Danganronpa: Parasite Eve
Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
Parasite Eve is owned by Hideaki Sena and Square Enix
Hello, and welcome to another experimental fanfic, and here an idea popped into my head after cleaning my closet where I found my old PS-1 console, and after cleaning up the games, I happened to saw one particular game that I used to play a few years back, and since my old PS-1 was already unusable, I decided to watch the gameplay on Youtube, and this made me recall why I like this particular game. Yeah, the game in question was Parasite Eve.
After viewing the footage, curiosity hits me and decided to check out on Wikipedia and there I found out that the game is based on a Japanese novel that was written by Japanese novelist Hideaki Sena, and the novel was adapted into a Japanese film, and it was there that the novel and film inspired a SEQUEL that led to the creation of the PS-1 game, which was released way back in 1997, and up until now the game is regarded as one of Square-Enix's best games.
As I was checking on my other fanfics, particularly the ones I wrote for Danganronpa, an idea came into my mind and I watched the Youtube video again about the Parasite Eve game, and there it gave me the inspiration to come up with a new fanfic, and after scanning the characters, I decided which character would play the lead, and that led me to Kyoko Kirigiri. Given her background and how she portrayed in Danganronpa The Animation and Danganronpa 3: Side Future Arc, I believed that Kirigiri would be best suited in her portrayal in this fanfic that I am experimenting on.
Aside from Kirigiri, two other DR characters will also be highlighted here, which are:
- Makoto Naegi
- Sayaka Maizono
While I can't divulge yet on what role Naegi and Maizono would play, but they will eventually be shown playing pivotal roles in the upcoming chapters, and right now this chapter will show you an ORIGIN story about Kyoko Kirigiri's life before being scouted at Hope's Peak Academy, and this will form a chain of events that will tie to the future chapters of this fic.
Well, that's all for now, so buckle up, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 1: Prologue
Twelve years ago...
The scene shifts to a building where an incident took place as you can see a scene where something horrific is taking place, in which a child-like humanoid was "born" and appeared to be shapeshifting, its gender switching between male and female, while at the same time is enveloped in flames, and is threatening to unleash its power that would cause harm to other people. A university professor, who is also a scientist, embraced the entity in a sympathetic manner as the child-like being made death throes as both were consumed by flames, reducing themselves to ashes.
Two people who bear witnesses to this tragic scene, stood in shock and silence as they were aware of what really happened. They are identified as Sachiko Asakura, who was the assistant to the scientist, and Takashi Yoshizomi, a doctor, and they both realize that they have to do what they must do in order to prevent the incident like this from happening again, and both willed themselves to get up and figure out where they should go next.
"Where should we go...?"
"Follow me, Asakura-san..."
"Eh?"
"I know where we should go..."
"O-okay..."
"And let us hop we are not too late..."
"..."
"..."
Sachiko and Yoshizomi then checked on Mariko Anzai, and Yoshizomi had taken her to a hospital to have her body check to see if there is no threat to her, while at the same time, Sachiko contacted the scientist's students, instructing them to find the scientist's research and have it destroyed without questions, which the students nodded and in the days that passed, Mariko was medically cleared and there were no threats within her, while Sachiko told Yoshizomi that the scientist's research have been destroyed.
Both of them were relieved that the nightmare has ended though they were both saddened by this tragic incident and they hoped that with the research materials destroyed, there won't be another incident like that to happen again, and both agreed that they should move on with their lives. Sachiko is also relieved to hear that Sachiko is not in any danger and that she would recover from the ordeal and there she wondered what would happen if someone happened to take the specimens and sneaked it out, which Yoshizomi hoped that it would never happen.
"We better hope that would never happen...it is too much dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands..."
"You're right..."
"This serves as a lesson to us...and we must endure that something like this will never happen again..."
"Yes..."
"Well...we should go...and move on..."
"I will..."
"Goodbye..."
"..."
After that, both Sachiko and Yoshizomi parted ways and are moving on with their lives, believing that the nightmare has ended and things will go on unnoticed.
-x-
Five years later...
The scene shifts at a highway, where you can see a car cruising the road that is connecting Tokyo and Utsonomiya, and there the car is seen heading back to Tokyo, and the scene zoomed inside the car where the driver, a woman in her late 20's is driving the car, and at the front passenger seat is a five-year old girl who is reading a book which is a detective novel, and she appeared to be enamored by it, and there the girl told her mom that when she grows up she will become a detective just like her grandfather, saying that will be her dream.
The woman smiled seeing that her daughter, despite being young, had such goals in life, but she advised her not to rush and said that school is important and that she has all the time in the world, and reminded her that she is still in nursery school and told her daughter that she will have to pass, kindergarten, elementary, middle school, high school, and college. The little girl said that she will pass them all and once she did, she will become a superb detective, which her mother smiled and patted her daughter's head, and encouraged her to have big dreams and goals.
"That's nice, dear...to have such dreams..."
"I know, mom..."
"But you should also prioritize your schooling first..."
"Yes, mom..."
"So don't rush...take your time..."
"Okay, mom..."
"So be a god girl, okay?"
"Yes, mom..."
As the car cruises along, a thought hit her and the young girl began asking her mother an innocent question, asking why her dad and grandfather aren't speaking to each other since last year, in which she recalled that when her grandfather visited the house her dad would avoid him, and vice versa, and asks her mother if there is something going on between the two, and the mother was silent for a while, and came up with an alibi by saying that her husband and father-in-law had an argument which strained their relationship, and the young girl just stared in curiosity.
In reality, the two adults that the woman mentioned were actually Jin Kirigiri and his dad, Fuhito, and it shows that the two had a falling out due to Jin refusing to take up the family tradition of becoming a detective, with Jin choosing to accept the position as headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy after Kazuo Tengan stepped down, and both Jin and Fuhito did not see eye to eye since last year and this situation persists up until now.
The young girl was quite innocent about this after accepting her mother's alibi, and she offered to try to become mediator between her dad and grandfather so that the two adults can talk and make up, but the mother smiled and said that this is between Jin and Fuhito and it will be up to the two adults to make a move and try to reconcile, and advises her daughter not to get herself involved in their argument which the girl sighed, wanting to help resolve the rift between the two adults.
"Sigh...I really wanted to help, mom..."
"I understand...but this problem is between your dad and grandfather...let them sort it out...it will work...I promise..."
"Okay..."
"Now relax and don't stress yourself out..."
"Okay..."
"Be a good girl, okay?
"Yes, mom..."
"Good girl..."
The young girl sighed again yet she obediently do as her mother asked, and resumed reading her book, but then she rubbed her eyes as she momentarily loses her sight before regaining them, and she told her mother about it, and the woman patted her daughter's head and assured to her that it will be okay. It turns out that the girl has a medical condition which causes her to gradually lose sight, which means that she will eventually go blind unless she finds a donor, which implies that her sight would be saved if she gets an eye transplant from a compatible donor.
However, the mother suddenly went into a trance-like state and began to swerve, causing the girl to get scared, and the woman, who appeared to be possessed, swerved to the right and hits the center island, causing the car to flip quite violently and went upside down, the front portion of the car was wrecked, and passing motorists stopped their car as they went to the crash scene and try to save the driver and passenger, but had difficulty and 15 minutes later ambulance and firefighters arrive and spend 30 minutes before freeing the two.
-x-
About 35 minutes later, the scene shifts to the Tokyo General Hospital, where Jin is standing outside the emergency room as he arrived several minutes ago after getting the news about what happened, and soon Fuhito arrived, and though there were some bad blood between them, both were forced to put it aside as they were concerned about the two females, and they were bracing themselves for anything once the doctor comes out.
By then the doctor came out and Jin approached him and asks for his wife and daughter's condition, and the doctor removed the face mask and told him the situation, and Fuhito listened to what the doctor is about to say, seeing the doctor's facial expression, he deduced that the news would not be a good one and expects the worse to happen.
"Doctor...how are my wife and daughter...?"
"..."
"Doctor...?"
"Well...your daughter is out of danger..."
"And my wife...?"
"I'm sorry...she won't last long..."
"What...?"
"I'm sorry..."
Jin stared wide-eyed in shock and disbelief upon hearing that his wife suffered traumatic head injuries and will expire in two hours, while his daughter will survive, and is lucky that her size and the seat belt saved her from being pinned, but the resulting crash caused the windows to "explode", and shards of them penetrated her eyes, and said that it would lead to permanent blindness unless she gets a donor that would be compatible to the girl's body.
Jin was silent as he clenched his fists, and is making a difficult decision on what to do next, and there he told the doctor that his wife's eyes, particularly her corneas, are compatible with his daughter's, and requested to have eye transplant immediately, which surprised Fuhito, especially when Jin said that he would have his wife's kidneys be preserved and donated, and Fuhito asks his son if he is serious about this, and Jin regretfully nodded as he said that it is the least he can do, and said that his wife and him had already discussed about it and both agreed to it.
"Are you sure about this...?"
"Yes, dad..."
"I see..."
"This is for the best...I'm sure she would agree to this..."
"..."
"At least my daughter's eyesight will be saved..."
"..."
"Doctor..."
Jin told the doctor to have the eye transplant performed, and the doctor then said that he will refer an eye specialist for him and Fuhito just stared in silence seeing that there is nothing else they can do, except do this in order to save the girl, who is revealed to be Kyoko. A week later Kyoko was operated and underwent eye transplant and the operation was a success, and in within the week Kyoko regain her eyesight with no side effects, and when she asks her dad about her mother, Jin was silent and there Fuhito told Kyoko the situation, and though she was shocked and saddened, she put up a brave face and endured the emotional turmoil she had just received upon hearing that her mother passed away a week ago. After a few days, Kyoko was discharged and attended her mother's grave, and despite this, both Jin and Fuhito remained in bad terms as Jin resumed his duties as headmaster of Hope's Peak while Fuhito resumed his career as a detective.
-x-
In the years that followed, Kyoko somewhat recovered emotionally and is moving on with her life, and while she has a rather good relation with her dad, Kyoko became very close with her grandfather, and she would often accompany him on trips abroad, and in the process, Fuhito began teaching her the skills of a superb detective, which she eagerly accepted, and by 11 years old Kyoko became a very good detective, and enjoyed going on overseas trips with Fuhito, but then she is forced to stay in Japan due to a bill that was passed onto congress in which students in Japan must study here and cannot leave unabashed, which upsets her but Fuhito encouraged her to focus on her studies and be patient, promising that once she graduate high school, he can take her on more trips.
"It's okay, Kyoko...you should focus on studying here..."
"..."
"When you graduate high school...then you can resume traveling..."
"...okay..."
"Good girl, Kyoko..."
"..."
"I promise..."
"Yes, grandfather..."
Kyoko accepted and she began focusing on her schooling, and during one time she caught the attention of the media after solving her first case and alerting the police, which exposed a culprit, and she became the talk of town upon learning that she is a relative of the famous Kirigiri family line of detectives, though she would remain humble and not flaunt, but at one time she received her scars on her hands when she exposed a serial criminal and attempt to burn her alive using a flamethrower but she managed to survive and kept him busy until police arrived and were forced to shoot him dead.
This further caused a rift between Jin and Fuhito upon learning the injury Kyoko got, but Fuhito said that his granddaughter knew the risks she is getting into while Jin protested that his daughter is getting into danger, and there Kyoko stepped in and simmer down the tension an told her dad that she wanted this and it is no big deal for her, and promised that she would be more careful, even though Jin tries to dissuade her from pursuing a career as a detective.
Kyoko said that this is her dream and pleaded with her dad to let him accept her decision and promised that she will it abandon her studies, and Jin reluctantly accepted his daughter's decision, but despite this, both he and Fuhito remained in bad terms, and both adults parted ways. Jin was really worried about his daughter and wished that he would have influenced her to seek a different past time knowing the dangers of being a detective.
Two years later...
The scene shows that Kyoko is now in her first year in middle school, and she got her "BIGGEST BREAK" as a detective when she solved a murder case and at the same time met and befriended another girl, who is also an aspiring detective, and is three years older than her. She is identified as Yui Sumidare, and though they had a rough start, due to initially distrusting one another, both became fast friends and Kyoko began calling her "onee-sama", and in the weeks that followed, Kyoko showed Yui the manor she is staying, and in the process Yui was pinned against the wall by Fuhito when he mistook her for a male pervert who is making advances on his granddaughter, only to back away upon realizing Yui's true gender and Kyoko telling him about Yui, and Fuhito apologized.
"Goodness...I'm sorry..."
"It's okay..."
"Forgive me...I thought you were a male pervert making moves on my granddaughter..."
"Oh, it's fine...I get that all the time..."
"Please come in..."
"Thank you, sir..."
"Feel at home...you are welcome..."
"Thanks..."
Yui smiled and assured that it was nothing and became friends with him, and soon Yui began frequently visiting the Kirigiri manor as she and Kyoko began exchanging information in regards to solving case, and their friendship remained strong and steadfast, yet both became competitive when it comes to doing detective work yet they also work together and not once did they got into a rift, and Fuhito is glad that his granddaughter has found a friend, as this would help her relieve her stress as well as to help her alleviate her loneliness because of her mother's death.
-x-
Meanwhile, the scene shifts at a hospital, where it shows that a girl, aged 13, is sitting on her hospital bed, as she is currently undergoing checkup, and despite her cheerful look, deep down she was lonely, as she is alone in a hospital room, in which it shows that her mother died years ago while her father was busy at work, and would come home late, and despite her situation, her dad was never there at the time of her need, and this made her really lonely and emotionally down.
By then she turned on the TV, where she saw a program where a group of idols are watching, and he eyes narrowed in awe and this made her gain the strength and will to move on and realized her dream, to become an idol, and this made her wish she would become one, and after an hour the show ended and a nurse came to pick her up, and noticed the patient staring intently at the TV and guessed what the girl has in mind.
"Hello..."
"Um...hello..."
"I see you like those idols..."
"Yeah..."
"You want to become one?"
"Yes...I do want to become an idol..."
"Then you should follow your dreams..."
"Thanks..."
The nurse smiled and encouraged the girl to dream and follow her instinct, saying that she believes that she can reach her dreams as long as she believes in it, and began escorting the girl out of the room and went out towards the hallway of the hospital.
-x-
Elsewhere, the scene shifts at a house within Tokyo, and there you can see that inside the house shows a family of four is living there...and they appeared to be an ordinary family that consists of two parents and two siblings - a boy and a girl, who are aged 13 and 11 respectively. They are the Naegi family and they are living happily as they do not mind being in the upper class, as they are content with what they have.
"Makoto...Komaru...you must know that we are just a middle class family..."
"You should not envy those who are rich or famous...we are a well-to-do family...do not covet what others have..."
"Yes, mom..."
"Of course, mom..."
"Be good children..."
"Show everyone that even without material gifts...we are a happy family,okay?"
"Yes, mom..."
"Yes, mom..."
To Be Continued... .
Hope you like this opening chapter as it shows an alternative beginning for Kirigiri and her family life, while it did show the ending of the novel/film that would tie to this fic.
Naegi and Maizono appeared here and they will eventually be revealed on what roles they would play.
Preview:
The story commences...
The first of six arcs will begin...at Hope's Peak Academy, where Kirigiri starts her high school life but an upcoming antagonist will also makes its appearance...
See you in 2 to 3 weeks...
Reviews are welcome...