Danganronpa: 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
Happy New Year to all!
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 Maizono are in a bind after Kirigiri is seemngly possessed and took off without problems, and now they are in a race against time to find a way to help Kirigiri while they would soon find out the cause of all this, so read on and enjoy!
The scene shifts to the parking lot of the hospital, where the possessed Kirigiri is heading towards her car, and she is ready to board it when Naegi arrived after following her and asks her where is she going and asks if her injury is not slowing her down, in which she gave no response, but as Naegi becomes persistent knowing that she is in no condition to drive, and there Kirigiri gave her response by grabbing him by his collar and placed the blade of the knife on his neck, and Naegi is surprised to see her eyes turn ice blue and a woman's voice came from Kirigiri's lips.
"Do me a favor, kid..."
"What...Kirigiri-san...? What...?"
"Back off...and stop following me."
"What...what are you...? Who...?"
"I mean it...and if you care about this girl...then heed my advice. Leave me be...or I will destrOy this girl's body...if you get...my drift..."
"..."
"Good...and don't follow..."
"..."
Kirigiri smirked as Naegi backed away and she boarded the car and started to drive away, and a baffled and shaken Naegi was left speechless as he got to witness a possession and now he is at loss on how to address the situation as this is the first time that he encounter something like this, and now he is wondering how to tell his classmates about the situation that Kyoko Kirigiri is possessed by a woman's spirit and has taken off before his very eyes.
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. 74: Kuro no Kemono
At Hope's Peak Academy, the scene shifts to the classroom where the Class of 78 is there, and they noted that Naegi, Kirigiri nd Maizono are absent and they know why, having seen what happened last night, but they also noticed that both Naegi and Kirigiri are not here, and they wondered if the two are arriving late or whether they took the day off just to visit her at the hospital, something the class could understand and relate, but Celes teased that maybe Naegi and Maizono went on a date, which Asahina said that it can't be given the events that happened last night.
"Are you sure, Celes-san?"
"Of course...Naegi is a chick magnet...and he's the reason why he and Kirigiri arrived late..."
"Stop making things up! Naegi-kun is not that kind of a person!"
"Oh...?"
"Celes-san!"
"Then how come he is not here today? And even Maizono-san is also not here today..."
"..."
"See...?"
By then Hagakure arrived and is reporting for class and the others greeted him while asking why he did not show up last night at the abandoned house, which he was rather reluctant, and hesitant, to tell the reason though Celes can tell why and began teasing the fortune teller which he had to defend himself though in reality he was really scared at going to the house last night because of his prediction that a spirit is haunting the said house and he is forced to use an alibi to cover his reason for skipping last night's activity.
"...and that's the reason why..."
"Really, Hagakure?"
"And you sure that is your reason...?"
"I bet he is scared of that house..."
"Come on...now is not the time for that!"
"Hmm...maybe Hagakure-dono is really scared..."
"I'm not!"
"Hmph."
Togami sighed in annoyance as he chose to remain silent and stay mum on this while Chihiro is worried about Kirigiri as he wondered if she would be okay, in which he entire class is unaware if the predicament that Kirigiri is in, by then a teacher arrived and the class stopped their bickering and all went to their seats as class is about to start, and the teacher noted that three students are absent but he chose to start the class.
-x-
At the parking lot of the hospital, Maizono meets up with Naegi and there they found out that each of them learned that they encountered a possession and Naegi started to realize that this may have something to do with the dimension he entered last night, and when Maizono asks Naegi if he know something, he reluctantly showed her the scratches on his upper body and told her what went on last night at that house and why he and Kirigiri wanted to evacuate everyone from the house, which shocked Maizono.
"Seriously?"
"Yes."
"So that house...is really haunted?"
"That's what I think...especially when I entered that dimension..."
"Then that spirit really possessed Kirigiri-san?"
"Looks like it."
"No way...then what we saw is true..."
"..."
Maizono couldn't believe that the house she and her classmates went last night is actually haunted and now she asks him what should they do now, and he realized that he and Maizono are late for school, but decided to forego that and asks Maizono to help him find Kirigiri, and though she has a bit of animosity towards Kirigiri because she constantly hang out with Naegi, Maizono agreed and they began searching the streets, and went to town after town, in which they haven't found her, and by then Naegi thought that maybe Kirigiri stopped by her house and told Maizono that they are going to check it out.
"Lets go at Kirigiri-san's house."
"Eh?"
"Maybe she might go there...and if we are LUCKY...we could pin her down and tie her up until we think of a way to get the spirit out of the body."
"Are you sure, Naegi-kun?"
"We can only hope, Maizono-san."
"..."
"Come on,"
"Okay."
Maizono nodded and she and Naegi went to the Kirigiri house, where Fuhito is there, and he is surprised when asked if Kirigiri passed by here in which he said he hasn't seen her since last night, and there Naegi reluctantly told her what happened last night up to earlier today, and Fuhito blinked his eyes in surprise upon hearing that his granddaughter was possessed by a spirit and is rather having a hard time believing what he just heard, but Naegi and Maizono gave their testimonials at how they encountered the situation earlier today.
"...and that's how it happened..."
"Her eyes changed colors..."
"And her voice says it all..."
"She even threatened me..."
"So am I...and she also threatened to dispose your granddaughter's body if we pursue her..."
"That's the story, sir..."
"Yes, and we are the only witnesses..."
"Please believe us."
Upon hearing their explanation, and worried at where his granddaughter would end up, he began to pick up the phone and called the police station and called someone whom he has a connection with, and used an alibi just to persuade him to have his men search the car that Kirigiri is driving, and when given the approval, Fuhito motions the two teens to come with him as they are going to patrol the streets in an effort to find Kirigiri.
-x-
As mid-day passed, the scene shows that Fuhito is driving the car and did a rather calm search for his granddaughter, and so far there were no results shown, and he has been searching most of the entire area of Tokyo, and after getting a call from his contact at the police force telling him that they haven't found her, Fuhito decided to try searching in Shibuya and went there to try and see if his granddaughter ended up there, and up until now he is still having a hard time believing that a spirit possessed his granddaughter and wondered if this is really true or not.
"Kyoko..."
-x-
Somewhere within the streets of Tokyo, Naegi and Maizono are seen going to town after town, showing Kirigiri's picture and asked every person they meet if they saw her or not, and it wasn't looking good as they got negative results, and both teens are worried as they don't know what the woman's spirit is intending to with Kirigiri's body and feared for their classmate's safety, and in their frantic search, Naegi gets a call from Fuhito and there he asks the Luckster how things are going there after telling him he is searching at Shibuya.
"Naegi-kun."
"Fuhito-san!"
"Have you found Kyoko?"
"No, sir."
"I see."
"Sorry...we haven't found her yet."
"Don't give up...keep searching."
"Yes, sir.
Fuhito told Naegi to keep on searching and told him not to give up, which Naegi nodded, and both him and Maizono continued their search, and along the way, they encountered their classmates, who were dismissed early and they asked the two why they skipped classes, and Naegi reluctantly told them that Kirigiri went missing, though he did not tell them about the possession fearing it might complicate matters, and thankfully the others took the alibi and expressed their willingness to help.
"Okay, we'll help."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Seriously."
"Count me in."
"I'll help."
"Me too."
"I'll ask my biker gang for help."
"I'll use my crystal ball to..."
"Knock it off, you fortune freak!"
"Who are you calling fortune freak?"
The Class of 78 then splits up to try and find Kirigiri, and Ohwada enlisted the aid of the Crazy Diamond Gang to help in finding Kirigiri while Togami reluctantly used his resources to facilitate in the search for his missing classmate, and the day went on and they got no results, and everyone went home, and Naegi went home as well after talking to Fuhito, and later that night, Naegi was sitting on a couch and then suddenly he recalled what Hagakure said the other day about his fellow fortune teller being a psychic, and decided to try out this fact and picks up the phone and called Hagakure, and asks him to make an appointment with the so-called psychic, much to Hagakure's surprise.
"Really, Naegi-chi?"
"Yes...I'd like to meet with this psychic you told me..."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Wow, this is a surprise...someone actually believe me..."
"Um, Hagakure..."
"Oh, right."
"..."
Hagakure felt that he was honored when Naegi asks him about the psychic and said that the psychic might help him in finding Kirigiri, however, Hagakure said that the psychic would be home late after bring out of town, and instead arranges that Naegi can meet with the psychic tomorrow morning, and Naegi accepted as he went to bed and sets the alarm clock so he can get up early and sends a text message to Maizono about it so she can accompany him tomorrow.
-x-
The next morning, the scene shifts to a house where Naegi and Maizono are sitting on a sofa, and standing before them is a woman in her 40's, and after hearing Naegi and Maizono's testimonies, she came to a conclusion on what happened to Kirigiri and told them what she assessed and what steps to be taken if the two teens are to save Kirigiri from the woman's spirit, as she sensed that time is short and they have one shot in freeing the possessed detective student from Hope's Peak Academy.
"Based on what you told me...I say this is a serious situation you got yourselves in."
"Really?"
"Yes. You kids got into trouble and your friend went to the wrong place at the wrong time...and now the spirit has taken your friend's body."
"..."
"And about that unseen thing that gave you scratches on your body...based on what you described to me...I must say you just encountered the Beast in the Black."
"Eh? Then the thing that attacked me..."
"Yes. And while in that dimension, you can't fight it...and the only to escape it is to get out of that dimension. About your friend...there is one way of saving her..."
"Please tell me."
The psychic told the two teens about the Beast in the Black, and said that to free Kirigiri, Naegi must find Kirigiri and take her back to the abandoned house and enter the said dimension, and this would force the spirit to be ejected from the host body, and then tells Naegi that once that is accomplished, he and Kirgiri must escape the dimension again and head back to the real world, and that way, when the house is demolished, the spirit will have no choice but enter the spirit world where she would be tried for her actions while then alive.
Naegi and Maizono glanced at each other, having realized that they need to find Kirigiri first before heading for the abandoned house, and Maizono whispered to Naegi that he should try using the red suit and use its power to find Kirigiri, and he slowly sees the logic in it and realized that he should have brought it with him, as he left the red suit at his house.
"I see..."
"You can use it to locate Kirigiri-san, Naegi-kun."
"Right."
"So do you have it?"
"No...I left it at my house."
"Then..."
"We better go...and fetch the suit so we can find Kirigiri-san."
"Okay."
Both Naegi and Maizono bowed and thanked the psychic as they left the house and went to Naegi's house where Naegi's mom is surprised to see her son as she knows that he is at Hope's Peak Academy, and it shows that Naegi and Maizono skipped school today just to see the psychic, and after getting answers and how to deal with the problem, they now need to make a move, and Maizono spoke to Naegi's mom and came up with an alibi so she won't suspect her son of anything which she believed her words, though she asks Maizono if she is dating Naegi, though she had to deny it to prevent gossip.
"Oh...and I thought Makoto would get a girlfriend..."
"Ah-ha-ha-ha..."
"But still...you should let my son woo you...you're a cutie."
"Um..."
"Did he kissed you...?"
"Ah, no...nothing like that."
"I do hope you would become a couple...I really want to have grandchildren..."
"..."
Inside his bedroom, Naegi took off his clothes and puts on the red suit and cape, then puts on a trench coat and hurriedly leaves the room and there he told Maizono that they need to leave, and both teens bowed and left the house, and outside Naegi hailed a taxi and directed the driver to take them to Kirigiri's house and there she asks Naegi what are they going to do there and he said that he has a way of tracking down Kirigiri and all he needed to do is go to her house and touch any of her personal belongings and he would get a VIBE and he will be able to pinpoint her exact location.
"Really?"
"Yes...as long as I wear the suit...I might be able to locate her..."
"And you say that you need to touch any of her belongings?"
"Yes."
"What kind of suit are you using? Surely it has other functions..."
"Um...I still sort of not mastered it yet..."
"Naegi-kun..."
"Sorry..."
The taxi driver is baffled at what his passengers are talking about but opted not to intrude as long as the two would pay their fares, and after several minutes, the cab arrived and Maizono paid the fare, and there the cab driver finally recognized her as one of the popular idols and he is pleased to know that he meet her in person and began complimenting her, which she accepted and the driver asks for her autograph which she obliges and the driver leaves happily and Naegi asks her what was that about and she explained to him what just occurred.
"Eh? That driver is a fan?"
"Yes."
"And I thought teenagers and kids are the only fans who fawn over you."
"Well..."
"At least he did not suspect anything...anyhow...we got work to do."
"Right."
"Let's go."
"Okay."
To Be Continued... .
Hope you like this chapter, and while there are no action scenes here...you get to see Naegi and Maizono finding out about the haunted house and why Kirigiri got possessed...and now it is up to the two teens to find their classmate and get her back to the haunted house before complications ensue...
Preview:
The next chapter reaches its conclusion as Naegi confronts the spirit that possessed Kirigiri...can he stop her knowing that the red suit is non-functional inside the dimension?
See you in 2 to 3 weeks...
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