surprise! Welcome to the club!"

Josuke slightly raised an eyebrow at this. How does she know my name?

"What are you looking at?" the pink haired girl began. "If you want to say something, say it."

Now realizing that he had unintentionally been staring at her, he quickly apologized. He had never seen her before so he assumed that she was a first-year.

"This is Natsuki, always full of energy," Sayori began, introducing the club's members. "And this is Yuri, the smartest in the club!"

The purple haired girl turned to try and hide with her hair, "D-Don't say things like that…"

"Well, it's nice to meet both of you." Josuke said, smiling.

Sayori suddenly piped up again, "And it sounds like you already know Monika, is that right?"

Before he could respond, the other girl, dubbed as Monika, spoke, "That's right. It's great to see you again, Josuke."

As Monika smiles sweetly, it took him a while to think. "Oh, right! We had the same homeroom last year."

"Come sit down! We made room for you at the table, so you can sit next to me or Monika. I'll get the cupcakes-" Sayori said, but was suddenly cut off.

"Hey! I made them, I'll get them!" Natsuki yelled.

Yuri then spoke, "Then, how about I make some tea as well?"

Josuke noticed how there were a few desks arranged to form a table while Natsuki went to grab a wrapped tray and Yuri retrieved a tea set from the closet. He sat down by Sayori, smiling to himself, glad that he had decided to come.

Natsuki set the tray down on the table. "Okaaay, are you ready? … Ta-daa!"

The club oohed at the dozen white, fluffy cupcakes decorated to look like little cats. All except for Josuke, who quickly raised his hand over each of his eyes before putting it back down without anyone noticing. He was never completely sure if Yoshikage Kira was gone, so he got a bit paranoid at times whenever he saw something that even slightly resembled that terrifying Stand, Killer Queen. Also there was that strange cat plant that Okuyasu takes care of.

Josuke snapped back into reality when he heard Monika. "I had no idea you were so good at baking, Natsuki!"

Natsuki responded, "Ehehe. Well, you know. Just hurry and take one!"

The club members each take one and begin to eat it. Josuke hopes that this cupcake isn't bad because it would be pretty lame if he came all this way to join this club for a mediocre cupcake. He then took a bite.

It was amazing! This was easily the best cupcake he had ever had! He thought for a moment that this Natsuki girl could be related to Tonio, but then he dismissed it when he remembered that Tonio was from Italy.

"Wow! This is great! Thanks, Natsuki!" he exclaimed before continuing to finish it.

A light blush dusted her face as she said, "W-Why are you thanking me? It's not like I… made them for you or anything."

He blinked. "Uh, I thought that you kinda did. Sayori said that-"

"Well, maybe! But not for, y-you know, you! Dummy…"

Just then Yuri returned to the table with the tea set and laid out cups for everyone.

"How come you have a tea set in the classroom?" Josuke asked.

"Don't worry. The teacher said it was okay. Plus, isn't it a good thing to enjoy a cup of tea while enjoying a good book?" Yuri responded.

He shrugged as Monika piped up, "Don't let yourself get intimidated, Yuri's just trying to impress you."

Yuri looked almost insulted as her face turned bright red. "Eh?! T-That's not… I meant that, you know…"

"No, I understand. While I'm not too familiar with tea and reading, I at least enjoy tea." Josuke responded, not entirely sure what to think about all of this.

Yuri faintly sighed in relief while Monika raised an eyebrow then looked at Josuke. "So, what made you consider the Literature Club?"

Josuke was a bit quiet for a moment then he knew what he should say. "Well, Sayori spoke pretty highly of this club so I thought I'd check it out. Plus, I'm also friends with Rohan so I'm sure getting into literature might help me become better friends with him."

Natsuki's mouth was wide open. "Do you mean Rohan Kishibe? The manga artist?!"

"Uh, well… yeah."

Monika smiled. "Well, we'll make sure you feel right at home okay? As president of the Literature Club, it's my duty to make the club fun and exciting for everyone!"

The rest of the club went on questioning Josuke about his reading habits and experience. He was a bit surprised when Monika had given them an assignment to write a poem for the next meeting after he had confirmed that he would join the club. On his way out, Monika made him sign an attendance sheet, to confirm that he had joined the club.

However, as he walked home with Sayori, he was suddenly reminded of something Hazamada said.

'Stand users attract other Stand users.'

Josuke then looked back towards the school. Could one of the club members be a Stand user?

-To Be Continued