Hello readers, and welcome to my new chapter. Since this will be a watching the future type of story, and not a reading, I'm not gonna take every dialogue from the game. I'll be tweaking in some sort of way to make it sound like an anime.
And yes, I know there's an anime for Danganronpa, before any of you mention it. But that anime is far too rushed, even without watching the game, so I didn't even pass the first episode after seeing how fast the pace was. If anything, I'll most likely use it as a draft for this fic, if I ever need to.
Also, I'm glad many of you have looked forward to this fic and thanks to the people who gave me some advice for the story, whether it's by PM or review. It will help a lot as I continue the story. So, I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danganronpa.
Chapter 01: Watching the Prologue: Welcome to Despair Pt 1
"Everyone ready?" Spirit questioned, sitting on his own recliner. Everyone nodded. "Good. Now, let us begin." With that, he summoned a remote into his hand and turned on the TV.
When the screen turned on, a light shined on a black and white teddy is sitting in a classroom. One side of its body is purely white while the other side is black with red lightning looking eyes and a creepy grin. A button is right in front of it.
"Um, what's with the bear?" Leon asked, pointing at the bear. "It looks creepy."
"Maybe if we keep watching, we'll find out." Byakuya shot back in annoyance. Leon shot his hands up in surrender.
"Okay, okay, yeesh. I just asked a question."
In front of the bear is a man in his late thirties. He's wearing a long sleeve button-up shirt and dress pants. Currently, his are tied behind the chair he's trapped in and his eyes are blindfolded. The bear moved his head to see the man struggling in his binds.
A few eyes widened in recognition. "Is that the principal?" Makoto asked, causing several more eyes to widen.
"It is." Chihiro confirmed. "But who tied him up? And why?"
When they saw the bear move its head, shock entered through them. "Did that toy just move?" Hifumi asked hesitantly. "Or is it just me?"
"It's not just you dude." Mondo stated in shock.
"I'm guessing that bear, or the one controlling it, was the one to tie up Headmaster Kirigiri." Celestia guessed. "It must be remote controlled."
"Most likely." Makoto agreed, along with some of the others.
Meanwhile, Kyoko had her eyes glued to the screen, a feeling of dread leaking into her heart.
Moving its head back, the bear reached out and smashed the red button in front of it. As soon as it did, a rocket appeared right behind the tied-up man.
The hostage screamed as he got dragged into the rocket before it closed up. A second later, the rocket bursted through the roofs and into the night sky.
"What the hell is going on here?" Mondo exclaimed. "Where the fuck did the rocket come from? And why was the headmaster got launched into it?"
"I don't know bro." Taka stated, biting his lips nervously. "None of this makes any sense right now."
The dread in Kyoko's heart began to get bigger.
As soon as it got high up into space, it began its descent back to the school. It spiralled downward, heat forming around the tip, before it crashed back to the classroom.
The viewers awaited with baited breath, all of them nervous at what they might see.
The bear waited for the hatch to open up. Slowly, the hatch of the rocket revealed an empty seat. But a moment later, several bones belonging to a skeleton fell down.
Several cries of horror went through the room. Several faces went pale. And several look close to vomiting.
"This has to be a fake!" Hiro exclaimed, holding his head. "This has to be! No way would somebody kill the principal!"
"You saw the video, did you not?" Celestia rhetorically, managing to keep her composure. But really, she's as horrified as everyone else and her face wasn't so pale already, it would've been shown. "That looks far too real to be fake."
"But why would somebody kill the principal?" Makoto questioned, his face pale. "And in such a bizarre way?"
"...So that's why he was so pale." Makoto perked up, turning his head to see Kyoko visibly distress. "That's why he said those things….he saw…."
"Kyoko." Makoto called out, getting her back into reality. "Are you alright? Do you need a minute?"
Kyoko shook her head, trying to get her emotions back in check. "No, no. I'm fine. It's not like I'm close to my father anyway."
Makoto could see that she was lying. While she got a good poker face most of the time, almost as good as Celeste, there are times where her emotions would leak through. Most of those times are because of the subject of her father. Like now.
But he let it go for the moment since he could confront her about it later.
Meanwhile, Junko had to keep herself from drooling at all the despair she's seeing. Seeing her classmates' horrified and distressed looks, as well as feeling her own distress and horror, feels so good for her.
What's better is that she suspects that the person who killed the principal is herself. After all, Monokuma is to be her mascot when her plans goes in motion. Oh, she can't wait to see more!
When the bear saw the bones, it began to chuckle in seemingly evil laughter before the screen faded black.
Kyoko's distress and horror turned into anger at seeing the bear laugh at her father's death. The urge to rip the bear apart came as well.
'Wait, why am I so mad?' Kyoko asked herself. 'Why do I feel so distressed? It's not the first time I saw bodies. And it's not like I care for my father.' Maybe she should ask Makoto later when she get the chance.
"That bear is just sick!" Hina exclaimed, covering her mouth. "Laughing at the sight of a corpse? Who would do that?"
"A s-sadistic k-killer, that's w-who." Toko stated, visibly distressed. Ah, the irony there.
Sakura crossed her arms. "Something tells me that the toy will be a major problem in the future."
"Considering it got introduced in the beginning, that doesn't sound farfetched." The Togami heir agreed.
The scene then changed to a large school building. "Hope's Peak Academy." A voice spoke. "The school that brings the best students from every field imaginable."
"Hey, the voice sounds familiar." Hifumi spoke up, recognizing the voice. "Is that Mr. Naegi's?"
The others noticed as well. It also had the effect of all of them temporarily forgetting about what had happened. "It sounds a lot like you." Sayaka agreed, talking to Makoto.
"So I'm the main character on here?" Makoto questioned in shock. How is he, out of all the Ultimates, the main character?
The others, however, aren't so shock. They all agreed that Makoto is more likely to be the main character, the person that keeps the group together. Even Byakuya admits to that, although in a more arrogant mindset.
"I heard that if you come here and manage to graduate, you be set for life. It was built to raise hope in the nation's future, which makes Hope's Peak a perfectly fitting name."
The image got closer to the front of the school. "There are two things you need attend this school. One, you need to be a highschool student already, and two, you need to be the best at what you do. No ordinary student can come here. In order to be enrolled, you have to be sought out."
As the dialogue went on, the screen showed several of the Ultimates. Sayaka and her fellow idols singing on the stage, Leon playing baseball, several magazines of Junko, and Mondo in his motorcycle, with his massive biker gang driving behind him.
Many of them beamed proudly at this or smirked smugly, knowing their skills. Even Toko showed a certain amount of pride for her abilities.
The only one who didn't feel that pride is Makoto, who looked at his shoes. Being the Ultimate Lucky Student isn't really something to be proud about.
The scene soon switched to an awe Makoto Naegi, who's in front of the school. "My name is Makoto Naegi. Unlike many of the Ultimates here, I'm pretty much your average joe. Don't really have special talents or even a unique personality compared to the rest."
"So how does someone like me got into a school like this?" As Makoto's voice paused, the Makoto on the screen looked at the invitation given to him. "Well, in my invitation, they spelled it plain as day. I only got in because of luck. They did a poll for one regular student to enroll in the school, and I was it, making me the Ultimate Lucky Student."
"Wait, I remember that day." Makoto realized, looking at the scene more clearly. "This was the first time I got to Hope's Peak."
That surprised everyone. "But I thought this was in the future." Hina said in confusion. "Why are we watching Makoto's first day?"
"Perhaps we should we ask our host." Byakuya stated. He turned to Spirit. "Why are we seeing Makoto's first day at Hope's Peak?"
"Cause it's an important part of the entire." Spirit said with a shrug. "Rest assured, this will be the only part of the past you'll see. The rest will be in the future. That's all I'm saying for right now."
Byakuya narrowed his eyes, but returned his attention to the show.
"Honestly, it would've been better if I just refused the invitation." The narrator continued. "But if you get enrolled here and graduate, you would be set for life, so I couldn't just say no to the offer."
Sayaka smiled towards him. "Well, I'm glad you didn't refuse the offer." Sayaka said genuinely. "Otherwise, we wouldn't have the chance to be as close as we are now. And I doubt Class 78th would be as friendly to each other."
Makoto blushed at this, but waved it off. "I'm sure you're exaggerating."
"No, she's right man." Leon agreed. "You always manage to spend time with all of us, and talk to us normally. You can't say much about most people, whether at Hope's Peak or out of the school."
"And you're a good mediator for all of us." Kyoko continued. "You always made sure we don't fight with another, and helped us with whatever we've needed."
"I wouldn't go as far as to say things would've been completely different for me, but things would've been less interesting without you." Some in the group rolled their eyes at Byakuya's words. That's Togami talk for 'He's glad Makoto is here'.
Hina smiled brightly at him. "Like it or not, you definitely earned a place in all our hearts. For being so kind, optimistic, and helpful."
Makoto couldn't help but be beet red at the compliments being washed over him. Nevertheless, he grew a bright and hopeful smile on his face.
Meanwhile, Junko looked away from the scene. The sight of such a bright and hopeful scene disgust her. She absolutely hates how optimistic Makoto is and how that hope is affecting the others. She can't wait for the day she can bring that hope down and turn it into despair.
"Alright Makoto." The visible Makoto said to himself. "You can do this." Giving himself a firm nod, he walked into the entrance of the school, and then into the main hall.
He looked around to see the main hall empty. "This is where we suppose to meet, right? Guess I'm the first one to arrive." He looked at the clock in the main hall to see it's 7:10 a.m.
"I'm still envious that you're the first to arrive!" Taka cried out. Several in the group laughed while Makoto scratched his cheek in embarrassment.
"And I'm still embarrassed that I arrived so early." Was the lucky boy's response. He shrugged. "At least I used the time to look around a bit."
'Fifty more minutes until it's eight o'clock. It makes sense for no one else to be.' Makoto thought to himself. He sighed. 'And I got myself so wound up about getting here. Maybe looking around the place will help calm my nerves. It'll at least pass the time.'
So with that, Makoto took his first step into the high school. But as soon as he did, his vision suddenly began to warp.
"What the-?!" Makoto gasped. Everything soon to twist, turn, and melt around him. And sooner than it did, had everything went black for him.
"Huh?" Several people gasped. Mondo spoke up for all of them. "What the fuck just happened?"
"I don't know." Makoto answered, looking down in confusion. "That didn't happen to me when I first got there. Like I said, I looked around for a bit before coming back to the main hall."
"Maybe you were having a dream?" Chihiro guessed.
"I should've known by then that I didn't come here because I had the ultimate good luck." The narrator spoke again. "I was here to witness, the ultimate despair."
"Okay, that sounds really creepy." Hina stated, a creeped out look on her face.
"But it does sound pretty interesting!" Junko chirped. Well, it's actually pleasing for her to hear about the ultimate despair, but she doesn't have to let the others know that. "And it implies that what happened wasn't Makoto falling asleep!"
Everyone turned to her at that. "Are you saying that this statement implies that he's fallen unconscious?" Mukuro asked her sister.
"Bingo!" Junko stated. The others looked shocked at this.
"But that doesn't make any sense!" Makoto cried out. "I don't remember that happening!" Sayaka and Kyoko both grabbed his hand, silently asking him to calm down. The slightly distressed boy looked at the two girls before doing their silent request.
"I think more of our questions will be answered if we continue watching." Sakura stated. "Or at least, we'll find the answers ourselves."
Silently agreeing with her statement, everyone continued watching, hoping to get more answers than questions.
And that's the end. I hope the chapter met your expectations, or at least close to it. Sorry if it's not as long as you guys would've preferred, but I felt this would be a good stopping point. I debated whether or not to do the opening, but I think it would be better to save for later, for after the prologue ends. Hopefully, I'll have the next one longer. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you later.