Omake 36: Divine Singularity (4)

“Frankly-speaking, Jack… I believe that I have to thank you for putting flaws in the monstrosity you currently are part of.”

Hamon worked brilliantly to stun it just enough to bring Gudako away from danger while the rest of the Servants shifted their attention on the entity and started to attack it. Mana blasts exploded upon its dark surface, the Casters distracting it while the heavy hitters of the ‘Knight’ Classes intervened. Physical attacks hardly pierced the beast as the monster healed faster than he received damage, something that soon the strike force noticed and which promptly backed away from as soon as they perceived the creature was planning something. And they were right when endless tendrils created space for it to move. The orangette tried to say something about using more Command Seals, but I told her to go and get behind Mash while I took care of the beast. It was easier said than done as the monstrosity was still healing too fast for my attacks alone to gain some momentum.

“Dio~!”

I returned the greeting with a combination of attacks between me and ｢ACT 3｣, the Stand proving to be strong enough to deter a fast assault but not being enough to fully push it back away from me. Just as I tried to hit numerous sections of its face, I could tell it was preparing to encircle me with tendrils. Rather unpleasant as I could get out of there with my Stand, but I was more concerned by the fact I felt my body paralyzed in sudden fear at seeing a large maw opening in front of me. I think I was hit by the Stun factor that was unpleasantly known in FGO. I felt a degree of despair and desire that was as disgusting as I would have imagined from a man like him. Jack, no matter how much I buried your memory for good, you still manage to find a way to get back to me. My saving grace proved to be another combined assault from the outside, this one actually getting the beast to remain shocked and pull away from whatever it tried to accomplish. Hamon electricity thundered across the entity’s being, sending it in another round of pained roars which gained the attention of other Servants while those I was more familiar with kept on adding to the pressure.

“Yoh! What a scary and slimy monster you got there, Dio!” A boisterous Joseph Joestar announced while hitting the foe with a rapid assault with his Clackers, a loud sigh coming from his side.

“Joseph, you should be careful with these acrobatics,” An exasperated Jonathan Joestar stated while the older version of the flamboyant youngster could only groan at the chiding tone from his grandfather. But it wasn’t the only thing that happened as the other Joestars and the rest took part in the assault.

“ORA!”

“MUDA!”

“Muda!”

Jotaro, DIO and Giorno struck numerous rapid punches all at once, weakening the attention of the monster on himself. Vampire Dio used his ‘laser eyes’ to tear into the belly of the creature while Johnny used the spin to keep it from healing back up and gave Josuke the possibility of striking in that particular area. It was a full-fledged assault. And one that I had to end as soon as I realized that, despite the magnitude of the attacks, the beast was healing fast. The Spin was getting countered, and even as Giorno unleashed GER on the common enemy, its power didn’t work as the beast wasn’t influenced by the Requiem. Not when Dead was involved within its Concept Nature and Concept. Not even when Bhediya, Kate and Derek joined the fray that seemed to change so… I knew that this was a golden opportunity I could let go. So I channeled my Divine Hamon and prepared to pinpoint the greatest weak point to end this. I managed to find something inside that I quickly noticed being a body. A familiar figure too. I slammed my left arm into the monster’s open mouth, tearing through the mud and right onto to grasp the hair of the individual inside. I yanked those out and I was presented with a grinning Jack, his disheveled appearance just screaming of trouble as I could tell the one thing we damaged was an armor of sorts. In fact, it just shattered as soon as I pulled Jack out of it.

“You found me, Dio~”

“Begone from my sight!” I yelled before uppercutting the bastard up above, expecting for the attack to be the killing blow. But… it wasn’t. He was so close to ultimately conceding, I could tell from its life pulses but the last attack didn’t do the trick. And it was there that something quite absurd unfolded before my eyes. A loud crack, then I saw the assassin’s eyes widen in shock as he felt the pain caused by the impact, his rise on the sky halted and then subverted as he was forcibly slammed onto the ground. Jack was finally beaten, that last slam putting him out of commission. I was surprised that someone else in sight could use Hamon, but before I could wait out the smoke to dissipate and reveal their identity, I barely noticed a swift but familiar blur rushing from it and suddenly straddle onto me, carrying all that momentum and forcing me to take several steps back. My eyes widened in surprise as I was suddenly nuzzled onto my face by a warm cheek owned by a violet-eyed beauty.

“I got you, dear!”

“Hannah?”

A giggle, and I could tell from the glances I was getting, plus from those women here in the room that were either married, motherly or trying to get in a relationship with either Gudao or Gudako that involved a wedding were giving us some tremendous look. But while that was a problem, it didn’t help with another thing.

“W-Wait, how did you get here if-”

“It was my work, Lord Dio,” Pucci interrupted from behind the woman as he finished escorting the rest of the group inside. I saw Sarah, which bolted to get a hug out from her surrogate brother, and… Jonathan and Erina. They looked relieved to see me, but the Joestar Heir paused when he noticed that there was a stronger-looking version of himself standing mere meters away from him. They both shared a long look that brought up their respectively long tales of life. Erina was mostly baffled by the idea that her husband could potentially be this big and with that built, but she knew better than being too blunt about it regardless of the tiny blush on her face. Before I could say anything, a familiar voice spoke.

“You’re Hannah,” Tiny Jack asked to the poor unsuspecting woman that had yet to learn of her identity.

“That’s my name!” Hannah proclaimed with a big grin, her posture melting at the sight of the little girl followed by seeing the others flocking at the motherly figure before them. “But not yet. Still, what’s your name, cutiepie?”

Jackie smiled and delivered the news which prompted a jaw-drop from the pseudo-vampire as she tried to rationalize what she just heard. But while her panic subsided when she realized it wasn’t the same individual she just put down for good, I still couldn’t be really worried. This is… really going to be awkward to explain without Hannah trying to get us married and have me give her a baby at once.

Really troublesome… and really messy.