The Greatest Japanese Hero
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Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
The Greatest American Hero is owned by Stephen J. Cannell
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 even though it got a few reviews, yet this is more than enough for me to bring in the next chapter.
Last chapter showed you what happened and how and why the three humanoid-like aliens see and observed Naegi after witnessing his "unlucky day" and deemed him as a potential user of the "secret item" they are tasked to give to someone. Now they are ready to give it to him while at the same time Naegi gets to spend his first day at Hope's Peak Academy, where he will meet with his would-be love interest and the rest of the Danganronpa cast are set to appear.
Ch. 2: Gūzen no Deai
The scene shows that a few weeks later, you can see Hope's Peak Academy, and there you can see a lot of students coming inside, most of them are already enrolled due to their names being randomly chosen and given their assigned titles, while the next scene zooms in and you can see Makoto Naegi walking by, and he was in a state of disbelief that he was chosen to become one of the academy's students through a random draw, and given the title of "Super High School-level Luckster".
Despite the fact that he was chosen to become one of the academy students, which is quite an honor, Naegi still doesn't see himself as "one of the chosen students", as he is still a teenager and is somewhat a few inches shorter than an average adult man. This is proven after seeing other students walk past him and compared their heights. Despite the "Luckster" title, Naegi still sees himself as an ordinary teen, and took a deep breath and prepared himself to enter when a hand touched his shoulder, and as he turned around, he is surprised to see who tapped his shoulder and a conversation took place.
"Okay...here goes nothing..."
"Um...Naegi-kun?"
"Huh?"
"Naegi-kun...it's you!"
"Huh?"
"It's me!"
"Maizono-san?"
"Yup-yup!"
The one Naegi speaking to is a girl, roughly the same age as him, and she is identified as Sayaka Maizono, who has the assigned title of "Super High School-level Idol", in which she is a popular singing idol, and Naegi is surprised at seeing her as Maizono was a schoolmate of Naegi in the last three years as they were in the same junior high school, and he couldn't believe that she still remembered him and as the two made some conversation, the other academy students are surprised, as some of them saw her on TV, yet they couldn't believe that she is chatting with an "ordinary boy".
"Hey, look!"
"Sayaka Maizono!"
"The popular idol?"
"Cool! She's here at Hope's Peak Academy as a student?"
"Whoa...look...who is she talking to?"
"What a boring-looking guy..."
"They seemed to be getting along..."
"Man...I'm jealous..."
Seeing that they are "attracting attention", Maizono told Naegi that they should go inside which he agreed, sensing that some of the male students are "staring daggers" at him and the two went inside, and soon other male students got word that the popular Maizono is also a student at Hope's Peak Academy yet they are startled at the fact that she is chatting immediately with Naegi, in which they are surprised at the fact that Naegi is the "Luckster" and that an "Idol" would entertain him, causing some of them to get envious and jealous towards Naegi.
-x-
Several minutes later, Maizono and Naegi are at the hallway looking at the bulletin board, where several papers are posted, showing the list of sections where the students are assigned to, though the two teens couldn't see it immediately as there were a lot of students in front of them and they had to be patient in waiting for their turns, which Naegi sighed as he never thought the first day of school would turn out to be like this, though Maizono cheered him up which worked well for him.
"Cheer up, Naegi-kun..."
"I know..."
"But you're lucky..."
"Really?"
"Yeah...your name was chosen to become a student in this prestigious academy...and you got a friend from junior high who just became your schoolmate...and we get to chat for the next three years...friends..."
"Yeah...I guess you're right..."
"So cheer up..."
"Okay..."
By then the students in front of them started to leave, and the two teens took the chance to see the bulletin board and there they are able to find their names, seeing that they are assigned in the same section much to Naegi and Maizono's delight, as they are classmates and are assigned to section "Class 78", and the two immediately went towards the room they are assigned to, and there they saw that the other are already there and they appeared to be upbeat like Maizono. Some of them even greeted Maizono as they appeared to know her because of her status as an idol singer.
Naegi glanced at the other students who would become his classmates, and they are identified as the following along with their assigned titles:
- Byakuya Togami - "Super High School-level Heir"
- Kyoko Kirigiri - "Super High School-level Detective"
- Toko Fukawa - "Super High School-level Novelist"
- Yasuhiro Hagakure - "Super High School-level Fortune Teller"
- Aoi Asahina - "Super High School-level Swimmer"
- Sakura Ohgami - "Super High School-level Martial Artist"
- Celestia Ludenberg - "Super High School-level Gambler"
- Hifumin Yamada - "Super High School-level Doujin Artist"
- Kiyotaka Ishimaru - "Super High School-level Moral Compass"
- Mondo Ohwada - "Super High School-level Biker"
- Chihiro Fujisaki - "Super High School-level Programmer"
- Leon Kuwata - "Super High School-level Baseball Player"
- Junko Enoshima - "Super High School-level Fashionista"
- Mukuro Ikusaba - "Super High School-level Soldier"
As Mazono began befriending the others, Naegi sat on his seat and stood still, wondering if he could really make a difference here and wondered if "luck" is on his side, until the other students began conversing with Naegi, and to his surprise, he finds himself building a rapport with them because of his optimism, and in no time he began to make friends with most of them, though Togami and Fukawa were reluctant to befriend Naegi because of their attitudes.
By then a homeroom teacher arrived and began the first subject of classes and everyone began to snap to attention and the lecture commences.
-x-
In the weeks that followed, Naegi adjusted to the school life he was in, and thankfully he adjusted well, and he is starting to enjoy his school life and things went well, and soon he began spending time with some of his classmates, though a select few chose not to engage in casual conversations with Naegi, such as Togami, Fukawa and Kirigiri. Soon he began to build a friendship with Hagakure and there the "Fortune Teller" decided to give him a free fortune telling as he glanced at his crystal ball.
"Say, Naegi-chi...thanks for being a friend..."
"Sure, no problem..."
"As thanks...I'll read you a fortune..."
"Really...?"
"Yeah...and it'll be free of charge..."
"Are you sure...I don't think I need..."
"Okay...here goes...hmm...oh...hmm..."
"What...? What did you see...?"
Naegi blinked his eyes at what he was told, in which the following scenarios are laid out by Hagakure's fortune telling:
- Naegi will have a "chance encounter" with aliens
- His life will changed for better or worse
- Hardships will challenge him in the coming days
- Something "super" will come in his path
Naegi sweat-dropped upon hearing the hints of the fortune reading and slowly dismissed the notions though Hagakure insisted that his fortune readings are "accurate" and they are likely to happen, which Naegi sighed and is about to leave when a schoolmate came and invited Hagakure to a party, in which some of his parents' social acquaintances are in to fortune telling and when Hagakure asked if he is to get payed for every fortune reading, the schoolmate nodded and accepted, and invited Naegi to come along, and though Naegi turns down the offer, the schoolmate invited him and Naegi reluctantly accepted.
-x-
One night, a week later, Hagakue and Naegi arrived a party which the academy schoolmate greeted them and the two were escorted inside, and Naegi was amazed at seeing the people inside, who they appeared to be of high social standards and started to wonder if coming here is a good idea since he is just an ordinary teen yet the schoolmate assured that he would fit in completely, as he felt out of place. Hagakure smirked, seeing that most of the people here are adults and appeared to be wealthy and this was a good thing for him as he would get to collect a lot of money if he read fortune readings for them and confided this to Naegi.
"Good thing you came, Naegi-chi..."
"Really...?"
"Yeah...your "good luck" would surely come in handy..."
"Wait...what made you say that?"
"Lots of people here are rich...and if they want some fortune reading...I could collect a lot of cash..."
"Really? I doubt my "luck" would be that..."
"Okay...I'm off...enjoy yourself..."
"..."
At the party, the two ate and though Hagakure drank, though Naegi opted not to, and there Hagakure began reading fortune tellings and there Naegi's "luck" kicks in and it was a good one as the customers were pleased and payed Hagakure rather handsomely, and while the two are still there, Hagakure took sips from adult drinks like tequila which slowly made them a bit drunk but still managed their presence of mind, and Naegi sighed as he really felt out of place, until a slightly drunk party-goer came and offered Naegi a tequila, which the teen politely declines, but the party-goer wouldn't take "no" for an answer and jabbed the bottle on the boy's mouth, and bad luck struck Naegi as he accidentally swallowed the contents and he immediately felt the effects and is borderlining on drunkness and Hagakure saw this and grabbed Naegi away, and there he suggested to his younger classmate that he go home early, which he accepted.
"Whoa..."
"Hic..."
"Are you okay, Naegi-chi...?"
"I think I'm drunk..."
"After you took half a bottle...?"
"That's one strong beer..."
"It's tequila...not beer..."
"You're right...I want to go home..."
"Yeah...or else someone might see you like this..."
"Okay...I'm going..."
"I better get you a taxi...?"
"Hic..."
And so Hagakure carried a semi-drunk Naegi outside and hailed a taxi and helped the younger teen board inside the cab and after telling the address, the cab left the venue with hagakure hoping that Naegi gets home safely.
-x-
The time now is 22:00, and the taxi is the road, and the cab driver felt sorry for Naegi, seeing him a bit drunk and hoped that the boy is able to go to his house unscathed, and by then are passing by a train track which at this time, there were no more train passing, but then something unexpected happened as the taxi cab got stuck within the track and the cab driver got off and try to push the car forward, while Naegi slowly noticed it and offered to help, which the cab driver politely turn it down.
"Darn..."
"Huh?"
"What a time to get stuck..."
"Want...me to...help...?"
"No...I'll be fine...you stay inside the taxi..."
"Okay..."
"You better not vomit inside my car..."
As the taxi driver tries to push the taxi off the train tracks, Naegi waited inside the vehicle, and despite being semi-drunk, he still has a partial presence of mind, and slowly realized that "bad luck" struck him, as he is partially drunk and that the taxi is stuck on the train tracks, and as he is pondering on leaving on his own, something attracted their attention as the UFO appeared above them, and the taxi driver was surprised, and terrified, and ran off, leaving the taxi behind, and Naegi saw what is happening through the window and this partially woke him up from his drunken stupor.
"Okay...I'm not staying around...!"
As Naegi opted to leave the cab and make a run for it despite being semi-drunk, the doors mysteriously locked itself up and the teen was trapped inside the taxi and is starting to panic, banging the door and tried to open the windows, to no avail, and as he is getting desperate, he began hearing voices emerging from the UFO ship, and the trio aliens, Cherubi, Ophami and Seraphi, spoke to the "Luckster", calming him down.
"Greetings, Makoto Naegi..."
"Please calm down, child..."
"We mean you no harm..."
"We wish to speak to you..."
"We've been observing you for the past several weeks..."
"And we came to the conclusion and agreement..."
"...that you are worthy to receive this item we intend to give..."
"You have proven to be benevolent, and unselfish..."
"Which makes you the ideal user...and we see hope in you..."
The three aliens then explained to a shocked Naegi that they can use the secret item, but couldn't find one due to others being selfish and malevolent, but after witnessing Naegi's actions weeks before, they deemed him as a suitable user and his "pure heart" is essentially what led them to decide that Naegi was chosen to receive the special item, and there Cherubi descends from the UFO ship, covered only in white silhouette, and went towards the back passenger area of the cab, where the window opened by itself and gave Naegi what appeared to be a packaging box, and then a book, where Cherubi gave his final words before heading back to the UFO ship.
"This book will guide you on how to use it...but use it responsively and keep it a secret from the others..."
Naegi blinked his eyes as he couldn't believe what he was hearing when told by Cherubi that the package box contains a secret item and that he will use it to handle certain situations, ans Naegi glances at the box and a book, which is said to be a manual that contains instructions on what to do with the item, and there Ophani told Naegi to keep the "item" away from "dangerous hands" and to use it "responsively" before she, Cherubi and Seraphi departed.
"Uh...am I still drunk...?"
As the UFO ship left, the taxi doors began to open by itself, and Naegi wondered why this is happening, but then he noticed that the taxi driver is nowhere around, and he realized that he is all by himself, and seeing that the taxi driver took the keys with him, and seeing that couldn't even attempt to drive it, Naegi decided to walk on his way home, and staggered out of the cab, drunkness still affected him and staggered on the road, still holding the packaging box, but unknowingly dropped the manual book, and he walked on his way home as he used will power not to fall asleep until reaching his house.
-x-
By 22:30, Naegi arrived home and went straight to his room, and his mom was rather taken aback after smelling the sent of tequila, but Naegi still greeted his mom as he went straight for his room and fell on his bed, as he finally got drowsy and went to sleep, dropping the box of "item" on the floor, still in a daze about what happened several minutes ago and by then he went in to deep slumber and as Komaru went to check on her elder brother, she too is taken aback upon smelling the scent of Tequila.
To Be Continued…
Hope you like this chapter even though it only showed Naegi, Maizono and Hagakure getting most of the screen time. Still the rest of the Danganronpa cast were shown though they will, one by one, get their own exposure once the story comes in to play, and that where the REAL adventure begins for our favorite "Luckster".
Moreover, Naegi's "luck" kicks in, as he was invited to attend a social party, and unintentionally gets drunk, then encountered a UFO, given the "secret item", and LUCKILY gets home unharmed, though bad luck hits him as he unknowingly drops the manual that was part of the "secret item" and our hero will be involve din a lot of "lucky misadventures".
Preview:
The next chapter will show you what happened to Naegi once he goes testing out the "secret item", which would result in a lot of hilarious moments, while at the same time it will show some cameo from characters from Danganronpa characters.