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[Phantom Blood]
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It didn't take long for Dio to find Jonathan's bag and it took even less time for him to find the item of his interest. He smirked as he pulled the Stone Mask out from under a few pairs of shorts, holding it up to look at it. If the giant was smart enough, he'd at least wipe his blood off of it to make it look just a little bit nicer.

"Jonathan Joestar stealing? How scandalous." Dio mumbled to himself while swiping the drops of blood away from the rough exterior of the mask. He remembered seeing the way it reacted to blood when him and Jonathan got into a fight, he assumed that it got the boy's interest because it certainly got his.

He gripped the mask before tucking it into his vest, putting Jonathan's bag back where he found it, then left the bedroom. It was almost too easy stealing from the Joestar's, he already had the head of the family wrapped around his finger so much that he doesn't believe his kids when they try to warn him. Although Jonathan liked to believe he was winning, Dio was the real winner in this war.

"I can't believe you guys have cool Stands and abilities but I have nothing but...this." (Y/n) motioned to Genesis, the being too busy looking at a creepy crawly on the ground to acknowledge her. It lifted a small caterpillar onto its finger and went back over to her, holding it out for her to see. She shivered at the faint feeling of it on her finger and quickly got her Stand to put it down, "I felt that thing crawling on my finger."

Joseph rolled his eyes at her dramatics, "Boo-hoo, at least Genesis can invoke some fear into your opponents. Hermit Purple can predict the future but is as threatening as Jonathan." He seen Bruno smile out of the corner of his eye, finding it odd when he wasn't happy about something other than his group of friends.

They walked back into the clearing that had a few people lingering around with their friends. (Y/n) spotted Jonathan standing with the boy that Joseph was yelling at earlier, the two talking although the older of them seemed to be the only one doing so. Abbacchio and Fugo were sitting by the lake with Narancia and Mista being nowhere to be found but she assumed that they were with Giorno.

"Joseph! Where on Earth were you?" A new voice called and the three of them turned their heads to see who was looking for Joseph. Another blond kid with a mullet was running towards them and (Y/n) wondered who's friend this was. He stopped in front of the brown haired Joestar with a worried look on his face. "Jonathan, Will and I have been looking everywhere for you. Bucciarati, I didn't think I'd find you with him!"

Joseph glanced at the two with him then turned his body to face the fair blond, "I was just taking a walk with Bruno and (Y/n), Speedwagon. Why were you guys so worried?" He asked making Speedwagon lean in to whisper something to him before nodding his head, his eyes flickering to the counselor and girl as he started to head back over to Jonathan and Jotaro.

Bruno and (Y/n) rose a brow at the odd behavior and waited for Joseph to explain what happened. The teen stared at the trio, his eyes wide, "Oh my god." He breathed out in disbelief as the girl turned her head to Bruno with a concerned face. He shared the same expression, his eyes going between her and Joseph.

"What is it, Joseph? What did Speedwagon say?" Bruno questioned the boy while (Y/n) waited for him to say anything back. He assumed the worst and thought that something happened to one of his family members that were here, silently hoping that nothing had harmed them, especially not Giorno.

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Joseph shook his head before turning back to them with a horrified look, "Apparently one of the older counselors went missing. No one knows yet but Jonathan wants to make sure we're in close quarters for," He motioned with his head to the obvious trio of menacing teenagers that sat at their usual picnic table. "Obvious reasons. They suspect it was one of them."

(Y/n) felt a chill go down her spine, was this about the time that shit starts to go down hill? Kids go missing and then their bodies show up in the lake or the forest? Bruno clenched his fists and glared at the ground, he was anxious about the counselor going missing but he was glad nothing happened to the Joestar's.

"As soon as we know who the counselor is and what happened to them, we'll be able to figure out who did it." Bruno stated as he glanced over at Dio and his friends, his eyebrows furrowing when he found a peculiar sight. Diavolo and Yoshikage were acting normally, as far as Bruno could tell, but Dio was glaring at the two from his spot. It wasn't his business but he wondered what made the blond so mad at them.

"What if Dio got a Stand?" (Y/n) quietly asked while she glared over at the trio, not caring anymore if they seen her. "He could've been testing his abilities out on the counselor." She narrowed her eyes at Yoshikage when he looked over at her, his head turning away immediately.

Joseph didn't even want to think about that, Dio with a Stand would be hell. He'd probably take the time to kill Jonathan now that he could do it without any evidence and then go for the rest of their family. "I can't deal with this right now, you two should go hang out with Giorno or something and I'll go see Jonathan." He insisted before splitting from their group and running over to his brothers and Speedwagon.

Bruno and (Y/n) followed Joseph's advice and joined up with Abbacchio and Fugo by the lake, the four of them heading into the main cabin to find where Giorno and the others were. They found the blond sitting with Narancia, Mista, Trish, Polnareff and the cherry haired boy from earlier.

"Did you hear?" Bruno questioned when they got close enough to the group, Giorno's head lifting up at the sound of Bruno's voice. "I assume Jonathan's told you about it?" He sat down between Polnareff and Mista while (Y/n) sat next to Giorno, Fugo sitting on her other side.

The blond nodded, "Yeah, Jonathan told Josuke and I as soon as he found out." He looked at Bruno then to (Y/n), raising a brow. "Where were you two? Everyone was looking for you and Joseph."

Bruno smiled reassuringly at the Joestar cousin, his head coming to rest on his propped up hand. "We just went on a walk. Joseph and I showed (Y/n) the meeting place." Giorno easily believed the lie that he told, there wasn't a reason for why he wouldn't, and smiled back.

"Oh, alright. I still have to ask Jonathan about later, I know that he'll say yes but Jotaro will probably put up a fuss." He sighed making the short haired counselor chuckle. He was glad Giorno didn't ask anymore questions about the 'walk' they went on, he didn't know if he could think of another lie to tell the younger boy.

Diavolo stood in front of Dio with a scowl, glaring down at the body that was in the sunlit tool shed. "You've got to be kidding me," He grumbled when he seen who the person was and looked over his shoulder at the blond behind him. "You killed him?"

"Is there a problem with that? Yoshikage does it all the time." Dio looked down his nose at the pink haired teenager, a hand on his hip as he waited for him to begin his work. "Just get to work with cleaning up the body. He needs to stay missing." Diavolo grumbled and shook his head before stepping into the shed, walking over to the guy in the middle of the structure.

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