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 the current story arc picks up where the last chapter left, in which Naegi and Kirigiri are reaching a deadlock as the police surrounded the house and are making a move to apprehend Ohwada, and here the chapter reaches its conclusion and this is where the action comes in, so read on and enjoy!

Outside the Naegi residence, the lawyer stood in front of the door and tries to dissuade the police from storming the house as he attempts to give Ohwada time to turn himself in, and the police captain appeared to be deadset in capturing Ohwada no matter what, believing that apprehending Ohwada would result in the captain to get a promotion and sees the lawyer as an eyesore and tries to get him out of the way so he and his men can storm in and capture the suspect, though the lawyer sees through this and used his wits to keep the police at a standstill.

"Stop right there!"

"Out of the way, or you'll be charged with obstruction!"

"My client is willing to turn himself in! You cannot just do as you please!"

"The suspect is a murderer! We are taking him down!"

"He is a minor! Put that in mind! Give him time to turn himself in, or else I'll sue you!"

"You four-eyed bastard!"

"Make your foolish move and we'll see who is the fool here!"

"..."

As neighbors watched nervously at the events, the scene took a turn as Ohwada came out of the house and the police are getting ready to move in, and the lawyer shouted at the cops not to move, saying his client will give his answer, and the lawyer asks Ohwada what is he going to do now, and the Super Duper Outlaw Biker gives his answer.

"I...I..."

"Go on..."

"I'll...turn myself in..."

"Really?"

"Yes..."

"Wise decision...I will accompany you..."

"Will you...help clear my name...?"

"I promise..."

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. 58: Hōka-han o Taiho

The lawyer heard it from Ohwada and sees that the teenager is doing the right thing, and nodded, telling him things will be alright and he will do what he can to clear Ohwada's name, and then he shouted at the cops not to move, saying that Ohwada is going to turn himself in, and the neighbors heard it and watches the scene as the lawyer accompanies Ohwada towards the police, but as the two are halfway towards the police cars, one of the cops fired a taser gun and struck Ohwada and the teen convulses and fell to the ground, and the cops storm in and prepares to handcuff the teen and the lawyer protested this but his pleas were ignored as the police captain shoved the lawyer aside and Ohwada was taken into custody as the police captain proclaimed that the case is solved and is making himself look good in front of the press, and at the doorstep of the Naegi residence, Naegi, Kirigiri and Maizono were shocked and incensed at how the police treated Ohwada but Kirigiri said that they couldn't do anything at this point and by then the police captain approached the three teens and interrogated them, berating them for harboring a wanted suspect but Kirigiri rebutted at his bluff resulting in a tense stand-off between the two.

"Watch your mouth, you lady brat...!"

"You watch your mouth."

"What was that?"

"What you did is a clear example of police brutality...you know Ohwada-kun is unarmed...and ready to turn himself in..."

"Just shut the hell up and stick with playing barbie dolls..."

"..."

"You stay out of this and go home...all of you!"

"..."

By then the lawyer came and reprimanded the police captain for his behavior and said to back off or he would be charged for harassment and intend to sue him for human rights violation, which the police captain scoffed at the threat and leaves, and the lawyer told the teenagers he would see if he could find proof to prove Ohwada's innocence and once Ohwada is cleared he would sue the police captain for his irresponsible actions, and Kirigiri nodded and the three teens went back inside the house and there they discussed about what to do next now that Ohwada has been taken into custody.

"Kirigiri-san..."

"Kirigiri-chan..."

"..."

"What should we do now?"

"We can't just..."

"I know..."

"?"

"?"

Kirigiri then brought out newspaper clippings of the arson incidents, and said that from five incidents ago until last night, police were facing a blank wall on who set the said establishments on fire, due to lack of eyewitness accounts, and this went on until last night when a surviving guard managed to copy the plate number of the motorcycle that belonged to Ohwada, and there Naegi wondered how Ohwada's motorcycle got mixed in on this case, until Kirigiri mentioned about what Ohwada said about having his motorcycle repaired at the mechanic shop.

"Then...you're saying...?"

"Yes...There may be a connection..."

"Then how would you..."

"When Ohwada-kun ot the motorcycle...it was night time...and since it was quite dark..."

"Then..."

"Yes..."

"..."

Kirigiri suspected that someone from the mechanic shop may have planted the evidence onto Ohwada's motorcycle and Maizono asks how Ohwada failed to notice it, and Kirigiri said that according to Ohwada he got the motorcycle from the mechanic shop last night before he was flagged down by cops and said that the slight darkness may have hid the evidence from being seen and thus this played out and the real culprit have hoped, and for now with Ohwada taken to custody, the culprit may have to lie low before making another move and the culprit may have to change his modus operandi in order to hide his tracks, and Kirigiri will have to wait for tomorrow so that the lawyer would be present and there she would ask Ohwada some question before making a move as she is considering checking out the mechanic shop and see if she could find some clues. She told Naegi to be ready for anything as she might need his help if the situation takes a turn for the worse, which he sighed as he hoped that the culprit would be caught and expose before HE has the chance to do something.

-x-

The next day, Kirigiri and Naegi visited the police station where the lawyer is waiting and the three of them went to the interrogation room where Ohwada is waiting, and he us upset, and agitated at how he was arrested and the lawyer promised that once the Biker is cleared they will file charges against the police captain, and there Kirigiri asks Ohwada about the mechanic shop and who is running the shop, also asking how many people are there, and Ohwada answered her question, which Naegi and the lawyer listened attentively.

"Well...just one..."

"That's all?"

"Yeah...the mechanic works alone...I even don't know how he managed to keep his shop being alone..."

"And do you know his name?"

"Yeah..."

"...I see...so he is an expert mechanic..."

"Sort of...he even got my bike to get going again..."

"..."

Ohwada told them that the mechanic, Kazuichi Soda, appeared to work and run the shop alone, and he said that Kazuichi is a superb mechanic, and managed to repair and restore his motorcycle, and said that he did not suspect him of anything illegal, and though he appeared intimidating, Kazuichi appeared to be professional towards his customers, and his shop appeared to be full of mechanical items, and Kirigiri took notes of what Ohwada told her, and this gave her ideas of conducting an investigation towards the said shop.

However, the police captain showed up and interrupted, insisting that Ohwada is the suspect and told the Biker to admit his crimes, in which Ohwada stood up and professed his innocence, which the police captain brashly rebutted and said that he will make sure that Ohwada stays in jail where he rightfully belonged, which angered Ohwada, and the Biker is ready to assault he police captain but the lawyer restrained him while reminding him that he is doing all he can to clear his name, and Ohwada slowly restrained himself, while Kirigiri reminded the police captain that his actions are uncalled for and he should wait for counter-evidence to arrive and stop taunting the accused, saying Ohwada is still innocent until he is proven guilty, but the arrogant police captain rebutted, saying Ohwada is guilty as charged, and told her to stick with barbie dolls and stop playing Sherlock Holmes games.

"..."

"Do me a favor and start being a call girl at Shibuya...that's where you're good at..."

"..."

"If you can't do that...then get out of here and stay out of this case!"

"..."

"Too bad you have small boobs which couldn't even attract the culprit..."

"..."

"Now get lost!"

Kirigiri glared at the police captain at the sexjst comments he made, and Ohwada shouted at him for insulting his classmate, and the lawyer threatened to sue him for his act, though the police captain is unnerved and leaves, and there Kirigiri told the lawyer to continue to give Ohwada the assistance he needs and told Naegi that they are leaving, and as the two teens leave the police station, Naegi asks what is she going to do now, in which she says that she will visit the mechanic shop, and he wondered what plan she has in mind, and as she boarded the car, she took her leave, and Naegi went home as he has something in mind, in whic he got the receipt from Ohwada after Ohwada paid for the motorcycle repair the other night, and he is reluctant to try something out but knew that he would have to do this...for a friend.

-x-

Later that day, Kirigiri arrived outside the shop, and inside the car, she watches the shop and is ready to execute her plan to investigate the shop, until Naegi arrived after getting off a taxi, and there she asks him what is he doing here, and he said that he decided to help, even though it is against his better judgement.

"Naegi-kun..."

"..."

"Why are you here?"

"I decided to help Ohwada-kun..."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah...even though I did not want to do this..."

"Huh?"

"..."

Kirigiri watches on as Naegi revealed that he put on red suit and is underneath his casual clothes, and as he is done, he feels uncomfortable with having to wear two clothes at the same time and there she drives her car towards the shop, and there Kazuichi greeted them seeing that he is getting another customer, and began to accommodate them, and there Kirgiri pretended to ask Kazuichi to have her car checked, and as Kazuichi began examining her car, she secretly told Naegi to try using the red suit's power to try and get some vibes on the shop to find evidence.

"I know that...I intend to do this...even though I did not want to..."

"Then do it..."

"Don't push me..."

"..."

"I'm going over there...what about you?"

"I'll distract the mechanic..."

"..."

"..."

Naegi then went around the shop and touch some of the establishment's objects, and soon his eyes twitched as he gets a holographic image, which shows that he SAW a cellphone which contains text messages of a politician who hired Kazuichi to do something horrible, then a folder with documents which shows that it contains several government-controlled establishments which were set on fire recently, and then saw the asbestos suit, armor and flamethrower, and he finds out that Kazuichi is the TRUE culprit, and he hurriedly heads towards the areas and took he evidence with him and went back to Kirigiri, and there he showed her the evidence, and as she secretly checks it, she realized that her suspicions were right all along, that the mechanic is the culprit given that he works alone, and with the armor and flamethrower, he is the only one who could plant the evidence, and she realized that with the evidence in the hands of the police, she suspected that Kazuichi may have made another weapon and as she glanced around, she noticed that Kazuichi is not at the car, and she looked around and saw that he is not around and realized that Kazuichi is onto them, and before she could tell Naegi to take action, the arsonist showed up, wearing the asbestos suit, armor, and flamethrower, and she suspected that Kazuichi is the one in front of them.

"So...looks like I have a snooper here..."

"!"

"Time to burn a bitch!"

"Damn!"

"Ha-ha-ha!"

"..."

"Burn, baby, burn!"

"!"

Kirigiri instinctively ducks as the arsonist fired his flamethrower and the flames narrowly missed her and she pushed a metal beam which blocked his path and she boarded her car and speeds off taking the evidences with her, prompting the arsonist to board a customized motorcycle and went after her, forgetting that Naegi is there, and Naegi hid from a corner and began taking his clothes off to reveal the red suit underneath and he began to ran before jumping upwards, where he began to fly, but still in an erratic way as he still has little control over his flight, and he mentally whined as he is in a hurry knowing that Kirigiri is in danger.

"Blast...what is she thinking?!"

-x-

Minutes later, at the streets, Kirigiri is driving as she is heading for the nearest police station in order to get help knowing that her opponent is armed to the teeth, and she noticed that Naegi is nowhere to be seen and she sighed seeing that he is probably taking his clothes off to reveal the red suit, yet she noticed that the arsonist is not behind her and she can only assume that Naegi stopped him, but then she saw the arsonist appearing in front of her on board a customized motorcycle and gets off before firing his flamethrower, and the flames were so intense that she accidentally steered to the right, hitting a parked car and the car she is driving turned turtle and she got stuck, and she tries to get free but the arsonist is approaching her and intends to burn her alive, regardless if the fact that he may have to burn the evidence to cover his track.

By then Naegi arrived and made an undignified landing, landing on top of the arsonist, and this gives Kirigiri time to get out of the car carrying the evidence and went behind another parked car, and as Naegi gets up, so is the arsonist, who is rather perturbed to see what he deems is another cosplayer and said he made a mistake in laying his hands on him though Naegi rebuked him and told him to surrender peacefully so there won't be any violence.

"Give it up!"

"Says who?"

"Me!"

"Hah! What are you supposed to be? The red Pajama-man? You'll make a good barbecue once I melt you down!"

"Give it up! There's no need for this!"

"I won't! Take this!"

"Whoa!"

"Ha-ha-ha!"

But the arsonist responded by firing his flamethrower and Naegi evaded it, seeing how intense the heat is and is unsure if he could block it with his arms given that the suit protects only the body covered by the red suit and tries to run around to get past him, but the arsonist began moving in circles just to surround himself in flames to keep Naegi back, and the Luckster is starting to run out of options until Kirigiri shouted at Naegi to try blowing the flames off using his mouth, and Naegi is bewildered at what she just told him.

"You want me to what?!"

"Just do it!"

"You got top be kidding me!"

"You're wearing the suit! It gives you powers! Try it and it might work!"

"That would make me look and sound lame!"

"It might work! Give it a try!"

"Jeez!"

"Just do it!"

Kirigiri prodded Naegi to do it, and as the arsonist fired his flamethrower, Naegi had no choice and began blowing away using his mouth, and this activated the red suit's power and he can do a SUPER BREATH, and the winds produced sends the flames backward, and Naegi took advantage of it and got closer enough to rip off the backpack from the arsonist, disarming him, and then threw him backwards, and as the arsonist fell to the ground, Naegi saw a long chain near a gate and took it, using it to tie up the arsonist and he is immobilized, and there Kirigiri went closer and removed the asbestos mask, revealing to be Kazuichi Soda himself, and there she used her cellphone to call the police as Naegi took his leave to avoid being seen, and minutes later, police arrive and she showed the cops the evidence she got.

-x-

Within hours, Kirigiri showed proof that Mondo Ohwada is innocent, and that Kazuichi is the culprit, revealing that a corrupt politician hired Kazuichi to burn certain government-controlled establishments that has tax records in order to hide his tracks due to the politician having unexplained wealth and to avoid getting charged with tax evasion and to prevent agencies to give reason to investigate him, the politician paid Kazuichi huge sums of money which the mechanic accepted, and to cover his track, Kazuichi decided to use Ohwada as a fall guy to keep authorities from making any more investigations, and he would surely get away with it.

Soon Ohwada is cleared of the charges, and the lawyer in turn sued the police captain for his actions towards Ohwada and Kirigiri, and the police captain was relieved of his position, and later Ohwada is freed from custody, where the Class of 78 are there to greet him and told him that they knew that he is innocent from the very start, save for Togami who is silent.

"Ohwada-kun!"

"We're glad you got out!"

"We knew you were innocent all along!"

"It appeared that luck was on your side..."

"Too bad the police captain got fired..."

"Let's celebrate!"

"Yeah!"

"Come on!"

However, later that night, Kazuichi is loaded inside a police van and is being escorted to another police station as it is near a court house where he would stand trial for his crimes, and mid-way, the driver hits the brakes as he nearly ran over someone, but the person went to the driver side, ripped off the door and grabbed the driver, throttling him and knocked him out. The two police escorts inside the van wondered what is going on until the van's compartment doors are ripped apart and the person grabbed the two cops and banged their heads together, injuring and knocking them out. He then breaks the handcuffs and freed Kazuichi, and the mechanic grinned at who his rescuer is.

"Come on..."

"Heh-heh-heh..."

"We're bolting out..."

"Thanks..."

"We're not off the woods yet...we got a van waiting...and someone is DYING to meet you..."

"Really?"

"Yeah..."

"Woo-hoo!"

The person who freed Kazuichi turn out to be Nekomaru Midai, and a flashback scene shows that Kazuichi is hired by someone to make mechanical parts on Nekomaru's body, turning him into a cyborg, and Nekomaru is repaying him for that, and there he told Kazuichi to come with him and the two villains escape and boarded a waiting van and escaped, and by next morning news report about Kazuichi's escape was telecast, and both Naegi and Kirigiri became concerned as this would mean that Kazuichi might make another arsonist weapon and commit arson crimes again.

To Be Continued...

Hope you like this chapter and things have heated up as Ohwada became a topic at how he was arrested, yet thanks to Naegi and Kirigiri, he was exonerated and freed.

However, Kazuichi got away...thanks to a returning Nekomaru...who is now a cyborg similar to how he became one in Danganronpa 2. Looks like we're having a rogue gallery of villains here in addition to Nagito...more about the trio in later chapters...

Preview:

A new arc is coming...

Byakuya Togami will be the main star of the new story arc...

See you in in 12 days or less...

Reviews are welcomed...

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