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Danganronpa then: The Desperate 'IF' and the Thin Line Between Hope and Despair

Summary:

When a dazed Makoto Naegi wakes up locked inside a school with thirteen other students, he can't shake the fear building within him... And that fear is truly realized when he discovers a mysterious fifteenth student, one with no name and no memory, passed out at the site of the entrance ceremony. This meeting would change the course of the world's future... IF they were ready to meet that future.

A scenario in which the events of Danganronpa IF ended in failure, and the mastermind made good on their promise.

Chapter 1: Welcome To...?

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

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The world is full of ifs.

IF Adam hadn't joined with Eve, society would never have been born. IF a certain person hadn't decided despair should rule, perhaps this girl's situation wouldn't be so dire.

And... if she had never... failed...

...

I... failed...?

Everything was swirling, colors in her mind bleeding and blending. Wait, what did I fail to do...? How did I fail? Who did I fail? ...Something about a person's despair? Who? What person?

And... what was supposed to happen if I 'failed'...?

It was... something about...

About my... My...

Darkness.


Well, now, well now, well now well now well now.

Isn't this fascinating? Of all the outcomes, certainly this was the one I least expected, and therefore the most thrilling. The Ultimate Lucky Student utilized his 'talent', a talent I was very interested to see in action, to break my little game in half, brutally throwing it into chaos.

And I loved the absolute shit out of it. Like, seriously?! Fuck, man, who knew that remembering a little of the trash I wiped from his memory would completely screw everything! But it's totally what happened, and even I couldn't see it coming, so you know it's fucking awesome! Right when I was gonna make a move and try and kick things up a notch on my own, he jumped in and did it for me! Thanks, dumbshit!

And then you know what? Something even more exciting happened! HE pulled HER into action! Yup, that super-disappointing little girl I almost killed ended up turning riiiiight back around and standing against me! It was kinda cute, really! Guess that's what love, stupidity, and smelliness does to ya! But it's too bad! 'Cuz when I'm serious, I mean it! And when I mean it, I can get pretty serious! So I gave her a chance to beat me once and for all, and...

And...

...Never mind. This is actually super-boring. Ughhhhh. But it's her fault. I told her exactly what I was going to do, exactly what would happen if she messed it up... And she still messed it up. It was so lame to watch... And it looked like it hurt, too. To see her in pain like that... Yeah, it gave me so much despair. But when I realized that her failing meant we'd just be going back to the original plan, like nothing ever happened...

...It was just disappointing. No despair at all. Like I said, boring, right? But hey, I just have to make the best of it. It's not like it's the exact same plan all over again... Now there's something I'm liking even more in the mix.

Puhu. Puhuhu...

Maybe for once, completely by accident... you won't disappoint me, Mukuro.

Good luck, sis. I'm counting on you.


 

Notes:

a short start to what will hopefully become a VERY long project