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 the story in this chapter picks up where the last chapter left, and trouble arises as Komaru becomes an unwilling target after some of the mafia goons mistook her manga's character as being the "real deal" and assumes that she and the character are "connected", and thus the abduction part...
Well...read on, and you'll see why...
And now...the Komaru Naegi arc continues...
An hour later...
The time now is 18:30, and the scene shifts at the Kuzuryuu house, the scene shifts to the conference room where several representatives of various mafia gangs within Tokyo are assembled, and Fuyuhiko arrived, and most of the rival leaders are still astounded that their fellow mafia leader is that of a high school boy, and yet they couldn't bring themselves to discuss it given that Peko was with him, and they have already seen what he is capable of, and the various mafia heads had no choice but to show their respect to him as Fuyuhiko sat down and began the discussion about their operations.
"Good evening, gentlemen..."
"Good evening, Kuzuryuu-sama..."
"Good evening, Kuzuryuu-sama..."
"Good evening, Kuzuryuu-sama..."
"Good evening, Kuzuryuu-sama..."
"Good evening, Kuzuryuu-sama..."
"Good evening, Kuzuryuu-sama..."
"Now then...we'll be starting our topic for the evening..."
The topic in discussion was about security, having brought up the subject about Capone and Dillinger's recent capture and subsequent incarceration at the Tokyo Mental Hospital, in which Fuyuhiko finds it a bit touchy and had to come up with a rebut so that they won't dwell over that issue saying that the two men in question would vow not to reveal their knowledge about the mafia operation, but then one of the mafia heads mentioned about Capone and Dillinger's recent escape, and said that there is a possibility that they may end up coming here, which Fuyuhiko assured that if that were to happen, they will have to make a secret call before they proceed coming here.
"…and if ever they come and pay a visit…they'd call me first…"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure…"
"But…they might lead the cops here and…"
"If that were to happen…then there would be damn cops here already…"
"O-okay…"
"Good…let's tackle the other topics…"
"Okay…"
As the discussion is ongoing, Peko stood beside Fuyuhiko, carrying her role as a bodyguard and would act accordingly if anyone inside the conference room attempt to act unruly or if an intruder comes in and makes an attempt at Fuyuhiko's life, while others glanced at the samurai sword hoisted beside her belt.
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. 24: Komaru wa yūkai shimashita
Much later...
The scene shifts to the streets at a neighborhood, where the streets appeared calm, but that would soon come to a halt as some men in business suits and bowler hats, who turn out to be members affiliated to Kuzuryuu's mafia network, are seen at a corner of a street and are meeting with a corrupt businessman who is there to give the men his portion of his earnings which turn out that he is conniving with them in exchange for a certain favor, and with the transaction done, the corrupt business man left, leaving the mafia gangster behind, and the men (about 8 of them), opened the briefcase and began counting the money.
"Okay…"
"Eight billion Yen…"
"All complete…"
"Nothing's missing…"
"Good…the boss would be pleased…"
"Let's get going…"
"Yeah…huh?"
"Hey!"
By then the mafia hit men noticed an elderly woman slowly walking past them, and they seemed to panic fearing that she may have discovered the illegal transaction, while in reality the elderly woman just walked past them and not notice anything, and she has poor eyesight thus she did not notice anything and just went her way, and there the mafia goons surrounded the poor lady and are ready to bring out their guns to shoot her down in order to silence any witnesses to their illegal activities.
"Hold it right there…"
"You saw it, didn't you?"
"Sorry, sonny…what was that…?"
"Don't play with us, granny…"
"The dead tell no tales…"
"Too bad you saw it…so therefore we'll silence you…"
"Nothing personal…"
"…just business…"
"Just shoot her already!"
By then Makoto Naegi came and is heading for a convenience store after having a talk with Komaru and there he accidentally discovered the would-be murder attempt of the elderly woman, and this prompts him to act and looked around, and saw a thick bush where went there and hid himself, and about 30 seconds later, he came out, and is wearing the RED SUIT and cape, and he ran towards the armed mafia goons, who are ready to shoot the elderly woman down, and that's where the action took place.
KA-PLAG!
BA-DASH!
KA-POW!
SUPLEX!
BODY SLAM!
CLOTHESLINE!
The mafia goons were taken aback at what they just saw after the beating they took and they are about to shoot him down when Naegi grabbed the guns and twisted them into scrap metals, and the men were terrified at what they saw and they wobbly head back to their cars and speeds away in humiliation while Naegi attended to the elderly woman and see if she is harmed, and he is relieved to see that she didn't get hurt, but then the elderly woman took out her glasses and put it on, and is startled at the sight before her, which took a hilarious turn for the worse, at least for Naegi.
"EEEKKKK!"
"Eh?"
"MANIAC!"
"What?"
"MANIAC! YOU HENTAI! FLASHING IN FRONT OF ME IN YOUR UNDERWEAR?!"
"WWWWAAHHH! OUCH! AAAIIIEE! CLAM DOWN, MA'AM! I WAS JUST HELPING YOU!"
"POLICE! POLICE! MANIAC ON THE LOOSE!"
"Darn it! Ow!"
The elderly lady began hitting Naegi on the head with her walking cane while shrieking upon seeing what she perceived as a "mentally-challenged nutcase" due to thinking that the teen boy is wearing a "red underwear" with a cape, and Naegi panicked while fearing that the commotion would attract attention so he went towards the bush and picked up his clothes and ran off, leaving her alone and when the coast is clear, the elderly woman calmed down and is about to walk away when she saw the briefcase on the ground and picked it up, and is astounded to see the money in it, and seeing that no one else is around, she decided to claim it as her own and left.
-x-
Back at the Kuzuryuu house, Fuyuhiko is seething upon seeing his men coming back, and they all were shown having bruises and lumps on their faces as they were fearful towards their boss as they told them that they not only lost the money they collected, but were also beaten up by a teenager in a "red pajamas with a cape" which Fuyuhiko dismissed as a lie but the leader of the goons reiterated at what they saw and how it happened while Fuyuhiko recalled hearing the report several weeks ago about Bonnie and Clyde claiming that they were foiled by a "super guy".
"…but it's true, boss!"
"There was a guy in a suit and cape!"
"He beat the hell out of us!"
"He even wrecked our guns!"
"Don't you try to lie to me, you useless goofs!"
"We're not making this up, boss!"
"We saw it!"
"Honest!"
The mafia goons who were also beaten up by Naegi voiced their claims about the "super guy", and the mafia leaders of other branches glanced at each other, while smirking, seeing that they find it entertaining about Fuyuhiko's men getting humiliated by their claims that a "mere boy in a cosplay" did this to them, and when Fuyuhiko demanded that they show proof of their claim, the goons were silent as they had no proof, and there Fuyuhiko glanced at Peko, and she unsheathed her katana as she is getting ready to carry out her orders, and the goon leader looked around until seeing one of the visitors reading a manga and saw the manga's main character, in which the character's costume resembled the red suit that Naegi is wearing, and he immediately grabbed the manga and showed it to Fuyuhiko, telling him the description and then showed him the rifle that Naegi dented using his bare hands.
"Here, boss! Here's the proof!"
"What the…?"
"There really is a "super guy"!"
"He wrecked our guns, and threw us around!"
"He moved so fast that we couldn't catch up with him!"
"And this picture proves it! Red suit…black cape…red boots…white belt…"
"There are eight of us…and we all saw it!"
"It was the "super guy" for real!"
Though Fuyuhiko wanted to dismiss it, he is starting to have second thoughts upon seeing the nozzle of the rifle bent in a curve and yet he is a bit baffled about the claim about a "super guy" until the goon leader requested that he gives him and his men a chance to prove their point and asks him to give them a week to solve the problem, which Fuyuhiko sighed as he wanted to get this over with and told his men they have one week to solve this mess they made or else he will have Peko execute them and the goons nodded and left, and as Fuyuhiko sighed, he can hear the giggling of the other mafia head branch leaders and he is pissed off that he fired his machine guns, which it only fired blanks but this was enough to put the other leaders in their places.
"WHOA!"
"EASY, KUZURYUU-SAMA!"
"WE WERE JUST KIDDING!"
"HONEST! WE'RE NOT MAKING FUN OF YOU!"
"WE APOLOGIZE IF YOU GOT OFFENDED!"
"CALM DOWN, KUZURYUU-SAMA!"
"We won't laugh at you!"
"We promise!"
-x-
Later, Naegi arrived home in his civilian attire and is heading for his room when Komaru came and she is surprised to see the bruises on her elder brother's head, and there Naegi told his sister about what happened, which she giggled and he told her it's not a laughing matter but she told him to let it slide since the elderly lady is a bit senile and does not know what's going on and he sighed in defeat seeing that she is right, and he proceeded to go to his room, and there Komaru asks if he is upset about using his image without permission which he smiled and said that it is okay.
"I'm okay…but be more careful next time…"
"Okay…I will…"
"Good."
"Since I'll be getting a raise in my salary…want me to give you some of my portions…?"
"No…you keep it…"
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Thanks, onii-chan!"
After that, Naegi went to his room to change clothes and to remove the RED SUIT as he is getting hot due to the extra clothing he's been wearing throughout the night.
-x-
Back at the mafia hideout, the goons and their leader are assembled in their room and they are discussing about what to do, knowing that Fuyuhiko meant what he said about having Peko execute them if they fail to show proof by the end of the week, and the leader smacked his subordinate on the head when caught reading the manga, which caused a bit of tension within the group as time is already ticking and they have to work double time to save their necks.
"Ow!"
"You moron! Drop that manga and focus o how we are going to survive the week's end and prove to the boss what really happened!"
"I am focusing..."
"Reading that blasted manga isn't going to help!"
"I might come up with some ideas if I read it..."
"Want me to kill you right now?"
"Aw, boss..."
"Grr...be serious here!"
However, one of the inept goons read the manga cover and saw Komaru's name as the author/artist, and he got an idea on how to solve their problems and told the goon leader what he has in mind, and the goon leader sweat-dropped at hearing the idea and nearly dismisses it until persuaded to agree to it as he is sure that the "super guy" would come to Komaru's rescue, as he pointed out the plot in the manga.
"You can't be serious!"
"I am, boss..."
"What good would it do finding this Komaru..."
"I'm sure that the "super guy" would come out if someone is in trouble...just like the plot in that manga he's holding..."
"You're making me lose hope..."
"Trust me on this..."
"Fine..."
"Okay!"
The goon leader resigned to fate and decided to let his subordinate do what he wanted and hoped that his efforts would pay off, and the goons went to their futons and went to sleep so that tomorrow they would make plans on how to carry out their assignment.
-x-
In the next three days, the goons began doing internet research on Komaru, and soon they found her photo, and her address, but thanks to their ineptness, they chose not to go to her house and kidnap her, and instead they sent scouts to observe her, the routes she took, and the time of her travels, and on the fifth day, they decided to strike, as shown when Komaru is walking home after classes, a heavily tinted car stealthily approaches and the door opened where the goons grabbed Komaru and placed a cloth laced with chloroform and sedated her before the car makes a getaway, and their plan was successful and the goons are heading back to the Kuzuryuu estate to begin their next phase of their plans.
"We got her!"
"Mission complete!"
"Really? I thought we would flush out the "super guy"..."
"We will...once we get the info out of this kid..."
"When?"
"Once she wakes up, you moron!"
"Oh...okay..."
"Jeez..."
-x-
Elsewhere, the scene shifts to a snack bar where Naegi and Maizono are hanging out, and the Luckster began spacing out as if he heard someone calling him, and Maizono blinked her eyes, getting suspicious that Naegi is thinking of someone and she suspected that it was Kirigiri he is thinking and she began rousing him to snap him back to attention as she is getting rather jealous lately when she saw him hanging out with the Detective.
"Naegi-kun...Naegi-kun!"
"Huh?"
"..."
"Ah, Maizono-san..sorry..I must've spaced out..."
"Were you thinking of someone?"
"N-No..."
"Then why are you...?"
"Ah..well...you see..."
Naegi laughed nervously and told her that he felt that someone is calling him and when she asks who he thinks is calling him,Naegi is unsure who, but told her it was a familiar tone, but then changed the subject by saying that he and Komaru will be alone for the next few days as the Naegi parents are out on a business trip, and Maizono sighed in relief seeing that he wasn't thinking of Kirigiri, but unknown to Naegi, Komaru was abducted and he has no idea that a mafia gang took her just to extract information on the "super guy".
To Be Continued...
Okay, nothing much happened here except that Naegi briefly puts on the red suit and a cape and did a good deed, saving an old lady only to get chased away, dating with Maizono, and Komaru get kidnapped, and Naegi has no idea, and this will put him on the pressure once he noticed that she hasn't gone home yet...
Fuyuhiko gave his goons one week to present evidence, and there's a chance that he might consider Komaru an "expendable" i he sees her having no value...
Preview:
The next chapter shows Komaru being in the mercy of the mafia and they are going to pressure her to reveal what she knows about Naegi...if she managed to hold on...