It's pitch black.

It's pitch black, and she, if she even is a she, can't feel anything.

Dead, dead, dead. Is that all she was now? Is this it?

Disappointment. This feeling is disappointment. She'd hadn't even lived that long either.

Just a little more. Just a little bit more..

She hadn't even finished that new game she got..

After a long period of nothing, she could suddenly feel.

A body. A new one. Untouched, unharmed, alive.

But strange. It was clothed in an orange material, and well.. The outfit seemed familiar to her all in all.

Gingerly, she touches her hair, feeling it's curves and shape. It's blond.

Huh? She's also rather small, isn't she? These sleeves are very long.

It's a kimono. She always wanted to wear one. The pattern is lovely. Exactly like Saionji's..

Hm?

Hm? Hmm?

This.. This turn of events..

Like one of those reincarnation light novels. And when those didn't update, she went to self inserts.

I-If this is a thing, then who's the one who put her here? Wasn't there always this higher authority? Or an enemy?

She squishes down the urge to scream. That would be a terrible first impression to put on people.

Speaking of which, would there even be people here at this point? What part of the timeline was she on? Is it after, before, or just starting?

Oh.. There's a door there. The door at the beginning of the game. Did that just materialize? The background changed too.

This means she just started? Oh dear. She hopes she isn't the last one in.

Being late to anything absolutely terrified her.

Sliding the door open, she's greeted by the relieving yet alarming sight of a few other students.

Togami Byakuya, Nanami Chiaki, and Komaeda Nagito.

The first victim, the AI, and the popular trash of the franchise.

What are the chances?

"Hm? You must also be our classmate. State your name and talent."

Hwuah?! O-oh! Introductions. Right. She was Saionji Hiyoko, SHSL Classical Dancer, now! Okay, calm, calm...

"A pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Saionji Hiyoko, Super High School Level Classical Dancer. And you?"

Ah. She already messed up. Saionji was supposed to be cutesy and innocent at first glance. Her polite way of speaking, the graceful bow she gave, the friendly smile used for business... It gave the image of a mature lady who was unfortunate enough to be trapped in a childish body.

Which actually was the situation here, though they didn't need to know. She severely doubted they'd be able to guess her obscure situation anyway.

Togami, the one who spoke out, looked a bit surprised, but hurriedly recovered and introduced himself. Saionji (she took up the name of her vessel far too happily ) received the names of the the other occupants of the room, as well as their titles.

Well, she already knew though...

Settling herself down into one of the many seats of the classroom, the supposed dancer made idle chat with the males. Eventually, the empty place began to fill with the eccentric characters she knew far too much about. It felt unreal, too much like a dream, even though she accepted her death in the time of darkness she had. Oh well. Might as well enjoy herself.

She began fidgeting in her seat, feeling slightly nervous. Pretty soon, the protagonist would walk in, and everything would begin. Hopefully not much would change if Saionji matured mentally...

Well, this is something.

She knew Hinata fainted after coming to the island, but that didn't make any less alarming to watch.

Hinata, you looked really uncool just now...!

And here she is, hovering over the unconscious form of the protagonist with a soon-to-be threat.

Maybe she should've gone off to the farm place when she had the chance? Saionji's not supposed to be in this scene..

"Hey... Can you hear me...?"

Ooh! Komaeda's trying to talk to him! This is it, this is it! Ah, Hinata's opening his eyes.

"Hey, are you alright? ...You sure look exhausted. I am too, you know. We all are. I mean, with all the crazy stuff that happened..."

Hinata's squinting eyes are kind of intimidating.. Please don't get mad.

"...Hey, are you listening?"

His expression hardens as he sluggishly gets up. Saionji decides to shuffle a bit behind Komaeda.

"You... are okay, right?"

"...I... Leave me alone."

"Oh, I couldn't possibly leave someone who looks as sick as you alone."

The sickly teen glances at her. Does he want her to say something?

"W-we were really worried when you fainted. You surprised a good deal of us, actually."

The dancer mentally scolds herself for stuttering, covering her mouth with her hand, which is gripping the edge of her kimono sleeve.

Hinata doesn't look very friendly when he's annoyed. It can't be helped she's a little scared for her new body.

"That... thing said we're on a southern island, didn't it?"

"...Yeah, that's right."

Both of them are silent. Hinata seems to be going through the tutorial part, since he's surveying the area with a cautious glint in his eye.

"Hm? This is a camera isn't it? ...A security camera? Are they spying on us?!"

Uwah! Abruptly shouting in alarm like that all of the sudden..!

"I wouldn't call it spying...I think you could say they're watching over us to keep us from danger... But hey, you can't help but feel worried over things you have no control over, can you?"

The brown-haired boy looks a bit scandalized.

"So, how about it? Are you feeling any better? ...Um, I know you're all messed up right because of what happened, but... We should all really introduce ourselves, don't you think?"

"Yeah... I guess we should."

Wait. Saionji just realized she has barely said anything since they started talking. She spoke only once. It's true she prefers being a spectator, though she doubts she can sneak away at this point.

Komaeda turns his head to her, gesturing for her to start first. You...! Putting her on the spot like this! They're both looking at her expectantly. Too late to run.

"My name is Saionji Hiyoko, Super High School Level Classical Dancer. A pleasure to make your acquaintance."

The hooded student gets a bit closer to the other male, seemingly talking about her vessel's past accomplishments. She flashes Hinata a friendly smile. It would be good to get along with the protagonist... It would be vastly easier to ask him to do certain things to help the eventual investigations with his trust.

The luckster comes back to the spot he was previously in, about to introduce himself. Then, a chime comes from both Hinata's and her's Electronic Student Handbooks. Hinata is startled, and instantly there's Usami, explaining everything. Truthfully, she likes Usami. Maybe it's because it could've been Naegi who designed her. It's pretty funny to think of Naegi showing Kirigiri and Togami his design, with the two of them blank-faced.

The dancer then zones out a bit, coming back to Earth when Usami leaves, and Komaeda finishes talking about himself.

"Well, it's your turn now."

"Oh. My name's Hinata Hajime."

"...I have a question, Hinata-kun. What kind of Super High School Level ability do you have?"

"Um, I... I... I... Huh...?"

Watching his body forcibly shiver scared her a little, honestly. So much so, in fact, she butted into the conversation.

"Are you alright?! If need be, you should lie down..."

Oh. Whoops. Even Komaeda looks surprised at her sudden outburst. Thinking back, she gave the image of a composed young child who didn't talk too much with how she's acted so far.

"What? N-No...! I, I think I'm still a little bit confused... I... can't seem to remember very well..."

Komaeda turns back to the now-amnesiac with a bit of concern.

"You can't remember...? I suppose... with everything that's happened, some memory loss isn't that strange. I'm sure it's just shock or something... I'm sure you'll recover soon! So... try not to worry too much, okay?"

"Yeah... I guess."

Once again, she interrupts. Adding in a couple lines every now and then won't affect the plot much. And this is to make sure they know she's here. Or does she not want them to? Oh well.

"Please let us now if you aren't feeling well. There isn't much I can do, but..."

"Ah, yeah, thanks. I will."

She smiles, which gets a small one from him. Ahh... Hinata smiling is going to be a very rare sight from here on out. Shame. It's quite lovely.

"Well..." Komaeda begins. "It looks like we're done with our introductions. I'm not sure what's going on, but I hope we can be friends."

The chimes of the collected Hope Shards rings out, but the two of them ignore it for now. The dancer is a bit eager to get past this phase of the story.

"Hinata-san, you still have yet to meet everyone, so why don't we seek them out? It's a little hard to do anything when surrounded by eccentric strangers.."

"Oh, I probably should. But, where did they all go?"

"I think they're still exploring the island."

"Are you serious? They all went exploring?"

"We're been told to live here, so everyone figured we should probably get a feel for the place. What kind of island is this? Is there a way off? Do we have food and supplies? Anyway, why not look around yourself, and make introductions while you're at it? I've already spoken to everyone, but I'd like to tag along while you explore, if that's okay. What about you?"

He suddenly turns to her for an answer after explaining the situation. Stop with this abrupt questioning..!

"Mm.. I'd like to go along too, if that's alright. I haven't left this beach since we've got here," Because I was looking after a certain person. "But I was introduced to everyone earlier."

...Hey, why wasn't Tsumiki concerned about Hinata collapsing? She's a nurse, isn't she? Oh, well, Hinata looks a little sheepish at her words. So he does understand.

"Let's all go then!"

Komaeda starts to walk off, Saionji trailing behind, then stops when he realize the other male isn't moving.

"What's wrong, Hinata-kun? We should go."

"Y-yeah."

"Oh, right, I almost forgot..." He pulls out his handbook. "There's a map of the island in our handbooks. Exploring the island will be very easy if we use it!"

Putting it back in his pocket, he continues.

"Also, I ah... I looked up information about everyone before I came to this school. I can tell you some useful stuff about most of them. Not all of them, though."

"...You mean, you actually found information about them on the web?"

"Eh? You don't know? Whenever Hope's Peak Academy recruits a new class, the message boards go a bit crazy..."

And again, she zones this out. Soon enough, they're off to meet everyone. The game's prologue was quite long... She should enjoy this peace while it lasts, shouldn't she?

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ahh well... i'm new to all this so be gentle. i literally have almost no clue how to work this document stuff. and this fic is purely to satisfy my desire to use this website's format of writing to write something and to write a sort-of-self-insert-but-kind-of-not since there aren't many i like out there and my reincarnation novels are slow to update...