The Greatest Japanese Hero
Disclaimer:
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, and I'm happy with the reception and I promise to keep you Danganronpa fans entertained and will make syre you'll enjoy this fic.
As stated in the last chapter, I said that the next chapter will start the first major story arc, yet I'm still in the process of tweaking the storyline and instead it will be launched on the first week of January 2015, so for now, as a Christmas gift, here's is a FILLER chapter that will take place after the end of last chapter, which will also show what Naegi's life is before receiving the "red suit".
Later Naegi arrived home and got off the taxi, where the driver stared incredulously thinking Naegi was a "whacko" wearing a "pajamas with a cape", and as he entered, he is greeted with a shocked Komaru and there she asks him what happened, and Naegi told Komaru to ask later as he head for his room to get a grip on himself as he stared at the mirror and glanced at the "red suit" he is wearing. He sighed as he felt that the "red suit" gave him BAD LUCK, and is now thinking of getting rid of it but then he wondered if he should do this since he recalled what the aliens told him.
By then, his cellphone rang and he answered it and was shocked as the caller turns out to be Maizono and asked him if he watched her live performance, and Naegi chuckled as he has to think of an alibi on why he wasn't there earlier.
"Hello, Naegi-kun!"
"M-Maizono-san?"
"Hello, Naegi-kun? Are you okay?"
"Uh..."
"You seemed to be out of breath..."
"..."
"We're you able to attend to my band's live concert?"
"Um...you see..."
Outside Naegi's room, Komaru is eavesdropping as she listens to her elder brother trying to come up with an alibi on why he failed to see her live concert, unaware that Naegi had a run-in at Tokyo Mental Hospital while still curious as to why her elder brother was able to fly while wearing the "red suit" and now she wants to knows why he did such a questionable feat, as she listens in on the conversation.
"Eh? You had an emergency errand?"
"Yeah...mom asked me to do something...it was sudden...it was out of my control..."
"I see..."
"I'm really sorry...I really wanted to watch your live gig..."
"No problem...you can watch the telecast tonight..."
"I see..."
"So no problem..."
"Thanks..."
Believe It Or Not by Joey Scarbury
(Opening Song from The Greatest American Hero)
Look at what's happened to me,
I can't believe it myself;
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
Should've been somebody else.
Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.
Just like the light of new day,
It hit me from out of the blue;
Breakin' me out of the spell I was in,
Makin' all of my wishes come true.
Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.
Extra Chapter
Komaru listens on as Naegi came up with an alibi on why he failed to go to Maizono's live gig, and Komaru can tell that her elder brother is lying yet she understood why he said that as it wouldn't be believable to hear that he went "flying" around town with a "red suit" and a cape and decided to secretly enter his room, and saw that Naegi is still wearing the suit and cape, while "explaining" to Maizono why he failed to attend and watch her live performance.
"Eh? You had an emergency errand?"
"Yeah...mom asked me to do something...it was sudden...it was out of my control..."
"I see..."
"I'm really sorry...I really wanted to watch your live gig..."
"No problem...you can watch the telecast tonight..."
"I see..."
"So no problem..."
"Thanks..."
Naegi made it appeared that his mom had him do an "emergency errand" and lost track of time and thus missed her performance, and LUCKILY she took his words believing that he is telling the truth and assured to him that it is no big deal and said that a telecast would be aired tonight and Naegi said that he looked forward to watching the telecast tonight and thanked her for understanding. After that the two teens chatted so more before cutting the line, and as Naegi turns around, he was startled to see Komaru standing behind her and she is giving him an odd look.
"Onii-chan..."
"Ah! Komaru!"
"Um..."
"Ah...you see..."
"Onii-chan..."
"Yes...?"
"I want to ask you something..."
"..."
Komaru asks Naegi what happened as he was away for more than an hour, in which Naegi realizes that he was away that long and realized that he is still wearing the "red suit", and Komaru told him that she saw him actually flying and he sighed as he had no choice but to tell her what really happened in which she assured that he can keep a secret, and seeing that she is sincere, he decided to tell her what happened while he "went outside".
"What? Seriously?"
"Yes...that's what happened..."
"You actually flew around town in that get-up?"
"Yes..."
"Has anyone saw you?"
"Hopefully not..."
"I see..."
"..."
Komaru stared wide-eyed and is shocked at hearing what her elder brother told her, and she realized that Naegi received something that shouldn't be taken lightly and asks him what he intends to do with the "red suit", in which he is unsure on what to say as he has no idea what to do at this point onward due to the events being too sudden while pointing out that Tokyo Mental Hospital might sent out a picture of him to the streets and this would be problematic if ambulances happened to see him and they may pick him up.
Naegi sees the point and told Komaru to step out of his room as he is going to remove the "red suit" which she did so, and soon Naegi is dressed in his normal clothes and went to the living room to join his parents as they are preparing dinner, when a knock on the door is heard and Mrs. Naegi answer it and it was one of the paramedics from Tokyo Mental Hospital and there he showed to Mrs. Naegi the picture of Naegi and stated that the person on the picture was an "escaped nutcase" and told her to report to him if she encountered this person and she nodded before closing the door and there she asked Naegi if he got involved with THIS which he shook his head in denial.
"WHAT? NO! I'M NOT!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes!"
"I had to ask...the picture that the paramedic showed me looked exactly like you, Makoto..."
"I assure you, mom...they got the wrong guy!"
"Really, son...?"
"Really!"
"Hmm..."
Mr. Naegi stared in surprise after hearing from his wife that someone who resembled his son was a subject of a manhunt from Tokyo Mental Hospital while Mrs. Naegi repeated asked her son if he is the one who is the subject of manhunt and Naegi managed to convince his parents that he is not the one being hunted with Komaru supporting him and soon the conversation ended and the family decided to have dinner in which the others agreed, and they all ate their dinner and after that, they began bonding until later, in which everyone went to bed and Naegi is inside his room, staring at the "red suit" and cape, wondering what to do with it and slowly recalled Hagakure's fortune reading in which he slowly realized that some of it were coming true.
"Hagakure's fortune came true...and this thing caused me a lot of trouble...!"
Naegi then looked back at the time when he lived an ordinary life, in which things were normal around him even when Komaru was born, and from then on his life was truly ordinary and that things went throughout his life, the ups and down, the good luck and bad luck, and though these events that struck were deemed normal, Naegi once asked himself if his life would get something extraordinary, and though it was wishful thinking, his wish partially came true, though in a series of "random luck", mostly bad ones.
He had a series of bad lucks which ranged from unfortunate events, such as unfortunate moments, and among them being held hostage in a bus several weeks back, but then there are good ones such as nursing an injured crane and setting it free a year ago during his final year at junior high, which led to Sayaka Maizono meeting him and became acquaintances and led him to watch her live performances, becoming friends with a popular idol.
Then another life-changing moment came when he received a letter stating that he was chosen to become a student at Hope's Peak Academy, in which he is surprised knowing that it was a prestigious academy and he got in for free, and his family became proud of him and yet he is unsure if he could really make a difference there and he would soon receive the title of "Super High School-level Luckster". However, his optimism would help him push through as this helped him make new friends and is doing well enough that he adjusted to his new school life.
But now, after accidentally got drunk during a social party, he encountered an UFO where one of the humanoid aliens "bestowed" him box which houses the "red suit" and cape, and just earlier he tested the suit which for him, landed in a series of misfortunes, such as flying for over 20 minutes, getting detained at the Tokyo mental Hospital for nearly an hour, and is forced to escape by flying again which he wondered if he was seen by passerby.
Sighing, and getting stressed, he went to the rooftop of his house, holding the "red suit" and shouted at the skies, thinking that the UFO can hear him, in which he shouted in frustration.
"WHY DID YOU GIVE ME THIS SUIT?! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?! WHY CHOSE ME TO WIELD THIS THING?!"
However, misfortune struck him as the neighbors were roused by Naegi's screaming and they opened the window and screamed back at Naegi, threatening him with retaliation if he doesn't stop shouting, as the time now is 23:00, and Naegi sweat-dropped upon realizing what he just did.
"HEY!"
"IT'S MIDNIGHT, DAMN YOU!"
"GO TO SLEEP ALREADY!"
"STOP MAKING SUCH A RUCKUS"
"GO HOME OR I'LL CALL THE POLICE!"
"SHUT THE HELL UP OR I'LL SHOOT YOU WITH MY SHOTGUN!"
"GO TO HELL!"
"BLASTED DELINQUENT!"
Naegi sighed as he realized that what he just did was useless and retreated to his room, puts away the "red suit" and forces himself to sleep, unaware that he is being "monitored" by the three humanoid aliens who are stationed at outer space.
-x-
At her house, Kyoko Kirigiri is still awake, having trouble getting to sleep because of the incident earlier in the day as the memory of what she experienced was till fresh on her mind and couldn't stop thinking about Naegi wearing the "red suit", flying, being able to fight off several psychiatric nurses and ending up flying again and landed on a dump truck.
For Kirigiri, she couldn't believe all of this and tried to think of a logical answer as to why she experienced something out of the ordinary and why Naegi could do such a feat, but in the end she couldn't come up with one and had to force herself to go to sleep.
-x-
At outer space, just within Earth's solar system, Ophani, Seraphi and Cherubi are watching Naegi on the ship's monitors, and there Ophani saw Naegi struggling to come to terms of the "red suit" he received, while Cherubi acts as the "critic", having seen how Naegi first use the suit by flying, which seemingly caught some of the passerby's attentions, though Seraphi assured to his comrades that Naegi can handle the pressure and it is normal for the teen to get confused at first but will eventually come to appreciate the "gift" he received.
"Ophani...Seraphi..."
"Yes, Cherubi..."
"What is troubling you, my friend...?"
"That boy...he...I believed he misused the suit..."
"No need to be alarmed..."
"Yes...it was his first try..."
"But he..."
"It is alright..."
"There's no need to worry..."
While Cherubi remained skeptical about Naegi possessing the "red suit" and Ophani feeling concerned about the teen being under pressure, Seraphi again assured to them that they made the right choice in choosing someone who would use the "red suit" and use it for benevolent purposes, confident that Naegi will come to understand why he was chosen to receive such a powerful weapon and use it for the benefit of his fellow humans, knowing that Naegi is a down-to-earth being who never thought of using it for selfish reasons.
-x-
Several minutes later, the time now is midnight, and the streets are already cleared of people and thus no nighttime activities are present in which it was relatively peaceful, and the scene shifts to the train track in the middle of town, and there the scene shifts to the ground where the "instruction book" that Naegi unknowingly dropped is seen, in which it went unnoticed by most passerby until someone came and picked it up, where the scene shifts up and the person who picked up the book is revealed to be Nagito Komaeda, and he smirked sarcastically seeing that he picked up a "lucky charm".
"Another "lucky day" for me..."
After reading the contents, seeing that the words shown were of "alien alphabet", Nagito sighed but for some reason he opted not to throw the book away and decided to keep it as he has nothing else to do and continued on being a drifter as he walked the streets unmindful of the time of the night and wondered what awaits him in the coming days.
-x-
Somewhere, the scene shifts to what appeared to be a secret laboratory, where the scene shifts to a lab room where a high school student is strapped and is being "experimented" on where the teenager, identified as Hajime Hinata, is screaming in agony as he was being experimented on, and it is revealed that he was also a student at Hope's Peak Academy, but in a "reserve course" because he lacked a "talent" and someone tricked him into accepting an offer so he would "gain" a title which Hajime agreed, but would soon learn that he was tricked into becoming an unwilling guinea pig and soon the experiment ended, where the scientists saw the success of their work.
"It worked!"
"A success!"
"Now we have our "trump card"!"
"We can learn the secrets from Hope's Peak Academy!"
"And once we got the secret, we can create our own academy to rival that of Hope's Peak!"
"And this guinea pig will be our ticket!"
"Right!"
"Come forth, you guinea pig!"
Soon Hajime emerged from the lab room becoming a different person, who now glanced menacingly and was given the new name of Izuru Kamukura.
To Be Continued…
Hope you like this chapter as this ends the first arc about the "red suit", though naegi had some brief issues about the events that happened, though he narrowly escaped being seen by a patrolling paramedic who is looking for him.
At the time being, Komaru is the first person who knows about naegi doing the "flying thing" and promises to keep it a secret, though the next chapters will gradually lets other characters in on naegi's secret.
Two of the Danganronpa 2 characters made cameo appearances here, and though at this point their roles are still unknown, this would foreshadow them becoming "threats" to Naegi in future chapters. They are:
- Nagito Komaeda
- Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura
Preview:
The next chapter will open the FIRST major story arc, as it involves Sayaka Maizono, in which her status as an idol would put her in danger and Naegi would be involved being a friend to her and the object of media question in regards to their relationship...