Chapter Text
“Ah, I love this station!” the taxi driver said cheerily as the static was replaced by some cheery music. In the car with him were four others: Jotaro Kujo, and a family of three, Noriaki, Lily, and Emily Kakyoin.
“So, remind me again, why are you four going to Morioh?” the driver asked, trying to make small talk.
“Speedwagon Foundation business,” Lily replied. “Confidential stuff.”
“Well, it’s not too confidential if you’re bringing your child, is it?” the taxi man laughed.
“Oh, Emily?” Kakyoin mentioned the two-year-old girl, holding her up. “We would leave her home, but she’s recently had some…” he looked for the word, “special requirements, so we can’t really trust a babysitter.”
“Special requirements?” Jotaro asked.
“Yes,” Lily responded. “Very special requirements. Just as confidential as the Speedwagon Foundation business. We can’t trust any sitters with the job.”
The man nodded. “And what about you, Mr…?”
“Kujo,” Jotaro answered. “Jotaro Kujo. And I’m here as a partner to them. We go way back, so our higher ups always pair the three of us on missions together.”
“Ah, I see,” the man said. “Well, this is your stop. Enjoy your time in Morioh!”
Once everyone was out of the taxi, and it was long gone from the horizon, Jotaro turned his head and looked at his two friends. “She’s a Stand user, isn’t she?”
“Yes!” Lily squealed. “She’s had it for less than two weeks, so she’s just as excited as we are.”
“What does it do?” Jotaro asked.
“Why doesn’t she show you?” Kakyoin replied, then bent down to Emily’s height. “It’s okay, Jotaro has a Stand, too. You can show him.”
Nodding her head, Emily squeezed her eyes shut, and a humanoid creature with long, golden hair, yellow skin, eyes resembling those of bugs, and a pastel purple dress appeared.When she opened her eyes again, she looked in joy at the thing beside her, then pointed at Jotaro’s hat. Obediently, the Stand used its power to lift it up and bring it to Emily.
“What?” Jotaro felt the top of his head, which was now hatless, and looked at his missing cover now floating towards the little girl. “She…”
“Yeah, it’s a sort of telekinesis,” Kakyoin explained. “We call it Walking on Sunshine.”
“Walking on Sunshine,” Jotaro repeated. “Nice name.”
“She can also just activate it around a certain radius and make everything around her float. Now, Emily, give Jotaro his hat back, please,” Lily said to her daughter, who walked up to the man and lifted the hat back to his head.
“She’s already precise with her movements,” Jotaro complimented.
“She is,” Lily sighed, “which makes it even harder for Noriaki and I to adapt to this new parenthood.”
“Yeah,” Kakyoin agreed. “Last night, she had lifted herself out of her crib, and gotten into the cookie jar. And when she starts crying, oh boy,” he lifted his hands up, “everything starts flying all over the place, and it takes forever to calm her down.”
“She’s a little stinker sometimes,” Lily said to Emily, grabbing and tickling her, which made her laugh. “But we wouldn’t trade it for anything. Well, I wouldn’t.”
“I wouldn’t, either,” Kakyoin added. “We just need to raise her a little differently.”
“Well, enough about that, we have to find Josuke,” Jotaro reminded them. “That’s what we’re here for, remember?”
“Yes, we remember,” Lily laughed, grabbing her daughter’s hand. “Come on, Emily.”
As the four of them were walking, Jotaro accidentally ran into a small boy who had a high school uniform on. The boy was knocked back, but Jotaro used Star Platinum to set him back on his feet.
“Sorry, I didn’t see you there,” Jotaro told the boy.
“It’s fine,” he answered, “but I could’ve sworn I was knocked down, and everything in my pencil bag fell out.”
“Maybe it was just your imagination,” Kakyoin approached the high schooler. “My name’s Noriaki Kakyoin. This is my friend Jotaro Kujo, and those two are my wife and kid, Lily and Emily.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m Koichi Hirose.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, too,” Lily shook Koichi’s hand. “I hate to be a bother, but do you know a Higashikata around here? Maybe a residence?”
“No, ma’am,” Koichi answered. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine,” Jotaro said. “Well, we should be on our way.”
“Hold on,” Lily growled. “What are those kids doing over there?”
From where she was pointing, there were multiple third years all closed in on a first year, shouting mean things and just being bullies to him.
“What do you think you’re doing?” one of the third years, most likely the leader of this posse, scoffed.
“Well, I noticed a turtle by the fountain,” the first year calmly explained, “and so I thought I’d get over my fear of reptiles by touching its shell.”
“That’s not what I meant, dipstick!” The third year kneed the first year’s face. “Why don’t you tell us your name, moron?”
“This is unforgivable!” Lily fumed, hands tightly clenched in fists.
“Now, Lily,” Kakyoin put a hand on his wife’s shoulder. “I know you have a strong sense of justice, but-“
“It’s Josuke,” the first year answered. “Josuke Higashikata.”
All three of the adults stopped what they were doing and stared at this first year.
“Josuke?” Jotaro gasped. “Is that what he said his name was?”
“Well, Josuke,” the third year snarled, “you better take off those clothes. Last time someone wore those, I put them in the hospital.”
“Yes, sir,” Josuke bowed.
“And make it quicker, or we’ll have to shave off that stupid hairdo, too!”
That’s when Josuke froze in his tracks, a strange glare in his eye. “I’m sorry, what did you say about my hair?”
“I said that if you didn’t hurry up and take that uniform off, that stupid hairdo would have to be sha-“
The third year didn’t have time to finish his sentence, because Josuke punched him in the face, harder than any human should be able to.
“Wait,” Kakyoin sputtered, “was that what I thought I saw?”
“It couldn’t have been,” Jotaro murmured.
“Could it have been?” Lily marveled.
“Mommy!” Emily exclaimed. “Mommy! He had a Stand!”
The child confirmed what everyone else was thinking. This boy was, indeed, a Stand user.
The most amazing part of it all was that the third year’s nose was healing itself, contorting back to where it originally was. However, it healed itself a little strange, so the boy’s nose was all messed up now.
“Josuke Higashikata,” Jotaro confronted the boy.
“This is the part where we leave,” Lily whispered to Koichi.
“What? Why?”
“Family business,” Kakyoin answered him. “Apparently, Josuke is the illegitimate son of Jotaro’s grandfather, Joseph Joestar, and that’s the reason why Jotaro came. It would be rude of us to tune in to those conversations if we weren’t a part of the family, wouldn’t it?”
“I guess so,” Koichi muttered.
“Mommy, he had a Stand!” Emily said in delight. “Can I show him mine?”
“No, not right now,” Lily laughed, picking the little girl up.
“Stand?” Koichi wondered out loud.
“Ah, she’s said too much,” Lily muttered. “Well, I guess it won’t hurt you to know what a Stand is. You see, a Stand is a special part of certain people, and it gives them an ability most people don’t have. Most Stands are manifestations of people’s fighting spirits, as well, and have a physical appearance, but only to other Stand users.”
Koichi only stared in confusion.
“Um…” Lily was looking for an example. “Like Emily! She can, well, her Stand, Walking on Sunshine can, um, why don’t you show him, sweetie?”
Emily nodded, excited to show off her Stand for the second time today. This time, she activated it around a radius and made the three others float.
“What?!” Koichi exclaimed. “I’m flying! How is this possible?”
“With Stand power!” Kakyoin said.
“And see this little bug?” Lily asked, pointing to a beetle flying in the air with them. “My Stand, Ace of Pentacles, can duplicate this, and have two copies of the exact same thing!” To prove her point, she did exactly what she said she could do, and now the bug had turned into two bugs.
“What is going on?!” Koichi shouted.
“Okay, Emily, let us down, now,” Kakyoin told the girl. “That’s what Stands can do,” he explained to Koichi. “They allow the user to do something incredible. Supernatural, even. I would show you my power, but there’s not much that non-Stand users can see. Just trust me, I have one.”
“Okay,” Koichi replied. After a couple minutes of the four walking in silence, he spoke again. “Wait, if you’re not here to deal with Josuke, then why are you here?”
Lily and Kakyoin looked at each other, silently asking the other to tell Koichi their reason for arriving. Eventually, Kakyoin sighed, and started explaining everything.
“There’s someone in your town that has a Stand,” he said, “and he’s using it for evil. We’re here, curtesy of the Speedwagon Foundation, to investigate this matter, and hopefully bring this guy to justice.”
“And you brought your child with you?”
“We had to,” Lily defended her and Kakyoin. “What would happen if the babysitter saw everything floating around?”
“You have a point,” Koichi muttered.
“Well, enough about that. You don’t want to be late for school!” Kakyoin smiled at the high schooler, and patted his back as he rushed off to the bus.
“Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Kakyoin!” Koichi yelled as he ran. “Good luck!”
The couple waved to Koichi until he was out of sight.
“Do you think we let too much slip?” Lily asked.
“Probably,” Kakyoin answered. “Well, nothing we can do about it now. Let’s go check in at the hotel.”
When the three arrived to their hotel room, they immediately started setting up Emily’s crib. After all, she needed to have a nap soon.
“Alright,” Kakyoin began, “one of us will watch over Emily, and the other will go check up on Jotaro and hopefully find Angelo.”
“Yeah,” Lily answered. “Which one would you rather do?”
“Well, it’s not about who would rather do it, but who’s more suited for the job,” Kakyoin replied. “You could save anyone who’s being threatened if you go find Angelo, and if Emily starts crying and makes everything float about, I can save the stuff from breaking with Hierophant.”
“But I know you’ve wanted to use your Stand for more than just entertaining Emily,” Lily countered. “You deserve it. I’ll stay and watch over her.”
“I won’t let you take pity on me,” Kakyoin laughed. “I’ll be fine, just go. After all, we need a healer for the team. What’ll happen if that healer is busy?”
“Fine,” Lily purred. “I’ll go.” She gave Kakyoin a kiss on the lips, gave Emily a goodbye hug, and headed out the door.
“Don’t get in too much trouble!” Kakyoin said before she was out of range. Lily turned back, and gave Kakyoin a big smile.
“I won’t,” she giggled. “Have fun!”