Survival In The City II
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Many thanks to those who reviewed this fic...I really appreciate it a lot, and now the story gets deeper and suspenseful as this chapter now focuses on all the Danganronpa casts as they are going to find refuge now that they are slated to arrive at Sado Island, though they are far from being safe given that they may encounter some trouble even though they are transporting at the open seas, since despair is everywhere be it at land and or at sea...
Ch. 10: Vu~ira ni TÅchaku
The time now is 04:45, and the scene shifts to heart of Tokyo, where several despaired citizens wearing Monokuma masks are rampaging, after a televised footage of Enoshima urging the masses to find the escaped students and bring them to her, and even posted the pictures of the 14 students who escaped, and thus chaos erupted further resulting to several deaths of other people, not caring if they killed their fellow despaired comrades due to being in a very despaired state.
"Despair..."
"Despair..."
"Despair like the rest of us!"
"Yes...despair!"
"Despair...in the name of Junko Enoshima..."
"We will kill those who refuse to give in..."
"I'll kill you!"
"Yeah...despair..."
In fact, in their despaired states, the citizens have no idea that their targets are already ahead of them and they were too despaired to care, as they continued to find their targets at any place they see in front of them, be it a house or an establishment, not knowing that the targets are already preparing to head for Sado Island, and with no latest televised plea from Enoshima, the despaired citizens are like sitting ducks.
-x-
About several minutes later, Kirigiri and Celes' groups arrived and found the others waiting for them, and soon everyone is assembled while the two adults, Taichi Fujisaki and Hiroko Hagakure, began asking Togami where would they head next and how safe is the place they intend to go, in which Togami stated that he has a huge villa that he sometimes went there for a vacation and the location is at Sado Island, and told the rest that the villa there would be the safest place to hide and rest, and there Taichi stated that he know of a way to get help and said that finding shelter would be the first priority, and Togami nodded and told everyone that the speedboats are ready for usage, and everybody splits up to two groups in order to fit in on the speedboat.
The first boat is ready, and the following people boarding it are shown:
- Taichi Fujisaki
- Byakuya Togami
- Toko Fukawa
- Kiyotaka Ishimaru
- Makoto Naegi
- Sayaka Maizono
- Leon Kuwata
- Mondo Ohwada
Then the second boat is ready and several people went on board and they are:
- Hiroko Hagakure
- Kyoko Kirigiri
- Yui Sumidare
- Chihiro Fujisaki
- Aoi Asahina
- Sakura Ohgami
- Celestia Ludenberg
- Yasuhiro Hagakure
- Hifumi Yamada
And soon the two boats went sailing and and are now heading for Sado Island, where Togami's secret villa is located and thankfully no one appeared to be following and none of the enemy is aware of the location of the escaped teenagers and adults. The two boats are now cruising the seas and are discreet in not lighting the boats' lights in order to avoid detection, as they are bracing themselves in anticipation that some of Sado Island's inhabitants may have been infected by despair.
The trip took them more than 30 minutes, and there the two groups are starting to get worried that the sun might rise up, and this might blow their cover and they might get in to trouble, so the two groups hurried up and soon arrived at Sado Island, and there they secretly hid the boats and looked around to see if there are any vehicles they could use and move around so that they can head to Togami's villa without giving themselves away, and there Taichi Fujisaki asks Togami how safe is this island given that most of Japan is in a such a sad state.
"Togami-kun..."
"Yes, Taichi-san?"
"This villa of yours...how safe is it?"
"What?"
"Given the situation since two years ago...we don't know if that villa you speak of is..."
"I'm sure it is safe...the villa is located at the outskirts of this island...it's quite far from town...if there are any despaired people there...we will know once we get there..."
"I see..."
"It'll be...fine..."
Meanwhile, Ohwada and Ohgami are taking turns in carrying a still-injured Naegi, and Maizono is worried about him, and there Hiroko broke her silence as she told Maizono that she saw bloodstains on her panties, and there Maizono told Hiroko about what happened, and Hiroko told her that she is a nurse and said that she will check on Maizono's private part later once they get to the villa, as well as to check on Naegi's wounds.
After several minutes of looking around, the groups found a pair of cars, and they checked if the vehicles are still in working condition, and while the others are checking on them, Hiroko made her "check-up" and told Maizono that her private part will heal in a few days, which the teen sighed in relief, then Hiroko checked on Naegi, seeing that he is starting to develop a fever and told her son to loan his coat to cover Naegi's body to induce body heat to keep the Luckster's temperature to a normal level, in which Hagakure became a bit concerned.
"Son...put your coat on this boy..."
"Whoa! Naegi-chi's hot!"
"He's getting a fever..."
"There...I put my coat on him..."
"Good...we need to keep him from shivering till we arrive at this villa that Togami-chi mentioned..."
"Okay, mom...Naegi-cchi...hang in there..."
"Okay...get everyone ready..."
"Huh? Maizono-chi...?"
Maizono then hugged Naegi to give him some of her body heat as she became concerned about him, and Asahina and Ohgami followed suit, offering their body heat to help him, and soon Taichi and his son came and told the rest that the cars are functioning and asks Ohwada and Kuwata to get some spare fuel from any of the boats or houses within the port area, and the two teens soon found some spare fuel and used them to power up the cars and there everyone went inside, squeezing themselves and Togami's group lead the way, and they soon put on the "Monokuma" masks in case they encounter anything, and within the minutes that passed, the two vehicles are nearing a town, and stopped, as they anticipate that there might be despaired people there, and Togami suggested that they take an alternate route that is away from prying eyes, and the two cars took a detour and went to another route that is devoid of any people, and as Togami anticipated, there are some people who are in a despaired state, and thankfully, the despaired masses did not noticed anything, and the two cars went on without attracting attention.
-x-
Much later, the time now is 05:15, and very soon the sun would rise and the group are hoping that it would still be dark enough to cover their tracks before they arrive at their destination, and by then the cars arrived at the outskirts of town, away from prying eyes, and there stood a huge villa which is somewhat located at the end of Sado Island's capital, and it was posh, and there Togami gets off the car and told the others to wait, and instructed them to make a run for it should anything bad happens, and the others reluctantly nodded as they hoped that things would go well.
As Togami rang the doorbell of the villa, suspenseful silence followed, and soon someone opened the door, and the gates, where a butler, who appeared to be in his late 50's came out and Togami immediately recognized him, and so did the butler, who is somewhat relieved, and rather overjoyed, to see the person in front of him and he told someone inside the villa to open the gate and there the butler and Togami had a rather awkward reunion of sorts.
"Byakuya-sama?"
"It's been a while, Aloysius..."
"Goodness...it really is you!"
"Yeah...I am..."
"Thank goodness you're okay...open the gate! The master is here!"
"So the staff members are..."
"Yes...they are sane as me..."
"Good..get them to work...I brought a lot of guests with me..."
The butler is identified as Aloysius Pennyworth, and he is Togami's butler for most of his life until the heir was sent to Hope's Peak Academy, and there Togami asks how things are going, but Aloysius appeared stern, yet saddened as he told his young master that in the last two years he and some of his staff managed to arrive in this villa by secret and said that nearly all of the Togami clan were murdered, but assured to him that he and the surviving villa staff are not infected by despair, and there Togami told his butler to prepare some food as he brought some of his friends over, and the butler nodded and told the staff to get ready, just as Togami motions the rest to come out of the car to assure to them that the villa is safe.
-x-
Within minutes, the villa's staff began to get to work, as they cooked meals for Togami's guests, and there most of Togami's classmates are awed in seeing how posh the villa is, and they never thought how rich the Togami family is, and there the academy students and the two adults began eating their meals, while the villa staff began to show them the rooms where they would be staying, and surprisingly, there were enough rooms to accommodate them, and later on, Hiroko was given access to the villa's first aid kit and checked on Naegi, cleaning his wounds and gave him some medicines to clam his fever, and there the academy students were led to a swimming room in which they all (save for Naegi) went there to take a bath.
Meanwhile, Naegi was taken to his room to have him take a rest, and is soon joined by Maizono, as she took a brief swim before getting out as she wanted to check on Naegi, and there she saw him going to sleep, his fever miraculously subsided, and she sat beside him as she watches him, recalling how he ended up killing Akane out of self-defense.
"Naegi-kun..."
-x-
Much later, the time now is 06:00, and the academy students, Yui, and the two adults went to their rooms to get some rest after being on the run from their pursuers, and they all went asleep, as they need at least eight hours of rest, and Togami gave Aloysius some strict instructions as well as to make sure all doors and windows are secured and to alert him if there are any intruders within and outside the premises, which Aloysius nodded, understanding what his young master is telling him.
"...and those are the instructions..."
"I see..."
"Make sure the staff followed them..."
"Yes, of course..."
"We can't afford to slack off...we managed to sneak our way here...it'd be trouble if we got followed and..."
"Leave it to me, young master."
"Then I'm taking a rest..."
"Have a good rest, young master..."
After that, Togami went to his room and began to disrobe before putting on his sleeping clothes as he too went to sleep, as he needed a lot of rest, and he knows that there's no telling what awaits them in the next eight hours anticipating that Enoshima would do anything to find her preys and she intends to recapture them and make them submit to despair, and for now he and his classmates, as well as Yui and the two adults, are safe for now provided that no one followed them here at the villa.
-x-
Eight hours later...
The time now is 14:00, and the visitors slowly woke up, and realized that it was two hours after lunchtime, and one by one the visitors got up and washed up before heading for the dining table, where Taichi Fujisaki and Hiroko Hagakure are already there, waiting for the teens to join them, and the first to arrive at the dining hall were Yasuhiro Hagakure and Chihiro Fujisaki, and the rest soon arrived, and there they are surprised upon being told that Fujisaki is actually a boy and Fujisaki told everyone why he disguised himself as a girl, but now he decided to overcome his weakness and embrace his TRUE SELF, and with encouragement from his dad, Fuijisaki is now ready to face whatever come towards him.
Ohwada lauded Fujisaki for this and said that he is now stepping forward like a REAL MAN. Yui and Kirigiri were the next to arrive and sat on their seats as they too are waiting for the rest to come down. Asahina and Ohgami were the next to arrive, and they also took their seats and waited for the others to appear, having gained sufficient rest after their 8-hour slumber. Celes and Yamada arrived as well, and so did Fukawa.
Togami finally arrived and greeted everyone, and there he called for his servants to serve lunch, though Hiroko seemed to notice that two more haven't arrived yet, and the others noticed it as well, in which Kirigiri guessed who they were Togami sighed that the two appeared to be tardy at a time like this though Hiroko told him to loosen up a bit knowing the situation the person is in, which Togami sighed as he couldn't bring himself to rebut against her.
"Really, Togami-chi...cut them some slack..."
"Eh?"
"HE is still injured...his fever managed to subside..."
"..."
"Try to loosen up a bit...it's not everyday that you..."
"Fine, fine..."
"Good. Now then..."
"What?"
-x-
Inside the guest room, Maizono woke up as she slowly recalled where she is, and the situation she is in, and she sighed as she felt that her torment seemingly ceased after what she went through, and then glanced at her side, seeing that Naegi is still asleep, and she slowly caressed his hair, then his cheek. Her attraction towards him steadily grows, and now she recalled that he unintentionally took a life out of self-defense, and now she recalled her would-be plan to frame Naegi just to escape, and she was plagued with guilt, and now she realized that she has to carry out her promise to confess what she nearly did earlier.
"Naegi-kun...I really am sorry..."
By then Naegi slowly woke up and blushed upon seeing Maizono sitting beside her, and tries to get up, but he winced in pain and there she slowly helps him sit up and told him not to strain himself, and a blushing Naegi giggled sheepishly as he told her that he was surprised to see her beside him, and there she told him that she slept beside him in the past eight hours, causing him to blush further.
"Eh?"
"What?"
"Um...well..."
"It's okay..."
"Really...?"
"Yes..."
"..."
"Really..."
Maizono told Naegi not to feel ashamed as it is necessary that someone should be with him given his wounds, and he slowly sighed as he couldn't come up with an argument, though he is touched by her act of kindness and tries to get up, but he again winced a bit and almost loses his balance but Maizono caught him and the two teens glanced at each other, their faces are near each other and they slowly went to a trance-like state, eyes gazing at each other.
"..."
"..."
By then, Hagakure came in suddenly, and his presence snapped the two teens out of their trances, and they both blushed as they saw Hagakure staring at them while holding each other, and the Fortune Teller told the two that lunch is being served, though he asks if he came in at a bad timing, in which the two blushing teens said that he isn't.
"Eh?"
"N-no...it's not..."
"We we're getting up and..."
"I'm helping him up since he's still injured..."
"We're not doing anything indecent..."
"We'll be joining you soon..."
"So..."
"That's that!"
After seeing their states, and noting that Naegi appeared too weak to stand on his own, Hagakure then offered to help Maizono escort Naegi towards the dining hall, and the three of them left the guest room and went to the dining hall, where the rest are about to have lunch, and while others berated Naegi for being late, Maizono argued that he is still in a bad shape to move on his own, which Hiroko confirmed it, and the rest apologized which Naegi assured that it is okay, but then Hagakure accidentally stated that he felt he came at a bad timing in which he thinks the two are about to kiss, and this earned lots of cooing from the rest (save for Togami, Kirigiri, and Ohgami), sensing a romance between Naegi and Maizono.
"WHOA! Naegi-kun about to kiss Maizono-dono?"
"Wow, Naegi...you really are lucky!"
"You really came at a bad timing, Hagakure..."
"Oi, did you really kiss her, Naegi?"
"I'm betting that if Hagakure didn't came in, you two might've gone beyond kissing..."
"Wow...so romantic, Asahina...everyone..don't jump to conclusions..."
"Come on, Ohgami...what if they did..."
"Hmph."
Naegi and Maizono blushed deeply and were too embarrassed to rebut their classmates' teasing, and both Taichi and Hiroko smiled, pleased to see such a lively scene that they haven't seen in two years, and there they urged the rest to simmer down as Togami told everyone that lunch is ready and everyone began to dine, as the guests were enjoying themselves to a "peaceful lunch" which they haven't experienced in two years given their two-year "slumber" at the hands of Enoshima.
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked the chapter of this fic, and the crew managed to arrive at Togami's secret villa at Sado Island, and right now they are resting and recovering from their ordeal, though they still need to be on guard as they are not yet out of the woods...
Preview:
The next chapter will show the crew having some R & R before they formulate a plan on how to stop Enoshima and her crew, but danger is soon about to lurk before they least expected...