Dazed and Confused, Hope woke up in a dorm room, last thing he remembered was getting kicked out by his dark self.

"Uuuuuuh… Despair… that maniac!" Hope said waking up on the bed but felt something pulling down his arm. He saw a strange cuff on his arm as he looked at it as it was connected to Flux who was waking up.

"Uh….feels like I got hit by a truck. Wait, where am I?" Flux said.

"Flux!" Hope said.

"Hopeless!" Flux said as they both jumped up. "Okay Hopeless, you got a minute to tell me what…" he said before seeing the cuff on him and Hope. "Aw crud."

"Okay, where the heck are we?" Hope said.

"Good question. And another question, why are all the windows bolted shut and a security camera watching us?" Flux said.

"Back at ya. Before I completely passed out, I heard Despair mention a name. Hope's Peak?" Hope said.

Flux recognized the name immediately. "Hope's Peak? That school? Wow." Flux said. "I've heard of it, but never imagined it like this."

"So you know about it?" Hope said.

"Its a school that promotes high class talents in order to create brighter futures. But it sort of disappeared off the map for...huh? Weird, I can't seem to remember for how long." Flux said.

"Weird. Well, let's get a look around." Hope said as they both walked out as they heard an announcement.

"Bum bum bum! Attention students, please report to the gym for school orientation. 8 o'clock." a voice on the PA said.

"I got a feeling this is about to get weird." Hope siad as he walked out with Flux behind him before they ran into some kid on the way. He was brown haired with a black jacket and sort of a plain look.

"Sorry, hey. Just curious, but did you two wake up in a classroom or dorm recently?" he asked.

"Yeah, we did." Hope said. "I guess the same thing happened to you. Whats your name?"

"Why would you wanna know his name?" Flux asked.

"Better to know whos in the school. DIdnt you know that when you were in school with Layton, or way that before you blew up the science lab?" Hope asked.

"Oh. My name is Makoto Naegi. Im actually here because of a school lottery. I'm given the title Ultimate Lucky Student." he said.

"Youre good. Getting in here on luck. My names Hope." Hope sad.

"Hope huh? Are you sort of like someone who works for the school or something?" Makoto asked.

"You could say that. Well, not really." Hope said.

"And I am the charming Amadeus Flux, this kid is my apprentice." Flux said.

"Wait, Hope and Flux….This is gonna be weird, but do you know an...Alice Right?" Makoto asked.

"Alice? She's here?" Hope asked.

"She and another group were looking for you so I told them to go to the gym." Makoto said. "I didn't know what else to do."

"Good. Let's get on in there." Hope said.

The three walked close together as they headed for the gym.

"So we weren't the only ones taken. It seems anyone who was on that hill got nabbed." Flux said.

"Good, so everyone else is safe. The question is… what are we doing here?" Hope said.

They arrived at the gym and saw the group from the hill as well as a plethora of odd students.

"Hope, there you are!" Titanica said running.

"Alice, so glad you're okay." Hope said before noticing the same cuff on her. "You're chained too?"

"Yeah." Alice said pointing to the other end to show it connected to Ian.

"This is gonna be weird when we have to go to the bathroom." Ian said.

"See, I told ya girl. My predictions are bang on 30% of the time." said a tan skinned man with wild brown hair. "Well, this makes about 35 of us here."

Yasuhiro Hagakure

The Ultimate Clairvoyant

"So I take it this is everyone?" said a chubby boy with weird attire.

Hifumi Yamada

The Ultimate Fan Fiction Writer

"Yeah, we need some anwers n.." Hope said.

"Ah-hah!" said a boy with red eyes in a white monitor uniform. "Truants! The instructions said 8 o'clock sharp!"

Kiyotaka Ishimaru

The Ultimate Moral Compass

"You a hall monitor or something?" Hope asked.

"I'm Kiyotaka Ishimaru, the Ultimate Moral Compass and the one who makes sures all students follow the school conduct!" Kiyotaka said.

"Gaaaah…" said a girl in pig tails with a fashionable look. "Can ya let it go?"

Junko Enoshima

The Ultimate Fashionista

"Who gives a flying flip about attendance?" Junko said.

"Uh.. question? Did either of you wake up in a classroom?" a shy girl in green asked.

"Both of us did, no idea why were here, or why were handcuffed." Hope said.

"Same for me, but without the cuffs." she said.

Chihiro Fujisaki

The Ultimate Programmer

"Sudden unconsciousness. All of us to gather in the gym upon awakening." said a girl dressed in gothic clothing.

Celestia Ludenberg

The Ultimate Gambler

"And no way out it would seem. Most peculiar." Celestia said.

"Yeah. That's the word." said a guy in a biker get up.

Mondo Owada

The Ultimate Biker Gang Leader

"Reminds me of the digs we had back in juvie." Mondo said.

"Well, you would be in juvie if you were a leader of a biker gang." Naoto said.

"Youre quick to figure it out. They dont call you Inaba's Detective Prince for nothing." Mondo said.

"Yeah, except this time, we all got kidnapped." said a guy in white with red hair.

Leon Kuwata

The Ultimate Baseball Star

"Heh. Maybe they'll auction off our organs. Heh, just kiddin." Leon said.

"Come on. Stay positive. Its a motivational program!" a brown skinned girl in a red track jacket said.

Aoi Asahina

The Ultimate Swimmer

"It is, from what I've heard from Flux, right?" Hope asked a muscular woman looked to him.

"Yes. I have heard the same thing." she said.

Sakura Ogami

The Ultimate Martial Artist

"I sugesst we first asses the situation." Sakura said.

"Right." Hope said. "For starters, a lot of us here are supposed to be the Ultimate studied at once subject, the best of the best. I can tell from alot of the people here that I've seen that were all good at something. For instance, Flux could be the Ultimate Villain." he said looking all over before spying a black haired girl in a black school girl uniform.

"Ahh! I knew it! He's undressing me with his eyes." she said.

Toko Fukawa

The Ultimate Writing Prodigy

"What? No, I didnt mean to…!" Hope said.

"DOnt say anything else, I know you might think i'm a hot target, but I'm nothing but a cockroach!" Toko said.

"He certainly isn't all that." said a well dressed boy.

Byakuya Togami

The Ultimate Affluent Progeny

"Uh… thanks?" Hope asked.

"It wasn't a compliment. He was insulting you." Flux said.

"Oh." Hope said looking all around before eyeing a girl with purple hair and clothing.

Kyoko Kirigiri

Ultimate ?

"May I help you?" Kyoko asked.

"Uh… yes. What is it you're really good at? I cant read you at all." Hope said.

"I don't remember. I can't really remember my talent or title." Kyoko said.

"So youre the Mystery Girl here. Cool." Hope said.

"This is all pretty overwhelming." Makoto said.

"Uh, its Naegi right?" said a voice as a girl with blue hair approached. "We went to the same school."

"Maizono?" Makoto asked.

Sayaka Maizono

The Ultimate Pop Sensation

"Finally, somebody here I know." Sayaka said.

"Wait, so you remember me?" Makoto asked.

"Of course, we were in the same class after all." Sayaka said.

"Wait, youre the best music girl out there right?" Hope said. "Dude! You're really are the Ultimate Lucky Student."

"If you three are done flirting, we have weighter matters to move on to. Such as our current quandary. Someone has collected us here for a reason." Byakuya said.

"Yeah, youre right….Byakuya, was it? I'm starting to figure this out." Hope said.

"How so?" Byakuya asked.

"All of us are Ultimates at something and makes us elite. So someone had to go out of the way to gather all of us together and close us off from the outside." Naoto said.

"And leave us with no ways of contacting the outside world." Rarity said. "Hope, have you noticed that your comm is missing?"

"Yeah, I cant see it on me anywhere. Come to think of it, Flux, all your guns and tools are gone too."

"Yeah. Though I can get why. No way to fight back." Flux said.

"Guys, chill out. They'll give us our stuff back, in fact, its already been foretold!" Yasuhiro said holding a crystal ball.

"Seriously? A crystal ball?" Leon said.

"Don't knock it. My predictions are dead on 30% of the time." Yasuhiro said.

"Pretty low for the ultimate clarivoyant out there." Hope said. "But then again, you did say to Alice that I'd come here eventually, and you were right. Maybe you do deserve some credit."

Feedback sounded out throughout the gym.

"Mic check, mic check. Can everybody here me okay? Good, now let's not dilly dally any more and roll out the welcome wagon, not literally of course, I don't even know what that means." said a voice on the speakers.

"See? We're not prisoners, this is just how they do things here at Hope's Peak." Yasuhiro said.

"Well, you're half right." Kyoko said.

The podium up front shook a moment before out from behind it popped out a small bear, half white on one side and black on the other with a red crooked eye and a sharp tooth grin.

"Welcome, boys and girls to our special orientation. I am Monokuma, your headmaster. And no I'm not a build a bear reject. Pleased to meet ya." the bear said.

"Uh…" Hope said before Kiyotaka dashed infront of him and bowed to Monokuma.

"Salutations, headmaster!" Kiyotaka said.

"Well, one salutations as good as nothing as guess." Monokuma said. "Anyway, welcome bright young things to your new living quarters. Now before you get all uppity, rest assured its for your own good. Mustn't let the outside world dull that dazzling spark. We gotta keep that freshness sealed in. You're probably wondering how long you'll be here. Probably...the rest of your lives."

"Youre serious?" Hope said.

"No way! I got plans to plot, a certain color boy to finish off. And I gotta hang Hopeless's head on a pike in the new den." Flux said.

"I told you, yore not doing that. And youre sure as hell not gettin this." Hope said showing the red key of Unity.

"Hmmm?" Monokuma noticed. "That key...IS NOW CONTRABAND!" Monokuma said quickly taking it. "Sorry, but things like this aren't gonna be allowed at our little school." he said tossing it into a small box and locking it.

"Hey!" Flux said. :I was just about to wrestle him for it!"

"Even if you did, you heard the bear." Hope said. "There no way out of this. Were locked down tight. Sealed walls, no contacts, no way of knowing how to even get outta this school."

"Well, if you wanna leave this place, there is one little way out." Monokuma said.

"Really? Spill it." Ian said.

"I'm talking good old fashioned murder! Kill a student and get away with it without others knowing." Monokuma said.

The whole room gasped.

"That's crazy! You assembled people who are the best at what they do, and youre asking them to kill somebody else here?!" Hope asked.

"That's right! Beat, Stab, Club, Slice, Torch, Crush, Strangle, Curse. All of these are permitted. Just get away with it and your graduate. Just the thought is making me hot." Monokuma said.

"The blue guys right, we're good at what we do, but we wouldnt do something as low as killing anybody!" Aoi said.

"You want murder, teddy two tone? How about you be victim number one?" Mondo said.

"What are you gonna do? Impale me on that pompador of yours?" Monokuma asked as Mondo grabbed him.

"You're asking for it." Mondo said.

"Hey. No harm is to come to the headmaster." Monokuma said as his red eye began to flash.

"What?! Its a bomb!" Sunset said.

"Toss him now!" Kyoko said.

Mondo tossed Monokuma into the air before he exploded.

"Jesus, that was close." Hope said.

"Youre tellin me. That almost blew my face off!" Mondo said.

"So the teddybear's kaput?" Chihiro asked.

"Not a teddy bear! Monokuma!" said a voice as another one popped out from the podium. "Consider that a warning."

"He's immortal? Or is he just good at this?" Lacy asked.

"In this school, for forego written punishment and go for corporal punishment. Note, to some of those who are cuffed, if you get in trouble, the person on the other end gets punished as well." Monokuma said.

"Flux and Hope as well as Ian and Alice are cuffed right now." Naoto said. "So if one of them gets in trouble, the other half pays as well."

"So flux cant do anything to me if were bound like this. If he does anything evil, he'll take me with him." Hope said.

"Yep. You four are package deals now. Anyway, that's it for orientation, so good killings." Monokuma said before leaving.

The next few days, all of them worked together to find their way out as they were being watched by the cameras, making progress as to how their boundaries are but still finding no exit. Hope had yet to understand what Despairs purpose was with bringing them here. He would soon find out on the 4th day as Monokuma appeared on screen in a classroom.

"It's been 4 days now, and no one is killing anyone. This is getting so boring so fast. Come on! I'm letting you get away with murder!" Monokuma said.

"And Like we told you, we dont accel at killing, we do other things!" Hope said.

"Is that so, blue boy? That kid with the robo arm was right about you. You are a tough nut to...Oh! That's it! The one thing this perfect set up lacked. I didn't introduce...a motive!" Monokuma said. "All students please report to the multimedia room."

The students soon arrived inside of said room as they saw dvds in a bin, each with different names on them.

"What are these?" Hope asked as they put them all in. Hope looked closely at his as it buzzed to life, showing the teammates he didn't take with him. They all greeted him until the screen fizzled out to see the entire scene destroyed with the ship.

"My god…!" Hope said. He felt a pressure inside him. Despair was lingering in his mind.

"Thats it… you get it now…" he coursed in his brain. "You know you wanna find out what happened."

Then a message appeared on it.

"Learn what happened after you graduate."

"You feel it dont you? The nervousness, the temptation." Despair said. "You want to know where they are so badly that youd kill and graduate to get to them. And when you realize that they are fine and you killed an innocent life to get to them, that's the clincher. The key to fall into your despair!"

"NO!" Sayaka screamed as she ran out of the room with Makoto following.

"There is no hope in this school, hope. No way out, no contact, no survival of anyone here. There is only despair. Welcome to hell!" Despair said as he just laughed. "This is what...will finally break you."

"No." Hope said slamming his fist into the tv, shattering it.

"Huh?!" Makoto said surprised/

"GAH!" Monokuma said. "Hey! What gives you the right to wreck school property?"

"Everyone, listen up!" Hope said. "DOnt believe one piece of what you see, I've seen it before. No matter what happens, we stick together and work together, and no one breaks and gives in to kill! Makoto, youre with me, right? You swear and know like me… what were all gonna get outta here?!"

"Yeah. I won't let anyone die. Cause we're all getting out of here!" Makoto said.

As Monokuma lauged, and Despair watched from the cameras, the students and Hope gathered together.

"Listen up, Despair. Youre not gonna break me again, and you wont with anyone here and my friends. Even if this is hell, even if theres no way out, we'll make one. Because even a school riddled in despair has a light of hope in the darkness. And we are gonna survive this hell and get outta here!" Hope said.

"Oh Hope. He always was a dramatic. But, even he doesn't know what people are thinking. Sooner or later, someone's gonna kill. And when the first strike happens, its kinda hard to stop it." Despair said.