Chapter 6: Awaken, City of Hope! Part 7 (Deadly Life)
Ai's POV
Remaining Citizens: 7
Ai Mizuno (Zombie Land Saga): Ultimate (Zombie) Idol
Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5): Ultimate Track Star
Emma (The Promised Neverland): Ultimate Moral Compass
Gold (Pokémon Adventures/Pokémon Special): Ultimate Hatcher
Miles Morales (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse): Ultimate Successor
Yu Ishigami (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War): Ultimate Pessimist
Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter): Ultimate Assassin
Danganronpa Cast:
Gundham Tanaka
Byakuya Togami
Aoi Asahina
Hajime Hinata
Mahiru Koizumi
Nagito Komaeda
Shuichi Saihara
Himiko Yumeno
Maki Harukawa
"Puhuhuhu~, you finally made it." Monokuma was laying down on Tsumugi's lap, like a cat does.
The three of us stepped into the large circular room as a blue glow enveloped it entirely. I returned Pibu into his ball for now, not looking to have him get hurt. On the right hand corner, there was a large machine that one could find in a sci-fi movie. It has a hoop-shaped opening at its center, which would most likely mean that portals to other worlds could open through there.
At the center however was a device unlike any I've seen in my life. The best way I could describe it is a small force field containing a blue "Chaos Emerald" with large energy siphons above and below it. A timer reads twenty-seven minutes and thirty-five seconds.
"It's a good thing you gave your monologue on the way here, gives us more time to beat you into the floor." Killua says with subtle fury behind his words.
She responds with a smug smile, "I'm not too fond of fighting, by myself anyways. I'm just too plain and frail to be ganged up on by you three."
"As we saw with your army down there, we figured. We'll be sure to cut down as many machines as we can in order to get to you." I held out a baguette baton at her and she just giggled.
"No, I don't think I'll need many…. Just five is enough."
As she said that, five large machines came up from another floor, the Exisals from the Gauntlet challenge.
"We can just dodge these things and get to you to shut them down! You're the one controlling them, so this will be simple." Emma tells her.
Tsumugi just laughs it off, "Who says I'm the one controlling them?"
"Huh?" All three of used let out as we see the Exisals open up.
You've got to be kidding me. Five Monokuma-like robots each stood atop those large killing-machines and they began posing.
"Monotaro!" The red one with the scarf called out.
"Monosuke!" The yellow/brown striped one yelled.
"Monphanie!" The pink female one shouted.
"MONODAM." The green robotic one stated.
"Monokid!" The blue rockstar-looking one bellows.
"Rise and shine, ursine! With our powers combined, we are the Monokubs!"
"...What." I stare blankly at the scene unfolding before me.
It's times like these that make me wish I could die again.
Tsumugi rolls her eyes, "Believe me, a lot of people hated them too. I had no choice though, I couldn't have the Exisals without good pilots. Relying on autopilot for them would have been a bit unpredictable, at least with these brats I know what to expect."
"Now make Daddy proud, kiddies, or it's off to the salt mines with you!" Monokuma commands.
"Hell yeah! I'm gonna tear 'em apart and make the blood rain in the sky! Making them as ugly as Monodam, haw haw!" Monokid charges away at Killua.
"Ugh… this is gonna be annoying." He says as he jumps over the Exisal which hits a wall.
"I don't like gore very much, so I'll just knock you out and have the others kill you later…" Monophanie tells Emma.
Emma refuses, "Sorry, but I can't let that happen.", she then begins to run to avoid her.
Monotaro is my opponent, "Alright! Gonna make father proud! Also that blue-haired lady who talks about weird stuff!"
"I don't want to know what any of that 'weird stuff' is." I told him as I swung my baton at him, to try and find a weak spot, if there's no opening, then I'll make one.
I then spot the green Exisal with Monodam just standing there, spacing out I guess? Is he not going to fight us, or is this just a tactic of his? His silence is very unnerving to me.
"Slow down you little bastard! Gonna need youse to be a corpse when the clock hits zero!" Monosuke tells Killua as he continues shooting at him with a machine gun.
"Cool suit! Can I try it on?!" Monotaro begs as I keep dodging his attacks.
"If you give up and stop fighting, then sure." I politely tell the bear.
"Okay!" He replies quickly.
He's very naive for a robot…
"Dumbass! Don't listen to her, kick that bitch's ass!" Monokid tells him.
Okay, for that remark, I'm going for you next.
"Okay!" Monotaro agreed as he hit me in the stomach and knocked me back.
"Agh!" Zombies don't feel too much pain, but I can't say I wasn't inconvenienced that I was punched across a room.
"Ai! Ow!" Emma is then shot in the leg by Monophanie.
"Oh no! B-Blood! How gory! BLRGHBLRGHBLRGHBLRGHBLRGHBLRGHBLRGH!" Did… that robot just throw up?
"Disgutin'... Monodam, you're cleanin' that shit up later, capiche?" Monosuke tells him.
"Emma, are you alright?" Killua rushes over to us as I hold her steady.
"I… I'll be fine. We need a plan, or else the wave's gonna happen!" Emma cringes in pain.
I take out some bandages and tie it around the spot where the bullet went through. She's right, it's difficult having this many opponents, even in an open space like this. We need to come up with something, we only have twenty minutes remaining.
"YEAHHHHH! Get ready to die chumps, be sure to check on the spot reserved for me in hell!" Monokid screams, I think I dislike him the most.
"Please just surrender, it's better to forget everything than to die such gory deaths for nothing…" Monphanie tells us.
"Huh? Forget? I thought we were just supposed to kill them, right Monodam?" Monotaro looks at his sibling with confusion.
"..." Monodam just continued his silence.
"He couldn't tell ya anythin'. We just gotta make sure they won't stop the Genesis whatever, either by killing 'em or knocking 'em out. I'm all for the former!" Monosuke guffawed.
At the back of the room I see Shirogane giggling away at our struggle, very much confident that she's won. It's making my blood boil... suddenly Emma thought of something.
"That green one… Killua, can you bring me to him?" She whispered to him.
His eyes widened with concern, "Excuse me?!"
"You've seen him too, haven't you Ai? It doesn't look like he wants to fight us. Maybe I can—"
Killua interrupts her, "That's crazy! He might be luring us into a trap, we might as well leave him if he's not gonna fight like the others."
"No." I stated.
"What?" Killua turns to me.
"Let her try, you believed that we could get this far, right? So let her." I confidently agreed with Emma's plan.
Killua looks into Emma's eyes, and she's dead set on doing it. He sighs before activating his electric aura, "All or nothing then."
Let's turn Shirogane's laughter into fear.
I press the button on Pibu's ball and the electric mouse lands on my shoulder. I only know one of his moves, so I think it's best for him to use whatever he thinks is necessary. Pibu gestures to me to close my eyes and I signal Emma and Killua to do the same before the latter starts running.
"PIIIIIIICHU!" Pibu yells as a bright Flash of light is emitted from his body.
I shut my eyes before I could be blinded as I heard the Monokubs' agony.
"SHIT! FUCK! SON OF A SHIT!" Monokid cursed.
Monotaro put his paws over his face, "My eyes! my small round eye and my weird looking one that glows red!"
They all continue to groan as Killua brings Emma to Monodam.
"Hey… your name is Monodam, right? Hello in there!" She greets him with a smile and knocks on his exisal.
"..." He continues to stay silent.
"You're not very well liked among your siblings, aren't you?" Emma asks another question.
"Hell yeah, he's fuckin' unloveable!" Monokid answered.
"Chuuuuuuu!" I had Pibu shock him for that.
Emma limps forward towards Monodam's Exisal, "I see… so what do you want?"
"... I-WANT-US-ALL-TO-GET-ALONG." Monodam finally answers in a very robotic tone.
"Well, if you help us out, I promise to help you all do that! What do you say?" Emma holds her hand out to him.
"..." Monodam actually opens up his Exisal and walks towards her.
"I-HOPE-WE-CAN-ALL...GET-ALONG." He states.
Emma hugs the robot tight, like the teddy bear he looks like, as steam comes out of his head.
"YOU MOTHERFUCKIN' TRAITOR!" Monokid immediately begins to charge towards the two of them.
But then Killua grabs the two of them and leaps away with his speed, leading to…
CRASH!
"GAH!"
"AHH!"
Monokid knocked himself and his other siblings into the Genesis Wave machine. Energy begins to spark as the machine looks to be getting unstable.
"NOOOO! You stupid kubs! What did you do?!" Tsumugi panics.
"Don't blame me! Monokid did it!" Monotaro pointed a finger at his blue brother.
"Hell no man! If Monodam hadn't decided on being a little bitch then—"
BOOOOOMMMM!
Tsumugi self-destructs on all the Monokubs, including Monodam whose explosion sent Emma and Killua into a wall, knocking them out.
That just leaves me and her. We both look at each other, she's exhausted and I'm starting to run a bit low on steam.
"Move, Lightning Rod." Tsumugi throws an insult.
"Why even do this? Causing chaos for the sake of it, intentionally putting people in situations like these?" I ask her as the clock winds down to eight minutes.
"If every world was peaceful, it would get boring fast. I believed the constant struggle between hope and despair was needed to make life more exciting. That's why the killing game is necessary. And it's why my companions, Team Zetsubou, made even more multiversal killing games!"
They made more… of course they did.
"Like my idol Junko Enoshima said in the Despair arc of Danganronpa 3, 'Only despair's unpredictability can save you from a boring future.' My original audience seemed to agree, wanting to see more of the everlasting war between two ideals. They gave up on Danganronpa, but I won't..."
"..."
"Tch, oh what do you care?! You're just an idol! Just a zombie! From some stupid anime that isn't worth watching past the first five episodes!" Tsumugi insults me with words that are pretty much empty at this point.
Yeah, I'm an idol alright, that's why I hate everything that you just said.
Insert Song: DANGANRONPA [2nd GIG] (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
I clenched my teeth with anger, "Does that even matter? You set this all up just to entertain people, when you actually have been making them suffer. As someone whose job it is to make people happy and enjoy themselves, you're absolute scum. You think the audience wants to see something that would make them feel awful? Hell no, not any crowd with minds of their own. I know this, as an idol who grows alongside her audience. They would rather appreciate a performance that's sincere and comes from the heart!"
Stepping forward towards her, we're both so close to the machine. And yet the energy begins to push us back as we draw closer to it. Tsumugi changes her cosplay into a large man who looks to be the one the Mechamarus are based on. Using that larger frame and weight, she manages to make her way to the controls.
She aims for the button, but I toss a baguette baton at her hand. I take a breath in before I continued on, Tsumugi looking at me with a pained expression as she returns to her original look.
"Yet... truth is, I'm happy to have come so far. Overcoming so much suffering to get to where I am now. Surviving, alongside a group of individuals who never stopped believing in me."
I took out Trunks's sword and clutched it as tight as I could. Tsumugi turned into the braided girl with the scissors again, but I managed to deflect them with the blade in my hands. Four minutes left on the clock...
"This isn't where my story ends, it's time to write my own history. I'll keep aiming higher with hope on my side, becoming more than just an idol, more than just a zombie. For the sake of my world and my friends, I will end your killing game!"
Pibu hops onto my shoulder as electricity sparks around us, "This is our REVENGE! HOPE CUTS-IN!" and I infuse lightning into Trunks's sword like a blade of truth.
I jumped upwards with all my strength and slashed downward at the controls.
"HYAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" My auto-toned voice rang out.
And everything went white.
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"...A...i….wa….up…. Ai, wake up!"
My eyes shoot open and I see Emma and Killua above me. I look around to see the building reduced to rubble, and Shirogane knocked out in front of it. I honestly did not expect to survive this, even if I'm a zombie since I could have been reduced to ashes. I truly am grateful though.
The two of them get me back on my feet, "Thank you, truly."
"Don't thank me." Killua pointed me towards everyone else.
Miles, Gold, Ryuji, and Ishigami stood behind us, although they were very much bruised and battered after their fights.
"No problem, but can someone please take me to a hospital, one that's not run by a bear again?" Ryuji asks as he clutches his face.
"And there better not be a fee since we saved this world or whatever. I only have Monocoins… ugh." Ishigami falls over.
"Ha… ha ha… ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
I burst out laughing which surprised everyone.
"Uh… wow, I didn't expect that outta Super Serious Flower Gal." Gold scratched his head.
"Y-Yeah... " Miles agrees.
"Ack…"
We turn to see Tsumugi slowly getting up, so Miles decides to walk on over to her. She sees the blue emerald in front of her, but Miles webs down her hand. I pick up the gem and pocket it.
"So… Do you mind getting webbed up with a note for the Future Foundation? I need a pen and paper, how do you spell your name again?" He quips.
"Shut up, Webhead 2.0…"
"Y'know, I feel like having the wave activate after a timer ends just motivated us even more. Couldn't you have also shortened the amount of time needed so that it could activate quicker?" Killua rolled his eyes at her plan.
"I did it so that you'd think you had a chance at winning, only to be crushed and be left in utter despa—blublublublub!"
Gold's Tibo just shot water into her face, "Yeah yeah yeah, dis pear or whatever. I'm not even sure what that word means anymore… I don't think I ever knew though."
Tsumugi wipes her glasses, "(coughs) Damn you…"
This time we all shared a laugh but then…
(This sound plays /-0nNALFR1hs)
Shirogane is enveloped in a bright violet energy and we all are knocked backwards.
"Wha-WHAT?" Emma exclaimed.
Tsumugi was gone. Not a trace of her left here. How did she…
"What just happened?" Gold asked the one question on our minds.
One thing is for sure… she's escaped and is far from here.
Epilogue: The Expanding Multiverse
Ai's POV
"Huh? You aren't going back home yet?" Aoi asks us.
Emma and I are seeing the Future Foundation off for now, although we will be working together from here on out. Emma was holding Monodam's head in her arms, hoping that we could be able to restore him one day.
I nod my head, "Yes, someone has to keep an eye on the dimensional gateway in case someone or something comes through. And we have to keep our friends safe as well."
"Well, aren't you all just soft-hearted?" Byakuya snarked as he pushed up his glasses.
"My name does mean love after all." I shot back, making Aoi and Emma giggle.
"Tch, you better be grateful that we're choosing to help you lot." He replied.
"Ha ha, anyways, where did everyone else go?" Emma asked.
Aoi raised her finger up to explain, "Nagito, Hajime, and Mahiru went back to Jabberwock Island. They're still considered criminals by the public, so they're hiding out there. It's not so bad though, the latter two seemed to have something going on between them, hee hee."
She held her hand over her mouth as she giggled, I did see some chemistry with them so I can see something happening too.
"Okay, and what about Gundham? As well as Shuichi and his friends?" I asked next.
Byakuya scoffed, "Tanaka decided to seek help from a person who 'deals in similar magics as he', so he used the dimensional gateway. Saihara, Yumeno, and Harukawa felt obligated to end the killing games permanently, so they followed him."
"Huh?! What gave him that idea?" Emma was taken aback by this.
I sighed and shook my head, "I think I know what, but I'll tell you later. When do you think you'll be back with a cure for our companions?"
The two of them looked a bit unsure, which is what I expected.
Aoi came forward, "I um… it might be a while. Last time this happened it took the power of Izuru Kamakura to undo it, and with Hajime not available at the moment…"
"It could take even longer, if it's even possible that is." Byakuya finished for her.
"I see…" Emma utters as she lowers her head.
They're right, right now the possibility of everyone being able to wake up as themselves is very low. I wouldn't be surprised if it was close to zero, but even then…
"If there's even a small chance we can help them, I'll take it. And if we manage to do that, hunting down Shirogane and her allies will be no problem. We have enough faith in the idea of helping everyone to do what we can to make it a reality." I say aloud.
Emma lifts her head up, "She's right. We'll take what we can get, believe in what little chance we have at succeeding and move forward. We'll save our worlds, and many others, because we have hope."
Aoi and Byakuya's eyes widened as they heard this, before the former gave us a big smile.
"Wow, hearing all of that just now really brought back some memories. What you said there really reminds me of a certain guy, right Byakuya?"
"Ugh, they do certainly sound like him… and those ahoges really sell it as well."
I pat down my hair so that I look normal and that one hair isn't standing up anymore, while Emma played with her ahoge. I do wonder who they were talking about though, he sounds like someone with a very strong heart. We should show that same spirit as we move forward.
We thanked them for helping us out and waved goodbye as they departed on their own ship. They'll be back to give us updates and any necessities we may require for our stay here. Hope that we'll get into contact with Hajime and the others as well, their help would certainly be beneficial.
Emma then suddenly spoke up as we began our walk back, "You know, if our friends and loved ones back home aren't brainwashed as you said, do you think they're alright?"
That was a difficult question for me to answer, but still I came up with one thing to say.
"I don't know, but I choose to believe that they are or will be. It's as you said, hope." I smiled sincerely at her and she smiled back.
"Right." Emma stated.
"Yo! You two wanna play a party game?! We found a console with a bunch of controllers here!" Ryuji called out to us, holding the game in his hand.
Gold was holding a bunch of snacks in his arms, Ishigami was struggling to carry a flat-screen tv so Miles had to help him, Killua had one controller in each hand.
"Sure, we'll be right there! Come on, Ai—oop." Emma tried pulling me over to them, but my hand pops off as she's grabbing it.
We all shared a laugh as the seven of us walked back to the Hope-tel together. I'm so grateful to have made it so far, yet this is far from the end. There's a big threat on the horizon, so we have to be ready for it. We will.
"Y'know, this city needs a new name since there's barely any Monokuma-related thing left. What do you think?" Killua asks me.
Hm… Monocity was a metropolis of madness built to ensure despair. Where individuals from other worlds were trapped here and forced to kill. So in its place I'll suggest…
"Kibo Nexus. Where hope never sleeps in the multiverse."
Insert Song: Setting Sail - Ogata Megumi (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
Bryn Apprill / Risa Taneda (singing) as Ai Mizuno (Zombie Land Saga)
Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse)
Gold (Pokémon Adventures/Pokémon Special) as Himself (No VA yet, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ANIME)
Erica Mendez as Emma (The Promised Neverland), Bernadetta von Varley (Fire Emblem: Three Houses), Maki Harukawa (Danganronpa)
Eric Vale as Future Trunks Brief (Dragon Ball)
Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly (Back to The Future)
Max Mittelman as Ryuji Sakamoto, Captain Kidd (Persona 5)
Cristina Valenzuela/Cristina Vee as Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter), Shantae (Shantae)
Eric Stuart as "Seto Kaiba" (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Austin Tindle as Yu Ishigami (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)
Christina Kelly as Alice Nakiri (Food Wars)
Madeleine Morris as Misato Tachibana (Nichijou)
Matthew Mercer as Espio The Chameleon (Sonic The Hedgehog)
Rachelle Heger as Sucy Manbavaran (Little Witch Academia)
Kyle McCarley as Aoba Kuronuma (Durarara!)
Jason Wishnov as Byakuya Togami, Monodam (Danganronpa)
Cassandra Lee Morris as Aoi Asahina (Danganronpa)
Grant George as Shuichi Saihara (Danganronpa)
Christine Marie Cabanos as Himiko Yumeno (Danganronpa)
Johnny Yong Bosch as Hajime Hinata (Danganronpa)
Carrie Keranen as Mahiru Koizumi (Danganronpa)
Bryce Papenbrook as Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa)
Pibu, Exbo, Togebo, Aibo, Tibo, Polibo, Sudobo, Sunbo (Pokémon Adventures/Pokémon Special) as Themselves
Sean Chiplock as Monotaro
Patrick Seitz as Mechamaru, Monokid
Natalie Hoover as Monphanie
Featuring Chris Tergliafera as Gundham Tanaka (Danganronpa)
With Brian Beacock as Mayor Monokuma, Monosuke (Danganronpa)
And Dorothy Fahn as Tsumugi Shirogane (Danganronpa)
RenegadeBraveheart Presents
Part 1 of an ongoing series
Featuring characters from Kazutaka Kodaka Spike Chunsoft, MAPPA, Avex Pictures, Cygames, Yoshihiro Togashi, Shueisha, Nippon Animation, Madhouse, Yoh Yoshinari, Trigger, Nintendo, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, The Pokémon Company International, Creatures Inc, GAME FREAK inc., Hidenori KUSAKA, Satoshi YAMAMOTO/SHOGAKUKAN, Atlus, SEGA, Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu/SHUEISHA Inc., Weekly Shōnen Jump, Toei Animation and FUNimation, Aniplex of America Inc., Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios, Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, WayForward, A-1 Pictures.
Danganronpa: Fictional Nexus
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In a hidden corner between dimensions…
Shirogane was meeting up with her colleagues in person this time around.
"The Genesis Wave? Really, Tsumugi? I mean, really, do you want to break reality?" The smug, condescending male voice calls her out.
"You know it could have worked, if I had all seven emeralds with me…" Tsumugi is then cut-off by the sinister female voice.
"Then you would have lost them as easily as you did the two emeralds you already had. Even then, that machine is only supposed to be used when ALL of our plans have failed. Completely rewriting reality using all seven Chaos Emeralds."
"Ugh… just build another one! I'm just so… ehhhh..." Tsumugi groans loudly in frustration.
The young girl silhouette walks over and pats her on the head, "Aw… cheer up Big Sis Tsumugi! At least we're not gonna kill you, the more of us, the better!"
Tsumugi clutched the Monokuma head that came with her in anger, before it suddenly began speaking up in a deeper robotic baritone.
"Hate to say it, but she's right. Normally I wouldn't keep a human who failed to this extent alive, yet your cosplaying is useful even if your killing game plans aren't."
"Ugh… why are you here, Ultron?" Tsumugi rolls her eyes at the Monokuma head.
"I'm multitasking, since I'm an AI. I can listen to your whining while also controlling the hoards of Monokuma units we're using to take down those rebels. I feel like I could have even pulled off a killing game too while I'm at it." Ultron mocked her.
"Quiet you omnicidal bucket of bolts! You better focus on one thing at a time before you lose track of something and fail too!" She bites back.
"Fine fine…. Just know that you're lucky he decided to use his crystal to help you out. Oh my mistake, it's a ruby." The Monokuma head powers down, Ultron leaving it an empty husk.
Tsumugi looks over to the one who saved her, the gemstone in his chest glowing with a red aura as his silver mask gleamed, "Come on, we still have work to do."
Monokuma will return... In Danganronpa: Fictional Epicenter and Danganronpa: Fictional Guardians.
Meanwhile, on another earth that many will be familiar with...
"So tell me, why come to this universe?" A baritone voice asks the four ultimates before him.
Shuichi clears his throat, "We came here because there's a threat, one that affects not just ours but many other worlds."
"You're supposed to know actual magic, so we're here to see if that can help us." Maki bluntly tells him.
"Hm… I've had far too many problems protecting this reality as of late, so this would just add another one to the pile…" The man says, while facing a large window above him.
Himiko walks up to him from the back, "Please, sir. Our magic isn't enough to take care of it, I would get exhausted before even using my full power."
"..."
Gundham stood up from his chair and approached him last, "You've sacrificed so much for your own world, if yours as well as others are in turmoil, you must answer our call. With enough forces to fill up the entirety of Pandemonium's fiery circles, our enemies will fall before their plans fully succeed."
"..." The man still remained silent.
Gundham smirked, "Hmph, or are you brushing off our request with your arrogance, like you have to others in the past?"
That managed to get a rise out of him, as the man then turned around to face the Ultimate Breeder, who showed no fear in what he said.
"How do you…"
"The All-Seeing Eye allows me to look into a window of the past, that includes yours. Now allow me to state our request. Will you assist in our mission, Doctor?"
Insert Song: Strange Days Ahead (3:04) - Michael Giacchino
Doctor Stephen Strange gave his answer.
"...Very well."
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Gundham Tanaka, Shuichi Saihara, Maki Harukawa, and Himiko Yumeno will return
James Spader as Ultron
Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Stephen Strange
Thank you all so much. I actually never even thought that this would ever get any attention, since my previous attempt at a crisis crossover, The Gauntlet, was so terrible. So terrible that I deleted it, but in return I received a story that has a great cast and a story I look forward to developing more and more as time goes on. Like I mentioned before, there will be two more killing games and a spinoff, the latter actually having one prologue chapter out right now. Fictional Guardians is probably going to be quite different in structure and story compared to this one, and I think more light-hearted. Regardless, I hope you like it and the cast I chose. For those on AO3, you'll get an image, while for other websites you'll just have the list.
Fictional Guardians:
Ruby (Pokémon Adventures): The Charmer
Ponzu (Hunter X Hunter): Team Mom
Junko Konno and Kotaro Tatsumi (Zombie Land Saga): The Shy One and the Team Dad
Komaru Naegi (Danganronpa): The Heart
Yamcha (Dragon Ball): The Has-Been
Linhardt von Hevring(Fire Emblem: Three Houses): The Brains/Healer
Chiaki Ōgaki (Yuru/Laid-Back Camp): The Know-It-All
Masaomi Kida (Durarara!): The Snark
Blaze The Cat (Sonic The Hedgehog): The Fire
Minori Kushieda (Toradora!): The Energy
Bucky Barnes (Marvel Cinematic Universe): The Veteran
And also… I have now successfully rebooted the cast for Danganronpa: Fictional Epicenter! I am now fully satisfied with all my choices, replacing multiple ones that I felt off to me. 18 participants in one killing game, let's go! Kuma-versity's newest students are now here!
Fictional Epicenter:
1. Yūgo Hachiken (Silver Spoon): Ultimate Tutor
2. Reyn (Xenoblade Chronicles): Ultimate Tank
3. Pietro Maximoff "Quicksilver" (Marvel Cinematic Universe): Ultimate Speedster
4. Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic The Hedgehog): Ultimate Pilot
5. Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd (Fire Emblem: Three Houses): Ultimate Prince
6. Satou Kazuma (Konosuba) Ultimate Thief
7. Bede (Pokémon): Ultimate Gym Leader
8. Ray (The Promised Neverland): Ultimate Strategist
9. Finn (Star Wars): Ultimate Rebel
10. Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club): Ultimate Poet
11. Konata Izumi (Lucky Star): Ultimate Otaku
12. Saki Nikaido (Zombie Land Saga): Ultimate Biker Gang Leader
13. Tsuyu Asui (My Hero Academia) Ultimate Amphibian
14. Kokomi Teruhashi (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K): Ultimate Beauty
15. Ichinose Minori (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure): Ultimate Bookworm
16. Sora Takenouchi (Digimon Adventure Original): Ultimate Love
17. Kale (Dragon Ball Super): Ultimate ?
18. Sakaki (Azumanga Daioh): Ultimate Animal Lover
As always, I look forward to your reviews and comments. Leave your favorite moments and overall complete thoughts on Fictional Nexus as a whole or chapter 6 in general, as well as the casts of the upcoming stories! I'll see you next time when I get back to writing. Thank you again everyone! (Also whenever the artists I commissioned finish the Fictional Nexus artwork I requested, I'll share links to them in the next story! Thanks to ArionMiitoons and futurexhope on Twitter, and once again good luck on the art!) - RenegadeBraveheart