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Highway Go Go (Chapter 1)
Introduction
About a month passes, as Mitsuha’s family settles into a house in the town of Morioh. And it wasn’t just Mitsuha who moved to Morioh; Tessie and Sayaka (and their families) moved into the town as well, after hearing praise from Mitsuha and her family.
Mitsuha was really happy in Morioh, as she wasn’t used to having very many friends, besides Tessie and Sayaka. Even though Josuke, Okuyasu, and Koichi could be a bit strange at times, with their crazy stand abilities, she enjoyed hanging out with them. But Mitsuha really did enjoy Morioh, and her new friends and environment had helped her get over the loss of her hometown of Itomori, although in the back of her mind, Mitsuha had the oddest feeling that she was forgetting something, but she never dwelled on it that much.
And things were fairly busy for Jotaro as well, who was spending most of his time pouring over the records of the Itomori Incident, barely taking the time to go home and see his wife and very young daughter. And Rohan was busy as well, planning out the best way to have Mitsuha and Taki meet, to create the absolute best romantic and thematic scenario. For him, he’d need it to be as perfect as it could be, so it could be transferred into his new manga masterpiece.
Mid July
Around mid morning, Yotsuha stormed into Mitsuha’s room, and saw that she was still sound asleep. Yotsuha takes a deep breath, and yells “Wake up, you lazy bum!!” That shout jolted Mitsuha awake, who scrambled to orient herself from the shock, as Yotsuha slams Mitsuha’s door closed. Mitsuha got herself washed and dressed, and once her clothes were all on, she looks around for the braided cord that she uses for her hair, but she can’t find it anywhere. She looks all around her room and opens drawers, but she does not find it, and eventually, her father knocks on her door.
He says “Are you alright? Your grandmother is waiting with breakfast…” Mitsuha scrambles to open the door, and says “I’m okay… But I can’t find my braided cord! I looked everywhere!!” Her father rubs his chin, and eventually says “Why don’t you try retracing your steps? But come on into the other room, and let’s have breakfast.” Mitsuha nods, and heads into the other room, and has her breakfast with her family.
She was bummed about her braided cord, but these family breakfasts have been enjoyable enough for her to not feel worried. Back in Itomori, her father was always away for his political work, but now she can actually spend time with him. And he was a lot more enjoyable to be around now, and Mitsuha wondered if she wasn’t the only one who suffered from him being the town’s mayor.
But once Mitsuha finished, she got up and put her shoes on, before leaving to go search for her braided cord. She goes to a few parks that she’s hung out at recently, walks around the area, and even checks a few restaurants she goes to, but she doesn’t find her cord anywhere. About an hour or so later, Mitsuha sits down on a curb, sulking about not finding her cord.
Then, Josuke and Okuyasu walk by, and see Mitsuha sitting down and looking all sad. Mitsuha looks up, as Okuyasu grins and says “Yo, Mitsuha!” and Josuke “You alright? You’re looking pretty bummed…” So Mitsuha explains the situation, and Okuyasu says “That sucks. I know I’d be down if I lost one of my gold shaded buttons…” But Mitsuha frowns and says “It’s more than that! I’ve had that cord since I was little…”
Josuke sighs, and says “If only it was torn or cut or something. If it was, I could use Crazy Diamond to bring both pieces together.” Mitsuha frowns and says “That would have been convenient, but it’s totally intact…” Okuyasu scratches his head, and says “Got any other ideas, Josuke? You know I’ve got none!” Josuke thinks for a minute, before saying “I might… Mitsuha, you’re sure it’s still in town, right?” Mitsuha nods, and says “I think so… I haven’t left town recently.”
So Josuke says “Then we might just be able to pull this off. We’ll need to get some help from a friend, and it’ll be cool for you to meet him.” Okuyasu laughs, and says “You’re talking about Yuya, right Josuke?” Mitsuha looks puzzled, and says “Yuya? Is he another stand user…?” Josuke nods, and says “But we probably won’t need his stand, though. You’ll understand.”
Following that conversation, Josuke and Okuyasu lead Mitsuha to a café that Yuya likes to go to. Once they get there, they see him hanging out with three pretty ladies. Okuyasu leans in to Mitsuha, and whispers, saying “Those are his girls… He’s kind of a womanizer…” Mitsuha tries to hide her laughter, as Yuya gets up and greets them. He says “Josuke! Okuyasu! What’s happening, guys?” But then he notices Mitsuha, and walks over to him, and says “And who are you, miss beautiful…?”
Mitsuha backs away, while blushing, and stammers out a response, saying “Umm… my name’s Mitsuha! I just moved here last month…” But before Yuya could continue, one of her groupies yells, saying “Stop flirting with her, Yu!” Then another yells, “Yeah, not funny Yu!!” So Yuya backs away from Mitsuha, and says “Sorry about that… I like to get a rise out of my precious girls, every once in a while…” His groupies glare daggers at his back, as Mitsuha laughs nervously, until Yuya says “But it’s nice to meet-cha, Mitsuha. I’m Yuya Fungami! Awesome motorcycle rider and a senior to these two punks!”
Okuyasu laughs, and says “You should see him ride his motorcycle. He’s crazy good…” But then Josuke clears his throat, and says “Actually Yuya, we need your help with something…” Then Mitsuha explains how she lost her braided cord, and that she couldn’t find it anywhere. She also explains that she can see stands, even though she wasn’t a stand user herself, while she was at it. So Yuya poses, and says “Well, you were a good sport while I so rudely flirted with you, so I guess I can give you a hand, Mitsuha!”
Mitsuha smiles, and then bows, while saying “Thank you, Yuya!” But then she looks up, and begins to feel confused, and says “Wait… How are you gonna help?” Yuya grins, and says “I’m glad you asked, Mitsuha! My stand is pretty good at tracking and following people, because it has a very long range. But I actually have a very sharp sense of smell. If I get the scent of something, I can track it down, probably all across town even!”
Mitsuha’s eyes widen, and she says “That’s amazing!!” Yuya laughs, and poses again, while saying “I am amazing, aren’t I??” Josuke rolls his eyes, and nudges Yuya with his elbow, and says “Don’t inflate his ego too much, Mitsuha…” Yuya replies, saying “Let me have my moment, Josuke!” But then Yuya grows more serious, and says “Anyway, can you give me some piece of clothing of yours, Mitsuha? I can follow its scent, but I’ll need a source first… Something that has contact with your hair, like a hair band, would work best.”
Then Mitsuha replies, saying “I have another hair tie back at home. Would that work?” Yuya nods, and says “That’ll be perfect.” So the gang returns to Mitsuha’s house, as Mitsuha introduces Yuya to her family. She says “This is Yuya Fungami! He’s a good friend of Josuke’s and Okuyasu’s, and he actually goes to the same high school that I’ll be transferring to in the Fall.” Yuya waves, and says “Nice to meet you guys! Are you all liking Morioh?” As they all chat, Mitsuha grabs her hair tie, and ushers the gang out of the house. As they leave, Mr. Miyamizu says “Why don’t you boys stop by tonight? I’m making dinner tonight, and it’d be nice to have some company.” The three of them nod, as Mitsuha pushes them away, as Josuke shouts “I’ll let my mom know, okay! Thanks Mr. Miyamizu!” Okuyasu says “That sounds awesome! Count me in, Mr. Miyamizu!”
After everyone leaves the house, Mitsuha gives Yuya her hair tie, and he begins to smell it, which made her think that he seemed like a tracking dog. Once he gets the scent cemented into his mind, he says “Okay! I’ve got a good idea of it. Follow me, guys…” So everyone follows Yuya’s lead, as they walk all around Morioh, as Mitsuha begins to feel confused as she was sure that she never traveled this route recently.
But eventually, they stop at a tree, and Mitsuha says “What’s going on?” Yuya dramatically points up, and says “It’s up there!” So everyone looks, and Josuke says “Hmm, maybe a bird grabbed your cord when you weren’t looking…” Mitsuha nods, but then says “How will we get it though… Will we need to climb the tree?” Yuya shakes his head, and brings out his stand, Highway Star, and says “Like I said earlier, Highway Star, my stand, has a long range. I’ll have no problem sending it up there, to grab your cord, without disturbing the nest.”
So Yuya has Highway Star head up the tree, as it sniffed around, while he says “My stand naturally sniffs out areas, as a kind of preventative danger sense.” But it stops right before reaching the cord, as Yuya begins to sweat nervously. Everyone except for Mitsuha notice the change in atmosphere, as Mitsuha asks “What’s wrong…?” Yuya looks at Mitsuha, and she sees his apprehensive expression, and he asks “Mitsuha… You don’t have a boyfriend, do you…?” Her eyes widen, as she stammers out a shout, yelling “N-no…! Not at all!!”
Josuke narrows his eyes, as he says “What’d you smell up there, Yuya…? Is it an enemy stand…?” After issuing that question, both Josuke and Okuyasu summon their stands, fearing the worst. Yuya shakes his head, but then says “I don’t think so… But Highway Star definitely detected the scent of someone else besides Mitsuha, and it smelled like a guy’s scent. It’s really faint though, and I probably wouldn’t have even noticed it if it wasn’t for Highway Star…”
Mitsuha thinks to herself, feeling like this situation was related to what she couldn’t remember earlier, as if she knew who’s scent was on her braided cord. But she couldn’t piece it together enough, so she just says “I can’t think of any reason why there would be a guy’s scent on my cord…” So Yuya has Highway Star grab come closer to the cord, while touching his chin, and yells “Screw it!! Just grab it, Highway Star!” Highway Star reaches for the cord, and picks it up, as it proceeds to sniff it more thoroughly, until Yuya sighs and says “I think it’s okay… That guy’s scent is still there, deep down, but there’s nothing dangerous attached to it.”
Everyone breathes a sigh of relief, as Highway Star hands Mitsuha her braided cord, and then she ties it into her hair. She smiles, and says “Thanks a lot, everybody! I’m really glad I got my cord back…” Yuya leans on his stand, calming himself down, and says “Don’t worry about it, Mitsuha. But be careful alright? That scent thing still doesn’t sit right with me…” Mitsuha nods, and then says “Wanna head back to my place? Dinner should be ready pretty soon!”
So Mitsuha leads everyone back to her house, as everyone sits down for dinner. While they ate, the guys showed off their stands. Okuyasu says “My stand, The Hand, can scrape away space wherever I have it swipe its hand. I don’t know where the stuff that I swipe goes, and if I think about it, my head hurts…” Yotsuha looks at his stand with amazement, and says “Show us how it works!” Okuyasu grins, and places his glass of soda on the far end of the table. He has the stand swipe away the space in front of the glass, causing it to almost teleport in front of him.
Yotsuha claps, as Okuyasu continues to perform his trick, as Mr. Miyamizu sighs and says “I wish I could see these things…” But then, Okuyasu’s glass tips over, and it lands on the floor and shatters, as Josuke slaps the back of his head, and says “See what you did, Okuyasu? We’re guests, remember?” Okuyasu laughs, and then says “My bad… Sorry about that!” Mr. Miyamizu smiles, and says “It’s okay. Be careful, while I get it cleaned up…”
But Josuke says “Let me handle it, Mr. Miyamizu. My stand, Crazy Diamond, has the ability to ‘fix’ things…” He bends down, picks up a piece of shattered glass, and summons Crazy Diamond. Everyone watches in awe as the other pieces of glass, as well as the spilled soda, returns to their original shape. Even Mr. Miyamizu was amazed, since he could at least see the liquid and glass shards flying around. After it was fixed, Mr. Miyamizu takes the glass, and says “Let me get you a new glass. This one is probably dirty…”
When he gets back, Yuya says “Well, I guess it’s time for me to show off my stand, Highway Star! My stand can travel and pursue targets at large distances, and can absorb nutrients to send them directly to me.” Yotsuha gasps, and says “That sounds scary!” He laughs and says “Kind of, but it’s pretty cool too!” He brings out his stand, and has it pick up an apple, and it starts to absorb the apple into itself. Everyone saw the apple slowly look more stale and lifeless, until it became a dried up chunk. Yuya says “That was great! I can’t taste things if I do it this way, so it’s not as fun…”
Once dinner was finished, the gang all head their separate ways, as Mitsuha and Yotsuha clean up. As they clean, Mr. Miyamizu says to Hitoha, saying “I’m glad she’s making some friends. I guess my position as mayor really did make things difficult for them…” Hitoha smiles, and says “Well, at least things are better now. And you seem more youthful as well, Toshiki.” He sighs, and says “I guess I underestimated the job’s stress too, huh? But I’m glad it’s over in a way. I feel like I can finally fix our relationship, now.”
And while Mitsuha and Yotsuha cleaned, Yotsuha says “Your friends are so cool! I wish I had one of those stand thingys…” Mitsuha laughs, and says “Yeah, they do seem really cool. But didn’t Mr. Jotaro say that having a stand could make things more dangerous…?” Yotsuha replies, saying “Yeah, I guess…”
Mitsuha had a nice day, and was able to meet another of the Morioh hearts of justice…
←To Be Continued