Show No Fear chapter 02: A New Friend

BW: This is where the real story begins. For the time being, I'm not going to jump into the action just yet. I wanna let Chihiro and his Digimon partner bond a little before than. Plus, some cute and hilarious stuff thrown in the mix, too. Okay, let's go!

(I don't own Dangan Ronpa or Digimon)

Chihiro gazed in awe at the mysterious egg that had appeared from out of the computer. Speaking of the computers, Chihiro noticed that as soon as the egg popped out, the computers stopped entirely.

"They stopped…?" Chihiro said, before looking back at the egg. Could this egg be the cause of everything that happened just now? Is this even real? In fact, what just happened? Chihiro wondered all of these things, before feeling something thump inside the egg.

Surprised at first, Chihiro slowly propped his ear onto the surface of the egg, to feel for another thumb, or maybe hear for something.

THUMB!

Now he knows for sure that is inside. But, what could it be? Chihiro didn't have long to wonder, since the egg started rattling uncontrollably.

"Wha…?!" Chihiro was so surprised, he accidently dropped the egg on the floor. It cracked as it landed on its side, and stopped moving. "Oh, no!" Chihiro quickly brought himself down to all fours to check on the egg, hoping he didn't kill whatever was inside. The egg suddenly hopped, giving another surprise to Chihiro. It hopped straight up, and stood. And the it started cracking all over. The creature inside eventually revealed itself, popping its button shaped eyes out from the inside.

"W-What the…" Chihiro gasped in shock

"PIII!" in sudden burst of energy, the baby creature inside release a breath of fire from its mouth, causing the rest of egg to scatter away, reveal its bluish green form. It had two horns, and two wings on its ball shaped body, and three little pink scales on its belly.

Chihiro blinked in complete shock of this strange new creature, "What in the world…?!"

"Pi!" the creature spoke. Well, as far as speaking goes, that was the only word it could say since it was just born. Using its wings, the egg born ball creature flapped its way over to the young programmer.

Its eyes met with Chihiro's for a few seconds. "Pi! Pi!" it spoke again with glee, and suddenly began rubbing its self against the boy's cheek.

"H-Hey! That tickles!" Chihiro giggled, feeling the creature's skin on his face. It felt a little bit slimy but not slimy enough to stick to him. Still, why does it seem so happy? Does think it Chihiro is its mother? Chihiro has read about animals imprinting on the first thing its sees after its born. Maybe this slime creature is some new kind of animal.

But wait, that doesn't make any sense. Why would an egg carrying this thing come out of a computer? Further, where did it even come from? And why has it suddenly become grown attached to Chihiro?

"Pi! Pi!" it chimed. Well, for whatever reason behind its existence, it certainly is cute. That much, Chihiro figured. But, what to do now? What's Chihiro going to do with this U.M.A? He can't very well leave it to wonder around the school alone. Guess there's only one opinion.

(-Hope's Peak Academy: Dorm 3-)

Chihiro arrived as dorm he and his classmates are living in. As mentioned before (in the first chapter) there are several dorms owned by the academy stationed close by for students traverse back and forth during the day.

Chihiro had a little company, hiding in a small box he found in computer lab. Chihiro felt nervous. He hoped that no one was still up, and that he could sneak in without much trouble.

"Pi!" the slime poked its head out of the box to see what outside, as curious as the new born creature is.

"Hey! Don't come out just yet!" Chihiro lightly scold, "And you have to stay quiet, okay? It'll be trouble if the other find out about you." he said soon after. Upon hearing Chihiro's orders, it obediently ducked back into the box. Very strange. Does it understand human language? Well, at least its listening to him, so Chihiro doesn't have any complaints.

"Okay…" Chihiro breathed out, calming his nerves, slightly. He approached the dorm's door, opened it, and entered the dorm, only to be greeted by a tall black haired boy wearing an armband with "public morals" written in kanji, by the name of Kiyotaka Ishimaru, A.K.A. the Ultimate Moral Compass.

"Chihiro! Welcome home!" Ishimaru announced boldly, started the small programmer.

"Kiyotaka?!" Chihiro gasped in shock.

"Is what I would normally say, if I wasn't annoyed with you right now, Chihiro." Kiyotaka said with a stern stare, "Do you know what time it is?"

"U-Um… no…" Chihiro answered meekly.

"Very late at night, obviously!" Kiyotaka scolded, "Tell me, what have you been up to that has kept you out so late?" As predicted by Makoto, the Ultimate Moral Compass is definitely giving Chihiro a hard time.

"I-I'm sorry…" The programmer nervously apologized, "The program I was working on in the computer lab was taking longer to finish up than I thought… a-and I lost track of time…" Chihiro explained. Sometimes, Kiyotaka's seriousness made him nervous. He means well, it's just that Ishimaru tends to take things a little far when it comes to rules and such. But, it's befitting of his title as Ultimate Moral Compass, as Ishimaru is very passionate about following rules and keeping peace in the academy. He's also the Class Representative of Class 78, which is the homeroom class that the students of dorms in particular attend.

"Hmm…" Kiyotaka stared at Chihiro. More specifically, the box the programmer was carrying. "What's with that box?"

"O-Oh, t-this…" Chihiro stuttered. He originally hoped no one, especially Kiyotaka to be up waiting for him. That way, no one would have to know about what Chihiro brought home with him. But, he was caught by Ishimaru, the honor student. Now, he has to make up an excuse, to make sure he doesn't find out about the creature he found. "It's nothing, really." Chihiro smiled.

"Really?" Kiyotaka seems skeptical.

"Um, well… maybe just a few disks and stuff the people at the lab gave me as a gift." Chihiro lied. He felt bad for lying, but he thought might be a big mess if anyone found out about what came out of a computer.

"Is that so?" Kiyotaka became even more skeptical.

"A-Anyway, I'm really sorry about coming home so late… it won't happen again, I promise…"

"I see. Well, I'll let it slide this time, but if it happens again, you will be punished! Understood?!"

"Y-Yes, sir. A-Anyway, goodnight." Chihiro bowed politely, and to went his room. All the while, Kiyotaka fixated his stare at the programmer, filled with suspicion. Chihiro felt it all the way until he disappeared from honor student's ever intense watchful eye.

(-Chihiro's Room-)

With that out of the way, Chihiro successfully retreated to his room, without his new little friend being discovered.

Chihiro's little friend popped out of the box, tasting the sweet taste of freedom. It flew around in Chihiro's room with its little wings.

"Pi! Pi!" it chanted, while flying about. Chihiro smiled as the little creature seemed so happy. But then, he remembered, this is the dorm. If his little buddy made too much noise, they could find it easily.

"Hey, quiet down!" Chihiro whispered, keeping his own voice down, while hopefully speaking out enough for the little critter to hear. "There are people living here besides me, and Ishimaru-kun. You can't make too much noise while you're here, okay?"

"Pi!" Chihiro's little friend nodded its head, as if it understood. Maybe it does understand what he's saying. It seems pretty smart for a new born… whatever it is. In any case, Chihiro sighed in relief, however…

"Pi…" Chihiro's little friend sighed, in a tired fashion.

"Are you okay?" Chihiro asked, feeling concerned about its lack of energy.

"Pi…" it repeated.

"Are you perhaps hungry?" Chihiro guessed. He guessed right. His little friend lightly danced around in response to the guess.

"I see…" Chihiro thought that since it just hatched out of an egg, it must be pretty hungry. Feeling that he's taking care of it for the time being, he thought he should feed it as well. "Alright. I'll go and get you something to eat." Chihiro smiled, and began towards, only to be followed by his little friend. "Wait, you can't come with me, this time." Chihiro said to it.

Now it felt dejected by Chihiro's word.

"I'm sorry. It's to keep you safe." said Chihiro, trying to assure nothing bad, "I'll be right back, so wait here quietly, and I'll be right back, okay?" with that said, the critter renewed its spirits and nodded. Relieved that it understood, Chihiro went out the door, and quickly gone to the storage room. There's some candy there that should be good enough for it.

(-Storage Room-)

Now at the storage room, he found what he was looking for and was about leave, but a calm and courteous voice reached his ears.

"A little late for a midnight snack, wouldn't you agree?"

Chihiro quickly turned and saw a pale skinned girl with black hair tied in large drill-like pigtails, and wore Gothic Lolita style of clothing.

"C-Celeste…" Chihiro weakly called out, unsurprisingly shocked by her sudden appearance. Her full name is "Celestia Ludenberg", but she prefers Celeste as nickname. Much about her is a mystery, even to this day, other than her title, which the Ultimate Gambler. Though, she is clearly Japanese, she likes the name "Celestia Ludenberg" better, and politely refuses to share her real name, or anything else about herself.

Yes, in case you are wondering, this is in fact a co-ed dorm like most of the other dorms of Hope's Peak Academy.

"I am curious as to what you are you doing here, Chihiro." Celeste said, "I believe Kiyotaka has already reprimanded you for staying out late."

"W-Well, I'm just getting a little snack, t-that's all." Chihiro replied, nervously.

"I see. I should warn you, midnight snacking isn't good for your health." Celeste said.

"I-I know. But, it's only one piece of candy, so I'll be fine." Chihiro said, "A-Anyway, I'll be going back to my room, now. See you later!" with those parting words, Chihiro managed to get out of dodge, and left a waving Celeste behind.

"My, what vigor." she whispered, "I wonder what could she be hiding?"

(-Back to Chihiro's Room-)

After closing the door to his room, Chihiro let out of a big sigh of relief that he managed to escape Celeste. That's the second time he's been caught and being suspected.

"Pi!" the slime flapped to Chihiro, happy to see him return.

"I'm back." Chihiro smiled, and presented the piece of candy he got from the storage room, "I was only able to get one piece for you. I promise I'll feed a little more then that next to time, okay?"

The slime nodded in response. A second later, he stares at the wrapped up ball of candy.

"Oh, that's right. You can't eat it with the wrapper on." Chihiro began unwrapping the candy, and now we see a bright red ball of sweetness. Chihiro didn't know if it actually had a nose, but it looked like the critter was sniffing the candy for a short while, before lapping it up in its mouth. Soon after, it began dancing in joy. Guess that means it likes it.

Chihiro was glad to see that. But still, this is becoming more complicated, really fast. Then again, Chihiro expected something like this. However, it was harder than he thought, especially with the lies he's creating. Chihiro isn't very fond of lying to his friends. Although the fact does remain that he's lying about his gender to avoid a repeat of his past. As soon as he thought about that, he remembered his days in elementary school and middle school.

Chihiro had an illness that made him physically frail. Thanks to that, he couldn't go out and play, and had to stuck at home alone. One good thing that came out of it is that after he played around with his dad's computer and modified a program he worked on, he got praised by him, and that made Chihiro happy.

But, his days in middle weren't that good.

"Be a man..." some would always say, and some would just make fun of him for being smaller and weaker than them. To avoid such treatment, he decided to become a girl, so that way, people wouldn't say "be a man" all the time, and he won't be seen as weak. But, all it did was worsen his complex.

Those memories made him sad. He became silent as the memories flowed around in his mind. Huddling his legs together, he sat in silence and sadness.

"Pi...?" the slime said, looking concerned for Chihiro. The programmer snapped back to reality when he saw the sadden look an its face.

"Oh, I-I'm sorry." Chihiro quickly apologized, "I'm okay. Don't worry. I was just thinking about stuff, that's all." he assured his little friend, "So, how does that candy it taste?"

"Pi!" it smiled with content.

"That's good." Chihiro smiled brightly. That's when he remembered something important. Introductions. Everything happened so fast, Chihiro totally forgot about introducing himself to the slime. "Oh yeah, I don't think I ever told you my name. My name is Chihiro."

"Pi... hi... ro...?"

"Nope. Its Chihiro. Chi-hi-ro." he emphasized.

"Pi... Chi... hi... ro... Chihiro!"

"Yep, that's right. That's my name; Chihiro. Good job!" Chihiro praised. No doubt about it. Despite just being born, this creature is very intelligent. Just teach it a few things slowly, and it can learn very fast, probably faster than a human baby. How it sounds with words is a little odd, though. Still, it is cute, from Chihiro's point of view. Now, there's the issue of what to call it, or even its male or female.

Just as Chihiro is pondering this, it uttered out of nowhere, "Petitmon."

"What?" Chihiro looked surprise.

"Petitmon." it repeated.

"Petitmon? Is that your name?" Chihiro asked. That's kind of strange, but considering that petit means "small" or "little" in French, it's kind of fitting, too, in a way.

"Right! Name... Petitmon!" Petitmon grinned, cheerfully.

"Hehe, well then, it's nice to meet you, Petitmon." Chihiro smiled.

"Yep! Pihiro!"

"Uh... that's Chihiro." Chihiro corrected.

Soon after, the two began laughing together. Thank goodness the dorms walls are incredibly thick, otherwise, people can hear just about everything that goes on in your room.

Moments later, Chihiro changed out of his uniform, and into his pink two piece pajamas, getting ready for bed. It is late after all, and sleep is really need right now. After all that has happened tonight, some sleep will do some good.

"It's time for bed, Petitmon." Chihiro said.

"Pi!" Petitmon mused. The two joined each other in bed, soon after, but Petitmon immediately went to sleep after nuzzling against the soft pillow. Chihiro watched Petitmon as it made light snoring sounds.

He smiled to his partner and said, "Goodnight, Petitmon..." before closing his eyes, and falling asleep himself.

However unbeknownst to Chihiro and Petitmon, a mysterious someone stands in front of the programmer's room door, silently.

"So... it's begun... guess we'll have to get started, too." they whispered to themselves, before walking away from the door and to somewhere unknown.

BW: That's chapter 02. Sorry it took so long to post this chapter. I'm trying to do better about that. So far, it's not doing so well as I had hoped. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed chapter 02. I figured that "Pi" sound Petitmon was making would be cute. Beyond the chain most Digimon go through while evolving, I don't know much about the beginning stages of raising a Digimon, so I'll make it up as I go. So, please wait for chapter 03. Peace out!