17. D4C Part I

Arthur teared up after burying Ricardo in the grave next to his Father's. Ventura patted him on the back, as Arthur wiped his tears. The two stood there and stared at the headstone.

"Faith... not anger..." said Arthur to himself.

"14 Pesos, please," smiled the woman wearing a Jollibee uniform. JoJo paid her the exact amount and was given a chicken bucket with a lot of fries, burgers, and mashed potatoes. 

Arthur walked away without thanking her.

"Uh... sorry... Thank you," said Ventura, putting his hand on his chest and bowing.

"Thank you! Come again!" smiled the woman.

The woman gave him a soft smile, and he nodded smiling.

The two ate the delicious chicken bucket. Filled with spices and with the smell of oil and gravy, the two munched their way into happiness. The mashed potato tasted splendid, and the fries were amazing, both having an earthy but salty taste. The burgers were also rather tasty.

"Oh my God! Yes!" laughed Arthur. "It's like Chicken Heaven! My favorite food is Fried Chicken, by the way! Oh ho ho!" he laughed. "Burgers are amazing, too!"

Arthur dips his burger into the gravy and takes a big bite out of it.

"Okay... but addressing the big 8000-pound blue whale in the room..." said Ventura. "What's the Stand Arrow for? I've read in Ricardo's books that Stands come from those Arrows. Once it 'chooses' you, you gain a new Stand Ability from it. But why does Funny Valentino, or Damaso, want it so bad?"

"To gain a new ability! Use it for his evil means and conquer the whole world!" said Arthur, as he bit into a chicken drumstick.

"The President is all the way over at Metro San Diego!" shouted Ventura. "And I heard that he's going to have a huge speech later this evening! We have to go there, JoJo!"

"Sure thing, Ventura!" smiled Arthur. "We need a ride, first..."

The two then went out and saw a parking lot full of cars. Arthur uses his Stand to reach inside and open the car's locks.

"Get in," said Arthur.

"We don't have keys!" replied Ventura.

Arthur then used his Stand to attach the two wires and charge the car.

*ch ch ch ch ch vrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmm*

"Isn't this stealing?" asked Ventura.

"No," said Arthur. "We'll return it safe and sound!"

"Okay... let's go save the Philippines!" shouted Ventura. "And!!! The whole world!!!"

"Hey... let's make a stop here, Ventura," said Arthur, stopping by the cabin they were once in. Arthur enters inside and sees that on the table in the dining room is a tape recorder.

"Ricardo and I grew up in the suburbs of The Union, a City in San Diego. There, we were always beaten by our father. The two of us were inseparable... But, I always knew that I was a coward while he was always the one who would defend me from bullies... That's why he won her, Arthur... That's why he won your Mother. When your Father was being killed by Wham, I ran away, Arthur. Ever since then, I've been running away from the aswangs. I even changed my name. I tell you, Arthur... Don't be the coward I was... Don't be the coward I was... be like your Father, Arthur. Be more like your Father."

"I will... Dad..." said Arthur, as he wiped his tears once more...

"DAMASOOOOOOOOOO!!!" shouted Arthur. 

Arthur stopped screaming and took a deep breath.

"Faith... not anger..." he said.

"Arthur?" asked Ventura, entering the dining room. "You were screaming... and-..."

"Let's go... Vennie," said Arthur.

Later...

The guards looked around for anything suspicious in the President's garden. The evening was quiet. Birds could be seen pecking on the trees and flying around. Cricket could be heard chirping in the night. Fireflies are flying around the garden. The two, Arthur and Ventura, hide in a bush, stalking the President.

"Any plans, JoJo?" asked Ventura. "JoJo?!"

Arthur had disappeared.

"JOJO!!!" shouted Ventura. The guards heard this and armed their weapons. Ventura covered his mouth.

"Heeeeeeey bitchuuuuus!!!" smiled Arthur, in female clothes. He's wearing an undershirt with a pink dress and lipstick. "Heeeey guuuuys! It's me!! Artur...ia... Arturia!! Wanna have a fun time, boys?!"

The soldiers are disgusted by his appearance.

"Sir, stand down," said the guards, pointing their guns.

Arthur brings out coca-cola.

"You sure, booooys?!" asked Arthur. "Or you just can't handle my sexiness?"

The guards cock their guns immediately.

"AAAAAAH!!!" shouted Arthur. "I'M SORRY!!! PLEASE DON'T SHOOT!!!"

"Sir, you're under arrest!" he shouted.

"What a pig..." said one of them.

"What did you just say?!!" asked Arthur, as his sodas charged with Hamon and shot their bottle caps into both their heads. Arthur then breaks their faces with a single kick. "OVERDRIIIIIVE!!!" he shouted.

Funny Valentino took the Stand Arrow.

"Perfect..." he smiled. "He must have been please by this..."

Funny sat down on a chair with a camera before him.

"Hello, Philippines. Good evening. It is I, your President, Funny Valentino... Today, I will declare something no other nation had declared before."

"BREAKING NEWS!!! ALL THE SENATES HAVE BEEN KILLED THROUGH MYSTERIOUS EVENTS ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!"

"I declare this nation as my Empire... I declare myself as Emperor Funny Valentino."

"STOP RIGHT THERE!!!" shouted Arthur.

"Huh? Who the hell are you supposed to be?!" asked the both of them.

"Huh?" asked Funny Valentino.

"Damaso!" shouted Arthur, as he brought out his Stand and strangled Funny with it.

"Hey! What are you-?!" asked Funny Valentino. "What's happening?!"

"Bring out your Stand, DAMASO!!!" shouted Arthur, as he charged him with Hamon.

Ventura gives a confused expression. He realizes something.

"JoJo... This isn't Damaso," said Ventura.

"What?! Of course, he is!" shouted Arthur. "He's the big bad! He just said he's Emperor now!"

"No... I think he's just a normal corrupt guy..." said Ventura. Ventura then opens the drawer behind his desk to find some meth. "Who does drugs..."

"Oy!!!" shouted Arthur. "Do you work for Damaso?!!"

"Wh-Who?!" asked Funny.

"Yes, he does..." said Damaso, crawling down from the roof in his aswang form. "He just doesn't know it..."

"OH GOD!!!" shouted Funny. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?!!!"

*CRACK*

*SPLAT*

The man has a hole punched into his chest.

Damaso, while doing so, holds a Stand Arrow, which Arthur sees.

"You damned Grimms... You damned Ibarras and Zeppelis... I've grown tired of your shenanigans..." Damaso hissed and crawled down the roof, as he used Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap to break the camera into pieces. "All I want is the survival of my race... and you dare try to wipe us all out!"

"You could reproduce with our people, y'know!" smiled Arthur. "You know! Bow chica bow-wow!"

"Jesus Christ... stop, JoJo," said Ventura.

"Don't use the Lord's name in vain!!!" shouted Arthur.

"What? You want us to be separated from each other?" asked Damaso. "Having our people become ingrained within yours? We would lose our own identity as a race of warriors if we just decide to become one with our country. We already lost our culture... But never our identity!!!"

"You just want your people to survive, right?" asked Arthur.

"The Vampires lost everything!" shouted Damaso. "We've lost everything to you Humans, and you want us to be a part of your kind?!!!"

"Why can't we just get along?" asked Ventura.

"Because of history, JoJo and Zeppeli," said Damaso, dropping to the ground and facing them. "Our people had been tortured by your disgusting race of Grimms. Though your civilizations act like mere blinks of an eye through our kind, they still come to torment us... fearing us!"

"We don't have to live in a world with fear!" shouted Arthur. "You can live among us!"

Sus.

"You can live with us! Be one with us! We could all be one people!" smiled Arthur. "We can all act as one society!"

"Your faith will doom us all..." whispered Damaso. "No... It already dooms us... Salvi?!"

Salvi finally emerges from the darkness and sneers at them.

"Yes, my liege?" asked Salvi.

"Dispose of these fools," said Damaso.

Salvi woges and reveals his Stand, The World.

"Go and kill Damaso, JoJo," said Ventura. "I'll handle him."

"Wait... you aren't stopping me?" asked Arthur.

"I have faith in you," smiled Ventura.

"I have faith in you, too," replied Arthur, smiling.

Arthur runs past Salvi, as Ventura prepares Bubble Trouble.

Arthur leaves the room and runs after Damaso.

"Let's go, SALVI!!!" shouted Ventura.

Salvi laughs.

*BOOM*

*SPLAT*

Ventura looks down at his chest.

"Oh... G-G-G-God..." he whispered.