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 here Celes' life is in peril as the mafia decided to make their move to swoop her in after they have had enough of her activities which depleted their methods of getting their commissions and this in turn would get Naegi dragged in on her mess once he gets in the crossfire.

And this time Kyoko Kirigiri gets mixed in as an unexpected situation puts her, Naegi and Celes in a situation where their lives are at stake...

Thus...the Celestia Ludenberg arc continues...

A few days later, the scene shift to a rented inn where two of the mafia hit men that "Al Capone" and "John Dillinger" are staying, and the two hit men, a guy and a girl, who are in their late teens, are glancing at the laptop where various information is being downloaded and the two, identified only by their code names as "Bonnie" and "Clyde", are now beaming with confidence as they acquired the info that they've been seeking for the past few days, in which it involves their current target: Celestia Ludenberg.

"Well, Clyde...?"

"Bingo."

"You found her?"

"Yes, Bonnie..."

"So that's Ludenberg...She's not so cute as I thought..."

"Of course not..."

"And that's the academy she's attending?"

"Yup."

Bonnie and Clyde have finally discovered that Celes is attending classes at Hope's Peak Academy, and with this information in their grasps, the two assassins can finally mark her and observe her movements so that once they find out where she is staying, they can make plans on assassinating her without giving themselves away, and once they dispose of her, they can collect the bounty that their clients promised to give to them.

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. 20: Gyanburā no Machibuse

Several days later...

The scene shows that Celes arrived at the gates of Hope's Peak Academy, and is in high spirits after having won a lot of "collections" from the various casinos she went, and by now she amassed a lot of Yen and it was enough for her to be considered rich, and because she lied about her age and name, she was able to elude questioning from other various casino owners who are attempting to smear her so that she would be forced "return" the "prizes" she won and save their casinos.

However, despite the good fortunes she received, she still recalled the incident that led to the death of Mr. Moneybags yet she shrugs it off since she escaped unscathed and that's all that mattered to her, yet she is unaware that she was the actual target of the assassins and she has no idea that she was being followed by Bonnie and Clyde, as the two assassins are hiding at a van, stealthily observing her after coincidentally seeing her walking by and followed her, and there they decided to wait for the whole day to see what time she comes out of the academy and then follow her to where she is staying.

"Do we have to wait for hours, Clyde?"

"Yes, Bonnie...we have to..."

"But I want to shoot her bitch-like head..."

"You'll get the chance...but we have to be patient...we need to know what time she comes out of school..and find out where she lives...and once we do...then we rat her out..."

"Sigh...then we'll have to wait till late afternoon..."

"Patience...we'll find the right time..."

"Okay..."

"Good..."

The van then went to a nearby parking space and decided to wait for Celes to come out even though it would take several hours before they begin staking out their target.

-x-

Much later, the scene shifts to the classroom of Class 78, where Celes is copying some notes, while Naegi is glancing at Celes as he recalled their conversations several days ago, while Kirigiri is also glancing at Celes, as she suspected that she may be a target of some hit men after doing some secret investigation regarding the deaths if Mr. Moneybags and his bodyguard, especially after posing undercover and asks about Mr. Moneybags' activities before being murdered, and she has a feeling that Celes may be among the hit men's targets. She then confided to Naegi about it and there he started to get a bit worried over his targeted classmate being a possible target.

"Seriously...?"

"Yes, Naegi-kun..."

"But...why would someone want to...?"

"Because she is a well-known gambler...and the casinos that she went to went bankrupt, and this caused some gangsters to lose their source of monthly commission...and seeing that she poses a financial threat to their activities...they need to eliminate her...and that's what I theorize after investigating the death of Mr. Moneybags...perhaps he may have been mistaken for their actual target...which I believe that Celes was their true target..."

"That's...cruel..."

"That's how the assassins do their work...anyway, Naegi-kun..."

"Yes?"

"Do you have it...? The red suit...?"

Kirigiri asks Naegi if he has the red suit with him, in which he said that the suit is inside his backpack and there she told him that he will have to use it should the need arises and the Luckster sighed as he realized that he may get embroiled in a situation which he felt that he would get to fight some BAD ELEMENTS himself even though he would rather avoid getting into the bad guys' faces. He asks Kirigiri if he really has to come along with her and Celes and the Detective said that it is needed if she and Naegi are to protect her if it is confirmed that Celes is really a target or not.

By then a teacher came and classes began to commence.

-x-

As the hours passed, things went well peacefully at Hope's Peak Academy and Celes is seen at the cafeteria drinking her preferred milk tea while Hifumin Yamada tries to engage in a conversation with her though she chose to politely decline as she wanted to spend her time being at peace with herself while Kirigiri stealthily went outside and looked around to see if there is anything suspicious lurking outside the academy and so far she did not see anything, though the van's occupants are watching the academy's gates and noted that not a single student came out and Bonnie and Clyde are starting to get bored waiting for several hours just to get a glimpse of Celes so they can secretly follow her.

"Ah...! I'm bored!"

"I know, Bonnie...as much as I hate to admit...this can be a bit tedious..."

"I want to go in and shoot her damn head..."

"I want to as well...but we can't...we'll have to be patient..."

"Can't we pose as students and find her inside that blasted academy?"

"You know we can't...or we'll be found out...let's wait a little longer...okay?"

"Okay, Clyde..."

"Good girl..."

Surprisingly, Bonnie and Clyde managed to behave themselves and not attract attention from other people and yet they had to wait patiently for Celes to come out of the academy while taking turns in finding a public toilet to use since one of them had to sit and wait in order not to miss sight of their assigned target since they were promised to be paid well should they succeed in eliminating Celes on sight.

-x-

Much later, the Class of 78 are having a Science subject and the teacher assigns several groups where each one has three members, and coincidentally, Celes is paired with Naegi and Kirigiri and are assigned to do a project, which involves using a laptop as source of information, and after an hour it was dismissal time and the students began converging to work on their assigned project and Naegi wondered about what Kirigiri told him and there Celes began talking to Kirigiri and Naegi about what project they would be working on, and the trio began discussing on which place would they be spending the night in order to start working on their school project.

"So...when do we start our meeting?"

"Today."

"Yeah...she's right, Celes-san..."

"Say..."

"?"

"Hmm...?"

"How about we do this at my place?"

"Sounds good."

Celes suggested that they spend the night at the condominium she is staying at as it has free wi-fi access which Kirigiri finds it practical as they can sleep there for the night though Naegi is a bit hesitant since he has never slept at a classmates place before so he sent a text message to his parents and soon the three teens left the academy and by then Bonnie and Clyde finally caught sight of their target and began to secretly follow them from a distance so as not to arouse suspicion, and but Kirigiri's sharp presence of mind allowed her to sense that they are being followed yet she kept her cool and several minutes later, about 45 minutes, they arrived at the condominium that Celes is staying at and they three teens went to Celes' rented unit, which located at the 50th floor while Naegi noted that the condominium has at least 80 floors with a lot of units being occupied.

"Wow...so that's where Celes-san is staying..."

As the trio teens are setting up their school supplies and laptop, the scene shifts at the ground floor where Bonnie came and pose as a customer and began asking the receptionist about the unit Celes is staying at and asks if there is a spare until she can rent that is near Celes' and she got it, and went to the 50th floor and got to a unit next to Celes' and opened a window and gave Clyde a signal and left a "mark" in which he now knows where Celes' unit is and went to an opposite condominium that is facing the one Celes is staying at, and checked himself in at a rented unit, and soon he is preparing his weapon of choice to use in assassinating his target, marking the window of the unit Celes is using, not minding the fact that Celes has two classmates with her and about 20 minutes later Bonnie joined him as both went to the rooftop to prepare their weapons and are making aim in the hope of Celes opening her window so they can shoot her once within range.

-x-

A few minutes later, Celes, Kirigiri and Naegi are working on their school project and they seemed to be busy yet Kirigiri was mentally on the defensive as she had a feeling that they were being followed earlier and had to be on guard as she deduced that Celes may be on the list of targets by assassins who are apparently targeting well-known gamblers and seeing that Celes' title would be a possible hint, she began to subtly ask Celes if she is aware that she may be targeted by unknown elements in which Celes simply shrug off those suspicions stating that she is unfazed by anyone who would try to intimidate her into avoiding casinos.

"My, Kirigiri-san...are you being a paranoid?"

"No."

"I guess watching too much detective drama would make you assume a lot of imagination..."

"It's just my gut feeling..."

"This I assure you...no one would go after me...and nobody can intimidate me...not even those connected to the casinos I went..."

"Are you certain of that?"

"Of course..."

"You should be careful of what you say..."

Naegi watches on as Celes and Kirigiri are exchanging words about the possibility that Celes' life may be in danger yet the Gambler is confident that she won't be in danger though she is oblivious as she is moments away from being taken down by assassins and when Celes is about to open the curtains of the window so she can open the window, Kirigiri instinctively pulled Celes away from the window yet the curtains was slightly moved, and at the opposite condominium, Bonnie and Clyde found their cue and began to fire their machine guns and peppered the targeted condominium unit with bullets, and there Kirigiri dragged Celes to the floor and kept down as a hail of bullets swarmed the room, breaking the windows.

Kirigiri and Celes are trapped as they are just near the window while Naegi was at the other side of the bed and near the bathroom and there Kirigiri shouted at Naegi to do the "thing", much to his chagrin knowing what she meant about using the "thing".

"You can't be serious!"

"Yes I am! Do it!"

"But...!"

"You're the only one who can do it! And you're the only one who can save us!"

"Why me?"

"There's a reason for this! Just do it!"

"But...!"

"Please!"

As more bullets are raining inside the rented unit, Naegi panicked and took his backpack and went inside the bathroom, stripping off his clothes then hurriedly puts on the red suit, and boots, then puts on the white belt before going out of the bathroom, but stopped as he realized that he forgot to put on the black cape and as he is frantically putting it on, a few stray bullets zoomed past his forehead, taking him by surprise yet he managed to stay calm and went for the window and opened it, just as Kirigiri told Naegi to find the shooters and take them down.

"Kirigiri-san...!"

"Jump through the window and fly!"

"You got to be kidding me!"

"There's no time! Just do it!"

"You know I still have problems controlling it!"

"Try to focus and you'll gain control!"

"But...!"

"Don't argue and do it!"

After a minute of bickering, Naegi sighed and did as Kirigiri instructed as he moved back and ran towards the window and jumped, where the Luckster began to fly erratically towards the opposite condominium, where he followed the source of the gunfire, in which the scene shows that Bonnie and Clyde are at the rooftop firing bullets using their machine guns, and there Bonnie saw something heading their way and using binoculars, both sweat-dropped and stared wide-eyed at what they just saw.

"Uh...Clyde..."

"What the hell is that, Bonnie?"

"Am I seeing things?"

"Is that a para-glider...?"

"He ain't using a para-glide"

"Then what is he?"

"Who cares? Just shoot that son of a bitch!"

"Fine!"

Confused and shaken by what they just saw, Bonnie and Clyde aimed their machine guns at the flying Naegi and opened fire, and the bullets went towards the Luckster and he is forced to use his arms to cover his head since it is a vulnerable spot as the suit only protects the body it covers, and though Naegi managed to protect himself, the sudden turn of events, while trying to shield his head from the bullets, caused the teen to lose control of his flight and flew a little downward and went straight for the condominium's 35th floor unit.

"WWWWHHHOAAAA! GGGGYYYYAAHHH! AAAAAHHHH!"

Naegi crashed through the window and finds himself inside a rented unit where a married couple are having a honeymoon and are startled to see the window crashed, and as Naegi gets up, the couple stared wide-eyed seeing him dressed in the red suit and cape, thinking that he is wearing a pajama suit and a cape, and Naegi apologized before leaving the unit, and the couple sweat-dropped before proceeding to make love.

"Um..."

"..."

"Sorry..."

"..."

"I'm really sorry..."

"I'll...be on my way..."

"..."

"See you..."

-x-

At the ground floor, Bonnie and Clyde are leaving, managing to get to the elevator and took a ride and left the condominium having secured their weapons and boarded their car and left, while the scene shifts to the 35th floor where Naegi sweat-dropped as he is walking the hallway full of people, surprised to see him wearing the red suit and cape and began suspecting him of being a NUTCASE and not wanting to get his face taken by pictures, Naegi secretly took a bellboy's cap and puts it on and went to the fire exit to leave the building.

After some 10 minutes Naegi reached the first floor and uses the bellboy's cap to partially cover his face as more residents caught glimpse of Naegi and are starting to suspect him of being a mentally-ill patient seeing that he is wearing what perceived as a "red pajamas" and a cape, and are ready to call the paramedics using their cellphones, and while Naegi walked fast towards the exit, he did not notice that Sayaka Maizono was at the lobby accompanying her dad, who is dating his fiancee, in which it showed that after Maizono was rescued several weeks back, Maizono's dad reconciled with his daughter and soon introduced his fiancee to her and Maizono is glad to have a prospect of having a stepmother who would look after her and her dad.

As her dad and her fiancee are talking, Maizono accidentally caught a glimpse of a partially disguised Naegi passing by him just as he took a trench coat hanged on a hanger and then mixed with a crowd entering and exiting the door, and Maizono went after him as she felt that it was Naegi who passed by her, but had to squeeze her way through a gauntlet of people, and by the time she got outside the condo building, Naegi was already gone. She was sure it was him yet she had a feeling that it could be someone else but wondered if it is Naegi or not.

"Is that really Naegi-kun...?"

-x-

A few minutes later, Naegi arrived at the opposite condominium wearing the trench coat and is surprised to see the condominium's tenants are rushing out, and there Kirigiri and Celes came out as well, and there police arrived after being called about the gunfire incident and there Kirigiri told Naegi to wait here with Celes as she talked to the responding cops about what happened and there the police began inspecting the condo unit that Celes resides at, and by then Kirigiri asks Naegi what happened and is rather dismayed when told that he lost track of the assassins while he had to steal a trench coat to cover his "disguise".

"You let them escape, Naegi-kun?"

"It was out of my hands!"

"How can you...?"

"You know I still have difficulty in controlling the suit...!"

"Were you able to see their faces?"

"Uh...no..."

"You what?"

"They were trying to shoot me on the head! I had to protect myself, and it wasn't easy getting out of the other condominium...!"

By then, one of the responding policemen asks the three academy students to come with him at the police station in order to get a statement from them to help shed light on what happened while the condominium is being cordoned off for investigation amid baffled looks and complaints from the tenants who wanted to go back to their condominium units since it was already late at night.

To Be Continued...

Hope you like this chapter, as Naegi finally goes into action as he puts on the RED SUIT and cape and goes after the hit men, only to lose them and nearly gets lynch by condominium tenants. Moreover, Maizono gets a glimpse of Naegi yet he managed to get away as he doesn't want to be seen wearing the suit. Still, he narrowly loses the assassins and he'll have to make another try when the opportunity comes.

Still Celes was saved, and it's all thanks to Naegi

Preview:

The next chapter continues the Celestia Ludenberg arc as the assassins make another try in killing Celes, and Naegi makes another attempt to stop them, even though he still has problems controlling the red suit...