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~"Kill the Don of Passione. It is revenge for him killing Diavolo eleven years ago." A man wearing a black mask wheezed as he handed over a picture to another man. He had white hair and wore small glasses to cover his eyes.
After Alessi heard that DIO was killed, he took odd jobs to assassinate people with his Stand. (It really was fun to see the children squirm in defeat!) He stared at the polariod photograph. A man wearing an odd black suit along with golden ladybug brooches was staring up at him. He had golden blonde hair and teal colored eyes. It looked like he was talking to someone.
"This kid? He's so young!" Alessi remarked. The man gave him a dead glare.
"Diavolo was less than thirty three years old when he ran Passione! Now, do we have a deal or not?" The man took out his hand to shake. Alessi smirked.
"Gladly."
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"And then I told Anasui that if he actually did love me, he would leave me to hang out with Weather! It's not like I like him that way anyway! He's like a brother to me!" Jolyne finished. Giorno chuckled.
"He does love you. Don't worry about it. I could tell when you introduced me to him in Florida." He assured which made Jolyne smile slightly.
To 'babysit' the younger Joestar was one of Giorno's favorite things to do. It gave him a chance to get away from his office and explore Naples with his great great great niece. It was even more fun when Josuke was there but he had a case to solve back in Morioh and it seemed Stand related. Giorno typed idly on his laptop while Jolyne was licking on her ice cream. The weather was perfect. Birds were chirping, children were playing soccer on the streets and Naples went on it's usual buisness. It was times like these, Giorno was glad that his dream became a reality due to his comrades and even his Padri.
Beep beep! Giorno looked down to the Rolex watch he was wearing and put down his laptop screen.
"We should get going, Signor Jotaro is waiting for us." He said, putting his laptop in his backpack. Jolyne nodded as she finished up her ice cream. Giorno paid for the food and the two started to walk on the sidewalk in silence.
Even ten years later, having enough money to feed a small country felt surreal to Giorno. He still felt like he had to save every penny he could.
(But when it came to famiglia whether it be the Joestars or his Gang Star famiglia, he could spoil them a little right?)
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot! Giorno, you, your crew and Uncle Pol are invited to my graduation!" Jolyne took a split second to grab multiple tickets from her purse and handing it to the Don. Giorno felt the tickets in his hand. They were light but he could feel Jolyne's heart in them. She really wanted them to come.
"Are you sure you want the Don of the mafia, a turtle and a bunch of random Italians to come over to your graduation? I think that people might judge you." Giorno joked around. He genuinely wanted to come. It would be the second graduation he's ever been to that wasn't his. (It was Narancia's that he attended. It was a joyful affair but Giorno made sure to visit the graves of Abbacchio and Fugo after with Narancia and Padre Dio told him that those two were watching with tears in their eyes as much as they didn't want to admit it.)
Jolyne punched Giorno on the arm.
"You guys aren't random! You're family! Does it look like I give a fuck about what everyone else thinks? Fucking Anasui is going to be there along with Hermes, FF, Emporio, and Weather! Those fuckers can go fuck themselves if they give a shit about me!" Giorno laughed at the amount of swears that were just said in three sentences.
"If Signor Jotaro was here, he would have scolded you for your language, Jolyne." Jolyne rolled her eyes. She waved him off.
"Yeah yeah. Does it look like I listen to him anyways?" She asked rhetorically as they were about to turn to the other street until Jolyne bumped into a tall man with football like hair.
"Hey! Watch where you're going old man!" She nearly yelled in a grumpy tone. "Be glad I don't beat up old people." She tried to walk ahead but the man blocked him. Giorno caught up to her asking what was wrong. He then saw the man in front of her.
Giorno knew that Jolyne would be able to beat up this man without any trouble but he didn't want to bail his great great great grandniece out of jail again. (Anasui would kill him if he found out Jolyne went to jail again!)
"May I help you Signor?" Giorno asked in his 'Don' voice. The man drilled his eyes onto Giorno.
Shit. I think he might be after me.
"You're Giorno Giovanna aren't you?" Jolyne gasped in the background.
"Oh shit! You're dead now old man!" She commented in the background. Giorno's hand clenched into a fist but his logic side held him in.
No one knows me as Giorno Giovanna anymore. I've spread my name as Giorno Brando all throughout Europe! Who is this man that he associates my Step Father's name along with mine?
I was right. He must be after me.
"I go by as Giorno Brando now, Signor." He gritted his teeth. Suddenly, a shadow crept under the man. It had eerie eyes that looked like it would never blink.
Is that a Stand?!
"Jolyne! Jump!" Giorno cried out as he also did the same using GER to float midair. Jolyne (bless her soul for trusting Giorno so easily) did so by using Stone Free to latch herself to a lightpole.
The man's eyes widened.
"H-he didn't say you were a Stand user!" He exclaimed. Giorno narrowed his eyes.
"Who didn't say I was a Stand user?" He interrogated still floating in the air. The man smirked.
"The name's Alessi. Who I work for is private information. I'll come back to kill you after you're ready!!" He laughed as he started to run into the crowds.
"Hey! Get back here!" Jolyne cried out from the light pole. She used Stone Free to latch herself from light pole to light pole as Giorno started to float forward.
"He's getting away!" Was it just Giorno or was he losing altitude in the air? He called out for Golden Experience Requiem.
"It seems like you're de aging." It stated. "I cannot keep you afloat as I'm trying to keep your's and Jolyne's memories intact." They set Giorno safely on the ground with more questions than answers. De aging?! Is that what that man's Stand does?! Giorno could feel it now. His hands were smaller and more bony than how they usually were. He stole a glance at a window trying to see his reflection.
Wrinkles were erased from his face and he was shorter than what he was before. His clothes were loose on him.
I look like I'm fifteen again! It was at that moment, Giorno remembered something -someone.-
Shoot. Where's Jolyne?!
"Giorno!" He heard a child calling for him. He turned his head rapidly towards the sound of the voice. A girl with small pigtails was trying to keep her clothes on. The older teen ran over to the child.
"Jolyne? Is that you?!" Jolyne gave him a blank stare.
"Of course it's me, you fu-fu-fudgetard!" Giorno had to hold back a laugh. It looked like even though GER kept their memories intact, their mentalities were still reverted.
"Don't laugh! I need clothes!" Giorno tried to bring himself back to reality.
"O-oh yeah! Hold on. I'll have Golden Experience make you a cotton shirt and pants. Those are organic right?" He said to himself knowing fully well that yes, cotton was organic. GER came by his stead and did what Giorno commanded making a pink t shirt and loose pants. He handed it to the girl and turned around.
"There. Now hurry up and change so we can go to Signor Jotaro as fast as we can and tell him what happened." Jolyne nodded until she gasped. Giorno nearly turned around again.
"Che cosa! What's wrong!?" He asked in worry.
"MY BUTTERFLY TATTOO IS GONE! I SPENT 150$ ON THAT SHEET!" Giorno rolled his eyes. Seriously?!
This was going to be a long walk.
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Jotaro didn't know how much you depended on something until it was gone. That counted friends as well.
"Hey Jotaro, remember when you an I turned into kids? What was that enemy Stand user name again...?" Polnareff asked, bringing Jotaro back from his thoughts.
Giorno and Jolyne were late. He hoped that they were alright.
"Alessi." Jotaro replied a one word answer.
"Oh yeah! Thank God I was born with Silver Chariot otherwise I would have been toast! But you were so annoying! You didn't even recognize me!" Jotaro smiled as he looked down towards the turtle.
Yes, his friend was a tortise but did he give a shit? No.
"I thought it was you for a second as no kid would have their ears pierced and have such ugly earrings-" That resulted in Polnareff saying, "Hey!" in the background. "-But I thought you could handle yourself."
Polnareff pouted.
"Seriously?! Did you know about the things I had to go through?!" Jotaro waved the tortoise off.
"Yeah yeah. You told me. You met the love of your life and you chivalrously decided to leave her to fight DIO." Jotaro didn't want to remind him that Polnareff risked his life for people he barely knew for fifty days. He could have been with that woman right now possibly with children.
"Signor Jotaro!" Jotaro's and Polnareff's head perked up at the sound of Giorno's voice and saw the teen running towards them holding a child's hand.
Hold on- she wasn't just a child. That was Jotaro's child!
"Who are you?!" Jotaro said in a firm tone. Giorno held his hands up in surrender.
"It is I, Giorno Joestar Brando and I have a dream to get rid of drugs." He summoned Golden Experience Requiem to prove it was really him.
"But... you already did that." Polnareff pointed out. Giorno looked at the Frenchman.
"Daddy! He's been saying that this WHOLE TIME!" Jolyne cried out. Giorno shook his head.
"It was a bad habit I had when I was a kid. I didn't know it was this annoying!" He said. Jotaro looked at Jolyne and back to Giorno.
She really was Jolyne. No one could make his daughter so accurate as she laid low after the Dolphin Street Prison incident.
"...Why does Jolyne look like she's seven years old? Why do you look like you're fifteen years old?" Jotaro asked knowing fully well what the answer was.
Giorno thought it was an appropriate time to stare at his Allen Edmond shoes which was probably worth Jotaro's pay for a whole day shift.
"There was an enemy Stand user that wanted to assassinate me?" Giorno ended the sentence like a question.
Yare yare daze. We were just talking about de aging. Could it be Alessi?
"Did the man say a name?" Jotaro said.
"That fu-fudger called himself Alessi! That buster!" Jotaro couldn't help but smile at Jolyne's lack of using swear words. It was just like old times again.
"Alessi!?" Polnareff exclaimed. "He's still alive?!" Giorno picked up the soul.
"Signor Polnareff, do you know him?" He said. Polnareff nodded.
"He used to work for DIO and nearly killed me!" Giorno looked away at the mention of his Father's name. From what Jotaro knows, DIO has now changed from how he was back then. The bastard actually made it to Heaven according to Polnareff.
It still hurt thinking about those fifty days in Egypt though.
Polnareff stated how he should go and ask Dio for more information about Alessi and his soul left the tortoise.
Knowing Alessi, he would want to come after them again after they were done ag- Jotaro's eyes widened when he saw a shadow on the ground with eyes.
"Giorno, Jolyne, look out!" He pushed the two younger children to the side but he didn't have time to activate [Star Platinum: The World] for him to be able to get away from Alessi's Stand so he jumped.
This guy doesn't remember what Polnareff and I did to him? Or does he not recognize me?
"DADDY!" Jolyne cried out. Giorno held her back. From the corner of the street, he saw Alessi jump.
"I-I didn't know that that Giovanna kid was associated with Jotaro Kujo!" He squeaked. Jotaro's hand turned into a fist.
"Bastard..." His hands turned into a fist and Star Platinum came by his Stead.
"Signor Kujo! You can't go yet! GER has to keep your memories intact! You're de aging at a fast rate!" Giorno called out from the grass.
He was right. Jotaro felt his clothes starting to get tighter. How old am I going to get transformed to? He wondered.
"Giorno. Can you tell me how old I look right now? There's nothing I can see my reflection with." Jotaro stated calmly. He still felt Star Platinum with him. Maybe it wasn't that young? Possibly twenty eight? Jotaro was forty right now so the Shadow couldn't have made him that young.
"Well, GER said that you're seventeen years old right now." Giorno blinked. Jotaro looked at his hands, and then to Star Platinum who also reverted in age.
"Well fuck."