Danganronpa: Island of Giant Insects
Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
Kyochuu Rettou is owned by Yasutaka Fujimi, RED ICE and Passione
Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here pandemonium continues as the next set of giant insects appeared, where Class 78 are in a heap of trouble…as in BIG trouble…
Meanwhile, an unexpected Danganronpa character makes an unexpected appearance, which will add more tension to this chapter…
Well then, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 8: Moderu kakutō x Batafurai kōka
Ishimaru and Ohwada were shocked at what they saw as the doomed student is dying as almost all of its blood is being drained and saw the mosquito's belly is turning red and being full as a result of sucking the prey's blood.
"Oh no…"
"What the hell…?"
"That poor boy…"
"This can't be damn real…"
"What you saw is real, Ohwada-kun…"
"Can't we do something…?"
"I'm afraid we can't…that boy is nearly drained…we can't do anything at this point…"
"…"
Asahina covered her mouth while screaming in horror as she saw how the victim's body is slowly withering as he is drained of blood and now she is starting to panic, but Ohgami held her and urges her classmate to calm down and not give in to panic.
"Waaahhh!"
"Asahina…!"
"We're going to die!"
"Calm down…!"
"I don't want to die!"
"Calm yourself, Asahina! We will escape!"
"Someone help us!"
"Asahina!"
Yamada was also starting to panic as he saw that the mosquito had just finished off the reserve course student and is now eyeing him, which Fujisaki noticed and tells Yamada to run and seek shelter under the trees, which he agreed.
As Yamada began to run, a giant wasp showed up and swoops down, taking him and hovered to the air, and the others screamed upon seeing their classmate being taken away so suddenly.
"Oh no!"
"They got Yamada!"
"Yamada!"
"Someone do something!"
"Sakura-chan!"
"…"
"Quick, Naegi…you're the Luckster…do a bad luck so the mosquito will get jinxed and let Yamada go!"
"Eh?"
Fortunately, Yamada's body weight somewhat prevented the giant mosquito to fly off higher, and this enabled Kuwata to pick up a hand-sized rock and uses his talent as the SHSL Baseball Player to hurl the rock like a baseball and threw it straight towards the giant mosquito, hitting it on the eye and with such speed and accuracy, the mosquito was stunned and is forced to let Yamada go, and the SHSL Doujin Writer fell to the ground, and was somewhat stunned, but otherwise unharmed.
There Ohgami and Asahina went to Yamada and assisted him in getting up and joined the others in making an escape, and the Class 78 members went towards the forest to make use of the high trees to shield them from the predators' field of vision.
There Yamada thanked Kuwata for the save, which the latter said that it's okay.
"Kuwata-dono…"
"Yeah?"
"Th-thanks…"
"Sure. No biggie."
"I appreciate it a lot…"
"Don't mind it."
"Thanks again."
"Yeah, yeah…"
As the class walked around, Kirigiri is greatly bothered at the turn of events, and wondered how is it possible that the insects they encountered would grow to gigantic sizes and what caused this to happen that led to her classmates' current situation.
Moreover, she finds it strange that the plane they are riding earlier landed in this seemingly unchartered island, with the pilots intentionally killed themselves as well as damaging the radio and communication devices that prevents them from calling help.
Another factor here is that her and her classmates' belongings are not on the plane, thus she now has a reason to suspect that this is a set-up and this situation she and her classmates are in is no mere coincidence, meaning that this was arranged to have Class 78 killed off.
Fujisaki noticed Kirigiri's silence and asked her what is wrong. There Kirigiri intentionally lag behind so she and Fujisaki are at a safe distance and told Fujisaki what she is thinking right now and believed that there is someone who wants her dead, probably due to her talent of being the SHSL Detective, and believed that the culprit intentionally dragged Class 78 because of the fact that she is with them.
Fujisaki asked if this is the case, which Kirigiri said that though there's not enough concrete proof, the theory may well make sense if this would mean in having the SHSL Detective getting killed off as well.
"That's what you think, Kirigiri-san?"
"Though I have no proof…it may well make sense, Fujisaki-san."
"Why would the culprit drag our classmate if he/she is targeting you?"
"Given that me being a student as Hope's peak Academy is public knowledge, the culprit may have went to a good deal of effort to find means to kill me off discreetly, and somehow the culprit found out about this field trip and use this as a way to kill me off, and doesn't seem to mind dragging you and our classmates here."
"That's…cruel…"
"I know."
"…"
"…"
Meanwhile, Naegi is comforting Maizono as she is starting to get shaken after almost getting captured, and he hugged her just to assure her that he is right by her side, as well as providing her emotional support.
Maizono accepted the gesture without question as she needed it as she is getting scared, and begged Naegi to protect her and get her off this island, which he gave his word and assurance that they will escape this island together.
He also said that after this ordeal is over, they will go on a date, which she accepted.
"Maizono-san."
"…"
"We will get off this island and return home."
"R-really?"
"Yeah. And after that…we'll go on a date."
"For real…?"
"Yeah. I promise."
"…"
By then Kirigiri urged her classmates to stick together as they are going to find a place that would shelter them from the insects they encountered as well as to find means of getting help, reasoning that staying outdoors is now a bad idea as she pointed out that once nightfall arrive the entire class would be at risk of getting killed.
The others agreed and are ready to follow her lead as she instructed her classmates to keep an eye out and be alert for possible surprise attacks, which they responded in unison.
"Yeah."
"You got it."
"We'll be on the lookout."
"And we'll be ready."
"Count on us!"
"We'll be a head of them."
"And I swear as a man!"
"Ha-ha."
As Class 78 were walking within the forest, they trekked for about over five minutes yet Kirigiri can tell that shelter is far from here given how vast the island is, but she withstood the difficulty as she tries to raise her classmates' spirits that they would not feel daunted.
Suddenly Ohgami and Naegi heard some footsteps heading their way, which Naegi asked if the sounds come from a person or from another insect, which Ohgami said she is unsure unless she sees it with her own eyes.
"Something is coming."
"You think it's a person?"
"I can't be certain, Naegi."
"Then…"
"Be ready. We might encounter trouble."
"Ohgami-san…"
"If it turns out to be another giant insect…I will try to hold it off."
"…"
As Ohgami stood in front, she is ready to face whoever or whatever is heading her way and told the others to go ahead, promising that she will catch up soon once she took care of the attacker, which Asahina asked if she is sure about this which the SHSL Swimmer appeared worried that Ohgami is going to face the attacker all by herself.
Ohgami assured to Asahina that she will be okay and urged Asahina to go with the rest of her classmates and find shelter, promising that she will catch up soon once the attacker is taken cared of and that she will be okay.
"Go on ahead, Asahina."
"But…Sakura-chan…"
"Do not worry."
"Eh?"
"Once I've taken care of it…I will catch up with you."
"Sakura-chan."
"Trust me, Asahina."
"…"
As Asahina is about to oblige, the source of the footsteps is revealed where it showed that a teenage girl was running and Class 78 was surprised as they recognize her. It was their classmate Junko Enoshima, the SHSL Fashion Diva, and Enoshima appeared to be surprised and relieved to see them and said that she narrowly escaped some giant insects.
Kirigiri stared, as she realized that Enoshima wasn't with Class 78 when they took the flight and ended up in this island, and there she asked the SHSL Fashion Diva how she ended up here and how long was she in this island and if there are any other people here in this island, and if there are any establishments or houses built here that they can use as temporary shelter.
Enoshima said that she and a number of fashion models are supposed to head for Hiroshima, but for some reason the pilot diverted their flight and ended up here. Enoshima and her fellow models found out that as soon as the plane landed on the island the pilot committed suicide by shooting himself on the head with a gun, and disabled the radios to prevent the passengers from calling for help.
Enoshima then said that after that the modelling crew began trekking the island when the plane exploded, thus trapping them here in this island and thus further trapping them here with no way of getting help.
And lastly, Enoshima said that she and her fellow models have been in this island since yesterday, which the others were surprised to hear this as they could not believe that someone would do this and wondered who is behind all this.
"What?"
"You've been here since yesterday?"
"And you've been stuck here since?"
"No way?"
"This is getting out of hand…"
"Looks like we've been sent here on purpose…"
"I don't want to die…"
"Calm down, Fujisaki…"
Kirigiri then asked Enoshima why is she alone right now and where are the rest of the modelling crew that she went with, and there Enoshima said that the crew panicked and ran off to different directions after saying that they encountered some GIANT ladybird beetles, and thus she hasn't been able to find them until now due to her keeping a low profile while avoiding the giant beetles in question.
Yamada and Hagakure stood still in fright after hearing this and wondered if they are about to enter an apocalypse of sorts, and both hugged as they wished that someone would come to save them.
"Waahhh…"
"I don't want to die!"
"I still haven't raised a million Yen…"
"I still want to make the ultimate doujin…"
"Someone save us…"
"We need a miracle…"
"Oh please…"
"Let there be a savior…"
Kirigiri then asked Enoshima if there are any places that Class 78 can go so as to seek shelter once nightfall sets, and there Enoshima said that so far she hasn't found a cave yet, and there the SHSL Detective advised Enoshima to stick with the Class so as to keep everyone together safe.
Enoshima nodded and said that she would rather do that than being alone in the island after her modelling crew DITCHED her.
"You should come with us, Enoshima."
"Hmm…?"
"It's better if you stick with us."
"Yeah, I suppose…"
"At least you won't be alone."
"I agree. My fellow models ditched me after seeing those giant bugs."
"I suppose you were unable to get your belongings…"
"Yeah. It burned up after the plane blew up."
"…"
As Class 78 began to resume their trek, they heard a scream coming not far from their current area, and the scream was from a woman, and Enoshima said she recognized it as one of the modelling group she is with, and Ohwada was compelled to go and see, believing that she might need help, due to his code of honor as a man.
As Ohwada ran off, Ohgami went after him fearing that he might encounter another giant insect, and as the two arrived, both stopped on their tracks as they saw a fashion model sitting on the ground, her clothes ripped and is frozen in fear as she is approached by a gigantic butterfly, and Ohwada could not believe what he is seeing, and wondered if he is dreaming.
Ohgami herself was shocked at the scene and is compelled to go and help, but hesitated when two more giant butterflies arrived and surrounded the terrified model. Kirigiri observed the scene and noted that the butterfly appeared to be a swallowtail. The rest of Class 78 arrived and they are equally shocked at what they saw, and the terrified model saw Enoshima and screamed at her to help her out of this predicament even though she could not will herself to move.
"Enoshima!"
"Hey!"
"Help me!"
"Don't just sit there! Move your butt and get over here!"
"Just help me here!"
"We'll try! But you need to move!"
"Help me!"
"Geez…"
However, two more giant swallowtails arrived and surrounded the screaming model, and the first giant swallowtail unleashed its beak-like organ from its mouth and stabbed at the model's crotch, while the other two giant swallowtails did the same and stabbed the model's breasts, and began sucking the model's fluids like sipping nectar from a flower.
Kirigiri stared wide-eyed, as she unknowingly showed emotion, for she deduced what the butterflies are doing, and Asahina, Maizono and Fujisaki stared in shock as the model is slowly being drained of her blood and fluids, and you can see the model is being sucked dry, her body withered and becoming like a dried skeleton.
Ohwada finally snapped out of his shock upon seeing the dying model and is about to go after the giant butterflies, but Ohgami held him back and told him it is useless as the model cannot be saved and that they are outgunned due to the butterflies' massive size and facing them barehanded would only result in death.
"Don't."
"Eh?"
"We are too late."
"But…"
"The model is already gone. Her body fluids have been drained."
"We can't just…!"
"We are outnumbered. Their sizes hold a huge advantage over us."
"…"
By then the trio giant swallowtails are finished as the model is now dead, and they turn their attention towards Ohwada and Ohgami, ready to take their next meal.
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, As Class 78 found Enoshima and are now almost complete, and decided to stick together and find a place to stay and call for help.
However, pandemonium ensued as they encountered another group of giant insects and witnessed first-hand at how the victim died at their hands (no pun intended)…
So Enoshima got on this island ahead of her classmates and got separated from her fellow models. The next upcoming chapters will tell what became of their fate…
Preview:
The next chapter will show what Class 78 would do at a situation like this…
See you in November…
Reviews are welcomed but needed...