Chapter 1: Everyday Life at the Ultimate School

Hello Dear Readers!

This is my first attempt at a Danganronpa fic so I hope you will all enjoy it. As you have probably guessed from the title it is a non-despair au, Naegi harem fic. I plan to keep it pretty tame, but we'll see what happens. This idea came to me after watching "Everyday Life with Monster Girls" and reading "The Luckster and his Luck" by Jibster; "The Unlucky Luckster and the 77th Class" by Veos G17; and "King of Hope" by Putain de Plagieur. If you have yet to check any of those out I highly recommend all of them, just in case you didn't catch that.

I wish I owned Danganronpa, but maybe it's better that I don't.

It's been a while since my last fic, so I hope I remember how to do this.

"And that should do it," a young man said as he finished piling pancakes onto a plate. I know they said I don't have to do this anymore, but I like taking care of them, he thought as he carried the plate into what looked like dining room. Before setting it down he yelled, "Breakfast is ready girls!"

A large group of girls took a place at the table and with a chorus of "Itadakimasu!" they joined the young man for the meal.

About halfway through breakfast the young man, remembering that they all had the day off, asked what everyone planned to do that day.

An innocent enough question, with innocent intentions, but it started of a series of demands from everyone else present.

"Actually, Naegi-kun, could you come with me to the pool? I need you to time my breast stroke."

"I was going to ask Naegi-kun to model for a photography session today."

"Tsh, if it's modeling he should spend the day with me. Naegi-kun, join us at the mall, your queen will model any outfit that you desire."

"Know your place. Naegi-kun, we should plan for our trip to Novoselic. Once there we will capture the Golden Makango and be acknowledged as the Royal Couple."

"But-but Ibuki wants Makoto-chan to listen to her new song, she was thinking of him the whole time she wrote it."

"Naegi-kun, wouldn't you rather hear me sing for you than listen to a loud electric guitar?"

"No, Naegi-onii should watch me dance."

"Naegi-kun, I'd like it if you came to the arcade with me…I think."

"I have found a casino with no minimum gambling age, my precious B-rank and I will be relieving people of their money there."

"Naegi-kun, I think you should take this time to learn a method of self-defense. I would be more than happy to show you the finer points of swordplay."

"Naegi-kun, if you practice with me I could teach you self-defense and all sorts of survival techniques."

"If it's fighting, Naegi-kun should just throw down with me. Winner gets to cop a feel."

"I-I w-was hoping Naegi-kun and I could restock the infirmary. I'm sorry, please forgive me!"

"I have some cases I need to go over. I'm sure we could solve them together, Naegi-kun."

"Sorry my little rotten oranges, Naegi-kun and I are going to do a one-on-one evaluation, that just so happens to take the form of a romantic picnic."

More demands were made and the young man, Naegi Makoto just shook his head and smiled. These girls were his closest friends and it had been like this every morning for some time now. These girls, his dorm mates, would argue for a while and then everything would work out somehow. He wasn't sure what he did that was amazing enough to gain the attention of these girls and when he met them, he wasn't sure that they would ever like or trust him given the circumstances at that time. Everything leading up to this was a precious memory and he remembered it so very clearly.

Naegi Makoto's First Day

In front of a school in the center of a large city a young man stood at the gate.

Hope's Peak Academy. The school that brings the best students from every field imaginable.

If you come here and manage to graduate, you'll be set for life. It was built to raise hope in the nation's future, which makes Hope's Peak a perfectly fitting name."

"There are two things you need attend this school. One, you need to be a high school student already, and two, you need to be the best at what you do. No ordinary student can come here. In order to be enrolled, you have to be sought out.

So how does someone like me got into a school like this? Well…

"Hey buddy, are you just going to stand there staring or are you going to go in?" a voice said, interrupting the boy's inner monologue.

The boy in question had thin and petite build, being a little on the short side. He had spiky, desaturated brown hair with a prominent ahoge, and washed-out hazel eyes. He wore a zipped-up dull green hoodie with a red stripe along the zipper, an open black jacket with gold buttons over the hoodie, black jeans, and red sneakers with white toes.

Feeling embarrassed, the boy turned to apologize. When he did he was met by the sight of two girls his age. One was a girl with black hair in a bob, pale blue eyes, and freckles in a basic school girl uniform. The other was a girl with strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes in a dark cardigan and mini skirt.

"Sorry about that. My name is Naegi Makoto, I'm the Ultimate Lucky Student and I guess I'm just nervous about my first day," the boy, Naegi, said as he smiled nervously and extended his hand in greeting.

"It's our first day too, but you don't see us gawking," the strawberry blonde said, not moving to take his hand. The other girl just stood there watching, not showing any hint of emotion.

When he realized neither girl was going to shake his hand he let his arm fall to his side. Taking a good look at the girls, he realized that he recognized one of them.

"Hey, you're Enoshima Junko, aren't you?" he asked.

"That is correct mortal, we are the Ultimate Fashionista. Blessed with an adorable face and a perfect body, Enoshima Junko-chan!" the blonde, Enoshima, said as she struck a pose.

"I thought so, I doubt there's anyone out there who doesn't know who you are," Naegi said. He then turned to the other girl and continued, "I'm afraid I don't recognize you. I tried to research all of my classmates online but I'm drawing a blank."

Just as the girl was about to introduce herself, Enoshima answered for her, "This is my disappointing older sister, you can call her 'Girl-X' or 'Hey you' or whatever."

The girl didn't seem to mind what Enoshima said, but Naegi did. "Enoshima, just because she's you sister doesn't mean you can bully her." He asked again, this time with a kind smile and an understanding look in his eyes, "Now, what is your name?"

Whether it was how Naegi looked at her or that he had stood up for her, the girl went from a stoic sentry to blushing, stuttering mess, "U-ultimate Soldier, the I-ikusaba Mukuro, I mean…"

Oblivious to the effect that he had on her, Naegi said, "Ikusaba Mukuro. I think that's a really cool name." He continued, "I feel your pain, I have a little sister myself. We should definitely swap older sibling stories sometime."

Not trusting her voice, Ikusaba just nodded.

"Great, I'll see you both inside. I really hope we'll be friends," Naegi said as he hurried inside the school building.

From the moment Naegi had reprimanded her, Enoshima had a mortified look on her face. Now that he had left she was able to collect herself and she started ranting, "That hopeful little shit, how dare he?! How dare he think he can correct my behavior?! I'm Enoshima Junko, the Ultimate Despair! I treat who I want how I want! With my analytical abilities I will bring him to his knees! I own him! I own this school! I own this planet! In fact, fuck this plan-"

Not really listening, and still staring at where Naegi had been, Ikusaba said airily, "I think he was really cool."

"What?! And what the hell were you doing?! A mindless murder machine like you should kill people for less than that!" Enoshima screamed before she tried to kick her sister in the stomach. Tried being the operative word, as for the first time in her life, Ikusaba, without even acknowledging the world around her, blocked a non-lethal attack that her sister directed at her.

"What. The. Actual. Fuck," Enoshima said, unable to believe any of what was happening.

Finally noticing that her hand was wrapped around something, Ikusaba came out of her trance and saw her hand on her sister's foot. Horrified, she let go and tried to stammer out an apology, "J-junko, I-I didn't mean-"

"Forget it, I will deal with you later. If we don't hurry we'll be late," Enoshima said, her voice and face completely void of emotion.

"R-right," Ikusaba agreed as the two went inside for orientation. Their minds, however, were less on orientation and more on the boy they had just met.

Naegi Makoto, he could be a problem for me. Oh well, I guess it will be more despairful for me if he is.

Naegi Makoto-kun, I want us to be friends too. Junko-chan won't like it but even so…

Orientation took place in the gymnasium of Hope's Peak Academy's main building. As Naegi listened to the Headmaster, a man in his mid-thirties named Kirigiri Jin, make his speech, he also looked around at his future classmates.

Let's see: the one in the crisp white uniform is Ishimaru Kiyotaka, the Ultimate Moral Compass. He looks pretty intense. The big guy with the pompadour is Owada Mondo, the Ultimate Biker Gang Leader. note to self: stay on his good side. I don't think I found anything about that girl with the lavender hair, but she seems to be trying to glare a hole through the Headmaster. The tan girl in the red tracksuit is Asahina Aoi, the Ultimate Swimming Pro. Okay, yeah, she is as attractive as the forums led me to believe. That tall muscular girl must be Ogami Sakura, the Ultimate Martial Artist. I should probably stay on her good side too. I'd recognize that blue hair anywhere, Maizono Sayaka, the Ultimate Idol. Never thought I'd be going to the same school as her again, but I'm not complaining. I think that heavy set guy is Yamada Hifumi, the Ultimate Fanfic Author. He may be the only one in the world who loves manga and anime more than Komaru. The girl with the dark cloud hanging over her head is Fukawa Toko, the Ultimate Writing Prodigy. She seems so scared, I hope she's alright. That blonde guy is Togami Byakuya, the Ultimate Affluent Prodigy. If the Togami family is as wealthy and as powerful as everyone says he could probably just buy out and shut down this school if he doesn't like it. The world only knows that girl in the gothic lolita clothes by her pseudonym only, Celestia Ludenberg the Ultimate Gambler. She really does look like she'll take your money and laugh while she does it. There are Ikusaba-san and Enoshima-san. That older looking guy is probably Yasuhiro Hagakure, the Ultimate Clairvoyant. The psychic community calls him "Supernova" but he looks too relaxed to be compared to an exploding star. The guy with red hair must be Kuwata Leon, the Ultimate Baseball Star. He doesn't look a thing like his picture, he looks more like he's going for a punk rocker look. The bishōnen guy over there has to be Fujisaki Chihiro, the Ultimate Programmer. Yeah, he, as in a guy, still really hard to believe.

It was fairly recently that the Fujisaki-kun shook the world by announcing that he had always been male. "I can't lie anymore. I'll never get stronger, and I'll never be comfortable with myself unless I tell the truth." That was how the announcement started. I have to admit after hearing his story I can sort of understand, when we're younger we all think there is only one correct way to be manly, or feminine, or anything really. He must have been terrified that people would say how sexist he was, but with a few exceptions the tech community and the world as a whole were pretty understanding. How even if they couldn't understand though it would be nearly impossible to stay mad; I mean, boy or girl, Fujisaki is so cute he could probably be mistaken for a baby panda.

"Now," the voice of the Headmaster shook Naegi from his thoughts, "students will be given keys to their dorm rooms by the teacher in charge of the boys or the girls dorms. These teachers have agreed to live in the dorms with you for the duration of the school year. Gentlemen, this is Kizakura Koichi, he will be in charge of your dorm. Ladies, this is Yukizome Chisa, she will be looking after you at your dorm."

Kizakura looked to be a man the same age as the Headmaster. He was a relaxed-looking man with blue eyes and ragged blond hair. He had a pencil-thin mustache and goatee. Yukizome Chisa was a young woman, she looked like she was barely out of school herself. She had bright orange hair in a ponytail with green eyes. She wore a light blue suit and wore a frilly apron over it.

"Alright, you rotten oranges listen up: I'll be calling out the girls' names and Kizakura-san will call out the boys' names, when we call out your name come up and grab the key to your room. When we're finished we'll take you to your respective dorms," the young woman, Yukizome, said.

The two alternated after calling out a name and everything proceeded smoothly until the very end.

"Naegi Makoto!"

Naegi heard his name but he couldn't believe who had called it.

"Naegi Makoto!" Yukizome called again.

"Uh Sensei? I think there's been some kind of mistake," Naegi said, slightly embrassed by what was about to happen.

"Huh? What do you mean young man?" Yukizome asked innocently.

"Well, um, I'm Naegi Makoto," he said.

Present day

At any other school it probably would have been corrected right away. In fact, I thought it would have been corrected right away here too. But this is Hope's Peak Academy was so, of course it wasn't that easy. Hard to believe that it's been so long since that day. I honestly never thought this would work and I still remember the girls' reaction to this becoming a co-ed dorm, Naegi thought as he started cleaning up after breakfast, ready to take another trip down memory lane.

That's all for now.

So, what did you think?

Some notes:

1) I don't think that I will put Sakura or Toko in the harem. I can't really think of a way to get Toko to switch the object of her affections and Sakura has Kenshiro. That and I would like to give Naegi dorm mates who aren't infatuated with him to talk to. That being said, if you really want them in, I would be willing to change my mind. I let you know in the future because I might need suggestions.

2) I won't be taking votes now, because there are a few girls I want to start off with (Maizono, Ikusaba, maybe one or two more) but I will let you know when voting for the girls starts.

3) I want to focus on Class 78's first year so there will not be any V3 characters, unless at the very end you want me to continue and add them. (I do kind of want to think of what the girls will do if Tenko calls Naegi a degenerate male. I assure you it would only happen once.)

4) I don't really have an update schedule, but I'll try to put out a new chapter every month or two.

5) I know this idea seems weird but Makoto is an androgynous name. Check TV Trope under tomboyish Names if you don't believe me. Okay, I'm done being defensive.

6) Not so much a note, but in case you caught it: I don't know about you but Junko using some of DBZ Abridged Frieza's lines just seems so fitting.

Go easy on me, I haven't written anything in a long time.

Next time: How did this happen? Why didn't they check to make sure Naegi was male? How does he know about the parts he wasn't there for? The answers to the first two questions and the reactions for his classmates and the 77th class will be revealed in the next chapter.