31A/N: Finally, after some... changes that I've done in these past few days, I decided to make another crossover story. Since I got hooked with Danganronpa AND I'm currently playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (which is my GOTY so far) and a Metal Gear fan myself, this is the result. And I'm starting to like Mukuro even more after reading some info and bits of Danganronpa IF. And the rest is history.
Disclaimer:
Danganronpa is the property of Spike Chunsoft and NIS America
Metal Gear Solid is the property of Konami (note: a HIDEO KOJIMA game!)
Guideline:
Speech
Thoughts
(Russian)
Prologue : The Slain Wolf's Awakening Part I
*Mukuro's POV*
Sometime in Hope's Peak Academy, inside the auditorium
Emptiness.
Nothing.
It's all black.
That… is all I see in my eyes. I feel like I'm floating. The last time I remembered was… I was impaled. Wow, that was brutal. Multiple spears, huh? What was it called? Oh yeah, the "Spears of Gungnir", as the weird monochrome bear dubbed it. And after that, I was dead. But the one thing that I've never expect? That is I was killed… by my own sister.
Yes, my twin sister Junko. Who I dearly loved, I dearly cared. We call ourselves "The Despair Sisters" and one of the founding members of the group known as Ultimate Despair. To put it simply, I'm helping my sister's goal on "painting the world in despair". And it all started with the Tragedy. But in order to do that, we enrolled in a school called Hope's Peak Academy. I was dubbed as the "Ultimate Soldier" while Junko was the "Ultimate Fashionista" when we got there; we're part of the 78th Class back then. And then… my sister set her plan in motion: the killing game.
That's right. We wiped out the memories of our fellow students; our classmates; our friends. But there is something that it hurts me the most: to wipe out the memory of the one that I became close to – the one that I consider my first friend – the one that I fell in love with, despite of me being a young soldier. His name is Makoto Naegi.
But before that and the events of the Killing Game, I spent a good amount of time masquerading as my sister when she was away, disguising as a fake student named "Ryoko Otonashi"; a girl who is an amnesiac yet she also had almost supernatural analytical skills, calling here the "Ultimate Analyst"…. Well, as a far I remember. There is a group of young kids known as "Ultimate Despair": different high school students who have different talents and yet, they devote themselves to my sister Junko. I was one of them; even I consider myself as my twin sister's other half. Despite of being the "Ultimate Soldier", I'm also a caring and gentle young girl, but mostly in front of Makoto and my sister. And since I was very close to Junko, I will do everything for her. Taking orders, doing what she says... being a puppet for my younger twin is just fine by me. It's just for the sake of being loved and to be accepted by her… even though I'm the older twin. Weird, isn't it?
And then… the gruesome game has finally begun. I, still disguising as Junko, have melded with the memory-wiped students, including Makoto. Then we met the so-called Headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy: an odd yet hideous and sadistic monochrome talking bear named Monokuma. In actuality, he's a remote-controlled bear; being controlled by none other than mastermind, my sister herself. The sadistic mascot announced that all of us will be imprisoned in this school for the rest of our lives. And in order for us to "graduate", meaning to get out of this confine, one should murder the other student and not be identified as the culprit. In other words, we should kill each other… in order to get out of this place. Of course, everyone panicked, especially Makoto. Fearing with their own lives, fearing for their own deaths… well, that is despair-inducing. A soldier should have no fear in any kind of danger because when you're on the battlefield…it's either you fight or die.
But above all this…? It was all Junko's plan. The killing game was instigated to show the whole world of students…young men and women, killing each other. All for sake of spreading despair to all people, leading to chaos, anarchy and desolation.
Still disguising myself as Junko, I pretend to be one of the students who panicked. But of course, I have no choice but to act out. In fact, I'm angry about Monokuma's game of a "class trial"; which is to find who the killer was. I mean, if we got the right answer, then the culprit will be executed. But if we get the wrong guy, the culprit will go scoot free and all of our classmates will be executed. For a sadist like Monokuma, that sounds fun. But for us, of course, that sounds horrible… and terrifying.
I was the only one who stood up for my fellow classmates. Being pissed off, I attacked Monokuma, stomping the bear's head. But this was also my plan: attacking Monokuma will make Junko send me to Hope's Peak lower parts. Then I will commit the murder and I'll go scoot free so everyone will fail on the "class trial" and they will all be executed… including Makoto. My feelings for him didn't change… but I will do anything just to please my sister. Just to give despair for my sister. Nothing else.
But… what happened next is… is something that I didn't expect. Not just that this wasn't even according to plan… but the biggest irony of all…
"Activating Summoning Magic! Save me, Spears of Gungnir!"
And suddenly, something sharp had hit me in the chest. And it was a spear. As multiple spears impaled my whole body, my eyes widened. Yes, I will do anything to give my sister Junko the despair she's craving for. Yeah, I smiled a bit. But what's really odd is that…you are killed by your own sister…
"Okay… not gonna lie, it's kinda weird…It's… strange…. I don't know, really…. but…"
"Alright, I guess my sister's finger slipped. Or maybe not… so that's how it is…" I thought to myself and as I fell to the ground with eyes.
As I close my eyes into oblivion, I felt… nothing…
Wakh Sind Barracks
Northern Kabul, Afghanistan, 1984. 8:30 in the morning
"Ughh…"
I groaned as something bright has hit my eyes. I don't know why but… why I am still… feeling? Why does my heart still beating? And… I can still feel my whole body…. What's happening to me…?
I finally opened my eyes. And looked on my surroundings… I realized I was in a cell. And then suddenly, it hit me. I looked down and my body is still there; I found that I was wearing prisoner clothes. When I tried to move my left hand, it was stuck. I also did the same thing with my right hand. As I heard the clinging metal that held both of my hands, I looked where the sound came from and to my surprise, I was handcuffed. I'm trying to break free from the cuffs, but to no avail.
"W-what… in the world…."
I thought this was… heaven. But actually, I was in a room. And it's a prison cell.
And a few moments later, I heard footsteps. Then the door of my cell opened… and a male Russian soldier is walking towards me. By the looks of it, he's in his own military uniform and his own equipment, plus the cap. And he has an AK-47 rifle, holstered on his right shoulder. And he carries… a box. But when I smell it, I smell…. food.
Well, of course. This is morning. And I need to eat breakfast. Oh yeah, I'm hungry too. So it makes sense.
("So you're now finally awake, little girl.")The soldier started to speak. But I had a hard time because I've known the Russian language a little; I mean, I understood Russian, but I'm not much very fluent of it.
But before I reply, he knelt down and puts down the box, then he took off my handcuffs and then… he opened the box. All I see is 3 loaves of bread and a sandwich.
("Here. Take and eat. You need to fill your empty stomach, right? You've been asleep for… three days.")
Three days? Well, I guess that's why my stomach growls too much… it seems I'm weaker than I thought.
And I nodded in response. As I got the bread loaf I started to eat… using both of my hands; after I finished I took the sandwich next. But before that, I took off the sandwich napkin wrapped into it, which it was easy to open.
After finished eating the sandwich, the soldier offered me a canteen.
("Drink.") Without a second thought, I took and drink the water from the canteen. And I tried to reply… in Russian.
After I finished drinking, I looked to the Russian soldier and said ("Um, thank you…")
Then the soldier replied, ("You're welcome- Huh? You can speak Russian?")
And… I tried to answer in English. "Well, I understand Russian. But speaking it? Not fluently…"
"So… you're speaking English, huh? Surprising for a Japanese girl like you, you are multilingual. Today is your lucky day if you ask me." Replied the Russian soldier, much to Mukuro's surprise as the former speaks English fluently.
"Wait, you can speak English?" I asked.
"Only a few of us were from the Interpretation section for Western information, just 5 kilometers from here." The Russian soldier replied. Then he continued, "Most of our prisoners we've captured are Afghan rebels… and a number of defectors from our Motherland." he said while remained his composure, as a guard would do.
"I see…" then I realized something: Afghan… wait a minute… does that mean…
"I wanna ask: where am I? And… where and how did you find me?"
"Well…" the Soviet soldier paused a bit then he continued. "You're here in Wahk Sind Barracks, our base. This place is not just a housing area for us soldiers but also a prison for enemies. And for your second question, we found you in the grassy plains, 500 miles from this barracks.
"When I was walking outside for a patrol operation, I suddenly saw a person lying down on the grass….
Flashback
"(Huh?)"
The Soviet soldier on patrol suddenly saw a person, unconscious. He immediately ran towards the unknown person to check on her. He confirmed that it was a young girl, wearing a fancy dress; and beside her is a pink-colored twintail wig.
The Russian guard sighed as he commented. "(I never thought that I would find someone who would wear something this… weird. But this girl has a wig… what if she is a spy?")
As the guard keeps on checking, he also confirmed that the girl's body is on a good condition.
("Hmm, her body is in full intact. Better to take her to the base...")
The Russian soldier took out his radio, trying to contact the command post.
("CP, this is Kursk 5. I've located an unknown contact. A young woman, Japanese. Probably in her teens. Unsure if she's a hostile or a civilian. Need orders. Over.")
The CP operator replied back.
("This is CP. Understood. Take the girl to our barracks; in our prison cell. We don't know if she's an enemy or not, but as of now, we'll take her as our prisoner until we have information about her. Also, provide her with clothing and food. Out.")
*Mukuro's POV*
"So… that's what actually happened, huh?" I concluded.
"I can't even tell myself. Because when I first found you, you already lost your right hand." The Russian soldier turned to me. Then he suddenly grabbed my left arm along with my right and cuffed me again on the steel pipe attached in the while.
"H-Hey! What are you doing!?" I was surprised on this.
"Even I saved your ass back there; we can't even tell if you're an enemy or a civilian. For now, we will treat you as a prisoner."
'Prisoner?' "Hold on, you just saved me just to be thrown into this pit?!" I tried to argue.
"Just relax a little bit." The Russian soldier tried to calm me down. "With the whole situation getting…dire, we soldiers need to take precaution when it comes to treating unknowns. In other words, you're inside a war zone."
"A war zone… what do you mean?"
"Do you have any idea what you're talking about? Do you have some kind of amnesia or are you THAT dumb?" the said Soviet soldier blurted out at me.
I stopped at the moment I heard his words. What will I say to him? That 'I was killed by my sister and I supposed to be dead and then I returned back to life and ended up in this world' stuff? Heh, he doesn't probably buy that because I'm afraid that this Russian soldier would blurt out in laughter upon the thought of what I've said is ridiculous or maybe he's gonna be angry for making fun of him. So I gotta be careful…
I decided to calm myself as I lowered my head. "I don't even know…"
"Ok then." The Russian soldier sighed as he began his explanation. "I told you earlier that you're here in our barracks, here in Wakh Sind. But the whole thing is that… this place is under the 40th Army. You're here in Northern Kabul, Afghanistan. We are facing off against the Afghan rebels whose goal is to put down the present Afghan government, which they are also supportive to our Mother Russia, to the whole Union."
So I was right: I was in Afghanistan. And this soldier mentioned "Mother Russia"… and "Union". I get it now: this soldier is from the Soviet Army, and he's from the former Soviet Union. Wait…
"Aside from the fact that I'm now in Afghanistan, what year is this?" I asked him again.
And the soldier from Russia replied with an answer… "To answer your question, weird girl; the year… is 1984."
Somewhere at the southern side of Wakh Sind
10:30 in the morning
"Be careful down there, Boss!" said the helicopter pilot, codenamed Pequod as it went off its way.
Jumping down from the helicopter is a man, presumably in his 50s based on appearance with blue eyes and a short pigtail, wearing a military uniform; a 'Desert Fox' camo, which is perfect for blending with the desert and mountain ranges that can blend in with the pattern. On the right shoulder of his uniform is a personalized emblem: a black-colored circle with the letters "DD" inside of it; on then the right shoulder is another emblem that was displayed proudly: a logo depicted a cut diamond, with a black Rhodesian Ridgeback hound's head snarling in profile. A yellow banner underneath featured the name: "Diamond Dogs." He sports a semi-fingerless glove on his right hand; the left hand however is mechanical, which means that the man had a bionic arm, which is an improved form of a prosthetic arm.
In addition of having a suppressor-equipped semi-automatic rifle and a sniper rifle as primary weapons, he also had a suppressor-equipped WU pistol with tranquilizer bullets to put guards to sleep or if he wants to go non-lethal, which it was placed in a specialized holster. On his right waist is a cassette player where he can put cassettes either to play music or listen to taped conversations, along with a personalized radio headset place placed in his right ear. Aside from wearing an eye patch that covers his lost right eye, he also had scars on the left side of his face. But the most noticeable feature is the shrapnel that was embedded on the upper right side of the forehead, which it can be counted as a "horn."
On his left side is a white horse named "D-Horse". Not just a buddy, but also a means of transport in order to travel Afghanistan's vast terrain.
As he mounted on D-Horse, a radio call came forward as the said man turned it on and started to get the frequency, which it was attached in his combat uniform located right side on the chest.
"Boss, your mission is to rescue the Soviet engineer held captive at Wakh Sind. The target was said of being a bionics specialist. As Ocelot said earlier, he can work out with your prosthetic arm. The Soviets view him as a traitor now, so he will be treated like any other prisoner. Find him and get him out of there. How you do it, is up to you." The first man on the radio spoke.
"Roger, that Kaz." The eyepatched man said.
"Intel confirms that aside from the primary target, two other prisoners are also held captive inside Wakh Sind Barracks. Better if you try to add them to your rescue list. They could be potential recruits for Diamond Dogs. Wish you luck, Snake." another man said on the radio.
"Alright then, Ocelot. I'll keep that in mind." The said soldier, who was known by the codename of 'Snake', replied. In other words, his full codename is Venom Snake. For his soldiers, he is their commander. For his enemies, he is a force to be reckoned with. For those who lived on the battlefield, he's a legend. And for the whole world, they saw him as hero, or a terrorist and a fanatic. On the contrary, the whole world wants him dead. He is also known as the "Legendary Soldier", Big Boss.
Riding on his horse, a few walks and he reached the area where he can see the entrance to the base. Picking up from his attached belt is a walkie-talkie like device called iDroid. He opened it by pushing one of the buttons with his right thumb and it displays a holographic map. As he studies the whole map, he could tell that his location is just a few miles from the barracks; he was in the southwest part. While looking at the holographic map, he scrolled until he found out the northern most section of the outpost. He sees a bright circle as the indicator highlighted which says "FOM" (field of motion). Then he pushed one of the buttons of his iDroid to 'mark' the area. He placed back his iDroid and uses his binoculars to scout the area once again. Or in better perspective, 'marking' enemy soldiers to know their location and their movements, as well as any form of vehicles like jeeps, trucks, and every armored vehicles and mounted weapons like mortars and gun emplacements. The Wakh Sind outpost is mountainous as he saw defense emplacements on the rocky cliffs; this means the hilly areas are where the main quarters and the supplies are located.
As he finished 'marking' through his binoculars, he mounted off from D-Horse and started to go on his objective. But he needs to be cautious because in order to make a successful solo rescue mission, sneak-and-stealth is the best way…
"Let's get started."
TO BE CONTINUED
A/N: So let us leave this here. Actually, I decided to divide this into two parts because it will be longer than I expected. And I love TPP's episodic structure, which is a lot better than a long feature film IMO. Of course, I'm still writing part 2 of the prologue so I'll make this count.
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