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 and here the story gets deeper now that Komaru's been kidnapped and Naegi is unaware of this and soon he is about to get in a deeper situation once the kidnappers state their demands, which Naegi is going to have difficulty in pulling off something to ensure his younger sister's release.
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.
"Fuyuhiko-sama..."
"...about the shipment of drugs..."
"...we got a lot of investment coming..."
"...yes...we'll be able to produce a lot of capital..."
"Good. That's good news..."
"About Al Capone and John Dillinger..."
"Forget them. I'll deal with them if they showed their faces again..."
"I see..."
As the discussion is underway, the next scene takes a hilarious turn as the goons arrived carrying a sedated Komaru with them and they are proclaiming that soon they will present proof about the existence of the "super guy" and they won't be executed once they showed proof to their boss, and Fuyuhiko covered his face with his hand as he feels embarrassed at the ineptness of his men while the other branch leaders are whispering to themselves on how Fuyuhiko would handle this matter despite his young age.
As the goons went to the interrogation room, Fuyuhiko whispered to Peko and instructed her to see what his inept men are doing as this moment which she nodded without question before taking her leave.
"Peko..."
"Yes, boss..."
"Keep an eye on them..."
"And...?"
"Just watch them...and don't let them see you..."
"That's all?"
"Yes."
"Okay."
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. 25: Komaru no Rirīsu no Tame no Minoshirokin
Much later...
The scene shifts to the streets at a neighborhood, where Naegi's residence is based, and Naegi is seen walking home feeling a mixture of good and worrying feeling; good as he spent a day with Maizono and they were getting closer yet he is unsure if he should woo her considering her status as an idol and that she is still recovering from her ordeal at the hands of the deceased Taren Tomaneja, and he chose to keep things in a minimum for the time being, as he wanted her to recover and he will provide her with a lot of emotional support she can get.
"Yeah...I guess I should keep things as they are..."
As Naegi arrived home, he noticed that Komaru has not yet arrived home, and he presumed that she is hanging out with her friends so he decided to have dinner first and set the table and ate the food, then washed the dishes and then went to his room to change clothes as he is about to take a bath, and all the while he is still beaming with happiness as he and Maizono are getting along better than last time, and he recalled Komaru teasing him about the possibility that Maizono might end up confessing her feelings towards him, which Naegi sighed that it's not a possibility, sine he is unaware that Maizono harbored feelings towards the Luckster.
"Really...I'd be happy if Maizono-san and I are a couple..."
After changing his clothes, Naegi went to the bathroom to take a shower and began to take a bath, still feeling happy, and seemingly forgotten about Komaru, knowing that she has her own circle of friends and he is sure that she knows what time she should be home and after a few minutes he emerged from the bathroom and went to his bedroom to dry up, and later he sat on the couch to watch TV, but as his thoughts went flying, he slowly fell asleep and drifted to slumber, unaware of what has befallen his younger sister.
-x-
The next morning, Naegi woke up and realized that he left the TV on, and he mentally whined as he realized that he would be scolded if his mom were here, but then he noticed that everything was fine until he realized that he hasn't noticed Komaru, and he looked around, seeing that there is no trace of her coming here and he decided to check her bedroom, and when he entered, he is surprised to see that her room and are untouched, and her bag is not there, and he is starting to get a bit worried until his cellphone rang and it showed that he is due to arrvive at Hope's Peak Academy early as they have a report to recite in class and he decided to worry about that for now and hurriedly took a bath, then puts on his academy uniform and went towards the academy while leaving a note for Komaru in case she arrives.
"I hope she'll be home by then..."
-x-
Much 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.
"Gentlemen...thank you for coming..."
"Sure..."
"No problem..."
"About this week's capital..."
"We got a lot of prospects coming..."
"I even managed to get some police protection..."
"I also gained support from some polictal party..."
"Good...now then, we shall..."
As the discussion is underway, the next scene takes a hilarious turn as the scene shifts to the interrogation room, where Komaru slowly rouses from her slumber and rubbed her eyes and then she stood up realizing the events that happened, and she looked around and became a bit scared as realization hits her that she had been kidnapped and she wondered who would want to kidnap her knowing that her family is ordinary and not financially outstanding, and as she is about to leave the room, some of the mafia goons came and are pleased to see that she is awake and they began to commence the interrogation.
"You're awake..."
"Good..."
"Now we shall..."
"Who are you? Why did you brought me here?"
"Shut up, and answer our questions!"
"Where is he?"
"Who?"
"The "super guy"!"
Komaru was bewildered as the inept goons were pointing guns at her while demanding the whereabouts of the "super guy" which Komaru is baffled and instead demanded that they let her go, but the inept goons wouldn't budge and began threatening her, in which one of them brought out a live mouse and motions to throw it at her, causing her to shriek in panic and began slapping the goon, and the antics were heard by Fuyuhiko and the other branch leaders, in which Fuyuhiko was seething in annoyance amid the branch leaders' queries on what his men are doing right now at the interrogation room.
"Fuyuhiko-sama...are those your henchmen there?"
"What are they doing?"
"Is an interrogation ongoing?"
"What's going on?"
"Why is there a girl screaming?"
"Fuyuhiko-sama...?"
"Sir?"
"Something wrong?"
Back at the interrogation room, the other goons are restraining the goon leader after getting a heavy slap from Komaru, in which a slap mark is seen on his left cheek while she is backing against the wall, and she demanded why they insist that she know about the "super guy", and one of the goons approached her and showed to her the manga's main characters, and she sweat-dropped in realization, seeing that they are not only stupid, but UTTERLY moronic, but then she slowly recalled what her elder brother told him about encountering goons threatening an old lady and slowly realized that they were after her brother.
"See this?"
"Yeah...it's a manga...which I authored..."
"Then you knew him!"
"You're crazy!"
"What? Don't change the subject! Tell us where we can find him!"
"There's no such thing! He's just a manga character I created!"
"There is! You created him and thus he is real!"
"You idiot!"
Komaru tried to cover it up by claiming that there is no such thing as a "super guy" in real life and said that maybe the goons are just "seeing things" and said that it was a product of her creation in the world of manga, and the goon leader misinterpret it and accuses her of being the one who "gave birth to the "super guy"" and demanded to reveal his whereabouts, leading to a bickering between the two, and outside the interrogation room, Peko sighed as she was recording the entire conversation and left the scene to report back Fuyuhiko and there she showed him what she got so far, and Fuyuhiko was getting irritated at the bumbling antics of his men.
"Those morons...!"
"..."
"I can't believe i agreed to give them a deadline...!"
"..."
"Their antics are getting on my nerves...!"
"Shall I dispose them, sir?"
"..."
"Sir?"
Hearing the shouting getting louder, Fuyuhiko was roused from his irritation and told his secretary to keep the branch leaders busy as he heads for the interrogation room to see the interrogation personally, and when he entered the room, he stared wide-eyed and veins popped on both sides of his head seeing the goons are threatening Komaru with more mice in an effort to get her to admit her knowledge, and he screamed at the goons for their antics and the goon leader approached his boss in an effort to quell the tension.
"Boss!"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PULLING AT?!"
"We're doing a tactical interrogation..."
"TACTICAL?! USING MICE ON A SCHOOLGIRL?! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU CONNED ME INTO GIVING YOU A DAMN DEADLINE!"
"Have patience, boss..."
"WELL YOU'RE TRYING MY PATIENCE!"
"Please...give us a few days...we promise we'll give you results..."
"You...!"
Fuyuhiko was beginning to lose patience and the goon leader pleaded another chance as he is determined to prove to his boss that the "super guy" is real, and the Super High School-level Gangster sighed in defeat and told him to do what he wants and will approach him later if proof is presented, and as he is about to leave the room, he heard a loud shriek, and as he turn around, his jaw dropped to the floor (anime-style) as the goons are holding down Komaru while the goon leader is holding a LIVE cockroach by its antenna and is motioning to throw it at the teen girl in an effort to make her admit what she knows, and Fuyuhiko left the room while telling Peko to get him an ice bag full of ice.
-x-
Later in the day...
At Hope's Peak Academy, Naegi had just submitted his report to a teacher, and he is ready to go home, when Kirigiri approached him as she noticed him getting a bit restless throughout the day and when she prods him to tell her what is wrong, he admitted what's distracting him, and Kirigiri said that Komaru may be busy with things or that her cellphone is out of coverage, and assured to him that Komaru will be fine, which slowly brought relief to Naegi until his cellphone rang, and he checked it, seeing that it was Komaru who is calling, and a relieved Naegi answered it, but his face began to change into that of a suspicious, yet worried expression and Kirigiri listens in as the conversation took place.
"Komaru! Where were you..."
"So...you must be Komaru Naegi's relative..."
"Eh? Who is this? How did you..."
"Listen up...we have Komaru Naegi in our hands..."
"You...!"
"Listen up...if you want her back...you do what I say..."
"Where is she?!"
"Shut up and listen!"
The caller who is using Komaru's cellphone turns out to be the goon leader and told him that he has Komaru in their grasp, and to prove it, he briefly lets Komaru speak to her brother, but then the goon leader told Naegi that he has a ransom to demand, and Naegi said that his family is not rich and his parents are out of town, but the goon leader assured to him that money is not what he wants, and when Naegi asks what he demanded, the goon leader stated what he wants.
"Eh? You're not after money?"
"Are you deaf? I just said yes!"
"Then what do you want? What are you after? Why drag my sister in your hands?"
"We want...HIM."
"Huh? "him"?"
"The "super guy"..."
"What...?"
"THE "SUPER GUY", YOU DAMN DEAF! THE "SUPER GUY"!"
Both Naegi and Kirigiri stared wide-eyed as they were told what the goon leader wanted in exchange for Komaru's release - the SUPER GUY, and Kirigiri stared intently at Naegi realizing that he is in a precarious position as the goon leader wanted Naegi in the RED SUIT and no police will be involved, and Naegi was silent as he is given instruction on where to go and not to make any tricks or Komaru will be "done for".
-x-
At outer space, the three aliens are somewhat worried that Naegi's secret might get exposed, and Cherubi is getting upset that Naegi is putting the red suit at risk of exposure and suggested that they take it back while using a beam to make everyone forget about Naegi's exploits, but Ophani spoke and tried to persuade Cherubi to calm down as Seraphi listens on while thinking of his next move to alleviate the situation at hand.
"That Earth boy! He's putting the red suit at risk of exposure!"
"Calm down, Cherubi..."
"How can I calm down?"
"I'm sure there's a reason...but fore now we should keep on observing..."
"Then what? I say we take the suit back, and use a beam to make everyone forget about..."
"You can't be serious!"
"Try me!"
"..."
By then Seraphi made his move and told the two to wait and see where this would lead to, and if he finds the situation getting out of hand, then he will consider taking Cherubi's advice and take the red suit back and erase everyone's memories about Naegi's exploits.
To Be Continued...
Okay, trouble for Naegi as he found out why Komaru hasn't come home...and now he's in a bind as the mobster's demand the "super guy", which turns out to be Naegi. Fortunately the goons are unaware about Naegi being their target, and thus there may be HOPE for the Luckster...
However, this development drew the ire of the three aliens and they are on standby on what to do next should the situation gets nasty...
Preview:
The next chapter concludes the Komaru arc, and you can guess what would ensue there...