Tonight was the night many people and pokemon gathered in Ryme City in order to enjoy fun, food and games all about. This was the Pokemon Carnival. Unfortunately for our heroes, it was time for a fated confrontation and Shuichi has chosen to go it alone.

"Shuichi please. You can't go. You need to…" David said.

"David...you gave me a place to belong after what happened and I can never be more thankful. But I need to finish this myself. He started that show...and I'm going to make sure it ends for good. Besides...I know what I'm doing." Shuichi said.

"I know those eyes of yours." David said.

"Yes. Those were the same eyes you had when I started that redux." Sectonia said.

"And unfortunately, that means I can't do a thing to stop him at this point." David said.

"Besides, I won't really be alone." Shuichi said.

"How can you be sure? Kokichi and the others still aren't here yet." David said.

"Just have faith." Shuichi said as he headed off. "Just stop R!"

"We will. Don't die on us." David said.

It wasn't long before Shuichi entered a nearby tower as he saw it abandoned. "James! Where are you? I know you're here!" Shuichi demanded.

"Well...it's about time you arrived." James said coming out with Kaede in his arms with a gun pointing at her.

"Shuichi!" Kaede called.

"Kaede! Don't worry. I'm going to get you out of here." Shuichi said.

"First things first...your Wispon thing. Drop it and kick it to the side. I don't want any funny business." James said.

Shuichi reluctantly took out his wispon and placed it down, kicking it off to the side.

"Now, what is it you want from me? Money?" Shuichi asked.

"Please. As if I would go this far for money. I need you...to sign." James said kicking over a clipboard with a piece of paper on it.

"What's this? Danganronpa...revival?!" Shuichi said.

"That's right. Ever since the show ended, my profits have been suffering. Then one day, it hit me. All I have to do is bring it back and my cash cow is saved. But before the network can even bring it back, I needed to get a petition created. All I need are three important figures. 50,000 signatures from loyal fans, check. A signature from the creator, which is me, so check. And finally...I need a signature from someone who actually survived the show." James said.

"Why me though? You could've gone after the other survivors." Shuichi asked.

"Because I know you. You are the weakest Ultimate Detective ever created. The others are strong and would rather kill themselves. But not you...because you desire to live more than all of them." James said.

"Even if that was true, why would I ever agree to this? You know how much pain that show has caused." Shuichi said.

"That pain is money to me. And also if you don't….then little Kaede gets to go back to being worm food...and I know you'd do anything to save her." James said.

Shuichi was in a moral conflict. Should he sign and turn his back on his friends, or refuse and witness Kaede die a second time?

"Tick...tock." James said with a finger on the trigger.

"Fine...you win." Shuichi said as he signed and tossed it over.

"Yes. Yes! I win. And now...my bonus reward." James said firing as the gun hit Shuichi in the chest as he fell.

"Shuichi!" Kaede shouted.

"Hahahaha! I win. Danganronpa 54 is coming after all! I win! I….wait...what?" James said as Shuichi got up. "But….but I shot you!"

"Yeah...you did." Shuichi said putting his shirt up to show a bullet proof vest.

"Bullet proof vest? But how?!" James asked.

"Weakest Ultimate Detective? You let Danganronpa's success inflate your ego, James." Shuichi said.

"But there's no way you could have…" James said seeing a Chatot fly in as it landed on Kaede's shoulder.

"I'm sorry, James." Kaede smiled. "My new friend Chatot here… he can't help it. He's quite the talker."

"Chatot must've flown to one of the places you kept Kaede. Knowing Chatot was capable of mimicry, Kaede told Chatot to pass a message to me. He managed to warn me just in time too." Shuichi said. "And now there's one more problem for you to deal with. Or should I say, 10 more problems."

"What? 10 more?" James asked.

"Kept you waiting long, Shuichi?" a voice said revealing to be Kaito as he and the others came from the dark.

"What? This can't…" James said backing away as he bumped into something.

"Did I say 10...I meant 15." Shuichi said as James saw Maki, Kirumi, Gonta and Himiko behind him.

"My….my star cast?!" James said in shock. "This can't be! I made you kill each other!"

"Thank the power of science. You wrote a good script, James. But you kind of forgot to write the sequel." Kaito said.

"Of course, we have one more person to thank for all of us being here. Sorry we're late...we went to pick up someone." Kokichi said as stepping out of the shadows was Linc.

"You! You're responsible for all this?! But how?!" James said.

"I think me and Shuichi will explain." Linc said. "You see...knowing crooked people like you...it was very likely you were planning something like this. So...before Kokichi and the others could make it here, they not only paid respects to the Coalition but came to me and filled me in. I used several of my newfound connections to find out the places you were staying. I then phoned Shuichi the day before the carnival...to not bring anyone but the Season 53 cast and tell them to hide till you were exposed. This doesn't involve all of them. This is a business you started with us."

"But… you're all supposed to be dead!" James said.

"You are an idiot. You sold their bodies to a scientist specializing in reviving the dead. And I provided the souls." Linc said.

"So guess what, you freaking con-man bastard? Its payback time!" Miu said.

"You...you all have laws!?" James said seeing some strange objects.

"Yes...though the coalition refused to give them to some of us...we were able to grease the wheels of the newly made lawmaker." Kokichi said laughing.

"Damn it." James said. "Stay back! I'll shoot her!"

"No you won't. I know it now...you only had one bullet in that weapon." Shuichi said as James looked more scared.

"I'm gonna enjoy this." Kaito said.

"No! Please, mercy!" James said.

"Mercy? I don't think you were familiar with that word." Korekiyo said as the cast surrounded James.

"Looks like the only thing your money's good for now are your hospital bills." Ryoma said.

"Uh….AH!" James screamed as he jumped and ran through the window, glass scratching his face and body before he rammed into a wall, breaking an arm as he tried to hobble away.

"He's not getting away this time. After him!" Shuichi said.

The cast quickly pursued James as he was running.

"Damn it. This was supposed to be easy." James thought. "No...it's okay. I still have my prize." he thought holding the board. "If I can make it out alive with this, I'm golden. Just gotta cut through the alleyway. All I...ah!" James said seeing Korekiyo at one end.

"Sorry...but this place is blocked off." Korekiyo said as James ran the other direction.

"Damn it...how are they so fast?!" he thought as he panicked. "Calm down. I can't panic now. I need to get out of here. If I make it into the open...I can be free." he said running into the open. "Yes...free. I can.." James said before seeing Kaito sitting to the wall.

"Hey...got a penny for my thoughts?" Kaito asked smirking as James screamed in fear as he ran once more.

"Damn it. Damn it! How are they finding me?!" James said in fear as Rantaro stood before him.

"You lose. We win." Rantaro said smirking.

"You... no good….I'll...I'll be the one to kill you!" James said pulling a fist back as he tried to punch. Rantaro smirked as he ducked as James hit a person in uniform. "What the?"

"So...you think it's funny...hitting a member of the Universal Police?" the person said in anger.

"Uni...what?" James said looking confused before a taser was fired as him as he screamed in pain as he was shocked.

"And I know your face. James Flux, you're under arrest for attempted murder, kidnapping, assault and destruction of property." the officer said.

"Take him away officer." Rantaro said looking down at James. "Remember my face as you are hauled away… because you killed me first."

"No...no. You...you can't...arrest me. I got...I got credentials." James said holding the clipboard. "See...Danganronpa...can continue."

"Is that so?" the officer said taking the board. He took out a lighter as he lit it on fire.

"Ahhhh!" James screamed in shock.

"This thing...will never again see the light of day." he said dropping it to the ground as it burned into aches.

"Game over." Rantaro said.

"I'm….ruined. Hahaha. Look at me! I'm a penniless bum! A poor loser." James said laughing deliriously as he was dragged off.

"Was it wrong to admit I enjoyed that?" Tsumugi asked.

"Nope. We all did. And it was so worth it to see that S.O.B get a taste of his own medicine." Miu said.

"At last...Danganronpa finally over. David rest easy now." Gonta said.

"And we're all together again. I missed you so much… Tenko." Himiko said wiping her eyes.

"It's nice to see you again, Himiko." Tenko said.

"Kaito… I…" Maki said.

"Aw, don't feel so bad, Maki Roll. Blame the bastard hauled off for all this." Kaito said.

"Ms. Dash and Jesse did not return with you all?" Kirumi asked.

"No. They got caught up in something and decided to train for a bit longer." Kaito said.

"But they say they'll be here real soon." Ryoma said.

"Will we ever need to worry about James again?" Himiko asked.

"No. He's just a broken man talking to himself now… let him talk in his cell." Rantaro said.

"So, Ryoma. Now that I finally have a chance to say this… My sincerest apologies for feeding you to those piranhas." Kirumi said.

"There was nothing you could do. James made you strangle me and feed me to the fish." Ryoma said.

"Gonta… should apologize to Miu. If Gonta know what wires to connect, Miu still be alive in Danganronpa. But James make Gonta put cables in wrong." Gonta said.

"Technically, it was because you were left-handed, but don't beat yourself up about it. Anyone would make that mistake." Miu said.

"I also have something to say. Were it not for this fake sister in my consciousness, I would not have resorted to killing Angie and Tenko for that man's entertainment. For that, i say my apologies as well." Korekiyo said.

"Atua forgives you, Kiyo. As do I. Tenko, you should too." Angie said.

"I… I'd be disgraced if I was forced to forgive any degenerate male…. But I forgive you! There, I said it!" Tenko said.

"What about you, Tsumugi? You were James' partner in all of this. It must not have been easy to lift." Kaede said.

"I don't really know much about the guy." Tsumugi said.

"Her memory was completely obliterated when she was revived, same with Junko." Keebo said.

"So, she's basically a blank slate now." Shuichi said.

"Regardless… I think it for the best that we take the same path as the 77th class. Though… we will join you, Himiko, Gonta, Kirumi and Maki as part of the Brave Adventurers." Korekiyo said.

"You… you'd really join David?" Shuichi asked.

"What's the problem? We all agreed that we would join sooner or later. We even went as far as terminating our contracts with the Coalition." Korekiyo said.

"You… You didn't really have to go that far." Shuichi said.

"They didn't do anything wrong but...other things take priority. We were all prepared for what was going to happen when we left." Kaito said.

"It's sad that we were in the middle of that big ceremony, glad no one died… but we owe it to David." Miu said.

"Not to mention he gave his blood to save me. We all deserve to fight with him." Kirumi said.

"In that case. I'd be glad to fight alongside you all again." Shuichi said.

"Hell yeah! The V3 cast is back together again, baby!" Kaito said.

"Linc… We should thank you as well. This is a debt I can never hope to repay." Shuichi said.

"Please. This debt...was repaid when they all returned safe. For now...I go back home to continue my work." Linc said walking off.

"Wonder what he's got that's so important?" Himiko wondered.

"He's the new head of Talent Corp." Kaito said. "It was done according to Diablo's last will and testament."

"I wish him all the luck." Kirumi said.

"Speaking of which… i wonder how the others are doing?" Kokichi said.

"Knowing them, they probably closed the R case for good by now." Shuichi said.

"Pi...ka….CHU!" a voice echoed as lightning was seen surging across the sky as sent flying was a Noivern along with Roger.

"Or they've just taken down the mastermind." Ryoma said.

"I knew they'd do it." Kaede said. "It's great to be together with you all again at last."

"And now, We've got a lot to look forward to in the future." Himiko said.

"Forward to the future." Chatot mimicked.

The V3 cast laughed as the Carnival continued into tne night.

The next day…

"Really? They all wanna join David's team?" Hope asked.

"Long story short, we kinda decided it on the way here." Kaito said. "Hope you don't mind the extra classmates, David."

"I have no objections. Any friend of Shuichi's is a friend of ours." David said.

"Well this has been quite the start to our Study Abroad session, hasn't it Ashido?" Kendo asked.

"Heck yeah it was." Mina said. "And we get new friends to boot."

"Yes. In more ways than one." Kaede said petting Chatot as it stood on her shoulder.

"Kaminari is so lucky… he gets a Jolteon right from the get go, and Kaede has Chatot." Mineta said.

"Sorry Mineta. Guess you gotta be lucky sometimes." Kaminari said as Jolteon nuzzled him.

"Though he wasn't the only one." Jiro said as Noivern loomed over her.

"Roger's Noivern?!" Hope said.

"It and I….we kinda bonded after he was arrested." Jiro said.

"As long at it knows it gets a second chance, it's okay. I don't think it was bad, Roger just used him. Pokemon aren't tools. They're partners, friends." Starlight said.

"Now...let's get back to business...locating the remaining Olympos XII members. We only know of one. There's still eleven left." Jexi said.

"Ace is in the middle of getting Luna back to her god like self, and we only met Ceresmon. We have a lot of work to do. Yeah and…." Hope said before getting a call. "Hello. How can I…." Hope said before looking stunned as he dropped the phone.

"Hope?" Jexi asked.

"That was the Central City Hospital. The Shadow Strike Force….they were completely obliterated by the titans." Hope said in shock.

To be continued...