48. Voodoo and King Crimson Part II ~Battle of the ...

"Alas, you cannot remember our meeting..." said Diablo, a red-haired man with a black polo and diamond-shaped hole on his chest. He has black pants and black shoes. His hair has tiny black dots in each strand. He has black lips and mascara. He is 182 cm. "Therefore, you will never remember our meeting, Miguel JoJo... I, Diablo, will defeat you."

Diablo then takes Straizo and walked away. His Stand then emerges and punches the wall down.

Miguel and Anne are on the ground, coughing from blood. However, Miguel eyes Diablo as he walked away.

"Wrry..." whispered Miguel.

Miguel and Anne run around in the corridors, searching for answers.

A zombie charged from beside them as Star Platinum killed the zombie instantly with a single punch. Miguel teleported around and murdered more zombies.

Miguel uses Star Platinum to tear off the zombies' heads and innards.

Meanwhile, Anne uses Sticky Fingers to zip all of the zombies to pieces.

"STICKY FINGERS!!!" shouted Anne.

"BUENA BUENA BUENA BUENA BUENA!!!" shouted Sticky Fingers, punching the zombies away.

The two Stands toss the zombies as if they were nothing.

"Horror movie 101: DOUBLE-TAP!!!" shouted Miguel, as he pummeled the zombies into mush.

"Jesus, Miguel!" she shouted.

"Double-tap," he replied, shrugging.

"I may be a klutz, but you shouldn't get too trigger happy there," she said.

"You dare kill all my zombies!!?" shouted Straizo, emerging out of nowhere. "This is a ferry containing five thousand five hundred zombies! YOU TWO HAVE ONLY KILLED-!!! Four thousand five hundred of them-... WHAT!!?HOW DID YOU TWO... IN A MATTER OF..." He counts with his fingers a few times over.

Miguel checks his watch.

"Two minutes?" asked Miguel.

"Yes," said Straizo. "HOW!!?"

"I can stop time and she can zip people to pieces," said Miguel, pointing to himself and her.

"You sound pretty dumb just asking that," said Anne.

Suddenly, a horde of one thousand zombies entered the room as Straizo pointed to the two.

"Alright..." said Anne. "Miguel. You take the five hundred on the left, while I take the five hundred on the right."

Miguel smiles. His eyes turn silver as his "soul" and "mind" disappear from his body. Only instinct remained. His hair flows in the air like it was in the water.

"Huh..." said Anne, turning to Miguel as she then turns to the zombies. "That's new."

"Whoever loses has to do laundry later?" asked Miguel.

"Yep," said Anne. "STICKY FINGERS!!!"

"STAR PLATINUM: BITES THE DUST!!!" shouted Miguel.

"BUENA BUENA BUENA-!!!"

Suddenly, time skipped.

Miguel looks at his left leg.

It stings for some reason and it's very painful. He removes the cloth around his leg.

He's been bit.

"Anne?" asked Miguel.

Anne turns to him. "What?"

Anne covers her mouth, surprised. "I'LL KILL YOU!!!" she gritted her teeth, turning to Straizo and releasing Sticky Fingers as the Stand charged toward Straizo.

"I'LL KILL YOU!!!" shouted Anne.

Miguel tears the sleeve of his pants and ties it on his leg.

"I just need more time to fight..." he whispered.

Time was erased. Diablo sees her next few punches in the next ten seconds. He grabs Straizo and puts him away.

"HEY!!!" shouted Miguel in erased time. "I'LL KICK YOUR ASS IF YOU TOUCH ANNE!!!"

"Approach as you like, MIGUEL JOJO!!!" shouted Diablo.

Diablo moved from right to left and saw Miguel's next movements. He easily dodged Miguel's attacks as Diablo offered a kick toward the back of Miguel's head. Somehow, Miguel saw himself losing his head against Diablo.

Diablo sees that Miguel dodged his kick.

"WHAT!?" he asked, looking rather confused.

Star Platinum emerged and punched Diablo in the face. No... this is in the future. Diablo dodged this.

No... that was in the future.

The two Users stood still.

Time resumed.

The two Users pant.

Diablo woges into a Manticore. He has a lion's head, bat-like wings, golden hair, a black mane, and a scorpion's tail.

"How could a plebe like you gain my ability?" asked Diablo.

"You're Diablo," said Miguel. "GAH!!!" he shouted, as his flesh began to rot.

"I can regenerate..." said Miguel. "This is just a flesh wound."

"But you cannot regenerate lost body parts. So if you lose the most vital body parts, you die. That's what I learned from Cryptid School," smiled Diablo.

"What do you want?" asked Miguel.

"I want to serve Salvi," said Diablo. "Salvi is the only one who can save our world."

"And that's why I have to kill you," said Miguel.

"You don't have to kill me," said Diablo. "You have the freedom to spare me. You choose to kill me. You don't have to do things. You choose to."

"My fate is that I will destroy the Universe," said Miguel.

"Yes," said Diablo. "So, why fight it? You'd only have a hard time!"

Diablo takes out a cigarette as Anne killed more zombies in the background.

"What do I do? Accept it?" asked Miguel.

"You're just a Regular Stand-User," said Diablo. "Yes. It's your friend's fate to die in this battle just as yours is to destroy everything that we know."

"I'm sorry... What?" asked Miguel.

"Your allies will die, Miguel JoJo," said Diablo.

"Wait... Salvi said he wanted to save Cryptids," said Miguel. "He said that he'd bring the destruction of humanity and keep the others alive!"

Diablo chuckled softly. "You don't know, do you? That's not at all that Salvi wants!"

"Then what does he want? Power?" asked Miguel. "Money? Fame?"

"He wants to save us," said Diablo. "This is the stairway to Heaven."

"STOP THAT!!!" shouted Miguel. "STOP WITH THAT HEAVEN BULLSHIT!!! SO HE KNOWS HOW THIS ALL ENDS!?"

"No," said Diablo.

"Then!" shouted Miguel.

"He doesn't know but he knows that this is what he is supposed to want. This is what's supposed to happen," said Diablo.

"WHAT DOES HE WANT!!?" asked Miguel.

"He wants you to come to him, Miguel," smiled Diablo. "And now you're thinking, 'I should never have hunted him.' But... No matter where you run... Where you cower... Back to your island or back to your cabin... In this labyrinth that we call fate... Salvi knows that you will run back to where it all started. To your destiny. It's been woven in your lives ever since it all started. You will all lose. I've had a vision. You will fight with two others who are like you. Then, you will fight with gods of thunder, bug-like warriors, cartoon characters, dark knights, alien monkeys, speedsters, and even heroes who can defeat any enemy with one punch. You'll join with them... and you'll challenge the one who threatens everything you've built together... And...Poof!You're all gone... Dusted away by the cruelty of your fates. That, Miguel JoJo... is what you call Heaven."

"ORA ORA ORA ORA-!!!" shouted Star Platinum, as Miguel angrily attacked Diablo.

"YOOOOOOO HAAAAAAYYYYY NEEEEESSS!!!!" shouted King Crimson, as the two Stand punch away.

"You can't fight your destiny, Miguel JoJo! You just can't!" shouted Diablo. "Your allies... your loved ones... Everyone you fight for... All of them will die in your hands... Because you fought fate... It will worsen!"

Miguel stops. He sighs. He stares at Diablo really hard.

(theme begins)

"Hay Naku..." said Miguel. "I remember that you can't do something that I can."

Suddenly, Miguel is behind Diablo. He pummels Diablo in the face.

Diablo stands up and attacks King Crimson.

"YOOOOOO HAAAAAAAAAAAY NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!"

*POW POW POW POW*

Miguel, injured, backs away.

Miguel, now having fewer injuries, pummels Diablo from behind using Star Platinum.

Diablo turns around and sees two Miguels.

"What!?" asked Diablo.

The two Miguels stop time and punch Diablo over and over again.

"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA-!!!"

"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA-!!!"

The two Star Platinums pummel Diablo.

Another Miguel appears and attacks Diablo.

"What is happening!?" asked Diablo.

Diablo pummels the original Miguel, and the other two Miguels gain his injuries.

"Time travel!" shouted Diablo. "This is blasphemy! When did you use this!?"

"We used this against Yoshiko Kira," said Miguel.

"Dear God," said Diablo, trembling. "DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE D-!?"

"ORA!!!"

*BOOM*

Miguel pinches the left bill of his hat with his right hand.

"Hay Naku..." said Miguel. "I don't honestly care what kinda Back to the Future bullshit I must've caused. Whatever fate will do... or karma... or causality... I'll get back up and knock my enemies down...That's why..."

The third Miguel stays while the other two disappear.

Miguel slides his index finger and thumb to the right side of his bill.

"I don't give a fuck about what you're going to say..."

"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA-!!!"

Multiple Miguels appeared around Diablo and pummeled him as well.

The first entered a portal and a new Miguel appeared.

Time stopped.

All of the Star Platinums, about a hundred of them, pummel Diablo.

Time resumed.

Diablo is gone.

All the Miguels punch portals out of the air using Star Platinum and enter each of their portals. They then disappeared back into their points in time.

One Miguel was left standing.

"Hay Naku..."

(theme ends)

The last Miguel stood, now with rotting flesh on his left leg, fell to the ground. His whole left leg had been rotting. He falls to the ground and screams in pain.

"MIGGY!!!" shouted Anne.

Straizo is also gone.

"BUENA!!!" shouted Anne, zipping Miguel's foot off.

The foot rots as Star Platinum attacked the leg, sensing that it was becoming a zombie.

The leg formed a mouth and an eye as Star Platinum punched it until it exploded.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!" he screamed in a deep voice. "AAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!! AAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!! GOD!!!"

Miguel's thigh bleeds as Miguel screams in pain.

Anne grabs Miguel's head.

"Miggy?" she asked, grabbing his head and making him look at her. "Look at me... We beat them, okay? We beat them..."

Miguel grunts in pain.

Sticky Fingers carries Miguel.

"We gotta get outta here..."

*ZOOM*

Everyone lands on the boat. Arthur vomits blood and fell to the ground, having lost lots of metal. Jessica is also injured heavily with slashes around her body. Kariel has a hole on his head as he applied pressure to it. Miguel lost his leg. Anne is the only one completely fine.

Jedan immediately heals Arthur and surgically removed Metallica's metals. He healed up Jessica and patched up Kariel's hole. He then tries to heal Miguel's left leg.

Suddenly, it starts rotting as it dusted away.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!" shouted Miguel.

"Oh, God..." said Jedan.

"What's wrong!?" asked Anne.

"His leg isn't healing," said Jedan.

The others grab Miguel. Jessica and Kariel hold Miguel's right hand. Anne still carries him. He screams at the top of his lungs.

"What!?" asked Jessica.

"What happened to Kuya?" asked Kariel.

"He got bit by a damned zombie, didn't he?" asked Arthur.

Anne nods.

"Fuck..." said Arthur.

"Apply pressure to the leg," said Jedan. "I'll go get some Zombie Gift."

"The what?" asked Anne.

"Zombie Gift. It instantly kills zombie eggs in the bloodstream after drinking. We brought some from Miguel's bunker." said Jessica. "Read your Grimm Books, girl."

"Get his leg come back?" asked Anne.

"Nope," said Jedan, coming back with the Zombie Gift. "His leg's basically cursed."

"Wait, really?" asked Anne.

"Yes," said Jedan. "Read you Grimm books!"

"I'm the one who told Miguel about the zombies!" shouted Anne.

"It was more of a review, actually..." Miguel pants. "I was reviewing you to see if you still know your zombie knowledge. *GASP*"

"Drink," said Jedan, after finishing the potion.

Miguel drinks it as he immediately screams and rolls on the ground. Blood splatters from his knee as his stump heals as his skin heals over it.

"Shit..." said Miguel. "I got trigger happy when killing the... *gasp*... zombies..."

"Told you," said Anne.

"Shut the fuck up, you're grounded," said Miguel.

Anne bonks him in the head.

"Sorry... That was the vaccine talking," said Miguel.