The Fighting Company President


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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 Naegi's life further takes another turn, as an incident suddenly spirals out of control, and now danger threatens the peace of the city…

And this is where Naegi would make a decision on what to do, and what to accept and not accept…

Well then, read on and enjoy!


Inside the conference room, the scene shows that the board of directors are arguing with one another as they are still in a state of denial at the fact that Koran Togami left his will about giving the CEO/presidency of Hidden Intelligence to his adopted grandson, Makoto, and both Daddy Togami and Elder Togami are also joining in the bickering as they refused to accept the fact that Naegi is the newly-appointed president of the company, and there the two Togami adults ordered one of their trusted employees to do something and find a way to force Naegi to surrender the position to Byakuya.

The employee nodded as he too is rattled and the two Togami adults strictly urges him to do it now as they cannot allow the Togami family name be tainted by a mere BASTARD like Naegi.

"Do something about this!"

"We must not let this stand!"

"Yes…I'll see to it…"

"Byakuya must become the president of this company!"

"The company…and our family…will become a laughing stock if that bastard were to become president!"

"I will…please be patient…"

"We can't wait!"

"Do it now or we'll fire you!"

"Eep!"

Byakuya is annoyed by this yet he wondered what Koran is thinking and why appoint his successor to someone who has no experience in handling a company, and wondered what Naegi is up to as he left the building after being told about what he inherited from Koran.

His thoughts were interrupted as the board of directors' voices are getting louder as they are panicking on what to do now that the presidency of this company is in the hands of a high school boy who has no business experience and believed that Byakuya should have been named the new president of Hidden Intelligence.

"This is bad!"

"What shall we do?"

"Koran handed the position to a mere high school boy!"

"What can he do? He is not smart like Byakuya Togami!"

"We're doomed!"

"This is the end!"

"Calm down, all of you!"

"I think I should resign…"

Byakuya sighed as he is considering in leaving the conference room to clear his thoughts, but his dad told him to stay as it is his duty to oversee this situation and to have a say on what should be done, and Byakuya said he needed to think thoroughly and wants to be alone for now, but Elder Togami urges his grandson to stay, and show everyone why the Togami family name is to be feared and respected, and a visibly irritated Byakuya reluctantly nodded just to get his father and grandfather to shut up.

As the board of directors are busy in rectifying the situation, Byakuya's father and grandfather are still aghast on why Koran chose an OUTSIDER as his successor, as they never deem Naegi as family, due to them seeing Naegi as GARBAGE, and has no right being in the Togami clan. Daddy Togami is pondering on whether to find some assassins-for-hire and have them stealthily assassinate the boy, though Elder Togami advised his son not to be so hasty, as he will think of a way o goad Naegi into surrendering the position to Byakuya so as to prevent any complications.

"No, my son. Don't."

"But father…!"

"Let's try other methods. Do not be desperate."

"But…but…"

"We still have time. I am sure that Byakuya will be named president."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Okay."


REAL x EYES (by J feat. Takanori Nishikawa)
(Opening theme of Kamen Rider Zero-One)

(Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One)
(Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One)
(Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One)
(Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One)

Kōdaina archive access shite
Kensaku shitatte I don't think it's right
Data wa kako word wa sign
Kotae wa 404 not found (Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One)

(Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One)

REAL×EYES hajimari no aizu
Atarashī jidai wo
We gotta SUN×RISE burning like the fires
Kiri hirake unmei wo

You wanna REAL×EYES egaita mirai
Buchi nuite Ikeru no wa
You're the only one (Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One Zero-One)


Ch. 7: hīrō no taitō

As Hidden Intelligence is in a current state of turmoil over the fact that someone else has inherited the company, the scene shifts at the theme park, where Naegi and the theme park owner are talking, which the adult told Naegi that this is how life is, as everything has its ups and down, and now Naegi has the chance to turn his life around.

"So, Naegi-kun…"

"…"

"Life is life. it has its ups and down…all is balanced."

"Yeah…"

"but now you got the chance to turn your life around. Your grandfather left you something, and that is something you should accept."

"Really? I don't know how to…"

"You'll learn. No need to rush. Take it slowly."

"Okay."

As the minutes passed, the scene shifts at the backstage area where the comedian-type Kumagear is resting and ready to perform another act, Enoshima approached the Kumagear and places what appeared to be a metallic belt buckle on the Kumagear's waist, which immediately forms a belt and began to hack through the Kumagear, which he shrieks in pain as he is being forcefully reprogrammed.

Enoshima gingerly tells the Kumagear to become her friend and kill as many people as possible. While the Kumagear tried to resist, Enoshima said he now belonged to a new group, whom she dubbed as .

"Now then…you belong to us."

"N-No…I…"

"You're going to kill everyone in this park."

"I don't…want…to…"

"Oh yes, you will…"

"N-no…"

"Yes. Goodbye, Kumagear…hello, Monokumagear…"

"…"

The Kumagear resisted a bit, but eventually gave in, as he is successfully reprogramed, as his eyes and bear ears lit up in red color from the standard blue light, and there Enoshima gives the hacked Kumagear what appeared to be a palm-sized card that resembled a both a card key and an SD card. The hacked Kumagear then turns around and heads toward the stage.

There the Kumagear faces the audience as they are clamoring for more comedic acts and they cheered on the Kumagear, unaware that he has been secretly reprogrammed and that terror is about to commence shortly as the audience cheered him on.

"ENCORE!"

"ENCORE!"

"ENCORE!"

"ENCORE!"

"ENCORE!"

"ENCORE!"

"ENCORE!"

"ENCORE!"

However, the Kumagear screamed and told the audience his new directive, to annihilate every human in sight, and this caused the audience to feel something morbid, and there one of the technical crew was grabbed by the Kumagear and his neck was snapped, killing the hapless person.

The audience stared in horror at what they just saw and are starting to get restless and began backing away as the Kumagear stared menacingly at the people in front of him.

"HEY!"

"HE JUST KILLED THAT GUY!"

"WHAT'S GOING ON?"

"HEY, WHAT GIVES?"

"IS HE MALFUNCTIONING?"

"WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK!"

"YOU'RE SWINDLING US!"

"HEY!"

There the Kumagear took out what appeared to be a palm-sized SD card and slid it onto the belt-like device, where the card spoke to confirm its activation.

Unknown card: "BEROTHA…"

There the Kumagear underwent a transformation, its human guise CRUMBLED and assumed a terrifying appearance, becoming the Berotha Monokumagear, and there he slices two more hapless person nearby, and the stage slowly became a bloodbath, and the audience screamed in terror and a stampede ensues as they began to scramble to safety, too scared to notice that they are trampling one another, causing injuries to everyone.

"WWWAAAHHH!"

"IT'S BROKEN!"

"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"

"I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"

"I'M OUT OF HERE!"

"RUN BEFORE THAT THING GETS YOU!"

"WAIT FOR ME!"

"MOMMY!"

Two security guard-type Kumagears responded and attempted to restrain the Monokumagear, but they were overpowered and shoved aside, then the Berotha Monokumagear unleashed tentacle-like wires, hacking onto the two Kumagears, reprogramming them into Monokumagear grunts and now they are programmed to commit genocide, and began to attack nearby people.

This further caused panic and terror to the people within the theme park as blood and bodies are being scattered all over, whilst many screamed in terror and begged for help.

"WWWAAAHHH!"

"OUT OF MY WAY!"

"STOP PUSHING ME!"

"I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"

"I'M OUT OF HERE!"

"I HATE THIS JOB!"

"DON'T LEAVE ME!"

"MOMMY!"

Within minutes the carnage is caught on camera and broadcasted all over social media, and it became a trending topic, and there the theme park owner and Naegi saw what is happening, and they could not believe what they are seeing, and wondered what is causing this and why the Kumagear malfunctioned and attack people.

"What's this…?"

"The Kumagears…what…?"

"Something's wrong!"

"…"

"Get out of here, kid…call the cops!"

"But…"

"I'll try to help evacuate the others…"

",,,"

Suddenly, two vans arrived, which appeared to be a SWAT-like personnel, where men in SWAT uniforms came out, and each of them (about 20) are armed with high-powered weapons, and the leader of the team, a girl who appeared to be 18-years old, began giving orders on what to do, which majority of the SWAT-like members acknowledged the instruction.

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

The leader of the squad is identified as Yuika Ketouin, and she served as a special police squad identified only as A.I.M.S., and there Yukia instructed the squad members to disable the rampaging Monokumagears if possible then capture them in order to gather data to find out what caused the rampage in the first place.

However, one of the squad members, who appeared to be nearly identical to Yukia, opened fire, saying that he will destroy every one of them, prompting her to berate him for his recklessness, but he justified that going easy on them will increase the chance of causing more casualties and more deaths will occur unless they are stopped.

"Destroy all of them…"

"Hiroyuki!"

"There's no time to act nice. We need to make a move!"

"We need to gather data…"

"Only when they're scrapped metal!"

"Hiroyuki!"

"Come on…be realistic!"

"Geez…"

The male squad member, identified as Hiroyuki Ketouin, is Yuki's older twin brother, and he appeared to be a stark contrast to Yuika, wherein she is calm and collected whilst Hiroyuki is hot-headed and impulsive, and seemingly has a hatred for mechanical things, like the Kumagear.

Hiroyuki's action spurred the rest of the squad to take matters into her own hands, and Yukia began to mentally question if she made the right thing in having her twin brother being a member of the squad she leads.

As the chaos ensues, Naegi tries to stop the Berotha Monokumagear, but is slapped hard and tossed aside, and though he stood up, he re-opened the wounds on his lips and blood dripped to the ground, as he wondered what he could do to stop this chaos from worsening. He had enough of this wanton violence and wanted to do something to save lives and preserve the happiness, dreams and hope of everyone around him.

He saw many are too injured to move and some are dying. Women, children and the elderly are laid on the ground, moaning and screaming for help.

"HELP!"

"SAVE ME!"

"I'M DYING!"

"MOMMY!"

"WHERE'S MY BABY?"

"SOMEONE HELP US!"

"WE'RE GONNA DIE!"

"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!"

By then, Chiaki arrived and is carrying the briefcase that houses the device that is said to the key in saving the company, and there Naegi asked if this is possible, which Chiaki said that only the authorized president of Hidden Intelligence can use it, and this spurred Naegi to take action.

"Hey! This is what grandfather meant, right? That a disaster would strike the company! Is this the one?"

"Yes."

"That device you have…will it let someone to use it to stop these things from rampaging further?"

"Yes. but only the president's successor is authorized to use it…"

"Fine then!"

"Huh?"

"I'll use it! I accept the position as president of Hidden Intelligence!"

"Very well, then."

Chiaki then opened the briefcase and took out the device, which resembled a belt buckle-like object, and there Chiaki instructed Naegi to put the device in front of his waist, and as he did so, a metallic belt strap formed and there Chiaki told him the device is called the Zero-Driver, then she gave him a palm-sized, yellow-colored SD card-like device and told Naegi to press a button and placed it in front of the Zero-Driver to begin its activation, which he did, and the card-like object, which Chiaki identified as the Progrise Key, spoke to confirm the activation.

Progrise Key: "JUMP! AUTHORISE…"

The scene shifts at outer space that is within Earth's orbit, where a satellite is seen, and fired what appeared to be a light-like projection beam and it struck the ground, where a projection of a large grasshopper appeared and began hopping around before kicking the Monokumagear aside, knocking it down, and this made Naegi looked surprised.

There the Progrise Key glowed as a key-like object came out and there Chiaki told naegi to insert it onto the slot like a key on the keyhole, which he nodded and once he did so, and the Progrise Key spoke and it further activated the Zero-Driver's function and the 15-year old boy underwent an unexpected transformation.

Progrise Key: "PROGRISE! RISING HOPPER! A JUMP TO THE SKY TURNS INTO A RIDER KICK."

The grasshopper-like projection hopped towards Naegi, where the teen boy is surrounded by bright light and he I suddenly encased in an armor, colored black with yellow outer armor; his helmet also black but its facial portion is yellow, with red eyes that resembled a grasshopper's eyes with antenna, and thus Naegi transforms into Kamen Rider Zero-One.

There Chiaki told Naegi that now he has accepted the position of Hidden Intelligence's president, only he can make use of the Zero-Driver and the Progrise Key, and he now has the means to stop the rampaging Kumagears.

"Naegi…you are now named as the new president and CEO of Hidden Intelligence."

"…"

"Only YOU can use the Zero-Driver."

"Okay."

"You now have the means to stop Kumagears who have been hacked and rampaging."

"I…see…so this is what grandfather meant about the disaster that will befall this company…"

"It all rests to you if you can stop the hacked Kumagears…"

"I'll stop them! In the name of my adopted grandfather…I'll save the company and protect the Kumagears!"

To Be Continued...


Hope you liked this chapter, as drama dominated which Naegi gets punched again by Byakuya's father in an attempt to make the boy surrender the CEO position to Byakuya, only to get his comeuppance from Chiaki. While Naegi is unsure why Koran gave him the position, he gets some insights from those who are friends with Koran.

The villains of this fic have finally appeared, which are the Despair sisters as they are now ready to launch an all-out attack…

Ywo characters from the novel Danganronpa: Togami are introduced here, and they are the Ketouin twins, and they will play important roles in the upcoming chapters...

And now…Naegi has accepted the position of president of Hidden Intelligence…and becomes a superhero-like character that is somewhat akin to Iron Man…though it ended in a cliffhanger…


Preview:

Naegi goes into action as Zero-One…

Will he be able to stop the hacked Kumagears from causing more damage?

What will the Togami family do once they find out who the new president is?

See you in 6 to 8 weeks (probably around the end of February or early March)…

Reviews are welcomed, but needed…