A/N Hello! This is K8wolfx. The story you are about to read was requested by Shiranai Atsune. The prompt was "Togami x Fem!Naegi set within DanganRonpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy. Where Togami was the one who showed up with Naegi for her trial (of course he did, they got together during DR1) rather than Kirigiri or Asahina or both. Feel free to add some Munakata x Fem!Naegi x Togami".

So instead of Kirigiri helping Naegi, we have the famous Byakuya Togami stepping in and trying to be a badass like our good detective (and failing). Also, I still want to keep Naegi a male but he is still shipped with Togami, and we may or may not encounter some Munakata x Naegi x Togami. (Even I'm not sure how this is could turn out Upupupupup~!)

Each chapter will be in order of the episodes so expect there to be somewhere around 12 chapters depending on how much I intend to change.

Anyways, I'll stop talking now. The story is down there, after all. Enjoy!


If Naegi had built hand muscles like Asahina, he would probably unintentionally break the railing of the Future Foundation escalator.

"You're doing it again." She pointed out for the second time.

They were riding up the escalator to the Future Foundation conference room. Although he tried to stay calm, Naegi was terrified. Sitting in the room, waiting for them to arrive, were the directors who would decide his fate. From what Kirigiri had debriefed him on before they left, none of them were thrilled that he protected the Remnants of Despair. It was a miracle that they were giving him a chance to speak! Any ordinary person would have been sentenced to death with no further questioning for such an outrageous act. Naegi knew that if it was not for his title as the Super High School Level Hope, he would probably be executed by now. He knew he should feel grateful that they are handing him this opportunity to defend himself, but it actually makes him feel more anxious. If only Kirigiri were here. If she was here…

"Please, tell me you are going to refrain from fidgeting during the meeting. You are only going to make your testimony less believable."

…she would probably say something a little more encouraging.

"Sorry Togami." Naegi gazed up at the man in front of him.

Togami cast him a side-long glance. "We're already late for the meeting. You do realize that they are waiting on us, right?"

Subconsciously, Naegi gripped the escalator railing harder. Asahina noticed this. "Stop, you're only making him more nervous! See, this is exactly why Kirigiri should be here instead! She would at least try to calm him down a little."

"Yes, but however true that may be, Kirigiri has other matters to attend to." He unconsciously pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose. "That is why I'm here to speak on Naegi's behalf."

The escalator had finally reached the top floor. Naegi let go of the railing and stepped off after Togami. Asahina followed behind him, shrugging her shoulders. "I mean, I feel bad for whoever's murder Kirigiri had to investigate but I still feel like she should be the one here instead of you. There's a reason why you're the stand-in director, you know."

"The Future Foundation board members could care less about whether it was Kirigiri here or I. This meeting is about Naegi after all." Togami whirled to face her. "And if they did care, then why do you think you would be here? You come from a completely different branch than the rest of us, and last I checked you are not the director of the 13th branch, are you?"

"Hey, it's not my fault that my director wasn't able to make it!" Asahina argued crossing her arms over her chest. ". Naegi needs as many people on his side as he can get, so I'm honestly just glad that they sent me to help him out."

"Only because you whole-heartedly volunteered and your director had no one else to send." He paused, contemplating his next words. "At least Hagakure has to stay outside. That idiot would make matters worse if he were to speak at the meeting."

"I'm sure that Hagakure wouldn't have caused any problems." Naegi defended with a soft smile. "He's a good friend and doesn't want anything bad to happen to the rest of us."

"Hagakure is a fortune-telling, immature, loser who would most likely try to use his useless clairvoyant abilities to influence the outcome of your trial. His only accomplishment would be making a fool of himself. " Togami's face contorted in disgust as if the thought of Hagakure made him ill. "Do you really want someone like that defending you? Even Asahina knows better than to resort to cheap magic tricks."

"That sounds weirdly like a back-handed compliment to me!" Asahina grinned, causing Togami's frown to deepen.

"Don't be absurd." He scorned. "You are only here because the 13th branch needs someone in good health to sit in a seat and listen to the meeting. Hagakure is only here to guard the helicopter while we discuss Naegi's actions. Other than that, there would be no reason for either one of you to be here for Naegi. There's only one person who's going to get him out of this mess and you're looking at him."

"Togami," Naegi said softly. It was not phrased as a question or a warning, but rather as a relieved sigh of the other's name.

Togami's expression seemed to soften as he glanced at the other boy. "We should probably head to the conference room now. They've waited long enough for us. Will you be okay to speak?"

"Yeah, I think so." Naegi swallowed the lump in his throat and gave Togami a curt nod.

Togami sighed, removed his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose. "You think? This is not going to work if you're guessing. Give me a short and simple answer since you seem to be incapable of answering yes-or-no questions. Do you want to speak or do you want me to do most of the talking?"

"I can speak for myself." Naegi replied with more determination in his voice. "You said yourself that this is my meeting. They need to hear my side of the story, and it would be better if it came from me."

The corners of Togami's lips turned up into a small pleased smile. "Good. Now that I know you're ready, you can lead the way to the conference room. Let's get this over with."


The meeting itself turned out to be a disaster. No interrogations, no testimonies, they accomplished nothing in the end. One of the board members, Juzo Sakakura, wounded Naegi to the point where he was unable to speak. Togami knew that Naegi wanted to defend himself, so he requested that the meeting be suspended until Naegi was in perfect condition. The vice-chairman, Kyosuke Munakata, fortunately agreed to the notion. He ordered Chisa Yukizome to tend to Naegi in another room. Togami and Asahina were to wait outside the conference room for the two of them to return. Then, once they were back, they would continue the meeting as originally planned.

"Why can't we see Naegi?" Asahina had asked him as they stood outside the brown wooden doors of the conference room.

"Isn't it obvious?" He had his arms crossed over his chest and his fingers were nonchalantly tapping on his arm. "They suspect us of helping him hide the Remnants of Despair. It's only natural that they would assume something like that."

"But still…"

"All of the survivors of the first mutual killing game will be treated as co-conspirators. Even though you belong to a different branch now, that doesn't make you an exception. That is why neither one of us can see Naegi right now."

"But that's not fair!" Asahina exclaimed with her fists clenched. "I want to help him in any way that I can!"

"This is a problem for the 14th Branch only." He explained. "This has nothing to do with the 13th Branch so you should stay quiet and let me handle it. I will be the one to get him out of this situation. I swear it on the name of Togami!"

"You might need my help sometime during the meeting. Please, Naegi is my friend and I want to do something to make sure he gets through this in one piece!"

"You aren't going to shut up about it, are you?" Togami complained. Asahina was the same as always. "Fine, if the meeting comes to a point where I think you could be useful, I will let you know. But, I doubt I will need any assistance from-"

"Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" Asahina jumped up and down like a giddy child on Christmas. "I promise I won't let you down!" She stopped jumping around and glanced around the hallway. "Hey, where's the bathroom at? I have to pee."

"It's the door behind you." Togami grumbled. The girl really was scatter-brained to the point where he really wished Naegi was the one with him instead. "Don't take too long. The meeting should be continuing shortly."

"Got it, be out in a second!" And with that, Asahina disappeared behind the door with a female stick figure on it, leaving Togami alone in the empty hallway.

Togami let out a small sigh. This entire day has been draining him of energy. The ride to the Future Foundation headquarters was longer than he expected, and he had to ride with Hagakure, Asahina, and Naegi with him. Naegi, he could handle. The other two gave him a headache. He was glad to be able to enjoy a little peace and quiet now that the two of them were away from him. But Naegi…

What was taking Naegi so long? He wished the other would hurry back quick. The sooner they could continue the meeting, the sooner they would be able to walk away as if nothing ever happened. Naegi would be safe from the Future Foundation's wrath and they could continue living the lives they intended to live, free from despair.

He heard footsteps shuffling down the hallways, interrupting his thoughts. Togami glanced down the hallway to see a man with shoulder length light-brown hair and a cheap looking suit. The man seemed nervous, gripping onto his phone and whispering to the ground beneath him. If he remembers correctly, Togami believed that this man was not in the conference room earlier. Suspecting the worst, he called out to him. "What are you doing here?"

The man stopped walking and looked up at him, shocked. "Um, I'm here for the meeting with Chairman Tengan. Is it alright to enter?"

Togami peered at the Future Foundation ID pinned to the man's lapel. "Who are you?"

"Ryota Mitarai, I'm from the 10th Branch Office." As soon as he introduced himself, the floor started to shake and Mitarai let out a shriek.

Togami put his hand on a nearby wall. The floor wasn't the only thing that was vibrating. Togami suspected that the entire building was vibrating. But why? Were they having an earthquake? Or was an enemy attacking the Future Foundation headquarters? His blue eyes met with Mitarai's hazel ones. "We have to find out what's going on. Let's head back to the conference room."

Asahina burst out of the bathroom, looking panicked. Togami was about to call out to her but she ignored him and ran to the conference room. Following her, they arrived at the conference doors and Asahina pushed them open. Inside, the Future Foundation members were all standing around in shock. Their gazes turned to Asahina and she yelled. "The s-security guards are dead in the bathroom!"

Munakata's eyes widened but he quickly narrowed his eyes to keep calm. Across the room Yukizome shouted, "I can't reach security or anyone on the outside!"

Togami took this opportunity to scan the room for Naegi. If Yukizome was back in the conference room, then Naegi had to be here too. He spotted him being restrained by Sakakura yet again.

"This is bad." Chairman Tengan muttered.

"I'm sorry, Chairman." Mitarai said, walking into the room with Togami in tow behind him. "Um, I'm late."

Tengan glanced at the man in surprise, as if he was not expecting the other to show up, "Mitarai, you're here?"

Moving closer to Naegi, Togami leaned forward and whispered. "What's the situation?"

Naegi looked up at him. His face was cleaned up from Sakakura's earlier attack and his expression was calmly neutral. "It seems all the exits have been blown up."

"So, we're trapped." Togami stated. The meeting was supposed to be simple. All he had to do was appeal to the Future Foundation members how Naegi was innocent. He was stupid to think it would be that easy.

"What do we do?" Asahina cried.

"Calm down." The Great Gozu assured her. He glanced around the room as he spoke. "There are many Future Foundation leaders here. No matter who we're fighting, it's nothing we can't handle-" His speech came to a stop as a small round object rolled towards his feet.

It looked like a bomb.

"What?" Someone muttered as the round object started to spray some sort of chemical into the air.

Everyone started coughing, some trying to shield their mouth to avoid congesting it but it was too late. The former pharmacist in the room, Seiko Kimura, spoke up. "S-Sleeping gas? And it takes effect immediately?"

One by one, everyone started to fall to the ground. The last thing Togami sees before he passes out is the sleepy eyes of the Super High School Level Hope, slumping down beside him.


When everybody wakes up from the sleeping gas, they learn three things. First, they have a wristband with a timer and a forbidden action that can get them killed. Second, Chisa Yukizome is impaled on the chandelier handing above them, dead. And third, Monokuma is back with an all new killing game for them to participate in. If Naegi was nervous about the meeting, he was terrified about the final killing game. Things could not get much worse, could they?

Yeah, it gets a lot worse.


A/N I took the liberty of using some of the lines from the episode to stay in character but the rest of it, and especially Togami's lines, I created.

I know this chapter didn't change all that much, but it would be so boring if there was no final killing game right? (Upupupupu) There was no way I wasn't going to let that happen. I promise it will start to change drastically starting with the next chapter so stay tuned!

Oh, and Shiranai Atsune, I'm working on your other request as we speak and it will come out later this month. It probably won't be related to this one at all, just so I can keep the main ideas straight, but it will still have what you wanted as requested.

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