Part 1 - Chapter 4 - Revival

CJ coughed up some more blood as he walked away from Bizarre James’ body. “Damn. That was a pretty… anticlimactic ending to such a powerful dude…” CJ wiped the blood off his mouth as Bizarre James’ body started to disappear in the distance.

CJ picked up some grass and started chewing on it so he could feel something, before spitting it out because it was working his jaw too much. CJ started to lay down on a perfectly flat patch of grass that hit just the right level of comfort.

CJ put his hands on his fractured rib, the flesh from his left hand smearing against his chest and shirt, and he coughed up a bit more blood before eating the barley grass on the ground as a last resort to get some energy. “Grass has never… tasted this good.”

CJ’s mind drifted into space, slowly and steadily, his focus slowly moving from himself to the sky as time went on. The world around him seemed to disappear, not into black, but into nothing. CJ got lost in his thoughts.

Was he gonna survive any longer? Was Bizarre James’ take on attempting to escape useless? Why was Bizarre James downplaying his resolve when he hunts everyone in sight to survive? Why did Bizarre James even have a stand? Why was the world even in his favor today? Why did he exist? Why did the universe exist?

Why was Bizarre James still alive? Why was Bizarre James right behind him, standing there like a menace? Why was Bizarre James charging up his fist to instantly crush CJ’s skull in seconds? What was about to happen to CJ?

CJ instantly tried to get up, but Bizarre James was already throwing his punch. So, CJ decided to put it all on his left arm, CJ raised his left arm to absorb the impact, and just like his left hand, his arm from the elbow was turned into a mess of mushy flesh.

“THE IDIOT! 30 IQ!”

CJ instantly kicked the air, but it wasn’t the air, it was The Idiot. It had randomly come to CJ, that whenever he felt a tap on his shoulder mid-fight, his IQ would decrease or something along those lines.

Bizarre James’ hands instantly rose to cover his hips as an impact hit it. “So that’s how it works! You touch me with your Stand thing, it decreases my IQ. So if I don’t let you do that, my IQ doesn’t decrease. Also, it seems damage to your stand transfers onto you.”

Bizarre James clenched his teeth and grunted. “Bastard…” Bizarre James raised his leg. “I haven’t used my legs to fight in a while, looks like I’ll have to test it out… TAKE THIS!” Bizarre James flung his leg into the ground, putting a crater in it, the shockwave sending CJ flying back a couple of feet.

CJ picked up a cigarette, lit it, and set his absolutely destroyed left hand on fire with it. CJ then threw the lit cigarette at Bizarre James, and while he was distracted by it, swiped his hand against Bizarre James’ neck.

Bizarre James flung his arm at CJ in response to getting set on fire. CJ let fate decide whether he landed his attack, as it was a last resort type of move. CJ opened his mouth, bit Bizarre James’ arm, and got flung forward by the force of it.

CJ also let fate decide how he landed. As CJ flew through the air, he landed perfectly in a bush. “Phew…” Though, Bizarre James wasted no time dashing forward at max speed, despite starting to be covered completely in flames.

Bizarre James lunged forward, his fist of fire going right at CJ. Until, a huge branch suddenly fell down and trapped Bizarre James under it. CJ backed up a bit, and before CJ could react, Bizarre James got up, picked up the branch, set it on fire with his hands, and threw it straight it at CJ’s stomach.

CJ blew the fire on his left arm out, and then rose his foot, letting the branch go through his foot. CJ instantly ripped out the branch before the fire could spread, and threw it in the air. “Let’s see where it lands… loser.”

Bizarre James looked up in the air, and before he could react, the burning branch went right into his foot. Bizarre James was still on fire, and was on the verge of passing out, so the branch was the last straw for him.

As Bizarre James was losing consciousness, he threw 12 blind punches, all of them almost hitting CJ, but none of them ended up hitting. With his last breath, his last vocal cord, Bizarre James attempted to utter his last sentence. “Not… dead… yet… BITCH!”

Bizarre James swallowed a pill, right before collapsing to the ground, unconsciousness, unable to breathe. The impact on the ground echoed across the open air in the neighborhood. CJ looked at his fried right arm, then his mess of a burnt left arm. “Bummer…”

CJ sat down, looking at Bizarre James’ burning body intently. “He was one hell of a guy, I must say. Just way too cocky for his own good.” CJ peeled some of the dead skin off his arms. “That feels better…” CJ sighed, and looked at the sky, and got lost in his thoughts again.

Why did Bizarre James let himself get burnt to death? Why did Bizarre James not speak at all till the end? Why did Bizarre James not make any reaction noise to literally being burnt alive? Was he that powerful? How was the resolve of a human hunter that strong?

Why was Bizarre James still burning? By now, the fire shouldn’t be combusting, but the temperature should just be eating away at his bones. Why was the fire still going?

What even was the pill Bizarre James took before he collapsed?

Why was the fire calming down, but Bizarre James still had all his inner skin intact?

Why was Bizarre James getting up?

Why was Bizarre James’ skin regenerating into normal skin?

Was Bizarre James even human?