Chapter 28: The Stand Arrow

Scarlet had stepped through the rift as it closed behind her. She smelt a familiar scent as the room was pitch black expect from the candles and the moon shining in through the window.

A male figure stood by the window with his back turned to Scarlet. "Ah, I see you've made it here....tell me, how have you been?"

Scarlet turned her head as she grabbed a wine glass and filled it up with a bottle of red wine. "I've been fine Dio. I got married to Kurumi, and she's pregnant."

Dio turned his head to the side. "I would congratulate you on your wedding, and your pregnant wife. But I'm sure you're curious as to how I am alive? I only remember being blasted to dust and ash by that miserable Saiyan. Vegeta..."

Scarlet crossed her arms as she took a sip from the wine glass, the wine trickled down her neck as if she missed her mouth. The cold refreshing red wine did feel good to the Grimm girl as she felt it slid down her throat with each gulp she took, despite some running down her skin she didn't pay it much mind. After she had finished the wine from the glass, she filled it up once more with more red wine and chugged it down. "Bahh! That's better...but yes, I'm curious on that."

Dio knew she was going to ask that eventually as he turned around fully. "Then sit, it's going to be a complicated story from here on." He watched Scarlet for a moment as he saw her sit down nearby. "After I was blasted from Vegeta's attack, I did indeed turn into dust and ash. But then he appeared."

Scarlet locked eyes with Dio as she knew who he meant. "You mean Forgotten don't you?"

Dio nods. "Indeed. Tell me something, he was defeated correct?"

Scarlet nods a little but closed her eyes. "I was killed before he was, but I was told how Forgotten was beaten. But that does beg the question, do you think the God of Death is alive?" She kept her eyes closed for a moment. "Goku and Vegeta fused into Gogeta and used soul punisher on him. But since Forgotten was already dead from the start from what Nightmare had done in the past to his brother and what events took place after Forgotten's death."

"If you're correct, then that would explain why he appeared after I died. He brought me back to life, but by the time I woke up. I was here in my mansion with the Stand Arrow in my hand." Dio said as he turned around. "But now, the arrow is no longer in my possession."

Scarlet opened one eye as she glanced at Dio. "And that's why you called me? You do know who's causing this right? It's Demon God Demigra, his time rifts are opening each time I either cause chaos or kill people in one particular universe. I'm assuming you were able to notice?"

Dio scoffed. "Which explains why one of your so called spirit friends is lurking around."

The Grimm girl cocked an eyebrow up wondering what he meant by that. "Nightmare is back in her universe, she wouldn't be caught so easily if she was here...unless you mean someone else."

Dio showed her a picture of Tohka in a restaurant chowing down on food. "Does she ring any bells?"

Scarlet gripped the arm of the chair as she had a devilish look on her face. "So Tohka is here huh? I'm guessing she was clumsy and fell through a opened time rift in Tengu City and ended up here."

"Look closer." Dio said. "Notice anything unusual?"

Scarlet scanned the picture carefully as she noticed. "The stand arrow, she has it."

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Scarlet stood outside of Dio's mansion as she turned to look at the window seeing Dio's silhouette standing there, she turned around as she looked at her Grimm arm for a moment. "It seems I have to get that arrow from Tohka...yet keep a watch out for Jotaro and his traveling group." She grins as she clinched her fist tightly. "This is going to be one hell of a fun time then."

Dio watched Scarlet leave as he moved away from the window. "Just you wait Joestar, your blood will be mine...my ally will be sure you're brought to me, dead or alive."

Elsewhere Joseph sneezed as he cleaned he blew his nose. "Either someone's talking about me, or I'm getting a cold."

"Who knows." Jotaro said as he closed his eyes. "We should be getting close to our next location, hopefully we can get the stand arrow before it gives anyone else a stand."

Joseph sighs. "I suppose you're right Jotaro."

Tohka was in a nearby restaurant chowing down on food still. "I swear, the next time I see Scarlet...I'm challenging her to a eating contest again, and this time I'm sure I'll win! I may have lost to her and Kurumi in the Sushi eating contest, but now my gut is a bottomless pit!" She had the stand arrow tied to her back as the spirit didn't really know what it was other than a arrow. So she assumed the bow was somewhere else, more and more food came to her as she kept chowing down.

Jotaro and co walked past, not bothering noticing as they didn't really tend to make a pit stop anytime soon. Kakyoin yawns as he had noticed Tohka with the arrow, and rubbed his eyes thinking he was just tired. "Hey, you guys see that?"

Polnareff stops as he looks over to where Kakyoin was looking, his jaw dropped seeing the spirit chowing down with the stand arrow on her back. "It's the arrow, she has it!"

"OH MY GOD!" Joseph yelled. "We have to get it from her, she could be working with Dio in secret though."

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Scarlet sniffed the air as she was trying to pick up Tohka's scent, but only picked up a few unknown smells, two smells that didn't seem too familiar to her.

Hol Horse and Mariah were arguing over who was going to find the Joestar team, as they hadn't noticed Scarlet standing there glaring at them with a creepy grin. "No one told you to butt in! The Joestar team is mine, I almost had them in the palm of my hands."

"Sure you did." Hol Horse said. "I could've killed em with my bullets, but I'm still going to make sure of it."

"Ara ara...what's all this?" Scarlet asked as she approached the two, she was giving them a eerie glare as chills ran down their spines. "I'd hate to say this, but I'm the one going to find the Joestar team, not you two."

Mariah looked over to her as she crossed her arms. "And who the hell do you think you are? talking to us like that."

Hol Horse summons his stand as he pointed Emperor at Scarlet. "Who cares who she is, she's getting in our business." He pulled the trigger as a bullet fired out from Emperor as he smirks. "I bet you don't even has a stand!"

Scarlet's eyes glowed as the Grimm girl grins widely baring her fangs. "Oh? A homing bullet, capable of tracking it's target from the users control." She stopped time with her semblance as she flicked the bullet away from her as she snickers. "How useless...that's a waste of a Stand power.."

The moment Scarlet blinked for time to resume, she was no longer in the firing range of Emperor as she was now standing on Hol Horse's head. Mariah glanced up at her as she was wondering how she got on top of Hol Horse's head. "How did you dodge that bullet so easily?"

Scarlet jumped off of Hol Horse's head as she smirks. "Easy. I may not be a stand user..but my powers far surpass the likes of you weak mortals." She elbowed Hol Horse in the gut as she looked at Mariah. "And if you were thinking I'd be dumb enough to touch that outlet over there, you're far dumber than I though. You two are just better off as food for me."

Hol Horse clinched his gut as he fell over. "F-Food?" He felt Scarlet slam her foot onto his back as he struggled to get up. "We're not going to be cattle for some creep."

"You say that now, but why not face the facts...you were meant to be part of something greater." Scarlet said as she slowly cut open her abdomen as a Grimm arm came out of her gut. It grabbed Hol Horse as the arm started to pull him in as Scarlet smirked.

Hol Horse screamed and yelled as Mariah watched in horror as the Grimm arm pulled Hol Horse more and more into the Grimm girl's opened abdomen as if he was sucked into a dark void. The last thing that was seen from him was his arm as it disappeared, Scarlet's gut closed up as she glares at Mariah.

"W-We can talk about this can't we?" Mariah asked as she backed up a bit.

Scarlet licked her lips as she slowly approached her. "Nope. You're just food for me." She kicked Mariah down onto her back as she took and grabbed Mariah by the legs, her jaw unhinged like a snake as she pulled Mariah into her mouth.

Mariah yelled in terror as she was being swallowed whole, she had no idea what Scarlet truly was. But was at death's door already, Scarlet had slurped the woman up in one gulp as she snickered and fixed her jaw. Both Hol Horse and Mariah were gone now, all that remained were some of their clothing.

Scarlet wipes her mouth as she stood up and burps covering her mouth as she pulled a piece of silver hair from her mouth. "Ara...were on my manners?" She cackled as she walks off. "Thank you both for the lovely meal."