madimpossibledreamer

            The room is filled with smoke.  The shorter occupant coughs a little, but his protests haven’t done anything so far.

            “What’s taking him so long?”  A sigh, and then a pistol appears in the man’s hand.  He twirls it absent-mindedly.  “That’s just like a Joestar.  ‘I’m just going out for a stroll’ means ‘I’m going to get attacked and need rescuing’.  Damn it.”

            “I’m sure it’s okay, Mister Hol Horse!  Mister Jotaro’s pretty strong!”  Why do I always let myself get dragged into these things when they might be dangerous?  Being around Jotaro-san’s always dangerous.  And yet…I can’t just sit and watch, no matter how scared I am.

            The man grimaces and flicks the cigarette into an ash tray.  “I thought I told you, stop calling me ‘Mister’.  And Jotaro’s not the only strong one in the world, you know.”  The cowboy takes a deep breath, Emperor disappearing from his hands.  “But he did take out DIO, so he is plenty strong.  I just don’t like waiting around for my enemies to come jump me.  I prefer to be the one ambushing the enemy.”

            Koichi’s about to respond, but all thought flies out of his head.  There’s sudden, unexpected movement from under the bed, and they both scream, jumping up and running in one smooth motion like they’ve practiced it.  Something grabs them and drags them back kicking and screaming.

            “Missed me?”  It’s…

            It’s Yukako.  They’re not about to die.

            “Of course, but weren’t you supposed to stay at the headquarters?”  Heading into a different dimension was dangerous, but everyone liked Josephine and Mercia, so them going missing had pretty much pulled everyone to battle stations, even Rihan and Sakura.  They’d mostly just signed up as backup (well, Hol Horse was probably wanting a kiss or something as thanks, other than the hours-long rant about treating women right and not kidnapping them into other dimensions), but that didn’t mean that he wanted Yukako in danger.

            “I know we talked about it, but I didn’t want to think about you being in danger without me there to help.”  The door starts to open, and Yukako’s eyes become glittery daggers.

            “DON’T KILL HER, THAT’S THE MAID!” Koichi yells as the maid takes one look at Yukako’s expression and makes a run for it, leaving the door open.