My newest story is ready. An idea I've had brewing for some time now. Thematically, I hope to place this story in the same universe as Kamen Rider Chrome's story "Love Hina Double Trouble", even though the OOO that shows up there is someone different. However, I may simply have this as a brand new universe. Either way, it's an idea I've had for a while and will now put to digital paper. Disclaimer: I don't own Danganronpa or Kamen Rider.
Chapter 1: Academy, Housekeeping, and a Hero
Hajime Hinata breathed deep as he looked at the towering academy. Although he was simply a Reserve Course Student, he was still being allowed to attend the prestigious Hope's Peak Academy. This academy was meant to be tailored to elite students, those who possessed an "Ultimate" talent. But as it turned out, government funding could only go so far. So to gain additional funding, the school board set up a Reserve Course for normal high school students. Then again, "normal" was subjective, as Hajime knew very well. As he checked out the brochure and map for the academy, he absentmindedly flipped a red coin with an eagle symbol on it through the fingers of his right hand.
"Hi there," came a semi-cheerful male voice. Hajime turned to see a boy his own age with pure white hair that seemed all-over the place. He wouldn't look out of place in a manga, but Hajime knew the world they lived in was just as strange. "Hello there," Hajime replied to the boy, "Are you a student here as well?" The boy nodded. "I'm Nagito Komaeda. I'm here as the Ultimate Lucky Student. What about you? What's your Ultimate title?" Hajime shrugged. "I don't have one, really. I just came here as a Reserve Course Student." Nagito seemed to slump. "I see... So you're talentless... Oh well, I guess I'd better move on then."
Hajime simply smirked as Nagito left for the main building. He opened his right hand, revealing the red coin face-up. 'As you and Kogami taught me when I decided to enroll here, not being Ultimate doesn't mean being talentless. Right, Ankh?' Later that day, he sat down at a fountain on the school grounds. Spread out on the fountain's edge were the same red coin, plus two more coins of the same color, and twelve more. Three colored gray, three blue, three green, and three yellow. "Wow," came a cheerful female voice, "Those look decorative." Hajime turned to see a beautiful young girl his own age with light pink hair.
The girl bent down to look at each coin. "Let's see if I can guess what they are... We have eagle, peacock, condor... Stag beetle, mantis, grasshopper... Lion, tiger, cheetah... Rhinoceros, gorilla, elephant... Killer whale, eel, and octopus. Well, how did I do?" Hajime smiled. "That was very impressive. You're very good at guessing." The girl smiled, and offered her hand. "I'm Chiaki Nanami. My title here is Ultimate Gamer. What's your name?" Hajime accepted Chiaki's handshake. "Hajime Hinata. I'm just here as a Reserve Course student." Chiaki looked sad. "I'm wondering if that whole Reserve Course is such a good idea. I mean, what if the so-called 'talentless' are bullied by the regular students here?"
Hajime smiled as he waved his finger. "If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that talent means nothing. Desire... That is the true driving force behind society." In one quick motion, he scooped up all fifteen coins and revealed them in a perfect stack. "Talent... Desire... Hope... They are all interconnected, but can also be mutually exclusive. And of course, they are not strictly good or evil. Talent can help one get ahead in life... But it can also let one do bad things easily. Desire can let one achieve great things... Or bring about great disaster. Hope let's us move forward... Or can lead us blind to darkness." He placed the coins inside his nearby suitcase, save for the eagle coin.
"For me, I believe there is a certain perfection in imperfection. After all, once you become perfect, there's no way for you to grow. You lose all sense of desire... Of ambition. I enrolled in the Reserve Course for this reason, and because I truly admire this school for what it is trying to do. If done right, it can easily make the world grow." Chiaki smiled and blushed. "Are you sure you're not an Ultimate something or other? You seem to be a good philosopher if nothing else." Hajime shrugged. "Well, maybe. But I'm really just taking what I know from experience. Besides, no philosophy is without its flaws."
Meanwhile, in a secret location, a mysterious figure smiled as they fingered three more coins similar to the ones Hajime had. They were black in color, and depicted a scorpion, crab, and shrimp. The figure grinned as they used their computer to look up the alumni of Hope's Peak Academy. "This one should do," the figure said, seeing a picture of a young woman, recently graduated, but returning as a teacher. The woman's name was Chisa Yukizome. The figure printed out a picture of Chisa and held the scorpion coin up to it. This caused a coin slot to somehow appear in the picture. The figure grinned as they threw the black coin into the slot.
Back at the academy, Chisa was dragging her entire class with her, save for two students. With her were Nagito, Ultimate Yakuza Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, Ultimate Musician Ibuki Mioda, Ultimate Mechanic Kazuichi Soda, Ultimate Breeder Gundham Tanaka, Ultimate Animator Ryota Mitarai, Ultimate Nurse Mikan Tsumiki, Ultimate Traditional Dancer Hiyoko Saionji, Ultimate Gymnast Akane Owari, Ultimate Team Manager Nekomaru Nidai, Ultimate Cook Teruteru Hanamura, Ultimate Princess Sonia Nevermind, Ultimate Photographer Mahiru Koizumi, and Ultimate Swordswoman Peko Pekoyama.
"There you are, Chiaki," Chisa said as she approached said student and Hajime. Upon seeing the young man, Chisa asked, "Aren't you from the Reserve Course?" Hajime nodded. "I have a break between classes right now, due to my part-time job with the Kogami Foundation. Plus..." He opened a large box near the fountain, which held a rather large cake. "Kosei Kogami wanted to celebrate my birth as a new student." Teruteru walked over and inspected the cake, giving a whistle of approval. "I don't know who this Kogami is, but this cake looks like an expert piece of confectionary."
Hajime smiled, then noticed something. "Ma'am, are these all your students?" Chisa looked at the others. "Well, now that I've found Chiaki I am missing one final student. Our class is supposed to have sixteen students total." She got out the e-handbook that all students and faculty have. Hajime looked and noticed one student file was blank, save for the title. "Ultimate... Imposter?" "We don't who they are," Chisa explained, "Just that they've been enrolled in this class." Hajime then noticed Ryota trying to escape, and raised an eyebrow. Chisa must have also noticed, because she soon had Ryota tied up and still.
"Excuse me, Ma'am," Hajime started, but Chisa interrupted. "Please, don't call me Ma'am. It makes me sound old, and I just recently graduated. My name is Chisa Yukizome, formerly holding the title of Ultimate Housekeeper." Hajime shrugged. "Anyway, there's something off about that student that tried to run. Could I see his file?" Chisa nodded and brought up Ryota's file. Hajime tapped on the picture. "Ryota seems to have packed on the pounds. When was this picture taken?" Chisa blinked. "But this picture was supposed to be taken at the entrance ceremony!"
The man now tied up sighed. "Can someone remove this wig for me?," he asked. Curious, Hiyoko removed said wig, revealing shoulder length black hair instead of the shorter, light-brown hair he had earlier. "The Ultimate Imposter I'm guessing?," Hiyoko said with a smirk. Chisa was flabbergasted. "B-B-But... Where's Ryota?" "Back in his dorm I'd imagine," the Imposter explained, "He wanted to finish some sort of animation he believed could bring great hope to anyone who watched. I agreed to impersonate him for a while as he worked on it."
"But why is that necessary?," Chiaki asked, "Ultimate Students don't have to take normal classes so that we can have time to continue working on our talents." Chisa became irate. "That doesn't mean you shouldn't spend at least some time together in homeroom. Everyone, we're heading for the dorms." However, Chisa didn't get far before something within her started pulsing. She instantly grabbed both her shoulders as her body started convulsing. Hajime narrowed his eyes as Chisa screamed, her body suddenly becoming covered in countless large coins.
Chisa's body dropped as the coins solidified into some sort of humanoid creature. It was feminine looking, wearing a black housekeepers outfit, with solid black hair and a human-like mask that was covered by a sinister version of a domino mask. Academy security must have noticed it, because several guards showed up, including one big guy who rushed over to Chisa's fallen form. "Chisa!," the man said, "Come on, wake up!" The strange humanoid laughed at the scene as it shrugged off several gunshots like they were nothing. Disturbingly, it seemed to have Chisa's voice.
The man got up and assumed a boxing stance, ready to fight the creature. Hajime shook his head. "He's no match for that thing." "Are you kidding!?," Nagito said, excited, "Do you know who that is!? That's Juzo Sakakura, who once held the title of Ultimate Boxer! There's no human on the planet who's a match for him!" Hajime simply opened his suitcase, taking out a curious looking belt buckle, as well as two more coins. Juzo was able to hold his own against the strange being, but it finally managed to stop him when it grabbed his throat. "Poor little man. A mere human such as you can't possibly hope to win against me."
Juzo got thrown against the fountain, where he saw Hajime stand up and face the creature. "Don't bother," Juzo said with effort, "If I can't beat it, how can a talentless student like you stop it?" "That's the thing you're forgetting," Hajime said as he approached the monster, "I do have some talent, just not enough to become an Ultimate. Of course, that's only because this school already has an Ultimate Superhero." He placed the belt buckle on his waist, causing it to somehow manifest an entire belt. He took the eagle medal and grasshopper medal and placed them in the outer two coin slots. He then took the tiger medal and placed it in the center slot, simultaneously tilting the buckle to the left. He then grabbed a circular device that had also manifested. Smirking, he called out, "Henshin!" He swiped the device across the coins, and a voice called out, "Taka! Tora! Batta! Ta-To-Ba! Tatoba, Ta-To-Ba!"
(Search Kamen Rider OOO - Anything Goes)
Several colorful coins surrounded Hajime, before three, the same coins he had just inserted into the buckle, joined into a single circle and flew into Hajime, transforming him into a costumed being. His head was red with an eagle motif, his torso was yellow with a tiger motif, and his legs were green with a grasshopper motif. "Housekeeper's Despair! I am Kamen Rider OOO, the man who will become the God of Desires!" The creature OOO identified as the Housekeeper's Despair rushed at, wielding a corrupted version of a broom. Using the Taka power, OOO saw each blow coming and blocked with the Tora power's claws, counterattacking with the Batta power's enhanced leg strength.
Finally, one good swipe of the Tora claws broke the broom in two, causing the Housekeeper's Despair to stumble back. Growling, she broke out a corrupted mop and swung it around, causing blackened water to splash everywhere. Several students who had arrived and saw the fight quickly got out the way as OOO leaped all across the courtyard to help them escape. "I'd better start using something else," he thought, and took out the mantis coin. Removing the tiger coin, he then placed the mantis coin in its place and used the circular scanner. "Taka! Kamakiri! Batta!" There was no additional song this time, but OOO's torso turned green and took on a mantis motif.
Using the Kamakiri power's elbow blades, used to great effect with OOO taking a Muay Thai stance, OOO struck with efficiency, hitting the limbs of the Housekeeper's Despair. Finally, it looked like he had the monster on the ropes, and swapped out for the tiger coin again. "Taka! Tora! Batta! Ta-To-Ba! Tatoba, Ta-To-Ba!" OOO then swiped the scanner a second time. "Scanning Charge!" OOO's feet transformed to be more grasshopper-like. As he crouched, OOO called out, "Tatoba Kick!" He leaped high into the air, three ethereal colored rings appearing between him and the monster. With a mighty cry, OOO came down on the Housekeeper's Despair with a flying kick, destroying it as it turned into more coins.
The event was noticed by several individuals. The security footage was noticed by Jin Kirigiri, the academy headmaster. 'Interesting. He's with the Reserve Course, yet he has such power to him. We should make use of that in case any more incidents like this crop up.' At the Kogami Foundation, Kosei had tapped into the security feed and was showing it to five individuals. "Wonderful! Hajime has now unleashed his power, and shown his peers where true strength is!" He looked at the five individuals. "You must be proud of your master..." In the mysterious figure's location, the picture of Chisa grew too bright for them to look at and spat out the scorpion coin, showing it to be slightly cracked, making the figure growl in frustration.
At the courtyard, the gathered students were stunned as Hajime deactivated his transformation. As he placed the buckle and the coins back in his suitcase, Juzo stood up. "Just who the hell are you? How does a guy who can fight like you wind up in the Reserve Course?" Hajime shrugged. "Not like I had a choice. You have to be invited into the regular course here at the academy, and since coming here was a dream of mine, this was really my only option." They both then noticed Chisa stirring. Juzo quickly ran over to her and helped her up. "What's going on?," she asked, "I felt funny for a second there."
"Trust me," Juzo said, smiling, "You'd have a tough time believing it. I'm just glad you're okay, Kyosuke would have killed me if anything happened to you on my watch." He then saw Jin approach Hajime with an entourage of bodyguards. After taking with him for a while, Jin then approached Juzo. "Juzo, Hajime will be joining the security team from now on. With someone like him acting as a mediator between Ultimate and Reserve, hopefully we can avoid any... Prejudice towards our normal students." He smirked as Juzo visibly winced at those words.
Years later, it was clear the destruction of the Housekeeper's Despair had a big impact on The Tragedy. Already things seemed different as Ryota somehow took Hajime's place inside the Neo World Program, but now Chisa realized something. Despite being exposed to the Despair Video and "Monokuma's Gloomy Sunday", Chisa felt no desire to give into despair or kill herself. As a result, she was able to survive with the other original survivors. While some of the original deaths still occurred, which really saddened her since it meant she couldn't prevent Kyosuke from killing former Hope's Peak Academy headmaster Kazuo Tengan, she was able to save former Hope's Peak Academy talent scout Kohichi Kizakura from dying by binding his left hand shut until the game was over.
This also meant several thousand innocents, including children, that would have otherwise been killed by a brainwashed Chisa were still alive. After the 77th class, along with Hajime, prevented Ryota from brainwashing the world with a message of absolute hope, Kyosuke and Chisa left for parts unknown to start a new life together. But it would not be the only change to come. For the man known as Hajime Hinata, the hero known as OOO, was on path to become the God of Desires. And no amount of despair would stand in his way.
To be continued...
Yes, it's gonna be THAT kind of story. And more changes to the future will occur. The full backstory for how Hajime became OOO to begin with will be told slowly over the course of several chapters. And keep an eye out, because we'll be seeing more and more Danganronpa characters. Read and review.