Terror Infinity Side B
Chapter 1, Dangan Ronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
Plot - “Want to know the meaning of life? Want to live... A real life?”
The world changes when you click YES.
In God’s Dimension, you have to keep getting stronger, keep evolving to survive one horror movie after another. Do you kill everyone in your way to reach the end as a lone king? Or fight along with your comrades and survive through the support of friends? Everything was just for staying alive. Until you find the secret of God’s dimension. Who is the real enemy?
Terror Infinity - Side B
In a new experiment to push mankind to evolve, God has decided to send people into the worlds of Manga, Anime, Light novels, Visual Novels and Video Games. Compared to horror movies, such worlds shouldn't be as terrifying and should be easily to return from, but... You would be very, very mistaken.
Welcome to Side B of God's World.
The Story so far -
Shin Kazama, an otaku disappointed in his life chose YES when God asked if he wanted to know the meaning of life and wanted to live a real life, and was transported to God's world of horrors and terror in his new experiment.
Team Japan had survived their fifth mission Hunter X Hunter - Greed Island, but the first Team Battle where they faced Team Germany, a team belonging to Mass Enlightenment, left them scarred and battered. Additionally, their teammates Renji, Kampa, and longtime comrade Misaki died in the mission. It was a hard fought battle where they lost more than they gained, yet with the new addition to the team with Kisara, a swordswoman of the ancient sword style of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu, Team Japan were Hopeful that they could keep fighting and become strong enough to handle any danger they come across.
After taking a short trip back to the real world, Shin and the rest of the team were ready to face the fifth mission. Shin, Hikari, Aqua, Shuai, Connor, Jin and Kisara stood in the Terminal Lobby awaiting their new mission, yet to their surprise a red beam of light was shot down from God and were transported to their fifth mission where a surprise was awaiting for them... the world of Dangan Ronpa where Hope and Despair were interlocked in a deadly battle for the lives and very souls of the human race.
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- A summary of Dangan Ronpa.
Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, takes place at an elite high school called Hope's Peak Academy, which accepts talented "Ultimate" students of the highest caliber in various fields each year. Makoto Naegi, a fairly optimistic but otherwise average student, is selected in a raffle and chosen to enroll into the academy as the "Ultimate Luck". However, when Makoto arrives inside the Academy, he loses consciousness and wakes up locked inside the school, where he meets fourteen other newly picked Ultimate students who are in the same situation as him.
It is there that a sadistic, remote-controlled bear named Monokuma appears before them, telling them they will be imprisoned in the academy for the rest of their lives, and that they will be put to death if they violate any of the schools rules. He offers only one way for students to "Graduate" from the academy: Murder another student and not be identified as the culprit.
When a murder occurs, a "class trial" is held, in which the remaining students must determine amongst themselves who the killer is. As the game progresses, several students are killed, and Makoto frequently takes the role of arbiter of the trial, and provides most of the logical insights. Makoto receives assistance from Kyoko Kirigiri, a mysterious girl with no recollection of her past, but possessing keen observational and deductive skills.
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- A summary of Dangan Ronpa 2.
Dangan Ronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Academy, following a similar premise to the previous game, Danganronpa 2 puts players in control of Hajime Hinata, an amnesiac boy who has just become one of Hope's Peak Academy's 'Ultimate' students, alongside fifteen other students. The students find themselves taken to a remote tropical island called Jabberwock by their alleged teacher, an anthropomorphic rabbit named Usami, who claims it to be a simple field trip. However, things turn out to be too good to be true as Hope's Peak Academy's notorious principal, Monokuma, announces they are stuck on the island for life unless they can murder another student and get away with it. If the students can determine a murderer in a Class Trial, that culprit is executed, but if they make the wrong assumption, then the killer walks home free whilst everyone else is sentenced to death.
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A summary of Dangan Ronpa Another Episode - Ultimate Despair Girls
Komaru Naegi is a normal girl, the kind you can find anywhere. She was taken from her family and imprisoned in an apartment during The Tragedy. Even after a year and a half, she has not managed to escape. Komaru has almost completely abandoned Hope and has grown to accept her imprisoned life. But one morning, she was forced to learn an even deeper Despair when someone suddenly broke down her front door. But it wasn't a hero or a savior... it was a Monokuma. After escaping from the merciless Monokuma, Komaru is surprised to see the outside world, a world she hasn't seen in one and a half years. It has become a world of Despair, where children controlling Monokumas ruthlessly hunt down adults to death. Her only Hope of survival is the Megaphone Megaphone Hacking Gun, given to her by a mysterious stranger, and a girl by the name of Toko Fukawa.
Beyond Hope... lies absolute Despair.
Komaru Naegi and Toko Fukawa make for the the most unlikely heroes as they try to escape Towa City, a city caught up in a war between adults and children, where the adults are on the losing side. Destroy the murderous Monokuma, outsmart the Monokuma Kids lead by the Heroes of Hope who have begun a revolution against the adults, and discover the secrets of Towa City... Or will Despair consume you?
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On a certain day for our ordinary heroine in her apartment. A new day was beginning as the sun rose to the sky beyond her bed room window began to shine throughout the room. Slowly, yet surely following the routine schedule she's set, or was forced upon her she woke up, stretched, and got out of bed with a yawn as she proceeded to change out of her pink pajamas. Exiting her room and dressed in a standard Japanese high school sailor uniform, Komaru Naegi walked over towards the living room veranda and gazed outside. The sun was bright and Komaru stood there taking in the rays to greet the day... along with once more confirming that they were still there. The steel bars confining her within the apartment.
Komaru: (According to what I’ve heard, the world is round... but is that really true? Earth might have the shape of rock candy, like that spiky lump of sugar your grandma would wrap in a tissue, but I don’t really know for sure. It’s not like I’ve actually seen the shape of the Earth. In the same way, I’ve never actually seen most things that are considered ‘common knowledge.’ Common knowledge and what we take for granted… We base our lives around such uncertain things. Well, not that it matters for me. I mean, my world isn’t even big enough to worry about stuff like the shape of the Earth or common knowledge. In fact, it’s pretty small – so small that it’s actually a little funny. This is my world. This two-bedroom apartment that I live in is my world. My life doesn’t extend beyond these walls. But it’s not like I’m a shut-in or anything! I am actually… imprisoned inside this room. My name is Komaru Naegi, an exceedingly normal female high school student living an abnormal daily life.)
After gazing out the window for what she thought to be long enough Komaru turned away and looked behind. Past the living room and down a short hall way a door. The only door leading out of the apartment... yet it was locked. She's checked countless times, yet today like every other day began her usual routine.
Komaru: "Alright... let me out! Let me out of here! Hey!"
Komaru ran towards the door as fast as she could. She yelled, banged, kicked, and jingled the handle of the door over and over again, but it was no use. The door was still locked and no one responded to her cries for help... but that was okay. Not really, but she didn't have her Hopes up.
Not really.
Komaru: (Ever since I began this confined lifestyle, this pointless resistance has become my daily routine. I was only really shouting in the beginning, though. It’s been a year and a half since I was imprisioned. A year and a half! Because of that, I’ve grown completely used to this abnormal lifestyle. Humans are terrifyingly adaptable creatures; I’ve learned that firsthand through this confinement. Of course, it’s not like I’ve given up. If I did, then I wouldn’t do things like stubbornly changing my uniform every morning. It’s just that I’m not expecting a miracle. The terror of Despair that comes when you abandon Hope… I’ve been made to experience some horrible things in this confined lifestyle.)
- *DING DONG*!
Komaru: "Ah, is it finally time for breakfast? I’m starving, you know!"
Komaru who a short while ago sat down after her exhausting morning routine heard the door bell and knew it was time for breakfast. She walked over back to the door of the apartment and coming through her the bottom slot where mail usually enters from was a tray and on this tray were the common types of food one eats in the morning. Eggs and bacon with a side of broccoli and tomatoes, toast, orange juice in a cup, and butter and jam packages placed on the side as condiments.
Komaru: (It’s unfortunate, but even as a victim I don’t know anything vital about this confined lifestyle. I was brought to this incomprehensible room by incomprehensible people. Receiving meals at morning and night is the only communication I have with the culprit. I haven’t seen the culprit, let alone heard their voice. Thanks to that, I don’t even know why I’m being confined. But there’s no use in wondering what the strange, irrational circumstances are, because my daily life takes place in this world. So? It’s over, right? Right, my story already ended before it began. I don’t have any Hope that something dramatic will happen after all this time.)
- *RATTLE*!
It was then that a sound could be heard from the door as Komaru was halfway through breakfast. It was the sound of the door handle on the other side being moved back and forth in attempts to open the door that was still locked. Komaru who had turned her head over and hearing this... zoned out. She was frozen in place due to this abnormality in her abnormal life style, yet it was a common thing. Someone trying to open a door was quite the normal thing and it was a sound that everyone's heard before, but for Komaru it had been imprisoned and alone for over a year such a sound entering her ears was the first time in a long while.
Komaru: "...Eh? What’s happening? Could it be… someone came to save me!? Please save me! I was imprisoned here! Please, save me! I don’t want to live like this! Open up!!"
Komaru ran to the door and yelled towards whoever was on the other side. She yelled, banged her hands against the door, and even cried to gain this individuals attention, yet it was all real. Not a routine to pass the time. All of her feelings that have been bottled up so she could remain sane during her imprisonment were released. The truth was that she did not grow use to her life style at all. Komaru just wanted out and out now. That's why she yelled and cried as loudly as she could for Hope of rescue to escape her daily and Despairing lifestyle of imprisonment... yet all she found was further Despair.
Three metal blades or claws as they really were stabbed through the reinforced door that had kept Komaru trapped for so long just a few centimeters away from her face. The three blades then slashed down through the door and on the other side of this claw shaped opening a red gleaming eye full of malic and insanity could be seen by Komaru and in fear she fell backwards onto the floor. From there an unimaginable sight occurred. The metal claws gripped and bent the door from the center and it was torn off its hinges, throne away down the hall outside the apartment.
Then it appeared.
Standing between the archways of the apartment door was a bear. Not a real bear, but a robotic teddy bear shaped one with two different color schemes on the right and left side of the bear. The right side was pure white and had a cutesy face with a black bead for an eye. The left side of the bear was black, had half a smile running across its face and lastly the sake terrifying red eye she had just seen before. On half represented good and the other half evil, and when they came together... Komaru with tears down her face was gazing at the face of the world's most infamous mascot character who endorses violence and Despair, Monokuma.
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???: "Hey... can you hear me…? Are you okay? It seems you really were knocked out."
As Komaru started to regain consciousness hearing a unfamiliar voice the events that transpired after finally escaping her imprisoned were recalled. Images and new information that she wanted to just forget kept flashing through her mind and made her remember events so terrible that she wished that her pervious imprisonment had continued.
The Monokuma robot broke into Komaru's room and attacked her. The Monokuma attempted to claw her to death with its claws and tear out her throat with its fangs, yet miraculously and with great desperation she escaped the apartment and intruder unharmed, but definitely not unscathed mentally. She was seriously attacked by a person, or thing that wanted to kill her. It was the first time in her life she faced true killing intent and she didn't fare against it well and panicking she ran out of her apartment and down the halls of the building. The Monokuma chased after her and even the building had also caught on fire somehow. Everything had caused her to panic and almost lose her mind... and thankfully she was saved.
With Monokuma still right behind her Komaru ran towards the elevator to escape, and it was there that she was saved. As Monokuma was about to jump on top of her and tear her apart, a man appearing from within the elevator, Byakuya Togami saved her with a strange microphone shaped gun. The gun released a bullet of electromagnetic waves for the purpose of hacking to destroy to the Monokuma robot. Komaru was saved, but all was not well immediately afterwards. Byakuya after an extremely brief meeting her ordered her to escape as dozens of Monokuma Robots arrived to attack them and Byakuya's subordinates who were holding the enemy off.
Before leaving, Byakuya handed Komaru her own Megaphone Megaphone Hacking Gun to her and told her to run to the restaurant across the street where a comrade is waiting. Komaru escaped to the streets below the building she was held in for the first time, but all was not peaceful. Like Byakuya had told her there were riots on the streets with Monokumas attacking people. Without discrimination or mercy they were tearing every single living thing that moved, and no matter how much the people resisted they were all too quickly cut down by the claws, fangs, and superior numbers of the Monokuma who were slowly flooding the streets in the pink blood of their victims.
In fear at the sight our heroine ran. Komaru ran to the restaurant, entered, and tried to warn the people inside who were oblivious to what was going on, yet she was treated as a suspicious and crazy girl. A minute later it was too late to save anyone as a dozen Monokumas broke into the restaurant and began to massacre everyone inside. Komaru hid under a table to avoid the initial carnage fearing for her life, yet knowing it was only a matter before she was discovered and killed, she fought back.
Using the Megaphone Megaphone Hacking Gun and its many features Komaru fought and easily destroyed all the Monokumas... yet she was not relived. For one she was scared and surrounded by corpses, and then came a news report from the TV in the restaurant. The main anchor was dead and slumped over his news desk, but he was not alone. Five kids claiming that they were the Warriors of Hope, had taken over the city. They played with the anchor man's corpse during this speech address.
Nagisa: "Hey you guys! Stop messing around and introduce yourselves! What was all that practice for if we don't do this right? Now, leader, show a good example and begin for us."
Masaru: "Okay, okay! Hello all! Masaru Daimon, the excellent leader uniting the Warriors of Hope enters with a zubababang! My best subject is PE, so I’ve been named “Li’l Ultimate P.E”! I’m the king of athletics that excels in any exercise! I could easily win a contest of running for 365 days for 24 hours! Oops, I forgot to mention... in the Warriors of Hope, I’m in charge of the “Heroes”! As a hero and a leader, I’m going to become this city’s new ruler!"
Nagisa: "Ha.... I guess it passes. My name is Nagisa Shingetsu. In the Warriors of Hope, I am both the vice-leader and in charge of the “Sages”. When I was going to school, I was named “Li'l Ultimate Social Studies”... but that doesn’t mean social studies is my only specialty. My specialty is everything except PE. What “Li'l Ultimate Social Studies” means is that in the future I am expected to become one of society’s elite. Well, Monaca aside, you wouldn’t be wrong in calling me the good luck charm of the Warriors of Hope. Jotaro, it’s your turn."
Jataro: "Okay.... Ah, bicycle gears, when I stare at them it makes me anxious, you know? If you stuck your hand in while it was moving, it would hurt. Just imagining it makes my skin crawl! Ah, I’m Jataro Kemuri. Bird skin tastes bad no matter how you eat it, huh? My specialty is art, so I was named “Li'l Ultimate Art”. I’m capable of anything to do with art. Even my ability with nail pullers and lacquer is perfect. In the Warriors of Hope, I’m in charge of the “Priests”. I wonder if bugs really came from space... Hey, do you guys know?"
Nagisa: "No. Your turn is over. Kotoko."
Kotoko: "Hmm, my turn at last! Ladies and gentleman! Welcome! I am Kotoko Utsugi, in charge of the "Warriors” in the Warriors of Hope. “Warrior”, sounds manly and all, but my biology is completely female! I love adorbs things and pre-shelled chestnuts; a totally cliché girl! In school, everyone made a fuss about me being "Li'l Ultimate Drama”, but whatever! I don’t care about past stories! I look forward to making your acquaintance Demons!"
Monaca: "Amazing Kotoko. My turn then, Nagisa?"
Nagisa: "Yes. Whatever you do will be perfect, so just say what comes naturally."
Monaca: "Then I'll begin. Everyone, Monaca is called Monaca. Monaca is in charge of the “Mages” in the Warriors of Hope. In school, Monaca was named “Li'l Ultimate Homeroom”. You’d think you can’t be “super” or “normal” at homeroom, but being able to unite people is a great talent, but when Monaca feels it’s more like saving people than uniting them. Mysteriously, only the most wonderful people are always gathered around Monaca. Monaca would be happy to see you be a wonderful person for her!"
The introduction seemed innocent enough, but the corpse that they were still playing around with destroyed any Hopes for anyone to see those five kids as anything other than insane. It was all too much for her and she just wanted someone to save and take her away from it all, but seeing no one was coming for her and rampaging Monokumas outside she had to accept that she had to act on her own, or at least find someone herself to rely on. Komaru recalled how Byakuya said that he had a comrade waiting in the restaurant and found this man. He was wearing the same bkack suit as Byakuya's subordinates and should have been her savior in this situation, but the man was badly injured from the previous Monokuma attack. Then more enemies broke into the restaurant and the man in the suit told Komaru to leave him behind and reach the park where more of his comrades are waiting. Komaru knew that the man was going to die if he stayed behind to hold off the enemy, but apologizing with complex emotions in her heart she escaped by herself by using to the back door.
As she left the restaurant behind and ran to the park she saw that massive damage with no signs of stopping, but actually escalating was being inflicted on the city and countless people were dying by the second. Komaru reached the park where more members of the Future Foundation were waiting by a helicopter and asked for help to escape and save the man from before. They listened to her and after sending an agent to back up the man left behind they told her that she was in a reputable city known to the world as Towe City for their efforts in confronting the catastrophic damage caused by "The Tragedy", also called the biggest, horrific and most tragic event in human history. An incident that has been described by various people as being an extraordinary form of social unrest, which quickly culminated into uncontrolled, meaningless unrestrained chaos. chaos, violence, and death that began at Hope Peak's Academy.
It was then as Komaru was digesting this new information from events going on during her imprisonment the next Despairing event took place. As she was talking to the agents of the Future Foundation the voice of children singing could be heard by all. She and the agents turned towards the source of the singing and found a lone kid, a girl sitting on top of playground equipment wearing a green dress and covering the entirely of her head was a Monokuma Helmet.
Komaru was simply confused by the child's appearance, but the agents of the Future Foundation had looks of fear across their faces and we're told by them to be careful and that she was dangerous... and all too soon this was proven true as countless Monokuma robots arrived to the scene and while ignoring the little girl they attacked the Komaru and the agents. They were all too quickly overwhelmed by the Monokuma. The agents pushed Komaru into the helicopter in Hopes that at least she alone can escape, but even this Hope was destroyed. In the pilot's seat was not another Future Foundation agent to take Komaru away to safety, but an enemy Monokuma robot dressed as a pilot.
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And that's what happened.
Komaru was whisked off in a runaway helicopter by a Monokuma, followed by a hard crash in the streets of Towe City, and barely surviving the crash yet getting by the resulting crash as she crawled away, and lastly the greatest shock of all. Komaru was surrounded by hundreds, no thousands of Monokuma and more were joining in, hundreds of Monokumas rained down from the sky above, filled up the streets and rooftops and inched closer and closer to Komaru... and she fainted as the accumulated stress from the recent events finally won.
Komaru: (Why... why did this all happen... or was it just that. About a year and a half before now… a “certain incident” happened that completely changed the world. It seems… the incident’s origin was a student movement that happened at a certain school. But because the school it was staged at covered it up, it was too late by the time the public noticed. By which I mean, it enveloped every aspect of the school, grew in severity and turned into a massive incident. In the first place, it was never a simple student movement. It was obvious since it was started at “Hope’s Peak Academy”. Eventually, as the incident changed its form and scope, the world was thrown further and further into Despair. Theft, arson, assault, murder; all crime rates skyrocketed, causing more instances of revenge which further raised crime rates. Then, the situation surpassed that of an “incident”, and a war for war’s sake with no thought for religion, freedom, or politics broke out… the world was dyed in Despair... but despite it all, I still desperately kept faith in my world. Even while I felt myself falling, I kept believing “It’s still okay. It’s still okay”. Immediately after, in an incident I didn’t understand, seven of my classmates died. Even then, I kept telling myself “It’s still okay. It’s still okay”. It wasn’t until I hit the floor that I noticed it was too late. Some unknown men broke into our home and I was separated from my family. My world up to that point fell apart and completely turned on its head. And then, a year and a half passed in that abnormal, irrational confined lifestyle. I, a high school student, accepted that Despair and grew used to a confined life, but waiting at the end of that Despair was even worse Despair. I never had much Hope, but now I’m forced to realize that I should change that. It's better not to have any from the start.)
Komaru: "Why? Why did it turn out like this? If this is how it’s going to be, I would have preferred being confined."
???: "Is that so? Well, that's depressing."
Komaru: "Huh?!"
Lying on a foreign bed she did not recognize Komaru shot up and looked towards the other person in the room. Till now she was still in a daze/depression, and so she failed to even bother to look towards the man who had woken her up. Before her in this cramp metallic room she awakened in was a youth around seventeen years or so in age and wearing a wrinkled blue jacket. He obviously didn't care for his sluppy appearance, yet it oddly suit him. There was a gun holster strapped to his side and tied around his back was a strange looking stick or staff. The young adult had a carefree smile on his face that was somewhat creepy, yet also unarming as he meant no harm... but also on his face was something that scared and reminded her of a recent trauma. Covering the left half of his face was a black bear mask with a gleaming red electronic eye resembling the face of one of the dreaded Monokuma.
Komaru: "Who... who are you!?"
Magician Monokuma: "Me? Oh, there’s no need to remember me. I’m just a servant, after all. Maybe trash or apprentice magician of sorts... Ha, unexpectedly hard to answer! Anyways, I heard this city was safe and came seeking refuge with some friends, but we got caught in the riots... not only that, we were all caught by “them”. How unlucky right, but after desperately begging for my life and those of my companions they said they’d spare me if we became their servant. Well, it's that kind of setting anyways."
Komaru: "U-Umm... uhh... Setting?"
Magician Monokuma: "Right, instead of me, how about we talk about you? You were truly out cold, you know. Were you in a trance to escape reality? You’ve been asleep for two days."
Komaru: "T-Two days?!"
Magician Monokuma: "Two full days... when the world has changed so completely, I guess you have all the time you need... anything in this world can fall apart in the blink of an eye. It’s a transient watercolor painting, but you’re more worried about your own problems than the world, right? It can't be helped. I guess you’re wondering what’ll happen now that you’ve been put into this prison-like place, right?"
Komaru: "W-What’s going to happen…?"
Magician Monokuma: "...Haaah."
Komaru: "Eh?"
Magician Monokuma: "Ah, sorry, I was a little surprised at how ordinary your reaction was. Haha, your character really doesn’t stand out. All my friends could be protagonist in their own Web Novels, so you really stand out... in an ordinary way."
Komaru: "U-Umm…?"
Magician Monokuma: "Well, there’s no need to be upset. Over 90% of the world is composed of common, boring people like yourself. That’s not all. Those common, boring, worthless people are capable of emotional migration... so they’re not unlike your common, boring and worthless existence… which means you pass! Hahaha! Aren't you happy?"
Komaru: "W-What… are you talking about?"
Magician Monokuma: "Of course, this is all just my opinion and I'm trash, so they won’t consider it their business. That’s why I’ll have to test you properly."
Komaru: "Test?"
Magician Monokuma: "But before that, I’ll return this."
- "BREAK” Bullet GET!
- "MOVE” Bullet GET!
The youth in the wrinkled blue jacket handed Komaru back her one and only weapon. The Megaphone Megaphone Hacking Gun. The only effective means of confronting the Monokuma robots that she was aware of. Komaru had noticed that it was missing when she woke up, yet her sudden conversation with the strange youth distracted her from asking where it was.. Komaru didn't wish to fight the Monokuma, yet this gun handed to her by Togami was her best means of survival while she is still trapped in Towe City.
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Komaru: "This gun is…!"
Magician Monokuma: "Sorry for borrowing it without permission. I had to personally analyze it no matter what. But really–! That really is a wonderful machine! For there to be a device that fires programs in electromagnetic waves and forcibly hacks things. I know of a certain teenage hacker girl who would love such a weapon... but back to matters at hand. I've found that for what is coming up it’s just a little bit too powerful to start out with, so I put a restraint on it and a few other modifications. For game balancing purposes, you know?"
Komaru: "Game balance…?"
Magician Monokuma: "Yes. I know it's hard to accept in reality, but it’s important for any game! Without game balancing you can't feel the joys, sorrows, and the excitement... and agony of slowly crawling your way to the top of the game of you were at max strength from the beginning. Ah, but if you’re on new game plus then it’s okay! The joy of experiencing a game with a maxed out character is amazing as well... Ah, where was I again? No matter. I’ve already set it so that the gun will upgrade when the kids bring them to you at certain checkpoints, so don't worry about having to search for treasure chest and such in this game."
Komaru: "...U-Um... I have no idea what you’re talking about at all."
Magician Monokuma: "I know how you feel, but we have to begin the test soon. Now, you’ll start from here, and if you can safely reach where “everyone” is waiting then you pass."
Komaru: "Everyone?"
Magician Monokuma: "...You’ll understand when you get there. However, if you meet “everyone”, please keep it a secret that I returned the gun to you. If you don’t want to die, that is. I'll be in trouble as well. Alright, I’ll be going ahead now."
Komaru: "What is this? What’s going on now!?"
And like so and without another word the youth in the wrinkled blue jacket left the room. Komaru was left in a state where she had more questions than answers then when she started. Komaru just sat on the bed for a good few minutes before finally getting off. She hated the uncertainty of it all, but now that she had back the Megaphone Megaphone Hacking Gun she managed to gather a small amount of courage to ignore her fears and move forward... which just lead her towards a path of more Despair.
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Komaru left the small room she had awoken up in and traveled down a hall way entirely made up of metal. There were gates set into place that forced her into a single path, but despite how suspicious it was she kept moving forward. Komaru ran into a few Monokumas on the way and used the Megaphone Megaphone Hacking Gun to easily destroy them. However, the weapon had been downgraded after the mysterious youth had handed it back to her, yet even with just Break Bullet and Move Bullet it was enough for her to get by with and reach the end of her journey up a flight of stairs. Komaru opened the only door after making it up and discovered a shocking sight that left her confused and scared.
Five kids.
Four standing up front and one in a wheelchair directly behind them. That alone wasn't anything odd, but what was strange was who they were.
Komaru: "You’re... the kids that were talking on the TV!?"
It was just as Komaru said. The five children before her were the insane kids who had hijacked the news, played around with a dead body live on the air and claimed to be the new rulers of the city.
Masaru: Wow, looks like I'm famous now! I’ll sign your back whenever you want."
Jataro: "I can only write a few words, but if that’s okay then I’ll sign your back…"
Kotoko: "We’ll also accept presents. Sweet things are the best! But salty things are no good. They’re low-quality products that don’t deserve to put in one's mouth."
Jataro: "I’d like to try driving a train sometime. Also, if I can’t then I’ll try climbing into the chimney..."
Nagisa: "..."
Monaca: "Welcome, big sis! I’m glad you came!"
Komaru: "Ah, umm... what is..."
Monaca: "Ah, I see. Big sis doesn’t know about us yet. In that case, we have to start with self-introductions!"
Masaru: "Alright, let’s start with me, the leader!"
Saying so the most energetic of the five children began to introduce himself. A boy with tan skin and covered in small bruises and cuts. Spiky red hair, bushy eye brows of the same color, and blue eyes with a flame pattern iris. He wore a white tank top over a red and black striped shirt and on his head a white tank top. Komaru's first impression of the kid was that he was the energetic and outgoing types who are popular in school.
Masaru: "I’m the leaders of the Warriors of Hope, Hero Masaru Daimon! High spirits every day! 100% energy! The “Li'l Ultimate P.E.” that specializes in athletics! Heh, a hero, leader and "Li'l Ultimate PE"? I get tingles just hearing myself say it."
Nagisa: "You’re repeating “leader” too much. A real leader would be more composed."
Masaru: "I am a real leader! Everyone decided so!"
Kotoko: "You just won at rock-paper-scissors, though."
Masaru: "Even then, the leader is the leader! I’m the leader–!"
Nagisa: "Alright, alright. Now, next is my self-introduction."
Saying so was a blue haired kid with an air of intelligence and wisdom around him. He wore a light grey plaid jacket over a blue shirt and had shorts to match. Around his neck was a brown and orange scarf which hides a bow tie underneath. Komaru's first impression of the kid was that the boy may not be the popular type in when he's young as he's too mature for his age, but with his good looks, intelligence and cold aura that girls love, as he grows older he'll become one of the most sought after males even after graduating school.
Nagisa: "I am Sage Nagisa Shingetsu. During my time at Hope’s Peak Academy’s Attached Elementary School, I was called “Li'l Ultime Social Studies". Finished."
Komaru: "Eh? Hope’s Peak Academy. You mean that Hope’s Peak Academy?!"
Nagisa: "...What of it?"
Komaru: "Ah, I didn’t know there was an attached elementary school is all."
Nagisa: "...Hmph, what an ignorant woman. So, who’s next? Jataro?"
Jataro: "Ah, wait a minute… before that… can I practice my self-introduction?"
Next up was who could only be described as a strange kid. He wore a stitched together leather mask that may double as a gas mask, evidence being the breathing tube hanging below his chin. He has gray eyes, with a scalpel pattern as the iris. He wears a baggy brown dress shirt with a red tie, orange-brown shorts and a brown apron. Komaru's first impression of the kid was that... he was no good. A dirty and strange kid who had no chance in life without a few decades of therapy.
Jataro: "Umm… what should I talk about? My name is Priest Jataro Kemuri..."
Nagisa: "Your specialty is art and you’re named “Li'l Ultimate Art”, right? There, next."
Jataro: Ah, you said it! You said everything I was going to say before I could! Uuu… my chest is itchy and crawling for some reason. I want to scratch and tear at it..."
Kotoko: "Jataro-kun always takes too long when he talks. An elephant’s nose is also too long, but if you say that then a giraffe’s neck is too long, too. Moreover, the time you spend waiting for planes is too long, and Golden Week is also too long..."
Komaru: "U-Umm..."
Kotoko: "At any rate, you don’t have to worry about Jataro-kun. He’s a latchkey kid... in an emotional sense. Ah, but I don’t dislike latchkey kids. Doesn’t it seem like... they have some kind of hidden power? Doesn’t it seem like they could be swept up in the story of a parallel universe? How exciting!"
Next up to introduce herself, but getting off topic was a pink haired girl. She has very long pink hair tied into pigtails and matching pink eyes with speech bubbles acting as the irises. She wore a pink hairband with horns, she wore a frilled white shirt with a matching black jacket and skirt which both have pink accents and was also in mismatched pink thigh-high socks, and boots. Komaru's first impression of the kid was that she would either grow up to be a popular and fashionable woman, or a high school bitch.
Kotoko: "Ah, sorry for the wait. I’m Kotoko Utsugi, in charge of the “Warriors”. I’ve been named “Li'l Ultimate Drama”, but I’ve discarded my past so I tend to leave it out. My favorite food is pre-shelled chestnuts. My least favorite food is unshelled chestnuts. Kyaaa! Were you surprised that they were both chestnuts?!"
Komaru: "U-Uhh..."
Kotoko: "Speaking of strange things, a kangaroo can’t jump backwards! Not only that! Another strange thing is that snakes don’t have ears and-"
Nagisa: "That’s enough... then the last one is Monaca. Everyone don't you dare interrupt her! Go ahead Monaca."
Monaca: "Mmhm, I got it."
Last to introduce herself was the girl in the wheel chair. She had short green hair tied with a red ribbon and matching eyes with a distinct manji pattern as her iris. She wore a knee-length black dress with a decal of a pelvis and spine on its back as seen when she spins around in her chair. Komaru's first impression of the kid was that... she didn't have one. She seemed nice and although it wasn't that she didn't stand out from her group of friends, but... just something felt off is all she could say.
Monaca: "Monaca is a “Mage”, you see. Not only that, Monaca was named “Li'l Ultime Homeroom” in grade school. To put it in a way big sis will understand… it’s like a room in school that’s your home? Monaca loves hearing everyone exchange opinions during homeroom! That’s why Monaca isn’t just a member of the Warriors of Hope, she’s the mood maker too. Ah, big sis, do you know about the Warriors of Hope?"
Komaru: "N-No..."
Kotoko: "The Warriors of Hope saves the world from “Demons”. How’s that? Isn’t it wonderful?"
Jataro: "We’re a party striving to exterminate Demons together, but… everyone hates me, so I was left out for half of it."
Masaru: "And I’m their leader! That means I’m the #1 ruler of this city!"
Komaru: "Um… all this about Demons and rulers… you guys are messing around, right?"
Nagisa: "Messing around?"
Komaru: "I mean, you’re all kids, right? For mere kids to be rulers is-"
Komaru stopped herself there as she felt a chill in the air. Each of the five kids who were just energetic as could be fell silent and looked as her with disgust; it wasn't a look of just hate, but like looking down at the floor and seeing a disgusting bug. It was a look so powerful that she had never seen on what should be a pure and innocent child's face.
Nagisa: "Mere kids?"
Komaru: "...Eh?"
Kotoko: "Good grief… this is something you can only say “good grief…” to. We thought she might have been “purified”, but… it looks like she’s a textbook Demon."
Nagisa: "Listen. Being an adult or child has nothing to do with anything. If you have power, you can overturn the natural order. If we use our Monokuma, people like you would be reduced to a pulp."
Jataro: "You know what he means by pulp, right? Your whole body will turn into little bits of meat. Your internal organs will fly out like minced meat..."
Kotoko: "Stop it, Jotaro-kun. I see that kind of cruel language as cheap."
Komaru: "Wait. Our Monokuma? Then the one controlling the Monokuma are-"
Masaru: "That’s right! Isn’t it awesome? The Monokuma does everything we say!"
Nagisa: "Thanks to Monaca-chan’s magic."
Masaru: "As expected of my team’s magician! She can use magic even without a magic square!"
Monaca: "Ehehe, thank you everyone."
Kotoko: "Kyaaa, Monaca’s smile is so cute! Cute enough to eat with maple syrup!"
Komaru: "I-If that’s true... then stop this now!"
Jataro: "Stop… what?"
Komaru: "Stop doing all of those cruel things!"
Nagisa: "There’s no way we can stop. At least, not until our paradise is completed."
Komaru: "Paradise?"
Monaca: "Hm? Didn’t you listen to the broadcast? A paradise of the children, by the children, for the children!"
Masaru: "We’re going to kill all the adults in this city and make a peaceful paradise just for children! Doesn’t that sound awesome?! Our paradise don’t have any school or homework!"
Kotoko: "If there are only kids, there won’t be any lolicons either. Though you could say that everyone would become a lolicon. Kya! Will everyone come after me then?"
Jataro: "But… should we leave the people in the ice cream stores? Ice cream can’t sin."
Komaru: "W-What are you saying? I… don’t understand anything you guys are saying!"
Monaca: "Nnnn… like– I– said–! Why– don’t– you– get– it–! That’s– how– it– is–! If Monaca– says so–! Then– it’s– so–!"
The others saw Monaca cry and moved in closer to calm her down. They all had panicked faces as they tried to calm her down and promised all sorts of "fun" games. Komaru seeing this at least understood that this girl in the wheelchair with green hair, Monaca was the center of their world.
Masaru: "Hey you! How dare you make Monaca-chan mad! That’s the last straw! I, the leader, am hunting you down right now!"
Komaru: "H-Hunt?"
Nagisa: "We’re going to begin the game now. You’re going to compete with us in that game."
Jotaro: "Ehehe, it’s a great game. Calling it a Godly game wouldn’t be wrong!"
Kotoko: "At any rate, it was Monaca-chan’s idea."
Masaru: "Ahem, that game is called... Tadaaa! Demon’s Hunting! When playing Demon’s Hunting, we release a Demon into Towa City as a target. Then the Warriors of Hope compete to see who can hunt it down first. It’s an intense game!"
Kotoko: "Waaa, this sounds so fun! As expected of Monaca-chan’s wonderful ideas! Right? Aren’t you looking forward to it, Monaca-chan? So you’ll cheer up, right?"
Monaca: "Nnn.. yeah! How exciting! Let’s do it, let’s do it quickly!"
Komaru: "You don’t mean... the target is..."
Nagisa: "Oi, hurry up and make preparations."
Komaru was confused for a moment, yet it was only for a moment as someone had stealthy walked up behind her and made his move. Before she even realized it the previous youth with a blue wrinkled jacket snuck up behind her and placed two items on her person. One a parachute strapped unto her back and the other was a black bracelet, yet instead of her wrist it was locked around her neck.
Komaru: "W-What is this…?!"
Magician Monokuma: "This bracelet is made specifically to be given to the game’s target. It's made of a special material so it can't get destroyed. Ah, you probably shouldn’t try to pointlessly remove it. If you tamper with it at all... it’ll go boom. I can't stress that "boom" part enough, okay. Hahaha"
Komaru: "...Boom?!"
Jataro: "With this… the preparations are complete."
Masaru: "Alright! Let’s get to hunting!"
Komaru: "W-Wait a minute! This is a joke, isn’t it?"
Nagisa: "You’ve been brought this far; there’s no way this could be a joke. As an adult, you should speak more intelligently."
Komaru: "Y-You really should stop... someone like me... someone like me you know wouldn’t make for a very fun game! I mean… if you throw me out into the city… I’ll surely die right away, won’t I?"
Kotoko: "Oh, how modest… big sis won’t die so easily. You passed that test earlier, didn’t you?"
Komaru: "T-That’s because I had this gun–"
Magician Monokuma: "Nevertheless, that test was excellent! You confronted the Monokuma and managed to get all the way here, how great. Could it be because of the advice I gave you earlier?"
Komaru: "Advice from earlier?"
Komaru recalled the youths previous words and stopped speaking. He made it clear that it was bad if the children here were to discover the Megaphone Megaphone Hacking Gun. Maybe having the gun at all was breaking their rules as it was such an effective weapon against the Monokuma. Komaru now Hoped that the youth was actually on her side, but she couldn't be certain. All she knew was that the youth mentioned death if the Megaphone Megaphone Hacking Gun was discovered and so she decided not to mention it.
Masaru: "Hey you! You’re just a servant, so don’t speak without permission from the leader! The next time you speak out of turn, I’ll glue your lips together!"
Komaeda: "Ahaha, that sounds scary."
Masaru: "...Alright, let’s begin Demon!"
Komaru: "...Why?"
Masaru: "Hmm?"
Komaru: "Why… are you doing these horrible things…? I haven’t… done anything wrong..."
Kotoko: "Oh, big sis is too funny! I’m laughing so hard my cheeks hurt."
Masaru: "We decided to play the game because it’s fun! Isn’t that obvious?"
Komaru: "F-For a reason like that...?"
Monaca: "You know, even if you think about it based on your common sense, logic and experiences, there isn’t any reason for it really. Monaca and us are like that so it can’t be helped. We do it because it’s fun. Have you've ever heard of a kid that has held themselves back from having fun with friends with sound logic or morality? No right? It's the same principle. That’s really all there is to it!"
Nagisa: "Looking for a reason in everything is something adults do. As you get older you all foolishly look for answers that are not there. Whether it's to fill a void, or just because they are suspicious of even life itself. Even the actions and good will of others. We kids are much simpler than that. Nonetheless, if we’re talking about real intentions, then I’m against this kind of play. We still have a mountain of things to do to establish our paradise."
Komaru: "Then... won’t you stop?"
Nagisa: "That can’t happen. This is a game that Monaca-chan proposed. Monaca-chan says she wants to play."
Jotaro: "Monaca-chan is this team’s princess, you see. Everyone has to fulfill the wishes of the princess."
Kotoko: "Everything that Monaca-chan likes, I like as well!"
Nagisa: "...That’s how it is."
Monaca: "Thank you, Nagisa. Even though you’re against it, you prepared all sorts of things for Monaca-chan. Okay, Monaca will bake you some tasty cookies later as thanks!"
Nagisa: "...Y-Yeah. Thanks."
Kotoko: "Ahh, just Nagisa is unfair! I want to eat Monaca-chan’s cookies too!"
Masaru: "Monaca-chan, what about me? But I’m the leader!"
Komaru looked back and forth between each kid and was frightened by what she saw. They weren't pretending to be carefree and enjoying themselves they really were. They are talking about killing people and at the same time about who gets to eat whose snacks. It was frightening.
Komaru: "W-Why... are you able to smile like that? It’s completely strange... it’s abnormal."
Monaca: "Hmm… from an adult’s point of view that might be true, but… but, but–! But–! I don’t care–! About the opinions of adults–! That aside… big sis Komaru Naegi. As for now, you can’t make any choices. You aren’t able to choose your own path. That’s because… where you’re at now isn’t a path."
Komaru: "Eh?"
Monaca: "Haven't you realized it yet? You fell into hell a long time ago. An abyss where no light can ever reach you for all eternity. Didn’t you notice the big, dark hole that opened up at your feet? All you can do now is fall. Fall... Fall... Fall... Hey, can’t you already feel the gravity dragging you down?"
Komaru: "W-What do you mean…?"
Masaru: "She means this Demon!"
And then she was dropped down the hole... literally. The floor beneath her feet collapsed and she fell through as the children around her looked on in joy and superiority. Komaru within seconds as she fell reappeared outside and was no longer confined in what was a actually an enormous airship fly through the skies... yet that meant she was falling through the sky as a result. Komaru truly believed that she was going to die at that moment, that she was going to keep falling till she smashed into the earth far below head first, but then the parachute on her opened to reveal a canopy with a Monokuma design which drastically slowed down her fall.
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Gliding through the skies above Towe City Komaru's journey finally came to an end. Having no control of where she was going she ended up landing on top of the roof of a random building with a fence surrounding all sides.
Komaru: "Ow ow ow ow! That was so scary!"
Komaru wasn't an expert at parachuting, so it wasn't a perfect landing, get all the same there were no major injuries to he found. Relief washed over her as she finally felt safe after her dramatic fall, but soon that shirt feeling came to the end with the sound of a *CLING*. Komaru with reluctance looked to see what that sound was and discovered the object of her fears, a Monokuma scaling the side of the building and climbing up the fence with its claws. Then if that wasn't bad enough two more Monokumas appeared as if from thin air and looked over towards her. Komaru fearing for her life and unable to summon up any courage hid under the canopy of her parachute like a child hiding under the covers of their bed for protection.
Komaru: "Please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me, please help me!!!"
Komaru unable to take action kept calling for help. She had indeed fought the Monokuma before, but she was just a regular girl and not a trained fighter who's always mentally prepared to fight and take action at a moment’s notice. In other words a normal response. All the previous events leading up to now had also destroyed any self confidence that she had about fighting, and so she never even dared to reached for the Megaphone Megaphone Hacking Gun behind her back and tied to her skirt. Komaru just prayed. Prayed over and over that a savior, her savior would arrive and save her from all the Despair... and he had. She was a normal girl, but in spite of that she was the heroine of these events and so-
Shin: "Don't touch my heroine you bipolar bears!"
- *CRASH*!
Komaru heard the voice of a man and the sound of crushed metal as she hid under her canopy. Curiosity at the moment won over her fears as she removed her covers and looked up. The first image that she he was a strange sight by any standards. A Monokuma and a youth with mixed black and white hair wearing a dark coat were engaged in a fight of blades. Sparks ignited as the Monokuma's claws were repelled by the pitch black sword in the hands of the youth. Komaru looked around the roof top to find an explanation of how this sort of situation even started, but found only more confusion.
One of the three Monokunas had been destroyed, smashed into the ground with its face caved in as if it was hit by a large hammer. Next she noticed was that the other still active Monokuma that had a dent in its stomach tried to sneak up behind on the youth and claw at him, but before she could even warn it was too late, or rather unnecessary. While locking blades with one Monokuma with a single hand grasping his sword the youth used a now free hand reflecting a silver light to grab the other Monokuma's claw, smashing its hand with massive gripping power, and then pulled the enemy in closer. The youth side stepped and allowed the pulled in Monokuma to crash into the other enemy and they fell on top of one another. Then not letting this chance go the youth raised his pitch black sword overhead as if it was an axe and slashed down, stunningly cutting through both of the fallen Monokumas in one swing.
Shin: "...Easy, but might get tougher later on. Ah, Komaru Naegi. I'm glad that your safe. Your wellbeing is connected to my own after all."
Komaru: "...Huh?"
The youth looked towards Komaru and spoke. He displayed incredible power and knew her name, so she had a lot of questions to ask, but there was no time. It was then that more than a dozen Monokumas scaling the building and were about to reach the rooftop. The youth seeing this took out a gun that resembled a gun from a certain movie and fired without time to take proper aim. The bullets released somehow accurately struck two Monokumas about to hop onto the rooftop. The bullets bounced off, yet the ones that accurately hit the ominous left eye glowing red cut into the enemy and had their heads explode. It was a good thing, but seeing more taking their place upset the youth.
The youth that had saved her life, Shin, clicked his teeth and dragged Komaru by the hand leading her away. Komaru had no idea who the youth was, but seeing his power and take action to save her gained her full trust at this time. Shin lead Komaru to hide behind one of the large ventilation systems supplying air into the building below their feet as countless Monokuma ran around the rooftop looking for new prey. Komaru looked around for danger and found that Shin had brought her into a large group. Including Shin they were a group of fourteen all together. A few were like Shin and were constantly on guard for any potential dangers about to sneak up on them, but the majority of them were just like Komaru. Helpless, scared, and zero motivation to do anything else but to cry and stay hidden hoping everything words out.
Shin: "...Okay, I'm going back out. They'll eventually find us if we let them be so I'll make quick work of them. I understand a bit of their strengths, so I'm confident that I can win on my own. Sachi and Drake. Protect Komaru! Everyone else... if you have to cry keep the volume down if you don't want the enemy to locate you that much sooner."
Komaru: "W-wait! Who are you? A-are you here to rescue me?"
Komaru called out to her savior as he was about to charge back out to face the enemy Monokuma. Shin stopped to turn back and look at her. For an instant there were some mixed emotions that showed on his face, but it was gone the next. Now all there was on his face was a genuine smile as he looked directly into Komaru's eyes.
Shin: "...That's right. We're here to help you as it is our mission, but introductions can wait till I clear out the enemies. Then we can have a nice long talk, but I can tell you the short version of who I am. My name is Shin. A member of Future Foundation and Hope's Peak Academy "Ultimate Protagonist"! Komaru Naegi, let's go on an adventure and escape Towe City!"
Shin with that short introduction left Komaru and the others of his group behind. Komaru didn't understand half of what Shin had just said, but his strength and confidence won her over. For so long she's been praying for someone like him to appear and save her. Komaru didn't know who he really was and what he really wanted... but those things didn't matter now. Komaru, she had found her prince charming who would protect her from all the Despair of the world and allowed her to Hope once more... or that was what she at least wanted to believe as she was desperate for a savior.
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Thank those of you who were waiting and here it is... The first chapter of the long awaited Terror Infinity - Side B, Dangan Ronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls! The length of the DRAE: UDG arc is extremely long like HxH arc (Less Chapters, but more content) and there's nonstop action. This will be a story plot, so not too many differences to the original game will be seen.
Thank you for reading and look forward to the next chapter. Also thanks to Azarza for proof-reading this chapter and also Deltoren for for picking up the latter half of the arc. Lastly, please rate this Fan Fiction and leave nice/constructive reviews. The better the two are, the more new fans will give 'Terror Infinity - Side B' a chance.