Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or Danganronpa in any shape or form otherwise I wouldn't be writing fanfics. And views represented in this story do not represent opinions of the author and if anyone feels offended by any part of this story then know it is unintentional.

A/N: Thank you all for the reviews and feedback, and I am going to assume I am getting Junko and Mukuro right so far, and I intend to introduce other Danganronpa characters as we get further into the story. So any feedback on their portrayal or even suggestions on how some of them might be affected by Area 11 is welcomed because it is my first time working with a lot of these characters and I know people have their expectations/thoughts on how individual characters should be.

Now for those who have reviewed, I have responded to, and now for those, I couldn't answer.

Evolution: Thanks and yeah, it's going to be like navigating a minefield in a literal sense.

That said, if anyone has looked up what happened to Junko's boyfriend in canon, then you'll understand my concerns and reasons why I am setting Mukuro as a back up just in case. Oh, and that guy will appear in this story as well too.

2/10/18: edited and cleaned up chapter

"Dialog from a flashback."

Thoughts (unless used to emphasize a word in a sentence)

Chapter 2

The Deadest Game

(Three Days Later)

It was lunchtime at Ashford Academy with a group of girls sitting in the courtyard which was usually a favorite place for many to have their lunch since the fresh air breeze was relaxing for students and even some teachers. Among them was Mukuro who was sitting with other members of the student council that she was a part of as the Disciplinary Chairwoman.

Despite some opposition, because of her half-Britannian heritage, Mukuro won over the acceptance of her fellow students when she single-handedly thwarted an attack on the school by a third-rate resistance group. It didn't win over all of her critics, but the most bigoted of the students did learn two valuable lessons. One was that you do not mess with Mukuro Ikusaba unless you have a death wish, and second, as the head of the Disciplinary Committee Ashford Academy had managed to obtain a military trained security guard for virtually free.

Mukuro, dressed in the standard Ashford Academy uniform for female students that included the light yellow jacket with gold trims and black cuffs. Under it, Mukuro wore a white long sleeved shirt with a dark green tie bearing the Ashford Family as an emblem for the school. She had a black skirt along with navy blue knee socks and black shoes.

She quickly ate her boxed lunch in a rapid and very soldierlike way, but as she consumed her meal, she overheard the conversation shared between her and other members of the student council.

"Where has Lelouch and Junko disappeared to again?"

That comment came from one of the female members of the council, a young seventeen-year-old athletic girl with long orange hair and yellowish green eyes.

"How cute," The oldest of the gathering said with an amused smile, "you're worried Junko and Lelouch might be getting much closer than you."

Milly Ashford, the Student Council President, possessed medium-length blonde hair and blue eyes while having the quite the bust and attractive frame was leading the conversation between her and Shirley Fenette.

"Rest assured my sister is doing a photo shoot today so," Mukuro said with the cold professionalism that she was known for around campus. "Lelouch has gone to an appointment; I believe, so he isn't gambling today."

"An appointment?" Shirley inquired.

"Yes, apparently a representative from Hope's Peak Academy wishes to talk to Lelouch about enrolling at the academy, so he was invited to the academy to spend a few days there exploring the school. Depending on how it goes, he might stay longer and be allowed to see the new campus; they are building in the Britannian Homeland." Mukuro explained while lying with ease.

"Hope's Peak? Didn't you and Junko used to attend that place?"

The shocked exclamation came from the reserved member of the council and the last female member of the student council, not counting Junko, who has medium length dark green hair with indigo eyes with a very modest appearance wearing a pair of glasses.

"We did," Mukuro began explaining to a surprised Nina Einstein, "however, upon my sister finding out that Lelouch attended this school she left and enrolled here."

"That is still kinda surprising since Hope's Peak is one of the hardest to get into schools in all of Britannia if not the world," Shirley said as word of Junko and Mukuro having been former students of Hope's Peak Academy stunned many in Ashford Academy. It was because only the very best of the best are accepted at Hope's Peak Academy excelling at one skill or talent.

Unlike other schools in Britannia; Hope's Peak Academy accepted both Britannian and non-Britannia, a policy that was put in place when Japan became Area 11. However, unlike many of the country, Hope's Peak Academy remained under control of the Future Foundation under direct supervision from the Emperor of Britannia, who allowed them to continue as before. They were pushed to find the best of the best and weed out those unfit to attend regardless if they were Britannian or otherwise.

The Emperor saw Hope's Peak Academy and its method of teaching students and its selection process for enrollment as an ideal melting pot for not only producing the best of the best but as the ultimate competition. It was in the sense the students there were meant to be the ideal people, the schools around Britannia should be instructed to produce, and the academy doubled as a measuring stick, allowing the nobility to see what kind of children he expected their families to create.

If they could not match a non-Britannian in a specific field, they are a disappointment as far as the Emperor was concerned. As another way of motivating the children of the Empire to be the very best, the Emperor would offer a non-Britannian student of the academy full Britannian citizenship.

"My sister didn't like the academy, and I wasn't quite fitting in, so I suppose we wanted to be with some friends," Mukuro admitted, although that wasn't entirely true either but it wasn't an outright lie either.

Graduates founded the Future Foundation graduates, and members of the facility from Hope's Peak before the war as its most intelligent students foresaw and predicted that Japan would lose within a month. They even warned the Japanese people that attempting to seek help from the other superpowers would only ensure Japan's destruction as they would be more interested in securing Japan's Sakuradite Mines than helping the small island nation.

Their successful predictions of how the war would progress and end along with the preparations and actions the academy took to survive the war despite the serve devastation impressed the Britannian Emperor greatly. Not only was Hope's Peak Academy allowed to remain under their control, placed as an exclusive zone under the supervision of the Emperor and the Homeland to shield the school from interference from the local government. Its graduates and some members of its facility assisted in forming the Future Foundation to act as a third-party intermediary for the other superpowers, but primarily they help distribute the sakuradite between the two superpowers.

As a result, they have gained a considerable international influence around the world as they have brokered talks between the nations and organize summits between them. Thanks to all of that and the money the academy's Reserve Course brought in Hope's Peak Academy grew in the last seven years as it had faculties and research labs that would make any university in the world jealous leading to the school becoming the finest in the world.

It led to a surge of foreign exchange students from other countries, who for their safety are advised to stay on school grounds which were enlarged to accommodate all of their needs, making it unnecessary for any student to leave the grounds.

Junko Enoshima and her sister were the only students to voluntarily leave the school and transfer to a lesser school, which sent shockwaves through the school and beyond. There were even rumors of attempts of convincing the two to return. Even so, her departure enhanced her reputation granting her more fame and popularity as a result.

"So if Lelouch gets accepted would you and your sister consider returning to Hope's Peak?" Nina asked.

"I highly doubt Lelouch would because it would mean being away from his sister."

"That is true, and I doubt Hope's Peak would recruit her," Milly said in agreement.

Unknown to Milly and the others Lelouch wasn't being recruited for Hope's Peak Academy and was being introduced to something much more dangerous by Junko's design. She had reservations about Junko's decision to include Lelouch in her Killing Game she had been planning for the last few months, especially after she saw the list of those who would be abducted and locked up inside the customized background where the game would take place.

You have put together a list of some hazardous people, although, Mukuro wondered why Junko didn't include anyone Lelouch was close to. She knew Suzaku would make an excellent candidate to add in the game to create ideal conditions for Lelouch to suffer despair, but also his status as the son of Japan's last Prime Minister might provide some incentive for someone to murder him.

That, of course, would've certainly been useful for pushing Lelouch himself to commit murder.

Could there be another reason Junko didn't bring Suzaku into the game? I know drawing in Lelouch's other friends might raise too many questions if the game goes on for longer than a week.

Mukuro didn't know what her sister had in mind, but regardless, the game was set to begin soon and yet she felt deeply concerned about Lelouch's well being. Unlike her younger sister, Mukuro didn't take pleasure from the despair of others, nor her own, but she was ruthless and could quickly kill anyone without remorse. As far as the students of Ashford Academy were concerned, she was a cold and reserved person while usually indifferent to others unless they are her sister or Lelouch.

No one knew, but Mukuro had developed an attachment to the former prince which began when Lelouch began speaking to Mukuro to learn more about military hardware and tactics. She had spent her early teenage years as a mercenary in Europe when she ran away to join one such group for a taste of real combat and training. Their meetings were not an everyday event, but they usually met in the evening in the privacy of Lelouch's room where they could speak and hold discussions without any unwanted eavesdroppers.

He wanted to know about different weapons and tools that would be useful for a rebellion, and he was so eager to learn and listen to whatever I told him.

The thought brought a small smile to Mukuro's face, although Junko suspected she and Lelouch were becoming much closer than friends until Mukuro explained to her younger sister the purpose of her visits with Lelouch. Junko believed her as she knew as well as she that Lelouch wanted to bring down the Holy Britannian Empire, so knowing he would need an army wished to learn from Mukuro's experiences while at the same time assemble a shopping list.

I remember spending an entire evening educating Lelouch about the ideal choices of weapons for civilians.

Knowing it would be unlikely to obtain any followers for his rebellion with military training Lelouch inquired to Mukuro what weapons would be reliable, but most importantly easy to use and maintain requiring little training to use. Mukuro taught him that even though the military-issued firearms produced by countries like the EU and Britannia were better in quality with especially some Britannian made weapons having better precision the guns of the Chinese Federation were easier to handle.

The precision of some of their weapons was not high, but their ease of use made them very popular among civilian militias within the Chinese Federation and even outside of it.

I never spent so much time with anyone like that, except for my sister, but as much as I am interested in him, I fear Junko might not approve.

She was curious about seeing if their relationship could become something that was more than just friends, but fearful of her sister's anger Mukuro did not make any attempts.

I still worry about him.

Mukuro's feelings for Lelouch were not known to anyone, but they persisted enough that he was the one other person whose safety concerned her. However, deep down she felt confident that Lelouch would somehow survive and win her sister's game despite knowing that the odds against him.

Lelouch felt groggy from the drug that rendered him unconscious, but he was beginning to stir. His vision was blurry, but slowly focused returned to his eyes as did his strength as he felt his limbs were numb at first yet they recovered along with the rest of his body. He gained enough awareness of his surroundings to realize he was lying on a bed, but the room Lelouch was in was not his let alone any place he recognized.

The last thing he remembered was arriving at a supposed interview for Hope's Peak before he drank some water, Lelouch was offered, which afterward he remembered nothing.

Once he was fully awake and sitting upright as Lelouch's wits had returned to him, he began surveying the room. It looked like a small hotel room with a bed, a dresser and small bathroom with a door. The walls were painted red with a purple ceiling with a single overhead lamp, and there were little light fixtures along the walls ensuring a brightly lit room. The most obvious feature of the room was that it was fitted with security cameras throughout the room, leaving no corner of the room unobserved.

What the hell is this?

Lelouch discovered there was a black bracelet on his right wrist; although it appeared to be blank, he couldn't remove it no matter what he did. It wasn't the only thing different he noticed because as Lelouch began to get up, he saw something in his pocket. Pulling it out, he discovered it was a small handheld computing device that was about the size of a Smartphone, but it had more of a tablet-like design. Using one hand, Lelouch turned on, the electronic tablet and saw there were three sections; map, a rulebook, and announcements.

The Rulebook was locked, but when Lelouch scrolled to announcements, he saw there was a notice informing all players to use the map to find their way to the auditorium.

Seeing there was nothing else he could do, although realizing he was in a lousy situation Lelouch left the room. As he exited, he noticed the hallways were strangely lit by purple lightning adding an eerie atmosphere to the hall. Cautiously Lelouch made his way to the auditorium using his map to navigate his way through the hallways. The building didn't match any interior structure he knew of, but the design and layout of the halls were strangely similar to some hotel designed with a European taste of style to it.

Upon arriving Lelouch found a pair of large wooden ornate doors left open, allowing Lelouch to see a group of people inside, a total of sixteen people, most of which were arguing with one another right now.

"What kind of Britannian trick is this?!"

Those words came from a man Lelouch recognized was wearing an old Japanese Military Uniform with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was a heavy-set man with a beard and brown hair with matching eyes.

"It's nothing the government has sanctioned I assure you." A female voice snapped.

The woman was a middle-aged blonde haired woman who wore her hair upright was in her early thirties with long blonde hair and icy blue eyes wearing a purple dress with red high-heels.

As Lelouch approached the group, he heard a buzzing sound from speakers placed along the ceiling of the large room. The room had a stage at the opposite end with red curtains, black and white banners hanging from the ceiling. A podium stood at the center of the stage, but the sound of the speakers got everyone to stop arguing.

"Testing...testing one two…is this thing working?" A familiar voice spoke, causing almost everyone to realize with horror who abducted them. "Can you folks hear me ok?"

"What…is that who I think it is?"

The comment came from a rather hefty man with a darker skin tone with blue eyes, long blonde hair, but he had a dark brown beard and mustache, wearing a dark brown and gold trimmed Victorian suit shared among members of the nobility.

Lelouch observed in stunned, if not horrified silence as the full weight of the situation's gravity came crashing down on him like someone dropping a twelve-story building on top of him.

"I'll take those comments as a yes and roll out the welcome wagon, not literally of course, but without further ado!"

A moment passed as it was the intent of their host for the sake of dramatic effect before Monokuma popped up from behind the podium standing on it.

"I doubt an introduction is necessary at this point, but I am Monokuma," Monokuma greeted before adopting a cute poise by holding both hands in front of him, "pleased to meetcha!"

"Oh, we're fucked!" Another man cried out in horror. "He's going to kill us!"

The comment came from a Japanese man with long, disheveled black hair and lavender eyes in his late twenties. He was wearing a buttoned-up shirt adorned with a detailed red rose pattern and black jeans.

"Now now, calm down and let me explain," The two-tone bear said using its small hands to gesture for the group to remain calm, "but first I should welcome you all to your new living quarters."

"Living quarters, so how long are we supposed to be here?" Haiji Towa demanded.

"Oh for the rest of your life," Monokuma answered bluntly to the shock of the crowd, "so your new living quarters are your permanent living quarters. Now there is no reason to panic because we have an amazing budget so all of your needs will be satisfied in perpetuity. Hell, this place is like a shelter designed to withstand just about anything, so if the whole outside world goes to hell, we got enough food, water, and breathable air to last us well over a hundred years. That said, it has also been built to keep you all inside."

"You just can't keep us here for the rest of our natural lives!" A blonde haired soldier in uniform shouted as he had blue eyes and a slightly skinny frame, but judging from the red wing, Lelouch saw on his suit the soldier was part of the Purist Faction.

"Natural…lives…" Monokuma muttered before breaking into a brief fit of sadistic laughter, "upupupu… that's rich, but it's funny you mention that since there is a way out of this."

"Would you care to enlighten us?"

The comment came from, to Lelouch's shock, a member of the Knights of the Round as Lelouch recognized the style of uniform, even though the color was more of a black and white outfit with a gold trim wearing a gold-trimmed orange cloak. He was all and roughly in his late twenties with purple eyes with auburn mullet hair with a single strand hanging down in the middle.

"The secret is that you have to commit a good old fashion murder. The one who murders a fellow player and gets away with it without getting caught will be allowed to walk out of here scot-free." Monokuma said before performing a somersault from the podium before landing gracefully on the floor in front of the stage. "I am talking pummel, shiv, bludgeon, mutilate, immolate, extirpate, asphyxiate or know magic then conjurate it!"

That can't be just it? Lelouch believed there was more to that secret than meets the eye, especially in the announcement referring to them as players.

"You guys know what you and this salmon have in common?" Monokuma asked while seemingly pulling a live salmon from out of nowhere. "Neither of you has the faintest notion how tingly the thought of watching you all kill each other makes me."

Lelouch hung back, but he grew increasingly unconformable and worried watching what seemed to be the teddy bear becoming perversely aroused as his white side became pink as Monokuma continued.

"I mean we're talking a free for all Gore Fest…there is nothing hotter than that."

"So we just have to kill someone…easy enough." The orange haired man, Luciano Bradley, said with a dark smile.

"Well, if you killed everyone that wouldn't make for much of a game would it?" Monokuma began before smiling, "but I do love your enthusiasm. That said, this game does have some ground rules which I should explain."

"Then enlighten us," Haiji called impatiently.

"Murder alone won't cut the muster as other requirements must be met." Monokuma began to explain. "You see the killer must get away with it to go free, which means to do so he or she must fool the survivors into believing he or she is not the guilty party."

The small bear pulled out a remote from once again seemingly nowhere. Using the remote a giant screen was lowered from the ceiling above the stage before an animated video began playing. The first scene was a group of people investigating a dead body.

"After every murder, you'll have time to investigate, although I'll know who did it, the fact is that you must figure out for yourselves who did it. I'll provide you with information on what killed the victim and other injuries he or she sustained along with the time of death…the rest you got to figure out."

Pressing the button on the remote the scene shifted to what appeared to be a courtroom of some kind, but unlike what Lelouch was familiar with there were podiums with people standing behind them while Monokuma was seen seated on an elevated throne overlooking proceedings.

"Once you've had enough time to investigate the survivors are to gather and debate the guilt and innocence of those who remain in a…wait for it…trial." The bear explained happily with its arms raised in the air before going further. "The trial format is based on parliamentary procedure; fierce back and forth being the order of the day. If the guilty party is correctly identified, then she or he will be swiftly punished BUT chose the wrong person, and the REST of you will be punished while the murder goes free. A beautiful high stakes trial system."

Monokuma appeared to be on the verge of tears as it felt a strong sense of pride in the system it has built.

"Wait just to make sure I understand," Kewell Soresi asked, appearing rather shaky, "chose wrong and the jury gets killed?"

"Yep!" The two-tone bear cheerfully answered without hesitation with its arms crossed over its chest.

"Now to ensure there are people left to conduct a proper trial with everyone is limited to killing two people per person. Try to kill more than two people, and we'll drop you so fast you won't even know you're dead."

When no one said anything or offered an objection, Monokuma took that as a sign to continue.

"Also a fun fact for you kiddos to remember is that the bracelet you are wearing allows us to not only monitor your location but your vital signs as well," Monokuma said using the remote to display a short animated clip explaining the bracelets after gesturing for everyone to look at the monitor. "So when someone dies, we'll know about it, but if the death is by poison, these bracelets will us what killed you so yes they neat pieces of tech."

The animated short displayed everything Monokuma explained, but more in depth, including how they would know if poison killed them and how they would know which one it was. The bracelets possessed advance biological diagnostic and analysis capabilities.

That isn't all of them is there? Lelouch thought, knowing there was another purpose.

"Now they serve the additional purpose of monitoring your location and if needed punishing you if you break any of the rules." The small bear said before proceeding to elaborate as another clip played, but this time the person began slowly dying in a somewhat painful manner as his skin started to turn purple.

"Lethal Injection?" Haiji said apparently horrified at the image they were seeing.

"Bingo," Monokuma said while using his remote to trigger a bell ringing, "someone give that man a gold star."

"So if we break a rule then we'll get killed?" A Japanese woman wearing a red dress possessing long pink hair and blue eyes inquired while feeling both nervous and afraid.

"Yep, and naturally that includes any attempts to escape and removing your bracelet," Monokuma said before hitting his palm upright with his fist after realizing something. "Oh!? Some areas are restricted to the players so if you enter those areas you will trigger the injection killing you before you can take your third step in a restricted area. Your map has the details."

"Oh fuck this shit!"

The outburst came from a middle-aged Japanese man with a muscular build. However, the rest of his appearance was questionable as his red hair was unkempt and dirty with his clothes ragged. He wore tattered black jeans with a stained white tank top complete with a blue jacket.

"I am not playing any fucking game."

"I beg your pardon?" Monokuma said while tilting its head to one side.

His calm composer didn't waver as Souta Daimon approached the small bear before proceeding to pick Monokuma by his head to hold him up in the air. No one joined him in his defiance against the bear, but Lelouch quietly took a few steps back. He had a bad feeling this was going to end badly for Mr. Daimon.

"Mr. Daimon," Monokuma's voice was strangely calm, which was unsettling. "I will ask only once that you put me down or face the consequences."

"Oh yeah, well how about I rip you apart unless you let me out!"

A second later a beeping sound could be heard as well as a flashing red light from Souta's bracelet. Everyone could only observe as Souta's hand that had been grasped around Monokuma's head turn a sickening shade of purple. The color began spreading up his arm slowly consuming the rest of his body. His body went limp allowing Monokuma to escape before Souta's body crumbled like a doll before thrashing about in agony. He couldn't scream because the poison had made it impossible to cry due to his nasal and throat being squeezed shut by the poison causing areas of his body to become painfully puffed up.

"That reminds me...another rule is that under no circumstances, no harm may befall the host of this game, me, any attempt of violence on my cute self," Monokuma explained before making its way back onto the stage. Dropping all friendly pretenses for a moment, Monokuma bore a fearsome expression while holding open its left hand to display a set of claws before announcing, "Will result in very deadly consequences."

Everyone casts a glance at Mr. Daimon's body whose body had stopped all movement as an oblivious indication that he was dead.

"I had hoped to avoid something messy like this during the first day of the game, but when you got an example, begging to be made, then you got to nip that problem in the bud before it ruins the game."

Monokuma performed a backflip onto the podium.

"Still get smart with me any of you, and you'll regret it."

No one said anything but preferred to stay silent. Some were indifferent to Souta's demise while the rest were frightened of crossing the bear.

"Well, if there is nothing else then this includes the opening ceremony to the Area 11 killing games. So stop the silent treatment and start plotting."

With one final laugh, Monokuma vanished behind the podium, leaving behind a silent Auditorium.

Elsewhere inside the secret control room in the most secure section of the facility, an amused Junko savored all of the mixed expressions her performance as Monokuma had left. She was eager to see the first murder, wondering who would die first, although the Vampire of Britannia will kill someone soon. However, someone else could do the deed, knowing that Bradley will kill someone given the Knight of the Rounds' reputation.

Junko was wearing the Ashford Academy Uniform; however, she modified it to match her preferred style of dress. The white dress shirt, unbuttoned enough to expose both her cleavage and the top of her black-and-red bra. Her long green Ashford tie was worn loosely around her neck, and lastly, instead of the regular shoes worn by female students, Junko replaced them with mid-sized black boots with platform heels and red laces.

"I guess Masaru will be disappointed that his dad died before the game started," Junko said followed by a disappointed sigh, "but given how violent he gets when things don't go his way I shouldn't be surprised."

"It is a little disappointing because I know Masaru was hoping Mr. Monokuma's Brewery would've executed him."

Sitting in a wheelchair behind Junko was an elementary school-aged girl. She possesses short green hair tied with a red ribbon and matching eyes with a distinct Manji pattern as the iris. She wore a knee-length black dress with a decal of a pelvis and spine on its back obscured by her wheelchair.

"At least the rest of their parents have taken the lesson to heart," Junko replied as she began using a keyboard to start preparation for a proper broadcast to announce the game she had launched. No one would know the full roster of those involved unless they die or get executed as the identity of the victor will be kept anonymous as part of their prize.

Monaca Towa sat as she watched her idol and surrogate older sister work.

"Besides, once Haiji dies, there will be no one left to stop you from assuming control of the Towa Group," Junko commented. What she didn't mention that with Haiji's demise coupled with the recent death of their father Tokuichi Towa, his daughter would be free to assume his seat with the leaders of the Six Houses of Kyoto.

Ever since the Kururugi Family's fall from grace, especially with rumors spreading of a traitor within the family itself that engineered Japan's fall, the Towa Family assumed their place as one of the six leading families of the Kyoto Group. Their power and influence grew mainly because one of the specialties of the Towa Group conglomerate was their research and development into robotics. Knowing that Japan couldn't win the war against Britannia the Towa Group established over a dozen secret factories where the Towa Group would produce weapons capable of fighting against the Knightmare Frames of the Britannian Empire.

However, as time went on Haiji Towa was unable to produce an acceptable weapon, so about a year ago control of their research and development was given to Monaca, who, despite her age was revealed to possess a genius level intellect and was a natural at developing robots that were highly advanced. Her intelligent, saw she enrolled into Hope's Peak Academy's Elementary School Division, but to avoid suspicion her father arranged for her to have an exceptional tutor who was working with the Kyoto Group to develop Japan's first original Knightmare Frame.

"It will be nice to have no one poking their noses in Monaca's business as she makes Big Sis Junko an army of Mister Monokuma. I'll even make some Monokuma themed Knightmare Frames that will be WAY better than the junk Monaca has produced for the Japan Liberation Front," Monaca exclaimed as she viewed Junko as the only real family she had. Monaca Towa, despite her genius, was always abused as an outsider by the family because she was born out of wedlock with her father's mistress.

Unknown to anyone Monaca and her friends, who had been suffering from the cruel treatment of their parents, had considered committing suicide. Before they could Junko, who had still been attending Hope's Peak Academy at the time, intervened and convinced them that the adults were the ones who are wrong. But in doing so, she gained more followers with Monaca is being more zealous than the rest even though she knew Junko was only interested in her because of her ties to the Towa Group and by extension the Six Houses of Kyoto.

When Junko left Hope's Peak Academy to attend Ashford Academy, she maintained contact with Monaca. At the same time, she began helping Junko build Ultimate Despair by creating the first in a long line of Monokuma robotic units which would act as both her avatar to stay hidden behind the scenes while serving as the organization's mascot. She initially used a small lab; she had in the robotics division of the school Junko had helped arrange for her to borrow to build earlier versions of Monokuma.

Once Monaca assumed control of the Towa Group's secret factories she converted some of them to producing Monokuma units for Junko as well as turning two of the plants into bases for Ultimate Despair and one of them into the place where the Killing Game was now taking place. Her family didn't bother her as long as her creations pleased the Kyoto Group, but in the last month, her older half-brother and father had become nosy about her actions when certain divergences of funds and resources were appearing.

It was the primary reason that led to Haiji being involved in the Killing Game while Monaca showed her father what she made before the Monokuma robots killed him on her command.

"Well, rest assured I'll love whatever you are cooking up," Junko answered with a smile before she began broadcasting the new announcement video she made while including a clip of Souta dying.

Throughout Area 11 everyone's television devices, including their portable devices began receiving Junko's broadcast, which was possible thanks to some inside help she now held at Hi-TV studios thanks to the growing ranks and influence of Ultimate Despair.

The video opened with a black screen before a spotlight was shining on Monokuma who was sitting in a large chair holding a wine glass filled with red wine.

"Well hello, again Area 11 it is me Monokuma!" Monokuma greeted with a wave followed by a warning in an amused tone, "The following contains violence, coarse language and adult situations not suitable for minors. Viewer Discretion is advised."

The robotic bear began laughing with its signature laugh.

"Ladies, Gentlemen, Boys, and Girls… I Monokuma at this moment announce the start of the First Area 11 Killing Game!" Monokuma exclaimed before leaping out of his chair spreading his arm wide as a gesture of excitement. The gesture was even followed up by party poppers being set off around him with colorful confetti released from the ceiling.

The scene shifted to show an animated clip displaying fourteen people as animated white bears. Monokuma appeared in the bottom left-hand corner as he proceeded to narrate the rules and the set up of the Killing Game.

"The set up is simple: fourteen people locked up together. Now their living conditions are like five-star hotel level accommodations with all of their needs provided. Everyone has their sleeping quarters too, so yada yada moving right along."

The animation shifted to one of the bears becoming black with evil red eyes.

"But if they want to escape, they must kill another player and not get caught by the other players."

A short animation of a Monokuma being killed in the following ways as examples to the population of Area 11 to illustrate the various methods of murder that was allowed, or instead was encouraged to be used by the players of his Killing Game.

"I am talking, bashing"

An image of Monokuma on the ground with a giant hammer slammed into its head before showing a similar picture, but only Monokuma stabbed with a knife.

"Stabbing!"

Another set of images included Monokuma with a massive lump on its head before a giant machine crushing him.

"Clobbering and Crushing..."

The next images showed Monokuma in a meditative sitting posture while on fire.

"Torching!"

A picture of Monokuma shown with his head sliced off.

"Naturally the classic beheading is a nice one!"

Now a ghost-like Monokuma appeared floating towards the heavens.

"If you got the talent then Hexing is an option."

Then the next animated image was a scene where a Monokuma sitting on the ground with its stuffing spilling out from a wound on its stomach.

"Gutting and lastly..."

The final clip was a pair of unseen hands was strangling Monokuma.

"Wringing!"

The clip ended with an animated short now showing Monokuma seated on his throne like before in previous broadcasts, but this time there were podiums arranged in a circle before him, fourteen of them, each of them with a bear wearing a suit. Thirteen of them were white, while the last one was black.

"Any method of killing is allowed, but there is a limit of two kills per player. Since if we had a player who killed everyone, then we wouldn't have enough for the next stage of the game to determine a winner and a loser." Monokuma explained to an island full of people who had been rendered speechless prompting the bear to continue. "After each murder, those who are left will be given time to investigate before gathering for a trial to debate the guilt and innocence of those who remain. I'll know who did it thanks to all of the security cameras we have placed throughout the complex to ensure a fair ruling, and yes we even got hidden ones too."

The animated clip displayed back and forth debate to illustrate further the purpose of the trials and how they would proceed.

"Now if the guilty player is caught, then everyone is allowed to continue as normal while the murder is punished." Monokuma explained as the clip showed him dragging away the black bear. "However, if the wrong player is proclaimed guilty, then the guilty player goes free while everyone else gets executed instead."

The black bear was shown doing a sort of victory dance as Monokuma was shown dragging all of the white bears away to be punished.

"Now you are likely wondering what punishments am I talking about and what will they entail? Well, if you all recall what happens to the people who have appeared in my little broadcasts, then I mean exactly that." Monokuma answered with a very sinister tone. "Naturally, they could be zip-a-dee zapped in an electric chair, chokedy-choked in a gas chamber, rippedy-ripped up in my brand new giant food processor I am itching to try out."

The scene shifted to Monokuma who was now surrounded by a giant stack of banknotes which the stakes were twice the height of the sadistic bear.

"Of course, aside from the freedom I'll be offering the killer who pulls off the perfect murder two things, his or her name will remain anonymous and ten million Britannian Banknotes. Unless of course, you are the A-list players we threw into the mix, so we got the Ambassador of the Chinese Federation who was at the Chinese Federation Consulate Gāo Hài is the first."

A picture of the tall, pale and lanky Chinese man dressed in the yellow and white robes of a High Eunuch with some red face marking with Green-Blue eyes.

"Next up we got a member of the Japan Liberation Front to play called Josui Kusakabe a Lieutenant Colonel," Monokuma announced as a picture of the man was displayed for all of Area 11 to see. "But last and not least our main contender is Luciano Bradley the Knight of Ten!"

Now a photo of the Vampire of Britannia was shown alongside the top three A-list players of the Killing Game.

"That's right Monokuma got a Knight of the Rounds to play so you can expect a murder soon. As for everyone else I am not telling you who else I kidnapped for the game to build some good suspense." The two-tone bear said before playing a clip of Souta's demise by lethal injection. "However, I will say that one Souta Daimon has died because he broke the rules and attempting to attack yours truly. So that leaves us with thirteen players remaining, what a great number to start the game at."

Monokuma began wrapping up his broadcast by appearing to be in ecstasy.

"I'll be releasing future broadcasts when someone dies and who gets executed, so who is going to die first but most important of all who will win my game? Toodles!"

With that Monokuma's broadcast ended, but it wasn't even a second after it had concluded that all hell broke loose.

Junko and Monaca saw it happen on Social Media Sites, News Web Sites, and community forums as well, but regardless the results were identical. It was likely watching them light up like Christmas trees as people began talking about the Killing Game with others, even worrying about who else got abducted, because if Monokuma could capture someone like a Knight of the Round then who else could be a player in his game.

"Some people don't seem to believe Big Sis Junko captured Mr. Bradley."

"They'll know I did soon enough, especially now that the government, especially Clovis must be shitting themselves right now. Oh, and I made sure a copy of these broadcasts, slightly modified, was played in the Chinese Federation, so they know their ambassador in Area 11 got abducted." Junko said as pitting a Knight of the Round into a killing game with an international ambassador like Gāo Hài was a recipe for disaster, especially as it's a known fact for about a year Monokuma and the Ultimate Despair has been running rampant in Area 11 despite efforts made to stop them.

"I guess that means Viceroy Clovis is in some enormous trouble."

"And I am just getting started," Junko said with a Chester Cat-like smile.

A/N:

Survivors Remaining: 13

Well, the board is set, and Junko has stacked the deck against Lelouch, although it's fortunate that Junko hasn't revealed the identities of the other participants to hide Lelouch's participation. This is meant to likely this is to cause panic and despair since in a place like Area 11 there are probably a lot of people who go missing regularly. Likely to be more so for the Japanese, but I am sure some Britannians vanish too which will add to the panic that Junko has unleashed.

Here is the full list of participants:

Lelouch Lamperouge

Luciano Bradley

Josui Kusakabe

Gāo Hài

The Black King

Mrs. Stadtfeld

Kewell Soresi

Alicia Lohmeyer

Minoru Kemuri

Hojo Shingetsu

Arata Utsugi

Yuuma Utsugi

Haiji Towa

Now I did consider using other Code Geass characters, but I picked the ones likely to be in the general area literally and as for other Danganronpa characters…I did contemplate using some, but I thought best to save some of them for now and instead created some characters and their surnames including the one who died should be a good hint who they are the parent of another set of Danganronpa characters.

Considering that everyone is going to end up dead one way or another I couldn't think of any no one or my story would miss from the Danganronpa.

BUT something to note that characters who died in the first game might have a fair shot at surviving in this story.

And lastly Monaca Towa's appearance, well given that she was the one who provided the Monokuma units for Junko in the Killing Game how could I not involve her. Although keeping with her back-story and character I established her background as the same in canon with the change that due to her genius and aptitude for robotics (and taking into account conditions of Area 11). I thought the Towa Group under pressure from Kyoto for better weapons would put Monaca in charge of producing the Knightmare Frames used by Japanese resistance groups, primarily the JLF.

Which means expect Monokuma-themed Knightmare Frames to appear, and yes it's certain the Warriors of Hope will use custom made Knightmare Frames later in the story as the scene between Monaca and Junko was meant to imply. Although the hardest part was trying to keep the buildup of Ultimate Despair and everything else realistic, which I'll offer some details on how Ultimate Despair multiplied which even came as a surprise to its founder.

That said I will also try to avoid an info dump of shorts with the next chapter, but that being said Lelouch's chances for survival don't look good.

Anyway, I look forward to your reviews, and I thank you in advance for them because they are much appreciated.