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Hayato woke up in a daze, his heart harshly pounding and his mind aching from pain. This was the 3rd time he saw Rohan killed in front of his eyes. From what he could gather, he was trapped in some kind of hellish loop that the man living in his house was behind. Whatever power that man had, Rohan Kishibe also shared the same power. Hayato shook his head and scrambled for a thought.
The man downstairs caused explosions and is trying to get rid of Rohan and his friends for some weird reason. Rohan had the power to read him, like a book. Hayato groans and kicks off his bedsheet before heading off outside without glancing at his mother and the man.
Shinobu gasps as Kira simply watches him go with an off look.
“That’s odd? Why did Hayato run out like that?”
“I’m not sure. I should catch up with him-“
“Oh no sweetheart!” Shinobu smiles and pushes her husband back down on the chair.
“You really should eat first! For me?”
“...sure” Kira bitterly says but Shinobu doesn’t acknowledge it as she happily gives her ‘husband’ his breakfast.
~♡~
Rohan looks down at his watch as he adjusted his headband to keep his bangs out of his hair. He came earlier than everyone on purpose but he was incredibly bored. The only reason he came early was to make sure he beat Josuke and in case that kid showed up. He sighs again and looks to see a kid sprinting at him.
“What the...”
“Rohan-Sensei! You have to help me!” The kid screams and halts right in front of Rohan, panting harshly from how hard he ran. The Mangaka blinks as he realizes who the kid is.
“You’re...Hayato Kawajiri!”
“Yes! Please! You have to tell me about your power!” Hayato screams.
“My...power? You mean my stand? How do you know about that?”
“The man in my house has one like you! I don’t know how it works but whenever someone says his name in front of me, they explode! Then the day restarts!”
“Kid, you aren’t making any sense-“
“Use your power to read me but do it quickly! I need your help!” Hayato pleads. Without a second thought, Rohan shrugs and summons his Heaven’s Door. A shiver goes down his spine, as he discovers the truth of Hayato's father. Rohan never would have believed Kira would hide out with a family but it was also incredibly smart. Hayato and his mother were basically hostages that could be used as leverage. Rohan felt a sense of excitement, knowing this situation would be over soon and Reimi would get her closure. He quickly skims through everyone and gasps as he sees his name in huge letters.
Kishibe Rohan is going to die.
Rohan feels his breath stop. He’s going to die? Even if he didn’t want to believe it, Heaven’s Door would never lie. He continues to skim over Hayto’s page and feels his shoulder’s drop. He’d already died twice. Rohan shuts the kid’s face and glares at him. Hayato blinks back into reality and launches himself at Rohan, engulfing him in a hug.
“You’re going to die. I need you to talk to your friends and see if they can save you and then defeat Kira!”
“I...you stay back. I’ll see what I can do! Under no circumstance are you allowed to talk to anyone, understand?” Rohan orders. He hurriedly looks around and almost sighs in relief at seeing Koichi and Jotaro not that far away. He gives Hayato a gentle pat on the head and sprints toward their direction. The pair were in a pleasant conversation until Rohan came running with Heaven’s Door and attacked Jotaro quickly. Rohan quickly wrote something while Koichi screamed in surprise.
“Rohan-Sensei! What are you doing!”
“Saving your life!” Rohan yells back and finishes his sentence as quickly as he could.
“Cannot talk to Hayato Kawajiri about Kira Yoshikage or Kosaku Kawajiri.”
“Huh? Rohan-Sensei!” Koichi tried to pull Rohan off Jotaro but it was too late. Rohan shut his face and jumped off Jotaro, giving Koichi a panicked look. He makes Heaven’s Door open his best friend's face and he quickly writes the same sentence while Jotaro slowly starts to wake up.
“Koichi, I’m sorry but I’ll explain after!” Rohan mutters and finishes the last of his sentence and shuts Koichi’s pages. He shakily stands up as Jotaro pulls himself up and looms over Rohan with a death glare.
“What do you think you're doing?” Jotaro threatenly asks as Rohan shakes his head.
“Jotaro-San, I know you don’t get it but I’m trying to save your lives. Mines about to end soon.”
“Rohan-Sensei, are you feeling okay?” Koichi worryingly asks but all Rohan does is look at the clock. Once the clock strikes 8:30, Rohan feels his breath halt in suspense.
“I-“ Rohan starts but screams in pain as he feels something sharp in his back. Koichi let’s out a shrill screech of terror as Jotaro’s eyes widen in surprise. Rohan falls onto the ground as he feels his voice start to get overtaken by blood. He spits out his blood in front of Jotaro as Koichi holds onto Rohan’s arm for dear life.
“Rohan-Sensei! What’s going on!”
“Koichi” Rohan whispers before seeing his hand explode in front of him. He and Koichi scream in unison as Jotaro bites down his tongue and draws blood.
“Star Platinum! The World!” Jotaro screams. The world halts as he quickly looks around for an enemy. He tried to investigate Rohan for anything but all he could see was the young adult had a look of satisfaction despite the tears in his eyes. Simply for observing, his 5 seconds were up. The world resumes as Koichi and Jotaro helplessly watch Rohan break into more and more pieces. Eventually, he let out a final cry and blew up in front of them.
Hayato watches from Rohan’s car as he shakes his head and wails once again. His friends couldn’t help him and he felt like he failed Rohan again. Jotaro grunts and angrily throws his coat to the floor as Koichi cries on the floor.
“Rohan-Sensei! ROHAAAAAAAAAAN!” He cries and punches the floor, ignoring the blood that oozed from his knuckles. Jotaro and Koichi stood there for 10 minutes. The eldest man blankly stares at where Rohan stood, Koichi’s crying in the background. Jotaro felt like he was about to cry too, remembering how he couldn’t save his friends in Egypt. He felt his heart cry out from losing another friend. He gripped his coat harshly, as he regrettably looked at Rohan’s earring that had fallen on the floor. He didn’t even notice Josuke and Okuyasu walking towards them, laughing, with no clue of what happened.
“So then I said, why would he-hey, is that Koichi? Why is he crying?” Okuyasu points out. Josuke turns and gasps when he sees Koichi’s bloody hand. The two run over, completely ignoring Hayato’s presence, as Crazy Diamond heals Koichi’s hand despite the short man screaming at him not to. Hayato gasped in surprise, seeing Koichi’s hand fine.
“Hey, what happened?”
“Rohan-Sensei! R-Rohan! He-AUGHHHHH!” Koichi cries and stuffs his face in hands, pitifully crying. Josuke brings the small man into a hug while Okuyasu looks at Jotaro in confusion.
“He...He’s gone. He was killed in front of us and we couldn’t do anything but watch” Jotaro regrettably says. Okuyasu looked like a kicked puppy as he registered what Jotaro said.
“Rohan...was killed?”
“That’s impossible! How could he just die in front of you?” Josuke growls.
“He exploded in front of us! He-“ Hayato tried to keep up with the conversation but it was all getting blurred out. He couldn’t make out a thing they said as he vision started to darken. He tries to reach out to them as he feels his body fall backwards.
Hayato blinked and felt himself wake up in a daze, his heart harshly pounding and his mind aching from pain. This was the 4th time he couldn’t save Rohan. This time however, the small teen and terrifying tall man saw him die. Hayato kicks off his bedsheets, ready to repeat what he did.
~♡~
Oblivious Rohan was once again, in the same spot. Hayato and he went through the same routine except this time, Rohan went running to Josuke and Okuyasu. The young boy points at the direction that the teens would be coming from and Rohan went sprinting. Hayato quietly follows behind, praying that whoever had the power of healing could save Rohan. It took a while before Rohan finally caught the two lost in a conversation. He sighed and got ready to pounce.
“HEAVEN’S DOOR!” Rohan yells out as he jumps on Okuyasu. Josuke screams as he pushes Rohan off him, his Crazy Diamond glaring at him.
“The fuck are you doing!”
“Saving your life! Move! I don’t have time!”
“I’m not letting you touch Okuyasu until-“
“HIGASHIKATA, SHUT UP AND TRUST ME! I know that’s hard for a liar like you to trust but I have to do this!” Rohan heaves out. His grip on his pin gets tighter as his nails start to draw blood. Josuke notices and clicks his tongue in annoyance.
“...fine but if you try anything-“ Josuke starts off but gets cut off as Rohan scrambles to Okuyasu and hurriedly writes in Okuyasu’s face. He feels his hand slightly shake but he tries his best to write as best as possible anyways.
“Cannot talk to Hayato Kawajiri about Kira Yoshikage or Kosaku Kawajiri” Rohan mutters under his breath. He quickly shuts Okuyasu’s pages back on his face and turns to Josuke. Okuyasu groans and slowly stands up, wobbling in place. Rohan didn’t know what the hell was going on with him but he didn’t have time to care. Instead, he turns to face Josuke.
“Alright brat, your turn.”
“Huh? I’m not letting you write in me-“ Rohan growls and tackles the young teen, straddling him under his small body. He has Heaven’s Door open his face as he tries to write with his right hand, and pin Josuke down with his left.
“Get off me!”
“Just let me write-“ Rohan starts off and suddenly halts. The sound of the bell cuts him off as he hopelessly looks at the clock. The three boys look at the clock as Rohan feels himself start to shake, Josuke looking at him in confusion.
“The fuck Rohan! You-“
“SHIT!” Rohan screams in pain as he falls into Josuke’s chest. The teen lets out a noise of confusion. Okuyasu does too until he sees Rohan’s back. He screams as he points crazily out.
“Josuke! Look!”
“Huh?” Josuke says. He gasps in surprise when he sees Rohan’s back slowly start to be ripped apart. The two teens look away in disgust but look back in worry. Josuke unconsciously wrapped around his hand around Rohan’s waist as Crazy Diamond looked at the other in shock.
“What’s going on? Rohan!” Josuke hurriedly asks. Rohan tried to speak but all he could do was grunt in pain. Crazy Diamond punches Rohan’s back hard, his body slowly getting out back together. Rohan heaves out, his hand gripping the uniform of Josuke.
“I-“
“Rohan-Sensei! You’re going to be fine-“ Josuke yells, except Rohan just screamed again in pain. The teen looked at him in confusion. Rohan was put back together? Why is he screaming? Rohan grits his teeth and tiredly lifts his pen to Josuke’s face.
“I-I need to write-“ Rohan starts off but gets cut off by another scream. He could feel his back start to open up again, even more blood being splattered on the floor. Rohan shuts his eyes tight and flops over tiredly on Josuke’s shoulder. He hated it but he felt like he was ready to cry. The pain was like nothing he had ever felt, even though he’s experienced this 4 times before. Crazy Diamond continues to heal him but Rohan would not stop exploding. It was starting to tire Josuke out but he refused to give up.
“Rohan, just hang in-“
“H-Heaven’s Door!”
“This isn’t the time-“ Josuke growls but flops onto the ground, pulling Rohan with him. The Mangaka lets out a hiss but forces himself to start writing. Okuyasu watches helplessly as he desperately tries to look for a stand user.
“Cannot talk to Hayato Kawajiri about Kira Yoshikage or Kosaku Kawajiri...” Rohan writes and hesitates. He could also write to remember his death but he didn’t want Josuke remembering how he died in perfect memory. He should have written this in Jotaro, not Josuke. He sighs and lifts his pen again, the tip gliding on Josuke’s face.
“Josuke, listen up” Rohan starts off, shutting the book down and tiredly looks at Josuke. The teen groggily looks at him, as Crazy Diamond fixes his back once again.
“S...Stop! Stop talking! I’m going to fix you!”
“You stop! It’s over for me! There’s nothing you can do! Josuke, listen to me” Rohan grabs Josuke’s face and looks into his eyes fiercely. Josuke gulps and stares back, sweat rolling down the side of his face.
“W...What is it?”
“Remember me. Remember how I died, stay away from that Hayato kid and kill Kira. Avenge me, okay? Can you do that?”
“...no! I can still save you-“
“You can’t! It’s over for me! I’m finished! I-“ Rohan cries and Josuke brings him into a soul crushing hug. He silently listens to Rohan grunt in pain, his tears landing in the pavement.
“I don’t want to lose you...”
“I...don’t wanna die either. Fucking hell” Rohan swears. He shakily breaths as he feels his body start to numb. Okuyasu’s eyes were brimmed with tears as he sat along next to them and grasped Rohan’s hand.
“Rohan-Sensei!” He cries out, Rohan tiredly forcing himself to look at him.
“Nijimura, lovely to die with you next to me. I’d prefer Koichi over you two but I can’t be picky. Oh hey, you’re looking blurry” Rohan slurs out, unable to realize half his face had disappeared. Josuke and Okuyasu cry as they painfully watch Rohan completely disappear in front of them. Josuke cries when he finally feels Rohan disappear from arms.
“Rohan? ROHAN!”
“Rohan-Sensei!”
Hayato once again, watches from the sidelines. He cries as he watches the two high schoolers cry into the ground. He didn’t understand? Rohan was healed! He should have been fine! Hayato cries as he watches Josuke and Okuyasu sob.
“Rohan-Sensei” the kid’s vision starts to darken once again. He tries to reach out to them as he feels his body fall backwards.
~♡~
Hayato blinked and felt himself wake up in a daze, his heart harshly pounding and his mind aching from pain. This was the 5th time he couldn’t save Rohan. Hayato kicks off his bedsheets, ready to repeat everything once again. He didn’t know how but he would save Rohan, somehow. He sighs and runs out, not realizing a figure watching over him.
Kira couldn’t explain it but he felt like something was off and he knew Hayato had something to do with it. He watches the kid run out, with a sense of deja vu.
“Shinobu, I’ll be taking my leave now.”
“Huh? What about breakfast-“
“There’s an emergency at work. I’ll see you later” Kira yells and walks out of his house. He quietly stalks Hayato, wondering what the kid was crying about. As he looks up, he see’s Rohan Kishibe and slowly starts to connect the dots. He smirked as he slowly walked up behind the kid, like a cat approaching his prey.
“Hayato.”
“Ah!” The kid flinches, his eyes turning to face Kira.
“You-“
“You know about my stand, don’t you? Don’t tell me...did that young man ask about me?” Kira says, looking at the man.
“Oh, that’s the Mangaka. Rohan Kishibe, right? Oh how sad...soon, he’ll be exploding and he won’t know why. But you already know that, don’t you?”
The sound of the clock rings as Hayato grips the side of the wall in fear. The two carefully watch Rohan, the man looking at his clock in boredom. Kira devilishly smiles as he sees Rohan’s face turn from bored to confusion, and then pain.
“Now then, let the show begin.”