Galactic Shift Extend

by Seanzilla1988

A familiar Beastkin goes through a familiar abandoned Cauldron. However, she doesn't end up in another timeline, but Bellwood, home to a teen with a watch he wears on his arm that can change his shape to save the world from harm.

45. Despair's Attempt Pt 4

GT: Okay...Last we left off…*cringes* Things, uh...Things weren't good.

SZ: Nope...Makoto got captured, the V3-cast have been taken and most likely the rest of Naegi's classmates in class 78, Tsubaki got injured, Jin's dealing with psycho killer bears, Jenny's hiding from the Steering Committee's thugs, and Ben is on the hunt for the mastermind behind all this.

GT: With the only two students who weren't captured: Naegi and Maki.

SZ: Eeyup...hopefully things turn around this chapter. But first...we own nothing aside from original content, so...start us off GT!

GT: Right. *pushes a giant red button* ...And now we run, because that was for the on-site nuke. *hears a 'ding' and looks to see a cup of hot cocoa coming out of the wall* … *looks at the button...to see another giant red button beside it* Oh...That was the hot cocoa button. ...Well, I'm too embarrassed to destroy the stage. *takes the cup and flees, letting the curtain fall*

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Headmaster Kirigiri wrote his signature on another request form, "At least this one is sensible on necessities and the amount they're requesting." he opened the window to his office and pulled out a baseball glove, "..." he held it up and a large object frozen in a block of ice hit it, "...Mr. Kisaragi...Why is there a robot bear that has the school's emblem for an eye in this ice? And how likely is it that the entire school is under five or more meters of snow?"

"Because…!" Jin began, beheading a few Monokuma that tried to pounce right at him outside, "I'm going to freeze this school to the ground and hunt down the person controlling these damn things!"

"..." Kirigiri's eyes sharpened, "These belong to the kidnappers?"

"Hai!" Jin replied in a roar as he sliced down another.

"...Get up here, Mr. Kisaragi," Kirigiri ordered.

"One moment!" Jin replied as he stabbed Yukianesa into the ground before all the remaining bears were trapped in jagged blocks of ice, "That should delay them...for now."

"For now?" Kirigiri repeated as Jin used a platform of ice to raise himself up to the window, quickly dismissing it as he slipped in and let the headmaster close it.

"The mastermind most likely has more because no matter how many I took down, more took their place," Jin explained.

"Hmm...I think I saw these before," Kirigiri noted with a frown, "...Tch. The Towa Group…"

"Another part of the school?" Jin asked.

"Iie," Kirigiri replied, "They're...hmm...Think of them as the equivalent of the Billions family in Bellwood."

"Rich robotic company?"

"Bingo. These look almost like the bears that I saw being made when I visited the company to check on a future candidate for the school in ten or so years that attends the elementary school," Kirigiri noted.

"...There's an elementary school version of this place?" Jin raised a brow.

"Yes, but not everyone who goes to it ends up coming here," Kirigiri replied, "But we're sidetracking."

"...No. Now that you brought it up, I recall meeting one of them a few nights ago," Jin spoke, "I assumed they were from one of the local schools when she fell out of her wheelchair...but then she whispered something to me just before she left."

"...and that is?"

"'You and your friends are going to die here, or join us in the glorious miracle that is despair.'"

"..." Kirigiri sighed, "Why am I not surprised that this shit has spread to even the elementary school...? Especially to Towa Monaka, the one I was checking on?"

"You know that kid?"

"She's the 'Lil' Ultimate Homeroom' student and candidate for Ultimate Roboticist when she is old enough," Kirigiri explained, "An accident left her unable to move her legs, so she's stuck in a wheelchair she's modified on her own...and she made those bears I was referring to that resemble..." he tapped the ice with the Monokuma in it, "...These."

"..." Jin began to scowl, "Did she ever come into contact with one of the students?"

"Hmm?"

"Thanks to my team, I was able to find out a suspect on the disappearances and the attacks happening right now," Jin explained, "Enoshima Junko."

=Bing bong! You got it right~!= Junko's voice laughed fm the intercom, startling the two as they turned to look at it =Seriously, I have never met such a twisted little girl before...then again, given her family and her pops, she was more than willing to help me out~=

"...You…" Jin began.

=Oh and uh...btdubs? I killed your bosses, Headmaster Kirigiri= Junko added, making Kirigiri's eyes widen =Well...it was more of my ironing-board skank of a sister, but eh. She was my tool in killing them regardless, so now...I have control of the school's systems, which now makes me the new headmaster~! Upupupupu!=

"Bull," Jin stated.

=...Okay, okay, the exterior systems are too frozen over thanks to you and your damn ice=

"...Where are my students?" Kirigiri demanded.

=Oh don't worry. You'll see them soon enough...once they see the Galaxy's Hope, Ben 10, fall into despair~= Junko answered =Oh and uh...in about an hour or so, you might want to turn the TV on. I got something special to show involving the student council...oh and hope you enjoy your position headmaster...because I have a rocket with your name on it~ Ciao=

"...What a dumbass," Jin stated after they heard the intercom turn off, "Tennyson doesn't go into despair."

"He doesn't?"

"No. He gets angry. I've only seen it on security footage at various bases and from confiscated video footage of various businesses, but if you try to make Tennyson go into despair...he doesn't. He just gets angry...and what I've done outside will be something like a drip in the ocean," Jin stated, earning a surprised look from Kirigiri, "And you let this crazy bitch attend here because…?"

"I didn't. The Steering Committee can overrule my decisions and she was one of the students I refused to let attend," Kirigiri replied, "At least in the end, they probably fully knew why I didn't want Enoshima to attend."

"And now they're dead if what she said is true," Jin noted, "So what now?"

"Now?" Kirigiri stood up and pulled off his tie before pulling out a tanto from his desk, "We get to work. Mr. Kisaragi, if you would kindly make an early winter indoors?"

"...With pleasure," Jin replied, smirking a bit as he began to slowly unsheathe Yukianesa from its sheath once more.

---

"Mmm…" Tsubaki grunted a bit, slowly opening her eyes as she began to awake, "Ah…" she hissed, a hand quickly going to one of the wraps on her body.

"Ah! E-Easy now," Mikan spoke, earning Tsubaki's attention, "Y-You were caught in an explosion and s-shrapnel hit you. Kisaragi-san got you here as fast as he could."

"Jin?" Tsubaki pondered, looking around to see her classmates minus Jin.

"He went off to talk with the headmaster," Akane explained, "And then he made it snow outside and no one is letting me go out."

"Because if Jin's making it snow to the point it's a blizzard out there, then it's not safe," Fuyuhiko pointed out.

"But what c-" Kazuichi began as he looked out the window...before screaming when a Monokuma pounced onto the window, poking its head through the glass, "AAAHHHHHH!-!-!-!"

"ASHLY TISDAL!" Teruteru freaked.

"BOO B-" the Monokuma began before a katana was impaled into its head, "...shit." it gagged out before Peko pulled the katana out and sliced its head into pieces.

"Kazuichi," Peko stated, "Look it over."

"H-Huh?!" Kazuichi gawked, "Ah geez…" he carefully walked over to the body and picked it up, "...This was made by the Towa Group."

"Huh?" Akane tilted her head.

"I recognize these welding lines from when I was in middle school and our class went on a tour of their robotics facility," Kazuichi explained, pointing at a spot on the bear's black side before continuing to look at it...even pulling out some screwdrivers to disassemble it, "Hmm...This is really good work. The two halves are designed with different things. The black half can deploy claws and the white half acts as a transmi...BOMB!" he threw a bundle with a wire on it he had removed from the white half out the window and closed it before everyone heard an explosion go off, "Goddamn! That white half had a transmitter that, when it received a signal, would set off an explosive put into it."

"...Meaning whoever was controlling it is covering their tracks further and further," Tsubaki noted.

"More than likely, it is a pseudo Familiar for Enoshima," Gundham noted with a scowl.

"Enoshima?" Tsubaki repeated.

"Your boyfriend believes she's the mastermind behind all the disappearances," Hiyoko replied.

"B-B-Boyfriend?!" Tsubaki yelped with a heavy blush.

"No teasing right now," Yukizome instructed, "Kazuichi?"

"Looking at the remains of the head," Kazuichi replied, already looking at the sliced remains before sighing in relief as he pulled out an orb with a trigger on it, "Really glad you didn't cut into this by accident, Peko. I don't know what this stuff is, but it was connected to the white half's mouth." he pulled out some clippers and snipped something on it, "And, of course, there was a transmitter on that to set it off, too."

"...I need t-" Tsubaki began, brushing the blush off as she prepared to reach for her communicator, only to pause for a moment, "...no. Most likely she's hacked into our communications network, meaning I can't call for backup or call the others…" she started to get up only for Mikan's hand to lie on her shoulder.

"Don't get up. Y-You're still injured," Mikan advised, "You might reopen your wounds."

"...You're right, but...I can't just sit by and do nothing…" Tsubaki sighed.

"...What if you tried a closed network?" Fuyuhiko asked, "Those badges you use to talk to others can work like that in case of emergencies, right?"

"...?!" Tsubaki's eyes widened at that, "...I need you all to keep a close eye out for anything suspicious."

"How'd ya know they had that?" Akane asked.

"They're part of an interstellar group of police. I'd be more shocked if they didn't," Fuyuhiko replied.

"If anymore show up, we gotta smash the black side of the face and throw them out the windows," Kazuichi advised, having reassembled the broken head as best he could, "Seems that if you break that, the explosives device receives the signal immediately but disables the gas release in the white half of the head."

"Good thinking," Tsubaki nodded as she reached for her Badge, tapping a few things on it, causing the green to change to red with a green ring, "Please work…"

=...hello?= Jenny's voice replied.

"Oh thank god it works…" Tsubaki sighed in relief, "Jenny, where are you at right now?"

---

"I'm hiding in one of the warehouses near the school," Jenny replied, peeking out the window of a large warehouse, "These guys in suits were near the Plumbers base here in Japan, and I had an encounter with K1-B0, one of the missing students."

=Kibo?!= Akane asked =Hey! Is he alright?=

"He is. I had to knock off his cowlick since it seemed to be acting as a receiver."

=You knocked it off? How long ago was that?= Kazuichi asked.

"About seventeen minutes ago," Jenny replied.

=He'll come back online in three minutes= Kazuichi explained =It's happened before and Miu and I timed it and it takes twenty minutes for him to reboot into Safe Mode until we can reattach it or replace it=

"...Good thing I went back to grab it when those blacksuits weren't looking," Jenny muttered, "But nevermind that for now. What's happening on your guys' end?"

=I just woke up from my injuries, Jin went to inform Headmaster Kirigiri, and I don't know what's happening with Ben or Makoto= Tsubaki replied =After you get some info from Kibo, I need you to tap into the Plumbers Closed Network and call Magister Tennyson for some backup. I think we're about to go to war with the mastermind and her...ahem. Army of killer robot bears=

"...Kamikaze has a daughter?" Jenny blinked.

=No. ...At least, I don't think so= Tsubaki replied =But we know who it is, or at least our best guess. One Enoshima Junko=

"Really?!" Jenny gawked, "Aw man...Noel's gonna be sad to hear that."

=I know...still, keep a close eye out Jenny, and be safe=

"Understood," Jenny nodded as she cut communications, "Okay...now to talk to K1...no. To Kibo."

"Nhg…"

"...Perfect timing," Jenny noted as she looked over, seeing K1-B0...or rather Kibo waking up, his eyes flashing for a bit before settling on a pair of mechanical-blue pupils.

"Where...am I? What is…" he began before noticing the chains wrapped around him, "...AHH!"

"Shh!" Jenny hushed, extending a hand to have her finger cover his mouth, "Not so loud. They'll hear you."

"They?" Kibo repeated, "...You are not referring to the person who captured me and Iruma-san, are you?"

"You know who took you?" Jenny asked.

"Yes...but I could not tell who they were due to the mask they wore," Kibo admitted, "Though before I went offline, I heard a distinct 'upupupupupu' from that person."

"You heard that?"

"Of course. Professor Idabashi outfitted me with the best tech he could obtain to make sure he could create me, the Ultimate Robot," Kibo replied, puffing his chest...before blinking twice, "Ah! Y-You're Wakeman Jenny-san, aren't you?!"

"You know me?" Jenny asked.

"The professor was inspired by stories about you and Wakeman-hakase," Kibo replied before bowing, "It-It's nice to meet you."

"...s-same here," Jenny nodded, blushing a little, 'Wow...cute and a bit humble...why co-ahh! Jenny, focus!' she quickly smacked her hands against her cheeks for a moment to shake the blush off, "Do you remember where you and this Iruma-san were before you got caught?"

"Yes. We were heading for the underground labs to work on some upgrades for me," Kibo replied.

"Underground labs?"

"Hai," Kibo replied with a nod, "There are so many talents, but limited space on campus for all the bigger ones. Other Ultimates that specialize in digging and building underground structures worked on expanding the campus to under the ground. It currently expands to roughly a mile under the main campus with over two hundred labs. Iruma-san's lab is Lab 069."

"...Do you think you can lead me there?" Jenny asked as she knelt down to undo the chains.

"Of course."

"Good. I need to make a quick call, and then we can hurry and head over," Jenny said as she undid the chains, "Oh, you need your cowlick back?"

"Not yet," Kibo replied, shaking his head, "If you attach my receiver and transmitter back on, I'll just be back under the control of whoever was operating me. I know someone was operating me due to my lowered energy reserves and that the time between my last memory and current memory is far off."

"Ahh...got it," Jenny nodded.

---

"So...creepy stairway going underground," Ben noted as the trio walked down the stairway, "Either of you knew this?"

"Many students require a lab for their talents, but due to the size of the campus, there wouldn't be enough room for all those labs aboveground," Maki explained, "Iruma has a lab under here, but after students began to vanish, the labs were locked up unless the student has a pass for their personal lab."

"...And this place wasn't raising any red flags?" Ben asked, "I mean...sure it seems good on paper, but one wrong experiment and-Boom!-Resident Evil becomes a thing in real life."

"Ulp," Naegi gulped, trying not to think of it.

"Looks like we're reaching the end," Maki noted, seeing a light ahead.

"Good," Ben noted before his Omnitrix beeped and turned green, "I'll go Clockwork when we're down there and see where Mukuro came from."

"Hai," Naegi nodded.

"...we're not alone," Maki spoke, her eyes narrowed.

"Hmm?" Ben blinked, pausing from touching the Omnitrix before they heard a growl, "..."

The trio looked behind them to see a figure coming in from the bottom..before the light showed it was a Monokuma...a rather...horrifying looking one that looked like it was a mishmash of metal and flesh, Ben even swearing he saw a human eye on it. It only had three elongated limbs with the leg missing on the white half with cracks surrounding the bulging eye on the white half of its face. Its teeth were all filed down to give it a permanent open smile.

"RAAAWWWRG~!" the Monokuma roared out as it began to lunge at them.

A flash of green light went off before it was bisected. Diamondhead slowly stood up on the other side of the Monokuma, his right arm sharpened into a blade. He covered it in crystals to make sure it wouldn't move and walked over to the two.

"Okay...That is freaky," Diamondhead noted.

"Agreed…" Naegi gulped.

"Ha! Surprise b-OH MY GOD! YOU KILLED KENNY!?" a Monokuma exclaimed when it popped out of a vent, "You bastards!" a dagger was thrown right between its eyes, "...why...me…?"

"...Where…?" Naegi began as he looked at Maki.

"It's best you don't know…"

"..." Naegi opened his mouth for a moment...before he quickly closed it, 'No no...she'll just use her threat again if I try and ask…'

"Okay Build a Bear...what's your game?" Diamondhead sighed.

"Well…" a Monokuma began as it rose out of the floor, "To quote one of the best puppets in cinema...I like to play a little game with you Ben Tennyson, the Ultimate...ech. Hero…"

"Really...Saw?" Diamondhead sighed, "I should be the one sick with you and your boring taste in movies."

"HOW DARE YOU, SIR! THAT IS A CLASSIC IN CINEMA!" Monokuma snapped before gagging out, Maki holding him in a chokehold with her free arm as she held her dagger against his neck.

"Where are the others?" Maki demanded, a cold tone in her voice that promised death.

"Don't waste your effort...it's just one of many drones. They don't care if you break it." Diamondhead spoke up, "Better off letting it talk itself till its battery dies."

"Jokes on you! I-ack! Run on despair t-!" Monokuma laughed before feeling Maki's dagger further against his neck, "Okay okay! They're in one of the special test labs, but you have to look for it yourself!"

"He caved fast…" Naegi noted.

"Well duh! Like I'd risk pissing off the Ultimate Asa…!" Monokuma began before Maki slit his throat and twisted his head off.

"...Was he about to say Ultimate Assassin?" Naegi asked

"Why did he spray out stuffing like a cheesy horror movie…?" Diamondhead asked.

"...You tell anyone what you heard, I will kill you in your sleep," Maki threatened as she put her dagger away

"Look...I've got literal Space Overlords who ate Gods after me...no offense...but you'd not be the worst to threaten me. And right now...don't really care," Diamondhead stated as he changed back to Ben, "Now come on..let's see if we can find the others and hopefully figure out where Mukuro is."

"Understood," Maki nodded a bit.

"R-right" Naegi nodded, carefully stepping over the Monokuma as the three walked off, "Wait...Ben...what was that about a Space Overlord who ate a god after you?!"

"Very long story…now let's see if we can find that lab," Ben spoke before stopping, blinking a bit, "...Probably should've interrogated Teddy Suxpin for which lab though."

"Even if we could, the person controlling it would've set the bomb inside it off," Maki stated.

"Great…looks like we're going in blind for now."

---

"Ugh….stupid gas…" Makoto groaned as she began to woke up, the Beastkin attempted to stand..only to grunt when she noticed she was strapped against a chair, "...what the…?"

"Oh good. You're awake," Makoto looked over to see Junko staring at her, that insane smirk never leaving her face as she sat in a swivel chair, 'Been waiting for you, my test squirrel~"

"...grr…"

"Oh don't bother getting out of those locks. It was tricky, but those Plumbers I met were 'accepting' of me 'borrowing' some of their tech," Junko added before she heard the door open, "Aye Mukuro~ Did you and Tsumugi do your jobs~?"

"Kisaragi Jin saw through her disguise and as we speak, Ben Tennyson and two of the students you failed to capture are here within the lab," Mukura stated as she walked in...before noticing Makoto, "...what are you planning?"

"Eh. A backup plan," Junko shrugged, "Upupupupu. You see...if I fail to make Ben 10 fail to despair by trying to catch him...then I can certainly do it by making one of his friends...especially his girlfriend fall to despair and sic her on him."

"...Sister, I've rarely questioned you before in the past, but I will say this now...do you have a death wish?"

"Eh?"

"This is Ben Tennyson we are dealing with...Ben Tennyson, as in the person who's protected Earth and saved the universe countless times," Mukuro stated, "And you not only captured his lover, but think you have a chance at...winning?"

"She's making some sense, Crazy Lady!" Makoto snapped.

"...Why do you think I had you take out their strategist?" Junko asked Mukuro, "Why do you think I'm having some extra Monokuma to distract the ice boy after Tsumugi failed? Why do you think I had K1-B0 go after the robotgirl? Why do you think I faked being 'innocent' while I was with the squirrel girl here?"

"..."

"...uh I call bullshit!" Makoto snapped, "There is no way you have that level of foresight, lady!"

"Of course I do~!" Junko laughed as she spun in her chair "See I have Ultimate Analytical powers, so I can look at every possibility...and the moment I heard Ben 10 attending here? I decided to make plan after plan after plan after plan after plan to make him fall to despair...or better yet, make the entire galaxy fall to despair!"

"I could buy you maybe doing that to humans but Aliens? Eh...not likely." Makoto muttered, "I mean...their brains are all hardwired differently. For all you know, some species might just not have the ability to even feel despair. So your plan lacks some logic there...and this is coming from me of all people. So you know it's gotta be stupid if I'm calling out the logistics of it. Ah nuts I just called myself stupid didn't I?"

"You did," Mukuro stated.

"Doesn't mean I'm wrong though…" Makoto smiled in a cocky manner, "Hehehe...suck it everyone who ever said I suck at logic."

"...Oh yeah? Well you will change your town when I sic you on your little boytoy," Junko countered.

"...Eh heh heh...let me make this clear, psycho bitch," Makoto chuckled before a scowl grew on her face, her hands gripping the chair arms hard, "I don't hurt my friends on purpose...especially my boyfriend."

"You will once you see despair~" Junko countered once more, "See here in a few...oh say minutes? There's gonna be a show starring the Student council...and a friend of yours~"

"Should I mention...uh...Been there done that?" Makoto muttered, "Yeah...trust me. I know a guy who can do what you wish you could. I hate his guts...and he can literally make me have a panic attack if I see him. Can you do that?" she asked leaning her head forward to use her ears to point at Junko, "Let me stop you before you say anything stupid...well...stupider. If you think you got anything worse then what the guy I'm talking about can do, I'd love to see it…" she rolled her eyes, "But...you ain't no Clover now is ya?"

"...Just shut up and watch," Junko muttered as she turned her chair away.

"...well...that's actually a first," Mukuro blinked a bit, "You...actually got her to shut up."

"And I am proud of it!" she replied, "So what's your deal? Why is a level headed person like you...sticking around this big old bucket of crazy?"

"...She's my sister, and I've always followed her plans before," Mukuro explained, "I never questioned her methods, but...the moment I heard Ben 10 was coming here? It was there I saw it...the possibility of her failing."

"Really? Just Ben?" Makoto blinked, "You never figured out of all the crazy as heck students here...not one of them was like...the Anti-whatever to crazy pants over there? The what...Ultimate Hope or something? Cause I mean...Ben's a Hero, but a Hero and Hope are two very different things."

"...There is one possible person I could think of, but was a bit unsure…" Mukuro answered, quietly whispering to her to make sure Junko couldn't hear, "...Makoto Naegi."

"I know that look…" Makoto blurted in such a way it made Mukuro blink, "I had that same look for months after I fell for Ben...oh...Oh~"

"?! D...don't read into it," Mukuro whispered, clearing her throat as a faint blush formed on her face, "I...it's not like that."

"You're madly in love with him…" Makoto sighed silently.

"...Please d-"

"Hey, Mukuro! How's about saving the voice of yours for the singing when the project begins?!" Junko snapped.

"...Of course, Sister," Mukuro sighed.

"...Singing?" Makoto repeated.

---

"...Where are you leading me?" Rook questioned as he followed Izuru down one of the school hallways, a metal collar around the Revonnahgander's neck.

"You'll see…" Izuru answered, carrying a fairly large briefcase.

"...It involves what your partner has planned involving hope and despair, correct?"

"In a way yes…" Izuru answered, looking back at him, "And to test you...to see how you deal in a hopeless situation."

"...what do you mean?" Rook asked with a frown.

"The collar on your neck has a bomb inside it. Should you try and interfere, it'll go off," Izuru explained as they approached a door.

"..." Rook kept a close eye on him as he opened the door, revealing various students standing there as they looked on in confusion.

"...what's going on?" one of them asked.

"Is that an alien with him?" another asked.

"Yes. A Plumber to be precise," Izuru replied as he moved Rook into the room, "Student Council members, we shall now have you all kill one another."

"?!" Rook's eyes widened at that.

"?! What?! You..you can't possibly have u-" one of the female council members began before tensing, seeing Izuru aiming a gun at her.

"?! No!" Rook snapped as he quickly grabbed the gun, making Izuru misfire and hit the window, "Are you insane?!"

"No...this is what my partner has in mind…" Izuru replied, putting the suitcase down and opening it, letting various guns and weapons fall out with what looked like books at the bottom, "In here will be the weapons you all use to kill one another...if you do not accept these terms, the secrets you all hide will be revealed to the public."

"?!"

"And this one will observe…" Izuru added, motioning to Rook.

"I most certainly will not!" Rook snapped, "What makes you think...no. Why on Earth would you agree to such a monstrous plan?!"

"...To see if she was right; to see how unpredictable despair is," Izuru answered, "This is the hopeless situation I mentioned."

"...This is crazy!" a fat student council member shouted as he stood up, unaware of one of the female members noticing one of the books in the suitcase, "Why would we do such a thing just to hide our secrets?!"

"Because secrets can be dark...they can be detrimental or reveal something that shatters your reality," Izuru replied.

"Then this is why you called us here so late?! Just so you can kill us?!" a council member with a bowl-cut shouted, "Your insane! Like hell w-"

*STAB!*

"?!" he gasped out, blood spilling from his lips as he slowly looked down, a katana piercing right through his gut from behind as he fell down to the floor, the wielder of the katana being the female council member with glasses...a look of utter despair on her face as tears dripped from her eyes.

"...M...my mom...she's...why...why…?" she began before roaring out, attempting to slash at one of the council members as they quickly moved out of the way in time.

"Karen?!" the girl that Izuru had attempted to shoot exclaimed in shock, "Wh-What the hell?! You...You just stabbed Ryota!"

"...Will this allow me to check the injured student?" Rook quietly asked Izuru, tapping his bomb collar.

"...As long as it doesn't interfere with the killing, you may do as you wish," Izuru replied.

Rook nodded and managed to get over to Ryota, pulling him away while Karen's back was to him. Looking him over, Rook put two fingers to Ryota's neck. After a moment, he nodded before ripping open his shirt to better look at the wound.

'He's still alive. It seems he's just in shock and the blade didn't strike anything vital,' Rook noted as he looked at the others, the girl trying to convince Karen to drop the weapon along with another member that had brown hair and hazel eyes, 'But I cannot say anything since it may interfere…'

"Karen, please stop!"

"No! You...you're all still with this hell of a school!" she snapped as she tried to break free, "They...they hid the fact that my mom was...was...RAAAGH!"

"?" Rook raised a brow before noticing the dropped book, grabbing it before reading its content, '?! This is….I see now. Her mother was one of the victims in that bombing...and the school tried to cover it up. But why?'

"Kibougamine has a reputation to uphold," Izuru stated to Rook's unasked question, "The Steering Committee will see to it that reputation is never tarnished."

"...Even at the cost of human lives?" Rook asked with a frown, his eyes shadowed over as he gripped the book, "At the cost of shattering a student's psyche the moment they hear about it? At the cost of students going missing and one being altered by them? This...this is no school…" he felt a small hand tug on his uniform, making him look down at a child-sized member with short, wavy brown hair in a bunny hoodie with a green eye and a blue eye looking up at him in worry, "Yes?"

"Is...Is Ryota-san…?" she asked, flinching on hearing Karen screaming as a larger burly male member had managed to get her pinned and the katana away from her.

"...I turned his shirt into strips to apply pressure to the injuries," Rook stated.

"O-Oh…" the small student council member whimpered, the bunny ears on her hoodie actually going down.

'...What can I do? I can not interfere without the bomb going off…' Rook thought as he watched the chaos that was happening, Karen now trying to reach for a chainsaw with the words' Jason Freddy' on it.

"Gah! Where the hell did she get this kinda strength?!" the larger guy grunted, still trying to keep her pinned.

"When adrenaline runs high, the body can perform things one doesn't expect," another student explained.

"Soshun, what do we do?" the chubby one asked, looking at the male that had been with the girl that was nearly shot.

"Destruction of weapons is forbidden unless it's to make more," Izuru informed.

"There goes that option," the nearly shot girl cringed.

"Some help here, please!" the burly guy called.

"..." Rook knelt down to the shivering girl, "I am Rook Blanko. May I ask your name?"

"H-Huh? A-Ano...Umesawa Aiko…" she replied.

Rook nodded before giving her a reassuring smile, "Ryota will live."

"Eh?" Aiko pondered as Izuru looked at him.

"Gotta get to…!" Karen snarled, nearly grabbing the chainsaw's handle...before Rook grabbed it, "?!"

"You are…" Izuru began before Rook turned it on and slammed it down hard on the other weapons, breaking them apart, before throwing the chainsaw out the window along with the blackmail, "?"

"I am a Plumber," Rook stated, "To those on Earth, the name relates to those who work on plumbing. To many other races, the word 'Plumber' translates to 'Those who uphold peace' and 'Bringer of Hope.'" he knelt down to the now still Karen, "Plumber HQ has the video evidence and will be bringing in the bomber to justice. We will not let them get away with what happened to your mother or anyone else who died on that train."

"B...b...but…"

"Oi, oi...Y-Your collar's beeping?" one of the students asked.

"It is a bomb that is meant to go off because I interfered," Rook stated, "Your classmate Ryota is alive. She missed anything vital and he collapsed due to shock. Do not remove the bindings since they are preventing him from bleeding out." he looked back to Karen, "While she is gone, she is still here where it matters. Would you want your mother to, when you pass on to see her again, learn of what you nearly did to those here? Would she consider you her daughter still if you stained your hands with innocent blood of those who had no idea of her fate?"

"..." Karen took that in, realization slowly kicking in as tears of rage soon faded...tears of sadness now growing as she began to cry out in pure heartbreak.

"She will be safe to release," Rook informed, the beeping going faster.

"But...But why did you interfere with that bomb going…?" Aiko began to ask.

"The one behind all this believes Despair to be unpredictable, but...it is not," Rook stated, "Despair...is easy enough to figure out. How it can be caused. But Hope? While it may be predictable at times, it is often Hope leads to things impossible to become possible. It is something I have learned since coming to Earth, especially when the invasion happened. While several would give into Despair and surrender to the Incurseans, those with Hope still fought on, giving time for the invasion to be defeated and save the planet from being conquered completely." he turned to the door, "I will leave this room before this goes off. I do not wish for any of you to be hurt by the explosion. Please...do not follow me. It has been an honor and a pleasure to go out protecting others."

"..." Izuru said nothing as he watched Rook step outside the room, looking back at a security camera that was watching before he followed him out.

---

"...What...the…fuck?" Junko's eye twitched madly, dropping a piece of takoyaki she was about to eat, "Did...Did he just say Despair is...is...predictable?!"

"...Well…" Makoto began with a smirk, "What was that about 'trying to get me to fall into despair' or something~?"

"?! O-Oh please…" Junko snorted, "He's still got that bomb on his neck and it'll go off in three...two…" a muffled explosion went off on the speakers, "There it goes~"

"...Then where's the blood?"

"Eh?"

"...she is right," Mukuro spoke, holding onto a book with some lyrics in it, "The explosion would've at least produced blood of some kind and spilled into the room.

"Seriously?" Junko deadpanned, "Baka...The heat of the explosion would've incinerated any blood due to the close proximity he was to the epicenter."

"?! Oh...Right…" Makoto muttered as Mukuro blinked twice.

"But~I'll be bringing his body in just to let you all see it later," Junko smirked.

"...yeah. And the moment I do see it...you. Are. Deadmeat," Makoto threatened.

"Oh, I don't think so~" Junko hummed as she skipped off, "I was really hoping for that video of the student council being slaughtered by each other for this, but I guess I'll have to settle for moments of despair-inducing events in history."

"Huh?" Makoto pondered.

"Class 77-B has a neat little Ultimate Student; he's called the Ultimate Animator," Junko explained, typing at a computer that was playing various clips of different horrific events on the screen, "He made this neat little trick: putting subliminal images within an animation to alter one's thoughts."

"!?" Makoto's eyes widened.

"But, bleh, he only thought of it making more Hope for folks. But that's just dumb and bor~ing! So~" Junko giggled as she moved away from the computer and walked over to a covered object with cables connected to what was under it, her personality becoming the 'cute and innocent' one, "I took it and changed it to get wid of that nasty widdle Hope and let everyone feel that wonderful yummy Despaiw~!"

"...I take back what I said earlier, lady. You...are fucked up," Makoto frowned.

"Be silent, peasant!" Junko declared in her 'queen' personality, her head held high while pointing at her, "You shall be grateful for We give to you the honor of being Our test subject for this Despair Video! And then...you shall be the one who leads Ben 10 to despair, along with the rest of the galaxy!"

"...And you're helping Crazy McBitchy again why…?" Makoto deadpanned to Mukuro.

"She owes me for what she did," Junko replied in her normal personality, making Mukuro look away with a frown.

"Eh? For what she did?" Makoto blinked before Junko smacked her.

"Silence, ya cow-tittied slut!" Junko exclaimed, now taking on her more 'wild' personality, "No need t' ask questions since you're about to watch da fuckin' movie!"

"So? I'll just cover my eyes so I don't watch," Makoto countered before tensing in realization, "...Unless that device you're hiding under that cover can prevent me from doing such that…"

"Fuck yeah it does!" Junko cackled, "It won't let ya shut 'em for anything!" she switched personality again, looking more modest with her hair pulled into a single ponytail and glasses on her face with a calm persona, "I acquired it from a good student of mine who is part of the Towa Group. I'm quite pleased with her work since she also produced so many of my Mascot of Despair, Monokuma."

"Monok...wait. That damn bear that hit me, Kyoko and Shuichi with sleeping gas!?" Makoto exclaidem.

"Correct," Junko replied as a Monokuma entered, "My Ultimate Analytic abilities also let me study Fujisaki Chihiro working on a side project of theirs, which let me make a special addition to some so I would not overwork myself on controlling so many."

"...Then the person who hacked into Rook's computer…?"

"Oh, that wasn't me," Junko replied, back into her depressed personality, "That was my associate that you saw on the screen on orders from those old dead guys. I didn't expect him to capture your friend as well...but who am I to judge when it helps with Despair?"

"But didn't he stop the Despair you wanted for that video?" Makoto replied.

*WHAM!*

"GUH!" Makoto gagged.

"Shut the fuck up!" Junko barked, back in her 'wild' persona, as she removed her fist from Makoto's gut as she stomped over to the covered object and pulled it off...revealing a larger version of Monokuma's head, "Now get ready for some big ol' crazy ass Despair!"

---

"Gah! We're getting overrun!" Fuyuhiko yelped, his, Yukizome, and Teruteru keeping their backs to the door to keep it from being forced open by the swarm.

"Come on! We just want to inform you that we're your new headmaster!" one of the Monokuma's laughed, opening the window while dressed in a parka.

"Like hell you are!" Akane barked, punching the bear's face and sending him onto the others before the bomb in it went off and took out more of them.

"Joke's on you! We have a ladder to help us g-" one Monokuma began as it climbed up a ladder to the window...before Chiaki poked her head out the window, "..."

"What's wr…?" another began before it saw Gundham's hamsters poking out with her, "...Oh no...don't you dare...don't you demon dare…"

Chiaki and the hamsters shared looks before she put a finger on the ladder and pushed it away.

"No, no, no, no, nonononononono~!" the ones of the ladder freaked as it fell over away from the building.

"This is like Wave 99 in the first Call of Duty game that had a Zombie Mode that had an adventure aspect to it…" Chiaki noted, "The only thing missing are the hellhounds summoned by lightning bolts and the zombie made of pure energy that flies after you."

"Not helping, Chiaki!" Kazuichi freaked before they heard the sound of ice being made in an instant...and the sounds of the Monokuma on the door side of things were silenced, "...Uh…"

A few knocks went off on the door before it slid open and the trio fell over and onto the snow covered hallway floor. Everyone looked to see Jin sitting on a block of frozen Monokuma as Kirigiri was wiping some oil from his tanto.

"Not bad with that blade," Jin noted.

"Hmph. Still behind by twenty," Kirigiri replied.

"...I will catch up," Jin muttered.

"Jin!"

"Hmm?" Jin raised a brow as he looked over at Tsubaki, "...Oh thank god you're okay…"

"Oh~?" Ibuki raised up from her hiding spot.

"Stop it," Jin and Tsubaki deadpanned in unison.

"Mmm~"

"Jin, what's going on out there?" Tsubaki asked.

"That bitch Junko really is the person behind all the kidnappings. She killed the Steering Committee and learned that Monaka Towa is the one who provided her with the bears," Jin explained.

"She's taken over the systems inside of the building, but Mr. Kisaragi has full permission to freeze it all up to stop her from getting to use them," Kirigiri added before adopting a cold glare at one of the frozen bears, "Lousy little upstart...trying to take over my school and endanger my students…"

"YOU…!" a Monokuma roared, jumping at them with claws out.

"SHUT UP!" Jin and Kirigiri snapped, slashing it into pieces at the same time.

Tsubaki looked back and forth between Jin and Kirigiri before sweatdropping, 'I...I think I found an ancestor for where Jin gets his personality from…'

"Kirigiri, you said you had two more people that were looking into the issue students aside from Yukizome, correct?" Jin asked.

"I did."

"Where are they now?"

"If I had to guess, Juzo…" Kirigiri began before a roar went off, followed by a Monokuma with its face punched in flying by the window, "...is near the school entrance."

"Juzo?"

"The former Ultimate Boxer."

"Tends to think more with his fists than anything?" Jin asked.

"Yep."

"So the male equivalent of Nanaya," Jin muttered.

"...That's...not untrue…" Yukizome admitted, "Wait. How did she take over the systems of the school?"

"More than likely, she's in the control room," Kirigiri replied, "More than likely, she used the connections she had with the committee to get in there before killing them."

"Where's that?" Akane asked.

"In the underground labs," Kirigiri replied.

"What?! But that place is a freakin' maze!"

"No it's not. Ibuki can find hers just find," Ibuki chimed in, "...Wait. Has anyone been able to get into their special lab?"

"..." those who required labs for their talents tried to not look at her.

"Wow. You're all stupid," Ibuki noted.

"OI!" they all snapped.

"Right...Someone get Juzo-san," Tsubaki spoke, "Headmaster, will it be safe for Jin to freeze things down in these labs?"

"Some parts he'll need to be careful in his application to prevent the school from collapsing on us since those are where the support beams are," Kirigiri replied, "Mioda-san, because of Enoshima's interference, the normal ways into the labs are unavailable."

"Huh? Why are you telling Ibuki that?"

"I know you've been using the vents to get into your lab," Kirigiri replied with a stern look, making Ibuki gulp and sweat a little while trying not to look at him.

"Busted…" Hiyoko quietly giggled before hiding behind Yukizome when Kirigi gave her a cursory scolding look.

"A small team will be needed," Tsubaki noted, "Ibuki will need to be in it because she's more than likely the one with the best knowledge of the ventilation system."

"Good idea," Jin nodded.

"Akane and Juzo for heavy hitting, Jin for dealing with any traps, and the headmaster to get access to the control room," Tsubaki noted as Kirigiri nodded.

"Alright!" Akane whooped, "Yo, Teruteru, I needs me a big ol' Fighting Bento!"

"Fighting Bento?" Jin repeated.

"Nothing but meat," Teruteru sighed.

"And make it a deluxe!"

"And one bottle of the steroid soup for emergency."

"...I shouldn't have asked," Jin deadpanned.

---

"...How are you guys able to navigate through here?" Jenny asked as she followed Kibo down a metal hallway.

"The labs used to have special symbols to show which lab belonged to who, but I am guessing the person who had kidnapped me and Iruma-san removed them to keep anyone trying to find them confused and lost," Kibo replied.

"Great…"

"I have a digital map I made through saving images in my head, so I am not lost," Kibo noted.

"Great!" Jenny beamed before she heard footsteps nearby, "...Kibo, stay close."

"?" Kibo blinked as Jenny converted her arm into a blaster, moving along the edge of the wall as she peered near the corner.

"..." Jenny narrowed her eyes before she stepped out, charging her blaster up, "Alright, wh-Ben?"

"Jenny?" Ben blinked, his hand inches away from the Omnitrix.

"Maki? Sempai?" Kibo blinked as he poked his head out.

"Kibo?" the two blinked.

"What are you doing down here?" Ben asked once he lowered his arm.

"I'm looking for the missing students with Kibo's help," Jenny replied as she converted her arm back to normal, "What about you?"

"Same while also looking for Makoto."

"What?! Makoto went missing too?!" Jenny gasped.

"Yup...which is why once we find the mastermind, I'm gonna hit them so hard as Rath, Chuck Norris will be impressed."

"Chuck who?" Jenny asked.

"An American actor said to be on par with Segata Sanshiro," Kibo explained.

"Segata who?"

"We'll introduce you to videos of them later," Ben stated, "Right now, focus."

"Right," Jenny nodded, "You have any ideas where the missing students are?"

"No. All I know from one of those bears we interrogated is that they're in one of the special test labs," Ben answered, "And honestly I'm about ten minutes from just going Armodrillo and digging my way through the place without a care in the world for structural integrity."

"Ahh! M-matte!" Kibo yelped, "I have a digital map that can help narrow down the lab that you mentioned! I am sure we can find the missing students and your friend if we use it!"

"...you sure man?"

"Wh-?! Of course I am sure!" Kibo snapped, "..I was not aware that Ben Tennyson was robophobic, Jenny-san."

"No he's not, Jenny spoke in defense, "He has a few aliens that are like robots."

"Oh...I apologize then, Tennyson-san," Kibo bowed his head.

"It's fine man. Just...please pull that map up so we can hurry and find my girlfriend," Ben sighed.

"Of course." Kibo nodded as his eyes flashed, now displaying a holographic image showing the underground facility, "There are a few special test labs for the students that excel in robotics or inventing to use for their creations."

"Best bet that's one of the labs that makes the freaky bears…" Ben began, "But where would they be able to make a holding cell, let alone one no one notices right away...and can hold My girlfriend...who can bench press an airplane?"

"She has done it before…" Jenny muttered, "Why...no one knows. I think she was just bored."

"No it was my bad. We were having this little couple spat about who was stronger…" Ben explained, "I conceded she's stronger then a lot...but not all my aliens. I'm proud...but thankfully still in a relationship."

"...you are a very complicated person, Ben Tennyson," Maki deadpanned.

"I am literally and figuratively a man of many faces…" Ben replied, "And thankfully...one who has mastered the art of the serious relationship and how to not screw it up...again…" he muttered, "But as you can see...I am very eager to get back my better half."

"...Hold on…" Naegi spoke as he looked at one larger room on the map, "What's this place right here?"

"It was an old stadium room used for theater practice for Roman spectacles...it was put on lockdown after one of the actors got injured," Kibo explained before blinking a bit, "...Wait…of course. It is obvious yet unobvious...it's big enough to hold multiple people, and no one would suspect it."

"Meaning that's where the missing students and Makoto are!" Jenny realized.

"And now I know where to run to and bust down the door with reckless abandon and unneeded amounts of violence." Ben smiled.

"Matte. There could be a…" Maki began before Ben ran off, "...trap..."

"...he does that a lot, doesn't he?" Naegi asked.

"He'll be fine." Jenny replied nonchalantly.

"Yeah but…" Naegi began as a flash went off and explosions and noises of other dangerous traps going off could be heard.

"Watch your step...there are a LOT of bear traps...which has to be painful irony!" Diamondhead shouted back.

"Oh haha! Real punny, mr h-ack!" a Monokuma gagged out as a slicing noise was heard.

"No time! I got a lady to save!" Diamondhead declared.

"Hey that's not how this-GAH!" another one was taken down.

"Pay attention to -BLARGH!" this one was impaled to a wall.

"Oh you outright s-!" another began before its head was split down the middle, "Ahh! I've been bearsected!"

"If you make that into a saucy joke I'm going to blow this place up with exploding diamonds!" Diamondhead shouted as he jogged forward.

"Wait...he can do that?" Naegi asked.

"He can do a lot of things with this one." Jenny explained.

"I am almost afraid to examine it if that is true," Kibo admitted, cautiously stepping away from oen of the leftover diamond shards.

"Boo b-" another Monokuma began as it pounced out from behind the four...until Maki used one of he diamonds to slice its head off, "ACK!"

"...This is really effective," Maki noted as she looked at it, "...I might save it for later…"

"...how about we stay behind Tennyson-san so we can help get the others out?" Naegi suggested.

"Good idea," Kibo and Jenny nodded as the four followed after him.

---

"RAAGH!" a tall muscular man with tanned skin and short dark greenish-grey hair roared as he punched out a Monokuma, "Damn it...I know you're behind this, you bitch…"

"Yup! And thank you so much for keeping us secret~!" one Monokuma laughed as he tried to lunge at him, only to be punched out hard in the face.

"To think...you could've stopped it, but you wanted to keep your whole mancrush a secret!" another mocked.

"Tch…!"

"So now you will die...and he won't be there to s-" another began before they were impaled by a series of ice swords, "AAAGH!"

"...oh f-" one Monokuma began before Akane delivered a drop kick to its face, sending him flying into a group as they all went flying like bowling pins.

"Bullseye!" Akane laughed as she landed, "Check it out, Jinny! I took out more than you!"

"Do not call me that…" Jin scowled as he and Kirigiri walked over, Ibuki following behind them, "Bad enough I get it from Tennyson and his woman...I don't need another to call me that."

"...I'mma still think it."

"Grr…"

"You okay, Juzo?" Kirigiri asked the tall muscular man.

"I am...been holding these damn things off for some time…" Juzo answered, flexing his fingers a bit, "...Please tell me that bitch Enoshima is behind this attack."

"She is…" Jin answered...before narrowing his eyes, "And if what I heard is true, you knew as well…"

"..."

"...But she had blackmail on you about something, so…" Jin began before stabbing his katana into the ground, sending out a large wall of ice that sent some Monokuma flying, "We're going to put an end to her entire operation. Interested?"

"...If it means I can put that bitch in her place…" Juzo began as he cracked his knuckles, "I'm all for it."

"Good, then help me and Owari hold the bears off while we protect Kirigiri and Mioda."

"Countin' on ya, Jinjin!" Ibuki cheered on.

"Woman I will end you!" Jin snapped.

"Do you allow anyone to call you nicknames?"

"Not if I can help it...I just can't beat Tennyson into submission is all. Lord knows if I tried the same with his woman...she'd hand me my ass…"

"...I can totally see it," Akane admitted as she kicked away a Monokuma.

"Just focus on the damn bears."

"...Problem with that…" Akane began as she pointed behind the ice wall, revealing a huge army of Monokuma with various weapons marching forth.

"Alright men! Give them no quarter! Make them all see despair or kill 'em trying!" a monokuma in a general's outfit declared.

"Sir yes sir!"

"...Junko must've seen this coming," Kirigiri frowned, "She's trying to make a wall to prevent us from advancing."

"She can hold us back for a while...but if I know one thing for certain. Tennyson has already rushed in headfirst...ramming down every door in his path like a mad man with no brains. And he won't slow down till he's saved each and every person he can...and even then...it'll only be so he can annoy Junko into insanity...or further into insanity, and then defeat her in a painfully ironic way that will leave her broken or obsessed with him like one of his many stalkers." Jin explained.

"I'm honestly hoping she ends up breaking…" Juzo growled.

"Sadly I've been around enough lunatics to know...it's almost never the first option." Jin sighed, "Tennyson has billionaires, former heroes turned evil, arms dealers and if I believe it...Lovecraftian Elder gods that despise him."

"Oh Ibuki has to remember that last one for a song," Ibuki whispered.

"Whoever kills the most bears...get to beat the mad woman after Tennyson drags her out." Jin spoke up simply.

"I'm game," Juzo grinned.

"Same her!" Akane added, an almost feral look on her face as she pulled the soup for her bento, "That bitch is gonna rue the day she messed with my friends and take Coach Nekomaru!"

"When we give you an opening, you and Mioda rush for the entrance to the labs," Jin said to Kirigiri as Akane chugged her soup and bulked up from it.

"Are you certain with these numbers?"

"...I've faced Tennyson in his cloning alien forms...I'm visualising his face on them...this will be...cathartic by proxy." Jin smirked.

"...funny…." Juzo began as he held his fists up, standing in a boxing stance, "I'm imagining that bitch Enoshima's face on them."

"...you two have issues," Akane blurted as the wall began to break down, "...but I am not complaining!"

"Ikuzo…" Jin ordered before the three charged.

"CHARGE!" the lead Monokuma ordered as the army of Monokuma charged forth.

---

"RAAAGH!" Diamondhead roared as he charged into a large barely lit room, "Okay...everything seems clear…"

"..I am detecting multiple heat signatures," Kibo spoke as he and Jenny peered in, "Yes...the others must be in here."

"I'll provide us some light," Jenny offered as her eyes flashed, letting some light into the room as she looked around...and soon spotted the missing students, their heads down while lockign into what looked like podium seats, "There they are."

"Everyone's here…" Naegi whispered as he and Maki hurried in, "Sayaka, Leon, Fujisaki...everyone in my and Maki's classes...and the other missing student's from Chiaki's class."

"..." Diamondhead jogged forward as he looked around for the one person who personally mattered most to him, "...Damn it...where is she?"

=Oh you''ll find out soon enough~= Junko's voice chirped out.

"?!" the five tensed before the lights turned on, revealing that they were standing in what looked like an arena with a large monitor looming above them, Junko staring down at them with that ever psychotic smile of hers.

=Hello, Ben 10~= Junko greeted =Funny to see you here. What? Was class just as boring to you too~?=

"Okay Junko...what's the game here?" he sighed, flashing back to Ben, "I know how this game goes. You have an edge over me, you have the person I want most of all in the world. You have an evil plan that you worked out to the tenth level of stupid math, and you don't plan to listen to reason and just stop this so we can all go home."

=Wow...right to the point. No teasing, no foreplay, no nothing...that poor girlfriend of yours=

"You don't know what we do together!" Ben laughed, "But seriously, where's Makoto?"

=Oh don't worry. You'll find out soon enough= Junko assured =Just need to get the audience ready=

"Audience?" Naegi repeated before a pair of metal claws grabbed him and Maki and dragged them into a pair of empty seats in their respective classes, "Ahh!"

"Wh-?!" Jenny began before she and Kibo were pulled into another set of empty seats, "Ahh!"

=Funny how magnets and Plumber tech can work when the right hands are used= Junko giggled as a pair of speakers were lowered down to the unconscious students =Shame the hypnosis was temporary for a few, but...oh they'll soon follow the light fully...ahem. HEY FUCKTARDS WAKE UP!=

"GAH! FUCKING HELL!" Mondo exclaimed as he shot his head up.

"I didn't do it!" Hagakure yelped as he woke up.

"You know you could have just shone a light on the seats…" Ben replied.

=Where's the fun in that?=

"It's practical…" Ben shrugged with a smirk.

=Oh you'll be taking this serious soon Ben~=

"Hey!" Ben snapped, "Only Makoto get's to say my name like that!" he spoke ruining the mood even further, "I'm sorry that was rude. You were in the middle of evil Monologue Number 43...continue."

=...Know what? I was gonna wait until Tsumugi and Mukuro got the cameras ready for everyone on Earth to see, but…= Junko began as a panel opened up in the floor =I may as well show you your opponent~=

"?" Ben raised a brow as a figure was lifted up from the hole in the floor...revealing it to be Makoto in her Proto-Armor. Only...the acorn color was replaced with a faded white and black as she wore that helmet over her head, "?!"

=Yeah….what better way to make the universe's greatest hero fall into despair...then by having him fight his sweetheart~?= Junko smirked =Oh and btdubs? Don't even try and take that helmet or collar off. The moment anything tries to mess with it aside from myself and her-which I highly doubt she can-...boom. Her pretty little head explodes, so if you want to save everyone...you. Will. Have. To. Kill her~=

"?!" Most of the student's eyes widened at that.

"Aahhh…" Ben sighed, making most everyone blink, "Okay...let's go."

=Wh-what! What reaction is that!? Don't you care?! I'm making you fight the love of your life!=

"And you're talking like you already won." Ben countered, "Come on, Makoto. She said you can take it off, so…"

=Oh...heh. You had me worried a bit there. But...if you want to see her pretty face so bad…= Junko began as a pair of claws lowered down, taking off the helmet but leaving the collar on, Makoto's head looking down as her eyes were shadowed over =Here you go~=

"...M...Makoto?" Jenny spoke from her seat, "Are...you okay?"

"..."

"...Come on, Babe. Say something a-" Ben began as he approached her.

"Don't touch me, you filthy human," Makoto whispered, her voice cold and empty as she lifted her head up...revealing her once hazel eyes now a menacing red, swirls being seen within them.

"You brainwashed her?" Ben asked slowly, his voice dropping in pitch as he said so.

=In a way. I just showed her the glory that is despair= Junko answered= And oh ho she was a bit of a fighter at first! But then...somewhere down the middle she started whispering and shouting 'No...st...stay away from me...I...I don't want to be another slave for you sick humans'...or something like that. Man...she must have had one fucked up childhood if she said something like that!=

"Alright then...if that's the game." Ben slapped the Omnitrix just as Makoto charged and punched at him, her fist hitting nothing. Everyone blinked as ReBoot teleported behind her while in a thinking pose. He shook his head as he teleported around rapidly till it looked like he was in a dozen places all at once.

=Hey hey wait! I didn't even start the cameras yet!= Junko shouted before she was whispered something from someone offscreen =Wait...w-we're live? Oh..oh! Ahem! Greetings people of Earth! I am Junko, the Ultimate Despair...and you are about to see your greatest hero Ben 10 fall into despair in a Mortal Kombat style match...against his lady love~! And even if-and it's a BIG if- he could take the bomb off her neck..it's too late. She's already succumbed to glorious despair, so he will have no choice but to kill her either way!=

='Scuse me= ReBoot spoke, appearing next to her =Mind if I use your computer? I need to stretch my legs= he spoke as everyone looked back and forth between him and the dozen clones keeping Makoto distracted =No? Okay thanks Blondie~= he laughed jumping down and vanishing.

=?! Wh...h...what just happened?!= Junko exclaimed.

"ReBoot is an alien made of Electrical Data given sentience and DNA form." Jenny explained, "To him time moves so slow, he's probably been thinking for a whole day now. And he can control any and all forms of non-sentient technology."

"He can do that?!" Naegi snapped in shock.

"Yes…" Jenny nodded.

=Wow! You have got a lot of creepy fanfic in here…= ReBoot's voice laughed =It's...it's very naughty...wow you need help lady...and I mean of the romantic kind...yeesh…=

"...Seriously, what the fuck did we miss?!" a female student in a pink uniform and steampunk goggles exclaimed.

"It's...a bit of a long story, Iruma-san," Kibo explained.

=Wow how much Bear data do you need...lets see Delete...Delete...Delete that...Oh definitely deleting that! No more fake panda's already...they aren't even cute like real Pandas. I mean have you seen one? They are adorable, maybe if you did more of that then focusing on this weird despair boner, you'd be able to get a boyfriend= ReBoot rambled.

=HEY! HEY! That's personal, you living computer virus!=

=Not anymore...share...share...and delete that, and this...oh hello? Despair Video file, secret weapon, key to master plan?= he spoke, =Ohohoho you really should name things better~=

=...No. Don't you dare...don't...you….dare…= Junko snarled out.

=Too late!= he laughed appearing behind her again, he then held up his hand showing a mass of data =Wow...this is nice. Would be a real shame if someone…= he made it into a cube shape and began messing with it like a rubix cube =Ruined it forever~= he sang out in an auto tuned voice as he held it up as it fizzled and sparkled before fading away.

=NO HO~! MUKURO, THIS IS YOUR FAULT YOU WOODEN PLANK SLUT!=

=Oh by the way...I erased all similar and even closely similar files from the internet and every private computer in...the galaxy for good measure!= ReBoot laughed =And yes...I am that fast in the internet, and yes I can do that all while being here at the same time!=

=You...you…!= Junko began...before she began to laugh in an unsettling manner =Upu...upupupupupupu…=

=Eh?=

=This is what it feels like...the despair of failing a well calculated plan...the despair of your life's work going down the drain….the despair of losing...it...it feels…= Junko began as she began to laugh =WONDERFUL~!=

=You are Joker levels of weird...oh no...don't tell me I'm your Batman…" he sighed in a tired and disgusted tone.

=Oh I wish! I'm more of a…= Junko began as she got up...and began to swing her metal bat at him =HARLEY QUINN!= she cackled as she repeatedly swung at him, missing each time...and never once stopped.

=Okay, good night crazy lady= he replied as he became intangible and let her miss again, he then became solid before he snapped his fingers, a small mallet made of light formed over her head before it bonked her, and made her fall down =Hey you creepy one, yeah you, come here…= he waved his finger to beckon someone over =Don't try to run. I'm literally already waiting at every exit you can take, even the vents=

=...I am not creepy= Mukuro's voice spoke as she walked in from the sides.

=And I can tell you are hiding a dagger waiting to strike at me= ReBoot countered as he became intangible =But spoiler...I'm made of data and light...so lets make this simple...cuff yourself and crazy, go topside, and I'll make sure you just get sent to juvie while we lock her up with the other crazies=

=...She was right about one thing…= Mukuro bean before looking over, seeing Makoto still trying to strike at ReBoot's clones =Your lover is so deep in despair after seeing that video and suffering ptsd….it is impossible to pull her back up from that abyss. In truth...when I heard her sobbing...I felt guilty about what my sister has done to her...=

=...What did she say exactly?= ReBoot asked.

=...Near the end, she said she despised humans...even those she once saw as her friends, claiming that their love for her was all lies….that no one can ever love or be friends with a Beastkin=

=...She's thankful I'm the better human being…= ReBoot whispered, glaring down at the unconscious Junko =Wait...Video. You mean the one I just took?=

=Yes but...you destroyed it=

=Oh honey...no...Computers don't work that way, I was lying= he replied in a condescending tone =I just took all of them, compressed them and ate them. It's literally in my virtual belly=

=How can you...why did you say that then?=

=That's how this works. The good guy beats the bad guy...without doing something totally stupid= he went on =I figured it be important, so I began decoding it to see what it did and how it did it. Yeah...this form makes me smart, but time moves so SLOW! So I try not to use it=

=...=

=Oh and uh…= ReBoot began, looking amongst the crowd of students before settling on Ryota Mitarai =Ultimate Animator dude...I found what was left of that hope video you were trying' to make...man that psycho witch really tried to delete every trace of it...hope you don't mind if I borrow it real quick=

"...N-no. I don't," Mitarai replied.

=...what are you planning?= Mukuro asked

=Might sound cheesy, but if despair is what put her into this...then I need to remind her of all the good times we had...to remind her who she really is...remind her about the people who love her= ReBoot answered.

=...Provided you can get her to stand still and watch=

=Oh trust me. If anyone knows how much stamina Makoto has...it's me!= he chuckled, earning a few stares, =Ehem...n-not like that…=

"Could've fooled me…" Iruma muttered.

"No tact what so ever..." Byakua muttered.

=Okay, first= at that, the ReBoot after images freed everyone of any restraints and helped them stand before vanishing as quickly as they appeared =Second!= at that, the after images began moving around Makoto before boxing her in as two grabbed her arms and used them to force her to her knees to pin her in place. =And Third, splice the despair video, find all the key parts, use the Hope video as an anti-virus, counter all that, splice it back to the Hope Video...and Boom! Hope Video Dos Point O."

"Raagh! Let me out!" Makoto snapped as she freed her arms and banged against the 'box', "You goddamn humans are all the same...you really want to enslave us Beastkin like filthy animals! Well when I get out...we…!"

=I mean technically I'm not human, Eighty percent of the time, trust me I do the math= ReBoot spoke as he appeared in front of Makoto =You know that's wrong anyway. You have Noel, Tsubaki, Mai, kinda Kajun…=

"No...you lie...that video Junko showed me...she showed me what humans truly can be like...which is why she's right. Despair is the only thing you damn humans will learn!" Makoto barked.

=No...that's not Makoto talking. That's the video closing your mind, making you sleep and forget all the things you know and believe. Putting a fake voice in your ear, making the girl I love say things she doesn't even believe let alone mean. How would your mother react to this, young lady?= he taunted, forming a screen in his hands he expanded and held up to her face, =You know this is bullshit. It's hypnotism nonsense, but this...this will let you break free of that, Makoto...it's me...Ben...if you...the real you can hear me...make yourself look...please…=

"..." Makoto said nothing as she focused on the screen..which soon began to play some clips, "...These are...some of the moments I've shared with you and my f...no...it..it's a lie...you…"

=Remember this one? This is after we dealt with Billy…= ReBoot pointed at an image of Ben and Makoto at a laser tag arcade =Heh...seriously you could not aim for spit...but you were sneaky with the close range shots=

"You always believed me when I pretended to give up…" Makoto spoke.

=Yup...and this one…= Reboot began as another image showed, this time showing Makoto and her friends in Team Remix Heart running away from what looked like a mutant gerbil with robotic parts =Oh remember this one? Kamikaze made a GerbilBot to try and steal RB from Noel and sicced it on you guys…he even made a SquirrelBot=

"...He should not have angered me or Noellie…" Makoto muttered before shaking her head, "No...I...st….stop it…"

=And recall this? You and I got into an all you can eat competition...one you challenged me at to see if you could beat Upchuck= he pointed at another image.

"Stop...it…!"

=And this one? This is the day after the Invasion...you actually looked kinda pretty in that dress Noel picked out for you=

"..." Makoto said nothing as tears began to form in her eyes.

=And here's an important one for both of us…= Reboot began as another image popped up...showing Ben and Makoto looked out at space =When we both confessed after Azmuth saved us from that pod Attea and her pops put us in=

"...Please…" Makoto whispered.

=You are not weak...you would not take that girl's crap lying down. My Makoto...the Makoto I fell in love with, whom means more to me, whom I refused to lose so much I pushed every ounce of anger I had down just to focus on saving you the way you'd want me to...with this stupid smile...you think is kinda cute=

"..."

=And right now...I miss your smile the most...that bright sunshine filled smile that brightens up my day...that makes me happy whenever I feel down. That smile...that helped cement my love for you…I hate seeing you like this. I hate the idea you could actually have given up, my Makoto never gives up. Never. You are the one person in this world whom when you give me that angry glare, I'm afraid for my life, cause I can let myself feel weak around you=

"..." Makoto began to let out a ragged breath, her lips quivering as her tears never stopped flowing, her eyes beginning to slowly change from the menacing red to their normal hazel color as the swirls within them began to vanish.

=Also you have your friends that care about you...back home…= ReBoot paused as he motioned to some of the students of Hope's Peak that we're watching =And here...and they care as much for you=

"...H...he's right!" Hina called out, wiping the tears form her own eyes, "Mako-chan, that night you me and Akane-chan had when we pigged out on donuts was an amazing night!"

"Y...yeah! And let's not forget that match you and Ryoma had!" Kaitoh added as a small student with a candy cigarette in his mouth turned away, "You wanted to prove that Lacross or whatever was just as good as Tennis was!"

"...She was very adamant about it," Ryoma muttered, "But...it kinda showed I still have a ways to go."

"Don't forget me, Makoto!" Jenny called out, tears forming in her own eyes, "Makoto...when I first woke up here in the present, I...I felt so lost...I felt like I had no one...but you...you, Noel, Mai and the others..you accepted me with opened arms and were there for me. You...you girls became my best friends and….and it pains me to see you act that way."

=Come on Makoto...break free...please come back to us= ReBoot begged.

"..." Makoto began to pant, her arms shaking as she looked down, her tears growing more and more. Within a matter of moments, she reached up for the collar around her neck, gripping it hard as she began to crush it in her grip and tore it off, tossing the remains to the floor just as the 'box' around her banished, ReBoot changing back to Ben as he quickly caught her into a hug, "Please….please...don't...don't ever let me go there again...don't...don't ever leave me…"

"I promise...hey hey...it's okay!" Ben spoke quickly as he tightened his grip, "I'm here. I'll always be here, and even for the small moments I'm not...I'm always gonna be running home to you."

Makoto let out a whimpering sob, not once leaving his embrace as she rested her head on his shoulder, her tears staining his school uniform, "I love you...I love you so much, Ben…"

"I love you too...it's okay...you're safe...cry it out." he whispered softly in reassurance, patting her head as he held her close, "God we're gonna need another vacation after this…"

"...h...hai…" Makoto squeaked out, her tail wrapping around them both.

---

"..." Mukuro said nothing as she watched the tender moment play out, a lone tear dripping down her cheek.

"Junko Enoshima…!" Rook's voice called as he kicked down the door, his Proto-Tool out in rifle form "You are under arrest f…" he stopped when he noticed Junko unconscious on the floor, "..."

"Ben...Ben Tennyon did it." Mukuro explained awkwardly, "How...but…?" she looked down at the downed Junko, "...How was he able to pull someone from that deep in despair?"

"I believe you overestimated this concept of Despair your sister is so...profoundly fond of…" Rook countered, "Ben has faced overwhelming odds, and come back from them. He has saved the world from maniacs and lunatics who refuse to accept defeat. He has come back from total loss still as kind and as heroic as ever. Ben does not feel despair, he does not admit defeat, he is a Hero, and to Ben...a Hero just stops the bad guy and always wins."

"...Hope…" Mukuro whispered, looking back at the screen as she looked at Naegi checking on the others, "...Naegi once told me to not give up on hope...that hope can help push us through...that it can help people find the light in things...perhaps...he had a point."

"It is often the last one you expect to make sense," Rook argued, "I mean I never expected Ben to be so inspiring at times."

"...Fine...then he wins," Mukuro sighed, holding her wrist up, "I wish to atone for my sins...the sins I helped my sister cause."

"Well I believe that can be arranged with some time served and good behavior." Rook smiled, pulling out a set of cuffs, which he put on Mukuro, before he cuffed Junko...twice, and then twice around her ankles.

"...You might want to put a warning out for Tsumugi Shirogane, the Ultimate Cosplayer," Mukuro added, "She is almost like the Ultimate Imposter...minus the weight issue to the point she becomes the character themselves, even other people if necessary."

"I think I am going to have to call in someone with special skills for that one." Rook admitted, "Either way, let us proceed, to a as they say 'Looney Bin' for your sister."

"...Let me ask this just as we are leaving…" Mukuro began as Rook picked up Junko, "How were you able to survive the bomb that was around your neck?"

"...Believe it or not, it was your sister's partner Izuru," Rook answered, "He took it off my neck just before it exploded."

"...And where is he?"

"That...should probably be concerning…" Rook realized, "He just muttered something and...left…what if..."

"HELLO!" Ibuki shouted as she poked her head out from the upper vent in the room, "Ibuki is here t…" she paused when she saw Rook and Mukuro looking at her, "..."

"Honestly, Mioda...maybe you should've jinxed the school's cheerleading squad with the amount of ener…" Kirigiri began as he walked in...before he noticed Junko and Mukuro, "..."

"...Before you ask, Ben Tennyson managed to defeat her," Mukuro answered their unasked question.

"As was expected." Rook added, "'Was not a question of If...only When' is how I have learned to bet on Ben."

"...Mmm. Ibuki wanted to see an epic showdown or climax," Ibuki pouted as she slipped out of the vent, Kirigiri moving past her as he went to the computer.

"Where is it...the controls for those damn bears should be in here…" Kirigiri muttered as he looked through the files.

"Ben Tennyson used one of his forms to delete all things relating to theo monokumas," Mukuro stated.

"...If that's true, then why are they still converging on the school?"

"...?!" Mukuro's eyes widened a bit, "Monaka Towa…"

"...Of course….she created the robotic bears, so she would have control over them for Junko should she be unavailable," Kirigiri realized with a frown, "...Meaning she's hiding somewhere above the surface."

"The job is never done…" Rook sighed.

---

"HA!" Akane shouted as she axekicked a Monokuma hard in the head on the school grounds above the labs, her clothes a bit torn and her skirt shredded up with her body normal from the soup wearing off, "Heh...that's 35 for me."

"Damn it...she's catching up…" Jin sighed as he sliced down another, "39…"

"40…" Juzo spoke, jamming a Monokuma's clawed arm into its face before punching it hard, sending the claw piercing right through, "Damn it...what's keeping Kirigiri? These damn things should've shut off by now!" he snapped as he tossed the Monokuma into a pile of them, letting it explode and take them out with it.

"Something must be wrong…" Jin spoke, spinning around as he dropped to one knee, he swung with his sword as he continued spinning around, moving forward step by step while constantly balancing on one knee with each spin, before rising back to his feet, he sheathed his sword, and with the click of its guard, multiple Monukuma's suddenly stopped as gashes formed in their bodies, the gashes forming large spikes of ice which tore them apart from the inside out, "By now...I'm sure Tennyson has won...so why are these stupid robots still rampaging!?"

"Beats me! I'm just pounding away a-why are they stopping?" Akane blinked when she noticed the Monokumas stopping in their advance, "...did...did we win?"

"...no. something is u-" Juzo began before the ground shook a bit, causing the three to nearly lose their footing, "?!"

"Oh now what?!" Kazuichi yelled as he opened the window, "Tell me you guys didn't...blow...up…" he slowly stopped as he noticed something approaching in the distance, "...AHHHHHHHHHHH~~~~~~!-!-!-!-!"

"Kazuichi, what are you freaking out ab-" Tsubaki began as Peko and Gundham helped carry her over...before her own eyes widened at what she saw, "?!"

Approaching the school and towering over the entire city was a Monokuma...a massive one wearing a kingly garb with a large crown on its head, carrying a royal scepter in one hand as it came to a halt.

"Behold, oh mere peasants...it is I! Your king...Big Bang Monokuma!"

"All hail the king!" all the Monokuma that were still functioning declared as they bowed.

"Oh fuck my life…" Jin said simply.

"I...don't think I can punch that…" Akane spoke slowly with an awkward chuckle.

"The fuck was this thing hiding at?!" Juzo snapped.

"TENNYSON!" Jin shouted, "Get out here...I need you to be an overcompensating showoff!" He swung his sword forming a giant ice wall the size of a glacier to protect them, only for it to shatter from a single swing of Big Bang Monokuma's scepter.

=Oh don't worry about him. Big Sis Junko made it so he can't get out of that lab= a voice spoke as a monitor appeared on Big Bang Monokuma's stomach, showing a young girl with short dark-green hair almost resembling cucumbers, her green eyes showing swastika marks in them.

"...Tch. Of course it would be you..that damn brat from the other day," Jin scowled, "Monaka Towa…"

=Yup! I'm big sis Junko's backup backup plan should things fall off the deep end!= Monaka giggle =And I am here to punish you naughty devil adults for trying to punish me and my friends...and for trying to take down big sis=

"...Sensei?" Tsubaki spoke as she looked at Yukizome.

"She's one of the students from the elementary school...I...I had heard she and four classmates of hers attempted suicide..." she answered.

=But Big Sis Junko stopped us and told us how important we are...We are gonna be the Warriors of Hope for all children kind!= Monaka declared =And we will save them all from the likes of evil nasty adults!=

"I'll admit I'm kind of an ass, but I'm not evil…" Jin muttered.

"Least you can die admitting that!" Akane spoke with a grin.

"Begone! Big Bang Smite!" the giant Monokuma spoke, swinging down on them, Jin formed another wall of ice but it barely slowed it down. Everyone cringed...but nothing happened.

"Wha…?" Jin opened his eyes only to flinch as a bright golden light shone in front of him...the figure holding the scepter up...with a single hand.

The figure turned to face Jin, blue eyes shining through as they stared into his. The light began to slowly fade revealing it was a man...clad in armor. A black body suit covered his entire body, segmented golden armor covered his legs with streaks of silver and glowing blue accents. The armor formed up around his torso, as it linked to large shoulder guards that spiked outwards. His arms covered in spiked armor, and his gloves covered in golden armor plates along the back of his hands and fingers. His helmet was different, it seemed to be shaped like that of a Wolf, the 'jaw' of the helmet sealed off with a golden mouth guard with glowing blue accents, two wings of metal blades formed along the sides of the helmet, as two spikes atop his head acted as the wolf ears. The blue accents shone as he grunted and pushed the scepter away...making the Big Bang Monokuma...stumble back and lose its balance.

"What...is...that…?" Jin asked slowly as the figure cracked its knuckles.

"?! Masaka…" Gundham whispered, looking down from the window as he stared at the new figure, "It..it cannot be...I had thought he was a myth."

"Gundham?" Tsubaki blinked.

"Who dares to defy the king!?" Big Bang Monokuma snapped.

"Waga na wa...GARO!" the armored man snapped, "Ougon Kishi...Garo!" He held his arm out as he summoned a blade out of thin air, the handle was made of overlapping layers of gold and blue, with a large circular golden guard with blue lines forming a diamond pattern in the center, a long broadsword blade with blue lines extended out a length of 3 feet.

"Garo…" Tsubaki repeated.

"Oi Oi...humans are seeing us." a Hologram formed next to Garo in the shape of a skull with sharp fangs and armor forming around the sides of its face and forming a 'beard' under its chin, "You know the rules kid, Mortals aren't allowed to know."

"I'll deal with it later, Zaruba." Garo replied, "Besides...who'd believe in magic anyway?" he jumped forward and swung his sword, cutting off Big Bang Monokuma's entire arm which held the Scepter.

"AHH! MY FUCKING ARM!"

"One swing…" Jin whispered as everyone awed at the power behind this Garo.

"What is he?" Tsubaki asked, turning to Gundham once more, "Do you know of this...person?"

"O-only of a legend…" he explained, "A Golden Knight...who takes up a sword and fights the sins of humanity given form. Garo is his name, a Makai Knight…"

"Makai Knight?" Jin asked as Garo jumped around, toying with Big Bang Monokuma while swinging back and slashing into the giant. His sword cutting through as if the robot was made of paper.

"I thought it was just a legend...a Knight who fights demons while clad in golden armor…" Gundham admitted, "A Knight whose own name means Hope."

=Hope?! No no no! That's not fair!= Monaka whined out =I am a Warrior of Hope! I am here to punish you evil adults under big sis Junko's name!=

"I won't let that stand...no matter what kind of human...I won't let them die." Garo spoke, "I am the Protector of Humanity, I will carry on the hopes of those who have come before and those who have fallen. You speak of hope, but you don't know what it truly means!" he held up his sword, "Hope is to never give up and fight on, you just talk of revenge and pain. If you think that's hope...then you don't know it's true meaning. Or rather...you don't want to, puppetmaster in training."

=...=

"...What does he mean?" Juzo asked.

"...I should've realized it when she whispered those words to me the other day," Jin scowled, "She's faking innocence and playing the victim...no. In truth...she's just as fucked up as Enoshima is..."

=...Upuppupu...phoo…= Monaka chuckled with a pout =You caught me...since the others aren't here, I may as well say it...yup. I want to help spread the glorious word of despair like big sis Junko...papa didn't like I used his company to produce my Monokumas...good thing he's no longer of this world=

"Why…?" Garo asked as he stabbed his sword into the ground, doing so causing the ground to crater down greatly, "Why do people use such meaningless excuses to hurt each other…?" he growled.

"Oi Garo...Garo...Kuon!" Zaruba called out to him.

"I'm going to knock some sense into you…" Garo spoke, cracking his knuckles just by closing his hands into fists. He suddenly jumped forward as he punched Big Bang Monokuma...and tore a massive hole through its head.

"AHH! HE TORE A HOLE IN THE KING'S HEAD!" the Monokuma's freaked out, "HE'S A ONE PUNCH MAN!"

"Grrr…" Garo grunted as he floated down and grabbed Big Bang Monokuma around his back, "Just because your hurt...doesn't mean you have any right to hurt others...I won't allow that…" he growled as he leaned back and began pulling the giant up and back as he tilted back, "ORA!" he shouted, lifting Big Bang Monokuma up and swinging him over...to slam it headfirst into the ground, its body crumpling under its own weight and force of Garo's suplex.

"...awesome~" Akane awed in amazement.

Garo landed before them as he looked up, a loud roar came from his helmet as he growled at all the other Monokumas.

"...I believe this is the perfect moment to quote Monty Python…" one Monokuma spoke...before they all began to run away as fast their stubby legs could carry them, "RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!"

Garo held his hand out as his sword flew back into it. He marched forward before swinging his sword, sending out a blue wave of light, it gently washed over the people present. But once it hit a Monokuma...they all stopped and fell over.

"...What….what just happened?" Fuyuhiko asked he and the other students in Yukizome's class watched what had transpired from the window.

Garo said nothing as he lowered his sword and turned to leave. As he walked past the destroyed school gates, he stopped for a moment, his back turned as Izuru stared at him, "..."

"So...in the end hope has won…" Izuru noted, as if speaking with him, "...Perhaps...life isn't as boring after all…"

"Life is only boring when you give up on it." Garo spoke, "Fight...move...live, if you move forward with every ounce of conviction, then even in the darkest of moments, hope sparks and shines. If not for yourself...then live for the sake of others...and carry their hope. Isn't that what it means to be a human? You're weak...so you must rely on one another."

"..." Izuru said nothing as he took that info in, seeing Garo resume walking away, "...Rely on one another…"

"Tsubaki…" Jin began.

"Yes…"

"What the hell...was that?" he asked in a tone of shock and awe.

"I…I don't know…"

---

"Okay…" Kibo began as he and Jenny stepped back, lowering their arms, "The door should be easier to knock down now…"

"Perfect…" a large burly student in a blue track uniform grinned as he cracked his neck, "Ready, Gonta?"

"If it means getting friends out, then yes Nekomaru-senpai...but..what if we squish bugs on outside?" Gonta asked.

"...I think I saw one of those Monowhatevers stomp on a ladybug," Ben spoke, carrying a sleeping Makoto in his arms.

"?!" Gonta's eyes widened at that...before a wild look appeared in them, "WHAT?!"

"And now he's motivated." Ben replied.

"Uh...You do re-" Hagakure began before he was dogpiled on, "Ahh!"

"Shh! Keep your mouth shut!" Kaito hissed, "...That doubles for you too, Kokichi!"

"I wasn't thinking it," Kokichi spoke.

"Yes, you were," most of the students deadpanned.

"Even I know not to anger a gentle giant like dear Gonta," a female student with long blonde hair and an almost royal air to her added.

"The door, please, my good friends?" Ben changed the subject as he adjusted Makoto a bit so it was easier to carry her.

"OF COURSE!" Nekomaru roared out as he and Gonta charged, shoulder checking the door hard as it flew off outside.

"...You truly have made some...interesting friends here, Ben," Rook noted.

"Yeah...and I'm glad they are okay," Ben smiled, "Thankfully that Hope Video Dos Point O I made clears up any hidden brainwashing, too. Can't be too careful with crazy."

"..." Mitarai said nothing as he hung his head in shame, "...I should never have shown her that video…"

"...Hey. It wasn't your fault," Naegi spoke, earning his attention, "None of us expected Junko to...well be…"

"A psychopath?" Byakuya suggested.

"Well yeah b-"

"A crazy bitch?" Mondo added.

"That too a-"

"A pathetic excuse for a human being that got off lucky?" Maki asked, the Diamond she had picked up crafted into a dagger as she gave the unconscious Junko a death glare.

"Wh-what I'm trying to say is your video still helped out in the end, Ryota!" Naegi exclaimed, "Hope can truly be a powerful thing...Hope is what led me and Maki to finding you and the others. Hope is what saved us all in the end...Hope is what snapped Nanaya-san back to normal. Your hope video truly has saved us all, Ryota...so don't give up on what you believed. Don't give up on that dream of yours."

"..." Mitarai took that info in as he held his head down, sniffled a bit before wiping some tears away, "H...hai...I'll...try and continue on."

"Nice job, man," Ben noted as they all began to step outside.

"It...It wasn't that good," Naegi sheepishly chuckled.

"No, I mean it. You might not have any talent for say...crazy action movie nonsense," Ben muttered as Makoto nuzzled up against him, "But...you know these crazy guys well, 'cause they are your friends. And you could lead them, make sure they don't get out of hand...or, heck, stop nonsense like this from happening again."

"...You really think so?"

"I think you're way smarter at this Hope thing then I am,"Ben chuckled, "I mean I'm a good leader when things go bad, the world is in total danger, or the doodoo has hit the fan. But outside of that...Oh, I am not a leader of men. That's all Tsubaki," he laughed, "But you, man...I don't know, you got something that keeps all this crazy together, like a beacon or something…in fact...I think I know what your Ultimate talent really is..."

"Eh?"

"Yeah...Ultimate Hope."

"...Ultimate Hope…" Naegi whispered just as some Plumbers ships flew overhead.

"And there's the backup I managed to call on before me and Kibo went down into the labs," Jenny noted.

"...A bit irrelevant now in a way," Kibo muttered, looking on at the school grounds covered in ice and Monokumas...and the now busted Big Bang Monokuma.

"Oh, so now you arrive!" Jin snapped, making Ben stumble before his new friends helped him regain his balance and not drop Makoto.

"What...what happened?!" Ben asked in concern as Hina covered Makoto's ears to block out his shouting.

"Well, first the Robots didn't stop..." Jin explained.

"Okay so that part turned out right…" Ben muttered to the others.

"Then a giant one appeared!" Jin shouted, pointing to Big Bang Monokuma, "Then...and I can't believe I'm saying this...but...a Hero showed up and saved all our skins…"

"He's right…" Tsubaki spoke, Peko helping her over as she used a crutch to help stand, "A hero by the name of Garo came and fought off that giant Monokuma...but we learned it was being remote controlled, so we have no idea on where Monaka Towa is right now."

"Yeah...He came and stopped the robot, but couldn't gift wrap the brat for us." Akane sighed, holding her arms out only to blink as she caught a tied up Monaka, "?"

"...I'm not even gonna bother to ask…" Jin sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"What the?" Ben looked around as did everyone else.

Naegi then gasped as he pointed up at Garo standing on higher ground. But as soon as the others turned to look...he vanished into thin air.

"...Nevermind," Jin groaned just as one of the ships landed.

"Well…It seems we missed the party," Max noted as he stepped out, "Funny...I managed to bring Ragna along to help."

"So I didn't have to do jack…" Ragna spoke from the ship, "...Good. I can continue my day off without the usual crazy….wait..." he poked his head out to see the piles of Monokuma and big Bang Monokuma, "...The fuck did we miss?!"

"Brother...you haven't even a single clue…" Jin spoke up.

"The hell does that mean?!" Ragna snapped, "And who the heck are all those weirdos?!"

"Uh...our friends," Ben and Tsubaki muttered.

"Acquaintances…" Jin muttered.

"Minus this one," Rook added, holding up the unconscious Junko.

"Let me guess...little know it all with an insane plan?" Max asked.

"Underselling it…" Jin sighed.

"She was the one who kidnapped the students, hypnotized Makoto and tried to have me fight her to the death in an attempt to make me fall to despair," Ben explained.

"...That explains that broadcast from earlier," Max muttered before looking at Mukuro, "...and this one?"

"Her sister, whom helped her with her plans...and wishes to atone for the sins I have caused," Mukuro answered.

"...Peko...Jin...hold me back." Tsubaki spoke, her eyes narrowed.

"Why?" many of them asked.

"Because I want to wring her neck...for what she did to my best friend." Tsubaki explained as Jin panicked, caught, and picked her up before she could move forward.

"...To be more precise, it was all her," Mukuro explained, pointing at Junko, "She even made her suffer PTSD while making her convert to despair…"

"Give the statement somewhere else! Read the room woman!" Jin snapped, dragging Tsubaki back as she tried to pounce at Junko, despite her injuries and wounds.

"Oh boy...This...is gonna be a day," Max sighed as some Plumber agents took Junko from Rook and began to take her off to one of the ships, Mukuro following behind them, "Ben, Jin...take Makoto and Tsubaki to the med ship. After this...you kids are gonna need some down time."

"I found most of this trip cathartic, sir...I am good to get back to work…" Jin grunted, dragging Tsubaki away.

"After today, I am more than willing for some serious vacation time with my girl," Ben sighed out.

"You earned it," Max nodded, "Rook and Jenny, you two good to hang around for statement gathering and clean up?"

"I would love to," Rook replied, "I still have much to learn of this little island nation and its culture."

"And I'd actually like to get to know some of Ben and Jin's classmates," Jenny added.

"Hmm? Why is th…" Max began before he noticed Kibo, "...Oh, I see now…"

"...I...it's not for that reason, sir," Jenny whispered in denial as she blushed a bit.

"Kiddo...I'm a grandpa and your boss, not your dad," he laughed, "Do what makes you happy." he simply spoke as he patted her shoulder, "Alright, I'll send for Noel to fly over to help you two once we get our tired and wounded back home for some much needed rest," he explained, "I'll stick around a bit to talk things out with the Headmaster. I have some ideas I'd like to run by him." he smiled before walking off.

"...Ideas?" Rook and Jenny repeated.

"Um…" the two looked over to see Chiaki approach, "Did...Did you...come across Hajime Hinata down there?"

"Who?" Mondo asked.

"Her boyfriend," Hiyoko stated.

"I-It's not like that!" Chiaki exclaimed, cheeks bright pink.

"Oooh~ Share the deets," Kokichi smirked to Hiyoko...before the two were bonked on the head, "Ow!"

"Stop it," a large burly female student stated.

"Ahh...You guys are no fun…" Kokichi and Hiyoko muttered.

'...Wait. Izuru explained that the Steering Committee had instilled talents into him...could it be…' Rook thought in realization, "...I think I may have...but I do not know where he is right now."

"...Oh...I see…" Chiaki noted as she looked down.

"...But worry not. I am sure…"

"Uh, Rook?" Jenny spoke as she tapped his shoulder.

"Yes?" Rook asked before Jenny pointed to behind him, making him blink as he turned...only to jump when he saw Izuru standing behind him, "?!"

"I apologize. I wanted to wait for you to be finished talking," Izuru explained before he noticed Chiaki looking at him, "..."

"...It's weird. But...I feel like...I know you…" Chiaki whispered.

"...In a way...you do. Or rather...who I used to be," Izuru replied with a small sigh.

"...Hajime?"

"Wait…" Akane began as she and the rest of her classmates came up to them, "This guy's the Hajime guy you were talking about?! ...huh. Didn't think you'd be into guy with long hair."

"..." Komaeda blinked as he focused intensely on him, "...You…"

"Oh, please don't start…" Kazuichi groaned.

"I can sense you...a powerful hope...yet a powerful despair dwelling d-" Komaeda began before a bagel was stuffed into his mouth, "?!"

"Read the room, you stupid cayoodle," Teruteru whispered, taking on a New Orlenean accent for a moment.

"..." Izuru said nothing as he and Chiaki stared at one another, "...Would it...be alright if we talked later...at our usual spot?"

"...Eto...w-" Chiaki began.

"OF COURSE!" Yukizome exclaimed as she blurred up to him, "The poor dear was worried sick about you, so of course you two can spend some alone time to discuss things out! However…." she held onto one of Izuru...or rather...Hajime HInata's long dreadlocks, "A proper haircut should be in order…"

"What the hell have we missed?" a lanky redhead with piercings muttered.

"A lot Leon...a lot," Kyoko sighed.

---

"And this was made by you three?" Blukic asked as he and Driba stood on a computer connected to a few pods with some of the kidnapped students, Hinata, and Chiaki in them, looking at Miu, a small shy-looking girl in a green school uniform, and Kazuichi.

"A group project, really," Kazuichi shrugged.

"Ugh...It's kinda annoying as hell that we had to call a former Ultimate to come help with some of the mental stuff that asshat Yasuke couldn't help with," Miu sighed in annoyance before patting the shy-looking girl's head, "Shrimphiro here did all the programming while Kazuicky and I built this big beauty."

"..." the two Galvans shared looks and huddled.

"I am shocked that humans actually made this," Driba noted.

"Eeyup," Blukic agreed, "Y'all thinkin' we shouldn't underestimate 'em?"

"We did with Kajun before she joined, and look at her now. She's technically our boss in R&D, so that shut us up. So...maybe we shouldn't underestimate humans as much..."

"So how long will they need to be in there, Chihiro?" Naegi asked.

"Um...W-Well, while they'll be in there for three days for us, the program will a-accelerate time in there so that it'd be several months for them," Chihiro replied.

"Yeah, that's mainly due to those old assholes fucking up with that guy's noodle," Miu huffed.

"And Chiaki-sempai is in there because…?"

"Two reasons," Kazuichi replied, "One: She's the control AKA the only one who didn't have her head messed with by Junko or the Steering Committee. And two…"

"Chibaka volunteered and I think she did because she wants some sexy fun time with the fucktard who let those old fucks fuck with his brain since Shimphiro here programmed the place to be a beach," Miu added.

"D'oh...see? See?! This is why no one can barely take you seriously!" Kazuichi snapped at Miu, "You and your lewd ass filthy mouth!"

"Aaah~!" Miu gasped out at that, almost letting out a moan.

"And that's another thing! Every time you get insulted, you and and...ugh...I am so thankful Miss Sonia is sleeping right now…" Kazuichi sighed.

"You do realize she has her eyes set on Mr. Chuunibyou, right?" Miu argued.

"LIES! LIES AND SLANDER!"

"I'm startin' t' get deja vu…" Driba muttered.

"Almost like Ben and Makoto before they got together…" Blukic added.

"WE ARE NOT LIKE THAT!" Miu and Kazuichi barked.

"...Eeyup, exactly like 'em," Blukic noted after a moment of silence.

---

"Kids these days," Max chuckled, watching it go on on a monitor in the control room, Kirigiri standing by him.

"So what has happened to them?" Kirigiri asked once Max looked away from it and towards the headmaster.

"Well, we've given Mukuro over to that former Ultimate Therapist you recommended," Max explained, "She's got some untreated PTSD from her time with FENRIR due to her young age and several minor mental issues caused by Junko due to utilizing guilt for when Mukuro joined FENRIR and acts she performed on her when they were alone. She's also admitted that Junko was behind the Giboura Massacre and that she was the one who killed all those students."

"...and what of Junko and Monaka Towa?" Kirigiri asked with a frown.

"It seems that Nagito was 'lucky' enough to find out where the Plumbers HQ here is and how to access it," Max noted, "He ended up finding Monaka and, well, she absolutely wants nothing to do with anything involving Hope or Despair now. She'll be charged with the murder of her own father and more than likely spend several years in Juvie and then regular prison. Of course, Nagito's luck also caused him to fall down a flight of stairs and that is why I came here today pushing him in a wheelchair with his legs in casts." he frowned, "As for Junko Enoshima…Her charges are as followed: attempted genocide, attempted mass murder, the instigator of the Giboura Massacre through the use of Mukuro as her tool, two hundred and thirty counts of murder through the bombing of a train that was caught on video that we were able to recover, attempted murder of the Kibougamine Student Council, the mur...actually, it's easier to say that she has so many counts of murder and mutilation that it's better not to ask how many. She's also stolen Level 3 Plumber tech, mentally broke two Plumbers that resulted in them killing one another, multiple counts of mental abuse, physical abuse, and a combination of both, and...one count animal abuse via kicking one dog off a bridge that she had just adopted several weeks beforehand. Said dog survived and is in the care of a good couple in Okinawa, though it has a permanent limp from the fall."

"...She better get life for what she has done," Kirigiri stated, "I'd wish for the death penalty, but….no doubt she would wish for death."

"We intend to ask a Phobiasapien to come and have Junko look at their face for five minutes before putting her in solitary confinement in a mental hospital for life," Max informed.

"...Phobiasapien? Hmm...A being made of fear itself?"

"They have to wear masks so that they don't scare themselves by looking into a mirror by accident," Max noted.

"Soka…" Kirigiri noted, "...What of Monaka's four classmates?"

"...She gave us their diaries and information on where they're at in Towa City and…" Max paused, taking a deep breath as he suppressed some rage, "...Once we find them and get them some help, we'll be placing their parents under arrest for the horrid things they've done to their children."

Kirigiri nodded, "I'm glad that you were able to send assistance in all this, Magister. If not, I don't think anyone here would be around to talk with you."

"If anyone could throw a hitch in plans, it'd be my grandson and his friends," Max chuckled, "Hope you don't mind if I scoop up some of these kids for recruitment when they graduate."

"I wish you luck on that," Kirigiri chuckled before turning on the PA system, "KOBAYASHI! DROP THAT CABLE THIS INSTANT!" a yelp went off on one of the monitors before Kirigiri turned the PA off, "Hope you can deal with some of the hijinks students that come here get into."

"Oh you haven't raised two grandkids with powers and the inability to get along until their teenage years!" he laughed, "Or have a wife who's a being of pure magic...and just loves causing trouble."

---

"Aw...Ya really gotta go?" Akane asked, the three classes all in the courtyard, "Feels like you all just got here only a few days ago, too."

"They did just get here a few days ago," Mondo deadpanned.

"Which sucks...wanted to hang out with them more and learn more about space from them," Kaito added.

"I know…aside from the dark secrets this school has...er...had, the studying, this...is actually a pretty cool school," Ben admitted, "Now I see why my cousin Gwen wanted to attend this place back when we were younger."

"Given her abilities, had she graduated she'd likely be called the former Ultimate Magician," Jin noted.

"Eh?!" Himiko gawked.

"Freaky magic. What can I say?" Ben laughed, "It's her thing, she's like literally part magic. Our Grandma was more or less a Space Witch."

"...I was expecting Tenko to try and ask a question...only to stop and tell herself 'No. Don't ask the degenerate male a question,'" Kaede muttered, looking around a bit.

"Hey hey. My boyfriend is no degenerate male," Makoto argued, holding onto Ben's arm.

"She's been really clingy to him since this morning," Tsubaki explained.

"After what that demoness Enoshima put her through yesterday, we cannot blame her," Gundahm admitted,

"Hey I don't mind…" Ben chuckled happily, "I got no reason to dislike this."

"Aww babe…" Makoto smiled as she nuzzled against his cheek, her tail swaying happily.

"We're really gonna miss you guys," Hina spoke.

"Don't worry...we'll visit!" Makoto smiled, "Plus I bet Jenny would love to see ol' Kibo now and again, right?"

"Makoto…" Jenny whispered, 'blushing' heavily.

"I tease, I tease." Makoto giggled as she hid behind Ben, "Boyfriend shield!"

"Babe, come on…" Ben chuckled.

"...Actually…" Jenny spoke as she moved in front of the four, "I...have a confession."

"Eh?" the four blinked.

"Last night I talked a bit with Magister Tennyson and the Headmaster after chatting a bit with the students and...well…" Jenny paused as she looked a bit at the school, "I think I'd like to attend."

"Really now?" Tsubaki asked.

"Yeah. I can see why you guys became fast friends with the students here," Jenny nodded, "Also...well, it can also help branch out Team Remix Heart in a sense."

"No no…" Ben covered Makoto's mouth before she could say anything teasing, "That's enough out of you. I'm taking you home now."

"Team Remix Heart?" Celestia repeated as she covered her mouth to hide a small smile, "My, my. I take it Ms. Nanaya was the one who came up with that name?"

"Damn right I did!" Makoto cheered before Ben picked her up, "Hey, wait! No, I have to help as a leader!"

"Nuh-uh...home." Ben spoke, carrying her off, "Bye, guys! See you all later!"

"Mmmm~!"

"...To explain, it's a mystery solving team in a sense," Tsubaki explained, "Mostly on school mysteries and the like."

"You made a team of mystery solvers," Shuichi noted.

"Oh! Do you have a talking animal with you like in those anime from America?" Hina asked.

"No...We just had us five," Tsubaki shook her head, "I mean...obvious joke aside."

"I heard that!" Makoto shouted.

"That's not relaxing," Ben spoke.

"Mmm…"

"I'm sure Jenny can show you the ropes. With the colorful people here...I'm sure you have tons of 'Makotos' to drag you off into misadventure and potential nonsense," Tsubaki laughed.

Everyone looked over at Akane at that.

"...What?" Akane asked, "...What?! ...Oh I get it. You guys wanna spar?"

"No...never again. I hope to never see your face again," Jin replied, holding his hands up and backed away.

"...That reminds me actually…" Nekomaru spoke as he walked up to Akane, "I noticed your clothes were in shambles yesterday...how much were you going in?"

"...110%?"

"WRONG! YOU ALWAYS GO FURTHER BEYOND 100%!" Nekomaru barked, "And come to think of it, since we've been probably out of it for all those weeks, I gotta get Ogami up to shape as well." he slammed his fist into his palm, "ALRIGHT! GONNA NEED TO DO EMERGENCY RECOVERY TRAINING!"

"Get me the hell out of here…" Jin whispered to Tsubaki.

"It wasn't that bad," Tsubaki spoke, "I liked going to school again, and we made some friends."

"Acquaintances…" Jin argued.

"Whatever you say," Tsubaki giggled.

"Honestly...part of me feels conflicted." Jin spoke, "Who was that Garo person...and how did he gain such power? That power...it felt like one of those Heroes…"

"I am also...interested," Tsubaki admitted as they began walking, "But he just vanished as quickly as he appeared. And I've never heard of him 'till just now. He's good at being a secret. It might take months or years before we ever see him again."

"That is going to bother m-" Jin paused as he bumped into a young man dressed in all black, the young man bowed to Jin before walking off towards the main office, Jin paused to notice the bracelet on his wrist had a charm in the shape of a sword with a blue gem in the center...and a skull themed silver ring on his hand, "No...couldn't be…"

"Ano…" the young man in black spoke, walking up to Naegi, "I'm sorry...but could you help me? I'm kinda new here,"

"New...now?" Naegi blinked, "Uh sure. The Headmaster is in his office. What's your name?"

"Kuon...Kuon Sena," he introduced himself, "According to the letter I got...I'm the Ultimate Street Fighter?" he explained, holding a letter up.

"Street fighter?!" Akane repeated as she blurred before him, "Alright! Another sparring buddy!"

"Whoa…" he jumped.

"Great...this place is full of weird kids…" a voice spoke, making everyone blink and look around. None aware the ring on Kuon's middle finger...was somehow rolling its eyes despite being a skull and not having any eyes to roll.

"Um, Jenny-san," Naegi whispered, "What is your title, anyway? I mean, Kibo is called the Ultimate Robot…"

"Ultimate Gynoid," Jenny replied.

"Uh…" Naegi muttered, misunderstanding the word.

"It means 'lady robot,'" Kuon explained to Naegi, before swinging his arm up and blocking Akane's kick with no signs of harm.

"Ahh…"

"...I think I'm gonna enjoy it here," Jenny giggled.

---

SZ: And with that? The Hope's Peak arc has wrapped up.

GT: Yep. Z0 must be happy having that Garo thing here.

Z0: Hahahaha...I got one in! And you dare call it a thing!? How dare good sir!

GT: I have little to no knowledge about it except for Tsukasa Kadoya's actor being in one of the shows for the series.

Z0: It's where he learned to play an evil a-hole. Also he really liked the deep menacing voice he does...he claims his wife digs it… But that is another topic, though an ironic one since the actor plays a Danganronpa character in a stage play. But regardless...I got one Japanese Hero into this world. Yes that implies Demons and horrible monsters of evil exist but...eh we got away with Danny Phantom and the Ghost Zone. What's ONE More dimension of danger linked to this world?

SZ: Eeyup. We hope you enjoyed this, and if you want to see more adventures of him, Jenny, and the rest of the Hope's Peak cast….guys...I have a proposal. What if...and hear me out on this. What if like with our toku fics...we do an expanded universe deal and have a story with this set up in mind starring Jenny, Kuon, and the Danganronpa cast?

GT: Like how the guys who did Omniverse tried to pitch a spin off for Gwen's college years?

SZ: Eeyup…*pops lips at the P*

Z0: *already holding swords up to my co-host's necks* I'll kill 'em...I'll do it.

SZ: He'll do it too...read and review folks!

GT: Please don't murder us. We still have stories to write.