Danganronpa AZ: Stained Destiny

Side-Story: Hisoka Shimizu

[4 years before the start of the Killing Game, a young girl is sitting alone in a home, typing away at a computer.]

[Hisoka: Age 13]

Hisoka: "..."

Hisoka: (...If I just do this... This should fix that bug, right?)

[Hisoka types something in, then waits a moment.]

Hisoka: (...That made it worse.)

Hisoka: "Sigh... Why is this so complex..."

[Suddenly, a cell phone on the desk starts to buzz. Hisoka picks it up and quickly answers it.]

Hisoka: "Hello?"

???: "Hey, Hisoka. Been a little while, how you been?"

Hisoka: "...I'm fine, Hachiro."

Hachiro: "Good, good. How's the program coming along?"

Hisoka: "...I ran into a wall."

Hachiro: "Ah, that sucks. What's wrong with it?"

[Hisoka quickly explains the issue, and the voice from the phone explains how to fix it.]

Hisoka: "...Oh. It worked."

Hachiro: "Told you so."

Hisoka: "How are you so good at all this? I can't get the hang of it..."

Hachiro: "Oh, give it time. Honestly, you're learning faster than I did."

Hisoka: "...Anyway. What're you calling about?"

Hachiro: "Straight to the point as usual, huh? Alright, alright. Listen. I've been working on something. Y'know that... 'Buddy' of ours online?"

Hisoka: "You mean... Him?"

Hachiro: "The very same. Listen, I found out a bit about him."

Hisoka: "...What do you mean?"

Hachiro: "Let's see... His real name's 'Shiro Fujimura' or something like that. He lives in Takayama... Turns out he's way older than us, too. Got a wife and kids and everything."

Hisoka: "...Why do you know all this?"

Hachiro: "Well, y'know, of course I was a little suspicious of him. I mean, some dude named 'BadassDiablo' comes up to you in that chatroom and tries to get you to help him hack Kimoto's fortune? Like, that was totally suspicious! And he was so obviously not really American."

Hisoka: "...Hachiro, that's illegal. You can't just dig up someone's personal info like that."

Hachiro: "Hey, hey, listen, you haven't even heard the best part. Turns out, the dude was hired by Kimoto! Crazy, right? I think he was trying to find actual hackers and bait them into doing all that crap so Kimoto could sue them. Total bs, right?"

Hisoka: "I... Still, you can't just-"

Hachiro: "Yeah, yeah, I know. It's illegal. But, like, so what? Is there anything that wrong about vigilante justice?"

Hisoka: "...Justice? I thought you just dug up his info."

Hachiro: "Well, yeah, but... Well... Y'know... I may or may not have set up an elaborate scam and drained the money from his pockets that Kimoto paid him... No big deal or anything, but-"

Hisoka: "Hachiro. Are you serious?"

Hachiro: "Hey, c'mon, I'm not gonna get caught or anything. Heh, I bet I could be the next Ultimate Hacker with my-"

Hisoka: "No, listen to me. I don't care if you're not getting caught. Stop doing all this."

Hachiro: "...Hisoka, listen, I know this kinda stuff makes you uncomfortable, but it's for the greater good, isn't it?"

Hisoka: "..."

Hachiro: "Kimoto is a scumbag, everyone knows that. But, even so... The guy's untouchable. Except for people like us. Untouchable scumbags like that... I can't just let them be when I'm able to do something about it. Little by little... I'm gonna do something about it. I gotta."

Hisoka: "...Why? He doesn't affect you directly, you shouldn't care that much. Especially to the point of doing all this."

Hachiro: "So what if it's not affecting me? You got any idea how many lives that asshole's ruined? When I can mess with him with my skills... I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I just ignored it."

Hisoka: "..."

Hachiro: "...Heh, maybe once I'm done with him, I can move on to bigger things. Like one day I could even stop jkfewi8288tfioe."

Hisoka: "...That's dre@ming too big. You'd def1nitely get caught doing that"

Hachiro: "Yeah, yeah. I need to g7t bePter before I can tH5kle that... Onestepatatimey'know?"

Hisoka: "...Y0U shou1dn''''''''''t be ta a a a a a ackl1yng th6D at a(l."

Hachiro: "H5h, Hisoka, y07 r4l1y gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta

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Hisoka: "..."

Hisoka: (...Gotta make sure any evidence of this is gone. Forever.)

Hisoka: "...Sigh. That idiot. If it weren't for me, he'd have been caught so long ago... He's so reckless."

Hisoka: "...Still, I can't let him get caught. I... Don't know what I'd do if he were."

Hisoka: "...Sigh. Why did you have to turn to all this crime, Hachiro... Why couldn't we just stay as normal friends... I hate this double life..."

Hisoka: "...And this invitation he sent me... I can't get involved in this more than I already am. He should know that... Sigh. Idiot..."