The remaining vampires noted the fact that Kars had removed his cloak. "He's taken a battle stance," one said, "But he shouldn't have to fight alone. Come on lads! Forget the rules! Let's take out these humans that dared humiliate Master Wamuu and grab the stone for Master Kars!" They immediately rushed at the Joestar group. Messina scoffed. "Only a dozen remain. These numbers are far more serviceable." The group readied themselves as the vampires approached, then struck. "Snake Muffler!" "Hamon Lariat!" "Clacker Volley!" "Bubble Cutter!" "To The Core!"

Kars looked on in mild amusement as all but one of his remaining horde was decimated. Lisa Lisa's muffler tore one to pieces. Messina smashed through the upper bodies of a couple using a lariat wrestling move. Joseph's clackers took care of a few more, while Caesar's bubbles sliced through another. Applejack punched one in the face so hard his head burst open like a rotten melon. The last one standing shivered in fear at the onslaught, then got a surprise when Kars' saber went through his chest. "Your behavior is appalling," he said with a sigh, "There's a word for your actions that humans like to use... Moronic. What if your attack caused them to destroy the stone in retaliation?"

He finished the job of killing the last vampire. "I apologize for their uncouth attitude. No matter what discipline we put them through, this always seems to happen. As much as the vampiric process transforms a human's body, it also seems to devolve their brain." "Might have something to do with the fact that the mask you use to create them skewers their gray matter," Joseph noted. Kars smirked. "A fair assessment. Now then, Lisa Lisa I believe your name was. Our fight shall take place at the nearby ruins."

"Are you really sure you want to go through with this, coach?," Joseph asked as they approached, "Even Wamuu admitted anyone of us might be able to beat Kars, so it doesn't have to be you." Lisa Lisa smiled. "You sound like a grown man trying to protect his elderly mother." "Well you are fifty," Joseph pointed out. Applejack chuckled. "Which makes things double awkward that he was peeping on his elderly mother, who has the body of a model, while she was bathing." "Applejack!," Joseph called out indignantly.

"You did what now?," Caesar asked, his eye twitching. "Okay, in my defense, Caesar," Joseph said, "At the time I was neither aware of Lisa Lisa's real age, nor that fact she was my mother. And yes, Applejack, it did get awkward for me when I realized it after the fact." "That reminds me," Applejack said, "Messina, did you know about all this?" "Lisa Lisa kept her old life a secret," Messina replied, "None of us who lived on the island were aware of who she once was, only who she had become. So this is the first time I'm hearing this. I had an inkling to Lisa Lisa's real age, but I had no idea she had even been married, let alone had any children."

"As soothing as I find human gossip," Kars said from above them, "I'm eager to get our match started." "I didn't know you liked listening to gossip," Joseph noted. "To me, it's like listening to crickets chirping," Kars explained, "The only difference is I can understand human speech, so I get many wonderful stories to listen to." "Listen Jojo," Lisa Lisa said, "I'm not the sort of woman who would hide behind her son who's not even in his twenties yet." She grinned as she leapt up to where Kars was waiting.

On the scaffolding around them, she saw a variety of weapons. "I'm sure Wamuu would berate me if I didn't offer you a choice of weapons to match my Bright Saber," Kars explained, "Personally I think it would tarnish Esidisi's memory if I didn't give you every chance you'd need to win." "I'll be fine with just my scarf," Lisa Lisa assured him. "Very well," Kars agreed, "Then let our contest begin." He waved his arms around in such a way that it seemed to create multiple after-images. It was difficult to tell if it was his speed or his manipulation of light let caused the effect.

In a flash, he leapt into the sky and seemed to disappear. 'I can still feel his presence,' Lisa Lisa noted, 'Yet I can feel no aggression from him... It feels like he's about to attack from all sides.' She turned her head as Kars slipped out of a crack in one of the pillars. "Whoa nelly!," Applejack called out, "He did the same trick Santana did back in the compound in Mexico!" "OH MY GOD!," Joseph called out. Kars moved to strike at Lisa Lisa. "Bright Saber!" Lisa Lisa simply jumped out of the way, tying her scarf around Kars' arm. "Snake Muffler!"

The scarf hardened instantly, allowing Lisa Lisa to stand upside down. "That scarf was made from the Satiporoja Beetle," Messina explained. "Yeah, I saw Straizo use a similar scarf," Joseph noted, "That material can transfer one hundred percent Hamon energy. She used it not only as a weapon, but radar as well." The scarf seemed to rip through Kars, but to Lisa Lisa's surprised, a second Kars appeared behind her and stabbed her through the shoulder.

"What the hell Kars!?," Wamuu called out, "Did you really sully this fight by using a body double from one of our vampires!?" "I apologize if I've offended you," Kars replied, "But as I've stated all along, my only goal was to get the stone." He struck Lisa Lisa to the ground and grabbed the stone. He then snapped his fingers, causing hundreds more vampires to emerge from within the ruins. "Damn...," Joseph said, "I'm still worn out from my fight with Wamuu."

"Then let us fight," Caesar said, "We're still strong." They then got a surprise when Wamuu joined them. "Hold on," Applejack said, "I thought you were gonna stay neutral." "In all the years I've served Kars, I've never known him to go against his word," Wamuu explained, "But because of this act of treachery, I can no longer see him as my master." Just as the vampires started to hesitate with Wamuu's defection, several of them got blasted with UV lights, causing the group to whirl around to their source.

Stroheim was standing there, fully repaired, with an army of Nazi's toting large UV lights. "Jojo!," Smokey called out, standing near Speedwagon, "We brought help!" An entire force of Speedwagon Foundation troopers, armed with similar UV equipment, was with them. Also there was Jonathan, Zeppeli, Dire, and Twilight, along with an entire force of Hamon warriors. In spite of the overwhelming force, Kars found himself smiling. 'It pains me that my actions caused me to lose Wamuu's loyalty, but I've come too far to let my experiment go to waste. As for these humans... The fact that Hamon has spread father than the original clan is impressive enough, but to develop and weaponize artificial sunlight? Truly inspiring.'

He then realized something. "Hold on... Where did Jojo go?" "Hey Kars...," came Joseph's voice from behind him. Kars smirked as he turned to see Joseph nearby. "I owe you some serious pain for what you did to my mother," Joseph said angrily, "It's one thing to simply injure her during a fight, but that betrayal crossed the line." Kars shrugged. "My goal is the only thing that matters. How I move the pieces on a chessboard determines how little risk I take. For example..."

He picked up Lisa Lisa by her legs and stabbed through them with his saber, proceeding to tie a rope through them. He smirked as he tossed Lisa Lisa off the banister, forcing Joseph to grab her to stop her from hitting the bottom. "And there you have it," Kars said, "Now I've set things up to finish you off while your friends are distracted." Joseph smirked. "Not all my friends. Did you really think I'd be so stupid as to come up here alone, when I have so many options to bring as backup?" Kars was confused, until he found himself flying away from the ruins while sharp pain ran through his head. He managed to look and spot Applejack, who had been waiting for the right moment to strike.

APPLEJACK ASSIST MATTERFRACKER! If you don't know what that's supposed to mean, you are clearly too young to be reading this fic. But don't think this story is gonna go off the rails just like that. Kars has learned from Jojo it seems, and we have still story to go.