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 a new story arc commences, in which it would highlight on Chihiro Fujisaki, and Naegi is about to get embroiled in a case which Kirigiri herself gets dragged in, as the fate of Japan, as well as the rest of South East Asia, are at stake, in which this chapter, as well as the following chapters, will show you why, so read on and enjoy!
Kyushu Prefecture.
The scene shows that the place is somewhat a peaceful place, except that it also houses what appeared to be a secret military base where weapons are secretly stored, and only a select few within the, military are aware of this fact, and right now the scene shifts towards inside the secret base, which is located at a mountainous part of Kagoshima, and the people living in the Kyushu Prefecture are unaware of this as they continued their daily lives, not knowing that there is something going on at the secret base. Inside the secret base, the scene shows that several soldiers and staff members are doing their rounds, and just now, a civilian arrived at the secret base after being apprehended by someone to serve as a part-time programmer.
He appeared to be a fair-skinned man that bears resemblance to a student at Hope's Peak Academy. He has light brownish-blonde fluffy hair and light yellow-green eyes. He wears light gray glasses, a long sleeved, white stripped buttoned shirt, which is stained, implying that he has already been on the run for quite some time. He also wears long dark green pants and brown slip-ons. His age is approximately late-30s to 40 years old. He is identified as Taichi Fujisaki, and he is not pleased at being taken here and demanded to the soldiers "escorting" him for an explanation on why he was taken here by force.
"Answer me!"
"..."
"..."
"Why did you brought me here?"
"..."
"..."
"What do you want with me?"
"..."
"..."
By then he was taken to a room and things went on as usual as the staff members seemingly appeared oblivious as to why Taichi was being held captive against his own will.
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. 38: Misairu Gyakusatsu
Days later...
Hope's Peak Academy.
The scene shows that it was lunchtime and Naegi is at the roof of the academy, eating his lunch as and is rather pleased that things went well, as a few weeks passed by and he noted that since the Burusu Waino case, he enjoyed some peace as Kirigiri has not approached him that since the last case and he is enjoying life without wearing the red suit, but then his musing was interrupted when Chihiro Fujisaki came to the rooftop and his holding a cellphone, in which Chihiro tried to contact someone, but to no avail, and Naegi noticed the worried look on his classmate and decided to ask Chihiro what is wrong, wanting to help him if there is a problem.
"Chihiro-san..."
"Ah, Naegi-san..."
"Are you okay...? You looked...restless..."
"Um..."
"Is there something wrong? Maybe I can help..."
"Well...you see..."
"...so that's it..."
"Yeah..."
Chihiro then told Naegi that his father, Taichi, has not contacted him for the past several weeks, and though he sent him money for his weekly allowance, he has not called him since then, and he is worried for his well-being, and Naegi felt sympathetic and uses his optimism to cheer Chihiro up, assuring to him that his dad would come home soon which cheered Chihiro up a bit, and this showed that they bonded a bit before the bell rang and the two classmates realized that lunchtime is over so they both went back to their classroom to commence the second half of their school day.
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Much later, When classes ended, Naegi is seen walking out of the academy and is pondering on what to do after talking to Chihiro again and learned that since the past few weeks, Chihiro has been living alone and Taichi hasn't come back since, and he wondered if there is something he could do to help, and there Kirigiri came and asks him what is bothering him, and there he told her what's on his mind, which at first made her curious until she felt that it is out of her "jurisdiction" since she thinks that there were no signs of abduction, or there are any witnesses to prove if Taichi is abducted or not.
"...I guess Fujisaki-san should contact the police..."
"Well...I guess he she should..."
"But..."
"Huh?"
"Fujisaki-san would have to wait for 24 hours before the police could make their move..."
"Yeah..."
"And since this case is still fresh...and unless abduction is proven...it's out of my jurisdiction..."
"You're right..."
By then Maizono came and joined them and there she is told by Naegi about what they discussed, and she seemed to be able to relate at the topic, as she also experienced what Chihiro had, as her father seldom comes home early, until recently when he found a new girlfriend and he now spends time with Maizono and she is somewhat spirited when Naegi said that Chihiro's situation would soon end and this made Maizono drawn closer to Naegi. At this point, Kirigiri decided to take a separate route as she has other places to go and her two classmates bid her goodbye.
As Kirigiri left, Naegi and Maizono glanced at each other as they wondered what they are going to do next, until he decided that they should pay Chihiro a visit so as to help cheer her up, which Maizono agreed as she wanted to "lend strength to unfortunate others" which was her reason for joining her idol band, and both agreed to go to Chihiro's place and they began walking as Maizono revealed that she managed to get Chihiro's address and said she knows where to go and Naegi is amazed at how she was able to prepare herself on these kind of occasions.
"You got Chihiro-san's address?"
"Yup-yup!"
"Wow...you sure are resourceful..."
"Thanks..."
"So should we go there?"
"Of course...she needs a friend's advise...and I want to help her in anyway I could..."
"Okay, lead the way..."
"Okay!"
The two teens then proceeded to head to their destination, and the time now is 17:00, and soon Naegi and Maizono arrived at the address and knocked on the door and rang the doorbell, in which Naegi spoke and called out Chihiro, letting Chihiro know that they are here, and inside, you can see Chihiro taken by surprise as Chihiro did not expect any visitors and is scrambling, telling them to wait a bit as Chihiro began fixing the house, removing clothes and is seen hiding pictures of the Programmer, and after some three minutes, Chihiro opened the door and welcomed the two to the house.
"Welcome, you two!"
"Hello, Chihiro-san..."
"Hello, Chihiro-san!"
"This is a surprise...I did not expect you two to pass by..."
"Well..."
"We thought you need some company...and friends...to cheer you up..."
"Come in...come in..."
"Sorry for intruding..."
"Sorry for intruding..."
Chihiro then welcomed them and the two came in, seeing that it was quite a simple abode, and Naegi realized that Chihiro's home is quite similar to his, and there Chihiro offered his classmates some snacks and drinks and there they began talking, in which Maizono asks how things are doing here, where Chihiro's parents are, and there Chihiro said that Mrs. Fujisaki is at overseas and that Taichi hasn't been home for the past several days, though he did send Chihiro some money for the expense of the house and everything else, though Chihiro is starting to worry as Chihiro hasn't heard from Taichi for almost two weeks and there Naegi used his optimism to cheer his classmate up, which slightly worked.
"Cheer up, Fujisaki-san..."
"Eh?"
"I'm sure your dad will come home..."
"Really...?"
"I'm sure he is busy with something..."
"..."
"Trust me...it'll be alright..."
"Okay..."
As the three teens are chatting, they are unaware that they are being watched, and one of them is recording the trio on video and the stalker managed to stay hidden and continued to monitor the activities inside the Fujisaki house, and later left as night time arrived and both Naegi and Maizono leaves the house, thanking Chihiro for the hospitality and assured that Taichi will show up soon. After that, things went quiet and Chihiro hoped that Taichi would come home soon, unaware of the ate that has befallen him and something BIG is about to happen.
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At the secret base at Kagoshima, the scene shows that Taichi is in a computer room, and he is seen doing some programming, and he is being told to do it and not delay, and Taichi is seen being forced to do something against his will and tries to secretly send a distress message via text, as well as via e-mail, hoping that someone would pick up the message and let anyone know that he is being used as a tool for an evil purpose, and so far he hasn't been caught but is deliberately delaying what he is being tasked to do, hoping to buy some time.
By then an unseen person entered the room and is asking Taichi for some programs, and Taichi feigned, claiming that this is a "complex" request and it would take some time, but then an evil smirk is seen on the unseen man's face and showed him a video picture of Chihiro, and Taichi is shocked at what the just saw, and guessed that his captors are using Chihiro as a bait to force Taichi to speed up what he is tasked to do, and forcing him to do his captor's bidding.
"What the...? Chihiro...?"
"Like that, would you...if we leaked this pic to the internet and..."
"Keep Chihiro out of this!"
"So...will you cooperate? Or do we have to..."
"Don't rush me! It's not as easy as you think!"
"Then do it fast...and don't even try to escape...you know now what would happen if you..."
"Fine! I'll do it! Just keep Chihiro out of this!"
"Good to hear..."
Taichi gritted his teeth in frustration and tries to resist, but is told that if he tries to rebel and escape, Chihiro will be DEALT with and Taichi is forced to temper his actions and is forced to do what his captors are demanding him to do, and h had no choice but do as h is told to do, and the unseen man smirked as he stood there and watch how things progress.
By then the scene shifts to another area within the room where a teenager is there and is also a prisoner like Taichi. A teenage girl and is roughly the same age as Chihiro and she is identified as Chiaki Nanami, and it turns out that she was abducted a few days ago by the soldiers and brought here, after the culprit mistook her for a programmer when in reality Chiaki is a video game maker and there she pleads to her unseen captor to let her go.
"Please...let me go!"
"Get back to work..."
"I'm not a computer programmer..."
"Don't lie..."
"I'm only involved in making video games!"
"Don't try my patience, you bitch. Get back to work."
"Please! Let me go! I can't help you with these!"
"Brat!"
The unseen captor slapped Chiaki hard which the impact sends her to the floor and Taichi went to her side and berated him for his actions, but the soldiers aimed their weapons at the two and the unseen captor told the two to resume their tasks, and he even reminded Taichi of the consequences regarding Chihiro, and the two prisoners reluctantly went back in doing their assigned tasks.
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Elsewhere, the time now is 19:30, and there you can see Kirigiri is at the driver's seat with her grandfather Fuhito at the passenger seat, and it is shown that she got her student's license that would allow her to drive, and Fuhito is going to lend her his car so that she can go to certain areas if an investigation is needed, and told her that since all she have is a student license, he advised her not to drive recklessly to avoid trouble and penalties, in which she nodded as she would not do anything that would cost her this chance.
"You got your license, Kyoko...?"
"Yes, grandfather..."
"Remember...it's a student license...violate a law and it'll be confiscated..."
"I know..."
"Remember the mechanics of driving that I thought you?"
"Yes."
"Then you're good to go."
"Thanks, grandfather..."
After that, he directed her to drive towards their home and she is now starting to get the hang of it, and she gave a rare smile as she is starting to enjoy having a car of her own, even if it's only on a temporary basis.
-x-
About an hour, the scene shifts at the Japan SDF base, in which its commanders are having a briefing over internal matters, and so far things are peaceful as there are no threats to the country apart from alarming news that North Korea is doing a missile exercise and China is threatening to build an artificial Island near the Japanese border, and the leaders are discussing on what to do to China as that country is already becoming increasingly aggressive, and are now awaiting The Netherlands' final say on whether China should stop their island building or not.
"That China..."
"They're building bases when the Netherlands is still making decisions..."
"We should do something!"
"Challenge China to a battle!"
"You fool! We can't wage war with china at this time!"
"They might have nukes!"
"Calm yourselves!"
"He's right! Let's think rationally about this and..."
As the board are still talking, they are unaware that a crisis is about to come in their midst as the computers are secretly starting to get reprogrammed and soon one of the computer engineers came inside the board meeting and told them that one of the missiles is set to launch and is being directed to Fukusjima power plant, alarming the military officials and they told the computer experts to try and shut it down, but as the experts try to shut down the launching sequence, they were shocked that the computers are not responding, and the launch becomes imminent.
"It's not responding!"
"What?"
"The timer is still ticking down!"
"How did that happen?"
"We're trying all we could..."
"Try turning off the computer!"
"It's not responding!"
"Do something!"
After about 60 seconds a missile was launched and flew off which soon lands at Fukushima power plant, causing an explosion and triggered a radiation leak which causes numerous casualties, and within minutes news spread like wildfire and both the Diet, the Royal Family as well as the military, are locked in to an intense investigation on what caused this tragedy and who should be held liable for this. This also caused people all over Japan to become concerned and are wondering if his is caused by terrorists or a madman within the Diet.
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Within an hour, an emergency meeting took place and the Prime Minister is speaking with the Minister of Defense and a few military officials and they are trying to figure out who caused the missile to launch and how did this happened, as it caused radiation poisoning to 50% of Fukushima residents and they feared that the number of casualties would rise further and they all scrambled to figure out who the culprit is and stop him before another similar problem would rise.
"How did this happened?"
"We don't know..."
"We're trying to figure it out..."
"Perhaps there is a mole in our midst..."
'That must be it..."
'No more excuses! Find out who's responsible and have him apprehended! The rest of you...find out what caused the computers to act on its own!"
'Yes, sir!"
"Yes, sir!"
As the people involved starred bickering, a pair of eyes is seen lurking, and an evil smirk is shown, showing that the culprits among them and is pleased that the incident is a successful test for his plans and expects that his next plans would be executed without problems.
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At outer space, the scene shifts to the UFO ship and there the scene shifts inside where the three aliens are monitoring what happened at Japan and through unknown means hey deduced what caused the incident and Seraphi felt that this blatant act must be stopped and Ophani agrees yet Cherubi cautions them that it is not their place to intervene which Seraphi acknowledges yet Ophani said that if they let this slide and for long then the Earth would soon become a war-torn planet like the aliens' planet that has already became one.
"So...that's is HIS plan...I will not let HIM do as he pleases..."
"I agree with you..."
"Seraphi...Ophani...it is not our place to take matters into our own hands..."
"I know, Cherubi...but I cannot stand and watch that planet become a warzone like what happened to our planet..."
"Seraphi is right, Cherubi...we mustn't ignore this..."
"And what are we to do? We cannot expose ourselves to the Earthlings...!"
"We won't have to..."
"Eh?"
"What?"
Seraphi, however, said that Earth won't become one as he said he knows who will prevent the situation from happening, and both Cherubi and Ophani guessed who Seraphi is referring to, and though Cherubi appeared to be hesitant, Ophani is more than willing to agree to Seraphi's idea.
To Be Continued...
Hope you like the opening chapter of this new arc. It's been a while since I made such a dark story arc since the Kyoko Kirigiri arc (ch. 14-17) which included a political plot, and this is just the start, as the three aliens are said to be getting themselves involved, so expect something to happen in the upcoming chapters of this fic.
Also, This chapter answers the question on what happened to Chiaki Nanami, and it shows that she was abducted by soldiers and brought to the secret base to do a computer programming, which they mistakenly think that she is despite her pleas that she is more into video game programming.
Taichi Fujisaki, who appeared in Danganronpa: Another Episode, appears here and will also be a focal point in this arc.
Preview:
Another missile is is being attempted to launch...Naegi and Kirigiri are starting to become concerned about this. More on Fujisaki-san.
See you in in 10 days or less...
Reviews are welcomed...
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