DanganRonpa:

I'll Dance On Your Grave

Chapter 1

Naegi's P.O.V:

Like all normal stories, it was a fine warm afternoon. As I made my way down the baren two sides road, I watched the trees surrounding fly past me, as if they were just a blur. Oh look, a yellow sign warning me of a winding road passed me on the left as I drove by in my little red car. "Ahhh, what an outstanding day!" I told myself as I gazed at the forest surrounding me.

Oh, wait I'm forgetting something. My name is Makoto Naegi, or just Naegi for short. I'm an eighteen year old boy heading towards the south for my autumn vacation. No wait... perhaps that was a bit of a lie... I was seventeen. I just pretend to be eighteen so that people take me more seriously.

Anyways, my vacation. School had just let out not a week or two ago. Realizing this was my last year to hang out with friends and truly relax, I invited some of my friends to come along with me to a cabin my family owned about 5 hours away. Unfortunately for me, they had made plans before I could get the chance to invite them. Oh well, it was no big deal. They had lives they needed to live. Besides, me? By myself? In a cabin next to a calm lake in the woods? Did I mention that I was by myself? Yea, this'll be a good way for me to relax and finally have time to enjoy to myself.

I'm 5'3, I have short spikey hair, and I always wear my hoodie over my clothes. It was plain... sorta like me you guys could imagine. I live in an ordinary house, with my two not-so-ordinary parents, and older sister. What I'm driving now, could be considered my parent's ordinary car. In fact, It was a two seater Miata if you could believe it. It wasn't enough to hold too many people, but it'd get me where I was going in no time. Besides, it was easy on gas. Perfect for me since my minimum wage job doesn't exactly pay too much.

Wow, I'm probably rambling by this point. Well anyways, after begging my parents to let me go, I convinced them that I was going to pick up someone, and that'd we both be here. Unfortunately for them, they didn't know that it would just be me. Heh, they didn't need to know anyhow.

Holy hell, I'm rambling again. Let me get back to what I was talking about. I was on my way to a cabin my parents owned. With the top of my car down, I had sunglasses over my eyes as I passed by trees and farm fences. Woah, talk about farm country.

"God come on... I've been driving forever... I hope to god I'm not lost." I told myself. I was going off blind faith, and a little map. I somewhat remember the way, but I wasn't entirely sure. That was ok right?

My prayers must've been answered, for as soon as I passed by a sign that said "Speed Limit: 25" I watched as abandoned buildings and convenience stores passed me by. This was it! This was the little town I used to come to every summer with my parents! "Now we're talking!" I sighed in relief as I slowed down, and started driving through the almost baren streets.

...Ok. So maybe I didn't remember the EXACT location of where it was... I knew the stree name... but not the location of it. "Darn, I knew it wouldn't be that easy..." I told myself. Giving up the urge to not stop, I pulled up into a convenience store. No other cars seemed to be parked around it, so surely they'd be able to take the time out of their day to help, right? I turned off my car, put it in park, and turned off the engine.

"Wow... where is everybody?" I asked myself as I stepped outside. With my car turned off, the sound of silence seemed to be amplified. It was as if there was no other car in town. That, or everybody could've been walking or something. I didn't really care. All I wanted to do, was get to my cabin, and relax. I slowly opened the convenience store doors, and stepped inside. Wow, it was bright in here. Snacks everywhere... soda machine. Yep, this was definitely a convenience store.

"H-Hello...?" I nervously called out. The sound of music in the background was barely audible. And there seemed to be no clerk. Uhh... I was pretty sure this was not the norm. "Hellooo? Someone here?" I called out. Well, it wasn't really calling out, more like, I was saying in a low voice. I wasn't exactly known to have a loud voice after all.

"I'm coming I'm coming! Hang on!"

I jumped a little as a bright voice reverberate throughout the air. "Oh thank god..." I thought to myself as I watched the clerk jump out from a room in the back.

"Sorry! Sorry! Didn't mean to make you wait so long!" She said. I quickly looked up at her. She had her hair in a ponytail pointing upwards. She was wearing a white shirt underneath a red jacket, and she had smooth looking brown skin. Her name tag had the word "Aoi" On it.

"O-Oh I wasn't waiting long! A-Actually... do you know where Maybelle Avenue is?" I asked. Wow, she was actually kind of cute. She couldn't have looked any older than 24 at the most.

"Sure do! Continue down the road until you hit a stop light. Go right, and continue going down that way until you see a brown sign pointing towards the left. That brown sign will give you directions from there!" She said with a bright and perky attitude. Wow, that's impressive. If I had to run this store by myself, that'd put me in a bad mood!

"T-Thank you very much!" I waved timidly and turned around.

"No problem! You here by yourself? You look kind of young..." She said as I tried to make my way to the door. It looks like she wanted conversation, which wasn't too hard to understand really.

"Ahah yes! Well, this is my summer vacation... I came down here because my parents owned a cabin near here! And I just came down to relax, and enjoy the scenery! You can't get this in the city!" I turned around and smiled at her.

"Ohh! That's why you asked where Maybelle was. But aren't you kind of young to be down here by yourself?" She tilted her head at me.

"No no! I'm eighteen! C-College break ya know? Heh.." I lied to her. People didn't need to know my real age!

"Oh? Well enjoy your break then! Have a good day!" She smiled at me before returning to the room she was in earlier.

"Thanks!" I called back to her before stepping outside the double doors. She was quite helpful! "Ok so... Go down the road... go right... straight... then follow the sign. Simple." I reminded myself as I stepped into my tiny car. I knew I'd remember where it was!

So, soon enough I found myself back on the road. I did what that lady said to do at the store. Go right at the light.. then go straight. Look for the brown sign... and turn left. Going... and going... and going. I went straight down that road for a solid ten minutes. Still no brown sign. Where the hell was it?!

"Damnit to hell!? Where the hell is that brown sign?! Maybelle Avenue.. damnit am I lost again?!" I cursed at myself over and over. This was no time to keep going in circles or into a dead end. I needed help... again. Well that, and I needed gas.

After about 5 more minutes of driving down this old country road, I came across a T like intersection. Go left... or go right. There was still no brown sign! "God fucking damnit!" I hit the steering wheel with my fist. Luckily enough, to my left, I saw a gas station. There were a couple of people standing and sitting outside. Maybe one of them could tell me where to go?

And so I did. I quickly pulled into the gas station, and parked my miata next to the pump. It took 87 gas. Thank the lord this pump had it. I slowly opened my door and stepped out. Stretching out my arms a little, I unzipped my hoodie. It was getting kind of hot, no need to have zipped all the way up at this time of the day!

I closed my door and picked up the gas nozzle jutting out from the pump. I flipped the little lever upwards, put the nozzle in my car, and began fueling away. Great. Perfect start to my trip. Get lost right in the town of my destination! My parents would be proud.

As I watched the digital numbers begin to rise, I could hear... a guitar? A guitar in the distance? "What in the hell?" I told myself. Turning around, I could see two women just sitting there. One of them I could see had twin black haired... drills of some sort. "Drills? Heh, that's the kind of stuff you see in cartoons and stuff." I told myself. She had a white hairband covering the top of her head, along with a black shirt, and black skirt. Her skin was very pale, almost as if she was a ghost.

The second woman, sitting beside her, was holding an accoustic guitar. She had long blue hair, a button up shirt, and blue shorts on. She also had grease stains all over her shirt. Along with a name sewed onto the left part of her chest. From over here, I could see that it spelled out "Sayaka". "Hmm. What a weird bunch. But then again, this isn't really my neck... of the woods!" I chuckled to myself at my lame pun.

"How ya doin sir?"

I almost jumped in surprise. It seemed as if that Sayaka girl was saying hello to me. I looked next to her, and watched as the black haired girl waved her hand back and forth. They looked as if they were in their twenties. Looking at them, I smiled and timidly waved my hand at them. Wow, that was quite odd. I sighed, turned around, and took out the map I had in my pocket that led me to this town. "Damn thing must be outdated." I thought to myself.

"Ahem!"

I turned around and gasped in surprise. It seemed as if a woman clearing their throat had caught my attention! "Jesus almighty!" I stepped back, trying to control my now rapid heartbeat.

"Excuse me. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to frighten you. Haha."

I looked her up and down. She had long blonde hair, hair which was tied into two pigtails going from the side of her head. What was tying her hair into those to tails seemed to be bunny hairpins. She was wearing a red checkered shirt that buttoned up, along with what looked like black cargo shorts. Oil stains were visible on her shirt as well. And her shoes... they looked like they were cowboy boots from what it looks like from up here. Judging from her radiant face, she couldn't be but a couple years older than me.

"Haha.. no no it's fine! I just need to be observant!" I nervously laughed. I could still feel my heart thumping a hundred miles a minute. "I'm just a little lost actually. I'm looking for a sign that is supposed to lead me to Marybelle Avenue... a clerk a couple miles back said I was supposed to go straight until I saw a brown sign leading me left... I've seen no sign like that so far."

"Marybelle Avenue? Good gosh that's a mile back up the road haha!" She said in a sort of high voice.

"Aww really?"

"Yep! It sure is! Go up a mile on the road, it'll actually be your fourth right turn from here. Look for a green mailbox alright?" She said, with a smile never leaving her face.

"Oh ok! Thank you very much! I think I saw that on my way over here." I told her.

"Are you staying in one of those cabins in Marybelle?" She asked.

"Ahh yea yea! It's my parents cabin, and I just came here to relax and unwind."

"Fancy!"

I turned around. That Sayaka girl was grinning at me. Maybe it was her who said that? Whatever. I turned back to the taller blonde girl and smiled.

"So hey, It seems like I'm running a little warm. You know that?" She smiled and crossed her arms. "Maybe you should check down there for me, ya know?" She chuckled and closed the distance between us.

"Ahah..." I nonchalantly chuckled. "How often does that line work for ya?" I chuckled a bit more before asking her. Was she... coming onto me?

"Well I don't know. How's that line working for you?"

Ching!

I heard the gas price make a sound, followed by the gas pump making a loud Thump! I stood there and watched the tall blonde girl remove the nozzle, and place it back on the pump for me. Wow, how considerate of her! But I couldn't let her do that for me.

"I got that!" I said as I started towards my open gas door.

"Oh no sir, allow me!"

"No no, I said I got it!" I quickly reminded her as I felt both of our hands collide with the door. Unbeknownst to me, I still had my car keys in my hands, so as soon as our hands collided, I felt the palm of my hands push against the car alarm button, causing my car to send out it's loud siren.

"Oh shit!"

I heard her curse as she stumbled backwards. I watched as the back of her feet collided with a bucket of unknown liquid behind her. I could only widen my eyes as I watched the bucket collide with her feet. She stumbled as that liquid splashed all over her white legs, and onto the concrete ground below us.

"Hahahha!"

I heard the two other women from the other side of the parking lot laugh. "Oh my goodness ma'am I'm so sorry! I didn't mean for that to happen!" I quickly apologized to her. "Ah I hit the alarm button on my keys!" I quickly said.

"Yea yea..." I heard her mumble to herself as she tried to wipe whatever splashed on her off. Those two girls were still laughing at her.

"Are you ok? Do you need a towel or something?!" I asked with a concerned expression on my face. I didn't know what to do!

"I'm fine." I heard her quickly mutter to herself.

"You better check your panties there Ms. Junko!" I heard Sayaka call out to her. Ahh, so that's what her name was.

"You sure you're ok?" I asked her once again to make sure.

"Yea, I said I was fine right?" I watched as she raised her voice a little, sending shivers down my spine.

"Ok ok.. I got it.." I slowly and quietly said. "K-Keep the change." I handed the woman a twenty dollar bill and a five dollar one as I walked past her with my head down. I could feel her dull blue eyes on the back of my head as those two other girls kept laughing at her.

"Nice one!"

I heard the black haired woman say as I quickly jumped back into my car, wasting no time at all, I turned my key into the ignition, and started up my car without a second notice. I drove to the edge of the parking lot, resisting the urge to floor it as I did so, and slowly turned back right, passing the three ladies as my red car shot past them.

"He sure got you there Ms. Junko!" Sayaka called out to her once again.

I could feel twinges of embarrassment shoot up my body as I counted the roads on my right. I could tell daylight was fading because the sun was farther west than I imagined it. "Ok ok... fourth road on the right.." I reminded myself yet again as I drove down the country road.

After what seemed like dozens of minutes to me, I finally found it. I finally found that green mailbox! "Alright!" I mentally cheered for myself as I pulled my car into the road on the right. I could feel the sound of gravel rustling underneath my car as I began driving down the even more quiet country road. "Oh great, gravel. Just what this car needs!" I sighed and slowed my pace as I drove down.

"612... 612..." I reminded myself of the cabin number as I drove by a few one story cabins. Oh how I used to love coming here as a child. "612... 61- ahah!" I smiled as I drove down a few empty lots and finally came across my cabin. It was sitting right next to that lazy lake that I always remembered it to be like.

Parking the car, I sighed and stepped outside. "Wow, it's been a long time since I've been here." I took in a deep breathe of air before finally sighing and letting it all out. That country smell that couldn't be found in the city. That smelled so good...

I took my backpacks filled with clothes and my laptop and games out, and slowly made my way towards the house. As I walked around this massive house, I looked to my left. "Oh wow, it's even got a dock for a small boat. How cool." I thought to myself.

When I finally made my way to the door, I reached for the set of keys my folks gave me, before finally putting the house key inside the lock. With a quick turn, I turned the doorknob and let myself inside.

"Welp! Home sweet cabin home!" I said aloud to myself as I walked through my kitchen. It was fairly simple for a place like this. This whole room was essentially a square, with a countertop table in the middle, a counter complete with a sink, and upper cupboards beside the door, and a metal refrigerator in the corner across from the door. It was pretty roomy in my opinion.

I placed one of my black duffle bags in the table. Now, don't think less of me, but I unzipped it, and reached for two bottles of liquor inside. Smirking to myself, I quickly placed them inside the fridge and shut the door. What? I told you not to think less of me. "I'll just drink it to calm my nerves if I ever get stressed." I told myself as the bottles made a quiet Cling! Before I shut the fridge door.

I walked into the living room, and threw the rest of my stuff down onto a chair next to the couch. It was a simple set of furniture, a brown recliner made out of leather, and a black couch made from elephant skin. Ok, so maybe it wasn't simple. The floor was made of wood, along with the walls. There was a High definition television in the corner sitting on top of a stand with a Playstation underneath. To the left of that, was a window with a beautiful view of the lake. To the right of my Tv was a fireplace, with wood already inside. And of course, a table in front of the sofa, with a plain red rug underneath it. What a cozy room!

I placed my laptop bag on the table before flopping myself onto the couch. "Oof!" I exhaled as my body collided with the soft texture of the cushions.

A little time passed, and I realized that I had napped for about an hour. I woke up a soft groan and looked outside. "Huhh... it's still evening outside... I'll hang out there a little while..." I slowly rose off the couch, and stretched my arms upwards. God, a five hour trip can really do a number on your bones! I sighed as I took my hoodie off. There was really no need for it at this time of hour. Besides, I wonder what my friends would say if they say me with a tan on my arms! So, I reached into my back and put on a sleveless white shirt. I changed out of my black jeans and into some loose fitting cargo shorts. Yep. This was gonna be such a relaxing weekend.

With my laptop in tow, I slowly walked outside, put my laptop in a nearby chair, and proceeded to bring it with me towards the pier. I set the chair down once I was there, put the laptop on a little table next to me, and finally sat my lazy self down. I leaned my head back and sighed once more as I felt the evening air and sun brush against my body consistently.

I reached for the can of coke next to my laptop and took a small sip. "This is nice. Kind of lonely, but I can definitely get used to this for about a week." I told myself as I set the can back down, and leaned my head back against the cushioned wooden chair.

Rustle rustle!

I leaned by head back up and looked around the lake. "Did I just hear something?" I thought to myself as I gazes out towards the tiny lake. I must've been imagining it I guess. "Whatever, It's probably me imagining things. I just woke up from a nap anyways.."

Caw caw!

I raised my ears a little as I listened to the caw'ing of birds. "Damnit Naegi! They're just birds." I told myself before leaning my head back again, and shutting my eyes.

Time passed, and once the sun had officially set, and evening was taking over, I took my laptop back over to the porch, and sat down in a rocking chair made of tree branchs and small boards.

"Ring ring!"

I turned my attention away from my laptop, and picked up my cellphone that was hiding itself in my pocket. I hit the little green button on the screen, and followed up with a "Hello?"

"Hey son, how's the cabin? Were you and your friend able to get inside?"

It was mother. I was wondering when she was gonna call. Perhaps I should've called her first. I mean, I did travel quite a ways away, I should've been more considerate.

"It's fine mom! We got inside just fine! I'm just sitting outside with my laptop! I'm enjoying the lake. It's really nice down here." I told her.

"Good! We were getting worried! You should have called us earlier and let us know! You know how much we worry!"

I sighed and chuckled a bit. I knew it, I knew I should've called!

Rustle rustle!

I've heard that before. I looked to the left, a small shed filled with lawn tools sat a ways away from the porch. I could've sworn I heard something come from there...

"Naegi? You there? Did you hang up?"

Turning my concentration back to my mother, I shook my head. "Oh sorry mom, I thought I heard-."

Bang bang!

I turned my head back to the left and squinted towards the shed again. I swear to god I heard something over there!

"Naegi? Are you ok?"

"Mom, hang on a second ok?"

I put my laptop on the table next to me, before getting up and heading towards the edge of the porch that faced the wooden shed. From here, I watched a door swing back, and then forth underneath a small light radiating over it.

"Naegi what's going on?"

"Mom let me call you back in a second. My friend's messing with me." I hit the little red button and stuff the phone in my pocket. I had no friend over of course, but that shed should have no reason to have it's doors swing back and forth! I stepped down from the porch and walked along the yard that seperated the house from the shed. Crickets and other small bug sounds filled my ears as I walked through the clearing.

"It's probably the wind... just the wind!" I reminded myself as I slowly walked ever closer to the small building. Slam slam! I heard the door open and close again. "Ok maybe I should hurry my ass over there right now!" My slow walk quickly turned int oa slow jog as I finally approached the shed.

I quickly walked up into it, opened the door, and flicked on the light. Once that light came on, I could feel my panic slowly calm down. All I saw inside was a workbench, various tools like a saw, and hammer hanging above it, and a weed whacker and lawnmower inside. Along with a few cans of bug spray, I saw a few containers holding dangerous chemicals inside. Or at least, I thought they were dangerous. They had a skeleton on all of them, so I'm pretty sure they were dangerous.

Sighing to myself, I turned around, flicked off the light, and thoroughly closed the door behind me. Calming myself down, I slowly walked back towards my porch. "Naegi calm down... No one is here except you... and the wildlife. Just wildlife!" I reminded myself as I sat back down in my rocking chair. I reached for my laptop, but the moment I lifted it off the table, I felt it collide with the can of soda I had earlier.

"Damnit!" I said as the carbonated beverage spilled all over my lap and legs. "Ugh!" I exclaimed as I brushed the can off of me, and set my laptop down. "Way to go Naegi." I scolded myself as I walked back inside the cabin.

Once I stepped inside, I quickly took my shorts off and headed towards the towel rack. It was just soda, so I knew it wouldn't stain. Still though, the wet spot could easily looked like I urinated myself, which is what I SHOULDN'T let happen.

So, as soon as I picked up the towel, I immediately placed my shorts on the table, and pressed the towel into them. I hoped to god that the stain would come out quickly as I applied pressure, and more pressure to the wet stains.

What I didn't know however, was that somebody was already inside my cabin with me. I must've had my back towards them. I had no clue they were filming my entire body. I had no clue that ill intent was running through their mind at the time. After all, how could I have known?

Well anyways, as I spent minutes upon minutes of drying my shorts, I could feel my body getting tired. More tired than when I flopped myself on the couch earlier. Yawning heavily, I left the towel on my shorts, brought my laptop in with me, and locked the door as I walked back in.

"Tommorow I could walk around for a bit, then maybe I can drive to a nearby town and see what's going on over there too." I thought of ideas as I turned on the Tv. It was set on a comedy channel. Whatever, I wasn't picky. I turned off the lights in the kitchen, and on the two porches as I reached for a blanket next to the couch. Once I lied down however, I felt myself quickly shutting my eyes, and feeling the world around me go black.