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. But first off, it's been three years since I first uploaded this fic, and whoa…I never thought it'd be this long…and this has to be the longest Danganronpa fic that I've written. I want to thank the viewers for tuning in to this fic. I appreciated it and I'm grateful to you guys.
And while at it, I want to let you guys know that this will the first of two arcs that will be uploaded, as I am now working on the FINAL story arc where Junko Enoshima would make her move, along with Izuru Kamukura and Nagito Komaeda, whom I regretted in leaving him behind. This announcement came after being inspired by the final manga story arc of BLEACH, and while I upload the remaining chapters every month, I will work on the FINAL story arc, which will be long (in terms of chapters), and I estimated that this fic would END within next year.
And right now, here is the first of the two side-story arcs, and here the plot shows that Naegi and Kirigiri are about to come to blows. Come to blows? Looks like things are about to reach a fever pitch. Why come to this?
Well then, read on and enjoy!
At an unspecified location the scene shows that a person, a teenage girl with an hourglass figure is sitting on a chair, looking at the window as she is thinking of something exciting to do, as she has been bored as of late as her henchmen hasn't been reporting to her about their latest caper, which is about Towa City, and she felt that she wanted to do something just to get her excited.
That person is Junko Enoshima, and she is a student of Hope's Peak Academy, who has the assigned title of Super High School-level Fashion diva, and despite her successful career she is filled with dissatisfaction and wanted to do something that would satiate her boredom.
By then someone came and approached her, and it was Izuru Kamukura. He came here as he happened to meet someone and felt that perhaps this person could help ease her boredom, and his, as both felt that the next moment might trigger an unexpected chain of events, and this may help in making Enoshima notice them as they have been ignored as of late, and there Enoshima stared at Izuru, and hoped that what he is about to say might ease her bored life at the moment.
"So you think someone can help me keep busy?"
"I suppose."
"Really…?"
"If it would help you get rid of your boredom."
"…"
"Well…that's up to you."
"Whatever."
"…"
Izuru sighed seeing that she is bored as he is, yet and went to the point and showed her that he brought someone here, and she stared in disbelief seeing that the person that Izuru brought turn out to be Nagito Komaeda, and he is just wearing a trench coat, and she sighed aloud, seeing that Izuru brought someone who could only worsen her boredom and told Izuru to get rid of him seeing that Nagito is not worth her time, but Izuru told her that Nagito may be a TRUMP CARD if given the proper attention.
Enoshima glanced at Izuru before glancing at Nagito, and she asks Izuru what good would a BORING boy could do to make things exciting, which Izuru said that he met Nagito by chance and after seeing him in action, Nagito may be a beneficial ITEM that might give her excitement, and Enoshima glanced at Nagito and asks him why she should give him attention, which he smiled in reply.
"Hey, you…what are you?"
"Me?"
"Who else, you trash."
"I'm honored."
"Izuru says you could get my attention."
"I suppose. Guess I'm LUCKY."
"Then show me why, you pale-skinned asshole."
"Okay."
Nagito then removed his trench coat, where Enoshima stared in disbelief, as he is wearing the SUPER SUIT that he has been using since unearthing it from Mt. Fuji several months ago, and she ended up laughing so much that she felt that her boredom has temporarily been alleviated and told Nagito that aside from being boring, he is full of foolishness at seeing him wearing what appeared to be a two-colored pajamas with a cape.
But Izuru told Enoshima that it was through Nagito that caught his attention and showed her his smartphone where he recorded Nagito's exploits while wearing the super suit, and there Enoshima's interest was gauged, and she started to take an interest in Nagito, seeing that things are getting a bit exciting.
"Hey…is this for real?"
"That's what the footage showed…"
"Hmm…"
"So? You feel like your boredom is alleviated?"
"Hmm…I guess this could be exciting…"
"Whatever. I'm leaving him to you."
"Hold on. Help me here."
"How boring."
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. 94: Tenshon
The next day…
The scene shifts at the Naegi house, where Naegi is having a day off after classes at Hope's Peak Academy is cancelled for the day, and he is thinking of inviting Maizono out to go on a date, and he is also glad that for the past few days, there were no criminal activities and things are relatively peaceful, which he felt good as he is lately starting to get weary of using the red suit, and for the first time he felt at ease and wanted to keep it that way.
As he is about to pick up the telephone to call Maizono and have a talk with her, intending to take her to the movies to watch a romantic film, his cellphone rang, which he looked at it, where the caller turn out to be Kirigiri, and he wondered what does she want, and he answered it, and a few minutes later, his face showed that he is dismayed, and irritated, after being told of what to do today, in which he began to resent it as he intended to take a day off, but she told him that will have to wait.
"You want me to what?"
"Yes, Naegi-kun."
"Come on, Kirigiri-san! Can't I take a break once in a while?"
"This would only take an hour or two…"
"I don't want to!"
"Please, Naegi-kun. You're needed."
"Damn!"
"…"
Naegi sighed in annoyance as he sensed where this discussion is leading to, and he wanted to turn it down, yet she urged him to accept it and once THAT is taken care of, then he can spend the rest of the day, and told him to meet her at the specific place within an hour before cutting off the line. The Luckster closed his eyes as he is irritated, annoyed, and dismayed, as he did not like where this is going and yet he felt compelled to go and meet Kirigiri.
-x-
At an unspecified location the scene shows that a person, who appeared to be tall and muscular and covered in a hooded jacket, is heading towards a safehouse, where he has an accomplice, who appeared to be VERY SHORT, wherein the two are crooks that are involved in pawnshop robberies, in which they managed to successfully rob pawnshops and leaving the police baffled, and they are now planning to stage another stealth robbery which the two crooks are hoping that the next pawnshop would have more goodies stored.
"Well?"
"The place is deserted."
"Are you sure?"
"Yup."
"Good."
"Can I come in?"
"Hurry up."
"Thanks."
After that, the unseen person entered the house to convene with his partner to make their plans, hoping that they would hit the jackpot and are confident that the cops won't know a thing about this. The two crooks are identified as Gonta Gokuhara, and his accomplice is Ryoma Hoshi. They were involved in a series of crimes which they seemingly gotten away with, tthough they have no idea that Makoto Naegi and Kyoko Kirigiri are nearby, having been aware of the robbers' activities and are making moves to catch them red-handed.
-x-
About 20 minutes later, the scene shows that there has been no movement from the robbers' side, and things are quiet for now, while the scene shifts outside where Naegi, in his civilian guise, is at a hotdog stand, buying a pair of hotdog sandwiches, and he looked displeased, if not annoyed, that he is here assisting Kirigiri, as he has plans for today, in which he is planning to go on a date with Maizono, but Kirigiri called him and requested for his assistance, and of course this is something that he did not like as he really wanted to spend at least a week without going out wearing the red suit, and a brief flashback scene shows that Naegi and Kirigiri were talking on the cellphone and he is not pleased at how things are going out of his reach.
"You want me to what?"
"Yes, Naegi-kun. I need your help in taking down a pair of crooks…they intend to rob a store…"
"Then call the damn cops! I want to spend the day…"
"I can't do this alone…and those crooks would have a steel alibi to get away if I am to face them alone. You have to come here…"
"Come on, Kirigiri-san! Can't I take a break once in a while?"
"This would only take an hour or two…"
"I don't want to!"
"Please, Naegi-kun. You're needed."
Kirigiri used her usual rebuttal, but promised that once this case is solved he can have the whole day to himself, and Naegi begrudgingly accepted and hoped that he would clear this up in half a day, and then get on with his life and get away from the red suit at least for a while, and he begrudgingly took the red suit with him amid a good luck cheer from Komaru.
At the present time, Naegi went to another safehouse where Kirigiri is also staying, and she is using a binocular to keep an eye on the two robbers, and there Naegi arrived and gave her the hotdog and tea that she ordered, and there she told him to be on standby, as she is observing the robbers' movements, and Naegi is not pleased as he is waiting here since 9 am, and he noticed that it is already 12:38, in which he is getting a bit impatient as he wanted to end this case and leave, and he asks her how long is he going to wait, and Kirigiri felt that Naegi is losing patience, and told him that he has to be patient for now as moving now without seeing the robbers using evidence would be meaningless.
"You have to be patient, Naegi-kun."
"…"
"We cannot botch this operation if we act recklessly."
"Geez!"
"Naegi…"
"…fine."
"…"
"…"
The atmosphere is slowly getting tense as emotions are getting a bit high and Kirigiri has shown restraint, and Naegi is forced to wait as she promised him that this case will end soon, and right now she is looking at the other safehouse where the Gokuhara and Ryoma are making their move, wherein the scene shows that the two robbers are starting to dig a hole to make a tunnel passage that would lead them underneath the nearby pawnshop, and the two robbers are rather excited that the pawnshop is unmanned and they can steal the goodies to their hearts' contents.
"Oh boy…we're gonna get a lot of money taking the goodies!"
"I told you so."
"What are you gonna, Ryoma? "
"I'll think about it later…right now we should loot whatever we can carry."
"Right."
"Get a move on, muscle-moron."
"Yeah, yeah…"
"…"
As the two robbers are digging, the scene shows that the robbers have been staying at the safehouse for about a week, and the tunnel that they made is 50% completed, and the hole that they made is halfway near the floor of the pawnshop, and Ryoma, who is the shortest, told his partner, who is muscular, to check the pawnshop outside to see if there is a guard roaming around the shop so that he would know if he should pause in making the tunnel or to continue, and the obese robber obliges.
The muscle-bound Gokuhara then went out of the safehouse to survey the outside of the pawnshop in order to determine whether to continue digging a tunnel or stop it completely, and the he sees that not a single guard is there and he hurried back to the safehouse and told his partner that they can safely continue digging a hole, and the two robbers are pleased with how things are going and are expecting that they would loot a lot of expensive gadgets.
"You sure there's no guard?"
"Yeah…the place is empty."
"Good."
"Should we…?"
"Yeah…keep digging."
"You got it."
"Come on."
"Right."
And the two robbers commence in resuming their work in digging a tunnel which connects to the safehouse and the nearby pawnshop, and the scene shifts to the other safehouse where Kirigiri and Naegi saw what Gokuhara did, and there she instructs Naegi to try using the red suit to get a VIBE in order to find out what the two robbers are up to, and Naegi is not pleased at how things are going and he is beginning to get weary in using the suit to the point of being annoyed and Kirgiri urged him to keep it together and have patience.
"Naegi."
"What?"
"Keep your cool."
"How can I?"
"Please…"
"…."
"Naegi…"
"Fine!"
Her words managed to reach him and Naegi reluctantly obliges and uses the suit's power and concentrated, where he SAW that the robbers are digging a hole and they found a shortcut which allowed them to get a faster access towards the pawnshop, and soon Naegi SAW that the robbers were able to get underneath the shop's lobby and are now ready to loot the goodies and he told Kirigiri about it, and she is slightly caught off-guard as she did not expect that the robbers would sneak in so quickly, and told Naegi to go out there and get through the entrance of the pawnshop amid his displeasure of going out in the open.
"Eh?"
"You heard me, Naegi-kun."
"You want me to go out there flying in public?"
"We don't have time for this!"
"No way!"
"Please, Naegi-kun!"
"Ohhh…fine!"
"…"
The two teens got into an argument as Naegi is beginning to dislike doing work using the red suit, and she tried to persuade him to do the right thing, and used her wits to convince him to follow her instructions, and after two minutes of argument, Naegi bucked under pressure and storms off the safehouse and ran towards the pawnshop, ramming through the entrance, breaking the door and made his way inside the pawnshop, and Kirigiri shook her head seeing that Naegi is somewhat becoming weary and irritated and yet she had to let it slide for now as long as he manage to stop the robbers, and she slowly went out of the safehouse to head for the pawnshop where Naegi is taking on the two robbers, and she intends to lecture him about responsibility once the robbers are secured.
-x-
At outer space, Ophani expressed concern at seeing Naegi's attitude, seeing that he is somewhat becoming weary in using the red suit, and Cherubi points out that Naegi has finally shown his TRUE COLORS and said that the Luckster is not fit to use the red suit after all but Ophani vouches for Naegi and she is sure that Naegi will regain his composure soon, which Cherubi seemed to disagree, seeing that Naegi would snap under pressure and show what he really is.
"You see? You see? That boy has finally shown his true colors!"
"Come now…Makoto Naegi is just…"
"You have seen it…he is already hating it…he wants to get rid of that suit!"
"That is not the case!"
"Then how do you explain that?"
"…"
"That earth boy is a very selfish life form!"
"He is not!"
Seraphi is observing the events at Tokyo, and he too is concerned at seeing what Naegi is going through, and he is observing the events even more to see what would happen next, and what would he do if Naegi snaps under pressure and is weighing his options on making his next move depending on what Naegi would do next.
To Be Continued...
Looks like tension is building up. Naegi is increasingly getting fed up in using the suit just to do the same old heroics. Heck, he is really wanting to finish this so he can go home, and despite accomplishing this, he is still pissed off. Would cooler heads prevail?
Ryoma Hoshi and Gonta Gokuhara from Danganronpa V3 make a cameo appearance here. Previously I said I might not put the DR V3 here because I was not quite familiar with them, but after getting enough info, I decided to give them some screen time since they are…part of Danganronpa.
Preview:
The next chapter shows what would happen after capturing the robbers, and would Naegi and Kirigiri make up? Will Naegi be able to take Maizono out on a date?
See you in 3 to 4 weeks...
Reviews are welcomed...
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