Danganronpa: 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 a new story arc commences in which a Danganronpa character becomes the focal point here while a Danganronpa 2 character acts as the foil here, and you get to see how things WOULD HEAT UP, which you'll soon see what I mean, so read on and enjoy!
Somewhere within Japan, the scene shifts to an unspecified hideout, where the mercenary group, Fenrir, is staying, and there you can see several mercenary soldiers are being assembled, and there were new recruits in which many have been screened with some passing the tests while others were executed after failing the tests as it became a secret rule to eliminate those who fail the tests so that Fenrir's secret would remain safe.
The scene shifts to Mukuro Ikusaba, as she had just arrived after attending to a personal matter, and now she learned that new members have been added and she meets up with the leader of the group and he greeted Ikusaba, and there he told her that Fenrir had just filled in the vacancies of those who were killed, in which it revealed that the Fenrir soldiers were killed six months ago after their failed attempt in assassinating the Royal Family under the contracted agreement with Masamune Kujo, and there the Fenrir leader told Ikusaba that up until now he has no idea who could have decimated half of the mercenary soldiers.
(A/N: This happened in chapters 14-17)
"It's been a while, Ikusaba..."
"Yes, leader..."
"And six months have passed..."
"Yes..."
"And up until now I do not kow who could have defeated our soldiers...they are the best...and yet they fell...who could have pulled off such a thing..."
"..."
"Any ideas on who defeated our best soldiers?"
"No...no idea..."
Ikusaba herself had no idea about who defeated the Fenrir soldiers, as she is unaware that it was Naegi who defeated them, and by then Ikusaba's cellphone rang and she answered it, and there the caller turns out to be Junko Enoshima, and Enoshima "greeted" Ikusaba, and Ikusaba went to a distance to talk to her in private as the Fenrir leader decided to leave her alone for now.
"Hello~o, Mukuro..."
"Junko..."
"Do you have the time..."
"What is it...?"
"I have an assignment for you..."
"Me...?"
"Yes...care to accept...?"
"..."
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. 55: Hōka-han no Kōgeki
The time now is 20:30, and the scene shifts to a parking lot near a mall in Tokyo, and it was a rather peaceful night as there are no people there as most of the motorists are inside the mall shopping, and the guard on duty is busy at the tollgate and is being approached by another guard and offered him food as the guard on duty couldn't leave his post to buy food, and he is grateful to his fellow guard for the generosity he showed.
"Here...eat up..."
"Wow! Thanks!"
"No problem!"
"I haven't ate for the past two hours! I really couldn't leave my post..."
"I understand...that's why I brought you some food..."
"Thanks..I appreciate it..."
"No problem..."
"Munch-munch-munch...huh?"
As the guard ate his food, the other guard is alerted when he saw something bright at the section of parked cars, and he slowly realized that the cars are being burned, and he told the other guard to call a firetruck as he saw the flames beginning to brighten and the guard took out a gun to see if there is someone there who is setting the cars on fire, as he had a feeling that there is someone who might be behind this, and he hoped that his suspicions are wrong, and if his hunch is right, there may be an arsonist who is setting the cars on fire.
As the guard went closer, he is surprised to see several parked cars are ablaze, and before he could react, several of the burning cars exploded, and the explosion knocked him down, and he wondered how this have happened as things were peaceful several minutes ago, but then he saw the nearby shop was also set on fire, and as he gets up, more cars went ablaze and in a matter of over a minute, several more cars exploded, and as the guard ran away to avoid the flames, he saw someone walking past the flames, and the person is dressed in an asbestos suit with several layers of armor, and armed with a flame thrower, and the guard realizes that he is the arsonist who caused the inferno, and drew out his gun and gave the culprit a warning to surrender.
"Stop!"
"..."
"Don't move!"
"..."
"I'm warning you! Stay where you are!"
"..."
"I ain't kidding!"
"..."
The arsonist said nothing and proceeded ti walk forward, and this prompted the guard to fire a warning shot but the arsonist paid no heed and walked forward, and seeing that there is no other recourse, the guard opened fire shooting his gun and fired at the arsonist, but the arsonist is unfazed due to him wearing the armor and he simply walked towards the guard as if nothing happened and the guard yelled at the culprit to cease and desist, but the culprit said nothing until he finally spoke, and said something which spooked the guard.
"So..."
"?"
"Want to feel the HEAT?"
"S-stay where you are...!"
"Care to be come a barbecue...?"
"!"
"Here it is!"
"N-no!"
The culprit then aimed the nozzle of the flame thrower at the guard and fired and flames spread out and struck the guard, causing the guard to scream in pain as he is set on fire, and he ran around in confusion and pain until he collapses and slowly died from burn injuries and he boarded a motorcycle and drives out of the parking lot, where the guard on duty had just called the fire station after reporting a fire, but then saw the arsonist speeding towards the tollgate and he fired at the guard on duty, setting him on fire and the hapless guard screams in pain as the arsonist scampered inside the toll booth as the arsonist set it on fire as well before fleeing, and after some three minutes fire trucks arrived and the firefighters are surprised to see the parking lot set on fire with several cars exploding due to the fire set on the cars and they immediately doused the cars with water to out out he fire, which lasted about 15 minutes.
By then the mall-goers came and they are shocked to see some of their cars burnt to scrap metal and are in financial agony as some of the cars are beyond repair and some couldn't afford to pay the damages while police arrived on the scene where they found the burnt corpses and they began to investigate what just happened and began asking witnesses to provide any leads, while they checked the CCTV to see if the culprit is caught on camera.
-x-
The next day, the scene shifts to the Naegi residence where the Naegi family are having breakfast, and the parents reminded their children that summer vacation is almost over and that classes would resume soon, in which the Naegi siblings nodded as they look forward to getting back at school, and while Komaru had a great summer vacation, Naegi only had a slight enjoyment, due to him forced to go into adventures during the summer vacation, such as going to Croatia to rescue Maizono, and helping Kirgiri in finding Hagakure's mother which led to apprehending foreign spies.
The Naegi matriarch told her children that with summer vacation almost over, she encourage them to enjoy their school life once classes resume, which Naegi and Komaru nodded.
"Okay, children..."
"Yes..."
"Yes..."
"Summer vacation is up...you two are going back to school..."
"Yes, mom..."
"Yes, mom..."
"So don't go wander anywhere else..."
"Okay, mom..."
"Sure..."
The discussion was interrupted when a news flash showed on TV, which showed he arson attack on a parking lot of a mall which resulted in the deaths of two mall guards and showed the CCTV footage if the arsonist, and Naegi's mom showed concern and told her two children not to wander alone especially at night which the two nodded, and Naegi wondered who would do such a thing and wondered if Kirigiri would be involved given the situation the news showed, but he he also wondered if he would get involved given that he has the red suit in his possession.
-x-
A few days later, the scene shifts to the mechanic shop where Kazuichi Soda is there, working on fixing a car, and he is approached by several customers, some of whom whose cars were victimized by the mysterious arsonist, and were told by Kazuichi that he might restore their cars to its original working forms though it would cost a lot, and some of the customers are willing to shell out money just to save their cars and have them functioning again, and while working, he went to his office to check something on the cabinet and it showed a mechanical item that he kept stored, and he grinned in an intimidating way before closing the cabinet and resume working on the cars. Soon the car was fixed and the customer cane to pick it up, and seeing his car in working condition again, the customer paid Kazuichi more money which included additional parts and labor, and thanked him for saving his car.
"Here you go..."
"Wow! My car!"
"I used a lot of spare parts to fix it and put it back to a good working condition..."
"Yeah!"
"It costs quite a lot..."
"Sure! No problem! How much?"
"Thanks..."
"Thank you!"
After that, the customer leaves with his car and as Kazuichi is heading back to his garage, he gets a call and it was one of his clients and told him he has a job for him to do, and Kazuichi grinned menacingly as he listened to what he is instructing him to do.
-x-
Much later, the scene shifts to he residence of Fuhito Kirigiri, where he is reading a newspaper and saw the article about the arson incident and he noted that this is the 8th time that another arson has happened, but this is also the first time that deaths occurred, and he wondered how come the police were unable to find the culprit even after the CCTV footage is shown, and he is beginning to worry that he next arson incident may involve more victims should he/she happen to come across the arsonist's path, and he realized that his granddaughter may be among them should she decided to investigate the arsonist and his activities.
"Kyoko...she might get into danger..."
By then Kyoko Kirgiri came and greeted her grandfather and saw him reading the newspaper and saw the article about the arson incidents and the two began discussing about whether to get involved in this case or not, in which Fuhito said that he is worried for her well-being given how dangerous the arsonist is after seeing the CCTV footage on how he set the two guards on fire and burned them alive, though she showed no signs of being intimidated.
"...I am worried for your safety, Kyoko..."
"Don't worry, grandfather...I won't be that careless..."
"But still..."
"Have faith in me...I am a detective like you..."
"I know...but given how armed the arsonist is..."
"If the police asks for my help..then I will get involved..."
"Alright...but still..."
"I will be careful..."
Kirigiri told her grandfather she will be careful and said that she may get involved should the police asks for her assistance, and said that if this goes on and he police couldn't handle it, she may consider personally getting involve in solving the arson incidents and said that unless a breakthrough is made, the arsonist may take more innocent lives like what he did to the two guards who were killed while performing in the line of duty. Fuhito nodded seeing that his granddaughter wouldn't relent yet he is worried for her and hope that she doesn't get hurt while hoping that the culprit would get caught the soonest possible time.
-x-
Later that night, the scene shifts to a parking lot where it belonged to the office of an internal revenue, where tax records are kept, and as the guard on duty is doing some patrolling, he is joined by another guard, and the two talked while keeping each other company and both were aware that there is a possibility that the arsonist might attack this place any time
"Thanks for the company..."
"No problem..."
"I really wondered if that arsonist would come here and strike..."
"What would he do if he comes here...and besides...I want to get a crack on this guy...playing fire like that..."
"I wonder if the SWAT would get involved..."
"Only if the police do a lousy job..."
"Yeah..."
"Whoa!"
By then the arsonist shows up and the two guards are taken aback seeing that he is wearing an asbestos suit and wearing an armor, and the two guards drew their guns and aimed at the culprit, seeing that this may be their only shot in stopping him and realized that the culprit might be targeting the office where several individuals' tax records are stored, and they intend to protect it no matter what it takes and are not going to have themselves intimidated by someone who wants to set it on fire.
"Stop right there!"
"We won't let you!"
"You're not going to torch this place!"
"We mean it!"
"We'll open fire if you make a wrong move!"
"Drop the nozzle and lay on the ground!"
"We ain't bluffing!"
"We mean it!"
As the arsonist is getting ready, the two guards opened fire, intending to stop him no matter what, but the arsonist is protected by his armor and he aimed his hose and nozzle at the guard and sets him on fire, and the hapless guard screams in pain and ran around in circle as he is engulfed in flames, and the other guard hid behind a parked car seeing that he is no match as his gun did not dent the arsonist, and the arsonist breaks inside the office and sets the place on fire after dousing he office in gasoline, and in a matter of minutes the office becomes a blazing inferno and slowly leaves the burning office, not bothering to check the other guard who escaped, and the arsonist boarded the motorcycle and leaves, not noticing that the surviving guard managed to seethe motorcycle's plate number and copied it.
"Blast you...this time the cops will find you...!"
As the arsonist leaves, the guard uses his cellphone and called the police and fire station to inform them about what happened just now, hoping that what he got would help the police in nailing the arsonist who killed the guard and for torching the tax record office.
To Be Continued...
Hope you like this chapter and things have heated up as the villain of this arc makes his move and murdered three victims, and yet he was unaware that he had been traced, and this may pave way for the cops to find him..or unless...
Naegi and Kirigiri appear though their appearances were brief yet they will get more screen time, and it also shows that summer vacation is closing, thus our Danganronpa characters will be heading back to the academy sooner than you think...
Preview:
The arsonist strikes again...
Mondo Ohwada is the focal point here as he is embroiled in a case...
Naegi finds that he is getting in the crossfire...
See you in in 12 days or less...
Reviews are welcomed...
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