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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: A New Universe

by mtnetsurfer

Chapter 105: Janken Extreme

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Janken Extreme

I'm sure there are plenty of people wondering what's been up with Fluttershy and Jolyne. We haven't seen Jolyne since Kakyoin mentioned babysitting her, and Fluttershy hasn't shown up since the incident with Hazamada. Let's throw them back in for a chapter, shall we?


Janken Extreme

Yoshihiro picked up the arrow he had. "As I recall, that woman Enya said the arrow would seek out those with strong desires. And if they are chosen, they will not die no matter where they are struck. I can then make those people allies. And they'll gain the power of the Stand. There were five such Stand users looking through our family home. And who knows how many others allied with them. I need to get some more Stand users to stop them. Now arrow, pick a target. We'll see if they have the potential..."

The arrow seemed to point to a nearby utility pole. Yoshihiro was confused at first, until he saw a young preteen boy reaching for some fruit at the top of the pole. "An odd choice," he mused, "Could this kid really gain the power? Hmm... But I have no room to be choosy. There could be other Stand users looking for Yoshikage. Very well! I shall use the arrow to pierce him!" He didn't know Jolyne was watching from nearby, tied up in the tree practicing her own Stand.


Meanwhile at the train station, Rohan was snapping pictures of people there. "Hey Rohan," Fluttershy said as she and Jolyne walked over, "What are you doing here?" "Ah, Missus Kujo," Rohan said, "And your daughter as well. I wasn't expecting to see you around here." "Yeah, Jolyne was trying to get a hang of her own Stand," Fluttershy explained. "I still keep getting tangled up in things," Jolyne said, "My Stand lets me unravel my body into strings, but I can't seem to control them yet. It kinda sucks right now, since it doesn't even have a physical form like Mom and Dad." Fluttershy giggled. "Don't worry, you'll grow into it."

"Yeah, my Stand didn't have a physical form at first," Rohan reminded her, "But I was able to develop one with some practice. Anyway, about your earlier question. I was taking some candid shots of the businessmen around the station. If Kira has replaced someone using Cinderella, he may be trying to live that man's life. Which means he's trying to commute to work." "That's a lot of people to shift through," Fluttershy noted, "And if he's this good at hiding, my usual observation skills may be useless."

Rohan looked confused. "Mom's good at picking out Stand users," Jolyne explained. "Ah," Rohan replied, "Well, out of the five thousand people served here every day, I can narrow it down. Kosaku did get a look at the Kira kidnapped, even if it wasn't a good one. He was clearly male, somewhere between twenty-five and thirty-five, height at least 175 centimeters, and dressed like a company employee. That drops the number down to forty-eight already. From there we can cross-reference the features with those Cinderella saved and get a positive ID."

"A good start," Fluttershy said, "But at the same time he may not even take public transport to work." "Likely," Rohan admitted, "But that's not the only thing we have to go on. Kira won't be able to flawlessly blend into his new life. There will be missing information, unknown habits, things he has to learn that he can't do quickly. That would possibly get his friends and family looking at him funny. I can use Heaven's Door to interview these people."

"Well, we came close to catching him once already," Fluttershy said, "Despite all his efforts, he's starting to slip." Rohan nodded. "I just hope he doesn't slip in the wrong way." Just then, Jolyne recognized the boy from earlier approaching. "Hey mister, wanna play Janken?" "Janken?," Jolyne asked. "Oh that's right, you were mostly raised in America," Fluttershy noted, "Janken is basically Rock, Paper, Scissors." "Oh, I know that game," Jolyne said, "I'll play you."

"I don't wanna play with some kid younger than me," the boy said. He pointed to Rohan. "I wanna play with him!" "What's the matter?," Jolyne taunted, "Afraid a girl can beat ya?" The boy growled. "Alright, fine! Let's go, girly!" "He's gonna regret this," Fluttershy noted, "Jolyne is a master of Janken." Sure enough, Jolyne easily won with rock against scissors, leaving the boy shocked. Jolyne smirked, having used her threads to read the boy's muscles. She at least had enough fine control to do that much.

"Hey, you cheated!," the boy said, "I saw you use those threads to throw me off!" Rohan blinked. 'Those threads came from Jolyne's Stand. How did this boy see them?' "Those were real obvious!," the boy called out, "I'll bet everyone watching could see them!" He then heard murmurings about bullying little girls and being a sore loser. "How dare you bully my sweet little girl," Fluttershy said, scooping up Jolyne, who was putting on the waterworks. The boy realized no one else had seen the threads even though they were obvious. Although he didn't know Rohan and Fluttershy could see them, and the fact that he could made them suspicious.


Later, the kid approached Jolyne at the cafe. "I heard about it, you know. From some old man. You have a Stand too. That's what he called it." Jolyne smirked. "Yeah, but so what? If you can't even tell what I was doing to beat you, you can't win. You're a Stand user, too, right? I saw you getting hit by that old man in the photo using the arrow Mom told me about." "Listen," the kid said, "The old man said I have to challenge Rohan Kishibe. Personally I'd love to. It'd be the perfect chance to prove my willpower over his. But until I finish my game with you, I can't move on to anyone else."

"Don't think I caught your name," Jolyne realized. "Key Oyanagi," the boy said, "But everyone calls me the Janken Kid. And my Stand... I call it Boy II Man!" A cloaked figure appeared behind him. "So, what about you?" "Jolyne Kujo," Jolyne replied, "I haven't really named my Stand yet, I'm still working on getting it strong enough to have a physical form." Ken blinked. "Really? Wow... Anyway, I can't move on to a new opponent until I've beaten you in a five-round Janken match. Every round I win I can steal a third of the enemy's Stand energy."

"What if they're not a Stand user?," Jolyne asked. Ken blinked. "Huh... Never thought of that... I guess my Stand just wouldn't activate." Jolyne shrugged. "I see. So, three out of five, huh? I guess that means I have to win two more rounds." Her Stand energy started flaring. "Maybe if I win this, I can start to get more control over myself. To surpass oneself and reach new heights, Daddy said that is the essence of a Stand. Surpass yourself, and surpassing others is easy."

The two leapt into the air as they readied themselves. 'I can do this!,' Jolyne thought, 'He knows I can launch threads but that's it! I just need to get creative!' Ken was so focused on their arms it was easy to slip some threads over his head to his arm. 'Paper!' "Jan-Ken-Pon!" Ken gasped when Jolyne threw scissors to beat his paper. Up above, Yoshihiro was grumbling. "This brat is getting sidetracked. But until the game is complete he can't go after the others. But if he loses to this child he won't bother thinking he can't win against the others. And here I am powerless to do anything about it. I might as well search elsewhere." He immediately flew off, leaving the kids to their game.

Ken panted. 'I can't get luck to work with me... This girl... She's throwing everything she has into this... And even if she is cheating, my Stand won't punish her for it...' He breathed deep. "Okay, round three! Get ready, Jolyne Kujo!" The two kids screamed at the top of their lungs before leaping into the air. As they did, Ken saw something manifest behind Jolyne. It was a blue humanoid child, its face inquisitive. He was so distracted, he didn't realize he had already thrown rock, getting beat by Jolyne's paper.

As they landed, Ken blinked in awe as Jolyne inspected her Stand's new physical form. "Well, I'm still not sure what to call you," Jolyne said, "What say we leave that for when I'm older." The Stand giggled as Ken looked on. 'This kid is already making an effort to grow on her own... And here I am focusing too much on beating others. Janken is a contest of wills... And it seems my will was too weak all along...' He smiled as he sat down. "I probably wouldn't have been able to beat Rohan anyway. That guy is just too cool."

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