Survival In The City II
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Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
Many thanks to those who reviewed this fic...I really appreciate it a lot, and now the story gets deeper and suspenseful as this chapter now focuses on all the Danganronpa casts as they are going to meet with each other now that they are on the run again, and this time they're going to travel to several areas before meeting with each other, which would place them in a suspenseful situation...
Ch. 9: Saikai
The time now is 04:00, and the scene shifts to heart of Tokyo, where several despaired citizens wearing Monokuma masks are rampaging, after a televised footage of Enoshima urging the masses to find the escaped students and bring them to her, and even posted the pictures of the 14 students who escaped, and thus chaos erupted further resulting to several deaths of other people, not caring if they killed their fellow despaired comrades due to being in a very despaired state.
But it was not only shown in Tokyo, as several despaired mobs are seen rampaging in several key areas, all glorifying Enoshima's name while searching for the 14 escaped students after being told by Enoshima that they will be "rewarded", and from Tokyo, it was shown that even in Shibuya and Kyoto despaired masses were thrashing everything in their paths just to find their targets, and there were no signs of letting up, and they were so despaired that they only think about is finding the 14 escaped students.
"Find them..."
"Find the kids..."
"Make them despair..."
"Yeah..despair..."
"Despair like Enoshima-sama..."
"Enoshima-sama will be pleased..."
"Yeah..."
"Despair..."
-x-
At the streets of Tokyo, Togami, Fukawa and Ishimaru are cruising the streets avoiding the despaired masses as they knew they'd be in trouble once they get caught, and as much as Ishimaru is against it, he had no choice but to let Togami commandeered the vehicle as the Heir rammed his way through, killing and injuring most of their pursuers and Togami justified that this is for their own good, as they need to stay alive in order to reach out towards their fellow classmates.
"...and that's that."
"You can't be serious, Togami...!"
"Live with it, Ishimaru...we're on the road...not the academy...so stop acting like you're being the hall monitor of Japan...you know the state the world is in right now..."
"But still...!"
"Want to get caught and brought to Enoshima and her cronies? Be my guest..."
"..."
"Good. Now shut up and sit back. We need to reach our destination if we are to bring and restore the world to its former glory..."
"..."
Just as their car is about to leave the Tokyo border, the trio glanced at their side mirror and saw a few vehicles are approaching them and sensed that they are being followed, and Togami became annoyed that they are about to encounter some delay, and to make sure that they lose their pursuers, Togami steered the car and went to the border of Utsunomiya as it would lead to a mountainous are near Mt. Bandai, and for Togami, it would be an ideal place to lose their pursuers and outrun them.
As there the car went past Mito border, they are about to pass by Utsunomiya border when Fukawa suddenly remembered that Utunomiya is most populous city of Tochigi Prefecture, and Ishimaru became alarmed as he realized that it is highly probable that the people there are in their despaired states, and Togami simply smirked as he anticipated this scenario and told the two to be ready once they entered the area.
"What was that, Togami...?"
"Wh-what are you saying...?"
"I'm saying to get ready...and when I give the word...you do as I say."
"U-um..."
"Just what are you...?"
"Trust me on this...I know what I'm doing..."
"O-Okay..."
"Fine."
"Good."
Once they arived at the Toshigi Prefecture, specifically in Utsunomiya, Togami told his two classmates to put on the Monokuma masks and then he parked the car at a nearby area, and waited, and soon their pursuers arrived, about three cars and consisted of 15 persons, all wearing Monokuma masks, and they were so despaired that they failed to notice their targets and went past them, and they ended up mingling with despaired people, and they all began beating each other up, and that's where Togami's group took their cue and stealthily leaves the scene, and then the area they are in, and as they reached the highway again, they removed their masks and proceeded to head their way, intending to pass by Itoigawa.
"That went well..."
"Byakuya-sama...my hero..."
"How did you...?"
"It didn't take a smart-aleck to figure out how to use the environment to your advantage..."
"..."
"..."
"Now we proceed as planned."
"..."
"Fine."
As the car passed by the area, they spent about several minutes before they passed by the border of Mt. Bandai, just as the Crazy diamond Gang exited the area, and there Togami saw Naegi's group among the group and Ishimaru waved at them and Ohwada saw Ishimaru and there the two groups stopped briefly and soon learned of their current predicaments, and Togami and Ishimaru are rather surprised as Maizono told them of what happened, in which Naegi took a life in an act of self-defense.
"Are you serious?"
"Yes..."
"Naegi did that?"
"Yes, he did...but he did that to save me..."
"Hmph...and I thought Naegi lacked the guts..."
"Don't be like that, Togami-kun! Naegi-kun took it hard..."
"Well he has to live and learn...we're trying to survive and avoid getting captured...so he has to learn how to kill in order to stay alive..."
"But..."
"That's reality, so he has to deal with it."
Naegi looked at his lap as he was still shaken about what he did, and there Togami told the others about where they should all headed, and said that Kirigiri and the others are on their way as well, and told everyone that they are moving out, but then one of the Crazy Diamond Gang members came and told the others that some of the despaired masses are heading this way, and urged Ohwada and the others to go ahead, as the Crazy Diamond Gang will stay behind and stall the pursuers, which Yukimaru will take command and Ohwada is unwilling to leave his gang behind, but Yukimaru persuaded him to go ahead.
"Oi, Yukimaru...you can't...!"
"Leave this to us, boss...you need to get going..."
"But I can't..."
"We need you alive...and that's that. Your friends need you to stay alive as well..."
"But..."
"Please, boss for the Crazy Diamond Gang!"
"...fine...but if you managed to beat them...follow us."
"Sure!"
Ohwada was in tears as he realized that he may not see his biker gang again and reluctantly bid his gang farewell as he joined Togami and the others as the classmates took their leave as the Crazy Diamond Gang began barricading the road so as to stall the pursuers and soon the pursuers arrived and thinks that they are the targets that Enoshima urged to capture and the pursuers and the Crazy Diamond Gang began fighting, and this act allowed Togami and the others to get a huge head start and escape unnoticed.
-x-
Meanwhile, Hagakure is driving the car and is about to leave the Tokyo border along with Celes and Yamada when they saw an adult woman waving her hand as if she is hitching for a ride, and as the car got closer, Hagakure was surprised as he gets a visual on who the woman is, and he hits the brake and the car came to a stop and Celes asks why he is stopping so suddenly while Yamada is worried that the woman might be a despaired case, in which Hagakure denies and assured that it is okay.
"Hey! Why did you stop?"
"What if that woman is..."
"Relax...she's okay!"
"Huh?"
"How so?"
"I know that woman..and she can be trusted!"
"Are you sure?"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah I'm sure!"
The adult woman approaches the car and she is revealed to be Hagakure's mother, Hiroko Hagakure, and the two had a rather tearful reunion and she is allowed to take a ride and there she told the academy students what ensued in the last two years, while Hagakure in turn told her what they found out and how they escaped Hope's Peak Academy, in which Hiroko couldn't believe that a rather psychotic fashion model wanted to bring the world into psychological chaos and went this far just to see it happen, and by then a car passed by and stopped, where it is shown that the driver and passengers turn out to be Kirigiri and Asahina's group, and there Kirigiri told Hagakure to follow her as they are taking a "shortcut" in order to confuse their pursuers and to take an alternative route to head for Itoigawa, then towards Nigata, where the other classmates are heading there.
"Eh? Are you serious, Kirigiri-chi?"
"Yes, I'm serious!"
"Okay, so where do we go?"
"Follow my lead and we'll make it through!"
"Okay, I got you!"
"Good, now let's get going before we get spotted!"
"You got it, Kirigiri-chi!"
"Come on!"
As Kirigiri drives, Hagakure follows as the two vehicles began taking an alternate route and quietly heads out towards their destination, and in the midst of their travel, in which they are now at vicinity of Mito, Kirigiri got a radio call from Togami and he told her to avoid Utsunomiya as he stated that some of the despaired mobs are probably there looking for their targets, and urged her to take another route and find a faster way to head for Itoigawa.
"Are you sure, Togami-kun?"
"Yes...you have to find another route to meet us without revealing yourselves to those mob..."
"Where are you now?"
"We are on our way to our destination..."
"Alright...we'll take your word for it!"
"Good...be careful out there and we'll be waiting!"
"Over and out!"
"Same here!"
Taking Togami's advice, Kirigiri contacted Hagakure's group via radio and told them to follow her lead as she took a detour and Hagakure's group followed suit, as they took another route to head for Itoigawa in order to avoid detection, and the two cars are seen taking another route, though this would prove to be risky, yet they have no choice but to take the risk so that they can escape and reach to their destination where the others are waiting.
-x-
The time nos is 04:30, and the scene shifts to a wharf in Nigata, where Togami and Ohwada's group arrived, and luckily for them, the place appeared deserted, and the boats are still there and the two groups dismbark from their cars and and waited for the others to arrive, and there Togami checked everyone around him, and with him are Fukawa, Ishimaru, Ohwada, Kuwata, Maizono and Naegi. As Kuwata and Maizono are assisting a still-injured Naegi, Togami instructed Ohwada and Ishimaru to check if there are any boats that still function, and as the two boys checked and inspected any functional boats, Togami went to the others, noticing that Naegi appeared to be emotionally shaken, and sighed seeing that this is the first time that Naegi killed someone, even if it was an act of self-defense.
Togami berated Naegi to make him stop blaming himself, and Naegi slowly loses his composure and ended up arguing with Togami, and he gets up and grabbed him by his collar, shouting at him about what it's like to accidentally kill someone, though Togami scoffed it, saying that if her didn't Maizono would've been killed.
"SO YOU THINK KILLING SOMEONE IS SO EASY?"
"What? So you're saying that you shouldn't?"
"I'M NOT THAT KIND OF A PERSON TO DO SUCH A THING!"
"Face reality...either you kill or be killed...that's the way right now...if you want to survive..."
"I WOULD NEVER KILL SOMEONE SO TRIVIAL!"
"So are you willing to let someone like Maizono get killed while you cower in fear?"
"..."
"Well...? What would you do?"
Kuwata, Fukawa and Maizono were surprised to see the side of Naegi and they intervened, prying the Luckster away and urged him to calm down, and there Maizono told Togami to ease up saying Naegi never killed a person before and it was the first time he did this and reasoned that Naegi acted out of desperation to save a friend and did so unknowingly, though Togami stated that the world right now is in chaos and Naegi has to adapt and accept the fact that he has to kill in order to survive, and Naegi can only glare at Togami as he is being restrained by Kuwata.
By then Ishimaru and Ohwada came and said that they found a pair speedboats and they are fully functional, and there were enough fuel to take them to their destinations, and Togami said that all they need now is wait for the others to arrive, and instructs Ishimaru and Ohwada to keep an eye out while he inspects the other boats to see if there are any rations they can use. As Togami leaves, Kuwata slowly releases his hold on Naegi and told him to lighten up, in which Naegi was sullen and upset, as he never intended to take a life, and Maizono comforted him so as to calm him down.
"Shh...it's okay, Naegi-kun..."
"..."
"Let it go..."
"..."
"What matters is that we're safe now..."
"..."
"Shh..."
"..."
About several minutes later, Kirigiri and Celes' groups arrived and found the others waiting for them, and soon everyone is assembled while the two adults, Taichi Fujisaki and Hiroko Hagakure, began asking Togami where would they head next and how safe is the place they intend to go, in which Togami stated that he has a huge villa that he sometimes went there for a vacation and the location is at Sado Island, and told the rest that the villa there would be the safest place to hide and rest, and there Taichi stated that he know of a way to get help and said that finding shelter would be the first priority, and Togami nodded and told everyone that the speedboats are ready for usage, and everybody splits up to two groups in order to fit in on the speedboat.
The first boat is ready, and the following people boarding it are shown:
- Taichi Fujisaki
- Byakuya Togami
- Toko Fukawa
- Kiyotaka Ishimaru
- Makoto Naegi
- Sayaka Maizono
- Leon Kuwata
- Mondo Ohwada
Then the second boat is ready and several people went on board and they are:
- Hiroko Hagakure
- Kyoko Kirigiri
- Yui Sumidare
- Chihiro Fujisaki
- Aoi Asahina
- Sakura Ohgami
- Celestia Ludenberg
- Yasuhiro Hagakure
- Hifumi Yamada
And soon the two boats went sailing and and are now heading for Sado Island, where Togami's secret villa is located and thankfully no one appeared to be following and none of the enemy is aware of the location of the escaped teenagers and adults.
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked the chapter of this fic, and it showed that the 14 students are together again, and this time they have two adults accompanying them, and now they are heading towards Togami's villa, and that's where they are going to get a bit of reprieve, rest, and planning.
Naegi gets into an argument with Togami, and he is taking this badly given that this was the first time he killed, even though it was in the act of self-defense...
Preview:
The casts gets to have a little rest, and they are planning on how to stop Enoshima and bring the chaos to an end...though they would soon encounter trouble nearby...
