This is my first Deadman Wonderland fanfiction. I'm not perfect, so if you have any comments on what needs to be improved, please share them. I really love this anime. If you have the time, please fave, follow, and/or leave a review. Also, check out some of my other stories. Thanks. -TranscodeNightCat
Aaron, the 5" twelve year old boy, with short brown hair that was never combed, and yellow eyes who looked young for his age, sat outside of school while he watched parents come to pick up their kids. His mother had died during the Red Hole incident, and his father had taken another job to support them. To get home, Aaron had to walk due to the fact that his bike had been stolen, and he always had to go through an unsafe part of town to get to his house. He had always told himself to not get involved in or even notice the conflicts between others, but today was different. He walked by one of the alleys and saw a girl from his class with a group of older students nearby with one of them going through her bag most likely looking for anything of value; Aaron watched the girl break in to tears. "Shut up, you little brat." One of them said kicking her to the ground.
The girl had short, neck length, light blue hair with ribbons in it; Aaron had liked her, but he was shy in school and never had the courage to ask her out. In school, he received decent grades earning praise from his teachers, but he always seemed to be alone in the halls, in class, and at lunch. Aaron looked at the one bully who smiled as he pulled some money from her bag. "That doesn't belong to you. Give it back." Aaron said making a fist as he walked over to the girl lying on the ground with tears still in her eyes.
"Get lost kid before you hurt yourself." One of them told him. Aaron didn't move as he made a fist. "Can you hear me? Back off before I kick your little ass back to first grade!" He shouted. Aaron still didn't respond. Instead he jumped on the bully and began attacking him. One of the others pulled him off and held him up by his armpits while he kicked the bully in the stomach causing him to drop Aaron who started attacking him again only to be picked up and held in the same position as one of the other bullies. "This is what you get for trying to play hero kid." He said while the other two bullies took turns using him as a punching bag.
"Stop. Please." The girl said looking at Aaron who was a mess of cuts and bruises.
"Yeah, sure." The bully holding Aaron said as he tossed him in to a pile of trashcans. Aaron groaned as he tried to stand up.
The girl ran over to him. "You shouldn't fight anymore. You're hurt." She said looking at his torn shirt which had blood stains on it.
"You should listen to her." One of the bullies said grabbing his bag as well as the girls before they started to walk off.
Aaron staggered, but he managed to stand back up as he wiped some of the blood from his face. He was breathing heavily as he spoke. "Give back our stuff." Aaron said coldly.
"You really don't know when to quit." One of the bullies said pulling a switchblade from his pocket. Aaron looked at his wrist and saw the blood dripping from it. He watched the blood become what looked like the handle of a kunai. Aaron pulled the handle out revealing a purely red kunai. He ran at the bully, cut his knife in half with the kunai, and then impaled him in the chest. The other two bullies started to run while Aaron tried focusing the blood once more as the handle of two more kunai grew from his wrists. He pulled them out and threw them at the bullies who collapsed with the blades in their backs.
Aaron grabbed his and the girl's bag before walking over to her. "Here." Aaron said handing her the bag.
"What kind of freak are you!?" She shrieked before running off. Aaron sighed hearing that as well as the approaching sirens while several police cruisers pulled up. Two officers grabbed Aaron and put a pair of handcuffs on him before leading him to the back of the police cruiser. He felt weak from the fight and loss of blood and fell asleep in the back of the police cruiser still trying to figure out what had happened.
He woke up in a hospital room having been bandaged and treated for his injuries. He saw the food nearby and quickly ate while a man in a gray suit with slicked back black hair walked over to him. "Hello, I'm Tamaki, your court appointed lawyer for the case."
"Thanks, but I don't need a lawyer." Aaron said with a sigh.
"Well, I'm required to be so I'll be around." He said with a smile handing Aaron a business card before walking off.
In the court room, there were several people including the family members of the bullies who terrorized Aaron. The judge looked down on the twelve year old boy. "Do you want to defend yourself?" He asked.
Tears came to Aaron's eyes as he spoke. "I killed them. I was only trying to protect her." Aaron admitted breaking down in to tears.
"Well then, I have all I need. Aaron, you are declared guilty in the murders of the three boys and sentenced to death row." The judge said bringing down his gavel while Aaron continued to sob as he was carried away by the guards.
He now sat on a prison bus taking him to the privately owned prison known as Deadman Wonderland. He wore the typical prisoner uniform and was handed a bag containing the basic items for survival in the prison. Makina explained the basics of the prison including how Cast Points are the currency held on Cast Cards and are used by prisoners to buy clothes, food, alcohol, years off of your sentence, candy, and several other items. Candy is actually an antidote shaped and wrapped like a candy which nulls the effects of the poison in the ID collars that will kill the wearer in three days unless they eat a piece of candy. The collars not only contained prisoner IDs, but also trackers, shock mechanisms, and small doses of poison that killed their wearer in three days unless they ate a piece of antidote candy; one piece of candy costs one hundred thousand Casts.
After the explanation, Aaron was taken to his cell where he stored his stuff before being informed of his duties for the day. Several of the other inmates picked on him and insulted him for being young and on death row. The next day, Aaron signed up to be in a show; it paid five thousand casts per show which were done hourly. Aaron was playing a boy who was attacked by the super villain, but then saved by the super hero. In the dressing room, he was put in a pair of jean shorts, a blue t-shirt, and a baseball cap. The villain was supposed to use a foam sword to trigger the dye pack on Aaron's chest causing the illusion that he was bleeding and in danger until the hero saved him. The hero and villain were both rather muscular as well as incredibly talented which showed in their pay as they made fifty thousand casts a show. Rehearsal took a while, but eventually the park opened and it was time to start the show.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly during the show as Aaron did his part and said his line. After each show, he was handed a Cast Card and told to get ready for the next show. Little did he know that Tamaki was watching from his office. "Give our villain the real sword this time. I want to see what this kid can do." He said in to a microphone connected to one of the guards positioned on the stage.
"Yes sir." The guard responded walking over to the prop closet and grabbing the real sword which was behind the box of fake ones. He walked over to the man playing the villain and tossed him the sword. "Make sure death row get what's coming to him. Two hundred thousand Casts." The guard told him while the man had an evil smile on his face acknowledging his agreement.
The show was going smoothly as Aaron walked on to do his part sighing that he was a prisoner in this place and all of the people on the outside were having fun. He heard a few murmurs about how young he looked and if he was even a prisoner. Some went as far as to even call him cute. Aaron sighed knowing that they were falling for an illusion. He did kill those people, he was a criminal, and he was a prisoner who deserved to die. The villain walked over brandishing the sword and slashed Aaron's chest where he pretended to fall as the dye pack exploded, but this time was different, he could also feel like it was his own blood coming out. Aaron quickly ripped off his shirt and the dye pack revealing the gash in his chest. The inmate playing the villain walked over ready to swing the sword again. Aaron dodged the blade, and began focusing his blood like before. He watched the handle of a kunai form as he pulled it from his chest and attacked the inmate who tried to kill him. The audience thought it was part of the show and cheered not even noticing that Aaron was shot with a tranquilizer dart before being dragged off the stage by the inmate playing the hero and deposited in to the arms of one of the guards who was instructed to take him to the infirmary.
"Welcome to the true Deadman Wonderland." Tamaki said to himself with a chuckle.