Danganronpa: The Running Man Chapter 2: Despairing Escape and Capture, a dangan ronpa kibou no gakuen to zetsubou no koukousei fanfic

Danganronpa: The Running Man

Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
The Running Man is owned by Stephen King and Tri-Star Pictures

Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I am really happy and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter, and here Naegi tries to come to terms of the situation that befell him, but then decided to take matters in to his own hands, where he would soon meet other characters who would play a role in the story.

Well, enjoy!

Ch. 2: Esukēpu to Kyapucha no Zetsubō

A week has passed since he was brought in jail, and Makoto Naegi remained in a state of disbelief at what has happened to him, and how and why he ended up here. He was silent the whole time as he could not believe that he was convicted of a crime he did not commit and even did not recall he underwent a trial. The jail guard threw a portable smartphone where the footage showed that Makoto underwent a TRIAL, where he is shown to have COMMITED A MASSACRE at the refugee camp, and the judge declared him guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

Makoto was hyperventilating at the footage he saw, and he is sure that he did not attend one as he only recall passing out inside the helicopter, but the jail guard reiterated that Japan SAW what Makoto did and said that the 15-year old boy deserve the punishment, even though he prefer the death penalty because of the number of people he killed.

"That's that, kid…I saw it live on TV…"

"…"

"You sure have the nerve…"

"…"

"Now you pay the price…since this is a different Japan now…being a minor's not gonna shield you…"

"…"

"At age 15…you just committed mass murder…serves you right, you murderous punk…"

"…"

Makoto slowly sat on his jail bed as he is in a state of disbelief, and slowly recalled why his mom was against this, and now he realized that this is what his mom meant about not wanting him to venture into the streets, and now he came to regret it and slowly cried as he wished that all of this would never happen in the first place.

Makoto went silent again as he could not accept what happened and he is sure that he did not commit those atrocities and wondered how long has he been here, but the guard told him that Makoto was dumped here for nearly two and a half weeks.

Moreover, the guard told Makoto that no lawyer came to represent him for fear of being scrutinized by representing a mass murderer, and that none of his family attended the trial out of shame. Makoto stared in shock at hearing this as he noticed that his parents and Komaru has not come here to check on him, and he could not believe what the guard told him just now.

"That's that, kid…not a single lawyer has the balls to represent you…"

"Wh-what…?"

"You sure have the nerve…"

"…"

"Now you pay the price…even your own family is shirking in shame…I'm even betting your neighbors are cursing your family because they are related to you…a bloody murderer…"

"No…"

"Yeah…your parents opted to ditch you lest they roam around carrying your worthless hide…15 years old…committed such a bloody murder…a mass murder at that…serves you right, you murderous punk…"

"…"

Makoto was starting to lose his bearings at hearing this and tried to pull the bars off its hinges, which the guard sighed as he told him to knock it off, as there is no point in trying to break out, and Makoto slowly sat on the bed, weeping at how his life turned upside down.

-x-

A month later, Makoto is still in jail, and the guard came to serve him lunch, in which the food is meager and he does not care if the boy would die from starvation, and he opened the cage door to give him the meager food, but then Makoto suddenly kicked the guard on his balls, which he kneel in pain before Makoto grabbed the club and knocked the guard out, the locked the cage and ran off, grabbing a few street clothes and went in to hiding.

A few hours later, Makoto is hiding at an alley where he kept a low profile in order to avoid being seen, and using the clothes he stole, he uses the jacket's hood to hide his face and return home, only to discover that what the guard said is true, in which his parents and Komaru have moved out of the house, as everything is gone, furniture, clothes, everything.

He knelt down in sorrow as he is now alone and has no one to turn to, and he silently leaves the house seeing that there is no point in staying here. As he leaves the now-deserted Naegi house, one of his former neighbors recognized him and screamed to alert the others, and the neighbors, who are now indifferent towards Makoto because of the TELEVISED TRIAL, began to vocally shame him for his supposed misdeeds and vowed to turn him over to the authorities.

"Look!"

"It's him!"

"Makoto!"

"You ungrateful brat!"

"You shamed this neighborhood!"

"We'll turn you over!"

"You disgust us!"

"Someone call the cops!"

Makoto is forced to run, and managed to hide at an alley, where he can hear police sirens nearing and are now looking for him. By then he came across two teenagers like him, who are also on the run from the authorities, as they too are framed and sentenced for crimes they did not commit. One is wearing eyeglasses and is taller than Makoto, and the other is also a boy, two inches shorter than Makoto. They are identified as Byakuya Togami and Chihiro Fujisaki.

The two boys then glanced at Makoto, and they guessed that he too is convicted of a crime he did not commit, seeing that he is also avoiding the police and they asks him how he ended up here, in which Makoto explained the circumstances that led to his current predicament.

"...and that is how I ended up here..."

"..."

"Um..."

"I see. You're in the same spot as we are."

"What?"

"This other boy and myself...we too are framed of crimes we did not commit...leading to our convictions and we are forced to escape..."

"Seriously?"

"Yes."

Togami adjusted his eyeglasses after hearing Naegi's case and and suggested to him that he would best stick with him and Fujisaki, saying that it would be better to stick together for the time being. Togami reasoned that his trusted butler, named Aloysius Pennyworth, happened to tell him that he has some contacts about some certain group of people living underground to evade from the authorities, and he and Fujisaki intend to get there and seek help.

Naegi asks Togami why is he on the run if he has a butler, and there Togami told him that someone has the means to control the media and manipulate the viewers all over. There Naegi learned that Togami is the heir of the Togami Enterprises, but someone used unknown means to usurp the wealth of the Togami family which drove them into destitute, his entire family was soon massacred, and Byakuya himself is the sole survivor, after which Aloysius told him about this underground group before dying.

As Togami leaves the wrecked mansion, he saw the news where he appeared to be the culprit and is now a wanted felon, and soon a FAKE LIVE TRIAL was aired where Togami was tried and sentenced, and the LIVE FOOTAGE shown made it appeared that Togami murdered the jurors and fled, and there Togami realized that he was framed outright, and Naegi pointed out that it happened to him as well. Fujisaki interjected and said it happened to him as well, where a fake footage showed that he is made to appear that he murdered his dad, Taichi, and is sentenced, but the news claimed that Chihiro escaped custody so as to explain why the real Fujisaki is out on the streets.

The trio slowly realized that they have something in common, and there Fujisaki invited Naegi to join him and Togami in finding this hidden base so as to get help and expose the current regime of their atrocities to the rest of the world. Togami agreed to this and tells Naegi to come with them as he would have greater freedom and find out who set him up.

"Naegi..."

"Huh?"

"Come with us."

"Uh..."

"We will find this hidden base...and get help so we cam expose tje current regime amd clear our names."

"He's right. It isnthe best option we have right now."

"What do you say, Naegi?"

"Well..."

As Naegi is considering the options he have at the moment, their discussion was interrupted when police showed up and saw the trio, in which they ordered the three teens to surrender immediately. This did not bode well with Togami and he gritted his teeth as he tells Fujisaki and Naegi that they need to escape and avoid getting captured.

Fujisaki was terrified as he does not want to get captured, and Togami berated him as he urged him to stop acting like a crybaby and start running, which a bewildered Naegi asks what is going on here, but Togami told Naegi to choose now between joining him or be sent back to jail.

"Naegi!"

"Huh?"

"Choose now!"

"..."

"Come with us...or risk being sent back to jail?"

"Eehhh?"

"You do not have much of a choice!"

"But...!"

As the police moves in, Togami and Fujisaki began to run, and Naegi was bewildered yet he chose to make a run for it as the three teens ran towards the other side of the alley as the police opened fire, narrowly missing their targets, but in the ensuing chase the three got separated, which Naegi went to a corner and there Naegi accidentally jumped towards a huge trash bin and hid there as the cops moved past it, not realizing that Naegi is inside.

As the coast is clear, Naegi got out and sneaked his way towards the streets, where he saw dozens of cops roaming around, and he used the jacket's hood to conceal his head as he sneaked inside a nearby house, where he attempted to use a computer to locate his relatives so he can ask them for help to clear his name.

As he is browsing the internet, he did not notice that a cute and attractive teenage girl, about the same age as Naegi, happened to watch him. She is identified as Sayaka Maizono and she happened to watch the LIVE TRIAL and she is worried about becoming the next victim, so she secretly texted the police and then decided to distract Naegi by pretending to befriend him.

Maizono approached Naegi and asks him does he want, and though overwhelmed by her cute appearance, he was cautious and told her his story and said that he only wanted to find his family members and to clear his name, which she just nodded in reply.

"...and that is my story..."

"Um...okay..."

"Sorry for intruding like this."

"Oh, it's okay."

"I...won't stay here for long...I don't want to drag you in my problems."

"Why not stay here? I'm an idol..."

"Eh?"

"I can sing you a song..."

Maizono revealed that she is a member of a five-girl idol group and offered to sing a song for him, but she noticed that he appeared sullen as he told her that she is fortunate that she has friends and a budding career, whereas he only got misfortune and lost his family because of the fake trial, which slowly made her doubt him, and there she said that she saw the live trial, and in response he told her how he ended up in jail and said he never even attended the so-called trial, he only learned of it when he woke up in jail after being knocked out inside the helicopter.

As this made her suspicious, the cops came in, and they beat down Naegi into submission and dragged him away, and she noticed that Naegi was unarmed and was not given the chance to surrender, and he did not even attempt to use her as a hostage, and she watched Naegi being violently shoved inside the van before it left, and Maizono started to have doubts if Naegi is telling the truth or not.

To Be Continued...

Hope you liked this chapter, as Naegi meets Maizono for the first time, though not in the way you'd expect. Moreover, Togami and Fujisaki appeared that they seemed to be in the same situation, citizens turned into convicts by the fake televised trial.