Terror Tennis

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Hello, and welcome to another experimental Danganronpa fic. As more info about the characters from Danganronpa V3 is being added, I became somewhat interested at their background even though their supposed talents were fabricated by Tsumugi Shirogane, and as I am working on the ongoing Danganronpa fics, one of the characters caught my attention, which is about Ryoma Hoshi, the Super High School-level Tennis Player.

Despite his title, his supposed background story about assassinating a mafia organization somewhat catches me on, and after a week of contemplating, I decided to make a fic about him, and he will be portrayed something for a wild card, in which it would keep fans guessing whether he would portray a good guy or a villain.

Moreover, other Danganronpa characters will be shown here, such as Kaede Akamatsu and Suichi Saihara, and they too will play a prominent role here, though what their roles would be, it will gradually be revealed in the upcoming chapters, so for now the story would start off in a slow but steady pace, and will soon have some action and suspense here.

Lastly, this fic is sort of a side story to my ongoing fic, Super Duper Video Game Fighters, so expect characters like Chiaki Nanami and Hajime Hinata to pop out from time to time, though whether in a cameo role or more than just a guest shot, it will depend on the story and review reactions, so that will come in a later chapter or so.

Yup, aside from Danganronpa V3, there are other Danganronpa characters from the series may appear randomly since, well, this is a Danganronpa fic.

Well, other than that, read on and enjoy!

Ch. 1: Higeki-tekina Kodomo Jidai

Seven years ago...

The scene shifts in Tokyo, where you can see that the place is somewhat peaceful, lively, and most of all, full of politics. Tokyo has some of the most influential politicians that ever walked the streets. Some are dedicated, but there are some who are shrewd, some are corrupt, and even there are greedy ones, as most of them live in extravagant lifestyles, some even enjoy sports such as golf and tennis, and some have connections with some shady individuals, such as the mafia.

Moreover, some of the politicians' children are mostly spoiled, and because of such upbringing, they end up becoming somewhat of a bully, where they intimidate other schoolmates and even bragged that they are UNTOUCHABLE, as if they cannot be punished if they break a school rule, and used this to their advantage, physically and psychologically intimidate their targets, usually result in the target quitting school and becoming a shut-in, and some of the bullied victims' parents are ignorant and resulted in a strained relationship as they value reputation over caring for their children's welfare.

One example of this is a 7-year old boy, who appeared to be somewhat different from other schoolchildren, as he has a build of a 7-year old child, but his legs were somewhat DEVELOPED, and he would soon develop an interest in tennis, thus awakaneing his TALENT and began playing tennis, which would soon gain notice from other people, and soon they saw that the boy is quite a fast learner, as he is able to keep up with older tennis players, they soon began to compliment the boy for having such a talent, seeing that he has a bright future ahead of him.

"Wow...you're good, kid..."

"Um...thanks..."

"You really have a talent..."

"Thanks..."

"Keep it up...its better than staying at home..."

"Yeah..."

"I think you have a bright future ahead..."

"Really...?"

The young boy is identified as Ryoma Hoshi, and despite showing great talent in playing tennis, Ryoma is still an innocent boy who only wants to enjoy life peacefully, but his home life is a different story as it is shown that his parents are somewhat negligent, as his dad is always working the whole day and seldom spend time with him, while his mom always socialize with her fellow workers and is not much at home, leaving Ryoma much lonely.

One day, while in school, the scene shows that Ryoma is inside a tennis club room, playing tennis by himself, and as he is enjoying his peaceful time, several schoolmates came in and some wait outside to serve as lookouts, and the schoolchildren, who turn out to be children of influential politicians, approached Ryoma with malicious intent, and they began to gang up on him and began beating him up, outnumbering him from 12 against one, and being a peaceful boy, he is unable to fight back and begged for mercy, but the bullies keep on beating him up.

"Mercy? No way!"

"We want to beat you up!"

"You're an easy target!"

"Much fun to play with!"

"Yeah...you're the perfect punching bag!"

"Come on..."

"Kick him...punch him!"

"Make him bleed!"

The bullies keep on beating him until they had enough, and they taunted him that no one will help him and warned that if he tell anyone he will receive a more brutal beating before leaving, and a battered and bloodied Ryoma began crying, as he felt alone here, but mustered the courage and went to the teachers' lounge to file a complaint, and while a few teachers were willing to help, they were pressured by other selfish teachers to ignore Ryoma as they seemed to care more about tje school's repuation and their unwillingness to confront the bullies' parents due to them being influential politicians, and a heart-broken Ryoma was told to go home.

As Ryoma was heading home, he was confronted by the same bullies who attacked him earlier and they ganged up on him again and dished out more brutal beatings as they somehow learned that he attempted to squeal them to the teachers, and they boasted that the teachers turn him down because they were scared that the politicians would use their influence and have the teachers kick out of school if they try to penalize the children who beat up Ryoma.

"You ought to know your place!"

"We told you...no one gonna help you!"

"Looks like you need another beating!"

"Come on...just beat him up!"

"Make him bleed!"

"We wanna see more blood!"

"Alright...let's beat this pig!"

"Yahoo!"

After several minutes, the bullies left and a more bloodied Ryoma limped his way back home, where his parents are not around, and soon he collapsed in pain as he silently cried at his helplessness. About 20 minutes later, his mom came, but she seemingly ignored him as she walked past him and Ryoma vainly tries to get her to notice him, but she did not even looked at him as she appeared more concerned with her other activities despite the floor being stained with blood.

"M-mama..."

"Not now..."

"H-help me..."

"I'm busy..."

"M-mama..."

"Stop bugging me...I have a meeting with my co-workers...we're having a mahjong game..."

"P-please...help...me..."

"Got to go..."

Mrs. Hoshi replied that she is meeting with her co-workers to play mahjong and told him to wash his face instead, and left in a hurry, leaving Ryoma devastated, and hours later Mr. Hoshi arrived late, and is about to head for his room when Ryoma tries to get his dad to see his condition but he ignored him and told him to go to bed, but Ryoma began to cry and told him he is injured but his dad shouted at him to go to sleep before slamming the door, and a devastated Ryoma weeped as he went to his room feeling that his parents do not care about him

-x-

Two years later...

At age 11, Ryoma's woes continued as the bullies occassionally tormented him, leaving him bloodied, and everytime he seek help from teachers, he was ignored, and this resulted in the bullies to torment him even more, and at one point Ryoma opted to skip school, but his dad ignored his son's reasons and slapped him non-stop just to make him go to school, and Ryoma bitterly did so. Ryoma endured the harshness for two years, and the only thing keeping him going was his hobby of tennis, and one day a tennis enthusiast came across him one day at an open tennis court, and after hearing the reason why he had a lot of bruises, he decided to teach him about the tennis skills so as to raise his self-esteem, which somewhat raised Ryoma's confidence.

"Okay...I'll help you."

"Huh?"

"I'll help you become a pro-tennis player."

"Really, mister?"

"Yeah...just leave it to me."

"..."

"Don't worry...you'll get the hang of it."

"Thanks, mister..."

And so the tennis enthusiast began coaching Ryoma on how to be a tennis pro, and to his surprise, Ryoma learned quite fast and soon developed the talent to become a good player, and Ryoma started to see the person as a surrogate family member, something he never experienced at his home, and the two began to bond, but their bonding was witnessed by the bullies and they began to hatch a plan to humiliate him so as to make Ryoma look bad in front of the public.

"That pig...!"

"Who does he think he is...?"

"We ought to ruin his image..."

"Should we beat him up again...?"

"But that guy might get in our way..."

"Got any ideas?"

"I got one!"

"Huh?"

The bullies planned carefully as they are sure that the tennis enthusiast might be a problem if he were to see what they do to Ryoma, and the bullies wanted to make sure that the plan they are hatching would be fool-proof so as to protect them and their families from prosecution, and one of the bullies came up with an idea which the others listened to, and while they seemed to have some reservation, the lead bully said that this plan will work and he will do the NEGOTIATIONS, so the rest of the bullies reluctantly agreed to the plan.

-x-

Several months later, the scene shifts at the open tennis court, where Ryoma and the tennis enthusiast are there alone, having finished teaching Ryoma all the tennis skills and the boy has learned all he could, and the enthusiast feels that Ryoma is ready and all he needs to do is find a sponsor, which Ryoma seemed hesitant, but then the enthusiast decided to accompany him to a tryout that he heard, and said he will help him apply for it and promised that Ryoma would be scouted and be noticed.

"Really, mister?"

"Yeah...I will..."

"But...I don't know how to repay you..."

"Don't worry about it."

"..."

"Just be confident...and you will succeed."

"Thanks, mister...I appreciate it..."

"Don't mention it."

Ryoma was glad to hear this, and in the weeks that followed, the tennis enthusiast talked to a contact, who in turn checked out Ryoma, and to his surprise, he saw the star potential in the boy, and begannto invest heavily in Ryoma, and in the months that followed, Ryoma began entering competitions, where he showed his skills and began to make headlines, where he is gradually being noticed after winning several competitions, and thanks to that, he slowly became a contender and is slowly earning money, and Ryoma bonded with the tennis enthusiast even more.

However, Ryoma's bullies were monitoring his daily moves, and the bully leader told his posse that everything is set, and told them that this will surely make Ryoma's life miserable and they would benefit from this as the ultimate entertainment, which his posse seemed to waiver a bit when told of the details, but the bully leader assured that no one will find out, and only Ryoma will suffer from this and no one else,

"Don't act like chickens...I know what I'm doing...and this plan is foolproof..."

"Are you sure?"

"What if...?"

"Isn't that going too far...?"

"Relax...leave everything to me..."

"Okay..."

"Just make sure no one finds out about this..."

"Right..."

-x-

Several months have passed, and the scene shows that Ryoma, who recently turned 12, is at a park, where he is waiting for his benefactor, as he wanted to express his gratitude for all the help he gave him, and soon the tennis enthusiast came and greeted Ryoma, and there they talked, and told the boy that he will try to talk to the Hoshi parents and convince them not to neglect their son, which Ryoma appeared hesitant seeing that it may not work since his parents continued to ignore him up to this day but the tennis enthusiast gave him some optimistic words and assured to him that he and his parents would reconcile.

"Don't give up hope...I will see to it that your parents will realize their mistake...and they will not neglect you anymore..."

"Really...?"

"Yes...just believe in me...I will see to it that your parents will spend more time with you."

"I..."

"Don't worry...everything will be fine."

"Okay..."

"Good...huh?"

"?"

However, five men dressed in business attire and wearing hats showed up, and they approached the tennis enthusiast where he asks them what do they want, and despite this the men just silently glared at the man, while Ryoma was having a feeling that something bad is about to happen, and before he could fathom what is about to happen, the men, who turn out to be mafia gangsters, began beating on the tennis enthusiast, and Ryoma was shocked by this, and is about to do something but the entusiast told Ryoma to run and call for help.

However, more mafia hitmen appeared and struck down Ryoma, knocking him down and they began beating him, and they took his tennis racket and used it as a weaponnto beat down the tennis enthusiast on the head mercilessly until he perished, and the hitmen, all wearing plastic gloves, placed the racket on Ryoma's hand and left, leaving him behind, and as Ryoma slowly regained consciousness, he was shocked to see the bloody corpse of his benefactor, but then he saw the racket he is holding, blood-stained, and there the bullies showed up and began making a scene to attract attention.

"Help!"

"Call the police!"

"There is a murder!"

"That kid just killed a man!"

"He's armed and dangerous!"

"Call the cops before he kill someone!"

"Hurry!"

"We might get killed!"

Soon a lot of passerby saw this and screamed and police arrive where they saw the scene, seeing Ryoma holding the MURDER WEAPON, he was named the primary suspect and taken in, as the police took him away, the bullies smirked and exchange HIGH FIVES as their plan succeeded, as it turn out that the bully leader hired and paid the mafia hitmen to attack and kill the tennis enthusiast and have Ryoma implicated of the murder, and the bully leader is pleased as he feels that he has reached the pinnacle of bullying someone and hopes that Ryoma suffers a lot from this.

To Be Continued...

Hope you liked the opening chapter, as it RE-INTRODUCES Hoshi and how he became like the one in the PS Vita game, and how this would affect him in the upcoming chapters. Though Kaede Akamatsu and Suichi Saihara are not here yet, they will show up in the upcoming chapters.

Preview:

The next chapter shows how Hoshi ended up becoming a delinquent, and yet still retains his interest in tennis...and here he gets to meet another Danganronpa V3 character who is portrayed as a CEO of a popular company that makes VIDEO GAMES...

See you in 2 to 3 weeks...

Reviews are welcomed...