Battle Royale fanfic

Hey guys:) I decided to base my fan fiction on the Battle Royale franchise(the novel,manga and film all have nearly identical storylines). For those of you that are unfamiliar with this exploitation masterpiece take a look at my fan fiction links,watch the video below or alternatively-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale.
My render of the story sees Japan propelled into the future,years after the events of Battle Royale take place and the Millennium BR Act no longer exists.The fan fiction is a debate that takes place over a cup of coffee between two Japanese university professors who argue about the origins of the Millennium BR Act and discuss the fascist government that created it.









"At the dawn of the Millenium, the nation collapsed. At 15% unemployment, 10 million were out of work, 800,000 students boycotted school. The adults lost confidence, and fearing the youth, eventually passed the 'Millenium Educational Reform Act'...AKA: The BR Act."
...but that's not what the history books say...

The steaming cup of coffee did little to arouse professor Shuya’s interest. Biscotti lay untouched. Over the years professor Shuya developed an aversion to anything imported from America. Well, import or not, food was the last thing on Shuya's mind, for today, Friday the 12 of November marked 30 years since the crumble of the Greater East Asia Regime and with it, of course the Millenium Act. Why this act preoccupied our balding professor so much, was a mystery to the majority of his colleagues. Professor Kitano who was late for their lunch date was no exception. Shuya san checked his watch. He didn’t like Kitano, but there was a glimmer of hope. Kitano was intelligent,but naïve, Shuya knew as much. At only 32 and already a professor. Ridiculous! This sort of thing never used to happen in the old days, but kissing ass sure got you places.
Kitano,wide-eyed and optimistic, was so typical of the generation Z-ers.He believed in God,Japan and the news. Shuya himself stopped listening to the news when the regime crumbled. He didn’t believe in God and definitely not in Japan.
.‘Good morning Shuya san .’ Shuya startled in his chair. The paranoia of the old days never did fully leave him. It was only Kitano, flashing his newly bleached teeth. The boy sure never have experience strife. Perhaps that's why Shuya never liked Kitano,after all Kitano never had to kill his classmates. Shuya pushed his thoughts aside. Kitano was just a representative of his epoch,young people that chose to prosper in Japan's economic boom and turn a blind eye to the hastily 'forgotten' crimes of the state.
‘Do you know what day it is?’ Shuya inquired.

-‘Um,Sunday?
‘-‘I mean a date of historical significance, my young friend.’
Kitano looked down in shame. He didn’t like to be questioned by Shuya. He somehow always made Kitano feel as a lesser historian.
I shall enlighten you my friend,‘It the anniversary of the ‘Abolition of the Millenium Act.’

Kitano cringed. ‘The goddamn, Millennium Act! Oh why did Shuya always feel the need to rehash it.'
Kitano liked Shuya, even looked up to him despite the fact that Shuya was a grumpy old bastard with a fetish for crackpot theories and oftentimes their colleagues would suggest that Shuya was losing his mind .No wonder. He never understood why Shuya couldn’t just be content with researching real,tangible things.
‘Professor, with all due respect, but really somebody of your stature shouldn’t dwell upon silly conspiracies. Let’s discuss.... oh..why not the Holocaust?
‘My dear boy, why discuss the Holocaust,which was in Europe, when Japan had it’s own Holocaust, not long ago, if only to compare the two atrocities?
-’Professor,I don’t understand why you must go on with this, but since I have great respect for you,I’ll play along. ' Shuya could clearly distinguish notes of irritation in Kitano's voice. The truth was always a hard pill to swallow.
" Is that not what you've been doing since you were born Kitano san, playing along?' Playing along with what the State told you.' How do you explain the population decline? The redundancy of 10 thousand teachers, the witnesses, for God's sakes...the broadcasts? '' I have the tapes.''
Kitano was prepared for exactly what Shuya had to say.
''The broadcasts of ''Battle Royale'' this fictional TV show is just an invention of the Yanks. You know that Professor. How could something so terrible be broadcast on national Television? Of course it's just the Yanks' fabrication. Why would the Japanese government force school students to kill each other in a game, that is later to be shown on TV. For God's sakes,their parents would see it. Do you really think nobody would act,if such a deed,did in fact take place?''


Shuya sojourned his reply. Standard propaganda, he thought. It's so much easier to go along. That's how he ended up in the game. As a schoolboy he didn't attend class just like the rest of his classmates. There were far better things to do,like drink beer and have sex. Ironically it is attending class that killed 99% of his classmates. They were told they were going on a school trip... they boarded the bus excited for the adventures to come...they woke up with explosive metal collars around their necks..they were told to kill each other.
Shuya ended up winning the game along with his sweetheart Noriko, the only instance of two people winning the game at the same time. He missed Noriko terribly. After the regime collapsed, and all the game's winners were rounded up and shot,Shuya escaped.
Noriko didn't.





Shuya couldn't bear the blame...but as it often goes illegally prescribed pharmaceuticals helped.

'My dear friend, have you read any foreign newspapers/any textbooks? The whole world knows what Japan tries to hide in vain. There are witnesses,far too many witnesses that have hopped the border.'' Shuya paused. His voice became a whisper. ''I place great trust upon you in telling you this ... I'm a witness myself,well rather a participant. I was the winner of the second annual Battle Royale game. I won it,armed only with binoculars. My sweetheart, my sweetheart,her name was Noriko.. Girl number 21 Goddamnit the Millenium Act did really happen! I was there!''

Kitano hesitated.''I guess what everyone said was true.'' he thought and shrugged his shoulders . Well there was only one place for Professor Shuya now...Kitano dialled a number.