182. THE WORLD and Scary Monsters Part II
"You... You're my father..." Giorno's voice trembled.
"I have no children. So I do not know what you mean," said Diego Brando.
Diego meets eyes with Jotaro and Gappy.
"Two Jotaros?" asked Diego. "Interesting..."
"You fought me in another world?" asked Jotaro.
"I am from the Negative Fourth Dimension from the Prime Dimension. I am from Universe-D4C-Moonwalk. You were named there as Jotaro Michael Kujo and you've had me arrested using your Stand, Moonwalker.Now... I'll have you killed..."
Diego teleports in front of Jotaro, who stops time at the right moment and teleports away. Diego transforms into a Dinosaur-like humanoid and growls at Jotaro as he slashes his claws around Jotaro. Jotaro teleports around as Star Platinum, annoyed, blasts his fists toward Diego.
"MUDA!!!" THE WORLD blasts a punch into Jotaro's face but Star Platinum tanks it.
Jotaro's face is broken to pieces as Josuke used Crazy Diamond to heal him.
"DORARARARARA!!!"
THE WORLD blasts his fists toward Josuke.
"MUDA!!!" Gold Experience Requiem blasts his fist and blocks THE WORLD's punch.
Diego sneers. "You can only use Requiem for five seconds at a time, correct?" smiled Diego. "You lose your stamina whenever you overuse it, correct? Then I'll have to make you use it in six.'Son'..."
"MUDA!!!"
"MUDA!!!"
THE WORLD blasts Gold Experience away with ease as Giorno is thrown several meters away.
Jotaro blasts Star Platinum's fists toward Diego, and so did Josuke and Gappy with their Stands.
Diego teleports around and dodges all of their attacks.
"MUDA!!!"
"SUTA PURACHINA: REKUIEMUI!!!" yelled Jotaro, as Star Platinum Requiem copies Diego's Stand.
"What!?" asked Diego, as Jotaro begin to transform. "RAUGH!!!" Jotaro began to morph into a dinosauroid, growling and roaring.
Diego's eyes widen. "My other self warned me about Jotaro Kujo of being able to copy other's abilities..."
Jotaro roars and charges toward Diego.
Diego stops time as Jotaro stops time as well and blasts his fists toward Diego.
"ORA!!!" *SPLAT*
Diego now has a hole punched into his chest. Jotaro pulls his fist out as both of them resume time.
Diego bled heavily, grabbing his chest.
Jotaro notices a line of stones on the ground.
"Josuke," said Jotaro. "Those stones must be the spine."
Diego's eyes widen as he growled for a second.
"Hahaha! What an idiot! He led us right to it and he got so scared that he turned it into stone when we got near it!" laughed Josuke.
"I believe that this guy is going to be a problem," said Gappy, observing Diego.
"Giorno Giovanna..." Diego trembled in pain. "Why are you fighting with these... Joestars? You think that these people... these foolish people... are you family?"
Jotaro prepares Star Platinum Requiem's fists.
"Wait," said Giorno.
"Don't listen to him, Giorno," said Jotaro.
"I am your father... Your true father... I'm the only true family you have... Giorno Giovanna," Diego sneered as Giorno's eyes quivered.
"Join me, and you can have infinite versions of myself as your father... As your guide," sneered Diego. "...to infinite Stand Power... And we will rise above these flocks of pigeons... Above humanity... As father and son."
Giorno's eyes quivered.
Jotaro squinted his eyes. "Giorno. You know that he's lying. He thinks of humanity as nothing more than scum, tools, or food."
Giorno's hands trembled.
"Giorno!" yelled Jotaro.
"What has humanity done for you, Giorno?" asked Diego. "What has humanity done for you? You have done so much for humanity... but did humanity return the favor?"
"I, Giorno Giovanna, have a dream I believe is just," said Giorno, bowing his head. "If yours is to rise above humanity... I simply cannot agree with it.I am sorry, Diego Brando... But I will never consider you as my father...I am a Joestar!"
Giorno's eyes quivered for a second as he gulped. Diego observes this.
"Oh? It's as if you did not believe your own words," said Diego. "Do not be so foolish, Giorno. It is futile for you to believe that you are a Joestar... You are a Brando... A murderer... A man who does everything out of self-interest! You steal... You bribe... Your organization stands on the body of a dead man... All for self-interest... No different than I am! No different than we are!Reject your humanity and join me, Giorno Giovanna!"
Giorno trembled. "I... I..."
"Giorno... You are more than what he's saying. You are noble. You did this to stop children from using drugs in the streets," said Giorno. "You believe in your golden dream, Giorno Giovanna."
"I...!" Giorno backs away.
"That's all you want, right?" Diego sneered. "A parent who truly loves you... Look at them... They only want you on their side because they are afraid of the power you hold... You can just wipe them out of existence in any way you'd like... Imagine the Stand Power if you reach... HEAVEN!!!"
"ORA!!!" yelled Star Platinum, blasting his fist toward Diego. However, Diego catches his fist and punches him back. Jotaro catches Diego's other fist.
Diego then transforms into a dinosaur as Jotaro copies him and wrestles him on the sand.
"Yarou..." growled Jotaro.
"Filthy pigeon..." whispered Diego, as he growled.
"WELL?! GIORNO GIOVANNA!?" asked Diego. "OUR FATES DEPEND ON YOUR DECISION!!! WHOSE BLOOD DO YOU TRULY BLEED... Haruno Brando...?"
Giorno's eyes widen.
"I don't know..." said Giorno, clenching his fists. "Josuke... Could you do me a solid?"
"Yeah?" asked Josuke. "What's that?"
"Knock me out..." said Giorno. "I'm at the point where I might do just about anything right now... Please..." he began to tear up. "I'm much too dangerous to everyone right here at this moment... Knock me down, Josuke Higashikata."
"But-!" yelled Josuke. "You're asking me to hit you!? Won't Gold Experience Requiem-?!"
"I disabled Requiem... Because I think I'm too dangerous right now," said Giorno. "Knock me down, Josuke! DO IT!!! PLEASE!!!"
"Do it," said Gappy. "I think it's the most sensible thing to do... Because if he tries anything...I might even kill him."
"DORA!!!"
*BAM*
A blast of blood splatters from Giorno's face as he falls to the ground, unconscious.
"Too bad..." said Diego. "The plan didn't work... Eobard was wrong. Well... THE WORLD!!!"
(theme begins)
Diego stops time as Jotaro stops time as well.
"WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!" yelled Diego, as he blasts his fists toward Jotaro.
"KUREIJI DAIYAMONDO!!!!"
"DORARARARARARARARA!!!"
"The rocks!?" asked Diego, as he sees Crazy Diamond blasting the rocks instead. "What!? Why did he!?"
Diego sees that the rocks slowly fuse into his leg.
"RAUGH!!!" growled Diego.
Diego chops off his leg as he backs away.
"WRYYYYYY!!!" yelled Diego, as he topples backward.
(theme begins at 0:36)
*bloop*
Diego loses the ability to see.
One of Soft and Wet's bubbles steals his eyesight.
Diego regenerates his left leg as the group backs away.
Gappy nods to Jotaro and Josuke as they quietly sneak away.
Jotaro runs left.
Diego roars and runs toward Jotaro.
Jotaro flies upward.
"NOW!!!"
"Soft and Wet: Killer Queen... FIRST BOMB!!!"
*bloop bloop bloop bloop bloop*
Gappy flexes his thumb.
*click*
*BOOM*
*SPLAT*
Diego's legs and the lower half of his body are blown off.
"WHAT!?" asked Diego.
(theme begins at 1:39)
"Josuke... Jotaro... Thank you for serving as the perfect distraction..." nodded Gappy. "Remember the flurry of bubbles I used to steal your virus to save the frogs? I actually imbued them with Explosive Spin and buried them under the ground, right at the spot where you stood. We planned the whole thing while up in the air and flying away from you.Giorno, however... almost thought about joining you... which was a massive problem. He was supposed to trick you by turning one of your nails into a slug to freak you out. So... Josuke had quick thinking and distracted you by fusing the rocks into your leg."
"Why are you telling me your whole plan, dumbass!?" asked Diego.
(theme begins at 2:30)
"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA-!!!" yelled Star Platinum Requiem.
"DORARARARARARARARARA-!!!" yelled Crazy Diamond.
"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA-!!!" yelled Soft and Wet.
*POW POW POW POW BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BANG BANG BANG BANG*
Diego becomes beaten, broken, and mangled by their attacks.
Gappy flexes his thumb.
*click*
*BOOM*
*SPLAT*
Diego explodes completely.
(theme ends)
The trio pose, standing in the desert.
"Hmph," said Jotaro.
Gappy leans and picks up the trail of rocks, which transform back into a spine with rotten vertebrae inside.
"A human spine," said Gappy. "Interesting... So... This is Christ's spine, huh? Well... that's two Parts down... With the parts... One of us will be chosen and given a new Stand. A Stand that can defeat DIO."