Danganronpa: Darwin's Game

Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
Darwin's Game is owned by FLIPFLOPs and Nexus

Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here the story moves forward as Naegi is about to get embroiled in a situation where his life is on the line, and how would he be able to survive as the mysterious app began to manipulate the events that surround the boy…

Well then, read on and enjoy!

Ch. 2: Chimamire no gēmu ga hajimaru

As Naegi glances at his smartphone he saw that he accidentally ACCEPTED the invitation to join in on the app, and a DIGITAL SNAKE manifested and came out from the smartphone and bit Naegi on the neck, which he screamed due to being freaked out at what he saw, but for some reasons none of his classmates saw the snake despite seeing Naegi freaking out in plain view.

As Naegi fell to the floor and passed out, his classmates tried to rouse him, unaware of what really happened to him, amid the scene showing that his smartphone revealed that Naegi's smartphone flashed something on the screen where Naegi's name is shown and states "PLAYER MAKOTO NAEGI IS CONFIRMED" and "FRIEND JUNPEI IS ALREADY DEAD. THE GAME WILL BEGIN IN…"

As Naegi's classmates carry him and are about to leave the classroom and head for the infirmary, a fellow schoolmate came and saw the commotion, while glancing at Naegi's smartphone and saw what the screen said, which made him feel uneasy. The schoolmate is identified as Itsuku Yuge, and he took Naegi's smartphone and followed the students who are carrying the unconscious Naegi, and he felt that something bad is about to happen.

"This is…damn…"

Yuge then followed the students who were carrying Naegi as they head for the infirmary, and while heading there he glanced at Naegi's smartphone and kept sating at the screen, where the message a whole ago kept showing for a few seconds before disappearing, and he realized that something bad is about to happen and decided to do something about it.

-x-

About an hour later, the scene shifts at the school infirmary where you can see that Naegi is slowly waking up, and he appeared disoriented as he tried to recall what just happened, and the school nurse spoke and asked how is he feeling, as she checked on him earlier and find no signs of any kind which made her decide not to send him to the hospital.

Naegi sat up and said that he felt something weird just happened, and after telling the nurse what he experienced, the nurse chuckled and said that maybe he need to take some time off and go home for today so he can rest and be energized by tomorrow. Naegi-sweat-dropped as he felt that the nurse did not believe what she just heard about a DIGITAL SNAKE emerging from his smartphone and bit him which led him to ending up here inside the clinic.

"I'm guessing that you're getting delirious due to watching too many horror movies."

"Eh…?"

"Yup. That must be it…"

"Er…I'm sure I was bitten…"

"I checked. There's no snakebite or anything. You're perfectly well."

"Really?"

"You should take the rest of the day off and get some rest. Since it's Friday today, I'm sure you'll be needing some rest. I'll tell the principal about it. You should go home for now."

"…"

As Naegi walks out of the clinic, Yuge stood there watching, where he saw something on the left side of the boy's neck, where a barcode-like symbol is marked, and there he spoke to Naegi, cryptically telling him to head home, and no matter what happens, do not answer his smartphone for now, stating that to Naegi about something bad is about to happen.

Naegi asked what he means, but Yuge stated that he cannot explain it in public, and said he will tell him while it is just the two of them and he will explain it thoroughly while they are alone at the Naegi house, which only made Naegi baffled even more.

Yuge sternly told Naegi to do as advised and not to answer his smartphone no matter what for the rest of the day.

"Just do as I advised you to do, Naegi."

"Huh? Yuge-san…?"

"Please."

"Why?"

"I…can't tell you right now. I will once you're alone at your home."

"Are you…?"

"For now…just go home and avoid touching your smartphone."

"…"

After that, Yuge gives Naegi his smartphone back, and there Naegi walked off as he went to pick up his bag and head home to take the rest of the day off, while Yuge just stood there watching the other boy taking his leave. He looked concerned after getting hints of what happened, and now he is contemplating his next move and how to solve this matter.

-x-

Several minutes later, the scene shifts inside a train as he is taking a ride home as he recalled what happened earlier, as he is sure that a snake appeared on his smartphone and went out and bit him, yet no one believed his claims and even the school nurse believed that he is having a hallucination of sorts, which Naegi sighed as he wondered if he is having a case of BAD LUCK.

At the moment the train is quite full and there are no seats available, so all he could do is stand up and wait for the next station to arrive so that once passengers get off he can get a seat to sit on. he then recalled what Yuge told him earlier, and while baffled, he opted to ignore it as he checked his smartphone and there the same app he saw earlier appeared, where the app, Darwin's Game, STATING that his FIRST BATTLE will commence in a minute.

Naegi blinked his eyes when he saw a GAME AVATAR of himself is displayed on the app, which made him even more baffled, and as the timer began to tick, Naegi is even more confused as how his likeness is made automatically, and soon the train arrived at the next station, where nearly all passengers got off, and Naegi sighed as he finally got a seat.

As he checked his smartphone, he saw that the app, Darwin's Game, STATED that the game has started, and his opponent will be someone named Madarai, which that person's screen avatar appeared, which further confused Naegi, and there he glanced at his left side, where he blinked his eyes when a person stood up from his seat, where the person, slender-looking that resembled a snake, his tongue slithering, wearing a brown, business suit-like attire, long hair, his hands pale white, and his face looked like a while mask, brandished a VERY SHARP knife.

He stared straight at Naegi and slowly approaches him, and Naegi then stared at the person and the screen of his smartphone, where he became alarmed as the avatar resembled Madaraqi, and there he asked Madarai what is he doing, but Madarai said nothing as he approached the boy, staring intently at him.

"Hey…"

"…"

"What are you doing…?"

"…"

"That's…!"

"…"

"S-stop!"

"…"

Madarai said nothing as he lunges forward and raises his arm, ready to stab his target, and Naegi panicked as he uses his bag to shield himself, where he LUCKILY managed to shield himself from being stabbed, and he instinctively kicks Madarai back as he ran off and exited the train, and ran towards the exit of the station, where he is screaming for help.

Madarai followed and hid the knife as he chases after his target, and as Naegi ran past a crowd of arriving passengers, he managed to get a head start, but Madarai simply shoves the blockade aside, causing some to fall off and they screamed at Madarai for his actions.

"EEEEKKK!"

"HEY!"

"YOU ASSHOLE!"

"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?"

"COME BACK HERE!"

"I'LL KILL YOU!"

"YOU'LL GET WHAT'S COMING, YOU JACKASS!"

"HOPE YOU'LL DIE A KARMIC DEATH!"

Naegi managed to escape the train station and ran towards the sidewalks, hoping to outrun his attacker, but then he saw Madarai chasing after him, and this made the boy feel more terror as he kept running, and he screamed for help as he passed by several pedestrians, which they were baffled at seeing Naegi screaming for help, wondering if he is serious or just looking for attention.

However, Madarai ran past the pedestrians, shoving them aside, causing them to fall to the ground, some got hurt and others were irked by this and shouted at Madarai for doing that, though he ignored them as he is focused on chasing Naegi, and the angry pedestrians cursed him in anger and annoyance as he did not even apologized for what he just did.

"EEEEKKK!"

"DAMN!"

"YOU MOTHERFUCKER!"

"WHAT'S YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM SHOVING ME LIKE THAT?"

"COME BACK HERE! I'LL GIVE YOU A DAMN BEATING!"

"STOP! I'LL KILL YOU!"

"YOU'LL GET WHAT'S COMING, YOU JACKASS JERK!"

"HOPE YOU'LL DIE A KARMIC DEATH!"

By then, someone happened to pass by and started to help the pedestrians who were shoved by Madarai, and he asked them if they are okay, which the pedestrians thanked the person for his help, and there the person asked where the shover went, and after getting the answer, he heads out, and there the pedestrians requested to the person if he sees Madarai, he should beat him up and teach him a lesson that he would never, ever forget.

"Hey, kid…"

"If you see that guy…"

"Yeah, if you do, kick him on the balls."

"Kick his teeth!"

"Make him feel sorry!"

"Show that jerk what it means being a bully!"

"And teach him a lesson he'll never forget!"

"We're counting on you."

The person nodded and took his leave, and head to the direction where Naegi and Madarai went, intent to get to them no matter what, as he felt he has a duty to perform, and hoped that he would get there on time before it is too late.

As the person is out of sight, the pedestrians are ready to leave, and commented that people today are so rude and full of themselves acting like troublemakers after Madarai shoved them aside, and hoped that Madarai would get a karmic result for the action he made, which the other pedestrians also echoed their sentiments that Madarai should be punished for his actions.

"That guy…he pisses me off…"

"Yeah…"

"He shoved us and didn't even stop or apologize…"

"That's right…he thinks he own the streets…"

"I hope that person find that guy and avenge us…"

"Yeah, and that shover will get what's coming…"

"Cross your fingers…"

"I will…"

-x-

The scene shifts to a nearby establishment where Naegi is seen running and is looking for the nearest police station to get help as he is fearing for his life, and the first thing he passed by is a snack bar, where he approached a bartender and asked for help, asking if there is a nearby police station here, and the bartender said that there's a police outpost nearby, and asked what is wrong.

Naegi desperately told the bartender the reason, and yet the bartender looked around, not seeing anyone carrying a knife and tells the desperate boy that maybe he is just delirious from the heat, which Naegi denied in a panicking tone.

"I think the heat's getting to you…"

"N-no…I'm not…"

"You ought to go home and…"

"I'm serious! Someone wants to kill me!"

"And who is it? I don't see anyone…"

"I swear! I'm being chased by someone who is wielding a knife!"

"I don't see anyone. Just go home and…"

"I mean it…WWWAAHH!"

However, as Naegi turn around, Madarai arrived and raised his hand as he is holding the knife, and a terrified Naegi narrowly evaded the stab, yet the bartender became the recipient as he is stabbed on the throat, which is quite deep, and as Madarai tries to get the blade off his unfortunate victim, Naegi ran off and head for the nearest police outpost, almost crying from terror as he wondered why someone would want to kill him.

As Madarai got the knife off, he saw Naegi running away, and resumed in his chase, leaving the dead bartender behind, not caring about anything else other than finishing off his target and ensure his death as per the rules of the app game that is Darwin's Game.

After a minute of running, Naegi finally found a police outpost and head there, and a policeman who is on duty saw an exhausted and panting Naegi, who just knelt down in exhaustion, and out of curiosity, the policeman began approaching him, and asked what is wrong, and there the teen boy frantically told the policeman his situation, and the policeman glanced at Naegi, seeing that he does not look like he is making it up as he remained kneeling down to catch his breath.

Then he saw the approaching Madarai, running towards the outpost, and seeing Madarai's attire matching the description that Naegi gave, the policeman sensed that there is truth to this and drew out his gun, and aimed at the approaching attacker and warned him to stay where he is or he will be forced to shoot, which Madarai said nothing as he came to a stop.

"You!"

"…"

"Stop right there!"

"…"

"I mean it!"

"…"

"Stay where you are or I'll shoot!"

"…"

However, Madarai threw the knife straight and the blade hits the policeman on his throat, causing him to stagger back, and Madarai went forward, held the knife by its hilt and slashes the policeman's throat to the point of nearly decapitating him, and the unintended victim fell to the ground, lying in a pool of blood, dead.

Naegi stared wide-eyed in horror at what he just saw, as two person are killed due to getting caught in this senseless crossfire and he shouted at Madarai, demanding to know why he is doing this and why must he kill, reasoning that there has to be another way to settle this without any need of violent action, which Madarai just stared at his prey in a silent, yet indifferent tone.

"S-stop!"

"…"

"Don't!"

"…"

"There has to be something we can settle! Just don't kill me!"

"…"

"Please!"

"…"

Suddenly, Madarai was struck on the back, which turn out to be an arrow, and then he is kicked from behind and the attacker fell towards a table, momentarily subduing him. Naegi then saw who just saved him, and it turns out to be Itsuki Yuge, a schoolmate from Blackroot Middle School, and there Yuge tells Naegi to get up and follow him, saying that he is in a middle of a killing game due to the app he just activated.

A confused Naegi asked what does the app have to do with this and why Madarai wanted to attack him, but Yuge tells Naegi to run and keep on running until the clock on the app runs out, and if that happens, he will win and survive the battle.

"Just do as I say, Naegi! That way you'll survive!"

"Seriously?"

"Yes!"

"What with this app and how come I'm dragged into this?"

"I'll explain later! Right now we need to get out of here and keep you safe!"

"Eh?"

"Don't argue! Just come with me!"

"Yuge-san…"

To Be Continued...

Hope you liked this chapter, and while it started quite ordinarily, it already featured a bloodbath of sorts amid the busy day on the streets, where Naegi managed to get help, but it was all in vain as a murder took place and no one is aware of it…

Naegi is shown having an ordinary day at school and now he is trapped in the game as he is forced to go on the run while evading his opponent that the app chose. Just as Naegi is about to die, an unexpected help came in the form of Itsuki Yuge, who somehow learned of what is happening and assists Naegi in the nick of time.

Madari, who appeared in the novel Danganronpa: Zero, appeared here as the first opponent that Naegi unknowingly challenged in the app, and now he is after him due to the RULES of the game app, and will not stop until he defeats his opponent.

Yuge provided some assist to aid Naegi, but Madarai is not someone to be taken lightly…

Preview:

The next chapter shifts to horror-action as Naegi finds himself fighting for his life as Maddarai revealed something that is part of the game, and now Naegi has to figure out a way to defeat his attacker whilst helping Yuge…

See you in six weeks (about the middle of March)…

Reviews are welcomed, but needed…