Yellow - Requiem

The cacophony of explosions made Yellow clutch at her ears. So loud… it was so hard to focus like this. What she needed was a quiet place, a respite from the pain and misery she’d been so close to succumbing to all this time. She needed *peace*.

**A coward, waiting for others to do the dirty work you’re too afraid to approach.**

Flowing like a living river of steel once more, The Other surged forward, threatening to overtake Letter through sheer mass.

An idea came to Yellow’s mind, and in that moment Walking On Sunshine appeared once again, completely ignoring the battle in order to kneel before Yellow, its head bowed in subservience and in sorrow.

**Hiding behind masks of those greater than yourself.**

Letter summoned Horus, firing blasts of ice that amounted to nothing.

Yellow’s hands reached out tenderly, trembling from exhaustion. At some point her breathing had grown strained- if she had to guess, one of her lungs had stopped working entirely. Bonesaw's agent was spreading, and she had seconds at most before it reached her heart.

**Shifting the burden of heroism onto those better suited than yourself. Afraid that when the time comes for you to prove yourself... you'll fail and die.**

The wave of liquid metal towered over Letter like a tsunami. Nothing would hold it back forever. But he didn't need forever.

"You might be right," Letter said softly. "I've made a lot of mistakes getting here." Rage built in his voice, and he balled his fists hard enough to make his knuckles pop. "But none of that matters. Right now it's about you and me. I dunno about you, but I'm in a punching mood."

**You realize what's at stake, don't you? When I'm through with you, I'm going to destroy everything you've ever held dear.**

Letter grinned. "Between now and then, I'm gonna do to you what Bandai did to Eyes of Heaven."

In a moment of defiance, Letter gathered his power and summoned every stand with the ability to ball their fists. Star Platinum, The World, Crazy Diamond, The Hand, all present and accounted for among several others, hovering like a wall between Letter and the wave that made up The Other's body. As the wave crashed down among them, it did something nobody expected- it stopped. Held back by the wall of stands, Letter literally punched back The Other for a scant few seconds, holding back the inevitable through nothing but a raw application of main strength.

It was all they needed.

Yellow felt her fingers slide through the soft ferns of Walking On Sunshine's hand. A feeling of total bliss washed over her, wiping away her pain, her exhaustion, her stresses and fears and the images she couldn't unsee. She was left calm, content, and most importantly, focused.

Yellow drew a deep breath. She looked down calmly, watching as the stand arrow shimmered and vanished, taking the wound with it.

Power welled up inside of her, more power than she could readily comprehend. Her stand hovered in midair, its eyes shining brighter than the sun.

Yellow's eyes glittered with pride as Walking On Sunshine exploded, suddenly emitting enough light to reach every corner of the universe.

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