#despair!mitarai

Despair Arc runs the same way from episodes 1-8, and part of episode 9. The change in story starts when Komaeda and Chiaki discover Mitarai and a brainwashed Mikan (and of course Junko, Izuru and Mukuro - the final who had returned from a scuffle with Peko). Izuru had injured Komaeda, and while Mitarai does try to run away like in canon, Mikan gets in the way of his escape. And similarly like in canon, Junko intends to plunge Nanami into despair and display the video, however, Mitarai tries to intervene in a last ditch effort.

Junko, remembering his existence, comes up with another idea - also similar to canon. Thinking Mitarai may prove some help afterall, she decides to stamp out that uncooperative side of him and has Mikan restrain him down to watch his own video - the one thing he strived to save the world would be his downfall.

If youd like an indepth recreation of Mitarai’s downfall, please read Dark Red by Buttercup-Ghost! I also made a script-formatted version (which will be used for when we dub it) right here! 

While Chiaki is initially nearly forced into the same position as Mitarai, also like in canon, Chisa bursts in with a fire extinguisher that causes the room to fill with smoke. She quickly helps up the nearly unconscious Nagito and saves Nanami, all the while and ends up glancing at the video, revealing who was behind the murders of the student council. She has a sick feeling in her stomach, but can’t bring herself to worry too much about it now - she needs to save her students. Now.

She helps Chiaki and Nagito out of the room, and while Junko is quite scuffled from shock, glancing at Mitarai and Mikan, she then comes up a plan that will surely plunge the rest of the class down.

Sure, Chiaki was quite the symbol of hope for her class… but she remembered there was one true beacon of hope that lead her into the class rep roll. And she must be snuffed out.

Chisa is leading Chiaki and an incapacitated Komaeda near the school buildings, trying to figure out whats going on. Chikai is disheaveled and shaken up as she babbles what she saw - Mikan acting strange, the strange figure that seemed to look like Hinata, and Mitarai - the REAL Mitarai - he… seemed like he was brainwashed. But she was so shaken up Chisa couldn’t entirely grasp on it all. But what worried her the most was Mikan and Mitarai.

If what Chiaki was said was true about Mitarai… could that girl have done the same to Mikan…?

Chisa decides that she’ll go save Mikan and Mitarai, and tells Chiaki to go find the others alongside Komaeda and to recuperate and stay safe, and she will also meet up with them once she hopefully finds Mitarai and Mikan. With that plan set in motion, things proceed similar to canon, with Chiaki bringing Komaeda back to the classroom with the others and Chisa setting off in the rain, and bumping into Mitarai. Only… not only had he gotten thinner… but he seemed panicked? He was shaking heavily with tears streaming down his face, blabbering about how they were planning on killing Nanami and have hurt Mikan. Chisa tries to calm him down as he breaks down about how useless he is and he couldn’t save her, and is scared for Nanami. Chisa comforts and encourages him, asking where she needs to go. He offers to lead the way, and while Chisa warns against this, he’s adamant. After all, he knows most of the ropes of the labyrinth they go through, she’ll surely need a guide. She nods, but tells him to run if they ever encounter any sort of danger.

Chiaki meets up and breaks down what she saw back at that hide out. However, leaving out the parts of seeing the real Mitarai and saying it was a random student, the Ultimate Nurse breaks in with an injured Peko before she could warn about Mikan. Things play out very similarly to the rest of episode 9 with the class where they all band together to find Chisa and Mitarai.

And like in canon, Mikan manages to separate herself and Chiaki. Chiaki takes this chance to see if Mikan is okay, and it does seem like Mikan is back to normal - seems. But she can't pry any info out of her, as Mikan reluctantly pushes Chiaki down a secret door, leading her into a maze-like labyrinth similar to canon - only this time, there are no traps. They are located somewhere else.

Episode 10 plays very similarly to canon, only difference is the role swap between Chiaki, Mitarai, and Chisa. 

I’ve written down a possible exchange that could happen between Chisa and Mitarai before the Former Ultimate Housekeeper meets her fate! 

As Yukizome enters the elevator, Mitarai stops at the door.

“You know… Miss Yukizome… I really heard good things…”

“Hm?”

“I was told how much of an amazing teacher you are. You brought the class together, and even during your suspension… Nanami was able to keep them together thanks to your influence.” “She… really thought that? I mean… I know she looked up to me as her teacher-” “She admired you, Miss Yukizome. Thanks to you, she was able to bring her classmates closer together… and I’m sure your students must be very grateful to have such a caring teacher like you.”

“Mitarai… wait… how do you… know all of this…?”

But as she turned to face him, he shoved her down onto the elevator floor.

“Ah-?! M-Mitarai…? What are you-?!”

Yukizome whipped her head to turn to Mitarai, and her heart stopped. Mitrarai smiled at her, but his eyes felt like they pierced through her… as if she could see the despair spiraling in them.

“So… it’s obvious why she’d choose you.”

And with those words cutting through the air like a knife, Mitarai presses the elevator door, separating the two as Yukizome plummets down to her sealed fate.

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With Mitarai completing his task of leading Chisa to her doom, she is now forced into Chiaki’s role - going through a booby-trapped filled maze where she’s gradually beaten down time and time again, forcing herself to push on in hopes of finding her students - and those same exact students are forced to watch.

That would include Chiaki - who in her own labyrinth is shown screens of her class falling deeper into despair and her teacher being battered, beaten, and tortured. She desperately winds through dead end after dead end, and one hallway feels endless as she goes through door after door, Junko’s laughter ringing in her ears and images of Mitarai’s fall and Mikan shoving her down repeat in her head over and over. And when she reaches the end… all she sees is a pool of blood. And in the center of it, was Chisa’s body.

Her eyes were widened in shock, the life drained away with tears that poured from her cheeks which had stopped, only the damp access remained. Her body was covered in deep cuts and spear wounds. 

Chiaki could swear she could see Chisa’s body was still moving in slow breaths, but she can’t help it was her mind playing tricks on her to try and not face reality.

She was too late.

Chisa Yukizome was gone.

She was dead.

Chisa Yukizome was dead.

Her teacher was dead.

She was dead.

She was dead.

Dead.

Dead.

Dead.

Dead.

Dead.

Chiaki just stared at her teacher's body, tears flowing down her cheeks but she felt so numb and into so much shock that she couldnt even feel them. No gasps or choked out noises came out of her throat - its as if Chiaki’s body completely shut down and her soul left her fleshy form and all that was left was her husk of a body.

“Puhuhu~! Looks like its game over for the main character’s mentor~! Isn’t that tragic!”

Junko struts in with a handkerchief, as she kneels to Chiaki’s level. Chiaki doesn’t respond at all - all she did was give a thousand yard stare. Junko coos mockingly.

“Awww…~ Our little gamer girl feeling a little tongue tied, hm? Well… don’t worry. I know what may make you feel all the better… but first, I think you need a little rest before we reunite you with your class.”

With that, Junko walks around her to put a cloth over Chiaki’s mouth, and knocking out the Ultimate Gamer who couldn’t even struggle against her captor.

The last thing she saw was her teacher’s corpse.

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AAAAAAND THATS WHERE IM LEAVING IT OFF!

This is all very very rambly and one off so don’t expect every little detail to make it into the final cut of this AU. Its very much meant to be a “not entirely proof read and just getting my ideas thrown into the void” type of post lmao. 

Getting back into my remnant mitarai has really sparked my gears for the remnant au as a whole and its so fun :))

So expect me to ramble and make more remnant content in the near future! 

(EDIT)

So if anyone stumbles upon this post, I’d like to announce I officially made a fic for it!

https://www.tumblr.com/geodraws04/798955982680178688/babes-wake-up-geo-posted-a-new-fic