Makoto Naegi: DIE HARD Luckster
Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
Die Hard is owned by 20th Century Fox
Hello, and welcome to another experimental Danganronpa fic, and I know you readers are wondering why I uploaded another new fic after uploading a recent new one. Well another idea popped into my head, which several days ago, I happened to watch a movie on cable TV, which was one of my cult favorites, since that movie was released way back in 1988, and that film served as an inspiration to come up with this fic.
Yup, we're talking about this movie that saw the debut of American actor Bruce Willis as an action star, when he was known back then as a comedian. The plot and action scenes at the time were good, and since watching the movie, ideas suddenly popped into my head and began toying with the idea of making a fic that is inspired from that movie, and after a lot of mental and physical deliberation, I soon came up which main characters would portray the lead.
Yup, Makoto Naegi and Sayaka Maizono will play the lead, and this would be my second fic that features the two teens as the main lead, and expect some action and wanton mayhem to take place here since this fic is inspired from the film.
As to bringing in the bad guys, I will be using some of the characters from Danganronpa 3: Future Arc to even up the score, especially as some would play foil to Naegi, but it all depends on the flow of the plot, so be ready on what would happen in the upcoming chapters.
Lastly, this fic will be AU, hence it won't feature Hope's Peak but the staff there may show up in a cameo appearance, but who knows...
Well, with all that is said and done, I present to you the first chapter of this fic, so you better prepare yourselves, so read on and enjoy!
Ch. 1: Kurisumasu Made no PurorÅgu
Tokyo Japan. It was December 20, and there you find out that Christmas vacation has commenced, and school ended for the month and several students rejoiced as they look forward to spending their vacation, and some wanting to have fun, such as hitting the arcades, window-shopping at malls, buying gifts, and playing in the snow. High school and university students were excited as they are free from holding the textbooks and ballpen and are looking forward to have a season break, and aside from the usual, they also get to hang out with their friends and lovers, and they could not ask for anything more.
"YAHOO!"
"VACATION TIME!"
"CHRISTMAS BREAK!"
"I'M GONNA GO SHOPPING!"
"I'M GOING OVERSEAS!"
"I'M GONNA HAVE SEX!"
"I'M GONNA MAKE A SNOWMAN!"
"I'M GOING ON A SHOPPING SPREE!"
Elsewhere, the scene shifts to Blackroot Middle School, where classes ended and the students were rejoicing as Christmas vacation has commenced, and many of the students were so excited that they began to pick up some snow and made snowballs and began playing with their friends, throwing the snowballs at each other, prompting a ball fight which the students were eager to join in, and soon the ball fight commences, and other departing students steer clear from the path as they do not want to get caught in the crossfire.
Unfortunately, one particular student was not so fortunate, as he unknowingly went in the middle, and as LUCK would have it, the other students began throwing the snowballs at the said student even though they realize who they just hit, but nevertheless they continued until the security guard came and accosted the students, who promptly left the scene, and the guard checked on the remaining student who was covered in snow.
"Are you okay?"
"...yeah..."
"Sorry...I should have been..."
"That's okay."
"You ought to be assertive and fight back...you can't stay nice forever, you know...?"
"I know..."
"Better go home...you need to take a warm bath...you're covered in snow..."
"I will..."
The student in question turns out to be Makoto Naegi, a 3rd year student who is slated to graduate in February next year, and he is said to be an ordinary boy living an ordinary life with an ordinary family, but despite this he had lots of friends due to his compassionate and down to earth attitude, yet there are times that he was struck with LUCK, mostly bad ones though there are times that he got good ones. The guard sighed and apologized to Naegi that he failed to notice what the other students did yet Naegi said it is okay but the guard advises him not to act so kind-hearted as he pointed out that some of his friends might take advantage, and Naegi assures that he will be careful.
"You heard me...you can't stay nice forever."
"I understand."
"And you got to be assertive."
"I know."
"Okay, you need to go home...the snow's melting over your head."
"Oh, right."
"Okay...now scoot. Merry Christmas."
"Thanks."
Naegi then bids the guard goodbye as he leaves the school and heads out, and the guard can only watch the boy leave, admiring Naegi for being such a good boy though he is worried that his gentle attitude might put him in trouble, and he hoped that in the next few days, Christmas would become peaceful as the last thing he wanted to hear is an incident that would involve crimes, since he wanted a peaceful Christmas season.
-x-
The scene shifts to St. Tomoe, a middle school for girls, and there classes ended and the students are seen happily leaving the school, and some were casually walking out of the building, and you can see a group of girls chatting, looking forward to Christmas, and among the girls seen walking was Komaru Naegi, as she and her friends are making plans to hang out before Christmas Day, and they stopped by a snack bar to lay out the plans on where to go, excited that they get to go window-shopping and buying their preferred items.
"So...what's the plan, Komaru?"
"Yeah...what do we do before Christmas?"
"Hurry...I'm so excited!"
"Easy...I'm working on a plan..."
"Komaru's right...let's not rush. We still have five days left."
"Oh...okay."
"So...where do we go before Christmas?"
"I told you to wait..."
As the girls are planning out on what activities they should do, they noticed that a customer is sitting next to them, a guy who is tall and is aged 18 years old, sporting an afro-like hairstyle and is holding a crystal ball, and he is attempting to read a fortune. He is identified as Yasuhiro Hagakure, and he has a talent in fortune reading, and Komaru, on a whim, decided to have a fortune reading and approaches Hagakure, and both agreed on a price and he began to stare at the crystal ball, and while waiting, Komaru's classmates asks her why is she going to have a fortune reading, in which she says she has nothing to lose and is curious to see what the next few days would be like.
"Are you sure, Komaru?"
"Its just a waste of money..."
"Relax...its just a few Yen...and I want to know what the next few days before Christmas is like..."
"Komaru..."
"Relax...its okay...right, guys?"
"Whatever you say, Komaru..."
"Its your money..."
"Lets get this over with..."
By then, Hagakure came up with an answer, and told Komaru that the next upcoming days will be generally peaceful, but said that the night before Christmas, a crisis would take place and someone close to her would get embroiled, and there will be some casualties and yet he could not predict the outcome of that said-event, which Komaru appeared stunned at first as she glanced at her classmates, who were close friends of hers.
Komaru's classmates stared in disbelief and refused to acknowledge what Hagakure said, and told Komaru that he is spewing nonsense and she shouldn't have paid him for the fortune reading seeing that he is just saying that just to spoil the Christmas spirit, which Komaru slowly believed them despite Hagakure saying that his prediction was spot-on.
"Hey! What I saw in my crystal ball is true!"
"But a crisis to happen before Christmas? That's a baloney!"
"Yeah...what you said is spoiling the Christmas spirit!"
"Komaru...you agree, right?"
"...I guess so..."
"Okay, lets go..."
"Yeah...I feel that I lost the Christmas rush...see you around, you faker."
"Hey! I'm not a faker!"
After that, Komaru and her classmates leave the snack bar to go home and plan another meeting to plan out their Christmas hang out, while Hagakure sighed as no one seemed to take his prediction seriously, yet he appeared to be content as he collected a pay even though he was told that he us a QUACK, and he decided to entice customers to have their fortunes read.
-x-
Much later, the time now is 19:00, and the scene shifts at a house, where the scene zoomed in and you can see that the inside of the house is very ordinary, and you can see Naegi sitting on the sofa watching TV, and soon Komaru came and sat beside her elder brother, and both are seen grappling over the remote control, bickering over what program to watch, showing that they are like other siblings, which are common for them to argue over something.
"Komaru!"
"Give me the remote, onii-chan!"
"I'm watching!"
"But I need to watch too!"
"Wait after an hour!"
"I can't!"
"Why not!"
"The idol I am looking forward to will be shown right now!"
Their bickering stopped when Komaru told her elder brother that a popular idol will be shown on Channel V, which he realized that he is also waiting for that program, and they switched channels, and there the program had just started, where it featured an idol group of five girls, and one of them is a schoolmate of Naegi's identified as Sayaka Maizono, and Maizono and the four idol members are seen performing, and both the Naegi siblings are enjoying the show, but then his cellphone rang and Komaru took it, and she is shocked to see the caller's name on her brother's cellphone, who turns out to be Maizono herself, and she showed it to him, and Naegi took it and answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Naegi-kun!"
"Maizono-san..."
"Glad you are there...are you free on December 24?"
"Yeah...but why?"
"My idol group will be guests at a corporate company...there are some celebrity guests...and I thought I want to invite you..."
"Me...?"
"Yes...and you will be my date..."
"Seriously...? Um...ah...okay..."
After a few minutes of talking the call ended, Komaru began inquiring her brother about his relationship with Maizono, which he had to tell her to keep it down, and Komaru was elated, and surprised to find out that her elder brother is secretly dating Maizono, which caused her to shriek in excitement and he had to calm her down so that no one else would find out.
"Whoa...calm down!"
"KKKYYYAAHHH! MY BROTHER IS DATING SAYAKA!"
"Not so loud, Komaru!"
"I can't believe this! My classmates will be thrilled when they hear about this!"
"Don't tell them, Komaru!"
"Eh? Why not?"
"You can't! Maizono-san will be in trouble if you do that!"
"Killjoy..."
Meanehile, the scene shifts at the Maizono house, where you can see Sayaka Maizono putting down the phone, smiling and blushing that Naegi accepted her invitation that he will attend the event this coming December 24, and this would be her first date with Naegi, as she wanted to spend time with him on this kind of event and she couldn't wait to see him in a few days from now, and she couldn't ask for anything more than going on a date with her secret boyfriend.
"My first date...with Naegi-kun..."
To Be Continued... .
Hope you like the opening chapter, and this is a perfect time to bring in this fic...since the theme is about Christmas...but this also serve as a prologue, as the main theme will be shown in the upcoming chapters, hence "the calm before the storm"...
Preview:
The next chapter shows that Naegi finally attends the party...and is going to meet with Maizono as his date...and that is where the story kicks in...as trouble is about to ensue...
See you in 2 to 3 weeks...
Reviews are welcome...
