[center][h3][b]Chapter Five[/b][/h3][/center]

	Alone in his mysterious chambers, the being known as Dio clutched at his stolen body as he thought of the past and its impact upon the present.

	"At the time of Jonathan's death, I was but a head. The strength of the ocean surely would have killed me had it not been for the energy within Jonathan's body. But, this body is a bond that ties me to his descendants. They seem to know of my new life, and of the power I have gained by taking Jonathan's body. The Ripple. It is the Ripple which reaches out to his descendants. The Ripple gives me power, and so I live. But at a cost...The Joestar clan must die. Now."
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	As Jotaro's body was propelled through the air from the force caused by the sneak attack, his mind quickly raced to take action. Spotting a series of tree branches just out of arm's reach, he took a deep breath and channeled his Ripple energy, piercing white arcs of light, strong enough to rival the sun, raced over his arms as they seemingly extended, grasping the branches and slowing his fall to the ground.

	As the schoolgirls that had been pestering Jotaro screamed to ask about his safety, he took to assessing the situation. He deduced that the cut on his knee was the reason for his fall, but could not deduce why such a cut had appeared. As he searched around for his attacker, the mysterious student in green looked on from his point of watch.

	"My, he moves fast. I see his Ripple contains great power. No wonder the master wants him dead. Luckily, my power will do the job quite easily."

	The crowd of schoolgirls fawned over Jotaro at the bottom of the steps, attempting to console and coddle him in every way possible. Jotaro looked past them to notice someone he had never seen before, the student with red hair in a green uniform. The student approached him, hand outstretched to offer him a freshly-folded handkerchief.

	"Here, your leg seems to be bleeding. Take this to clean up. Will you be okay?"

	"Yeah, the cut's not too deep. Thanks for this. I can't say I know you, though. Are you new to the school?"

	"Yes, I just transferred here in fact. Noriaki Kakyoin, at your service."
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	After the fateful meeting with the new transfer student, Jotaro found himself in the school nurse's clinic, the same annoyed look plastered across his face as usual, though by all means not helped by the nurse's insistence on teasing him, as well as two other students in the clinic.

	"Oh Jojo, did you get in a fight again? And take off that hat, its rude!"

	"Come on, since when has Jojo ever gotten hurt in a fight?"

	"Yeah, think about it!"

	"Oh, fine! I'll believe you fell down then, Mr. Clumsy! Now sit still while I cut those pants off."

	"What? No way! I'll take 'em off myself. It's a waste to cut 'em up like that."

	"Oh, now he's Mr. Stingy too! And while Jojo does that, I'll take your temperatures you big fakers!"

	"No, really! We're sick, let us go home!"

	As Jotaro started to remove his torn pants, the handkerchief from earlier fell out of his pocket, unfolding slightly to reveal a message Jotaro had missed before.

	[i]Jotaro Kujo, I will kill you today, with my Ripple! - Noriaki Kakyoin[/i]

	This death threat took Jotaro completely by surprise, a shock that was only exacerbated by the sudden yelling behind him from both the sick students and the nurse.

	"Uhh, doc what are you doing?!"

	"What do you mean? Can't you see that I'm shaking out the thermometer for you?"

	"But doc! That's a pen, not a thermometer!"

	"A pen?! A pen you say? Does this look like a pen to you?! Can't you tell the difference between a thermometer and a fountain pen, you idiots? Maybe you should take a closer look!"

	The crazed nurse then lunged at one of the two students, impaling her pen into the boy's eye. Jotaro noticed a faint crackle of green energy arc across the woman, and that her body movements seemed strange and jagged. Suddenly she turned to face him, pulling the blood-soaked pen from the other student's eye in the process.

	"Jojo, you aren't going to tell me this looks like a pen too, are you?!"

	Suddenly, the nurse leaped towards Jotaro, lunging the bloody pen towards his face, slicing open his cheek with the sharp tip just before he could stop her from driving it any further. Behind him, he was just able to look upon Noriaki Kakyoin, the student in green, seated upon the windowsill, a string puppet in hand.

	"I've taken over her mind with my Rippe, Jotaro. Try and fight back and you'll be hurting an innocent woman. Surely you wouldn't do that?"

	"Just who the hell are you?!"

	"My style of Ripple powers is called Hierophant Green! Much like your friend Abdul, I have studied the arts of the Ripple. But I have pledged my loyalty to the master. Which is why I will be the one to kill you!"

	With this, the woman suddenly surged forward, driving yet more strength into the pen and sharply cutting into Jotaro's face. Green energy swirled around her, giving Jotaro an idea on what to do. Shoving the arm holding the freshly-bloodied pen away from the two of them, Jotaro locked lips with the nurse, forcing a Ripple-infused breath into her, freeing her of the spell that Kakyoin had placed her under.

	"I won't let you harm her any more! Now that I know how you use the Ripple, I know you're nothing more than a parasite!"