"Now Devo's been eliminated," DIO noted as his subjects made their reports, "We're losing assassins at a rapid pace. At this rate they'll run through the entire tarot deck before they even reach Egypt." "Don't lose heart yet, my love," Enya assured him, "Our assassin of the Temperance card has yet to make his move. His Stand is truly unstoppable. He's already moving to infiltrate the group to eliminate them." DIO smiled, but it dropped quickly. "Ah... It seems Joseph Joestar is trying to use the psychic link between him and his father's body to read my thoughts."

Sure enough, Joseph, Avdol, and Jonathan were in Joseph's room. Joseph had used Hermit Purple to jack the TV and try and get some sort of message regarding information about DIO's next agent. This was another ability of Hermit Purple, it could rapidly switch through the channels and sync up their speech to reveal a message. Soon enough, a message become clear. "Among us there's a traitor, Noriaki Kakyoin. Be careful, he's DIO's agent."

Before anything more could be revealed, DIO's image appeared on the screen. 'Joestar, you're trying to spy on me. But I'm afraid you've had all the information I'm willing to give.' And with that, the TV exploded. "Damn, he intercepted us," Avdol said. "But about what the message said," Joseph said, "That Kakyoin is working for DIO." "But the message got cut off by DIO," Jonathan reminded him, "And Kakyoin was only working for DIO because of the flesh bud. DIO may be a calculating opponent, but a Trojan Horse plot like this wouldn't be necessary to him when he has other agents who can get the job done more efficiently."

"Gray Fly did mention that some Stand users have powers beyond belief," Avdol noted, "If DIO cut off the message, then perhaps the Kakyoin who is a traitor is not the real Kakyoin, but a Stand user capable of posing as him." Joseph rubbed his chin. "That makes sense. Right now Kakyoin is with Jotaro and Fluttershy, getting tickets to India. If an impostor has replaced Kakyoin at any point, then I'm sure they can deal with him."

Jotaro, Fluttershy, and Kakyoin were with Anne as they went to get the tickets. While buying some coconut water, a pickpocket went to swipe Kakyoin's wallet as he got it out. The thief didn't get far, as Kakyoin used Hierophant Green to trip the pickpocket. But then something unusual happened. The look of menace in Kakyoin's eyes looked unnatural. "You thought you could get away with stealing my wallet you useless piece of shit?" He then proceeded to knee the thief in the face.

"You're as filthy as a rat's ass," he declared as he twisted the thief in a backbreaker hold, "Stealing my wallet with the same hands you wipe your dirty ass with!" "That's enough outta you, Mister!," Fluttershy declared, as Music in the Trees snatched the pickpocket away with a few vines, "This sort of language and behavior is unbecoming of you, Kakyoin. What the hell is wrong with you?" "What's the big deal?," Kakyoin said dismissively, "I'm just punishing a wrong-doer. Isn't that right, best buddy?" He looked to Jotaro.

"There's such a thing as taking it too far," Jotaro pointed out, "Even I've never gotten that violent with a simple pickpocket, and I've put people in the hospital before." Kakyoin just stared at the glares the two lovers were giving him. "So I'm suddenly wrong for punishing a criminal? Ah, but maybe it was a little overboard. I'm just worn out from the trip and all's that been happening, so I've been getting a little impatient."

"But the most you've had to worry about was Gray Fly," Fluttershy pointed out, "Granted you got some minor injuries during the battle with Dragon and Forever, but you've had plenty of time to relax since then." "And you were just fine a little while ago as we left the hotel," Jotaro added. Kakyoin had no reply as he sipped his coconut water. "Anyway, we'll be taking the train to India," Jotaro said, "So we need to buy our tickets." As the two of them left, Kakyoin turned his attention to a group of kids admiring some beetles that were feasting on tree sap.

As Anne went after the duo, she said to Kakyoin, "Come on, you're gonna be left behind." She saw Kakyoin ravenously eating something while his back was to her. "I guess you really like coconuts," she said as she hurried off. Kakyoin turned his head to look at the her, a beetle's leg hanging from his mouth. He chuckled. "Coconuts... Yes, I do love them." Anne then noticed the beetles on the tree were gone and ran over to grab Fluttershy's arm. "Is something wrong?," she asked. Anne remained silent, which got Fluttershy worried.

Later as the group reached the cable car, they got some ice cream as they waited. "Hey, Jotaro," Kakyoin said, "Are you gonna eat that cherry? If not, I'll take it." As he grabbed the cherry, he casually knocked Jotaro off the balcony, prompting Fluttershy to act. "Music in the Trees!" Jotaro had grabbed the railing with Star Platinum, and was helped up by Fluttershy's vines. "Just playing around," Kakyoin said smugly as he placed the cherry on his tongue and started licking it. "Rero rero rero rero..." The cherry dropped as he continued, and he bent over to pick it up.

"This is going way beyond a joke," Fluttershy noted, "I'm starting to question if you're even the real Kakyoin." "I was thinking he might be possessed," Jotaro admitted, "But given your track record at picking out enemies so far, I think your theory is more likely." "Come on now Flutters, Jojo," Kakyoin said, "It was just a simple joke. Can't you take a joke?" Fluttershy blinked. "Flutters? Not even Jojo calls me that. Hell, not even my parents call me that!" Kakyoin simply swallowed the cherry, and somehow grew a few inches.

As the cable car pulled up and opened the door. "Hey, Kakyoin," Jotaro said, "Get in the cable car. Right now." He slugged Kakyoin right in the jaw, and suddenly said jaw began to come unhinged. "Okay, you've broken plenty of jaws before," Fluttershy said, "But never that hard. Not even with your Stand." The now obviously fake Kakyoin sat up. "Some friend you turned out to be. Rero rero rero." "Some Kakyoin you turned out to be," Jotaro retorted, "You're obviously a Stand user posing as him. But I was able to hit it without difficulty. That's some unusual power."

The fake Kakyoin chuckled as he stood up, his fake visage exploding into yellow goo as his real face was revealed. "Allow me to properly introduce myself. My name is Rubber Soul. My Stand, Yellow Temperance, can assimilate any organic matter! Because of that it's form can easily be seen by normal humans! Take a look at your hand, and you'll get a good idea." Jotaro looked and saw some of the yellow gunk had gotten on his hand from when he punched Rubber Soul. "Bastard. You intentionally played a obvious fake to get me to hit you."

"My Stand can't work work unless it actually touches something," Rubber Soul admitted, "While I can easily use it to disguise my body and blend in, that doesn't help when I'm tasked with assassinating someone. But now that I've goaded you into hitting my Stand, it will slowly start spreading across your body, consuming it as it does." Jotaro scoffed. "Star Platinum!" Star Platinum moved to attack Rubber Soul, but was blocked by Yellow Temperance grabbing its arm. "Nice try, but my Stand is perfect for defense against an aggressor," Rubber Soul said.

As the cable car started leave, Fluttershy ran to chase after them. "Anne, call Mister Joestar and let him know what's happening. Music in the Trees!" Using her Stands vines, Fluttershy grabbed onto the back of the cable car just as Jotaro was thrown against a nearby window. She had heard everything regarding Rubber Soul's Stand, and wasn't sure her Stand could help in this fight since its attacks were pure organic, but at the very least she could try and get Jotaro out of there.

Joseph got the call from Anne at his hotel room. With him was Avdol, Jonathan, Polnareff, and the real Kakyoin, who had gotten separated from Jotaro and Fluttershy as they left the hotel and decided to get some sun by the pool since he didn't see where Jotaro had gone. "So it's a Stand user disguising himself as me?," Kakyoin asked, "It must have happened just as we were leaving the hotel. I slipped off to use the bathroom, but I guess Jotaro and Fluttershy didn't notice." "Let's hope they can find a way to beat this new enemy," Avdol said, "I've heard that few people Rubber Soul targets escape alive. And for good reason."

Meanwhile, Jotaro and Fluttershy were having a tough time. Although Jotaro was able to get out of the cable car and onto a connecting pillar, Rubber Soul made no move to chase him, stating that he already won since some of his Stand was already on Jotaro. Fluttershy tried a few chemical agents from a few plants she knew to remove the gunk, but they only succeeded in irritating it. Jotaro then tried his lighter, but that just caused the gunk to explode and spread further.

"If we could just take out Rubber Soul it'd stop this thing," Fluttershy noted. She then spotted another cable car, where a kid was enjoying ice pop. "Let's try that." Using their Stands, the duo flew over to the cable car. "Excuse me," Fluttershy said, "My boyfriend here need to freeze this goo off his hands. Can you let us use your ice cream? I'll be sure to buy you a new one." The kid nodded and handed the popsicle to Fluttershy, who handed it to Jotaro. Unfortunately cold proved worse than heat, as the goo solidified and grew thorns.

"Maybe we should try diluting it," Fluttershy suggested. "It's no use," said a rather plump woman sitting across from the kid, "There's no way you can remove it." Yellow Temperance tried going for the kid's dog, but Fluttershy snatched it away and handed it to the kid. "If you so much as harm a hair on that dog, I'll fire poison barbs at you so fast your Stand can't possibly stop them! Hell, I'll probably do that anyway, since if you're dead your Stand goes with you!"

The woman smiled, her visage melting back into Rubber Soul. "Well, if you really want to try it. But you'll just wind up the same as your little boyfriend." Yellow Temperance suddenly spread out and grabbed both Jotaro and Fluttershy. "My Stand has no weaknesses! It's the perfect offense and defense! Do you understand!? I'll digest you both here and now!" Jotaro scoffed. "It may be true that your Stand can't be defeated. It may just be the strongest Stand ever. However, we Kujos... Or rather, we Joestars... Always have one last trick up our sleeve for situations like this."

"Oh," Fluttershy realized, "You mean that. I guess we could give that a shot." Rubber Soul looked confused. "Huh? Just what are you talking about?" "It's simple," Jotaro said as he and Fluttershy smiled. "Run away!" Star Platinum and Music in the Trees smashed through the bottom of the cable car, all three Stand users falling through it while the kid, his father, and their dog were left behind. "Are you nuts?," Rubber Soul with a smirk, "I'm still digesting you! Just what do you hope to accomplish with this!?"

Fluttershy gave a smirk. "Take a closer at where we're running to." Rubber Soul looked down past them and gasped. They were about to hit the water. Once they hit, Rubber Soul was quickly forced to dispel Yellow Temperance so he could surface and breath. "Little reminder," Fluttershy said, as Music in the Trees grabbed him with several strong branches, "Every Stand has at least one weakness... The Stand user!" Jotaro grabbed Rubber Soul's shoulder. "Do you understand!?"

Star Platinum smashed its fist into Rubber Soul's face, nearly crushing it. "Okay, okay! I give!," he called out, "Please... I think my nose is broken, I know I lost some teeth, and my jaw needs to be wired shut now... So, please show some mercy... I only joined DIO because he paid me, honest." "In that case," Fluttershy said, her Stand manifesting a few flowers that could shoot poison barbs, "Tell us what other Stand users might come after us. Or I'll make good on my promise earlier."

Rubber Soul gulped. "Well. I know a few of the other users. There's Death, Empress, Hanged Man, and Emperor. Death's the only Stand user I know of that was working with DeKurliss' group. The rest of us were working with this prophet woman, the one who told DIO about Stands." "Prophet woman?," Fluttershy asked. "Well, she comes off as such," Rubber Soul said, "She's almost as old as DIO yet she still hasn't aged since she was twenty. Rumor is she ingested some of DIO's blood and it stopped her from aging, but oddly enough she's still human since our business arrangement was made outside in broad daylight."

"And what about their abilities?," Jotaro asked. "I don't really know any of that," Rubber Soul pleaded, "We may be allies but we don't share our powers since doing so would expose our weaknesses. Though I do remember something about Hanged Man. He's the prophet woman's son, named J Geil. A weird character with two right hands." Jotaro and Fluttershy gasped as they looked at each other. This had to be the man Polnareff was looking for.

"Was this J Geil ever in France?," Fluttershy asked. "If you're asking if he's the one who killed Polnareff's sister," Rubber Soul replied, "Then yes. I don't know much about his ability except that it involves mirrors. There's no way Polnareff can beat him." "Well if we can beat you...," Jotaro pointed out. Then Rubber Soul grinned as he hoisted himself onto the nearby pier. "Oh, but you haven't won yet. It looks like luck is still on my side." He pointed to a nearby water hole were a couple of lobsters were crawling. Suddenly they got sucked into the waterhole and Yellow Temperance came bursting out, grabbing Jotaro and Fluttershy and pulling in the side of the dock.

"Bastard must've found a manhole," Jotaro realized, "But he hasn't realized it yet." Fluttershy grinned. "Yeah. He hasn't pieced it together that his luck just ran out. You only broke his nose earlier, but now..." Star Platinum and Music in the Trees grinned as they aimed their fists at the water hole. "We'll mess up the rest of your face!" The two Stands punched the waterhole, sending water surging through it. The pressure caused the manhole Rubber Soul was standing on to go flying, taking him with it. It even smacked him hard in the face as it went up.

Rubber Soul went flying, then gulped as Jotaro grabbed his hair. "Say... You couldn't possibly be willing to give me a hand here, would you?" "You know what?," Jotaro said, "You just earned the whole fist, if you'll excuse the phrasing." Rubber Soul gulped. "ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!" "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The Kujo group was now on a train heading for India, Rubber Soul having been sent to a Singapore hospital. Odds were, DIO would cut ties with him after his loss. But his words left the group with some things to discuss as they sat in the dining car. "This prophet woman sounds like Enya Geil," Jonathan said, "Me and Twilight encountered her back in the 1880s, when she and DIO fell in love. I know a bit about her Stand, Justice. Odds are we'll be fighting her at some point. But I had no idea she birthed a son in the last hundred years."

"And her son is the same one who killed my sister," Polnareff noted, "At least now I know what his name is. Asking for that will make my search easier, especially since we now have confirmation that he's working for DIO. By the way, where's Anne?" "She's still in Singapore," Joseph explained, "Or at least she was when we left. She probably went to see her dad." Polnareff shrugged. "Eh, I'll bet she's lying about that. Probably an orphan or a runaway."

"I still can't believe that someone was able to disguise themselves as me," Kakyoin said, "When you did you start to suspect he was a fake?" "I'd say right around when he manhandled that pickpocket," Jotaro replied, "That's when warning bells started going off. From there it was the little things. His attitude, his speech... And there was this one habit he had were he--" "Oh Jotaro," Kakyoin cut him off, "If you're not going to eat those cherries may I have them? They're my favorite."

Jotaro shrugged. "Sure." "Thanks," Kakyoin said, and he popped the cherry into his mouth and started licking it in manner similar to Rubber Soul. "Rero rero rero rero..." Jotaro and Fluttershy stared at him, Fluttershy in complete shock. "Hm? What's wrong?," Kakyoin asked, "Oh, there's some flamingos outside the window." "So Rubber Soul got that right by accident?," Fluttershy asked, "I guess everyone has their oddities..." Jotaro sighed. "Gimme a break..." Little did the group know, Anne was in the car right behind them, sleeping. "Jojo..."

Hope you liked the punchline... Because Rubber Soul sure got it! Ba-dum-tss...