A/N: Just in time for halloween! I hope this story makes some people smile, especially Takane Otonashi who had to wait a few days for this. Sorry and please enjoy the story. :)
Warning: Spoilers for Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Side: Future and Side: Hope
~Your POV~
If he was the Ultimate Hope, why was he on trial for helping the Remnants of Despair? I tried asking big sis but she told me to be quiet.... Big sis was also acting strangely. She wouldn't pat my head like she always did and she wouldn't let me cuddle with her when I had a nightmare last night. Did big sis hate me now? Tears filled my eyes at the thought. I didn't understand anything and that only added to my frustration. Makoto Naegi was a good guy, so why was he being treated like a bad guy? It didn't make sense to me and nobody wanted to explain it to me. I was just the little 11 year old that lived in the Future Foundation building. I was too young to understand but I had to be around to "bring hope to the next generation", whatever that means. Everyone was looking at each other with scary faces. Did Makoto do something really bad? They were so serious that it was scaring me. It was a complete contrast to when I was in Towa City, where I found that fear had different forms. The fear of being killed by the adults that helped raise me and take care of me. The fear of seeing adults and children kill each other in cold blood, with no remorse. The fear that a Remnant of Despair could inflict on someone, like Nagito Komaeda did to me when I met him. He talked of hope but acted in despair's name. I was sent to infiltrate the Warriors of Hope since I was a child like them, but after meeting Nagito, I never wanted to leave the safety of Future Foundation again. The fear I was experiencing right now was different and just as despair-inducing as any other type of fear. The tension was high, almost unbearable. I held onto the armrest of big sis' wheelchair for comfort and looked up at her. Her face was emotionless and when she looked at me her eyes didn't have the warm glow that always calmed me down and made me feel at ease. I watched as Makoto Naegi walked in with two friends. They were all in something called "The School Life of Mutual Killing", or something like that. Either way, seeing those three felt like a breath of fresh air, especially when I saw their eyes that were so full of hope. It made my heart feel lighter and I wanted to reach out to them. They were good guys. So why were the adults looking at them like they were bad guys? No. They were only looking at one person with such a heated glare. Makoto Naegi, who had the warmest and kindest gaze.
All that Kyosuke, the supposed hope of Future Foundation, said was "Arrest him, Juzo."
I gasped and looked at Kyosuke. His serious attitude made me a little nervous but I knew that he just wanted to help people. Still, I felt much more comfortable around Makoto. Speaking of Makoto, why was he getting arrested when the chairman said we should listen to what he has to say? I didn't get it at all. I didn't get any of it at all. His friend tried to speak up for him, but everyone else was ganging up on them. Whatever this was, it wasn't fair. Makoto deserved to be able to speak and Juzo was being a bully! I did the one thing that I could understand how to do: Fight for the hope that was right. I stood in front of Makoto in a protective manner. As the other members looked at me, shocked, I spoke.
"Don't hurt him anymore! You're being bad guys!" I told them.
Juzo looked at me with a gaze that made me tremble but I glared back at him with tears in my eyes. No matter how scary he was, I would stand my ground for hope, just like everyone told me to. He kept staring at me before he chuckled and lifted my small form. "Careful there, little warrior." he said, making me puff out my cheeks.
"I'm not that little!" I shouted at him, waving my arms to try and make myself look more threatening.
"Sure, sure." he replied, amused, as he put me down.
