History Fanfic / FracturedFates

*** Kaneki is the dark-skinned female of the group.

* BloodStainedLetter: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in Chapter 2. The note (supposedly) from Asuna, found in the breast pocket of Kaneki's vest, is completely clean despite the fact that that side of her chest was ''soaked'' in blood due to a slashed throat. Ultimately, the fact that the note barely has any bloodstains on it is what proves the killer had to have planted the note on Kaneki after the killing blow was dealt.

** Tadao: Is put through the preparation of a giant chicken and vegetable dish on a cooking show, ending with him being put into a giant oven with the dish which ultimately catches fire, incinerating him into a skeleton, before the (somehow) perfectly cooked dish is served to a king version of Monokuma.

Hana Amari is a girl who is average in appearance, but in reality holds exceptional talent; specifically, she has recently been scouted by the famed Hope's Peak Academy to attend as the Ultimate Surfer. Unfortunately, whatever excitement or fear she may have felt is all throw out the window when her first day at the academy takes a turn for the strange. Suddenly, Hana and her fourteen other classmates find themselves in a mysterious castle, with a [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc certain monochrome bear]] appearing and forcing them into a game of kill or be killed. Now, Hana and her friends must uncover the mysteries lurking in the halls of their prison in order to learn the truth behind this killing game...or face the dread of despair.
But the truth...may be even darker than Hana could have ever imagined.

The story can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12999713/1/Fractured-Fates here]]. It is currently in-progress, with a prologue and two chapters concluded and now on its third. Be warned: '''''all spoilers below are unmarked,''''' because like its [[Franchise/DanganRonpa canon counterpart]] it would be difficult to list tropes for this fic without spoiling everything.

* AnyoneCanDie: It's [[Franchise/DanganRonpa Danganronpa]], after all. So far, four out of the fifteen students have been killed.
* ArcWords: The phrase "Remember the class. Remember your own role." seems to be becoming this, as it has appeared at the end of both messages Hana received on her e-Handbook at the end of Chapters 1 and 2.

* BloodStainedLetter: Played with in Chapter 2. The note (supposedly) from Asuna, found in the breast pocket of Kaneki's vest, is completely clean despite the fact that that side of her chest was ''soaked'' in blood due to a slashed throat. Ultimately, the fact that the note barely has any bloodstains on it is what proves the killer had to have planted the note on Kaneki after the killing blow was dealt.

* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: In true Danganronpa fashion, at least two characters die per chapter, making the current death total four.

* ClearMyName: Hana has to do this for Asuna during the first part of the second trial.

* DyingClue: Before actually dying, Kaneki used her bullwhip to injure her killer, resulting in traces of their blood being left on the weapon. The whip becomes the final piece of evidence in the trial, as well as the one piece of evidence directly tying the killer to the crime.

* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: The mysterious message at the end of Chapter 2 shows Hana several photos depicting the students spending time together at Hope's Peak, despite Hana having no memory of ever attending the school at all.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When asked to testify about his knife going missing, Itachi claims he and Shiro had searched all possible areas of the castle, which included the greenhouse where the killer hid it. The problem? Nobody specifically said where the knife had been hidden at that point in the trial, nor did anyone say it was the murder weapon 'specifically' that had been hidden in the greenhouse.

** In the samec chapter, Hana is casually going to check out the fitness room prior to her planned exercise with Mikio...only to find the door is barred, there is blood on the floor, and ultimately discovering Mikio's corpse on the other side.

*** In addition, the first culprit is dragged to their execution via a metal collar and a chain to their neck.

->'''Itachi:''' ...He said it.

* StarterVillain: Azami is the first blackened in the story, and her murder of Mikio is not as complicated as the murder in Chapter 2.

* SanitySlippage: Asuna appears to be going through this in Chapter 3 as a result of [[BreakTheCutie everything that happened]] in the chapter prior.

[[caption-width-right:246:The story's cover art [[note]]Top row, far left and going right: [[TheStoic Itachi Kunata]], [[NonIdleRich Tadao Shimaru]], [[DeadpanSnarker Shiori Sauchi]], [[CreepyMortician Hiroshi Ashi]], [[ShipperOnDeck Rumi Hamasaki]]. Middle row: [[{{Chuunibyou}} Azami Kurobe]], [[OnlySaneMan Mikio Nakamura]], [[PassionateSportsGirl Hana Amri]], [[CrusadingLawyer Akira Rimutsu]], [[GentleGiant Saku Yamamoto]]. Bottom row: [[LargeHam Ryoto Miura]], [[{{Troll}} Hinata Yonade]], [[NervousWreck Asuna Izumi]], [[PerpetualSmiler Shiro Koichi]], [[AdventurerArchaeologist Kaneki Tenmaru]].[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:246:The story's cover art [[note]]Top row, far left and going right: Itachi Kunata, Tadao Shimaru, Shiori Sauchi, Hiroshi Ashi, Rumi Hamasaki. Middle row: Azami Kurobe, Mikio Nakamura, Hana Amri, Akira Rimutsu, Saku Yamamoto. Bottom row: Ryoto Miura, Hinata Yonade, Asuna Izumi, Shiro Koichi, Kaneki Tenmaru.[[/note]]]]

* BaitAndSwitch: Appears to be a common theme in the executions:

** Kaneki tends of brag about how her whip is supposedly indestructible (something that even her bio points out). Chapter 2 reveals [[NotHyperbole she's not exaggerating,]] as it survives the heat of a furnace overnight with [[MadeOfIndestructium only slight burning.]]

** Happens in Chapter 1. Azami was ''terrified'' that something might happen to her or to any one of her newfound friends, be it getting murdered by a fellow classmate or being randomly chosen as the student Monokuma would kill at midnight. Her paranoia only grew and worsened as time passed, and she would ultimately frenzy-kill Mikio out of her desire to survive. Tragically, in trying so hard to survive, she became the first blackened and was subjected to a [[CrualAndUnusualDeath brutal]] death as a result.

* ActionGirl: While nearly all of the female students could qualify, Kaneki is the standout example.

** Like [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony V3]], the story breaks the trend of having an Ultimate ??? and/or an Ultimate Lucky Student in the class.

** Asuna's hair pin being left in the greenhouse after nighttime, the same area where the murder weapon was hidden. It is later revealed the hair pin was dropped there 'before' the killer hid the weapon, meaning the pin was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

* ChekhovsGag:
** In the Prologue, Hinata swipes Mikio's glasses, leaving him [[BlindWithoutEm unable to see properly.]] This is brought up during the first trial when Hana figures out Mikio tripped on the moving treadmill because his glasses had been broken, rendering him practically blind as a result.
** Also in the Prologue, when Hana meets Ryoto, his cape ends up caught in the treadmill, requiring Hana to rescue him. The same thing happens to the first killer during Mikio's murder, causing a piece of the clothing in question to be torn off and left at the crime scene as a result.
** During the second investigation, Akira picks up Kaneki's fedora of all things, telling Hana that anything could be evidence. Later, once the trial has concluded, she gives the hat to Asuna as a way to [[PetTheDog apologize]] for her actions during the trial.

* IronicDeath: Itachi's botched execution, as he commits suicide with the same weapon (a second hunting knife incidental to the murder weapon) he used to kill Kaneki.

* MamasBoy: Implied with Mikio, as his first concern when being told the students are cut off from the outside world is that he promised his mother he would call her after his first day of classes, and that she's likely waiting for him now.

** Also in the prolugue, Monokuma tells the students that "there are some people would 'kill' to live in a castle", referencing Celeste's motivation from the first game.

** At the end of the first trial, when Hana blames Monokuma for the deaths of Mikio and Azami, Monokuma responds [[Franchise/Clue "Was I Azami Kurobe, with the dumbbell, in the fitness room?"]]

** Kaneki tends of brag about how her whip is supposedly indestructible (something that even her bio points out. Chapter 2 reveals [[NotHyperbole she's not exaggerating,]] as it survives the heat of a furnace overnight with [[MadeOfIndestructium only slight burning.]]

* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Played for laughs when Azami brings Shiori back to her senses after the latter has a borderline panic attack as a result of being a part of the [[ItMakesSenseInContext literal book fight]]- she even goes as far as to [ArmorPiercingSlap slap]] her.

* Bizarrchitecture: The castle contains some rooms that one would think to be strange or impractical, such as the fitness room in the South Wing or the treasure room in the West Wing.

* BreakingTheFourthWall:

** He does it again in Part 7 when he say "You can only go so many chapters without a murder"

->'''Hana:''' ''[mentally]'' And the horrible death of a classmate didn't make it personal before...?

* ActionGirl: While nearly all of the female students could qualify, Kaneki is the standout example.

* BaitAndSwitch: Appears to be a common theme in the executions:
** In Chapter 1, it appears as if Azami is about to be crushed between a pair of giant stone blocks with mirrors on one side...but those turned out to be fake. The alternative, however, is not much better.
** In Chapter 2, Itachi's execution is built up as a standard [[Franchise/DanganRonpa Danganronpa]]-style execution...and then he [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide.]]
* BerserkButton: A flashback towards the end of the second trial reveals Kaneki accidentally pushed Itachi's when she tried to talk him out of his murder plot; the conflict and shame he felt while planning the murder was driving him borderline insane, and the complication that Kaneki brought was enough to cause Itachi to [[NotSoStoic finally snap]] and fly into a murderous rage.

** During the second investigation, Akira picks up Kaneki's fedora of all things, telling Hana that anything could be evidence. Later, once the trial has concluded, she gives the hat to Asuna as a way to [[PetTheDog apologize]] for her actions during the trial.

* ClockDiscrepancy: In Chapter 1, Rumi claims she encountered Azami coming out of the library at 9:15 PM the night of the murder. However, the trio in the main hall (Shiro, Kaneki, and Asuna) did not recall seeing either of them, despite remaining the the main hall until 9:18 PM. Ultimately, this contradiction leads the group to figure out that Azami had lied to Rumi about what time it was in order to fake an alibi.

* DeadlyDeferredConversation: Both Hana and Asuna want to know why Kaneki had been acting so [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness strange]] that day; Kaneki, feeling guilty about her behavior, promises them that she will explain everything the next day. Unfortunately for her, she winds up murdered that same night.

* DrivenToSuicide: Itachi kills himself via seppuku during his execution, although it was to [[DeathEqualsRedemption atone]] for his actions and to [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu defy Monokuma]] more than anything.

** In the beginning of Chapter 2, Tadao tells Asuna to watch her mouth because she, as the smallest student, would make for an easy target. This is precisely the reason Itachi later chooses to target her for his murder plan.

* GenderEqualEnsemble: Close, but actually averted in that there are seven girls and eight boys in the class.
* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Played for laughs when Azami brings Shiori back to her senses after the latter has a borderline panic attack as a result of being a part of the [[ItMakesSenseInContext literal book fight]]- she even goes as far as to [ArmorPiercingSlap slap]] her.

* MamasBoy: Implied with Mikio, as his first concern when being told the students are cut off from the outside world is that he promised his mother he would call her after his first day of classes, and that she's likely waiting for him now.
* MoodWhiplash: Quite a few times, as matter of fact. A few include:
** In Chapter 1, Hana and some of the other girls laughing about their time in the library, and then Monokuma announces the first motive a few minutes later.
** In the samec chapter, Hana is casually going to check out the fitness room prior to her planned exercise with Mikio...only to find the door is barred, there is blood on the floor, and ultimately discovering Mikio's corpse on the other side.
** In Chapter 2, the breakfast meeting appears as normal as usual despite a handful of absences...that is, until Asuna's [[TheScream screams]] [[DeathWail of horror]] are heard.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Hana, upon encountering the unstable Asuna in the courtyard, attempts to speak to her and console her regarding the events of the second trial, despite knowing the bad condition of her mental state at the time. Sure enough, Hana says something that ends up sending Asuna into an [[BerserkButton even bigger rage]] than before, likely worsening her mental state as a result.

* RecurringElement:
** Several characters fall into similar archetypes from the canon games:
*** Hana is the [[IdiotHair idiot-haired]] protagonist.
*** Hiroshi is the partner character, similar to Kyoko or Chiaki, who is close friends with the protagonist.
*** Akira serves as [[TheRival The Rival]] to the protagonist. She is also the secondary female lead with a [[TheStoic no-nonsense attitude.]]
*** Kaneki is the dark-skinned female of the group.
*** Saku is both the [[GentleGiant big-hearted muscule]] of the group, as well as the character with the [[NonStandardCharacterDesign unique design.]]
*** Ryoto is the designated [[HotBlooded Hot-Blooded]] masculine guy.
*** Azami is the token [[GothGirlsKnowMagic "Magical Weirdo".]]
*** Asuna is the [[TokenMiniMoe Token Mini-Moe]] of the class.
** The murders themselves seem to have similarities to canon as well:
*** The first murder involves the death of a character who is set up to appear important to the plot.
*** The second murder happens due to something from a student's past, and is portrayed as tragic.

* SacrificialLamb: Mikio.
* SacrificialLion: Kaneki and Itachi.
* SanitySlippage: Asuna appears to be going through this in Chapter 3 as a result of [[BreakTheCutie everything that happened]] in the chapter prior.
* ShoutOut:
** Akira is often nicknamed [[Franchise/AceAttorney Ace Attorney]] due to her title as Ultimate Prosecutor.
** Hinata at one point jokes that he's [[Disney/TheLionKing "a monkey's uncle"]].
** Ryoto once refers to Itachi as [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Samurai Jack]].
* SkewedPriorities:
** Played for laughs when, while first going over the rules of the killing game, Kaneki and Hinata are more concerned about not being able to fully utilize their respective talents.
** In Chapter 2, when Itachi finds out it was his knife that was used to commit the murder, he claims that the case [[ItsPersonal is now personal]] and vows to bring the killer to justice. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Hana:

** Itachi: Commits seppuku with a hunting knife, sabotaging his own execution.

* Foreshadowing:

** The second message on Hana's e-Handbook, shown at the end of Chapter 2, reveals the existence of a possible sixteenth member of the 80th Class. However, her role and anything else about her (except her appearance) currently remains unknown.

* SacrificialLamb: Mikio.
* SacrificialLion: Kaneki and Itachi.

* TemptingFate: Kaneki promises both Hana and Asuna that she will explain her strange behavior the next day. A shame she turns up murdered that morning.

* AlasPoorVillain: The first two killers receive this; for the most part, they are treated sympathetically once their reasons for committing the murders come to light.
* AllForNothing: Itachi was determined to avert this trope in Chapter 2; whether he won or lost the trial, he refused to simply give up and confess in order to ensure Kaneki's murder was not meaningless.
* AlliterativeTitle: '''F'''ractured '''F'''ates.
* AnyoneCanDie: It's [[Franchise/DanganRonpa Danganronpa]], after all. So far, four out of the fifteen students have been killed.
* ArcWords: The phrase "Remember the class. Remember your own role." seems to be becoming this, as it has appeared at the end of both messages Hana received on her e-Handbook at the end of Chapters 1 and 2.
* BigBad: Take a guess.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: Like in canon, Monokuma has surveillance cameras and monitors scattered about the castle.
* Bizarrchitecture: The castle contains some rooms that one would think to be strange or impractical, such as the fitness room in the South Wing or the treasure room in the West Wing.
* BodyOfTheWeek: A given in a murder mystery story.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
** Monokuma does this in Chapter 1, Part 2 when he complains the students are "boring the readers" by not committing a murder.
** He does it again in Part 7 when he say "You can only go so many chapters without a murder"
* CallBack: The characters tend to reference events that happened in parts prior, especially in regards to the murders and trials.
* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: In true Danganronpa fashion, at least two characters die per chapter, making the current death total four.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Azami's cloak becomes an important piece of evidence in the first trail in three ways: first, it was her cloak that Hinata saw through the doors in the courtyard on the night of the murder; second, it was a piece of her cloak that was torn off and stuck inside the treadmill in the fitness room; third, the blood-soaked cloak that she hid in the library's hidden room is what becomes the final nail in her coffin.
** The pair of hatches in the furnace and fitness rooms are revealed to lead to a secret passage connecting the two rooms, which is how the killer was able to escape the fitness room after barring the door.
** In Chapter 2, Kaneki's whip becomes the final piece of evidence that convicts the killer, due to the fact that traces of the killer's blood were found on it.
* ChekhovsGag:
** In the Prologue, Hinata swipes Mikio's glasses, leaving him [[BlindWithoutEm unable to see properly.]] This is brought up during the first trial when Hana figures out Mikio tripped on the moving treadmill because his glasses had been broken, rendering him practically blind as a result.
** Also in the Prologue, when Hana meets Ryoto, his cape ends up caught in the treadmill, requiring Hana to rescue him. The same thing happens to the first killer during Mikio's murder, causing a piece of the clothing in question to be torn off and left at the crime scene as a result.
* ClearMyName: Hana has to do this for Asuna during the first part of the second trial.
* ClosedCircle: The castle, despite having some open areas, is completely cut off from the outside world.
* ConvictionByContradiction: Downplayed in Chapter 2. The first thing Akira uses to pin Asuna as the killer is the fact that she blatantly lied about her alibi on the night of the murder. However, it is not the only piece if evidence Akira has against her.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The executions. Thus far, there are:
** Azami: [[DeathOfAThousandCuts Pierced and shredded by bullet-speed shards of glass until she bleeds out.]]
** Itachi: Commits seppuku with a hunting knife, sabotaging his own execution.
* DarkSecret: The end of Chapter 2's trial reveals Kaneki was indirectly responsible for the death of her younger sister, Yuna.
* DespairEventHorizon: Shiro seems to have crossed this following the end of the second trial.
* DyingClue: Before actually dying, Kaneki used her bullwhip to injure her killer, resulting in traces of their blood being left on the weapon. The whip becomes the final piece of evidence in the trial, as well as the one piece of evidence directly tying the killer to the crime.
* EmptyChairMemorial: The podiums of the dead students are occupied by memorial photos of said students.
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: The mysterious message at the end of Chapter 2 shows Hana several photos depicting the students spending time together at Hope's Peak, despite Hana having no memory of ever attending the school at all.
* EveryoneIsASuspect: Akira claims this during Chapter 2's investigation, due to the fact that the murder occurring during nighttime means it is likely nobody has a solid alibi for the time of the crime.
* Foreshadowing:
** In the prologue, Itachi makes mention of his family's shady past. This becomes an important factor into his motivation for committing murder in Chapter 2.
** At one point, Azami claims she is naturally paranoid. Her paranoia is what ultimately causes her to attack and kill Mikio in a moment of panic.
** Kaneki tends of brag about how her whip is supposedly indestructible (something that even her bio points out. Chapter 2 reveals [[NotHyperbole she's not exaggerating,]] as it survives the heat of a furnace overnight with [[MadeOfIndestructium only slight burning.]]
** The second message on Hana's e-Handbook, shown at the end of Chapter 2, reveals the existence of a possible sixteenth member of the 80th Class. However, her role and anything else about her (except her appearance) currently remains unknown.
* ForgedMessage: The killer does this twice in Chapter 2; the first time with a note in Kaneki's name in order to lure Asuna to the storage room, the second time with a note in Asuna's name in order to frame her for Kaneki's murder.
* FourIsDeath: Averted in Chapter 1, where Mikio's body is found in Part 3. Played straight in Chapter 2, where Kaneki's body is found at the end of Part 4.
* GildedCage: The castle the 80th Class is trapped in, to the point where the story's summary even refers to it as such.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When asked to testify about his knife going missing, Itachi claims he and Shiro had searched all possible areas of the castle, which included the greenhouse where the killer hid it. The problem? Nobody specifically said where the knife had been hidden at that point in the trial, nor did anyone say it was the murder weapon 'specifically' that had been hidden in the greenhouse.
* InformedAbility: A good portion of the students have yet to use their talents due to the killing game.
* IronicDeath: Itachi's botched execution, as he commits suicide with the same weapon (a second hunting knife incidental to the murder weapon) he used to kill Kaneki.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Monokuma partakes in this at the end of each trial, towards both the dead and living students, combined with [[BreakThemByTalking Break Them by Talking.]]
* LawProcedural: Akira invokes this trope, stating how giving a basic summary of a case is customary in normal trials.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In Chapter 3, Part 2, Shiori advises Hana to "stop being such a main character".
* MortonsFork: Tadao and Akira reference the concept when describing Chapter 1's motive. If someone commits murder, then the class will be put through a trial in which they or the blackened will have a chance at dying. If no murder happens, however, then Monokuma will randomly kill one student every night until someone does.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Azami has this reaction in regards to killing Mikio.
** Itachi also had this reaction offscreen when he murdered Kaneki.
* NeverTheObviousSuspect: All the evidence during the second trial seems to point to Asuna being the killer, but she is ultimately proven innocent.
* NoodleIncident: Apparently, Hana had participated in a seance once in the past- she never goes into detail, but it is described as the "worst three minutes of her life".
* OnceMoreWithClarity: The opening of the story depicts Hana being woken up in a hallway by a boy named Hiroshi, after having passed out as a result of finding something in a room with blood on the floor. This scene is repeated word-for-word in Part 4 of Chapter 1, only now with full context: Hana had just discovered Mikio's body in the fitness room, and passed out in the hallway as a result.
* RedHerring:
** Asuna's hair pin being left in the greenhouse after nighttime, the same area where the murder weapon was hidden. It is later revealed the hair pin was dropped there 'before' the killer hid the weapon, meaning the pin was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
** Also in Chapter 2, the note found in Kaneki's pocket written by "Asuna". Hana is able to figure out that the note was forged and planted on Kaneki after she was already dead.
* SacrificialLamb: Mikio.
* SacrificialLion: Kaneki and Itachi.
* StarterVillain: Azami is the first blackened in the story, and her murder of Mikio is not as complicated as the murder in Chapter 2.
* TheSummation: Hana does this in an imitation of the canon games' Closing Argument sections.
* TemptingFate: Kaneki promises both Hana and Asuna that she will explain her strange behavior the next day. A shame she turns up murdered that morning.
* YouWakeUpInARoom: Hana first wakes up in the castle lying on a bed in her designated bedroom.