Who Are You? (Danganronpa V3 AU) [DISCONTINUED]

Introductions {CHAPTER 1}

It was just another usual day for Shuichi Saihara. Waking up, getting dressed, eating breakfast, and walking off to school. He seemed confident about the day. More confident than anybody else would be. He had his head held high and a smirk on his face. He knew that he was going to rule the day. "Let's make a difference!" he constantly told himself as he walked to school. As the Ultimate Detective, he was confident in his skills. He always trusted himself in everything, even if it wasn't his specialty. Shuichi Saihara was a role model.

The detective made it to school and immediately looked for one of his closest friends- the person everybody could trust, Kokichi Ouma.

The boys were particularly close because of people bullying Kokichi. Shuichi put a stop to it, and thus- they became the best of friends!

Kokichi stood by his own locker as he put stickers all over it. Even though that was odd- especially for the Ultimate Surpreme Leader- he didn't seem to care. Pretty much nobody thought he would be a good leader- except Shuichi. The detective believed in him with all his heart.

"Hey-" Shuichi began as he leaned on the locker next to Kokichi. His smile was very genuine. "I missed you! Where were you yesterday?"

Kokichi blinked. He was thinking long and hard about his answer. "I was just giving myself a pep talk all day! Then- I missed school." He gave Shuichi a cheeky grin.

"Really now? I guess you took my advice then? But I didn't mean to give yourself a pep talk all day, Silly!" The detective gave a laugh.

Kokichi suddenly seemed flustered. His face was red. "I- took it too far, but- it still helped!"

"I'm glad it helped. You really deserve a break from all of those bullies..by the way, have you talked to Kaede lately-"

"D-Don't say her name!" Kokichi tensed up. "Please, she pretty much senses when somebody calls her name..."

Shuichi raised an eyebrow and sighed. "You're worrying too much...calm down a bit! I doubt she even-"

Then, a hand flew by them and landed straight on Kokichi's locker. It was- Kaede Akamatsu's hand. She was- the Ultimate Pianist!

She grinned at the boys. "So- I heard my name...who the hell is talking about me?" Her eyebrow twitched, and she began to reach for Kokichi's neck. "Listen here, you-"

But before she could even grab his neck, Shuichi slapped her hand away. "Do. NOT. Touch him, you jerk!" He groaned. "Why do you always do this? Why do you want to split us up? I never understand it!"

Kaede scoffed at him, which eventually turned into a laugh. "Nobody deserves friendship, and you shouldn't be so happy at this point! I'm going to ruin you, Saihara! Your popularity will be gone! You'll be a lowlife just like your little friend here!"

Shuichi had just about enough. "Leave..him...alone, you little-" He slapped her, then pulled his hand back. He was a bit shocked at what he did; for once in his life, the detective was nervous. He backed away. "Damn- I'm sorry! Jeez, I wasn't thinking.." He laughed nervously and grabbed Kokichi's hand. "We have to run!" He ran, pulling his best friend along with him.

Kaede had already given up on chasing them. "Gah...I'll get Gonta to go after them later. I know how much he likes to hurt others." She then smirked at her own statement and turned away. "They'll be taken care of for sure..."

"Ah- Shuichi, what the hell?! Why'd you slap her?" Kokichi furrowed his eyebrows. "This isn't like you! You- don't usually lose your cool like that! But.." He began to blush. "..I appreciate that you did that to me."

Shuichi simply looked back at him and smiled. "That's what friends are for, yeah?"

Back to Shuichi and Kokichi, they were simply walking to their class: 4B. It did include Kaede and even the strongest bully- Gonta Gokuhara..but they were used to their constant picking for the most point.

Shuichi walked into the classroom and smiled as he spotted Kaito Momota, the Ultimate Astronaut.

Kaito hated his ultimate. He wished it never even came to be. He had always been scared of heights and wasn't very confident in himself, so, why did he get such a 'lousy ultimate' in his opinion?

Shuichi sat next to Kaito and hummed a bit. "So, you were the first in the classroom! How punctual are you?" He chuckled.

Kaito sighed. "Knock it off..I don't care if I'm punctual or not...I'm not exactly useful."

"Oh, shut up. Who cares about that? In my book, you're pretty cool. And you're gonna believe it. Alright? You can trust me!"

"Yeah, right.." Kaito stared at him and gave him a slight smile. "You sure know how to make somebody smile..."

Kokichi watched the two as they conversed. He brushed the jealousy off of his shoulder and sat next to Shuichi silently. He twiddled with his fingers and sighed. "Yeah, Shuichi is amazing! Heh-"

Shuichi looked back at Kokichi. "You both really know how to make me feel nice! I love helping people! There's always this amazing feeling that comes with it!"

Kokichi looked away and sighed. "Yeah! Being nice to people is cool and all, but- aren't there more important things in your life?"

"Why would there be? I don't enjoy my life all that much, and you know that, Kokichi," Shuichi stated. He closed his eyes. "One day, I'll like my life...it'll be far in the future, but it'll happen!" He chuckled. "I'll probably be happy with my life when I become a famous detective!"

"Yeah, and I'll be happy with my life when I retire. I'm never gonna be an astronaut," Kaito replied with a snicker, causing Shuichi and Kokichi to both chuckle slightly.

"Well, people say I'll never be a surpreme leader," Kokichi began, "but I know I will be! Just like Shuichi said, I should believe in myself! I'll be the surpreme leader of- I don't know- Russia?" He laughed. "Not Russia, but you get what I mean!"

Shuichi smiled. "You're really funny, Kokichi. Maybe you'll be the surpreme leader of comedy!"

"That wasn't a good joke," Kokichi said with a huff. He stared at Shuichi before cracking up. "Aww, I can't stay mad at you! You're too amazing!"

Shuichi blushed a deep hint of red. "Damn- you're so much more amazing than me, don't worry, Kokichi!"

Then, the classroom door flew open; and Gonta Gokuhara walked inside. He seemed to wear a biker gang outfit, but he was known to be the smartest student in the class. He focused his gaze on Shuichi and Kokichi, him cracking his knuckles. "Miss Akamatsu gave me a proposition. And I was willing to take it." He immediately reached for and grabbed Kokichi's neck. He held it tightly as he wanted the small male to choke as soon as possible.

"Damn- Kokichi! Gonta, what are you doing?!" Shuichi's eyes widened as he heard his friend suffer. "Let go of him, dammit!" Kokichi had already passed out, yet he still reached for Gonta's hand..

To be continued