Chapter 1: Ultimate Prologue
(Jaune Arc)
The day definitely hasn't been normal for Jaune Arc. One minute, he trained with his teammates in Beacon Academy, the next one, he woke up in the middle of some strange classroom.
Apparently, he was passed out, at least judging by the drool coming from his mouth, and the fact that he laid on a table.
He looked up, and around the room. The seats were all firmly lined up towards the teacher's desk, and something was scribbled on the blackboard. However, the strangest thing was the windows. All of them were blocked off by thick metal plates, held in place with comedically big screws and bolts.
Then there were the camera and monitor, both of which gave him the feeling that someone watched every step of his.
He stood up, and went up to one of the covered windows, before knocking on it. The sound of metal was heard, but nothing else. Thus, he tried to unscrew one of the bolts, but to no avail. Whoever put them here really tried to make sure that those things wouldn't move. He led out a loud sigh and looked back to his desk. He noticed a note on it and picked it up.
Someone wrote on it with a very child-like handwriting. "Hello, Student. Please gather in the gymnasium at your earliest convenience. Your Headmaster."
Jaune already took wild guesses. Maybe something happened at Beacon, and Ozpin wanted to gather everyone in a big hall. But he never saw this room back home. Sure, he never saw every room, but it still was strange.
His attention shifted to the door, as someone knocked from outside. "Yes?"
The door opened, and to Jaune's surprise, and happiness, Sun Wukong entered. "Dude! Did you wake up here too?" Sure, the two weren't necessarily the best friends, but they knew each other well enough.
Even though Sun looked just as clueless, he was wearing his daily attire, consisting of a white jacket which revealed his muscles, and blue jeans. He definitely tried to keep his cool, but the sporadic movements of his tail said otherwise.
Honestly, the Faunus were one of the greatest mysteries to Jaune. Humans with animal features, such as cat ears, or monkey tails. No one knew where they came from.
Jaune nodded. "Yeah. I've found this note, too." He gave it to the Monkey Faunus, and he read through it.
"The same one was in the other room."
"The other room?"
"Yeah, the other classroom."
"Do you have any idea what happened?" Jaune asked, and put the note aside.
"Nope, nothing at all. Should we head to the gymnasium? I mean, it's what the note said. Surely there's a reason why we're supposed to go there."
"Sure." Both left the classroom and went into the hallway. The walls were colored purple, just like the floor. "What the hell?"
"Yeah, the architect deserves to be fired." Sun joked. "I think the gymnasium is that way. I've seen other people heading in that direction."
Jaune followed Sun's lead, and they eventually arrived at the gym, after walking through a small room. To their surprise, there were a lot of people gathered here already.
Jaune took a quick look around, hoping to find any of his friends. Most of the people were already divided into groups, talking with each other. However, none of them looked like Students of Beacon.
Suddenly, one of the other people ran towards them and grabbed Sun's tail. "You've got a monkey tail!" The girl yelled excited.
"Uhm, thanks?" Sun said. The girl was wearing a pink sweater and had long brown hair. Her wide smile revealed braces.
"Are you some kind of mutant?"
"I'm a Faunus." Sun replied. It was obvious that the situation got a bit awkward for him.
Another person, around the same age as the girl, left the crowd and walked up to them. "Mabel! Stop it." He also had brown hair and was wearing a white and blue cap with a pine tree on it.
The girl, presumably Mabel, let go of Sun's tail. "Sorry."
"No problem." Sun said smiling. "This is normal." He held out his hand. "I'm Sun Wukong, by the way."
"Dipper Pines, and that's my twin sister Mabel."
"Hi!"
"Hey, I'm Jaune. Jaune Arc." Jaune greeted and shook their hands. "You don't know what's going on here, do you?"
Both children shook their heads. "Nope. We woke up in a room, and then went here."
"Same."
"Even worse, I have no idea who anyone here is." Mabel added and gestured at the crowd.
"Maybe we should start by introducing ourselves." Sun suggested. "I'm sure someone here knows what's up."
"Right, good idea." Jaune agreed. "You'll take the left side first, and I'll the right, okay?"
"Okay. Good luck." Sun said, and they parted ways, leaving the twins alone.
Jaune approached a group of four girls, who were all talking with each other. They all seemed to be around the same age and had a somewhat angelic appearance. However, one of them didn't look like she gave much of a damn about anything.
"Hey, I'm Jaune Arc." He said, extending his hand for a shake.
The girls turned around and looked at him. "Finally, someone speaks." The blonde girl said. "I'm Gabriel White Tenma." It surprised him a little bit that the one that didn't seem to care introduced herself first. However, she didn't shake his hand, keeping her own dug into the pocket of her pink sports jacket.
"I'm Vignette April Tsukinose." The black haired girl said with a smile. Even though he literally knew nothing about her, Jaune thought that she was a genuinely good person. Not unlike Pyrrha, in a way.
"My name is Raphiel Ainsworth Shiraha." The white haired girl said. "It's a pleasure to meet you." Jaune couldn't pin it down, but Raphiel kind of creeped him out. Maybe it was her devious smile. He also noticed two crosses in her bangs and wondered if she was religious.
"And I am the great Archdemon Satanichia McDowell Kurumizawa!" The red haired girl said and laughed audibly. "You should grovel before me, M-" Before she could continue to speak, Gabriel hit her on the back of the head. "Ouch!"
"Shut up with that already. We first have to figure out what's going on."
"So, I guess you woke up here too?" Jaune asked.
Vignette nodded. "We found a note that said we should come here."
Jaune shrugged. "Same."
"I just wanna go home and play my MMO's." Gabriel muttered. "I wonder if someone has a laptop with him."
"Doesn't look like it." Jaune said. "Anyways, I'm gonna greet the others."
"Do that. Maybe we can find out what's going on if we work together." Raphiel said with a, still creepy, smile.
Jaune turned away and looked for another group to introduce himself to.
His look fell upon two girls, standing around and talking. He approached them. "Hello. I'm Jaune Arc."
Both girls looked at him until the blue haired one spoke up. "Hi! I'm Konata Izumi." Her blue hair was reaching down to her knees, which probably wasn't very hard, seeing as she was one of the smallest people in the room.
"I'm Kagami Hiiragi. You don't know where we are, right?" The other girl greeted. She had long, purple hair which was bound into two long pigtails.
Jaune shook his head. "Not in the slightest. I just woke up here."
"Same here." Konata replied. "I wonder if this is some kind of sick experiment."
"What kind of experiment?" Kagami asked, and a long conversation about all kinds of movies started, none of which Jaune actually knew. He slowly backed off and went to three other people.
While two of them looked pretty normal, the other one was definitely more outgoing with her outfit. "Hi, I'm Jaune Arc."
The three turned around and looked at him. "I'm Aqua. Like the goddess." A blue haired girl said. she wore a long, blue dress, which ended just under her waist.
"You are a really shitty goddess." The guy replied. "I'm Satou Kazuma, by the way." He wore a green tracksuit. But more importantly, did they just call the girl a goddess?
"And you are?" Jaune asked, looking at the other girl. For now, he shook the confusion about Aqua off.
"I'm Umaru Doma." She answered with a warm smile. He had to admit, she was probably one of the best-looking people he ever saw. Almost like a doll.
"Let me take a guess. None of you know where we are?"
"No, not really. The last thing I remember was going to bed." Kazuma said, and it was not really surprising. "You don't know anything either, right?"
Jaune shook his head. "I wish I would."
"Maybe it's just some elaborate prank." Aqua guessed. "I mean, this is just too weird to be real, right?"
"Maybe. But I kinda have a bad feeling about this." Umaru said.
"Well then, I'm off for now." Jaune interrupted. "I want to meet the others too."
"Alright, have fun." Aqua and Umaru waved, as Jaune went after the next group.
It consisted of four more girls, mostly around the same age. What stuck out though, was the fact that one of them had a screw sticking out of her back, while the girl next to her couldn't be any older than eight.
"Uhm, hi!"
They turned around. "Hey. Good to meet you." The little girl said. "I'm Hakase Shinonome. And that is Nano, a robot I built." At first, Jaune was surprised that this girl built such a robot, but then again, she wore a lab coat, which was definitely too big for her. And maybe her appearance was just confusing, and she was actually an adult.
Said girl jumped back surprised and shocked. "Can you stop saying that out loud."
"You got a giant screw on your back." The blue haired girl in the group pointed out. Her hair was tied into two short pigtails, held in place by wooden cubes. "I'm Mio Naganohara by the way."
"And I'm Yuuko Aioi." The last girl, having brown hair, added. "What's your name?"
"Jaune Arc. By the way, I'm used to robots, so don't be shy. Do you have any functions?"
"N-No. Not at all." Nano replied. It was clear that she had her problems with being a robot.
"Yes, she does!" Hakase yelled, and pulled out a controller, only to press a button.
One of Nano's hands opened, and a Rollcake came out, which the girl instantly snatched. She then pressed the button again, and a second one came out, which she gave to Jaune.
"Uhm, thanks?"
"And, did you meet everyone?" Jaune turned around and saw Sun coming towards him. Apparently, the Faunus was done talking to everyone.
"Yeah, pretty much." Jaune said and bit into the cake.
"Where did you get this?" Sun asked.
Jaune swallowed and pointed at Hakase and Nano. Yuuko and Mio were chuckling behind them.
Suddenly, a loud, high-pitched voice echoed through the Gym. Although it sounded like a carefree kid having fun, it instantly filled everyone with a feeling of dread and fear. "Hey, there, howdy, hello! Is everyone here? Good! Then let's get things rolling!"
Everyone turned towards the stage at the other side of the Gymnasium. It felt like an eternity until something actually happened, even though it probably just were a couple of seconds. And then, it happened. A weird, black and white teddybear jumped onto the lectern.
The right side of the being was completely white, with a cute, happy face. The other side, however, was pitch-black, with a wide, evil grin, showing sharp, white teeth. At the same time, the eye was glowing red, shaped like a lightning bolt.
Whatever this creature was, it was weird and terrifying. It gave off an Aura, an Aura of Despair and fear.
And the dead silence in the room wasn't helping. Luckily, it didn't hold for long, as Hakase yelled out. "A teddybear! And it's alive!"
The being looked angry at Hakase. "I'm not a Teddybear! I'm your headmaster... Monokuma!"
"Say what now?" Gabriel asked loud. "Can you just let us out of here already? This crap has been going on long enough."
"Please, you can't go now! This new life of yours hasn't even really started yet!"
"New life?!" Aqua asked, slightly panicked.
"Of course. The world out there is so evil. So selfish. So why not live inside this school forever? I mean, we have all the common conviniences. Food, water, toilets."
"Because we have lives out there, you stupid bear!" Mabel yelled. "I want to go back home."
"Well, you can forget that. It's not like you have a choice. From now on, you'll live a communal life in this building." Monokuma said. "Look into your pockets, I've prepared a little somethin' for you."
Like told, Jaune reached into his pocket and pulled out a small device. It looked somewhat like a modified Scroll. "This is your E-Handbook. It is super useful and really fashionable. On it, you find everything you need. A map, Report cards of your fellow classmates, and-"
Monokuma was interrupted, as someone jumped at him, flying straight like a bullet. Everyone got ready to fight Monokuma but stopped as they saw who jumped. It was Hakase, and she was hugging the being. "Oh my gosh, you're cute."
"Let. Me. Go." Monokuma said, struggling to get air.
However, instead of letting go, Hakase tightened her hug even more, and it looked like Monokuma was about to break. Suddenly, his red eye started blinking, and a beeping was heard.
"Throw it away!" Vignette yelled.
"What?"
"It's a bomb!" Umaru added, and Hakase jumped away, just in time to avoid the explosion.
The smell of gunpowder and molten metal filled the air, as scorched fluffing rained down. Hakase had a shocked expression on her face, and Nano ran in to help her up.
"Is... Is he dead?" Kazuma asked.
"I think so." Sun said.
"No, I'm not!" His voice echoed through the gym again, and a new Monokuma jumped up from nowhere. "There are multiple copies of me everywhere in the building! Also, that was against the School Regulations." He said, looking at Hakase. "However, you didn't know them yet, so I'll forgive it just this once."
"Th-Thanks." Hakase muttered and stepped back.
"Now, to prevent that from ever happening again, please take a look at your Handbooks, and select the Regulations."
Jaune did just that and started reading them.
1: Students may reside only within the school. Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time.
2: 'Nighttime' is from 10 PM to 7 AM. Some areas may be off-limits at night, so please, exercise caution.
3: Sleeping anywhere but the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class, and will therefore be punished accordingly.
4: With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore the school building at your discretion.
5: Violence against Headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is the destruction of surveillance cameras.
6: Additional School Regulations may be added if necessary.
"That's pretty simple." Mio said.
"Of course it is."
"One question though." Raphiel threw in. She seemed to be the only one not faced by any of this.
"Yes?"
"What do you mean with 'Punishment'?"
"This is a school. He probably forces us to do chores." Satanichia added.
"Not quite. If one would break the Regulations, the punishment would be... execution."
And with that, everyone's face went completely pale. "Ex- Execution?" Dipper asked, afraid.
"Of course. Execution. Defy me, and you'll get shot full of bullets, exploded, buried alive, disintegrated, et cetera."
Jaune had to gulp. One little mistake, and it was the end. And at that point, he was sure that Monokuma could actually do all of this.
"Okay, time to end this BS." Gabriel said annoyed, and widened her arms as if something would happen. It looked like her friends were also getting ready to do something, but all looked surprised as nothing happened.
"Oh, did you think your powers still work?" Monokuma asked, obviously amused.
"What? How?"
In response to that, Sun tried to summon his clones, but nothing happened either.
"To explain what's going on, I've taken all of your powers away. You could overpower me with them, so I made sure it wouldn't be possible. None of it works. No Magic. No Heavenly or Hellish powers. No Semblance or Aura."
"He even knows what we are?" Satanichia asked in shock.
"You announced yourself as Archdemon." Gabriel pointed out. "Anyways, this is stupid. When can we leave?"
"Are you all deaf? How many times do I have to say that! You'll stay here until you're dead!"
"But that's insane!" Sun said.
"Does he look sane to you?" Kazuma replied.
"Anyways, let's continue with our introductions." Monokuma got back to the topic.
"We already greeted each other though." Umaru explained.
"Well, you see... There's a reason why you are here. Almost everyone has a talent, right? Of course, I'm right! But some people excel at them that much, that you could call them an Ultimate. And all of you are one in a specific field. Since it's probably best that you know them, I should tell you right now." With that, Monokuma pulled out a sheet of paper and started to read.
"First off, Jaune Arc. You are the Ultimate Knight."
"Uhm..." Jaune was at a loss for words. On one hand, he was flustered to be considered that. However, he couldn't trust this situation at all.
"Sun Wukong, you are determined to be the Ultimate Thief."
"Hey, I'm not a thief! Not all the time!" Sun tried to defend himself, poorly.
"Then we have Dipper Pines, the Ultimate Mystery Solver."
"I'm okay with that." The boy replied.
"Mabel Pines. The Ultimate Artist." The girl nodded agreeing.
"Satou Kazuma. You're the Ultimate NEET."
"Ha." Aqua said, and pointed at him.
"I'm not ashamed. The life of a NEET is one to aspire." Kazuma said smugly.
"Damn right it is!" Gabriel yelled and gave him a thumbs-up.
"Moving on... Aqua, you're the Ultimate Priestess."
"But I'm a goddess!" Aqua yelled angrily.
"But not a very good one." Monokuma replied. "Umaru Doma, you're the Ultimate Liar."
"WHAT?" Umaru shouted. "How do you-" She stopped, as she realized everyone was staring at her and looked quietly at the ground.
"Konata Izumi. Your occupation is the Ultimate Otaku!"
"Thank you very much." Konata said. "Sounds awesome."
"Kagami Hiiragi. You're the Ultimate Tsundere."
"Say what now?" Kagami asked. "Are you stupid? I'm not a Tsundere! Idiot!"
Konata started laughing. "Way to prove him right!"
"Sh- Shut up!"
"Next on the list is Gabriel White Tenma. You're the Ultimate Failure."
Everyone looked at Gabriel, waiting for her reaction. However, nothing came, and the girl just shrugged. "What? I've long since accepted what I am."
"Vignette April Tsukinose. You're, ironically enough, the Ultimate Angel."
"But I'm a-" Vignette shut up, as she remembered what she was just about to shout. "I'm not an Angel!"
"Yes, you are. But in mind, not in body. Just like I'm an Icebear in body, but have the mindset of a Grizzly bear."
"That doesn't make sense in a number of ways." Dipper pointed out, but Monokuma ignored him.
"Satanichia McDowell Kurumizawa. You're the Ultimate Idiot."
The girl's eye twitched, and Raphiel laughed. "How fitting."
"It's not fitting at all! I'm highly intelligent!"
"Raphiel Ainsworth Shiraha. You're the Ultimate Sadist."
Everyone took a step away from her, except her friends. Her facial expression didn't change at all, making it even more creepy. "What a fitting talent."
"Okay, let's move on. Hakase Shinonome. You're the Ultimate Scientist."
A lot of people looked surprised at the girl. "You're a scientist?"
"Yep. I have an IQ of 500, and finished school with seven."
"Damm. She's good." Sun muttered. "For such a little girl."
"And your creation, Nano Shinonome, you're the Ultimate Robot."
"I'm not a Robot, everyone!" Nano shouted and tried to hide the screw on her back.
"By the way, I originally had someone else in mid for that title, but a certain Publisher would have to dig him back up again first." Monokuma said. "Yuuko Aioi. You're the Ultimate Philosopher."
"Nice! I'm an intellectual."
"Far from it." Mio, Hakase, and Monokuma said at the same time.
"And finally, Mio Nakanohara. You're the Ultimate Boxer."
"Uhm, I don't do that." She replied.
"You can easily beat up an entire city block." Yuuko deadpanned. "In fact, you nearly did that once."
"With all the paperwork out of the way, let's continue to the Graduation Rule!" Monokuma announced happily. "You can get out of here if you disrupt the harmony of the school. You're supposed to live happily together, after all."
"Disrupting? Like stealing?" Kagami asked. She still semed angry about her talent.
"Oh no. Disrupting is much more severe. For example, if one were to murder another..."
"Murder?!" Multiple voices shouted.
"Yes, murder. Bludgeoning, Strangling, Stabbing, Crushing, Hacking, Burning, Hanging, Poisoning, Drowning. No matter how you do it, it will count towards your Graduation, as long as someone dies in the process."
Everyone turned silent once again and looked at Monokuma in terror. "M-Murder?" Hakase asked, clearly afraid.
"Yes. How many times do I have to repeat that?"
"That's insane! There's no way anyone here would ever do that!" Vignette yelled.
"Yeah! I'm sorry, but whatever your plan was, it already failed!" Mabel added.
"That's what you think. But do your really know the others? Can you determine... who's willing to kill?" Monokuma said, and started laughing, while slowly going away, leaving the shocked group alone.
While everyone remained silent and blankly stared at the others, a dark, gloomy shadow came down above the room. It was true. Everyone seemed nice at first, but there was no way to tell who could kill another. All looked at each other, trying to read their thoughts and intentions. That went on for a couple of minutes until someone finally broke the silence.
"Stupid Bear. Really thinks we'd kill each other." Everyone looked at the source, which turned out to be Konata. "We'll just live here together, and find a way to escape, right?"
"Y-Yeah! Yeah! There's no need for suspicion or murder! We can do it, as long as we work together!" Yuuko said.
"Yay! Friends!" Hakase yelled, and everyone started to smile again. There was no need to worry. No one here was able to kill.
Or, at least that was what everyone thought when they headed to their rooms, to get some rest from the tiring day, that led them from their normal lives, into a new one. A new life, filled with Despair.
Students alive: 17
And so starts my little side project.
Most of this story is already written, and just has to be looked over in terms of grammar, writing mistakes and plot stuff.
Anyways, I got the idea to write this while, surprise, playing Danganronpa. I started to think about some of the storyline and cases, and came up with the cast. To explain how I did that, I chose a couple of Franchises that would definitely make it in. Those would be KonoSuba, RWBY and Gravity Falls. Then I put some other franchises, mostly Animes, into a randomizer, which picked the others.
And yes, most of them are Slice-of-Life shows, since that fits better with DanganRonpa than Action.
Also, every Chapter will be from the view of another character.
And finally, I'm gonna list every character, and which series they're from.
Jaune Arc, the Ultimate Knight - RWBY
Sun Wukong, the Ultimate Thief - RWBY
Dipper Pines, the Ultimate Mystery Solver - Gravity Falls
Mabel Pines, the Ultimate Artist - Gravity Falls
Satou Kazuma, the Ultimate NEET - KonoSuba
Aqua, the Ultimate Priestess - KonoSuba
Gabriel White Tenma, the Ultimate Failure - Gabriel DropOut
Vignette April Tsukinose, the Ultimate Angel - Gabriel DropOut
Raphiel Ainsworth Shiraha, the Ultimate Sadist - Gabriel DropOut
Satanichia McDowell Kurumizawa, the Ultimate Idiot - Gabriel DropOut
Konata Izumi, the Ultimate Otaku - Lucky Star
Kagami Hiiragi, the Ultimate Tsundere - Lucky Star
Umaru Doma, the Ultimate Liar - Himouto! Umaru-chan
Yuuko Aioi, the Ultimate Philosopher - Nichijou
Mio Naganohara, the Ultimate Boxer - Nichijou
Hakase Shinonome, the Ultimate Scientist - Nichijou
Nano Shinonome, the Ultimate Robot - Nichijou
Of course, I also highly appreciate any form of feedback.
RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth; Gravity Falls belongs to Disney; KonoSuba belongs to Shousetsuka ni Narou; Nichijou belongs to Kadokawa Shoten; Gabriel DropOut belongs to ASCII Media Works; Himouto! Umaru-chan belongs to Shueisha; Lucky Star belongs to Kyoto Animation; DanganRonpa belongs to Spike Chunsoft