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, I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and this time the wheel is rolling as Kirigiri is taken in by Fenrir and there she is about to be subjected to some hardships until Naegi makes the save, and his involvement would thrust him to deeper situations than he would imagine...
The Kyoko Kirigiri arc moves in as part 3 commences...
Kirigiri glanced at the door and slightly opened it where she saw a man dressed like a reverend and is "offering" Kirigiri a "free counselling" in which she finds it dubious and declined the offer though the "reverend" insisted as he showed her a book which resembled a bible, but then she saw the mark of a wolf tattoo in which she heard about Fenrir and she immediately realized that the man is a fake and closes the door, but then the man kicked the door and the impact sent her down to the ground and there men in "business attires" came in and pointed a gun at her. There they asked if she has an accomplice which she said that she came alone.
"If you answer us correctly, no harm will come to you..."
"..."
"Is there anyone else with you?"
"No."
"Are you alone?"
"Yes."
"Is that the truth?"
"Yes."
After seeing that she is telling the truth, they had her stand up and then punched her on her stomach and she passed out and they carried her away out of the fake hotel, and boarded a van and left just before the rest placed explosives and made the fake hotel explode and the van is heading back to Tokyo where they intend to have Kirigiri undergo a series of interrogations for their client.
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Minutes later, a local police came after being informed about an explosion and they surveyed the area and they began investigating the scene though they face a blank wall on who caused this and yet they seemed to not mind it since the site exploded far from people and seeing that there are no bodies inside the wreckage, they opted to drop the case as they ignored the tire tracks of the van seen on the sands, and not interrogate anyone near the site since they felt a waste of time.
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.
Ch. 16: Tantei o Sukuu
At the office of the Minister of Justice, Masamune Kujo is sitting on his chair while facing his desk, awaiting for the report on his "request", and there his aide came and is told to lock the door and when he did so, the aide began a conversation with Kujo and there the Minister of Justice is being debriefed about the current events which involves Kyoko Kirigiri.
"Sir...I brought news."
"Tell me."
"Fenrir called..."
"And...?"
"They told me they have captured Kyoko Kirigiri."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, they told me this personally."
"Good."
Pleased with the report, Kujo picks up his cellphone and called someone and told the caller to follow his instructions on what to do with Kirigiri, whom the caller said that he and his squad are on the road heading back to Tokyo with the unconscious Kirigiri with them, and said that once they arrived, they will commence the interrogation on the unconscious detective and find out what she knows about the conspiracy plot she discovered from Yui's e-mail attachment
Several hours later, the scene shifts to the Kirigiri house, Fuhito is getting worried as he sensed that his granddaughter has not made any calls to him and deduced that something has happened to her, as he is certain that it is possible that Kujo may have been onto Kirigiri after receiving her text messages earlier about heading to Wajima at the Notto prefecture and now she has not sent a single text message, and acting immediately, he came to a decision to enlist someone to help find Kirigiri, and he realized who can help her.
"I hope HE would be able to help Kyoko..."
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Outside Tokyo Mall, Naegi and Maizono had just came out after watching a movie, and they are glad to spend a good time together and there Maizono thanked Naegi for hanging out with her and Naegi thanked her in return, and he is pleased that she had a good time and this seemed to have helped her overcome the trauma she went through and hoped that this will make her move forward and forget everything that has happened in the past few days of captivity.
"Thank you, Naegi-kun...for hanging out with me."
"Sure. I'm glad you're having fun..."
"I did...and it's all thanks to you."
"I do hope you'd be able to move on..."
"I think I will...and I really want to thank you for what you did to me..."
"It's nothing...really..."
"Naegi-kun...I...I think I lo..."
"Huh?"
By then his cellphone rang and Naegi checked it, and as he answered it, he is surprised that the caller was Fuhito and there the two had a brief, but serious conversation, and Naegi slowly guessed that this has something to do with Fuhito's granddaughter, while Maizono glanced at Naegi seeing him looked a bit serious while holding the cellphone, and walking back and forth in a corner, sensing that something is bothering him yet she is unaware that Fuhito and Naegi are having a serious conversation.
"You're Kirigiri-san's grandfather?"
"Yes."
"Is there something I can do for you?"
"Indeed...and you're the only one I could turn to..."
"What is it then...?"
"Come to my house...I wish to speak to you in person."
"Really?"
"Yes."
Seeing that Fuhito wanted to talk to him in person, Naegi decided to head for the Kirigiri house and told Maizono that he has an emergency to attend to and she nodded, telling him to be careful and Naegi leaves the scene as Maizono sees him off, a bit worried that an hour he was having fun and now he is a bit serious as something urgent came and he had to attend to it. Maizono then leaves for home unaware of what Naegi's next activities would be.
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About 30 minutes later, Naegi arrived and there Fuhito finally revealed to Naegi what Kirigiri is been up to and where she was last seen, in which he showed to the teen the recorded conversation with Masamune Kujo and his political conspiracy to assassinate the current Prime Minister so he can usurp it and plans to eradicate the Diet and replace them with a "shadow government", and Naegi now realizes what was bothering her and wondered what he could do to help.
"So that's why she's been so quiet the past few days..."
"That's right..."
"But why would..."
"Because her friend was the only one who witnessed it...and fearing for her family's safety...Yui had to send the evidence to someone...and it's Kyoko."
"..."
"And up until now she hasn't sent a text message, and I feared that she may have been captured..."
"And you needed someone" who can help...
"And that'd be you."
By then Naegi asks where Kirigiri is, and Fuhito told her that she went to Yui Sumidare's house in an attempt to find her friend Yui, but then he checked his cellphone and realized that he failed to check it since his cellphone is in silent mode and the vibration is off, so the elder Kirigiri checked the text messages which came from his granddaughter and with Naegi reading it, they realized that Kirigiri went to Notto Peninsula, at the place known as Wajima, and both are alarmed that she went THAT far, and Fuhito is now looking at the possibility that Yui may be in danger and Kirigiri would get dragged in on a possible trap.
Naegi then took the cellphone to read her other text message, until he felt a "vibration" from his eyes and mind and glanced at the wall, where a "holographic image" appeared which ONLY Naegi can see and Fuhito glanced at the boy seeing him staring weirdly at the wall. Naegi "saw" through the image about Kirigiri entering a fake hotel before being abducted by Fenrir mercenary soldiers, boarded to a jeep and are on the way back to Tokyo, in which he mumbled the key parts which Fuhito managed to decipher what Naegi is saying.
"Kirigiri-san..."
"What? What do you mean about Kyoko...?"
"They captured her!"
"What are you...?"
"Some mercenary soldiers took her! They're heading back to Tokyo!"
"Wait...how did you...?"
"I can SEE it..."
"Huh?"
Naegi then told Fuhito what he SAW and there Fuhito deduced that why only Naegi SAW the "vision" is due to the RED SUIT, in which Naegi revealed that he is wearing it underneath his civilian clothes and then he gets another "holographic image" where he SAW Kirigiri taken to a large safe house and is being lay down and tied to a table, are holding her laptop which showed the men dressed in semi-military outfits and their wolf tattoo visible on their right hands, and there he told Fuhito what he "saw" so far.
"So you SAW some events, you say...?"
"Yes."
"So what else did you SAW?"
"Bald-headed men...in soldier uniforms..."
"And...?"
"They have wolf tattoos on their right hand..."
"Wolf tattoo...? Are you sure?"
"Yes."
Fuhito realized that his granddaughter was taken by Fenrir, and slowly deduced that Masamune Kujo must have hired them to abduct her and there Naegi said that he is able to "pinpoint" the location and Fuhito told Naegi that he's coming along and are heading to the place via his car and the two left immediately as Fuhito seemed to know the location that Naegi described, and they hoped that they are not too late as they fear Kirigiri's situation being at the hands of those ruthless mercenary group.
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Somewhere in Tokyo, the scene shifts to a safe house, which is quite a posh property that belonged to a rich person, and the place was a mansion with a huge lot, and inside the gate and walls, you can see several men dressed like soldiers and are holding weapons, and you can see the wolf tattoos on their right hands, thus they are identified as members of Fenrir, and they are guarding their stations as they are ordered to. They are precise in their actions and would not hesitate to kill anyone who are foolish to come to their midst just to defend their positions.
The scene shifts inside the house where Kirigiri slowly woke up and finds herself laid down and tied to a rather long table, her wrist and ankles tied apart in four directions and is surrounded by Fenrir soldiers, whom one of them approached her.
"Uhh..."
"So you have awakened..."
"!"
"Now then...whether you survive or not depends on your cooperation..."
"What do you want from me?"
"Answers."
"Why did you brought me here? What do you want from me?"
"It's simple, my dear..."
The interrogator stated that their "client" hired Fenrir to take take Yui's "evidence" and confiscate it, and thus their mission was a success, until he saw Kirigiri's name being the recipient on Yui's e-mail and thus the "client" requested that Fenrir find and bring Kirigiri to this place and has taken her laptop to "safeguard" the evidence, and there Kirigiri revealed that she knows that Masamune Kujo is the one who orchestrated this and demanded Yui's whereabouts, in which the interrogator revealed that they killed her along with their parents, in which Kirigiri was slowly shocked at what she just heard.
"What...what did you say...?"
"We killed that girl...along with her parents..."
"WHY did you do that? You already took the evidence...they're just a simple family...!"
"We were just hired to carry the job...nothing personal..."
"Where are they? I know they're still alive..."
"We killed them...plain and simple."
"I won't believe you!"
"Too bad..."
Kirigiri refused to believe this but the interrogator stated that it doesn't matter and asks her if she has told anyone else about this which she maintained that she acted alone, though the interrogator does not believe her and decided to torture her into telling him what she knows and whispered to two of his fellow soldiers, and there the soldiers untied her ankles and they began removing her boots and socks, then they slowly doused her feet and toes with water, and then brought out a weapon which she slowly guessed what he has in mind.
"What are you planning to do?"
"Relax...we won't DO a thing to you...depending if you answer our queries..."
"What does THIS have to o with this interrogation?"
"We know you are keeping something from us...and we will use ANY means to get them out of you..."
"I already answered you...I'm acting on my own!"
"But you do have a confidant...and now...we shall commence the interrogation-style torture..."
"Don't you dare...!"
"I do..."
The interrogator then brought out a "shock stick" and intends to give her a "shocking experience" if she refuse to tell him what she knows and despite maintaining a stoic expression, deep inside she was starting to get scared knowing what is about to happen and she uses her will power not to give in to the threat as she intends to protect her grandfather through any means available while thinking of a way to stall her interrogator who intends to torture her.
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Outside, the car arrived and there Fuhito and Naegi parked at one side where they won't be noticed, and as they assessed the situation, the senior citizen guessed that the Fenrir soldiers might attempt to interrogate her and is possible that they might torture her in to submission and Naegi glanced at the wall and gets another "holographic image" and "saw" what is happening inside, and he realized that her life is in danger so he stepped out of the car and began removing his casual attire and Fuhito saw that Naegi already has the RED SUIT and is told by the boy what he "saw" and is going inside the posh mansion.
"Are you sure about what you said?"
"Yes...so I'm going in!"
"But what about the guards?"
"I'll deal wit them...!"
"Are you serious?"
"Yes..so wait here and stay hidden from their sights..."
"But..."
"Got to go!"
Naegi told Fuhito to wait here as he took a few steps back and then ran forward before jumping, and Naegi began flying and managed to get up over the high wall, but since he still has no control over his flight, he made a bad landing and fell on top of a bush, and Fuhito sweat-dropped as he wondered if the boy is going to be okay and wondered how will he be able to save Kirigiri with so many soldiers inside the mansion.
Within the vicinity of the mansion, Naegi sneaked around and is making sure he is not seen as he did not want to cause any unwanted detection and had to keep himself hidden as he saw a lot of Fenrir soldiers patrolling and he had to bid his time and wait until the coast is clear. as he walked a few areas, he came to a wall where he believed to be a "guest house" and he accidentally gets another "holographic image" and there he saw what is happening inside at the other side.
Inside, Fenrir soldiers gave Kirigiri a "light torture" as they used the "shock stick" to lightly SHOCK her and they've been at it for 15 minutes, and Kirigiri's body was in half-pain due to the electrocution as her feet was repeatedly doused in water, and the interrogator is ready to apply more electrocution in an effort to make her submit and answer his questions.
"So...are you ready to talk...?"
"...already...told you...I'm...acting on...my...own..."
"Not good enough, young lady..."
"It's...the truth...!"
"It seems that you have tried my patience..."
"Wait...!"
"Looks like I'll have to resort to use severe force..."
"!"
Seeing that she is stubborn, the interrogator told a fellow soldier to repeat the torture and the soldier began increasing the voltage of the "shock stick" Kirigiri braces herself, and outside, Naegi saw and hear what the image showed him and he stepped back a few times while wondered what to do, until something came to his head and decided to take the chance and ran forward, intending to ram his way through, and as he did so, he partially succeeded as he caused the wall to crack, but hurts his head din the process and fell down.
"Ow! Damn! How come only my head is vulnerable?"
Inside, the soldiers are alarmed at seeing the wall crack, and wondered what is going on, until the wall collapses and Naegi busted his way through, and there the soldiers are taken aback at what they saw: a 15-year old boy, wearing a red suit, red boots, white belt and a black cape, but the interrogator regained his wits after seeing him coming through the wall and thinks that the foundation was weak and told his fellow soldiers to shoot him, but before the soldiers could do so, Naegi panicked and began grabbing the soldiers and tossed them around, causing them to collide against the wall and others were thrown around, knocking them out, and there Naegi set Kirigiri free and she grabbed her panties and boots before putting them on, and looked around, seeing that her laptop is nowhere to be found, and Naegi urged her to follow him as they intend to escape, and Kirigiri reluctantly did as Naegi told her.
"Kirigiri-san!"
"Naegi-kun!"
"We got to go!"
"Tch! I can't find the laptop!"
"We don't have time! We got to get out of here!"
"...fine..."
"Let's go!"
"Okay..."
Soon the alarm was raised and the Fenrir soldiers have been mobilized and began heading to several areas to find the escaped prisoner and capture or kill them. As the soldiers scrambled to their posts, Naegi and Kirigiri sneaked around and head to the area where Naegi first came, and seeing the high wall, Kirigiri suggested that they find another way to escape, however Naegi said that this is the only place they can escape, and when she asks how will that happen, he responded, and she didn't take it well upon hearing it.
"What? Are you serious, Naegi-kun?"
"This is the only way!"
"I don't want to go flying again...!"
"You don't have much of a choice..we'll get killed if they see us!"
"But..."
"Come on!"
"Let go of me!"
"Here we go...!"
But with the alarm blaring, Naegi carried Kirigiri on his shoulder and then ran a few steps forward before jumping and flew over the wall as Kirigiri shrieked as they flew a little higher before Naegi loses control and ends up crashing on the ground outside, just as Fuhito is waiting inside the car, and as he gets out, He sweat-dropped at the sight before him, as Naegi is laying on the ground with Kirigiri on top, and as she opened her eyes, she blushed deeply as she realized that her face is buried on his CROTCH, and gets up, feeling embarrassed while Fuhito managed to hide his snicker yet he is glad to see his granddaughter alive before telling the two teens to get inside the car and as they did so, Fuhito drives the car and leaves the area, just before the Fenrir soldiers would get the chance to check out outside, and the soldiers are unaware that Kirigiri and Naegi have already escaped their custody.
To Be Continued...
Looks like things are getting heated up, as Kirigiri narrowly escaped a possible torture thanks to Naegi, and his RED SUIT came in handy as it helped him deal with some of the Fenrir soldiers and this helped him and Kirigiri escape their captors and Fuhito helps the two teens in escaping the scene of the crime, and now they're going to have their hands full in how to expose the conspiracy without compromising themselves, yet they now need the evidence but Fenrir already has it.
At least Naegi and Maizono gets some screen time yet it got interrupted due to the current situation...
Preview:
The next chapter will conclude the Kyoko Kirigiri x Yui Sumidare arc as she and Naegi confronts the Fenrir squad and attempts to thwart the assassination attempt on the Prime Minister while at the same time the villain of this arc gets a showdown with Kirigiri, which will take things on a personal level...