I don't own the rights to Danganronpa or My Hero Academia

SoraX33: Before we begin, I like to have a moment of silence for my Father who passed away recently. He was very sick and fought it to the bitter end. I love him so much and I looked up to him in way that he is my Hero. Some people will Ofcourse try to be trolls or call me out for wanting "pity" comments. I know that may happen but I don't care, I wanted to address my father's passing because he means so much to me and I will never forget him no matter what.

Chapter 3

"Hey...Can you hear me...?"

Hajime's eyes were blinded by a white light as his vision slowly started to return but wasn't there completely.

"Are you okay?... You seem pretty out of it"

There was Atleast two things he knew about his situation. The first was he knew a silhouette stood looking down on him from above. As for the other, he knew this silhouette was a male and by his voice sounded close to his age.

"To be honest, I'm also... No, everyone else feels the same too. Since we suddenly...got put in this weird situation."

Hajime wanted to talk but his head and mind was a total mess. Also his body ached like he had just done a 24 hour marathon.

"...Hey, are you listening?"

'I don't understand... Why am I...Here?' Hajime thought to himself.

'I should try to remember what happened' Hajime thought hoping remembering would disentangle the knots formed in his head. He forced himself to think as fragments of his scattered memories began to piece themselves back together.

'That's Right... I accepted it... Shining Hope's proposal... from three months ago' Hajime concluded as his mind traveled back to the past of just three months ago.

"You can become a Hero" Makoto Naegi (Aka. Shining Hope) said to Hajime Hinata shortly after the incident early that day.

Hajime was still in a kneeling postion as he had the biggest grin on his face as tears of joy were still dripping down his face.

"Ah, I almost forgot my purposal" Makoto said as he reached his hand out to Hajime. "You are worthy of becoming the next "Ultimate Hope" he said.

Hajime then looked up to him with a face of confusion.

"Worthy?... Next "Ultimate Hope?" Hajime repeated the questions in shock.

Makoto nodded, "It's a choice you need to decide whether or not you will accept my Talent!" he said pointing his index finger to him.

"Accept your talent?! What are you talking about?" Hajime questioned him.

"My Talent, "Ultimate Hope" is a heavy debated topic online. Some call it "Superhuman strength" and another's call it "Manipulation." I dodge the question during interviews by saying "Ultimate Hope defines what Shining Hope is, a symbol of Hope" because the Symbol of Hope had to be a natural-born hero. However, you Hajime will be one of the few who knows the secret of my Talent" Makoto told him before raising both his arm out.

"My Talent! "Ultimate Hope" is special talent that was passed down to me like a sacred torch" Makoto said to him.

"Passed down...like a torch?!" Hajime replied.

"That's right! And next, it is your turn" Makoto said pointing his index finger to him again.

"H-Huh? I don't understand! How can something like Hope be passed down?" Hajime asked.

"Easy, because that is the true nature of this Talent" Makoto said opening up his right hand. "I was crowned with the "Hope" from many different people!"

"One person cultivates the power and passes it on to the another person, who also cultivates it and passes it on. In a way it's like manipulation but in the way of crystallization of power that spins together the voices of those who need hope with a courageous heart" Makoto explained clutching his fist.

"But th-that's! Why?...Why are you giving me something so great?" Hajime asked him in disbelief.

"I've been looking for a successor and after the events that played out today. I thought it would be all right for you to inherit it" Makoto answered.

"You, who possess no talent...Was more heroic than anyone at that scene today" Makoto said reminding Hajime's of his desperate rescue attempt to save Natsumi.

Hajime was speechless and tried to hold it together by clutching his tie.

"Nevermind! It's up to you, don't feel force if you don't want to take up on this offer" Makoto said seeing Hajime's state. However, Hajime looked back up at him with a fierce determination now born in his eyes as he stood up.

"Yes! I've already made my choice... I'll become their Hope!" Hajime said.

Makoto smiled "A Immediate reply, I figure you would say that"

'My made was set on accepting his offer to become the next Symbol Of Hope. Yet it was no easy task to receive his power' Hajime narrated.

*Two days later*

Hajime's body hit the grass filled ground as he was recovering for air. He was wearing normal black colored workout clothes that was drenched in his sweat.

"Hajime! That was only 60 push-ups! You still got another 40 along with another pair of 100 sit-ups and 100 squats" Makoto voice called out to him. Makoto was sitting nearby on a bench watching him workout.

'This training regulation is such bullshit!' Hajime thought as his arms ached with pain.

"How is building up my muscles and body suppose to help me control "Ultimate Hope?" Hajime asked out loud.

"Building up your body is important because there may be a incident where the power of "Ultimate Hope" could put a lot of physical pressure on your body. Since it's been passed on from a lot of different people, an unprepared body will simply be crushed by it's overwhelming power" Makoto answered him.

"Don't you think your training regulation is a bit too much" Hajime argued.

"Really?" Makoto questioned pulling up the sheet of paper he held in his lap. "It's just 100 Push-Ups, 100 Sit-Ups, 100 Squats and a 10Km run along with drinking some protein shakes"

"Every single day!" Hajime interrupted him.

"Come on Hajime, I had to go through the same training" Makoto said playfully trying to lighten up the mood.

"Liar, if I kept doing this everyday then I'll lose all my hair" Hajime muttered under his breath as he decided to take a small break. He got into a cross sitting postion and pulled out his phone to see the time.

"Oh crap! We've been training for that long!" Hajime shouted quickly jumping up to his feet.

"Hajime! Where are you going?" Makoto asked him.

"Oh I'm sorry! Shining Ho-I mean Makoto! Do you think we could end our training session today?" Hajime pleaded. "I promised someone that I'll meet up at the foundation by the school and play video games with them" Hajime explained to them.

After hearing all that, Makoto frowned and looked down towards the ground. "About that... Hajime... You can't return back to Hope's Peak Academy until the day of the" Ultimates" entrance exam" Makoto told him.

"What! Why? Aren't I still a student there?" Hajime replied.

"You were... With some behind the scenes help, you were pulled out of the Reverse Course Department and any information that you ever attended that class was erased" Makoto confessed.

"It was a simple job since you only just started attending the class not even two weeks ago" Makoto added.

"That's not the problem! Just...Why! Why did you do it?" Hajime shouted angry rising in him.

"Calm down and listen to me" Makoto said in a comforting voice and attitude. "Some people don't see the Reserve Course Department as you do and it's better to hide it for now Atleast" Makoto tried to explain.

"But!"

"Didn't I tell you being a Hero isn't all fun? We have to make some sacrifices and hard decision. So believe me on this decision" Makoto told him.

Hajime clenched his fist before closing his eyes and looking down.

'Dammit!'

"I'm sorry... but for right now we have to focus on training up your body. We only have three months before the "Ultimates" Entre Exam " Makoto said getting out a Stop-Watch.

Hajime nodded opening his eyes and released his closed fist.

'I'm Sorry Chiaki, just wait a bit longer and I'll make it up to you' Hajime swore to himself. As he then prepared himself for his 10Km run to take his mind off it.

'A month and a half has passed since I started my training. It felt like hell from waking up early and collapsing onto my bed after a intense 9 hour workout session" Hajime narrated. "I nearly puked from the require protein shakes I had to drink. Also, I still regret about breaking my promise to Chiaki. So I use that as my motivation to kept improving and working on my body" Hajime added.

"I even lift some weights to help improve my muscle growth when I should've used that time to rest but I have to work aloft harder than others" Hajime narrated showing some scenes of himself lifting some weights. Whenever they be him training with dumbbells or him doing some bench press.

"Soon only a month remained until the "Ultimates" Entrance Exam and I was barely hanging on" Hajime narrated. The scene cuts to Hajime and Makoto on their 10Km run down a simple relaxing scenario of the park. Makoto was in his normal form with Hajime way behind him. Hajime's mind felt dizzy and his body was on fire. He then tripped over his own feet and crashed down to the ground.

"Hajime, you ok!?" Makoto asked running over to him.

Hajime throat was dry and he was desperately gasping for air. His body screamed out in aching pain and his heart was beating faster than it usually did.

"Shit!" Makoto cussed as he lifted Hajime up and carried him to a nearby tree with lots of shade.

"Drink slowly.." Makoto said holding up a water bottle to Hajime lips. Hajime then allowed the small amount of water to wash away his dry throat. Without causing him to choke on it.

"Th-Thanks" Hajime replied as he tried to get up using the trunk as support. Only to let out a grunt of pain and fell back against the tree's trunk. His body felt soreness beyond what he normally felt.

"It's clear that your body is showing signs of overworking" Makoto said. He then gasped "You haven't been sticking to the plan have you?" He asked.

"Maybe... I lifted a few weights here and there" Hajime joked but Makoto was not amused.

"Hajime this is serious, you can't do this unnecessary extra work to your body or unless you won't make it" Makoto scolded him.

"You don't get it..."Hajime replied.

"Don't get it? What's that's suppose to mean?" Makoto questioned. "Didn't you ask me if you could be a Hero? Isn't that why you wanted to get into Hope's Peak Academy?" Makoto asked him.

"I don't just want to get in!...I know I have to work a lot more than the other Ultimates that will attended that school... or I'll still be the same" Hajime said. He then leaned his back to the tree's trunk with his hands rested on his knees

"The reason...why I want to attend Hope's Peak Academy... is so I could become more Confident in myself! Just like you, I want to have that same confidence that a Hero has!" Hajime shouted tears in his eyes.

"Which Is why...I admire Hope's Peak Academy and all the Heroes I see and read about, including you!" Hajime confessed feeling exhausted from his rambling.

Makoto stood there for a few moments staring at him. As he then patted Hajime's shoulder before speaking "I see.. You definitely have a lot to prove in the near future but you don't need to master all "Ultimate Hope" before the exam" Makoto said as he got up.

"For Right now, you don't need to rush the results and take a well deserved rest" Makoto told him only to realize Hajime had just fallen asleep.

"Oh well, we can talk about it when you're feeling better" Makoto said as he caught a leave from under the tree.

"After adjusting my training schedule to help me not get overworked. I spent the last few lingering weeks training and resting until the day before the "Ultimates" entrance exam came." Hajime narrated.

"Aggghhhhhh!" Hajime roared out as he completed his last 10Km run. He had already done his 100 Push-Ups, 100 Sit-Ups and 100 Squats before ending this last session with the 10Km run.

"Hajime! That's a new record for your run!" Makoto shouted checking his stopwatch. He saw Hajime jog over to him to look at his time.

"Wow! I was back here by that much?" Hajime asked surprised not feeling out of breath.

"More importantly you managed to get the goal time on the last day" Makoto said. "Perhaps my luck is wearing off on you" Makoto joked.

"So I did it? I complete the training regulation in just three months?" Hajime asked.

"That depends, first I need you to strip down shirtless" Makoto told him.

Hajime nodded and removed his training jacket and shirt. He saw Makoto press his photo app on his phone and held it towards Hajime. It showed a picture of Hajime shirtless during one of his intense work out session from three months ago.

"This was your body from three months ago and now.." Makoto said before pressing another button on his phone turning it back to Hajime.

Hajime saw his own reflection and gasped at it. His body and arms were more built to a level where he could see his muscles clearly on the screen. Also is that...

'A six-pack?!' Hajime thought looking done at his new abs and developed body.

"You have about the same body type I had to work at in order to obtain "Ultimate Hope" Makoto told him.

"Really? I don't feel that much different" Hajime said in awe.

"That was my reaction too at the time" Makoto said rubbing the back of his head. "Now enough stalling, it's time for the inherit ceremony, Hajime Hinata!" Makoto said.

"Yes! I'm ready" Hajime said preparing himself for what inherit ceremony Makoto was about to preform.

One of Makoto's hands reached up to his Ahoge and pulled out a strand of his hair. "This is something I was once told: "Something that you receive because you're lucky and something that you are given because you are recognized are different essence. Always remember that you earned this power because of your own efforts" Makoto said to him.

Hajime nodded understanding his words, he felt proud of himself for the first time as he held out his strand of hair to him.

Now, eat this!" Makoto said referring to his hair in his fingertips.

"Huh?" Hajime replied looking at the strand of hair.

"It doesn't really matter what it is as long as you take in my DNA" Makoto explained.

"This is just... To disgusting" Hajime said having no other option. He took Makoto's hair and opened his mouth.

Hajime suddenly gagged holding his throat.

"Hajime! Here drink this! Don't throw it up no matter what!" Makoto shouted giving him some water to force the hair into his stomach.

*The Next Morning*

Hajime awoken to the sound of his alarm and turned it off. He stretched out of his disorganized bed which he will clean later. He went to the bathroom, turning on the light and looked at himself in the mirror in order to comb his hair and brush his teeth.

"WHAT THE HELL!" He shouted out as the flaps of birds wing's echoed into the neighborhood.

Looking at his reflection in the mirror. He noticed how his once normal short spiky brown hair now had a sharp Ahoge poking out at the top. Also his plain green eyes now had a straight line running across his pupil which could seem like a prohibition symbol. Which lucky didn't affect his vision at all but this was just too weird.

"Great... just another thing I needed to worry about today" Hajime muttered covering his face with both hands.

It was 8:40 AM as a bunch of students who had Talents or better yet known as the "Ultimates" stood waiting outside Hope's Peak Academy gates. Among the massage of students was Hajime who was hard to not notice thanks to his new Ahoge. He saw a lot of people staring at him weird and some girls laugh at his Ahoge referring to it as "Bed hair." He ignore the gossip as his mind focused on more important things.

'I was too worried about not throwing up the hair, I forgot to test how Shining Hope's Talent worked' Hajime thought.

'What if I can't access his Talent durning the exam?' Hajime thought now worried about that possibility of failure.

"Out of my way, Hinata!" A rude female voice called out behind him.

Hajime looked back to see Natsumi Kuzuryu walking up to him. "N-Natsumi! Hey there, good morning" Hajime friendly greeted but Natsumi walked past him.

"We may be friends now but don't expect me to greet you every morning with a huge smile on my face" Natsumi told him.

"Right.." Hajime replied to her as she walked to the gates.

"Hey, look it's the girl who was a victim to the sludge girl" Hajime overheard one of the student say.

"Don't talk so loud! You know her who older brother is? We would be dead if he heard you say that" Another student said.

'Natsumi, don't tell me you hear these voices too' Hajime thought feeling sorry for her.

He then shook his head and slap his cheeks. "This is no time to worry about other things" Hajime quietly said glancing up at Hope's Peak Academy building.

"It's time" Hajime said as he began walking towards the building gates. When suddenly someone bumped into him. He heard the sounds of buttons rapidly being clicked on and a familiar victory theme ranged outloud.

"Wait! Is that.." Hajime then lowered his head down to see pale pink eyes staring up at him.

"Ch-Chiaki!" Hajime said seeing it was Chiaki Nanami staring back at him.

"...Is that you Hajime?" Chiaki asked him sounding a bit surprised.

"Yes! I've been waiting so long to see you again!" Hajime smiled at her.

However instead of a "You too" reply he hoped for. Chiaki puffed her cheeks out, "You broke our promise" she said.

"Oh...Yeah I did" Hajime said feeling guilty.

"I waited each day by the foundation but I never saw you" Chiaki said building the gulit on Hajime's mind. "Where were you?" She asked him.

Hajime tighted his fist 'I can't tell her about me or Shining Hope yet' he thought.

"I...Had to do something but I finished it yesterday" Hajime said. "Can I Atleast make it up to you?" Hajime offered to her.

"..."Chiaki looked back down at her game and continued clicking away.

Hajime sighed looking down 'Nice going! You just lost one of your only few friends' he told himself.

"..There is this new game that was released today. If you want, you can make it up to me by taking us both to play it after the exams" Chiaki replied.

"Ok! I promise after we pass the exam, we can both go play that game" Hajime said agreeing to her offer.

Another victory theme rang from her console, "The Gamer Girl Advance" she then looked up at him. "I'll be waiting then" she said a small grin on her face.

Suddenly, A few students roughly passed by them making Chiaki tripped over herself. Hajime quickly opened his arms and caught Chiaki as she fell into them. "A-Are you okay?" He asked her.

"Ah, how embarrassing... I've never tripped before in my life while gaming" Chiaki replied blushing. She then stepped away from Hajime's chest as he heard his heart sounding really loud. Not noticing Hajime also had a blush on his face too.

"That surprised me, you're pretty hard, Hajime" Chiaki said her cheeks still pink.

"Huh? HUH?! Ah, Um... That is" Hajime mumbled out feeling really embrassed that she said that to him. He didn't dare to look down at his pants either.

"Unlike me, your arms and chest are really built. Have you been working out?" Chiaki asked him.

"Y-Yes! I have!" Hajime replied quickly. 'Obviously she meant my arms and chest... Right?" He asked himself.

"I'm glad you caught me because that means I'll be fine in case of emergencies" Chiaki said as it only increase the redness in Hajime's face.

"Let's go!" She said smiling at him and grabbed one of his hands dragging him to the gates along with her.

"H-Hey Chiaki!" Hajime tried to say but she wouldn't let go of his hand. He soon accepted her hold and raised his head back up to the school one more time.

'This is it! It's time to give it everything I got with Shining Hope's training' Hajime thought. 'I will finally become a hero who has confidence in himself' Hajime thought as he subconsciously held onto Chiaki's hand.

End of Chapter 3

To Be Continued!

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