#the NWP is still Naegi's idea it's just also Hajime's idea in this au

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hi dumb messy little fic thing

Silence. The boys are in a shitty car Hajime was given by the Future Foundation. One Izuto Kamukura is sleeping silently in the backseat with a Hajime-sized red hoodie draped over him haphazardly.

Things are wordlessly tense. Despite the smaller boy showing no signs of waking up anytime soon, Hajime can feel what can only be described as the watchful eye of a predator stalking it’s prey.

“…Hinata” Izuto murmured, voice cracking from a clear lack of use.

“OH uh…morning?” Hajime responded, unease creeping it's way into his tone.

“It’s 12:56”

Hajime turns to the car’s broken clock, it's cracked screen barely glowing at all, let alone displaying the time.

“How can you — oh uh, yeah”

Silence slowly gripped the small car once again, it's claws making it almost hard to breathe. That is, until Hajime once again heard a noise from the backseat.

“Is it like you wanted?”

“Huh?”

“You were in the reserve course. You mentioned you used to be fixated on talent and more specifically, your inherent lack.”

“Oh, yeah, you were watching the game with her, weren’t you”

“You would be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t watch the game.”

“Hahah yeah, Junko was… a lot of things, but she definitely seemed to have had a strong effect on others. I mean, you have Mukuro and whatever was going on there, and you have the remnants—“

“You’re avoiding the question”

“What?”

“I asked you a question. I expect an answer”

“Oh yeah uh…I guess? It’s a lot more pressure then I thought it would be” Hajime couldn't help but let out an awkward laugh, his own desperate attempt at lightening the tension that the two had been drowning in.

“Elaborate”

“Why are you so interested in this? I thought everything was boring to you, Mr. God-among-ants.”

“Those are Enoshima’s words, not mine. You intrigue me, Hinata. I want to learn more about you and your psyche.”

“How am I interesting? What, are you gonna make fun of the octagon thing?”

“You’re a fellow Ultimate Hope, it’s only natural for me to want to investigate this talent in the wild. It’s hard to use yourself as a test subject for something so rare. Be glad I haven’t decided to dissect you yet.”

“Har har, good joke mr ultimate comedian”

...

“If you’re going to ignore my initial question, I have decided to move on”

“…ok?”

“What do you think they’re going to do with me?”

“What?”

“This is the second fastest route to the Future Foundation’s headquarters. What do you believe your superiors will do when you hand me over.”

“Oh well…they’ll probably put you on trial, and hold you accountable for your crimes.”

“Despite your overall...lack of abnormality, you’re smart, Hinata. You read the reports on what the academy did to me, and you know just how many of that staff was carried over to the Future Foundation. I was built to be a weapon. Do you truly think they could allow such a powerful resource to rot in a cell?”

“Well…”

“What do you think they’ll do when they get their hands on the remnants?”

“Wh-“

“What will happen to them, Hinata?”

“I-“

“What will happen to Nanami’s friends?”

“I DONT KNOW”

Hajime didn't mean to yell but it came out that way despite his intentions.

Silence ensues. Hajime assumes that Izuto has fallen asleep and lets out a sigh. He focuses on driving them for a while. That is until he hears an odd noise come from the back seat.

“Kamukura, what—“ he looks back to find tears falling from Izuto’s face

“I’m-” His voice gets caught on the way out.

“I’m scared, Hajime”

“I…”

Hajime turned to look Izuto in the eyes, he had never before seemed so. mentally present.

“…I won’t let them hurt you”

“…”

“Or the remnants.”

Izuto looks up at him, clarity shining through his eyes for a flicker of a blink of a moment.

“I promise”

“….”

Hajime turns his attention back to the road but he finds himself struggling to focus. They sit in silence for a beat. Izuto's voice is startlingly clear as he flatly states:

“If you truly want to keep your promise, you should watch where you’re driving”

“Wh—OH MY GOD”

Hajime then sharply swerves the wheel and very VERY narrowly misses one incredibly pissed Nagito Komaeda

[magioftheseas]

Miu & Kokichi in an Apocalypse Zombie AU ! Also an AU where Nagito and Hajime never met because I like pain.

Holy shit.

Miu & Kokichi in Apocalypse Zombie AU

It goes without saying that Miu is the mechanic/inventor. One of the inventions she made was a radar that alerts you of zombies when you’re asleep. Ouma still comes up with other potential ideas that are either more practical or more outlandish than Miu’s own. Depends on his mood.

Ouma’s held Miu’s hair back before when she got sick at the sight of some particularly grotesque zombies and sights. She got desensitized with time but Ouma still yanks on her hair whenever she gets queasy and it helps.

Ouma’s had to cut her hair once since it kept getting in the way and he’s surprisingly good at it. He nearly stabbed her with scissors because she kept squirming. It was irritating but unsurprising.

One of the inventions Ouma jokingly (or not?) suggested was a robot buddy. Miu immediately went for it.

Ouma often sneaks around and expects Miu to hold up camp while he’s gone. Miu gets very irritable and distressed if he’s gone for too long.

Never Met

Hinata leaves HPA rather than signs up for the Kamukura Project and as a result simply remains feeling unfulfilled and frustrated, far more so when other kids bully and isolate him for making it to HPA and not even sticking around.

I’m so torn on what happens with the Kamukura Project… How about… Komaeda does it instead since he doesn’t have any talents besides luck and they couldn’t find any other ridiculously average guy like Hinata and…

Look I just want Kamukura Izuru with the fluffiest fucking hair is that so wrong

is that

so

wrong

Anyway, Kamueda rushes off after the student council killing game that Junko sets up. World ends, and Hinata if he doesn’t die is stuck living in fear with the other refugees. He feels utterly useless and hopeless.

Assuming Naegi still saves the 77th class and sticks them in the NWP, Komaeda wakes up not remembering anything except his name and original talent and that for some reason he’s very, very empty.

Komaeda doesn’t think there’s anything weird about that, so he ignores it for now.

… =q= …hard to say how things go without Hinata there but it’s probably, uh… Worse…