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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: A New Universe

by mtnetsurfer

Chapter 2: Invader and Angel

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Invader and Angel

For the most part I'll be drawing inspiration from the manga, though with some points that are more in line with the anime. This is because the manga is more complete (hell, it's taken this long before we even get a glimpse of Part 5 being animated). Each story arc will comprise one chapter.

As for Twilight... Yes, she has a Stand. But she won't get much use out of it until the supernatural part of the episode. I chose the name "Love is in Bloom" because that's an MLP song Twilight was the lead singer for.

I'll get into a physical description later (remember, only Stand users can see Stands, so right now Jonathan and Dio can't see Love is in Bloom).


Invader and Angel

George brought the two boys and Twilight into the manor. "I'm sure you must be rather exhausted, Dio," he said, "I know it's a long journey from London. But from now on, you'll be a part of our family, and live as my son Jojo does. And Twilight, well my wife and I had planned on having a daughter once Jojo was grown enough, but sadly she was taken from us before that could come to pass. If anything good came from your father's death, it's that he gave me the chance to raise you as my own daughter."

He motioned to the assembly of men and women that seemed eager to serve. "These will be your servants," George explained, "As they serve Jojo and myself. Unfortunately, due to my work in trade there are times when I must leave the house, so they'll be working with you quite often. That said, Twilight, as your father no doubt informed you he and I acquired a number of artifacts over the years. Even with my work I should have plenty of chances to study some of these relics with your help." Twilight beamed.

As George led Dio to his room, the servants would be showing Twilight hers, he spotted a strange stone mask. There were cracks running all across it, yet it didn't look like it was going to break apart any time soon. The face had something of a sinister feel to it, not helped by the prominent fangs jutting from the upper lip. Twilight also spotted the mask, but decided to ask George about it later.

"So Jojo," she said, "How are you feeling about Danny?" "I'm relieved he was unharmed from Dio's assault," Jonathan admitted, "But it still irks me that he'd attack at all. Still, I will admit that if an unfamiliar dog ran up to me, I would be shocked as well." "Maybe so," Twilight said, "But you must admit Dio's reaction was extreme. Plus, I saw the look in his eyes. He didn't look shocked in the least. I can't really bring myself to trust him."

Jonathan shrugged. "I'd be lying if I said I entirely trusted him, but he is family now. Unless he does something that truly breaks Father's heart he's not going anywhere." Twilight sighed and nodded, then went to get her bag. As she reached for it, she heard Jonathan cry out in pain and whirled around. Dio had Jonathan by the wrist. For some reason this sort of grabbing never allowed her to use Love is in Bloom, a mysterious phantom called a Stand that inhabited her, likely because it was hard for her to gauge which grabs were physical assault or not.

"Don't touch my bags!," Dio barked, "Your hands are covered in dog slobber! I'll have the servants carry it, thank you!" He tried to swivel around to elbow Jonathan in the gut. Twilight smirked. Now her Stand could work. She whispered, "Love is in Bloom." As Dio's elbow connected with Jonathan, he got the sudden sensation of slamming it into a brick wall. He immediately let go of Jonathan's wrist to clutch his arm. 'First that mongrel, now this,' Dio thought, 'Either I'm weaker than I thought, or both of them are tougher than they look.'

"Having a little trouble?," Twilight snarked. Dio scoffed. "Let me make this clear. I won't have either of you looking down on me just because I'm staying at this house. I am the greatest there is, and I won't have anyone look down on me!" Twilight frowned. "Then you can start by not acting so rude to acts of goodwill. Jonathan was just trying to help like a good brother. Or have you forgotten that we're all siblings now?"

"Oh I haven't forgotten," Dio said venomously, "I just intend to be the top dog around here. Speaking of dogs, I hate them. It's not that I'm afraid, mind you, but it makes my skin crawl to see them groveling around humans. So keep that mongrel out of my sight from now on!" And with that, he stormed off, one of the servants following with his bag. "I'm starting to understand what you're getting at," Jonathan noted. Twilight nodded. It was clear Dio felt the debt George owed his father was far larger than originally perceived. She smiled. "In that case, what say we team up to take him down a peg or two?"


Dio had planned for the moment when he'd rise to take the Joestar family fortune ever since his father told him about that fateful day. He studied etiquette, learned chess, trained his body to its physical peak, all so he could stand atop the upper echelon of society. When he first laid eyes on Jonathan, he knew instantly that his plans would be easier than he thought. Jonathan was clearly the sort who wanted to be a gentleman, but was lacking in the maturity department. It seemed Dio would easily get what he wanted.

That hope was dashed the moment Twilight entered the picture. Being the only child in her family, it seemed her birth father had plans for her that didn't involve marrying her off to a rich family. Night Light had been a very forward thinker, and so Twilight was trained from a young age to stand on her own in society. She seemed to have a gift for study, retaining lessons with ease. And she took those lessons and passed them on to Jonathan, slowly yet surely. She was more patient and forgiving than George's more severe methods, which were sadly a product of the times.

With Jonathan being told how he was doing things wrong, rather than being punished the second things went wrong, he found it easier to absorb the lessons. Dio's frustration was barely contained as he saw his adoptive father giving praise to his blood child. Still Dio continued to act in a manner fit for one of his new station, knowing that if he slipped up even a little it would lower his chances of obtaining the family fortune.


A major blow for Dio's plans came on a day when Jonathan was taking part in his school's boxing club. Once a brutal part of gladiator combat, advancements in both society and technology paved the way for boxing to become an exciting spectator sport, with those who partook in the sport developing new techniques that went beyond simply "punch the guy until he's bleeding on the ground".

Dio wanted to take the place of Jonathan's latest opponent, and Jonathan had no qualms. The two put up their bet, which amounted to all of the allowance George had given them. The rules were simple, one punch to the face equaled a loss. Fighters could get hit in the body however many times they liked, but if it caused them to collapse the ref would start counting up to ten, and if he finished the fighter was declared out. Dio smirked when he heard these rules. "That's fine. Just like when we're not using gloves, one punch determines the winner."

The match started, and Jonathan rushed at Dio. Dio started swaying, ready for Jonathan's first punch. However, he got a big surprise when Jonathan did a quick follow-up to his stomach. Twilight smirked as the crowd gasped. 'It's only natural to think a fighter will go right for the head,' Twilight thought, 'After all, the easiest way to win is aim there, since if you connect with that blow then you win. But just because it's the easiest, doesn't mean it's the best. A smart fighter can take advantage of the fact that they can defeat an opponent by getting them to collapse long enough for the ref to count to ten. And if you're lucky, you can still stagger the opponent enough to take that headshot.'

Dio still managed to get in a few good hits in spite of Jonathan's good defense and strong offense, but something was odd. The other day when he tried to elbow Jonathan it had been like striking stone. While Jonathan was clearly tough, his flesh was far softer than Dio remembered. Of course, Twilight wasn't using Love is in Bloom since that would be cheating. Finally, Jonathan dealt a sudden blow to Dio's esophagus, causing him to pass out from lack of air in his lungs. He quickly started breathing again, but was still stunned long enough for the ref to finish the ten count. Dio growled. Not only was he beaten, he might as well have been humiliated.


Dio was still sore about it the next day. His plans had been derailed with that loss. Had he won, he had planned to show the other boys some of his special fireworks and explain that they could be great for fishing, then use that interest to turn them away from Jonathan. However, now they still saw him as an outsider. He still had George on his side, but that was a small comfort given Jonathan was able to compete with him on an equal level. Dio somehow suspected Twilight was to blame, but was stymied as to what he could do about it.

Physically assaulting a girl would most certainly ostracize him at this point, and even George would forget his life debt in favor of punishing Dio severely. He couldn't play the outsider card, since not only was he an outsider, Twilight most certainly wasn't, if her social standing within the school was any indication. And the more Dio thought about it, the more he wondered if Twilight was the reason for the strange reactions he got when he tried to strike Danny and Jonathan. Both times Twilight was present and in full view of the attempted assault. Dio normally would have brushed her off for being just a girl, but it was clear Twilight was no ordinary girl. She was a girl ahead of her time.

As Dio thought, he spotted the stone mask again. Curious, he took the mask down, but was spotted by George. "Curious, are we?," he said, his tone suggesting he wasn't actually mad. "Forgive me," Dio said, "I shouldn't have taken it down without asking." George waved his hand dismissively. "I was actually studying it with Twilight, and I suppose another mind would help solve some of the mysteries we have. Me and Night Light, Twilight's birth father, found that piece at a London gallery. It was with me on that fateful day, when I lost my wife. I had it hung up in her memory." Dio turned the mask around in his hands, then noticed some ancient writing on the back. This caused him to narrow his eyes.


Meanwhile, Jonathan was lazing about beneath a tree on his family property when he spotted a young girl hanging a basket of blueberries and looking at him shyly. She had a light pink dress on, and her clear blue eyes and light blonde hair caused Jonathan to gaze at her. She quickly started to dash away, and Jonathan got up to follow her. He then noticed something in the basket. "It's my handkerchief," he realized, "The one I lost on the day I protected that girl." He looked back at the girl. "Could it really be her?"

"Why don't you talk to her and find out?," Twilight said as she came up, "Hey Erina! Come on over here!" The girl, Erina, stopped when she heard Twilight. "Is that you, Twilight?" She tentatively walked over. "Jonathan Joestar," Twilight said, "This is my friend and schoolmate, Erina Pendleton." As the two started talking, Twilight decided to give them some time alone. It seemed to work out, as before long Jonathan and Erina became first friends, then boyfriend and girlfriend. Dio spotted them at one point when they were bathing in the river, Jonathan having carved their initials into a nearby tree. 'I may have a way to finally break Jojo,' he thought.


Of course, once again Dio found himself stymied by Twilight, this time by her mere presence. Dio had planned to steal away Erina's first kiss, as to break up something that gave Jonathan's life meaning. But he hadn't considered that Erina might know Twilight as well. "Are you just hounding me?," Dio demanded. "What are you talking about?," Twilight asked, "Me and Erina are friends, have been since we first started school together."

Dio growled. "Be that as it may, ever since you arrived Jonathan exceeded my expectations of him. I thought I had him pegged from the beginning, but everything changed when you set foot into our lives." Twilight narrowed her eyes. "That's the price for your arrogance. You may have George Joestar fooled, but I see past your deceptions. You're only interested in the Joestar fortune." Dio was about to argue that the same could be said for Twilight, but stopped himself when he realized that the fact that she was helping Jonathan meant that likely wasn't the case.

"Touched a nerve, haven't I?," Twilight noted, "I don't know what sort of life you had before now, but I think it's sad that even being offered a life of luxury isn't enough for you. You hold far too much contempt for those you deem beneath you to ever stand atop the world." That's when Dio snapped, and he moved to strike Twilight. Luckily, Twilight saw it coming. "Love is in Bloom." Her head still twisted slightly from the blow, causing Erina to panic, but Dio got it much worse. He suddenly felt as if he had slammed his fist into a solid boulder.

As he backed up, he grabbed his wrist in pain. 'All right, once is explainable, twice is unusual, three times... Twilight clearly some sort of psychic power. And that phrase, "Love is in Bloom." She's uttered it everytime this has happened. More importantly, I wound up losing my temper because of her. I'd best back off, lest she have more ammunition to turn George Joestar against me.'


It was a few days later that Twilight walked in on George reprimanding Jonathan and Dio. Seeing Dio get scolded was a welcome sight, but she wondered what had happened that Jonathan was also getting lectured. She also saw that some blood had gotten on the stone mask, and for some reason spiked tendrils were poking out of it, though they quickly subsided. "What happened?," she asked Jonathan as Dio was led away.

Jonathan started sobbing. "It's Danny," he said, "He's dead. One of the valets was gathering the garbage for the incinerator, and noticed a large box that he mistook for something the maids left out. But when he turned the incinerator on, he heard banging from inside and realized someone was trapped in there. He quickly turned the incinerator off and opened the door. Imagine his surprise when Danny burst out, still ablaze, his maw held shut by wires. He escaped being completely immolated, but still died from his burn wounds."

Twilight put her hands up to her mouth in horror. "Who could have done this?" "Dio," Jonathan said simply, "He's been trying to ruin my life ever since he got here. And it seems he finally succeeded at one of his plans. I immediately confronted Dio, and soon enough we started fighting. It wasn't long before Father was drawn from the sounds of it. He was more disappointed that we didn't arrange a time and place instead of fighting right there in the parlor." Twilight nodded. She attended the funeral for Danny, who had been buried before Jonathan could see the body to avoid scarring him mentally. Dio, however, was absent.


Twilight spent the next seven years trying to understand what had happened with the stone mask. Jonathan had only gotten a glimpse of the mask when some of Dio's blood on it, but was too busy concentrating on the fight. Dio said he didn't know what had happened with the mask either, and for once Twilight was inclined to believe him. Jonathan and Erina continued their relationship, but had to put it on hold when her family left for London, meaning they'd be spending less time together. She did leave him with a parting kiss, Twilight smiling when she saw this, and happy that Erina was able to save her first kiss for the man she loved. As time passed, the stone mask waited patiently, as if knowing it would eventually become the catalyst for a terrible evil.

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