Saishū gēmu ga hajimaruMutual Life of High School Killings: Fate/Stay Night-Style
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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 main focus here would feature the Future Foundation, and the members will be introduced, especially after finally watched the new Danganronpa anime, Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy, and here you will see what roles they would play and hiw the Class of 78 would deal with this matter, especially as some would play foil to Naegi and the gang, so read on and enjoy!
Ch. 2: Saishū Gēmu ga Hajimaru
The scene shifts inside the church within Fuyuki City, where Kirei Kotomine is watching, TV, and it showed that several months have passed since meeting with Junko Enoshima, Kotomine is intrigued about Hope's Peak Academy, and the live footage from TV shows that the Diet and the soldiers were partially successful in quelling off the riot that plagued Tokyo, and Kotomine smirked as he turned on the DVD player and played the recording of the protest at the gates of Hope's Peak Academy where the reserve studenrs were staging a protest, and then it showed that a huge magical circle enveloped the reserve course students and they started to act like possessed, homicidal beings and began to violently riot inside the academy, murdering the main course students, but narrowly missed two sections: Class 77 and Class 78.
By then, Gilgamesh came and saw the footage, and he saw the magical effect on the reserve students, rather amused and told Kotomine that he knew who made that circle and possess the students, which Kotomine nodded in acknowledgement, as they realized that one Servant has appeared and is working behind the shadows.
"So, Gilgamesh...do you happen to guess who did this...?"
"Yes, I do."
"So who do you think would pull something like that?"
"Caster, no doubt. It appears that the witch wants to absorb negative feelings and put them in to good use..."
"Probably to alleviate her boredom, since she is serving such a useless master."
"Like you're the one to talk, Kotomine."
"Hmm...?"
"..."
The servant that Kotomine and Gilgamesh are implying is revealed to be Caster, and there the scene shifts to an undisclosed place where Caster is seen staring at a cauldron where the footage of Hope's Peak Academy is, as she is waiting to see what would happen next, as she noted that the academy has been quiet for the past several months, and she is monitoring the events in secret until her Master, Atrum Galliasta, came, and began to abuse her again seeing that she is wasting time monitoring the academy which he sees it as worthless, and this further increases her despise towards her master, and yet she is restraining herself knowing that killing her master prematurely would lead her to a three-day respite before disappearing forever.
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The scene shifts back at the church, where Kotomine used magical means to monitor the events inside Hope's Peak Academy, where it shows that Enoshima's intended plans did not go well as she intended to, due to some unforeseen situations and now you can see that Mukuro Ikusaba was betrayed by Enoshima as she is seen keeping a gravely-injured Naegi alive by evading a horde of Monokuma robots, and seeing the rest of Class 78 students scrambling as well, Kotomine smirked as he sees that he could have a bit of fun by adopting Enoshima's tactics to his own amusement, and advantage, which Gilgamesh slowly guessed what he is about to do.
"Are you really serious about this?"
"Yes, I am."
"Really, Kotomine...that is not like you. Only legitimate Magus are qualified to participate in the war...those are only humans...they do not have..."
"True."
"Then why?"
"Enoshima's proposal partially worked...but failed in the end. That alone inspired me to come up with a way to collect more power...and using those kids would serve us well...if given the approach and the right step."
"I see...then you know there is no turning back...and there is a possibility that it may not work in your favor..."
"So be it. As long there are those who are willing to play by my hand, the plan I have in mind would go smoothly."
Gilgamesh smirked, as a flashback scene showed that Enoshima showed to Kotomine about how she would motivate her classmates from Class 78 to participate in the "High School Life of Mutual Killing", and back at the present, Gilgamesh finds it a bit amusing that Kotomine is willing to stoop so low in enacting the plan that Enoshima intended to do, but he is willing to sit and watch to see where this would go. Kotomine smirked seeing that there is no opposition from Gilgamesh and he began to chant a spell as the entire area he and Gilgamesh are standing on began to glow in a blue circle, and the spell is ready to be cast.
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Meanwhile, the scene shows that Caster is fed up with her master, and willingly foiled his plans, destroying his technological laboratory, setting the lab subjects free, and Atrum appeared unfazed as he believed that he can recover and began to use his command seals to make Caster commit suicide, as it is revealed that days before, he met with Kotomine and asks for advice on how to get a new Servant claiming that Caster is no use to him, and Kotomine said that Atrum should get rid of his current Servant first before he gets a new one. Atrum then notices that Caster stood there smirking, and he became irritated and uses up his remaining command seals until there is none left, and Atrum became baffled as to why nothing happened, until Caster revealed that she used her Noble Phantasm, "RULE BREAKER", which severs her pact with her current master, and Atrum began to tremble in fear now that he has nothing to use to hold back Caster, as the Servant smirked as she now can make him pay for the abuses he did to her.
"Looks like I am free to pay you back..."
"No...stay back...!"
"You treated me like trash...and now you will feel the same..."
"Get away from me!"
"Now you pay the price!"
"Get lost, you witch!"
"You shall regret calling me that...now have at you!"
"GGGGYYYAAAHHH!"
Caster then tortured Atrum to death, and now that she is free, her mind went calm as she now has to think of a way to survive the next three days as she knew that her life would expire after unless she makes a new pact with a new master. However, an unexpected visitor came in, and she stared in apprehension as the one who came is revealed to be Lancer, whom Kotomine sent to help Atrum, but with Atrum dead, Lancer was a bit bored, but opted to carry out his order, and attacked Caster. The battle was fierce, but Lancer got the upper hand and dished out some damage to Caster but she narrowly escaped and ended up somewhere else, which is outside Fuyuki City.
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Meanwhile, the scene shifts inside Hope's Peak Academy, where there is similar chaos there in which Ikusaba was fighting off hordes of Monokuma robots, and while she keeps the robots distracted, the scene shifts inside the infirmary where Kyoko Kirigiri and Chihiro Fujisaki are tending to the unconscious Naegi, who is currently undergoing blood transfusion, and as the situation is currently ongoing, none of the students of Class 78 noticed the blue circle-like glow enveloping the academy, and as everyone is busy with their own problems, they did not noticed that magical circuits are being engraved on their left arms, and so far Kirigiri was the only one to sense something but so far, her attention was diverted as she is observing Naegi, and there she saw something vague on his left forearm, and then she noticed that the wound is slowly healing, though in a slow pace which he is still weakened.
About 40 minutes later, Ikusaba, Kirigiri, Naegi and Chihiro were joined by their other classmates, and after hearing Kirigiri's explanation, the rest chose to trust her and Naegi's words for now and worked together, managing to hold back more Monokuma robots until managing to reach the controller and the scene shifts before the gates, where the 14 high school students are assembled, and there Mukuro Ikusaba gave Naegi some last-minute instructions before they are set to part ways, while the others seemed reluctant to let her go, seeing that she could be an asset in escaping the academy which has fallen to Junko Enoshima's hands, yet Ikusaba has already decided on the path she is about to take.
"Ikusaba-san… Are you really going to go out with that wig on?" Naegi asked. He had been given a transfusion of the correct blood type, and was slowly showing signs of recovery.
Ikusaba, who had put on the wig she used to dress up as Junko, nodded.
"…I think… If I pretend to be her, I might understand Junko's thoughts a little better…" She said, but her tone was still her own. Ikusaba had yet to completely get her thoughts in order.
"And… I've made up my mind. As long as I'm out there…I'm going to accept everyone's resentment at me… and Junko. I'm not going to die until I've destroyed all the despair Junko spread, but…"
The damage caused to the world by Super High School Level Despair could not be measured in terms of economy, society, or even the number of human lives. The television broadcasts had already outed Junko Enoshima and Mukuro Ikusaba as the central figures in this disaster. Of the people outside who remained untainted by despair, the sisters were irredeemable criminals. And to the people clad in Monokuma masks who were tearing the world apart, Ikusaba was now a traitor.
She was now in the despair-inducing situation of being the enemy of the entire world. But perhaps this was nothing so significant to Ikusaba.
"But… I'm going to do my best… so they don't get me while my guard is down."
"Isn't it safer for you to just turn yourself in to the cops? Well, can't say if they'd put you on death row or not, but you might stand a chance at lengthening out the trials enough to die of old age, eh?" Hagakure suggested, but Ikusaba shook her head.
"There aren't any laws or even police officers now…"
"S-seriously? Maybe we'd be better off staying…" Hagakure said nervously. Togami sneered.
"Silence, you commoner! Someone like you won't find a very different fate whether you're in this school or the outside world."
Although he was shaken when he was told that the Togami family had collapsed, he was being quite brazen in front of Ikusaba now.
"I will spare you this time because you are an extremely valuable asset. And depending on your actions hereafter, I may even absolve you of your crimes once I've built up a new world."
It was rather like Togami to claim he could acquit a world-ending terrorist.
"…I don't need an incentive like that. I… I don't intend to keep only myself alive."
Turning away from Togami, Ikusaba looked around at the other students. Kirigiri stood silently with a look of readiness. Fukawa, who had just turned back from Genocider Sho, was gesticulating in confusion. Everyone was reacting in their own way. And as she looked back at the past two years spent with them, Ikusaba handed the escape switch to Naegi, who shared those memories.
"Naegi-kun. You do it."
"Huh? Me?"
"I think… This is for the best."
As Naegi hesitantly received the switch, Ikusaba remembered Monobear's words.
"But you guys are coming back here. I guarantee it."
She knew that Monokuma was correct. This school still housed something they needed to bring back the others' memories-the research files belonging to Yasuke Matsuda, the Super High School Level Neurologist. Perhaps the students could still restore the bonds forged between them in the past two years. But as long as the key to restoring their memories remained locked up inside the school, the mastermind could easily repeat her game of despair. The island she mentioned also bothered them, but at this point they could not avert their gaze from despair.
"Then… Here goes."
Naegi had remembered the state of the outside world. The boy who had in the past decided to live inside the school was now choosing to step outside. How much had he struggled over his decision?
But Naegi was determined to face the despair outside head-on, not showing a hint of his internal struggle to the others. And it was Ikusaba's goal to protect his hopes while bringing despair to her beloved sister. She no longer knew if what lay at the end of the path was hope or despair.
Pressing the wig down firmly over her head, Ikusaba hid her face with her arms.
Was she smiling because of the hope shining in her future? Or was she crying because what lay before her was despair?
Once her arms came back down, there was no longer any emotion in her face. She no longer knew what kind of a face she should wear. And at the same time, Naegi pressed down on the escape switch. The firearms withdrew into the ceiling as a siren began wailing.
Soon, a light appeared from beyond the gate.
An infinite IF enveloped the students and the world, equally accepting hope, despair, and the heart of the disappointing girl.
By then the gate has been opened and the 14 remaining students stood there in a rather surprised gaze, as this was the moment they all been waiting for - to escape the CAGE that has confined them. They all wanted to get out of here and they got their wish, thanks in part to Ikusaba, but now instead of elation, they all faced uncertainty after what Ikusaba told them...the outside world is in chaos due to despair-driven campaign carried out by Enoshima. But Naegi is not backing out, and is willing to face whatever comes in his way, and urged his fellow classmates not to be discouraged, which slowly raised everyone's morale, which appeared to work, and now the students slowly walked towards the gates, one by one, the surviving students of Class 78, head out to the outside world, regaining their freedom while facing a new challenge that is about to head towards their paths.
Meanwhile, Ikusaba, donning her guise, walked back inside, and is met with new Monokuma robots, and are ready to take her down, which she brought out several grenades and she smirked as she stared at the surveillance camera, and began taunting Enoshima and stated that "despair will never reign over hope" and that the "hopes are being carried by the students of Hope Peak's Academy" and she will put a stop the the "Ultimate Despair". By then the scene slowly faded as sounds of grenade explosion can be heard, implying that Ikusaba has commenced her battle against the Monokuma robots.
The scene shifts outside, where you can see the 14 remaining students are ready to leave for the streets, where they saw that some of the streets were in ruins, but then they chose to venture towards the city until some SWAT vehicles and ambulances came and out came paramedics who were patrolling the streets and found the Class 78 pupils, and there they gathered them and told them that the soldiers and police managed to rally and hold off the riots, and as of now order is slowly taking control and in turn Kirigiri told the driver about what she knows, and the lead medic nodded and took Naegi inside the ambulance to have him taken to a nearby hospital, while the rest were taken to protective custody while Kirigiri chose to stay behind to brief in the SWAT members about what is going on inside Hope's Peak, and there she was told that an organization called The Future Foundation was formed several months ago to help in stopping the riots, and thanks to them the city was substantually under control but some riots are still ongoing.
There the SWAT members began to position themselves with riot gear and shields as they surveyed the entrance and are awaiting order to go inside and find Enoshima who is still inside the academy. Meanwhile, Ikusaba is shown to be badly hurt after being ambushed by hidden laser guns from the ceiling, and with the Monokuma robots firing tasers and bullets, as well as being scratched several times by the claws of several Monokuma robots, her soldier mode was the only thing that kept her going until she finds herself trapped, and she realized that she underestimated her younger twin sister, and slowly resigned to fate seeing that her efforts to snap her twin sister out of her foolishness is only in vain.
"Looks like I made a mistake...I guess I can't make Junko-chan see the foolishness of her own actions..."
By then she noticed magical circuits forming on her left forearm and she is baffled at first but then she mysteriously vanished before the Monokuma robots coukd attack her, and inside the control room, Enoshima was baffled at how this happened, but then she saw the other monitor footages that soldiers are fighting the Monokuma robots and are slowly getting through, and while she is irritated at this, she decided to embrace this fact as she feels that despair is entering her, but then Lancer mysteriously appeared and said that his master ordered him to have her evacuated, much to her curiosity.
"Yo. You must be Junko Enoshima, correct?"
"Huh? What are you? A magician who popped out of nowhere?"
"How hilarious. What if I say that I'm a Servant?"
"Really...? Then what brings you here?"
"My master ordered me to bail you out. I don't know why, but orders are orders."
"Hmm...I guess I know who sent you here...fine. Whatever."
"Let us go, then."
"Fine."
Lancer told her that it is beyond him why his master took an interest in someone as twisted as Enoshima, yet he does not mind it as he took Enoshima and teleported away, and a few minutes later, a few soldiers came inside the master control room where they find the room empty, save for some food and a futon, and the soldiers sensed that the subject has escaped and one of the soldiers used his radio to inform the SWAT leader that Enoshima escaped.
By then more soldiers arrived and engaged the Monokuma robots in combat, and fought to a draw until the robots stopped functioning, in which it is revealed that the soldiers inside the master control room found the control switch and used it to deactivate the robots, and soon turned off the weapon system, thus Hope's Peak Academy is under control of the soldiers, but after an hour of searching, the soldiers came out empty-handed as they failed to locate Enoshima, but they did have something to show, as the scene shifts inside where soldiers are seen wearing gas masks, which also showed that they used knock out gas canisters to put the Class 77 students to sleep, and thus the Remnants of Despair is defeated, thanks in part to some Future Foundation members who arrived to assist.
Not far, the scene shifts at a rooftop of a nearby building where Enoshima is holding a binoculars and is watching the scene, disappointed that her intended plans were ruined, no thanks to Naegi and Ikusaba, but then her cellphone rang and she answered it, and the caller turns out to be Kotomine himself. The two talked and after a few minutes she grinned wickedly as she felt that something good might happen, and there Lancer took her hand and both disappeared, just as a helicopter is passing by and saw nothing.
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Six months have passed and Japan slowly recovered from the ordeal that plagued it and thanks to Kirigiri's testimonies, everything came to light and yet this caused some furor as the parents of the reserve course students came forward and began to vent their outrage against the Diet for ignoring the fact that they played a hand in the incident that led to the Tragedy, even though the Steering Committee was directly responsible for it. The Prime Minister tried to talk to the complainants in a calm way, which did little to calm them down.
However, some of the crowd decided to incite a riot by putting the blame on Kyoko Kirigiri by reasoning that she, being the daughter of Jin Kirigiri, is also responsible for the mess. In actuality, the unruly crowd members were being tempted by Enoshima into seducing them to do her bidding, and it worked, as the unruly crowd began to incite hatred towards the SHSL Detective, and some of the masses unknowingly got hooked and began to stage protests urging the Diet to have Kyoko Kirigiri arrested, but then an alumni of Hope's Peak Academy came forward and spoke to the protesters, asking them if this is what they seek, or are they just wanted to pin the blame on someone because the ones responsible were already dead.
The person pointed out that Kyoko is not to be blamed just because she is the daughter of the late Jin Kirigiri, and said that their actions are no different from the rioters and Junko Enoshima, and the crowd went silent after hearing and seeing the errors of their way, and slowly dispersed. The group who started the insurrection were not pleased and about to leave when another Hope's Peak Academy alumni showed up, and PUNCHED THEM OUT, and told security that they were the ones who started the protests, and they were soon arrested.
Another several weeks have passed, and Hope's Peak Academy has been rehabilitated, and all technological weapons have been removed, and the academy is once again opened, and this time the reserve course has been abolished and this time the Diet now has direct eye in the school, meaning that they will monitor the activities at the academy while at the same time making sure that Hope's Peak will not repeat itself as a scam, and there peace enveloped Tokyo, as the Class of 78 resumed their studying, as well as it accepts new students who have talents.
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At Fuyuki City, the scene shifts at the church where you can see Enoshima eating a huge cup of ramen and she is aghast while watching the TV, showing that Hope's Peak is back on track, thus no despair-inducing activities, but then Kotomine came and said that she will be entertained soon as the new Holy Grail War is about to commence, and even showed to her the profiles of of her classmates and what motivates them, and she grinned as she sees that this is what she is waiting for.
"So...what do you say, Miss Enoshima?"
"Groovy!"
"Thanks to you, I am willing to try out this plan of yours...only this time it will be under my terms."
"Sure...do what you want...as long as it sticks to my original plan..."
"I am intrigued that you are willing to sacrifice your classmates just to see them fall into despair..."
"Of course...that's what I lived for..."
"Then the time has come...and you will witness my modified plan of your original idea."
"Go for it!"
Kotomine smirked as he glanced at his watch, and anytime, the Holy Grail war is about to commence.
-x-
Later that night, the time now is 23:58, and you can see Kirigiri coming down the stairs after waking up, going to take a glass of water, and she saw her grandfather, Fuhito, still watching late night news, and he saw his granddaughter awake and told her to get back to sleep as she has classes tomorrow, which she assured that things are going to be fine.
"Kyoko...you should go back to sleep..."
"Don't worry, grandfather...I will be fine."
"Still...you need to stay ahead. You just recovered from your ordeal..."
"This is nothing."
"If you say so."
"Huh?"
"Kyoko?"
"Beneath you!"
But suddenly, the ground glowed brightly in circles and both Fuhito and Kirigiri went on the defensive as they try to see what is going on, until a circle appeared below Fuhito and SWALLOWED him until he disappeared, and for the first time in many years, Kirigiri showed pure emotion, which were shock and fear as her grandfather disappeared in front of her, and then skeletal being appeared out of nowhere, and are approaching the detective, which she tries to head for the front door, only for the intruders to appear, and she is surrounded, and yet she keeps her cool and waited for a moment to see when to move, but then her left forearm glowed, which she stared in surprise, and at that moment, a tall man, who appeared to be at least 20 years old, appeared after a circle was formed, and he was dressed in red attire, and sports white hair, and an ahoge.
The person then moved in blinding speed, summoning dual blades and took out the skeletal intruders, and then confronted Kirigiri, asking if she is his Master, which she appeared baffled until he pointed out the command seals that formed on her left forearm, and she stared wide-eyed upon seeing them, and he confirms it that she is the one who SUMMONED him.
"Then this confirms it. You are the one who summoned me."
"Me?"
"Yes. You are my Master."
"I will thank you for saving me. However, I am still unsure what you mean about calling me your master..."
"..."
"May I ask who you are?"
"I am Archer...and I am a Servant."
"Servant...?"
The person tells her that he is a Servant and introduces himself as Archer, and said that he will serve her for the duration of the Holy Grail War, which she asks him what it means, but then the telephone rang and she answered it, where the caller turns out to be Kotomine, and he asks Kirigiri if she has received her Servant, and she stared at the phone intently, sensing that Kotomine may be involved on the situation she is currently in.
To Be Continued... .
Hope you like this chapter, as it mirrored the events of the novel Danganronpa IF, though I have taken the liberty to improvise the novel's ending by having the world slightly recovered, and that both Enoshima and Ikusaba survived and escaped.
Moreover, I also borrowed elements from the 2014 anime Unlimited Blade works, depicting how Caster was betrayed by her master, in which she will play a role in later chapters.
The Future Foundation is briefly shown and here they successfully apprehended the Remnants of Despair and helped japan to slowly recover from the Tragedy.
Speaking of which, though not mentioned, Kyosuke Munakata and Juzo Sakakura briefly appeared and were able to calm down the protesters, narrowly stopping a potential violent protest in order to take down Kyoko Kirigiri.
Lastly, the first Master and Servant are "introduced" and Kirigiri is shown to be the first participant, and her Servant was "summoned", though it ended in a cliffhanger.
Preview:
The next chapter hows that Kirigiri meets with Kotomine and is told about the rules and regulations about the Holy Grail War, and she finds herself in a bind as the rules also show how to make a wish to rescue her loved ones...and this spurs her to figure out what is going on.
While the school life within Hope's Peak resumes, another DR character would be shown to get into a conflict with another Servant. More on that in the next chapter.
See you in January 2017...
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