Danganronpa: Cannonball Run

Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
The Cannonball Run are owned by Brock Yates and Golden Harvest

Hello, fellow fic readers! Welcome to a new Danganronpa fanfic. This time something new popped onto my head after getting a surprise inspiration from a 1980's movie, in which started when I browsed wikipedia over the filmography of Jackie Chan, and there it showed the list of films that featured Jackie and accidentally saw the 1981 film titled "The Cannonball Run".

Out of curiosity, I checked the wikipedia entry of that film and after reading it, curiosity aroused me and through google I managed to download the film and watched it, and to my surprise I find it entertaining, as it was about a race which featured some of the American actors in their prime, which included the earliest roles of Jackie Chan. After re-watching it for a week, a thought hit me as I was still typing the chapters of my ongoing Danganronpoa fics, and that's where the inspiration hit me.

Then came a challenge where I realized that there aren't enough DR characters to use and that's when I decided to check on the DR 2 characters, and after reading their profiles, and recalling the characters of the Cannonball Run film, things started to enter my mind and decided to have the two DR series' characters join forces and decided to try it out to see if this would attract the DR fans. Since this is about racing, particularly a cross-country car race set in Japan, there won't be any despair here but a rather adventurous racing featuring the heroes, and villains of DR.

Moreover, this fic will be full of adventure...and wanton humor at its best.

So buckle up and enjoy.

The scene shifts to the Middle East continent of Saudi Arabia, where the scene zoomed towards a posh mansion which houses a very wealthy Arabian businessman, a multibillionaire, who appeared to have a love of racing, as you can see he is watching a show on TV about an F-1 racing event and is enjoying seeing several race cars racing on whoever gets the lead and he is holding a DVD case titled "CARS" and "CARS 2", revealing that the Arabian businessman is an avid fan of racing. He is also seen eating his favorite food while watching the racing show where his favorite car racer, Michael Shumacher taking the lead and he is nearing the finish line, and the Arabian businessman is seen cheering.

"Yes! Shumacher wins! You are my idol!"

By then his loyal servant came and informed his employer about a reality show in which it featured a similar theme about racing, and there the businessman is told about the program titled "The Amazing Race", and the businessman checked it out, and after over an hour the businessman is impressed and an inspiration came to his head as he decided to come up with his own version of the said show, and after glancing at the two DVD cases, he decided to do a racing-theme version of the Amazing Race, and told his servant about his intention.

"A reality show based on racing?"

"Yes! And if I managed to do that and it becomes successful, it would cause other people to imitate me...and imagine the money coming to me!"

"But...that might be difficult..."

"Huh? Why?"

"You need a lot of money...some financial backers...and a network that is willing to air this show you intend to create...even though you're a billionaire...you might have problems should this show you intend to create would flop...and there's the participants you intend to select...will there be those who would be enticed to accept your offer...?"

"Hmm...you do have a point there..."

"But...I have an idea on how to make your dreams become a reality...and where to find participants...though it won't be here in our country..."

"Really...? Tell me more..."

The servant informed his employer that he might have difficulty in doing this intention since many of the businessmen in Saudi Arabia are mostly owners of the various TV networks here and it might be difficult in finding possible contestants, but then suggested that he might know a country that might be interested and where to find prospected participants who can easily be enticed to accept the possible reality show he intend to give life. As the businessman listens on, the servant showed his master a video about a certain academy in Japan which operates on privilege and produces the BEST students.

"Did you say Hope's Peak Academy?"

"Yes, master...surely you've heard of it..."

"Yes...I heard of it...the ONLY academy where students would excel in their field of expertise...wait...why that?"

"I heard that the academy operates on financial donation from the government...and operates on privilege...and if you offer the academy an enticing donation...we might entice the headmaster of that academy to lend us their best students..."

"Hmm...I guess that would be a good idea...so...where is this Hope's Peak Academy located?"

"Tokyo...in Japan, master..."

"Good...now to talk to my business associates...and if I could get some financial backers...then I can start my plans of making a reality show based around racing on cars..."

"Good luck, master..."

The academy in question turns out to be Hope's Peak Academy, and as the servant told his master about it, as well as about the students' "titles", the businessman became intrigued and decided to head for Japan and seek out the principal/headmaster of the academy and see if he could entice him to allow his students to participate, especially when told by his servant that Hope's Peak Academy is seeking to have the government donate a financial subsidiary to keep the academy running, and the wealthy businessman, who is a multi-billionaire, might use his status and money to offer the headmaster a "deal" so he might be enticed to accept the offer to let his academy students to participate in the proposed racing-themed reality show.

-x-

Tokyo Japan...

The scene shows that the country is nearing the Summer season, and there the scene slowly shifts to a racing circuit where several people flocked the racing arena where several racing cars are cruising around the racing circuit, where some of Japan's well-known car racers, as well as foreign ones, are driving the circuit much to the delight of racing fans and enthusiasts, as well as avid car collectors alike, as it was revealed that every summer, an annual racing event is held which it is sort of a charity-like event, and this would attract racing fans and non-fans to the event, and there the proceeds would go to charity, and the audience being drawn included high school students, and the scene zooms in towards some of the audiences, where it is shown that some of Hope's Peak Academy students are among the spectators.

One scene shows that Makoto Naegi is there watching the live racing event, and he is accompanying Sayaka Maizono, as she invited Naegi to watch the event just to "hang out", which in reality she used this as an excuse to get closer to him so that her charms would entice Naegi to fall for her, and it partially worked as Naegi is enjoying the scene while happy that he gets to hang out with Maizono. Though not much of a racing fan, the Super High School-level Idol nevertheless came here because her talent agency was among the sponsors of the racing event and she decided to use this event to invite Naegi to hang out with her.

"Are you enjoying yourself, Naegi-kun...?"

"Yeah...so far...though I never thought that I'd come here...even though I'm not really a racing fan yet I do enjoy watching racing..."

"Good to hear..."

"I'm surprised that you managed to get us free passes..."

"My talent agency is this event's sponsor...so it gives me those passes...and managed to request for one more so I can invite you over..."

"Thanks..."

"You're welcome...glad you're enjoying this..."

"Yeah..."

Naegi sees that Maizono is enjoying herself, and though he is unaware that she used this event just to invite him to hang out with her, he was enjoying her company, and seeing her smile was enough to feel happy and slowly started to appreciate her charm and partially became attracted to her, and as he unknowingly wanted to get close to her, he is greeted by someone, and to his surprise, the person who greeted him turns out to be Nagito Komaeda. There Nagito greeted Naegi, and the Super High School-level Luckster is surprised to see him here.

"Yo!"

"Nagito-kun!"

"Surprised to see you here..."

"Me too..."

"Watching the race?"

"Yeah...what about you?"

"Just here doing a part-time job..."

"Really..?"

Nagito told Naegi that he came here because he is doing a part-time job and that his job is to deliver an item to one of the racers in the event, as well as he was challenged by someone who would bet 100,000 Yen to the winner of the chosen racer, which borders on gambling, and to Naegi's surprise, the person who made the betting challenge came and it turns out to be Celestia Ludenberg, and there Celes revealed to Nagito that the racer she bet to win is "Mario Andretti" while Nagito bet on "Michael Shumacher", and the two academy students exchanged words much to Naegi's surprise.

"Looks like my bet on the winning racer is going to win..."

"Don't jump to conclusion, Celes-san..."

"Are you getting nervous, Nagito-kun...?"

"Not at all..."

"So confident...I'd never thought that there is someone who has the same title as Naegi-kun..."

"You should worry about the possibility of losing...Miss Gambler..."

"There's no way I can lose...not to another Luckster like you..."

"We'll see..."

As the minutes passed by, the audience watched as the racing cars are scrambling to take the lead as it was the final lap, and there Michael Shumacher and his racing car eventually won the race, and a rather dejected Celes, who partially accepted defeat, gave Nagito the money he won and there Naegi is astonished that Nagito won the bet despite Celes' title as the Super High School-level Gambler.

"Looks like you win..."

"Yeah...I sure am LUCKY..."

"Here...as promised..."

"Thank you...and no hard feelings..."

"Of course...but next time I'll pay you back..."

"I look forward to that..."

"Same here..."

"Heh..."

Naegi sagged when told by Nagito that it was his LUCK that helped him win the bet and then shrugged his shoulders when he told Naegi that he should have faith in his LUCK if he wanted some good things to happen, and there Hajime Hinata came as he told Nagito that they're about to do another part-time job, and Nagito nodded as Hinata said that he shouldn't always rely on luck for good things to happen, which Nagito just smiled at what his classmate said.

"Hey, Nagito...we're due to do a next delivery..."

"Coming..."

"Geez...use your luck on other things...not on gambling with Celes-san..."

"Come on...it a good thing I earned some extra cash..."

"You can't just rely your luck on those kinds of things..."

"Who knows...you might get lucky..."

"Sigh...you're HOPELESS..."

"I'm not..."

As Nagito and Hinata left, Naegi sighed as he realized that Nagito is right and that he should have more faith in himself since he sometimes blame the bad things happening to him due to bad luck,but Maizono was quick to console him and her words slowly raised his spirit and confidence seeing that she was right that good luck sometimes came at unexpected moments.

"Don't feel bad, Naegi-kun..."

"..."

"You still got lucky..."

"Really...?"

"Yup...you got a free pass here because of me...and you also get to hang out with me...don't you think it's lucky enough for you? Two for the price of one…"

"You're right...thanks..."

"You're welcome..."

"..."

Naegi was touched when told by Maizono that he was LUCKY that he get to hang out with her, as well as she was holding both his hands, and he slowly felt that she might have feelings for him and he was starting to notice her in a rather romantic way, but their musings were interrupted when some of the crowd noticed the two and they began to suspect that "something is going on" between the two teens, and Maizono blushed and grabbed Naegi's hand as they both leave the scene amid suspicious eyes of the people around them.

-x-

Elsewhere within the racing circuit, twin sisters Junko Enoshima and Mukuro Ikusaba were also watching the racing event, and both were feeling a bit envious as the race drivers get the attention while being financially endorsed, and both Enoshima and Ikusaba are pondering of doing something to increase their income without having to attract additional attention and there Ikusaba suggests that they would try entering a race or something, which Enoshima considered yet finds it impossible.

"What? Join a race?"

"That's what I came up with..."

"Like how? We don't have a car to race with..."

"I could borrow a HUMVEE from my organization...FENRIR..."

"We're talking about a race...HUMVEE's can't be..."

"What if...?"

"Use your brain, Mukuro..."

"..."

As the twin sisters resumed watching the racing event, the scene shifts to another area where it shows that Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu and Peko Pekoyama are also watching, and the Super High School-level Gangster is considering forming his own racing event seeing that it would help his mafia organization increase money yet he is still thinking of how much money is needed since creating his own racing event would cost a lot, and he is considering of finding some financial backers to aid his idea, while Peko is watching the race and unknowingly began acting like a car racer as her arms moved as if she was holding a steering wheel, and Fuyuhiko swat-dropped at his bodyguard's actions.

"Hey..."

"..."

"Peko..."

"Hmm...?"

"What are you doing...?"

"Driving a car..."

"You're causing a scene..."

"..."

As the scene shifts back to the racing event, the academy students who are watching it live are unaware that they are about to get involved in what is believed to be a real car race as the multibillionaire from Saudi Arabia is making plans of creating his own racing event in the form of a reality show and is seeking out some financial backers who might support his ideas and is planning to head for Japan to seek out Jin Kirigiri, in order to get his permission to allow some of Hope's Peak Academy students to participate in his planned race in order to have his "dreams" realized.

To Be Continued…

Hope you like this opening chapter, and my apologies if some of the other Danganronpa casts have not been shown, apart from the ones shown here, as this serves as a prologue, though the two series' main characters, Naegi and Hinata, do make an appearance and they are shown to be attending the racing event due to certain factors (Naegi accompanying Maizono, who is acting as a proxy for her talent agency's sponsor, Nagito doing a transport job and winning a bet from Celes), while villains Enoshima and Ikusaba are here by coincidence though they are pondering on doing a race-type job to increase their income.

The Saudi Arabian businessman will be the one who will bring the cast together and intends to come up with a way as he attempts to make contact with Jin Kirigiri, in the hopes of getting permission to "borrow" some of his students.

And lastly, don't pout…I'm going to give our other Danganronpa cast more screen time once the next chapters come in to play…

Preview:

The next chapter jump-starts the story as the businessman from Saudi Arabia arrives in japan, and uses scrupulous means to get permission from the Japanese authorities to do a "reality show" while finalizing the plans to "recruit" some of the Danganronpa casts to participate in a racing-themed reality show with a "prize" going to the eventual winner…