Author's Notes: Hello again, friends, Grim back.
I got some amazing submissions for American Despair from you guys. If your OC hasn't been added to the student roster yet, don't worry, it just means I either haven't looked at it yet or decided not to add it temporarily for whatever reason. For the latter, it'll usually be that I need to wait and see what other characters come in for story purposes.

My schedule is sketchy during the weekdays, but weekends are a prime-time for me to get some writing done, so feel free to send your submissions then. During the week, I can get on for more then 30 minutes at a time during the late evening (US Central Time).

Anyway, to satiate your (and my own) incessant need for more Danganronpa fanfiction, I have another oneshot for you. So lay back and enjoy.

The recovery of Class 77 from despair was a painfully slow one.

The first to awake from he Neo World Program were the five "survivors" of the Killing School Trip. The staff at Jabberwock had them restrained in case they were still brainwashed. They weren't, much to everyone's surprise. At least, they gave no indicators as such. Hajime/Izuru had awoken peacefully, and with a brand new shining olive-colored eye in place of the pure red one that had dominated it's place before. A case of complete Heterochromia which left the doctors baffled, alongside his mental state. He made it unclear whether he was still Izuru Kamukura, or Hajime Hinata. He simply shrugged and said, "I guess both." Spending time with him later made this more evident, as he displayed both the behaviors of Hajime and Izuru several different times, even saying, "How boring.", every so often. He also had kept the superhuman talents of Izuru Kamukura. His classmates referred to him as Hajime simply for convenience's sake.

The doctors, technicians, and Hajime all worked night and day to try and help the others in Class 77 regain consciousness. They had informed the survivors that even if they did awaken, that they would most likely still be brainwashed. This didn't faze Hajime, as even if they went berserk, he could always restrain them until the staff could properly do it. After that, he planned to put them through intense therapy until they regained their normal personalities. After all, he still held every known talent there was to Hope's Peak, including Therapy. Even then, he could always try his luck at Neurology, though he only wanted to use that as a last resort. The procedure did always have a small percent of damaging the subject, and even with his level of it, he didn't want to try his Luck on that.

Unsurprisingly, at least to Hajime, the first to awaken was Nagito Komaeda. Unfortunately, it was extremely hard to decipher whether his personality was still one of Despair or not. He never struggled, but he continued, as always, with his speeches of Hope and Despair, so that was no indicator. Hajime decided to put him through the therapy regardless of whether he was Ultimate Despair or not. The next to awaken was Mikan Tsumiki, who was not quite as passive as Nagito. She woke up thrashing under the restraints, and had to be sedated temporarily until she could undergo therapy. It was clear to Hajime that she had not regained her normal personality yet, which saddened him to no end as he knew that it would probably be the same for the rest of the class.

He was inevitably right, as the rest of the class woke up one by one, each thrashing or not thrashing depending on who it was. They all still displayed clear signs of being Ultimate Despair. The part of the class that wasn't was extremely saddened by this, especially those who had love interests like Fuyuhiko, when they awoke in that state. Hajime quickly realized he would probably need to incorporate some of the survivors into his therapy sessions as well so he could ease their inward turmoils on their friends. Eventually it got to the point where he simply put them all into one big time-frame so he could handle them all at once. It went surprisingly better then he expected, as it let everyone express their griefs against each other, and especially towards Chiaki Nanami, the main reason any of them even went into despair. Hajime had come to his own terms about Chiaki soon after he was ejected from the Neo World Program, which made easing their pain even easier.

Eventually, he got them all out of their Despair mindsets. It took a long time, but eventually they all came to terms with Chiaki's untimely death(s), as well as their own personal issues. Fuyuhiko finally got to see Peko again (Which made Hajime tear up a little), Sonia got to see Gundam again in a dramatic reunion (Which made Souda tear up a little, but noticably not in the same way as Hajime), Hiyoko and Mahiru also had their own celebratory bathing session, and Nagito kind of just sat in the corner smiling at everyone. Hajime guessed that he was just happy that everyone was getting along.

After many sob sessions, everyone was completely back to normal, if not more comfortable with each other then before. In fact, Hajime was quite proud of how well his therapy sessions had gone. They had improved the group's overall synchronization. Everyone was even starting to get along with Nagito, which never happened during neither the Killing School Trip or their time in Hope's Peak. Not that Nagito helped his own social status, but still, Hajime was quite proud of himself for the progress he had made with them all. He was also amazed at his own newfound talents, and that he had somehow merged with Izuru Kamukura. He understood what had happened thanks to his newfound talent in Neurology, but it still dumbfounded him to no end.

After a short time of bonding on the island, he noticed a fleet of ships on the horizon, and quickly realized what was likely to happen next if he did not act in earnest.

"How boring."

*sigh* That took way more thinking then I thought it would. I hope you all enjoyed this as much as I did though. Complaining aside, I have fun imagining these scenarios and sharing that with you. It's really something special to be able to share stories like this with other lovers of the same anime/games. I personally enjoy filling in the blank spaces that they leave. Like in this, I attempted to do my best to fill the gap between Danganronpa 2 and 3's Hope Arc on Jabberwock. Honestly, I don't think I'm too far off, though I'm sure there are large chunks I goofed up on. Whatever, I'm sure in Danganronpa 2.5 everything will be cleared up.
If you haven't heard about it, they're going to have a small Danganronpa 2.5 OVA titled "Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World" that should explain what happens on Jabberwock after 2. If I'm not mistaken, it should come along with Danganronpa V3 as a bonus thingsiwhatsit, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

Anyway, later everyone, I'm going to go back to other things.