Super Duper Video Game Fighters
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Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid is owned by Toei Co. Ltd and Ishimori Productions
Happy New Year to all!
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, and here we move to a new story arc where Hajime Hinata resurfaces and will take the spotlight.
Moreover, this chapter will also pick up where the last chapter left, so read on and enjoy!
The scene shifts at the lobby of Hope's Peak Hospital where Yukizome placed Sota on a stretcher and went to the elevator where Chiaki followed, showing concern for her patient, and as they entered the elevator, Chiaki noticed that they were heading for the basement area, which baffled her and Yukizome realized that Chiaki is with her and told her that Sota would be okay now and all he needed is some rest and a few days of observation just to be sure, and once they arrived at the basement area, Yukizome pushed the stretcher and went to the same room where Sota was confined earlier, and and upon entering, Yukizome was greeted by someone which she greeted the person in return.
"Hello, Yukizome-san!"
"Oh, hello."
"I take it everything went well...?"
"Sort of, though there were casualties..."
"Don't worry! The Ministry of Health will take care of the rest, so do your best!"
"I will."
"Now then...were you able to take down the Monokuma?"
"Yes...the Monokuma has been taken cared of."
The person who is waiting inside the room is identified as Tsumugi Shirogane, and her appearance shows that Tsumugi has long, knee long, cerulean hair which starts smooth and becomes wavy the lower it goes. Her eyes are a soft teal and round. She wears rimless glasses with white temples.
Her uniform consists of a knee long pleaded skirt, adorned by three white buttons on her waist, her skirt seems to be held by suspenders. She wears an orange bow, black socks ending under the knee, and grey shoes. Her blazer has two pockets on both sides and is adorned by the same white buttons as her skirt.
As the two females talked, Chiaki blinked her eyes as she wondered what is going on here, and hoped that she would get answers on what just happened and what are the things that caused Sota so much pain.
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!
(Turn ii 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. 10: Raibaru ishi no TÅchaku
Several minutes later, the scene shifts at the elevator where Hajime Hinata is inside, having arrived a few minutes ago at the parking lot and entered the elevator, and upon reaching the desired floor he left the elevator and went straight to Izuru's office, where the principal WELCOMED his distant grandson, though Hinata was stoic and simply ignored his greeting and gave him a folder that contains the report of his activities overseas.
Despite seeing Hinata showing a stoic disdain towards him, Izuru wasn't fazed and went to the point, telling him that a fellow student has beaten him to the punch, having defeated a Monokuma and took the devices with her, and told him that he must retrieve it as it was rightfully designated to Hinata, but Hinata coldly rebuffed him and Izuru was slightly surprised when he was shown a similar device along with a video game cartridge.
"Huh? You have one too?"
"Yes."
"How...?"
"Don't ask."
"I do have the right to know."
"Hmph."
"Tell me..did you...?"
"Just business."
A rather surprised Izuru asks Hinata how he was able to retrive them as he assumed that he took the devices back from Chiaki, making him impressed, but was slightly taken aback when told that Hinata met with someone along the way and was given the devices. The stoic Hinata then asks him if what he said is true that a female student who is working as an intern in pediatrics is the one who defeated the Monokuma, and when Izuru confirms it, he showed to his distant grandson the footage sent to him, and after watching it, Hinata sighed in annoyance.
"So it was HER."
"Yes. A student who enrolled over two years ago...just like you."
"How boring."
"What was that?"
"How boring. She is not worth my time."
"Hajime...she is someone you should be wary of...I cannot let some outsider take all the credit. It is you who should be recognize as..."
"Not interested."
"Hajime."
Izuru was again taken aback by Hinata's reaction, seeing that his distant grandson is seemingly not taking the accounts seriously and urged him to take action, reasoning that he cannot let a girl hog the glory when it should belong to the family and proclaimed that the Kamakura family should be the ones to bring glory to Hope's Peak, but Hinata rebuff him again yet said that he will do his job and not let an intern stage him.
"Whatever."
"Eh?"
"Either way, I will do my job...as a student of Hope's Peak University Hospital and as a talented doctor."
"Really, Hajime?"
"Don't take it the wrong way. I will simply not allow myself to be upstaged by some intern who only knows how to play video games."
"Now that's the spirit, Hajime."
"Shut up, you old bastard."
"Eh?"
After that, Hinata left the office, leaving Izuru surprised, but impressed, seeing that unlike the previous years, Hinata now acted smug and cold, yet acting decisively, thus taking matters quite seriously and he expects his distant grandson to do well, now that he has returned after nearly two years of studying overseas, and now Izuru is quite pleased that he may have an heir-apparent who would become the future director of Hope's Peak University Hospital.
"Looks like this university hospital is finally in good hands..."
-x-
At the secret room located at the basement level of Hope's Peak, Chisa Yukizome had just finished informing Chiaki that Sota is now out of danger and will be discharged in a matter of days, while at the same time she told Chiaki about the place she is in, which is the Cyber Rescue unit, which acts as their base of operations that will help them monitor and locate any persons who were infected, just like what happened to Sota, and Chiaki blinked her eyes as she realized that the CR Unit is located at the basement area of this hospital, and asks Yukizome if this is a good idea, given the location of this place within this hospital.
"Of course its a good idea."
"Um...how so?"
"Well, the headmaster of this university hospital has connections withnthe Minisyry of Health, thus they are both working together to keep things under wrap."
"Izuru...Kamukura...? He's...?"
"Yes. He's the one."
"Um...Yukizone-san...when was this place...you know...have been established?"
"About five years ago."
"Five...years...seriously?"
Yukizome told Chiaki that the current head of this hospital is in partnership with the Ministry of Health, and both established this base five years ago, and while the CR deals with the threat, the Ministry of Health, with assistance ftom some organizations within the Diet, covers up any incident related to the threat, and Chiaki felt quite uncomfortable about covering up the earlier incident at the arcade and asks her what the threat is.
Yukizome reluctantly explained to Chiaki that the threat is the one that happened to Sota, in which an incident happened a few years ago, which the incident originated from a gaming company, which, for unexplained reasons, nanobytes came out and began infecting anyone nearby, and slowly weakens the immune system and causes certain illness, and once the nanobytes establishes certain control within the host's body, they will take control of the person's body and make it their own. And given the shape the nanobytes assumed, the CR dubbed them as the Monokuma.
"...and that's how and why the CR has been established..."
"..."
"I guess this has been quite a shock for you, Nanami-chan..."
"Mono...kuma...so those are the ones..."
"Yes. What you saw earlier are the ones that tried to take over the boy's body...and caused casualties at the arcade..."
"This...can't be..."
"I'm sorry, but that's how it is."
"Yukizome-san..."
Chiaki then asks how could this happened and Yukizome sadly replied that they are still investigating it, and not wanting to cause panic within Tokyo, the CR, the Ministry of Health and Kamakura agreed to cover up any incident involving the Monokuma as much as possible, and told Chiaki this is for the best and there she told her that to stop the Monokuma, she showed her the devices that Chiaki used earlier, and there Shirogane stepped in and pressed a button where an arcade game monitor appeared, and showed Chiaki the information about the devices which was printed on the monitor:
- Game Driver
- Gashats
Chiaki was surprised to see that the cartridges that are being sold at shops are the ones she used in her battle earlier, and there Shirogane stared at her before she gave a smile before she started spinning wildly.
"COSTUME CHANGE!"
Tsumugi Shirogsne spins very fast before stopping and went through the monitor, where you can see her wearing various cosplay attire, and Yukizome introduced Chiaki to their NAVIGATOR dubbed Poppy Pippopappo, and she is the one who has the means to locate the victims being infected by the nanobytes, and Poppy jumps out of the monitor and shook hands with a slightly surprised Chiaki, who nevertheless accepted the gesture.
"Chiaki Nanami...its nice to meet you!"
"Um...yeah..."
"I knew I had a good eye on you...!"
"Really?"
"Yup! Seeing you play various video games...I knew that you are the one who is suited for this kind of mission!"
"Um..."
"And for that...we welcome you to CR...and you will be our operative...henceforth...you will be given the name...KAMEN RIDER EX-AID!"
"Eh?"
Chiaki and Yukizome blinked their eyes while staring at Poppy after the navigator gave Chiaki the codename of Ex-Aid, the Kamen Rider who will fight the Monkuma, and Yukuzome asks Poppy if she is sure about this, which the navigator said that Chiaki can be a great help within the CR, and Yukizome glanced at Chiaki from head to toe, wondering if it is okay to bring her along within the premises CR since she has yet to get the approval to let Chiaki join.
By then Jin Kirigiri came and Yukizome and Poppy stood to greet him, and after that Yukizome reported to Jin about what happened, and he glanced at Chiaki, not sure if she has what it takes to fight the threat, and went to the game monitor and started typing and found Chiaki's profile, learning that she is an intern in pediatrics and immediately deemed her as not suitable to join CR on the account that she is not a member and that she is an outsider and made his decision clear. However, Poppy vouches for Chiaki saying that Chiaki has proven herself and showed the footage of Chiaki in action as Ex-Aid, defeating the Monokuma in both Level 1 and 2 forms, which Jin was surprised.
"What...? She did all of that...?"
"Yup-yup! In Level 1 and Level 2!"
"But still..."
"Take my word for it! Nanami-chan will be a great asset to the CR!"
"Are you sure about this? She is still..."
"Trust me, Director Kirigiri! I have a good eye...and Nanami-chan has proven herself!"
"Really?"
"Yes...yes-yes!"
Jin is unsure about this and said this is something not to be taken lightly and said that another candidate has already been chosen and took the Game Driver and Gashat, and told Chiaki that she cannot hang around here, though Poppy tries to vouch for her, but then the situation took a different turn when Hinata arrived at the CR, and Chiaki was the most surprised upon seeing him after the two-year time skip, but noted that he is different from before, sporting a stoic look and the vibe is not like that of a sociable person.
Yukizome and Poppy bowed at him, and Hinata stared at Jin, and surprisingly nodded at him and asks if he is currently in charge of the CR Unit, which he nodded, and even offered the Game Driver and Gashat to him, but Hinata responded in a stoic manner and said that he won't be needing it, surprising the three persons and Chiaki, and Jin asks why and even said that the THREAT has already made its move and that he is needed now that he has returned and reminded him of place in the CR Unit.
"Are you serious, Hinata-kun?"
"Yes."
"You must take them! They are your means to..."
"I said I don't need them..."
"But why?"
"Because..."
"Hinata-kun...think of the situation...think of the position you are in..."
"How boring...Tsumiki-san..."
Hinata sighed and called for his assistant nurse, who showed up holding a briefcase, and the assistant nurse is revealed to be Mikan Tsumiki, and she came inside the CR and brought the suitcase, in which he asks if the items are inside and ready.
"Tsumiki-san..."
"Y-yes, Hinata-kun...?"
"Are the items inside?"
"Y-yes."
"Game Driver."
"Here."
"Gashat."
"Here."
Jin, Yukizome and Poppy were surprised to see that Hinata opened the briefcase and showed the items to them, revealing that he also has the Game Driver, and Chiaki glanced at the Gashat, which she was quite surprised to see that the cartridge is the same, yet the tag shows that it is a different game and read the label, in which she notes that the Gashat is a role-playing game, and Hinata stared at Chiaki from head to toe and coldly rebukes her.
"So you're the one?"
"Huh?"
"You are the intern?"
"Yes."
"And an EXPERT GAMER?"
"Yes."
"Hmph. How boring."
"Eh?"
Chiaki is surprised to see that Hinata has changed from before, as he now acts cold, arrogant and distant, which she slowly developed a dislike for him and felt sorry that he has changed like this after meeting seeing him the first time after two years. Hinata told the rest that the CR only needs ONE doctor-themed Kamen Rider and they should just kick Chiaki out before leaving, and Jin went after him as he wants to debrief him on the current situation.
Yukizome apologized to Chiaki for how Hinata treated her but she just nodded as she now felt that she and Hinata have developed a sense of rivalry and she wondered what caused Hinata to change so much that she deemed him as a "shell of his former self".
To Be Continued...
Hope you like this chapter, as Hinata has returned, and now he is going to grace the next chapters, but something has caused him to show some disdain towards Chiaki. Can't say the cause of this but they will eventually be revealed...
Mikan Tsumiki appeared, and she is portrayed as Hinata's assistant...
Another DR V3 character appeared, and she is Tsumugi Shirogane...and she will portray the character of Poppy Pipopapo...
Preview:
Hinata goes into action...which will no doubt put him into conflict with Chiaki...and you will get to see what the devices that Hinata has can do...
See you in 2 to 3 weeks...
Reviews are welcome...