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
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 appeared to have gotten over the shock that the new teacher resembled Taren Tomaneja and they are stsrting to warm up towards him, and yet the trouble is soon about to commence as the summer festival looms, so read on and enjoy!
At the Kirigiri house, Kyoko Kirigiri is at her room, glancing at the computer where she downloaded the files she requested, showing the birth certificate of Musiku Direkutah, his credentials, his personal information as well as his recent records, and so far Musiku's track records are clean and has no known criminal records, and yet she had a bad feeling on why she felt so different towards the new teacher, and given how Naegi and Maizono showed their reactions, she felt that something is off and there is more to this than meets the eye.
By then her grandfather arrived and she greeted him and there he brought with him the DNA records of Taren Tomaneja and Musiku Direkutah, and upon reading it, it shows that the two have separate samples and they are different individuals, thus Musiku is cleared and that Taren is indeed officially dead having died several months ago, and Fuhito can see how serious his granddaughter is taking on this case and asks her why is she so fixated at Musiku, and there she told him what went on at the academy and felt that something is off and couldn't dismiss it as mere coincidence.
"Maybe its because he is Taren's twin brother..."
"Maybe, grandfather, but this does not mean I will ignore this matter."
"Kyoko..."
"I do not think this is mere coincidence. I will continue investigating Musiku until the evifenve I gather proves otherwise."
"But, Kyoko..."
"Please, grandfather."
"I see..."
"..."
Fuhito can understand her reasons, but told her not to dwell too much and urge her to take it slowly so she won't be led to a wrong conclusion which she nodded, and there Fuhito invited her to have dinner and she accepted and the two went to the dining room to have dinner
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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. 78: Ongaku Kantoku
At Hope's Peak Academy, the next day, things seemingly went well, and some of the academy students appeared to get along with Musiku as he is friendly and accommodating, giving them advise as well as he is good in teaching, especially in music, and soon word reached the faculty and Jin appeared relieved that Musiku has been accepted by the students and that he learned that Naegi and Maizono were able to befriend him, and the guidance counselor said that she managed to persuade the two to know Musiku better which worked, and Jin thanked her for that.
"...I see..."
"Thankfully, Naegi and Maizono took my advise and here we are..."
"Good work."
"Thank you, headmaster Kirigiri."
"I'm glad you were able to help ease things here."
"Oh, its nothing."
"You really habe my thanks."
"Don't mention it."
With that situation solved, the academy can now get past the unexpected controversy and can move ahead with their next program, which is the upcoming summer festival, and there the guidance counsellor said that Musiku volunteered to lead the program, saying that he is planning to make a musical event and would pick students who can participate, and Jin nodded seeing that this would help the students in getting to know more about Musiku, and the counsellor guessed that Maizono would participate being an idol, her singjng skills will no doubt play a role in the upcoming festival.
"So Maizono would be the star...?"
"Yes. Being the SHSL Idol, her singing talents would fit the bill."
"Hmm..."
"Well, I'm sure Musiku would come up with something that would make the festival a success."
"You think so?"
"Of course, headmaster."
"If so, I guess..."
"Wait a minute, you two!"
By then the other faculty staff members interjected, asking what Musiku can do to make the upcoming festival successful, and Jin said that being a music teacher, Musiku has a lot of musical background and believes that the upcoming music program would be a success, and urged his fellow faculty members to support him and Musiku in this endeavor, and the faculty members glanced at each other before reluctantly agreeing to this, curious to see what would happen next.
-x-
In the next few days, word reached the academy students that the upcoming summer festival is being planned, and the students are excited and they began making plans on what to show at the festival, and by then Musiku began to make plans by talking to each class and suggested in making a musical play which the students agreed, and the Class Of 78 is included, and there the Class Of 78 is tasked of playing William Shakesphere's ROMEO AND JULIET, with Naegi and Maizono playing the lead role, and though hesitant to accept the roles, the two teens were encouraged by Musiku, and he gently prodded them to accept it believing in their talents.
"Believe me...you two are perfect for the roles."
"Eh?"
"Really...?"
"Yes, you two are suitsble for the roles."
"Hmm...what do you say, Maizono-san?"
"Well...if you accept the role...then I guess I'll accept it as well."
"Then its settled. Leave it to me...I will coach you well."
"..."
"..."
Eventually, the two teens accepted and their classmates cheered on, though Kirigiri is still suspicious of Musiku, as her intuition tells her that there is more to Musiku than meets the eye, and yet she pretended that she is unaware of anything and just played along with the rest of the class, and when recess came, she led Naegi to the rooftop and there the two teens talked, where Kirigiri cautions Naegi not to get too close to Musiku for now as she told him that she is doing a secret investigation about the teacher, which made Naegi wonder.
"Seriously, Kirigiri-san?"
"Yes, I am serious."
"But...Musiku-sensei looks like a..."
"My instincts tell me that he may not be what he appeared to be."
"..."
"Trust me on this, Naegi-kun."
"Kirigiri-san...why go this far...?"
"Because..."
She reasoned that with Musiku being identical to Taren, he may some connection to the deceased ex-manager, and she intend to find out if Musiku can really be trusted, and until then, she told Naegi not to let his guard down and look after Maizono, and after that, Kirigiri left, leaving Naegi baffled as he wonder why she is so suspicious towards Musiku even though the teacher proved that he is nothing like Taren, and so far there were no killings towards students who are mingling with Maizono just like in the past several months.
After that, Naegi went back to his classroom where the others are waiting and there Ishimaru told Naegi that the class are going to rehearse at thw auditorium for their musical play, and everyone went there with Maizono included, but Kirigiri opted to keep her distance as she still do not trust Musiku, and secretly ledt the academy to conduct more investigation towards the current music teacher at Hope's Peak Academy.
At the auditorium, the Class of 78 is assembled and each of the class were given their assigned roles and they began to rehearse their lines, and while they are at it, Musiku began to coach Maizono on her singing part due to their play being a musical, and he gave her the lyrics and showed her the tunes he played so she can synchronize with the music, and soon she began singing the lyrics while Musiku played the piano, and this resulted in a very melodic environment which the others liked it, and after that, Musiku began to emotionally compliment Maizono of her talent.
"Maizono..."
"Yes...?"
"That...was beautiful..."
"Really...?"
"Yes...it touched my heart..."
"Ah...you're embarassing me..."
"No...it was splendid...I wad right to choose you as the main star..."
"Thanks."
The students were somewhat touched, but Naegi felt that something is off at how Musiku reacted to Maizono's talent, feeling like it is bordering on obssession, but opted not to delve into that thinking it was just coincidence, and the class continued their rehearsal, enjoying every moment of it though they seem to forget about Kirigiri as they did not notice her presence due to being busy praticing their lines of the play they are involved in, and the guidance counsellor passed by, and saw how the Class of 78 are getting along with Musiku, and is pleased that things would go well without problems now that they have no doubts about Musiku resembling Maizono's ex-talent manager.
"Glad that things are going well...looks like Musikunwoukdnfit in as a teacher..."
-x-
Much later, after classes ended, Naegi and Maizono left the academy and are walking home, and there they discussed about how fun it was doing rehearsals about their upcoming play at the upcoming school summer festival, and she told him that Musiku is giving her tips on how to improve her singing voice and felt that Musiku can be like a father-figure to her, which Naegi slowly realized what he felt during the rehearsal when Musiku made emotional compliments about her singing, yet he did not want to alarm her and tried to change the subject a bit and asks what would she like to do next after summer festival ended.
"Hmm..."
"Huh?"
"How about...we go on a date...?"
"Really...?"
"Well...if you like..."
"Um...I guess its okay. Sure."
"Really?"
"Uh-huh..."
As they were walking further within the streets, they heard sounds of barking, and when they turn around, they saw a pack of dogs running towards them, and Naegi instinctively told Maizono to run and as she did so, Naegi saw a nearby phone booth and went in, and it shows that Naegi is wearing the red suit underneath the academy uniform, and as he is about to take his uniform off, a crowd began to form and Naegi stopped, realizing that he can't expose himself to the public and is a sitting duck as the dogs kept on ramming the phone booth trying to get in, until dog catchers came and managed to restrain the dogs which allowed Naegi to get out of the booth and a passing policeman came and checked on Naegi.
"Are you okay?"
"Um...yeah..."
"Good thing you managed to hide in there...looks like those dogs are out for blood..."
"Really...?"
"Better be careful on your way home."
"Yeah...I will."
"Good."
"Thanks."
Likewise, Maizono approached Naegi and asks him if he is okay, and there he asks her if she saw anything strange, which she said no, and as the dogs were taken away, the two teens were left alone and the crowd left amid what they just saw, and Naegi slowly felt the sense of deja vu in which something like this has happened in the past, yet he has no proof on who the culprit is, and opted to walk Maizono to her house for safety reasons and told her that he is going to escort her home, and she noticed the rather change in Naegi's attitude as if he sensed danger lurking nearby.
"Naegi-kun...?"
"Huh?"
"Are you okay...?"
"Yeah...I'm okay. I better escort you home."
"Okay..."
"Come on."
"Is there something wrong...?"
"I'm fine. Really."
Not far, a silhouette of an unseen person is seen, and the person casts a malicious glare towards Naegi, and the scene shows that the unseen person is holding a dog whistle which turns out that the person is the one who controlled the dogs to assault Naegi. With the unexpected events that thwarted the culprit's plans, the unseen culprit opted to leave the scene for now and plan again another day.
To Be Continued... .
Hope you like this chapter, as deja vu shows up as Naegi is mysteriously been attacked but narrowly escaped...and it appears that someone is obsessed with Maizono amid the upcoming summer festival play...
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See next chapter on how Naegi and Maizono handle the new incidents...
See you in 2 to 3 weeks...
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