Prologue

*sigh* "It's hard playing the bad guy sometimes. They outsmarted me."

"It was his fault. I hate kids..."

The figure pulled out a locket with a picture of a young girl on it.

"I'm sorry Junko, I promise next time I will do better. I will keep your dream alive."

The figure put the locket back in its pocket and walked away from the burning building it was in front of...

Hopes Peak Academy.

*ring ring* *ring ring*

"Ugh..." I woke up to the sound of my alarm going off. I thought I turned the alarm off, why did it ring? This is my last day to sleep in and now it's ruined. I face planted into my pillow and lifted my tired arm to turn it off. I figured since I'm already awake, I might as well get up.

I got up and slowly made my bed. My body wasn't in any condition to do anything perfectly or with detail but it was an ok job. I looked out the window to see how bright it was outside. It looked like a rainy day so I guess that means I won't be going out today. I jumped on my computer to check my email. I was wondering what I would do for my remaining high school years. Today was my last day of vacation before my school year started again. I wanted to see if I had a shot at Hopes Peak Academy but I don't have any particular talent of any kind. I'm a completely average student with no real specialties. If you want any chance of getting in, you either need to be scouted by the school, or be extremely lucky in a draw from thousands of kids with the same crazy goal as you. Can you blame them? Graduation from this school is basically guaranteed success in whatever life you choose to live. No student in all of Japan would reject an invitation to attend. Unfortunately, Hopes Peak wasn't doing a draw this year so all of my chances of getting in are gone. I guess I'll have to spend my remaining school years in a normal high school.

I booted up my email and saw an announcement by Hopes Peak Academy saying that the school is no longer accepting for this fall. I stuffed my head in my folded arms and just sat at my desk, depressed.

*knock knock*

I looked at my door, half expecting to know who it was. My sister always seems to come into my room to annoy me. I don't hate her company, but she can be really weird at times and It's hard getting any work done when she's around. I don't delay my answer any longer.

"Come in." My sister walks in carrying a letter. She looks at me with a smile on her face that tells me I should be either excited or nervous.

"Good job big brother! I'm so proud of you!" What is she talking about?" She notices my confused face and shows me the letter.

"Just look at this. Its a letter for you." I take the letter from her hands and read its contents. My eyes widen in surprise as I read.

Dear Yuuki Tamako,

We at Hopes Peak Academy welcome you to be apart of our student body this fall. We would like to recognize your talent as the SHSL Detective. We hope to see you at your opening orientation tomorrow and eagerly await to see what you can bring to the Hopes Peak Family.

What could go wrong?

- Headmaster of Hopes Peak Academy

Yuuki Tamako

SHSL Detective

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 144 lbs

What's this? This is a joke right? Hopes Peak Academy is scouting me out? B-but I'm not a talented person. I'm completely average at everything I do. I take a closer look at the letter to see the talent I've been accepted for.

Detective? I'm not a detective. I read over the letter over and over to see if there is anything I was missing. I couldn't spot anything out of the ordinary. This looks like a legitimate letter of acceptance addressed to me. But...why?

"Looks like you're moving on to brighter things!" my sister says joyfully. "I'll leave you to prepare for yourself." She starts to make her way out and stops for a bit to say one more thing.

"I guess dad really means what he says huh?"

My dad is the famous detective Ishida Tamako, known for solving mysteries that ranged from murder to petty theft. He isn't around that much but when he is here, we share stories of our lives. When I was little, I expressed interest in going to Hopes Peak Academy and he seemed to be really excited of the thought. I wasn't sure if I really wanted to go but he always seemed to be in a better mood when we talked about it.

He would always say thing like "Hopes Peak is the only acceptable school my son can attend." and "I will do anything in my power to get you into that school.". Whenever he said things like that, it seemed like he was a different person. Unfortunately, he had to fly to America for a large-scale burglary case. It seemed like every country wanted him for themselves recently. I wasn't really sad or angry that he left, but I think it had quite the toll on my mom. She basically raised me and my sister by herself. The last thing he said to me before he left was "You're getting into that school."

Could my dad be the reason I got accepted? There's no way he had the power to get me into the school. I start to feel guilty about getting the letter. What if someone with a better talent didn't get in because of me. Someone with an actual talent. I try not to think about it too much as I start browsing the internet.

If my dad took the effort to get me accepted, I wasn't going to let him down. I'm gonna train myself to be an ace detective. I take a look at the letter to see how long I have. When I see the answer, I face plant my desk. How am I supposed to learn anything in a day! Why do they send these letters out at the last second. They don't really give you any time for preparation. I guess it's so that they can see who is really determined to attend, almost like a first test.

I get up from my desk to get a good look at myself in the mirror. My red eyes stare back at me. Am I ready to attend a school like this? My hair is straight and unkempt. It was a solid black and had a small cowlick coming out of the top. I was wearing a black dress shirt that I had buttoned up and a plain white sweater vest. I also had on a red tie, black jeans and black shoes. I looked decent enough I thought. Nothing too fancy.

"Alright, I can do this!" I give myself some words of encouragement and sit down to do some hardcore research. I need to become a top grade detective by tomorrow.

Looks like my life just got a bit more interesting!

Alright there is the story! This story will take place in Hopes Peak Academy, just like the first game so hopefully you can have a good understanding of the layout. Now I'm going to have to hit you with some rules. The rules for submitting an OC are as follows.

1. I'm only accepting 7 boys and 8 girls to bring the total to 16 students as normal.

2. I will not accept any characters sent through reviews. If you want to send a character, PM it to me.

3. No SHSL Despair, Hope, Luck, or ?. These are in a lot of stories and it's always the same twists so I'd rather just not have them.

4. Please be original when sending these. I will be checking other fics to see if you have submitted them to other stories. If I see you submitted them to more than 1 other story, it will be rejected.

5. I will not be reserving spots for anyone. I will be accepting characters for around 2-3 days before I make my pick so that should be enough time for you to come up with something.

6. I will only accept characters that follow the form below. No exceptions.

7. Try to get these characters to fit into the Danganronpa feel. Basically, if it wouldn't work in the game, it won't work here.

That should be all but if I feel I need more rules, I will enforce them as well. Now here is the form for submitting! It will also be on my profile for you to copy and paste.

OC submission form:

Name: (or what they go by but you would also need to give me the real name.)

Nickname: (if any)

SHSL:

Note: Everyone is going to be 16 years old. Age never really played a part of the games so it's not really going to play a part here either.

Height:

Weight:

Physical Appearance: (Eye color, hair color, scars or stuff like that)

Clothing: (They are wearing the same thing throughout the story so choose wisely)

Personality: ( Try to be detailed. I want to know a good amount about your character.)

Bio: (Basically their backstory and how they got their talent and such.)

How do they address other people: (Mr., Ms., nicknames etc.)

Type of people they would and wouldn't get along with:

Likes:

Dislikes:

Hobbies: (What they do during free time)

Biggest secret: (I might use this for something so be creative)

Worst fear: (Same as above)

Role during Investigation:

Role during Trial:

What do you think they should be and why: (Culprit, Victim,Survivor etc.) This does not guarantee anything. I will be the final judge on who lives and dies but I would like your suggestion.

Quote: (Basically, what would they say when they meet someone new and introduce themselves.)

Any other info:

That should be it! I look forward to all of your characters. As I said, I'll be accepting for around 2-3 days before I make my selection. I probably won't tell who got accepted because I want it to be a secret. Thank you for reading my story and have a great day!