The Luckster And The Gangster's Sister
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Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
First off, many thanks to those who reviewed this fic, I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here the story picks up after the last chapter, where both protagonists are going to get into a situation, and humiliation, so buckle up, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 8: Ochikon to shÅrei o shutoku
As the posse leader is ready to get some WARM UP, Naegi played his card and remained calm, not going into a defensive stance but kept his distance and told the posse leader to stop it and stop picking on Natsumi, and the posse leader then tried to provoke Naegi by saying he us GAY because he refused to fight, and said a GAY like Naegi does not deserve and has no right being in the main course, but Nanami stepped forward and told the posse leader that he is the GAY because of what he did to Natsumi, causing him to freeze in shock and is appalled at being told by a girl.
Nanami even told the posse leader that he is an embarassment of a main course student for slapping a girl and for picking on Natsumi, and said that he should leave the reserve course students alone and not provoke them into a fight, and even told him that reserve course students deserve equal respect and not looked down on them just because they do not possess a talent yet, and the posse leader berated Nanami for being a "softie" because she is standing up for the "lowly reserve course students" such as Hinata and Natsumi.
"You're the embarrassment! Why stick with the WEED when you should hang out with the BLOOM like us?"
"I rather be with hem than be with you!"
"What?"
"You're a coward!"
"What...what did you..."
"You're a coward...a bully who picks on people!"
"You bitch!"
"..."
Hearing what Nanami said that he is a COWARD for hitting girls and provoking others, the posse leader was pissed and kicked her on her gut before slapping her hard, sending her to the ground, and Natsumi was shocked at what the posse leader did, and stood up and is about to face him, but the posse leader punched her on the face, sending her to the ground, and Naegi is angered at this, and as the posse leader is about to deliver another punch, Naegi used his left hand to block the punch, surprising the posse leader, not expecting a "weakling" like Naegi to block him.
The posse watched in surprise seeing Naegi holding their leader off and urged him to beat up Naegi, saying he is as easy as a punching bag and told him to knock him out and then knock out Natsumi, and the posse leader did so, kicking Naegi on the gut then punched him, sending the Luckster to the ground, and proceeded to head towards Natsumi, and tries to hit her but she blocked it with her forearm, but the posse leader kicked her on the gut before slapping her again, sending her to the ground, and before he would proceed kicking her, Naegi moved and covered her body with his own, and the posse leader took pleasure in kicking Naegi, and this caused Hinata and Nanami to go to the two teens' aid, but the posse blocked their paths and threatened to harm them if they try to interfere.
"Back off, weed!"
"Or you will face us!"
"We won't mind beating you up..."
"and we're gonna beat up the traitor...a softie siding with the trash..."
"Damn you!"
"Hinata-kun..."
"Come on...lets beat up those two..."
"Okay...huh?"
However, unexpected help came as Pekoyama arrived and uses her kendo sword to disable the posse leader, and when the posse saw this they attempt to help their leader but they too were disabled by Pekoyama, and some of the Class 77 students arrived, where Tsumiki and Sonia checked on Nanami seeing the deep slap mark on her cheek, and Fuyuhiko saw his younger sister on the ground, and blinked his eyes seeing the bruise on her cheek and saw her glancing at Naegi, and there he asks her what happened, and there Nanami told Fuyuhiko what happened, and this caused Fuyuhiko to get enraged and found a metal pipe and is ready to hit the posse leader.
However, Nanami held onto Fuyuhiko urging him not to assault the posse leader, but Fuyuhiko said he has to do this to make him pay for what he did to Natsumi, but Nanami said that they can tell the headmaster about this and said she, Hinata and Naegi can act as witnesses to the incident, and pleaded to Fuyuhiko not to risk getting suspended or expelled just for this, and even Pekoyama is conflicted as she too wanted to make the posse leader pay for what he did to Natsumi, and only watched as Nanami pleaded to Fuyuhiko to do as she requested.
"Please, Kuzuryu-kun..."
"No...I will kill this asshole for hitting my sister!"
"Don't...please..."
"But..."
"We will see to it that they will pay...so please...fon't give in..."
"..."
"Please, Kuzuryu-kun..."
"Damn it!"
Fuyuhiko gritted his teeth as he grudgingly heeded his classmate's plea and dropped the metal pipe, and Mahiru and Sato passed by seeing the commotion, and saw the scene and they wondered if Natsumi caused this incident, and by then Juzo Sakakura, who is working undercover as a security guard, came and asked what just happened here, and there Sonia told the Sakakura what happened, and Yukizome passed by as well and became concerned seeing Nanami, Naegi and Natsumi having injuries, and when told of what happened, she told Sakakura to secure the posse and have them brought before Jin, while directing Mikan to take the three injured teens to the infirmary.
As Sakakura ties up the five main course students and carried them towards Jin's office, Fuyuhiko accompanied his sister and saw her gritting her teeth in frustration while shedding tears, and he became concerned, and told her that it is okay as he is sure that her tormentors would be punished, yet Natsumi is silent, and about 15 minutes later, Nanami testified to Jin about the incident, and Jin is displeased at what the five main course students did, and suspended them indefinitely much to the posse's exasperation and pleaded their case, saying that it was Naegi's fault for causing it, but Jin said that the posse started it and that they were provoking Naegi to retaliate, and the posse leader loses his cool telling the headmaster why did he let a FRAUD like Naegi into the main course saying that Naegi's talent is a fake and told Jin that he is stupid to let a talent like luck being the basis of letting Naegi into the main course, causing Nanami and Yukizome to stare in surprise.
"What did you say?"
"You heard me! Why let a pipsqurak like him get to the main course?! Luckster is just a fraud! I can't believe someone like you is stupid to let him in here! He has no place here in this academy! You should expel him!"
"I beg your pardon?"
"Uh...um..."
"So you said that I am stupid...?"
"I...uh...ah...you see..."
"Then you are expelled..."
"WWWAAAHHH! NO!"
The posse leader stopped realizing what he just said, but before he could apologize, Jin came to a decision, and told the posse leader that he is expelled and instructed Sakakura to show the expelled student out, and Sakakura carried the expelled student out of the office and Kizakura sighed seeing that some main course students are acting so arrogant, and Jin apologized to Nanami for what happened, yet she said it is okay and bowed as she left, intending to see to Hinata, and Yukizome decided to head for the infirmary to check on Naegi and Natsumi, feeling that the two might need some emotional support so as to help them cope after what happened.
-x-
At the infirmary, Natsumi was silent as she is pissed at being looked down upon by the main course students and she is starting to lose faith at the prospect of being sorted to the Main Course, and Naegi saw this and approached her, and tries to comfort her by talking to her, and though she ignored him at first, she then asks him why he did that, why stick up to a "lowly reserve course student" like her, and Naegi said that he cannot simply ignore this and he would do it anyway since both of them are Hope's Peak Academy students.
While she continued to ignore him, Naegi went on to say that even though he is looked down upon because of his talent, it is not reason for him to feel down, and even though his talent is simply the LUCKSTER, it does not mean that it is a basis to feel down or feel insecure, and said that despite this, he is happy to be enrolled here and made friends, and there Natsumi stood up upon hearing Naegi's talent, and she is in a state of disbelief at hearing that something like "good luck" is considered a talent, and grabbed Naegi by his collar and asks how can a "good luck" be considered a talent and why someone plain like him ended up at the main course.
"Whoa!"
"How come you get tonthe main course?! How can you say that LUCK got you there?!"
"Kuzuryuu-san...calm down..."
"I...I don't get it...why someone like you get scouted...why am I...
"Kuzuryuu-san..."
"..."
"You shouldn't feel down..."
"..."
Although surprised by Natsumi's actions, he calmly said that he did not know why, but was scouted by Kizakura, and though he admitted that he rarely gets good luck, he said that he himself is unsure why yet he accepted them willingly, and said that his optimism is his "saving grace", and said that if his LUCK is considered a talent, then there may be a reason why he was scouted. Natsumi gritted her teeth as she felt tremendous envy towards Naegi, but then he brought up the subject about her being a former member of the photography club at her last high school, and said that if she has talent, if even a hidden one, then she should try it once more as he believe that she might excel there which made her stop in her tracks.
Natsumi asks how he knows about it, and he said that he heard it from Koizumi, and he told her that although she may have ended up at the reserve course, he told her not to give up and keep on trying, believing that Natsumi might discover her "hidden talent" and might eventually get scouted, and she was speechless at what he said and asks if he is just making her feel better, and he replied by saying that if he were in her place he would keep on going and live life fully without feeling down, and Natsumi only stared at him in confusion and dismay.
By then Yukizome arrived and saw the two, and tried to pry them apart thinking that they are fighting, and as Natsumi lets go and walked off, Naegi stared at her seeing that she seemed to need someone who can understand her and be at her side when she needed someone the most, and Yukizome followed her as she wanted to talk to Natsumi about the recent ordeal she went through.
At the same park within the academy, Natsumi is sitting on the bench and is staring on the ground in frustration and dismay, and there Yukizome arrived and sat next to her, asking her how she is doing and said that her elder brother is worried about her, and Natsumi kept staring at the floor and asks Yukizome why Naegi got sorted to the main course even though his talent did not appeared to be worth mentioning and fraudalent, and Yukizome told her that Naegi is not the only one who has the talent of LUCKSTER, saying that Fuyuhiko's classmate also has the same talent as Naegi, which Natsumi stared at Yukizome in surprise.
"What...what did you say...?"
"Yes...your brother has a classmate...whose talen also involves LUCK..."
"How...how can that be..."
"Everyone has a hidden talent...even if you do not notice it...and I believe there is a reason for this..."
"..."
"Natsumi-chan...I overheard your conversation earlier..."
"Huh?"
"You do not have friends, right?"
Yukizome then told Natsumi that she overheard what Naegi told her and said that she should live life to the fullest and should try to make friends whether it is in the reserve course or the main course, and said that if Natsumi has an undiscovered talent, she should try to "awaken" it so that the scouts may notice her and consider sorting her to the main course, and told her that Naegi is someone who should be valued not just because of his talent, but also the way he carries himself, saying that because of Naegi's nature he has earned a lot of friends and even pointed out that Nanami, who is a main course student, made friends with Hinata, who is a reserve course student, and said that there are no barriers in making friends fro different circles as long as one knows how to carry it, and she advises Natsumi to try find her hidden talent and try to show it around Hope's Peak so that she could be noticed and get scouted, and then Yukizome left, and Natsumi stared at the ground, as she is still a bit confused after what Yukizome told her.
By then Pekoyama came and asks Natsumi if she is okay, which she nodded, and was told that she was sent by Fuyuhiko to fetch her as they are going home, and Natsumi grudgingly nodded as the two girls left the park and are nearing the gate, where Natsumi saw Naegi being approached by his classmates, as they appeared concerned at what he went through, and Natsumi recalled what Yukizone said to her earlier - try to make friends and discover her hiddent talent. Nevertheless she still felt envious towards Naegi for having an optimistic outlook, and then she saw Hinata being dragged by Nanami out of the academy in a friendly way as she showed him her PS VITA, and Natsumi just stared at the ground as she and Pekoyama boarded the limousine as they await Fuyuhiko.
Minutes later, Fuyuhiko boarded the limo and the car left, and there Fuyuhiko expressed concern that she is getting into trouble and urged her to behave which she said she did, saying that she did not do anything this time and that the main course students caused it and they used her as a punching bag, but then she changed the subject and asks if it is true that he has a classmate who has the talent of being the LUCKSTER, which he is quite surprised, but nevertheless confirms it, saying that Komaeda is said to possess INCREDIBLE LUCK, but Fuyuhiko said that he still has to believe it himself, which Natsumi is quite surprised that Komaeda and Naegi having the same talent.
"Are you serious, nii-sama?"
"Yeah...I mean it..."
"..."
"Although I still have to see it with my own eyes..."
"..."
"Natsumi..."
"Yeah?"
"I want to ask you something..."
Fuyuhiko then asks his sister if she has any intention of becoming something at Hope's Peak Academy, which she nodded, and he told her that she has to think of a talent she is good at, so that she could move to the main course, otherwise there is no point for her to stay at the reserve course as their parents can't just pay the high tuition fee, which she just stared at her lap, and the limo continued to cruise as the siblings are on their way home, and Natsumi is thinking of a way to find a talent that would attract the attention of the scouts so that she could be eligible to be transferred to the main course of Hope's Peak Academy.
Later, at the Kuzuryu house, Natsumi was rummaging her closet and brought out a camera, which she used to have it and took pictures in her last school, and as she stared at the camera, she recalled how she got into a bad altercation with Sato and Koizumi, and then recalled what Naegi told her, and she wondered if taking pictures would help her get scouted, and right now she is pondering if she has a talent or not, and she is weighing on whether what she would do from this point on would help her case or not, and she is thinking hard whether to go ahead or not.
To Be Continued...
Hope you like this chapter...though not much action happened here...other than the bullies got punished, and Naegi gives Natsumi sone advise...and now she is attempting to discover her hidden talent...
Preview:
Naegi and Natsumi attempts to move on...and she would try something that might help her discover her TALENT that may lead to her getting selected to the Main Course...
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