Evolution is determined by mutation. Those mutations can be taken anywhere, creating a variety of life. This has been the case ever since the first single-celled organisms started merging with each other instead of simply dividing. After the event that wiped out the dinosaurs, mammals began to take over as the dominant species. Eventually these primitive mammals evolved into two sentient races. One, of course, was humans, but the other was a race not given a true name.

Unlike humans, this race could only live during the night, so they built their cities underground. As a trade-off, they could live for many centuries by draining energy from various types of plants and animals. Primitive human tribes feared and revered them as gods and demons. Because of their longer lifespan, this race had little need to reproduce, so children were rare. As a result of this low birthrate, they lived in peace with each other, without conflict or wars.

That all changed when a genius was born amongst their people. This man's name was Kars. Kars wanted more power than his race already had, and through his studies discovered the hidden potential locked within the brain. He believed that if it could be unleashed, his people would truly dominate the world. To this end, he created the stone mask, which could unlock that potential. However, any creature that was enhanced by the mask would need more energy to live, which would result in them consuming more creatures. Knowing this, the rest of Kars' race moved to execute him and stop his plans to prevent the world from suffering genocide of countless species.

Kars was outraged. In his mind, he was doing his people a favor by working to allow them the chance to live in the sun, dominate all of creation, and reject all fear. But his people had no need of those things. And so Kars was forced to slaughter his race just to survive. Out of his entire race, there were only three other survivors. His best friend, Esidisi, and two final children, Wamuu and Santana. However, Wamuu would later discover that the continent he had grown up on was not the only place his people lived, meaning there might be more of their kind. But right now, a more pressing matter was at hand.

After ten-thousand years, Kars had succeeded in completing his objective. With the Red Stone of Aja combined with the stone mask, he was able to achieve an ultimate state of being. And he had just proven that not even magma, the most lethal force on the planet, was unable to kill him. Joseph clutched his severed arm, glaring at Kars. With a great war cry, Joseph sprang to action and leapt at him. "Hamon Overdrive!" Kars smirked as he grabbed Joseph's leg.

"Let me try it now," he said, "Hamon Overdrive!" To Joseph's shock, Kars glowed and crackled with Hamon energy, transferred to Joseph's leg. Dropping to the ground, Joseph gasped as he saw his leg blister and being to melt. "Kars can use Hamon now!?," Caesar called out in shock. "The power of the sun is mine to command!," Kars declared, "So now the power of Hamon is as well!" Joseph struggled to breath. 'Damn... Looks like that's it. If he can even use Hamon, then Caesar stands no chance. Stroheim's in shambles, and even Applejack can do little more than retreat...'

"It seems you understand your situation," Kars said, standing over Joseph, "Then allow me to finish you in a manner most appropriate." He breathed the same as a Hamon user and channeled that energy to kill Joseph once and for all. However, that's when a miracle happened. The Red Stone of Aja, the very stone that Kars needed to complete his ascension, and was even now still in Joseph's possession, worked against Kars now. Joseph held the stone in his hand, and moved it in front of Kars' Hamon. The result was that the stone redirected the Hamon away from Joseph and into the volcano.

Kars gasped in shock. "The Red Stone! But when did he grab it!?" "That's right!," Caesar realized, "Joseph grabbed the stone while we were running for the plane! Lisa Lisa said the stone was needed to defeat Kars! It must have redirected the Hamon like it would the rays of the sun!" Joseph couldn't help but chuckle. "Looks like we still have a hand to play after all..." Just then, another rumbling came up from below them. "Uh oh," Applejack said, "I think this time it's for real!"

Sure enough, a massive eruption occurred, sending a chunk of rock with Joseph and Kars on it sailing into the sky. "The Hamon energy redirected into the volcano!," Stroheim realized, "It must have triggered the magma chamber, causing the volcano to pop open like a shaken soda bottle!" "Reminds me of when I first met Jojo!," Applejack noted, "Only taken up to eleven!" Up in the air, Kars looked worried for the first time since his ascension. "This speed and power. At this rate it'll toss this rock right into the upper levels of the atmosphere."

He smirked. "But I still haven't lost. I can still fly away." He grew a set of wings and made to take off, but got cut off when Joseph's severed arm grabbed him by the throat. "Surprised Kars!?," Joseph said tauntingly, "It wasn't just us launched by the eruption! My arm was also propelled at you by the same speed and power! Your next line is, 'You planned this too, Jojo!?'" Kars looked at him ready to remark, but his lapse in concentration caused by the severed arm finally sealed his fate.

White-hot fragments from the volcano that he could have otherwise dodged slammed into his body, launching him even father and faster. "You planned this too, Jojo!?," Kars demanded, not caring that he was parroting Joseph's prediction. "You bet I did!," Joseph said with a smirk, "I planned this whole thing from the very start, and it all went down like clockwork!" He chuckled as he saw Kars get blasted further and further away, screaming in anger all the while. 'I actually just got lucky, but if Kars thinks I outsmarted him it'll drive him nuts.'

"I don't believe it!," Stroheim said, "The eruption is launching Kars past the atmosphere! In the 1860s, Jules Verne wrote his famous novel detailing how man could travel to the moon, including the exact velocity needed to escape the atmosphere! And now the volcano is providing all the power needed to send Kars into space!" "Then it's over!," Applejack said excitedly, "Not even Kars could possible survive out there in the vacuum of space!" Caesar looked up. "But... What about Jojo...?"

The finale next chapter. But I'm sure you know what happened to Joseph by now.