"Author's" Note - ...Didn't you read the final comments of the last part? Fanxus Fiction is busy! So he can't talk right now! ...Just sit back and enjoy...Oh and make sure to Review after reading the chapter! Upupupupupu!

...Darkness.

There was no light. Only darkness. That was all I could see...not that I'm surprised. Most of my life is easily comparable to this sight. A darkness full of doubt. A darkness that was always a part of me. A darkness I wish would go away, but know it's inevitable. A darkness being my only obstacle for enjoying life, forming that imagination into a fleeting dream; an impossible dream... So, why don't I get rid of that darkness for good?...

...Huh?...What was I... What am I talking about?... What is this...flat surface I'm feeling?

Prologue: Awoken

I soon realized the cause of this darkness was merely because of my eyes being sealed shut. An easy task to resolve, I slowly opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was...a flat, wooden surface. I see. So this was the flat surface I was feeling, but what's the identity of it? I later realized my head was laying facedown in my arms. I picked my head up and looked back down at the flat surface.

...A desk?

Yes, a clean wooden desk was the flat surface I felt. Not only was I laying on a desk, I was also sitting down on a wooden chair. I raised my head to check my surroundings.

A...classroom?

No doubt about it. I was definitely in a classroom. A board and a teacher's desk at the front, multiple neatly lined up student desks, one front sliding door and one back sliding door, both being the only exits of the room. Yep. Definitely a classroom, and I was sitting in the middle student desk in the front row. But why am I here? Could I be a student of this classroom?

"Ah yes... I am."

Those were the first words that came out of my mouth. The moment I confirmed my surroundings, some of my memories came back. No, not just some, but a lot! I AM a student of this classroom and the desk I'm sitting in is MY desk. The desk I sit in when classes are in session. But why is this classroom empty? Why am I the only one here? I glanced up at the clock above the board.

"It should still be school hours. Why is no one here?"

All I had were questions. Questions about where I am or why I've woken up in these circumstances. In addition to those, I had one more question:

Why was I sleeping on this desk?

I usually never sleep in class so it can't simply be due to a monotonous lecture. But what other explanation could there be? I tried wrapping my head around these questions while at the same time scanning the room once more. Right then, I spotted something. No, not something...someone! I wasn't the only person in this classroom! I saw a person, laying their head down on their desk like I was, at the far left side of the room in the front row near the windows! Who is it though? I squinted my eyes to get a better look. As I did, a spark of realization course through me. I quickly got up from my desk and rushed to the far left side of the room to that person's desk!

"Hanako!" I shouted.

Yes! It was Hanako! There's no mistaking that long, purple hair with that rose hairpin attached to the upper right side of her hair. I'd recognized Hanako anywhere, but even though I shouted her name, her body didn't move an inch. I tried shaking her.

"Hanako! Hanako! Wake up!"

Still, her body didn't move, instantly growing my concern for her. Is something wrong with her?! Is she...wait. I calmed myself down and listened closely. I then let out a sigh. Though, I questioned whether it was a sigh of relief or a sigh of irritation.

"So that's it, huh?"

After confirming something, I grabbed onto Hanako's unnaturally large, purple antenna like hair design on top of her head and pulled really hard on it, and just as I expected:

"Ow! Ow! Ow! OW! STOP!"

Hanako reacted. I let go of her antenna after a few more seconds of pulling it and Hanako immediately got up from her desk. She rubbed her head to soothe the now throbbing pain. After that, she turned to me with her teary purple eyes.

"Hey! That was mean Kuroki!"

"You're calling me mean? You almost gave me a heart attack pretending to sleep." I said, nonchalantly

"Seriously? How d'you know I was pretending?"

"Your breathing. Usually, when someone is ACTUALLY sleeping, their breathing goes at a much slower and relaxed pace. However, you were breathing at a normal pace, which was all I needed to figure out your foolish stunt."

"Uh...really?"

I nodded to answer. Hanako looked down at the floor, pouting.

"Man! Kuroki, you're too thorough and smart for your own good!"

...I suppose I should introduce us. I'm Kuroki Saimatsu. The girl with the shoulder less purple blouse with a large orange flower in the center, a cute blue miniskirt, and green clogs on her feet who I'm talking to right now, is Hanako Ume. As you can see, we both know each other. Majority of our classes we take together. So us being in the same classroom is no surprise. But why are we the only ones in here? I took one more glance around the room to confirm.

Yeah, we're the only ones here. Actually, since my vision is clearer now, I noticed one other thing. This classroom's lights are out. No wonder it was so hard to see. Fortunately, the moon's pale blue lights emitting outside shone through the window behind Hanako as well as the other windows in the room to assist our sights. But this makes our situation even more suspicious than it already is. It's almost as if we were abandoned.

"Ow. You didn't have to pull on my hair though, Kuroki!"

"..."

"Kuroki? Hey, Kuroki!"

"What?"

"You okay, Grouchoki? You spaced out there," Hanako worriedly asked.

"What did I say about you calling me that?"

"Not my fault you're always setting yourself up. The name's fitting at this point. Anyway, what's wrong? You look more serious than usual."

I suppose now isn't the time to reprimand her. I sighed and decided to share my worries with Hanako. But as I was about to respond, it appeared.

"How about you two stop talking to each other and go meet up with the others!"

Me and Hanako simultaneously jumped at the sudden squeaky but grouchy sounding voice. We turned around and saw something we didn't expect. Something no one in their lives ever expects to see.

"...What?"

"...H-Huh?"

"What? What are YOU exactly?!" I yelled.

Both me and Hanako stared dumbfounded at the small half black and half white creature.

"What am I?"

"Yeah. Are you a panda or something?" Hanako curiously asked.

"...Panda? No, you idiot! I'm a bear! A BEAR!" shouted the creature, angrily.

A bear? This thing is a bear?! Last I checked, a bear doesn't have a flashing red horizontal stripe for one of its eyes, nor has an abnormal smile. In fact, neither does a panda!

"Sheesh! Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised at this point. Something like this usually happens."

The creature said this with a sadder expression. It then immediately perked itself back up and said:

"I'm Monokuma! Nice to meetcha!"

"Monokuma?" Hanako asked.

"Yep! The lovable and most adorable creature to have ever existed! You want my autograph or something?" asked Monokuma.

...Already, I hate this thing.

"Uh, no thanks. Thanks for the offer though." Hanako politely declined.

"W-Wha?!"

Monokuma suddenly started to produce sweat. ...How can this thing even sweat if it's supposed to be a bear?!

"O-Oh. It's o-okay. Hey, how about-"

Monokuma turned to me. Knowing what he was about to ask, I bluntly replied with a sharp:

"No."

Monokuma had another shocked expression and sweated even more.

"N-No way! H-Has my popularity as the mascot diminished?! A-Am I not loved anymore?!"

"Popularity? Loved? We don't even know who you are," I stated.

"T-THAT'S ONLY YOU TWO!"

Monokuma took a moment to calm himself down and he was doing a poor job at it.

"Y-Yes. I-It's only you t-two. I-I'm sure the others will want my precious and rare a-autograph."

Monokuma said this as he was hyperventilating and sweating even more. How he's even able to produce that much sweat is beyond me. There's so much sweat it's forming a puddle beneath his feet.

"What the hell even is this thing?" I irritatedly asked.

Monokuma jumped and grabbed his chest. He fell with its back facedown to the ground.

"Whoa! Is he okay?!" Hanako exclaimed.

"Does it even matter?" I replied.

"Don't say that. Besides, he seems pretty cute."

"What part of that thing is 'cute' exactly?"

Monokuma's body jumped in the same position as it was on the floor.

"Stop Kuroki! You're hurting his feelings! You should apologi-"

"A-ANYWAY!"

"Ah!" screamed Hanako.

Monokuma perked himself back up before Hanako could finish reprimanding me and began speaking again.

"You guys should REALLY start moving before it's time!"

"It's time? What do you-"

"QUIET! All will be explained at a later time! For now, explore around the school and talk with the others!" Monokuma said, interrupting Hanako mid sentence.

Others? He's been saying that word a lot ever since we met.

"You say "others". Is it safe to assume there are more people nearby then?" I asked.

"Correct! You guys aren't the only ones here in this school. Or maybe you guys hoped no one else was here so you can get kinky with each other? Am I interrupting something?"

"W-W-W-W-WHAT?! NO!" Hanako shouted, blushing bright red.

"Relax, Hanako. He's obviously joking." I stated.

"But what if I'm not joking?" Monokuma playfully asked.

I gave Monokuma an intense glare, telling him to quit it.

"O-Okay! I was joking! Don't glare at me like that!"

Monokuma paused. He cleared his throat and said...

"I-I mean! I wasn't joking! You two should DEFINITELY get kinky, ya know! Now's your chance! *(plus we can finally get some steamy scenes in here.)*"

"..."

"..."

"...Y-You're supposed to laugh. Upupu-"

"Get out my sight," I bluntly said.

Monokuma had another sad expression.

"Fine! Just make sure you explore the school and talk with the others, okay?! Things are about to get very interesting. Upupupupupu."

Interesting? Before I could even ask, Monokuma disappeared from our sight. The only answer we got was Monokuma's maniacal laugh constantly ringing in our heads.

"So you still think he's cute?"

"...Yeah, actually," Hanako replied.

"..."

"W-Well, we should get going!"

"Going? Go where?"

"To find the others of course! Maybe someone here will know what's going on."

...She's right. Right now, our best course of action is to ask around for information ...But there's a part of me that was reluctant to go. Hanako must have noticed this since she suddenly grabbed my hand.

"I know you don't want to, but we have to. C'mon!"

Hanako ran toward the door, still holding my hand. She slid the front door open. A door that would eventually lead us into a NIGHTMARE!

Question of the "Day"

...Hey! You readers still like me, right?! You LOVE me, right?!

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H-Hey! Please respond! C'mon!

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U-Um...let's move on to the Question of the Day...

What is your favorite Danganronpa game?

Of course, your favorite would be the one with me in it! Which is like, every Danganronpa game EVER!

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Sorry. Anyway, mine is Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony! Sure, I didn't like the ending of the game, but the majority of the game before the ending was great! I loved the story of that game. I loved it better than the other games' stories! ...By the way, I'm reading this off a paper that Fanxus Fiction wrote. If you want to know MY opinion, all the games are my favorites, because they include ME in it!

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Sorry. I'll shut up now.

Final Comments

Well, hopefully you enjoyed this chapter of my new story! Especially since we've established two participants. However, we still don't know their talents...but I do! I'm excited to see how these students will interact with each other when the main event starts! Anyway, hope you enjoy and see ya in the next one. UPUPUPUPUPU!

...By the way, *()* = whisper, in case anyone was wondering.