Chapter 3: Suiting up

I hang up the phone, feeling I've made my point to Junko…even with blue hair getting in the way and ruining the mood. Speaking of, I shot him a glare.

"Hey blue-hair."

"Nagisa."

"Whatever. Kind of ruined the moment back there, so quick question….Do you have an off-switch?"

He opens his mouth to say something, only to stop. But it seems his red-haired pal's speaking for him.

"Unless you're Kayano/Outlaw, nope!"

"KARMA!" Blue hair shouts in embarrassment, the younger Akari sister joining him.

Seriously, why did she end up with a shrimp like blue hair? There are better choi…

Heh.

Then again, I'm the lucky son of a gun to have five ladies waiting for me back to Hope's Peak. Five ladies that could've had any shcmuck they wanted but settled for a sap like me.

It then finally occurs to me just what I'm getting myself into:

If I'm going to do this, I've got to put up overgrown comic nerds and their over qualified teacher

"You were thinking it, weren't you?" Karma asks Blue

"There's a difference between thinking and saying!" Blue hair and Akari say.

"Children!" The Reaper calls out. "And Mr. Makoto."

"Naegi."

"Behave yourselves."

For a good few minutes, were hiking up a mountain, and I can already hear ma, sis, Muku-chan and Aoi berating me on ignoring my cardio

"So, you've done this before, right?" I asked

"I have indeed." Karasama sayd. "More times than I can count.

"I was talking to the kids."

"Kids?" Muffin-top growls. "You're…!"

"19."

Everyone stops and looks at the Reaper

"..No, I'm.." I start, but the Reaper slams a birth certificate in my face.

"It's 2016. Whatever happened at hope's peak messed with your mind."

….

I should be dead.

The tumor was supposed to kill me withing three years. Either my medic reports were wrong, or….

….

I really can live my life.

"So…have they done this before?" I ask again, trying to get those images out of my head.

"Uh…" The duo of fatty and glasses say,

"Nope." The redhead smiled.

Oh that instills confidence.

And the school has mountain. That we're climbing.

Great.

"Well, Nagisa did save me and Kaede when we were kidnapped by those ruffians." The long haired nice girl says, making the kid with a baseball in his hand sigh longingly.

"I broke into Hammer Industries." White Hair says.

"Maehara, Hina, Katatoka and myself fought a living breathing cyber virus." The class rep points out.

"And don't forget, we did take down the Florida branch of the Friends of Humanity before summer began." Muffin-top grins.

"Yeah, but you didn't do much." Dreadlock adds.

"Hey, um…what about our adevntures?" The pony tailed girl asks.

"Mrotrax hasn't published them yet, so it makes no sense to reference them yet." Deadpool announced.

"…but he did for Dead Bros…."

Okay, that gives me a lot more confidence…

"You going to stop that inner monologue?" Blue hair asks me. "And I have a name, you know."

I look at him

"What inner monologue?" I ask him.

"There, that one!"

"Which?"

"You know!"

Something tells me that this just confirms that the kid's got a screw loose…

"At least I don't try to be a Sin City character!" Nagisa snapped back. "Seriously, who does that?"

"Only the greatest detectives, obviously."

"And what does that make you?"

Oh….

When this is over, blues going down hard.

NvN

A good hour later, they finally made it

"What…the hell…is that?" Naegi said, pointing to the decapitated building.

"Our former classroom."

Naegi looked at the place, then down the cliff at the massive building they'd left.

"….what."

"My predecessor used a system of controlled bullying." Koro-sensei explained. "95% of the students were in there, the 5% that struggled were sent here and mocked."

"That cant be legal." Naegi pointed out.

"It wasn't." Everyone said.

"Ladies…" Irina announced, pointing to a large gate surrounded by female soliders. "You use the dressing room. Just beuase you're about to go on a life or death mission means you have to give up yoru pirvacy."

Aside from Naegi, the boys were disappointed by this.

"But that's part pf team bonding!" Okajima whined before turning a little serious. "And…I kind of need Kurahashi for my gear."

Takebayashi was about to say something but the class perv glared at him

"One word and I tell everyone the REALN reason you ditched class early last Friday,:

"But what about my innocent curiosity?" Kid asked, his eyes sparkling.

"Oh please, you're about as innocent as the Drawn Together Movie." Muramatsu smirked.

….

Everyone looked at the noodle-maker in complete and utter shock.

"Okay yeah, I know that was bad…"

"Wow."Deadpool said.

"Look, the point I was trying to make is…"

"Wow." Nakamura continued.

"Okay, I get it! I crossed a line!"

"Wow." Irina followed.

"I just wanted to make a reference that'll make the M rating worth it since the auth.."

"Wow." Koro-Sensei finished

"…uor's not sure about the lemons anymore…j-just shut up and move on!"

Kidpool then walked up to glared at the new Jack O'Lantern, growling three words:

"You sicken me."

He then waddled back to the others.

"Uh…does that happen a lot?" Naegi asked no one in particular.

"Y-yes." Okuda sighed.

"Suit up and bring anything you need for a fight." Karasama ordered

"Mrotrax?" Nagisa smirked. "Some suiting up music, if you'd please?"

Naegi looked straight ahead, seeing nothing but the forest they'd just come from.

"The hell you talking to, blue?"

"The author."

(AN: Insert 'Shoot to Thrill' by ACDC)

Karma gave his neck a crick, and from his form came white and black tentacles that wrapped around his body. He let out a sinister smirk as other tentacles floated above him. He then focused on his fingers, which sharpened into claws. He was now Chaos.

Okuda pulled out a breastplate that had various fluids and wired attached to it before smiling as she reached for a present she'd gotten from Katatoka and Isogai; a Chemistry-Purse. She then burrowed some faced paint from Hayami to give herself a skill like face-paint appearance. She was now Toxie-Moxie.

Hayami dyed most of her skin grey before making a single large circle around her right eye and slipping into SWAT armor. She was now Domino.

Chiba locked and loaded a rifle and Magnum. 44 before slipping on a featherless black and red target mask over his head. He was now Bullseye.

Sugino slipped into a white and blue body-suit decorated with belts that had baseballs sticking out of them, including one that covered his mouth. He was now One-Shot.

Kanzaki slipped into a form fitting pink suit and slipped on a domino-mask. She was now Diamondback.

Terasaka smirked as he tossed a suitcase Itona had given him a while ago. Now he finally saw what his pal had stolen from Hammer Industries for him…And he was not disappointed by the RHINO exo-armour in the slightest, slamming his knuckles into the palm of his other hand. Now he really was the Rhino.

Isogai followed in suit, but his suitcase morphed into silver samurai armor. Drawing his katana, he smiled as it glow with energy. He was now the Silver Samurai.

Hazuma slipped on spiked red armored gloves and her own domino mask. She was now Titania.

Kataoka twirled a gun and knife into their holders as she slipped on combat boots and green armor, tehn adding some spiked finger rings for effect. She was now Lady Viper.

Muramatsu put a pumpkin on his head and gave his fingers a snap. The pumpkin burst into flames as the boy found himself lifted into the air by a bat-glider. He was now Jack-O-Lantern.

Yoshida put on a skull helmet after slipping into SWAT armour. He was now Crossbones.

Takebayashi, now in baggy, fireproof clothes, put a gas-mask on his face and slung a fire-resistant net over his shoulder. He was now Abestos Man.

Fuwa tied a yellow bandana around her face before chi engulfed her hand. She was now Iron Fist.

Mimura placed a satellite like device on his left hand and pushed a button on his wrist. Instantly, was appeared to be musical notes surrounded his form, giving him a red suit that left only his eyes and mouth exposed. He was now Klaww.

Okajima and Kurahashi were a little different than the others; the cheerful girl waited until everyone else was done before hopping over to the class pervert. The two held hands and suddenly, a bright light engulfed Kurahashi as shadows wrapped themselves around Okajima, Once the light and darkness cleared, Okajima now wore a hooded cloak and Kurahashi was in a skin-tight white suit, They were now Cloak and Dagger.

"…Okay, seriously." Kayano turned to the author. "Summer Days. Get it up. Please! Before your followers start coming up with fan-theories."

Nagisa gave his swords a twirl before sheathing them and pulling his mask so that it covered his ears, but otherwise left his face exposed for now. He was now, until he came up with a better name, Blue-Pool.

"LAME!"

"Shut it, Kid."

Kayano spun a cowgirl hat onto her head as Irina handed her a grappling hook gun. She was now Outlaw.

Kimura spun a kusanagi in one hand before pulling up a hood and fastening a Daredevil mask to his face. He then pulled his face mask up. He was now Ikari.

Maehara put on two leg braces before slamming aviator goggles onto his forehead. He was now Batroc the kicker.

Yada and Okano zipped up cat-suits, which Yada complimented with a domino mask and claws gloves while Hina put a dart shooting braclet on each hand. They were now the Black Cat and Black Widow respectively.

Suguya put a glass dome over his head, along with a cape and gloves. He was now Mysterio.

Nakamura sheathed a hunting knife before pulling on her Kraven the Hunter-inspired outfit on. She was now the Huntress.

Itona pulled his mask all the way before fastening a tiny on his left middle finger. He was now Fathomex.

Kidpool slide-danced to the music throughout the whole sequence.

"So….how we look?"

The assembled class, now all in their assassin alternate identities, stood proud.

"Battle ready." Karasama smiled, frowning slightly when Irina snapped a picture. "What're you doing?"

"Sending a pic to the X-men." She explained.

"You all look like fanboys." Naegi said.

"Hey, be grateful; you have the team that IS willing to shed blood." Karma/ Chaos hissed.

Naegi looked at the demonic looking young man and then looked to Nagisa

"Okay, I half don't want to know, but..?"

"Long story short?" Fuwa, now Iron-Fist asked, not waiting for an answer. "Turns out there's an alternate reality where we're all superheroes who fought an intergalactic mad Titan with gloves that housed powerful crystals, one thing lead to another, Nagisa's counterpart ended up here and helped us fight Evilpool….."

"STILL AN UNORIGINAL NAME!" Deadpool shouted off to the side.

"SHUT IT, DAD!" Kidpool snapped

"MAKE ME, YA STUPID BOY!"

"…after he kidnapped Kaede for some reason."

Aside from Blue-pool and Kayano, now Outlaw, everyone gave a pondering look. The two aforementioned students darted their eyes back and forth in uncomfortable silence.

"Then a few more of us showed up, we kicked his ass and Nagisa spent the rest of the day moping over not having a super-form." Yoshida finished.

Nagisa glared at Yoshida, only being soothed by Kayano.

"Mr. Makoto?"

Naegi turned to see the man he knew as the Reaper holding out a change of clothes for him

"While your current look works, I figured with the blood, tears and everything else…you may want something…similar."

Naegi took the clothes; a zipped-up dull green hoodie with a red stripe along the zipper that went all the way to the top of the jacket and red gas mask on the hood, an open black jacket with gold buttons over the hoodie, black jeans, and red sneakers with white toes.

And finally; a pin shaped like a four-pointed star overlaid on a crescent moon. A pin that was very special to him.

"Mom…" he whispered

"I know you have a lot on your mind know, but know this much: she was extremely proud of you that night we fought so many years ago. And looking at the man you've become now? She'd be even happier to call herself your mother."

Smiling with some tears in his eyes, the Super Duper High School Level Hater tossed his grey trench coat, hat and gloves into the air before grabbing the change.

He then turned to face his temporary teammates, giving off the pose of a gunslinger and smirking a confident smile.

"You know?" Nagisa said. "That look works better for you than the Buso-Renkin reject."

"Okay, so I'm not the only one who saw that." Fuwa said off to the side.

Naegi smirked.

"Can't say the same for you."

Nagisa weakly laughed

"Time to head out!" Karasama shouted, getting everyone's attention. "I've already informed your parents of your two night excursion for volunteer work, and the Ministry will pay you all accordingly."

"Um…Mr. Karasama?" Hara rose her hand

"Yes?"

"….Wouldn't it make more sense if I just stay? I mean, I don't have an identity…"

"You'll be helping Ritsu, Tanaka, Takada and Irina over the radio." Karasama smiled at her, ignoring Irina gushing over he addressed her by name. "Given Hope's Peak rather large layout and the fact that, according to Naegi, the lookout has been changed, we'll need you to help us out avoid traps and enemies."

"And don't going selling yourself short, muffin-cake." Kid cooed at his crush. "You're awesome enough as you are. Certainly better than the ambiguously gay duo over there."

"HEY!"

"Oh be grateful we're actually using your name sinstead of calling you 'the gonks.'

Hara smiled and gave Kid a peck on the cheek, which made the youngest member of the class fall to the floor in a happy daze.

"Maybe he'll be quiet for the whole thing." Fathomex whispered hopefully to Blue-pool, who nodded in hope.

"I take you two don't care much for your baby bro?" Naegi asked, some anger filling him when he remembered his own sister: Yes, she drove him mad sometimes, but he loved her all the same.

"If by 'don't care much' you mean 'find it hard to tolerate his perverted, loud-mouthed, arrogant, self-absorbed, egotistical…"

10 minutes later….

"…better than thou attitude'…..then yes, we don't particularly enjoy his company." Fathomex and Nagisa finished together.

"…Interesting family dynamic."

HONK!

Everyone turned to see a bus had somehow appeared behind them, with Deadpool at the wheel.

"Well?" The Merc with a mouth smirked. "Get on in! We got 16 hours of road, crappy in bus movies and complimentary snacks coming out of the boys' allowances to get through!"

Class-E dashed onto the bus, leaving Naegi, Karasama and Irina to stand there in shock at what the insane mercenary had done.

"…How?" Naegi asked

"It's easier not to ask." Irina said bluntly as she dragged herself onto the bus.

"Honestly, we shouldn't be surprised."

Naegi let out a sigh and then got onto the bus.

"Why not just fly?"

Karasama gave the detective a look.

"Two helicopters descending upon a school. Doe sthat sound normal to you?"

….

"Point made." Naegi noted as he finally got on. "Welp, can't get any more random than this."

Then the music began to blare:

EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!

"…Dad, did you have to make the road trip music so annoying?" Fathomex asked

"Yeah, and I do it again, ya stupid boy!" The Merc with a mouth snapped from the driver's seat. "Now buckle your asses in kiddies!"

He then glared at the road a mountain top and mile away from him, and under his mask an evil smile grew.

"We're going down the same way we got up."

The assassins all tensed at his words.

"Dad….please don't." Nagisa whimpered.

"No!" Nakamaru begged.

"No, no, no, no….no!" Karasama begged, actually tearing up in worry.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes….YES!" Koro-Sensei beamed,

"What's with all the-OH MY GOD HE'S INSANE!" Naegi shouted when the bus began to move.

Deadpool forced the bus down the side of the mountain, crashing through the gate and destroying several cars

"WHEEEEEE!"

Naegi held onto his seat for dear life and struggled to hold whatever was in his stomach in its place. As the bus swerved and screeched, the class photo flew into his face. He barely managed to grab hold of it before it went flying through the air.

Even as the bust tumbled through the streets and sent cars flying, Naegi looked fondly at the photo, focusing his attention on Maizono, Aoi, Kirigri, Celeste and Mukuro.

He then felt a hand on his shoulder and to his surprise, saw Nagisa shoot him a hopeful and kind look.

"We'll save them, I promise."

The Hardboiled Hater smiled at his one-time assassin and nodded in agreement.

Next: Hope's Peak? More like Hell's Peak!

So sorry for the delay! Writer's block and trying to sort out some courses I'm taking.