「Crystal War Requiem」
prologue: Chase
Load Full StoryNext ChapterEarth - Year - 2006 -Date - 4th August
Location - Naples - Private meeting room of the Boss
Jotaro placed a file onto the table, "Here it is."
Giorno takes the file and opens it, revealing two pictures of a man dressed in pink with blond hair that curls at the end. Both photos were taken in a hurry, with motion blur covering the man's actual face.
"I apologize, Mr. Kujo but is this all that is known of this stand user?" Jotaro sighed as he took a seat on the gold and well-furnished couch,
"well yes, that is all that I was able to get a hold of, I had sent two trusted accomplices from the Speedwagon Foundation to find out more about this man, but one went missing without a trace while the other seemed to have exploded from the inside out. His remains were all over the alleyway. Some of his body was missing and couldn't be found, the strangest thing was the fact that we managed to recover two identical right hands belonging to the same person that died with the same DNA scans, but either of the men that we sent to investigate him had two right hands, so his stand abilities are still unknown." As Jotaro finished, he reached for a sip of Chamomile Tea as he continued.
"We even had the Joestar Corporation building scanned, but no traces of his DNA was found. The only reason we found out that he was even after the arrow or anything about him at all was his misstep on the edge of a CCTV camera that immediately alerted the security guards."
Giorno leans back into his chair, closing his eyes for a few seconds before opening them again, and looks out the window into the beautiful city that Naples is. The breeze from the city enters the room,
"My apologises Mr. Kujo-"
"Jotaro is fine."
"yes, Mr. Jotaro, as I was saying. I can see where you are coming from, but why would you contact me?"
"Well, he is in Naples right now in pursuit of the arrow. The Speedwagon Foundation managed to record the man's airline journey data and tracked him to Italy, killing an innocent and stole his identity to travel here too. As much as I want to contact Josuke to help us in the search, his stand wouldn't allow us to help us find him since all we could see was only the same pair of hands left of the Victim. Besides, I have heard of your status and power in Naples and Mafia connections around the world. If we could perhaps spread the news and increase search range, it would save us a lot of time if he were to flee Naples. Of course, we still don't know what his true intentions are. We aren't even able to find a trace of his background anywhere around the world, "Jotaro added.
"That is quite alright, believe me when I say that I have met people whose background is untraceable and vague. But one thing is for certain, for whatever reason. If he is after the arrow. It cannot be a good one. Don't worry, Mr. Jotaro, I will take this matter into my hands. So long as he causes trouble in the family and is on my turf, I will be involved. I will keep in touch."
"Good to hear."
Location - Italy - Milan
Year - 2006 - Date - 13th September( Roughly one month later )
"Huff... Huff..." as Valentine ran down another alleyway in the rain, he couldn't help but cursed to himself.
"How? How did he found me so quickly? No time for regrets now. I need to flee the country and find another way to the arrow; I need the arrow to get back to his universe. What happened?"
All Valentine could think of was him in the middle of a battle with that bastard Johnny Joestar. He was trying to drag him to another parallel universe, but something interfered with his Stand's ability. In the middle of activation, a magical force interfered and dragged Valentine into this Universe. The next thing Valentine knew, he woke up in an America that he was not familiar with. This Universe time doesn't match his own, with it being more than a century into the future. Next to the Joestar Corporation, he did try to use his stand to get back to his universe. Still, he couldn't get back for whatever reason. Valentine also tried contacting his other-selves but couldn't. He was stuck. Permanently.
"Enough of that! right now, I need to escape, find a way to leave the country and another way to the arrow-"
Valentine felt something caught his leg and landed face-first into the wet concrete floor with a splash, " Argh!" falling to the ground with a splash, he looked down to his ankle to see a python wrapping itself around his leg from the cracks between the concrete floor.
"Oh, no."He whispered in fear in the cold of the night.
He looked back up, and in the distance, through the fog of raining droplets of water, he could see the silhouette of an average built man holding an umbrella walking in his direction. As he got closer, he could hear the sound of a Stand's ability in effect, and suddenly vines from the concrete floor sprang forth and wrapped themselves around arms and torso to keep him further locked in place on the floor.
"Are you done running, Amico?" Giorno asked while still walking towards Valentine, his voice was calm, yet there was something about it that makes it unsettling.
"You know, the one thing I hate the most is useless things. Doing this chase over and over again becomes very pointless in the end when I catch you, so how about we have a chat instead?" he added,
"Come on, think! There has to be a way to get out of here!" Valentine thought, closing in, soon Giorno's face can be seen in the rain.
"You know, it wasn't the brightest idea to kill all of the members from my best tracking team. It brings a lot of unwanted attention towards yourself when you're trying to keep a low profile, don't you think?" placing a hand onto his hip, Giorno looked upon the pathetic Valentine, letting him get drenched in the rain.
That's when he felt it, the same magical force that sent him here in the first place. It was faint, but it's there. Grasping the opportunity, Valentine summoned his stand.
"「D4C」! Open a gateway back to our reality!"Valentine was engulfed in a golden aura. Soon a blue outline covering him started to separate and solidify behind the man.

Stand:「Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap」-AKA「D4C」
Stand Stats (in alphabetical order E being the weakest and A being the strongest)
Power: A
Speed: A
Range: C
Durability: A
Precision: A
Development Potential: A
Stand Master: Funny Valentine
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Info: The stand that is possessed by the United States of America, having only a single ability yet essentially being able to give its user, Funny Valentine, endless possibilities. D4C allows its user to move between parallel worlds freely and enables parallel worlds to co-exist at the same time and in the same place. Seemingly there is an infinite number of parallel universes but only 1 D4C in existence. To activate its ability, the user must be closed between two objects, such as a wall and a door, and can bring others through parallel worlds. If Funny Valentine were to die, he could transfer his stand to another version of Funny Valentine. That version of Valentine would be caught up to speed on what is going on as all Valentines share the same goal and is indistinguishable between themselves.
"Don't try anything funny! I will-"Giorno was cut off by an explosion of light that slowly formed into a large oval shape below Valentine, the concrete pavement breaking apart and sinking in. This caused the python and veins currently entangled around Valentine's leg to drag him down into the portal with them.
Releasing that Valentine is escaping, Giorno tried to catch him.
"「Gold Experience Requiem」!" springing life into the flooring, more veins appeared and grew itself towards Valentine, but he dodged the oncoming plants.
"This isn't how「D4C」usually travel to parallel, but it'll do for now.." Valentine thought. As the president sinks even further into the portal, he smirked at Giorno.
"Giorno Giovanna, you are very a formidable foe. No doubt if this encounter of ours were to last longer, I would have lost or died even, but regardless of the circumstances, I have persevered and seen this outcome to the very end! I won't disturb the peace you have brought upon Italy, but this will be the last time you'll see of me. I bid you farewell!" finally submerging himself into the puddle of light on the floor, Giorno seeing no other option, gave chase to Valentine.
"You're not getting away!" yelling, he jumped into the portal. As he entered, the portal of light closed behind him with a thunderous boom. And soon after, only the sound of water hitting the empty pavement floor filled the empty alleyway as both men disappeared from the universe.
Author's Note
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