"Vanish from [Existence]!!"
"JOTARO!!!"
"Ugh!"
The moment his fist tore through the boy's chest, the power of [Overwrite] was triggered with absolute, lethal force.
DIO withdrew his hand, a wave of profound, long-awaited "Peace" finally washing over his soul.
With Jotaro gone, the single greatest "Stain" on his destiny would finally be erased.
It was a "Subarashii" sensation!
"Finally... everything has been prepared for me."
"No matter how much those fools struggled, they were never anything more than stepping stones for my ascension."
"Meaningless gestures, that laughable 'Spirit' of theirs... in the end, it changed absolutely nothing!"
From his initial defeat to the moment he had touched [Heaven], every hardship he had faced was now revealed to be nothing but a trivial test of his resolve.
Fate was, and always had been, firmly on his side!
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
DIO spun around and threw his arms wide, laughing with a raw, unbridled joy. He had never felt a moment of such absolute triumph in his entire history.
Next, he would use the Dragon Balls to satisfy his remaining energy requirements, allowing him to wield the power of [The World Over Heaven] without any restriction whatsoever!
"Now... it's time to dispose of that irritating brat and collect the final spoils of this war."
He began to walk toward where he sensed Yuuki's presence, his laughter beginning to subside.
Cough!
The sound from directly behind him caused his expression to freeze. He stopped in his tracks, his body turning rigid.
'!'
He spun around, eyes widening as he witnessed a sight that defied all logic and reason.
Jotaro Kujo... the man who should have been erased from reality after being struck by a god...
He was still there.
"Impossible?!"
"Why... why do you still exist?!"
"I know I triggered the power of [The World Over Heaven]! Every trace of your being should have been wiped from history!!"
Realizing that something had gone fundamentally wrong, DIO's divine composure splintered into a scream of pure, panicked fury.
"Fate..."
"Destiny..."
Jotaro didn't seem interested in answering.
He was currently consumed by a wave of cold, incandescent rage that felt like a return to a long-forgotten state of being.
His physical body was seventeen again. While his consciousness maintained the depth and experience of twenty-eight, his temperament had reverted to the "Aggressive" peak of his youth.
That surging, unlimited spiritual energy was now feeding directly into [Star Platinum].
The massive, gaping hole in his chest... it had vanished, retracted into a state of nonexistence as if DIO's punch had never occurred.
"HUH?!!"
Witnessing this, DIO instinctively took two steps back, his face a mask of utter bewilderment.
'No... it can't be...'
'How could my [Overwrite] fail to take effect?!'
DIO's first thought was that his own ability had experienced a malfunction.
Was his soul energy insufficient?
Had the ritual failed at the final moment?
No... the energy remaining in his divine frame was more than enough. He could have triggered the ability a dozen more times without reaching his limit.
Then...
Why hadn't Jotaro vanished?
Why had the wound in his chest restored itself as if it were a lie?
And why... why was he suddenly feeling a wave of primal, soul-chilling terror?
BOOM!!
By the time DIO recovered his senses, [Star Platinum]'s fist was already pressed against the side of his face.
'I didn't even see the movement?!'
He realized with a start that he hadn't even registered the summoning of the Stand.
The physical force of the blow was orders of magnitude higher than anything Jotaro had delivered earlier. It practically pulverized the side of his head, sending ripples of divine fragmentation through his entire frame.
"Are you finished with your pathetic monologue?"
Jotaro stood with his hands in his pockets, looking at the vampire with a look of cold, clinical indifference.
Under his gaze, the remnants of DIO's head and his fractured body were pulled back together into a state of temporary restoration.
"Haa... haa... haa..."
Despite the recovery, the "Terror" DIO felt remained absolute.
His chest heaved with a frantic, uneven rhythm.
His eyes were wide, scanning Jotaro with a look of utter, soul-shattering disbelief.
There was no mistake.
The ability Jotaro Kujo had just manifested... it was undoubtedly...
[OVER HEAVEN]!!!
"How... how could this be possible...!"
DIO gritted his teeth so hard he could hear them cracking. He simply couldn't accept this "Truth."
"I felt something was off from the moment I first saw you."
"My spiritual energy, which had been stagnant for the last eleven years, began to fluctuate with a raw, uncontrollable intensity."
"It took me until now to understand. It was growth."
"It's ironic, DIO. The more you try to struggle against fate, the more you reveal yourself to be nothing but a puppet dancing on its strings."
"You sacrificed everything to achieve your 'Ascension'..."
"And yet... it seems you still haven't found a way to escape the Reach of Destiny."
Jotaro took a single, measured step forward. His voice carried no emotional weight, but to DIO's ears, it sounded like the grinding of tectonic plates.
The pressure was suffocating.
"Step."
'!'
Every time Jotaro moved forward, DIO instinctively took a step back.
The vampire likely didn't even realize he was doing it. The "Fear" of the man before him had been etched into the very core of his soul eleven years ago, and now, it was manifesting in a raw, uncharacteristic loss of composure.
He had relied on the superiority of [The World Over Heaven] to suppress [Star Platinum: The World].
But if both entities were standing on the same divine plane...
[The World Over Heaven]...
[Star Platinum: The World Over Heaven]...
'No...'
He couldn't run.
If he fled now, he would be forced to live the rest of his eternal existence in Jotaro's shadow.
The mere mention of the name "Jotaro Kujo" would likely keep him awake for centuries.
"ARGHHHHH!!!"
DIO triggered his own [Overwrite], layering a massive wave of temporal acceleration onto his frame. He let out a desperate, guttural roar as he lunged, aiming a single, focused punch at Jotaro's head.
'That's right!'
'Jotaro... as a human, you will always possess a terminal, biological weakness!!'
'Unlike me, who has become a perfect, divine being!'
'If I destroy your brain... you will die just like any other mortal!'
By using his temporal acceleration, he had reduced the process of the strike to a single, unobservable instant.
It was a "Power" that should have been impossible to dodge or parry.
"I've won!"
"DIE!!"
A smile of pure, localized madness began to form on DIO's face. He could already see the image of Jotaro's skull being pulverized by his fist.
K-CHAK!
"Wh... what?!"
DIO's eyes went wide with shock. [The World Over Heaven]'s fist had been caught, mid-strike, by the massive hand of [Star Platinum].
"Yare yare daze..."
"Is it that your head hasn't fully restored itself... or has your intelligence simply regressed to that of a common thug?"
Jotaro's voice was filled with a look of absolute, soul-crushing disdain.
'!!'
The realization hit DIO like a physical blow.
Temporal acceleration could indeed skip the process of motion...
But the problem was...
It wasn't an absolute law!
If there was acceleration, there was also deceleration.
As long as Jotaro used his own [Overwrite] to slow the flow of time around his immediate personal space, the advantage of DIO's speed was rendered "Muda."
In fact, he had set himself up for a disaster.
By lunging forward, he had entered the absolute, lethal range of [Star Platinum].
A sensation of bone-deep dread washed over him. He could already predict the next second of his existence.
"This is getting tedious... DIO."
"This 'Truth' of yours..."
"It's nothing but a shallow, hollow illusion!"
Looking at the look of pure, unadulterated terror in DIO's eyes, Jotaro pulled his cap low and made his final declaration.
In the next instant, a barrage of fists as dense as a meteor shower descended on every inch of DIO's divine frame.
"WAIT!!"
"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!!!"
[Translated and Rewritten by Shika_Kagura]
This shi is peak. did any of you guysexpect the ending? be honest.
I wont be able to upload chapter for a whole week, so across all the ff i currently worked on, i will upload 7 chapter in advance to cover for it. also, this will be the schedule too, 7 chapter at once, per week, same day and same hours (Currently it is, Sunday, 15 march, 23:00 Indonesian time For Me) if you found any mistake do tell, but ill fix it next week, lastly please do give these ff a review or two, be it good or bad and gimme ur stone while ur at it lol. 1 bonus chapter for all.