Makoto Naegi: Super Duper Luckster Superhero
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Hello, and many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I am really happy and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter, and here Naegi's JOURNEY to become a SUPERHERO commences, and you will get to see how his LIFE…and LUCK…would change and where this would lead to…?
Well, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 3: Shujinkō ga umareru
The scene shows that a few days have passed since Naegi indirectly helped in the apprehension of Jutarou Afkabou, who is charged with theft and other recently-discovered crimes, and thanks to the testimonies of the bus passengers at that time, Naegi was commended and the police chief personally apologized for what his men did to him and told Naegi that his erring men were penalized for their foolishness.
Naegi laughed nervously and said it was nothing, and the police chief gave Naegi an envelope, where it contained some cash reward which the police chief said that it was a reward money for his contribution in stopping Jutarou. Naegi politely declined at first but the police chief insisted to Naegi that he keep it, saying that it is his way of thanking the boy as well as a form of apology for what happened last week's incident.
"But...this is..."
"Please...accept it."
"But..."
"It's the least I could do...plus I already penalized my men for wrongfully arresting you."
"Really...?"
"Yes...plus you were the reason why we apprehended that thief."
"I...see..."
"Think of it as a reward."
Eventually, Naegi accepted and all is well, yet as Naegi is leaving, a few residents commended him for his actions and said that he is a HERO, which he humbly decline, saying that he is just an ordinary 15-year old boy, but the residents said that his action really warrants the label as he puts himself at risk and in the end he managed to stop the jewel thief from escaping.
"You're too modest, kid."
"You really stopped that thief."
"That's right!"
"You deserved it!"
"That makes you a real hero!"
"A real hero."
"No need to be shy...you deserved to get those compliments!"
"And you deserved the praise!"
Naegi sighed but nevertheless accepted the compliments and left, intending to start the day in hopes of something ordinary to happen.
-x-
In the days that followed, Naegi met up with someone and helped him look for something, which turns out to be a crystal ball, the person he met and helped turn out to be Yasuhiro hagakure, and in gratitude, Hagakure offered to help him earn money in a legal way, which Naegi was hesitant but eventually accepted.
Soon he began to build a friendship with Hagakure and there the fortune teller decided to give him a free fortune telling as he glanced at his crystal ball.
"Say, Naegi-chi...thanks for being a friend..."
"Sure, no problem..."
"As thanks...I'll read you a fortune..."
"Really...?"
"Yeah...and it'll be free of charge..."
"Are you sure...I don't think I need..."
"Okay...here goes...hmm...oh...hmm..."
"What...? What did you see...?"
Naegi blinked his eyes at what he was told, in which the following scenarios are laid out by Hagakure's fortune telling:
- Naegi will have a "chance encounter" with aliens
- His life will changed for better or worse
- Hardships will challenge him in the coming days
- Something "super" will come in his path
Naegi sweat-dropped upon hearing the hints of the fortune reading and slowly dismissed the notions though Hagakure insisted that his fortune readings are "accurate" and they are likely to happen, which Naegi sighed and is about to leave when a client of Hagakure, whose fortune telling helped him improve his life, came and invited Hagakure to a party, in which some of his parents' social acquaintances are in to fortune telling and when Hagakure asked if he is to get paid for every fortune reading, the schoolmate nodded and accepted, and there Hagakure invited Naegi to come along, saying that he could learn a thing or two as a way to earn money, and though Naegi turns down the offer, Hagakure's client invited him and Naegi reluctantly accepted.
-x-
One night, a week later, Hagakure and Naegi arrived a party which Hagakure's client greeted them and the two were escorted inside, and Naegi was amazed at seeing the people inside, who they appeared to be of high social standards and started to wonder if coming here is a good idea since he is just an ordinary teen yet the client assured that he would fit in completely, but naegi still could not help but felt out of place.
Hagakure smirked, seeing that most of the people here are adults and appeared to be wealthy and this was a good thing for him as he would get to collect a lot of money if he read fortune readings for them and confided this to Naegi.
"Good thing you came, Naegi-chi..."
"Really...?"
"Yeah...your and I feel that your GOOD LUCK would surely come in handy..."
"Wait...what made you say that?"
"Lots of people here are rich...and if they want some fortune reading...I could collect a lot of cash..."
"Really? I doubt what you said about my LUCK would be that..."
"Okay...I'm off...enjoy yourself..."
"Wait...Hagakure..geez…"
At the party, the two ate and though Hagakure drank, though Naegi opted not to, and there Hagakure began reading fortune telling and there Naegi's LUCK kicks in and it was a good one as the customers were pleased and paid Hagakure rather handsomely, and while the two are still there, Hagakure took sips from adult drinks like tequila, which slowly made him a bit drunk but still managed his presence of mind, and Naegi sighed as he really felt out of place, until a slightly drunk party-goer came and offered Naegi a tequila, which the teen politely declines, but the party-goer wouldn't take "no" for an answer and jabbed the bottle on the boy's mouth, and bad luck struck Naegi as he accidentally swallowed the contents and he immediately felt the effects and is borderlining on drunkness and Hagakure saw this and grabbed Naegi away, and there he suggested to his younger classmate that he go home early, which he accepted.
"Whoa..."
"Hic..."
"Are you okay, Naegi-chi...?"
"I think I'm drunk..."
"After you took half a bottle...?"
"That's one strong beer..."
"It's tequila...not beer..."
"You're right...I want to go home..."
"Yeah...or else someone might see you like this..."
"Okay...I'm going..."
"I better get you a taxi...?"
"Hic..."
And so Hagakure carried a semi-drunk Naegi outside and hailed a taxi and helped the younger teen board inside the cab and after telling the address, the cab left the venue with Hagakure hoping that Naegi gets home safely.
-x-
The time now is 22:00, and the taxi is the road, and the cab driver felt sorry for Naegi, seeing him a bit drunk and hoped that the boy is able to go to his house unscathed, and by then are passing by a train track which at this time, there were no more train passing, but then something unexpected happened as the taxi cab got stuck within the track and the cab driver got off and try to push the car forward, while Naegi slowly noticed it and offered to help, which the cab driver politely turn it down.
"Darn..."
"Huh?"
"What a time to get stuck..."
"Want...me to...help...?"
"No...I'll be fine...you stay inside the taxi..."
"Okay..."
"You better not vomit inside my car..."
As the taxi driver tries to push the taxi off the train tracks, Naegi waited inside the vehicle, and despite being semi-drunk, he still has a partial presence of mind, and slowly realized that LUCK struck him, as he is partially drunk and that the taxi is stuck on the train tracks, and as he is pondering on leaving on his own, something attracted their attention as the UFO appeared above them, and the taxi driver was surprised, and terrified, and ran off, leaving the taxi behind, and Naegi saw what is happening through the window and this partially woke him up from his drunken stupor.
"Okay...I'm not staying around...!"
As Naegi opted to leave the cab and make a run for it despite being semi-drunk, the doors mysteriously locked itself up and the teen was trapped inside the taxi and is starting to panic, banging the door and tried to open the windows, to no avail, and as he is getting desperate, he began hearing voices emerging from the UFO ship, and the trio aliens, Cherubi, Ophami and Seraphi, spoke to the "Luckster", calming him down.
"Greetings, Makoto Naegi..."
"Please calm down, child..."
"We mean you no harm..."
"We wish to speak to you..."
"We've been observing you for the past several weeks..."
"And we came to the conclusion and agreement..."
"...that you are worthy to receive this item we intend to give..."
"You have proven to be benevolent, and unselfish..."
"Which makes you the ideal user...and we see hope in you..."
The three aliens then explained to a shocked Naegi that they can use the secret item, but couldn't find one due to others being selfish and malevolent, but after witnessing Naegi's actions weeks before, they deemed him as a suitable user and his "pure heart" is essentially what led them to decide that Naegi was chosen to receive the special item, and there Cherubi descends from the UFO ship, covered only in white silhouette, and went towards the back passenger area of the cab, where the window opened by itself and gave Naegi what appeared to be a packaging box, and then a book, where Cherubi gave his final words before heading back to the UFO ship.
"This book will guide you on how to use it...but use it responsively and keep it a secret from the others..."
Naegi blinked his eyes as he couldn't believe what he was hearing when told by Cherubi that the package box contains a secret item and that he will use it to handle certain situations, ans Naegi glances at the box and a book, which is said to be a manual that contains instructions on what to do with the item, and there Ophani told Naegi to keep the "item" away from "dangerous hands" and to use it "responsively" before she, Cherubi and Seraphi departed.
"Uh...am I still drunk...?"
As the UFO ship left, the taxi doors began to open by itself, and Naegi wondered why this is happening, but then he noticed that the taxi driver is nowhere around, and he realized that he is all by himself, and seeing that the taxi driver took the keys with him, and seeing that couldn't even attempt to drive it, Naegi decided to walk on his way home, and staggered out of the cab, drunkness still affected him and staggered on the road, still holding the packaging box, but unknowingly dropped the manual book, and he walked on his way home as he used will power not to fall asleep until reaching his house.
-x-
By 22:30, Naegi arrived home and went straight to his room, and his mom was rather taken aback after smelling the sent of tequila, but Naegi still greeted his mom as he went straight for his room and fell on his bed, as he finally got drowsy and went to sleep, dropping the box of "item" on the floor, still in a daze about what happened several minutes ago and by then he went in to deep slumber and as Komaru went to check on her elder brother, she too is taken aback upon smelling the scent of Tequila.
By then his mom came and noticed the scent of tequila from Naegi's body, and asked Komaru what just happened, which she said that she just found her brother slumped on his bed, and when asked if she know where Naegi went, Komaru said she has no idea where her brother went and why he came home drunk.
"Are you sure, Komaru?"
"Yes, mom."
"You really don't know?"
"No idea. I just found him like this."
"What did your brother do...? Coming home drunk on tequila...?"
"I really don't know, mom."
"..."
"..."
Sighing, Komaru and Mrs. Naegi decided to leave him alone for now as they decided to get some rest. As Komaru went to her room, Mrs. Naegi went to the master bedroom where her husband is, and there she told him that their son arrived late…and drunk.
While Mr. Naegi appeared surprised at first, he said that it is natural since he is curious about the alcoholic drinks and such, but she told her husband that he should reprimand their son for doing something like that, and he promised that he will talk to their son tomorrow.
"You need to talk to your son, dear."
"No need, honey. I'm sure that Makoto is..."
"Dear, this is serious!"
"Okay, okay..."
"I don't want him coming home again being a drunkard!"
"Fine, I'll talk to him tomorrow."
"Please make sure."
"I will."
-x-
The scene shifts at an unspecified location somewhere within Tokyo, where a man, in his 50's, is working inside what appeared to be a secret laboratory, and the scene appeared to be reminiscent from the 2004 anime, Tetsuwan Atom (aka Astro Boy), where a 15-year old boy is laid on a bed-like contraption, and is slowly being eased inside the huge machine.
The boy appeared to be fighting for his life as a brief flashback showed that he is an only child and that he is a sole survivor of a massacre, as he body was damaged beyond repair, but the scientist, identified only as Professor Idabashi, managed to keep his body going via life-support system, and the scientist, who is revealed to be the family friend of the boy's parents, appeared to be reluctant at first, but knew this was the only way to save the boy from imminent death.
"Hang in there, Kibo...I will save you..."
The 15-year old boy, identified only as Kibo, is slowly being sent inside the huge machine in preparation of an experimental operation in an attempt to save his life from imminent death.
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, and while there is no action showed here, the comedy and comic relief moments make up for it, along with another ORIGIN on how Naegi would eventually become the MAIN CHARACTER of this story…
The secondary character of this fic, Kibo, makes a cameo appearance, and here a partial origin is shown on why he is portrayed as a cyborg, where as in Danganronpa, he is a robot, but here he is half-human, half-mechanical.
Preview:
Kibo goes into action as the usual cannon-fodder of this fic appears, and this is where Naegi debuts as the HERO…
See you in 4 to 6 weeks…
Reviews are welcomed…BUT NEEDED…