Butterfly Effect

Alright, it's time for the next chapter. I've talked about Hamon for a while, now I have to actually incorporate it into Stardust Crusaders. Without stalling any longer, let's get to the story!

I do not own JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 9: New Hamon generation

The crusaders had just arrived in Singapore, enemy Stand users immediately followed. Polnareff had already defeated and killed Devo "the cursed", an assassin sent by DIO. In Singapore or not, assassins would always come after them as long as the vampire gave orders. This assassin gave the frenchman a leg injury, though the Zeppelis still had plans with him. With him and Kakyoin.

Father and son took the two to a secluded zone in Singapore for a special purpose.

"You want to learn about the art of Hamon? Good, this art needs to live on, I'm sure you'll turn out to be excellent heirs." Caesar stressed the importance of preserving the knowledge of Hamon. "Polnareff, I hope you haven't forgotten the activation process of Hamon."

"Ahhhhm" Polnareff sheepishly grinned, sweating awkwardly "That's the only thing I haven't forgotten. I still remember the pain like it's yesterday."

"Good, then hold still." the old Zeppeli smirked, executing his family's special Hamon activation trick. He jabbed the frenchman in the gut, a single finger outstretched. Polnareff painfully forced out all the oxygen in his lungs. His new refreshment of oxygen came with Hamon breathing.

"OOF!"

Noriaki flinched, quickly realizing how painful this would be for himself. "What the…"

"I know I know, you don't want to feel it, but that's the easiest and quickest way to activate Hamon right away." Marco explained. "The other way is through harsh training. Though, both of you will train hard to improve your Hamon breathing. Activation is only the beginning."

Their time was limited, they had to get to Egypt and stop DIO eventually. The redhead knew that for immediate results, one painful punch would be better than hours or days of training just to activate Hamon. "…I suppose I have no choice."

Without saying anything, the Zeppeli replicated his father's technique, allowing the cherry boy to breathe Hamon for the first time. That feeling was a feeling Kakyoin never wanted to experience again. A sharp, stabbing pain concentrated into one tiny spot.

"Guuh!"

"There there, it's over."

With both new Hamon students unlocking their ability to breathe Hamon, the proper training could begin.

Head instructor Caesar Zeppeli took out two breathing masks. These new models were far more efficient than those of the 1930s, allowing quicker and better results. "As long as you're training, you have to wear these correct breathing masks." the old Zeppeli instructed. "The key to Hamon breathing is the correct breathing rhythm. This mask's purpose is to assist you in finding the suitable breathing rhythm. But if your breathy rhythm is wrong, the mask will make it hard for you to breathe."

When Polnareff and Kakyoin were handed the masks and put them on, they had breathing problems right away.

"Ugh… I now remember how much I hated wearing these…" the frenchman huffed.

"You're not the only one…" Noriaki agreed. "Gah…!"

"It'll be better soon." Marco reassured. "Start your training and you'll feel the rhythm soon enough."

Training? Polnareff didn't like the sound of that. "Is it really okay for me to start my training now? My leg has been injured today."

"Hamon can accelerate the healing of injuries." Caesar informed, not going to accept slacking off. "And if you haven't noticed already, it almost completely suppresses any ache."

The frenchman moved his leg. Much to his abundant surprise, the previous pain was nearly nonexistent. "Wow! I've never experienced something like this before!"

"See why it's beneficial?" the old Zeppeli asked with a smirk. "Now, before we start your training, do you two have any more questions or objections?"

"Uhm" the redhead raised his hand "Can you explain our training in detail, please?"

Caesar shook his head. "You'll find out about the details in a few minutes. What I can tell you is that you two can expect to be back at the hotel around midnight."

'Great…' the cherry boy thought, deadpanning. 'Guess I have to cancel my planned activities.'

"Alright, let's begin your training!"

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Swimming, rowing, climbing. Not the usual distance, not the usual intensity. This training regimen was hell on earth for the new Hamon trainees. Hours after hours of extremely tough physical training with only short breaks inbetween the different disciplines. That Hamon workout didn't compare to any gym session. At the end of the day, both of them felt tired out to the max. Kakyoin and Polnareff took a shower, ate a quick dinner and went to bed as soon as they were able too. Sleep was important, especially if there was going to be another training session the next day.

Progress had been made, their Hamon had grown a little since first activating.

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Earlier than the other crusaders, Hamon coaches and trainees woke up, got dressed and left the hotel to train.

"Ugh… I don't think I'm in the right condition to train…" the frenchman yawned, wanting to return to his dreams.

"Why exactly do we have to train now of all times?" Noriaki questioned, raising his brows not due to suspicion but to keep his eyes from closing. "The sun's not even out."

"Believe me, I don't think this is particularly comfortable either, but we can only train in a fixed location." the Zeppeli reasoned. "This is much better than training while travelling."

In the afternoon it was time for the crusaders to leave Singapore and advance toward Egypt.

"Exactly this, less distractions and more flexibility in one location." the old Zeppeli confirmed. "Now put your masks on and begin your training. You wanted this, didn't you? We want to see results!"

"…Fine." the redhead whispered under his breath, almost regretting his interest in Hamon. The cherry boy's physical strength and durability were below those of his allies, the training took an extra toll on him. It honestly bothered him. 'I have to get better at that!'

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Diving, running, balancing. Although the disciplines changed, the difficulty didn't. Each activity was excruciatingly difficult to handle in its own right. Because training started so early in the morning, there was no time advantage, meaning it took just as long as the day before.

Still, Polnareff and Kakyoin both made it through the hellish session, encouraged by the Zeppelis. More progress had been made, the quality of their Hamon improved again.

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Joseph Joestar and Muhammad Avdol were having a private talk in their hotel room. Everyone else was outside the hotel, spending time in Singapore.

"If DIO has truly taken the body of Jonathan Joestar, he'll know all of my actions through a psychic link. That's why he won't give us a chance to rest." the old Joestar told. "However, I can use the same link to find out what his thoughts are."

He first channeled [Hermit Purple] through his old and muscular arms, then extended the vine-like Stand into the hotel room's TV device. Joseph intended to project DIO's thoughts onto the television screen. Rather than a single clear footage, TV channels were randomly changing on the screen.

"What the…? The TV channels are changing rapidly!" the egyptian observed, not knowing the cause behind this.

"I'm going through all the channels, trying to sync up their speech into something I want to know. Rather than seeing things with a camera, I'm listening to the voices on TV." the old Joestar explained.

"Among…"

*Switch*

"…us…"

"There! It said 'among us'!" Joseph pointed out with a grin, content his method was working so far.

*Switch*

"There is…"

*Switch*

"…a…"

*Switch*

"…traitor…"

"What?!" the old Joestar exclaimed in disbelief, his grin gone. "What is this? What did it just say?"

"It sounded like 'among us, there is a traitor'!" Avdol pointed out, knowing Joseph understood what was said but unwilling to believe.

*Switch*

"Ka…"

*Switch*

"…kyo…"

*Switch*

"…in…"

*Switch*

"…Nori…"

*Switch*

"…aki"

*Switch*

"Beware…"

*Switch*

"…he's…"

*Switch*

"…DI…"

*Switch*

"…O's…"

*Switch*

"…agent!"

"What?!" the old Joestar repeated, even more in disbelief in what the TV said to him. "Kakyoin? No, it can't be…"

"That's not possible… Kakyoin is DIO's agent?!" The egyptian doubted with his friend.

*Switch*

A shadowed figure was shown next by the TV. It was DIO himself, half naked and pointing at the watchers.

"It's him!" Joseph stated, frowning. "He caught us!"

"Joseph Joestar! Once again you've been watching me!"

"DIO!"

"LOOK OUT!"

Without a warning, the TV exploded. Avdol pulled the old man away from the front of the screen in time. The two were lying on the floor, uninjured but shocked, covered in sweat and heavily breathing.

"He sensed us, so he intervened…" the old Joestar spoke, slowly getting back up. "Anyways, Kakyoin is working for DIO! He's a traitor, that's what my Stand is telling me!"

"That can't be!" the egyptian disagreed, in doubt since first hearing the accusation. "We got rid of DIO's spore! He couldn't possibly be a traitor, could he?"

Joseph shook his head. "I don't know… I want to believe in Kakyoin, there has to be some explanation! However, if he truly is working for DIO, he'll try to make his move when our guards are down. Kakyoin might be DIO's trojan horse."

Avdol heavily doubted that Noriaki betrayed them. Still, no one had any proof about anything.

"Where is he now?" the old Joestar inquired.

"He's with Jotaro." the egyptian informed. "They're getting us train tickets to India."

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That was not the truth, though Avdol couldn't have known. A Stand user known as Rubber Soul took the place of Kakyoin Noriaki, thanks to his Stand [Yellow Temperance], which had the ability to perfectly disguise its user.

Caesar and Marco Zeppeli left a note for the sleeping crusaders saying they went Hamon training. What Rubber Soul did was faking the letter and removing the redhead's name. When Avdol and Joseph woke up, it looked like the cherry boy went buying train tickets with the young Joestar. Perfect deception.

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Anne, as the girl travelling with the crusaders introduced herself, wanted some ice cream. The vendor offered her some fresh coconut juice instead. 'Kakyoin' was about to pay for the drinks, but a pickpocket snatched his wallet. 'Noriaki' didn't take this mean petty crime well. He shot a menacing but not too expressive glare at the the pickpocket's back before manifesting '[Hierophant Green]' to trip the petty thief. As soon as the confused man fell down, the fake Stand disappeared.

"You think you can get away with stealing my wallet? You useless piece of shit!" the impostor snarled, then slamming his knee into the pickpocket's face, drawing blood. "Take this!"

Jotaro and Anne were surprised to see 'Kakyoin' getting angry like this, they knew him as a kinder and calmer person. "Kakyoin!"

'Noriaki' didn't react, instead focusing on the scared petty thief. "You are as worthless as a sewer cockroach's dick. You touched my wallet…" 'Noriaki' performed a forbidden and dangerous wrestling move on him "with the same hands you wipe your filthy ass with!"

"AUGH! GUH… GUUH!" The impostor's attack forced the pickpocket to spit out large amounts of blood.

"You son of a bitch!"

"GYAA-RUGH!"

"Oi Kakyoin, that's enough!" the young Joestar called, concerned for the petty thief's life. 'Kakyoin' might actually kill him.

"Oh, that's the 'back breaker'!" Anne commented. "And such strong language!"

"How'd you like this?!" 'Noriaki' cruelly continued, now grinning while the pickpocket nearly blacked out for good.

"Kakyoin!" Jotaro barked, unwilling to stand by any longer. He whacked the impostor's back, putting an end to his torture session. "Didn't you hear what I said?! I told you to back off!"

"Guh…" The petty thief wasn't feeling so well. He hadd learned his lesson though, he'd never go pickpocketing again, instead looking for a serious job.

"Kakyoin… what's gotten into you?" the young Joestar questioned.

'Kakyoin' looked at Jotaro in a way he'd never looked at him before. His eyes were positioned in such a way that he seemed to be either crazy or possessed. "That hurt… You didn't have to push me like that. This guy tried to steal my wallet. He's a terrible person, so he deserved to get punished."

'Noriaki' took a sip through the straws placed inside the open coconut. "Isn't that right, Jotaro-kun?"

'This guy…' the young Joestar thought, wary of the impostor he mistook for the real one. He appeared to be a loose cannon.

"Why are you glaring at me like that? You look angry, Jotaro." 'Kakyoin' said, acting like he didn't just attempt to kill the petty thief. "Are you going to be mad at me just because I punished that thief?"

Jotaro and 'Noriaki' stared at each other for a few seconds. Rubber Soul knew that he'd appear even more suspicious the longer he kept up the stare battle, so he tried to ease up the air around them.

"He he he… You're making a big deal out of nothing, JoJo. I just felt a little impatient today, that's all. I'm kind of exhausted from this trip." the impostor lied, talking in a lighter and more easygoing tone. "And maybe you're right, I was a little too rough on that guy."

The young Joestar saw through the lie. "Exhausted? You were fine a short while ago."

'Kakyoin' stared at Jotaro in a menacing manner again. The young Joestar didn't want to bother with the stares anymore, so he merely turned around, continuing on their way. "Gramps and Avdol plan on taking the train to India. We're leaving tomorrow. Let's go get those tickets."

Anne stayed behind 'Noriaki' while Jotaro walked away. She watched him get nearer to a tree close by and crunch on something. "Let's go, Kakyoin. JoJo's leaving us behind." she spoke, facing the impostor's back.

"Yeah… I'll be there soon." 'Kakyoin' quietly let her know.

"You must really like coconuts, huh?"

"Yeah, coconuts." 'Noriaki' slowly turned his head towards the girl. A large beetle's leg was sticking out of his mouth. He crunched on the beetle's remaining leg and swallowed it down.

"Huh? Wasn't that a rhinoceros beetle?" Anne asked herself, intimidated by the impostor's weird doings.

"I love coconuts…" 'Kakyoin' said in such an expressionless way that it downright scared the girl, who went running to the young Joestar's large arms.

"What's the matter?" Jotaro inquired, eyeing both the scared Anne and the terrifyingly expressionless 'Noriaki'.

"It's nothing…" the girl lied, eyes flickering in fear when looking at the impostor. For a girl her age, she was relatively quite fearless. But a child's fearlessness was limited, and evil Stand users were the very clear limit.

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Some walking later, the trio arrived at the cable car station. They'd bought some ice cream on the way.

"Hey Jotaro, are you going to eat that cherry?" the impostor asked, referring to the cherry on top of the young Joestar's ice cream. "If not, I'll take it. I'm so, so hungry right now."

While taking the cherry, 'Kakyoin' pushed Jotaro down the platform. "Oops! Watch your step, Jotaro!"

"Aaaaah!" Anne screamed, fearing he'd fall to his death. She grabbed his arm with all her strength, barely pinning it onto a section of railing. "JOJO!"

"Just playing, ha ha ha!" 'Noriaki' 'joked', treating the murder attempt as fun and games. "I'm just kidding around, Jotaro!"

He put the cherry inside his mouth and licked it. He licked it very quickly, rapidly rolling the cherry round and round. His eyes looked like he experienced an orgasmic feeling. "Rerorerorerorerorerorerorerorerorerorero"

'Kakyoin is acting like a completely different person!' the girl thought, disturbed by the impostor's weird habits.

Jotaro's eyes were shadowed, though it was obvious that he glared intensely at the man who attempted to kill him.

"That again! Why are you glaring at me like that, Jotaro? I told you, I was just kidding around." Rubber Soul tried to play innocent, displaying fake laid-back and easygoing emotions. "Are you just so dense that you can't take a joke, Jotaro-kun?"

A cable car stopped in front of them. "Get in the cable car, Kakyoin." the young Joestar told, gritting his fist. "I got your ticket right here. Now get the fuck in and get lost, because you are definitely possessed!"

'Kakyoin' realized that he wasn't seen as an ally any longer right before the fist collided with his face. The impact was so strong, it ripped his cheeks open and dislocated his jaw.

"KYAAAAH!" Anne screamed, having caught a glimpse of the disgusting facial disfigurement.

'Noriaki' flew backwards and slammed into the cable car's inside. A lot of blood came flowing through his wounds. "He he he… 'Possessed' isn't exactle the right word to use…" It even turned out he didn't eat the cherry and kept it inside his mouth. "Rerorerorerorerorerorero"

'That's… definitely not Kakyoin!' Jotaro thought, aware he was dealing with an enemy there.

The impostor grew in size, now having swallowed the cherry. "Haven't you realized it yet? That I get bigger and bigger the more I eat?" I'm already much taller than you." 'Kakyoin' stated, standing taller than the 195cm teen.

"Who are you?" the young Joestar demanded. 'A Stand? But I was able to hit it! Are there Stands that I can actually hit myself?'

"My Stand has the ability to assimilate all organic matter. That's why I can be seen and felt by normal people. My Stand, as represented by the 'temperance' card is called [Yellow Temperance]" Rubber Soul explained, letting his Kakyoin mask break down into a slimy yellow liquid to reveal his own face. He looked nothing like Noriaki. "That's how handsome I really am!"

"Come on, Jotaro-kun. Why don't you look at your hand?" he continued, pointing at Jotaro's right hand with his left hand.

[Yellow Temperance], or at least a small piece of it, slowly ate at the young Joestar's flesh. That piece was small, but dangerous enough to draw blood.

"Let me tell you this: Now that you've touched my Stand, it will start to eat away at your finger. Try picking your nose with it! Eventually it will spread all over your body and there's nothing you can do to stop it!" the impostor smugly told, still pointing like a rude person.

"You bastard!" Jotaro lowly snarled, summoning [Star Platinum] to punch the enemy Stand user in his stead.

"ORA!" [Star Platinum] cried, intending to hit his master's enemy really hard.

Rubber Soul used the yellow slime to wrap around the purple Stand's arm, both cushioning the impact and attacking [Star Platinum]

For some reason, the young Joestar's arm burst into flames. 'It… it burns!' Jotaro thought in danger and surprise, slamming his and his Stand's arm against the moving cable car's window, breaking the glass and putting out the fire.

"Ha ha ha ha!" DIO's minion laughed, finding pleasure in his opponent's injuries.

"You fucking asshole!" the young Joestar cursed.

Anne, seeing the cable car moving away from her, panicked. "JoJo!"

She hastily ran towards the next public phone booth, using a coin in her pocket to make it work. The girl huffed and panted as she yelled into the phone. "H-hello? Is this JoJo's grandpa?! Something's wrong!"

"What's wrong?!"

"KAKYOIN'S FACE SPLIT APART! But Kakyoin wasn't really Kakyoin and then JoJo was attacked by this weird blob that's eating his finger away and…"

"Whoa! Slow down! What are you talking about?! Where are you?!"

"The cable car station near the trade building! He was attacked! Kakyoin was attacking JoJo!"

While speaking into the phone, Anne closely watched the cable car with Jotaro inside. She then saw him falling out of the cable car.

"Ahh, JoJo!" the girl shouted in worry, becoming more concerned by the second. "JoJo fell from the cable car!"

On the other side of the phone, Joseph didn't know what to do with this story. Everything sounded confusing. How much of these tales was accurate, was Kakyoin really a traitor?

Just then, the Zeppelis, Polnareff and the real Kakyoin returned back to the hotel, the latter two visibly tired and drenched in sweat. Joseph and Avdol had questions to ask.

"Huh? Kakyoin, weren't you outside with Jotaro?"

The redhead seemed confused, furrowing his brows. "…No, I was training Hamon with Polnareff and the Zeppelis. Why did you think that?"

"That's right, he was with us the whole time." Marco confirmed. "We've written you a note about it, did you not see?"

"Then that means… the Kakyoin with Jotaro is an impostor!" Avdol figured, in disbelief about how fast DIO operated.

"…Well, at least I'm not a suspect anymore." the cherry boy shrugged, not really knowing what to feel. This was kind of awkward to him. He could only hope that his friend could deal with his impostor.

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Back with Jotaro, he used [Star Platinum]'s hand in midair to extend his reach and grab what he himself couldn't, a tower to support the cable car cable lines.

'This is bad. His Stand can absorb flesh. It already has a part of it on my finger. At this rate, it'll devour my entire hand before I can hit him again. I have to get rid of this Stand somehow. Otherwise, I'll have to cut off my finger.'

"Do you really think you can get away from me?" Rubber Soul taunted, watching the young Joestar from inside the cable car with broken windows. "Clean your ears and listen to what I'm about to tell you! My Stand, [Yellow Temperance],… has no weakness!"

"Ha ha ha ha! I've already won! I won't even have to chase you anymore, you piece of dogshit!" he gloated, his voice getting quieter as the cable car moved further away.

Jotaro shot DIO's lackey another hateful glance before taking out his lighter. "It's going to hurt, but at least I'll get rid of you." the young Joestar spoke to the little blob on his finger. Without too much hesitation, he moved the lighter's flame towards the yellow liquid. However, instead of going away, the slime only spread and covered a larger area on his hand.

"What?! Th- that goddamn son of a bitch!" Jotaro cursed, widening his eyes and clenching his teeth. "Heat does not work, it only made it spread! What now?!"

Another cable car passed the tower. The young Joestar spotted a kid licking some ice cream inside. Seeing that heat didn't work, he wanted to try out cold instead. Jotaro leapt onto the cable car's outside with his Stand's help and opened the door, getting inside.

"Hey kid, let me borrow your ice cream." the young Joestar said, just taking it away. The boy looked like he was about to cry. "Be a good kid and enjoy the view. Sorry, I'll get you a new one when we get off." That promise calmed the kid.

Pressing the cold ice cream against the yellow slime, Jotaro initially expected it to go away. Upon trial, the liquid hardened and formed spikes instead, further inflicting pain. "Damn it! It has hardened and grown thorns! It's enveloping my hand!"

An overweight lady was also inside the cable car. "Hey, you! Fire and Ice aren't going to work. I already told you, my Stand has no weakness!"

In truth, the lady was Rubber Soul in another disguise. He wrapped [Yellow Temperance] around the body of a dog travelling inside the cable car. It yelped for help.

The kid's snoring father reacted to his pet's terrified yelp and pulled on its leash.

"Don't pull! It's dangerous!" the young Joestar warned.

Too late. The pulling only pulled away the dog's head from the rest of its body. The owner was horrified at his fatal mistake.

"Time to finish this, Jotaro-senpai!" the impostor mocked, discarding his visible disguise and further scaring the innocent passengers.

"ORA!" [Star Platinum] ripped out a handlebar and swung it at the enemy Stand user.

"Damn, you're fast." Rubber Soul ironically praised, then putting up a wall of [Yellow Temperance] as defence, dampening the purple Stand's force. "But I have no weakness! You just don't listen, do you, shit for brains? My Stand is the perfect offense and defense! It's a wall that absorbs all blows and fights back at the same time. It doesn't matter how fast or strong you are, you're no match for my [Yellow Temperance]! You have no chance of defeating me! You can't even run away unless you chop off your hand!"

He never ceased being cocky. Not even once.

"Do you UNDERSTAN~D?!"

[Yellow Temperance] spread through the entire cable car. Such a small and closed area was perfect to execute an attack like this. It almost fully enveloped Jotaro.

"There's nothing you can do now! You can't get rid of it! You're slowly going to be digested, I'll eat you away!" DIO's agent gloated, smirking as smugly as he possibly could.

Contrary to his expectations, the young Joestar seemed oddly calm. "Yare Yare. So this thing has no weakness? You might be the most powerful enemy I've faced so far…" Jotaro calmly spoke "But let me tell you something. The Kujo… no… the Joestar family always had this secret technique. It is my final strategy."

"And what could it be?" The arrogant man already believed he'd achieved total victory.

"That is…" the young Joestar began, remembering the time the old Joestar told him about his family's special technique.

"That is…"

"…to run away!"

[Star Platinum] destroyed the cable car's bottom with one punch, letting both Jotaro and Rubber Soul fall through. They were connected by the latter's sticky Stand.

"What's this?! I'm still digesting you, dumbass!" DIO's minion cockily sneered. "You can't get rid of my Stand, so you're just gonna run away?!"

Jotaro only replied after both fell into the sea underneath the cable car. "When I said I was running away, I meant into the water!"

[Yellow Temperance] didn't allow its user to breathe underwater through the mass of slime if worn as a suit. Rubber Soul acted after his instinct to survive and undid his Stand on his head, diving up and getting fresh air for his lungs.

"You deactivated your Stand so you could breathe. No matter how powerful a Stand is, if I kill its user, the Stand dies as well." the young Joestar reminded, marking the time when he switched to the dominant position in battle. "Do you understand?"

"AH!" the impostor panicked, a purple Stand hand on his shoulder. He realized he messed up there.

"You sure did talk a lot of smack back there, huh? Luckily, I'm the kind of guy who takes that stuff to heart."

"ORA!" Jotaro exclaimed himself, punching the cocky man right in the face while [Star Platinum] restrained his arms. He broke that guy's nose and a few of his teeth. An elbow followed to the same spot.

"Uwah!" DIO's lackey let out, feeling pulsating pain all over his face.

"Please, Please… Stop! I can't fight anymore! Stop hitting me! I really can't fight! My nose is broken, I lost some teeth, and my chin needs to be wired shut!" the impostor begged, holding his hands protectively in front of his face. "Please, let me go to the hospital… I'll stay there for a few months. I joined DIO because he offered me a lot of money, but it's not worth following you guys around anymore!"

The young Joestar was hesitant. He didn't really want to let the guy go, but he could bargain. "Then tell me about the other Stand users coming after us!"

"I'D… I'd never tell you something like that! Even I have pride…" Rubber Soul refused, unable to speak properly. "You can beat me all you want, but I'll never sell out my allies!"

That last part was something Jotaro could very well accept. "You're a good man…" he quietly muttered, raising his fist.

"Wait, wait! I just remembered something!" DIO's agent yelled, scared of another beating. "[Death], [Empress], [Hanged Man] and [Emperor] are the four tarot card Stand users going after you!"

'Hmph! That's better.' the young Joestar thought. "Tell me, what are their abilities?"

"I… I don't know! No really, I don't know! Stand users never reveal their abilities. We may be allies, but doing so would reveal weaknesses in their Stands!" Rubber Soul told, guarding the entire time. "B-but, there's this old who told DIO everything she knows about Stands and her son is one of the 4 going after you. His name is J. Geil, the man with 2 right hands! His Stand is represented by the card 'The Hanged Man'."

"He's the one who killed Polnareff's sister, right? I heard rumors about his ability…" he went on, trying not to anger Jotaro with his choice of words. "Mirrors, apparently he uses mirrors. I've never seen him use it, but I'm sure Polnareff will lose to him. He'll die trying."

Cocking his head to the side, the impostor noticed a few lobsters around a water vent. He then had another idea, for he could use the lobsters to his own benefit. "By the way, Jotaro… He he he! It seems luck is still on my side!" Rubber Soul chuckled, pointing at the lobsters. "Do you see those lobsters around that hole? Take a real good look."

Jotaro did as he said, wary of the enemy Stand user's tricks. He saw some screws loosening around the vent. A certain yellow liquid was the cause of it.

[Yellow Temperance] shot out of the hole, engulfing the young Joestar again.

"Ha ha ha! That small water hole is connected to that manhole!" DIO's lackey stated, starting to get cocky for the second time. "I'll pull you in so you can't move!"

Trapped by the sticky slime, Jotaro was pulled closer to the water vent, slamming against the wall.

"Now you can't attack me! All that information I gave will die with you! Kujo Jotaro, I can't believe I found the perfect place to trap you in!" he proclaimed in the most provocative manner. "I even absorbed those lobsters and regained power! I'll crush you into fine fucking paste!"

"If I kill you, DIO will give me 100 million Dollars! Hee hee!" the impostor explained his motive, boasting about his obsession with money. "To think I can make this much from only few minutes of fighting… Isn't this my lucky day? You fucking soppy cunt!"

"Yare Yare… Haven't you realized it yet? I guess not. You were lucky up to this point, so far. The worst you've suffered was a broken nose."

[Star Platinum] manifested. "Now your luck has ran out!"

The purple Stand punched some seawater into the vent, pushing [Yellow Temperance] aside. A few moments later the pressurized water knocked open the manhole where Rubber Soul put his Stand inside. The manhole cover was launched right into the man's already injured face.

With nothing holding him back anymore, the young Joestar grabbed DIO's minion in the hair from behind. He knew what was coming to him, but attempted one more excuse to save himself.

"He he… It was a joke! I'm just kidding around, Jotaro-senpai! Ha ha ha ha! Get it?! I'm just joking, man! You don't have to take it personally! You can take a joke… right?"

Eventually even the impostor himself inwardly realized that his attempt at saving himself was pathetic. He knew he was about to get hurt some more, he just didn't want to face reality. "Are… are you going to hit me again? I'm heavily injured, remember? My nose is broken and my jaw has to be wired shut… Ha ha ha ha…"

His face full of contempt, Jotaro didn't waste more words on this pathetic man.

"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!"

Rubber Soul and [Yellow Temperance] : Retired!

Hahah, this was probably the laziest chapter I've written so far. Didn't even properly describe Kakyoin's and Polnareff's training. Tell me, would you be into this kind of stuff? Detailed description of sports and training? I mean, the training is mainly about the breathing part and I don't know how to describe breathing in many ways. I assume that my writing would become mundane quickly if I described inhaling and exhaling. Regardless of my thoughts, would you, the readers, like that? Let me know if you want to.

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