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Koichi had sent out Echoes Act 2 to search for Kira, but now, he is in danger. Sheer Heart Attack is going after him and he can’t defend himself. Jotaro needs to do something, fast!
If he doesn’t figure out this thing works, then they’ll both die. So, how does Heart Attack choose its victims?
Then, it finally clicks. After staying calm and subsequently lowering his own body temperature, he figures it out. Heart Attack goes after the hottest temperature. He neglects to tell Koichi before going into action.
Jotaro stops time and creates a fire, hoping to draw the stand’s attention. Suddenly, a sudden pang of pain goes through his heart and he loses focus. His body is still reacting to his commands… but it just —
It doesn’t feel like him anymore.
It doesn’t feel like his body anymore.
It feels.... foreign.
And suddenly, he’s looking up. This is definitely not Centipede Shoes... in fact, he’s not even inside. No, instead he’s in what seems to be a mech suit, a green one at that. He feels so... tired... like he doesn’t have any strength left.
What J̸̤̻͚̣̲̿̌̂̅ő̷̟͓̋̑ṯ̵̡̰̘̻̉̈́͗̎͋a̴̧̓r̸̲̤͖̿̃͋ó̶̡͈͉̗̻̐͆̌̒ sees, however, is someone who looks like him , but his face is covered. In fact, even though his whole body is covered, J̸̤̻͚̣̲̿̌̂̅ő̷̟͓̋̑ṯ̵̡̰̘̻̉̈́͗̎͋a̴̧̓r̸̲̤͖̿̃͋ó̶̡͈͉̗̻̐͆̌̒ is still able to guess that it was the same body type as him . The man is in a red mech suit. Why does he seem so familiar?
J̸̤̻͚̣̲̿̌̂̅ő̷̟͓̋̑ṯ̵̡̰̘̻̉̈́͗̎͋a̴̧̓r̸̲̤͖̿̃͋ó̶̡͈͉̗̻̐͆̌̒ can’t move. It’s too tiring, he seems to have used up all his strength. The familiar man is coming at him, rage emanating off of him as clear as day. J̸̤̻͚̣̲̿̌̂̅ő̷̟͓̋̑ṯ̵̡̰̘̻̉̈́͗̎͋a̴̧̓r̸̲̤͖̿̃͋ó̶̡͈͉̗̻̐͆̌̒ wants to say something, but he can't. He knows he should say something, but it doesn’t come out. Something that would surely save the day, but he never says it. He doesn’t know what that something he should be saying is.
Instead, on this broken highway, the familiar man comes right on top of him, killing J̸̤̻͚̣̲̿̌̂̅ő̷̟͓̋̑ṯ̵̡̰̘̻̉̈́͗̎͋a̴̧̓r̸̲̤͖̿̃͋ó̶̡͈͉̗̻̐͆̌̒, but he gets to see the familiar man’s face before everything goes dark. He’s a pretty, and blond. The familiar man seems content with this, proud of killing K̷̗̬͐̎ö̵͕̰́̐t̴̟̒̚é̶͚͚t̵̟̘͐s̸̬͘ǘ̸̖. If the familiar man is ok with it, then K̷̗̬͐̎ö̵͕̰́̐t̴̟̒̚é̶͚͚t̵̟̘͐s̸̬͘ǘ̸̖ should be happy that this is how his life ends.
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Kotetsu is done. He has nothing left. He doesn’t have his 100 power anymore, and Barnaby is coming at him. Was there really nothing that could be done to jog his memory? Is this how it ends?
Maybe he should call Barnaby by his nickname one last time. Even if that doesn’t work, at least he’ll get to say goodbye. If he must die like this, at least Bunny will have peace, even if it’s a lie.
Kotetsu doesn’t get to say anything as a lightheaded sensation overcomes him, and everything in his mind begins to go blank. Now, he’s no longer in Sterlin. He’s in what seems to be a shoe store, but why is everything so... dark? It’s all gray, like he’s become color blind. Then, the color seems to snap back and there’s a raging fire in front of him.
K̷̗̬͐̎ö̵͕̰́̐t̴̟̒̚é̶͚͚t̵̟̘͐s̸̬͘ǘ̸̖ doesn’t know what’s going on, but he knows that the child ahead of him needs to be protected. That’s why he made the fire, right? But why would he need to make a fire? What’s the point? Did K̷̗̬͐̎ö̵͕̰́̐t̴̟̒̚é̶͚͚t̵̟̘͐s̸̬͘ǘ̸̖ need to tell the child something important? And why was there a tank after him?
K̷̗̬͐̎ö̵͕̰́̐t̴̟̒̚é̶͚͚t̵̟̘͐s̸̬͘ǘ̸̖ feels something inside of him, something he should probably call out to, but he doesn’t know how. He doesn’t know what he’s feeling, but it seems important. The tiny tank is heading right for him, and it’s probably dangerous. K̷̗̬͐̎ö̵͕̰́̐t̴̟̒̚é̶͚͚t̵̟̘͐s̸̬͘ǘ̸̖ needs to protect himself, but how? What should he do?
Suddenly, there’s an explosion. He feels like a million bombs are going off on him, and it hurts so much. There should be something to take the brunt of K̷̗̬͐̎ö̵͕̰́̐t̴̟̒̚é̶͚͚t̵̟̘͐s̸̬͘ǘ̸̖’s damage, right? ...right?
J̴̧͓̈o̶͕͙̍t̶̳̓͜á̴͙ͅr̷͔͒ỏ̶̜͖͝’s vision goes dark quickly, but he can still make out words as he hits something and breaks it.
“JOTARO-SAN!”
Was that his name? Oh well, he’ll never know. It’s not like he’ll be waking up anytime soon.
Jotaro never wakes up. He never saves Koichi from being blown to bits, as he died himself. Josuke and Okuyasu arrive at the scene too late, and the murder runs free. That is until, Kira finally catches up to his hunters and gets rid of any evidence connecting him to his murders.
Barnaby heard of Tiger’s death, but never got to know who the killer was. Until he saw his fellow heroes being taken away, punished for trying to help a murderer escape. He had tried to defend them, saying they just didn’t want the man to die, but Maverik took him to a private room.
Instead of explaining things, like Barnaby thought he would, Maverik gave him his memories back (conveniently leaving out the part where it was all Maverik’s doing). It was all too much to handle, but he had to live with the guilt of killing his best friend for the rest of his life.