Chapter 1: welcome to Raikukkon, now prepare to die!
"August 27. Usually, that date just means Twin's birthday. A day where we celebrate her and her amazing... Um..."
Darky paused.
"...I don't know why they celebrated her, she's not that likable..."
She shook her head.
"Anyway, this year is different. I have friends now... Who care about me... And want to celebrate me... So... Why the hell am I here?!"
Darky stood at the edge of a city. This was Raikukkon, a bustling port city known for its eccentric citizens.
"Isn't this where Flash and Alicia live? Why did G want me to come here of all places? He better not be listening to Flash's idea or something..." Darky grumbled. "Although... I suppose Flash couldn't have messed up too badly for something like this..."
She went silent for a moment.
"My birthday is usually bad anyway."
She began to trudge toward the city again.
"Darky!"
"Hm?"
A girl with medium length pink hair and green eyes tackled Darky. She hugged Darky tightly. This was Darky's companion Mary, who had the ability to shift between her original form as an exceed and her human form.
"Mary!" Darky laughed happily, hugging her friend.
Behind Mary stood a very tall man in heavy silver armor. This was Ban, Mary's boyfriend and one of the member's of Darky's guild. He considered Darky his master due to her status of guildmaster.
"What are you two doing here?" Darky asked, setting Mary down.
"We're here for you, silly!" Mary smiled. "Oh! It's time to be there! Hurry up!"
Mary grabbed Darky's wrist and began racing toward the city. Darky could only laugh and smile.
"Maybe... This can be a good birthday after all!"
It seemed like a dream... No, like it was becoming a dream. Darky's eyes slowly closed as her knees buckled, and she crashed to the ground...
"What...?"
Her eyes closed, a sweet scent finally registering in her brain.
-zzz-
Darky's eyes slowly opened. She was in a dark room with a TV screen on one wall. She pushed herself up, hearing groans as others began to stand. She squinted and made out a total of fourteen people other than her. Mary stirred from beside her.
"Darky... Where are we...?"
"Darky?!"
One of the figures across the room stepped forward, allowing Darky to make her out.
"Toxic?!" Darky gasped. "What are you doing here?!"
"...Ehehe... Not sure where 'here' is, to be truthful..." Toxic responded, rubbing the back of her head. "Was this part of plan...?"
"No, it was not," Flash said firmly, stepping forward as well.
"Bruh... What is this?!" Alicia growled, also moving forward.
The room became noisy as the other people started to move closer and debate about what was going on. Darky recognized that other than herself, Mary, and Ban, her friends Toxic, Alicia, Flash, Alicia's twin sister Alexis, Flash's intern Colette, a big crab that Darky recognized to be from Flash's crew, and a woman that Darky recalled Alicia being around. Then, Darky noticed two other people that she recognized. Her guildmate Kisuke stood to the side. He was muscular and had a special way of dressing. His dark brown hair had many red streaks and at either end was completely dyed red and styled up into fox ears. His teeth had been sharpened into fangs and some were colored red. He wore nothing above his waist, and below it was the bottom half of a fox cosplay. He was whispering soothingly to his girlfriend, Kyra. Kyra had very long pink hair and purple eyes. She sat in her wheelchair, whispering and looking worried. Sitting in a corner was a young boy with blond hair that Darky didn't recognize, and whispering in another corner were two cloaked figures. Darky then noticed something much more important.
"...what the hell is this?!" She yelled.
This caught everyone's attention. Darky was holding up her right arm, revealing a black bracelet around her wrist that was counting down to something. They all checked their arms to find similar bracelets.
"These are..." Toxic murmured, seemingly recognizing them. "But...!"
"Upupupupupu!"
Darky and Toxic instantly froze.
"No..." Toxic whispered. "No, no, n-"
"Yep, it's me, your friendly neighborhood Monokuma!"
The screen lit up, showing the image of the monochrome robotic bear.
"Alicia, is this a prank?" Flash asked his girlfriend, his tone stiff.
"I'm not doing anything... Monokuma! The hell are you doing?!" Alicia yelled. "I'm the mastermind behind you, now-"
"YOU? The mastermind behind ME?! Sorry, but according to the official Monokuma operating laws, it requires brain cells to be a mastermind! Upupupupupu!" Monokuma laughed.
"Why you fu-" Alicia began.
"What is the meaning of this?" Colette cut in. "If Alicia isn't doing this, then who is...? And will you quit joking around, please? We all have somewhere to be..."
"Telling you would ruin the game, Upupupupupu~!" Monokuma laughed.
"We won't play your sick game!" Toxic suddenly yelled, slamming her hand against a wall. "We're all friends! We'd never do that to each other!"
"I don't believe I understand what's happening..." The crab spoke up.
"Bruh. Me neither," the girl next to Alicia spoke up.
"If you wouldn't mind telling me... What's going on..." The little boy in the corner spoke up nervously.
Mary, Ban, and Kyra joined in the chatter of questions. Darky noticed the taller cloaked figure slip out of the room.
"What's going on? It's quite simple, ya know! I'm Monokuma, your mayor!" Monokuma exclaimed cheerfully. "And now, you bastards... Are gonna kill each other!"
The entire room went silent for a moment as they stared in shock at the monitor.
"This IS some kind of joke... Right?" The girl beside Alicia spoke up.
"We would never kill each other!" Toxic repeated angrily.
"Is that so?" Monokuma laughed. "Well..."
The wall beside Toxic suddenly exploded, throwing everyone on that side of the room to the ground.
"Behold! The beautiful city of Raikukkuon!"
Flash, who had hurried over and begun to help Toxic up, froze.
Raikukkon's formerly bustling streets were now deserted. An eerie silence filled the city.
"Where did everyone go...?" Colette gasped.
"Bruh..." Alicia murmured. "This isn't... Real, right...? We couldn't have been knocked out for long..."
Darky saw shock and worry play in Mary's eyes. Kyra gripped Kisuke's hand tightly.
"Upupupupupu! Now that this is all cleared out... It will be your colosseum! Ready, gladiators?"
Toxic looked up at Flash, who was staring at the city in cold silence.
"Flash..."
"Monokuma... What did you do to my city...?" Flash murmured, clenching his fists.
"You're about to clash, hope on hope! I've made a special set of rules, so listen carefully!" Monokuma laughed.
"Where is everyone?!" Flash growled. "Monokuma!"
"The first rule..."
"Monokuma! Where are all the citizens of Raikukkon!" Flash yelled.
There was silence.
"...right. You'll have to win the game to find out! Don't worry, I'm only interested in the players of the game dying! Just so you know... There were sixteen players at the start!"
"What does that mean?!" Flash growled.
"There were fifteen people in the room when we woke up," Darky spoke.
Everyone looked to her.
"...what?" Flash asked.
"There were only... Fifteen..."
"Upupupupupupu! That's right! And all of the current players of the game are in the room to hear the rules!" Monokuma giggled.
"You're not saying..." Toxic murmured.
"One of us... Murdered someone...?" Kyra whispered.
"That's..." Mary murmured.
"One of us... Did all of this..." Flash said.
"Bae..." Alicia said in concern, heading over to Flash.
"Alicia, this really isn't a prank?" Colette asked sternly.
"Bruh! I swear!"
"Ahem! As I was saying, the rules..." Monokuma chimed. "First of all! Those bracelets you're wearing... They contain two kinds of poison! The first is a sleeping poison, and the second is a killing poison! If you try to leave the city, or remove the bracelet... You'll get injected with the killing poison!"
"That much is obvious," Toxic snapped.
"This is really... Happening...?" Colette gasped.
"Next! The timer on those bracelets... When it runs out, you will fall asleep! Except for one of you... The traitor who set up the killing game. They will not be injected. They have a set amount of time to kill exactly one of you during the time you're all asleep!"
Everyone looked shocked.
"What?! What kind of mutual killing game is this?!" Toxic yelled.
"One of us... Is a traitor?" Flash murmured. "One of us... Did all this...?"
"Upupupupupu! I told you, it's some special rules for a special occasion!" Monokuma laughed.
"What the hell kind of sicko teddy bear are you?!" Mary yelled.
"I'm Monokuma!" Monokuma chortled.
Darky glared hostilely at him.
"The game is won when either all but one person is dead, or you all are put to sleep and everyone wakes up alive! Yay!" Monokuma cheered.
"I don't understand what's going on..." Toxic mumbled. "This doesn't... Make sense..."
"Finally, the third rule!" Monokuma said. "Forbidden actions! Each of you, look at your bracelets! There's an action you're not supposed to commit! If you commit it... You die from the poison!"
Toxic looked at her own bracelet.
GO ABOVE THE GROUND FLOOR OF ANY BUILDINGS
The participants all looked shocked as they read their forbidden actions. Alicia covered her mouth.
"Well, that's it! Have a fun life of mutual killing, everyone! Upupupupupupupu!"
The screen went off.
"I guess... August 27 is truly a day of bad luck..." Darky murmured.
"What a simple game."
The remaining cloaked figure stepped forward to the center of the room.
"This isn't complicated at all! All I have to do..."
He threw off his cloak to reveal a young man in his twenties with scruffy blond hair and green eyes. He had a sword in hand.
"...is kill every single one of you who might be the traitor! Sorry... But good night!"
Participants remaining: 15 of 16.
A/N: why am I posting this when I was supposed to do a lot of other fic stuff? Because it's a birthday present to a friend! Happy birthday Darky, here's a fic of everyone you like dying!
Hm? Why did I do it before the birthday itself? Because there are multiple chapters! Yaaaaaaay!
Think you have guesses to who will die next chapter, or who is the traitor, or anything?! Review! I love reviews! Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
Have any questions I didn't just address? Review! Yaaaaaaaaay!
Why are you my friend yet I didn't include you in this fic? Ask yourself this: do you WANT to be in this fic?! (Kidding, everyone who was included has a reason to be included. I feel bad for having to cut some people who were included in the initial concept.)
Next chapter: you can run, but you can't hide.