Dio Brando the Invader, Part 4 (Chapter)

Danny in Flames (Dio Brando the Invader - Part 4 in the JoJonium release) is the fifth chapter of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. It is also the fifth chapter of Part I: Phantom Blood.

Summary
Jonathan continues to beat Dio, who questions how it was possible that Jojo could even touch him. After another sound punch, some of Dio's blood splatters onto the wall and the Stone Mask hanging there activating its bone-like protrusions. Jonathan briefly notices what happened to the mask, but his attention quickly returns to the fight. To Jonahan's surprise, Dio is now crying and wondering, now aloud, how he could do this to him. Dio holds a knife behind his back intending to use it against Jonathan, however, before the fight can continue, George Joestar intervenes. As George yells at the two boys the mask returns to the way it was before. Both Jonathan and Dio are sent to their rooms with promises of a later punishment.

A few days later, one of the butlers of Joestar Mansion is throwing garbage in the incinerator. He a box is in the incinerator but assumes that one of the maids had put it there and turns it on. Moments later, the man hear's a scratching sound from inside and realizes in horror that someone is burning alive inside. Upon the opening the incinerator door, Danny jumps out covered in flames. The butler sees that someone had wired the dog's mouth shut so he couldn't bark.

On his way home from school, Jonathan spots a crow staring at him. In order to stop the "crow's curse", he looks back at it through his legs and throws a stone. He then sees Erina but hurries to avoid running into her unable to think of what he could say. He compares the feeling to a wall of glass between them and their feelings that neither of hem can break. He curses Dio and says that if this is what he'd been planning with that kiss, it succeeded well beyond his expectations.

When he arrives home, Jonathan sees his father and is told the bad news about Danny. Jonathan is in shock. He immediately suspects Dio, while everyone else thinks it was a thief who was trying to take care of the watch dog. Jonathan then lies down in his bed and remembers Danny's death and cries.

When Dio is by himself, he knows that he underestimated Jonathan. While he's dealt with the humiliation by getting rid of Danny, Dio knows that his anger is his weak point. Seven years pass as the stone mask waits in silence.