A/N: Hello, Usagi Kagome here. After a very long hiatus I'm back. My computer was shut down for a long time so I haven't been able to post or update my fan fiction! Now that I have it back, I plan to catch on all my stories and post new ones. While I was hiatus I bumped into Dangan Ronpa and I LOVE it. So I wrote a fan fiction on it. I've started with the trails first so the actual chapters might take a while. As this is my first Dangan Ronpa fan fiction, there might be little OOC-ness with characters so I do apologises. Also, please no flames, grammar Nazis or general trolls. Only constructive criticism and (if you think it's good enough) praise is allowed. And Dangan Ronpa doesn't belong to me. I'm using it for my own amusement. With all that out of the way, please enjoy Dangan Ronpa: Trials of Despair.

Dangan Ronpa: Trials of Despair

Prologue- Welcome to the Despair School

Part 1

?: (The massive high school towers over all the other buildings in this bustling urban area. It's like the school stands at the centre of the entire world. )

?: (Hope's Peak Academy… It brings in top students from every field imaginable. A government-funded school of privilege… They say if you can graduate from this school, you're set for life. With hundreds of years of tradition, it sends the best of the best into the work force every year. It used to raise hope in the nation's future. The name Hope's Peak is a very fitting name.)

?: (There are only two qualifications you need to attend this school. One, you must attending high school. Two, you must be the best in your field. The only way into the school is if the school invites you. No ordinary student can attend. And then there's me, standing at the gates of the ultimate school, filled with the ultimate students.)

?: (Before we go any further let me introduce myself. My name is Makoto Naegi. As you can see I'm just a hopelessly average student. I don't have anything special when it comes to grades, abilities or even personality. I have hobbies but I'm no mutant or psychic or anything like that. If you asked me what my favourite song or movie is, it would probably be whatever's in the charts at moment. I'm average even compared to average people, so I can't say you're 'every day hero' type. That's just how I am. If I was forced to give one redeeming quality about myself, it would be that I tend to be more optimistic than most people.)

Makoto: (Look at me. I'm completely ordinary but still…I'm standing in front of the anything but ordinary Hope's Peak Academy.)

Makoto: I still can't believe I'm standing here. Can I even survive in a place like this…

Makoto: (Its presence is overwhelming me but I guess it's only natural. Let me tell you what I did as preparation for today. Hope's Peak Academy is a school which is only for the best. There are threads that are dedicated to talking about the students attending. To prepare I look up some of these threads. And all I saw was talk about students who are way above your average high schooler.)

Makoto: (For example, one of the students coming is the Ultimate Pop Sensation. She's the lead singer for a pop group that famous all over the country. There's also the Ultimate Baseball Star. He's the clean-up hitter for national high school champs. Professional teams are already looking for him. Then there's the Ultimate Fashionista. She's the girl other girls dream of being. She's been on the cover of tons of magazines. There's even a guy who's going with the title of Ultimate Biker Gang Leader. He's the gang leader of the most feared biker gang in all of Japan.)

Makoto: (There's also the Ultimate Martial Artist, the Ultimate Fanfic Creator, the Ultimate Gambler, the Ultimate Swimming Pro, the Ultimate Programmer, the Ultimate Clairvoyant ect…They're all the countries finest. Reading it made me realise how powerless I was.)

Makoto: (How did such an unbelievable ordinary student like me get picked to go to the ultimate high school, you wonder? Well, there is a reason…If you look at acceptance letter, you'll understand why…)

Letter: We recently held a lottery to select one ordinary student to attend our school. As a result, you have been selected and we invite you to join us as the Ultimate Lucky Student.

Makoto: (They made it quite obvious. I got invited due to pure luck. I probably should have just declined their offer. But when I heard that graduating from there guarantees your success, I couldn't say no. But actually standing in front of the school…I am starting feel like I don't belong there. I'm losing my nerve.)

Makoto: But still, I can't stand at the gate forever…

Makoto: (The acceptance letter said there was meeting at 8 am in the main hall for all incoming students. The meeting isn't for a little while but…)

Makoto: I should probably go inside now. Okay…let's do it!

Makoto: (I summon all my courage and take my first step into the main hall.)

Makoto: What the-?!

Makoto: (But the instant I take the first step…My vision becomes twisted. It is like a delusion that's spinning and mixing something together. Spinning, mixing, melting away and spinning again. And then the next moment…Everything goes black. That's how it all began…and how the life as I knew came to an end.)

Makoto: (Looking back, I should have realised it sooner…I wasn't brought to Hope's Peak Academy due to good luck. I was brought here due to bad luck.)

Makoto: (And for that I would experience ultimate despair…)