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
Now before you start reading this, where are two things I want to tell you:
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…
Second, I apologize if you were expecting the new story arc here, in which I decided to hold it off until the next chapter, as I decided to do another filler chapter so as to give you readers something to read after several chapters of continuous arc, and a reviewer suggested that I do another side story, and after considering it, I decided to do a side story for one chapter before we head to the next chapter, in which Kirigiri will help Naegi in figuring out what other mechanisms the red suit has, and of course, Naegi will have to discover it since he's the one wearing it.
One week later...
As Naegi is moving on after his recent activities which involves saving a fellow classmate, he is resting in his room and he is still wondering what to do after narrowly saving Kirigiri's life in which resulted in the apprehension of the two mobsters who were after her and Celes, and just recently, he helped solved a case which his other classmate, Leon Kuwata, would have become the next victim of a baseball gambling scam, if not for him and the red suit, and now he is mentally looking back on how he got the red suit in the first place, he recalled the times where he had to rely on the suit which led him to do a lot of feats, and also resulted in saving lives, among them his classmates, including Maizono, and although it was a plus factor for him, he couldn't help but question himself on why he was given the suit in the first place, and he is slowly getting stressed out and went to the rooftop of his house, holding the red suit and shouted at the skies, thinking that the UFO is still there and demanded an answer from them.
"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 is about to retreated to his room, when he looked down at the ground, and saw Kirigiri standing there, and she motions him to come out as she wanted to talk to him, and Naegi sighed as he went back to his room and head downstairs to see her there, realizing that it was already 12 midnight.
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. 32: Extra Chapter
A few minutes later, Naegi opened the door and Kirigiri is standing there, and as he motions her to come inside, she declined and instead invited him to talk to her outside stating that she doesn't want his family to get roused in hearing their voices. As Naegi stepped outside the house, she asks him what is he trying to pull and is screaming so loud at night which earned the ire of the neighbors who were startled by his screams, causing him to cringe in embarrassment.
"You seemed to be full of energy at a time like this..."
"Sorry..."
"What were you thinking?"
"Blowing off some steam...I'm still wondering why the aliens gave me the suit..."
"Shouldn't you feel lucky...? You were given a gift..."
"A gift? It caused me a lot of trouble!"
"Saving your classmates...solving potential crimes...how can you say that it caused you trouble?"
"Give me a break!"
Naegi reasoned that he was just mentally stressed at the fact that the aliens gave him the red suit and questions them on why they chose him out of millions of potential users, but Kirigiri reasoned that perhaps they saw something in him that made them choose Naegi as the user of the suit, and she pointed out that since gaining the suit, he has saved lives and even solved cases, which Naegi sighed, seeing the point, and she told him that he'll just have to accept the fact that he was chosen to wield the suit for a reason.
By then Kirigiri told Naegi that she came here for a reason, in which she says that she recalled what he told her back about losing the INSTRUCTION BOOK, in which he confirms it, and there she said that she believes that the suit has other powers that can be used, and she said that so far all the suit's power that offered Naegi were the flight, holographic image and to a certain extent, protection and superhuman strength, and Naegi nodded, having recalled those feats he made.
"Yeah...those were the powers of the suit that I was able to use..."
"That's right, Naegi-kun so far they're the only ones you can utilize..."
"..."
"And the reason why I came here is..."
"Huh?"
"I'm taking you with me..."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"hear me out..."
By then Kirigiri told Naegi that tomorrow is Saturday, and her grandfather is going to Mt. Bandai to see a client who is asking for his detective assistance, and she sees this as an opportunity in which she knows a place where Naegi can experiment in unlocking other powers the red suit has to offer, and Naegi stared wide-eyed as he realized that he is going to a rather secluded place just to put on the red suit and tiy out its other powers, and he tried to talk his way out, though she has a rebuttal for that so Naegi won't be able to say "no".
"W-what?"
"You heard me..."
"But I don't want to!"
"You have no choice..."
"I've been wearing that damn suit non-stop and now you're dragging me to some place just to put the suit and and do other feats?"
"Why not? If the suit has other powers you could use it to your advantage...and imagine this...once you mastered the other powers of the suit it could simplify your work...and save lives including our classmates..."
"But..."
"Would your conscience tell you to shirk the gift you were given...?"
Naegi nearly screamed as he finds himself get cornered and begged her not to let her take him, as he wanted to take a break from wearing the red suit, but Kirigiri gently told him that there is a reason why the aliens bestowed the suit to him, and reasoned that with practice he could gain greater control over the suit, and as Naegi walked in circles to try and calm himself, he accidentally stepped on a cat's tail which caused the cat to shriek and Naegi was startled and jumped back, knocking a garbage can in the process, and Naegi cussed aloud accidentally, and this roused the neighbours and some of them opened the window and screamed at whoever caused the ruckus.
"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!"
"HONEY...GET ME MY SAMURAI SWORD...I'M GOING TO SLICE AND DICE THE DAMN DELINQUENT!"
Naegi sagged at the screams of the irate neighbors, and seeing that they might come out and find him, Naegi reluctantly accepted her request and she promised to help him in any way she could, so Naegi went inside the house and Kirigiri walked off, where a car is waiting for him and the driver turns out to be Fuhito, and there he spoke to his granddaughter, asking how things went between her and Naegi, in which she told him that the "training" would proceed as planned.
"So you really are going to train that boy...?"
"Yes, grandfather..."
"Hmm..."
"What?"
"I never thought you'd get involved with a boy..."
"Please stop jumping to conclusions...Naegi-kun and I aren't like that..."
"Really...?"
"Grandfather...!"
After that, the car drives away and the neighbourhood is now devoid of people, and Naegi is seen laying on his bed, a bit frustrated that he's going on a trip and would have to bring the red suit with him. He couldn't believe that he got suckered into agreeing to tag along with the Kirigiri's, but then he slowly realized that she may have a point, if there are other hidden powers from the red suit, and if she finds a way to help him control his flight, maybe the trip and training may be worth it.
-x-
The next day, Naegi finished breakfast and is getting ready to leave, with Komaru noticing that he is carrying a backpack and she saw a rather reluctant look on his face and she approached her brother and asks where is he going, and assured that she can keep a secret, and seeing this, he confided to Komaru about where he is going, and she raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and asks if there is something going on between her brother and Kirigiri, which he blushed deeply and defended himself when told that he already has Maizono.
"Onii-chan..."
"Huh?"
"Are you a girl magnet or something...?"
"What? What made you say that?"
"You got Maizono-senpai...so why are you so close with Kirigiri-senpai..."
"You got it wrong!"
"Oh...?"
"Knock it off, Komaru!"
Komaru giggled as she enjoy seeing his flustered reaction but the conversation became serious when told that Kirigiri is taking him to Mt. Bandai to help him in unlocking other hidden powers of the red suit, and Komaru blinked her eyes at the thought of her elder brother possessing more powers besides flight and protection, and asks if she can tag along, but Naegi gently turn down her request as the travel is far and that Kirigiri stated that the training would be a secret one and she came to understand his decision.
"Sorry, Komaru...I can't..."
"I see..."
"Please...don't tell mom and dad about this..."
"Okay..."
"Thanks..."
"Promise to tell me how your training went when you get home..."
"...fine..."
"Okay!"
After that, Naegi bids goodbye to Komaru as he leaves the house, just as the car arrived where Fuhito and his granddaughter are inside the car, and Naegi went inside as Kirigiri is telling him where they are going and said that they have all day to experiment the red suit's capabilities and Fuhito told Naegi that he will fetch them at a specific place within Mt. Bandai and the car drives away just as Komaru watches the vehicle leave, and she is wondering if thee is a love triangle as Naegi is being "wooed" by Kirigiri and Maizono, who are trying to spend time with him.
-x-
A few hours later, the car arrived at a mountainous area where Kirigiri and naegi gets off, and Fuhito told the two to meet him at a certain area within Mt. Bandai's town before leaving, and there Kirigiri tells Naegi to get read, and he sighed as there's no backing out and he started to take his clothes off until he is in his brief, and took out the red suit from his backpack and slowly puts it on, and then the cape and there he is ready, and asks her what he should do next, and she looked around and saw a huge boulder and gets an idea.
"Naegi-kun...look..."
"Huh?"
"See that boulder?"
"Yeah..."
"Try using the suit's telekinesis..and make that boulder move..."
"Seriously?"
"Yes."
"Geez..."
Following her instruction, Naegi stared at the rock and attempts to use the suit's telekinetic powers to make the huge boulder move, but instead it caused the hem of Kirigiri's skirt to go up, exposing her panties and she shrieked, causing Naegi to turn around, and blushed at seeing the sight and she berated him for his clumsiness though he reasoned that he is inexperienced in using the suit's power, and after a few minutes both calmed down and resume the training, and there she suggested to him to try setting a bush on fire, deducing that the suit might have pyrokinetic powers.
Naegi stared at the bush and concentrated in setting it on fire, but then Kirigiri's trench coat suddenly went ablaze and she shrieked, removing it and Naegi sweat-dropped seeing that he messed up again, and she was glaring at him for being sloppy, though he rebutted by saying it's not his fault if things went wrong due to him still not mastering the suit's powers. Both bickered fro a few minutes before cooler heads prevailed, and there they agreed to try out other experiments, and discovered a few other powers, such as super breath, teleportation, heat vision, and x-ray vision, and Naegi tried each of them, having little success in controlling it.
By lunchtime, Kirigiri and Naegi left the scene and were picked up by Fuhito and while inside the car, Naegi was given a spare trench coat to put on to cover the red suit he is wearing and Fuhito asks his granddaughter how are things back there, in which she was reluctant to tell, embarrassed to tell him that she was nearly scorched by Naegi's pyrokinetic powers. After some gentle prodding from her grandfather, she reluctantly told him how things went.
Fuhito was quite amused to hear what happened and noticed her glaring at Naegi as the Luckster cringed in embarrassment and apologized non-stop and there he told the two teens that he is passing by a bank at Mt. Bandai's capital and soon they arrived there, and as they got off a car, Kirigiri noticed some suspicious men near a car and as she discreetly peered through the window, she noticed a pair of ski masks and some guns, and she told her grandfather that there are robbers nearby, and just as the trio are about to make action, gunfire can be heard, and both Kirigiri and her grandfather hid behind a corner, just as the bank robbers emerged from a bank, firing their guns and Naegi hide behind a car to avoid being seen, but then the robbers boarded the car and sped off, leaving Naegi behind and Kirigiri shouted at Naegi to go after them, much to his dismay.
"Naegi-kun! Go after them!"
"What?"
"Go!"
"You got to be kidding me!"
"You're the only one who can stop them!"
"Why me?"
"Just do it!"
"Geez!"
As the car took a sharp turn to the right corner of the intersection, Naegi took a shortcut and with no one around, he removed the trench coat and ran before jumping, where he began to fly, just as Fuhito and his granddaughter boarded the car and began going after the bank robbers based on their deduction abilities.
-x-
Several minutes later, Naegi is still searching for the car, but in his haste he loses focus and ends up falling to the ground, and gets up jumps up in an effort to fly but ends up tripping towards the ground, in which his action caught the attention of a patrolling cop in a motorcycle, and he accosted the teen and asks him what is he doing, and Naegi shrieked at the situation he is in and ran off, prompting the cop to use the radio to call the police dispatcher.
"Calling dispatcher...calling dispatcher...!"
"This is the dispatcher...what's the situation?"
"I'm about to commit a pursuit at Megumi Ogata Avenue...there's a mental case on the loose..."
"Can you give me the description...?"
"A young male...about 15 to 17 years old...has a rather short and thin build. He has spiky, desaturated brown hair with a prominent ahoge...he's wearing what appeared to be a red clothing with a short black cape...requesting backup and an ambulance...we might need some restraints..."
"Copy...will convey your message to any available unit..."
"Thanks...I'm commencing pursuit right now..."
"Copy..."
As the motorcycle gives chase, Naegi ran as fast as he could and took a turn to the right corner where a huge mailbox is stationed and he hid behind it as the motorcycle passes by looking for him, and Naegi narrowly escapes being seen and chased, and waited until the coast is clear, and he resume running to find the bank robbers. About two minutes later, Naegi looked around until he saw the escaping car passing by him, and Naegi gives chase, forgetting to use the suit's super speed and this allowed the car to get a huge head start, and Naegi began running and then jumps, only to fall down, and he repeated the feat in an effort to fly, which failed. This in turn attracted the attention of two cops inside a police car and are surprised to see the scene in front of them.
"What the...?"
"Whoa...check this one out..."
"What the heck is he doing...?"
"Either he's a nutcase..."
"...or someone who's high on drugs..."
"Are people these days getting younger...?"
"Who cares...let's apprehend him before he causes a stir in the neigbourhood..."
"No arguments from me..."
Naegi then saw the police car and his whole body shivered as he was seen again by cops and ran off, and this prompted the cops to start their police car and go after Naegi, thinking he's either high on drugs or a mental case and this prompted a chase until Naegi went towards a house with a lawn and entered, prompting the cops to stop their car and get out, and went there to find him, yet this gave Naegi a bit of space, and time, to focus and jumped high enough which enabled him to fly and flew away, and luckily no one saw him fly and the cops are unaware of this as they were fixated in finding Naegi thinking he is hiding inside the house.
-x-
Several minutes have passed, and Naegi is still searching for the getaway vehicle, and he is starting to lose a bit of patience and is wondering what to do next when he lost control of his flight and landed on the ground...badly, but luck came to his side as the getaway vehicle is seen approaching, and Naegi took the opportunity to stand in the car's way, and the bank robbers are rather surprised at seeing Naegi, wearing the red suit and while the driver is pondering what he should do, his partner told him to ram the Luckster.
"What the...?"
"What's he doing? And what's he wearing?"
"Who cares? Just ram him!"
"You want me to what?"
"Run him down! He'll jump out of the way!"
"Are you serious?"
"Want the cops to catch us? Just do it!"
"Geez!"
As the car speeds up and intends to run over Naegi, Naegi used the suit's powers to help him halt the car, slightly dragging him backwards but managed to stop the car from moving, and as Naegi is about to confront the robbers, a passing bus, filled with passengers who are all senior citizens, mostly 80-year old people, came, and the driver was taken by surprise and skidded, causing the bus to head towards a ravine, in which Naegi realized that they are at a hills-like highway, and seeing that the bus would plunge downwards, he released his hold on the car and went after the bus, and managed to grab the bus' rear and pulled, just as the bus was halfway from falling down, causing the elderly passengers to shriek and pray.
"KKKYYYAAAHH!"
"WE'RE GONNA DIE!"
"KAMI-SAMA HELP US!"
"I'M TOO OLD TO DIE!"
"SHUT THE HELL UP!"
"SOMEONE SAVE US!"
"I WANT TO SEE MY FAMILY!"
"DON'T MOVE!"
"EEEKKK!"
As Naegi pulled the bus away from the cliff until the vehicle and passengers are safe, the robbers took the opportunity to flee, and as Naegi saw this and ran after the vehicles, the passengers saw him though due to their poor eyesight, they couldn't get a fixed look on his face though they were able to see the red suit he is wearing and began whispering among themselves wondering if he's a "guardian angel" or not. Fortunately, the driver failed to see Naegi as he was shaken after what happened and went to check on the passengers to see if they are okay, but is dumbfounded when the passengers began debating whether Naegi is an angel, while others called him a devil because of the red suit.
-x-
A few minutes later, the getaway car is about to escape the scene when Naegi, who was running the whole time, grabbed the car's rear and prevented the vehicle from running further, and by this time Fuhito and his granddaughter arrived and both got out of the car, grabbed the robbers and used martial arts moves to knock them out, and there Kirigiri asks him why it took him this long to catch the robbers though Naegi explained that he did stop them but was forced to let them go to save a bus full of passengers from falling off a ravine, and as the two are about to bicker, they heard police sirens blaring and Fuhito told Naegi to hide inside the car to avoid being seen, and the Luckster did so, hiding at the back passenger seat and hid himself just as the police, consisting of two police cars and two motorcycles, arrived.
As the lead policeman alighted, Fuhito showed his detective badge and the lead policeman is surprised to see that he is standing in front of Japan's famous detective and learned that Kirigiri is among the top students of Hope's Peak Academy. He then asks why is going on here and then asks if he saw Naegi running around, and Kirigiri mentally sighed realizing that Naegi's been seen and hoped things wouldn't go worse and her grandfather and the policeman began talking.
"So, what's going on here?"
"We just clobbered a pair of bank robbers..."
"I see...we'll take it from here...by the way..."
"Yes?"
"Have you seen a guy in a suit...?"
"A what?"
"There was a guy in a red suit..."
"Don't know...I haven't noticed anything...is he riding a sleigh with eight reindeers...?"
"Er...no...that's not what I mean...the one were asking is about a guy...about the same age as your granddaughter...wearing some sort of costume...and is wearing a cape...we believed that he's either high on drugs or a mental case..."
After Fuhito claimed that he hasn't seen "a guy in a red suit", he told the officers that the two men are bank robbers and showed proof, and the unconscious robbers are taken into custody and the lead policeman thanked Fuhito and his granddaughter for their help before leaving, and as the coast is clear, Naegi emerged, looking sullen at the experience he had though Fuhito cheered him up as this would help him face more challenges. He then went on to take the two teenagers back to Tokyo though Kirigiri felt that things went slight well though she felt that there would be another time for her to train Naegi in utilizing the red suit's powers.
-x-
Later that night, the Naegi family are watching TV in which they are all having a good time while Naegi himself was silent, as Komaru noted, having been told earlier of what went through and she wondered if he is enjoying his high school life using the red suit, but then the program they are watching was halted when a news flash appeared and the newscaster made the news, and soon this caused Naegi to go pale white upon hearing the announcement news.
"WE INTERRUPT YOUR REGULAR PROGRAM TO DELIVER THIS NEWS...THERE WERE SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF SOMEONE WHOM WITNESSES CLAIM TO BE CAPTAIN GONZO...HE WAS SEEN IN SEVERAL AREAS WITHIN MT. BANDAI...AND SOME ELDERLY WITNESSES CLAIMED THAT CAPTAIN GONZO IS REAL...SAYING THAT HE SAVED THEM BY PULLING THEIR BUS FROM FALLING TO A RAVINE...HERE ARE EXCERPTS FROM THE PASSENGERS THAT WE SPOKE..."
Komaru stred wide-eyed as several clips showed that the elderly passengers that Naegi saved earlier in the day claimed that they realized that the one who saved them was "Captain Gonzo", though they said that they failed to see his face, while other clips showed that a few people from Mt. Bandai claimed to have seen "Captain Gonzo" running around, and police said that they believed that the "person of interest" was a mental case and are intensifying their search for him. Komaru then noticed a pale-looking Naegi heading towards his bedroom and wondered if he is going to be okay, and the newscaster concluded his news by saying that there is a debate on whether the sightings are caused by fans who are buying Komaru's manga, which is based on Naegi wearing the red suit, and she remained a bit upbeat that the publicity would help in her manga's popularity.
-x-
At her home, Sayaka Maizono was cooking dinner while watching TV, and there she saw the news and slowly realized who they were referring to, and she mentally wondered what Naegi just did and is worried for his well-being.
"Naegi-kun...just what did you get yourself into...?"
-x-
At his mansion, Byakuya Togami was at his room sipping coffee while watching the news on TV, and he choked on his drink upon seeing the news, and he couldn't believe what he saw, as the description shown matched the one he saw a few months ago, and he is still in denial about the "flying object" that he saw.
"No...I refuse to believe it! I won't! there's no such thing as a "flying guy..."!"
To Be Continued...
And this ends the filler chapter...hope you enjoy this one-shot chapter...at least you get to see Naegi in action...
Preview:
A new story arc comes in, in which it involves Naegi getting dragged in a "financial feud" between two tycoons...which also hints about his past and why he's fixated on the LUCKSTER...
I'm serious...the new story arc is coming through...
See you in 10 days or less...
Reviews and comments are welcomed...
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