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 in a bind after Naegi unknowingly entered the abandoned house's connection to a dimensional pathway, and there he got a taste of a supernatural encounter which the red suit did not seemingly give protection leading to an injury, and now the story arc takes another suspenseful turn as another incident is about to take place, so read on and enjoy!

Outside the abandoned house, the time now is 19:45, and the scene shows that Nagito is watching as he saw Naegi and Kirigiri coming out, with the latter helping Naegi walk as he is still in pain, and he is naked on the upper body while wearing the red tights and boots, while Kirigiri is carrying the upper red suit, white belt and black cape on one shoulder and on the other is the trench coat, and there you can hear Kirigiri talking to Naegi in an effort to keep him conscious and not faint, which is what she is trying to do after seeing him in pain after going inside the brick wall and was attacked by an unknown force beyond the brick wall and she is now sure that the house is not safe to hang out with.

"Naegi..."

"Uuuhhh..."

"Are you sure you did not know what attacked you?"

"No..."

"I see..."

"..."

"It would be best if we stay away from that house for now."

"..."

Kirigiri loaded Naegi inside the car, putting him on the front passenger seat, and then she drives the car and leaves the area, heading for the nearest hospital so that doctors can treat Naegi's injuries and while keeping calm, she is baffled at what happened there and how and why Naegi got injured despite him wearing the red suit, which was supposed to protect the wearer from any form of injuries and attacks, and now she is starting to consider about the SUPERNATURAL elements, and though it is beyond the bounds of science and perhaps a detective's point of view, she is now considering taking Naegi's word and will asks him the moment he is stabilized once they get to a hospital.

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. 73: Shoji

At outerspace, both Ophani and Cherubi were shocked and stunned at what they saw on he monitor, in which they saw Naegi gets thrown out from the house's brick wall and saw Kirigiri stripping him and saw the wounds he got, and they couldn't believe that something has managed to harm Naegi despite him wearing the red suit, and they are at loss of words as to how this have happened and Cherubi is starting to wonder if there are lapses at the red suit which Ophani denies, stating that the red suit is flawless and whoever is wearing it makes the wearer impervious to attacks and injuries.

"Ophani...are you sure that the suit is perfect?"

"Of course!"

"Then why was that boy injured?"

"I don't know...I was surprised as well..."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I am sure, Cherubi!"

"Then how come that boy was easily throttled?"

"How should I know?"

Seraphi is watching the monitor as well and managed to record Naegi's conversation with Kirigiri before he entered the house's brick wall, and after hearing him commenting about the SUPERNATURAL aspect, he is now considering what went wrong and how this happened, and slowly realized that Naegi encountered an entity that is not bound by science, and told his two fellow aliens about it, and both Cherubi and Ophani were surprised at what they just heard, and they asks Seraphi what would they do now if this unknown enemy is able to lay harm on Naegi despite wearing the red suit.

"What?"

"Seraphi..."

"Considering the recorded conversations we heard..."

"You can't be serious!"

"Cherubi...calm down!"

"Cherubi...Ophani...we should be prepared. We may have encountered something that is beyond us...and we may have to personally assist Makoto Naegi if the situation like this continue..."

"Seraphi..."

"Goodness..."

"..."

The three aliens remained silent and all they can do for now is observe and record and see where this would lead to before they consider their next move, and hoped that Naegi would figure out a way to get past this challenge that came in his way.

-x-

About 20 minutes later, the scene shifts to a hospital where Naegi was stabilized, his wounds was given first aid treatment yet he could still feel pain, and his upper body is covered in ointment and bandages, and the doctor who treated him is talking to Kirigiri and is asking her what happened as he never encountered something like this before and is asking her an explanation so that he could write something on his report, and Kirigiri is considering her words carefully as she couldn't tell the doctor what really happened earlier so with great reluctance, she came up with an alibi she could think of.

"...and that's what happened..."

"That was IT?"

"Yes, doctor."

"Those scratches and bruises were caused by...WILD CATS...?"

"Yes."

"..."

"Doctor...?"

"Fine."

The doctor was rather dumbfounded at Kirigiri's claim that Naegi was ATTACKED BY A PACK OF WILD CATS, and sighed seeing that this would go nowhere and advised her to send Naegi home to get some rest, and refrain from strenous activities and he would be fine in a few days from now, and the doctor leaves, mumbling WILD CATS in disbelief, and Kirigiri sighed in relief seeing that the doctor did not suspect anything, and there she asks Naegi what really happened back at the abandoned house, and there he told her what happened, as he entered what he thinks is a dimension and saw a middle-aged woman sitting on a chair, and the next moment something attacked him and he is on the receiving end despite wearing the red suit.

"...and that's what happened..."

"Are you certain about that, Naegi-kun?"

"Yes."

"But how? The red suit is supposed to protect you..."

"I don't know why..."

"I believe there is something more to that house than meets the eye..."

"I suppose..."

"Then we should stay away from that house for now..."

Kirigiri is still in a state of denial about supernatural aspects, yet she told him that it is best that they stay away from the house and defer from taking any items there, which Naegi seemed to agree, and as he gets up, he is still wearing the red long tights, but opted not to wear the rest of the red suit as his body is still in a bit of pain, and upon glancing at the clock, it shows that the time now is 20:30, and Naegi is about to go home when he stopped, and she noted the look of shock and worry in his eyes and asks him what is wrong and there he told her what is wrong.

"Our classmates!"

"What?"

"Our classmates are at that house right now!"

"!"

"Kirigiri-san...we got to get them out of there!"

"Damn!"

"Please!"

"..."

Both realized that their classmates are already at the abandoned house and feared for their safety after what Naegi went through, so Naegi puts on the trench coat and both ran out from the hospital, boarded the car and Kirigiri drives the car as they raced towards the abandoned house and they prayed that no harm would come to their classmates and Naegi feared that something bad would happen if thry arrive there too late.

-x-

At the abandoned house, the rest of the Class of 78 are there, and are picking up any items they deemed sellable and are enjoying the moment, feeling like they are having a camp at a forest, and things appeared fine so far, and yet Maizono is wondering where Naegi and Kirigiri are, as she and the others arrived at the house 30 minutes ago and there were no signs of the two classmates, but then she shrieked when Kuwata approached her with a flashlight lighted his face and spooked her.

"Good evening..."

"KKKYYYAAHHH!"

"Welcome to fright night..."

"Kuwata-kun!"

"Happy Halloween..."

"That wasn't funny!"

"Relax..."

"Idiot!"

Ishimaru berated Kuwata for acting so immature yet Celes joined in on the fun but Yamada is starting to get the jitters as he felt that this place is haunted, and Fukawa felt the same, yet Togami chided the others for being a scaredy cat, and Ohwada even dared Togami to try spending the night here alone, which Chihiro tries to calm the two boys down, with little success. At the second floor, Ohgami is accompanying Asahina as she was starting to get a bit scared, but then all of the sudden their flashlights were starting to run out, all at the same time, and the 11 classmates are slowly taken aback at this situation they are in.

"What the...?"

"My flashlight is dead!"

"Mine too..."

"Even mine is dead..."

"What the heck...?"

"All our batteries got used up at the same time...?"

"Is this coincidence...?"

"Hmph...stop acting like scared kids just because the batteries were used up..."

"Knock it off, Togami-kun!"

"Maybe Hagakure was right...maybe the house is haunted..."

"Stop saying stuff like that, Yamada!"

By then Naegi and Kirigiri arrived and both are relieved that their classmates are okay, and the others were also relieved to see that the two are fine, and they asks them where they have been, which Togami said that they've been waiting for an hour before they decided to enter the house by themselves, but then tension rose as Kirigiri began telling the others to evacuate the house at once which baffled the rest as they are still collecting items that can be sold to a shop, and some were refusing to leave until they get a proper answer.

"What?"

"You want us to leave?"

"What for?"

"Yeah...we are still collecting..."

"This house isn't safe...we need to get out of here!"

"My...is Kirigiri-san getting scared...?"

"Celes-chan...stop teasing Kirigiri-chan like that!"

"Unless you have a convincing reason...we are not leaving."

"That's Togami for you..."

"But guys..."

"Why are you wearing a coat, Naegi?"

Seeing that a simple order won't budge, Naegi came up with an excuse by saying that the house is not safe and said there was some issues surrounding the house and Celes began teasing him that he is getting scared at the house, and though it is true, Naegi did not want to waste time and told everyone to leave, and seeing that something is amiss, Ishimaru decided to do as Naegi says and told everyone to leave, but then Ohwada saw the sliding door in front of the wall, and is curious about it and is ready to push it aside, but then Kirigiri saw it, and then her eye caught glimpse of the chandelier that is starting to move by itself and is ready to collapse and she screamed at Ohwada to get out of the way.

"Ohwada-kun!"

"Huh?"

"Get away from there!"

"What...?"

"Get away from that wall!"

"What do you mean?"

"Look out!"

"?"

But Ohwada was too slow to see what she meant, and as the chandelier is about to give in, Kirigiri rushed towards Ohwada and pushed him aside, and by then the chandelier was severed from the ceiling and fell, and it struck Kirigiri on the head and the impact causes her to fall to the ground, and collapses, and the others were shocked to see this, and Naegi rushed to her side, checking her pulse which there is none, and Naegi began giving her CPR, while Ishimaru tells Kuwata and Fukawa to call for an ambulance, which the two classmates rushed out and call for help, while Naegi tried with everything he could, but Ohgami sees that Kirigiri may have died.

"Naegi..."

"Not now..."

"Kirigiri is gone..."

"No...there is still..."

"There is nothing we can do..."

"But..."

"Naegi..."

"..."

Naegi slowly ceased his action and was sullen, and the others were saddened at the passing of their classmate, regretting that they did not heed Naegi's word and they started to weep, but suddenly, Kirigiri started to moan and the others were surprised, and relieved, that Kirigiri is okay, but then Maizono blinked her eyes as she saw Kirigiri opened her eyes, and saw that Kirigiri's eyeballs were ice blue, but then Kirigiri closed her eyes again, and by then paramedics arrived and stretchered Kirigiri to the ambulance, and both Naegi and Maizono went with the paramedics, leaving the others at the house.

-x-

By morning, the scene shifts to the hospital where Kirigiri is laying on the bed, where Naegi and Maizono are watching over her, and then the doctor came and told them that the x-ray and CT scan results show that Kirigiri is not in any danger, only a mild bump, but said that she needs to stay here for observation, and both were relieved to hear this and thanked the doctor which he said it was nothing, and he took his leave, and Naegi decided to use the phone to call his parents to tell them why he did not come home last night which Maizono nodded.

"I got to call my parents and tell them why I did not come home last night..."

"I understand..."

"Could you look after Kirigiri-san for me?"

"Okay."

"I won't keep you long...I'll be back in a minute..."

"Sure."

"Thanks."

"No problem."

As Naegi left the room to use a payphone, Maizono glanced at Kirigiri, slightly regretting of suspecting Kirigiri of having Naegi all to herself and is considering apologizing to her until Kirigiri woke up and Maizono is relieved to see that she woke up, but then saw that her eyes were ice blue, and the detective gets up without saying a word, and removes the hospital gown and puts on the clothes and Maizono tries to talk to her but gets no response until she tries to lay a hand on her shoulder and asks her what is her problem, and Kirigiri finally responded.

"Back off."

"Huh?"

"Get your hands off me."

"What the...?"

"Now."

"Your voice..."

"..."

"What happened to you...?"

Maizono stared wide-eyed at what she just saw and heard, as her eyes tell her it was Kyoko Kirigiri but her ears tell her it was someone else due to a different woman's voice coming out from Kirigiri's lips, and this led Maizono to find out that Kyoko Kirigiri is possessed, and demanded to the person in front of her to identify herself and get out of Kirigiri's body, but Kirigiri smirked as she grabbed a nearby knife and placed it on Maizono's neck and gave her response to Maizono.

"Kkkyyyaaahh!"

"Don't...try...my patience..."

"..."

"If you want to live...stay out of...my way..."

"..."

"And...don't follow...me..."

"..."

"Good...girl..."

The possessed Kirigiri then released her hold on Maizono and hurriedly leaves the hospital room and is heading out towards the lobby and towards the elevator, and Naegi just saw Kirigiri enter the elevator and the door closes, and he is worried, and baffled as to how Kirigiri is able to move after suffering such an injury, and decided to follow her by boarding another elevator.

To Be Continued... .

Hope you like this chapter, and while there are no action scenes here...you get to see what is coming...Kirigiri possessed...and Maizono is at the receiving end...can Naegi deal with this kind of situation?

Preview:

Trouble brews as naegi confronts Kirigiri...can he stop her?

See you in January 2017...

Reviews are welcomed...

:)

Invitation:

for those who want an alternative fanfic featuring naegi, I am inviting you to check out these fics:

- Makoto Naegi: DIE HARD Luckster

A Christmas-themed fic featuring Naegi and Maizono. You will get to see Naegi doing some action star-like adventure as he faces a group of terrorists inside a corporate building...all by himself. Can his LUCK help him in this situation?

- Danganronpa: HOME ALONE

Another Christmas-themed fic, and this time he and Komaru are left alone when their family accidentally left them en route to Paris, France. Trouble ensues as Junko Enoshima and Mukuro Ikusaba attempts to ransack the house. Can the Luckster and his younger sister outwit and stop the Despair Sisters?

If you have time, take a look. You might like it.