Danganronpa: Journey To The West
Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
Journey To The West is owned by Wu Cheng'en
Saiyuki is owned by Kazuya Minekura
Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I am really happy and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter, and here the story picks up where the last chapter left, in which our main character would undergo a situation before he gains something that will foreshadow his destiny...well...see below and you will find out...
With all that said and done, go on ahead, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 3: Seiki-ka sa Reta
A few days later, the scene shows that Mako is sweeping the garden area and is minding his own business yet he was a bit optimistic, looking forward to a good day, and so far no one has tormented him since last week, and he is glad that no one is picking on him after Sanzo the 30th imposed a warning to the pupils and senior monks not to resort to bullying on Mako, and it appeared to have worked, as not a single person attempted to provoke the 10-year old boy,
"Ah...so peaceful..."
However, one of the caretakers came running, saying that a robbery took place and that several valuables within the temple are missing, prompting the chief priests and other pupils to come out, surprised to hear this, and Mako blinked his eyes at hearing the screaming, and soon the other pupils gathered and began gossiping about what they heard and discovered, confirming that a robbery has indeed took place inside the temple.
"The temple has been robed..."
"What?"
"Seriously?"
"Who would do such a thing?"
"The outside world is tainted with blasphemy!"
"The robbers have no shame...ransacking a temple..."
"What do we do?"
"Call the police!"
The chief priests came out of their quarters after hearing the news and they went to one of the rooms, where several valuables, such as chests that contain donation money and other items used to sell and make money in order to buy food went missing, and some of the temple officials became alarmed, as they never thought that someone had the guts to try and rob a temple, and the caretaker said this is an insult to the gods.
The chief priest urged his fellow priests and the monks, as well as the pupils, to calm down and not panic, as he believes that there may be a thief here since the temple gate is still close and that given that the items stolen was so many that it would take a group to carry out the task, and believe that an experience burglar did this, and said that they should search the entire temple as he thinks that the thief is hiding somewhere here, and one of the pupils came and said he has a suspect in mind which the chief priest listens to what the senior pupil has to say about his claim.
"Chief priest..."
"Yes...?"
"I have an idea..."
"What?"
"I know who the culprit is..."
"You do...?"
"Yes..."
"Who is it then?"
The pupil said that he believe that Mako is the culprit since he never participated in the temp,e activities and that he always distance himself from the others and he may have been aiding other thieves in breaking in the temple, and soon other temple pupils nodded in agreement and said that Mako should be expelled from the temple as they singled him out, but the chief priest urged the pupils to calm down saying they cannot just act like that without proof, but another senior pupil, who works in the temple suggested that they search Mako's room just in case, and the chief priest nodded in reluctance, and everyone then went to Mako's room to commence the search.
A few minutes later, the scene shifts in front of Mako's room and soon Mako was summoned, and the 10-year old boy acted casually since he knows he has done nothing wrong, and he sensed that the pupils are giving him the malevolent stare as the chief priest told Mako the accusations hurled against him, which he denies it saying that he has been spending his time sweeping the temple grounds and not interacted with anyone other than Sanzo the 30th, which the chief priest seemed to take his word for it seeing that Mako's tone is as normal and does not falter.
"Are you certain about your statement, Mako?"
"Yes, chief priest."
"And you never entered the room where the items were stolen?"
"Yes, chief priest. I spend all day sweeping the grounds and nothing else."
"I see."
"That is the truth, chief priest..."
"Then perhaps you are innocent..."
"..."
However, the pupils began complaining saying that they believe that Mako may be the culprit and is aiding the thieves and said that they should search his room for evidence inciting he rest to support their claims, and this led the other pupils to follow suit, and the chief priest tries to calm the pupils and reluctantly gave in to their requests and had his servants serach the room, and soon the stolen items are found hidden within Mako's room, and the other pupils then said that Mako is indeed the culprit, and with the evidence found, they said that Mako has abused the privileges given to him and demanded that he be expelled from the temple, and incited the others to support their cause, causing the others to unknowingly chant along with the disgruntled pupils.
"EXPEL HIM!"
"EXPEL HIM!"
"YEAH, THROW HIM OUT OF THE TEMPLE!"
"HE IS CURSED! A HERETIC!"
"HE SHOULD HAVE DROWNED AT THE RIVER TEN YEARS AGO!"
"A LOWLY RIVER DRIFTER!"
"KICK HIM OUT!"
"WE DEMAND IT!"
The chief priest tries to calm the pupils down fearing that a riot and/or an uprising might ensue, and urged them to calm down, yet Mako appeared to be calm though he is seen to be dismayed as he figured out that the disgruntled pupils did this so that the chief priest would be obliged to have him thrown out because of the fact that the boy is an orphan and the disgruntled pupils did not want a HERETIC to stay in the temple, and one of the disgruntled pupils began to grab Mako by his collar and began to shake him rather violently and forces him to admit that he did the theft, which Mako stood his ground and deny the charges.
"Alright, admit it!"
"Admit what?"
"That you did it! You are the culprit!"
"I am not..."
"Yes you are! The proof is there and you are guilty!"
"No...I am..."
"Master Sanzo is a fool who took you in ten years ago...you should have drowned and not cause shame in this temple!"
"..."
Soon the other pupils join in and began to shove Mako and blamed him for the theft, saying that Sanzo the 30th made the mistake of bringing him here and said that Sanzo the 30th should have let Mako drown at the river 10 years ago, Mako was forced to glare at them, and the insurrection was getting stronger, and the chief priest is starting to lose control in staving the protest seeing that the other innocent pupils are slowly getting swayed to join in having Mako expelled, and he is starting to give in, feeling that the only way to put a stop to this is to have Mako leave the temple, and he urged everyone to calm down and approached Mako.
There the chief priest sadly told Mako that he cannot overlook the evidences found in the boy's room, and said that though it is unjust, he cannot risk the temple leave open to attacks due to the insurrection that just happened, and thus he told Mako that he has no option except to leave the temple immediately, which Mako appeared dismayed, seeing that he is unjustly expelled because he is accused of a crime he did not committed, and defended himself from the accusations.
"I am sorry, Mako..."
"Just like that...?"
"Huh?"
"You are a chief priest yet you buck in to pressure because of what they said?"
"But the proof shows it..."
"How can you say that since I cannot do those things by myself..."
"But..."
"Please think about it..."
But the disgruntled pupils began inciting another loud protest and urges the chief priest to have Mako thrown out, and did so in a rather violent vocal protest, and just as their cause is about to work as the chief priest is about to give in to their demands, Sanzo the 30th appeared, chanting in prayers and the sutra began to glow and spread around the area which caught everyone's attention, and there things went silent for now and Sanzo the 30th stop chanting and told the chief priest not to give on anyone's whim, saying that the accused has the right to defend himself from charges that may be deemed as fraudulent.
The chief priest then told Sanzo that the evidences are found and said that Mako may be the one who perpetrated the theft, but Sanzo pointed out that if Mako is the culprit, how was he able to bring all of the evidences inside his room given that some of the items are too large for Mako to carry alone, and how was the boy able to bring it to his room without being noticed. Sanzo also said that the area where the items went missing in the first place is off-limits to Mako, and pointed out that Mako spend most of his time at the gardens and temple grounds, sweeping and that he did not interact with others given that SOME pupils are urging others to avoid the 10-year old boy, which he glanced at the disgruntled pupils, where they are seen going silent for a while.
Sanzo then said that he is sure that what is happening right now is indeed a frame-up and said that the perpetrators did this so that they have a legal reason to expel Mako simply because they deem him a heretic because he was adopted and branded him an UNCLEAN person, and the chief priest is quite surprised to here this and asks if he can back up his claim.
"But Master Sanzo..."
"You heard me...Mako is innocent..."
"But the evidences..."
"I have proof to prove the boy's innocence..."
"You do?"
"Yes."
"Could you show it?"
"Of course."
Sanzo nodded and by then Kizakura came in, carrying a LAPTOP, and played the video, where the footage shows that the disgruntled pupils are shown physically, and vocally, making preparations on how to frame Mako for the crimes and additional footage shows that the disgruntled pupils were the ones who broke inside the sacred rooms and took away the stolen items and planted them inside Mako's room, shocking the chief priest, and the disgruntled students began to sweat non-stop and shivered in fear as they were now exposed as the actual culprits.
The chief priest was shaking in anger and dismay, and glanced at the disgruntled pupils and demanded an explanation on why they did such a thing after sheltering and adopting them with open arms, only for them to reciprocate their gratitude by being such selfish fools, and the disgruntled pupils knelt down and begged for forgiveness and not be expelled.
"I AM SORRY!"
"FORGIVE US!"
"WE DIDN'T MEAN TO!"
"SPARE US!"
"FORGIVE US!"
"THE YOUKAI MADE ME DO IT!"
"PLEASE FORGIVE US!"
"WE'LL DO ANYTHING!"
Unfortunately, the chief priest needed to do what he has to do, and has the disgruntled pupils expelled from the temple and the temple guards showed them out despite the expelled pupils pleading for mercy, and soon the pupils were thrown out, and the incident was slowly resolved, and the chief priest apologized to Mako for what happened, which the boy just nodded, and soon everyone went back to their usual posts, though Sanzo the 30th slowly petted Mako's head seeing that despite his optimism, the boy is visibly upset that up until now the expelled pupils would still pick on him for a very shallow reason, and Sanzo told Mako to move on, which the boy just nodded.
-x-
Several days later, Sanzo the 30th summoned Mako to his quarters, which the boy wondered why, as it was already 17:45, and he knows that Sanzo would not call him at this time of the day unless it was dinner time, and upon entering, he saw his master sitting on the floor, smiling as usual, yet his eyes say a different meaning, as if the eyes gave a serious aura, and Mako sat in front of him and the two began to talk, in which he told Mako something important, and the scene shifts outside, where things went quiet for several minutes until a loud ruckus is heard, and the temple guards rushed in, where they saw Mako on the floor, blood staining his cheeks and hands, and Sanzo the 30th sprawled on the floor, dead.
The guards were surprised to see Sanzo lying in a pool of blood, and his chest bore a huge hole where his heart was forcibly ripped out and that his sutra was stolen, and there the chief priest came and is alarmed by this and several minutes later an investigation is underway. Soon the scene shifts inside the main temple room where several priests and monks, along with some senior pupils, are gathered, and there they interrogated Mako on what happened, in which Mako revealed that Sanzo the 30th summoned him inside his room and were discussing about what he would do from this point on, but some of the senior pupils, who are also disgruntled like the expelled students, began to cast doubt, insinuating that Mako could be the culprit being that he is the only one inside Sanzo's room and that the blood was stained on his hands and cheeks, which the others were slowly conned into believing the claim until the chief priest ordered everyone to stop speculating as he is still interrogating Mako, but the students began to make more accusations towards Mako.
"I say he is the culprit!"
"Yeah...he did it!"
"We are sure!"
"Look...his hands are stained with blood...and he is the only one there...and that is proof that he did it!"
"Chief priest...you cannot ignore this!"
"That uncleaned boy murdered Master Sanzo!"
"He must be punished!"
"Have him executed!"
But Mako sighed and told the chief priest to ignore them, surprising the others, and told them that several minutes ago, while he and Sanzo are in the midst of something, a YOUKAI barged in, and punched his hand into Sanzo's chest, ripped out his heart and grabbed the sutra before running off, and the chief priest slowly took Mako's word for it, and he and the other priests are beginning to worry now that they will have to appoint a new Sanzo and think of a way to retrieve the stolen sutra, but Mako said that the problem is already solved, surprising the chief priest.
"What...what did you say...?"
"THAT problem is already solved..."
"And what do you mean by that?"
"There is a new Sanzo...right before Master Sanzo was murdered..."
"Wait...how can you so...wait..."
"There is a new Sanzo...and he is right in front of you."
"It can't be...are you...?"
"..."
The chief priest blinked his eyes at this as he noticed that Mako's head was bandaged, but when Mako removed the bandage from his head, it shows that a scarlet chakra is marked on his forehead, which shows that Sanzo the 30th has iappointed Mako and thus officially making the boy the new successor, and the chief priest and the other priests stood up, and officially recognized him as the new Sanzo, giving him the title and proclaimed him the 31st Sanzo, and gave him the name Makoto Sanzo.
The disgruntled students stood in utter shock seeing that Sanzo the 30th had BAPTIZED a heretic to become the new Sanzo, and now they could not do anything as they cannot lay a finger on the new Sanzo, and they were defeated by this fact and there is nothing they can do about it.
-x-x-x-x-
The scene shifts inside the classroom of Class 77, where the students, Maizono and Asahina stared wide-eyed at Naegi, surprised to see that the main character from the anime film is based on Naegi himself, and Naegi sweat-dropped at the others staring at him, and the students began asking him in a rather suspicious manner, asking him if he is involved in the making of this movie, which Naegi had to defend himself from the accusations.
"Are you involved in this?"
"No..."
"Are you in connivance with the film maker?"
"No...you're wrong...!"
"Then how come you resembled the main character? He has the same characteristics as you!"
"Yeah...the character who becomes Sanzo had your first name on it...and even has an ahoge!"
"Wait...I don't even know..."
"A main character resembled after you...you sure are lucky..."
"Komaeda-senpai!"
Naegi had to calm the rest seeing that they are getting suspicious about him being involved in the film, and Nanami had to step in an urged her classmates to calm down and yold them to watch the movie fully before making judgement, as the next scene of the movie is about to unfold.
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, as it shows how the MAIN CHARACTER became the next Sanzo, who is based on Naegi himself despite the hardships he went through, though at the cost of his predecessor, and now Makoto Sanzo's journey is about to commence...
Preview:
The next chapter opens a new story arc as it will start Makoto Sanzo's journey and quest, and will meet one of three characters who will portray Sanzo's followers...you will be surprised once you see it...