"That reminds me, where's Yuri?" Polnareff asked. "Now that you mentioned it, she had been pretty distant." Sayori remarked. "Oh come on, as if that's not her normal behavior." Natsuki pouted.

"Yes, I would like to meet her too." Holly said. "Hmm? Another one of Jotaro's friends?" Joseph asked.

"Speaking of Jotaro, where is he?" Kakyoin asked. "He is with Monika, I think." Sayori replied.

Polnareff was giggling like an idiot after hearing that.

...

Jotaro was having quite a nice nap, but his girlfriend won't stop poking him in the nose.

"Jotaro~"

"Mmm..." he grunted grumpily and turned around. "Jotaro, wake up, love." her voice rang on his ears.

"Shut up, I don't want any." he dismissively said, still refusing to open his eyes.

It was silent for a few moments so he assumed she gave up. He should have known better.

An extremely cold sensation rattled him, he woke up and discovered that Monika threw a snowball at his face.

The brunette was smiling sweetly while he glared daggers at her. "Snowball fight? The snow on the ground got thick so..."

"I'm gonna destroy you. Come on." he stood up and used his stand to grab his hat.

...

"No stands. That's the rule." she reminded him. "I don't need one to thrash you." he replied with confidence. Monika puts her hands behind her back and leaned forward coyly, they are out on her front yard. 5 meters apart.

"Oh really? You're so... COCKY!" she immediately threw a snowball, to which he narrowly dodged. "Tch!"

"Don't think I'm all unathletic, I've got quite the throwing ar-" a snowball smashed on her face.

"You mean those flabs on your arms you call your triceps? Yare yare... You're not fooling anyone, Monika." Jotaro said with a smirk, teasing her in his own edgy way.

Monika wiped the snow off her face and crouched down, building a small wall. "Then let me just show it to you, love..!" she grinned.

Jotaro raised an eyebrow.

She inhaled and grabbed from the top of the pile.

"ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!"

"Shimatta..!" Jotaro barely evaded her onslaught of rapidly thrown snowballs.

He got hit on the shoulder. But the balls kept coming. 'Not bad...' his eyebrows furrowed when he noticed that he was cheating, he can see black pixels on her palms. 'Oh I see, not cheating unless caught huh?'

"STAR PLATINUM!" he merged his arm with the stand and punched the ground, causing a huge splash of snow.

Monika raised her arms to guard her eyes from the debris but as soon as the place settled, he was gone.

She rolled her eyes and smiled then threw the snowball behind her.

Jotaro frowned and wiped the snow from his face, he took off his hat and shook it to remove the excess snow.l, but it had alot of it. Monika giggled and taunted him "I guess I win, ahaha~"

"Yare yare... Who says it's all ov-" she suddenly grabbed his biceps to avoid him from reaching fir a snowball.

Their eyes met as she slowly tip toed forward to meet his lips...

Until Jotaro ruined the moment by flicking his hat with his wrist, splashing the snow to her face. "Ughh! Jotaro!" she whined and playfully jabbed his chest.

"You told me you want to take it slow, so no kissing." he reminded her.

"But it was going so well..." she sulked and crossed her arms. "Why would you do that?" Monika asked him with playful frustration on her voice.

"Because the inner machinations of my enigma are my mind." he replied with a straight face.

...

"Thanks for the food, Mrs. Kujo!" Sayori and Natsuki waved. "You're free to come back anytime!" Holly responded.

"You sure you don't want me to uhh... Escort you home?" Polnareff asked Sayori. "Oh please, Pol. My house is just on the other side of the street." she dismissively chuckled. Polnareff pouted, the hotel he was staying in was on the other way.

"I guess we're heading the same street." Kakyoin said as him and Natsuki walked down the road. "Oh, no don't get the wrong idea. I'm just going to check on Yuri. How dare her not join us?" the small girl huffed. "I see. I think I'm going to join you, I'd like to meet her." the redhead replied.

"So you did say you died during the trip... What was it like?" the petite woman asked.

"I don't know... It just felt like a very long nap, then I woke up on some sort of a hospital, everyone then screamed in joy that the operation was a success and all that." Kakyoin said as he reminisce about his revival.

"That was totally cool! You're like a... Shonen hero or something." Natsuki's eyes gleamed. "Oh please, if anyone of us 6 could fit that description, it'd be Polnareff." he chuckled.

...

"I thought you don't like smoking?" Jotaro asked as he stood next to a takoyaki stando holding a cigarette as Monika puts on her beanie. "I don't! I just wanna accompany you, that's all." her stomach then grumbled.

Jotaro raised an eyebrow "Did you only come so you can eat?"

Monika blushed madly and smirked at him "Say that again without sounding sexual."

Jotaro's face turned red as well but without missing a beat, he paraphrased his sentence "Did you join me so you can consume?"

"Absolutely! There's nothing left in the fridge... But I don't think I can eat that..." Monika pointed at the takoyaki stand next to him.

"Hmm? Why?" Jotaro asked as he threw his stick, only to be destroyed by Freek N' You as a way of garbage disposal.

"I'm... I'm vegetarian." she whispered.

"... Wait what." he monotonously asked. "I-I don't mean to brag about it or anything!" Monika said. "You hate killing animals or something?" Jotaro asked.

"Not really about that. I'm concerned about carbon footprints, eating meet leaves alot of it so I just wanna contribute to saving the world by doing my part." she stated as she leaned next to him.

"I thought you said something along the lines of 'preferring your fish on your plate and not on your book' earlier?" Jotaro countered.

"It was more of a figure of speech, I just find it hypocritical that humans only hate animal cruelty when the species is something we can relate from, if we kill bugs, that's fine. They're icky and gross. But if we kill puppies or kittens, it's immoral just because they're bigger and cuter. Now don't get me wrong, I love cats and dogs but using that as a reason to be vegetarian is a bit hypocritical." Monika ranted.

It made him smile, moments like this are what he loves about her, she actually makes sense to talk to. "I get what you mean. But don't think you'll convince me about going all green just because of your reasons." he tugged his hat. "Oh no, it's my choice and I won't force it upon you, keep being yourself, my love. It's why I loved you in the first place." she said softly, making him avert his gaze to avoid embarrassment.

...

"What does your stand do anyway?" Natsuki asked but before Kakyoin can answer "Oh- we're here."

Kakyoin felt chills crawl down his spine, he can feel an aura inside the house that screams danger, he knows, he encountered enough stand users to know where this is going. "So, is there by any chance that she is a stand user?" he asked hesitantly.

"If she is then I won't forgive her for not telling me. Why?" Natsuki asked.

The gates opened on their own.

The two glanced at eachother before walking towards the front door...

Natsuki can also feel it, the cold, and not because there's snow everywhere, a different kind of chill.

Kakyoin had his Hierophant behind him.

"K-Kakyoin?"

"Yeah?"

"Your stand can fight, right?"

"Don't worry, I'll make sure you won't get hurt."

Natsuki gulped and nodded, reaching forward to knock on the door, but before her knuckles landed, it opened by itself and Yuri greeted them with a gloomy "Hey, Natsuki..."

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" the petite girl shrieked. Kakyoin frowned and withdrew his stand.

...

"Ughh, I can't believe I'm gonna see that wimp again." Joseph crossed his arms. "Papa, don't be like that, Sadao is a nice guy." Holly pouted as she washed the dishes. "It's what he wants you to think! If he's so nice then why the hell isn't he with you then, huh?!" he argued.

"Uhh, duhh, he is on a tour. Give him a break." Holly replied.

"SON OF A BITCH. I would hate him less if he didn't drag you here in Japan!" the old man yelled.

"Come on, pa. Japan isn't that bad."

"NO. I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about the effort we had to go through just to see you and Jotaro! Just look! Your mother can't even visit due to having scheduled checkups!" Joseph whined.

...

"It won't hurt to try, open up." Jotaro tried shoving a takoyaki on her mouth after finding out she never had one. She shook her head no. "Yare yare... Stop being so stubborn. There is a reason Natsuki loves these." he said but she crossed her arms and kept her mouth shut.

"I say don't shoo it until you chewed it."

"No-" the moment she opened up to reply, he fed it to her.