Super Duper Video Game Fighters
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Many thanks to the readers who reviewed this fic, and I really appreciate it a lot and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter in which the story is now advancing further, where Chiaki is the main focus here while the impending threat looms closer and another Danganronpa character is INTRODUCED, so read on and enjoy!
The scene shifts to Tokyo, where it is shown that over 24 months have passed and life went on, and Chiaki has just turned 17, and yet her appearance remained the same, though academically she has somewhat improved and is now on her third year as a student of Hope's Peak University Hospital, and now her thesis is about to begin, in which she is about to become an intern at the hospital section, where she would be assigned to the pediatric section, where she would be assisting the actual pediatrician in checking up children and find the cause of their illnesses.
By then Chiaki is getting ready to leave the house and is about to head out when her aunt showed up and joins her in heading out to Hope's Peak University Hospital, and the aunt expresses her happiness in seeing her niece having achieved something at this point and is confident that she has a good future ahead of her and hoped that she would soon graduate high school and study here at Hope's Peak as a university student so she can further hone her skills as an intern and eventually earn a degree in becoming a doctor.
"Good morning, Chiaki..."
"Ah, good morning, auntie..."
"Looks like you are just one step closer before graduating high school..."
"Yes..."
"Just keep it up and you will earn a scholarship...and if you are lucky...you might study here for the university spot..."
"Yes, auntie..."
"Let's go then..."
"Okay..."
As the two walked the sidewalk and are awaiting for the bus, they passed by a news stand where the newspapers are being sold, and you can see the headlines stating that more victims are dying from a mysterious illness and others went into coma, and soon more people began buying the newspaper to read the article, and the people are starting to wonder what kind of illness is this and why has the health department not made any announcement about this situation.
EXCITE by Daichi Miura
(Opening Song from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)
(I gotta believe...)
I don't wanna know beta na shinjitsu nara
I don't wanna know shiranai kata ga ii noni
Why Why Why Why?
Kitsukeba I Came Too Far
Tomaranai kanjiru sono yokan wa
The New Beginning
Michi no ryoiki, ima wo kiri hiraku'nda
I gotta believe!
(Turning on...)
Sotto Excite Excite takanaru
Excite Excite kokoro ga
Michibi ano basho e
Kakenuku deku dake
(Hey!) I'm on a mission right now
(Hey!) I'm on a mission right now
Excite Excite kotae wa
Excite Excite kotae wa
Wow Kono te mo naka
Susumu beki life
Ikiteku dake
Ch. 5: Chiaki no Iryō Intān
A few weeks have passed, and so far things appeared to be peaceful, and Hope's Peak University Hospital is doing its usual routine, accepting high school students as well as incoming university students while the hospital section is accommodating patients in the out-patient department and those who have been confined. Doctors are working around the clock to diagnose their patients and are doing their bests to keep the patients' morale up. It appeared that none of the doctors in the university hospital are aware about the mysterious illness that has plagued certain patients, as it shows that most of the patients have been confined here for nearly a year, and the doctors believe that the patients are suffering from an ordinary illness, and when the patients are asking if they are going to die, the doctors had to assure to them that they will recover soon.
"Am I gonna die...?"
"Of course not..."
"Why am I staying for so long...?"
"We are trying to figure out why you are so sick..."
"Am I gonna live here forever...?"
"No, you'll get well soon..."
"Really...?"
"Really."
One day, the scene shifts at a park within the university hospital, where you can see several children are sitting on a bench, some gathered around, where you can see Chiaki Nanami is sitting on a bench, being in the center surrounded by several children in hospital gowns accompanied by their guardians, and the children are gathered as they circle around Chiaki as she is playing a PS VITA game, and the scene zoomed closer where she is playing a platform action game which is popular among video game enthusiasts, and the children are focused on watching Chiaki playing the game, which appeared to ease their stress and helped them relax.
As the children are eyeing the handheld unit that Chiaki is playing, you can see that she is playing what appeared to be a platform action game version of Sonic The Hedgehog, which combined elements of Sonic and Super Mario Bros., and Chiaki has finished five of the eight levels, and the children were enjoying the show, and by then it shows that Chiaki is about reach the stage where she would face the level 5 boss, and there the children began rooting for Chiaki as she finally reached the level 5 boss.
"Go for it, onee-san!"
"Finish the level!"
"Beat the boss!"
"Fight on!"
"Finish the game!"
"You can do it!"
"Show him who's boss!"
"We're counting on you!"
Chiaki then proceeded to play, and is now fighting the boss, and the children held their breaths as she is shown to be struggling as the 5th level boss appeared to be difficult, giving her a hard time, but she was able to manage it and held on until finding the right moment, where she found an opening and began to use the weapons and power-ups to rejuvinate the character's life bar, then proceeded to fight off the level boss, and after several minutes Chiaki managed to defeat the boss, and the children clapped as they are pleased to see that Chiaki completed the level, and now they are expecting to see her play her way to the 6th level of the game.
However, the relaxing time was interrupted when a nurse came and found Chiaki, and approached her which roused her from her playing time, and the nurse began to talk to her as she informs Chiaki that it is time for her shift and that a patient is waiting, and since the actual pediatrician would be late, she would have to stand in for her and told Chiaki that this is part of her thesis and Chiaki nodded, and she then told the other children that she has work to do, which made the other child patients frown in seeing her leave, wanting to watch her play through the 6th level of the game she is playing.
"Sorry, children...I have to go..."
"Aww..."
"We want to see you play through the 6th level..."
"Yeah...we want to watch you play..."
"Can't you stay a little longer...?"
"Pretty please...?
"Can you, onee-san...?"
"Can you...?"
Chiaki smiled and assured to them that she will come back and will show them that she will finish the 6th level so they can enjoy, and the child patients nodded sering that she will keep her promise, and they waved goodbye as Chiaki waved at them as she took her leave and is heading back inside the university hospital to perform her duty as a medical intern that is part of her thesis, and since starting her third year Chiaki has began to become an apprentice to the assigned pediatrician, watching the doctor as well assisting, and so far she was able to help the child patients relax and most of them were discharged and sent home.
-x-
At the doctor's office within the hospital section of Hope's Peak, the scene shows that the actual pediatrician, who just arrived, and the assistant nurse are watching as Chiaki is seen doing a check up on the patient, who is a boy aged 10, and there she is told that the boy had a loss of appetite, and she did a through check up which she appeared to have solved the case, and the boy's mother looks on while wondering why the actual pediatrician is letting a student-medic check on the boy though she lets it seeing that Chiaki appeared to be serious.
By then Chiaki is finished and told the boy's mother the cause of the appetite loss, explaining that the boy has been consuming a lot of snacks, which the boy appeared flustered and tries to deny it, but Chiaki exposed it by taking out a small snack that was hidden from his pocket, and the mother sighed in dismay seeing the results, while deep inside she is relieved to see that her son is normal and has no signs of illness.
As the mother and child left, the actual pediatrician, a woman in her 30's smiled and tapped Chiaki's shoulder, praising her for her effort and said that she would add points to her on-the-job training and said that she has the talent to be a doctor for children, given how she treated the child patients with care and motivating them to stand up to the odds when faced with a grave illness, and Chiaki nodded as said that she really has a soft spot for children, but the pediatrician gently told Chiaki her weakness, which is that she tends to forget her schedule because she spends much of her time playing video games on her handheld unit, and she sweat-dropped at the fact yet she assured to her that she would perform her OJT and thesis well.
"...don't worry...I will perform well..."
"Are you sure, Nanami-chan...?"
"Yes, sensei."
"Fine, but be more attentive, and you have a year before you can finish the whole thesis...and this OJT...this is where your performance and road to graduation would be based..."
"I will pass them."
"Okay...just focus more on your studies...and this OJT...got it...?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Good."
After that, a nurse came and told Chiaki that she is due to see another child patient, and Chiaki nodded as she leaves the office and head towards another room to see the patient, and by then she passed by her aunt, giving her a smiling nod, and Chiaki's aunt smiled in return, seeing that her niece is coping well and is expecting her to do well in her OJT, unaware that Chiaki is still spending her free time playing video games.
-x-
Meanwhile, the scene shifts at the building where it houses the Ministry of Health, where the deputy director, who works for the Minister of Health, is seen in his office, holding a cellphone and is talking to someone and the conversation implies that the person he is talking to is connected to Hope's Peak University Hospital, and the subject appeared to center around a certain boy who is said to be connected to someone in THAT hospital, and both agreed that the boy must receive the ITEM in order to face the mounting threat that certain members of the Ministry of Health and Hope's Peak University appeared to have discovered this and decided to face it in private to avoid this information leaked to the public in order to avoid mass panic.
"Are you certain that this boy is a worthy candidate...?"
"Yes."
"Where is he now...?"
"He is on his way back here...I have sent him abroad to HONE his skills...he should have attain the TALENT that I gave him..."
"That is good to hear..."
"And the ITEM...how is it..."
"It is ready...and I will have someone deliver it to the BOY..."
"Good."
After that, the conversation ended, and the deputy-director glanced at the briefcase that is in front of him, but then a woman entered the room, and the director nodded as he motions her to come in, and the woman approaches the director, as she has a feeling that she would be assigned to do something very important, and as she stood before him, the director told the woman, identified as Chisa Yukizome, that now is the right time to deliver the item that is stored inside the briefcase, and she asks him if this is necessary, in which the deputy-director nodded, reasoning that the threat is growing and he can't afford to let the public know about this as it would cause mass panic and might result in a riot that would lead to collapse of society.
Yukizome nodded, but asks if assigning the item to a boy is needed, in which the director said that someone within Hope's Peak University Hospital said that the boy is suitable to use the item, and that someone assured to him that the boy is said to be the one who would end the threat, something he himself is skeptical yet he has to trust the person's judgement. The director then opened the briefcase which partially revealed the item and Yukizome peeked at item, then asks if these items are the one that would combat the threat, which the director nodded.
"Yes, Yukizome...these ate the items that would help us combat the threat..."
"But still...I wonder if the one you told me is capable of wielding such..."
"We will have to trust the person's judgement...if he says that the ONE is really the candidate who can defeat this threat...then we will put our trust in..."
"Suppose there is someone else who can..."
"I doubt there is someone else...moreover, this is a top-secret assignment...and we will abide by what we agreed with..."
"I understand..."
"Good...now let us make some preparations..."
"Okay..."
After that, the two began to make preparations to have the item delivered to someone, and the are making sure it will not fall into the wrong hands, as the fate of everyone lies on delivering the item to the right person, even though they are skeptical if the person can really pull off such a miracle.
-x-
Elsewhere, the scene shifts at a pub where Mr. Shingetsu is sitting on a chair, and is drinking sake. He is having a bad time due to certain family problems, such as his son Nagisa. During the two-year skip, Mr. Shingetsu somehow succeeded in making his son excel in his study, and has somehow reached to a certain level that almost rivaled that of Doogie Howser, becoming an amateur, yet relaible, surgeon, and when Nagisa reached the age of 14, he was able to acquire a medical license and performed a few, but sensational operations that saved a few key patients, thus Mr. Shingetsu is proud to flaunt the family name.
However, a certain incident took place, and Nagisa was forced to do a controversial situation, which soon led to having his medical license revoked, and the Shingetsu name was tainted, which led to an argument between father and son, and Mr. Shingetsu is here at the pub drinking, as he is ashamed to report to work at Hope's Peak University Hospital, knowing he would be ridiculed by his peers. However, his cellphone rang and after a minute he answered it, where the caller turns out to be Izuru Kamukura, and the elderly man began to greet him in a rather polite manner.
"Hello, Singetsu-kun..."
"Ah...Mr. Kamakura..."
"Why aren't you reporting to work...?"
"Well...you see...I...um..."
"There, there...don't let that incident pull you down...after all...you are still an important employee to this university hospital..."
"Wait...are you...?"
"Yes...I will overlook that incident...just report to work and we will have a discussion..."
"Sir..."
Mr. Shingetsu is surprised to hear that Izuru is still willing to take him in, and said that he is quite interested in taking Nagisa under his wing, and urged him not to let the past haunt him as he still believe in his talent, and Mr. Shingetsu is touched by Izuru's generosity and said he will report to work tomorrow, but when Izuru asks if Nagisa is with him, Mr. Shingetsu said that he hasn't seen his son for a several months, and has not even come home, saying he has no idea where he is, admitting that he casts him away for tainting the family honor and family name.
Izuru was a bit disappointed at this yet he is willing to overlook that and told Mr. Shingetsu to report to work tomorrow and he will try to use his influence to oppose anyone who try to block him. Me. Shingetsu thanked Izuru, and after that, he paid his bill and left the pub, not noticing that a few patrons are glancing at him, as they reviled him for his selfishness and for abusing his son to live up the the family reputation after having seen how he treated Nagisa and robbing him of his childhood.
They began whispering to themselves after hearing the news of the controversial incident, which they believed that it was unfair to revoke Nagisa's license since they believe that Nagisa did what he have to do.
"That's him..."
"The selfish man..."
"I feel sorry for the boy..."
"Yeah...the kid's being abused..."
"And now the kid has to suffer because of his dad..."
"I really hate that guy..."
"Hope something bad happens to him..."
"Right..."
-x-
The scene later shifts to an unknown establishment where you can see Nagisa, now aged 14, is sitting on a chair inside a room, and while he appeared to be the same, his manner is now different, having lost his innocence and the constant abuse he got from his dad seemingly pushed him to the edge, and now he is quite arrogant and has a different outlook, and you can see him holding a gun with a sniper scope, and opened fire, firing a metallic pellet and struck the picture of his dad, then glanced at the table where a blueprint is displayed, where images of game cartridges are shown and now he appeared to be intent on collecting them for unknown reasons.
"Yeah...I will collect them all...and will use them...and beat those THINGS..."
To Be Continued...
Hope you like this chapter, and though there is no action yet, this serves as a warm up as the first arc is already underway, and with Chiaki now an intern, she will get to experience her last year in high school while acting as an assistant pediatrician, while the mystery threat is slowly becoming apparent.
Nagisa appears, and he is now on the verge of becoming somewhat of a different person, bordering between an anti-hero or an anti-villain...more on that will soon be shown...
Preview:
Chiaki atends to a patient who has a mysterious ailment, while the rest of the main characters of this fic appears, and may get into a conflict...
See you in 2 to 3 weeks...
Reviews are welcome...