Akira Kurusu vs Giorno Giovanna

''Persona vs JoJo's Bizarre Adventure!!! In a battle of the Homage and the Original, the juvenile and the bastard, which fifth protagonist of their respective series will come out on top? ''

Interlude
(Plays Invader - DEATH BATTLE! Theme)

Wiz: As someone who carries a lot of important things on them at all times, it's no surprise that I hate thieves!

'''Boomstick: And I may have helped with all that stealing!! Sorry, I needed beer money.'''

Wiz: Wait wha-

'''Boomstick: Akira Kurusu! Juvenile Leader of the Phantom Thieves!!''' Wiz (Glaring at Boomstick): And Giorno Giovanna. The Bastard Italian Son of DIO! Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick!!

Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armour and skills to see who would win... A DEATH BATTLE!!!

Akira Kurusu
(Plays Track 1)

'''Boomstick: Say hello to the fifth high-school protagonist from the Persona series: Akira Kurusu!!! Seriously though they should really place these guys in a less teenaged, angst filled place of society. Like in the military!'''

Wiz: Regardless of where Persona 6's main protagonist is gonna be placed in, Akira Kurusu is one very... Uh...

Boomstick: Stereotypical Anime Action Hero with a weird hairstyle and can get a lot of bitches because he has some sort of badass ability that we'll end covering later on in this episode of DEATH BATTLE?

Wiz:...Well... Yeah. Akira is only partially different from previous protagonists Yu Narukami and Minato Arisato in that Akira is a juvenile!! Akira Kurusu was a high school student who transferred to the Shujin Academy in Tokyo after meeting the mysterious cat Morgana. Much of his background and past is unknown, like every other Persona protagonist, so it's hard to interpret what kind of person he actually is canonically.

'''Boomstick: Just like Yu and Minato though, Akira here is a calm and collected person who maintains his posture even when death's shadow looms over him! However, thanks to the anime, manga and Persona 5, we also know that deep down inside Akira, he's got the spirit of a rebellious prankster and has a thing or two for showing off A LOT of dramatic flair.'''

Bio:

Name: Akira Kurusu (Manga Name), Anything you like baby...

Also known as Joker (His Code Name), Prisoner, Trickster and Inmate.

Age: 16

Height: 5'9" (175 CM)

Arcana: The Fool and is a wielder of the Wild Card.

Persona(Starting and Final): Arsene, Satanael.

Prefers to use Knives in Close Quarters and Handguns at Long-Range.

''Has a knack for making grand, dramatic entrances and escapes. Aside from that, most of his personality is determined by the actual player so he can be a sly jerk, smooth flirt, modest guy etc.''

Uses a white and black bird mask to summon his Persona(s) which is unlike Minato's Evoker and Yu's Tarot Card Crush.

''Leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, a group of thieves who steal the hearts of the corrupted adults in their society in order to make it a brighter, reformed and more happy, less corrupt place. ''

Wiz: He is your typical team leader-esque figure, making bold and wise decisions during fights and being a rather cheeky and/or modest person as shown in the remarks he makes to his friends during conversations. It's these traits that allow the other Phantom Thieves to trust him deeply.

(Plays Track 2)

'Boomstick: However SOMEONE'' didn't try to improve his social link with a certain person and this ended up getting Akira jailed by the police. By the way, I read up on the Phantom Thieves and apparently they're actually called the Phantom Thieves of Hearts! Now why the hell would you call your group something as sappy as that?'''

Wiz: Well, that's because their team name is actually in line with what they steal!

'''Boomstick: So they act like Repo Men? Now that's pretty dark even for a Japanese RPG!!'''

Wiz: Yes and no. They do steal hearts, but only from the corrupted adults of the Human world!

'''Boomstick:.. Uh what?'''

Wiz: Think of them as like the people who try to reform a person's ways, but just more literal and with magical powers!

'''Boomstick:... Ookay...'''

Wiz: Apparently, Akira has quite the history of being a 'troublemaker' in the past as he when he was brought under the care of Sojiro Sakura, he was told that if he causes any trouble, he'll be kicked out.

Boomstick: Add to the fact that he was allegedly arrested for sexually harassing a woman on a train and you just know that this guy's one person you don't want to mess with, let alone be in contact with.

Wiz: IF, all of that was actually true. His charges of sexual harassment are actually false and that he wasn't the one sexually harassing the woman, rather Akira was the one trying to help the woman out and a corrupt and powerful politician saw this the wrong way, like they always do, and had him charged for the crime he didn't commit. After it was permanently placed in Akira's criminal record, he was expelled from his school and forced to move away from his family and transfer to another school and-

'''Boomstick: And a few plot points later and Akira would be able to awaken his Persona. Sorry, his story is just way too much for me right now. (depressed sigh)'''

(Stop Track)

Wiz: What is with you today?

'''Boomstick: I'm low on beer and shotgun shells. And I'm hungry...'''

Wiz: Well, I have a burger in the fridge. And I'm pretty sure Nick brought a beer over for some late-night researching.

Boomstick: Can I?

Wiz: Go ahead, just don't take too long and try not to cause a commotion.

'''Boomstick: Sweet! (sounds of objects being tossed around can be heard. As well as some shotgun blasts.)'''

Wiz: Damn it Boomstick! Guess I'll wait a bit, I'm doing this guy's rundown by myself! It's too much!

Morgana: Then allow me!

(Plays Track 3)

Wiz: What the hell? A talking cat? And how did you get in here?

Morgana: The door was unlocked.

Wiz: No I meant, how did you get into our office?

Morgana: I'm a cat!

Wiz: Uhhh... That's your answer?

''Morgana: Yeah! Got a problem?''

Wiz: Uh... No.

''Morgana: Then listen up!! My friend Akira's 1st Persona is Arsene! In mythology, Arsene is a gentleman thief who targets other criminals or people who are just worse than him! Luckily for Akira, Arsene doesn't take the form of thief but rather a crimson humanoid being with black wings!''

Wiz: Personas are created from the soul and personality of a person. They can summoned in a multitude of different ways, from conquering your own Shadow to shooting yourself in the head with an Evoker. Akira was given his Persona, Arsene, after a plot point and he summons Arsene by placing on his 'mask'. He later found out that this was due to the will of Igor, a denizen of the mysterious Velvet Room and the one responsible for giving other protagonists of the Persona series, such as Yu and Minato, their Personas.

''Morgana: Arsene is of the Fool arcana and as such is a fairly simple Persona. With Cleave, he can deal Physical damage to enemies, with Eiha, he deals Curse damage to his enemies. Dream Needle also deals Physical damage to enemies as well as having the ability to place those enemies into sleep! Finally Sukunda can debuff the agility of any enemies affected, which is essentially just making them slower.''

Wiz: And because Akira is also a Wild Card, he has access to multiple Personas as opposed to non-Wild Cards who can only utilize one.

Morgana: Like me!

Wiz: Right! Akira can summon any Persona he has obtained over the course of establishing Social Links with different people and said people usually give him a different Persona from different Arcanas such as The Hanged-Man and The Moon. However, Akira can only summon Persona at a time and he must call back the Persona he is using at the moment in order to switch into another one.

Morgana: And because my friend is straight-up pimping, Akira has access to a CRAP-TON of different Personas from different Arcanas such as the Empress, Chariot and even Death!

Wiz: For this fight, we will be using a mix of different Arcanas, and their representative Personas, found in Persona 5 as well as the ultimate Persona of his own Arcana. Believe me when I say that this is to make the fight more fair since if we give Akira the most high-level and/or more advanced Personas in-game for every Arcana in-game, then he would win with even before his opponent could blink. It's also because there's-

''Morgana: There's ALOT of Arcanas out there, but essentially all of the Personas that represent their respective Arcanas are based off of mythical and divine figures and beings that best match that Arcana. ''

Persona(s):

The Magician: Queen Mab

The Chariot: Cerberus

The Lovers: Leanan Sidhe

The Emperor: King Frost

The Empress: Titania

The Hierophant: Daisoujou

Justice: Melchizedek

The Hermit: Arahabaki

The Fool: Arsene and Satanael

Wiz: We will be giving Akira here 9 Arcanas! Which would tally up to 10 Personas, 8 from the separate Arcanas and 2 from his own Arcana; The Fool which includes his starting and final Persona!

(Plays Track 4)

''Morgana: Let's start with my Arcana, The Magician!! For this battle with blondie over there, we chose Queen Mab! This queen can cast Zionga and Mazionga to deal differing calibers of Electric damage!! She can also cast Tentarafoo to confuse Akira's enemies, though it only has a 30% chance of actually hitting said enemies. She also resists confusion which benefits Akira as well!''

Wiz: For The Chariot Arcana, we went with Cerberus, who utilizes Fire as his element with attacks like Agidyne and Maragidyne! It can assault foes with Giant Fist and Vicious Strike and has a bonus of amplifying it's fire attacks by 50% with Fire Amp and regenerates Akira's health and Evasion with Regenerate 2 and an Automatic Sukujaja!

''Morgana: Leanan Sidhe of The Lovers Arcana act more as support for my friend rather than actually doing the fighting for him! With Mediarama, this Persona can heal Akira's wounds and it's effects are greatly increased with it's Divine Grace ability, which boosts healing by 50%!''

Wiz: Like Queen Mab, it can also cast Tentarafoo to confuse it's enemies and wards off confusion, fear and rage with Me Patra. Confuse Boost makes sure that Tentarafoo actually lands on enemies, given it's 30% hit chance and Energy Shower is used to cure Akira of any Exhaustion he has experienced over the course of a battle!

(Boomstick returns to the recording booth, holding a six-pack of beer stained with blood.)

(Stop Track)

'''Boomstick: What'd I miss? And what's with the cat?'''

Wiz: Why is the beer bloody?!

'''Boomstick: Hey! I asked the questions first!'''

Morgana: Well right now, we're going over the Personas that my friend's bringing into battle!

'''Boomstick: Holy shit! You can talk?!'''

''Morgana: Heck yeah I can! ''

Wiz: Now answer my question, why's the beer bloody?!

'''Boomstick: Yeah... About that... (he peers outside the recording booth before closing and locking the door shut) I may have killed someone robbing our office.'''

Wiz: (sigh of relief). Well, that's not the craziest thing you could have killed. What did they look like?

'''Boomstick: Some REALLY HOT chick in a red catsuit and a red mask. Said her name was Anna? Ann? I don't really remember especially since that her name was actually 'Panther' or something like that.'''

Morgana: Wait, what?!

'''Boomstick: Yeah, I know right? Anyways, I asked her to get out of the office as well as a date out to the shooting-range, but she rudely refused and started shooting at me with a machine gun!'''

''Morgana: Oh my god... Is she alive?!''

'''Boomstick: I don't know? Maybe, I mean... I only shot her like five times, she could be still fine. Why are you asking?!'''

''Morgana: She's my friend you dimwit!! (Morgana hastily unlocks and opens the door and exits the booth, closing the door behind her.)''

'''Boomstick: Huh. Didn't know cats had friends.'''

Wiz: Boomstick! That's so inconsiderate of you!!!

'''Boomstick: Gah, whatever. Continue with the script Wiz!'''

(Plays Track 5)

Wiz: (face-palm and an irritated groan). Yeah, sure! Let's continue talking while there's potentially a dead woman in our f&#&ing office! You continue the script! I'm gonna go make sure that the police don't arrive and starting questioning our staff! (Wiz also exits the booth and closes the door behind him)

'''Boomstick: Ha! What a chump, can't even stomach me possibly killing someone. Anyways, Akira has access to The Emperor Persona: King Frost! This always smiling king of all snowmen can summon ice to freeze his foes! Like with Bufula and Mabufu! His Icy powers can be increased with Ice Boost and he can even exhaust all of his foes with Anima Freeze! Though it has a poor chance to hit with only 30% accuracy.'''

'''Boomstick: For The Empress Arcana, we chose Titania; The Queen of All Fairies herself! This sexy, blonde Fairy can blow her enemies back with powerful gusts of Wind with attacks like Magaru and Garula! She can also heal Akira's wounds over time with Regenerate 2 and can boost her next Magical Attack a whopping 250% with Mind Charge!'''

(Wiz returns to the booth, his head in his hands)

Boomstick: What's wrong Wiz?

Wiz: Oh nothing... Just that we now have a weeping cat, a dead body and Nick called the cops.

Boomstick: And that means?

Wiz: You should probably run. Now. (Stop Track)

(Boomstick heeds his warning and runs out of the booth, his six-pack of beer in hand. Wiz peers out the door, watching him leave the ScrewAttack! office. He waits until Boomstick has exited the building before speaking)

Wiz: Hey! Morgana! Get in here now!

Morgana: What about Ann?

Wiz: You mean your friend?

''Morgana: Yeah! Can she come?''

Wiz: Uh... Sure then. Just tell her not to steal anything!

Morgana: Got ya!

(Morgana returns to the booth with her thieving friend, Ann, in tow. Surprisingly, she seems as though nothing happened to her)

'Ann: Wow! This is where you record all of this stuff?'

Wiz: Wait, Morgana, did you tell her what we were doing?

Morgana: Heck yeah I did!

Wiz: Why? And who exactly are you miss?

'Ann: The name's Ann Takamaki! Phantom Thief at your service!'

Wiz: How did you survive Boomstick's shotgun?

Ann: My Persona healed me!

''Morgana: Hey Ann! Why don't you introduce some more Personas that our buddy Akira is bringing to this battle?''

'Ann: Akira is fighting? Who is he fighting?'

Morgana: Some blondie named Giorno Giovanna.

(Plays Track 6)

'Ann: Well then, he should have no trouble defeating this Giorno-person! Not while he has access to The Hierophant Persona Daisoujou, who can deal Light damage through attacks like Hamaon and Mahamaon. These attacks are boosted in power by the Hama Boost ability and both have a 60% chance of instant-killing any enemies struck by them!'

''Morgana: Daisoujou also has access to Agidyne for some Fire-based attacks! ''

Wiz: Well then, I guess we can move on to his next Persona! Melchizedek represents the Justice Arcana for today's battle. This Angelic Persona can also perform the same Light-element attacks as Daisoujou with Hamaon and Mahamaon, as well as inflict severe Physical damage with Akasha Arts and God's Hand!

'Ann: He can also boost Akira's own damage output with Matarukaja as well as fully heal him with Mediarahan! The Hermit Arcana, for this battle, is represented by Arahabaki, an ancient Japanese God from the Kofun Period!'

Wiz: This stone golem can crush it's enemies with Vicious Strike and grants Akira Marakukaja; a strong shield that repels Physical attacks though only for a short amount of time.

Morgana: I feel like that's redundant. Especially since Arahabaki has the ability Repel Physical which, as it's name states, repels any form of Physical damage altogether.

'Ann: Null Fear and Alertness makes sure that Akira! doesn't get scared or surprise-attacked!'

Wiz: But Arahabaki is far from Akira's most powerful Persona, although it certainly is one of his most durable and helpful. For Akira, his most powerful Persona is the ultimate Persona of his own Arcana; The Fool.

Morgana: Ah!!

'Ann: W-What the-That's... That's-'

Wiz: That's right ladies and gentlemen! Say hello to Satanael! The Persona series's interpretation of Lucifer, the Rebel King of Hell himself!!

Ann: Oh my...

Wiz: Oh my indeed, Panther! Satanael is one of the most powerful Personas to date! Right behind Yu's Izanagi-No-Okami and Minato's Messiah!

''Morgana: Well... What can Satanael do?''

Wiz: Glad you asked Morgana! Satanael can deal heavy amounts of damage of all kinds of damage-types! Ranging from Curse to Almighty and even Gun damage with Maeigaon, Megidolaon and Supreme Devil respectively! Cosmic Flare does a massive amount of Nuclear damage and Heat Riser buffs the attack, defence and agility of Akira for 3 turns, long enough for him to finish his opponent off!

'Ann: Holy crap! Is there anything Satanael can't do?!'

Wiz: Doesn't seem like to me. Not while he has the Unshaken Will ability, which provides immunity to all psychological ailments and his penultimate party trick: Survival Trick! An ability which allows Akira to survive on the brink of death should an instant-kill ever afflict him! Also, the Rebel King of Hell has one of the most powerful abilities in all of Persona history: Victory Cry!

''Morgana: That sounds fantastic! What can it do?''

Wiz: Fully heals and restores Akira's health and SP after a triumphant battle.

Morgana and Ann: WHAT?!

Wiz: Yup! On top of that, all of Akira's Personas have their own passive resistances to and can even completely reflect or block distinct elements. For example Titania can completely block the element of Ice, Leanan Sidhe can resist the element of Wind and Satanael takes it up several dozen notches by being resistant to the elements of Gun, Fire, Ice, Elec, Force and Nuclear! Heck it can even, essentially nullify any Physical and Psychological damage that might harm Akira, making him nigh-invincible!

'Ann: Wow. I didn't know this kind of power slept within Akira!'

Wiz: You can imagine me and our research team's surprise when we found out about this.

Morgana: Agreed!

(Plays Track 7)

Wiz: Akira himself is a capable fighter, utilizing Handguns and Knives in long-range and close-range combat respectively. And like with other Persona main protagonists, Akira is a taciturn, making bold and wise decisions in battle in tandem with his weapons and Personas.

Ann: And as the leader of the Phantom Thieves, Akira is known for being a cheeky taunter, though he mainly uses this to anger his enemies into making irrational decisions.

Wiz: With his Personas, tactical mind and modern weaponry, Akira and the Phantom Thieves were able to venture into the 'Palace', a separate realm from the Real World inhabited by Shadows and other nightmarish monsters as well as 7 deadly dungeons that each represent a separate sin of the infamous 'Seven Deadly Sins'.

Morgana: As much as hate to admit it, the 'Palace' is a really dangerous place, even for me and the other thieves!

'Ann: Yeah, I had to face some... Things... Things I don't want to talk about!'

Feats:

Ventured into the 'Palace' and stole many treasures, which in turn eased the burden of dealing with some rather, distasteful individuals in the the Real World.

Vanquished countless amounts of horrifying monsters in the 'Palace'.

Defeated the Shadows of actual people in the Real World.

Despite having amnesia, Akira managed to recall the voice of the same man who framed him for a crime he didn't commit, which in turn assisted in his theft of the man's Heart.

''Stole many corrupted Hearts. ''

Survived attacks that no one reasonably should, though this can attributed to the help of his Personas.

Beat MedJed, a sly and sneaky hacker group.

Smart to know of Goro Akechi's traitorous plot even before his friends and even Goro himself knew about it.

''Destroyed Yaldabaoth, a malicious God that can erase the very existence of his enemies just by willing them to. The God's defeat led to the destruction of the 'Palace' and the cessation of the existence of Mementos.''

While he wasn't involved in it, his friends managed to find the same woman that Akira saved from being attacked, and possibly raped, and with her help, Akira's criminal charges were dropped.

Depending on the player's actions, Akira is a classified pimp.

Wiz: Akira and the Phantom Thieves have adventured to the 'Palace', fought the monsters inhabiting the 'Palace' countless times and even stole all of the treasures residing within the realm!

Morgana: I helped!

Ann: So did I!

Wiz: He's stolen many corrupted Hearts, which in turn reformed the very people that were so negative towards Akira and his friends! Akira also beat MedJed, a secretive hacker group that would've triggered the shutdown of Japan's entire economy had Akira and the Phantom Thieves not intervene, though he did have some help from the timid hacker Futaba Sakura.

'Ann: He's also lived through some really painful stuff! '

Wiz: Though we can attribute some of this to his multiple Personas. However, his greatest display of courage and power was when he resisted the existence-erasing power of Yaldaboth; A nightmarish God that was posing as Igor the entire time and, once awoken, could erase the existence of anything he wanted just by thinking about it! Despite Yaldaboth's best efforts, Akira wasn't erased from existence no matter how hard he tried! This stemmed not only from Akira's willpower, but also the will of all of his friends and the people who supported him and the Phantom Thieves throughout their perilous journey. Heck, even their old enemies, whom the Phantom Thieves had caused to change their ways for the better, supported him to the very explosive end when Satanael was summoned and one-shot Yaldaboth, annihilating the nightmarish God from existence.

Ann and Morgana: WHOA.

Morgana: I never expected that to happen!

Ann: Neither did I! You go Akira!

(Plays Final Track for Akira Kurusu)

Wiz: However, despite all of this great power, his Personas do require SP in order to perform special attacks and/or non-passive abilities and this can drain quickly if Akira is reckless. His SP bar is not infinite though thanks to Persona 4: Arena and it's sequel, this Wild Card can regain SP over time.

''Morgana: Also Personas can be temporarily knocked out of the fight should they sustain too damage. Even worse is that damage sustained by the Personas translate over to their user(s) so Akira himself is also affected!''

Wiz: And while Akira is a very evasive, smart and skilled fighter, he is still Human although his durability is well over the normal Human being's average standard. Once again, however, we can attribute a good chunk of his durability to his Personas so don't think a bullet to the head and slice to the throat won't be able to stop this thief.

'Ann: Even still, Akira has proven to be more noble than what his mugshot or mischievous nature may leave you thinking. He's a true Hero to the heart and that's why we love him!'

(Boomstick opens the door and steps into the booth)

'''Boomstick: Hey, Wiz? What did you mean that Nick called the cops? They aren't even here, plus now that cat and that catsuit robber disappeared for some reas-'''

(He stops himself when he sees Ann and Morgana sat beside Wiz)

Wiz: Uh...

Morgana: Um...

Ann:...

Wiz: It's not what it looks like!

'''Boomstick: Uh, what the hell is going on here Wiz? And how are you alive lady?'''

'Ann: Uh duh. (She places her Persona Mask onto her face and with a brilliantly blinding flash of light, her Persona, Carmen, appears within the booth, much to both Wiz and Boomstick's shock)'

Wiz: Holy hell!

'''Boomstick: What the hell is that? (fumbles for his shotgun)'''

'Ann: Don't even you dare think about it! Carmen! Agidyne!'

(Following her user's command, Carmen sticks her hand out to Boomstick and a massive fire-blast erupts from her palm, engulfing him in intense flames much to Wiz's shock and horror.)

Wiz: Oh my god!! No, no! Cut the recording!

(LOUD NOISE!!!)

(A few minutes later, Play Silly Track)

Wiz: Thank god your Persona knows how to heal.

Ann: You're welcome!

Wiz: By the way, what did you even steal?

Ann: Oh nothing.

(Wiz raises an eyebrow)

'Ann: I'm serious! You guys aren't exactly the richest people I've attempted to steal from you know! '

Wiz: Huh. Good point.

'Ann: And even while your partner over there is quite rowdy and un-gentleman-like, you guys are actually good-hearted people. So I won't have to steal your Hearts. (winks)'

Wiz: Uh... Thanks?

''Morgana: Hey Ann! We gotta go!''

'Ann: Oh right! It's time for the next heist! Later Wiz!'

(Both Phantom Thieves leave the recording booth. Wiz watches them leave and then stares out doorway with a blank look on his face)

Wiz: Huh. Wonder how Giorno'll do.

Akira: Show me your true form!!!

Giorno Giovanna
(Plays Track 1)

Wiz: As far back as the 18th century, the Joestar bloodline has always had problems. From the god-like Pillar Men to a serial killer with a hand fetish, the descendants of the late Jonathan Joestar always faced adversity and always won out despite the sometimes immeasurable odds stacked against them. But no other JoJo stands out more... than GioGio.

'''Boomstick: GioGio? JoJo? Get it? '''

Wiz: Giorno Giovanna always had an unusual upbringing mainly due to the fact that he was the bastard son of Dio Brando, the original antagonist of the Joestar family who was 'killed' by Jonathan Joestar after getting a fire and Hamon-infused punch through the chest.

'''Boomstick: That blond son of a bitch managed to survive and interrupt Jonathan's honeymoon when he had his still living head brought aboard the ship Jonathan was on by his zombie minions. One eye-laser and decapitation later and he would literally place his head atop Jonathan's body and inherit it. Talk about an antagonistic obsession.'''

Wiz: With Jonathan's body and a 100 year nap in the ocean, DIO would resurface because of the stupidity of sailors wanting to get rich and come back to the now modern world.

(Plays Track 2)

'''Boomstick: After a smash and dash with a Japanese woman, Haruno Shiobana would be born to the world. He and his mom moved to Italy where she married an italian man and renamed her son Giorno Giovanna. '''

Wiz: His childhood was rough, getting ignored by his mother who often forced him to live completely in the dark. His father wasn't any better as he would occasionally beat Giorno for 'always trying to reading other people' while his mother was gone. Bullied and targeted by street gang members, Giorno was left on his own completely and things didn't seem like they were gonna look up for him...

'''Boomstick: When one day as GioGio was walking home, he came upon a bloody and injured man laying in a small patch of grass. After discovering the man, some random men came up to him and asked where that injured man was and Giorno, being the timid and nice guy he is, lied to them saying that he didn't know where he was. To prove his point, the grass that the injured man was lying on was suddenly super tall, covering the injured man so throughly that his pursuers couldn't find him. Things then seemed brighter for Giorno as he gained more confidence, his father didn't beat him at all and he made new friends!'''

Bio:

Birth Name: Haruno Shiobana, now Giorno Giovanna.

''Birthday: April 16, 1985. Currently 15 years old, if he was to appear in Part 6: Stone Ocean, Giorno would be 26.''

Height: 172 CM.

Loves chocolate pudding and Jeff Beck.

Blood Type: AB

''Zodiac Sign: Aries. Chinese Zodiac Sign: Ox.''

The bastard son of Dio Brando, the first antagonist of the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

While neither of his names start with 'Jo', Giorno Giovanna is a certified JoJo due to the star-shaped birthmark on the back of his right shoulder.

Like every other JoJo, save for Jotaro Kujo, has a fabulous pose.

Spoiler Alert: Became the Boss of the italian Passione mafia.

Wiz: This is because that injured man he had helped was a gangster who gave his thanks by watching over the JoJo child from the shadows. From then on, he vowed to be a 'cool gangster' like that man who secretly watched over him. He soon became quite a thief at the young age of 15, bribing and doing 'magic tricks' such as stuffing his entire ear into his ear canal. He even managed to get away with stealing Koichi Hirose's luggage by turning said luggage into frogs.

'''Boomstick: Talk about a skipping town! Hehehe...'''

Wiz: Ugh... Well this is due to his Stand: Gold Experience, whose ability is to give life to anything like turning the luggage into the frogs. Giorno first awakened Gold Experience back when he was trying to protect that injured man. The Stand subconsciously used it's powers to make the grass around that man grow taller, thus allowing him to evade his pursuers.

(Plays Track 3)

Stand: 

''Name: Gold Experience. Named after the Prince album: The Gold Experience. English Localization: Golden Wind.''

Stand Type: Close-Range Stand.

"MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA" is it's battle cry, taken after Giorno's father DIO.

Abilities:

''Life Giver: Gold Experience can turn anything inanimate into a living creature or plant depending on the size and shape of the object. Those living beings created by this ability are completely under the control of Giorno as well as having damage it would've taken from an attack reflect back on the attacker without being affected at all. Example: Leaky-Eyed Luka tried to attack the frog Giorno created with a shovel, the shovel strike rebounded on Luka instead and killed him as a result. However, this rebound effect can only occur if Giorno's creations are attacked in a random, unfocused manner, which means that if they are purposefully attacked, then they are most likely harmed and the rebound ability is nullified.''

''Life Shot: Gold Experience's ability can also be transmitted to living individuals, causing their thought processes to accelerate at a great pace. Under those affects, enemies lose temporal co-ordination of their bodies, thus increasing and amplifying the reception in one's body. Example: Any pain felt would seem to last longer due to the heightened senses when in reality, Gold Experience is only punching them with the strength of a normal Human being.''

''Organ Creation: Gold Experience can create brand new organic parts of the body. The replacement parts are permanent and as a result can be technically called 'healing'. However the process is very painful as it was designed to not be used for healing. Unlike previous JoJo protagonist Josuke Higashikata, Giorno can use Gold Experience to 'heal' himself as opposed to previous JoJo protagonist Josuke Higashikata's Stand, Crazy Diamond, which can restore anything back to a state that it once was but can't heal Josuke himself. Example: Giorno replaced his throat and foot after they had been 'cubed' by the Stand Baby face.''

''High Potential Versatility: Gold Experience's most valuable characteristic is the amount of versatility it has. Because of it's life and nature related abilities having shown little to no limits on what it can do, Giorno can be very creative with his Stand's powers such as accelerating the growth of plant-life, like growing trees and other flora so fast that he can use them to entangle or surprise attack his enemies, and/or even disguise his living creations by reverse-transforming them in order to ambush enemies.''

Wiz: Stands are the manifestation of one's soul and/or psychological energy and their abilities are completely random at times. Stands can be inherited or given to anyone via stabbing the mystical Arrow into their chest. The Arrow was a powerful relic constructed by godly Pillar Men in their search for a way to avoid death by sunlight. The Arrow is one of the few ways a person can obtain a Stand without having to inherit it from their relatives and/or family. Stand inheritance is shown multiple times in the series, such as when Jolyne Cujoh inherited her Stand, Stone Free, from her Stand-user father, the legendary Jotaro Kujo.

'''Boomstick: Essentially, Stands are your own overprotective, guardian ghost that REALLY love punching the shit out of anyone stupid enough to piss you off. Though Giorno's Stand looks very weird. Like a gold flamboyant statue wearing a soldier's helmet. '''

Wiz: Regardless of it's appearance, Gold Experience is a very versatile and quite capable close-range Stand. Stands usually come equipped with powerful abilities and Giorno's has the power of 'Life Giver', being able to turn inanimate objects into living creatures like turning luggage into frogs or turning a stone into a scorpion. Living creatures created by Giorno are directly under his control so he can use them to his leisure. His life-giving ability can also accelerate and enhance one's perception and senses by physically touching them, usually by punching them.

'''Boomstick: He can turn saplings into trees which can then attack anyone dumb enough to stand in the way and even reverse-transform his creations back to what they were before retransforming them for a surprise attack! Heck, Gold Experience can even punched the ground and a tree would pop up existence faster than a one-night stand baby!'''

Wiz: He can also heal himself or his allies by creating organic parts and then using them to replace the damaged parts inside that person though this pseudo-healing is actually painful as it was not meant to be utilized for healing in the first place.

'''Boomstick: And like most humanoid Stands out there, Gold Experience can punch pretty fast and pretty hard, as well as having it's own battle cry! His is: '''

(Stop Track)

''DIO: IT'S TOO LATE! YOU CAN'T ESCAPE!! MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!!!! ''

(Resume Track)

'''Boomstick: And just like every other Stand out there, it follows two specific and very prominent rules. Number 1 is that only other Stands or a person with a power similar to Stands can harm and/or see other Stands.'''

Wiz: The second rule is that any damage done to a Stand also reflects onto it's user. And while Stands are extremely durable, it is possible to destroy a Stand though it takes a lot of raw force.

Boomstick: And being only a close-range Stand means that Gold Experience can only travel 2-3 feet away from Giorno.

Wiz: Giorno is a seasoned tactician despite being rather young. He is always observing and recording what his opponent's abilities are in order to find a way to exploit them to his advantage such as reflecting attacks back to sender. And with his Stand, Gold Experience, Giorno likes utilizing the environment around him to his advantage as well as being quick on his toes and being able to create plans on the fly. He always has a backup plan on stand-by just in case his current strategy doesn't work out.

'''Boomstick: He's also a great thief, being discreet enough to steal a guard's wallet while said guard was conducting a full body search on Giorno. '''

Wiz: Giorno has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Biology which he uses in tandem with Gold Experience, creating the necessary lifeforms needed to help him win the day or to match his goals.

(Play Track 4)

'''Boomstick: After getting away with stealing that poor kid's luggage as well as 'killing' Leaky-Eyed Luka, Giorno would encounter Bruno Bucciarati, the leader of a gang under the control of the Passione mafia, who let the con artist thief join his gang and have some rather 'Bizarre' adventures all across Italy. Heck it started out with Giorno getting licked by Bruno just so the gang leader could tell if Giorno was lying or not! Ewww....'''

Wiz: Aside from the licking lie detector that is Bruno, his gang was also made up of other Stand-users like Narancia and Guido Mista!

'''Boosmtick: I like Guido! He can control his revolver's bullets with his Stand(s) Sex Pistols!!'''

Guido: Hey thanks man!

'''Boomstick: What the hell?! How did you get in here?!'''

Guido: The door's unlocked you know.

Wiz: Well aside from that, how did you get into our office?

Guido: Oh yeah, Bruno's zippers accidentally took me here instead of the Coliseum.

Wiz: Aren't you supposed to be helping your friends?

''Guido: I should be. But the zipper disappeared.''

'''Boomstick: Zipper? How did you get here using a zipper?'''

Wiz: I'll cover that later Boomstick. Meanwhile, Giorno tagging along, Bruno and his gang would undertake missions from their mysterious 'Boss' and encounter a lot of other Stand-users like Cioccolata and his Stand Green Day; that uses flesh-consuming mild to eradicate his opponents. They would obtain huge amounts of Yen, go on treasure hunts and even protect their 'Boss's' daughter Trish Una.

'''Boomstick: (Whistles)... Wow. Now's that one heck of a girl you got there! Now I can see why Bruno's group was so open to accept her! Wouldn't mind accepting a few more specific things with her-'''

''Guido: Uh. She's only 15, sorry to break it to you.''

'''Boomstick: Well now... This won't get me placed under supervision will it?'''

Wiz: Depends... I might just do it because I hate the fact that you said what you said.

Boomstick: Aww...

''Guido: Hey, man. I made the same mistake too. I mean, come on! She looks like she's 21 or something!''

Wiz: She could've just matured faster than others in her age group. Anyways, Giorno would get to test his Stand's abilities almost to it's limits as he fought a whole plethora of Stand-users alongside Bruno's gang.

'''Boomstick: During his fight with Green Day, Giorno and Gold Experience literally let out the longest barrage of punches in all of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure's history, spanning Manga seven pages long. Also the entire time, Giorno was shouting 'MUDA' over and over and even letting out the other cry his father is known for...'''

Giorno: WRYYYYYYY!!!!

(Play Track 5)

Feats:

Killed Cioccolata and defeated his Stand, Green Day, by transforming a bullet placed in Cioccolata's head into a snail which rendered him helpless against the longest Stand-Rush in the history of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Made Leaky-Eyed Luka kill himself via rebounding a shovel strike with one of Giorno's frogs.

Survived being 'cubed' by the Stand, Baby-Face.

Managed to survive his encounter with Chariot Requiem, a Stand with the ability to hypnotize people into deep sleep then exchange their souls with other incapacitated victims as well as using the Stands of any affect Stand-users to protect the Arrow it was holding.

Killed Polpo, the user of the very powerful Stand; Black Sabbath, then used that as leverage to join Bruno's gang.

''With help from Bruno's gang members (though not all at once), Giorno has defeated Stand-users like Ghiaccio and Illuso and their respective Stand(s) White Album, who has control over ice, and Man in The Mirror, which has access to it's own dimension: The Mirror World. (Sorry Kakyoin. But there is such a thing as the Mirror World. Also RIP you cherry licking, MILF hunter)''

Against Ghiaccio's Stand White Album, who has the ability to completely freeze things like the air around him to absolute zero, Giorno managed to withstand White Album's freezing ability long enough to defeat him with Guido Mista's help.

Survived his encounter with the Stand, Notorious B.I.G who is very strong, very fast, gains more power from consuming objects and is completely invincible though he did need help in order to escape alive.

''Defeated Bruno Bucciarati and his Stand, Sticky Fingers which has the ability to create zippers onto anything and inside is a very wide pocket dimension. Considering how creative Bruno is with his Stand's ability, like for example creating a zipper onto his face which then pulled down to split his head in half non-fatally in order to avoid getting killed by an attack to the face, Giorno's victory against the gang leader is even more impressive.''

Trapped Diavolo, the 'Boss' of Passione, inside an endless death loop where he can't escape or permanently die since he has to constantly relieve his death over and over.

''According to Trish Una, the daughter of Diavolo AKA 'The Boss', she didn't awaken her Stand, Spice Girl, by herself and that Giorno helped in her Stand's awakening. (This is up for debate though, but I'm not argue since this is JoJo we're talking about.)''

Gained his Stand's Requiem ability by stabbing himself with the mystical Arrow.

Spoiler Alert: Possibly survived the universe reset in Part 6: Stone Ocean due to his Stand's Requiem (though this has never been confirmed so it may not be canon)

Wiz: He's defeated many a powerful Stand and their respective users like Ghiaccio and his Stand White Album which can freeze anything to absolute zero including the air! A Human body's internal temperature will be snuffed out in 5 minutes in -98 degrees. Considering that it took an entire arc as well taking the fight underwater, an even worst place to fight something with the ability to control freezing temperatures in, the mere fact that Giorno managed to defeat him, let alone kill him, is impressive all by itself though he did have help from fellow gang member Guido Mista-

Guido: That's damn right!

Wiz: Who helped point out where White Album's weakness was. Even more impressive was the time he defeated Bruno himself whose Stand, Sticky Fingers, can create zippers to use in combat or just in general.

'''Boomstick: While that may sound lame, Sticky Fingers zipper creation was utilized by Bruno very creatively! Like that time he created a zipper on his face then used it to split his face, non-fatally, in half in order to avoid a fatal attack!'''

(Play Track 6)

Wiz: Giorno has defeated Green Day, who can create flesh-eatng mild and control dismembered limbs with it's mold attached to them, survived his encounters with the invincible Notorious B.I.G and the soul-exchanging Chariot Requiem... Boomstick: And finally after Bruno sacrificed his life in order to destroy Shang Tsung-

Wiz: Chariot Requiem.

Guido: Wait, what happened to Bruno?!

'''Boomstick: ... Giorno was able to get ahold of the mystical Arrow for himself and managed to stab it into himself as Diavolo's King crimson literally dented Gold Experience's face.'''

Wiz: Due to the superhuman level of strength King Crimson has- it can cleave through enemies with just a well-placed Karate chop -Giorno should've suffered the same fate as well-

'''Boomstick: Do you remember when Giorno stabbed himself with the Arrow? You should since I just said it a few seconds ago and it's very important!! (Clears throat) Giorno did that on purpose, in order to give his Stand his Requiem ability!!'''

''Guido: Hey! Wait a minute! What happened to 'The Boss'? And what's a Requiem ability?''

Wiz: How a Requiem ability works is that should someone stab themselves or their Stand with the Arrow, their most wanted desire at that moment will be fulfilled via granting the Stand a very powerful and over-the-top ability/abilites as well as a complete makeover! For Gold Experience Requiem since Giorno's desire at the time was to defeat Diavolo and King Crimson, it's new ability is the power to nullify cause and effect. With this ability, GER (Gold Experience Requiem) can forcibly reset anything, including an enemy's attacks and willpower, back to the state 'zero'.

'Boomstick and Guido'': ...Uh... What?'''

Wiz: In more basic terms, anything that should've affected to Giorno doesn't actually happen since any actions created by any enemy is reset back to when it never happened by GER, hence the state 'zero'. In fact, Giorno himself doesn't know the exact limits of this ability

'''Boomstick: Ookay... Well it's more awesome secondary ability to being able trap anyone killed by GER inside an endless and inescapable time-loop where they would be relive their deaths over and over and over! Also GER still retains it's Life Giver ability as well, as demonstrated when GER created a scorpion out of some stone then tossed it at Diavolo!'''

Wiz: With this Giorno ultimately defeated the 'Boss' by pummelling him into a nearby river and trapping Diavolo inside an endless time-loop to rot forever! After all was said and done, Giorno managed to reach his dream and become the new Boss of the Passione mafia!

'''Boomstick: Damn... What a badass!'''

(Play Track 7)

Wiz: However while GER is virtually invincible, normal Gold Experience isn't and is still vulnerable to the same thing other Stands are vulnerable to as well. And it's life-giving abilities, while ver versatile and useful, can only create smaller creatures like frogs and scorpions and not larger creatures such as tigers and sharks. Also Giorno, while is very durable and resistant, is still just an ordinary Human unlike his father DIO who is an immortal Vampire.

'''Boomstick: Well... Used to be an immortal Vampire until this happened.'''

(Jotaro vs DIO)

Weaknesses:

Gold Experience isn't as durable as other Stands like The World, Notorious B.I.G, White Album etc. It also isn't as powerful in physical combat such as other Stands like Sticky Fingers and Spice Girl.

Giorno is still a normal Human being and as such, can be killed through ordinary means like a gunshot.

''Only survived his encounters with Stands like Notorious B.I.G because of a friend or ally's assistance. In Notorious B.I.G's case, it was Trish Una and her Stand Spice Girl who helped him as well as the other gang members evade the indestructible Stand by dumping it into the ocean where it will remain imprisoned for all eternity.''

''Gold Experience is a close-range Stand of 2-3 feet. It can't travel out more than that unless Giorno himself moves elsewhere, making him rather vulnerable to long-range attacks.''

Gold Experience's physical strength isn't as powerful as other Stands such as Sticky Fingers and Star Platinum.

Wiz: Also, Gold Experience isn't exactly known for being able to tank hits or launch powerful punches like a Stand such as Star Platinum could, although Gold Experience's punches have been shown capable of smashing a whole car in though it takes more than one punch. His durability is ranked a D and it's Destructive Power is ranked a C based on Stand Stats. C level means that that specific stat is like a normal Human being and D level is considered Poor, though sometimes Stand Stats are inconsistent so don't rely too much on them.

'''Boomstick: Also since Gold Experience is a close-range Stand, it can't travel out too far away from it's users, forcing it and Giorno to stick together. Although Gold Experience can save his own user from falling from ledges or getting hit by stray cars as the Stand can simply reach out to grab onto railing or push Giorno back to avoid certain death. Apart from that, Giorno and his Stands have the exact same weaknesses as every Stand and their users.'''

Wiz: Even so, for a 15 year-old bastard son of a formerly immortal Vampire, Giorno has accomplished a lot and certainly earned the title... of 'JoJo'.

'''Boomstick: ...Wait he's 15 too!? '''

Guido: Wait, Giorno did all of this?

Wiz: Well, yes. Haven't you been paying attention? Also, are you gonna go help your friends?

Guido: I told you, the zipper that brought me here disappeared.

???: Guido, you idiot.

(All three fellows turned their heads towards the door to see a man with black hair and a blue outfit.)

''Guido: Bruno? How'd you get here?''

'Bruno: (Snaps his fingers and his Stand, Sticky Fingers appears beside him) How else did you think I'd get here? Now, come on. We gotta go help Giorno and the others. (Sticky Fingers produces a zipper in mid-air and opens it up.)'

''Guido: Oh right! (Guido steps into the zipper and Bruno follows shortly afterwards)''

Bruno: Arrivederci! (He closes the zipper himself which then vanishes without a trace)

Boomstick: That was weird.

Wiz: Gee. You think?!

'Giorno: I've always wanted to meet you. But now that I have, all I can really say is... MUDA.'

Pre-Battle
Wiz: Alright! The combatants are set. It's time to end this debate once and for all!

Boomstick: It's time for a DEATH BATTLEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Interlude
Rome, Italy 11:36 PM 

It's near-deathly quiet in the home of the famous Coliseum. Not many people are out at this time and hour and, as a result, the streets were deserted.

We come to an isolated building and inside, three people are seen resting in the living room area. Two guys and one girl to be more specific. These three were all that remained after a fierce battle against the mob-boss of the notorious Passione mafia.

All who remained was the only child of 'The Boss', Trish Una, the gunslinging Guido Mista and of course...

Giorno Giovanna: Are you two alright?

Guido: I'm good, though I lost most of my Sex Pistols during that fight.

Giorno: Quite the tragedy, I'm sorry Mista.

The gunslinger shrugged it off with a exhausted sigh.

Giorno: What about you Trish?

Trish:...

Giorno: Um, Trish?

He approached the pink-haired girl who was sat off to a corner, her face buried into her knees. Giorno hunched down to tap her on the shoulder, but she suddenly glanced up, startling GioGio a bit. He realized why she handy answered; she had been crying. Her eyes were red and teary. Trish had no reason not to cry, after all some of her close friends had just died. Bruno, Narancia, Abbachhio. All of them perished at the hands of her secretive and evil father, Diavolo, the mob-boss of the notorious Passione mafia.

Or should I say, former mob-boss of the notorious Passione mafia. Trish's father met a nasty demise at the hands of Giorno and his Stand: Gold Experience, or at least that's what Giorno told her. Knowing that he was an honest and well-natured person, Trish believed him, though this didn't damper the pain of losing some of her friends.

'Trish: I'm fine Giorno. J-Just... give me some time alone...'

She turned away, finding new interest in the floor beneath her. Giorno nodded in understanding and headed over to Guido to heal the gunslinger's wounds. As he got close, Gold Experience appeared behind him and produced a fresh human thigh out of thin-air. Guido, sat down on a chair due to his right thigh bleeding profusely from a gash he had sustained in the battle against Diavolo, saw this, widened his eyes and stumbled to the floor as Giorno got closer, much to blond-haired teenager's dismay.

Giorno: Guido. You know I have to do this in order to heal you.

Guido: Can you at least promise me that it won't hurt?

Giorno face-palmed. A moment later, sounds of squirming and cries of pain were heard resounding from the house that the Joestar Group had taken shelter in.

Unbeknownst to the Italians, they weren't the only active at this time and night.

Somewhere not too far away

The ruined landmark that was the Coliseum of Rome was void of any life. It had remained that way until a group of costumed people as well as a cat dressed similarly like the new visitors suddenly jumped into the arena in a rather unobserved grand entrance. A woman in a black caitsuit with a black mask stepped forward ahead of the group and scouted around, in search of something specific.

Makoto Niijima, codenamed 'Queen', turned to face the rest of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, a hidden league of Persona-users dedicated to reforming the corrupted ways of everyday society in a way that, is more astonishing to anyone other than the Phantom Thieves themselves.

Makoto: It appears we showed up in the incorrect location.

A slender, costumed man with a white fox mask and a Katana by his side stepped up beside Makoto and also scouted around in order to confirm his and the rest of the thieves suspicions. Yusuke Kitagawa, codenamed 'Fox', shook his head in exasperation then turned to look at the thieves leader square in the eye.

''Yusuke: She's right. We're somewhere else completely!''

The cat and a blond-girl in a red catsuit, both also wore masks btw, waved their hands into the air, obviously frustrated by this new discovery. Morgana, codenamed 'Mona', and Ann Takamaki, codenamed 'Panther' shook their heads in disappointment. Their leader, however, simply smiled.

Akira Kurusu: Then let's split up! This Diavolo guy shouldn't be too far away from here!

Everyone turned to the leader of the Phantom Thieves and smirks on their faces. Ann was the first to speak up.

''Ann: Okay! I'll go with Joker!''

Yusuke had something else to say about that statement.

Yusuke: Sorry, Panther. But you'll have to go with Mona.

Ann wasn't pleased to hear that.

''Ann: And why's that Fox? Huh? I'm not dimwitted you know!''

''Yusuke: I know. But this city is massive. I'm not saying you're bad at directions, but we need to be to cover as much ground before sunrise, and I think that with Mona, you'll be able to at least cover the whole northern section of the city.''

As much as she hated it, Ann had to agree. The thieves were on a mission and the last thing they needed was for her personal motives to get ahead of their goal.

''Ann: Hmph. Fine.''

And with that, both the cat and red thief leapt off to their directed destination.

Morgana: You guys be safe!

''Ann: Yeah! Promise us that!''

They told the remaining Phantom Thieves as they vaulted over the monumental landmark. Makoto noticed the small smile on Akira's face and rose an eyebrow.

Makoto: You're awfully quiet about this Joker.

Akira wholeheartedly laughed. He motioned for Yusuke to follow him and they separated ways with Makoto, who had made the choice to scan the southern area of Rome while Akira and Yusuke searched the eastern area.

Back to the Joestar Group

Giorno finally finished replaced Guido's wounded thigh with the fresh one that Gold Experience had created despite the other Stand-user's constant, and bothersome, squirming and screaming. Giorno backed away and sat himself upon another chair while Guido grasped his new thigh, heaving deep breathes of air as he did so, rocking back and forth.

Giorno shook rid head and rolled his eyes, still in disbelief over how brave his friend could be at one second then be a whimpering mess in the next. He heard movement nearby and turned around to see Trish arise from her corner, brushing dirt off of her pink dress.

Giorno: Are you alright Trish?

'Trish: I'm okay now. How's Mista coming along?'

Giorno nudged his head to the gunslinger's direction. Guido was still rocking back and forth, clutching his thigh and breathing heavily. Trish giggled a bit, which boosted Giorno's spirits a little bit. Trish went over to Guido's side and placed a hand on his shoulder, prompting him to look up and see the only child of Diavolo sympathetically smiling down at him.

Seeing this made Guido look down out of shame. He grabbed onto the edges of the table and banged his head onto it, much to his friends surprise.

Giorno: Mista?! What was that for?

Guido ignored him and planted his head onto said table then did his best to cover his head with his arms. His mind was thinking about one specific event that happened even before he met Giorno: His encounter with the Stand Rolling Stones, who, when destroyed, reveals the later fate of whoever it chases down. Unfortunately for Guido, when he was greeted by the Stand, it took the form of his now deceased friend, Bruno Bucciarati.

Simply put, Guido knew that one day, Bruno would die. That day was today, as it's only been an hour since the death of Bruno. And while Guido wasn't there to personally see it himself, Giorno was. He was the one who informed his surviving friends of their gang leader's demise.

Trish: What's wrong Mista?

Guido uncovered himself and leaned back into his chair, slumping down halfheartedly.

Guido: I knew about it already.

Giorno: Knew about what already?

Guido looked to the blond-haired teenager square in the eyes.

Guido: That Bruno would die.

He said much to the dismay of his friends. Giorno opened his mouth to speak, however, footsteps from above interrupted their quiet night. All three Stand-users glanced up to the ceiling, startled by the sounds.

Trish: What was that?

Giorno narrowed his eyes in suspicion. He turned to face his companions.

Giorno: You two stay here, I'll go investigate.

He dashed off to the staircase without saying another word. Meanwhile Trish looked to Guido for answers.

Trish: What do you mean, 'you knew that Bruno would die?'

Guido, sensing an easy way out, didn't respond. At least not for a couple of moments.

Trish: Mista?

Guido: I'll explain when Giorno returns.

That abruptly ended the conversation.

At the rooftop

Akira and Yusuke stood by the edge, their eyes scanning the streets below them in search of their target. After a few fruitless moments passed by, Akira turned away and began walking to the other side of the building. Yusuke turned around and followed not too shortly afterwards.

Akira: We gotta hurry, I heard this 'Diavolo' is quite the dangerous man.

Yusuke: Well, with a name like that, obviously.

Akira laughed a bit.

Akira: Yeah, let's go. I don't want Diavolo harming any of our friends.

???: Diavolo?

Akira and Yusuke stop dead in their tracks, alarmed by the new voice. They turned around and saw a young man with blond-hair climbing onto the rooftop via ladder from inside the building.

Yusuke glances to his friend, a shocked expression on his face, though it was hidden by his fox mask.

''Yusuke: We have to leave. Now.''

Akira raised an eyebrow and smirked instead.

Akira: You go. I'll handle this guy.

Yusuke shook his head and sighed, knowing that arguing with Akira would lead to nowhere.

Yusuke: Good luck Joker.

And with that, the fox-masked Phantom Thief made his exit, leaving Akira and the blond young man alone atop the rooftop.

Akira: Might I ask who you are mister?

The blond young man raised an eyebrow at the sight of the masked juvenile.

???: My name is Giorno Giovanna. Who are you and why did you say the name Diavolo?

Akira thought for a bit. Giorno Giovanna? Never heard of him. Although by the way this guy dresses, he could a be an Italian gangster.

Akira: The name's Joker. And sorry Giorno, but that info's classified.

Giorno realized that this masked man must going after Diavolo. But why? Diavolo's stuck in a infinite cycle of death. Guess this man didn't hear about it, but he's going after Diavolo...

Giorno: Diavolo is dead.

Now this raised some suspicions from Akira.

Akira: He's... Dead? How? And how would you know about it?

Giorno: Because...

He snaps his fingers and Gold Experience appears right behind him. Akira is astounded by the Stand's sudden appearance.

Akira: ( A Persona-user?! In Italy?!) You use a Persona too huh?

The son of DIO was puzzled by this.

'''Giorno: Persona? No, this is my Stand; Gold Experience. Now I demand answers. Why are you hunting Diavolo?'''

Akira: Again that's classified. Now answer my question: How would you know about Diavolo's death?

Giorno: Because I was the one who ended him.

The masked juvenile took that rather seriously. If his target is in fact dead, then he needs to go inform the other thieves about this. However, a nagging feeling told Akira that, maybe this guy is bluffing. Better ask just in case.

Akira: Did you really?

Giorno nodded.

Akira wasn't satisfied from that answer.

Akira: I don't believe you Giorno.

Giorno: Then allow me to show you a demonstration.

Giorno lunged forward, Gold Experience travelling with him with a fist closed for a punch.

Akira rose an eyebrow and quickly pressed his mask against a face softly. With a bright flash of light, his Persona, Arsene, suddenly appeared and caught Gold Experience's attack with it's hand.

Giorno is shocked by the Persona, with it's crimson-red body, dark wings and fashionable top-hat. He jumped away, Gold Experience going with and floating right beside him.

Akira: Listen, Giorno. You're not my enemy, but if you're gonna attack me...

He brings out two black Beretta M9 handguns and dual-wields them in both hands, aimed at Giorno. Akira sly smiled.

Akira: Then so be it.

'''Giorno: I don't like fighting useless battles. But, as you wish!'''

Announcer: Fight!!!
Akira: Arsene! Cleave!

The Persona rushed forward with it's arm raised and it's hands shaped into Karate-chops. Giorno charged forward to meet his enemy.

Giorno: Gold Experience!

The Stand clenched it's fists, and before Arsene could strike, Gold Experience punched it twice in the stomach and then kicked the Persona away.

Akira felt the attacks as well but it didn't hurt too much. Arsene was pushed back, then it vanished and reappeared beside it's master.

Akira: Okay then, let's try this!

The juvenile pulled the triggers on his handguns. Gun-shots rang and echoed all throughout the nighttime sky. Several bullets sailed in the son of DIO's direction. Giorno raised an eyebrow as Gold Experience hovered forward and swatted the projectiles away. The Stand then picked up a rock from the ground and threw it at Akira.

Akira: That Persona's pretty fast. Okay, use Eiha!

Arsene clapped it's hands together and a dark aura emanated from below Giorno. He glanced down and noticed it before jumping in time as it rose into the air and exploded in a burst of dark mist.

Giorno: What the heck was that?!

No time for a proper response, as Arsene flew forward with it's right arm shaped like a needle. Giorno hopped to the side as the Persona drove it's needle arm onto the ground, piercing straight through the rooftop.

Giorno: Gold Experience!

The Stand rushed forward and Stand-Rush'ed Arsene, and this time Akira really felt the blows dealt. He stumbled back and spat out a little bit of blood.

Akira: Well now... Isn't that a surprise.

Arsene, on the other hand, disappeared in flash of blue light and reappeared beside it's master once again. Giorno picked up a rock from the ground and tossed it with much force. Akira shot a couple rounds at the rock, but they all missed. Arsene rushed forward and prepped itself to swat it away.

However, while sailing mid-air, the rock morphed into a small green frog. Arsene did, in fact, swat the frog away. But then something strange occurred. The force of the smack sent the frog past the edge of the rooftop and to the streets below. However, Akira also strangely felt the force dealt. More specifically to his face, which now bore the print of a massive hand, as if someone had backhanded him.

Akira: What the hell?

He rubbed where the force struck. Unfortunately for the Phantom Thief, Giorno was relentless and charged forward with his Stand hovering alongside him.

Giorno: Take this!

Gold Experience hovered forward, past Giorno, and Stand-Rush'ed Arsene once again. A kick to the stomach and an uppercut later, and Arsene experienced a Persona Break, vanishing a flash of blue light. For Akira, he was sent flying onto the rooftop of the building behind him. He landed spread-eagled, then rolled back as Giorno and Gold Experience dove down with a dive-kick, creating cracks where Akira once lay.

Back to the Joestar Group

Due to the sounds of gun-shots and the audible commotion that followed afterwards, both Guido and Trish were alarmed, worried and panicking. Both the pink-haired girl and the gunslinger went through these emotions in that order, the longer they awaited for their blond-haired friend's return.

'Trish: What happened?! What's going on?! '

''Guido: I don't know. But we shouldn't worry, Giorno should be able to handle whatever's up there.''

This didn't exactly make Trish any less restless than she already was, made evident by the gradually increasing nervousness stained on her pretty face. This was made worse, when a something she had been pondering before Giorno dashed off returned with a vengeance.

Trish: Hey, Mista?

Guido: Yes Trish?

Trish: What do you mean, 'you knew that Bruno would die?'

Upon hearing these words, Guido started to panic on the inside.

Guido: (Oh shit...) Uh, what?

'Trish: Mista. I may be only 15 years old, but that doesn't mean that I'm stupid. What do you mean, 'you knew that Bruno would die?

The gunslinger began sweating harder than a marathon runner. It got even worse when Trish's face bore a hint of anger and impatience and her Stand, Spice Girl, emerged from behind her. Neither the Stand nor the Stand-user seemed pleased by Guido's silence.

Guido: (I now see how she's 'The Boss's kid. She's scaring the fuck outta me!)

Trish: Mista.

Guido: Yeah Trish?

Trish: Answer me.

Guido nervously gulped.

Back to the battle

Akira kipped-up to recover. Giorno and Gold Experience stood a good distance away from him atop the, surprisingly wide, rooftop.

'''Giorno: Do you now know of my power? I'd advise you stand down and give me some much-due answers.'''

Akira, not willing to backdown from a good fight, pressed his mask onto his face again. In a flash of blue light, another one of his Personas appeared; Queen Mab.

Giorno was taken aback by the purple-haired, green humanoid that floated beside the juvenile.

Giorno: What the- You control multiple Stands?!

Akira: PER-SO-NA. Use Zionga!

Queen Mab lifted it's arms and stuck out to the sky. Thunder rumbled in the clear night sky, followed by a few distant, but powerful rumblings. Giorno pondered the possibilities and decided to take the obvious action.

Giorno: Gold Experience!!

He rushed a few steps forward to get closer before Gold Experience appeared and hovered forward to strike the Persona.

Akira had something else to say about that. He ran past the Persona of The Magician Arcana and broke out into a slide-kick that evaded Gold Experience's double punch as well as striking hard at the Stand's ankles. The Phantom Thief kicked the Stand in the stomach, causing it to stumble back a little bit. He then followed up by rolling forward and then rising upwards with an uppercut to the jaw.

Giorno also felt the attack and staggered back. Akira didn't stop there. He brought out and dual-wielded two combat knives and slashed Gold Experience in a forwards X-fashion. The juvenile then hopped into the air a bit and jump kicked the Stand three times in the face. He landed and, before Gold Experience could counterattack, flip-kicked the Stand into the air. Giorno went airborne high into the air.

Akira: Now!

Queen Mab finally unleashed the electrical attack, thunder rumbled once again in the night sky. Giorno, knowing that an electric shock will put him out of commission, pulled out his wallet and held it out in front of him.

Giorno: Morph!

Gold Experience emerged out of him and tapped the wallet with one of it's hands. A second later and the wallet shifted it's surface into bark which began expanding outwards like the weeds in a garden. Not too soon and a lightning bolt descended down from the heavens and struck the gangster. But something, or should I say someone, didn't feel right.

Akira felt as if electricity was surging up his bones, though it didn't appear as such. Stunned, the juvenile bore witness to his opponent's crash-landing onto the rooftop. Stunned, the juvenile bore witness to the dust cloud that had kicked up part away and reveal a large wooden sphere where Giorno had landed. And then, much to Akira's shock, he stood stunned a witness as the sphere began shifted shape and turned back into a wallet. Standing with said wallet in hand was an unharmed Giorno and his Stand floating beside him.

Akira: Queen Mab! Use Mazionga!

The Persona once again held it's hands out to the air. This time, thunder didn't even rumble as several lightning bolts all crashed down on the rooftop in an erratic pattern. Giorno held his wallet above his head and Gold Experience morphed it into a wide shield of wood that was as wide as an umbrella. He then charged forward, holding the wooden shield above his head and with his Stand in tow. Any lightning bolts lucky enough to strike Giorno instead smacked right into his wooden shield. Akira would feel a few more electrical shocks surged up his body, paralyzing him even further. As Giorno neared the distance, Akira scrounged his mind desperately for a plan of action.

Akira: Use Tentarafoo!

Queen Mab clapped it's hands and a bright wisp fluttered out of it's palms. It raced towards Giorno in an unpredictable manner. Gold Experience took care of that problem quite easily. He backhanded the wisp as it got close and it disappeared with a POOF!

Akira: Aw c'mon!

The gangster's response was a Stand-Rush to Queen Mab, delivered courtesy of Gold Experience.

Giorno: MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA-

Gold Experience halted it's barrage of punches, clasped it's hands together and rose into the air.

Giorno: MUDA!

His Stand drove it's cupped hands together in a downwards smack, causing a Persona Break and sending Akira over the edge of the rooftop. Needless to say, the Phantom Thief had a very rough landing, but at the very least, his paralysis was ridden off.

Akira groaned in pain as he staggered up, clutching his ribs and sides from the impact he endured.

Akira: Motherfuc...

The Phantom Thief took a deep breath to calm himself. Hearing footsteps from above, Akira scanned the surrounding area and found an alleyway just across the street. He glanced up to the rooftop where he fell from. The footsteps soured as though they were coming closer.

Akira: Crap. Guess I have no choice...

He rushed across the streets and slid into the alleyway just in time to evade the vigilant eyes of his blond-haired opponent.

Giorno looked over the edge of the rooftop and searched for the juvenile. When he couldn't track Akira down, the gangster raised an eyebrow.

Giorno: So that's how it's gonna be...

He pulled out a dollar from his wallet and Gold Experience emerged. The Stand tapped the valuable and it morphed into a large lizard. Giorno hunched down and tossed the lizard over the edge. The lizard, luckily, landed on it's feet and Giorno began mentally controlling the reptile, guiding it as it acted as his version of a hunting dog.

The snake slithered down the side of the building and onto the street, racing and vanishing into an alleyway across the street as it's master hopped down from the building and landing smoothly. Though the snake escaped his field of vision, it quickly returned when it retreated from the alleyway as a dark shape followed by another much bigger dark shape emerged out of the alleyway and onto the street.

'''Giorno: What?! Impossible!'''

Akira smugly pressed his mask onto his face as his new Persona, Titania of the Empress Arcana, glared dangerously at the blonde and his Stand.

Akira: Heh, missed me? Titania! Use Mind Charge! Then use Garula!

Before Giorno could even open his mouth to retort, the Queen of the Fairies held her hands in a prayer-like fashion and a whirlwind kicked up, with Akira at it's vortex. Giorno put his hands out in front of him as the wind began blowing him back, right onto the brick building wall behind him.

'''Giorno: Holy hell! What's with this wind?! Gold Exper-'''

He wasn't allowed to finish his sentence as Titania separated her hands then struck them out in the gangster's direction. The whirlwind that had formed around her and Akira suddenly surged forward, blasting Giorno with so much force, that he broke through the brick wall and crashed through several rooms within the building, tumbling and cracking walls as well as crash-landing onto a wooden table.

Right as he did so, his right hand got sliced in half by a broken, yet rough-edged piece of the very table he crashed onto. Giorno stood up, feeling pain envelop his entire right hand. Glancing down and noticing his new wound, he grimaced and applied pressure it with his other hand.

'''Giorno: Ugh... Gold Experience...'''

His Stand reappeared next to him, holding a piece of a broken table leg. It quickly morphed into a brand new hand and Gold Experience disconnected Giorno's right hand with a powerful slash. The wounded hand fell to the floor, spreading blood all around it, as Giorno took the brand new hand and forcefully inserted it into the bloody stump where his wounded hand used to reside. After a few twists and cracks, the new hand began working as if it was the original.

Giorno sighed. He heard footsteps coming closer and dove behind the wreckage of the wooden table, sitting in wait for his opponent to come.

Akira chased after him, with Titania hovering along with him. He peered into the hole in the wall and nodded with an impressed look on his face.

Akira: Huh. Neat. Great work Titania.

The Fairy Queen nodded back, then hovered deeper into the building. A moment later and the Persona flew out of the building as if something had struck her. Akira, despite his much smaller size, caught the Fairy Queen and helped stand her on her feet.

Akira: What the hell happened?

Titania pointed inside the building and Akira followed the direction of her finger, his eyes wandering over to a menacingly dark shape hidden in the shadows. The Phantom Thief pulled out his handguns and opened fire. From the shadows, Gold Experience swatted the bullets away before grabbing a torn piece of wood and tossing it in retaliation.

Mid-air, the wooden piece morphed into a poisonous frog that almost struck Akira in the face, had Titania not catch it then placed it gently down onto the ground.

Akira: SHOO!

The frog leapt away, now disinterested in the juvenile. From within the building, Giorno had Gold Experience punch the ground, causing a surging wave of trees to slither into and out of the ground towards his opponent. Though it took some time, eventually Akira noticed the tree wave. He hopped over it and raced atop it, charging at the blonde.

But Giorno had wanted this to happen. As Akira rapidly approached the gangster, Gold Experience punched the wall to it's right and a giant wooden fist emerged, slamming into the Phantom Thief and sending him flying and striking his head onto another wall. Akira stumbled up and Titania reappeared by his side. At the same time, Giorno and Gold Experience rushed forward and both hurled a punch.

The Fairy Queen caught both fists and pushed them away, then she counterattacked with Garula. The whirlwind only temporarily disrupted Giorno's assault as his Stand punched the ground and a wall of wood popped up. The wind glanced off, blowing away the nearby remnants of the broken table. Some almost splintered Akira, although they missed their mark, embedding themselves onto the wall next to the juvenile.

Amidst the whirlwind, Giorno discreetly snuck out from behind his wooden defence. While sluggish, his fleet-footedness quickly closing the distance between them. Out of the corner of his left eye, Akira noticed something move in the shadows. Too late, as he pulled out one of his handguns to attack, Giorno's Gold Experience emerged and punched Akira in the face. The Phantom Thief felt his head's senses go erratic, his brain felt as though a lawnmower was trying to shave it. Gold Experience then kicked him in the stomach, so hard that it broke through the wall and sent Akira reeling out onto a new street.

Rolling backwards, Akira recovered and stood up right as Giorno walked out of the building and gazed at him, his Stand floating closely behind him. His head racked with a confusing, internal pain, Akira rubbed his eyes and felt the pain go away, thanks to Titania's Regenerate 2. Speaking of which, the Persona reappeared next to the juvenile, a glare masking her face.

Akira: What the hell? What was that just now?

'''Giorno: It's my Stand's ability. I can give life to anything I want to.'''

That didn't exactly answer Akira's question, but Giorno could care less and began crossing the street towards Akira. The Phantom Thief took action, turning to his Persona to command it.

Akira: Titania! Use Garula once more!

The Fairy Queen nodded the struck her hands out to Giorno. Another whirlwind kicked up, heading straight for the gangster. Gold Experience punched the ground and another wooden wall popped up, directing the wind off of it's destined course. Akira wasn't having any of that though and fired several shots out of his handgun.

The bullets simply bounced off of the wall and struck the ground uselessly. Not a moment later and Akira's left thigh suddenly pang with a piercing pain, much to his dismay. Puzzled by his new bleeding wounds, Akira switched his attention from his thigh to his opponent, the latter gradually making his way towards the Fairy Queen, despite her best efforts.

Akira: (What the he-Oh right! Anything that's created by that guy has some sort of rebound eff-)

The juvenile's train of thought was suddenly derailed as he felt his throat being crushed. Out of shock, Akira glanced over to his Persona and discovered a golden hand wrapped around the Fairy Queen's throat. Simply put, Giorno had made his way over to the Persona, with the assistance of his wooden wall, and his Stand had interrupted her wind-making by suffocating her.

Giorno glanced over to his opponent, who was struggling to take action.

'''Giorno: Even with the wind, your efforts are futile. I'll end this.'''

Gold Experience clenched it's free hand and uppercutted Titania, followed up by...

Gold Experience: MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA-

Giorno: MUDA!

At the final 'MUDA', Gold Experience abruptly halted it's Stand Rush, tossed Titania into the air a bit, then double-punched her in the face, causing Persona Break and launching Akira into a clothing store, overturning shirt racks and tables topped with jeans. Giorno stared out into the store, but his eyes couldn't track down the Phantom Thief. Looking down, Giorno bent down and picked up a big stone. With a nod of his head, the gangster's Stand's hand emerged and tapped on the stone, morphing it into a large sparrow that took flight soon afterwards.

The sparrow flew into the store, mentally controlled by Giorno who stood outside with his arms crossed, waiting for a response elicited from the bird.

Meanwhile

It's been awhile since Akira decided to deal with the newcomer. Ever since then, Fox, AKA Yusuke Kitagawa had gone and searched his objective area of the Phantom Thieves' current target; the elusive man by the name of Diavolo. However, once Fox had searched the entire parameter of his assigned area and didn't find Diavolo, he quickly raced back to where Akira had first greeted the newcomer.

At the rooftop where he and his leader separated ways, Fox scanned the surrounding area, in search of his friend.

Yusuke: Where could he be?

The comms device attached to his right ear buzzed to life with the voice of young girl.

Oracle: Fox? What do you think you're doing? Aren't you supposed to be searching for our target?

This voice belonged to Oracle, otherwise known as Futaba Sakura. She never accompanied the Phantom Thieves during their missions, instead she acted as their eyes and ears from behind the front-line as well as providing info via the internet or hacking and offering benefits for the thieves during battles. This can be due to her agoraphobia or fear of the outside. For Futaba's case, it would be the outside of her own house.

''Yusuke: I'm looking for Akira, I last saw him here before taking off on my own on his orders. Could you search for him Oracle?''

Oracle: Uh... Sure? Give me a moment, hold on...

As Oracle located Akira, Yusuke peered down the ladder that the blond interloper had emerged from. His left hand absentmindedly wandered over to the handle of the Katana sheathed by his side. His comms device buzzed to life once again.

Oracle: Joker is on your right, just a block or two away. Wait a minute, what is he doing? Why is he fighting someone?

Yusuke rasied an eyebrow and snapped his head over to his right. He walked over to the edge, his eyes darting around in search of anything unusual. A faint noise entered his ears and it glazed a look of confusion acres his face.

Yusuke: What the hell does 'MUDA' mean?

Oracle: I think it means useless or something like that. Either way, I think Joker has encountered an enemy!

Yusuke: Well, you're quite right about that.

Oracle: Also, I forgot to mention, there's a couple of people inside the building you're standing on.

Yusuke: (I knew it.) Are they dangerous?

Oracle: Doesn't seem like it, although one of them has a revolver. Might be to fend away any robbers. I suggest you go investigate anyways. Afterwards, head out and assist Joker.

Yusuke: Roger that.

And with that said, Fox calmly walked over to the ladder and descended down, a new objective in mind.

Back to the Joestar Group

With a loud WHOMP, Trish slammed Guido onto the wall while suffocating him with both hands. Granted, she could've used her Stand to do so, but where's the rage-induced fun in that? She shook and slammed him onto the wall a couple more times before increasing her vice grip, crushing Guido's throat even harder.

'Trish: WHY DIDN'T YOU WARN US SOONER?! THEY COULD'VE LIVED IF YOU TOLD US THAT! WHY?! WHY!?'

''Guido (choking): Because... It's... called fate...! I can't... change... that! No... one can!''

As much as she hated it, Trish had to accept her choking friend's words and let go. Guido fell to the floor, retching and coughing as if he had the most severe case of asthma. Meanwhile, Trish sat herself down and held her face in her hands, tears raining down onto the wooden floor.

Back to the Battle

Buried beneath a horde of expensive clothing, Akira lay silently in pain, his body unable to register all of the pain he had just experienced. He knew his Persona had been broken so he pressed his mask against his face, summoning yet another Persona to provide aid.

Akira heard tweeting from above his makeshift shelter of jeans and shirts, prompting him to remain even quieter for suspicion of his opponent standing nearby. At the same time, Giorno made his way into the clothing store, looking around for where his opponent may be. His sparrow returned to him, landing on his hair and relaxing. Giorno overturned an already overturned table, but his opponent wasn't there.

Raspy breathing to his right caused the gangster to look in that direction. Sitting down cross-legged in the darkness and dressed in ancient Egyptian clothing, Daisoujou cupped it's skeletal hands together and a massive torrent of flames surged out.

Giorno: Gold Exper-

Giorno cut himself short and opted to jump to the side, evading the Hierophant Persona's Agidyne and landing on a table of summer shorts. Daisoujou stood up and leisurely started walking closer to the blonde, much to his shock. Gold Experience emerged and charged, fists struck out, at the Persona. However, Akira intervened, popping up from his hidden shelter, which just so happened to be to the Stand's left, and shot it in the head.

It may not have pierced it's gold skull, it did knock the Stand to the side far enough for it to exceed it's limited range, causing it to dissipate and reappear next to it's user. Daisoujou knelt down and bowed it's head. A bright light shone from the skeleton, illuminating the room so brightly that Giorno had to cover his eyes.

When the light died down, Giorno unveiled his eyes only to see a gun barrel pressed against his forehead. Looming over him, Akira stood refreshed with a smirk on his face. Daisoujou had disappeared by his own volition as Hierophant Persona's Diarahan had done it's job well, healing the Phantom Thief of his wounds though it left him drained of his SP.

Akira: Surprise surprise goldylocks. Game over.

Gold Experience emerged and threw a fist, but Akira leapt back, knowing that this would happen. Giorno stood up and brushed some dust off of his clothing.

Giorno: So you're much stronger than I thought.

Akira: Mhm. Now come at me you blatant ripoff of a fairy tale.

Giorno obliged and Gold Experience hovered forward, intent on giving the juvenile a nasty Stand Rush. As soon as the fists were thrown, Akira lunged to the side and fired off of half a dozen bullets at his opponent. Gold Experience reappeared by the gangster's side and held up an overturned table. The table stopped there bullets dead in it's tracks before it suddenly morphed into a panther, which lunged at Akira.

Akira pressed his mask against his face once again and a monster of a Persona emerged and roared behind him, scaring the panther, which turned back into a table. Cerberus of the Chariot Persona growled, it's three heads snapping their jaws and slobbering the floor beneath it. Giorno simply sighed and had Gold Experience discreetly touch several of the summer shorts on the floor.

Akira: Cerberus! Fire Amp!

The three-headed hound howled into the air as a circle of flame shot up from the floor. Giorno picked up and hurled a school bag at Akira. As it got close to the juvenile, the bag morphed into a large hive of wasps, which crashed-landed onto the floor and broke in half when Akira side-stepped to dodge.

Akira: Vicious Strike!

Cerberus halted it's howling, the circle of flames dimming down as it did so, and leapt at the gangster. Gold Experience emerged and managed to catch and halt two of the underworld hound's gigantic jaws. The third head, the one located in the very middle, crunched down on the Stand's shoulder before igniting it aflame with Maragidyne. One of the summer short it had touched morphed itself into a small dog. The dog leapt up and head-butted Cerberus, knocking the hound back.

At the same time, the hive of wasps was quickly dispatched by Akira, who punted and sent it flying outside of the store. It was a tad bit too late as dozens of the wasps had flown out of their hive and proceeded to assault the Phantom Thief. However, his Persona's Auto-Sukukaja proved very effective as Akira's increased evasion allowed him to narrowly evade the wasps as well as the table, which had reverted back into a panther.

The right half of Giorno was completely charred as was Gold Experience's, courtesy of the Agidyne-infused Vicious Strike that was awarded by Cerberus. Searing pain enveloped Giorno's body, causing him to glance around for an object just as tall as him while also eyeing his opponent who was doing a damn good job of evading his latest organic creations. His eyes wandered over to an umbrella stand and he took a step towards it before being blocked by Akira's Persona.

Giorno: (Ugh... I gotta get to that stand and repair my wounds. But this stupid dog won't get out of the way!) Gold Experience!

The Stand emerged and launched it's right leg in a hovering roundhouse kick. However, just before it could smack into one of Cerberus' heads, the Chariot Persona suddenly vanished and in it's place was a small blue wisp. The wisp dashed off and Giorno's eyes followed it as it made it's way over to Akira. The Phantom Thief stood tall over the defeated bodies of many wasps and a panther, sustaining minor bite and scratch wounds. Akira smirked and pressed his mask on his face.

Giorno: (So that's how he's able to summon his Stands. If I remove that mask, he should be helpless against Gold Experience.)

The gangster watched as a new Persona appeared out of thin-air next to Akira, while also walking over to the umbrella stand and having his Stand morph it into a brand new arm. He'll have to find a another shapely size object in order to create a substitute for his right leg. By the time Gold Experience had completed morphing the umbrella stand into a brand new right arm, Akira's next Persona had appeared and it towered over the juvenile.

Akira: King Frost! Use Bufula!

The King of the snowmen huffed some air then exhaled it in the form of a thick ice beam. Giorno leapt to the side, narrowly evading the icy attack, and rolling up to recover. He wasn't given time to repair his right arm as another ice beam from King Frost forced the blonde to dive behind a table of jackets, which froze under the power of the Persona's Bufula. Giorno snapped his fingers and the summer shorts that Gold Experience had touched morphed into a menagerie of black mastiffs, all of whom charged at King Frost.

Akira (somewhere distant): Rakukaja!

The Persona raised it's staff and it shone a bit before dying down, just as Giorno's mastiffs attacked it's fat, puffy body. Giorno peeked his head up and saw the snowman struggle under the onslaught of his organic creations. He smiled a bit and stood himself up, inspecting the charred half of his body.

'''Giorno: As much as I don't want to... Gold Experience.'''

He lifted his burned right arm, grimacing as he did so, and his Stand severed it in one swift Karate-chop. He stared at his disarmed arm, which was bleeding out all over the floor. His left eye twitched. Then twitched again. Then...

Giorno: ARGHAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

His cry of unwanted pain echoed all throughout the city and into the night sky. So piecing and booming was his cry that the other Phantom Thieves as well as Giorno's friends all heard it.

Back to the Joestar Group

Trish unveiled her face from her hands and stared out at the door. Mista coughed his last before looking in the exact same direction.

Trish: W-Was that-

Mista: Giorno!

???: Giorno?

The new voice resounded from behind the Stand-users, prompting them to turn their heads to see a shadow peeking out from a wall.

???: Oh, shit...

Fox emerged from behind the wall, facing the Stand-user with his right hand placed over the handle of his Katana. Without warning, Mista whipped out his revolver and took a couple of potshots. Fox leapt to the side as the bullets dotted the wall where he had hidden behind and took a strategic retreat.

''Mista: Hey! Get back here!''

Trish: Mista, wait!

Too late. The gunslinger had given chase, holding his revolver by his side. Trish wanted to follow, but there was the matter of Giorno, who sounded as though he had been hurt. She constantly moved her eyes from where Mista ran off to and the doorway that would, hopefully, lead out to her blond friend. Trish took a moment to think. Then made up her mind... and ran out the doorway.

The other Phantom Thieves

Amidst searching through a seemingly dormant apartment, Mona and Panther pried their prying eyes away from a dark window still to where an echoing cry originated from.

''Ann: What the heck was that? Was that Joker?''

''Morgana: Nah, it couldn't be. He can handle anything right?''

Even as the cat said this, it knew that even their leader isn't the strongest and/or toughest in the world, and if he did run into something he could deal with in a timely manner, then he would need the other thieves help. Ann and Morgana looked to each other for a good 5 seconds, then dashed off, away from the apartment and to assist their leader.

Makoto was rummaging through an office at the 4th floor of a hotel, but uncovered nothing helpful. A per icing cry was heard, even through the clawed glass window behind the thief. Makoto turned around, a perplexed look on her face.

Makoto: Was that Joker?

Suddenly, the flicking of a light switch entered Makoto's ears.

Person: Hey, who are you?!

She turned around and saw a man in business suit with a brief case. Alarmed that she had been discovered, Makoto dove out of the window and entered free fall before the stranger could even react. Her Persona, Johanna which took the form of a sleek motorcycle, appeared below her and she quickly mounted it just in time to start racing dow nthe side of the building.

Makoto: If that was indeed Joker, I need to go and help him fast!

She revved up her vehicle, speeding past several streets as her Persona increased it's acceleration.

Back to the battle

Giorno, horrified by his necessary action, quickly attached the new arm that his Stand had produced for him. Panting and breathing heavily, the gangster had little time to register the pain when Akira appeared out of the shadows and attacked him with a chokehold. Gold Experience fixed that rather fast, head-butting the thief in the face before double punching him away. Giorno turned around and saw his opponent unfazed by the counterattack.

Akira: Yo man. Pay closer attention!

He nudged his head in the direction of King Frost. Giorno glanced behind and saw the snowman still struggling against his organic creations.

Giorno: What are you-

Akira: Anima Freeze!

King Frost raised it's staff once again and slammed it down on the ground. Ice surged outwards and a thick mist took to the air. The ice froze all of the dogs as well as Giorno's lower torso, much to his annoyance. He also began to feel more exhausted with each passing second. Gold Experience attempted to kick away the ice, but found that it was much more durable than Giorno originally thought.

Giorno: What is the meaning of this?!

Akira: I dunno. Use Tentarafoo.

Giorno, still struggling to free himself of his icy prison, saw a familiar wisp traveling towards him, via Akira's new Persona, Leanan Sidhe of the Lovers Arcana. Gold Experience emerged and swatted it away. However, just as it did so, the wisp snaked around the Stand's fist and struck Giorno. The gangster's vision began to grow hazy and distorted.

Through it, he saw the blurry image of his opponent standing in front him, his Persona hovering just closely behind. Leanan used Mediarama to cure Akira's wounds before vanishing a flash of blue light.

Akira: You want out? Okay!

He did so with a drop-kick, sending Giorno flying out of the store and spilling out onto the street. The gangster attempted to stand up, but felt to one knee instead. His reaching was coarse and raspy, his lungs sheeted with weariness. Akira stepped out of the building, a new Persona by his side.

The Hermit Persona: Arahabaki.

Akira: Use Vicious Strike!

The stone golem lifted it's leg to stomp down on Akira and Gold Experience emerged to defend it's user, when...

???: Spice Girl!

A familiar voice called out and a small smile tugged at Giorno's lips when the ground suddenly waved unsteadily and Arahabaki, who had one leg suspended in the air, fell to it's side, crashing down onto the pavement. Akira almost lost his balance, but managed to sand his ground. He looked to his right and saw pink fist enter his vision.: It smashed into his face downwards, sending Akira face-first onto the ground. He bounced up into the air as the ground dipped in then launched him upwards like a trampoline.

???: WANNNAABEEEEE!!!!!!

A flurry of speedy and vigorous punches barraged Akira from below and launched him even higher into the air, at rooftop level with the nearby buildings. With a silent command, Gold Experience stomped the ground and an enormous tree spiralled out of the ground, forming into a massive hand. The wooden hand clenched into a fist and then smashed Akira down, sending him breaking through several floors before crash-landing onto the main floor of the clothing store. The tree emerged back into the ground afterwards, a massive fissure in the ground where it had first popped out. Giorno glanced up and saw Trish and her Stand standing where his opponent had stood.

He took a step forwards, but fell on his knee again, urging Trish and come to his side and help him to his feet. Though the Emperor Persona was long gone, King Frost's Anima Freeze had left Giorno completely exhausted of energy; something even his Stand couldn't fix unless he wanted to replace his lungs. However, his chances of surviving a makeshift surgery, especially during a battle, would be slim to none.

Trish: Are you okay?

'''Giorno: I-I'm fine... Just tired... Where's Mista?'''

Trish: He had gone to chase after someone that entered our shelter.

Giorno: (It must be that masked man's companion.) Trish, I need you to-

The loud battle cry of Arahabaki interrupted Giorno, as the stone golem rose from the ground. It brought it's leg up again for a stomp, aimed for the gangster. Spice Girl emerged and pulled the ground upwards like a rug. The softened ground met with the Persona's attack, recoiling back like jelly and meshing with the golem's fat leg.

The rubbery ground recoiled forward like a spring, striking the Persona with the force of a trebuchet and damaging it so grievously that it caused a Persona Break, causing Arahabaki to vanished in a flash of blue light and head back to Akira. The Phantom Thief, down on his back inside the store and half-buried in rubble from the upper floors, coughed out a load of blood as he soon felt the same pain that his Persona experienced. He managed to bring himself in a sitting position. He was physically and mentally drained, having used up more SP and his health for than he had ever used in his history of fighting Shadows.

Akira: Shit... I need... to... recover...

Oracle: Joker?! What happened?

Akira: I'm dying, that's what happened.

Before Oracle could retort, Giorno stepped into the store and Gold Experience punched the ground. A cage of jagged wood enclosed Akira completely, leaving him incapacitated. Gold Experience flew forward and punched him in the side of the face; Akira's eyes widened as he felt his senses accelerate once more.

Giorno: WHOOOAAAAA!!!!!

'''Gold Experience: MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA! MUDA!!! '''

Lo and behold, the longest Stand Rush that Gold Experience had to deliver was directed straight to Akira, the final punch sending him through the wall, crumbling it as Akira spilled out onto the street. Prone on the ground, Akira picked himself up, but fell forward. A faint breeze brushed through his hair and his skin. Yes, skin. Amidst the longest Stand Rush known to man, Giorno had made sure that Gold Experience swatted the juvenile's Persona Mask off of his face.

It currently resided firmly in Giorno's right hand as he and Trish stepped out of the building and faced the downed Phantom Thief.

Trish: Who is he?

Giorno: He said that his name was 'Joker'.

Trish: Is he dangerous?

???: You bet he is lady!

A new voice echoed from above, prompting the Stand-users to look up. Two shadowy silhouettes of a cat and a pig-tail haired woman loomed over them threateningly. Ann and Morgana had arrived just in time.

Giorno: Who-

???: Get back here!

A familiar voice resounded to his right. Giorno looked in that direction and saw a man jump out of a building's window, shattering it shards, and fall on the pavement roughly. A door opened and Guido Mista stepped out, reloading his revolver. The fallen man had a fox mask on.

Ann: Fox!

Akira, upon hearing this, glanced left and, through his gradually blackening vision, bore witness as Yusuke managed to bring himself onto a knee; an armed man pointing a gun at his head.

Akira: Yusuke!

Too late. Mista clicked the trigger and a bullet pieced Yusuke's skull, killing him instantly as he fell back onto the pavement, void of life. The death of his friend hit Akira hard, his body suddenly filling with adrenaline. It troubled Akira and sent him into a blazing rage, something he has seldom done before. In a flash, he took out his com at knives and threw them at the Stand-users nearby, one being knocked away and the other embedding itself into one's stomach.

Giorno: Trish!

As the gangster moved to aid his friend, Akira unholstered his handguns and fired upon Mista mercilessly.

Morgana: We've got to help him!

Ann: Right!

Ann brought out her MP7 submachine gun and rained bullets on Giorno and Trish; Gold Experience quickly appeared and formed a wooden barrier to protect the Stand-users. Morgana jumped down and discreetly approached the Stnad-users as Akira and Mista exchanged bullets, the latter having to pick Yusuke's corpse up and use it as a meat shield. Gunfire added more bleeding holes onto the dead man's body. This only filed Akira with more rage and determination, reloading ammo into his guns and returning fire.

Mista's remaining Sex Pistol did an efficient job of redirecting bullets say from the gunslinger, sending them to strike somewhere other than's user. Although, eventually the Stand was blasted out of the air by a lucky shot. Distracted by his Stand's decommission, Mista was unable to to comprehend hs gun being knocked out of his hands by a couple of well-placed shots. It loosen his grip on Yusuke's corpse and the meat shield fell forward, leaving Mista undefended. Even so, Akira didn't falter and shredded Mista with his handguns. A few more shots later and a bullet blasted Mista in the face, killing him permanently.

Trish tilted her head to the right and peeked out of the wooden barrier to see Mista fall onto the ground dead; Akira stood over his corpse in a small victory. It was short-lived, however, as he finally realized that his Persona Mask was no longer on his face; looking around, in search of the facial accessory, in a panic.

'Trish: Mista! NOOO!!'

Giorno glanced to where Trish was looking and saw the same sight. The shock struck him like a road roller, his hand gripping the mask more tightly. The wooden barrier that his Stand had erect was taking a beating from the combined firepower of Ann's submachine gun and her Persona's fire blasts. Before Giorno could react with force, a voice from below squeaked into his ears.

???: Hello!

Both Trish and Giorno turned attention away from Mista's dead body and to the source of the new sound. Below them, a bipedal cat with a mask happily stared up at them. Morgana waved a friendly have, then briskly took stole the Persona Mask out of Giorno's hand and rushed over to Akira.

'''Giorno: Hey! Stop!'''

He would've given chase had Trish not